The harvest is coming. The good crop and bad crop both have a place to go. What good is crop that is bad or what good is weeds in crop. It is good for nothing. The only place for weeds are to be thrown out and burned.
Good crop is to be stored up in barns used for many things. It is to be collected and will be saved. Just as Jesus points out in this parable the wheat will be saved! The tares will be burned and consumed by fire.
We as individuals and Christians are commanded to live in the world but not of the world. What this means is to be unique. We are to be unique according to God's word. We are to be different according to what the world thinks as okay! There many contrasting things between the world and God however we are to be different and apart from sin.
Satan has come in and tried to set sin in the eharts of everyone in the world. Sin is what separates from God. In the end if we are found sinful we will be consumed by an eternal fire. A place of complete discomfort. A place that no one wants to be except for Satan. Satan wants us there with him.
As the harvest comes to an end there will be separation. The good and bad, the righteous and sinful, and the obedient and disobedient will be separated. The question is where do we stand right now. If the harvest has ended are we saved? Will we be like wheat? Or will we be like the tares? Where will be be casted? Will it be fire or will it be into the barn of our Father?
Let us make sure we are examining ourselves and preparing ourselves for the day of judgement when the harvest will end and we will be judged according to our works. Let us be ready to be gathered into the abrns and rest eternally with God! Have you obeyed God's commands yet? Why then are you waiting if you haven't?
Daniel N. Sanders
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Troubled Over Many Things (Luke 10:38-42)
In Luke 10 we find two women Mary and Martha. Two women who had some characterstics that we can relate to for us today. When reading these few verses at the end of Luke 10 we get a picture of these two women. I must say they have different ideas on what is important to them.
You notice first with them that jesus was coming and as we continue to read taught lessons while there at the house. However Mary and Martha split ways there. Mary went in and heard the words of Jesus and Martha went to begin to serve.
Martha repsonded to Jesus to get Mary to come in and help her serve. She didn't need to be in there while there was work in the house to be done. What did Jesus do? Did He agree with her? Did he say I will tell her to get in there. Did he say there are more important things to do than here me? NO!
Jesus goes on to tell Martha that she was worried and torubled over many things. However Mary chose the good part. The part she knew she needed in her life. He informed her there are more important things than to worry about other uselss things when it comes to the gospel.
Many today and even the faithful few in this world have a mentality like Martha. It is a point to say that they are worried about other things than the gospel being taught. I am reminded of incidents in my life where this has happened. It is a point to say many were worried about other things and try to say these are just as important as teh gospel being taught. Is the preaching and teaching Christ secondary in our life. Are we worried about other things than the gospel being taught? If it is then we must again look at our life and start over.
WE must understand that Christ must be taught. If we fail to realize this and worry about other things then we are working against Christ. we are not preserving the word of truth. We are working to in fact stop the gospel. WE need to get our lives starightened out and begin again to serve Christ! Focus on Christ. We shouldn'tlose our focus and leave what should be our first love being God and His Son.
Let's turn to God again. Put aside the things that are not important and begin to look and focus on our life and the gospel and the hope and promise of eternal salvation. Turn to God and resist the devil and being troubled and worried over useless things. Focus on the gospelbeing taught (II Timothy 4:1-5)!
Daniel Sanders
You notice first with them that jesus was coming and as we continue to read taught lessons while there at the house. However Mary and Martha split ways there. Mary went in and heard the words of Jesus and Martha went to begin to serve.
Martha repsonded to Jesus to get Mary to come in and help her serve. She didn't need to be in there while there was work in the house to be done. What did Jesus do? Did He agree with her? Did he say I will tell her to get in there. Did he say there are more important things to do than here me? NO!
Jesus goes on to tell Martha that she was worried and torubled over many things. However Mary chose the good part. The part she knew she needed in her life. He informed her there are more important things than to worry about other uselss things when it comes to the gospel.
Many today and even the faithful few in this world have a mentality like Martha. It is a point to say that they are worried about other things than the gospel being taught. I am reminded of incidents in my life where this has happened. It is a point to say many were worried about other things and try to say these are just as important as teh gospel being taught. Is the preaching and teaching Christ secondary in our life. Are we worried about other things than the gospel being taught? If it is then we must again look at our life and start over.
WE must understand that Christ must be taught. If we fail to realize this and worry about other things then we are working against Christ. we are not preserving the word of truth. We are working to in fact stop the gospel. WE need to get our lives starightened out and begin again to serve Christ! Focus on Christ. We shouldn'tlose our focus and leave what should be our first love being God and His Son.
Let's turn to God again. Put aside the things that are not important and begin to look and focus on our life and the gospel and the hope and promise of eternal salvation. Turn to God and resist the devil and being troubled and worried over useless things. Focus on the gospelbeing taught (II Timothy 4:1-5)!
Daniel Sanders
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