You can have a $10.00 watch in a $500.00 Pulsar watch box and the watch is still a $10.00 watch. Then you can put a $500.00 Pulsar watch in a Burger King Hamburger bag and still the watch is valuable. In our text, we have treasure in earthen vessels. The value of something can be misjudged by its surroundings. Once a $4,000.00 painting in a rummage sale sold for $5.00. God put the greatest treasure, the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit into us, the earthen vessels.
The Gospel is the one great treasure. The Bible tells us once a man found a perfect pearl and he sold everything he had to buy it. Many of our saints died for the Gospel- the message of Salvation. This message of Salvation distinguishes the Church from other well-doing organizations. The Church is made up of people of no big greatness in society. God uses common folk, poor folk and ones who make mistakes to spread the Gospel. The Church is an earthen vessel that sometimes has worldliness in it. The Church is susceptible to human error and frailties. Because some churches try to look all fancy on the outside, the Church then gets more caught up in fund raising then the spreading of the Gospel. It�s easy to fall into this trap. Many people want to be Christians but don�t want to belong to a church.
The Church is like a clay flower pot that needs to be a respectable vessel of the Gospel and of the saints. God can use us better when we depend on Him more than we depend on ourselves. In I Cor. 1:11-13 we see that the church denominations were taking the focus away from the treasure inside the church/the flower pot. The treasure inside gives the value to the Church. A cracked flower pot cannot hold anything of value. The cracked pot will break apart under any pressure. We need to be content that God has chosen to have His treasure in us, the earthen vessels. Be careful that you don�t become a cracked pot.
Sabbath 4/22/17 Seventh Day Baptist Edgewater, FL Pastor John sermon �We Have this Treasure�
Posted : 22 Apr, 2017 05:46 PM
Another story by another story teller that makes no sense at all.
If i were an unbeliever hearing this i would know as much about Messiah after hearing this as i had before this awful message which would be NOTHING, I WOULD STILL KNOW NOTHING about Messiah.
Oh, and the so called 'church' is a business, an ORGANIZATION made up by men, not of GOD Almighty. I cannot find the so called 'church' in the Word of GOD Almighty.
Please stop posting these ridiculous man inspired stories, the people reading them are not hearing about MESSIAH , who He is , or what His character, attitude, or personality are like.
These stories do not make disiples/ LEARNERS of Messiah.
Sabbath 4/22/17 Seventh Day Baptist Edgewater, FL Pastor John sermon �We Have this Treasure�
Posted : 23 Apr, 2017 05:05 AM
First of all, Saturday is not the Sabbath.
Secondly, the early church did not use fictional currency amongst themselves. They did not have the mammon described by this hypocrite pretending to explain his version of the doctrines of scripture, on what he proclaims is the Sabbath:
"And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need." Acts 2:45
"But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles� feet." Acts 5:1-2
"Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles� feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need." Acts 4:34-35
This is a strange gospel which is being presented in this post.
Sabbath 4/22/17 Seventh Day Baptist Edgewater, FL Pastor John sermon �We Have this Treasure�
Posted : 23 Apr, 2017 05:05 AM
First of all, Saturday is not the Sabbath.
Secondly, the early church did not use fictional currency amongst themselves. They did not have the mammon described by this hypocrite pretending to explain his version of the doctrines of scripture, on what he proclaims is the Sabbath:
"And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need." Acts 2:45
"But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles� feet." Acts 5:1-2
"Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles� feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need." Acts 4:34-35
This is a strange gospel which is being presented in this post.
