PEACE - IN A TROUBLED WORLD - LILACLADY JUNEBUG2

SERMON  12.26/21  by Pastor Jim Turner 

LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH

BIRCH BAY WA

                    

This year is about to end,

and with it 

I give you my Word on it 

GOD always keeps 

HIS WORD

HE WILL  DO WHAT HE 

PROMISES TO DO.

Listen to this Sermon

from my Pastor's heart.

Mrs. Wm. Henry Cash, Jr.

June Estelle Cash

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VIDEO - Morning Message 12 26 21 - YouTube

 PEACE IN A TROUBLED WORLD

Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar

 

ON CHRISTMAS EVE -
SOME THOUGHTS
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LUKE 2. 16 

And they came with haste,  and 
found Mary, and Joseph, and 
the babe lying in a manger.

Quite often, it gets lost in the 

telling of the Birth of our 

Lord Jesus Christ

that the Shepherds 

were outside of Jerusalem

in the Bethlehem hills 

taking care of Sheep for 

the Temple Sacrifices.

They were smelly,

dirty,

unclean

and not 

welcome

at the Temple

or in town.

Sheep are harder in 

some ways to 

care for than

pigs, 

because they 

are so dependent

on the Shepherds 

to care for them.

Do you know 

someone 

who is like that ?

the dirty,

the unlovely,

the hard-working poor,

the ones 

who do the work

no one else 

wants to do.

And here they are 

Luke 2.8 And there were in 

the same country shepherds

abiding in the field, keeping 

watch over their flocks

by night.

Luke 2.9 And, lo, the 

Angel of the Lord came upon them,

and the glory of the Lord 

shone round about them,

and they were

sore afraid.

Luke 2.10  And the 

Angel said, Fear not: 

for, behold, I bring you 

good tidings of great joy,

which shall be to all people.

Luke 2.11 For unto you 

is born this day 

in the city of David 

a Saviour, 

Which is Christ the Lord; 

and ye shall find the babe

wrapped in swaddling clothes

lying in a manger.

Luke 2.11  And suddenly 

there was with the angel 

a multitude of the heavenly host

praising God, 

and saying,

Luke 2.12  GLORY TO GOD

IN THE HIGHEST,

AND ON EARTH

PEACE, GOOD WILL 

TOWARD MEN.

Luke 2. 16  And they came with haste, 

and found Mary, and Joseph,

and the babe laying in a mange.

DO YOU SEE THE WONDER

OF IT ALL? 

THE GLORY OF IT ALL? 

A babe promised from the 

time of Adam's fall was to 

be "of the seed of a woman" 

And we know that women only

have "eggs"  not seed.

SO GOD DID THE MIRACLE 

OF ALL WHEN THE 

BABE WAS CONCEIVED 

IN MARY'S WOMB - 

A BABE OF THE LINE OF 

DAVID 

A BABE THAT WAS 

TO BE BORN IN 

THE CITY OF DAVID -

BETH-LE-HEM.

A BABE THAT 

WAS TO BE 

GOOD TIDINGS OF 

GREAT JOY

TO ALL PEOPLE.

A BABE THAT

WAS WRAPPED

IN SWADDLING CLOTHES

These were what

people used to 

wrap the dead in 

so it was 

a sign of 

WHY HE CAME

-

\These Shepherds knew

about death and dying

and about sacrifice

they knew

for 

they 

took care of 

the Temple sheep

which had to 

be 

CLEAN 

PURE 

SET APART

AND 

WITHOUT BLEMISH

for the 

sacrifices in

the Temple.

These Shepherds were

the first to hear 

the news.

As I approach this 

CHRISTMAS EVE 

I remember His Coming

with Holy Awe 

with JOY 

and with 

the  knowledge

that without 

THIS DEAR BABE 

IN THE MANGER 

I WOULD

BE 

;LOST.

without 

THE SACRIFICE HE 

MADE TO COME 

FROM HEAVEN FOR ME

TO DIE ON THE CROSS 

THAT I MIGHT 

BE SAVED 

ETERNALLY,

AND 

THAT I 

MIGHT LIVE

AND WALK

IN THE GLORY

AND THE 

KNOWLEDGE

OF 

HIS 

LOVE 

SO WORSHIP WITH ME 

ON CHRISTMAS EVE 

THE ONE 

WHO 

CAME 

FROM HEAVEN 

TO DIE 

ON THE CROSS 

THAT WE

MIGHT 

LIVE 

ETERNALLY.

