Saturday, December 5, 2015

The weeding of the garden


The weeding of the garden

‘But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.’ 
Matthew 15:13

Suggested Further Reading: 
John 6:52–71

We have often a number of good and affectionate but very weak hearers. They are always afraid that we shall offend other hearers. Hence, if the truth be spoken in a plain and pointed manner, and seems to come close home to the conscience, they think that surely it ought not to have been spoken, because So-and-so took offence at it. 

Truly, my brethren, we are not slow to answer in this matter. If we never offended, it would be positive proof that we did not preach the gospel.

 They who can please men will find it quite another thing to have pleased God. Do you suppose that men will love those who faithfully rebuke them? If you make the sinner’s heart to groan, and waken his conscience, do you think he will pay you court and thank you for it? Not so; in fact, this ought to be one aim of our ministry, not to offend, but to test men and make them offended with themselves, so that their hearts may be exposed to their own inspection. 

Their being offended will reveal of what sort they are.
 A ministry that never uproots will never water; a ministry that does not pull down will never build up.

 He who knows not how to pluck up the plants which God has not planted, scarcely knows how to be a worker of God in his vineyard. Our ministry ought always to be a killing as well as a healing one—a ministry which kills all false hopes, blights all wrong confidences, and weeds out all foolish trusts, while at the same time it trains up the feeblest shoot of real hope, and tends comfort and encouragement even to the weakest of the sincere followers of Christ.

For meditation: 

Over the past few days the readings have concentrated on serious matters of eternal life and death. Have they offended you? 
While the Christian should avoid giving unnecessary offence (Matthew 17:27; 1 Corinthians 10:32), the Lord Jesus Christ offended others when it was necessary (Matthew 13:57; 15:10; John 6:61). Christians have no reason to feel ashamed, if others take offence at Christ (1 Peter 2:8) and his cross (Galatians 5:11).

Sermon no. 423
5 December (Preached 8 December 1861)

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If you are NOT a believer in Jesus Christ,
you can be accepted into His Kingdom.
I invite you to let Him to make of You 
what He always wanted. 


"PRAYER" 

Marvelous God Almighty, 
I come to you in the precious name of Jesus, 
who died for me to make me free of sin,
 I want Jesus to enter into my heart and make me free, 
I confess that He is the son of God.
 I ask to change my heart and to give me wisdom to understand your Holy Word full of promises of eternal value, 
not only to live on this earth, 
but to be expectant of my life in heaven. 
In the precious name of Jesus I ask. 
Amen.. 
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“The true minister of Christ knows that the true 
value of a sermon must lie, 
 not in its fashion and manner, 
 but in the truth which it contains.” 
~ C. H. Spurgeon ~

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PRAYER 

 Father,
 I ask You to bless my friends, 
relatives and those that I care deeply for, 
who are reading this right now. 
Show them a new revelation of Your love and power.
 Holy Spirit,
 I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. 
 Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.. 
 Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. 
 Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs. 
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. 
 Amen. 
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Thursday, December 3, 2015

Christ our passover

Christ our passover

“For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us.”  Corinthians 5:7

Suggested Further Reading:
 John 6:25-35

Some of you, my friends, who are true Christians, live too much on your changing feelings, on your experiences and evidences.
Now, that is all wrong.

That is just as if a worshipper had gone to the tabernacle and begun eating one of the coats that were worn by the priest.
When a man lives on Christ’s righteousness, it is the same as eating Christ’s dress.

When a man lives on his feelings, that is as much as if the child of God should live on some tokens that he received in the sanctuary that were never meant for food, but only to comfort him a little.

What the Christian lives on is not Christ’s righteousness, but Christ; he does not live on Christ’s pardon, but on Christ; and on Christ he lives daily, on nearness to Christ.

Oh! I do love Christ-preaching. It is not the doctrine of justification that does my heart good, it is Christ, the justifier; it is not pardon that so much makes the Christian’s heart rejoice, it is Christ the pardoner; it is not election that I love half so much as my being chosen in Christ before the worlds began; it is not final perseverance that I love so much as the thought that in Christ my life is hid, and that since he gives unto his sheep eternal life, they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of his hand.

Take care, Christian, to eat the Paschal Lamb and nothing else. I tell thee man, if thou eatest that alone, it will be like bread to thee—thy soul’s best food.

If thou livest on anything else but the Saviour, thou art like one who seeks to live on some weed that grows in the desert, instead of eating the manna that comes down from heaven. Jesus is the manna.

For meditation: This communion sermon reminds us that if we sideline Christ in our Christianity, we are left with little more than an inanity—the best of what remains, even the Lord’s Supper or the doctrines of grace, will be empty if in them we fail to “remember Jesus Christ” (2 Timothy 2:8).

Sermon no. 54
2 December (1855)

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 THE PURPOSE OF THESE PAGES 
is to share the precious word of God,
without acquiring any MONETARY REWARD. 
God gave me the salvation for "FREE",
 so I share the gospel of his word the same way ..
"NO ADVERTISEMENT AND COMMERCIAL ADS."
Blessings to all of You,
rejoice in the sublime and infallible Word of God.
PLEASE SHARE YOUR BLESSINGS 
WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 
If you are NOT a believer in Jesus Christ,
you can be accepted into His Kingdom.
I invite you to let Him to make of You 
what He always wanted. 


