Second time to witness for Him

While I am on a roll here going down memory lane, another time I witnessed for Christ  was to a co-worker, we had been on several work projects together and became close, yet I realize he needed Christ as his savior and I wanted to share with Him, well I took the tract approach, again, as this was before my bible college days.

Well, it did not turn out well, he made fun of the gospel tract and me, and I was the  joke of the office that day. Later he started dating a Christian girl that he met from an online dating service, we would talk about the new style Christian music that she and he liked,  upbeat and rock-n-roll type, they got in church and they got married then moved to NC.

I thank the Lord for bringing these thoughts back to mind today, my first witness and my first co-worker witness. I cannot ever remember using these stories from the pulpit or on radio after all these years, but they are clear today in mind as the day they happened. Well, praise - the - Lord !!

Gentlemen, I may not be in the pulpit every Sunday, as social media and blogging is my service for Him now, but I still have fire burning in my heart. And my booking agent, is the Holy Spirit, and He will book me something soon.

Pray for us,

Rev Dan

(oh, the scripture John 1:42 he brought him to Jesus, this has set me off today) PTL!!

He brought Him to Jesus

And He Brought him to Jesus John 1:42

I heard scripture reading John 1 on MWBM radio this morning, and the phrase "And he brought him to Jesus" blessed me today, They are many ways we can bring people to Jesus, and when you do, let Him do the rest. The ministry of Andrew and Philip was to bring many to Jesus, they brought family, friends and seekers of Christ.

Also get the free MWBM app for you cell phone and tablet, I did for my tablet and the songs and music is very clear and most enjoyable.

 

I was just thinking of my first attempt to witness for Christ, I handed my fellow school bus rider a Gospel tract, I was age 14, He read it / looked at it then handed it back to me and said well we have only one life to live, and he did not accept Christ that day, if he did not get saved, God will remind him of all chances he had in this life at the sinner's judgement (great white throne) the books will be opened!!

Why do we preached ye must be born again, it's because, ye  must be born again.

Come to Jesus and leave it there!!

RevDan

(There's still a fire burning within me)

Three things that are important to GOD

Three things that are important to GOD

As I was reading in Revelation Chapter 11, the phrase “ark of his testimony” jumped out at me and GOD spoke to my heart and mind.

OF course, it’s talking about the Ark of the covenant that was to be placed in the Tabernacle that GOD has told Moses to build in the wilderness.  More specifically it was to be placed in the Holy place. It was would be GOD’s chair, as he came down to dwell with His people.

Inside the Golden Ark, over laid with gold with two cherubim on top, were three items. The Law, manna and Aaron’s rod that budded.

First the Law, literally   GOD’s word. GOD’s word came down to man with Moses on stone tablets. GOD had hewed them, writing them out on stone.  Which speaks of it eternal / long lasting usage.  His word is forever. But the LAW, GOD’s word came was seen and came down to man, specifically HIS people.

Secondly, the second item was a pot of manna, a golden pot of manna. Manna, that bread that fell from Heaven. Israel, GOD’s people were in need, hungry, about to died, but GOD provided a way.  They would not have to died in the wilderness in their current condition.

Thirdly, the third item in the ark was Aaron’s rod that budded. GOD brought to life Aaron’s rod. There were twelve other rods, but GOD chose Aaron’s rod.  Its produced buds and blossoms with ripe almonds.

These three items GOD command Moses to put in the ark, the ark of His testimony!!

SO let’s take a look at the three items. Immediately, we see the number “3”. That’s GOD’s number, Elohim, GOD the Father, God the son and God the Holy Spirit. This definitely testifies of GOD.  BUT, the three items also testify of GOD and His dear son, JESUS CHRIST.

First, the LAW, His word, Jesus was identified as the word, see John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² The same was in the beginning with God. ³ All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. ⁴ In him was life; and the life was the light of men. ⁵ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

Secondly, the Golden Pot of manna, WOW!! that bread that came down from Heaven, Jesus said John 6

 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.

Thirdly, Aaron’s Rod that budded.  That which was dead came alive, this speaks of Jesus Christ’s resurrection, also, GOD’s chosen one and  authority on His son JESUS.

The three items speak of Jesus Christ, GOD’s son and this is GOD’s testimony, Matt 3

 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: ¹⁷ and lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

GOD’s testimony to the world and mankind is His word, the Law, His Son Jesus came down from heaven and His son, Jesus’ resurrection.

What was written and happen in Exodus is repeated in the book of the Revelation, First Century Christianity.

Praise- the- LORD!!! Amen, Amen & Amen!!!

May God bless you,

Rev Dan

Smoking through the Gospels

Smoking through the Gospels


Last Sunday our pastor allowed a member of the Gideon's to speak at our church.

The Gideons place bibles in schools, college, military, hotels and jails. They are know as Gideons International. And I quote / copy and paste
Gideons International is an evangelical Christian association founded in 1899 in Wisconsin. The Gideons' primary activity is distributing copies of the Bible free of charge. This Bible distribution is a global enterprise taking place in some 200 countries, territories and possessions.


One story that he mentioned was from a New Testament bible that was placed in a jail. Well, one prisoner got a bible, but used it, the pages / page to roll cigarettes to smoke. So that went on for a while, tearing out each page to roll his cigarettes.  He went through the book of Matthew, Mark and Luke tearing each out, until he got to the book of JOHN, and He began to read pages from the book of John, then God spoke to his heart and the prisoner got saved, became a child of GOD, he prayed and he accepted Jesus into his heart.


Well, praise-the-Lord!!


He literally smoked his way through the gospels. Now he is out of jail and living for God.


