“WHO MAKES OUR COUNTRY A BETTER PLACE?”

“The LORD is my light …”

That is the question on “The 2017 New Zealand of the year awards” pamphlet, I picked up today at our local Post Office, when I paid one of our bills.

I like to answer questions like that.

In the BIBLE the Lord Jesus Christ says, “‘YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH.'” You find that in Matthew 5:13.

He says also, “‘YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.”‘ That is written in Matthew 5:14.

And here is what it says in Matthew 5:16 (THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE): “Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble and good deeds, and recognize and honor and praise your Father who is in heaven.”

The true followers of the Lord Jesus Christ make not only this country a better place, but they are also making the whole world a better place.

THE CROSS

“‘This is the one

Isaiah 66:2+3

Intr.:

I esteem:

1. he who is humble and
2. contrite in spirit, and
3. trembles at my word.

Intr:

But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a man, …'”

THE CROSS

“This is

Isaiah 66:1-2

Intr.:

what the LORD says:

1. ‘Heaven is my throne, and
2. the earth is my footstool.
3. Where is the house you will build for me?
4. Where will my resting place be?
5. Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?’

End:

declares the LORD.”

THE CROSS

“Israel’s

Isaiah 56:10-12

Intr.:

watchmen

1.  are blind,
2. they all lack knowledge;
3. they are all mute dogs,
4. they cannot bark;
5. they lie around and dream,
6. they love to sleep.
7. They are dogs with mighty appetites;
8. they never have enough.
9. They are shepherds who lack understanding;
10. they all turn to their own way, each
11. one seeks his own gain.

Intr.:

‘Come’, each one cries, ‘let me get wine!'”