April 21, 2010 Feed My Sheep 2

"Before the rooster crows twice you will disown me three times!"

Salvation Wednesday, Salvation Wednesday, come to Jesus to be saved... Salvation Wednesday, Salvation Wednesday, Give your heart to Jesus and be saved... Yes, brothers and sisters, it is a beautiful day to be saved, and I pray you already are, but just in case you are not, or not sure, or have done a "walkabout", we are going to talk to God about this at the end of the message today. Salvation Wednesday started on this line about 15 years ago, and it is the day we pray to God to use us in those fields of harvest helping others to come to Jesus, and yes, working on our own souls. Dare I say this today? Each day of our life we should be working for Jesus and to come nearer and nearer to Him.

Confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that Jesus is Lord and has been risen from the dead and you will be saved. (DAN) In my words... Let's go to God now...

Dear Father in Heaven, I pray that all on this line are saved and I pray that all on this line will work to help others come to You to be saved, and I pray that they might even use these writings to help others. Lord, bless them and multiply them as they get forwarded along. Now Lord, may we confess our sins and clean up this day. Lord, help us to repent from our sins, and Lord wash us clean this day and save us. Help us to work for You each day of our lives and then when You call, please have our names in the book of Life so that we may enter Heaven. Lord, save us from ourselves this day and help us work for You... In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Feed My Sheep 2: Mark 14: 29 - Peter declared, "Even if all fall away, I will not." 30 "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered. "Today, yes, tonight before the rooster crows twice you yourself will disown me three times." (NIV)

That is one place in our Bible where it is recorded that Peter will disown Jesus. Now let's look where it happened. I am going to paraphrase here; however, I invite you to read Mark 14:66/72 so that you know where I am coming from. This happened when Peter was in the courtyard. When a servant of the high priest came she saw Peter warming himself, she said, "You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus." BUT PETER DENIED IT (first time). Later the servant girl saw Peter again and said to others, "This fellow is one of them." AGAIN PETER DENIED IT" (second time). Then others standing near Peter said, "Surely you are one of them." Then Peter said this. Mark 14: 71 - He began to call down curses on himself, and he swore to them, "I don't know this man you're talking about!" (NIV) (third time) After that, that old rooster crowed. And then Peter remembered these words of Jesus... "Before the rooster crows twice you will disown me three times!"

Let's look back over our lives and really look hard. How many times have we (you and me = we) disowned Jesus? We might not have spoken it like Peter did, however, have you ever heard this term - "Actions speak louder then words"? Again I am not going to make people happy here, but if we are not living for Jesus, then we are disowning Him. If you are not with Him, then surely you are against Him. Or are you trying to sit on the top of the fence or walk that white line? Ok, I think you follow what I am saying. Tomorrow we are going to look at how Peter was reinstated and we are going to put our feet in the shoes of Peter and we are going to work hard on getting reinstated.

Until tomorrow, please don't sit on the fence, get off and walk with Jesus, share your blessings and learn this... You can have as much if not more out and out fun with Jesus then you can by being on the other side. Did I say share your blessings? Yes, and I said it again and learn it is fun to share... love ya, Pastor Dan.

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