People Need The LORD

Apr 5th, 2014 People Need The LORD

The Saturday Morning Post by Pastor Ted Stahl

Today’s Passage – 1 Samuel 22 – 24

(Second Milers also read – Matthew 9 – 10; Proverbs 5; Psalms 21 – 25

“David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.” (1Samuel 22:1-2)

Good morning. Your family needs the Lord. Everyone in distress needs the Lord. Everyone who is in debt needs the Lord. Everyone who is discontented needs the Lord. And they all flocked to David because he had the Lord. People need the Lord. Some think they don’t need the Lord, and Jesus told this parable…

“…A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.” (Luke 14:16-24)

People need the Lord. All people: for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. We all need the Lord. All we can expect from the world is temporary: we will still have distress, we will still have debt, and we will still be discontented. We all need the Lord. People need the Lord.

“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. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” (John3:16-17)

Jesus died for the sins of the world: the sins of the drug addict, the sins of the alcoholic, the sins of the pornographer, the sins of the politicians (…and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone…” (Revelation 21:8)), the sins of the pastors, the sins of the congregations, the sins of the thief, the sins of the murderer, the sins of the homosexual, the sins of the lesbian, the sins of the Pope, the sins of Billy Graham, the sins of those who think they have not sinned, and the sins of everyone else: people need the Lord.

“Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.” (Ezekiel 16:1-8)

As we look at the possibility of starting a Reformers Unanimous here at Jersey Shore Baptist, keep us in prayer. This program is for everyone who has an addiction. And for everyone who has their “ducks in a row”, it will put them in order for you. People need the Lord. Will you help?

Peace. (Isaiah 51:5-6)