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The Homestretch

That’s what it must feel like as you begin reading the last book of the Bible. You have been on a wonderful journey through the New Testament! The goal was to read through the NT and you are in the home stretch. Congratulations!! “Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy….” (Rev. 1:3) The direct application is to the book of Revelation, but applies to the reading of any portion of God’s Word. Any time the Scriptures are read lives are changed. You have been changed! You are most blessed! Now, just because you will soon cross the finish line does not mean the race is over. Now that you have established a very important discipline, keep running….keep reading! The race is not over ‘till we see Jesus! Then, there will be no need to read the written Word because we will be in the presence of the living Word. Amen!! Pastor Bob

No Darkness At All

Can you imagine a place without darkness. I am not referring to the evening darkness where you have to go and turn on a light but instead, a place without the darkness of the human heart. Yesterday I decided to follow a news station on my Facebook account. Within a couple hours I stopped following them. Why? Because the darkness of the human heart is overwhelming. Article after Article, tragedy after tragedy, you can find yourself drowning in negativity and sorrow. Sin has made this world a dark place. It is hard, if not impossible, for us to imagine what life must be like without sin and without darkness. Even those who are saved still have a sinful nature to contend with this side of Glory.   But there is NO DARKNESS IN GOD! 1 John 1:5 (ESV) This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that  God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. There is no Darkness in God! He is PERFECT! Now, if you a Christian you already know that but imagine what that mu

Throne of Grace

In Hebrews 10 we learn that what the blood of the Old Testament animals were unable to do (v.4), Jesus did….that is, take away sin. What the priests did over and over again (v.11), Jesus did once….that is offer one sacrifice. In the opening verse we read that the things in the OT were “a shadow of the good things that are coming.” A shadow is not the real thing. Everything in the OT pointed to the coming of Jesus who had “offered for all time one sacrifice for sins and sat down at the right hand of God.” (v.12) Now that Jesus has come we have access into the “Most Holy Place” (v.19)… the very presence of God, the throne of grace. This was closed to the people of the OT. But now we can come to our Heavenly Father with confidence and boldness. The author mentioned this earlier in 4:16--“Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence…” You don’t need a goat, or a priest, or a certain place to access God. Right now, because Jesus has offered the perfect sacrifice you can en

Death and Taxes

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." –Benjamin Franklin Was he right?? The Bible says the day is coming when Jesus will come back and those who are alive will be “caught up.” (1 Thess. 4:17) There will be some who will never die, but will be taken to meet Jesus in the air. We don’t know when, but we do know for “certain”, Jesus is coming again! So, Ben, you got one right! -Pastor Bob