A bibical revelation

The bible is the product, not of man, but of God, that is, its word are the very breathings of GOD. See 2Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

The Words which the Holy Spirit teaches, Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. ¹⁴ But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.  1 Cor 2:13-14

So, it is not merely the symbol of Immortality, but immortality itself, the veritable “Word of GOD which lives and abides forever” see 1 Peter 1:23-25

being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. ²⁴ For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: ²⁵ but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

Jesus stand at your door, your heart's door and knocks.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.  Rev.3:20

But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. ²⁹ Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, ³⁰ and brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? ³¹ And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. ³² And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. Acts16

They did not see the bible

I was talking to a family member the other day, who has been picture painting for many years now. He was ask by a church to paint picture for their new lobby / foyer.  So he came up with idea to paint a picture of the Church building sitting on a big beautiful bible. Obviously, showing the church is based on the Holy Bible (God's word) and it is their foundation.

Well, he hand painted the picture, it was accepted by the church and then placed in the new lobby and foyer. Months later, we talked and he made this statement," You know, I painted the picture of the church, BUT, no one recognized the bible it sat on".   Then God spoke to my heart and mind.

Many people to today see the big church buildings but they do not see the Holy Bible that the church is based on. Many do not see the bible as the foundation of the church. Jesus said,"
And I say to you that you are Peter, (Petras) and on this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades (death) will not overpower it . And Jesus is the corner stone, Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone, And he who believes in ^[l]Him will not be ^[m]disappointed.” ⁷ This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, “The stone which the builders rejected, This became the very corner stone,”
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and ^[o]acts on them, ^[p]may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ And the rain fell, and the ^[q]floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. ²⁶ Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not ^[r]act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. ²⁷ The rain fell, and the ^[s]floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.” Matthew 7

Jesus builds the church and became the corner stone. And many people do not see it and or they reject it.

Well, that's why we have to pray, preach and promote the gospel of Jesus Christ. For ALL other grounds are sinking sand. The song goes," On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other grounds are sinking sand" and truly all other grounds are sinking sand"

How firm is our foundation!! You saints of the LORD!!

 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,  is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said, who unto the Savior for refuge have fled?

Jesus is just a prayer away, please call in Him today, He will hear you and save you.
For whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be saved.

RevDan

May I testify 03/19

May I testify,

I was saved in 1974 Victory Baptist Church, 202 Canton road, In Cumming, Ga. I remember the time, I can still show you the place where the LORD saved me.  Thirteen year old teenage boy, at a cross roads in my life, I heard the great message of salvation, "Jesus saves" I went to an altar in the sanctuary of our church, the pastor's wife led me to the LORD, I accepted HIM, and I got saved. Later I would be baptized by my Pastor as it was seen by my family. THANK YOU LORD!!

Well, I could have went either way, at that cross roads at age 13, but praise the LORD, I saw the light and chose Christ. My family brought me to church and I heard the message of Christ. We stayed in church, joining Sunday school and Sunday morning worship. And we served the LORD.

Many years later God called me to preach and I answered the call. "Dan, how can they hear without a preacher?? Rom. 10:17 I stopped Technical school and went a community Baptist Bible College. During the 1981-1989 I went to Bible college at night, I got married and then I was called to a church to be their Pastor for ten years. My son was born during that time.

Then the new millennium, the year 2000, my son had medical conditions from birth and my wife and I had problems too, but God brought us through it all and has been so good to us. Praise- His- dear-name!!

May God bless, I just felt like sharing that with you all today.

Please call on Him today, He is just a prayer away.

RevDan

This Day

Hello Again everybody,

As I celebrate the annual day of my birth, my mind goes back to Jesus, who came into this world to save the lost and dwell among us. May we follow His steps, walking from to city after city, preaching His gospel, contacting people face to face, Personally Healing, helping and sharing happiness with whosoever that called on Him.

His way should be the main thing, so let's make the main thing the main thing, may God bless you all.

For Christ did not come into this world to commend the world, but the world through Him might be saved.

RevDan

Presentation and Information

Presentation and Information

The other day, in the break / lunch room at work, on the free table, a large chocolate cookie was placed there in a sandwich bag. And it sat there from 10 AM break until 3 PM break and no one would touch it. 

So I waited as I wanted to hear the reasons from the fellow employees why they did not take the big chocolate cookie. So one reason was presentation.  It was dark and was chocolate stain on the clear plastic sandwich bag.  The worst critical remark that I heard was it look like a small pile of waste. He obliviously was not hungry, nor wanted a chocolate cookie, So it failed in presentation.

Then came the second thought / comment information.  Someone said well, who left it there?? Who placed the cookie there??  Some employee's names was mentioned and it was from certain people then NO - WAY would they take the free gift.  SO information failed the free gift.

So the presentation was bad and the information wrong, so the big chocolate cookie was rejected.

As I pondered this in my mind, God started to speak to heart and mind.

The world and mankind will reject the free gift from God. as we read in the bible, Ephesian 2:8-9
 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: ⁹ not of works, lest any man should boast. 

God has provided a free spiritual and eternal gift to man, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.
 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 316

And many will look at the presentation of Jesus and reject Him, then other will hear the Biblical information and reject Him. They will reject Jesus as they did a free cookie.

