Great Joy occurs when we are Saved – Joy grows as we get to know Him
God gives the Rest of Relief from a heavy burden of guilt and sin Instantly
His Spirit Teaches Us about Faith, Hope, and Love as Much as We Let Him
Israel wandered in the Negev 40 Years and Some never found Rest in Soul
Peter Described God’s Purpose for a Saved Person’s Trip Through A Desert!
June 2, 2014
Message 2 was put up on May 25, 2014
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GREAT JOY OCCURS WHEN ONE IS SAVED
Matthew 11:28 – Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
JOY GROWS AS ONE GETS TO KNOWS HIM AS HE IS
Matthew 11:29 – Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Philippians 3:10-17 – That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; [11] If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. [12] Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. [13] Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, [14] I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. [15] Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. [16] Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. [17] Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample
HE TEACHES US ABOUT HOPE, FAITH, & LOVE IF WE’LL LET HIM
I Corinthians 13:13 – And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Philippians 2:5-16 – Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: [6] Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: [7] But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: [8] And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. [9] Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: [10] That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; [11] And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father, [12] Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. [13] For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. [14] Do all things without murmurings and disputings: [15] That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; [16] Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
Matthew 11:29 – Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
ISRAEL WANDERED IN THE NEGEV 40 YEARS
Many Finally learned how much they needed God to stand again the Devil’s Wiles
Some found rest early, some late, some didn’t find the Rock’s rest following Them
I Corinthians 10:1-5 – Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; [2] And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; [3] And did all eat the same spiritual meat; [4] And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. [5] But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
PETER DESCRIBES GOD’S PURPOSE IN OUR NEGEV TRIP
I Peter 5:6-11 – Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: [7] Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. [8] Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: [9] Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. [10] But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. [11] To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
MY 40 YEAR NEGEV TRIP IS OVER – I THANK GOD I FOUND WHAT BROTHERLY LOVE AND CHARITY REALLY PRODUCE WHILE I WAS A MEMBER OF DMBC CHURCH – GOD WILL NOT TAKE AWAY WHAT I LEARNED AS TO BROTHERLY LOVE AND CHARITY. I FINALLY FOUND REST AS A PASTOR IN A ZUGOS (DOUBLE YOKE) BY CASTING ALL MY CHURCH CARES ON HIM BECAUSE HE HAS ALL POWER IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH.
Matthew 28:18 – And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Matthew 11:30 – FOR MY YOKE IS EASY, AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHT.
I NO LONGER HAVE A HARD YOKE OR A HEAVY BURDEN.
I once thought I had a hard yoke and a heavy burden as the pastor of DMBC, until the Word taught me to cast all my church problems on the Chief Shepard in the yoke. Jesus walks beside me in his yoke, and has all power in heaven and and in earth, and has all wisdom to straighten out problems, even if I was the one who created them.
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