“Who do you TRUST?”

“WHO DO YOU TRUST?” 

That’s what it says in big letters on an old Reader’s Digest. And underneath in smaller print I read “New Zealand’s most trusted people 2007.” (Reader’s Digest, June 2007)

I like that question and I will answer it:

I belong to those people, who are trusting the Lord Jesus Christ! David, the David in the BIBLE, also trusted the Lord. In Psalm 55:23 he says: “BUT AS FOR ME, I TRUST THE LORD.”

WHY DO I TRUST THE LORD?

Here is my answer:

“This is what the LORD says:

‘Cursed is the one who trusts in man,

who depends on flesh for his strength and

whose heart turns away from the LORD.” – Jeremiah 17:5

( It is also a SERMON OUTLINE! )

Just Two Questions

Just two questions

Let me ask you just a couple of questions:

Do you love life? Is your desire to see many good days?

How do you answer those  questions? Here are the six answers:

First of all you must keep your tongue from evil. Secondly  you must not speak lies. Thirdly you must turn from evil. Answer number four: You must do good. Five: You must seek peace.  Six: You must persue peace.

How do I know that that are the answers  to those two questions?  Because I read the BIBLE!

You find the answers in the Bible in Psalm 34:12,13

“… A GOOD DINNER AND FEASTING …..”

“…. A GOOD DINNER AND FEASTING …”

Picture / Stefan Dekarski

“Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody,” says Samuel Pepys.

In Deuteronomy 8:3 we read that our food is not ony bread but also the word of God.  Our Lord Jesus Christ says the same in Matthew 4:4.

Feeding the body is important, but it is more important to feed the soul.

Where do we hear about feeding the body?

You know the answer!  But let us remember what Samuel Pepys observed, namely that “a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody .”

 Where do we hear about feeding the soul?

You know the answer!

But let us remember that a good sermon and feasting on the word of God reconciles everybody.

One symbol used to illustrate the word of God is FOOD. The Bible nourishes us. The Bible is feeding the soul. The Bible is providing meat and drink. Here are some verses from the Bible: First Peter 2:2; Hebrews  5:12-14; First Corinthians 3:2; Romans 10:17.