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I had forgotten what it’s like to work without so much pressure! Trying to get all the stuff ready for Easter, coupled with the other stuff I’m doing made for such packed days. Now here I am on Thursday still feeling more relaxed and loving it! And hey… got news yesterday that our repaired truck is still OK. They just didn’t put one part back on it because they didn’t think the truck needed it. But apparently it did. Last night at Awana my granddaughter came up and demanded a Great BIG kiss! How could I say no? Grand kids are great!
Today is April 16, this is time with God, I’m Pastor Dennis - I’ve been waiting here for you. Welcome to our life transforming community. We are doing something of eternal significance. We are redeeming the time. That is one of the basic premises of TWG. We believe that what we do every day is so important that we must do the important things each day. That is why we read the word every Day
Today's Scripture reading is 1 Samuel 3; Luke 23:26-56
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Today’s thought comes from 2 Peter 3:3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation." 5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6 by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
"Christians are losers." At least according to skeptic Ted Turner. And "Christianity is such a silly religion." At least according to Gore Vidal, a skeptic from a generation ago. And there have been many others. Voltaire, Robert Ingersoll and Thomas Paine to mention a few. According to the Apostle Peter we are going to see more and more scoffers in the last days. And here we are, and here they are. Two characteristics of scoffers I see here are #1 they scoff, and #2 they walk according to their own lusts. There are only two uses of this term “scoffer” in the New Testament, one here and one in Jude 1:18. Both references are about end time skeptics. They scoff at our faith and they mock it. The idea is that they treat Christianity contemptuously, derisively… they jeer at it, leer at it, dismiss it and laugh it down. It’s meaning comes from the idea of children heartlessly mocking other children. They are like the SNL of religion. The second characteristic is that they walk according to their own lusts. They do their own thing. They wanna come out of the closet. They want to push the envelope. Bad girls just want to have fun. In fact, I’d suggest that this is one of the reasons why they scoff. They love their sin! They hate the shackles of morality! Cast them off. And since God is the biggest proponent of the “holy, holy, holy” movement he’s got to go. A generation ago, the Christian ethic still had a strong hold on America… but today we are reeling from one assault after the other. I caught a quote from Dr James Dobson the other day in which he said, “Humanly speaking, we can say that we have lost all of those battles." That’s why the atheist’s best friend and best recruiting tool is loose living. Sin city is the hotbed of scoffers. So we shouldn’t be surprised at this turn of events… God is not! In fact it’s just another indicator that God’s plan is infallible. Jesus is coming soon.
Dear Lord. Many in the world seem deathly opposed to your Word and your ways. It can cause discouragement and there will be battles that we must fight. But Lord help me to see it as just another stage in the ever plodding plan of God. You are bringing things to their conclusion and I can’t wait to see You!
Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.
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