Everyone is here for a purpose!
A. By the grace of God today we will study my life long favor scripture!
Romans 8:28 is my life long favor scripture!
This verse carried me through many hard times! Thank God I am still here!
Remember it and be blessed:
We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose.
Acts 13:36 "For when David had served God's purpose in his own generation, he fell
asleep; he was buried with his fathers and his body decayed.
Romans 9:17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh:
"I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and
that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."
Yes, each of us will serve the purpose which God has designated for us!
The difference is where will we be after we serve that purpose!
B. Yes, I know to be what I am I had to go through all those hard times!
That was what it takes to make me who I am and what I am!
When someone asked me, why do you talk like that!
My answer to that question is this, “Ask God!
He made me to talk like this! I do not look like or talk like a preacher!
But God made me a preacher!”
Ask my wife, she knows the best! She has been with me for 42 years now!
This is what I learned: I choose to be what God wants me to be!
Is your suffering bad enough? Come to God and do what he said, right now!
Otherwise, continue to stay away but be ready to suffer worse sufferings!
C. What it takes for Judas to betray Jesus? (John 13:27)
Does anyone know, what it takes for a disciple of Jesus to betray Jesus?
No, Judas himself, he couldn’t do it! Without the help of Satan, he can’t!
Yes, Satan was there to fulfill his purpose and in the meantime helped Judas to fulfill
his purpose!
They worked together and they both serve God’s purpose to make what God prepared
useful! (Matt.25:41)
D. Why did Jesus tell his disciples to let those religious teachers alone?
1. They disobey God’s commandment because of their tradition. (Matt.15:3)
By the grace of God, I know how religious teachers are doing this!
Such as Jesus said:
When you are persecuted in one place run to another. Matt.10:23
They said, Jesus did not mean what he said!
When I tell them 1 Peter 2:13 says,
be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's Sake…
They said, Peter did not mean what he wrote!
2. They honor God with their lips but their heart is far from God. Matt.15:8
3. They teach man’s teaching rather than God’s teaching. Matt.15:9
4. They were blind guides lead the blind! Both shall fall into a pit. 15:14
5. With all what it takes to make them change, but Jesus said let them be!
2 Jn.4:8 God is love. James 5:4 God is almighty.
Ro.11:23 God is able.
Jesus said, let them alone! This is reality. This is what Jesus said!
6. They were there to serve the purpose and end up in where, you know!
7. I know one of the reasons is that I must not be like them!
I must teach what is recorded in the Bible!
After I served the purpose God designated,
I will end with a share in Jesus' resurrection! Phil.3:11
What are you going to do, you have to make the choice yourself!
E. In our society there are people being let alone!
Such as homeless people are being let alone by the authority and society!
Yes, we let them alone too!
My personal reason is this, if God wants me to help them,
God will give me what it takes to care for them!
And I wish so much that I had all what it takes to help all of them!
Please ask those who had all the power and what it takes to care for these homeless
people, why don’t they!
May the Lord almighty have mercy on us all! Nov., 22, 2008.