Follow The Shepherd That Can Save You!

3rd Sunday in Lent; Psalm 95:1-9 KJV; There is only one shepherd that can save you. Turn away from the false ones.

 

Do Not Worship False Gods!

2 Thessalonians 2:1-8 KJV; 22nd Sunday after Pentecost; Do not worship false gods or listen to false prophets.

Don't Be A Jezebel

1 Kings 19:1-2 KJV; Don't support false gods; but, glorify God even if it means that not everyone will like you. Be kind; be loving as Jesus is loving.

God Is With You In Life's Storms

Psalm 138:1-8 KJV; 7th Sunday after Pentecost; Sing His praise for God is with us through life's storms.

Chasing After False Gods Will Bring Sorrows

Psalm 16 KJV; 3rd Sunday after Pentecost; False gods will not save you. There is only the One God who can.

How Bad Does It Have To Get?

Isaiah 17:7-8; Isaiah 17:3-14; KJV - How bad does your life have to get before you turn to the Lord?

We Will Serve The Lord

Joshua 24:1-2, 14-18 KJV; Whom will you serve; the one true God or one of the many false gods?

Temptations Come But Will You Let Them Go?

1 Corinthians 10:13; KJV: Temptations come to us all. It is nothing unusual for humankind. But, we do have free will. Will you say yes to the temptation or no?

Earthly Treasures

Matthew 6:19-21 KJV; Focus not on earthly treasures but on the Kingdom of God.

I Will Serve The Lord!

Joshua 24:15 KJV; I will serve the Lord. False gods will only lead us on the path to destruction.

Babylon The Great

Revelation 17:3-5; Don't be worrying about who or what is Babylon the Great; just turn and stay away from all false Gods. Turn to Jesus for life and salvation in His Kingdom.

Besides Him There Is No Savior

Isaiah 43:10-11 KJV; There is only one God; only one Savior.

Love Him And Cleave To The Lord!

Deuteronomy 30:15-20 KJV: Choose life! Love the Lord and put away your false gods.

False God Will Lead You To Sorrow

Reading from Psalm 16 KJV for 3rd Sunday after Pentecost. The Lord leads us to joy and peace in Christ Jesus. False gods lead us to sorrow.

Sing Praises To God

A reading from Psalm 68:4-6 KJV; Rejoice and sing praises to God.

The Holy Spirit Teaches Us

A reading from the Gospel of John 14:23-26 KJV - The Holy Spirit has come as Jesus promised to reveal to us the truth.

Only God Knows All Things

Romans 11:32-36 KJV

Beware Of False Gods

 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? 

                                                                      (Gal 4:1-9 KJV)

We know that through Christ we are free men and women. We know that we are the children of God and have been freed from bondage to those who by nature are not gods. Yet, something within us keeps driving us back into bondage to serve those false gods. Beware of the false gods that would creep into your life. Some of those false gods might seem innocent enough. But, they are not. They will take away our freedom. 

We are not always even aware when we have become obsessed with them; after all, we live in a world where false gods tend to take center stage in the world. When we cannot do without something or some activity then, dear friends, know that you have sold yourself back into bondage. You have sold yourself to a false god. as you are giving your time, your money, your life, to serve this false god. These false gods cannot save you. They can even bring you any real happiness or joy. They will not give you peace of heart or mind or soul.

We are children and heirs of the living God. Jesus freed us from bondage with his blood. Take hold of that freedom and turn away from all that would return you to bondage. 

Rejoice, for the Son has set you free and you are free indeed! (John 8-36)

God's Peace - Pr. J

Turn To The Lord And Rejoice

O come, let us sing unto the Lord:
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. (Psalm 95:1)

Psalm 126:1-6 KJV

When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

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When the Lord releases those in bondage they rejoice.  

The Israelites ended up in bondage because they had turned away from God. When they returned to the Lord they found themselves being freed again and they rejoiced. 

There are many forms of bondage. Some of us don't even realize that we are in bondage to so many things of this world. We become slaves to other people because of our incessant desire for more; for more things; for more power. We give up our freedom as we pursue these false gods.

Prayerfully there will be a day when we recognize that we have been led astray; that we have been following a dangerous path, and turn again to the Lord for all things. On that day we will rejoice for the Lord will save us! He is the rock of our salvation!

God's Peace - Pr. J.

Ashamed of the Gospel?

 

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (Rom 1:16 KJV)

I am not ashamed to say that I believe that I have been reconciled to God by the Good News of the Kingdom through Jesus my Savior and Lord. I do not always display that reality for which I am most sorry for. There are times that I slip. There are times that we all slip and don't represent Jesus as we could.

In one of my small recovery groups that I led for teen-age boys who had been convicted of felonies, one of the young men, who professed to be a Christian, shared a story about how he ended up fighting with someone following a worship service at his home church. He had worn the colors of his gang to the church service. In other words, he represented someone other than Jesus when he entered that building and it irritated (to put it mildly) a rival gang member who was also there.

It is one thing to profess that we are Christians. It is much more difficult to be representatives of Christ. False gods abound and the majority of us can be led astray; deceived, by them to some extent. 

God help us to recognize these false gods. Help us to be of good courage so that we might share the Good News of the one died on the cross for the salvation of all who would believe in him.

God's Peace - Pr. J.