Doers Of The Word

John 12:10-11 "But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus".
The Lord said "let your light so shine before man that they see your good works and glorify your Father which art in heaven".Light is seen, and not heard. Jesus wants us to live a life that shows who He is. But many are busy telling  the world they are saved, telling the world what God can do ,but the life they live tells a different story all together. Our life should tell a dying world that the Savior lives.

Here we have one who lived such a life. Lazarus doesn't say a word in the entire bible, there is no record or reference of him saying anything. Yet the life he lived was one that caused others to believe in Jesus. Lazarus was dead and Jesus called him to life. His new life with Christ was such a powerful witness, that not only did it lead others to believe, but the religious leaders wanted to put him to death along with Jesus. We were once dead in sin, once wrapped up in the guilt of sin, and held captive in darkness, but Jesus called us into a new life with Him. We should let the light of our new life so shine that a lost world will believe on the only begotten of the Father.

Jesus said "If I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me". It is when we lift Him with the living of our life which draws lost souls to Him. A Christian doesn't have to say he/she is one, the life they live will tell the story.

Jesus On Display

Matthew 10:32 " Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven".

Does your life confess Christ before men? Does the life you live in this world bear witness that Jesus is the Christ the Son of the living God? Does your walk proclaim a living Savior who can save all. Does your life bear witness that Jesus Christ is the power of God unto salvation? are you a living testimony that Jesus lives?

Jesus wants the world to know that there is a savior who lives, and He Is that savior. It is not about us being saved, it is solely about Him as the savior. He wants our life to be one that confesses Him to a dying world. Much like the children of Israel, when they openly placed the blood of the lamb over the door post so the death angel would know they were of the Lord, we to must confess our alligence to Christ openly by proclaiming His word and showing His love to all we see that they might know Jesus Christ is the way.We must openly walk in obedience to His word, do His will, and lead a lost world His way. Our life must put the savior on display, He said if He is lifted up that will draw all men unto Him.The world must see His love working in us, His mercy coming from us, and His power keeping us on the path of righteousness. Don't just confess Him with our mouth, live a life before men that will lift Him up to draw lost souls to Him to be saved.

Be careful not to just confess Christ with our mouth, and then live a life of denial before man. Let us do a self examination and honestly ask if the life we live in the real world, bears witness that there is a Savior who can save anybody. Put Jesus on display with your life.

Not My Will

Luke 22:42 Saying , Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done

The heart is the seat of man's affections and will. The heart attaches and focuses our affection, will and devotion to an object or person. The heart causes a man to want, to give himself either to good or bad. To love Jesus means that a person focuses his heart, affections, and will upon God and by surrendering to the will of God.

To truly show our love to God we must give all we have, and are to Jesus Christ that He might do as he will with our life. He died that we might live so we must die that He might live in us and through us, that God's will be done in and with our lives. Our love must be strong and purposeful in accepting mistreatment, as we shows our trust in the Lord and his ability to use the situation for his Glory. Jesus not only taught us our love must be strong and purposeful when mistreated, but He teaches us to also be merciful to those who mistreat us that God might get the glory. This is how we let our lights so shine before man. Re.member the Father daily pours out new mercy on us daily in spite of how we treat Him, and we must love others as He loves us, that His will be done.

The will of the Father goes beyond what others might do or what we might feel we should, it is what Jesus teaches us to do, it is what he did. In the garden He said not my will but thy will be done. As we go through this life let us also remember, not my will but thy will be done.

The Truth Heals

John 8:32 " And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free".

Many believe that the truth hurts, but in reality the truth actually heals. Jesus says He is the truth and  we know He is a healer. Many struggle with the truth, and with sharing the truth. There are times in the house of God when we struggled with the truth not wanting to hurt feelings, but we hinder the healing, of a life. It is only by the truth of God's word that man can be saved. 

 Here we have Jesus teaching the truth of Gods word, and like today he was met with opposition. We must be careful not to disregard something as being the truth  just because it goes against personal beliefs or tolerated lifestyles. There is so much being taught in the house of God that is not the truth of Gods word, and many will sit quietly by and let it be taught. The word of God didn't change because the world changed. If it was a sin in Abrahams day it is a sin today. The bible tells us Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever, and since Jesus is the word of God made flesh, we must believe he hasn't changed. It is the truth of Gods word that makes us free from the lies and deception of the enemy. It is the truth of Gods word that makes us free of sin and the guilt of sin. His truth gives us the power to live a victorious life.