I could spend more time here on the rejected presentation and information for Jesus, but I will declare truth base on the Word of God, the bible. He came unto His own and His own (people) received not, they also said can any good thing (person) come out His country that He was from ??

God in the flesh, human form, His son Jesus Christ came into this world to seek and to save that which was lost, see Luke 19:10  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 1:14

So Dear friend, please look at the Son, His Son, Jesus Christ as He is presented to you. Then hear what we have said, what His believers have said, and hear the information, the by faith accept it, to become saved / a child of God, for with the heart man believes and with mouth confession is made unto salvation, For whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be saved!!

RevDan

(OH, and the cookie was gone by 3 PM break, unknown who grabbed it, LOL)

A John 3:16 story

A John 3;16 story

A young orphan boy was waking around the big city on a cold winter night. He came to a street crossing and saw a policeman. He said, "Sir do you know of a place where I could sleep tonight, that box down the alley  sure does get cold at night." The kind policeman smiled and said, "sure I do, just go to the big house in the way, ask for Chris and say John 3:16 sent you."

And he did, the young boy went to the big house rather nervously and knock on the door. Then Chris came to the door. The young boy said, "the policeman said to tell you John 3:16 sent me." Chris had a smile on his face he invited the boy in the house.  He thought John 3:16, I don't what it means, but it gave an invitation to this big house.

Chris escorted the young boy in and ask, "Are you hunger??" The boy admitted that  had not eaten that day and only had an apple yesterday. He said, "Yes,  I could eat." Then Chris set the boy at the table and fed him a big meal.  He thought, John 3;16, I don't understand it but it gave me an invitation to this big house and big meal that fed this hungry boy.

Then Chris said," Would you like to take a wash ??" the boy said, "yes, it has been a while" So Chris fixed a warm tub of water with a bar of soap. The boy washed and comb his hair and then thought, John 3:16, again I don't know what it means, but it gave an invitation, fed my hunger and washed me clean.

The boy came to Chris and said, "Sir I have no money and no family, I could never pay for all this. Chris said don't worry about that it has  ALL been paid for you.  Then Chris took the bible, God's word and explained to the young orphan boy about John 3:16.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

And now Dear friend, Christ the Lord is knocking on your heart's door, and like the young orphan boy, He is sending you an invitation to come in, to feed that hungering in your soul and to wash you from ALL your sins. He wants YOU to become a Child of God, and you can today!! the bible says For whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD, shall be saved, for with the heart man believes and with mouth confession in Him is made unto salvation.

RevDan
(story was based on what I heard many years ago, I put my twist on it, hope you enjoy)

God's Amazing Grace

A story of God's Amazing Grace

Young Joe Lookfour was asked to do a book report on God's Amazing Grace. The secular teacher said son, you can use your bible and personal experiences, but you won't convince me. So even though Joe was new to the secular college that taught worldly theories and globalism,  he took on the task in search for the truth, knowing he would have to report it to his teacher and class members.

Day one
As young Joe came home for the weekend, He thought that he would ask his mother. She said, "Amazing Grace how sweet the sound that saved a wrench like me, I once was lost but now I'm found, was blind but now I see."

Night one
She said Joe don't just take my word only, ask you Father  tonight. So then at the right time Joe asked his Father.  And he said," T'was  grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved, How precious did that grace appear, the hour I first believed."

Day two
He said Joe don't just  take my and mother's word, go over and ask grandfather too. And he did. Joe went to his grandfather who was sitting on the porch enjoying the sunshine. Joe asked and his grandfather said, "Through many dangers toils and snares, I have already come, Tis grace that brought me safe thus far and Grace will lead me home."

Night two
But grandfather said, don't just take your families' word, go to our Pastor, he's a learned man and wise in the Holy scriptures, the bible, call him and ask him. And He did.

Day three
Young Joe Lookfour went to church and spoke to the Pastor. With a smile on his face and the Holy book in the heart and hand, He said to Joe, "When we've been there (heaven) ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise, than when we first begun."

Night three
The Pastor said, now don't just take your family and this preacher's word, read what God's word says. Joe went home and found his Red Gideon Pocket Bible that He got in the Fifth grade and he looked up the scriptures that the Pastor told him to Ephesians 2:8-9 and it said,  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: ⁹ not of works, lest any man should boast.

Well, young Joe Lookfour found what he was looking for and went back to school very eagerly and excitedly. He went to the secular teacher and said, Teacher,  "I've just began to live, I've began to live, when God's Amazing grace came in, I just began to live, old things are pasted away, I have a brighter day. my name is recorded up above, I've just began to live!!"

Hello blog reader and follower, it's very oblivious, this Grace story contains and uses the John Newton's song Amazing grace.  And it has been used this way over and over again through the years, I just put my twist to it. 

Dear friend, for whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD, shall be saved by God's Amazing Grace.
God's riches at Christ's expense, God unmerited love and favor, also God's unmerited favor and love.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow, praise Him all creature here below, Praise Him all ye Heavenly host, Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Amen.

Marvel not, ye must be born again.

RevDanSam