Author: Pastor Dan Nickerson

Man has sinned, rebelled against God, and so sin entered the world.  (Genesis 2:16-17)…..“And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; “but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Because of man’s sin he is separated from God. (Isaiah 59:1-2)…..“Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; Nor his ear heavy, that it cannot hear. But …

(Romans 2:5-16)…..⁵ But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, ⁶ who “will render to each one according to his deeds”: ⁷ eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; ⁸ but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first …

 So amazing is God’s plan of redemption that God knew the right time for Jesus to be born to accomplish His purpose (Galatians 4:4). From the beginning God began to move an ancestral line which would bring about the birth of Jesus Christ, you can read this in (Matthew 1:1-17) (Luke 3:23-38), and the thought and care it took for God to bring us His Son, in His right time, is incredible. This was not something that should have caught anyone by surprise, Moses and the prophets had …

(Mark 6:31)…..And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

One preacher paraphrased this verse by saying “come apart before you come apart.” Jesus is our source and place of rest, so resting should be a turning to God, not a turning away from Him. Rest is something that every part of our body, physically, spiritually, and emotionally needs. As much as our bodies need …

(Colossians 1:9-12)…..⁹ For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; ¹⁰ that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; ¹¹ strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; ¹² giving thanks to the Father who …