Did you know whether you believe in God or not, when you refer to what or who you are, God will always come first? I was listening to a Messianic Jewish Rabbi not long ago as he taught on the name of God. Remember in Exodus chapter 3, Moses went to see a burning bush? What he found was actually the spirit of God Himself manifesting to him. In verse 6 God tells Moses “…, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob….”
Now God had some things he wanted Moses to do, but Moses wanted to know what he was to say God’s name was. After all, the Hebrew’s wouldn’t listen to any old god, the Egyptians had many of them. So God told him in verse 14 “….., I AM THAT I AM": and he said, "Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” Now, the Hebrews knew THAT name..I AM spells the consonants in their name for God, “YHWH” (They did not use vowels.)
God told Moses “I AM the God of……” and “My name is “I AM”. If you think about it, that covers EVERYTHING! Now, here is my point: when referring to yourself, God’s creation, you HAVE to put God first, you have no choice! I’ll show you!
I AM a Christian. I AM fifty years old. I AM a human being. I AM excited about spreading the Gospel. I AM a firefighter. I AM a doctor. I AM a preacher. I AM saved.…..Now here are a few more examples:
I AM lost. I AM a sinner. And even this one, I AM an atheist! See, God goes before all of us! We only need to show others where He is. He ALWAYS comes first. Why? Because He is God!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
A Message From Brother Beauregard from February '09
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thy own understanding
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, we see this month a Proverb that is well known, but poorly obeyed. How simple it was, as a child, to not understand the world around us, the daily goings on, the decisions made concerning our welfare, and to be utterly trusting in out parents. As a child, we did not know how to operate a stove, but our food was prepared. We could not get ourselves to and from church or grandmothers or school, but transportation was provided. Our parents took our welfare upon themselves knowing we were babes and lacked understanding. It is the same with God.
As children of God, He asks us to trust in Him, the same as you trusted in others when you were a child. When we don’t understand why something is happening to us, he tells us to run to Him, trust Him as you would a beloved human father. For as our Heavenly Father, He has placed our welfare on Himself. We may not know why a circumstance has occurred, for we cannot see the finished plan. But we can be assured our Father in Heaven knows exactly what is going on and is in full control, for our welfare.
Peace Be with you, Brother Beauregard
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, we see this month a Proverb that is well known, but poorly obeyed. How simple it was, as a child, to not understand the world around us, the daily goings on, the decisions made concerning our welfare, and to be utterly trusting in out parents. As a child, we did not know how to operate a stove, but our food was prepared. We could not get ourselves to and from church or grandmothers or school, but transportation was provided. Our parents took our welfare upon themselves knowing we were babes and lacked understanding. It is the same with God.
As children of God, He asks us to trust in Him, the same as you trusted in others when you were a child. When we don’t understand why something is happening to us, he tells us to run to Him, trust Him as you would a beloved human father. For as our Heavenly Father, He has placed our welfare on Himself. We may not know why a circumstance has occurred, for we cannot see the finished plan. But we can be assured our Father in Heaven knows exactly what is going on and is in full control, for our welfare.
Peace Be with you, Brother Beauregard
Friday, April 17, 2009
A Bro. Beauregard Message from June 2008
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, every one of us needs a roadmap to get to an unknown destination. To go off without knowledge of direction or a roadway name would be folly. Oh we could go out our door and ask a passerby, and he may point us in the general direction, or he may mislead us. If he has never been to your destination, he would not know the precise road to take either. You would be easily led astray. But Jesus, in the above verse, clearly states the direction and the road to take to God in Heaven. The road to Heaven is through Jesus ONLY. He warns that NO MAN can come before God, but through Him. Why is He the only way? Because He is in Heaven! He is God made flesh! He is the blood sacrifice for our sins! He is the official roadmap of God! He is the Promise! It’s that plain and simple. God has made the instructions simple. It is our worldly flesh that tries to have us take a wrong turn. Follow Jesus’ road map. You’ll get there!
Peace be with you, Brother Beauregard
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, every one of us needs a roadmap to get to an unknown destination. To go off without knowledge of direction or a roadway name would be folly. Oh we could go out our door and ask a passerby, and he may point us in the general direction, or he may mislead us. If he has never been to your destination, he would not know the precise road to take either. You would be easily led astray. But Jesus, in the above verse, clearly states the direction and the road to take to God in Heaven. The road to Heaven is through Jesus ONLY. He warns that NO MAN can come before God, but through Him. Why is He the only way? Because He is in Heaven! He is God made flesh! He is the blood sacrifice for our sins! He is the official roadmap of God! He is the Promise! It’s that plain and simple. God has made the instructions simple. It is our worldly flesh that tries to have us take a wrong turn. Follow Jesus’ road map. You’ll get there!
