I hope that everyone is preparing their hearts during this Lenten season for the glorious time of Easter when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. He is alive, and because He lives, we will rise with Him when He comes to this earth.
Today, I am going to conclude our series of messages about the subject of faithfulness. We will then move into Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter with our messages. After that, I have several different things planned out for the remainder to the year.
As we close out our series on faithfulness, I want us to look at the importance of being faithful in studying about and carrying out the way of Jesus. The Bible says that Jesus is the same yesterday, and today and forever. It also tells us that we are to look to Jesus and keep our eyes on Him. We are to follow Him in the way that He has shown us to go.
In order to be able to faithfully follow Jesus, we have to know what Jesus taught us. We have to learn about His way. One of the ways that we do this is by diligently and faithfully studying the Bible. I urge each of you to read, read and re-read the Gospels. Find out what Jesus said and how He lived while He was here on this earth. I would especially urge you to read what I call the core teachings of Jesus found in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7 and the Sermon on the Plain recorded in Luke 6. Also read and study extensively the Upper Room Discourse found in John chapters 13-16.
When we know what it is that Jesus taught and what He did, it is then up to us to be faithful in doing the things that Jesus told us to do, and we must act like Jesus here in this world. We cannot just be hearers of the Word, we have to be doers of the Word as well.
One of the teachings of Jesus that I have placed a lot of emphasis on is the Golden Rule. Jesus called us to do unto others as we would have done unto us. If we would all be faithful in following this important teaching of Jesus, the entire world would be a much better place than it is right now.
The core of Jesus' teaching is that we are to love God with all that we have within us, and we are to love our neighbors as ourselves. Jesus was all about loving others. We are to be faithful in sharing the love of Jesus with others and loving this world just as Jesus did.
Let all of us be faithful in following the Lord Jesus. He is the Way. He will always be with us as we faithfully do His will in this world. Amen.
Prayer Requests
So far, the storms have not caused any problems where I live. I thank the Lord for this. Please keep praying that my health will continue to improve.
Pray for those in Myanmar and Thailand who have been affected by the earthquake. Pray that they will receive the help and the aid that they need to recover.
Continue to pray for those recovering from storms on Mayotte.
Let us all keep praying for peace. Pray for peace in Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Sudan and the other troubled areas of this world.
For our prayer focus countries this week, let us pray for those in the nations of Pakistan and Chad. Pray that many will come to know Jesus.
Next week, I will post the message on Friday as usual. I will post the verses on Tuesday. May God bless you all.
