Memory is a wonderful thing. Today we remember our fathers. As we spend time with our fathers, make your memories good ones worth remembering. Our Father in heaven does not forget us. He knows each of us by name. God's memory is perfect. Ours, on the other hand is not.
It is a shame when memories fade. There was a movie 2004 called the Notebook. An elderly man went daily to a nursing home where he would read to his wife the story of there love that she wrote down in a notebook before succumbing to Alzheimer's disease. As he would read the journal entries, she would remember how they met and how they fell in love and she would remember that she was his bride. The words would stir memories and once again she would re-live the life that had slipped away from her.
God wants us to remember his love for us. He wrote us a notebook, the Bible; 66 love letters from our Father so we might remember God's strength, his desire for relationship with us, his promise of eternity, and the sacrifice he made to wash away our sins.
God provides us with a journal to assist us in remembering this sacrifice.
Before His death, He commanded His disciples to partake of the supper in His remembrance. (Matthew 26.26-28; “And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, 'Take, eat; this is My body.' And He took the cup, and gave thanks and gave it to them, saying, 'Drink ye all of it; for this is My blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” All the four gospels give the same account, and in Luke 22.19, Jesus said, “This do in remembrance of me.”
This is the time we here at Blue Springs Christian Church take time to partake in that supper.
Monday, June 28, 2010
One God, One Way ©
One God, One Way.
Exodus 20:1-3
1 And God spoke all these words:
2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3 "You shall have no other gods before me.
John 14:6-7
6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."
There have always been skeptics. Those who say believing in one God is judgmental and dogmatic. They think they are being open minded.
Poet Steven Turner put it this way in his poem, the Modern Thinkers Creed.
Jesus was a good man just like Buddha, Mohammad and ourselves.
We believe that all religions are the basically the same, at least the ones we read were.
They all believe in love and goodness.
They only differ on matters of creation, sin, heaven, hell, God and salvation.
These skeptics want to know why God is so unreasonable to demand you follow him alone. Here are some ifs.
If the God of the Bible did create the Heavens and the Earth as it is written,
If He caused the Great Flood, used the 10 plagues to lead the 12 Tribes out of Egypt, divided the Red Sea, gave his people the 10 commandments, and took them to the Promised Land,
If He sent Jesus, the Messiah, as a sacrifice for or sins as prophesied in the Old Testament,
Why would He allow us to worship whatever manor of philosophy or worldly thing that suits our fancy?
Because we all come from one creation, one origin, all faiths around the world have minor similarity. It would make more sense for all religions to be wrong than for all of them to be right. If you believe you have an immortal soul, and you want to follow the one and only true God, you will want to make a wise decision based on facts and not feelings or what is convenient.
Jesus is unique. Of all spiritual leaders of all beliefs, He is the only one to sacrifice himself for the salvation of all who follow him. Jesus answers the four major questions of life.
1. Origins: Where did I come from?
2. Purpose: Why am I here?
3. Morality: How should I live and why do bad things happen?
4. Eternity: What happens when I die?
Believing in the God of the Bible and his Son, Jesus Christ is a rational decision.
Psalms 53:1 The fool says in his heart, "There is no God.
Exodus 20:5 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,
Exodus 20:1-3
1 And God spoke all these words:
2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3 "You shall have no other gods before me.
John 14:6-7
6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."
There have always been skeptics. Those who say believing in one God is judgmental and dogmatic. They think they are being open minded.
Poet Steven Turner put it this way in his poem, the Modern Thinkers Creed.
Jesus was a good man just like Buddha, Mohammad and ourselves.
We believe that all religions are the basically the same, at least the ones we read were.
They all believe in love and goodness.
They only differ on matters of creation, sin, heaven, hell, God and salvation.
These skeptics want to know why God is so unreasonable to demand you follow him alone. Here are some ifs.
If the God of the Bible did create the Heavens and the Earth as it is written,
If He caused the Great Flood, used the 10 plagues to lead the 12 Tribes out of Egypt, divided the Red Sea, gave his people the 10 commandments, and took them to the Promised Land,
If He sent Jesus, the Messiah, as a sacrifice for or sins as prophesied in the Old Testament,
Why would He allow us to worship whatever manor of philosophy or worldly thing that suits our fancy?
Because we all come from one creation, one origin, all faiths around the world have minor similarity. It would make more sense for all religions to be wrong than for all of them to be right. If you believe you have an immortal soul, and you want to follow the one and only true God, you will want to make a wise decision based on facts and not feelings or what is convenient.
Jesus is unique. Of all spiritual leaders of all beliefs, He is the only one to sacrifice himself for the salvation of all who follow him. Jesus answers the four major questions of life.
1. Origins: Where did I come from?
2. Purpose: Why am I here?
3. Morality: How should I live and why do bad things happen?
4. Eternity: What happens when I die?
Believing in the God of the Bible and his Son, Jesus Christ is a rational decision.
Psalms 53:1 The fool says in his heart, "There is no God.
Exodus 20:5 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,
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