April 30 "The Lord Knows the Way of the Righteous" Read: Psalm 1

The Lord Knows the Way of the Righteous.

Key Verses: Psalm 1:1-2 & 6

When I was a teenager, I remember thinking that Christians and non-Christians were so much alike, that one really couldn't tell the difference. Everyone dressed conservatively, you didn't hear the kids swear and life seemed to go on pretty smoothly.

I realize that I was very naive but, although evil existed in our society at alarming rates, it was still pretty much "under the table." Today, however, we live in the I'm OK, you're OK lifestyle, otherwise known as "live and let live."

As Christians, it's easy to get pretty complacent about our Christian lives. So often we do just like the non-Christians do in comparing ourselves to each other instead of comparing ourselves to God, and the pattern of perfection He has established in His Word.

We will never be able to perfectly obey God's Word until we join Him in Heaven, but we should be continually striving toward that end.

Keeping that in mind, just look at what the Bible says about the Christian in Psalm 1...

The Godly man doesn't listen to the counsel of the non-Christians around us especially regarding who we are and where we came from, we don't walk in their lifestyles, and we don't sit around and talk about people behind their back.

It's not easy, is it? We know God is everywhere, but so often we live each day as though He's off visiting in another planet or something. The Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Pray that God will help us today to take Jesus everywhere we go. Oh, I know He's already there -- but, put your hand in His, and think about Him being right there beside you all day.

God Bless You.

Bro Dave Gindlesperger
CMBC FACEBOOK Moderator

April 27 "Bible Doctrine Does Matter" Proverbs 4:2

“Bible Doctrine Does Matter”
Proverbs 4:2 KJV


Today (more than ever) we as Christians need to study our Bible more and more and understand the doctrines of the Bible. The word doctrine means teaching, so basically we need to understand what the Bible teaches on every subject so we aren’t misled by false teachers. We live in a time where there is more false teaching than there is true teaching of the word of God. But that’s just a fulfillment of the Bible.

2 Timothy 2:3 KJV says this, "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine: but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears" The true doctrine of the word of God is essential for us to “grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ” thus its essential for us to know what the Bible teaches on subjects so we will be able to "stand against the wiles of the devil."

Bible doctrine is left out of the majority of pulpits in America today. Bible doctrine is needed so that when a false teacher comes along, you will be able to tell the real from the counterfeit. Studying the Word of God will help us grow as Christians.

Can I say this? The type of Church you go to matters more than anything in the world. Other than making the choice to be saved, the most important decision you make is where you go to Church. There is a movement going on that is against denominational systems, that says it doesn’t matter where you go to church as long as you go. It does matter where you go to church, it does matter that the preacher stand on the truths of Gods word. I know denominations aren’t in the Bible, but neither is having Sunday school, or Wednesday night service, or having singings, or having plays, so do we quit doing them also? Why no! The denominational system is set up so people know before they go into a church what that church stands on and believes. I urge each one of you to learn some Bible doctrine, to study what the word of God says and stand on it. I know I am not a popular preacher but I stand on the KJV Bible. There isn’t one flaw in the KJV Bible. The Bible says “study to show thyself approved”.

We need to understand Gods word today more than ever so that we can know those who preach and teach lies. Im not talking about running them down and calling names but able to identify truth from error. I urge each of you to study your Bible, to study doctrinal beliefs in the Bible. A good thing to help you start in your studies would be to get a copy of the 24 Articles of Faith of the Independent Baptist Church. It will be a big help to you, you will grow beyond belief, when you dig into the word of God. And remember DOCTRINE DOES MATTER.

Pastor Jimmy Galgano
Clifton Baptist Church

April 26 " A FATHERS CONFIDENCE" READ: JOB 1

A Father’s Confidence

The other day I was talking with a gentleman I’ve known for a few years. Somehow, our conversation turned to his son, who I also know. The father told me that a neighbor had accused his son of trespassing onto another neighbor’s land, breaking the law. When the second neighbor asked my friend about it he said, “Has ‘Jason’ been coming on my land? He knows I don’t allow anyone to.” My friend simply replied, “No, I asked him not to and I know my son would honor my request.” He had all the confidence in the world in his son. He didn’t have to call and ask “Jason” if he had been trespassing. The father knew he hadn’t been because he had asked his son not to. It reminds me of the story of Job.

Read Job 1: Job was a wealthy man, a man who feared God and hated evil. He was blessed with ten children, thousands of sheep, oxen and camels. We find that he was the greatest of the men of the east. He continually rose up early to offer burnt offerings and to seek God. We all know the story, how Satan shows up and asks God for a contest to see if Job will curse God. God says, with all confidence, that Job is perfect and upright, that he “feareth the Lord and hates evil.” God didn’t have to send for Job and ask if he was up to the task. God was confident that he was because He knew Job; He knew that Job put Him first and He remembered Job getting up early all those mornings, seeking God’s will in his life.

Now, let me just say that I am confident in God. I have been blessed with more than any man deserves. I have a beautiful wife and daughter, a roof over my head, food in my stomach, shoes and clothes. I have an able body, fit to do work. And just like in Job 1:10, God does bless the work of my hands. I’m not trying to boast but God has blessed me and I am confident in God. But this chapter made me question something: just how confident is God in me? I mean, could God look Satan in the eye and say, “Consider my son Kevin Winebarger. He won’t let me down"... I don’t think He could. Then God revealed to me that He can say, “Consider my Son, Jesus, Who died and rose again and when Kevin Winebarger asked for My grace, the Blood was applied to his soul and although his flesh is not perfect, My grace is sufficient. And in his weakness My strength is made perfect.” You see, He’s still workin’ on me…and you. But we’re not perfect, and can’t be as long as we live in this ol’ flesh. But if we strive to be more of what God needs us to be, God can and will put more and more confidence in us. Now back to our story...

After some investigation, it turned out that no, “Jason” had not trespassed. In fact, the accusing neighbor was the real trespasser. And just like the accuser of the brethren, he was trying to blame shift. But it didn’t work…because of a father’s confidence.

Too each of you a blessed week!

Bro Kevin Winebarger

CMBC Facebook Writer

April 24 "Death" Read: Hebrews 9:27 & Romans 14:10-12

Death

Hebrews 9:27 (KJV) And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment...

There is an old legend about a man who made a covenant with Death. The contract stated that Death would not come to him unannounced and without warning. The years went by, and at last, Death appeared before the man. The old man said, “Death, you have not been true to your promise. You have not kept your covenant. You promised you would not come unannounced. You never gave me any warning.” Death replied, “Not so! Every gray hair in your head is a warning. Every one of your lost teeth is a warning. Your eyes growing dim and your natural power and vigor abated is a warning. Oh yes, I have warned you and warned you continually.” With those words Death swept the man into eternity.

