Brown's Daily Word 6-19-09

Good morning,
Praise the Lord for this fabulous Friday. Praise the Lord for the advent of the summer season.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY2Ugpst9VY Praise the Lord for all the seasons. Praise the Lord for the way He makes all seasons beautiful. We can say it again: How great is our God! He is more than wonderful. He is upon the throne.
I was reading a little bit about Sigmund Freud this week. He died at the age of 83, a bitter and disillusioned man. Freud was one of the most influential thinkers of last century but had little compassion for the common person. In 1918, Freud wrote, "I have found little that is good about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all.” Freud died friendless. Even his famous pupils, Carl Jung & Alfred Adler, were expelled from his life, because they chose to disagree with him. Freud died a bitter and lonely man. (Unfinished Business, Charles Sell, Multnomah, 1989,page 121 ff.) Paul wrote the letter to the Romans to tell people that God’s kingdom has come, that the Old Testament has been fulfilled, and that the Messiah, whose real name is Jesus, is the anointed one. He also said in this letter that this Jesus is Lord, He is Savior, He is the true Son of God, He is the prince of peace, and His death and resurrection bring true peace to this world. "And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:13) It is not (nor ever was it) any Caesar who is god and worthy of worship. King Jesus alone, who reigns from His throne in heaven forever is worthy of our worship, adoration, and praise! It is not the Roman Empire or any empire of man to whom we should give allegiance, but to Jesus, and His eternal kingdom. The Caesars died, Rome burned, nation will continue to rise against nation, and heaven and earth will pass away, but King Jesus will build his kingdom and the gates of Hades will never conquer it. One day all of the world will bow to King Jesus and confess that He is Savior and Lord, not Caesar or any other worldly leader. Jesus Christ is Lord of Lords, and King of Kings. This is the gospel. The world is not the dominion of Caesar; it belongs to Jesus. This gospel of Jesus Christ is powerful. The gospel of King Jesus is a radical, revolutionary message that often flies in the face of the establishment. About 200,000 Christians a year around the world are killed because of their commitment to Christ and His Gospel. Why? It is because the Gospel is revolutionary. The gospel is also for revolutionaries and it will always cost something. The message of Jesus is disturbing and radical, and it calls for a complete and unconditional commitment. Praise the Lord for those who have become the Company of the Committed, who are constantly surrounded by "a great cloud of witnesses".
May Christ continue to baptize His church with a fresh fire and the fresh wind of His Holy Spirit. May we be propelled to shake Satan's foundations, and to "dance upon injustice." May we all be committed to finish it well. He is Lord.

In Him,
Brown
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