2023.05.28 - First Things First

Matthew 6:33 Butseek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

 

God is a God of order, when things get out of order everything from that point on is out of order. 

 

Colossians 3:17-25

17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

KJV

 

 

 

We were created to walk in sinless perfection w/ God, sin puts things out of order and that affects every aspect of our being, that is why He says that IN CHRIST we live and move and have our being. 

 

Proverbs 14:12- There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

 

We live in a society much like that in the Book of jUdges where we do what is right in our own eyes.  

How You Handle The Sword

Hands Of God

It has been said that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.  So is worth.

 

Basketballs And People

What is a basketball worth –          What is a human life worth -

In my hands? In the hands of Michael Jordan?   In the hands of God ? In the hands of Satan? In the hands of a doctor?

 

Potential Is Sometimes Buried Deep	Matthew 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. KJV	The things of God will cost you something and cannot be stolen or gained any way other than what God Himself has prescribed   Uzzah and the toppling ox cart

 

Faithfulness	Luke 16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. KJV
Swords And Scriptures	John 8:1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,  4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. KJV

 

 

2023.05.21 - Reckless Abandon

John 21:7-12

7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.

8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.

9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.

11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, and hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.

12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. KJV

 

 

Matthew Henry – “the ship could not hold him”

 

Peter did not sink because Christ sank in, he finally got it.

2023.05.14 - Trust And Worry

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

KJV

• Trust - OT:982 batach (baw-takh'); a primitive root; properly, to hie for refuge [but not so precipitately as OT:2620]; figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure:
• KJV - be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.

 

2 Corinthians 5:7(For we walk by faith , not by sight:)

KJV

2023.05.03 - Job Description / What Has Changed?

Job Description

Jesus was here for a reason.  His mission was clearly defined.

Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.   Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. KJV

 

Early Church Characteristics

 

What Has Changed

Nothing.  Has.  Changed.

Is the world any more sinful now than in the days of Noah, when there was so much sin that God washed it all away in a flood?   Romans 5:20 But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound KJV

 

How Do We Look?

Bishop Chris Thompson Story    Form of Godliness – but do we have Power?   The greatness of our enemies

Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. KJV