“This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners: of whom I am chief.” (I Timothy 1:15)
Most of us have heard lies. In fact we have heard some “whoppers.” To be perfectly honest, most of us have told one sometime. Too often, man’s speech is very undependable.
One saying we can all depend on is in this verse of scripture: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” He never came to give us a holiday: He came to save sinners. He never came to help merchants get in the black or to help the economy. He came to save sinners. He never came to make us feel good about ourselves; He came to save sinners. He never came to take sides in political campaigns; He came to save sinners.
He is not one among many who came to save sinners: He is the only One who came to save sinners and He is the only one who is able to save sinners. Has He saved you? Is He your Savior?
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Commit All to Him
“…I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.” II Timothy 1:12)
God had appointed the Apostle Paul to be a preacher, an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles. As a result of fulfilling that assignment he went through much suffering and bodily affliction.
But, Paul knew the Lord. He had committed his soul and his eternal safekeeping to the Lord Jesus. He was firmly convinced that the Lord would keep what the old apostle had committed to Him. It was as though he had made a deposit of his total being into the bank of heaven for eternal safekeeping.
I trusted the Lord a long time ago and committed my eternal destiny to Him. You and I cannot keep ourselves saved any more than we can save ourselves. But the Christ who saves us is able to keep us safe.
Commit your soul to Him for salvation now and for eternity.
God had appointed the Apostle Paul to be a preacher, an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles. As a result of fulfilling that assignment he went through much suffering and bodily affliction.
But, Paul knew the Lord. He had committed his soul and his eternal safekeeping to the Lord Jesus. He was firmly convinced that the Lord would keep what the old apostle had committed to Him. It was as though he had made a deposit of his total being into the bank of heaven for eternal safekeeping.
I trusted the Lord a long time ago and committed my eternal destiny to Him. You and I cannot keep ourselves saved any more than we can save ourselves. But the Christ who saves us is able to keep us safe.
Commit your soul to Him for salvation now and for eternity.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Teach Us
“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”
(Psalm 90:12)
He is a wise man who knows his life on earth is short. He is wiser still if he applies his heart unto wisdom and uses his time wisely. The Bible says, “Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” (Proverbs 27:1)
The request in our text is that God would teach us to number our days. God answers the request throughout His written word.
We are reminded over and over in His word of the brevity of life. He tells us how we are to live. He tells husbands and wives how to get along. Life is too short to spend it quarreling. He tells us how to rear our children so that they will be productive adults one day. He tells us of the choice of two ways and the destination at the end of each way. He tells us of the Christians’ daily walk, of how to live by faith, trusting Him.
(Psalm 90:12)
He is a wise man who knows his life on earth is short. He is wiser still if he applies his heart unto wisdom and uses his time wisely. The Bible says, “Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” (Proverbs 27:1)
The request in our text is that God would teach us to number our days. God answers the request throughout His written word.
We are reminded over and over in His word of the brevity of life. He tells us how we are to live. He tells husbands and wives how to get along. Life is too short to spend it quarreling. He tells us how to rear our children so that they will be productive adults one day. He tells us of the choice of two ways and the destination at the end of each way. He tells us of the Christians’ daily walk, of how to live by faith, trusting Him.
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Seventy or Eighty
“The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.” (Psalm 90:10)
God is eternal, without beginning of days or end of life. But that cannot be said of mankind. We are temporary; just seventy or eighty years. We look at the daily obituaries and our hearts break over infant and toddler deaths. Then we see the few that go beyond the seventy or eighty years and rejoice that their families had them that long.
Many years ago I was having a conversation with a man who had just turned ninety. A tear trickled down his cheek as he said, “It seems like yesterday that I played on the little cabin floor. I don’t know where it’s all gone.” In a few months I preached his funeral message.
Life is soon cut off. When Pharaoh asked Jacob his age he responded, “My days are one hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have the days of my life been…” (Genesis 47:9)
Make preparation for death. Even the Son of God, the Lord Jesus died. But, He lives and is alive forever, and can give you eternal life if you will receive Him by faith.
