August 27, 2010 Soap or Blood 5

"I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood you have no life in you."

Good Friday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and what a beautiful day our good Lord has given us. Our weather folks tell us to enjoy it for another heat wave is coming in, but let me tell you this, at our age we now have learned to enjoy each and every day our good Lord grants us on this earth, while at the same time looking forward to living with Him some sweet day...

Today being Friday it is the day we pray for all those who work for our Lord Jesus, and yes, folks, I will say it again and again, we all need to be on this list for WE ALL SHOULD BE WORKING FOR JESUS either full time or part time, and for sure we need to be living for Him full time. Folks. if we do not live for Him full time then we are living fool time with and for the other guy. We need to keep praying for Pearl Bloost (I might have spelled that last name wrong). Pearl had a very bad fall and landed on her nose, she has been released from the hospital and is at home with round the clock care. We also need to pray for Janet Wotring, and an updated report from her husband is located at the end of this message. ALSO, please, please pray for the events at Washington DC tomorrow, pray the event will be well received, that no signs will be there. This event, started by Radio TV guy Glenn Beck, is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of people to Washington. Sarah Palin will be a speaker, along with Mrs. King, Martin Luther King's widow. Sadly, some people from our current White House are being dispatched to protest this. PRAY, WARRIORS PRAY, PRAY FOR PEACE FOR THIS NATION, PRAY FOR THE END OF ABORTION, PRAY FOR LOWER TAXES.

Soap or Blood? 5 John 6:53 - Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever." (NIV)

And now folks listen to these words found in 1 John 1:7.

1 John 1:7 - But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and THE BLOOD OF JESUS, HIS SON, PURIFIES US FROM ALL SIN. (NIV)

Brothers and sisters, all week I have been talking about things that soap will clean up, soap will wash your skin, wash your clothes, and you can have one of those big front loaders put in soap and your clothes and run it all day and you can soak in the tub and wash and wash but the dirt on the inside remains until you take Jesus on as your personal savior and let His blood that He shed for you and for me on the cross wash you clean on the inside.. Blood's in, Dirt is out... Sounds much better then the Tide thing. So how do we drink of the blood and eat of the bread? Communion is one way to say you have done this, but it is not the way; it's like being baptized in water is just a showing of what is going on. What you must do is very simple, you must fall in love. Yes, like a teenager on a first date you need to fall in love with Jesus, and then remain in love with Him and let it grow. That teenage love or puppy love will more than likely fade or has faded long ago, but the love of Jesus must remain if you want to get into heaven. The real way to eat of the flesh and drink of the blood is again very simple, we must fall in love with Jesus and then, oh yes, there is more, of course there is more... We must fall in love with Jesus and then we must REPENT of our sins, and then, and yes, there is more, we must walk with Jesus in His Light and we must go to work for Him... That's it as I see it in the Bible... a four step program...

1 Fall in love with Jesus and confess that love... Romans 10 9/10
2 Repent of your sins (Turn and walk away from your past behavior)
3 Walk with Jesus (trying your best each day to live for Jesus and like Jesus did here on earth)
4 Go to work for Him as ordered in Mark 16:15 (you can do this in so many ways, and we will look at working for Jesus in the future)

Remember that the question of the week is Soap or Blood? Do you have your answer now... Folks it is BLOOD, The Blood of Jesus, that is what cleans us, and Jesus died on the cross to shed that blood just for you and me. Now, right now, will you come in prayer with me, forgetting all else for this minute, and confessing your sins to Jesus and renewing with Him through the power of the blood? Do you remember early in the week when I talked about traditions and how we need to forget them and that each service should end in a call for Christ? Here is the call folks, will you now join me at the Altar of Christ, right where you are at, if you can get on your knees please do, if not and you are at your desk, will you renew? If God were to call you right now, would you be going home or to the fire lake? Would you be going to heaven or hell? Your choice... let's pray and this is an I prayer, not a we prayer. You can pray for those on the requests later. Salvation is going on right now. Holy Spirit thou art welcome in this place, Holy Spirit thou are welcome in this place.

Dear Father I confess I am a sinner, I need You, Lord, I believe You died for me and that You have been risen from the dead. Wash me in Your blood today and clean me on the inside and help me to repent and walk in Your light and work for You. I ask in Jesus name that You book me for Heaven... Amen.

Go forth now sharing your blessings, repenting of your sins, and living for Jesus... If you need to talk about this or need more prayer, call me 717 991 0754 my cell phone. love ya, Pastor Dan.

Update on Janet Wotring from her husband Charles...

Sadly, Janet's progress is much slower than anyone had expected. According to insurance and hospital standards she is no longer eligible to occupy a hospital bed ! Do not get alarmed ... because ...... Tomorrow morning, hopefully, she will transfer to a live in rehab.

Today was better than yesterday ... because she walked, assisted, 60 feet ...... but fell asleep in the middle of the walk. This morning when I called on the phone I actually had a 1 minute conversation before she faded. She continues to be " OUT OF IT " most of the time but we expect a big difference tomorrow. She got off some real strong narcotic drugs sometime yesterday. Eating ..... Still almost nil. Of course ... none of the food was wasted. It tasted Good ! Of the 4 hours I spent with her today, her eyes were open maybe five ( 5 ) minutes, total !

She is still in The Harrisburg Hospital, room 1015. I am guessing, unless some great problem occurs during the night, a phone call to her room at 717 221- 4992 or a visit tomorrow ( Friday ) would be a nice gesture ..... but hopefully she will have moved, early in the day, to the live in rehab, located in Camp Hill, PA.