Peace be with you, Brother Beauregard
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Spring Again
Days are longer. Flowers are blooming. Birds are nesting. Aww…SPRING!
Hayfever, sneezing, pollen, and bees.
Yep, I just had to blow that serene picture out of the water didn’t I? Actually I just wanted to remind us that while God gives us wonderful blessings like spring, and we need to gratefully thank Him, we also live in a fallen world and the thorns in life are still out there.
God gives us daily glimpses of paradise. The devil will try to steal the joy away with opposite reactions. Have you ever noticed the devil always tries to create a false copy of God’s work, or ruin what he can’t copy?
Remember, God is the Creator of all things. Satan is the deceiver, liar and thief and will try to steal your joy. So bless God for his gift of spring, grab a Kleenex and refuse to let that old devil ruin what God has given you.
Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.."
Hayfever, sneezing, pollen, and bees.
Yep, I just had to blow that serene picture out of the water didn’t I? Actually I just wanted to remind us that while God gives us wonderful blessings like spring, and we need to gratefully thank Him, we also live in a fallen world and the thorns in life are still out there.
God gives us daily glimpses of paradise. The devil will try to steal the joy away with opposite reactions. Have you ever noticed the devil always tries to create a false copy of God’s work, or ruin what he can’t copy?
Remember, God is the Creator of all things. Satan is the deceiver, liar and thief and will try to steal your joy. So bless God for his gift of spring, grab a Kleenex and refuse to let that old devil ruin what God has given you.
Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.."
Monday, April 13, 2009
Today we have a message from Bro. Beauregard from Feb. '07
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ; today my message is a simple one that has confounded scholars and the learned for centuries. It is a message that divides families and nations, but is from God Himself, through his word in the bible, straight to your heart.
1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
God’s love for His children, his Saints, is unfathomable. It stretches beyond our meager ability to understand. Because of our transgressions, he sent His only begotten Son as a perfect sacrifice, so our sins will be cleansed and we can fellowship once again with our Creator. He wants everyone to love Him and come to Him, but he wants it freely. So out of love, he refuses to force us, letting those who wish, the ability to reject Him. How it must grieve His heart, as it would ours for a child to openly reject a parent. But for those who have accepted His offer of salvation, go to your prayer closet, read this verse and ponder on its mighty meaning. Let Him speak to your heart, as a loving Father to his child.
Peace be with you, Brother Beauregard
1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
God’s love for His children, his Saints, is unfathomable. It stretches beyond our meager ability to understand. Because of our transgressions, he sent His only begotten Son as a perfect sacrifice, so our sins will be cleansed and we can fellowship once again with our Creator. He wants everyone to love Him and come to Him, but he wants it freely. So out of love, he refuses to force us, letting those who wish, the ability to reject Him. How it must grieve His heart, as it would ours for a child to openly reject a parent. But for those who have accepted His offer of salvation, go to your prayer closet, read this verse and ponder on its mighty meaning. Let Him speak to your heart, as a loving Father to his child.
Peace be with you, Brother Beauregard
Sunday, April 12, 2009
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MIRACLE OF THE SON RISE
The bible gives us this picture of the resurrection:
Mary Magdalene was walking down the path to the tomb where the body of Jesus had been put to rest three days before. A large stone had been rolled across the entrance, sealed and guards placed so none of the disciples could steal the body. As she and her friends Joanna and Mary (James’ mother) came into view of the tomb, they saw the stone had been rolled away. Worried, they ran into the tomb and were confronted by two men, garments shining as the sun. The women were confused and afraid. They bowed down in awe and fear, not knowing they were about to hear the most profound; prophesy fulfilling statement since God spoke the first of creation into existence.
For the men asked, “Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen..”
Mary Magdalene was walking down the path to the tomb where the body of Jesus had been put to rest three days before. A large stone had been rolled across the entrance, sealed and guards placed so none of the disciples could steal the body. As she and her friends Joanna and Mary (James’ mother) came into view of the tomb, they saw the stone had been rolled away. Worried, they ran into the tomb and were confronted by two men, garments shining as the sun. The women were confused and afraid. They bowed down in awe and fear, not knowing they were about to hear the most profound; prophesy fulfilling statement since God spoke the first of creation into existence.
For the men asked, “Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen..”
Friday, April 10, 2009
Why Do We Call This Good Friday?
Have you ever thought of that question? Before becoming a Christian, I wondered what could be so good about being nailed and dieing on a cross. Why would anyone celebrate a day when someone was treated so horribly? I could understand celebrating Jesus’ resurrection and making Easter a good day, but dieing just didn’t seem such a joyous occasion.
It took me becoming a Christian, studying the bible, and seeing God’s prophesies about the coming Christ to open my eyes as to how good it was for US, for sinners, that Jesus hung on that tree. His whole life was fulfilling God’s promise to His fallen creation, His ultimate plan of salvation for you and me.
