March 12th, 2014

Good Morning Everyone,

 

I hope and pray you are having a great week. Are you keeping track of your Community Service Hours? Are you involved in some way to touch the life of someone else in the name of Jesus Christ. Take a moment to think of someone you might be able to invite to church this Sunday. What kind of a change could be made in someone’s life by a seemingly small act on our part. It’s the way our Lord works through us. Here is your scripture reading and devotion for the week.

 

Mark 12: 28 – 34

 

This will be the only time I’m sure that I will take the side of the atheist movement in this country. When they try to have the Ten Commandments removed from public display because they are offensive to them. I think that we as Christians should bend on this issue and show them that we are willing to compromise in good faith. We will drop the Ten Commandments from their view if we could just put up the two that Jesus spoke of in this scripture reading today. Strictly in a numerical sense they make out like a bandit, considering we would be removing the 8th commandment of thou shalt not steal. They get 80% and we get 20%, what a deal. Look at the space it would save on the walls of these public buildings. Two little Commandments rather than Ten.

 

When Jesus was asked by the scribe to tell which was the most important commandment of all, He never hesitated or thought long and hard about His answer. It was simple, “love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” Jesus knew with this commandment as first and foremost there would be no need for any other commandment. But to be sure we would all treat each other fairly He said, “ and the second, like it, is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

 

Many people look at the Ten Commandments as their road map to heaven. They try to follow them to the best of their ability and if they are honest with themselves, will admit to their continual failure to do so. The Ten Commandments were never intended as a means of salvation. The Ten Commandments were meant to show us our need for a Savior because we are incapable of following them completely. If you’ll notice the difference between the Ten Commandments and the Two Commandments is a loving relationship with our God.

 

Rather than feeling that God wants to smother us with rules and regulations. In reality Jesus Christ wants to set us free from the sin that has made us captives in this world. The Two Commandments that Jesus told us to follow are the two that will change your life forever. And they say that Christians won’t compromise.

 

God Bless,

Pastor Dave

 

Announcements:

 

Saturday – Men’s Breakfast 9am in the fellowship hall. If you are a man, then you qualify for this free breakfast. Bring a friend

 

Saturday – Scout’s Spaghetti Dinner 5pm in the fellowship hall.

 

Sunday – Sunday School 9am Adults and Kids in the Education hall and the Annex Building – These are great classes plan to join one of these this Sunday

 

Sunday – Worship at 10:15 Bring a friend. Everyone needs Jesus

 

Sunday – New Members – Name Tag – Pot Luck

 

Sunday – Kids Auction after the Pot Luck. If you need something done around the house, buy one of our kids and they’ll do it for you. You have to give them back when you’re done with them though.