Emphasis Preaching Journal

Since Christians have been raised with Christ, the life of the resurrection is their actual condition. Now it is for them to realize this and implement it. Early in his adult life, as a young priest, John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, was perhaps what one would consider a "normal young man." He enjoyed an active social life and he was attracted by a number of young women and on more than one occasion, he came very close to matrimony. Yet somehow the circumstances were never quite right or he handled the situation poorly, leaving much disappointment in his wake.