...But God

Matthew 5: 19-20

Creators & Guests

Host
Chad McBeam
Business Leader, Foster Advocate and Fighter of Human Trafficking, Chad enjoys hosting this podcast channel as a way to spread and highlight the great examples of those who live out their faith daily. He can also be seen on occasion on your TV or Film Screen or be heard narrating one of your books as his love of acting has stuck with him since his childhood.
Writer
Aaron Marcarelli
After getting his under-graduate degree from Cal State University San Bernardino where he played college baseball and received all American honors. he was a graduate assistant baseball coach at both Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, Tennessee, and at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington.  He received his master’s degree in Teaching from Whitworth, with plans to someday be a head baseball coach at a university.  However, God had other plans.  Aaron started teaching English and History and coaching baseball and other sports at the high school level and found out how much he loves high school kids, and he has been doing that for the past 27 years.     Personally, heI has been married to his wife Sharon for 32 years, they have one daughter, Amanda Parrish, who has been married to Austin Parrish for 2 years. Aaron also has two grandsons Travis age 2 ½ and Aden who is 13 months and are blessed to have another on the way due in May. Aaron loves reading, golfing, and spending time with his wife and grandkids.
Designer
Linda Cowen
Linda Cowen of San Antonio Christian School is our gracious and talented art designer for the But God, weekday morning devotional series.

What is ...But God?

A weekday morning devotional series written by Aaron Marcarelli and hosted by Chad McBeam

“Therefore, whoever nullifies one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. “For I say to you that unless your righteousness far surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:19-20 NASB2020
We as followers of Christ have our righteousness based upon faith in Christ, which enables us to live righteously! This is the only way that we may enter the kingdom of God.

Our faith in Christ is that His death and resurrection gave us the forgiveness of sin and eternal life with Him in heaven. This is the gospel message! We must live it, proclaim it and believe it. This is the reason why we must know His commandments, we must know His Holy Word through reading, study discussion, contemplation and prayer.
If we truly want to be His followers, His hands and feet, His salt and light, then we must seek Him daily, and know His word. We must stop using the excuse, I don’t have time because I’m too busy. God is the God of every single thing and that includes time. When we truly spend time with Him, He will exponentially give that time back to us.
Therefore, let us seek to love and serve the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and His righteousness so that all these things will be added unto us!

Lord, we thank you for your many blessings. Most of all we thank you for the gift of eternal life with You through Christ’s death on the cross and His subsequent resurrection and ascension. Help us Lord to seek you first each and every day. Help us to not only read your word, but meditate on it and learn from it daily. Help us to seek to serve others each and every day so that we can be your hands and feet and salt and light. We pray all these things in Jesus Name Amen…

Shalom Blessings and Press In and Press On!