Salvation Wednesday 1/6/15 The Big Trip (21)

PRAISE THE LORD!!!!

Dear Father in Heaven: All  honor and glory to You in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Thank You so much for waking Mindy from the coma she was in. Dear Father in Heaven, You are just wonderful all the time. Thanks for trusting me to witness for You last evening. Thanks for a great gathering of family, and thanks for pointing out people who would accept Bibles in the name of Jesus. Dear Father, thanks for this day that we call Salvation Wednesday and thanks again today for forgiving me of my sins and going to the Cross for me and all others. I am so excited today, Lord, I must get to the message. Please, Lord, help me with the message and to get it dispatched. In the Mighty, Mighty Name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

My dear brothers and sisters, can you tell on this Salvation Wednesday that I am excited? A few weeks back we put on our prayer list Mindy Herman Shearer (spelling might be wrong on that last name). Anyway, on December 7, 2015, Mindy went into a coma, and today GOD WOKE HER UP!!! Not only that, she was up walking with a walker and the help of staff. Can someone just jump and shout AMEN!  Speaking of saying amen, I want to bring something up today and that  will be a 2nd part of this message today. Please keep Vicki and Dave in your prayers. Now let me get to the message:

Salvation Wednesday: January 6, 2015: The Big Trip (Day Twenty-One)

Burdens

1 John 5:3-4 New International Version (NIV)

3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. (NIV)

I want to wrap up this part about burdens today and move on with the Big Trip.

In our scripture above we are told this is love for God, and what is that love for God? It is to keep His commands, and yes, that would be commandments also. So many people think if we just carry out those original ten commandments we are in the clear. No, remember Adam and Eve broke God's commands about what they were to do in the Garden of Eden. Anyway, if we truly love God we will find His commands are not burdensome. And look at this, everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is our victory in the end, overcoming the world and it is done by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. If you are working for God it should not be a burden for you, if it is you are doing something wrong.

Part 2!!

1 John 4:12 New International Version (NIV)

12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. (NIV)

A question came up today about people sending messages out on Facebook about adding Amen to the end of the message to prove they are a Christian. I have received things like "if you send this message to ten others and one back to the writer you will receive a blessing from our Lord God."

I want to make it clear that while I tell all of you that you may use my messages to help lead others to the cross, pastors can use them for notes for messages, I don't care, I write for God. When you choose to use what I write it will NOT mean you will get special blessings from God. God will bless us all according to what we do for Him and others, not because we write an Amen on something and forward it to ten, or ten thousand people. GOD IS IN THE BLESSING BUSINESS.

You also do not need to attend church to get into heaven. You just need to belong to THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. Meaning you must be "Born Again." You must have invited Jesus into your heart and do your best to live for Him. While I believe going to a good church is wonderful and needed to keep you on fire for Christ, it is not recorded anywhere in the Bible you must attend any one church to get into heaven. With that said, some churches people follow and/or attend might help keep you out of heaven. Again, our Lord Jesus is the only one each of us need to answer to when it comes to getting into heaven. He died for us on the Cross, and He was risen from the dead and you need to believe that!!! I think since this came up, I will make this part of our Big Trip. One thing I want to add to that right here and now. Some people need to work on Saturday and Sunday and cannot get to church. Don't you think some of those who work those weekends are saved? Some police, firefighters, even our military might not be able to get to church. However, I believe they can be saved. In fact, some Christians go to church on Sunday and leave after church and go out to eat. I would say a lot of those serving the "Christians" who have come from the church might know Jesus even better than the "churched" people. Again, Jesus will be the final judge.

More on this subject coming, but remember this, please. Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world; red and yellow, black and white, and we are indeed the children of God and we must LOVE HIM BACK. Amen.

Now go forth and share the love of Jesus with others. Love ya.

Pastor Dan

And we might as well sing this.

Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world;
Red and yellow, black and white,
They are precious in His sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world.

Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world;
Red and yellow, black and white,
They are precious in His sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world.