by David Brenneman
"I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry." 2 Timothy 4:1-5.
I serve a risen Savior
He’s in the world today.
I know that He is living,
Whatever men may say.
I see His hand of mercy;
I hear His voice of cheer;
And just the time I need Him
He’s always near.
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives?
He lives within my heart.
In all the world around me
I see His loving care,
And though my heart grows weary,
I never will despair;
I know that He is leading,
Through all the stormy blast;
The day of His appearing
Will come at last.
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives?
He lives within my heart.
Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian,
Lift up your voice and sing
Eternal hallelujahs
To Jesus Christ the King!
The Hope of all who seek Him,
The Help of all who find,
None other is so loving,
So good and kind.
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives?
He lives within my heart.
- Alfred Henry Ackley 1933.
"I Serve A Risen Savior"
The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones- William Shakespeare.
In the case of the risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ...all His good came after His death and resurrection.
Evil men in our world today are trying to hijack the tenants of the Christian faith. Renaming sacred days to fulfill their evil desires.
One such evil is trying to rename today to 'honor' transgenders in place of the holy day Christians reserved for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. That would be the President of the United States.
To all: Jesus Christ is RISEN.
There is this: "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:2.
Jesus Christ was born, lived a sinless life, walking this Earth at His Father's behest in a life lived in full obedience to Him. Was turned over by the Jewish Leaders to the Gentiles of the Roman Government to be brutally beaten, scourged, mocked, ridiculed, nailed to a cross to die. That death was unlike any other in human history that the stars of the Heavens have ever seen or would see. The sins of all humanity were heaped upon Jesus as He hung there. The first and only time He was separated from His Father. His Father couldn't look at Him.
Because of our sins He stayed on that cross.
Because of our need to be reconciled to God, He uttered not a word.
Because of the love with which He loved us He stayed there.
With the words of His mouth He brought creation into being.
With His silence He made the way to save humanity.
This evil seen in our world against Christians and Jews is only going to get worse.
The digital world is a fantastic way to deliver information and to receive joyous news as well as bad.
My thoughts today my Dear Reader are for you to know this day to obtain a physical copy of the Bible.
Days are coming of full censorship of the things of God. Get yourself a Bible before you won't be able to.
Am I exaggerating? My Dear Friends...my calling is to write what I am told to write. That's the purpose of this blog. Faithfully I do my part, Faithfully Jesus meets me and shows me what to write.
Jesus Christ is Lord of all.
Jesus Christ is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Jesus Christ is the RISEN Savior.
Do not be surprised that there is a day coming that to utter such words in public or even digitally will get you arrested, cause you to lose your job, lose your home.
This is the reason for opening up today with that exhortation by Paul to Timothy. It's for all who are to preach the Word. Leave nothing out. Leave room for the Spirit of God to work. He saves, we don't.
He protects the Word of God. He is the Helper, the Teacher, the guide to all that's good that transforms our lowly estate into the likeness of our Savior through sanctification.
Pray for your leaders and ours. Country after country are giving way to more and more evils that are not new. These were seen before the global disaster as written in the book of Genesis called the Genesis Flood. Jesus said that the days would be like this when He comes back.
Go and listen to what Jesus said. He desires obedience not sacrifice.
He desires a man and woman after His own heart.
We are all commissioned to go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to observe all that He commanded you.
Celebrate today as the day celebrated to remember the rising of the Son of God to life again. Paving the way for the salvation of mankind to all who believe.
Celebrate today as God intended, not as mankind is trying to rewrite it to be.
He is Risen! He is Risen indeed!
All NASB 1995 and NASB Scripture Excerpts used by permission. (C) Lockman Foundation.
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