Communion Thought ... Everyday Thought
Jesus said to the Disciples in (John 4:34-36)
"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.
Jesus said to the people after he fed the Five Thousand in (John 6:27)
Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval."
The Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy in (2 Timothy 4:1-8)
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
I would like to ask you the following questions that I ask (and struggle with) myself:
Are you feeding on the "Food of Jesus" or the "The Food of the World"?
Are you "Spreading the Word of the Lord"?
Are you Correcting, Rebuking and Encouraging?
Or .... Are your itching ears only hearing what you want to hear?
Jesus paid a high price on the cross so that we could be reconciled with God - our sins forgiven. We cannot just follow his doctrine when it is convenient to do so, or to study his "Word" and not share it with those around us.
(Matthew 10:32-33) States:
Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.
When your time comes and you are standing before Jesus ... Will you be able to say that you finished the race, you fought the good fight, you kept the faith? ... Will you have earned a crown of righteousness?
"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.
Jesus said to the people after he fed the Five Thousand in (John 6:27)
Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval."
The Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy in (2 Timothy 4:1-8)
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
I would like to ask you the following questions that I ask (and struggle with) myself:
Are you feeding on the "Food of Jesus" or the "The Food of the World"?
Are you "Spreading the Word of the Lord"?
Are you Correcting, Rebuking and Encouraging?
Or .... Are your itching ears only hearing what you want to hear?
Jesus paid a high price on the cross so that we could be reconciled with God - our sins forgiven. We cannot just follow his doctrine when it is convenient to do so, or to study his "Word" and not share it with those around us.
(Matthew 10:32-33) States:
Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.
When your time comes and you are standing before Jesus ... Will you be able to say that you finished the race, you fought the good fight, you kept the faith? ... Will you have earned a crown of righteousness?
posted by Harley McCarville at 10:15 pm
