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Msg #1304 Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

What is a Christian to do when all the world is against him, when world religion pits themselves against the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, when even our freedom founded government calls wrong right and right illegal? Isaiah 12 puts it like this, “In that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.” The born again believer has a brand new position in Christ. We might be a minority, but we alone have Him as our comforter. God is my SALVATION. Only four times in the Bible is the personal name of God even translated into English. Verse 2 is one of those. The name was used 6,519 times and never pronounced in Hebrew. In reading the Hebrew, even today, the name 'Adonai' (English “LORD”) is always pronounced when “JHVH” is encountered in Scripture. So too the King James translators carefully did the same as they put this word in English. It is not to be used lightly or in vain. We can trust and not be afraid because “the LORD JEHOVAH” is my strength and my song; HE also is become my SALVATION! Praise His holy and revered name. Well water is refreshing and life giving. We use it for cleansing as well as drinking. When verse 3 says “Therefore” we should remember what it is there for, and when it says “With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation,” we should visit those wells daily. Five things to do in that day 1) Praise the LORD, 2) call upon his name, 3) declare his doings among the people, 4) make mention that his name is exalted and 5) Sing unto the LORD. Let's get going.

An Essay for week #4 Sun, Jan 27, 13

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Msg #1302 The Outline of All Outlines

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

A marvelous thing about the outline of God's revelation to Isaiah is that it is an outline of God's revelation to mankind, the Holy Bible. First described is the descent of man as he wanders from the place that God intended for him. “Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.” Next it is made clear that there is a judgment pending. “The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.” Third, God desires to pardon mankind. “Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Forth, God does have a point of no return. “If ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.” Fifth, God will send a Daysman Redeemer. “Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.” Indeed, He has sent his Only Begotten Son, … “For unto us a child is born...” Sixth God will always save a remnant. “Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.” And lastly, one day God will restore all Israel, and then all the redeemed of mankind. “And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.”

An Essay for week #2 Sun, Jan 13, 13

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Msg #1301 The Liberal Soul

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

For our Church to be faithful to the commission Christ gave we must take part in sending foreign evangelists preaching the gospel around the world. We have the Picketts in Manitoba, and support, in a small part, a dozen other missionaries around the globe. We want to do more in 2013. We are blessed with folks who give sacrificially and specifically to these missions. Paul's letter to the Philippians closes with six encouragements about their outreach. 1) Stay Faithful – “Now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful.” (4:10) 2) Stay Content – “For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” (4:11) Paul told Timothy “But godliness with contentment is great gain.” Christ instructed us “Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?” 3) Stay in Communication – “Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.“ (4:15) 4) Stay Fruit Bearing – “Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.” (4:17) 5) Stay God Pleasing – “But I have all, and abound: I am full, … an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.” (4:18) and finally 6) Stay God Believing – “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” (4:19) Philippi had here a great encouragement to stay liberal in their missions obligation. So do we. “The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.“

An Essay for week #01, Sun, January 6, 2013

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Msg #1312 A Passover Lamb Without Blemish

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

An Essay for week #12 Sun, Mar 24, 13

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Msg# 1227 Casting All Your Care

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

“Be careful for nothing;” It sounds strange but, “Christians today are entirely to careful.” It is profound that Pastor Daniels, a native Pastor of St. Vincent a Caribbean Island, brought that message to New York. When Christians in 3^rd world countries pray for their daily bread it is often very literal. Americans have so much, and such extreme independence from God, that this Pastor visiting us through H.E.L.P. Ministries could well teach us that we are too “full of care.” The Bible says “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” When circumstances rise up and make us worry we insert halfhearted prayer in this verse. When people cause us to fret and worry we insert incomplete supplication and become full of care. When 'things' or 'lack of things', cause our worry we drop all thanksgiving and forget what Jesus instructed; “Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? … Shall (God) not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?” In a land filled with blessings and more resources than any other country, it concerned Pastor Daniels that we have not learned to cast all our cares on Him. We worry about our things, and fuss over what people say, and burden ourselves over circumstances that are completely out of our control. They are in His control and we need to learn anew to cast all our cares on Him, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, letting your requests be made known unto God, for He careth for you.

