READY OR NOT…

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. ARE YOU BASICALLY READY?

 

1. Are you Ready to Hear? [Ecc. 5:1]

 

2. Are you Ready to Help? [2 Cor. 8:19, 9:2-5, 1 Tm. 6:18, Titus 3:1]

 

3. Are you Ready for His Return? [Mt. 24:42-44]

 

II. ARE YOU REALLY READY?

 

1. Are you Ready to give an Answer? [2 Tm. 4:6, 1 Pet. 3:15, 5:2]

 

2. Are you Ready to give the Gospel? [Rm. 1:15-16]

 

3. Are you Ready to give your Life? [Acts 21:13, 2 Tm. 4:6]

 

III. CHRIST IS READY- ARE YOU READY FOR CHRIST?

 

1. Christ is Ready to Answer prayer- are you ready to give praise? [Is. 38:20]

 

2. Christ is Ready to Judge- are you ready to be judged? [1 Pet. 4:5]

 

3. Christ is Ready to Forgive- are you ready to be forgiven? [Neh. 9:17, Ps. 86:5, 1 Jn. 1:9]

FAITHFUL OR FOOLISH?

JEREMIAH 23:25-40

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE APPROACH

 

1. Reverence it as Holy [1 Thessalonians 2:13]

 

2. Read it honestly [Luke 8:15, Philippians 4:8-9]

 

3. Respond to it humbly [2 Chronicles 7:14, 34:26-28]

 

II. THE APPLICATION

 

1. By the Word of God we are kept from Satan [Ps. 17:4]

 

2. By the Word of God we are kept from Sin [Ps. 119:11]              

 

3. By the Word of God we are continually Sanctified [Jn. 17:14, 17]

 

III. THE ALTERNATIVE

 

1. God’s Word Cannot be Rejected with Impunity [Jer. 6:19]

 

2. God’s Word Cannot be Repealed with Imagination [Jer. 6:19, 7:23-24]

 

3. God’s Word Cannot be Replaced with Imitations [Jer. 16:10-11]

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Does pre-Fall death skew one's view of Christ's return?

 