We are one heart beat from eternity. The next breath could be our last. Death is an appointment all of us will keep if Jesus tarries His coming. But I also believe that Jesus is coming soon.

In these last days, we need to be right with God and right with each other.

Please don’t let anything come between you and the Lord, and please don’t let anything come between you and your brother and sister in Christ. Satan will do all he can in these last days to divide us. Let’s stay true to Jesus and to God’s word. If you have any ill feelings toward a family member or a brother or sister in Christ, please go to them and get it settled.

All of us, if we are saved will stand at the judgment seat of Christ and give an account(Romans 14:10-12 - KJV) 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. (2 Corinthians 5:10 - KJV) For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

If someone has offended you, go to them and work it out. If you have hurt someone go and apologize. It won’t hurt us to say, “I am sorry”. Forgive those who have done you wrong. In these last days, we need to stand together as one and pray for one another and encourage one another. Love your brothers and sisters. Love your church and support it will your time, talent and tithe. Pray for your pastor and encourage him.

I am writing this with a heavy heart, because I see so much hurt and division in the house of God in many places. I see people trying to run the church, but it is God’s church and we should allow the Word and the Holy Spirit to guide the church. I hear of false doctrine today. We need to be sure what we believe and why we believe, not because the Grandma or Grandpa or even the preacher said so, We need to know for sure that God says so.

We had better be getting ready for the coming of the Lord.

May God bless each and every one of you.

Pastor Delmar James
Proffit’s Grove Baptist Church

April 23 "Orphans of God" Read Psalm 16

“Orphans of God,” is such an inspiring song. I heard the song for the first time last night and the song has stuck with me since. May it bless you as it continues to bless me, please see it posted to our facebook.

Everyone can find something in the lyrics of this song to relate to, wherever you’re at, whatever you’re up against right now, read the words below and listen to the song. Be encouraged that you are not an Orphan – God has not abandoned you and he’s with you right now!

Who here among us has not been broken
Who here among us is without guilt or pain
So often abandoned by our trangressions

Come ye unwanted and find affection
Come all ye weary, come and lay down your head
Come ye unworthy, you are my brother

Broken, Guilt, Pain, Unwanted, Weary, Unworthy, the list can go on & on of the things that make us feel orphaned (abandoned) –

I’ve felt alone before, abandoned, wondering if anyone sees me and yet in a still quiet voice, that’s not quite audible, I hear God whisper, “I’m here.”

He has not abandoned me or you! There are no orphans of God as he is the Father of us all. The chorus of the song goes on to say…

There are no strangers
There are no oucasts
There are no orphans of God
So many fallen, but Hallelujah
There are no orphans of God

In a strange twist it is us who abandon God with our Sin. It keeps us separated from him – if you’re feeling lost, abandoned, orphaned, turn to Jesus and ask Him to save you. God is reaching out to you. Turn to Him – His arms are open wide.

Psalm 16:10 says that He will not abandon us to the Grave!

While many are falling away, you stay with God.

Love in Christ,
Dave Gindlesperger
CMBC Facebook Moderator

April 22 "IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL" Testimony

In 1871, tragedy struck Chicago as fire ravaged the city. When it was all over, 300 people were dead and 100,000 were homeless.

Horatio Gates Spafford was one of those who tried to help the people of the city get back on their feet. A lawyer who had invested much of his money into the downtown Chicago real estate, he'd lost a great deal to the fire. And his one son (he also had four daughters) had died about the same time. Still, for two years Spafford--who was a friend of evangelist Dwight Moody--assisted the homeless, impoverished, and grief-stricken ruined by the fire.

After about two years of such work, Spafford and his family decided to take a vacation. They were to go to England to join Moody and Ira Sankey on one of their evangelistic crusades, then travel in Europe. Horatio Spafford was delayed by some business, but sent his family on ahead. He would catch up to them on the other side of the Atlantic.

Their ship, the Ville de Havre, never made it. Off Newfoundland, it collided with an English sailing ship, the Loch Earn, and sank within 20 minutes. Though Horatio's wife, Anna, was able to cling to a piece of floating wreckage (one of only 47 survivors among hundreds), their four daughters--Maggie, Tanetta, Annie, and Bessie--were killed.

Horatio received a horrible telegram from his wife, only two words long: "saved alone." Spafford boarded the next available ship to be near his grieving wife, and the two finally met up with Dwight Moody.

"It is well," Spafford told him quietly. "The will of God be done."

Though reports vary as to when he did so, that belief led Spafford to pen the words to one of the English language's best-known hymns. Some say he wrote it on the ship to meet his wife, around the place where his daughters died:

It is Well With My Soul

1. When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,

When sorrows like sea billows roll;

Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,

It is well, it is well, with my soul.


2. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,

Let this blessed assurance control,

That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,

And hath shed His own blood for my soul.


3. My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!

My sin, not in part but the whole,

Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!


4. And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,

The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;

The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,

Even so, it is well with my soul.

Copied

April 21 "Listening to the Still Small Voice" Read: 1 Kings 19:1-13

Read 1 Kings 19:1-13 & John 10 in the KJV Bible...

Have you listened this morning to the still small voice of the Lord Jesus Christ? I guess if you are like me then most of the time when we talk to talk to God we are listening for some kind of audible voice.

We are looking for the earth to move, looking for all the signs in heaven, when all we have to do is just be still and listen. Stop trying to figure out the mind of God, stop overcomplicating your prayer life and looking for God in all the big things. Our Lord works in ways that we don’t know. The Bible says, "His thoughts are higher than ours", we will never figure out all the things of God. If we could come to recognize His voice and His call we would be a lot better off.

The Bible says in John 10:3, “ the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out” This is why we have so many denominations and false doctrines because people aren’t listening to the small voice of the Lord. Rather, they are following their own hearts and minds and have brought many bad things into the world because of it.

Friend, that still small voice of the Lord is one we have to learn to trust with all of our hearts. God will never lead you to do something against the Bible, its not God telling you! New revelations don't exist, all the revelation we need has been penned down in our King James Bible inspired by God. The still small voice of God that speaks to you will NEVER contradict His written word. How do you know its God that speaks in that small voice? BY FAITH, BY FAITH, BY FAITH!!! He will never lead you into doing something that you cant handle. So many times we feel like God is telling us to do something, then the voice of the devil convinces us that it wasn’t God. He tells us if it was God, you would see a sign, but friend, God just wants you to trust in Him and not look for signs.

