Dear Father in Heaven: Thanks for the messages of this day, and now, Lord, on this day we call Salvation Wednesday on this line, help me bring out in the message about Salvation and also, Lord, help this message reach all who need it and may the message lead some to You to be saved. I want to work for You, Lord Jesus, and I know my job is to lead people to You to be saved. I want to be clear always that I cannot save a person, only try with Your help to lead them in. Please help me now with a message and to get it into the hands who need it. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Brothers and sisters, I just remembered that I forgot to mention one other person who passed away from this earth. Please pray for the family of Darlene Stone. Darlene prayed to be saved while here picking up food, and she followed up on that with us. Darlene was only 50 years old. I am so happy that when God gave us the chance to feed people through Carry The Light Ministries food pantry He also gave us the knowledge to pray with ALL who came in and talk to them about Salvation through Jesus Christ and also anoint them with oil and pray for healing. Let me get right to the message. REMINDER: Tomorrow we will be serving communion online. Please, if you want to joint us, have a cracker and some juice.
Salvation Wednesday: March 23, 2016: The Big Trip (Day Fifty-three)
John 14:1-7 New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Comforts His Disciples
1 "Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in Me. 2 My Father's house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with Me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going."
Jesus the Way to the Father
5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we don't know where You are going, so how can we know the way?"
6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 7 If you really know Me, you will know My Father as well. From now on, you do know Him and have seen Him."
Brothers and sisters, Jesus has been traveling with His disciples for years now and He knows it is time when he must go to the cross and save all of us sinners. Before this time arrives He is trying to comfort them. "Do not let your hearts be troubled," Jesus told them. "Trust in God," Jesus told them. Jesus also told them to trust also in Him, and I want to bring that out right now. Please trust in Jesus. Jesus also told them and us that in His Father's house there are many mansions or many rooms, depending in which version of the Bible you read. So some people think of it like this. What is "His Father's House?" Let me tell you what God's house really is. God's house, The Father's House, is HEAVEN. No ifs, ands, or buts about it, folks, our Father's House is Heaven, and in Heaven there are many mansions or rooms if you please. Also, please picture this if you can. Picture going to heaven and seeing all the mansions and seeing the streets leading up to them being pure gold. Not gold-plated, but pure gold. And think of this also: When you get there you will cry no more, it will be all joy. And when we sit down to eat, Jesus will be sitting at the table with us. After He graces the table, we can all enjoy our liver and onions and talk to each other. (Okay, you can order what you want to eat.)
Brothers and sisters, I love this verse and I want to bring it out so we can all look at it again.
John 14:3 - And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with Me that you also may be where I am. (NIV)
Please read this verse over and over. And if I go, and we know that Jesus did go and we will study that after Easter. The neat thing is He made this promise that HE WILL COME BACK AND TAKE US TO BE WITH HIM. What a great promise and we know, we just know through our faith in Jesus, He never breaks a promise. Brothers and sisters, Jesus is indeed coming back, and it could happen even before I get to finish this writing. If I would ask all of you where do you want to spend your life after here, I would think all of you would say heaven. If that is not the case, boy, do I have work to do to get to you. In fact, if there is any doubt in your mind about getting into heaven, please call me: 717 991 0754 is my personal cell phone number and if you have any doubts, PLEASE CALL.
This scripture is also really important. So let us look at it again.
John 14:6 - Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 7 If you really know Me, you will know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.
Here once more we see that God The Father and Jesus The Son are indeed one. He also tells us that He, Jesus, is indeed the one and only way to get into heaven. Let me point this out. I, as a pastor, cannot get you into heaven, and I want to point out that no pastor, no priest, no minister, no evangelist, no pope or other church leader, no deacon, no one other than Jesus can get you into heaven. The same goes for the forgiving of your sins. This is between each of you and Jesus Christ. You also need to know that just praying a sinner's prayer is just the start of living for Jesus and accepting Him as your Savior will be just getting you started. Will you sin again after you are saved? Yes!!! Will that prevent you from getting into heaven? No!!! But we must try and repent, for that is brought out in scripture. Repent for the Kingdom of God is Near.
So again today I want to invite you to confess your sins unto Jesus, and you can do that right now. You don't need to name them all. (Praise God for that one! Right?) Then you tell Jesus you love Him, and you do, right? And then you do your best to live for Him. WARNING!!! When you take on Jesus, your life will change. Will you pray with me today, asking Jesus into your hearts? I cannot pray it for you, only lead you.
Dear Father in Heaven, I confess to You this day that I am a sinner and I am asking right now for You to forgive me of my sins and come into my heart. I want to repent and I know that will take a lot of help from You to keep me on track. Please help me with that, Jesus. Jesus, thanks for dying on Your Cross to save me from my sinful self. Please place my name in the Lamb's Book of Life so that someday I will be in Heaven with You. Until then, help me to work for You in some way. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth and love on Jesus for He is indeed loving on You. And to go out singing this time we will sing another one of my favorite hymns, Mansion Over the Hilltop.
I'm satisfied with just a cottage below,
A little silver and a little gold.
But in that city where the ransomed will shine
I want a gold one that's silver lined.
I've got a mansion just over the hilltop
In that bright land where we'll never grow old.
And someday yonder we will nevermore wander
But walk on streets that are purest gold.
Don't think me poor or deserted or lonely;
I'm not discouraged: I'm heaven-bound.
I'm just a pilgrim in search of that city.
I want a mansion, a harp and a crown.
I've got a mansion just over the hilltop
In that bright land where we'll never grow old.
And someday yonder we will nevermore wander
But walk on streets that are purest gold.
I've got a mansion just over the hilltop
In that bright land where we'll never grow old.
And someday yonder we will nevermore wander
But walk on streets that are purest gold.
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