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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Not Giving, but Sowing
Monday, December 30, 2013
FACING THE FUTURE WITH FAITH
GENESIS
22:1-14 Pastor
Rick Jackson
I have no clue what the year 2014 will bring for you. It may
be considered good or it may be considered bad from a human point of view. From
a divine point of view we should say whatever happens, if I am in the will of
God, God means it for good. For my good. For my good and for His glory. Now I
may not know what 2014 has in store for me, much less you, I do know a little
bit about the future. My future. Your future. And I know that knowing the
future makes the present- even the present hardship- livable. Livable. Even
enjoyable. Joy. Joy unspeakable and full of glory. I can use that. I need that,
I want that, I must have that. How did Abraham cope?
I. THE FAITH OF
ABRAHAM [Gn. 22]
1. Expressed to the Young Men [v. 5]
2. Expressed to Isaac [v. 6-8]
3. Expressed before God [v. 9-12]
II. THE FOUNDATION OF
FAITH
1. Where Faith Comes From [Rm. 10:17, Heb. 11:17-19, Gn.
21:12]
2. When Faith is Tried Act on It with Confidence [Heb. 11:17
peirazo; to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice,
discipline:--assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt(-er), try.]
3. How Faith Flourishes [Heb. 11:17 “received” anadechomai;
to entertain (as a guest):--receive.]
III. THE FINISHING OF
FAITH
1. Seeing God Provide [Gen. 22:7-8, 13-14]
2. Seeing God Work [Heb. 11:19]
3. Seeing God [Heb. 11:24-27, 12:1-3]
Sunday, December 29, 2013
IS CHRISTMAS OVER?
Pastor Rick Jackson
Is Christmas over? The answer may not be what you think. It
is true that Christmas is over. It is also true that Christmas continues. It is
equally true that Christmas is calling. Calling you! How can this be? Aren’t
these statements contradictory one to another or are they mutually exclusive?
The answer is a resounding, “Yes!”
I. CHRISTMAS IS OVER!
Al least, Christmas day, 12-25-2013 is over- and we should be thankful.
Thankful? Thankful for what? Well…
1. Be Thankful for What You Got [Lk. 2:38, 2 Cor. 1:11,
9:15]
2. Be Thankful for What You Didn’t Get [Rm. 14:6, 6:23; Rev.
20:14]
3. Be Thankful for What You Gave [Col. 1:3, 12; 2:7, 3:17;
4:2]
II. CHRISTMAS
CONTINUES! For the Christian- like the shepherds and the wise men-
Christmas never end-especially if we…
1. Continue to Seek Christ Daily [Mt. 2:1-2, 9-12, 1 Cor.
15:31]
2. Continue to Worship Christ Openly [Mt. 2:2, 11; Heb.
13:15; Rev. 11:17]
3. Continue to Obey Christ Implicitly [Mt. 2:8, 13, 16; Jn.
14:15, 21, 15:10]
III. CHRISTMAS CALLS!
Christmas calls for everyone to be involved!
1. Get Involved in the Receiving! [Jn. 1:12]
2. Get Involved in the Giving [Mt. 2:11, Lk. 6:38]
3. Get Involved in the Proclaiming [Lk. 2:16-29, Ps.
126:5-6, Mt. 28:18ff]
Saturday, December 28, 2013
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What if my pastor avoids Genesis?
Quick answer- change pastors or change churches. - Rick
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- Walking with Dinosaurs: Every Evolutionist Tells a Story (Dec 27)
- Fig Wasp Fossil Said to Pre-Date Figs by 65 Million Years (Dec 26)
- Understanding the Significance of Christmas (Dec 25)
- The Continuing Appeal to Peale, Twenty Years Later (Dec 24)
- What If My Pastor Avoids Genesis? (Dec 23)
- Evolution of Snake Venom: A New Use for Old Genes? (Dec 23)
- Evolution of Snakes on the Fast Track (Dec 21)
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Friday, December 27, 2013
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Thursday, December 26, 2013
His name was Ole.
He was from Minnesota. And he needed a loan.
So, he walked into a bank in New York City and asked for a loan
officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to Oslo for the All-Scandinavian Summer Festival for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000 and that he was not a depositor of the bank.
The bank officer told him that the bank would need some form of
security for the loan, so Ole handed over the keys to his new Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front of the bank.
Ole produced the title and everything checked out.
The loan officer agreed to hold the car as collateral for the loan and apologized for having to charge 12% interest. The loan papers were signed and an employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari into the bank's private underground garage and parked it.
Later, the bank's president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at Ole from Minnesota for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a $5,000 loan.
Two weeks later, Ole returned, repaid the $5,000 and the interest of $23.07.