An Essay from week # 27, Sunday, July 01, 2012

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Msg# 1228 Rest After Revival?

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

The God of the mountains is still God in the valley. Mountain top experiences don't last long nor carry us far. Doldrums, a word derived from the Middle English 'dull', is a period of stagnation or slump; a period of unhappy listnessness. Listlessness, a word derived from the Middle English 'lacking listen', is to lack energy or to be disinclined to exert effort. Christians hover around these words in our journey through the valleys of life. While there God asked “What doest thou here, Elijah?” (1Kings19) and he wants your response to that question. While camped in doldrums of life take time to Rest (vr5), to Respite (vr6), and Restore, (vr7). Remember “He restoreth my soul? … He leadeth me in paths of righteousness, for His names sake?” God keeps us in these valleys and wants us to Rehearse what He has done, (vr10) Refocus on our purpose and Reenlist for service (vr 15). God does not use earthquake, storm, nor fire to ask, but with a still small voice he Reiterates, “What doest thou here, Elijah?” He wants us to Rejoice, Remember, and then to go and Recruit others. All these 'Rs' were present in Elijah's Retreat which came right after the mountain top Revival. You know the one where he prayed down fire from heaven, fire that consumed the sacrifice and altar, and caused King Ahab and all of Israel say “The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.” (1Kings 18) After his prayer that brought rain to drought old Jezebel drove Elijah to his wilderness retreat. In the same spiritual doldrums which engulf America we need to take full advantage of Elijah's lessons so we can give God answer to “What doest thou here?” Keep busy in retreat.

An Essay from week # 28, Sunday, July 08, 2012

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Msg# 1224 Baptist Letter to a Catholic Priest

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

Sir, calling yourself a 'father' in the Roman Catholic System, please consider carefully what I say here “lest haply ye be found to fight against God”. If your Roman Catholic System is right and there is only one “Holy Mother Church” with her one sanctified “High Priest” called 'Pope', and she alone can dispense the sacraments which mystically produce eternal life in a soul, and I defy her absolutely, calling her “The Great Whore” and “Mother of Harlots”, rejecting all her sacraments, all her Popery, all her Roman traditions, refusing to bow to her authority and refusing to call you or any other of her clergy 'father' and refusing any 'priesthood' that you or they claim to have, then you and she know my fate as sealed and solidly taught in her tradition! Contrariwise, if you, clinging to her holy sacraments as a means of eternal salvation, teaching and holding to her pernicious ways, asking others to call you 'father' and 'priest', bowing to her statues and statutes, and praying to Mother Mary instead of “Our Father, which art in heaven”, you hiding back in that confessional doling out “Hail Mary” penance assignments with no Biblical repentance, you know the certainty of God's Holy Word and your certain fate. One here is right, one here is dead wrong. There is no middle ground. There is no compromise. There is no 'conciliatory' position. There is no brotherhood between you and me. I would say to you “While you have breath in this life you may still reject the Roman Traditions of the Mother of Harlots, REPENT, and cling in FAITH to the Lord Jesus Christ, and Him alone. … Choose you this day whom ye will serve. Your eternity hangs on your choosing.”

