Wednesday 6/11/14 Spanked by God 3

Dear Father in Heaven:  I love You.  Please forgive me of my sins and start me fresh this day.  Lord, it is Wednesday and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line.  Lord, please help lead we who are saved to seek out the lost and tell them Your good news about our Salvation.  Lord, we really have a job to do for You.  Please  help us work at it.  Lord, please be with my wife as she has fallen again and Lord, I give You all honor and glory that she was not hurt at all.  Lord, help her with her balance, please, Lord, help her with her hands so she can keep playing the piano for You.  Lord, now if You would please help me with the daily message and then help me to dispatch it I surely would appreciate it.  In Jesus' Name, I pray.  Amen.

Good early morning from the Southern Location of the North Pole.  It is Wednesday and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line.  This is the day we set aside to pray for the lost.  If any one of you does not understand what I am talking about and wants to talk about it, please call me. My cell phone number is 717 991 0754.  Please do not use that number if you are calling for an appointment to pick up food.  That number is 717 691 8200.  Okay, let me get to the message.

Salvation Wednesday:  June 11, 2014, Spanked by God (Day Three)


Proverbs 22:15 - Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.  (NIV)

Proverbs 19:15 - The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.  (NIV)

Proverbs 19:17 - Discipline your son and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul.  (NIV)

Above are three more scriptures that point out that a child needs that "rod" of correction.  Proverbs 19:15 tells us we can gain wisdom from the discipline.  Again I want to bring out that the "rod" of correction does not give anyone the right to "beat" a child.  When I look back on my days of childhood, back when the Dead Sea was still sick and the streets were still dirt, I can remember some things that I heard from my parents and some things I did not hear.  I never heard turn the TV off, you are being punished.  Why?  We did not have TV until I was in Junior High School.  However, I did hear go to your room and do not turn on the radio.  I would also be sent to bed without any supper, but looking back I think my parents had a plan.  If pop was home (he worked out of town) and mom would send me to bed without dinner, dad would "sneak" me a sandwich.  If dad sent me to bed without dinner, mom did the sneaking.  Yes,I do think they did not want me to go to bed hungry.  (If they knew that I had a box of cereal under the bed I am sure I would have been busted good.)  Now I promised you I would tie this together today and why I feel that I have been "spanked by God".

Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.   (NIV)

I use this scripture so often and it is so important to know that our Lord Jesus never changes, and we also need to remember Jesus is our Lord and Savior.  Over the years, we change, but Jesus never did nor will He.

Now I could type this scripture out for you but it is very long, so folks, get out your Bible and read 1 Corinthians chapters 12 and 13.  These chapters talk about gifts and the kinds of gifts each of us have.  All of us have assigned gifts from God.  Some folks might not use them.  The Bible goes on in these chapters to talk about the gifts, and this is how the scripture ends.

1 Corinthians 13:13 - And now these three remain:  faith, hope and love.  But the greatest of these is love.  (NIV)

Now I have showed you scriptures about the rod and how a person who spares the rod hates his child.  Do you think then for one  minute that God in all of His own wisdom would not "spank" us because of His great love for us?  And the Bible is very clear that Love is the greatest gift of all.  I just pointed that out to you.  Look again, "But the greatest of these is love."  The Bible tell us is that if we do not have love, we have nothing.  I have been told from time to time if you do not "speak in tongues" you cannot get into heaven.  Wrong!  Jesus is the only way to heaven.

John 14:6 - Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through Me."  (NIV)

Now have I been spanked by God?  Yes, and I am going to tell you about a few of them.  I also want to tell you that when God spanks you, if you really pay attention, your life will change.  Yes, God works through the hands of men, but He also works directly.  I have been healed by God!  But some will say, healed?  You are almost wheelchair-bound!  Yes, but my cancer is gone thanks to Jesus.  Tomorrow some examples of how God spanked me.  A few personal times.

Now go forth and share your blessings.  Love ya.  Please pass on my love to others.

Pastor Dan