SABBATH & SUNDAY WORSHIP JUNE 29/30/2024

 

SABBATH & SUNDAY WEEKLY WORSHIP

JUNE 29/30, 2024

{BL 546-26}

DECLARATION

For [we are not] ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. { Rom 1:16-17 KJV}

HOLY SCRIPTURE

Sabbath Meditations

"Shelach Lecha {Send Forth}"

Num 13:1-15:41, Josh 2:1-24, Rom 4:1-25

Sunday Message

"Does God play favorites?"

Exodus 11:7, Gen 1:26, 27, John 3:16-21, Num 6:24-26

OPENING PRAYER

Father of all creation, with great humility we thank You for gathering us together in worship and growth on this Holy Weekend. Grant us open minds, hearts and souls to the message revealed in Holy Scripture while granting us wisdom and discernment to fully understand and obey Your will. We pray this in the name of Jesus the Christ, AMEN.

MESSAGE

A seventh grader in Sunday school asked "Does GOD play favorites?" That is a good question! Our Father does and does not use favoritism, at least as we humans define favoritism in our person to person relationships. Let us open our Bibles and invite The Word to show us the direction and God's answer to the young lady's question. Turn your Bibles to Genesis and Chapter one where all things began.

As you know, GOD has always been and there has never been a time when He was not! Take a look at two verses; Gen 1:26 & 27 KJV- And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (27) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

God made the MAN from the dust of the earth. The Woman, He made from Adam! Adam was created First. Eve was Second in this creation. Adam was of the dust of the earth. The Woman was of the flesh and bone of Adam.

God is the creator, we are the CREATED. We are all subservient to GOD. Adam is no exception. Eve is likewise subservient to Adam.

This is the "Pecking Order" that we MUST follow. Why? Because GOD said so. He is the Creator. We are not. He leads...we follow! GOD is THE authority on all things, Adam is subservient to GOD and must follow the Commandments of his creator. Likewise, as water runs quickly down hill, all of GOD's creation MUST follow GOD's lead! There are no exceptions!

Thus far, the only FAVORITES we find would be God's unending love for the creation of His very hands. You and me. I would never categorize my relationship with Almighty God as my BF {Best Friend} or my BFF {Best Friend-forever}. Jesus is, was, and will forever be-- the Most Powerful, AWESOME and Grand Author of everything that there is...EVERYTHING. I FEAR and Revere that incredible and Holy power! He is GOD! The Absolute Authority!

Adam and Eve, as husband and wife, might well enjoy the BF or BFF moniker in their personal relationship with each other. The Lord made them partners. Adam, being the Senior Partner, as God willed. This denotes the realization of kinship, LOVE, TRUST, RESPECT, HONESTY. Maybe even BEST FRIENDS as Husband and Wife. Their joint relationship with GOD also seems to flourish at the same time.

Then came the day when EVE was deceived by the serpent and Adam, with lust and purpose in his heart, disobeyed the Word of God that was delivered directly Mouth to Ear to him. The Horror of SIN was immediately introduced into the world and this PERFECT MAN and PERFECT WOMAN were perfect no more! Nor was the Garden any longer perfect.

SIN went forth and manifest itself through Cain and Able. The boundary line between Good and Evil was established. God's chosen people would soon be selected. Those of the linage of SETH {who was next to be born to Adam & Eve following the killing of Able} -would be the BELIEVERS in the one true GOD. Cain's linage, would represent the UNBELIEVERS of mankind, those who refused to follow the Creator, instead worshiping Satan and themselves as Gods. This dividing line exists to this very day. Those who BELIEVE, TRUST & OBEY, Vs. those who journey in another way leading to darkness and suffering forever.

SUMMARY/APPLICATION

Does GOD play favorites? That was the child's question. YES. God does.

He favors those who BELEIVE. He favors those who TRUST in Him. He favors those who OBEY his will and commands, He favors those who LOVE Him. Those who willingly and with all their heart embrace and SHARE the Gospel of His Son, and the promise of Salvation to those who call His name and receive Him into their bodies. The promise of eternal life of joy in the very presence of HE who created all things.

Yes, God favors those by forgiving their sins, delivering them to eternal life in joy, peace, and Awe. Although God loves deeply ALL of His creation, He will favor the righteous and shun the evil. God shares His kingdom with those who believe that He is who He is, and give themselves unto Him fully. Following Him where ever He may go. Yes, God favors His chosen, but he constantly extends the hand of the promise of salvation to all others. Others who with all sincerity may call HIS NAME, confessing with their mouth and receive Him unto themselves through the only door, JESUS THE CHRIST.