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In this issue . . . Q&A: Does pre-Fall death skew one's view of Christ's return? Get Equipped: The Lie: Evolution/Millions of Years News to Know Quick Look After Eden Answers with Ken Ham radio program Answers Conversation podcast Video: The Flood: The Big Picture of Its Mechanism and Resulting Evidences Part 4 Blog Highlights Pray for AiG Q: Does pre-Fall death skew one's view of Christ's return? A: Our confidence in God's promise to prepare a better place in the future depends on a better place having existed before Adam's sin. At Christ's return, He will complete His work of redemption. Several verses teach that He will "restore" and "redeem" all things to a similar but even better state than the pre-Fall world. Sin will be no more. Regardless of our differences regarding the correct interpretation of Isaiah 11:6–9, the principle expressed there strongly implies that, when Christ restores the creation, animals will no longer eat each other. Human disease, suffering, and death will cease because the Curse will be no more. The Curse came upon creation at Adam's Fall and will be removed when the Last Adam consummates history. The idea of millions of years of death contradicts the Bible's teaching about the nature of the pre-Fall creation and the present world. It also assaults the character of God. And it undermines the certain hope the Bible gives of Christ's future redemptive work. Read the whole article and get better equipped to defend the authority of Scripture by seeing how the death of animals before the fall was not "good." Get Equipped The Lie: Evolution/Millions of Years Originally published in 1987, The Lie took a bold stand which became prophetic by warning the church about the destructive effects of compromise with evolutionary/millions-of-years ideas. Today, Christians increasingly doubt the Bible's reliability. So then do those who are considering placing their faith in the Creator. Biblically Based Grand Canyon Rim Tours Canyon Ministries is now providing land-based rim tours of the Grand Canyon along its South Rim. It will provide you with a Bible-based presentation of the geology of the Canyon and how it confirms the Bible's account of a global Flood and belief in a young earth. News to Know Quick Look Jaw–Dropping Discovery in the Burgess Shale: Evolutionary researchers have discovered a fossil they "predicted" but fail to mention that their models do not explain the presence of fish in the Cambrian rock. They really just have just an interesting fish, not the first step on the path to jaws. UK State–Funded Schools Ban All Teaching of Creation Science: The government of the United Kingdom tightened restrictions concerning what can be taught in any school that receives state–funding. The wording of the new regulations will not only stifle academic freedom but effectively define the religion that must be taught. Diamond with Ringwoodite Reveals Water Deep in Earth's Mantle: The earth's mantle apparently harbors a watery zone able to hold an ocean of water. Analysis of a diamond from deep in the earth serendipitously revealed this though water-containing ringwoodite. After Eden Answers with Ken Ham radio program Friendly Viruses in a Fallen World The Thorny Dragon—Water on Demand The Koala—It's Family Life The Koala—Living on Poison The Koala—God's Handiwork on Display Photo of the Week To download this image for use as wallpaper on your device, right-click on the link below for the desired resolution and select "Save Link/Target As..." Mobile Full (4:3) Wide (16:9) Answers Conversation podcast This week Steve Ham talks with Dr. Andy McIntosh to answer the question, "Why Must We Have Confidence in God's Word over Man's Word?"	This Week . . . Did Life Come from Outer Space? (Jun 27) Diamond with Ringwoodite Reveals Water Deep in Earth's Mantle (June 26) Anomalies with Planets and Satellites in the Solar System—Indication of Design? (June 25) UK State-Funded Schools Ban All Teaching of Creation Science (June 24) Teaching People to Understand the Times (June 23) Death Is Not Good (June 22) Jaw-Dropping Discovery in the Burgess Shale (June 21) Video On Demand The Flood: The Big Picture of Its Mechanism and Resulting Evidences Part 4 Watch Video Blog Highlights Ken Ham: The Leaders of the Presbyterian Church USA Need to Fear God Dr. Georgia Purpom: Is Cancer Research Dependent on Evolutionary Ideas? Ken Ham: Meet a Famous Creation Scientist at Camp Infinity! Creation Museum: Fortress of Solitude Ken Ham: Clear Rebellion Against God and His Word Ark Encounter: Queue Line Conversations Ken Ham: Bill Nye Needs to Take Note of This Book Creation Museum: What Do Butterflies and Fossils Have in Common? Pray for AiG Pray for all the churches using the Answers VBS curriculum this summer that they would be impacting their local areas with solid, Biblical teaching. Resources Check This Out Creation Adventure Team 2-Pack The Genesis Flood Connect with Us Ken Ham Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum Ken Ham Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum Free app for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad See all networks
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QUOTES OF THE WEEK

Revelation 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

You see it is a very risky business, this changing of the Holy Scriptures. - T. DeWitt Talmage

When you hit a bump you spill what you are full of. Will it be faith or doubt? -  James McDonald.

A knowledge of the Bible without a college education is to be preferred to a college education without a knowledge of the Bible. - William Lyon Phelps of Yale University

Many of you will read a novel from beginning to end, and what have you got? A mouth full of froth when you are done. But you can not read the Bible; that solid, lasting, substantial and satisfying food goes uneaten, locked up in the cupboard of neglect; while anything that man writes, a catch of the day, is greedily devoured. - John R. Rice

Put this Bible in the hands of the troubled. You will find that as some of the best berries grow on the sharpest thorns, so some of the sweetest consolations of the Gospel grow on the most stinging affliction. You thought that death had grasped your child. Oh, no! It was only the Heavenly Shepherd taking a lamb out of the cold. Christ bent over as you held the child on your lap, and putting His arms gently around the little one said, "Of such is the kingdom of Heaven." - Rice

Put the Bible in the school. Palsied be the hand that would take the Bible from the college and the school. Educate only a man's head and you make him an infidel. Educate only a man's heart and you make him a fanatic. Educate them both together and you have the noblest work of God. An educated man without moral principle is a ship without a helm, a rushing rail-train without brakes or reversing rod to control the speed. - Rice