The Bible says “ a wicked generation seeketh after a sign.” I urge you friend, to learn the voice of the Lord, listen to His sweet call, listen for Him to speak to you, to speak to your heart, that place that He alone can speak too.. There’s nothing in this world that compares to talking with God.

If you are saved, you know His voice if you are lost. you wont know it or recognize it. What a day it would be for you if you’ve never been saved to call upon His name and ask Him to save you. And to the saved person...what a day it would be for you if you could just stop looking for the earthquake and the fire and just listen to that still small voice.

I feel as though God would have me bring this point out before I close...

After you read this please read JOHN 10...it says the sheep that know God will not follow another mans voice( I paraphrased that). In saying that, if you constantly are doing things that are out of Gods will, constantly falling into all kinds of trouble, and going on with every kind of false doctrine in the world, I would urge you to ask God if you are one of His! I know that is pretty harsh, but friend, I would rather you make sure that you are saved than to live life doing everything you want to do and be lost.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND REMEMBER GET ALONE WITH GOD TODAY AND LISTEN FOR THAT STILL SMALL VOICE!!

Pastor Jimmy Galgano
Clifton Baptist Church

April 20 "The Love Of Christ Is Beyond Comprehension" Read Eph 3:18-19

The Love Of Christ Is Beyond Comprehension

EPHESIANS 3:18-19

How can words describe, or humans fully understand, something
that is as deep as God Himself? God's love is greater than
words have the ability to communicate. It is impossible to put
into language.

How can you explain the unexplainable? How can you know
something that is beyond the ability of human knowledge to
comprehend? You would have to be God Himself to fully
understand why He loves you the way He does. Don't expect to
ever understand it. But you can accept it. You can believe it.
You can experience it and enjoy it.

God's love for you was demonstrated in redemption. God took
your place and suffered what you deserved, so you could be
forgiven and go free. God proved that He loved you more than He
loves Himself. He did not spare Himself to help you.

God's love for you is also evident in creation. Not just in
abundant provision, but also in all the beauty He created for
your enjoyment. What a wonderful display of the loving and
giving nature of God. Not only did He make everything we need,
but He made it in abundance -- and with great variety.

Every good thing in life was created by God for you because of
His great love for you.

God bless each and every one of you!
Pastor Delmar James

POEM: "Why?"

You ask why I follow this Jesus?
Why I love Him the way I do?
When the world’s turned away from His teachings
And the people who serve Him are few.

It’s not the rewards I’m after
Or gifts that I hope to receive
It’s the Presence that calls for commitment
It’s the Spirit I trust and believe.

The Lord doesn’t shelter His faithful
Or spare them all suffering and pain,
Like everyone else I have burdens,
And walk through my share of rain.

Yet He gives me a plan and a purpose,
And that joy only Christians have known,
I never know what comes tomorrow,
But I do know I’m never alone.

It’s the love always there when you need it;
It’s the words that redeem and inspire,
It’s the longing to ever be with Him
That burns in my heart like a fire.

So you ask why I love my Lord Jesus?
Well, friend, that’s so easy to see,
But the one thing that fills me with wonder is
Why Jesus loves someone like me.

Bro Dave G

CMBC Facebook Moderator

April 19 “Balaam’s Greed and Peter’s Pride" Read Numbers 22

My Sunday school lesson this week was called “Balaam’s Greed and Peter’s Pride.”

To sum it up, I think God was trying to show both the class and me that having certain things in our lives will keep us out of the perfect will of God and hinder reaching our full potential in regards to what God has in store for us.

Read Numbers 22. For Balaam, greed and lust for the things the world caused him to do exactly what God had forbade him to do. God told Balaam not to curse the children of Israel, and he didn’t. But he told Balak how to corrupt them. It’s just like how the world offers you shiny things…with big hooks hidden inside. It’s also just like the world, when dangling shiny things in front of us fails to work, to threaten.

In Peter’s case, through pride he boasted that he would go with Jesus even unto death. Less than 24 hours later he had denied three times that he even knew Him. Peter was afraid of the crowd of people, that he might be beaten and crucified himself. After his denial, he went out and wept. (See Matthew 26:31-35.) But later he overcame his pride and fear and repented. He told Jesus three times, “Lord, You know I love You.” (See John 21:15-18.) Instantly, Peter was restored to the place of being in the perfect will of God again.

For me, I had to come to grips with the fact that I sometimes let laziness keep me from operating in God’s perfect will. I have to admit that it’s easier to lay on the couch and watch TV than it is to go visit a lost or elderly or sick person. And that it’s more interesting to surf the web than read the book of Numbers. God showed me this through the Sunday school lesson. I encourage you to look at your life and notice things that keep you out of God’s perfect will for you.

Have a blessed day!
Bro Kevin Winebarger
CMBC Facebook Devotion Writer

April 15 "PROUD TO BE A CHRISTIAN" Phil 1:20

Read your Bible in Philippians 1:20 KJV

I would like to start out today by sharing the terrible news of what is going to take place Friday at Watauga High School, they are having “gay pride day”.

What an abomination to the Lord that is, people celebrating such immorality, people taking pride in being a sodomite (that’s the bible term for homosexual).

Friend, what has the world come to when we allow the school system to impose such filth and immorality to our young people? The world wonders why kids are the way they are, its because the world has NO standards anymore! No longer is America proud to be a Christian nation, in fact our president claims to the world that we are not a Christian nation anymore!!

Its time we call sin-sin and immorality-immorality and not just an alternative lifestyle.

Being proud to be a sodomite is an abomination unto God. The world is proud to be what they are and they are on the FAST track to hell for it, its time we as Christians be proud of who we are and who we serve.

A lost person has nothing to be proud of! There is no pride in sin or a hell bound sinner. The Bible says, there in "none righteous, no not one".

The day we got saved we obtained something to be proud of!

Friend, we should be proud to be a Christian. We should not be ashamed, yet we should BOLDLY proclaim the blood of Jesus Christ wherever we go!

I don’t have much in this life but I can proudly say MY FATHER owns it all.

This world makes a prideful statement that they can clone a man, well I can PROUDLY say my God formed man out of the dust of the earth, I haven’t seen a scientist that’s done that yet! The world tries to say with pride that we descended from animals but I can PROUDLY say I am wonderfully created in the image of MY GOD and my heritage lies in heaven and not in some animal.

I don’t know the US President personally and quite frankly I don’t want too, but I am PROUD to say I know the KING of KINGS and the LORD OF LORDS and I have talked with Him today!