The loan officer said, "Sir, we are very happy to have had your
business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out on Dunn & Bradstreet and found that you are a Distinguished Alumni from The University of Minnesota, a highly sophisticated investor and multimillionaire with real estate and financial interests all over the world. Your investments include
a large number of oil wells around Williston, ND. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?"
Ole replied, "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $23.07 and expect it to be there when I return?"
His name was Ole. Keep an eye on these Minnesota boys! Just because we talk funny does not mean we just got off the lutefisk boat.
So, he walked into a bank in New York City and asked for a loan
officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to Oslo for the All-Scandinavian Summer Festival for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000 and that he was not a depositor of the bank.
The bank officer told him that the bank would need some form of
security for the loan, so Ole handed over the keys to his new Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front of the bank.
Ole produced the title and everything checked out.
The loan officer agreed to hold the car as collateral for the loan and apologized for having to charge 12% interest. The loan papers were signed and an employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari into the bank's private underground garage and parked it.
Later, the bank's president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at Ole from Minnesota for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a $5,000 loan.
Two weeks later, Ole returned, repaid the $5,000 and the interest of $23.07.
The loan officer said, "Sir, we are very happy to have had your
business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out on Dunn & Bradstreet and found that you are a Distinguished Alumni from The University of Minnesota, a highly sophisticated investor and multimillionaire with real estate and financial interests all over the world. Your investments include
a large number of oil wells around Williston, ND. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?"
Ole replied, "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $23.07 and expect it to be there when I return?"
His name was Ole. Keep an eye on these Minnesota boys! Just because we talk funny does not mean we just got off the lutefisk boat.
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
WHAT IF JESUS HAD NOT BEEN BORN?
LUKE
2:11 Pastor
Rick Jackson
Many of you have seen the classic movie, It’s A Wonderful Life, with Jimmy
Stewart. The film tells the story of George Bailey, a man who gets to see what
would have happened differently in the world if he had never been born. As it
turns out, his life had been an influence for good in many people’s lives and
in ways that he had never considered. Now let us take that premise and apply it
to the Lord Jesus Christ. What if Jesus had never been born?
I. NO CHRISTMAS OR
OTHER CHRISTIAN-RELATED HOLIDAYS – No Jesus means no Christmas. No carols,
cards, pageants, parades, trees, lights, manger scenes. No Valentine’s Day
[because no St. Valentine], no St. Patrick’s Day, no Easter, No Independence
Day, no Thanksgiving.
II. NO UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA – At least not as we know it. The USA was found primarily by
Christians wanted to worship the God of the Bible according to the dictates of
their own consciences. Do not believe the revisionists who try to deny or
minimize the part Christians played in the founding of this great nation.
Pilgrims, Puritans, and others came here to escape religious persecution and
establish a nation on godly principles. One of the great mottoes of the
Revolutionary was “No King but Jesus”. By extension, think of the great causes the
U.S. has been involved in promoting. What about the things America has fought?
What would have happened if the U.S. had not been around to fight fascism,
Nazism, Communism to name just a few? No Jesus would promote dark days indeed.
III. NO GREAT CHRISTIAN
PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS – Were you aware that the Red Cross, the
Salvation Army, the YMCA and the YWCA all started as solid Christian
organizations. That is just the tip of the iceberg. Hundreds of thousands of
hospitals, orphanages, churches, schools and universities [including Harvard
and Yale] would never have come into being if it were not for the birth of
Jesus approximately 2000 years ago?
IV. NO GREAT REFORM
MOVEMENTS – The Reformation was opposing unscriptural practices and
teachings. Without Jesus there would have been no Reformation, no Great
Awakening. England had revivals with Wesly and Whitfield while France had a
bloody revolution. Without Jesus Wilberforce would not have led the fight against
slavery in England. William Carey would never have gone to India and been
instrumental in ending the practice of burning wives and children with the body
of the head of the family when he died. Again- just the tip of the iceberg.
V. NO BIBLE – The
Old Testament would have been proven false with the promises of the coming
redeemer broken. The New Testament would never have been written. The misery
the world would experience without God’s Word is immeasurable. When you
consider that most of this world’s misery is due to people ignoring or denying
the Bible what if it wasn’t here at all? We would never know the real character
of God- His holiness, justice, righteousness, love. In fact- we would not know
God. Jesus demonstrates love, compassion and mercy. What about Truth? Many
great inventors and scientists were inspired by the Word of God- Galileo,
Newton, Carver, the Wright Brothers… 2 words… iceberg- tip.
VI. NO SALVATION –
The world would still be waiting in vain for a Saviour. Everyone would be
without hope and without God in the world.