God is eternal, without beginning of days or end of life. But that cannot be said of mankind. We are temporary; just seventy or eighty years. We look at the daily obituaries and our hearts break over infant and toddler deaths. Then we see the few that go beyond the seventy or eighty years and rejoice that their families had them that long.
Many years ago I was having a conversation with a man who had just turned ninety. A tear trickled down his cheek as he said, “It seems like yesterday that I played on the little cabin floor. I don’t know where it’s all gone.” In a few months I preached his funeral message.
Life is soon cut off. When Pharaoh asked Jacob his age he responded, “My days are one hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have the days of my life been…” (Genesis 47:9)
Make preparation for death. Even the Son of God, the Lord Jesus died. But, He lives and is alive forever, and can give you eternal life if you will receive Him by faith.
Saturday, November 26, 2016
Our Eternal God
“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” (Psalm 90:2)
When there was nothing; when all was empty space; when there was no earth, no mountains and no oceans even then there was God.
Before there were calendars, clocks, watches, sun-dials or hour glasses filled with sand, before there were trees whose growth rings one might count to determine their ages there was God.
One might step into the middle of a time-line of any length or step into the time-line anywhere toward either end and there you would find God.
As far back in eternity past you may travel, God is making preparation to speak the earth and the universe into existence and set man in the midst. Even then He knew you and made preparation for your presence with Him. He loves you and desires you to receive His free gift of eternal life in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
When there was nothing; when all was empty space; when there was no earth, no mountains and no oceans even then there was God.
Before there were calendars, clocks, watches, sun-dials or hour glasses filled with sand, before there were trees whose growth rings one might count to determine their ages there was God.
One might step into the middle of a time-line of any length or step into the time-line anywhere toward either end and there you would find God.
As far back in eternity past you may travel, God is making preparation to speak the earth and the universe into existence and set man in the midst. Even then He knew you and made preparation for your presence with Him. He loves you and desires you to receive His free gift of eternal life in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Friday, November 25, 2016
Be Thankful Every Day
“Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Ephesians 5:20)
Yesterday was Thanksgiving, a day set aside annually in which we are encouraged to express our thanks to God for His bountiful goodness to us. Today, the day after the designated day is also a good day to give thanks. In fact, there is not a day when we should not be thankful, be it the day before, the day of or the day after Thanksgiving.
Two verses before our text we are told to be filled with the Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 5:18) Verse nineteen strongly indicates that as a result of that filling we are to sing songs of joy. Our text says a Spirit filled person is not only a singing person, but he is also a thankful person. We have no less reason to be thankful today than we had yesterday.
A Spirit filled person will find many reasons to give thanks to God every day. Thank Him for the Cross, for the blood of Christ, for the empty tomb, and His daily intercession for us. Thank Him for heaven, the forever home of the redeemed.
Yesterday was Thanksgiving, a day set aside annually in which we are encouraged to express our thanks to God for His bountiful goodness to us. Today, the day after the designated day is also a good day to give thanks. In fact, there is not a day when we should not be thankful, be it the day before, the day of or the day after Thanksgiving.
Two verses before our text we are told to be filled with the Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 5:18) Verse nineteen strongly indicates that as a result of that filling we are to sing songs of joy. Our text says a Spirit filled person is not only a singing person, but he is also a thankful person. We have no less reason to be thankful today than we had yesterday.
A Spirit filled person will find many reasons to give thanks to God every day. Thank Him for the Cross, for the blood of Christ, for the empty tomb, and His daily intercession for us. Thank Him for heaven, the forever home of the redeemed.
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Enter into His Gates with Thanksgiving
Psalm 100
A Psalm of praise
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before His presence with singing.
Know ye that the LORD He is God:
it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people,
and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.
For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations.
Have a wonderful,
Christ-filled day of Thanksgiving!
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