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Sabbath Lesson : May 16, 2020
The Skeletons In Your Closet May Be Your Blessing
Continuous praise to the Most High God, King of Heaven and Earth, even the God of my forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For without Him, we are nothing.
So in today's lesson, I want to address the things that scare us. The proverbial "skeletons in our closet". These are things that we don't want anybody to find out about anymore. Those actions that we desire to take back. The unrighteousness in our lives that we pray that God has forgiven, and that the people we were involved with during those times, don't bring up those acts. It's the shame of our past.
Our "skeletons" hinder our mental capacity in returning to God. We walk in guilt, because at a later point in life, as we aged, we actually realize that we should've known better; Or should've acted better. It is that point, where we needed a little more God in our life.
But hindsight is 20/20 vision. We could have always made better decisions if we knew the outcome and repercussions. None of us would willingly walk into pain, despair and sorrow, especially at the risk of angering God. But sometimes brothers and sisters, we convince ourselves that our actions are not that bad, and we commit the iniquity. And sometimes when that happens, the judgement of God, is living with the guilt.
And living with the guilt, can sometimes be worse than the physical punishment. It can haunt us in memory, because of the uncertainty of public opinion. And it's almost as if, we are living with the thought of being judged twice. The judgement of a guilty conscious, and the judgement of mankind.
But I present to you this day, that our "skeletons" shouldn't make us weaker, but should only make us stronger! Those skeletons should serve as a point of reference, that growth has occurred in your life. That you are no longer that person, and that God has saw fit for you to live, because He has acknowledged that you can change, and as a result, you did change.
None of us can rewrite our past, but our past shouldn't break us. It shouldn't destroy our spirit. Rather it has a two fold purpose. It shows us, that WE ALL make mistakes. And that as you run into other people, who have made mistakes, or who have skeletons in their closet, that they deserve the right to live down their errors, the same way that God has allowed you to live down your errors.
And I well understand that certain secrets need to be exposed because of the severity of the action. Understood and accepted. God reveals all secrets. But just beware, that discretion is a core part of your righteous responsibility. So when deciding to reveal the secrets of others, just remember, that the Most High has decided to cover yours.
So on this Sabbath, let the message be plain, you can either look at your past and wallow in your mistakes, or you can look at your future, and use that past, to help pave a path that avoids the mistakes you have already made. There's a blessing to be found in the midst of error. One day smarter, three days wiser. Let God be your Light, and allow His correction to lead you back to righteousness. Living past our past, which are the proverbial skeletons in our closet, is the blessing in and of itself.
Things to Consider:
- Our "skeletons" hinder our mental capacity in returning to God.
- Sometimes when that happens, the judgement of God, is living with the guilt.
- Those skeletons should serve as a point of reference, that growth has occurred in your life.
- None of us can rewrite our past, but our past shouldn't break us.
- They deserve the right to live down their errors, the same way that God has allowed you to live down your errors.
- God reveals all secrets.
- There's a blessing to be found in the midst of error.
- Let God be your Light, and allow His correction to lead you back to righteousness.
Peace and Blessings
Sabbath Lesson : May 30, 2020
The Sabbath Day : It's Meaning And Purpose
God has created all things. He has created life as well as death. Within life, we are commanded to conduct ourselves in certain ways, and we are also commanded to operate the world in a certain. Rules and regulations are required in order for us to operate. One of those rules, is the observance of the Sabbath Day.
But we have become a people that are far removed from Torah. For one reason or another we know the Sabbath by name but not by deed. We further don't know the places where we can find the rules of the Sabbath or the places where we see the Sabbath was observed in historical context. So where are some of those places:
- Genesis 2:1-3
- Exodus 16:23-29
- Exodus 20:8-11
- Exodus 31:14-16
- Exodus 35:2-3
- Leviticus 23:3
- Numbers 15:32
- Deuteronomy 5:12-15
Of the eight (8) instances noted above, the word Sabbath appears in all except for the first instance. In the book of Genesis, we actually don't see the word sabbath used in reference to the Sabbath day. The seventh day of the week is only referred to as the day of rest. That day where God took a break from creation. That He finished his work, and took a look at His glorious work.