The Rich Man's Table

Luke 16:19-31
19 "There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
20 And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
21 who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried,
23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
24 And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'
25 But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.'
27 And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house-
28 for I have five brothers-so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.'
29 But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.'
30 And he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
31 He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.'"

What a blessing, to have cool, clean water and food!
Do you know that God alone has blessed you with clean water and food?
The grace of God who stirs man's hearts to do good, calls those who will minister to bring clean water to the world. Some of them go and do the physical labor while others give financial support, all of these people have been prompted by God to serve! There are also those who pray and ask for God's mercy on the ones who do not have clean water.

Lord, bless neverthirstwater.org as they minister in Your name to the world. Give them great success as they bring the gift of clean water to the lost! Give the lost open hearts to receive the one and only living water from Christ our Lord. Amen

Every Tongue Shall Confess

Do you believe in the power of the Cross on which Christ was crucified for the sin of rebellious man?
We preach this Gospel to the world because God demands that every knee will bow and confess Christ as Lord!
Christ has purchased me and you with His precious blood!
He alone bought our pardon!
He alone was sinless and took our wrath!
There is no other justification for us before holy God, only Christ can redeem our soul!
There will be an end of days for me and you!
We will have an eternal resting place with Christ if we repent and follow Him or an eternal place of suffering in hell with Satan!


1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Romans 14:11-12
11 for it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." 
12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Romans 5:8-11
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

How do we live in a world where evil abounds?

Matthew 28:19
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Luke 12:5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him

We all are subject to death at a moments notice!

Hebrews 9:27
27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, 

Do you think any one who dies today will see it coming?

Ecc.7:2
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.

Be prepared for eternity!
We stand on the promise that Christ saves souls from hell!

Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

We stand on the promise of a holy God who will serve up justice!

Is.30:18
18 Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. 

God is just and He will repay!

Romans 12:19
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

God is also long-suffering and will forgive the vilest offender if they humbly seek Him!

2 Ch.7:14
14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 

Lord, You alone know the heart of man and by Your word alone will he be changed! Send forth Your holy word to the world so they may exalt You for You alone are worthy of praise! Amen

25,550 Mornings

Sweet Lord, forgive us when we take these things for granted! Amen

The breath You give, the life giving heartbeat, knowledge You impart, the rain and sun which brings our food, an open womb which gives life by Your command, the wind which cools a hot night or day, our very existence which You alone ordained, and most important of all, Christ our King who willingly gave His life for sinful men who repent forever changing their eternal destination!
Each blessing deserves our praise to You alone!
Fear The Lord, yes fear Him and praise Him!
The life span of man may be an average 70 years or you could say 25,550 mornings that God graciously gives!
Each one of us has an appointed time to go before The Lord God!

Ps.90:10-15
10 The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. 
11 Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you? 
12 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. 
13 Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants! 
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil. 

Ps.39:4-5
4 "O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! 
5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah 

Heb.9:27
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment

The Word Pure and Simple

The inspired Word of God is our spiritual food!
The Word teaches us to be holy!
The Word of God, through His commandments, convicts of sin!
To those who will believe it leads to eternal life through Christ and His death and Resurrection!
To those that deny God, an eternity of separation, in hell, is their choice!
The Word teaches of the avoidance of sin!
You must repent!
The Word warns of Satan and his cunning ways, of his manipulation of the heart because man is selfish and is easily fooled by the things of this world.
The Word teaches us to stand on the power of God's promise at all times and in every trial!
There is an element called faith which allows man to believe in God or allows him not to believe!
That believing faith is in all mankind, for the belief of God as sovereign Lord and Savior for all eternity or for the belief that He is non-existent and that death is the final outcome of life!
There is no magic bullet, there is only Christ crucified!!
The power is in the atoning blood of Christ!
Christ alone, by faith in His redeeming blood alone, period!!!
There is no work, no other god, nor any amount of following the law that will and can deliver your soul from hell!
God has granted Him power to save whom He wills!
Salvation is dependent on Christ being able to save to the uttermost!
We present the gospel and Christ crucified is the message!

