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          Retiredrev's Personal Viewpoint

    Sun, Apr 26th - 10:25PM



    People of Faith Are To Walk the Walk

    This is not the time for Christians to fold their arms and go into hiding. Instead, it is a time when believers should become more committed to the faith and more assertive in the public square. That doesn’t mean Christians should become arrogant and overconfident. It simply means that believers are to live as Jesus would have them live, regardless of the opposition found in the world around them.

    The apostle Paul, in his letter to the Romans, reminded the readers "that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed"(Ro. 13:11). Believers are to "cast off the works of darkness" and are to "put on the armor of light"(v. 12).

    There are some dangerous clouds out there which could present some future dark days for Christians in America. Some laws being considered, such as the Fairness Doctrine, could give the Christian faith some problems in the days ahead.

    Individuals who claim Jesus as their personal Savior should take to heart the words of the apostle to the Romans. He warns them to put off "darkness", which describes evil lifestyles. Christians who try to live like Christ and at the same time to satisfy the flesh, are a disservice to the cause of Christ. Paul goes on to write, "Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy"(v. 13).

    It is indeed time for believers to be Christ-like in their lifestyle. When professing born again folk live their lives in the fashion of the world, they aren’t walking their talk. And what our modern secular world needs to see is Christians living like Christians!

    Now is the time when believers need to put on Jesus in their everyday life. It is difficult enough to get lost people to see their need for personal salvation, but when there are scores of professing believers living lifestyles in opposition to the words of scripture, success in reaching lost people is more difficult to achieve.

    By taking the words of Paul to heart and by putting them into practice means that Christians aren’t assisting Satan in ruining the Christian witness.

    Thus, people of faith needs desperately to discover the will of God for their personal lives. As they discover His will, they will discover His daily, moment by moment leadership. The real reason for their salvation will be discovered. Instead of being detriments to the Christian witness, they will discover just where the Lord desires to plug them in and then become busy in His service where He puts them.

    And may I add, that when Christians walk the walk, there is no other greater joy for one to experience. The world seems to be drifting more and more away from Biblical truth. Individuals are giving weird answers to questions about the Bible and about Jesus Christ. Same sex marriage is accepted by larger numbers of folk. Abortion laws are under attack in favor of passing laws to permit this murder of the innocent babies in the womb. It’s almost universally accepted that when people gather they will naturally drink booze.

    But those who stay the path of Christian commitment are satisfied, happy, and content in Jesus. So, people of faith, follow the admonition of Paul and put on Jesus and "make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts"(v. 14). After all, when it is all said and done, and when redemption is fully revealed for the children of God, it won’t matter one bit about these worldly satisfactions. The only thing which shall matter is that you made it safely home to the arms of Jesus!



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    Sun, Apr 5th - 11:55PM



    Christians Celebrate The Empty Places of Jesus

    Christians have three empty places in the life of Jesus for which to be grateful. Because they are empty, all believers have a highway to Heaven. The only thing left on the agenda for the child of God is their move into the presence of God the Father. That will occur at either death or the rapture of the church.

    The first empty place in the life of Jesus, important to the child of God, is the empty manger. God stepped out of eternity in the form of a baby. It’s the story of Christmas.

    Isaiah pointed the world forward toward the birth of a baby. He wrote, "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son and shall call His name Immanuel". That name means "God with us"(7:14). In the ninth chapter he elaborated upon that child when he wrote, "For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace"(v. 6).

    An Old Testament prophesy finds its fulfillment in the New Testament. An angel came to a man by the name of Joseph who was to take Mary as his wife. The angel broke the news of Mary’s pregnancy. Mary was going to have a child but it wouldn’t be a normal, natural birth. "Joseph, son of David," said the angel, "do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus for He will save His people from their sins"(Matt. 1:20-21).

    Joseph then learned that the birth of her son was to be the fulfillment of the Isaiah prophesy. They would call His name Immanuel. And the birth of Jesus came just as the Word of God had promised. When Mary gave birth, the Son of God was laid in a manger. But then that manger became empty and the Son of God, the Savior of the world, began His earthly ministry. Thank God for the empty manger.

    The second empty place in the life of Jesus, important to the child of God, is the empty cross. During the days leading up to Easter, the cross of Christ is the focus text of thousands of songs and sermons. It is indeed a time for us all to remember that Jesus went to the old rugged cross to pay the sin debt of all who would come to Him by faith.

    The cross was a horrible place of death. At first, it wasn’t a cross as we visualize it today. It began as a wooden board or long post driven into the ground. At first it could have been used to build walls around cities. Often the victims of war or criminals against political leaders had their beheaded skulls impelled as a sign of victory. Later it became a determent to crime by either tying or nailing criminals to a cross beam.

    Before being placed upon the cross, which was in the shape of either a cross or an X, the person was beaten. They would go to their cross weak and bleeding. This type of punishment had become a normal method of death by the time of Jesus.

    His death wasn’t as a result of crimes committed. His death was to take the punishment of wicked mankind. He became our sacrificial offering for our sin. But Jesus didn’t stay on the cross. It is now empty. Thank God for the empty cross.

    The third empty place in the life of Jesus, important to the child of God, is the empty grave. That is the focus of this weekend’s celebrations in Christian churches around the world. There is no longer a manger in which the Christ-child is to lie. There will never again be a cross upon which the Savior has to suffer. And the empty grave will never be needed in the future for the Son of God.

    The angel which met the women said simply, "He is not here. He is risen". That empty grave is the culmination of a journey which God took in behalf of lost humanity. The next phase of His work will be when He sets up His earthly kingdom and reigns with His people. And then finally, life better than the garden will begin for all the saints of God when all His children are gathered home in Heaven.

    Don’t allow this Easter to pass without giving Him praise for His wonderful love and grace for sinners like ourselves. Shout it loud and long! He is risen, hallelujah, He is risen!



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    Name: Odus Jackson
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    Location: Gloster, Mississippi, United States
    Denomination: Southern Baptist
    About Me: I was born July 13th, 1936. Married to Peggy Ann Lewis of Gloster. Two children, a girl and a boy. Four grandchildren, 2 girls and 2 boys. Will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary in 2007. Retired from active pastor of local churches in 1998 after... more

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