An Essay from week # 24, Sunday, June 10, 2012

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Msg# 1225 Knowledge-Wisdom-And-Understanding

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

“The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.” Happy Father's Day. Proverbs10:1 starts a deluge of genius observations which follow the most spectacular crescendo if wisdom ever recorded in human literature. Believers know it to be supernatural literature and the best literature ever kicked out of a public school system. The spectacular climax of wisdom is attained in chapter eight where she is personified as the everlasting creator and Lord of all. My Lord. I trust, your Lord, but many on the broad path called 'Christendom' are yet “denying the Lord that bought them.” The seven chapters up to this crescendo of wisdom literature have seven paragraphs which lead with the opening “My Son.” The first leads off with seven requirements in an 'if-then' clause. The 'then' is our focus for this Father's Day but to attain it requires wading through the seven 'ifs.' Proverbs balances the triune entity of knowledge-wisdom-and-understanding superbly. “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, … The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.” Somewhere it must be clarified that the 'My Son' messages are not gender specific. Indeed John1:12 declares “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, …” In the Bible being a 'son' put you in standing for an inheritance. When you are a believer that's what you are. One using a modernist's bible looses that standing as verse 12 has what they think God 'meant to say', instead of what He said. This worthwhile 'then' is “Understanding the fear of the LORD, and finding the knowledge of God.” Don't miss it.

An Essay from week # 25, Sunday, June 17, 2012

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Msg# 1226 Good Samaritan Attitude

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

Jesus' story of the Good Samaritan ingeniously expounded answers to two questions of the attacking Jewish lawyer. Nick Bickish, missionary to Alaska, summarized His answer with three glimpses of attitude. You'll display one of them daily. The thief that accosted the sojourner along the road from Jerusalem down to Jericho had the attitude “Whats yours is mine. ” He left the man half dead. It is amazing how many people have that attitude. Our Socially Secure socialism propagates that very attitude through generations of welfare recipients. A born again believer cannot carry that attitude long, not when Christ indwells them; and don't forget it was He who said, “If a man won't work, neither should he eat.” Along came the Priest and Levite. These characters were introduced to show the argumentative lawyer that neither the human Priest hood, nor the Levitical Law could attain the eternal life he desired. Their attitude was “What's mine is mine.” Busy about their own business, all concerned about their own resources and their own reputation, these two passed by on the other side. They would not stop and intercede nor minister because they had to go be priestly and minister-ey. A lot of us live with that attitude. Of course in Jesus' story the Samaritan was the only one that was Christlike. He had the attitude “Whats mine is yours.” You would think 'Christians' would spend more time exemplifying this selfless attitude, but it only shows up when we “abide in Him, and He abides in us.” When a child we would sing a song “Jesus, and Others and You, that is the way to spell J-O-Y!” Quite foreign to our hustle-bustle, me-first, I-got-my-rights society. “If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.”

An Essay from week # 26, Sunday, June 24, 2012

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Msg# 1223 Revival's Work and Word

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

Surely we battle against spiritual wickedness in high places but the revival recorded in Nehemiah chapter 8 occurred after the people struggled together with hands in the dirt and backs in the labor. In like manner an autonomous body of believers in a local Church, i.e. the only Church that Jesus built, united in spiritual warfare are benefited by dirty hands and aching backs. Facing the physical demands as well as the opposition of inane building codes with even more inane inspectors; yes taking on the opposition, ridicule, and scoffing of the world, as did Nehemiah and his construction team, builds a unity, a determination, and a fervor that showed up in the spiritual revival that walks on to our Bible in these chapters. It is significant that revival came at 'Rosh Hashanah', the feast of trumpets, at 'Yom Kippur', the day of atonement, and on the 15^th of the 7^th month, in the feast of booths. Every believer should explore the importance of this trinity of holy convocations found in the 'seventh month'. (which makes for a unique search phrase in the King James Bible, you could really learn some things about the three here.) But more significant in the revival is the reading and emphasis on God's Holy Word. So to for our revivals today, there must first be a revival of God's Holy Words. Not the allegorized, modernized, stripped down Alexandrian Manuscripts that war against our Authorized Bible, but a reading, a using, and a obeying of the Bible that contains all the undoctored Holy Word's of God. Old fashioned is still God's chosen method. Gim-me-dat old time revival, out of the old time Authorized Bible. Reading it and heeding it, produced the revival found in Nehemiah's day, and it still can today.

An Essay from week # 23, Sunday, June 03, 2012

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