He has appeared to you

 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, ⁵ He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, ⁶ whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs ^[a]according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:4-7

GOD's great love and kindness has appeared ( shown forth) seen by ALL mankind. You are a witness to this fact today as you read this blog spot. But really He has appeared to YOU in many ways and at different times.

GOD wants to save you, deliver you from sins. For He is not looking for your good works or good deeds which you may have done in times past, no way, but He wants to save you according to His mercy, His great mercy. His love for you is unmerited, not any thing you could do, but Believe on His dear son Jesus Christ.  This same Jesus came down from heaven, God became man. He was birthed into this world, having a human mother, Mary. He was born a baby, grew as a child, became a man.  He became that prophet and teacher.  Called twelve disciples, then seventy and many others. He appeared before the Roman leaders of the land and they found no fault in Him. But His own Jewish people crucified Him and He died on a Roman's wooden cross, for me and YOU !!

The bible, GOD's word says "Today is the day of Salvation" Now is the accepting time, call on Him while He is near. And start that NEW life with GOD.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.  Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.  It will be healing to your flesh  and refreshment to your bones.
Proverbs 3:5-8

Only trust Him, only Trust Him now, for He will hear you and saved you now.


May God Bless you ALL,
RevDan

ALL made of GOD

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works;
and that my soul knoweth right well. Psa. 139:14

As humans, we are wonderfully made by our LORD GOD. We were birthed as a man or woman, male or female, and what GOD has made let not man change of a natural person.


In the beginning GOD created the heavens and the earth, light and darkness, male and female. The man, male first, then He saw man should not abide alone, GOD created female, from the rib of man.


GOD had a plan for life and He provided a way for us.


GOD will give light, enlighten you, show you the way, only trust in Him.


Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
⁶ In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will (direct) make your paths straight.
⁷ Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.⁸ It will be healing to your body Proverbs 3:5-8


Call on the LORD, while He is near, as you are reading this blog post, Jesus is knocking on your Hearts door, answer Him and let Him in. For whosever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be saved, for with the heart man believes and with mouth confession is made unto salvation. Marvel not, do not wonder, but realize you must be born again.
 
May I present JESUS to you.

God's Light

GOD's LIGHT


I want to show you based on the bible, God's Word, GOD's light to salvation.


A hidden truth lies within the letters of GOD's L-I-G-H-T

"L" speaks of  His love, God's light shed light on His love and it begins with His love.
For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.  ⁸ But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. see Rom 5:6-8
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, Eph 2:4

"I"  speaks of His image, as we are to be conformed to His image.
For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; Rom 8:29
in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 2 Cor 4:4




"G" speaks of His Grace, His amazing grace.


For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph 2:8-9
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men. Titus 2:11
God's riches at Christ's expense, unmerited favor, unconditional love, also, unmerited love, unconditional favor. Truly what a mighty GOD.


"H" speaks of His Help, Our Help is in the LORD, who made the heavens and earth.
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. Psa. 54:4
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. ² My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. ³ He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Psa. 121:1-3




"T" speaks of the Trust in Him, Trust in the LORD.
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. ⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. ⁷ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. Proverbs 3:5-7
I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Psa.91:2


Well, may the words of GOD speak, perhaps it needs further information or perhaps not, I say, may the words of GOD speak, as you may see the need to search or inquire of the LORD about this. The words of GOD has that kind of power.  As you read the word of GOD, the spirit of GOD will touch you, woo you, to go further and see the light.  I saw the light and I accepted Him. Allow the Holy Spirit to be welcome into your heart and mind.

By the way friend, the bible says The LORD is near, and with heart man believes, with mouth confession is made unto salvation, for whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be saved.


May GOD bless you,
RevDan

three lessons from David

Psalm 73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.

We see three thing here in this verse,  a good decision, a great direction & a godly declaration.


First we see "a good decision"
David knew that when God is near he can do great miracles, Slaying the giant.  He can declare a great message, "You come to me with a spear and sword, I come thee in the name of the LORD!!" and  he knew / remembered it was always a good time in mediation with the LORD, great moments with the LORD.


Secondly we see, "a great direction"
David knew it was a personal trust, it was in heart, emotionally, also it was a practical trust for was in his head, mind, mentally and it was a positional trust, GOD being the object of his trust. His trust was god-ward.


Thirdly,  we see "a godly declaration"
for God has been with David in his past as a shepherd. God had been with David in the present when he was king and  David know God would be with him in glory, heaven, as He said in Psalms 23:6 "and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever"


But my friend, as David had a personal relationship with GOD, so should you too.  The bible says for whosever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be saved. For with you heart man believes and with mouth confession is made unto salvation, marvel or do not wonder, you must be born again. And can and my today, right now!!

Rev Dan

Our Hope in the LORD

The HOPE we have in the LORD


Many times I believe the LORD puts hidden truths within the words and letters of the words. Today, I would like for consider the word "HOPE", The hope we have in the LORD.

H-O-P-E


"H" speaks for our home in heaven. John14:1-3
 In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. ³ If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
That heavenly home with certainly be mine. On that day, we will be with Him in paradise. A home that was planned, provided and promised to us through His word.


