March 18, 2011 Ask, Seek, Knock 5

"So in everything do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets."

Good Friday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, it is Friday and what a beauty we are to have today here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. It was great yesterday, and is to be even better today, however, every day of life here on earth is a gift regardless of the weather. Please pray for Kathleen Sansoni to be healed from cancer. Her husband, Tom, called us last evening to ask how we were and to update us on his wife. He was at her bedside at Duke Hospital, she was asleep beside him as he talked in a low voice. PRAY, WARRIORS, PRAY!! Also pray today for my dear wife, Dolores, she is in so much pain from a lot of different things, still she pushes on. Yesterday as I cooked six gallons of chili I was listening to her practicing the piano getting ready for Sunday Morning, she was having trouble keeping her fingers from jumping off the keys. Sunday, I am sure she will do fine, for God does not have you go out to work for Him and not send the tools along to get the job done... Amen.

Also today pray for all those who work for the Lord in getting the message out about the Good News and making the announcement to "REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NEAR." (John The Baptist and Jesus)

The Big Trip 14-5 Ask, Seek, knock 5: Matthew 7:12 - "So in everything do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." (NIV)

Ok, folks, now we know where the golden rule, as so many people call it, comes from, why, it came from Jesus!! In some religions this was and more than likely still is put out in a negative way, this according to my Bible footnotes. As for the Law, and the Prophets, the law came from the first four five books of the Jewish Scriptures (Our Old Testament). The Prophets were Isaiah, Jeremiah called major prophets but others also. (Again, footnotes from my NIV study Bible.)

So what is God giving me on this today? Well, it is pretty plain to me that if we do good, working for our Lord Jesus, helping others in all you do, those people will see Jesus in you and maybe treat you like you are treating them and prayerfully they will come to Jesus. I do want you to notice this in the scripture... So in everything do to others WHAT you would have them do to you. Jesus did not say, and they will do it, He said WHAT you would have them do to you.

Even if you were to treat others bad, it does not mean that all folks would treat you bad... But folks, let's look at the old saying right now about catching more flies with honey than vinegar. If we want to win folks to the Lord, we must, I say WE MUST set good examples of the way we live so that others do not look at us and say, if that is what a Christian does, I don't want to be one. You know I got caught up in something that I was not proud of, I treated a man, now a dear, dear friend bad, based on what others said about him, and not looking into the gentlemen's heart on my own. And once I got that PLANK out of my eye, I could see clearly that he was not as said...

Folks, the Bible tells us to love everyone and here we are being told to treat others as we would like to be treated. Love others, folks, and most will either love you back, or at least respect you for what you do. Walk with the Lord and live in the Lord and invite Him to live within You and SHOUT IT OUT that you work for Him, you work for the Lord Jesus, and if others see that you live for Him and do good they might just follow you right to the cross and the feet of Jesus.

Today I challenge you to go to work or wherever you go today and practice the Golden Rule, or Matthew 7:12 - "So in everything do to others what you would have them do to you." I challenge you who are saved to go and share your blessings, and set examples, for when you share your blessings in faith, God will replace them in heaps, more than you can store. Let me reword this just a tad... In everything you do to others, do it for the love of Jesus and pray that they will not just do it unto you, but they will do it unto others and also in the name of Jesus. Am I making myself clear here, I sure hope so... Go fishing today folks, treating people nice in the name of Jesus and be a good "Fisher of men." Let's talk to God now...

Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for the messages of this week, and thanks for this wonderful, wonderful rule of Yours, and for sharing this in Your words so we understand it. Help us to Ask, Seek and Knock and when to treat people like we want to be treated. Lord, heal, in the name of Jesus I ask with all respect, faith and love, heal Kathleen and heal Dolores.. Also, protect those working for You, furnish the tools to them to get the job done, and Lord, bless them well, as I am sure You will, but Your word tells us to ask. So we are asking. Lord Jesus, I love You, and pray today that we on this line will help lead people to You. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth and share your blessings and also "in everything do to others what you would have them do to you". Love ya, Pastor Dan.