John 21:4
“But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.”
Have you ever been caught by surprise? I was walking through the Charlotte airport on my way to catch a flight, when I heard my name being called. At first I thought I was just hearing things, but then I heard my name called the second time. I began to look around, and there in the airport was someone who heard me preach a revival meeting. I stopped and talked to this gentleman for a few minutes and then moved on to my gate to take my flight home. As I thought about that incident on the airplane, I was so thankful that I wasn't doing something that would have brought reproach to my Saviour’s name.
2 Chronicles 10:16
“And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.”
King David was no doubt the glory of Israel. You cannot think of Israel without thinking of David. Other than Jesus Christ, David is probably the most prominent figure in Isreal’s history. His reign established Israel as a world superpower. You would think that the people of Israel would always be grateful for what he did for them and honor his work.
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1 Chronicles 20:8
“These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.”
After the victory over Goliath, David could have easily thought
that he could ride off that victory for the remainder of his life. If he
had done that, he would have never become the great warrior we know him
as today. That was one victory that he needed to win for that day, but
as the Scriptures show us there were other giants that he had to
conquer. In fact, his whole life he continued conquering giants. David
realized that there was more than one giant he would have to defeat, and
that continual awareness is what kept him driving and experiencing
victory to the day of his death. There are several principles that we
can learn from David’s victory over the giants.
Sunday, 7/5/15 Heb 13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without
the camp, bearing his reproach. This may be the most disobeyed verse in all
the Bible. Trying to get believers today to bear the disdain that Christ bore
(and causes) is almost unheard of. Forget others though, you and I need to obey
this more. Heb
13:7 Remember them which have the rule
over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end (goal,
purpose) of their conversation
(lifestyle). Even if our leaders stumble, we should be unaffected because, 1we
knew they could fall, and, 2our eyes were on the
Saviour anyway.
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Revelation 10:1
“And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed
with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it
were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:”
In this verse, John describes another vision. He describes a “mighty angel come down from heaven.”
He had seen other angels, but this angel was different than the others.
I believe that this angel he is describing is Jesus Christ. You see in
this vision that He is clothed with several things, and each description
given reminds us of several things that Jesus is to the Christian.
- Misunderstood Romans 8:28
- The Backslider Loses Only One Thing
- The Church in Thyatira
- The Position of Spiritual Leaders
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1 Samuel 13:11
“And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I
saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not
within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves
together at Michmash;”
A person doesn't always have to commit the crime to be guilty, but
contributing to the crime in some manner makes them an accessory to the
crime. Likewise, it is not always the person who commits the sin who is
the only guilty one, but oftentimes there was someone who contributed to
their sin. The person who contributes to one’s sin may not be a bad
person, but some action or inaction caused them to be an accessory to
the sin.
1 Samuel 3:19
“And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.”
Throughout the Scriptures you will find that God began to work in
the heart of His chosen when they were children. You must never
underestimate God working in a child’s heart. Samuel was a child when
God first spake to him, and from the first time to the end of his life
he grew in the LORD.