What is Your M.O.?

March 12 2015 Thank you for reading my Prophetic Daily Devotionals!   Please visit my website to learn more Bible prophecies being fulfilled in these last days.    Philippians 3:20   For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:   For further study -  Philippians 3:10-21   Our key verse and the extended reading for today are the same verses we used last time we were in Philippians. However, this time I have a different focus.   The first verse of our extended reading, verse 10, is a great verse to use as the model for being able to press toward the mark of the high calling of God.   Knowing Jesus, the power of His resurrection, the fellowship of His suffering, and being willing to give our lives for Him is the "mode of operation" for the Christ-like life.   Verse 13 reveals how Paul was not hung up on himself and his knowledge and position in life. Paul realized he had not "arrived", he was forgetting the things of the past and reaching into the future.   Paul's energy was focused on "pressing toward" the mark and it was the mark set by the Lord's calling of this servant to be used in His service.   Our key verse contains the secret of how Paul was able to better know the Lord, forgetting the things of the past and pressing toward the mark. Paul's "citizenship" was not here on earth, it is in heaven.   Verse 20 says, "our conversation is in heaven". An alternative interpretation of the Greek word for "conversation" is "citizenship". Notice a second step here, Paul was constantly looking for the Lord Jesus Christ to come from heaven to get us and take us to be with Him forevermore, into eternity future. Verse 21 shows us that when Jesus Christ comes He will change this old "worn-out body" of ours, and fashion it like His "glorious body". What a relief that will be, our old bodies for eternity fashioned in the likeness of the Lord's glorious body.   By the way, this process will be almost instantaneous, as described in I Corinthians 15:52. It will be done, "in a moment in the twinkling of an eye". The "twinkling of an eye" is much faster than a "blink of the eye", and that's fast.   These are blessed verses and I wanted to use them again to glean another, different blessing from them. I pray you got that same blessing. PRAYER THOT: Thank you Lord, for the promise of our new citizenship and the fact that You will make our old bodies like Your glorious body, even so come Lord Jesus, quickly.   Visit our website at http:/www.prophecytoday.com

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LUKE 10:38-42

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. SHE SAT AT JESUS FEET TO LEARN [Lk. 10:38-42]

 

1. The Word of God Should be Heard [v. 39]

 

2. The Word of God is Needful [v. 40-42a, Rm. 10:1-17]

 

3. The Word of God is Good [v. 42b, 2 Tm. 2:21, 3:16-17]

 

II. SHE FELL AT JESUS’ FEET TO GRIEVE [Jn. 11:28-45]

 

1. Jesus Calls Us to Come to Him in Our Hour of Grief [v. 28-31]

 

2. Jesus Calls us to Worship Him in Our Hour of Grief [v. 32, 2 Sam. 12:20]

 

3. Jesus Calls us to Comfort Us in Our Hour of Grief [v. 33-45, Jn. 14, Rm. 15:4]

 

III. SHE KNELT AT JESUS’ FEET TO WORSHIP [Jn. 12:1-8]

 

1. She Gave Her Best [v. 1-3]

 

2. She Gave It All [v. 3, Mk. 14:3]

 

3. She Gave it Willingly, Knowingly & Purposefully [v. 4-8, Mt. 26:13 – from whence we get the title]

QUOTES OF THE WEEK

You may learn the Word of God but you will never exhaust the Word of God. - Pastor Norris Belcher

Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever. - Thomas Jefferson

It is, generally speaking, a far more pleasant task to preach the gospel to lost poor sinners than to minister to the needs of wayward saints. - H.A. Ironside

It has often been noticed, too, that the last that Mark records of the risen and ascended Lord is His working with those who went forth preaching; and it was He who confirmed the word with signs following. Thus, for service, if we enter into his thoughts, it ceases to be a question of our weak self or our strong self, and becomes one of Himself. The instrument may be feeble, but it is upheld and used by an all-powerful Hand. - H.A. Ironside


The present is no time for temporizing. He who has saved us, and is Lord of all, looks for clear-cut separation from all spiritual or ecclesiastical as well as carnal or fleshly evil, in sanctification to Himself. To Christendom as a whole, as to Judah then, there is little use to make appeals, nor does the Lord do it. "Their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it" (Jeremiah 6:10). So it has often been noted that after the days of Pergamos, in Rev. 2 and 3, the call is alone to the overcomer-- not to the mass.  - H.A. Ironside

GOD LEAVES NO LOOSE ENDS [Part 3]

JEREMIAH 49

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE AMMONITE OPPORTUNISTS [v. 1-6]

 

1. An “Heir-y” Business [v. 1-2]

 

2. A Howling Failure [v. 3-5]

 

