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FBBC Maynard Joh 8:32 And ye shall KNOW THE TRUTH, and the truth shall make you free.

09/15/2025

Isn’t it interesting that whenever someone dies, almost everyone at the funeral will boldly claim they’re “in a better place now”.
Where do you get that? Where do you think that comes from? Are you saying that out of ignorance or to soothe your own conscious? The truth is, if they haven’t accepted the Gospel, they aren’t in a better place. Why? Because they’re dead in their sin and it’ll take an eternity to pay that off. Where do I get this belief? From the word of God. The 1611 King James Holy Bible. Remember what the word of God says:

WE ALL HAVE SIN:
Romans 3:23 KJV
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

SIN IS COSTLY:
Romans 6:23 KJV
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

JESUS PAID THE PRICE!
Colossians 2:14 KJV
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

JESUS TOOK ON YOUR SIN DEBT:
John 1:29 KJV
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

YOU MUST BECOME A NEW CREATURE:
2 Corinthians 9:17 KJV
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

SAVED BY FAITH, NOT WORKS.
Ephesian 2:8-9 KJV
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

SAVING FAITH IN THE GOSPEL!
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV
15 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

YOU LIVE, YOU DIE, THEN JUDGMENT
Hebrews 9:27 KJV
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN OF THE SPIRIT!
Not everyone goes to Heaven. Not everyone goes to a better place. You don’t get to Heaven by doing good works.. salvation through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ comes from accepting the Gospel.
Accepting the work Christ FINISHED at Calvary.

IT IS FINISHED!
John 19:30 KJV
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

DO YOU ACCEPT IT?
The choice will be yours.

09/15/2025

Monday September 15, 2025
Read Daniel chapters 1-3.

“Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up” Daniel 3:16-18.

The nation of Israel had been conquered by Babylon. Many of the people of Israel had been taken captive and transported to Babylon to serve in various capacities. This number included many young men who were believed to possess qualities that could prove useful. These qualities ranged from mental strength and wisdom to superior occupational skills.

Four of these young men play a pivotal role in the Book of Daniel. One of these, of course, is Daniel, who was renamed Belteshazzar. The Babylonians also gave new names to his three friends. Hananiah had his name changed to Shadrach. The name of Mishael was changed to Meshach. Azariah was renamed Abednego.

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, like Daniel, had remained faithful to the Lord even in the face of many challenges, including pressure to conform to the ungodly ways of the Babylonians. This, of course, would have involved worshipping idols in the form of graven images. They knew this was forbidden by the Word of God. “Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled” 1 Corinthians 8:7.

The king of Babylon, who was named Nebuchadnezzar, had a statue built as a tribute to himself. He made a decree that went out throughout the kingdom that all should bow before the image of the king. Most in the kingdom obediently worshiped before the statue.

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused to bow before the statue. They would not sin against God by committing this act of idolatry. There must have been great pressure to simply follow the crowd and bow, but these brave young Hebrews would not defile themselves. “Only let your conversation be as it becometh the Gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the Gospel” Philippians 1:27.

They knew they would be facing a death sentence. Reading the words of these young men in the face of death should encourage us to push forward for the cause of Christ. When the words were spoken, If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, they knew God would deliver them whether it would be in life or death.

The world has no hold on the believer who has their faith placed in Christ. He holds our lives, not man.

“For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the LORD; and whether we die, we die unto the LORD: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the LORD's. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that He might be LORD both of the dead and living” Romans, 14:7–9.

Although life sometimes is bitter, earth's trials will seem small when we see Jesus.

Christ is revealed in today’s reading of Daniel chapters 1-3 as The Stone that smote the image(Daniel 2:35). The Stone is Jesus Christ (Acts 4:11 “This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner”. Ephesians 2:20 “And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone”.1 Peter 2:4-8 “To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on Him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe He is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the Word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed”.

Word Study:
Daniel 1:4 Children in whom was no blemish = Young men who were strong and healthy.
Daniel 2:1 his sleep brake from him = he was unable to sleep.
Daniel 2:31 great image . . . was terrible = dreadful, awesome, frightening.
Daniel 3:19 the form of his visage = his facial expression.
Daniel 3:21 hosen = other garments.

Pray and praise God with a spirit of thankfulness for His goodness. Psalms 107:1 “O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever”. Psalms 107:21 “Oh that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!”

Memory Verse for the Week: Psalms 145:10 “All Thy works shall praise Thee, O LORD; and Thy saints shall bless Thee”.

08/04/2025

Memory verse of the week: Psalms 89:1 “I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations”.

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