Put the Bible in the family. there it lies on the table, an unlimited power. Polygamy and unscriptural divorce are prohibited. Parents are kind and faithful, children polite and obedient. Domestic sorrows lessened by being divided, joys increased by being multiplied. Oh, father, oh, mother, take down that long-neglected Bible, and read it yourselves and let your children read it! - Rice

There are so many who would have you believe that the Bible is an outlandish book, and obsolete. It is fresher and more intense than any book that yesterday came out of the great publishing houses. Make it your guide in life and your pillow in death. - Rice

I live a hand to mouth existence: God's hand to my mouth. - Rice

MICHAL (SELF-DESTRUCTION OF A PRINCESS)

                                   [Women of the Bible Series]

 

I Samuel 14:49

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE SURFACE MAY LOOK GREAT [the fairy tale life]

 

1. She was Israel’s First King’s Daughter [1 Sam. 14:49, 18:17-18, 22-23]

 

2. She was Infatuated with David [18:20, 6-8, 16]

 

3. She was Married to the Hero of Israel [18:24-29]

 

II. THE SHALLOWNESS IS SHOWING [trouble in paradise]

 

1. She was Politically Savvy [19:11-12]

 

2. She was Theologically Suspicious [19:13]

 

3. She was Truthfully Shady [19:14-17]

 

III. THE SORROWFUL SHOWING [the depths revealed]

 

1. Constantly treated like a Prize [1 Sm. 25:44, 2 Sm. 3:13-16] like sports & entertainment stars

 

2. Choose “Style” over “Substance” [2 Sm. 6:14-21, 1 Chr. 15:25-29] “Looks” over the “Lord”

 

3. Culminating in a Life in Ruins [2 Sm. 6:21-23, 21:1-9]

Plan Long But Worry Short

Matthew 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.       If you were to take all of your possessions and stack them in one place, how much space would it require? Well, for some of us it might require a postage stamp. For others, it might require a pole barn or maybe a hanger. What about Richard Branson, the multi-billionaire dollar entrepreneur? He owns a number of ventures and businesses. I wonder how much space it would require to hold all that he owns. There's a sense in which the space it would take to hold all of your stuff and the space it would take to hold all of Richard Branson's stuff is the same space. It's the little 24-hour time period called "today."   Whatever problems or possessions you own, you're going to hold them in today. You don't own tomorrow, and you've lost yesterday. All you have is today. Yet, so many times we're planning so far ahead that we worry and cram all of tomorrow's worries into this little space called today. I'm not against planning, and I don't think God is either. But one of the dangers of planning is substituting planning for trusting God. One of the results of planning can be to drag tomorrow's problems into today. You can regret the past, but you can only worry about the future: we often do.   In Matthew 6 Jesus is talking about worry, priorities, and putting God and His kingdom first. In Matthew 6:34 He says, "Take therefore no thought [anxious worry] for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." God's grace is sufficient to this day. The problems that God allows for this day will not overflow this day. It may feel like they do, but they do not because God's grace is sufficient just as the problems are sufficient.   In Matthew 6:11 Jesus is giving us a prayer in order to teach us and He says, "Give us this day our daily bread." Most of us have never prayed for daily bread because we have bread for today, tomorrow, and the next day. If we don't have things planned out how we're going to have bread for the next 45 years, we worry.   John Rice used to say, "I live a hand to mouth existence: God's hand to my mouth."  Now, I'm not advocating carelessness in a sense of being lazy and not planning, and neither is God. But the Lord Jesus is telling you that your problems will not overflow this day and that God's grace is sufficient for this day and in this day. Prayer Requests: -Youth/Junior/Deaf Week II- June 22-27   Enjoy more devotionals, sermon audio, and articles on our website!