3. A Humble Return [v. 6]

 

II. ESAU’S EMISSARIES [v. 7-22]

 

1. Their Calamity [v. 7-10]

 

2. Their Comfort [v. 11]

 

3. Their Contention [v. 12-22, Pr. 13:10]

 

III. OTHER OCCUPANTS [v. 23-39]

 

1. Damascus to be Destroyed [v. 23-27]

 

2. Ishmael to be Immobilized [v. 28-33]

 

3. Elam to be Emancipated (from pride) [v. 34-39]

 

God is in charge [Is. 37:16, Luke 10:21] nations have light {Rm. 1:17-32, esp. v. 20] and will be judged [Revelation]

THE CONCLUSIONS OF CHRIST’S CORONER

Luke 23:33-47, Mk. 15:43-45

 

Adapted from Hyman Appelman by Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. WHAT WAS THE CENTURION?

 

1. The Centurion was a Man of Accomplishment [Luke 23:47, the captain of one hundred men:--centurion]

 

2. The Centurion was a Man of Authority [Luke 7:6-8]

 

3. The Centurion was a Man of Action [Acts 22:25-26, 27:1, 6, 11, 31, 43]

 

II. WHAT DID THE CENTURION SEE?

 

1. He Saw a Criminal [Luke 23:32-33, 38]

 

2. He Saw a Character [Luke 23:4, 14, 22, 34]

 

3. He Saw a Conqueror [Luke 23:37-39, 46, Jn. 19:30]

 

III. WHAT DID THE CENTURION SAY?

 

1. He said Jesus was a Righteous Man [Luke 23:47, John 17:25 “O righteous Father”]

 

2. He said Jesus was the Son of God [Mt. 27:54, Mk. 15:39]

 

3. He Glorified God with What he Said [v. 46-47, Romans 15:9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.]

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John R. Rice Quotes of the Week

One time Eve held a little baby in her arms, rocked him and said, "I've gotten a man from the Lord." That baby turned out to be a murderer. Every child in this world has the seed of sin and death and Hell in him. Children of the Devil. "Ye are of your father the devil." Children of wrath, children of disobedience, children of this world. That is what the Bible says. Everybody in this world is a child of the devil until he has a new heart given him by the miracle of God's grace when he is converted, when he is born again. People are not by nature the children of God. They are by nature the children of the Devil, children of wrath, children of this world, children of darkness, the children of disobedience, the Bible says. - John R. Rice

Are all people in the world brothers? No. A lawyer called me on the telephone when I was pastor at Dallas and said, "Dr. Rice, I just can't believe that God would send one of His children to Hell. Why, I wouldn't send one of my children to hell, no matter what he did."
I said, "God doesn't send His children to Hell either. It's just the Devil's children that God sends to Hell. Why should God look after the Devil's children." - John R. Rice

I remember some years ago, Dr. Joe Macaulay came to see me at Wheaton. He was then pastor of Wheaton Bible Church. He came to talk to me about holding revival services in the Wheaton Bible Church. We sat on the back steps. the young people were playing croquet on the lawn. Joy, my baby girl, was then three years old. She was nearby, and she found a crooked piece of cardboard. I sat on the porch steps, whittling and talking to Dr. Macaulay about this revival. The other folks l...eft us alone. It was a pretty important time. I did not have much time at home, and the good pastor had come to see me. We were planning and praying and talking about the revival, and what we would do about it. My little baby came up to me with this little bit of cardboard. She had figured out that one end of it was not square. She held it out there like she wanted it. She held it out to my hands and interrupted our conversation. She said, "Daddy, cut that off." I stopped, took my pocket knife and cut it off so as to make the thing square as she wanted it.
She said, "Thank you, Daddy," and went on about her work. I turned to Brother Macaulay and said, "Any time I want anything, if the Lord God of Heaven and earth is having a conference with all of the archangels, I am going to butt in and say, 'My Father, will You do this for me?' And He will do it!" I have a right to come to my Father. I am born of God, a child of God, inheritor of all the blessings from God. - John R. Rice

One cannot tell a Christian by his fruits because the first fruit, the main fruit of a Christian, is inside, and only God can see the heart. But you can tell a false prophet by his fruit, which is his prophecy- that which he teaches. You can tell a false teacher, and you have a right to judge a false teacher by his fruits, his teaching, the Bible says. [Mt. 7:15-16] - John R. Rice

The first baby ever born in this world was Cain, a murderer. He didn't grow up in a pool hall. He didn't have a bad environment. There wasn't anybody he could lay it on. It was built-in wickedness. Every child ever born has the same wickedness but the innocent, blameless Son of God. He is the righteous one, bless God. - John R. Rice