If you have not yet experienced the wonder and joy of His Love, that is JESUS the CHRIST, and received His Spirit into your body, won't you do so right now?

Read these words out loud with me; Lord JESUS, I am so tired of being tired. Tired of feeling as though something is missing in my life, a void that I cannot seem to fill. I believe what I am missing is YOU! LORD JESUS, please come into me now, this very moment. Fill me with YOU. Let me breath the air of Salvation, forgive me of my sins, and guide me to sin no more. Make me New. Make me Yours, this I pray in Your Holy Name ...Jesus, Son of God, my forever Savior, AMEN

If you were truly sincere of heart in this request, your eyes are now fully open. Go to John, Chapter 3, and read verses 16 through 21. What you now see and can fully understand will confirm that you have received Jesus and the Holy Spirit within you. From this day forward, your Bible will read you....as you read it! With open eyes and with the in-dwelling Holy Spirit, NOW give your WHOLE self to Him completely.

Joh 3:16-21 NKJV For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (17) For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

(18) "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

(19) And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

(20) For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

(21) But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."

Welcome to the TRUTH!

CLOSING PRAYER

The awesomeness of your Holy Being is overwhelming, O' Lord Jesus. Help us strengthen our Faith. Guide us away from the worldly and teach us to embrace the Holiness of your Spirit that resides in us. Let us be humble before all and ready always to share You with those whom we encounter, pouring out the truth of the Gospel message. Help us Live the same in our own walk before You, Lord Jesus, AMEN

DOXOLOGY

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, Ye heav'n-ly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Amen

BENEDICTION: Num 6:24-26  The LORD bless you, and keep you;  The LORD make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you;  The LORD lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.'AMEN

Christ go with you now...until we meet again

Christ go with you now...keep praying on till then

It really doesn't matter what the weather...

Just as long as we all are TOGETHER...

Christ go with you now...Till we meet again!

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SABBATH & SUNDAY WORSHIP FOR JUNE 22/23, 2024

 

SABBATH & SUNDAY WORSHIP MESSAGE

JUNE 22/23, 2024

{BL 545-25}

DECLARATION

For [we are not] ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. { Rom 1:16-17 KJV}

HOLY SCRIPTURE

Sabbath Meditations :

"When you Raise" Nu: 8:1-12:16, Zec 2:10-4:7, Phil 2:1-18

Sunday Message:

Do you believe in the Son of God? {Jn 9:35-41 KJV}

OPENING PRAYER

Father of all creation, with great humility we thank-You for gathering us together for worship and growth on this Holy Weekend. Grant us open minds, hearts and souls to the message revealed in Holy Scripture while granting us wisdom and discernment to fully understand Your will. We pray this in the name of Jesus the Christ, AMEN.

MESSAGE

Bless you one and all for joining us in worship on this Holy Day. Through the wondrous and awesome blessing and power of a most HOLY and powerful GOD, Welcome to our SABBATH & SUNDAY WORSHIP MESSAGE.

Today's Message in Holy Scripture is pretty straight forward. A simple question. DO YOU BELEIVE IN THE SON OF GOD? The inquiry is from Jesus himself.

The scene today opens as Jesus and his followers [were passing] through a village. It is there they discovered a man who was blind, and had been blind from birth, and His disciples asked Him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" (3) Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. (4) I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. (5) As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." { Joh 9:2-5 NKJV}

As you can see, there is a lot information in this first few verses of John Chapter 9. A significant healing was about to take place, in full view of a sizable crowd of witnesses. Past SIN of parents were frequently blamed for conditions and disabilities appearing from birth. Jesus promptly discounted that query reminding His team that His mission on earth is to do His Father's will and TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!. This particular healing would get everyone's attention! Especially that of the Pharisees.

[Jesus] spat on the ground and made clay with [His] saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. (7) And He said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam". So he went and washed, and came back seeing. (8) Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, "Is not this he who sat and begged?" Therefore they said to him, "How were your eyes opened?" (11) He answered and said, "A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed, and I received sight." (12) Then they said to him, "Where is He?" He said, "I do not know." (13) They brought him--who formerly was blind--to the Pharisees. (14) Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. {Joh 9:6-14 NKJV}

See where we are headed? Jesus healed ON THE SABBATH! Not only that but he healed a man blind from birth. Never before had they heard of such a thing. This demanded a close and well conducted investigation!! And the Pharisees were egar to find something to use against Jesus.

