Peniel Pentecostal Holiness Church

3239 Rosebud Road Walnut Cove NC 27052
Pastor: Dr. Tim Nelson -  Church Office 336-591-36112
A Place To Encounter God Face To Face. Gen. 32:3

A Word From The Pastor Archives 2022
April 2022
 

Have you ever found yourself in a seemingly impossible situation?  Or maybe you had a tough decision to make.  Daniel knew what it was like to face the impossible.  The Apostle Paul knew what it was like to face the impossible.

In Daniel's case, he turned to the only person who could help him: God, while the people around him said, "No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among men."  Daniel knew this to be untrue (Daniel 2:11).

The one true God did live among them, and He lives among us today. 1 Corinthians 3:16 says we are God's temple and God's Spirit lives in us.  In God's mercy and grace, He makes wisdom available to us if we'll ask, seek and believe just like Daniel did.  So when we are faced with the impossible, we must have faith to ask God for help through prayer.  Then we seek His wisdom in His Word, and we believe He will help us through the impossible, for His grace is sufficient.

Adapted From:
https://newspring.cc/devotionals/daniel-a-14-day-devotional/do-you-need-god-to-do-the-impossible/

Three times, as He faced the impossible place, Jesus implored His Father to take the cup (cf. Isaiah 51:17  Jeremiah 25:15) from Him, but He knew there was no other way to save the world of sinners except through the cross, so three times He submitted Himself to the Father's will.  All His life, He had sought to do the Father's will (John 6:38  8:28-29: Hebrews 10:7) and now He was truly "obedient to death" (Philippians 2:8)

How much more should we give up our self-will in the impossible place and submit to God's will!  In self-denial (the impossible place), we must carry the cross to follow Jesus (Luke 9:23)  There is no other way.

Adapted From:
https://ourdailybread.org/resources/the-attitude-of-gethsemane

There are three elements of the gospel.  First, Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures.  The second element of the gospel is that Jesus not only "died for our sins according to the scriptures" but He was also "buried".   Why does Paul include the burial of Jesus?  Is it not enough that Jesus died and rose again?  The reason for it is that when His disciples came and took the body of Jesus down from the cross, it marked their acceptance of the fact of His death.

The third element is, "He was raised on the third day according to the scriptures."  Again, He fulfilled the predictions.  It was anticipated that He would die: it was equally anticipated that He would rise again from the dead on the third day, to the amazement of the disciples He fulfilled all predictions.  He was not merely resuscitated (that is, coming back to the life He had before), He was resurrected.  That means He came back to a life He had never lived before, a glorified life, a different life, and yet in the amazing mystery of the resurrection, the same Jesus with the wounds in His body that His disciples could touch and feel and see for themselves, as well as spend time with Him.  Jesus desires for you to come near and spend time with Him in His resurrection power.

Adapted From:
https://www.raystedman.org/daily-devotions/1-corinthians/of-first-importance   

The main point of Galatians 6:1-5 is given in a general way in verse 2 and a specific way in verse 1.  Verse 2: "Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.   If a Christian brother or sister is weighed down or menaced by some burden or threat, be alerted to that and quickly do something to help.  Don't let them be crushed.  Don't let them be destroyed.  Don't be like the Scribes and Pharisees.  Jesus said, "They bind heavy burdens hard to bear and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with their finger".

(Matthew 23:4)  Don't increase burdens.  Make them lighter for people.  Some of you wonder what you are supposed to do with your life.  Here is a vocation that will bring you more satisfaction than if you became a millionaire ten times over.  Develop the extraordinary skill for detecting the burdens of others and devote yourself daily to making them lighter.  In this way you fulfill the law of Christ (6:2)

Adapted From:
https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/the-law-of-christ