December 8 Jesus Loves You! John 3:16
**SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The BAPTIST TABERNACLE CHOIR will be performing our CHRISTMAS CANTATA on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2022, during the 11:00 Worship Hour. You are invited to attend and CELEBRATE the REASON for the SEASON! Ya’ll Come and CELEBRATE with us … **
Good morning from Pastor Glen Brock, Baptist Tabernacle Church, Wendell, North Carolina… “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)
Many years ago, when I was a boy, my beloved Sunday School teacher, Mrs. Estelle Carter, used the simple, yet profound children’s song to start every class. We would stand and sing together, the words of this familiar tune. “Jesus Loves me, this I know, For the Bible tells me so, Little ones to Him belong, They are weak but He is strong! Jesus Loves me, He who died, Heaven’s gate to open wide, He will wash away my sin, Let His little child come in! Jesus, take this heart of mine, make it pure and Holy Thine, on the cross, You died for me, I will try to live for Thee! Yes, Jesus Loves me, Yes, Jesus Loves me, Yes, Jesus Loves me, the Bible tells me so!” I can still hear her saying, “Children, He Loves You, so, You ought to Love Him!” Folks, we need to focus on what is real and the fact that a Mighty God, who made the entire universe and everything in it, has declared that He loves us, and He demonstrated that love, by presenting His Own Son as a sacrifice for our sins and failures! Does it honor God when we are focused on the temporal and “worldly” influences and are consumed by the politics and chaos of this present day? It is difficult enough navigating through this “Foreign” land, without fellow professing believers shouting that I am wrong for not “Railing Against” the evils of the day! Here is the message for today, and may I add, FOR EVERY DAY!! REMEMBER, JESUS LOVES YOU AND HE DECLARED, CLEARLY, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE! Our Job, Our Responsibility, Our Calling, is to Proclaim, to this Evil and Chaotic World, the fact that JESUS LOVES THEM (this is the message of Christmas)! I cannot change the way things are, and I cannot change the ultimate Plan of God, however, I can serve God, right where I am, and I can share the Love of God with this Lost and Dying World, one soul at a time! I recognize that THIS OLD WORLD IS NOT MY HOME, I AM JUST PASSING THROUGH! Pandemics, Political arrogance, Rampant Social Ignorance, and a profound and cavalier display of Evil Driven Stupidity, cannot and WILL NOT alter the fact that MY GOD LOVES ME AND HE HAS A HIGHER CALLING FOR ME! (Through the Blood of Jesus, that Calling is yours, as well!) Dear Friends, focus on Jesus and recognize that God is in control and that He promised that, through the Blood of Jesus, we are OVERCOMERS! What God does with you, is up to you! You can choose to participate in the strife of the World, or you can choose to honor God, live Holy before Him, and focus on what really matters! Please remember, while in the “Earthly’ moment, it matters who is elected and it matters what political system dominates and how we are allowed to live, yet, in the “Eternal” view, none of this, matters, because we are “Strangers in a Foreign Land,” and we will soon be going home! YOUR ATTITUDE, NOT YOUR APTITUDE, WILL DETERMINE YOUR ALTITUDE!! Stay Strong, Stay Focused…THE BEST IS YET TO BE!