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Paul's Experiences

 

2014  Thank you for reading my Prophetic Daily Devotionals!   Please visit my website to learn more Bible prophecies being fulfilled in these last days.    II Corinthians 12:9   And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.   For further study - II Corinthians 12:1-10   As we come to our reading today, I am eager to share several thoughts with you about the experiences of the Apostle Paul. These experiences in the life of Paul will give us insight into biblical principles that  we each can appropriate for ourselves.   Let me remind you that Paul was a brilliant man. Some scholars have said he was one of the five greatest minds that ever lived. His writings are masterpieces of literature, from a worldly perspective.   Paul tells us that in order for him to not be exalted above measure, above what he should be, he was given, by God, a "thorn in the flesh", verse 7. We don't know exactly what the "thorn" was except that it was something physical, a physical ailment of some type.   Verse 8 tells us that Paul went to the Lord in prayer to request the removal of the "thorn." It is with this backdrop of weakness that God's divine power is displayed. Just think of the awesome statement from God to Paul, "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness."   Even as I wrote God's statement I had to pause to think about it. This philosophy is opposite to what the world, even some elements of the Church, believe is for today. We are told all you do is pray and God will heal you. That was not the case with Paul. God's plan for Paul was to make manifest in his life the power and strength of God in his weakness, his physical ailment.   Notice in verse 10 that Paul says he took pleasure in his infirmities because it was for the "sake of Christ" that this was happening to him. In weakness Paul knew he was made strong. This is such a blessing to each of us as we face everyday with our own weakness. His grace is, indeed, sufficient.   But now look again at the beginning of our reading for today, verses 2-4. Paul writes that he knew a man who about 14 years earlier was caught up into heaven, the "third heaven". Let me explain the three heavens.   The "first heaven" is where the sun and the clouds are located. The "second heaven" is where the stars and galaxies are located. The "third heaven" is where God and Jesus are today. You see the first heaven "by day", the second heaven "by night" and the third heaven "by faith".   Paul spoke of himself as "a man in Christ" and not as one of great worthiness or as one who had achieved spiritual excellence. Paul was "caught up" into the third heaven in the will and plan of God. By the way, the phrase used here "caught up" is the same phrase describing the "Rapture" in I Thessalonians 4:17.   Paul experienced the "Rapture," the event that he had explained to the people in Thessalonica. Remember Paul's last words in II Timothy 4:8, he was looking forward to a "crown of righteousness" as he eagerly looked for Jesus to Rapture the Church into heaven.   He had the experience of the Rapture and wanted to go to heaven in that way, instead of by death. I want that also, don't you?   PRAYER THOT: Lord, help me to understand Your strength through my weakness and also eagerly await Your call for me to join You in heaven.   Visit our website at http:/www.prophecytoday.com

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3 ESSENTIALS

1 JOHN 5

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE VICTORY [v. 1-6]

 

1. The Victory is in the New Birth [v. 1, 1 Cor. 15:54]

 

2. The Victory is in the New Lifestyle [v. 2-3, 2 Cor. 5:17] as opposed to the old deathstyle

 

3. The Victory is in the Faith [v. 4-6, Eph. 5:26] “new” to us at salvation

 

II. THE RECORD [v. 7-13]

 

1. The Record is a Heavenly Record [v. 7]

 

2. The Record is an Earthly Record [v. 8]

 

3. The Record is a Written Record [v. 9-13]

 

III. THE KNOWLEDGE [v. 14-21]

 

1. The Knowledge of Confidence in Prayer [v. 14-17]

 

2. The Knowledge of the New Birth [v. 18-19]

 

3. The Knowledge of True God & Saviour [v. 20-21]

IS YOUR PRAISE COMELY?

Psalm 33:1, 147:1

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

Comely is a word we don’t use often. It means suitable, or beautiful: Is your praise suitable? Is your praise beautiful?

 

I. PRAISE THAT FORSAKES GOD – obviously this is not comely praise. It is neither suitable nor lovely. It is

 

1. Ungiven Praise [Matthew 21:16]

 

2. Hypocritical Praise [Jn. 9:24-41]

 

3. Dishonoring Praise [1 Corinthians 11:17-22]

 

II. PRAISE THAT IS FOR GOD

 

1. For His Wonderful Salvation [Rm. 15:5-13, Eph. 1:1-14]

 

2. For His Wonderful Working [Philippians 1:9-11, 1 Peter 1:3-9, 4:11]

 

3. From Thankful Hearts [Hebrews 13:15]

 

III. PRAISE THAT IS FROM GOD

 

1. Better than the Praise of Men [Jn. 12:42-48]

 

2. Based on Faith in God’s Word [Rm. 2:28-3:4]

 

3. Believer’s Receive for Heart Service [1 Corinthians 4:5]

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Why do secularists even care about what we have to say?