In what was a heated confrontation between the formerly blind man, fully of age, and the insolent Pharisees, they determined to kick the poor man out of the Synagogue. The Man had challenged the religous leaders with the TRUTH! A very serious thing to do!

Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?" He answered and said, "Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?" And Jesus said to him, "You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you." Then he said, "Lord, I believe!" And he worshiped Him. And Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind." Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, "Are we blind also?" Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin;--but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains. { Joh 9:35-41 NKJV}

We have a lot of work yet to do, you and I. Despite overwhelming Biblical evidence of HIS being, a huge number of God's creation do not believe that the Messiah actually came, and was crucified, raised from the dead and ascended into heaven being seated at the right hand of Almighty God. Also, He is coming back very soon! What about you? Do you know the Son of God?

In Hebrews 8:10-12 KJV we find this written; For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: (11) And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. (12) For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

SUMMARY/APPLICATION

The Apostle Paul responds in this 2nd Timothy verse; "For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day." {2Ti 1:12 KJV}

Jesus Himself thus confesses with His mouth; I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. {Rev 1:8 KJV}

DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE SON OF GOD?

Share HIM with others as you go your way this week. Instead of saying God Bless You, Smile broadly and tell them that JESUS LOVES THEM! It is the LOVE of others that marks us as belonging to The Royal Family of Jesus!

CLOSING PRAYER With humility we are filled with thanksgiving for Your Holy Message, Mighty GOD. As we fellowship, even remotely, we each are as close together as a whispered prayer. We revere You, and we Fear You when Your wrath is awakened. Grant us wisdom, courage, strong faith, boldness and patience in our walk before You. This we pray in the name above all names, Jesus the Christ, AMEN.

DOXOLOGY

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, Ye heav'n-ly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Amen

BENEDICTION: Num 6:24-26  The LORD bless you, and keep you;  The LORD make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you;  The LORD lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.'AMEN

Christ go with you now...until we meet again

Christ go with you now...keep praying on till then

It really doesn't matter what the weather...

Just as long as we all are TOGETHER...

Christ go with you now...Till we meet again!

SUPPORTING SCRIPTURE (Sunday) Rom 1:16-17, Jn 9:35-41, 9:2-5, 9:6-14, Heb 8:10-12, 2 Tim 1:12, Rev 1:8, Num 6:24-26

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SABBATH & SUNDAY WORSHIP FOR JUNE 15/16/2024

 

SABBATH & SUNDAY WORSHIP MESSAGE

JUNE 15/16, 2024

DECLARATION

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. { Rom 1:16-17 KJV}

HOLY SCRIPTURE

Sabbath Meditations : Num 4:21-7:89/ Judg 11 3:2-25/ Eph 1:1-23

Sunday Message: JESUS, HIS LOVE - Song 1:9, KJV

OPENING PRAYER

Almighty Creator of all that there is, thank You for gathering Your creation with us in Worship and fellowship in the name above all names, Jesus the Christ. We pray, open our eyes, our hearts and souls to Your Holy Word on this Sabbath and Lord's Day, in HIS NAME, AMEN

MESSAGE

Through the wondrous and awesome power of prayer and of the Holy Spirit, we gather to worship our Lord, not only here in Florida, but around the world. Welcome to our first publication of the SABBATH & SUNDAY WORSHIP MESSAGE. We have gone through some forced changes in the ministry; no longer delivering multiple in-person Worship services to as many as six individual facilities on the weekends. We have had a good run of  10-years but time (read that AGE) travels with great speed. So, we will publish this form of Worship Service every Friday evening at 6 p.m. central time. To receive this written worship service each week is as simple as bookmarking the following link:

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Instantly, the worship service text will appear on your computer, i-pad, or smart phone globally.     GOD IS GOOD!

So, by God's grace let us begin: "HIS LOVE" is our topic. The love of Jesus, of God the Father, is so deep yet so simple. It is endless, deeper than the outer reaches of the universe. 

 I snickered when I read the Anchor verse from Song of Solomon    Son 1:9 KJV  "I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots."

Although a very high compliment at the time of Solomon's writing; {circa: 953 b.c.}, as horses were powerful, majestic, fearless, and often very beautiful!  Without an upbringing on a ranch or perhaps out West in cowboy country, today's ladies might walk away, or take offense at such descriptive comparison. 