JESUS IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE AND NO MAN COMETH TO FATHER BUT BY HIM!

Am proud to be saved, am proud of the cross, I am proud of the blood of Jesus, I am proud of that ole’ KING JAMES BIBLE, I am proud of being a Son of God, I am proud to be an ole’ time Baptist. THANK GOD I CAN STAND AND SAY TODAY THAT I WOULD RATHER BE AN OLD TIME CHRISTIAN THAN ANYTHING I KNOW!!

You should never be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ and the Blood of Jesus, we can be proud of a lot of things,but unless its being Proud of Jesus, its probably not worth being proud about.

You and I cant glory in anything “Save the Cross of OUR Lord Jesus Christ”...

I am calling all Christians to take a stand Friday - don't send kids to Watauga High School, protest their “ SODOMITE PRIDE DAY”.

Pastor Jimmy Galgano
Clifton Baptist Church

April 14 “Putting More Time In Christ Than In The World”

Read in your Bible: Matthew 9: 36-38

Working for the Lord to many Christians in these days is almost like having to go to the dentist, its avoided as much as possible.

It's an alarming trend to see what is taking place in most churches and in the lives of your everyday Christian. Working for the Lord is being put behind everything and everyone else and its easy to see because we see a dramatic decline in salvations every year.

I am so saddened to see the lack of desire from the church (body of believers), it seems as though people have become satisfied with just being saved. Well I’m here to tell you the Lord is not pleased at all with sitting around and doing nothing. He talks of people being in a “lukewarm” state and He said to them He would spew them out of His mouth. I would hate to be in that position, in a state where the Lord was completely dissatisfied with my work for Him, with my desire to serve Him.

Don’t take for granted what the Lord has for you, He has called you into His service, I don’t know about you, but that is the highest calling in the world.

Seems as though we put more of an emphasis on Church league baseball and basketball rather than a Church league of soul winners that are more interested in working for God than playing some game! This is where Church's are going wrong, we have let the world slipped right in, we invited them in and now slowly but surely we’ve become uninterested in WORK! And more interested in play, play, play! Don’t get me wrong, sports aren’t bad...there’s just no place in the church for them because it takes away from the real work, from the visiting, from teaching babes in Christ, from singings, and revivals. Anything that takes away our attention from the work of the Lord is not of God.

Listen, we are living in the last days “ the harvest truly is plenteous” and there are souls in abundance that need us to tell them about Jesus.

Isn’t that exciting to know you could lead someone to the Lord but you gotta work at it. The Bible says also that the labourers are few, that’s probably the understatement of the year!

Friend, the Lord needs you to put the games at church aside and focus on working for Him, focus on His work and be excited about it.

Its time the churches and individuals put more time in Christ than everything else. Most people put in forty hours a week at work and maybe 2 hours a week into Jesus, something is wrong with that.

Once you fall in love with Jesus, there is no getting burnt out on serving Him, don’t ever make the mistake of letting the devil say you’re doing too much, that’s impossible!

Friend, I urge you to put more time into working for Jesus than playing games, and doing all the things you used to do; try to take that spare time and use it to help someone out.

Time is running out for millions of souls every year, we need to stop wasting time and start doing more. Im not saying to stop doing all the things that you love, but more like get your priorties in line “ get your ducks in a row”.

Revival fires are burning, if we don't tell others, who will?

Pastor Jimmy Galgano, Clifton Baptist Church

April 13 "The Old Paths" Read Jeremiah 6

Old Paths- written by a retired minister who lives in Tennessee...

Jeremiah 6:16 (KJV) Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

THE OLD PATHS

I liked the old paths, when
Moms were at home.
Dads were at work.
Brothers went into the army.
And sisters got married BEFORE having children!

Crime did not pay;
Hard work did;
And people knew the difference.

Moms could cook;
Dads would work;
Children would behave.

Husbands were loving;
Wives were supportive;
And children were polite.

Women wore the jewelry;
And Men wore the pants.
Women looked like ladies;
Men looked like gentlemen;
And children looked decent.

People loved the truth,
And hated a lie;
They came to church to get IN,
Not to get OUT!

Hymns sounded Godly;
Sermons sounded helpful;
Rejoicing sounded normal.

Cursing was wicked;
Drugs were for illness

The flag was honored;
America was beautiful;
And God was welcome!

To be called an American was worth dying for;
To be called a Christian was worth living for;
To be called a traitor was a shame!

Preachers preached because they had a message;
And Christians rejoiced because they had the VICTORY!
Preachers preached from the Bible;
Singers sang from the heart;
And sinners turned to the Lord to be SAVED!

A new birth meant a new life;
Salvation meant a changed life;
Following Christ led to eternal life.

Being a preacher meant you proclaimed the word of God;
Being a deacon meant you would serve the Lord;
Being a Christian meant you would live for Jesus;
And being a sinner meant someone was praying for you!

God was worshiped;
Christ was exalted;
And the Holy Spirit was respected...

I still like the old paths the best!

We need to get back to the old paths and walk in them. Prayer, preaching the Word of God and not the word of man. If our churches do not get back to what God wants us to be, we are in real trouble. Revival will not begin in the White House, State House of School House, it must begin in God’s house. “Judgment must begin at the house of God.” May each of us need to search our hearts and be sure we are saved and walking in obedience to the Word of God.

I wish the old paths were before us instead of behind us . . ..

Pastor Delmar James

April 12 "SAVED!!!!!!!!" Read: Romans 3

Friday morning I pulled up the emails and found an email from Rianna Barker, and oh what a blessing! With tears, I read through the email and it blessed my heart so much and it was in God's time. I ask Rianna if I could post it as a devotion to our Facebook and share it with our church (and I will), but I want our faithful FACEBOOK followers to have it first...are you ready?

Rianna Barker
April 9, 2010 at 10:09am
Subject: Saved!!!!!!!!

Hello,
My name is Rianna Barker. This year makes the fourth my family and I has visited your church to see the "He's Alive" play which is absolutely wonderful!!! The first time we went my husband, Keith and son Chandler were both saved!! Glory to God!!!

My husband had been on drugs, mostly meth and marijuana, for several years. We had lost everything, house, his business, car and truck but most importantly he was lost. I would pray nights on end even days on end for something to change. I really don't know how I even stayed. He could get very abusive at times. Our children and I would just be on egg shells all the time. Trying not to set him off.

Then one night while he slept I laid there praying for something to change I just didn't think I could do it much longer if something didn't change soon. I talked with him and he didn't get angry. The first time in years. His boss, Mitchell Poe, invited us to see your play soon after the talk I had with him. So we went.

