Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Oh Friends, I know that there’s bright, beautiful, hot sunlight, shining somewhere in the world, just not in my area. But I’m still going to thank the Lord for allowing me to see another day filled with all kinds of blessings, more than I can ask or imagine. And since we’re all one in Christ, let’s raise a grateful and joyful song of praise to high heaven nuh. ‘Praise Him, Praise Him, Glory Hallelujah, He is LOVE. Yes, He is LOVE!’ I’m sure that touched and warmed the cockles of God’s heart and His face lit up with a bright smile. Unfortunately though, He doesn’t have as many opportunities to smile as He would like, since His children don’t praise, thank or glorify Him as much as we should. Ah have to laugh here yes Friends, cause this time the Spirit, instead of leading me on an unplanned path is nudging me and saying, ‘Get to the Bit nuh, get to the Bit.’ And being very obedient (smile) I’ll do just that. Now yesterday we talked about some of the Old Testament faithful who saw and talked of God in terms of light. But sadly people, when that light of God, in the person of Jesus, actually came to earth to give us a preview, to show us the brightly lit way of salvation and eternal life, we foolishly ignored and rejected Him, while clinging steadfastly to the darkness that personifies the enemy, Lucifer. Jesus boldly proclaimed it: ‘I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.’ (John 8:12) Plain and simple words mih Friends. But as John was forced to declare: ‘That was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, but his own received him not.’ (John 1:9-11) How sad is that eh? We all know the terrible feeling of hurt and rejection, so you can imagine how Jesus felt. He came bringing good news along with the light of the Father, but His own kin and people summarily dismissed Him. Hn! To add insult to injury, after two thousand years when there have been all sorts of examples to prove Him right, a substantial number of people still don’t accept His Lordship, authority and sovereignty. Friends, for that, many will pay a stiff price. Jesus acknowledged the people’s disbelief when He stated: ‘And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men LOVED darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.’ (John 3:19) We can all say a shameful Amen to that mih people. The great thing about our God though is that He’s patient and persevering. So although many people rejected Him, through Jesus, He still laid out a plan, just in case we changed our minds. John puts it this way. ‘But as many as received him, to them gave he power (the right) to be come the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.’ (John 1:12-13) Ah mih breddren, yuh see what a wonderful God we serve! Although more people rejected Jesus than gladly received Him, the Lord still allowed Him to die for our sins so that whoever believed in Him, from that most important day of His death, till He comes again in glory, will have a chance to obtain salvation and eternal life. He could have just steupsed, said, ‘Chuh! Forget it yes. They’re not interested.’ But so great was His LOVE and concern for us that He allowed the plan to go forward, hoping that in due time His children would wake up and realize that they were digging a pit of eternal darkness and damnation for themselves by following the evil lusts of this world, ruled by Beelzebub’s henchmen. Oh Friends, as Jesus said to the people; ‘Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you; for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.’ (John 12:35) And isn’t that the gospel truth Friends? We have no sense of direction if we walk in darkness. Then Jesus made a very telling comment. ‘While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be (become) the children of light.’ (John 12:36) Yes my people, that is what Jesus desires of us all; that we become children of light, not darkness, and also behave as such. And to cement that desire, He offered these words of sound advice: ‘Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle (lamp), and put it under a bushel (basket), but on a candlestick (lamp stand); and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.’ (Mat.5:14-16) Oh Friends, unfortunately there are still too many people in this fallen world still walking in darkness. They need others to show them the light and set them on the right path that’s Jesus. Now that’s our job. And I dare say that we’re not doing it well enough, else our world would not be as torn and tattered by greed, violence and all the other negative things that delight the enemy, but are thoroughly despised by our God. Oh my people, in this year of 2010, in which we’ve promised to become better citizens of heaven here on earth, please let it be one of our foremost desires, resolutions and acts to show others the light. We desperately need to bring those still walking in darkness to the bright burning flame that leads the way to salvation and eternal life. His name is Jesus. It’s what we’ve been put on earth to do, so please, let’s do it with more vim and vigour than we’ve been doing so far nuh. More tomorrow, God willing. Much LOVE!…walk in darkness…you’ll stumble and fall…step proudly in the light that is Jesus…oh my…salvation and eternal life is yours…
