Some Things to Do Before Jesus Comes Back (pt3) by Dr. Rod Mattoon

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This is Part 3 of Some Things to Do Before Jesus Comes Back. This is a small portion of the message that was preached on Wednesday night, May 17,2023, at Lincoln Land Baptist Church. Here is the next thing we can do before Jesus comes back. Be Absorbed in Your Spiritual Growth and Service to Christ 1 Timothy 4:15-Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Pondering and thinking about God’s Word will do wonders for you in helping you to grow spiritually and walk with God. You will be amazed at what the Holy Spirit will teach you as you meditate on the Scriptures. Thomas Watson said, “Scripture truth becomes more profitable by meditation. The promises are flowers growing in the paradise of Scripture. Meditation, like the bee, sucks out the sweetness of them. The incense, when it is pounded and beaten, smells the sweetest. Meditating on a promise, like the beating of incense, makes it most odoriferous and pleasant. The promises may also be compared to a gold mine, which enriches when the gold is dug out. By holy meditation, we dig out that spiritual gold which lies hidden in the mine of the promise and enriches our souls.” Timothy was to “give himself wholly” to the truths of Scripture which means he was to be absorbed or controlled by them. When it came to walking with God and serving Christ, he was not to put one toe in the water. He was to jump in with both feet and sink until the water was over his head, if you please. He was to be like a sponge that soaks up the water in which it is immersed. Beloved, when it comes to Jesus, we are to have the same attitude and do the same things. Walking with the Lord, growing stronger spiritually, and serving the Lord should consume the thoughts of every Christian. We ought to live, eat, breathe, and sleep, Jesus. That is not an unreasonable command. Consider what Jesus said when He gave us the priority commandment, Commandment Uno or Commandment One. * Mark 12:30- And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. A prominent American who was visiting Argentina was asked by the president of the republic, "Why has South America gotten on so poorly and North America so well? What do you think is the reason?" The visitor replied, "I think the reason is the fact that the Spaniards came to South America seeking gold, while the Pilgrim Fathers came to North America seeking God." Beloved, God wants us to seek Him and spend time loving, honoring, and worshiping Him. He is to be the love of our life most of all. Oswald Smith said, "To obtain God's best, we must give our best. To win, we must surrender. To live, we must die. To receive, we must give." Bob Jones Sr. stated, "Give God your heart and He will comb the kinks out of your head."

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• Jesus Christ