EPHESIANS 1. 7 

In whom we have redemption

through his blood, the 

forgiveness of sins, according to 

the riches of his 

grace

JOHN 1.12 

11. As many as received him,

to them gave he power 

to become the sons of 

God, even to them

that believe on his name,

Titus 2. 11 - 14

11. For the grace of God that 

bringeth salvation 

hath appeared to all men, 

12. Teaching us that,

denying ungodliness 

and worldly lusts,  we

should live soberly, righteously, 

and godly, in this present world, 

13. looking for that blessed hope, 

and the glorious appearing

of the great God and our

Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ:

14. Who gave himself for us,

that he might redeem us 

from all iniquity,

and purify unto himself

a peculiar people, 

zealous of good works.

REVELATION 22.20  

SURELY I COME QUICKLY

              

REFLECTIONS ON ISRAEL AND MOTHER'S DAY

                                                                             REFLECTIONS ON 

ISRAEL AND MOTHER'S DAY 

Isaiah 66.13

AS ONE WHOM HIS 

MOTHER COMFORTETH, 

SO WILL I COMFORT YOU; 

AND YE SHALL BE

COMFORTED IN

JERUSALEM.

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Thinking today on what the Bible 
says about Israel, on her day May 9, 
and as to God's view of her, 
and of our Mothers.
When Isaiah penned this Word given from God, 
the warning of coming destruction and judgment 
upon Jerusalem had been already given.
Yet, in all the doom and gloom of the
warnings, here God
gives HIS VIEW.

AS ONE WHOM HIS MOTHER COMFORTETH 

ISAIAH 66.13  

This is a  PROMISE the LORD God gave

to Judah in her time of need.

The warnings of the Prophet Isaiah

to the southern Kingdom of Judah 

was that she needed to 

repent, and return

to the LORD God.

Judgment was coming on the land.

Warnings were everywhere.

No one wanted to listen.

No one wanted to hear.

Focus on what we are doing, 

they thought.

Focus on what was past.

and so they

were listening to 

the prophets who told them

good things were coming 

and not bad.

These however were false.

Their prophecies were not 

from the LORD God.

My Mother and Father with me 

as a little baby in June of 1933

Three days old, Daddy graduated

from High School the night I was born.

They were both 17 years old.   

When I read the words from this passage

"as one whom his mother comforteth, 

so will I comfort you"  I find a 

quality in the LORD God that usually

does not seem to be 

recognized by most.

My Mother was to me my dearest 

friend.   She nurtured me, from the time

I was conceived until I grew old 

enough to do for myself.

Her father wanted her to have

an abortion.

It was not "right" to have this child

he said.

Her husband wanted her to

have an abortion.

He was afraid.

He was young.

He was not ready.

but my Mother had faith 

that somehow

God would give ME  life.

She said, 

I took the abortives 

like I was told,

but I prayer 

very hard, 

God, please let this Baby come.

AND SO I CAME.

A bright brown eyed red head

of a little child.

My father grew to love me.

He listened to me when I told him 

things.

My grandfather accepted me 

and learned to be fond of me.

Although I never understood

that at this time

there was a sad

thing happening

in the world 

to the Jewish people,

I knew SOME THING

was not right.

Most people would say

"I imagine it"  but I know what

I heard when I was in 

my mother's womb.

It was 1933. Before I was born.

Hitler was speaking on the radio,

and Grandmother, Mother,

and me in Mother's womb were

there, listening to

the harsh 

shrill

loud

hateful

voice 

of 

this man Adolf Hitler.

When I was a little girl of three,

and wandered in my grandmother's

living room, I would see

the radio there and

I remembered 

THAT VOICE SO FEARFUL

No one talked about who he was.

I never heard anyone tell

me of what was 

happening.

But somehow,

I KNEW WHAT WAS

GOING ON.  

In my first day at school

as a Kindergarten student I 

attended in Boston MA 

to a class there.

A large class of about

sixty of us.

One lady took six of us 

into a circle of chairs 

to teach us 

how to read 

with flash cards 

and 

phonetic sounds.

I noticed on the board 

there was a 

picture of children

somewhere  where they

were also in 

class.

They looked sad.

They looked forlorn.

Wistful, solemn, not smiling.

Thin faces.

They must be hungry I thought.

Later I learned that 

was a picture from Germany.

It was placed on front page 

newspapers everywhere

proclaiming the 

goodness of German 

Education.