Now, I would not recommend smoking, but get to God, and God getting you attention, I am ALL for that.  It is very interesting the Book of John is sold at Christian book stores as a book by itself. Many Christian workers, will just place / hand out a copy of the book of John when trying to lead a lost person the Christ.


SO you don't have to smoke, go to a Christian book store, go to a Hotel and find a bible, perhaps turn to the book of John first then read it and let God speak to your heart.


Accept Jesus into your heart, and He will save you,

May GOD bless you,
RevDan

Tell me the story

Tell me the story of Jesus, write on my heart every word,

Tell of the cross where they nailed Him,

Enduring in anguish and pain,

Tell of the grave where they laid Him,

Tell how He liveth again!!

OH, how His Love paid the ransom for me,

He died as He hung on the cross and was placed in a borrowed  tomb, but Sunday is coming!!  Resurrection Sunday!!

PTL!!!

He was that Prophet, no one spoke like Him, to save us

He is our Priest, seated at the right hand of the Father interceding for you and me, to sanctify us, (set us apart)

He is our coming King, His soon return, Victorious He'll come out the east  in the clouds, to Rule and reign us!!

Praise the Lord, Bless His dear name!!

RevDan

Palm Sunday

Palms Sunday

 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory.

He entered in the city from the east, the Sheep gate.

 

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. ⁹ And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. ¹⁰ And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? ¹¹ And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

 

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:  13 which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

 

Rev DanSam

 

God's Testimony in three

God's Ark of His testimony in three contents


I was reading in Rev. 11 this week, and I noticed the phrase "the ark of his testimony" and God started to speak to my heart and mind.

The Ark was established / built for the children of Israel for the wilderness journeys. Used in battles and blessings.  A box over laid with gold, (Gold showing God's deity) and with the cherubim angels on top to become God's Mercy Seat. This is where God would dwell among them to forgive sin and bless them ( A great picture and great study!!  )

Now even the first covenant had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary. ² For there was a ^[a]tabernacle prepared, the ^[b]outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the ^[c]sacred bread; this is called the holy place. ³ Behind the second veil there was a ^[d]tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, ⁴ having a golden ^[e]altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod which budded, and the tables of the covenant; ⁵ and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, see. Heb. 9:1-5 (NAS)


We see three things that is the testimony of God (three is the triune God head) Father, Son, Holy Spirit


God's work in Love - a golden jar manna (Jesus)


God's way in leadership - Aaron's rod that budded (God the father)


God's words in the Law - tablets of the Law (Holy Spirit)


I. God's work in Love - the holy manna, bread that came down from heaven. God provided for his dear children while they were indeed, actually hungry. That manna that fell daily to provide for them and their families. Some call it Angel food, but no doubt it fell / cam from heaven as God provided for His people.
I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. Psa 81:10
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. Duet. 8:3


This a testimony of God's Heart and Love to provide for His Children and this is to be remembered forever.


Then does it also speak of JESUS, the bread that came down from heaven.


They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? ³¹ Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. ³² Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. ³⁹ And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. John 6:30


I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.” John 6 :51


God provided in the past the manna for the children of Israel in the wilderness, God will provide bread today, for you, in the present through Jesus Christ and continuing providing bread for whosoever will for the future. It's in God's heart and mind, it's His Testimony!!


II. God way in Leadership - Aaron's rod that Budded
As the story goes with the children of Israel, they rebelled and rejected God's leadership. (and Hey, many do also in today's time) BUT God said I will show you my leadership. 


Each family leader, each leader from the Twelve tribes of Israel had a "Rod"  So Moses gather twelve rods and placed them in the tent, (the Tabernacle) They put their name on each rod and God would shoe them who' the leader.  They laid the twelve dead rods (big sticks) on the ground that night and the next morning God showed them His sign.  One of the twelve bloomed and budded, and it was Aaron's Rod!! Leader of the Levites, tabernacle workers. See Numbers 17

Now on the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds. ⁹ Moses then brought out all the rods from the presence of the Lord to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod.


Israel accepted the Leadership of GOD through Moses and Aaron!!


BUT doesn't this also look ahead to JESUS, He who was dead was made alive at His resurrection!!


The rod that blossomed and bloomed was made alive represents the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the early morning on the resurrection day [Almond flower is the one which blossoms early in the morning] . Jesus rose from the dead and seated at the right hand of the Father as our Royal High Priest provided by God.


So for our present time, this for the NOW!!  Jesus arose and is seated at the right hand of the Father, interceding for you and me.


III.  God's words in the Law - tablets of the Law
The Ten Commandments, the Law of God, our teacher, literally our school master. We did not know sin except we learn the Ten Commandments.  GOD promised the children of Israel a Leader in Moses, God promised a Land, in the promised land and GOD gave them a LAW.




GOD had hand written these laws in stone. His words for the children of Israel to live by. (and all humanity actually)


The Holy standards of God where God bless the people if they obey and curse if they don’t obey it! As we know no one can keep the standard of God and the people had broken it. The 10 commandments here represented by man’s disobedience on God’s holy standard, and the tablets in the Ark which Moses made, signifying man’s inability to measure up to God’s holiness in his own efforts.


His word is good for now and for the future.  And GOD's word, does this speak of JESUS!!
(and as the Holy Spirit teaches us His word)


In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ^2 [a]He was in the beginning with God. ³ All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. ⁴ In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. ⁵ The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not ^[b]comprehend it. John 1:1-4


God has an ARK, over laid with gold, and inside will be His testimony on His work, ways and words!!


His work that shows LOVE to provide for his believing children, Then, now and forever!!
His ways that shows Leadership for his children, Then, now and forever!!
His words that shows His Law for his children, Then, now and forever!!

And there's more here, but space and time will not permit me, may God bless you, and may you start here studying God's word.


RevDan