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Wednesday,
March 13, 2024
"It's
Not Good To Be
Wicked"
Message
summary: Have
you taken hold
of the
redeeming hand
of Jesus who
desires to
rescue and
transfer you?
If not, it is
our prayer
that you do so
today. "It's
Not Good To be
Wicked".
Listen
to our message
on your audio
player.
"For
He has rescued
us from the
dominion of
darkness and
transferred us
into the
kingdom of His
beloved Son,
in whom we
have
redemption,
the
forgiveness of
sins"
(Colossians
1:13,14).
A
large
billboard
along Route 30
caught our
attention,
which is what
it is designed
to do, and
thus was
successful. It
advertised a
beer brand
with this
phrase, "It's
Good To be
Wicked". It
does seem to
be life's
outlook for
many people in
a literal
sense.That's
why those of
us who have
been rescued
and
transferred
into God's
kingdom need
to let our
light shine to
show that it's
not good to be
wicked but to
be righteous
through the
work of Jesus
Christ.
We all need rescued. "For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness". Thank God that He did not just send a "How To" pamphlet but rather He sent His only begotten Son, as a living Savior who gave Himself for our sins and rescued us from our penalty of sin which is separation from God for all eternity.
Our
pastor
preached from
this passage
years ago and
illustrated,
"If you come
upon a person
drowning you
don't toss
them a
pamphlet
titled 'How To
Swim'. If you
are drowning
you need to be
rescued!"J.B.
Lightfoot
writes that
"The Gospel is
a rescue, an
emancipation
from a state
of bondage to
sin".
We
all need
transferred.
He "transferred
us into the
kingdom of His
beloved Son"
Bible
teacher Brian
Bell shares
this outline
of our
transfer:
(1)
Transferred
from darkness
to light
(2) Transferred from the enemy's kingdom to the kingdom of His Son.
(3) Transferred from incarceration to redemption.
(4) Transferred from condemnation to forgiveness.
(2) Transferred from the enemy's kingdom to the kingdom of His Son.
(3) Transferred from incarceration to redemption.
(4) Transferred from condemnation to forgiveness.
Have
you taken hold
of the
redeeming hand
of Jesus who
desires to
rescue and
transfer you?
If not, it is
our prayer
that you do so
today.
Stephen
&
Brooksyne
Weber
Daily prayer:
Merciful
Father, our
dwelling place
is not found
in the kingdom
of this world
but in Your
spiritual
kingdom where
our
life-saving
rescue took
place as Jesus
died on the
cross on our
behalf. You
delivered us
from the
dominion of
darkness and
transferred us
into the
kingdom of
Your beloved
Son in whom we
have
redemption,
the
forgiveness of
our sins.
There is no
greater or
more lasting
rescue that
changes the
direction of
our lives here
on earth and
also the
direction of
our eternal
destiny in the
life
hereafter. We
will thank and
praise You for
our life
transforming
rescue now and
for all
eternity.
Amen.Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources
"Glorious
Day"
Watch
on YouTube
We
have enjoyed
singing this
in our church
and we are
sure many of
you have sung
it as well.
I
needed rescue
My sin was heavy
But chains break at the weight of Your glory
I needed shelter
I was an orphan
But You call me a citizen of heaven
When I was broken
You were my healing
Your love is the air that I'm breathing
I have a future
My eyes are open!
My sin was heavy
But chains break at the weight of Your glory
I needed shelter
I was an orphan
But You call me a citizen of heaven
When I was broken
You were my healing
Your love is the air that I'm breathing
I have a future
My eyes are open!
You
called my name
And I ran out of that grave
Out of the darkness
Into Your glorious day
And I ran out of that grave
Out of the darkness
Into Your glorious day
Yesterday
we drove past
a pile of logs
from a
recently
felled tree in
Lebanon County
and thought
the shape of
the trunk was
interesting.
Looks more
like an
oversized leaf
than the trunk
of a tree. I
wonder if the
owner of the
tree might not
make this into
a table. What
fun it would
be to count
the visible
rings to find
the age of
this tree.
I
walked out of
our new
bedroom that's
attached to
the office and
saw Gracie
laying on the
back of
Stephen's
office chair.
She likes this
spot on the
back of his
chair when he
is working at
the computer.
For some
reason Gracie
has decided
Stephen's her
favorite! Pet
owners know
what I mean
since the pets
decide who
their favorite
family member
is no matter
how much
another family
member may vie
to be their
favorite.
Sights
of Lancaster
County.
This
truck has a
humorous
caution about
tailgating.
In
Monday's
message we
mentioned our
visit with
Joey who, as
a teenager,
attended our
church we
served in New
England in the
nineties.
Here's a photo
of him with
Ester, who
still calls
him "Bro"
since there
was an
extended
period that he
and his mom
were at our
house
(parsonage)
quite often
and he seemed
like family.
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