 The LOVE from our Lord and Savior is multi-faceted, deep, complex, endless, and born of many attributes. For instance, the Love of Jesus the Christ is:

UNCHANGEABLE - Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. {Joh 13:1 NASB}

As the only "begotten" of the Father, the Love of Jesus is:

DIVINE- "Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. { Joh 15:9 NASB};

SELF-SACRIFICING- "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. {Joh 15:13 NASB};

INSEPARABLE- Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. {Rom 8:35, 37 NASB}

The sheer weight of His endless love demands of us to discipline away from the worldly, giving ourselves to Him completely and forever to the very one who made us!;

CONSTRAINING- For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. { 2Co 5:14-15 NKJV}

WHO among us would even consider, even for a second, giving ourselves up to death for perfect strangers to whom we have never met? WHO?

SACRIFICIAL- "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." {Gal 2:20 KJV}

Not only SHOWING us, and GROWING us, Jesus TEACHES and REACHES us;

ABOUNDING- May the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you; so that He may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. {1Th 3:12-13 NASB}

SUMMARY/APPLICATION

By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. {1Jn 3:16 NKJV, 14:16-17 NKJV}

Share HIM with others as you go this week. Instead of saying God Bless You, Smile broadly and tell them that JESUS LOVES YOU! It is the LOVE of others that marks us as belonging to Jesus!

CLOSING PRAYER Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit, thank-You for the love You give us. Grant us the unfettered desire to share every drop of the love that You give us with others. Lord, we know that when we give away all the love that we have, we are immediately refilled to over flowing. Enable each of us to strive and give our love completely, even to strangers, but especially to brothers and sisters in Christ.  This we pray in the name above all names, Jesus the Christ, AMEN.

DOXOLOGY

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, Ye heav'n-ly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Amen

BENEDICTION: Num 6:24-26  May The LORD bless you, and keep you;  May The LORD make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you;  May The LORD lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace. 'AMEN

Christ go with you now...until we meet again

Christ go with you now...keep praying on till then

It really doesn't matter what the weather...

Just as long as we all are TOGETHER...

Christ go with you now...Till we meet again!

SUPPORTING SCRIPTURE Song 1:9, Jn 13:1, 15:9, 15:13, Rom 8:35, 8:37, 2 Cor 5:14, Gal 2:20, Eph 5:2, 1The 3:12, He 13:1, Ja 2:8, 1 Jn3:16, Jn 14:16, Num 6:24-26

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MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS IS OUR LORD

And he [The Prodigal Son] arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. Luk 15:20 KJV

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust. {Psa 103:8-14 NASB}

The anguish of a father over the loss of his son is a most heavy burden. The grief is crushing and unrelenting. For the son, Oh how quickly that which he thought would be productive and fun soon turned fully to trying to stay alive, to survive. The power of two praying men, father and the son. Both looking for a return to the days before the separation.

....at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. {Eph 2:12-13 NKJV}

Our Father, losing His only begotten Son atoning for the sin of His beloved creation, formed in HIS express image from the dust of the Earth.

How merciful and gracious is our Lord? It cannot be measured!

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IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!!

 

Jeremiah the prophet asks the Lord why are those who do evil permitted to prosper?

Jer 12:1-3 NASB Righteous are You, O LORD, that I would plead my case with You; Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease? (2) You have planted them, they have also taken root; They grow, they have even produced fruit. You are near to their lips But far from their mind. (3) But You know me, O LORD; You see me; And You examine my heart's attitude toward You. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter And set them apart for a day of carnage!

Jeremiah's inquiry of the Lord God on this question mirrors the concerns of many today regarding the sense of unfair toleration of wrong-doers. We see this same equation play out every day, right before our eyes!

I'm reminded of the parable of the Wheat and Tares spoken by Jesus in {Matthew 13: 24-30}; A land owner planted good seed and along came enemies who planted bad seed with the good while the owner slept. Once the two seeds sprouted, sharp eyes could tell that the Tares did not belong. Workers recommended removing the Tares, but the owner advised to let both grow to maturity allowing no mistaking one from the other. Telling his slaves to gather all of the Tares first, bundle them and burn them. This leaving the good Wheat finally free of the bad seed.

At harvest time, our Lord will separate the Good Sheep to the right hand, and the Bad Goats to the left of His throne. {Mat 25:32-33, 46} The Bad Goats will go away into eternal punishment while the Good Sheep will enter Eternal joy and eternal life. Be assured by Holy Scripture that at the right time, the Lord will balance His books. Fret not, His Will be done!

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