I was so nervous I cried the entire play!

Then the hell scene came and when the boy came out and said "Dad, why didn't you tell me Jesus is real" Keith was touched. I could tell. I started praying so hard and when the alter call came he was the first one to hit his knees then Chandler went.

Then my daughter Cassandra and myself went to the alter too!! I thought I had been saved at 12, maybe I was, but that night I was sure of it!! Cassandra had been saved at a VBS when she was 6, Hallelujah!! She is a very spiritual girl always has been. She is 16 now and we all need your prayers! Our neighbors let her ride to church with them and the church they took her to is the church we are now members of!! My husband and I are even youth group leaders!! Praise the Lord!!!

So I am sending you guys a huge THANK YOU for putting on the play year after year. I know it's a lot of work and very tiring but the blessings received from your hard work is well worth the effort. We always bring someone lost with us praying the play will touch them as it has us. Our lives were changed forever!!

Again THANK YOU AND THANK GOD for the blessings we receive there every year!!

God bless you all!
Rianna

I EMAILED RIANNA BACK AND HERE WAS HER RESPONSE:

Rianna Barker
April 9, 2010 at 3:53pm
Re: Saved!!!!!!!!
Dave:
I too cried the whole time I was writing this to you. The Lord has been leading me to let you all of you at Cornerstone know how thankful we are for what you do every year. Today I stumbled across your FB page. God works through everything even technology.

Yes, you can use this in any way you feel lead too. I will just be praying it will sow some seeds or even save someone just one would be worth all of it.

Thank you too, for the devotion page I spent all morning reading it.

I'll always be praying for you guys!!!

God bless all of you!!
Rianna

April 9 "My Jesus I Love Thee, the Song and the Story" I John 4:19

My Jesus I Love Thee, the Song and the Story

William Ralph Featherson Writes a Legacy of Love that Becomes My Jesus I Love Thee!

The lives of most people are not captured in the history books. Memories are left to the hearts and minds of family and friends, and then all too soon fade into the tapestry of times past. And so it was with William Ralph Featherson. He was born without fanfare on July 24, 1846, in Montreal Canada, and he died in the same city, just before his 27th birthday. Little else is known of his short life except for the fact that some time during his 16th year of life William put pen to paper to record a love poem. The love he expressed was deep and true. The words of that poem have lasted more than a century beyond Featherson's life and death.

In 1876, three years after Featherson's passing, Adoniram Gordon put music to this love poem and added it to a hymnal which was published that same year. Featherson's poem My Jesus I Love Thee has since been recorded in most evangelical hymnals of the past 130 years, and is loved and sung by millions of Christians yet today.

My Jesus, I Love Thee

My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign.
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus 'tis now.

I love Thee because Thou has first loved me
And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree.
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus 'tis now.

I love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;
And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus 'tis now.

In Mansions of glory and endless delight,
I'll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;
I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.

“We love Him because He first loved us.” (1 John 4:19)

COPIED

April 8 "Where Are You?" Read: Ecc Chapter 4

Introduction to Today's Devotion:

Tonight in church, my heart broke for some of my brothers and sisters in Christ who may feel alone this very minute. I know this feeling because I have been there. I know how badly my brothers and sisters in Christ need to have me (as a born again believer) make an attempt to go see them, to go above and beyond what I fall short of so very many times... I know this feeling because I have been there. Even though I haven't been around my church family long, the Spirit of God has bound my soul with so many there, and I need a touch from God and the Holy Spirit to do His will today. I trust in the name of Jesus that this devotion will allow us to examine our relationships to every precious folk who need our love and comfort.

Part One:

Ecc 4:10 says, "For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."

If you feel in any way that you be reckoned a great lover of God, but cannot find it in your heart to love everyone, then lets examine ourselves. I mean true genuine, Godly love for all because if we are in the family of God, the life love bloodline of God is in our spirit.

Someone in God's family may fall or fall weak, he may be lost for want of a little help from us. If a man fall into sin, his friend will help to restore him with a spirit of meekness. If we fall into trouble, God's family should be there (as God is) to comfort our brothers & sisters in Christ and lift our grief.

God help us, to keep the focus on Jesus, then others, and ourselves last!

Part Two:

Are you provoking others to love and good works as Hebrews 10:24 tells us to do? "And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works?"

Don't ask yourself, let someone ask those that know you...that's how you will know if you are living a small part of this love of God, this spirit, knowing how to restore, to comfort all the time, folks! Oh help us not to hear, "where are you?" or "where were you?" when we are to be different.

Ecc 4:12 says, "And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken"...this teaches us that two together is compared to a threefold cord; for where two are closely joined in love and fellowship, Christ will by His Spirit come to them and make the third. Praise the Lord! How important it is to surrender all and obey God.

If we don't obey God's Word in dealing with such precious people in our lives, church and family, we literally break the threefold cord of what God is trying to do. What a responsibility we have as God's people!

I don't know your heart. I know my heart, and we have precious people who need us right now. Help us, Jesus to take the time to write a note, to make that phone call, or to get in our car(s) and drive down the mountain...Christ working in us makes the difference.

Nothing that is worthwhile is easy, only one life so soon it will pass, only what's done for Christ will last, only one chance to do His will, so give to Jesus everything!

Please let me know if I can do anything for you,

Bro Dave Gindlesperger
CMBC FACEBOOK Moderator

April 7 "Why Pray?" Bible Study - Self Reading

WHY PRAY?

1. We pray because we love God. We spend time with God in prayer and communion because we love him. Just as a man and woman in love desire to be together and communicate, so we - if we love God - will desire to be with Him and to fellowship with Him in proportion to our love for Him.

2. We pray because we depend on God. God is our source. He is our life (Colossians 3:4). Through prayer we receive the comfort, the strength and all the other resources that we need in life - both naturally and spiritually. Prayer - relationship to God - is as necessary to the spiritual life as air to the natural life.

3. We need to pray in order to resist temptation. "Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation." (Mt. 26:41). Much sin is the result of the sin of prayerlessness. Through lack of prayer, we are weak, others are weaker and Satan gains the advantage in our lives.

4. We need to pray because it is necessary for men to invite God to act in salvation. God gave the earth to Adam and his descendants. We must invite God to work here. If no-one invites God to work here, Satan (the god of this world through man's universal rebellion - 2 Corinthians 4:4) will dominate the affairs of men and eventually the judgment of God will come. By inviting God often and specifically, multitudes can be saved that would otherwise be lost.

