I have some exciting news to share with you concerning our video ministry. We realize that sitting in front of a computer screen watching a video is difficult; especially when the video is 30 minutes in length. For that reason, we have decided to change the way the videos are taped. We will now be offering a shorter, ten minute or so synopsis of the morning message. You will still get the entire sermon outline delivered to you by video, but it will just be the highlights. That change will take place in one week. We were not able to record yesterday due to technical difficulties, but we know what was wrong and it has been corrected. My thanks to Jim and Gwen Cook for their dedicated service to our video ministry. Without them, it likely would not happen. In next week’s Monday Morning Blog, we will let you know more.
Yesterday at Friendship Harmony I began a two part message titled, God’s 2x4’s. We did a comparison on the lumber that was used in building the frame for the wilderness tabernacle, with the lumber used in building God’s church. The 2x4’s God uses is believers. If you have been saved, you are one of those boards. The notes are below. Next week we will give you a ten minute “short version” of parts one and two. I hope the notes are a blessing to you.
God’s 2x4’s ©
Deut. 8:2,16
By Victor Cooper
1/18/14
Intro: A good builder will select good lumber for his building. When God ordered the building of the wilderness tabernacle, everything had to be done according to His perfect plan. As God began to build His church, He did not have much to start with, but He was able to take what He had and make it into something useful. Today and next week we will examine how God did it, and the role we play.
I. The boards had to be cut down.
A. The boards for the tabernacle had to be of a certain kind; shittim wood.
B. The boards for God’s church had to be of a certain kind; humbled.
C. God led the children of Israel through the wilderness to humble them.
D. The 2x4’s God had to choose from were in pretty bad shape. Luke 5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
II. The boards had to be dried out.
A. Uncured lumber can, and generally will warp and twist as it dries.
B. After they dried, they were set aside for use.
C. Being set aside is called being sanctified.
D. The boards in God’s church are sanctified boards.
1 Cor. 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
1. God’s boards are set aside to:
(a) love Him. Deut. 6:5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
(b) serve Him.
Hebrews 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
(c.) worship Him. Luke 4:8 And Jesus answered and said … Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Thank you for being such a faithful reader of this Monday Morning Blog. It is written to (I hope) be a blessing and an encouragement to you. If it does, will you tell others about it? If not, please e-mail me and let me know your concerns. That e-address is preachercooper@hotmail.com. Good, constructive criticism is always appreciated! Have a good and a safe week wherever you are, and I’ll see you next Monday Morning With Pastor Vic!!!
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