 

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In this issue . . . Q&A: Why do secularists even care about what we have to say? Get Equipped: Evolution vs. God DVD News to Know Quick Look After Eden Answers with Ken Ham radio program Answers Conversation podcast Video: The Flood: The Big Picture of Its Mechanism and Resulting Evidences Part 3 Blog Highlights Pray for AiG Q: Why do secularists even care about what we have to say? A: In response to the atheistic, evolutionary Cosmos TV series, we have published detailed reviews to expose their lies of evolution and millions of years. As our reviews spread around the world, it seems the secularists' cannot stand the fact that we would even dare to question and expose their biased-filled conclusions for what they are. But when considering their response to these reviews, why do they even care about what we have to say? Their naturalistic worldview is ultimately meaningless. According to their beliefs, we live and die and that is all there is. Why is it important to spread this message of hopelessness? We need to always remember that this is a spiritual battle: those who reject God's Word do not want to submit to an almighty Creator. Instead, they want to be their own god and set their own rules. They have "exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever" (Romans 1:25). But Christians have a message of hope in Christ and that is the ultimate purpose of these Cosmos reviews—to spread the gospel of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Read the whole article and get equipped to engage the secularists' naturalistic worldview with the truth of God's Word. Get Equipped Evolution vs. God DVD If you believe in Darwinian evolution, prepare to have your faith painfully shattered. If you believe in biblical creation, your faith will be wonderfully affirmed! Help rescue the souls of your friends and loved ones. Expose the religion of atheistic evolution! News to Know Quick Look Did Human Men Evolve to Take a Punch? The image of an ape punching another ape and giving his head a spin as he ponders the virtue of evolving a flatter jaw is funny, but there is a danger to this cute story. Dinosaurs May Have Been Neither Warm– Nor Cold–Blooded: Were dinosaurs cold-blooded or warm-blooded? Debate has raged for decades. The latest answer: neither. They were probably in between. After Eden Answers with Ken Ham radio program Did Life Come from Outer Space? Does Life Exist on Mars? Was Life Transported to Earth? Was Life Brought to Earth by Aliens? Is There Life on Other Planets? Photo of the Week To download this image for use as wallpaper on your device, right-click on the link below for the desired resolution and select "Save Link/Target As..." Mobile Full (4:3) Wide (16:9) Answers Conversation podcast This week Steve Ham talks with Dr. Tommy Mitchel to answer the question, "What Does It Mean that Man Is Created in the Image of God?"	This Week . . . What About Cosmology? (Jun 20) Dinosaurs May Have Been Neither Warm– Nor Cold–Blooded (June 19) Secularists Can't Handle AiG's Cosmos Reviews (June 18) Chromosome Tales and the Importance of a Biblical Worldview (June 18) What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs? (June 17) How Could Fish Survive the Genesis Flood? (June 16) Building Tomorrow's Generation (June 15) Did Human Men Evolve to Take a Punch? (June 14) Video On Demand The Flood: The Big Picture of Its Mechanism and Resulting Evidences Part 3 Watch Video Blog Highlights Ken Ham: "Experts cast doubt on Big Bang bolstering discovery" Ken Ham: The Erosion of God's Word–It's Catastrophic! Creation Museum: Sun Spotting Ark Encounter: Lighting the Way Dr. Danny Faulkner: Society Meetings and a Mixed Review of Cosmos Ken Ham: Do Secularists Have a Basis for Right or Wrong? Creation Museum: See the Bible Come to Life at the Creation Museum Answers Outreach: A United Effort to Reach into the Spanish-Speaking World Pray for AiG Pray for the Ark Encounter, that a crucial permit will be processed and approved in a timely matter so the next stage of work may begin. Resources The Sanctity of Life Allosaurus & Dragon Fun Pack Ken Ham Classics Books Set Connect with Us Ken Ham Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum Ken Ham Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum Free app for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad See all networks
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