The more genuine and the deeper our community becomes, the more will everything else between us recede, the more clearly and purely will Jesus Christ and his work become the one and only thing that is vital between us. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
When God was merciful to us, we learned to be merciful with our brethren. When we received forgiveness instead of judgment, we, too, were made ready to forgive our brethren. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Scripture
This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool.”
Observation
The Lord declares that heaven is his throne and the earth is his footstool. Regardless of where the house is that they build for Him, He has made it all, and they came into being at His command.
The Lord has made all people, and yet they come to Him with offerings and incense even though they eat unclean food and worship idols.. People have chosen their own ways and delight in their sins, so therefore so therefore the Lord will punish them harshly.
Can a country be born in a day? This is what the Lord will do for his people. Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her.
The Lord promises to extend peace to Jerusalem and bring the wealth of nations to her.
The Lord will gather the nations together from all over the world. They will proclaim the Lord’s glory. All mankind will come and bow before the Lord.
Application
The Lord’s says that heaven is His throne and the earth is His footstool.
The Lord is the one who made it all and owns it all, including the people on it.
Because the Lord controls the heavens those who think the stars determine their destiny are foolish.
And because the Lord owns the Earth, those who think they can live independently of the Lord are also foolish. He owns it all, including us.
Therefore , theright response to God’s grace is to surrender our lives to Him. God will punish those who choose their own way, especially those who have a veneer of respectable faith.
Let us give ourselves entirely to worshipping and obeying our Lord.
Prayer
Thank you Lord for the privilege of being called your child. Please help me to live for you every day. Amen.
Only in Jesus Christ are we one, only through him are we bound together. To eternity he remains the one Mediator. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The final session of the Apostolic Summit is Sunday morning, when the Summiteers combine with the standard Peace Apostolic Church congregation. During the service there was a celebration of 50 years of ministry by John & Hazel.
David Alley, John’s eldest son, brought the message, which was a sort of summing up of the weekend.
John 21
Third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after the resurrection.
Vs. 1-7
“It is the Lord!”
The Lord directs everything
When Luther nailed the theses to the door, Zinzendorf took in the refugees, William Carey went to India, John Wesley heard the gospel, William Booth started preaching, it was the Lord!
In the early 1990s when John Alley sat down with Chuck Clayton for lunch in Sizzlers that was the Lord.
When the disciples first saw Jesus they didn’t recognise him. Sometimes things happen that don’t like the Lord, they are.
He is at work doing things among us.
If the Lord is not with us, nothing happens.
Vs. 8-14
Everything is about Jesus.
What’s the point of building the biggest church or visiting pastors in Africa, if it’s not about the Lord?
Vs. 15-24
Jesus is the focus
Jesus tells Peter three things
Look to Jesus, not what other people are doing. He is the Lord! Don’t compare self to others. Don’t be grumpy because you aren’t getting what you want.
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