As a t small child I was very 

much aware of people and 

their feelings.

Here I felt I WAS SUCH A BIG GIRL

FOR GRANDMA TOLD ME I WAS 

HELPING HER WEED.

Here I am at 5 years of age.

It is now 1938 and the 

memories I still

have of the 

things I saw in my mind

and my spirit

of the hate 

the hurt 

the way people 

were treating other 

people 

made me 

a little 

cautious 

about 

making friends.

We moved a lot.

I mean, we moved a lot.

Daddy was out of work, looking

for work, and we went with 

him.   From Adams, MA to

Boston MA and back again

and then returning

to try again.

I found my MOTHER was 

indeed MY BEST FRIEND

THE ONE I COULD TALK TO

AND

SHE COMFORTED ME.

As I look back, and

see how God gave

me "impressions" of 

the Holocaust, yet 

gave me courage to live,

I think now of this passage

in Isaiah which 

God told His People

bad things were coming

and it was because 

they did not turn to Him.

As I looked at 

what happened in the Holocaust

and as I discovered later on,

that the Evil that men do 

to others is going to 

be judged by the 

JUDGE OF ALL 

THE LIVING GOD

THE ONLY TRUE GOD

will judge all 

the wicked.

As a child, of three,  I went 

to church on EASTER SUNDAY 

only to be placed 

in a Nursery

where there were blocks

and toys.

I looked - disappointed -

around - and then I SAW ON THE

WALL BY THE WINDOWS 

some pictures 

What were these? 

I stepped to look closer

and found

EACH ONE BECKONING ME

TO LOOK 

so I DID.  

IT WAS LIKE I WAS 

SURROUNDED BY A GLOW

I WAS UNAWARE OF ANY

THING EXCEPT THE 

PICTURES.

As I looked at these pictures

I saw an Angel with a 

woman....I thought about that ...

the next picture showed Mary traveling

on a donkey with Joseph by her side.

I did not know their names, but I knew from

Christmas songs who it was...Joseph and Mary.

Then I looked at a picture with Angels 

in the night air over the Shepherds. 

Then the Shepherds at the Manger.

The next picture showed 

the wise men worshipping the Baby.

Jesus as a little boy 

helping Joseph in carpentry.

Another picture showed

Jesus teaching the people from

a boat.  

Jesus blessing the children.

Jesus 

Jesus riding on a donkey

into Jerusalem 

people praising God 

as he approached

Jesus dying on the cross 

between two thieves,

and 

Jesus ascending into heaven

from the Disciples looking as he went up.

Brrrinng.......the Bell rang 

for the end of the Sunday School time.

NOISES LOUD  blocks crashed down,

children crying and talking, 

the glow went away

and I was in the 

NURSERY ROOM AGAIN.

It was like I had God's Spirit

telling me 

THIS IS THE STORY.

LISTEN TO IT.

When I got home, Mother asked 

"What did you learn about Jesus? 

I said,   Mother,  I saw some pictures

and I think God was telling me that He came as 

a little baby to show us Who God Is and He died 

on the Cross but He rose again, so when I grow up I will

find out more about  Him.    

WHY ? was this important to Mother?

She had already told me, 

that "because you are part Jewish, maybe

when you grow up, and find out 

Who God Is, you can tell me, and I will

believe.

Here my Mother and I stood in 

1955 at Grandmother's house.

I was grown now, in college, 

working, and looking toward

serving Christ.  

My Mother was my 

best friend.  

I was able to lead her

to a certainty of faith

in Christ Jesus our Lord,

but I believe her

simple 

childlike 

faith 

was begun 

when she had faith

to believe 

I would be born.

ISRAEL WILL BE COMFORTED

SO TOO WILL YOU  

NO MATTER WHAT THE PAIN

NO MATTER WHAT THE HEARTACHE

NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES

GOD 

WILL 

COMFORT 

US.

JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR

HAS PROMISED

US

ETERNAL LIFE 

if we believe on His Finished Work on the Cross

JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR

HAS PROMISED

US 

A COMFORTER 

TO BE WITH US

TO BE DWELLING IN US 

AND

THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS

BUT THE COMFORTER

WHICH IS THE HOLY GHOST,

WHOM THE FATHER 

WILL SEND IN MY NAME;

HE SHALL TEACH

YOU ALL THINGS, 

AND BRING ALL

THINGS TO YOUR

REMEMBRANCE

WHATSOEVER

I HAVE SAID UNTO YOU.

