Tuesday, May 23, 2017

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Monday, May 8, 2017

Is it Ok to get drunk once in a while?

ABSTAINING FROM ALCOHOL
   (A letter from a fellow pastor)

 "Pastor Jack,

     You cannot make an argument for abstaining from all forms of alcohol from the Scriptures.  As you mentioned Jesus drank wine with the 12.  And Paul tells Timothy to take a little wine for his stomach's sake, knowing its medicinal value.
      Where Scripture does draw the line is in abusing the use of wine.  Drunkenness is often spoken against in the Scriptures...
Therefore, Scripture does not condemn a glass of wine with a meal, but even this we should abstain from if it would offend a brother (or sister) in Christ.
     I choose to abstain for the sake of a weaker brother, but let each man seek God's will for his own life in the matter.  The only clear command is to never get drunk on wine, but rather be filled with the Spirit of God.

                                             Pastor Chuck





Sunday, May 7, 2017

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

Word of God Valued

Word of God Valued.  How highly do we value the Word of God? There is a man both hands in an explosion while blasting stone. His face was much torn. Although surgeons did all they could for him his eyesight was utterly destroyed. He was young in the faith; the Bible was his delight, and his distress at being no longer able to read it was great. Hearing of a lady in England who read the Braille type with her lips, some friends ordered for him parts of the Bible in the Moon-raised type, and he could hardly wait till they arrived. What a disappointment then it was to find that the explosion had destroyed the nerves of his lips, and there was no sense of touch there! He wept over the Book, stooped to kiss it farewell and happened to touch it with his tongue. His teacher was recalled, and he quickly learned to read the characters by running his tongue along them. Recently he said, ‘I have read the whole Bible through four times, and many of the books of the Bible over and over again.’ That man values and loves God’s Word.
                                                 Chairette
    The Bible, like some foods and drinks, creates an appetite for itself. The more we know of its marvelous message, the more we want to know, for the sweeter does it become.
                                              G. M. Landis
( Jer.15.16; Ps.119.97)


Happy Easter 2017

Dear Beavers,

The Easter I remember most vividly of the 18 Easters I spent in & around Scottsdale was one where Mom took us 2 teen-agers (my sister, Judy, and me) to Glass and Garden Drive-In Church in Scottsdale.  You listened to the sermon and “ushers” would come to your car with the collection plate.  Happy Easter, Beavers!


                           God’s Good Pleasure  Heb.13:30,21
The 2 verses I memorized in Scottsdale are from Hebrews 13:20-21--
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
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Now put you together, provide you with everything you need to please him, Make us into what gives him most pleasure, by means of the sacrifice of Jesus, the Messiah. All glory to Jesus forever and always! Oh, yes, yes, yes.

  1 The Title of God’s pleasure—God of peace  Rom.15:33;
           Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
1 Thess.5:23-- And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I had no peace until I got Jesus who is our Peace Ephesians 2:14Christ is our peace. He made both Jews and Gentiles into one group. With his body, he broke down the barrier of hatred that divided us. Know Jesus:  know peace!  No Jesus: no peace.
  2 The Man of God’s pleasure—Our Lord Jesus  Prov.8:30
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

Proverbs 8:22-31   God says that wisdom is primary and fundamental.  It is the foundation on which all life is built.  Paul and John may have alluded to some of Solomon's statements about wisdom to describe Christ's presence at the creation of the world (Colossians 1:15-17; Colossians 2:2, 3; --these 2 passages I memorized while living in Scottsdale, too; Revelation 3:14).

  3 The Act of God’s pleasure—brought again from the dead  Acts 2:22,24
"Listen, Israelites, to what I say. Jesus, the Nazarene, a man accredited to you from God by miracles and marvels and signs which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know, Him--
delivered up through God's settled purpose and foreknowledge--you by the hands of Gentiles have nailed to a cross and have put to death.
But God has raised Him to life, having terminated the throes of death, for in fact it was not possible for Him to be held fast by death.
Peter spoke forthrightly about the resurrection. As Peter preached, the events of Christ’s death and resurrection were still hot news, less than 2 months old. Christ’s execution had been carried out in public before many witnesses. His empty tomb was available for inspection just a short distance away. If Christ had not truly died, Peter’s message would have been laughed at or ignored. If Christ had not been resurrected, authorities could have produced his body and put an end to this new faith. But Peter and the apostles had witnessed the risen Christ. Changed men, they announced the news with great passion and conviction.
   
  4 The Sacrifice of God’s pleasure—the blood of the everlasting covenant  Isaiah.53:10


Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, 
and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. I.e.
Isaiah 53:10 (ESV)  Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
The Messiah suffered for our sakes, bearing our sins to make us acceptable to God. What can we say to such love?  How will we respond to him?

  5 The People of God’s pleasure—make YOU perfect  Ephesians 1:5,9
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Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,  


Predestinedmeans marked out beforehand.  This is another way of saying that salvation is God’s work and not our own doing.  In his infinite love, God has adopted those believing in His Son as His own children. Through Jesus’ sacrifice, he has brought us into his family and made us heirs along with Jesus (Romans 8:17). In Roman law, adopted children had the same rights and privileges as biological children, even if they had been slaves. Paul uses this term to show how strong our relationship to God is. Have you entered into this loving relationship with God?                                                                                                         
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Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

  6 The Purpose of God’s pleasure—to do His will 

             Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. =

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For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].

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For we are the product of His hand, heaven’s poetry etched on lives, created in the Anointed, Jesus, to accomplish the good works God arranged long ago.

  7 The Process of God’s pleasure—working in you that which is well-pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ  Hebrews 13:21
21 hequip you with everything good that you may do his will, iworking in us1 that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, jto whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
This verse includes 2 important results of Christ’s death and resurrection. In reverse order, God works in us to make us the kind of people that would please him, and he equips us to do the kind of work that would please him.  Let God change yuou from within and then use you to help others.



This is all ‘ACCORDING TO THE GOOD PLEASURE OF HIS WILL’  Ephesians 1:5


     Resurrection of Christ
   
 To Joseph’s tomb where none had lain
They carried Him whom foes had slain,
Men set a guard; men sealed the stone;
Men left Him there to sleep alone.
The Sabbath passed: the first day came,
And Mary turned to hear her name.
While Salem slept, the Mighty dead
Had risen from His rocky bed.
In Him our hope, our longing are,
Who is our bright, our Morning Star.

                      Dr. Johnstone G. Patrick
(Matt. 28.6)

Happy easteR,

Beavers!
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