5. We need to pray because God commands us to pray - Colossians 4:2. "Pray without ceasing." (1 Thessalonians 5:17). Prayer is so vital to all that God wants to do on the earth, and so essential to us, that God commands us to do it all the time. We should even deny ourselves sleep and food at times in order to pray more and with greater power. (Matthew 6:16; Luke 6:12; Luke 21:36; Colossians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 11:27).

I hope this helps us all...

Bro Dave Gindlesperger
CMBC Facebook Moderator

April 6 "What Now?" Easter Play is Over...Read Acts 2

Before you read today's devotion, I would like each reader to know, that I was so serious about this devotion (which is more of a challenge to our people), that I had to call Bro Eric, to make sure that I not mis-lead, mis-interpret or mis-diagnose what might be happening at our church...I do not take this lightly at all and have no doubt that God's leading is on us...I dare not speak of my own free will at all...

The people of Cornerstone could well be on the break of a revival...

The immediate effect is that the we begin to have an awareness of spiritual things such as we have never had before. In a revival, we become aware and begin to recognize, in reverence, in holy fear, the consciousness of God in His majesty, His glory, His holiness, His utter purity. Hasn't that happened during this Easter play?

A revival is not the Church deciding to do something and doing it. It is something that is done to the Church, something that happens to the Church. It leads men and women to feel that they are vile and unclean and utterly unworthy and, above all, it leads them to realize their utter helplessness face to face with such a God. One may be held in that state for some time--not only for hours but sometimes for days and weeks, and months. They may become almost desperate for God. How many of us are experiencing this?

This now becomes the one thing that absorbs us. If we meet anyone, we may talk about it at once; everybody is talking about it, it is the main topic of conversation, it is the thing that absorbs everyone's interest to praise God and to sing hymns to His glory. Then we begin to pray, and here we are, hour after hour, night after night, longing to finish work so we might get together with other people who have experienced this movement of the Spirit of God. And that, of course, in turn leads us to have a great concern about others who are outside and who do not know these things.

And then, after a while, hearing of all this and seeing the change in those whom we have known for so long, the others who are outside begin to join the meetings and to say, 'What is this?' So they come in, and they go through the same experience. And so it happens and thousands upon thousands are converted. Indeed, the whole neighborhood seems to be full of the Holy Spirit. He seems to be everywhere! We have this cause, folks...it is happening...are we going to miss this opportunity?

The Spirit of God is acting. He is dominating the whole area. He is filling the lives of all the people.

A revival is a miracle. A revival, by definition, is the mighty act of God and it is a sovereign act of God. Man can do nothing. God, and God alone, does it.

So then, what is going to happen? The best way of answering that question is to say that it is in a sense a repetition of the day of Pentecost. It is something that will happen to the Church, that inevitably and almost instinctively will make one look back and think again of what happened on the day of Pentecost as recorded in Acts 2. Please, I pray, each and every one of you read Acts 2.

The essence of a revival is that the Holy Spirit comes down upon a number of people together, upon a whole church, upon a number of churches, districts, or perhaps a whole country. That is what is meant by revival. It is, if you like, a visitation of the Holy Spirit, or another term that has often been used is this--an outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

What the people will be conscious of... is that it is as if something has suddenly come down upon them. The Spirit of God has descended into their midst, God has come down and is amongst them. We immediately become aware of His presence and of His power in a manner that we have never known before.

I am talking about Christian people, about church members gathered together as we have done so many times before. Suddenly we are aware of His presence, we are aware of the majesty and the awe of God. The Holy Spirit literally seems to be presiding over every meeting and taking charge of it, and manifesting His power and guiding, and leading, and directing. That is the essence of revival.

This is what God can do! This is what God has done in the past. Let us together decide to beseech Him, to plead with Him to do this in our church! Not that we may have the experience or the excitement, but that His mighty hand may be known and His great name may be glorified and magnified among the people of Cornerstone and all the unsaved people in our county! Are we willing, are we ready for a Day of Pentecost at Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church?

Bro Dave Gindlesperger
CMBC Facebook Moderator

April 5 "A Father’s Point of View"

A Father’s Point of View

Not long ago I began to wonder if I love my daughter too much. I mean, I love her in a way that can’t be described. I think about her every minute I’m awake. She makes me smile even when I’m having a terrible day or going through a trial. All I have to do is think about her laughter or her love of things we adults never notice – clouds, airplanes, buttercups, ladybugs, butterflies, the stars and moon, just to name a few; all the things I never take time to enjoy. And it brightens up whatever situation I’m in. Sometimes at night I go into her room and watch her sleep, and I wonder what she’s dreaming about. At four years old, she is untarnished by the world’s filth and has no worries about anything that’s happening in the world. So it made me think: Do I love my daughter more than God? God has ways of putting our priorities in order when He wants to. So I prayed and told God that He knows I always want to put Him first in my life. And I asked Him if it was possible to love Kaitlin too much. When God answered, he did so like any good father would have. He told me that He wouldn’t have entrusted her to me and then expected me to withhold love or anything else I had from her on His account. And as long as I love Him and raise her up in the way He wants me to I’m putting Him first anyway.

Matthew 7:11 says, “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him?”

All too often we think of God as a large, powerful lightening and thunder storm ready to strike us down at our first mess-up. In reality He is exactly what this verse calls Him – our Father in Heaven – and he wants to do good things and give good things to those who ask Him. And God proved this when He gave His best…His one and only Son.

This is the Monday after Easter and we’ve all been thinking and talking about the great sacrifice Jesus made for us, and wonderful it was. God also made a big sacrifice for us: His Son, His only “real” child. He watched as His Son was born in a manger and watched as He grew up. He saw Him as a young teen left in Jerusalem by His family, saw them return to find Him in the temple sitting in the midst of the doctors of Hebrew law, both hearing and asking questions (Luke 2:46). God saw His son baptized by John the Baptist and spoke from Heaven saying, “This is My beloved Son; in Thee I am well pleased.” (Luke 3:21-22) His Son fed thousands with a boy’s lunch. God watched as that same innocent Son was spat on by evil men, slapped, mocked, humiliated, whipped, given a fake trial complete with a framing, was crucified and murdered.

I can’t even stand to think about it, and God watched it all happen. As you go throughout your day today, try to think about it from a father’s point of view.

Many Blessings!

Bro Kevin Winebarger

CMBC Facebook Devotional Writer

CLICK HERE FOR A FREE GIFT

HERE'S HOW YOU CAN KNOW 100% SURE YOU ARE GOING TO HEAVEN, IS THE FREE GIFT OF SALVATION AND COST YOU NOTHING!