John 14.26   

TO THE JEW, 

WAS GIVEN THE PROMISE

OF A NEW COVENANT 

IN

THE PROPHETS.

JOHN 14.6 

I AM THE WAY

THE TRUTH

AND THE LIFE,

NO MAN COMETH

UNTO THE FATHER

BUT 

BY ME.

JESUS IS COMING AS HE PROMISED

                     JOHN CHAPTER 14.1 - 3

LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED;

YE BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME,

IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE 

MANY MANSIONS, IF IT WERE NOT SO, I 

WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU.   I GO TO 

PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. 

AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE

FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN, 

THAT WEHRE I AM, THERE YE MAY BE

ALSO.            

                  

           

Here I give you a promise too for 

the coming generations    

Isaiah 54.13

AND ALL THEY CHILDREN 

SHALL BE TAUGHT OF THE LORD; 

AND GREAT SHALL BE 

THE PEACE OF THY CHILDREN.

Someday  Isreal will see the    MILLENIAL REIGN OF CHRIST.

DURING THIS TIME OF 1000 YEARS THERE WILL

BE PEACE IN JERUSALEM

THERE WILL BE LAUGHTER AND JOY 

THERE WILL BE THE SOUND OF THE BRIDEGROOM WITH HIS BRIDE,

THE PLANTING OF TREES AND 

THE HARVESTING OF CROPS.

THE PROMISE OF GOD TO ISRAEL 

IS A PROMISE OF ASSURANCE

TO THE CHRISTIAN 

FOR 

WE ARE GRAFTED INTO THE ROOT

THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

HE IS THE VINE 

WE ARE THE BRANCHES.

WE CAN TRUST GOD 

TO KEEP HIS PROMISES TO ISRAEL

WE CAN TRUST GOD 

TO KEEP HIS PROMISE 

TO US AS BELIEVERS IN CHRIST JESUS

HIS SON

GOD;S BOOK THE K J V BIBLE 

IS TO BE TRUSTED

MATTHEW 4.4 MAN SHALL NOT LIVE

BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD

THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.  

PSALM 119..105 THY WORD IS A LAMP

UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.

PSALM 12.6,6,7

THE WORDS OF THE LORD ARE PURE WORDS;

AS SILVER TRIED IN A FURNACE OF EARTH,

PURIFIED SEVEN TIMES. THOU SHALT KEEP 

THEM, O LORD, THOU SHALT PRESERVE 

THEM FROM THIS GENERATION FOR EVER. 

JOHN 3.16

FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD

THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON,

THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD

NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.

THREE YEARS OLD 

ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS

1936   

HOW GLAD I AM ON MOTHER'S DAY TO SAY

GOD LOVES ME, 

AND GOD LOVES YOU.

WHY NOT START TODAY 

TO 

READING GOD'S WORD

TO FIND HIM 

AND TO KNOW HIM

AND TO LOVE HIM

HE WILL COMFORT YOU 

AS ONE WHOSE MOTHER COMFORTS HIM.

                                

 

RESURRECTION - JESUS IS RISEN AS HE SAID

RESURRECTION - JESUS IS RISEN AS HE SAID

            Matthew 28.1  In the end of the sabbath, as it began 

              to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary

               Magdalene and the other Mary to see he sepulchre.

              Matthew 28.2  And, behold, thee was a great earth-

              quake: for the angel of the Lord descended from 

              heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from 

               the door, and sat upon it. 

              Matthew 28.3  His countenance was like lightning, 

            and his raiment white as snow:  

                Matthew 28.4  And for fear of him the keepers 

               did shake, and became as dead men. 

                 Matthew 28.5   And the angel answered, and said

               unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye 

               seek Jesus, which was crucified. 

                Matthew 28. 6  He is not here: for he is risen, as he

               said.  Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 

               Matthew 28.7  And go quickly, and tell his disciples

                 that He is risen from the dead; and, behold, he 

                 goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see

                  him:  I have told you.  

             Matthew 28.8  And they departed quickly from 

                the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did 

                run to bring his disciples word. 

               Matthew 28.9   And as they went to tell His disciples, 

                 behold, Jesus met them, saying,  All Hail.  and they

             came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.

                Matthew 28.10   Then said Jesus unto them, saying, 

              Be not afraid;  go tell my brethren that they go into 

                Galilee. and there they shall see me. 