Oh Friends, I know that there’s bright, beautiful, hot sunlight, shining somewhere in the world, just not in my area. But I’m still going to thank the Lord for allowing me to see another day filled with all kinds of blessings, more than I can ask or imagine. And since we’re all one in Christ, let’s raise a grateful and joyful song of praise to high heaven nuh. ‘Praise Him, Praise Him, Glory Hallelujah, He is LOVE. Yes, He is LOVE!’ I’m sure that touched and warmed the cockles of God’s heart and His face lit up with a bright smile. Unfortunately though, He doesn’t have as many opportunities to smile as He would like, since His children don’t praise, thank or glorify Him as much as we should. Ah have to laugh here yes Friends, cause this time the Spirit, instead of leading me on an unplanned path is nudging me and saying, ‘Get to the Bit nuh, get to the Bit.’ And being very obedient (smile) I’ll do just that. Now yesterday we talked about some of the Old Testament faithful who saw and talked of God in terms of light. But sadly people, when that light of God, in the person of Jesus, actually came to earth to give us a preview, to show us the brightly lit way of salvation and eternal life, we foolishly ignored and rejected Him, while clinging steadfastly to the darkness that personifies the enemy, Lucifer. Jesus boldly proclaimed it: ‘I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.’ (John 8:12) Plain and simple words mih Friends. But as John was forced to declare: ‘That was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, but his own received him not.’ (John 1:9-11) How sad is that eh? We all know the terrible feeling of hurt and rejection, so you can imagine how Jesus felt. He came bringing good news along with the light of the Father, but His own kin and people summarily dismissed Him. Hn! To add insult to injury, after two thousand years when there have been all sorts of examples to prove Him right, a substantial number of people still don’t accept His Lordship, authority and sovereignty. Friends, for that, many will pay a stiff price. Jesus acknowledged the people’s disbelief when He stated: ‘And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men LOVED darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.’ (John 3:19) We can all say a shameful Amen to that mih people. The great thing about our God though is that He’s patient and persevering. So although many people rejected Him, through Jesus, He still laid out a plan, just in case we changed our minds. John puts it this way. ‘But as many as received him, to them gave he power (the right) to be come the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.’ (John 1:12-13) Ah mih breddren, yuh see what a wonderful God we serve! Although more people rejected Jesus than gladly received Him, the Lord still allowed Him to die for our sins so that whoever believed in Him, from that most important day of His death, till He comes again in glory, will have a chance to obtain salvation and eternal life. He could have just steupsed, said, ‘Chuh! Forget it yes. They’re not interested.’ But so great was His LOVE and concern for us that He allowed the plan to go forward, hoping that in due time His children would wake up and realize that they were digging a pit of eternal darkness and damnation for themselves by following the evil lusts of this world, ruled by Beelzebub’s henchmen. Oh Friends, as Jesus said to the people; ‘Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you; for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.’ (John 12:35) And isn’t that the gospel truth Friends? We have no sense of direction if we walk in darkness. Then Jesus made a very telling comment. ‘While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be (become) the children of light.’ (John 12:36) Yes my people, that is what Jesus desires of us all; that we become children of light, not darkness, and also behave as such. And to cement that desire, He offered these words of sound advice: ‘Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle (lamp), and put it under a bushel (basket), but on a candlestick (lamp stand); and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.’ (Mat.5:14-16) Oh Friends, unfortunately there are still too many people in this fallen world still walking in darkness. They need others to show them the light and set them on the right path that’s Jesus. Now that’s our job. And I dare say that we’re not doing it well enough, else our world would not be as torn and tattered by greed, violence and all the other negative things that delight the enemy, but are thoroughly despised by our God. Oh my people, in this year of 2010, in which we’ve promised to become better citizens of heaven here on earth, please let it be one of our foremost desires, resolutions and acts to show others the light. We desperately need to bring those still walking in darkness to the bright burning flame that leads the way to salvation and eternal life. His name is Jesus. It’s what we’ve been put on earth to do, so please, let’s do it with more vim and vigour than we’ve been doing so far nuh. More tomorrow, God willing. Much LOVE!…walk in darkness…you’ll stumble and fall…step proudly in the light that is Jesus…oh my…salvation and eternal life is yours…
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