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Monthly Archives: October 2013
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We are never told in the Scriptures that we should look forward to death; but we are told very frequently that we should look forward to heaven.
– Matthew Henry
Sermon Outline
Isaiah 40:31
“But those
Isaiah 40:31
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who hope in the LORD
1. will renew their strength.
2. They will soar on wings like eagles;
4. they will run and not grow weary,
5. they will walk and not be faint.”
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You say, ‘If I had a little more, I should be satisfied.’ You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.”
– Charles H. Spurgeon
Borneo Challenge Java Joy
BORNEO CHALLENGE JAVA JOY by PHILIP AND BERYL BUDD
Finished reading the book:
BORNEO CHALLENGE JAVA JOY
by Philip and Beryl Budd.
That is one book you don’t want to put down once you have started reading!
It was also good to meet the author not long ago.
Don’t treat God like you do a lawyer
“We are not to treat God as the anonymous writer puts it:
‘Some people treat God like they do a lawyer; they go to Him only when they are in trouble.'”
– Billy Graham in Unto the Hills
WIDESPREAD
WIDESPREAD
When I read about the widespread drink Coca-Cola in the Coffee News, 14th October 2013, I asked myself the question, “How widespread is the Gospel of Christ?“
“A third of the world still does not know JESUS. They’ve never seen a group of God’s people,” I am reading in a WEC publication.
COCA-COLA
“W E C stands for Worldwide Evangelisation for Christ. WEC International lives up to its name. It’s an inter-denominational family of around 1840 workers serving in multicultural teams among about 100 of the least evangelised people groups. Our primary focus is to plant churches where there is no church, but as you’ll discover, that’s just the beginning!”
I am a member of the WEC family and I served in Thailand from Christmas 1966 until Christmas 1979.
The publication Coffee News informs me that “Coca-Cola is served in over 200 countries.”
“NEVER GIVE UP HOPE”
“NEVER GIVE UP HOPE.”
“‘Never give up hope’ in what?” That was the question I asked myself, when I read “Never give up hope” on the back cover of the little booklet called “WHANAU PACK, Tools for families and parents with teenagers, published by the NORTHLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD.
The BIBLE tells us about a man who did not give up hope in the resurrection of the dead and who did not give up hope in what God has promised.
HOPE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD
Here are some promises concerning the resurrection:
“NEVER GIVE UP HOPE”
“For the Lord himself
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will come down from heaven,
1. with a loud command,
2. with the voice of the archangel and
3. with the trumpet call of God,
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and the dead in Christ will rise first.” –
First Thessalonians 4:16
Second Corinthians 4:14; Acts 24:15; John 11:25 and John 6:40.
HOPE IN WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED
And here are some messianic prophecies relating to the Lord Jesus Christ and their fulfillment:
1. The Lord was given gall and vinegar.
Prophecy: Psalm 96:21 – Fulfillment: John 19:29
2. The Lord prays for his enemies.
Prophecy: Psalm 109:4 – Fulfillment: Luke 23:34
3. The side of the Lord is pierced.
Prophecy: Zechariah 12:10 – Fulfillment: John 19:34
4. The Lord is buried with the rich.
Prophecy: Isaiah 53:9 – Fulfillment: Matthew:27:57-60
There are more of course!
The man was the apostle Paul and he was even on trial before king Agrippa because of his hope in what God has promised and he was also on trial before the Sanhedrin because of his hope in the resurrection of the dead.
Acts 23:6; Acts 26:6