We are here today to do what we do every Sunday, and that is to proclaim the truth of God, His Word and worship Him in spirit in truth. Each Sunday we pause to remember the resurrection of our Lord and Savior and what His life has brought to all that believe. God is worthy of this praise and honor in every capacity of our lives. The Bible is clear, that every good gift is from the Lord. 

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

God reveals His wrath in two ways: (1) indirectly, through the natural consequences of violating His universal moral law, and (2) directly through His personal intervention (the OT record—from the sentence passed on Adam and Eve to the worldwide flood, from the fire and brimstone that leveled Sodom to the Babylonian captivity—clearly displays this kind of intervention). The most graphic revelation of God’s holy wrath and hatred against sin was when He poured out divine judgment on His Son on the Cross. That was your moment of personal intervention…

Christ on the Cross was the the wrath of God that was meant for those in the faith! That was your global flooding, your fire and brimstone, that was your years of slavery and captivity by the Babylonians! 

But instead of it being carried out on you, God poured it out on His innocent Son! Jesus took my wrath!

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

God has established that in honoring Him we are called to honor, to recognize and diligently appreciate the office and role of Father and Mother, we did so on Mother’s Day and today, we will stop to thank God in Heaven for our earthly Fathers, sovereignly assigned to us.

The Book Romans (Sermon #9)

Romans 1:18

When Jesus comes—-All of the harm done by wickedness will be corrected. This sickness that robs joy, steals joy, binds joy that is linked directly to sin will be burned up and purified by fire; Jesus will bring healing…The healing that will come only through the Messiah Himself! Where Joy will be solidified in Him forever. Then the world will become a safe place!

We wont need the stall! The Sun will shine! There will only be the warmth of His glory! No sin, no heartache, no depression, no anxiety, no disappointment! Only the JOY that comes in the morning, that is found in the SUN! 

When Calves, when confined to a stall for extended periods of time, once the doors are opened and the threat of harm is gone, they can leap for joy! they can roam around without fear—they leap for joy! They moo and play and run when turned loose into the sunlight. Malachi is giving us picture of a life outside the stall! The life Jesus will bring in his return will be one of pure joy, peace, and one free of sin and sorrow! Until that day comes….

Romans 15:13

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”

If you are here today lacking in joy, let me leave you with this verse.

1 Peter 1:13

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.