FIRST, YOU MUST ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE A SINNER.

(Romans 3:23), "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."

(Romans 3:10), "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one."

No one is perfect. No one has lived up to God's perfect standard.

SECOND, YOU MUST ACCEPT THAT AS A SINNER YOU OWE A PENALTY.

(Romans 6:23), "For the wages of sin is death ... ."

(Ezekiel 18:4), "The soul that sinneth, it shall die."

This death is described in the Bible as the second death, the lake of fire,

(Revelation 20:l4), "Death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death."

If we pay what we owe as sinners, we must spend an eternity in the lake of fire (Hell).

THIRD, YOU MUST ACCEPT THAT JESUS CHRIST HAS ALREADY PAID OUR SIN DEBT.

(Romans 5:6), "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."

(Hebrews 2:9b), " ...that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man."

Christ was not a sinner, and the Bible teaches that God took all of our sin and placed it on Christ. While Christ was bearing all of our sins in His own body, God punished Him in our place to pay the debt we owe. This is not something God promised to do. It is something God has already done.

(John 3:16), "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

(II Corinthians 5:21), "He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."

It is a fact, Jesus Christ has already paid your sin debt.

FOURTH, YOU MUST ACCEPT BY FAITH WHAT JESUS CHRIST DID FOR YOU. NINETY TIMES IN THE GOSPEL OF ]OHN THE BIBLE SAYS, "BELIEVE."

(John 3:36), "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."

In this verse. Jesus divides the world into two groups: those who are believing and those who are not believing on the Son. Those who believe have everlasting life, and those who believe not shall not see life.

The word believe means to trust, to depend on, to rely on. To believe on the Lord Jesus Christ means that you accept the fact that you are a sinner, that as a sinner you owe the sin penalty, and that Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay the debt you owe. But it means going one step further. It means that you will completely trust Christ to get you to Heaven - that you will put the matter of your salvation in His hands and depend on Him for everlasting life.

Now the moment you do this, God promises you are not condemned but have everlasting life and that you shall never perish.

(John 5:24), "Verily, verily, I Say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."

If you will trust Jesus Christ as your Saviour, perhaps you can ask him something like this:

Dear Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner, and I deserve to pay my own sin debt, but I do believe that You died for me to pay the debt that I owe. Today, the best I know how, I trust You as my Saviour. I will depend on You from this moment on for my salvation, Now help me to live for You and to be a good Christian. Amen.

EASTER MORNING - HE IS RISEN AND HE LIVES!

Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!

Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!

Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia!

Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!

Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!

Unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia!

Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!

Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!

But the pains that he endured, Alleluia!

Our salvation have procured, Alleluia!

Now above the sky he's King, Alleluia!

Where the angels ever sing. Alleluia!

It's Friday, But Sunday's Coming! Bro Delmar James

It’s Friday, But Sunday’s Coming—

My Favorite message of all time for Good Friday is by Dr. Tony Campolo. The whole tape is great but the best part is at the end when Tony Campolo recalls one Sunday when he had a little preaching competition with the head pastor at the church where he attends.

Dr. Campolo tells how he preached the perfect sermon in every way and had taken the congregation to ‘the heights of glory’. As he sat down beside his pastor, Dr. Tony patted him on the knee and simply said, "Top that." The older black pastor looked at him and said, "Boy, watch the master." Then Dr. Campolo recalls for us the very brilliant message which followed.The following is a short printed version of the 45 minute sermon–the printed version doesn’t really do justice to the original, but you can at least get an idea what the last part is like:It’s Friday. But Sunday’s coming—It was a simple sermon, starting softly, building in volume and intensity until the entire congregation was completely involved, repeating the phrases in unison. The sermon went something like this.

It’s Friday. Jesus is arrested in the garden where He was praying. But Sunday’s coming.

It’s Friday. The disciples are hiding and Peter’s denying that he knows the Lord. But Sunday’s coming.

It’s Friday. Jesus is standing before the high priest of Israel, silent as a lamb before the slaughter. But Sunday’s coming.

It’s Friday. Jesus is beaten, mocked, and spit upon. But Sunday’s coming.

It’s Friday. Those Roman soldiers are flogging our Lord with a leather scourge that has bits of bones and glass and metal, tearing at his flesh. But Sunday’s coming.

It’s Friday. The Son of man stands firm as they press the crown of thorns down into his brow. But Sunday’s coming.

It’s Friday. See Him walking to Calvary, the blood dripping from His body. See the cross crashing down on His back as He stumbles beneath the load.

It’s Friday; but Sunday’s a coming.

It’s Friday. See those Roman soldiers driving the nails into the feet and hands of my Lord. Hear my Jesus cry, "Father, forgive them."

It’s Friday; but Sunday’s coming.

It’s Friday. Jesus is hanging on the cross, bloody and dying. But Sunday’s coming.

It’s Friday. The sky grows dark, the earth begins to tremble, and He who knew no sin became sin for us. Holy God who will not abide with sin pours out His wrath on that perfect sacrificial lamb who cries out, "My God, My God. Why hast thou forsaken me?" What a horrible cry. But Sunday’s coming.

It’s Friday. And at the moment of Jesus’ death, the veil of the Temple that separates sinful man from Holy God was torn from the top to the bottom because Sunday’s coming.

It’s Friday. Jesus is hanging on the cross, heaven is weeping and hell is partying. But that’s because it’s Friday, and they don’t know it, but Sunday’s a coming. And on that horrible day 2000 years ago, Jesus the Christ, the Lord of glory, the only begotten Son of God, the only perfect man died on the cross of Calvary. Satan thought that he had won the victory. Surely he had destroyed the Son of God. Finally he had disproved the prophecy God had uttered in the Garden and the one who was to crush his head had been destroyed. But that was Friday. Now it’s Sunday. And just about dawn on that first day of the week, there was a great earthquake. But that wasn’t the only thing that was shaking because now it’s Sunday. And the angel of the Lord is coming down out of heaven and rolling the stone away from the door of the tomb. Yes, it’s Sunday, and the angel of the Lord is sitting on that stone and the guards posted at the tomb to keep the body from disappearing were shaking in their boots because it’s Sunday, and the lamb that was silent before the slaughter is now the resurrected lion from the tribe of Judah, for He is not here, the angel says. He is risen indeed. It’s Sunday, and the crucified and resurrected Christ has defeated death, hell, sin and the grave. It’s Sunday. And now everything has changed. It’s the age of grace, God’s grace poured out on all who would look to that crucified lamb of Calvary. Grace freely given to all who would believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross of Calvary was buried and rose again. All because it’s Sunday.

