The Bible tells us to walk by faith not by sight. You can’t always believe what to see. Well what do you see? What is out in the world that is so fascinating that we believe what we see. The Bible says that by His stripes we are healed. There is a mad dash to get health insurance. What do you see? The Bible says if we say to the mountain be thou removed and doubt not it shall be done. But what do you see? the Bible says we are more than a conqueror through Christ. But what do you see? The Bible says that we are justified by faith. And with faith we are well pleasing to God. The Bible says that God is love and that He loves everyone including those who chose hell. But what do you see? Seeing isn’t believing, believing is seeing.

Easter weekend is the weekend to deal with death. The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Death is so foreign to us because we are eternal being. Our spirit will live forever. The bible says that the fear of death has put people in bondage. The bible also says I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live. And again it says I die daily. Again it says as it is written, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. It is a liturgy of death. Why does it talk so much about death? Jesus is the example of how and what we are to be to enter the kingdom of God. God made a specific way to enter in the kingdom. It is the way of death to self. We were born in sin. God had to get us to the place where we would be acceptable. And the only way is to die to self. We cannot enter in without our death. God says that we are the image and likeness of Him. We must look like Jesus in his death, burial and resurrection. Happy Easter.

There is a TV drama about the search for the ashes of the Red Heifer. The ashes of the Red Heifer was used for purification of the priest and articles used in the temple in Jerusalem. Many archaeologist have searched for it. I met an archaeologist who was searching and thought he had found it. His name was Jones, not Indiana, Vendyl. Vendyl told me that a man from Hollywood came to his dig site in Israel and asked him about his work. In the movie, it was one big boulder that chased Jones out of the cave. Vendyl said it was about 20 boulders that chased him. It was a booby trap. What Vendyl found in Gilgal was incense for the altar. Many people search, but they will not find anything until God is ready to bring Jesus back. Jesus said it himself that no one knows the day or time expect the Father. So God said live like today is your last day and you will be ready to go home. Now is the time and today is the day of salvation.

When I was 8 years old, I was watching a TV program I never saw before. It was on a Saturday afternoon. It was a Billy Graham Crusade. I don’t remember where it was, but it was interesting. People sang songs, then more people gave testimonies. Finally Billy Graham began to preach. I don’t remember what his sermon was about. When he finished preaching, he invited everyone to pray a prayer that he would lead them into. When he began to pray so did I. I had no idea what I had done. All I can remember is I had a strong desire to seek God. I wanted to be kind to people and do what was right. My family had a big family altar bible. It was in the hall and mostly mom would stuff newspaper clippings of different things in it. But in the bible there were stories with pictures. The ones I loved the most were stories of King David. The stories showed me about faith in God, of which I still believe. I am an old man now. If you consider 65 years old as old. The fire of my faith has never gone away. It will carry me all the way home.

What is the most obvious thing about the Word of God?

John 20:31 “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ. The Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.”

It is Written. The word of God is as old as mankind. Some would dispute this by saying man is millions of years. But life as we know it started about 6000 years ago. Adam wrote down for his family what exactly happened. He included the covenant God gave him. He wrote so his family would know what to do. And so it has been ever since. We have the written word of God. It shows us what to do in any given situation. A friend of mine came from Belgium as a minister. We were talking about the word of God. He showed me his bible of course written in French. I saw a scripture and he translated it for me. Do you know what the Word of God is written in French: Parole du Dieu. The parole of God is what we are giving for our sins. That we are set free from the bondage of sin. It has been written for you to read. Find out what God is saying to you. May the Lord bless and keep you.