How am I going to have assurance? How will I know I am saved?
Brother, when you have Jesus that settles the whole business. "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, [not sold it to us-given to us!] and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God" (I John 5:11-13). All of it is yours when you have Jesus. You have the whole business. - John R. Rice

God counted Jesus a sinner when he was not a sinner, so now God has a right to count me righteous when I am not righteous. That is imputed righteousness. - John R. Rice

Another Jesus

March 5, 2015 Another Jesus "For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him." (2 Corinthians 11:4)   The verses following our text contain an enlightening warning about false teachers. One should not carelessly follow a personable religious leader merely because he "preaches Jesus" or urges audiences to "receive the Spirit."   "Jesus" is quite popular among worldly people today, but not the true Jesus. The popular Jesus may be the baby Jesus in the manger at Christmastime, or the buddy Jesus of Nashville "gospel" music, or the success-counseling Jesus of the positive thinkers. He may be the romantic Jesus of the Christian crooners, the rhythmic Jesus of Christian rock, or the reforming Jesus of the liberals, but none of these are the Jesus preached by the apostle Paul, and therefore not the real Jesus who saves men and women from their sins.   Jesus in reality is the Lord Jesus Christ, the offended Creator of the universe (Colossians 1:16), who had to die as man on the cross to redeem us through His shed blood (Colossians 1:14, 20), and who then rose from the dead to be set "far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named" (Ephesians 1:21). Finally, it is this Jesus "who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom" (2 Timothy 4:1).   The Lord Jesus, as He really is, is not the popular Jesus of T-shirts and bumper stickers, politicians and entertainers. He was "despised and rejected of men" (Isaiah 53:3) so they "crucified the Lord of glory" (1 Corinthians 2:8).   He is the mighty God, the perfect man, the only Savior, the eternal King, and Lord of lords. God-called teachers will not preach an imaginary Jesus who appeals to the flesh, but rather the true Christ of creation and salvation. HMM     The information in this post was provided by the highly recommended ICR. | Subscribe

FEAR NOT

 

ISAIAH 41:1-10

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE RELATIONSHIP SAYS “FEAR NOT” [v. 8-9]

 

1. We are God’s Servants [v. 8, Matthew 10:24-25, 12:18]

 

2. We are God’s Chosen [v. 8, 1 Peter 2:4, 9]

 

3. We are God’s “seed of Abraham” [Gal. 3:16, Romans 4:13-16]

 

II. THE REASONING SAYS “FEAR NOT” [v. 10]

 

1. The Reasoning of God’s Presence [v. 10a, Mt. 28:20, Hebrews 13:5]

 

2. The Reasoning of God’s Person [v. 10b, John 10:29-30, Romans 8:31]

 

3. The Reasoning of God’s Purpose [v. 10c, Psalm 17:15, 1 John 3:2]

 

III. THE REALITY SAYS “FEAR NOT” [v. 11-15ff]

 

1. No Enemy Can Succeed Against God [v. 11-12, Rm. 8:28-39]

 

2. No Dependence on Our Strength [v. 13-14, 2 Corinthians 12:9]

 

3. No Lack of God’s Help [v. 15ff, Hebrews 4:16]

QUOTES OF THE WEEK

If you tell unspiritual people that they are unspiritual they will do something unspiritual and prove their unspirituality. - Evangelist Fred Brown

We should treasure every day on this earth and enjoy the pleasures of this life that God gives. But always remember that those who live the best on this earth are those who do not live for this earth and are preparing to live beyond it. - Evangelist Wil Rice

No one ever learned anything while he was talking. - Curtis Hutson

Eyes of Jesus, Eyes of Compassion

Evangelist Chris Miller

Mt. 9:35-38

The Lord sees the Lost as:

1. Purposeless - "sheep without a shepherd"

2. Powerless - "faint"

3. Plenteous - "multitudes

The Lord also sees the Laborers:

1. They are FEW in Number

2. They are FOR the Harvest

3. They are PUNY in Power

The Spiritual Watchman

Evangelist Chris Miller

Ezekiel 33:7-11

I. Our Position as a Spiritual Watchman [v. 7]

1. We are Personally Positioned - "set thee"

2. We are Strategically Positioned - "unto the house of Israel"

3. We are Urgently Positioned - "Warn them" [Ps. 90:10, 106:23; Ez. 22:30, James 4]

II. Our Purpose as a Spiritual Watchman [v. 8-9]

1. Our Purpose is to Warn [v. 8]

2. Our Purpose is to Focus (on them)

3. Our Purpose is to Deliver [v. 9]

III. Our Plan as a Spiritual Watchman [v. 10-11]

1. Our Plan is to Speak

2. Our Plan is to Have Compassion