Well we have a little longer one today. I heard Ralph Barnard say that every now and then one should preach assuming nobody listening knows Him. I pray this serves as a warning to all and a call for His glory.
Extra Credit: I wrote this awhile back but thought it fitting for today. It was a question dealing with Exudus Chapter 12.
Jhn 13:1 Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
Jhn 13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simons son, to betray him;
- Why after the supper ended?
There is a strong contrast that may be made between these two verses. To go from Gods love to mans betrayal. From Jesus salvation to the rejection of Judas. From a Savior and Father to Satan. From His own elect in the world to those of the world. From before the Passover to celebrate and demonstrate Christ to after the Passover and without the worship of the sacrifice. Though the later is sadly avoided and rarely mentioned we see it, know it, read it, and should not waiver in preaching it. For there are only two people in this world, those He loved and those that He knows not. There will be those that He calls and will come to Him and believe and those that betray Him and cannot and will not ever believe. There are those walking by the grace of God in the light and those that remain willing in the dark. There are those who are His elect and there are those who are the children of the devil. And there are only two ends to those that leave this world, those He died for and will be carried to Abrahams bosom and those that will perish in Hell for their own sins. We cannot deny that there are only two people of this world, to live as both or between the two is heresy and I say that your heart only deceives you. My friend there is no purgatory or pleading at the gates of Heaven. There is no hope when the Passover ended and you were not found in Him. Your rest is not here or to come but was found before the feast. If He died for your sins, your sins are completely washed away and you are redeemed. If the Father has prepared a sacrifice for you and placed the blood above you, you shalt not perish. Come morning though if the blood was not found it was to late. Believe that this hour. Place your trust fully on Him and Him alone. My friend, my brother do not pray for forgiveness but cry for mercy and grace. Fall at His feet and trust Him, for your hope is only Christ blood.
(Romans 8:35-39)