I heard a very foolish person this morning commenting on the gospel. He was talking about a well know radical bible scholar preacher in Alabama and stated that he had visited this church and that they were presenting a different doctrine or gospel. I did not fully understand the verse about seeing and hearing and not understanding until I heard this young man speak! He absolutely did not have a clue!!


Mark 4:12
so that “they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven.”
Ezekiel 12:2 
"Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people. They have eyes to see but do not see and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious people.
Matthew 13:14 
In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: "'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
John 12:40 
"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn--and I would heal them."
Isaiah 44:18 
They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds closed so they cannot understand.

Lord God most high, we ask for the nations, by Your power alone! We want to set the captives free and bring them into Your precious light! Open eyes and ears to see, hear and hearts to understand the power of Your gospel. Amen

The Twelve Stones

Joshua 4
1 When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
2"Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man,
3 and command them, saying, 'Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests' feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you and lay them down in the place where you lodge tonight.'"
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men from the people of Israel, whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe.
5 And Joshua said to them, "Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel,
6 that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, 'What do those stones mean to you?'
7 then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever."
8 And the people of Israel did just as Joshua commanded and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel, just as the LORD told Joshua. And they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged and laid them down there.
9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood; and they are there to this day.
10 For the priests bearing the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to tell the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people passed over in haste.
11 And when all the people had finished passing over, the ark of the LORD and the priests passed over before the people.
12 The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the people of Israel, as Moses had told them.
13 About 40,000 ready for war passed over before the LORD for battle, to the plains of Jericho.
14 On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they stood in awe of him just as they had stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life.
15 And the LORD said to Joshua,
16 "Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan."
17 So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."
18 And when the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up on dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks, as before.
19 The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal.
21 And he said to the people of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in times to come, 'What do these stones mean?'
22 then you shall let your children know, 'Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.'
23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up for us until we passed over,
24 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, that you may fear the LORD your God forever."

These verses immediately jumped out at me as a testament of God's might!
It is the same feeling I get when I hear the verses about Moses parting the sea and all those soldiers of Pharaoh drown while the Israelite people cross unscathed onto the dry land.
What a mighty God, God alone is God, there is no other!

The Deceiver

Matt.7:21
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Luke 6:46 
"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?
Romans 2:13 
For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.

You will give an account before God;
For your so called righteous causes you hold dear in direct conflict to the holy word of God!
For each time you have twisted God's word to suit the evilness of man with no regard for the truth!
For every person, you persuaded to follow lies from Satan, with the perversion of what is right before God to something evil, you will answer!
You alone standing before Sovereign God facing judgment, if you are not scared you should be!
Many so called pastors lead people astray and the people are ignorant of God's word so they believe a lie!
Read and know God's word!!

Rev.12:9
And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world-he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Hebrews 10:31
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Acts 17:30
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
Titus 2:11 
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people
Matt.24:4-5
4 And Jesus answered them, "See that no one leads you astray. 
5 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray. 

Romans 16:17-18
17 I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. 
18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. 
Ephesians 5:6
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 

The Canceling of your Debt

HE HAS RISEN!!!!

Colossians 2:12-15
12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

1 Corinthians 1:23
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles

Luke 2:34 
Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

1 Corinthians 1:18 
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1  Corinthians 2:14 
The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

Hebrews 12:2 
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

1Peter 2:8 
and, "A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." They stumble because they disobey the message--which is also what they were destined for.

Acts 2:22-28
22 "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know-
23 this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
24 God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
25 For David says concerning him, "'I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; 
26 therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope. 
27 For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption. 
28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.' 

Romans 4:20-
20 No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,
21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
22 That is why his faith was "counted to him as righteousness."
23 But the words "it was counted to him" were not written for his sake alone,
24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,
25 who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

Luke 24:34
saying, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!"

I Corinthians 15:3-4
3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,