Think about all that Jesus has done for us on the cross and he arose on the third day. Praise Lord, He's alive! God bless each and every one of you.

Pastor Delmar James

Poem of an Unsaved Youth - HELP US GOD! TIME IS RUNNING OUT!

Poem of an Unsaved Youth

I went into my classroom
Ready for another year at school.
I didn't want the work,
Just wanted to hang and be cool.

I had on new clothes,
New sneaks on my feet.
I was there for class on time
Went to the back and took my seat.

Yeah, I'm moving up.
I'm already grown.
Soon I'll be graduating
And out on my own.

I talked to some of my friends.
We were all having fun.
Said some things I shouldn't have said,
Did stuff I shouldn't have done.

I knew I was different.
I felt God touch my heart.
I knew I should set a standard,
But then I'd be set apart.

Walking to the bus,
I was not looking for strength.
I heard the car tires screeching,
But now it's too late.

I'm standing in this room
And I can see the heavenly gate.
Oh no! I never prayed. I thought
I had time to get it straight.

An angel walked to me.
He had a book in his hand.
I knew it was the Book of Life.
When would this dream end?

I told him my name
And he began to look.
Then he looked at me sadly and said
"Your name is not in this book."

"Angel, this is a dream. No, I can't be dead!"
He closed the book and turned away.
He whispered, "You cannot proceed ahead."

"No...no this can't be real.
Angel, you can't turn me away.
Let me talk to God.
Maybe He'll let me stay."

He led me to the gate.
Jesus came to me,
He did not let me in but said,
"Beloved what is your need?"

"Jesus," I cried, "please
Don't cast me away from you."
Tears ran down His face as He said,
"You knew what you needed to do."

"Lord, please I'm young.
I never thought I would die.
I thought I'd have plenty of time.
Death caught me by surprise.

Lord, I went to church. Please Jesus, I believe
He said you would not accept me.
My love you would not receive.

Lord, there were too many hypocrites.
They weren't being true."
He took a step back and asked
"What does that have to do with you?"

"Lord, my family claimed to be saved,
They weren't real. You know."
He said, "I died for you.
Now I have to go."

I fell to my knees crying to Him.
"Lord, I planned to be real tomorrow."
I couldn't, make Him understand.
I had never -- felt such sorrow.

Then it hit me hard, I said
"Lord, where will I go?"
He looked into my eyes and said,
"My child you already know."

"Please Jesus," I begged
"The place is so hot."
It seemed to trouble and grieve Him.
He whispered, "DEPART FROM ME, I KNOW YOU NOT."

"Lord, you're supposed to be love.
How can you send me to damnation?"
He replied, "With your mouth
you said you loved me,
But each day you rejected my salvation."
With that in an instant,
Day turned into night.
I never knew such torture could be.
Now too late, I know the Bible is right.

If I can tell you anything,
Hell has no age.
It is a place of torture,
Separated from God and full of rage.

You know I thought it was funny -- a joke,
But this one thing is true.
If you never accept Jesus Christ
HELL IS WAITING FOR YOU!

So please ask Him into your heart.
Please Send this to everyone you care about.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." -- John 3:16

April 2 "Its Time to Seek the Lord" Hosea 10:12

“It is time to seek the Lord.”
Hosea 10:12

This month of April signifies the beginning of Spring, because all the buds and blossoms are now opening.

Reader, if you are yet unsaved, may your heart, in accord with the universal awakening of nature, be opened to receive the Lord. Every blossoming flower warns you that it is time to seek the Lord.

Salvation from Hell is priceless! “It is time to seek the Lord.”

There is a day of grace for you now—be thankful for that, but it is a limited season and grows shorter every time that clock ticks. Here in this silent chamber, on this first night of another month, I speak to you as best I can by paper and ink, and from my inmost soul, as God’s servant, I lay before you this warning, “It is time to seek the Lord.”

FIRST, YOU MUST ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE A SINNER.

(Romans 3:23), "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."

(Romans 3:10), "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one."

No one is perfect. No one has lived up to God's perfect standard.

SECOND, YOU MUST ACCEPT THAT AS A SINNER YOU OWE A PENALTY.

(Romans 6:23), "For the wages of sin is death ... ."

(Ezekiel 18:4), "The soul that sinneth, it shall die."

This death is described in the Bible as the second death, the lake of fire,

(Revelation 20:l4), "Death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death."

If we pay what we owe as sinners, we must spend an eternity in the lake of fire (Hell).

THIRD, YOU MUST ACCEPT THAT JESUS CHRIST HAS ALREADY PAID OUR SIN DEBT.

(Romans 5:6), "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."

(Hebrews 2:9b), " ...that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man."

Christ was not a sinner, and the Bible teaches that God took all of our sin and placed it on Christ. While Christ was bearing all of our sins in His own body, God punished Him in our place to pay the debt we owe. This is not something God promised to do. It is something God has already done.

(John 3:16), "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

(II Corinthians 5:21), "He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."

It is a fact, Jesus Christ has already paid your sin debt.

FOURTH, YOU MUST ACCEPT BY FAITH WHAT JESUS CHRIST DID FOR YOU. NINETY TIMES IN THE GOSPEL OF ]OHN THE BIBLE SAYS, "BELIEVE."

(John 3:36), "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."

In this verse. Jesus divides the world into two groups: those who are believing and those who are not believing on the Son. Those who believe have everlasting life, and those who believe not shall not see life.

The word believe means to trust, to depend on, to rely on. To believe on the Lord Jesus Christ means that you accept the fact that you are a sinner, that as a sinner you owe the sin penalty, and that Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay the debt you owe. But it means going one step further. It means that you will completely trust Christ to get you to Heaven - that you will put the matter of your salvation in His hands and depend on Him for everlasting life.

Now the moment you do this, God promises you are not condemned but have everlasting life and that you shall never perish.

(John 5:24), "Verily, verily, I Say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."

If you will trust Jesus Christ as your Saviour, perhaps you can ask him something like this:

Dear Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner, and I deserve to pay my own sin debt, but I do believe that You died for me to pay the debt that I owe. Today, the best I know how, I trust You as my Saviour. I will depend on You from this moment on for my salvation, Now help me to live for You and to be a good Christian. Amen.

Saved reader, this may be your last call from destruction, listen to what God is trying to do in your life, dont ignore the chastening hand of God. Be raptured serving Him, not running from Him! Let your heart bud and bloom with holy desires...and lead others to Jesus today!


Pass this along to all your unsaved loved ones.

Bro Dave Gindlesperger
CMBC FACEBOOK Moderator