"O" speaks of overcome, He has overcome the world, also death and the grave.
I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you. John 16:33 AMP
He had the power to lay down His life and the power to rise it up again.


"P" speaks of a person, the LORD JESUS CHRIST
God wanted to dwell amongst us. God, in the flesh came down to earth. Just as that bread, manna, came down from heaven, in a miraculous way, for the Jews, the children of Israel, while in the wilderness, from Egypt, so too did Jesus come down to this earth. As He lived, being our teacher / master and He died for us on the cross. His sacrificial death would atone for our sin.


"E" speaks of our earnest expectation 
the blood, the book and the blessed hope
 The shed blood of Jesus, atones for sins. The song writer said, "Hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and His righteousness, I dare not trust in fame but trust in Jesus' name, on Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is seeking sand."
The Book is the Bible, GOD's Holy word, and I will make it a lamp to feet and a light for my path, the words of the bible I will hide in my heart, so that I may not sin against Him.
The Blessed Hope of the Christian, The Apostle Paul said it best in his writing to Titus 2:13-14
¹³ looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of ^[h]our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, ¹⁴ who gave Himself for us to redeem us "
Jesus said in John 14 :3"I will come again and receive you unto myself, that were I am you can be also"


So yes indeed, we have HOPE in the LORD, but the question is do you friend??


The first step is to call on the LORD for salvation, just as you are, call on Him. The bible says turn unto GOD and He will turn unto you. When you turn unto Him, you have His attention. Then simply call on Him, pray, bow your head, believe on GOD's son, the LORD JESUS Christ and He has promised to save you.
The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, ^9 [e]that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; ¹⁰ for with the heart a person believes, ^[f]resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, ^[g]resulting in salvation.  Romans 10:9-10

May God bless you friend,
RevDan

Twelve Men

Twelve Men

 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. ¹³ And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; ¹⁴ Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, ¹⁵ Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon called Zelotes, ¹⁶ and Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. Luke 6

My mid-week bible study class is teaching about the Twelve Disciples / 12 Apostles. And a couple of things / ideas came to my heart and mind that I would like to share with you.


First the disciples were "learners".  Common men from the country, mostly fishermen and other trades, many unlearned.  These men were disciples, learners, men willing to learn, faithful to their job, very hard workers, available for service to Jesus and teachable. I believe there were many. For example, the twelve, the seventy and the 500, all disciples, all learners and followers of Jesus.


SO I suggest here, there was many disciples and only twelve Apostles, chosen, as they were picked off a shelf, gladly, a chosen vessel for a special use.


The disciples went through a learning period.  There were many disciples and many learning experiences. Then Jesus fondly chose twelve. The inner three and their brothers and friend, Peter, James, John , Andrew and Philip, then Matthew and Thomas. So the inner three, then the twelve and then the seventy. Also the 500 seen after his resurrection.


Then, the Apostles, meaning "one sent with a message". The Twelve were chosen. Allow me to show you the Vine's Dictionary meaning of  "chose"


"to pick out, select," means, in the Middle Voice, "to choose for oneself," not necessarily implying the rejection of what is not chosen, but "choosing" with the subsidiary ideas of kindness or favor or love,


What a great description of how Jesus chose them, the Twelve !! (and yet one was a traitor, Judas)


The Apostles helped win the known world of that day. Matthew, John and Peter wrote books of the bible. All were great missionaries around the world. 


They all heard and believed in Jesus, The Messiah !!

 May God Bless you,
RevDan

The Apostle John's reasons

John’s reason for writing this book

 

That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 1 John 1:3

John shared his experiences in order for us to have fellowship with him and with God. In Christ, we are able to enter into a relationship with our fellow believers and with our Heavenly Father.

Our shared fellowship is centered on Christ. As we focus our thoughts and conversations around Him, we are brought into fellowship with each other and with God. I pray you will enjoy Christian fellowship today.

And these write we unto you, that your joy may be full. 1John 1:4

The second reason John gives for writing this epistle is that your joy may be full. As a first century Christian, John had experienced great persecution.

While we may not face exile or physical harm for our faith, Satan stills opposes a Christian. John had found joy even in the midst of persecution. He wants us to experience that same joy in whatever circumstances we may face.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 1 John 2:1

The third reason John gives for writing his epistle is that we might sin not. As a child of God, we are not to live in sin. Our heart’s desire should be to live a life pleasing unto God.

But John knew we still live in a fallen world and we have a fallen nature. So he closes this verse with the assurance that if we sin we can confess our sins and find forgiveness. Thank God we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ our Lord.

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life. 1John 5:13

The fourth reason John gives for writing this epistle is that we might know we have eternal life. There is nothing more important than knowing beyond a doubt we are saved.

My salvation is not secured by my feelings although there is a good feeling to being saved. It is not secured by my works although we are called to do the works of God. My salvation is secured by His Word. His Word says I am saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

(copied and pasted from my preacher friend Rev. DB)

Rev Dan