"PRAYER" 

Marvelous God Almighty, 
I come to you in the precious name of Jesus, 
who died for me to make me free of sin,
 I want Jesus to enter into my heart and make me free, 
I confess that He is the son of God.
 I ask to change my heart and to give me wisdom to understand your Holy Word full of promises of eternal value, 
not only to live on this earth, 
but to be expectant of my life in heaven. 
In the precious name of Jesus I ask. 
Amen.. 
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 ♥ <(((><   † ><)))>  

“The true minister of Christ knows that the true 
value of a sermon must lie, 
 not in its fashion and manner, 
 but in the truth which it contains.” 
~ C. H. Spurgeon ~

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PRAYER 

 Father,
 I ask You to bless my friends, 
relatives and those that I care deeply for, 
who are reading this right now. 
Show them a new revelation of Your love and power.
 Holy Spirit,
 I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. 
 Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.. 
 Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. 
 Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs. 
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. 
 Amen. 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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please go to the bottom and look for the "Blog Archive", 
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sometimes I do many during the day as the time permits.... 
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Monday, November 30, 2015

The warning neglected

The warning neglected

“He heard the sound of the trumpet, 
and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him.” 
Ezekiel 33:5

Suggested Further Reading: 
Haggai 1:1-6

Men have got time.
 It is the want of will, not want of way. 
You have time, sir, have you not, despite all your business, to spend in pleasure? You have time to read your newspaper—have you not time to read your Bible? You have time to sing a song—have you no time to pray a prayer? Why, you know when farmer Brown met farmer Smith in the market one day, he said to him, “Farmer Smith, I can’t think how it is you find time for hunting. 

Why, man, what with sowing and mowing and reaping and ploughing, and all that, my time is so fully occupied on my farm, that I have no time for hunting.”

 “Ah,” said he, “Brown, if you liked hunting as much as I do, if you could not find time, you’d make it.” 
And so it is with religion, the reason why men cannot find time for it is, because they do not like it well enough. 

If they liked it, they would find time. 
And besides, what time does it want? What time does it require? Can I not pray to God over my ledger? 
Can I not snatch a text at my breakfast, and think over it all day? May I not even when I am busy in the affairs of the world, 
be thinking of my soul, and casting myself upon a Redeemer’s blood and atonement? It wants no time. 

There may be some time required; some time for my private devotions, and for communion with Christ, but when I grow in grace, I shall think it right to have more and more time, the more I can possibly get, the happier I shall be, and I shall never make the excuse that I have not time.

For meditation: 

How much time do you make to spend alone with God each day? What do you do with him for the rest of the day? (Colossians 3:23).

Sermon no. 165
29 November (1857)

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 THE PURPOSE OF THESE PAGES 
is to share the precious word of God,
without acquiring any MONETARY REWARD. 
God gave me the salvation for "FREE",
 so I share the gospel of his word the same way ..
"NO ADVERTISEMENT AND COMMERCIAL ADS."
Blessings to all of You,
rejoice in the sublime and infallible Word of God.
PLEASE SHARE YOUR BLESSINGS 
WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 
If you are NOT a believer in Jesus Christ,
you can be accepted into His Kingdom.
I invite you to let Him to make of You 
what He always wanted. 


"PRAYER" 

Marvelous God Almighty, 
I come to you in the precious name of Jesus, 
who died for me to make me free of sin,
 I want Jesus to enter into my heart and make me free, 
I confess that He is the son of God.
 I ask to change my heart and to give me wisdom to understand your Holy Word full of promises of eternal value, 
not only to live on this earth, 
but to be expectant of my life in heaven. 
In the precious name of Jesus I ask. 
Amen.. 
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 ♥ <(((><   † ><)))>  

“The true minister of Christ knows that the true 
value of a sermon must lie, 
 not in its fashion and manner, 
 but in the truth which it contains.” 
~ C. H. Spurgeon ~

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PRAYER 

 Father,
 I ask You to bless my friends, 
relatives and those that I care deeply for, 
who are reading this right now. 
Show them a new revelation of Your love and power.
 Holy Spirit,
 I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. 
 Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.. 
 Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. 
 Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs. 
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. 
 Amen. 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 You can see two post at the time, 
please go to the bottom and look for the "Blog Archive", 
there is many more, 
sometimes I do many during the day as the time permits.... 
 DO YOU ENJOY THIS BLOG ? .. 
 If you like to visit my other blogs,
 please click at the link and If not clickable, 
please copy and paste the address to your browser, 
Thanks... 

 ENGLISH: 

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 Don't forget to spread The Word of GOD
 by sharing today's passage with friends... 
Please share with your family and friends using small envelope 
(E-mail) next to a pencil, under my name at the bottom of post, 
or using the share link..
 "HAVE A BLESSED DAY FULL OF PEACE, 
LOVE AND HAPPINESS"

 "COPYRIGHT STATEMENT"
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
 This resource was produced before 1923 
and therefore is considered in the "Public Domain". 

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 We respect copyright laws and are committed to remove any copyright infringing material from our website. 
If you find any content on our website which infringes your copyrighted work,
 please contact us, we'll be happy to verify and remove such content. 
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 1) Your name, E-mail Address.
 2) Location (URLs) of your copyrighted work on your website.
 3) Location (URLs) of your copyrighted work on our website. 
Some of the pictures from Flickr under Creative Commons License and also the bank of free Creative images for non commercial usage... 

Everything we do is for God Almighty's glory, 
our creator and we pray for all the people that are making images available 
to continue spreading the Gospel. 
 Thank You and God Bless.
Feb 10/2011 started this page

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