A Word from THE WORD
Good Morning Happy Church,
Today is Saturday, February 27th, 2016. Today is the 58th Day of 2016.
Today is Krisia Hector’s 15th Birthday!
TOMORROW we will be led in worship by our GREATEST COMMON FACTOR Youth Group!
This is going to be GREAT!
There are only 308 days left in this year; and, there are only 43 Days Left until Our Spring Revival Begins!
We will begin the Revival Meetings on Saturday, April 9th with a Banquet and Sermon at 6pm.
Sunday, April 10th, we will hear Bro Bobby at 10am and again at 6pm.
Monday and Tuesday, April 11th and 12, we will hear Bro Bobby at 7pm each night!
Please clear your schedule to attend as many of these meetings as possible.
As I often say, “The two things you have to invest to be blessed are your Attendance and your Attention!”
Please be in prayer for Dr. Bobby and Sandra Boyles as they travel here and back.
Pray that God will pour out HIS SPIRIT on us as never before!
Pray for the salvation of the lost; repentance and renewal in the life of God’s people; new people to become part of our Church Family; the calling out of ministers and missionaries; a spiritual awakening in our area; and, for Jesus Christ to be glorified in all that we do!
Luke 15:11-24
11 “And he said, “There was a man who had two sons.
12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them.
13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.
14 And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need.
15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
16 And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
17 “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’
20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22 But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
23 And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate.”
24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.”
Confession!
Verse 21 of this famous passage gives us another key element in the story of the Prodigal Son’s return to the Father.
He simply says to his Father, “I have sinned…”
Easy for him to say! Hard for us.
ὁμολογῶμεν (homologomen) means “to say the same word.” “Homo = same” “logo-men” means “say a word.”
So, “homologomen” means to say the same word. The New Testament translators render it as “confess.”
If we tell a Judge that what the Police Officer is exactly true, we have just said “the same words” as he said.
Confession!
God has a lot to say about our sins.
Sometimes, we fall into sin; sometimes we drift off into sin; sometimes – like the Prodigal Son – we dive into sin.
However we get into sin; sin is still sin.
Once we have determined that “I will arise and go to my Father” we must SAY THE SAME WORDS ABOUT OUR SIN THAT HE SAYS ABOUT OUR SIN.
That is confession; the one true demonstration of sincere repentance.
THEN, there is NOT condemnation, but a Celebration; but, that is for the next devotional thought!
Confession. Saying to God what HE has already said about our sins.
Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!
Will we really have revival?
We will soon see!
Carpe Diem!
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