WHEN ROOSTERS CROW
JOHN 13:38 & 18:27; MATTHEW 26:34 & 26:74
Mark 14:30 & 14:72; John 13:38 & 18:274
I. DESIRING ROOSTERS
1. ROOSTERS CONFRONT OUR TENDENCIES!
2. ROOSTERS COMPEL CONFESSION OF OUR TEMPTATIONS!
3. ROOSTERS CONFIRM GOD'S AWARENESS & INVOLVEMENT!
4. ROOSTERS PROMPT US TO CONFORM TO GOD'S WILL!
5. ROOSTERS BOOST CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY!
II. DEVELOPING ROOSTERS
1. ROOSTERS REVEAL TO US OUR HEART!
2. ROOSTERS REMIND US OF GOD'S HEART
3. ROOSTERS RENOUNCE THAT WHICH IS NOT OF GOD'S HEART!
The above outline is from my message: “When Roosters Crow!” I wish I had more room to elaborate on each point but I am restricted by the limited space of this post. In Psalm 119:11 we read, “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against thee.”
God gives us Roosters! What is a rooster? A rooster is a manifestation of God’s voice speaking to us to make us aware of God’s wishes or desire for us. If you have hidden God’s word in your heart, then God will bring it to your mind at various times. It may come through reading a scripture; through a friend; a note; a picture; a song; or a sermon. It may come at any time that God needs you to step back; move aside; step forward; or simply stop and consider His Will and direction. It will be just as if a rooster crows at the critical moment.
Becky and I attended a regional conference in Champaign,Illinois last week for Voice of the Martyrs. Around the world, even today, Christians and churches are being persecuted and even tortured and killed for their faith. A Palestinian pastor from a church near Jerusalem, that is filled with believers, spoke. In a slide of their church, we were surprised to see a “Rooster” weather vane on the steeple rather than a cross. The rooster was displayed there to remind them that God was with them at all times and knew their very thoughts and futures. It reminds them to stand firm in their faith lest they deny Christ as Peter did. When they see the rooster on the steeple, they are encouraged to stop and listen for God’s voice. The placement of the rooster was based on the gospel accounts of Peter’s Rooster encounter found in all four gospels.
Have you had a rooster encounter? Please respond with a comment to testify to God’s actions that have reminded you of His Presence.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Saturday, April 3, 2010
1: Easter! What have I missed?
Word Studies around the Resurrection
Pastor Mike Quimby - Session 1 - Matthew 28: 18-20 - April 3, 2010
Matthew 28:20 contains the word: “ALWAYS”!
Most people view this series of events as follows:
Jesus was crucified;
He rose from the dead after three days;
He appeared to many over a few days;
He then left and went back to Heaven via the Ascension!
Then we see the Holy Spirit coming at Pentecost. But Jesus’ own words seem to paint a different reality.
“WITH YOU ALWAYS” in the original language seems to paint a different picture. Used here to communicate that Jesus was here to stay and be Actively involved in the ministry he had just established. I would compare it to a situation like this: A relative arrives at your home after a member of your household is a victim of an illness or accident that puts them in the hospital. You have invited them to come and be there for
support. At the door, you exchange hugs and greetings. Then the guest says to you, “I am going to run upstairs and freshen up and change so that we can head to the hospital. I am here to be with you throughout this ordeal until our loved one can come home.”
They disappear upstairs and within a few minutes they come back down; changed and ready to go with you.
Jesus did not Leave us after the Resurrection! He merely went to get changed so that he could be with us ALL THE TIME!
A better rendering of this passage is found in The Message Bible: 18-20Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: "God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I’LL BE WITH YOU AS YOU DO THIS, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age."
If we celebrate Easter as a historical event, then we have missed it! It is not past! It is a celebration of His PERMANENT ARRIVAL!!!!
See you next week! In the meantime, Jesus is standing at your door, ready to go to work!
Pastor Mike Quimby - Session 1 - Matthew 28: 18-20 - April 3, 2010
Matthew 28:20 contains the word: “ALWAYS”!
Most people view this series of events as follows:
Jesus was crucified;
He rose from the dead after three days;
He appeared to many over a few days;
He then left and went back to Heaven via the Ascension!
Then we see the Holy Spirit coming at Pentecost. But Jesus’ own words seem to paint a different reality.
“WITH YOU ALWAYS” in the original language seems to paint a different picture. Used here to communicate that Jesus was here to stay and be Actively involved in the ministry he had just established. I would compare it to a situation like this: A relative arrives at your home after a member of your household is a victim of an illness or accident that puts them in the hospital. You have invited them to come and be there for
support. At the door, you exchange hugs and greetings. Then the guest says to you, “I am going to run upstairs and freshen up and change so that we can head to the hospital. I am here to be with you throughout this ordeal until our loved one can come home.”
They disappear upstairs and within a few minutes they come back down; changed and ready to go with you.
Jesus did not Leave us after the Resurrection! He merely went to get changed so that he could be with us ALL THE TIME!
A better rendering of this passage is found in The Message Bible: 18-20Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: "God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I’LL BE WITH YOU AS YOU DO THIS, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age."
If we celebrate Easter as a historical event, then we have missed it! It is not past! It is a celebration of His PERMANENT ARRIVAL!!!!
See you next week! In the meantime, Jesus is standing at your door, ready to go to work!
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