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Re: The Corona Virus
I don’t control history. Jesus Christ does. I’ll roll with the punches and let Him worry about the details. I’m alive. I’m confident. And, best of all, I have peace.
Temporary Services
– No physical classes (Governor Baker mandated)
– Church will re-open once Corona Virus ban is lifted
– Temporary Services as follows:
– Recorded messages posted on website: Sun @10am, Thu @ 7:30pm
– Podcasts will be kept up to date
– Blogs will maintain traditional schedule
– No mens’ or women’s Bible Studies
– Thursday Prayer Warriors to pray privately for now
Additional Announcements
– Pray for the ill, the fearful, the lost
– Don’t forget to support the church financially
– Please have your Bible ready BEFORE continuing!
“for righteousness”
Humans “thirst” for all kinds of things, many of which have zero ability to satisfy our needs. Granted, they may quench certain desires, but they won’t ever result in blessings.
“be satisfied”
from hortazo – means (generally) to gorge (supply food in abundance): — feed, fill, satisfy.
Mt 5:6 [Amplified]
Blessed [joyful, nourished by God’s goodness] are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness [those who actively seek right standing with God], for they will be [completely] satisfied.
Jn 4:34
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.”
Php 4:7
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
The Religious Prototype – Jn 5:39-40
The religious Jews knew Holy Scripture but didn’t “know” Jesus. They are the prototype for religious folks today, who read their Bibles, go to church, “do” all the right things, and yet they “refuse to come to [Jesus]” (Jn 5:40).
The Folly of Arrogance
A person can read Holy Scripture and be unholy while doing so because their motivation is wrong. To gain knowledge in the absence of a desire to serve the Lord is to miss the point of Holy Scripture (ala Jn 5:39-40). This was the way of the religious Jews in Jesus’ time.
The Folly of Arrogance
Arrogance leaves you unprotected. It’s like having a full suit of armor (e.g. Eph 6:11, Php 4:6-7) and taking it off in the midst of battle, when you need it the most!
“I know my own and my own know me”
Knowing that Jesus Christ, the Messiah, knows you personally is such a tremendous blessing. And to know Him in return, intimately, is simply divine.
Do you love the world and the things in it?
“Your actions speak so loud, I don’t hear a word you’re saying!” – J. Vernon McGee
Gal 5:1 [Amplified Classic]
In [this] freedom Christ has made us free [and completely liberated us]; stand fast then, and do not be hampered and held ensnared and submit again to a yoke of slavery [which you have once put off].
1Jn 4:1 [Message]
My dear friends, don’t believe everything you hear. Carefully weigh and examine what people tell you. Not everyone who talks about God comes from God. There are a lot of lying preachers loose in the world.
Entitlement
Is is possible that you’ve grown accustomed to your life of privilege??? Have you forgotten that you’re not entitled to anything but your NEEDS (Php 4:19). Have you renamed wants as needs?
You don’t really know someone until you say “No” to them.
Secular Proverb
Gal 4:16
Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Entitlement
Is is possible that you’ve grown accustomed to your life of privilege??? Have you forgotten that you’re not entitled to anything but your NEEDS (Php 4:19). Have you renamed wants as needs?
When God Says “No!”
When you moan and groan and ask for your old life back, and God says “No,” what do you think/do? Do you seek for truth or devise ways to circumvent His will for your life? Do you humbly submit to your circumstances (recall, God knows best) or do you arrogantly reject them (supposing you know best)?