April 17, 2016

  Have You Turned? 

 Acts 13: 23 -25

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And it is one of King David's descendants, Jesus, who is God's promised Savior of Israel!  But before he came, John The Baptist preached the need for everyone in Israel to turn from sin and turn to God and be baptized.  As John was finishing his ministry he asked, 'Do you think I am the Messiah?  No!  But he is coming soon - and I am not even worthy to be his slave.'

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  Thoughts....

God's promised Savior of Israel.  What does that mean to you and I?

If you are a Jew, it means your Messiah has come.

If you are a Gentile, it means your Savior has come.

Messiah and Savior mean the same essentially.

The phrase: "Jesus is no respecter of persons." used to bother me greatly.  But I finally got it the other day.  Although linguistically (?), grammatically(?), I would have to say it is not used properly, in the text in which it is used, it means he sees all equally and does not differentiate between Jew or Gentile, Male or Female, Slave or Free.  He does not raise any above another.  He came for all, that we all might have life abundantly.  He died for all that we would be set free from our sins - cleansed in a away only the eternal understand, and, in doing so, opened the door that leads to eternal life.

But before he came, John the Baptist preached the need for everyone to turn from sin and turn to God and be baptized.

Have you turned?  Have you turned from that which keeps you in the clutches of Satan's hands which, if you have not turned, guarantees your journey to hell?  

"How do you keep from it?", you ask.  Turn to God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit.

What else must you do?  OBEY them. The threshing fork is ready.  Jesus will prune you fast to the earth below, if you don't submit to the Trinity:   God, Jesus, Holy Spirit.  Soon, at any moment, you could lose your life and be held accountable, called, as the last trumpet sounds.  And who will call you?  Who would you want most to hear from, Satan, or Jesus? 

Turn from your sins and turn to God.

Your end time will most likely come before THE end times.  Where will you be when YOUR dust settles?

'Baptism is an outward profession of an inward confession'. Confess your sins to God from your heart, believe in and accept that Jesus IS YOUR Savior, get baptized to show you've accepted being inwardly cleansed.  Others will then know you are a Christian and will help you during your days of temptation by supporting your new walk.  And, BIG 'and', OBEY.  Only then will your body/home, the temple that houses Jesus in your heart, NOT fall, nor succumb to temptation, because you will have built a firm house with Christ Jesus as your cornerstone, God as your foundation, and Holy Spirit your walls in which will be the windows to your soul.  [Be careful what you look at through your windows.]

John wasn't the Messiah, but Jesus is....Savior & Lord.

Turn from your sins and turn to Jesus.  Make him Lord of your life today, so he will find you worthy when the last trumpet sounds for your life.

'Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

Praise him all creatures here below.

Praise him all of the heavenly hosts.

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.'  

Amen.      

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  Let Us Pray

Yes, Father God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, I praise you!  I have turned!  I have confessed my sins to God.  I believe in and have accepted Jesus as my Savior. I am trying earnestly to obey you with the help of Holy Spirit. I would like to say I have made you Lord of my life, but I am not perfect.  Even though I SAY I have made you Lord of my life, the truth is that I do not vacuum as often as I should, or scrub the floors as often either.  More importantly, I do not wake up with you on my heart every morning, nor breathe with you during every part of every day. I seldom say good night, or tell you that I love you.  I've always said that 'try' is not an action verb, 'do' is.  I'm as guilty as the person that takes that cigarette when they have cancer, if I am not DOING the action(s) of obeying you to have a healed, abundant life with you.  NO, I don't smoke, for those questioning this statement.  But the sentiment is similar in that those who have cancer and continue to smoke are not doing everything to live.  When I don't do everything I know to live ETERNALLY, I, too, will die....going into hell....instead of heaven.  And so will everyone else who does not OBEY.  Jesus was VERY clear in John 15.  He'll toss me out, I'll get burned up, if I don't obey.....everyone else, too.  It's easy to gloss over that part and just say, 'Once saved always saved', but that is not a true statement.  Jesus made that clear.  So, Father God, forgive me.  Jesus, carry me.  Holy Spirit, help me.  I mean REALLY help me, even more than you already have.  Bless your heart, by the way, for going the distance, all of you.  I appreciate you, God, Jesus, Holy Spirit for putting up with me.  And for loving me.  And forgiving me.  And being willing to continue to work with me....help me OBEY....until that last trumpet sounds.  May I find myself in the eternal heavens, NOT the eternal hell.  Thank you.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.  I praise you!  I thank you!  I love you.  Amen.      

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When I think of the wisdom and scope of God's plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.  I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit.  And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him.  May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love.  And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is.  May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it.  Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

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    One last thing....

 Jesus' Prayer of Thanksgiving

'The Unforced Rhythms of Grace'

"Abruptly Jesus broke into prayer:  "Thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth.  You've concealed your ways from sophisticates and know-it-alls, but spelled them out clearly to ordinary people.  Yes, Father, that's the way you like to work."

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   Matthew 11:  25-30

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