On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus.
"Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" "What is
written in the Law?" He replied. "How do you read it?" He answered: "Love the
Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
strength and with all your mind, and Love your neighbor as yourself." You
have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will
live."
Good Friday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Friday and
the day we pray for those who work in the fields of Harvest for our Lord Jesus.
And I do pray that all of you are on this prayer list for we are all to be
taking the Good News of Jesus to all creation. Please remember Daniel Stoner
and his family as they go into the back woods to share the Words of Jesus.
Please pray for your pastors in your church also.
Please keep on praying for those who have been on our prayer
list. Now let's get to the message.
Luke 10:25 - On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to
test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 26
"What is written in the Law?" He replied. "How do you read it?" 27 He
answered: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and Love your neighbor as
yourself." 28 You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you
will live." (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, if we could just learn these two, just
these two great commandments, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and Love your neighbor as yourself." If we would learn them and live by them, we
would fall into line with what Jesus wants and we would have eternal
life. It just sounds so simple to me. Let's find the key word in all of this,
and let me tell you it is a four letter word, and there are good four letter
words. "Love", my dear brothers and sisters, our whole Christian walk is
about Love and let me tell you the word Christian gets a bad rap. Even Pastor
Warren from California needs to get this right. His church, the Baptist
church, is not a "Christian" church and the Mormon church something else. In my
mind there is only one Christian Church and that is God's Church the one you
join when you become Born Again. There are churches that their teachings are
Christian based, and Baptist is surely one of them. But have you ever heard
Glenn Beck, who is a Mormon, confess his love for Jesus? Glenn
confesses his love for Jesus all the time, and I believe he walks the walk. I
mean all of this is coming up because of Mitt Romney who is running for
President.
Folks, let's break down the word Christian for one minute.
"Christian = Christ like". The word Christian gets a very bad rap. How can, and
I am going to get in trouble for this one also. How can anyone be a "Christian"
being "Christ Like" and support abortion, and at least one of our "mainline"
churches support a woman's right to choose. This is why we must Love, and
there is the word again, this is why we must "LOVE" our Lord Jesus with all of
our heart, our soul, our strength and mind, and it must be personal between us
and Jesus. One on one. Now Jesus loved us enough to give His life for us, so
we should be able to Love Him. The harder part of these two great commandments
is Loving EVERYONE else, because Jesus said we must love our neighbors, and our
neighborhood is the world. While you might find it easy to Love God, and also
your neighbor who lives across the street or next door, what about those who are
a different shade than you. What about one whose eyes don't look like yours? I
want you to think real, real hard about this, my brothers and sisters. Even
some people who say they are Christians are talking behind your back. Yes, folks, it is easy to Love God, or should be, after all He died for all of us, but what
about that that person who really cuts you apart all the time, maybe just
because you love God and are like me and wear Him in the open. Let the light
of Jesus, let your love of Jesus shine and don't let others put you on a guilt
trip for the way You live when you are walking it with Jesus. Just love them,
and as my dear sweet late mamma taught me, you catch more flies with honey than
vinegar. Love your neighbor, and love them with a True Heart! And remember
if you really want your church to be a "Christian Church" then join the Church
of Jesus... and be born again...
If you don't know or understand those three words today, Love
& Born Again, please call me. Yes we will talk about it... 717 991 0754
is my cell number.
Dear Father in Heaven, help us to follow those two great
commandments, Love You and Love everyone else. Help us with it, Lord, and please
bless those going out to work for You. In the name of Jesus, Amen.
Now go forth and share those blessings. Love Ya, neighbor, and I love You, Jesus. Pastor Dan
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