BUT JESUS WAS BORN! HE
DID COME! HE DID DIE AND WAS RESURRECTED! LUKE 2:10-14, 1 COR. 15:1-4
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
He who is almost persuaded is almost saved, and to be almost saved is to be eternally lost. - Rev. Brundage
A man said he received his spiritual training at the knees of his godly mother and his moral training across the knee of his determined father. We need more of both kinds of training today. - Louis Arnold
The reason the lions did not eat Daniel when he was in their den was because he was made mostly of backbone and the rest of him was grit. - C. H. Spurgeon
I can see how it may be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God. - Abraham Lincoln
If anyone would tell you the shortest, and surest way to happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make it a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you. For it is certain that whatever seemingly calamity happens to you, if you thank and praise God for it, you turn it into a blessing. - Selected [The Arnold Report, Nov-Dec 2013]
Christians certainly want to see people converted to Christianity, but Christians allow freedom of religion, not like the intolerant atheists who increasingly want freedom for their religion only. - Ken Ham
A man said he received his spiritual training at the knees of his godly mother and his moral training across the knee of his determined father. We need more of both kinds of training today. - Louis Arnold
The reason the lions did not eat Daniel when he was in their den was because he was made mostly of backbone and the rest of him was grit. - C. H. Spurgeon
I can see how it may be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God. - Abraham Lincoln
If anyone would tell you the shortest, and surest way to happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make it a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you. For it is certain that whatever seemingly calamity happens to you, if you thank and praise God for it, you turn it into a blessing. - Selected [The Arnold Report, Nov-Dec 2013]
Christians certainly want to see people converted to Christianity, but Christians allow freedom of religion, not like the intolerant atheists who increasingly want freedom for their religion only. - Ken Ham
Monday, December 23, 2013
3 TYPES OF FAITH
2 KINGS 13
Pastor Rick Jackson
I. FOXHOLE RELIGION –
FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY
1. The Continuation of Sin [v. 1-2]
2. The Consequences of Sin [v. 3, Gal. 6:7-10]
3. The Compromise of Sin [v. 4-9]
II. FASHIONABLE
RELIGION – FOR APPEARANCES ONLY
1. Like His Father [v. 9-13]
2. Lackadaisical in His Faith [v. 14-19]
3. “Lucky” in His Fate [v. 24-25]
III. FAITH THAT IS
REAL – FOR APPLICATION ALWAYS
1. Serving in Sickness [v. 14-19]
2. Serving in Sleep [v. 20-21, Heb. 11:4, Rev. 14:13]
3. Serving in Scripturalness [v. 22-25, Lk. 6:46-49]
Sunday, December 22, 2013
CHRISTMAS MISTAKES
Mk.
12:23, Heb. 3:10, James 1:16-17
Adapted from a message by Donald Prout by Pastor Rick
Jackson
When you read the Christmas story in the Bible it is not
just the story of one day. It is the story of millennia, the story before time
that has not ended and will never end though time itself will. If you say you
mean the events as they happened, though prophesied for many centuries before,
even then, it is a story of years; it was 1 year and 3 months before the first
Christmas day that Zechariah was apprised of the events that were to change his
life and the world! It was some 2 years after the first Christmas that the wise
men finally made it to Bethlehem where they found the toddler King of the Jews
in a house with His mother and step-father. What we celebrate in a season took
over 3 years to live out! In those years there are several notable mistakes made
by the people of that time- mistakes that continue to be made by some even in
our time! Be careful you don’t make one or more of the Christmas mistakes!
I. THERE ARE
TEMPORARY MISTAKES
1. Zechariah Didn’t Believe God’s Messenger at First [Lk.
1:11-20, 57-64]
2. Joseph didn’t Believe Mary’s Explanation at First [Mt.
1:18-25]
3. The Wise Men Assumed Jerusalem would be the Birthplace of
the King of the Jews [Mt. 2:1-12]
II. THERE ARE TRAGIC
MISTAKES
1. The Chief Priests & Scribes were Apathetic [Mt.
2:4-6]
2. King Herod was Antagonistic [Mt. 2:13, 16-18]
3. Some Persons are Arrogant in their Ignorance [Lk.
1:49-55]
III. THERE ARE
TRADITIONAL MISTAKES – People that are more interested in:
1. Presents than His Presence & Profits more than the
Prophets [Mt. 1:22-25, Lk. 16:13]
2. Holidays than Holy Days & Santa more than the Saviour
[Mt. 6:33, 22:42]
3. Christmas Trees rather than Calvary’s Tree & Spirits
rather than the Spirit of God [Gal. 3:13-14, Eph. 5:18]
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Jimmy DeYoung's Daily Devotional
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