Christmas, Christ, and the Cross

First let me say sorry to my brother Gary. I have to repost the GoFish youtube. There is no song I know of that better expresses what Christmas is about.

As you wake up tomorrow and look at the tree with all the gifts underneath it, THINK! The gifts, the tree, and all this snow is not what Christmas is about. We are sinful people. We always seem to try and mess up everything. God has done a gracious and glorious thing by sending His Son to redeem wretched sinners. What do we do, but turn the celebration of the birth of Christ into a greedy celebration focused on ourselves and what we can get from others. May God open are eyes, for He will not be robbed of His glory. So before you open up your gifts tomorrow, praise God for Christ. Praise Him that He has been so gracious to us who deserve hell. Repent and Trust in Christ, and celebrate His birth tomorrow. Give Him the glory. Thank you Lord Jesus. Amen.




Isaiah 53
The Suffering Servant
1Who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.
3He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
5But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
6All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.
7He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
8By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered
That He was cut off out of the land of the living
For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
9His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a rich man in His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
10But the LORD was pleased
To crush Him, putting Him to grief;
If He would render Himself as a guilt offering,
He will see His offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
11As a result of the anguish of His soul,
He will see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.
12Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out Himself to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.

The New Testament Project

Hey all... Starting in January we will be doing a Bible study of the whole New Testament. This is the basic concept. We will begin in the gospel of Matthew. We will be reading the first seven chapters every night for the month of January. Then in February we will be moving on to the next seven chapters. We will continue to do this until we complete the whole New Testament. This excursion should take us about 2 1/2 years, and it will be well worth it. Repetition is one of the best ways for us to retain stuff. Knowing God's Word is the Christian's best defense. So join us. Go to aneartlysanctuary.blogspot.com to sign up. We will have a blog site set up for accountability and discussion. This site is thenewtestamentproject.wordpress.com
So let us study together to show ourselves approved. God bless!!

What Happened to Preaching Like This?

Thank you Lord. Thank You for Your righteousness, for Your holiness, for Your goodness. You and You alone are good. We thank You for Your grace to still send laborers out into the harvest. We thank You for the revelation of Your Word. May it continue to break people, and we know it shall accomplish what You set it forth to do. Thank You Father for sending Christ. Amen.



Psalm 53:1b-3

1b. There is none who does good.
2.God looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
3.Every one of them has turned aside;
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.

Don't Forget to Celebrate Merry Tossmas

These videos are great. Do you get any catalogs wishing you a happy holiday, well then you should celebrate Merry Tossmas!! The first video is last years version, the second video is this years updated version. God bless and Merry Christmas!!