2nd Timothy Series Completed - Starting 1st Peter!

We just finished our 2nd Timothy series today, Friday! The series through 1st Peter will begin Monday! Those files will be updated soon after! Hope you have a chance to listen and be blessed! Happy Sabbath everyone! Have a great rest over the weekend! -Ben

Started 2nd Timothy Series! (5-22-2013)

Just began studying through 2nd Timothy a day ago! It's the final letter written by the Apostle Paul before his death, at least that we have a copy of. It's a blessing to read his heartfelt appeals, and encouragements to the young minister Timothy as he helps to prepare the young guy [and the church with many future readers] for a life of ministry! The counsel is so practical and inspires us to dig deeper into our Bibles, to find God's blessed truth, to know it well, to live by it, and to share it, in a prayerful spirit of love and meekness, with others! Be sure to check out the series when you can! God Bless! -Ben

Began New Series through 1st & 2nd Timothy! (Thurs. 9 May 2013)

We just began a new Bible series through Paul's letters to Timothy! As I write this we're currently going through 1st Timothy! Sound files and PDF files will be updated on our page and ready to access very soon! Please keep checking back! God Bless you today!

Paid by God for your Service (4-23-2013)

 

18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder rubbed raw; yet neither he nor his army received wages from Tyre, for the labor which they expended on it. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Surely I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will be the wages for his army. 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor, because they worked for Me,’ says the Lord God.” -Ezekiel 29:18-20

Does God pay us for our faithful service to Him? Yes, a thousand times, the answer is yes! Jesus promised it over and over again. God will pay us with the wages of Heaven! But, even in this life we can receive blessings and rewards from God for our service to Him (See Matthew 6:4,6,18; 20:8; Luke 10:7; 2 Timothy 4:8).

In these verses from the book of Ezekiel God was paying back the nation of Babylon and it’s King for their service done to Him. God had wanted to send Judgment upon the wicked, proud, sinful city of Tyre! The armies of Babylon did their service to destroy this place. However, the spoils gathered from that destruction were not that great, but the cost was a little much for their army’s labor and travels. Therefore, God said, “I will reward them with Egypt and it’s riches also for their service to me.” God allowed them to overtake and destroy Egypt as well, thus finding the riches and getting the funds that were needed to pay for their military labors and to make it profitable for them. How nice of God to pay them for their services to Him. God also pays us for our services to Him!

You may think, “Oh, but when I do gospel labor there is not much profit. Oh, there is not much to be gained when I sell or give a Christian book to someone who has almost no money. Or when I do a Bible study freely for another person it is only for the value of our study and a soul, nothing more.” You may not get much apparently at this time for your efforts, but you can be sure that the rewards of God are on their way! You will be rewarded NOW with blessings from God, but rest assured that there is even a far greater reward that is coming from God in the future! Maybe at the next house (for you Colporteurs) your reward is coming. But, even more so when the Lord appears the greatest of all payments will be ours! The King of Babylon didn’t get his pay when he labored against Tyre, but God gave him what he needed as pay and profit at the very next military encounter. The treasures of the next campaign easily paid for both endeavors! God blessed these servants and rewarded them for their service! Maybe our kind act today, in service for God, will put us down a little bit financially speaking, but tomorrow God has plans to pay and to reward your kind service of faith! So, serve Him faithfully today, not counting the cost, but trusting that if it is God’s service, then He will richly repay you at just the right time! Be blessed in the Lord today!

[originally posted on our old CCM blog, April 23, 2013]