                        The last three days had been so heavy, so sad,

              and they missed Jesus so much.    They kept thinking

               has this really happened.  Yes, it really happened. 

                  Over and over in their minds and in their hearts 

                    the events of the last week they went over and 

                     over.    

                     

                       These ladies came to the tomb expecting to

                         have to find a way in.   

                           The  earthquake took care of that, and 

                        the Angel came and sat on the very stone 

                        that had held the door closed. 

                         The guards became "as dead" ones - they

                        were in a state of somber fright. 

                          The ladies looked and the angel spoke to

                         them.   What news !   ? ?   

                             It does not say whether they looked to see

                           if he was not really there -   they believed 

                           the angel and started running to give the 

                           news the blessed news  that JESUS HAS 

                             RISEN AS HE SAID.

                        As they are running the Lord Himself showed

                            himself to them.   It must have been so 

                           grand !    They clung to his feet, and 

                             yes, worshipped Him.   

         

                              The word in the Greek for "worshipped" 

                             is to bow - to prostrate oneself at the feet 

                              of the One being worshipped. 

                             When Jesus was calling men "repent ye, for 

                           the Kingdom of heaven is at hand"  he healed

                          many people.   They "worshipped" him.   

                           There are some who say, Jesus never 

                              claimed to be God, but I beg to differ. 

                           Scripture tells us again and again, that 

                             the very reason and the only reason 

                           He died on the Cross was that He 

                              Declared Himself to be the Very Son of 

                             God.     It may interest you to know that 

                              legally the trials of Jesus were unjust

                                because it was illegal most of all 

                             in the Law of Moses, and in tradition, 

                              that one could not be tried for His own  

                              word, it had to be two witnesses that 

                            agreed.   

                               So you see, when the High Priest 

                               asked, (Matthew 27.63 I adjure you 

                              by the living God, that thou tell us 

                              whether thou be the Christ, the Son 

                              of God."    

                               (Matthew 27.64) Jesus saith unto him,

                                Thou hast said; nevertheless I say unto

                                 you, Hereafter ye shall see the Son 

                                of man sitting on the right hand of 

                                     power, coming in the clouds of 

                               heaven."   

                           

                               The Risen Savior took the sins of all

                                   mankind upon Himself when He 

                                  willingly went to the Cross.

              

                                In John the 3rd Chapter Jesus told 

                           a ruler named Nicodemus that was exa tly

                           why He came into the world.   

                            John chapter 3.

                              verse 11.  Verily, Verily, I say unto thee, 

                              we know that we do know, and testify

                             that we have seen, and ye receive not 

                            my witness. 

                            verse 12.  If I have told you earthly things, 

                           and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, 

                          if I tell you of heavenly things? 

                              verse 13.  And no man hath ascended up

                             to heaven, but he that came down from 

                             heaven, even the Son of man which is in 

                            heaven.   

                           verse 14.   And as Moses lifted up the 

                         serpent in the wilderness, even so must the

                           Son of man be lifted up.

                            verse 15.  That whosoever believeth in 

                            him should not perish, but have 

                              everlasting life. 

                              verse 16.  FOR GOD SO LOVED THE 

                            WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY 

                           BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER 

                            BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT 

                             PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING

                           LIFE. 

                            verse 17. For God sent not His son into 

                           the world to condemn the world, but 

                            that the world through him might be 

                            saved.   

                            verse 18. He that believeth on him is 

                              not condemned; but he that believeth

                               not is condemned already, because 

                              he hath not believe in the name of 

                              the only begotten Son of God. 

                           

                           Only the Risen Christ can change 

                                  a life -  for only in the 

                              shed blood of Jesus the Pure 

                          and Sinless Son of God could 

                            bear the sin of all that we 

                            might come to God the Father

                            through His Name, and it is 

                           told us that we are to go and tell

                                GOD'S LOVE FOR YOU.

                           To find God's Love is to find Hope.

                             The LORD HIMSELF is the same 

                            yesterday, today, and forever. 

                                   Hebrews 13.8 

                                Jesus Christ the Same Yesterday

                                Today and Forever. 

                                    

                                          

                                          AS FORGETMENOTS BLOOM IN THE SPRING
                                            MAY YOU FIND RESURRECTION POWER
                                               BY LETTING JESUS BE YOUR SAVIOR
                                                AND ASKING HIM TO DO IT BECAUSE
                                                  HE ALONE IS ABLE TO SAVE.

                       

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