Thanksgiving Service
Yearly Archives: 2017
THE LIVING GOD – FIRSTFRUITS
What thoughts come to you when you think about Thanksgiving? Food just might come to mind. I know we all have a picture of that perfectly basted turkey with dressing/gravy. As a child my favorite dish was the fruit salad with all the fresh apples, bananas, pineapple, oranges which were topped with whipped cream. Way back in the 40’s, fruit was only available during it’s growing season, but on special holidays they would have limited supplies of fruits from the tropics. Today our grocery stores make fresh foods available year round that come from around the world via transport and refrigeration. I wonder if that has given many a sense of entitlement with gratitude and thankfulness being tossed aside. As you enjoy this Thanksgiving would you read with me about the Firstfruits in 1Corth. 15:20-28 “NOW IS CHRIST RISEN FROM THE DEAD, AND BECOME THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THEM THAT DIED. For like Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive, but every man in his own order: CHRIST THE FIRSTFRUITS; afterward they that are Christ’s at His coming. Then comes the end when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to GOD, even the Father; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death…When all things shall be subdued unto Him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto Him that put all things under him, that GOD MAY BE ALL IN ALL.” Thank you, LORD…
Fruit of the Spirit
19870830 Fruit Of The Spirit - Rev. Tommy Jones
What makes a #Christian different from the rest of the World? They bear #fruit. Interestingly, my pastor at #BiltmoreChurch touched on this today when he said that it is the fruit of the Spirit, not the fruits of the Spirit. His point was that Christians should have all of these characteristics not just a few (Brother Tommy makes this point as well). Is #Love for others easy and natural or an act of will? How do we get joy? The whole world wants peace, and yet Christ has given it to His followers as a gift. What is meant by long-suffering? Is gentleness something we could use more of today? Does goodness come from God our ourselves? Faith produces what? Is faith dependent on circumstances or situations? How has meekness gotten a bad rap? Was Jesus meek? How about Moses? Temperance or self control is not en vogue right now, but should it be?
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Thanksgiving Prayer
THE LIVING GOD – REVEALED
Have you ever been #shocked by a #friend who was wearing a mask and costume? At Halloween many people #disguise their #identity by altering their appearance. Behind the facade one can pretend to be a warrior, devil, beauty, star, angel until your true identity is revealed. I have observed many people over the years who behave like chameleons by changing their demeanor to blend with their current environment. Some would say, “They go along to get along!” I grew up on the Texas panhandle where the wind whips through those plains. I could see those tumble weeds being blown with every gust of wind to the north, south, east, or west. I learned that I had to lean into that wind to hold on to my course in order to get to my destination otherwise I would be tossed to and fro. Are you thrown off course by bellowing hot air spewing forth on line? Today, the news outlets give many people masks which they hold up before the world and then abruptly remove them thereby revealing their true identity. The Bible has revealed God’s identity to us. Christ is my mainstay so I don’t get swept away by every shocking deceitful actor’s unmasking! “Mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but now is manifest (made known) TO WHOM GOD WOULD REVEAL WHAT IS THE RICHES OF THE GLORY OF THIS MYSTERY AMONG THE GENTILES; WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY” Col.1:26,27
“WITHOUT CONTROVERSY – GREAT IS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS:
GOD WAS REVEALED IN THE FLESH
WAS JUSTIFIED IN THE SPIRIT
WAS SEEN OF ANGELS
WAS PROCLAIMED AMONG NATIONS
WAS BELIEVED ON IN THE WORLD
WAS RECEIVED UP INTO GLORY” 1Tim.3:16
Now is the time to Take off your mask -Lean into the LORD = Hold on to His Word.
Abiding in Christ
19870104 Abiding In Christ - Rev. Tommy Jones
Where do you #live? You might answer with a #country, a #state, a #city, or you might boil it down to your individual street. But #Christians have been invited to abide somewhere else by the Lord Himself. Is the Christian life like a filling station or a home? What is our example of abiding in Christ? What are we told about good deeds done in our own strength? What happens when God’s words become our words? What should our purpose for living be? Is there a reward associated with aligning our will to the Lord’s will?
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The Where of Worship
THE LIVING GOD – QUICKENED
In my opinion #Miracles do happen. However, the #entertainment industry has produced films which show the #dead coming back to #life in various scenarios to dwell among us by intermingling to taunt, haunt, or advise! Stories usually portray a mad scientist with a secret formula that restores life to the deceased. All of the scripts are dark, treacherous, foreboding, which intrigue one to believe man is smarter (sound like satan?) than GOD our maker. The Bible has the true script written by GOD’s Holy Words through His chosen scribes that reveal miracles that only GOD can perform by giving life to the dead. “Up from the grave He arose!” Yes, Jesus Christ was raised from the dead by GOD’S provision. But what about us? Eph.1:3,10,12 “Blessed be the GOD and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.. that in the plan of the fulness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both in heaven and which are on earth even in Him…that we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted in Christ.” 2:1,2,5 “YOU, CHRIST HAS QUICKENED (given life) WHO WERE DEAD IN TRESPASSES AND SINS where in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air (satan) the spirit that works in the children of disobedience…Even when we were dead in sins, GOD QUICKENED US TOGETHER WITH CHRIST, (by grace you are saved) Colossians 2:12-15 “Buried with Christ in baptism, wherein also you are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of GOD, (great physician) who has raised Him from the dead. . . You being dead in your sins…GOD QUICKENED YOU TOGETHER WITH HIM , having forgiven you all trespasses…took it out by nailing it to His cross spoiling principalities and powers, He showed them openly, triumphing over them.” Yes, the Bible tells me so and that is a Miracle of Miracles!