Welcome to your new platform—a space not for empty words, but for the proclamation of the Gospel that alone saves, establishes, and secures. This is not merely a technical first post; it is your invitation to clear away what is generic and step into the stewardship of a message that is neither optional nor secondary.
Remove What Is Empty—Make Room for What Matters
WordPress provides this placeholder as a starting point, but it is only that: a placeholder. Do not let it linger. Edit it, delete it, do whatever is necessary to remove what is empty, so that what is eternal may take its place. The blank canvas is not an end in itself—it is a summons to fill it with the riches of Christ.
Your Charge: Proclaim What Saves
You are not called to fill this space with opinions, self-improvement, or religious striving. The Gospel is not a suggestion or a supplement; it is the very foundation upon which all assurance, sonship, and inheritance rest. As Paul declared without compromise:
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.” (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
This is the message that cleanses the conscience, establishes the believer in sonship, and secures the inheritance—not by human performance, but by the finished work of Christ. Anything less is not merely a missed opportunity; it is a forfeiture of the only ground upon which you stand.
What Is Lost If You Settle for Less
If you leave this space filled with placeholders, or worse, with the wisdom of the flesh, you lose the opportunity to declare the covenantal promise that alone brings life. You risk leaving your hearers with shadows instead of substance, with law instead of grace, with striving instead of rest. The Gospel is not a decorative addition—it is the dividing line between death and life, between condemnation and justification. To neglect it, or to replace it with anything else, is to abandon the very inheritance Christ purchased at the cost of His blood.
Begin as You Mean to Go On
So clear away what is empty. Refuse to let this space become a monument to indecision or compromise. Fill it with the testimony of Christ crucified, risen, and glorified—the only message that saves, sanctifies, and secures. This is your charge. Let your first words be words of life.