Making a Difference in your Life, in the Parts that are for Keeps!
This comes from a caller to “Trivia Friday” on afr talk.
What did Pilate ask Joseph of Arimathea when Joseph asked for Jesus’ body, and said he was going to bury it in his own tomb?
Pilate: “Why would you, a prominent leader of the Jews, want to give up your tomb for this Jesus?”
Joseph: “No big deal; it’s just for the weekend.”
This is not actually in the Bible, but it is so good.
When Jesus said, “It is finished,” the payment for all our sins was done, finished.
When Jesus rose from death, the guarantee of our resurrection and eternal life was begun.
“Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Sometimes it causes me to tremble.
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
Sometimes it causes me to tremble.
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
Sometimes it causes me to tremble.
Were you there when He rose up from the grave?
SOMETIME I FEEL LIKE SHOUTIN’ GLORY.”
“It was the Russians.”
“It was the video.”
“It was not sex.”
IT’S ALL LIES!
IT IS EVIL!
IT IS SIN!
Most people are aware of the meaning of “The Lord’s Day.”
But for most people it doesn’t mean anything to them every weekend.
Most people say Merry Christmas—it has the name “Christ” in it.
But for most people Christ doesn’t mean anything in their celebration.
The Lord’s Day—one day a week set aside as special, by God Himself, from week one, six thousand years ago.
God rested on the seventh day, and made it a holy day.
God told us to do the same.
We do well to not change anything initiated by God, consecrated by God, and commanded by God.
American culture is changing many sacred things ordained by God—ordained for our well-being.
Many changes are dramatic and immediately disastrous, and become national issues.
But the impact is more gradual, but deep and profound, as we forget to remember The Lord’s Day.
God made this one day a week different for our benefit—to rest.
If we don’t stop to actually rest one day a week, we lose so much, no matter how much we claim to keep going seven days a week.
It’s like the benefit of stopping every activity after a meal, including thinking, to give the digestive system priority for four minutes.
God also made this one day a week different for our benefit—to remember Him.
If we don’t stop to actually recognize God at least one day a week, in every part of our life, we lose even more, everything important.
We must “Be Still, and Know That He Is God.”
“In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.”
If He says it is important enough for us to stop one day a week to think about Him, to get direction for the rest of the week, then we do best to do so.
Now, The Lord’s Day serves to prepare us for The Day Of The Lord—the greatest day of all—the ending day of history that is only the beginning.
If HIStory is His Story, then RESTory is the rest of the story—perfect rest forever in heaven, or the worst torment forever in hell.
If we fail to remember The Lord’s Day now, with honest open heart before Him, how will He remember us on The Day Of The Lord?
The Bible lists five pieces of defensive armor for Christians:
The belt of TRUTH.
The breastplate of RIGHTEOUSNESS.
The shoes of the GOSPEL OF PEACE.
The shield of FAITH.
The helmet of SALVATION.
Use them for personal protection and defense against attacks.
The Bible lists one offensive weapon:
The Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God—THE BIBLE.
Does a sword need protection?
Only when not in use, sheathed.
Does the Bible need protection?
Only, perhaps, when we keep it closed.
Does a sword provide defensive protection in its sheath?
It only works offensively, in hand, in use, in combat.
Does the Bible provide defensive protection, closed?
It only works open, in use, read, spoken, lifesaving in spiritual combat.
Open your Bible.
Read your Bible.
Do not hesitate to quote the Bible.
It has far more power than our words.
“The Word will not return empty, but will accomplish that for which it is sent.”
Passion for Compassion Toward Evil Is Suicide.
Accomplishment may give satisfaction, but it takes more to experience contentment.
When we achieve, and reach a goal of completing something, we feel good, for awhile.
Then we must find something more to do if we are to feel good again.
Getting something done, getting paid, getting stuff, getting happy—it has to be repeated.
So how do we get contentment—or do we just experience contentment when it happens?
“Food + Clothes = Contentment” —–His Book
“Godliness + Contentment = Great Gain (Success)” —–His Book
Therefore,
Godliness + Food + Clothes = Success
“I have learned in whatever state I am, therewith to be content.” —–His Book
So, you can’t “achieve contentment”—you can only “be content.”
But we can “learn . . . to be content.”
When the righteous right Americans lose, they buy guns and keep their powder dry.
When the leftist liberal UN-Americans lose, they buy “rioters for hire” and burn down America.
The unbelievable, “unredeemable deplorables” spoke with their vote, but they did not give up their guns.
The first amendment gives five rights to keep us free.
This means we “redress grievances” at the ballot box.
The second amendment gives a second option in case the first one fails to stop a wayward government.
We just learned that the first amendment works, even today.
But the day we give up any of the second amendment, we will lose all the other freedoms.
If you include the pattern of dead people voting,
in a survey of potential voters,
dead people polled overwhelmingly for Clinton.
Please do not be deceived by the almost-American sounding comments by Hillary and BHOB* the day after elections.
Don’t believe a word of it.
“Peaceful transition” —–BHOB*
Most assuredly, the latest lie, with sincere tone to match.
*BHOB—Barack Hussein OBama—Say BHHHOB aloud and it sounds like the warning for Christians in the 2008 election: “Beware of sheep’s clothing.”
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