Good morning,
Praise the Lord for this last day of September. Fall foliage has been beautiful, and glorious. Today, up to four inches have been forecast to fall across northeastern Pennsylvania and in New York's southern tier. The deluge is anticipated to bring flash flooding to some of the smaller streams in the area. Feast or famine . . . we had quite a hot, dry, summer and now we are getting the showers of blessing to replenish the earth.
Alice and I have been invited to attend the dinner gathering at Davis College, this coming Friday at 6PM, where Governor Mike Huckabee will be the keynote speaker. Please pray for all of the organizers and participants. Also, pray for the Saturday evening outreach service at First UMC Endicott at 6:30 PM. Pastor Terry Steenburg will be preaching, and Dave Berry and company will be leading the music.
Praise the Lord for the glorious promises we have from the Word of the Lord for our lives as live and serve the Lord day by day. Indeed our Lord is Almighty and all merciful. I love these words from the Book of Jude, “To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy . . .” Throughout the book we are told again and again of our Lord's capacity. Let us look at the list of seven “ables” in the New Testament. Each confirms a truth we must never forget.
Romans 16:25: "Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past"
2 Corinthians 9:8: "And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work."
Ephesians 3:20: "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us"
2 Timothy 1:12: "That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day."
Hebrews 2:18: "Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted."
Hebrews 7:25: "Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them."
These all naturally lead to this last word before the final battle, Jude 1:24-25: "To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great job.”
Our God can do what we cannot. He will keep us standing. He will present us complete and spotless. In ourselves, we can never and will never accomplish this. The enemy is too strong. We are too prone to falter and give up. But God can do all of these things and more! “To the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore!”
He is the only God. There is no other Savior. Glory describes his worth; majesty his status. Power refers to his mighty control over the universe. His authority is his right to rule. All of this is his. It belongs to him. Nothing and no one has a right to any of this.
"To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy, to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority", through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen!
In Christ,
Brown
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