Meditations

I am meditating in the Book of Revelations and I am currently reading in chapter 3.  As I read the various statements our Lord Jesus made to the seven churches, I wondered what He would say about my church that I attend.  If I were brave I would ask.  Then, who am I that the Lord Jesus would entrust His message about my church to me?  I can ask Him about myself.  How am I doing? I have noticed that the Lord Jesus made pronouncements of Himself to each church as they were related to the needs of the church.  He stated who He is, signifying He knows the issues and He is capable of correcting each one. He started with the church at Ephesus.  The Lord Jesus said, “These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:”  The Lord Jesus is saying He holds the seven angels of the seven churches (ch 1:20) in His right hand.  His right denotes strength.  He walks among the s...

When Pilate asked Jesus if He was the king of the Jews, Jesus responded.  “My kingdom is not of this world.  If my kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews …..”   Jesus’ Kingdom is not of this world neither is ours.  The Lord Jesus said, if His kingdom were of this world, then He would have His servants fight for Him.  That is a message for us. Our kingdom is not of this world.   Why then are we being over- zealous over one candidate over another?   Why are some of us broken hearted because our candidate lost the election?   Our kingdom is not of this world.  Those of us who have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior belong to Him, and our citizenship is in heaven.    Jesus is the One to whom we owe our allegiance.  Therefore Believers in Christ Jesus should not be looking to politicians to meet our needs.   We have a Savior who pr...

Sometimes when God wants to use us, He has to place us through undesirable situations.  Sometimes He has to break us away from our pride and arrogance, and that breaking process can be very painful for us.  Sometimes God has to bring the reality of our sinful fleshly nature to our attention.   A good example of how one can come to the end of him or herself is in the parable Jesus told of the lost son. In the parable Jesus told about the son who went astray from his father in Luke 15: 11-32.  The lost son came to himself and he realized he had nothing. He had reached bottom.   He was hungry.  He was living in an awful condition.   His father had everything he needed, a warm bed, plenty of food and clothes.  There he was among pigs living in abject poverty and his father was wealthy.  He started to think, to reflect on his life at home in his father’s house.  There was plenty of food at home and here he was starving....

There is   none   who understands ......Romans 3:11 No one understands God.  No one understands life. No one understands the universe.   Many if not all of us at some point in our lives ask the question.  "Why am I here?"  Why do I exist?  No one understands. I am sure all of us at some point in our lives ask ourselves and others, "why me”?  Why is this circumstance happening to me?   Some commit suicide because they do not understand the circumstances in their lives.     Some ask why is there severe poverty in the world.  Others question the cause of weather related disasters.  No one understands.    No one understands the ways of God.  God says in Isaiah 55:8,9:   "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," says the Lord.   V9:  "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways. and My thoug...

…. there is none   who seeks after God . Romans 3:11 God does the seeking. God seeks after us. This is why Jesus came to this earth over 2,000 years ago. To seek us out, to redeem us back to our God and His Father and to Himself.   When Adam and Eve sinned against God by disobeying His Command, they hid themselves. God came into the garden and called Adam. Genesis chapter 3. God is still calling men, women, boys and girls today to come to Him – to come and have a relationship with Him.  John 3:16 Jesus when He was here on earth said to Zacchaeus in Luke 19:10, "for the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost".  The Lord Jesus also said, ….”for I did not come to call the righteous (those who thought they were), but sinners to repentance.” Matthew 9:13     We are all sinners in need of a Savior.  That's why Jesus came.  Our human nature is at war with God. We want to do what we want, when we...

Romans Chapter 3 verse 10:   As it is written:  There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none righteous outside of the Lord Jesus Christ.  "For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."  Romans 10:10 None of us are born righteous, neither can we adopt righteousness.  "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceive me."  Psalm 51:5  "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."  Romans 3:23 Romans 4:3:  For what does the Scripture say?  "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness". For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.   John 3:16 Accept God's righteousness today if He offers it to you!!   Today is the Day of Salvation!!! Tomorrow is Satan's line...

Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Proverbs 23:23 tells us. Buy the truth - a cquire the truth through sacrifice. "What is truth?" Pilate rhetorically asked Jesus this question in the Gospel of John 18:38.  The Lord Jesus answered that question in his prayer to our Father. "Sanctify them by Your truth.  Your word is truth ."   John 17:17.  Earlier this summer I was speaking to a young man.  He was trying to persuade me that my truth may not be the same as another one’s truth.  How many truths are there as many as there are people?  I told him there is only One truth – God’s Word.  Hopefully, he was persuaded. To acquire the truth, we have to pray to the Father, read the Word of God and meditate therein.  The Holy Spirit will enlighten our understanding.  We buy the truth when we give of our time by purposefully pursuing the truth of God in His word.  We have to purpose in our heart to meditate in the word of God. We must ...