Jesus taught that when you believe the word of God you know the truth, and it is in this truth that we are made free. The truth is man was destined for hell, when God sent His only begotten son to die on a cross for the sin of the world. The truth is only those who believe this truth and receives in their heart, Jesus Christ as both Lord and Savior, and confess this truth with their mouth will be saved.The truth is, as it was in the days of Noah, all who are not in the ark of safety will perish. So let us live in the truth of Gods word and be free from the wiles of the evil one..

I Surrender All

Matthew 15:8 "This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me".

We Live in a very self-absorbed society we have to work to stay away from the self centeredness which surrounds us. We adapt through worship to Jesus. The word worship these days seems to have been limited to the couple of hours we spend in the church house on Sunday mornings. True worship  is done in spirit and in truth. That is in the spirit of God and the truth of how we live our lives daily. It is not a lip service it is a surrender of the heart. Does your worship end when you leave the church house or do you worship Him with your life?


 The word of God tells us to present your body a living sacrifice unto the Lord. We worship God with our life and praise Him with our living. In our text today Jesus says we draw near to him with our mouth and honor him with our lips, we talk a good game, but most times our life tells a different story. Have you ever wondered why you haven't drawn those in your house to the Lord ? Could it be because they see you outside the church house when you have taken off the church clothes. Many today talk about a relationship with Christ, we speak about how good he is, we quote all the biblical saying with our mouth, yet with our life we deny his person, his power, and his presence. With all that Christ has done for us, should He be happy with the few hours a week we spend in ritualistic exercise that we call worship.

Remember Mary worshipped the Lord, by covering him with expensive oil. Now it wasn't the fact that the oil was expensive that mattered. It was the fact that she worshipped him with all she had, she didn't hold anything back, she felt there was nothing to good for the Lord. Are you giving the Lord all and the best that you have, or are you keeping something for yourself? Are you worshipping Him with all your life or is it just Sunday morning lip service.

Ever Present!

Luke 2:28-30 "then he took him up in his arms, and blessed God and said, Lord ,now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation."

There are times in our life when we go through some things, and we don't recognize Jesus working in the mist. We often go through trials and tribulations feeling that we are all alone and not seeing God at work in our life. But the word of God tells us that He will never leave us nor forsake us. We must just diligently seek Him in all that we are going through.

 There was a lady with cancer, she tried to be upbeat about it ,but after a few weeks of chemo, a bout with pneumonia and a stay in the hospital she became angry with God.Then one day her friend helped her to see things differently: She told her you may not see Jesus, because you aren't really looking for him. She said what about the doctors and nurses you've witnessed to about Jesus, the encouraging visits, the constant flowers? What about your son, who is praying and attending church for the first time. Then the lady realized Jesus was there all the time. God doesn't make us sick, yet he is redemptive and knows how to make great things come out of adversity. Our text today shows us that if we pray to see our salvation God will hear and answer our prayers.

During our times when we make mistakes, or during times of confusion and despair, if we expect Jesus to be there with us we will not be disappointed. God will give us eyes to see him and a mind to know him-that he is faithful.

Just A Little Lie

Galatians 5:9 "A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump"

The Galatian churches had back slid den. They were turning away from the truth,from Jesus Christ Himself. Many congregations today are also being turned away from the salvation of the Lord, to the riches, and false hopes of this world. But the truth is, the only hope for the backslider is to turn back to Christ and obey His truths.We are called to obey the truth, for God does not call us to error. Any teaching, persuasion or position that leads you away from the truth of Jesus Christ is not of God.

Know the truth and obey the truth, for a little untruth makes it all a lie. Leaven stands for for evil corruption, fermentation and infection. It takes only a little leaven to permeate and influence the whole lump of dough. So it is with false teachers. One false teacher, can inject his false teaching into the church and influence the whole church. If we don't root out the false teachers and clean false doctrines, the truth would soon be destroyed. Anything being taught that is not of the bible is not God's revelation, but man's imagination. Jesus Christ would no longer be the focus of attention. The congregation would begin to focus on rituals, ceremonies, and good works instead of Christ. They begin to try and approach God through their own self righteousness and merit, with Jesus Christ being placed on the back burner, and out of sight for many.His prominence and the absolute necessity of His righteousness and death would be downplayed. This is always the case when false teaching is allowed in the Church, or when the church leadership is lifted higher than the great head of the Church. This is sometimes done unaware,how many times do you refer to the church you attend by the name of your pastor or bishop.

We must first know the truth ,to obey the truth.This christian life is a race, and Paul told the Galatians that they had been running the race well, having believed in Christ,they had been living for Christ sharing the good news of Christ, and worshiping and serving him with a great zeal.There had been nothing fake about them, they were not Sunday morning Christians, but someone had stepped in with a false doctrine that begin to hinder there run. But knowing the truth Paul was confident they could overcome and get back on track by turning back to Jesus Christ, the truth of God's word.