He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of
Man. The field is the world and the good seed stands for the sons of the
kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is
the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of
the age. The Son of Man will send out His angels and they will weed out of His
kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them
into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then
the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who
has ears let him hear."
Good Tuesday, first day of spring, my dear brothers and
sisters. It is a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North
Pole. Tuesday and the day we pray for cures for all those diseases. Please
keep praying for Pastor Larry as he recovers from his bypass surgery. Dolores
has no side effects after her fall on Monday evening. Praise God for that. I
had my appointments today for my pre-surgery and am on line for my new knee on
April 18.
Please pray for the people in Mexico, they had an earthquake, 7.8 on the scale. Also pray for one of the "first children", one of President
and Mrs. Obama's girls. She is traveling in Mexico with a group of her
classmates and 25 armed secret service persons.
I have been honored to be asked, and I accepted, to fill in for
Pastor Larry at their Easter SONrise service on Easter Sunday
Morning. I will give you additional details as I get them all. God
is good, and I am so blessed.
March 20 Burning Brush: Matthew 13:37 - He answered, "The
one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world and the
good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the
evil one, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end
of the age, and the harvesters are angels. 40 As the weeds are pulled up and
burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will
send out His angels and they will weed out of His kingdom everything that causes
sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where
there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine
like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears let him hear."
(NIV)
Brothers and sisters, as I go over this scripture and you will
notice something that is a lot like yesterday when I wrote about the "Fish Fry"
and the bad fish were thrown into the fiery furnace. Today it will be brush or
weeds. But before I get started on that, I want to go to the last verse I
wrote today. "He who has ears let him hear." Now these are the words of our
Lord Jesus and I think these seven words, these 22 little letters and six spaces
make a sentence or statement that we need to listen to. Let me put it down
again for you. In the words of Jesus, "He who has ears let him hear."
Brothers and sisters, the last I looked we were born with two of them and our
ears are made for us to hear things, and to LISTEN to and for things.
Sometimes we talk so much that we do not take time to listen, or the only one we
take time to hear is our own mouth. Again today I used these two words, we and our, and in fact I used the word we three times in that one statement.
We and our means = me and you. I always want to point out this in my message
for God does not just give me a message for you, folks, he knows I need it
also. Sometimes I think I need to preach my message to the mirror if you know
what I mean. I once practiced my musical instrument in front of the mirror as my
teacher said I should watch I don't puff out my cheeks! Well, was my mom mad,
when I smashed the mirror, (no smart remarks about being so ugly I broke the
mirror,) but dumb I was as I also slid out the slide on that trombone and
smashed the mirror. Anyway, most often when God speaks to us, it is because He
wants to talk to us, and about us and sometimes what we are to be doing with
others. I know He talks to me about sin and repenting from sin a lot and I
know He really wants me to fully repent, and folks, I do try hard, and I know I
am a sinner.
Now let's look at the good seeds and the weed seeds. Now I
think all of us know that we are going to get what we sow and work for and God
will help us with that, but right now let's look ahead and see what those seeds produced. Again I ask you to look back to yesterday and how the fishermen
separated the good fish from the bad, and the good fish put in baskets and the
bad ones thrown into a fiery furnace to be completely burnt. Today we see the
same with the fields. It would be like a farmer cutting down a wheat field and
then picking out all the weeds that were in the harvest and tossing them into a
fiery furnace. Machines now do it, but it is the same, the weeds are
destroyed, often times burnt up, and the good are keepers. The same will be
for man at the end of the age.
Let me make it very clear, at the end of the age, those who
are good and love Jesus and have confessed and worked hard for Him, will be the
keepers and the rest will be tossed into HELL... Heaven or Hell, folks, the
road has been planned and put into place, Jesus made the way for us to be with
Him and Satan has made plans for a way you can be with him... YOUR CHOICE, FOLKS, no pastor, no preacher, no Sunday school teacher, no priest, not even the
Pope can get you into heaven, Jesus and only Jesus, not even your loving
mother, even if she is in heaven, cannot twist the arm of Jesus to let you in.
You are on your own. AM I BEING CLEAR ON THIS???
I am sure that some on the line once in a while will say, does
he, meaning me, ever talk about things other than getting into heaven? And yes, I do, but the number one charge in my life by God is to work hard for Him,
getting others to His feet to be saved. I cannot go to Jesus and say, Lord
Jesus, I worked hard to get this man to You, please cut him a break, he died last
night and please let him in and work on him later. It does not work that way.
I am not the judge, and if you want to twist the arm of Jesus go have at it,
twist His arm, I mean talk to Him about your salvation. Look, bottom line is, it
is between Jesus and you anyway.
I talk to Him a lot. and no. it is not enough. I will talk to
Him again, and what goes hand in hand with that talking I do with Jesus... Here
is that line one more time, right from the Bible, folks, in the words of Jesus.
" He who has ears let him hear."
Dear Lord, Father in Heaven, please help us, help me to just
be still and listen. I know it is one of my downfalls along with sinning among
other things. Help me, Lord, to repent and be healed. Thanks for all You do for
us. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth and share those blessings... Love ya, Pastor
Dan.
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