FEAR NOT BAD NEWS BUT TRUST THE LORD For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.  He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.  —Psalm 112:6-7             Brother and sister we “will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.”  We are “not afraid of bad news” because our “heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.”  When we know He is the Sovereign over all of His creation then we know that He is totally in control.  When we know this we know that even “bad news” is being used in His purposes.  Oh, so many times we do not…

NO EXCUSE! When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. —John 19:30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. —John 20:30-31 Now there are also many other things that Jesus did.  Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. —John 21:26 Full…

BE WISE WITH THE WEARY As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.  His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”  “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. —John 9:1-3 It is interesting because this thought is still among us today.  When someone has an ailment or a health issue there are those who think this is happened to them because of sin in that person’s life or in the case above, in a relative’s life.             I know of a situation not too…

I AM FREE! So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. —John 8:36             Death no longer has a hold on me.  Sin’s power has been broken and I am no longer a slave to it.  Satan has no power over me.  I am free to live for Jesus who loves me so.             Freedom…. This is what the United States was originally built upon.  Freedom comes from knowing Jesus.  As this nation turns from the Lord, like any other nation, governmental freedom will fade.  But the freedom in Christ never fails.  It does not matter what regime we live under.  The follower of Jesus is…

ETERNAL LIFE ONLY IN JESUS You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. —John 5:39-40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” —John 6:40 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.  It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught…

DEMONS KNOW JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD  And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” —Mark 3:11 Demons do not need to be introduced to Jesus.  They know who He was and is— The Son of God.  This is what the Jewish leaders wanted to kill Him for —“I and the Father are one.”  Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”  “We are not stoning you for any good work,”…

FORGIVEN! He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.  For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. —Psalm 103:10-12             How far is the east from the west?  If you go east around the globe you never go west.  If you go west around the globe you never go east.  They do not meet.  Unlike north and south when after going north 12,000 miles north you would start going south for 12,000…

BRING THE GOSPEL TO OTHERS But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.  After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country.  And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.  Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. —Mark 16:11-14             Do you get discouraged when you talk to someone about Jesus and they will not believe…

JESUS AFFIRMS THE TRUTH Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”  “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”  The high priest tore his clothes. “Why do we need any more witnesses?” he asked.  “You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?”  They all condemned him as worthy of death.  Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, “Prophesy!” And the guards took him and beat him. —Mark 14:62-65             Why did the…

DAVID’S SON AND LORD While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?  Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’ David himself calls Him Lord. So how can He be David’s son?”  And the large crowd listened to Him with delight. —Mark 12:35-37 (Psalm 119:1; Matthew 22:44; Luke 20:42; Acts 2:34; Hebrews 1:13)             Now here is a powerful statement made about Jesus from Psalm 110:1.  Jesus had asked the question— “How can the scribes say that…