The cross was the ultimate act of Godly love to bring us back to a relationship with our Heavenly Father. Jesus was God incarnate on this earth, walking, talking, living and dieing with us, to give us not only a way to salvation, but to show us how we should live as His children.
The cross was the final act, in human flesh, that poured the sealing wax on the covenant with Adam and Eve, Abraham Isaac and Jacob, David, Ruth, Mary and Joseph and all the people in the bible. Easter morning when Jesus rose in a glorified body, was God’s royal seal pressed in the wax, sealing His victory over Satan.
Good Friday, to me, is celebrating Jesus fulfilling His earthly promise. Two thirds of our proclamation of faith in Him, the death and burial took place on that day. His work on earth as human was finished, now only glory was ahead.
Easter morning was the third event in our proclamation of faith, the resurrection! This promise is what all our beliefs surround. A resurrection with Christ in heaven could not have happened without that cross so long ago on a Friday in Jerusalem. Yes, it was a Good Friday after all.
It took me becoming a Christian, studying the bible, and seeing God’s prophesies about the coming Christ to open my eyes as to how good it was for US, for sinners, that Jesus hung on that tree. His whole life was fulfilling God’s promise to His fallen creation, His ultimate plan of salvation for you and me.
The cross was the ultimate act of Godly love to bring us back to a relationship with our Heavenly Father. Jesus was God incarnate on this earth, walking, talking, living and dieing with us, to give us not only a way to salvation, but to show us how we should live as His children.
The cross was the final act, in human flesh, that poured the sealing wax on the covenant with Adam and Eve, Abraham Isaac and Jacob, David, Ruth, Mary and Joseph and all the people in the bible. Easter morning when Jesus rose in a glorified body, was God’s royal seal pressed in the wax, sealing His victory over Satan.
Good Friday, to me, is celebrating Jesus fulfilling His earthly promise. Two thirds of our proclamation of faith in Him, the death and burial took place on that day. His work on earth as human was finished, now only glory was ahead.
Easter morning was the third event in our proclamation of faith, the resurrection! This promise is what all our beliefs surround. A resurrection with Christ in heaven could not have happened without that cross so long ago on a Friday in Jerusalem. Yes, it was a Good Friday after all.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
The Curtain Was Torn
Luke, the humble physician and writer of the third Gospel, tells us that as Christ hung on the cross bleeding, beaten and in agony certain events were occurring in other areas besides the hill of Calvary. He tells us in verse 23:45 “And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.”
There are secular records besides Luke that confirm the sun darkening that day, although no eclipse was predicted. Jewish as well as Roman historians tell of the day growing dark. We, as Christians know that as Christ was coming closer to death, the world’s sins were laid upon him. There is no light in sin, only darkness. Sin flourishes undercover of darkness. Wouldn’t it be natural that, as the Light of the world was having sin heaped upon Him, darkness would begin to creep in? See, I personally don’t believe the bible is all symbolisms. I truly believe that without God, there is total darkness. And that day, in that moment, God could not look upon his loving Son because of the sin, and darkness was the result.
But notice the second part of that verse, “…and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.” God tore the very item that kept us separated from his presence! As Jesus was sacrificing himself with the sins of the world, God was doing another miracle by show us we no longer had to go through a Priest or any other human to come to His presence! We did not have to wait for a year, did not have to have animal sacrifice to ask for forgiveness. The very moment Jesus was dieing, God accepted the Son’s Blood of Atonement as the final sacrifice! Jesus opened the veil for access to His Mercy to anyone who accepted Him as their sacrifice and Lord and Savior! God’s Kingdom is for everyone who will accept it. Thank you Jesus!
There are secular records besides Luke that confirm the sun darkening that day, although no eclipse was predicted. Jewish as well as Roman historians tell of the day growing dark. We, as Christians know that as Christ was coming closer to death, the world’s sins were laid upon him. There is no light in sin, only darkness. Sin flourishes undercover of darkness. Wouldn’t it be natural that, as the Light of the world was having sin heaped upon Him, darkness would begin to creep in? See, I personally don’t believe the bible is all symbolisms. I truly believe that without God, there is total darkness. And that day, in that moment, God could not look upon his loving Son because of the sin, and darkness was the result.
But notice the second part of that verse, “…and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.” God tore the very item that kept us separated from his presence! As Jesus was sacrificing himself with the sins of the world, God was doing another miracle by show us we no longer had to go through a Priest or any other human to come to His presence! We did not have to wait for a year, did not have to have animal sacrifice to ask for forgiveness. The very moment Jesus was dieing, God accepted the Son’s Blood of Atonement as the final sacrifice! Jesus opened the veil for access to His Mercy to anyone who accepted Him as their sacrifice and Lord and Savior! God’s Kingdom is for everyone who will accept it. Thank you Jesus!
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