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Sunday, February 19

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RUSSELL SANDERS

2-21-2023

THE ORIGIN OF ALL THINGS

We, as Christians, tend to focus on Jesus himself. However, Jesus said it does not originate with Him. Everything originates from our heavenly Father, who is also called in James 1:127, “The Father of Lights.”

Jesus gave all credit to the Father, taking no credit to himself, as seen in John 12:44-50 where verses 44-45 says, “He that believeth on me, believeth not (simply) on me, but on Him that sent me (the Father, and he (anyone who) seeth me seeth Him that sent me.” Verses 49-50 continue with Jesus saying, “I have not spoken of myself, but of the Father which sent me, and He gave me… what I should say… even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.” Jesus taught and worked only as instructed by the Father. That is how we can understand Jesus as the Word, because he speaks according to the Father’s plan and not his own.

We can see this in both Genesis 1:2-3 and John 1:1-5. In the Genesis creation, God said “Let there be….” And the Holy Spirit sent by God (verse 2) “moved” to bring it all together. The Father was the mastermind of the creation, the designer. The Son then spoke the Father’s plan to come into being (existence). Holy Spirit by his transforming power put the spoken word together.

Everything has originated from the Father. He is our Daddy (Adonai). We are adopted back to Him through the sacrificial blood of the Living Word, Yeshua (Jesus). Jesus gave His life on calvary because of His love for the Father. He then in turn loves us whom the Father has given to Him (John 17:6, 9, 10).

I think some believers may become so focused on worshipping and praising Jesus that they neglect worship and praise to the Father (Yahh). When we say “Hallelujah” we are literally saying, “Praise be to the Father.” “Hallelu” means praise and “Jah” being Father.  Often it is without understanding that we are indeed giving praise to Father.

Praising Jesus is a great and wonderful thing. However, if it had not been for Father’s plan, there would be no Savior.

Give praise to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

HELEN SANDERS

2-21-2023

DOERS OF THE WORD

It was a moment that I would never forget. Although I got saved at a young age, I did not live my life for the Lord. I had no instruction. I had no mentor. I just had me, and I wasn’t the best teacher because I didn’t know the Bible’s take on right from wrong. I had not read much of the bible, and life was what I chose it to be, whether it was right or wrong. I was morally right in most cases, but I was missing the mark.

A friend invited me to her house for a bible study. There were a few other women there along with me. The first day I was there, she read out of James 1:22 where it says, “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” Well, that verse convicted me because I was not a doer of the word. I was a doer of what Helen thought was right and I had deceived myself.

As I began to understand more of the scripture, my faith began to grow. I realized that I needed to repent of my sin. I realized that the path I was on was not a good path and that I needed to change. I needed to “own” my own sin and not blame anyone else. I needed to be a “doer of the word.”

How can we know what to do without knowing what the “word” says? We can’t. That is why I was in a backslidden state. I was given a wonderful study bible, the “Open Bible” published by Nelson Publishing. It had tremendous notes and study guides and helped me more than anything else did to that date. The more of the bible that I read, the more I saw my life through God’s eyes. I made the decision to change and to be a “doer” rather than just a hearer. I realized that I needed more than just a Sunday sermonette. I needed to hear the Word preached under the anointing and let my faith grow.

I learned that “faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Romans 10:17.) When my faith was being developed by hearing the Word, I became a doer of the word. It worked for me, and it will work for you.