Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for a great day, and thanks for helping us get some work done. I love You, Jesus, and I ask that You forgive me of my sins. Thanks for being with our prodigal sons and daughters and walking with them until they decide to come back. Thanks for standing by with them. Dear Lord, comfort Linda in the going home of her sister Barbara, and dear Lord, please be with K-9 Boomer who is very ill. Now please, Lord, help me with the message and then dispatch it. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Pastor Dan's Safety Tip: After long hot dry spells, oil works it way to the top of blacktopped roads, also drippings from cars and trucks lays on the highways. When we get a quickie rain, those roads get slick in a hurry. The defense, SLOW DOWN.
Hi, brothers and sisters. Please keep Linda in your prayers, as she struggles in the home going of her sister. Also a request from Donna in Whitehall, PA, to pray for her dog Boomer. As you know, we love our pets. The last two weeks we have had a wonderful little dog named Sweet Pea attending our church service with her master. Sweet Pea is a resident of The Bridges. Last day today for Faith and Heroes. Before I get to that, I want to remind you again that next Saturday is our annual picnic at Willow Mill Park. Come hear some good Gospel Music, eat some good food, and have fellowship with others. Also coming this year, a few of the families that have been helped by Carry The Light Ministries. Now let me get to the message of today . Friday, and yes, I know it is Saturday.
Friday, June 28, 2013, Faith and Heroes (Day Five).
Once again I want to clear the air, no one, not one person either from the Bible or from today is ahead or equal to our Lord Jesus.
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." 29 In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man,he passed by on the other side. 32 "So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'" 36 "Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?" 37 The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise." (NIV)
My her from the Bible today is of course the Samaritan who stopped and helped the injured man. The others could have done the same, but they decided to wash their hands of it, not to get involved. I get a dick out of this, of all the things the ACLU tries to get God out of, they seem to have forgotten that over the years many laws are on the books to protect those who stop and just help out at accidents, etc. Many of those laws are referred to on the law books as "The Good Samaritan Law."
Do you know that on our highways, if you are first on the location of an accident you are REQUIRED to stop and render help the bet you can?
So the Samaritan went and helped the man and even paid others to help him. The Samaritan stepped out in faith to help someone he did not know. He did not know what religion or race the man who was beaten was when he decided to help. What about you, folks? Would you step out in faith to help someone in trouble? Would it make a difference if they were different from you? Men, would you give CPR with mouth-to-mouth to another man, or would it need to be a woman that needed it? I had that choice one time, and I did what I had to do. What about those who passed on by? What should happen to them? On judgment day I am sure they will be held to task by Jesus on this one.
So now you have my Bible Hero of today, who might be my hero of today? For this I could pick many, however, I am going with my friends Dave and Joanne Fortney's oldest son Arthur, or known to me as "Artie." For as long as I can remember, this young man wanted to be a firefighter and a first responder, so as to help others. He was not concerned about pay, even though he wanted to make it his life work someday. Well, Artie has helped many a person as he walked this part of his life and set examples of how we need people that do that. As I said, I could name others, and here is one from my past. His name, Robert Lee Coburn, and he was my assistant at Central Dauphin, a fire chief at Colonial Park Station in Colonial Park East of Harrisburg. He was also on the truck the afternoon of my motorcycle crash. He, like so many men and women, are running into burning buildings when others are running out. We have a lot of Good Samaritans riding on those big fire trucks, doing it for the love of God and the love of their fellow man. Today all of us put a lot of faith in them, we have faith on the highway if we are in an accident these Samaritans will show up to help us. We have faith in them that they will crawl out of bed if the alarm goes off during the night.
Dear Father in Heaven, please bless these Samaritans that we call firefighters and first responders. Watch over them and keep them safe. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings. And love your neighbor, your Lord Jesus, and be a Good Samaritan. Love ya. Pass it on.
Pastor Dan
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