July 14, 2010 So who is your spouse

"Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and have children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers."

Salvation Wednesday, I love Salvation Wednesday; however, the truth is each day should be a day we work with others on Salvation. Again I want all of you to remember we cannot save one soul, that is the work of Jesus and Jesus alone, but we need to be His helpers, His workers, His word spreaders. We need to get into the fields of harvest and get to work. But before we go to the fields of Harvest to work on the Salvation of others, we need to be sure that we are saved. Oh my gosh, did this old man just say what I think he said? Yes, without judging, I am pretty sure there are people that think they are saved but are not. Maybe they came to Jesus and prayed to be forgiven and then just stopped, thinking they were saved, and did not go to work for Jesus. Remember, you can work your way into heaven, but faith without works is DEAD. We need to come to Jesus, ask to be forgiven, claim His victory over the grave, REPENT of our sins, and go to work for Him... Gosh there is a whole message.

Prayers today other than for the unsaved and for God to use us... For Ron and also Kathleen who have cancer... Allison, who is clear of cancer and recovering from the surgery... For the Men's group from River Oaks Community Church in Clemmons NC.

Also please keep Pastor Larry Hale lifted in prayer. Pastors from time to time while dealing with their flocks find a very full plate because things sometimes hit in bunches. Pastor Larry is facing that now. Pray for God to keep him held up in these trying times..

Praise God for a good soaking rain this morning, I real soaker. Thank You, Jesus, for watering my tomatoes and squash and filling my well...

So who is your spouse? (day 2) Luke 20:28/31 - "Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and have children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless. 30 The second 31 and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no children." (NIV)

It would really help you understand this message if you were to get your Bible out and read Luke 20:27/40 or Matthew 22:23/32.

Yesterday I talked about a man and woman who were married for 40 years and the man passed away and I asked this question, who would be her spouse in Heaven? I got the right answer from my dear friend Big John, a retired teacher from Carlisle High School. But I am not telling you yet what that answer is. I want to add a little more confusing to this... About two years after the death of this man, his dear wife met this really nice senior man who was widowed and after courting each other (no, not pushing each other around the nursing home, although that happens) but after courting each other they got married. Now let's say he was 70 and she just turned 60. So now saying both of them are Born Again and love Jesus, who will their spouse be when they die and get to heaven? By the way, the couple is expecting children! Yes, their children from the last marriage were expected to come to dinner (got ya). So what do you think?

Now let me add one more thing to this... We know that divorce is a sin except in just a couple of things (we will discuss that on another day). So a divorced man and a divorced woman got together and got married. Questions, will they make it to heaven because of the sin of the divorce and remarriage? And if they get to heaven, who will be there spouse be? Tomorrow I will answer the first part about will they get to heaven, and then I will have a few more questions on this subject. Who is your spouse? Tomorrow will get deeper. See you tomorrow... and yes, I am preaching on this subject, this coming Sunday.

Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for the messages this week and thanks for giving me a fresh way to present it, for I am trying to be like You and keep the interest going. Lord, I want so much to honor You each day by walking in Your shoes, by working for You and living for You and I pray that each person will put their name in this prayer and feel the same way. Lord, be with my dear brothers in Christ, Pastor Larry as he deals with a full plate, and with my brother Tom Sansoni as he works with his men's group and with his wife who has cancer. Please take cancer from her body and that of Ron. And heal Allison's wounds from surgery. Thank You for taking the cancer away. Lord, be with those on the missions trip that were injured and Lord help us this day to seek out the lost and talk to them and get them to come to You to be saved. Give us the words to say... In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

I have a question, what if, as in the Bible, you are one of the younger brothers and you must marry your deceased brother's wife and she is UGLY?? Oh, am I having fun this morning... Got to keep you laughing once in a while. But there is an answer for that also, remember we are all made in the image of God, so that means we are all beautiful!! There are no ugly people. Hey share those blessings, brothers and sisters. I will be back tomorrow... Love ya, Pastor Dan .

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