Absolute Truth for All Geenerations

Thought for Today - July 10, 2023

 Absolute Truth for all Generations

 By: Robert A. Searles 

 “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.” Psalm 100: 1-5 

 One generation after another cannot come along and rightly say that the things of God which were true for our forefathers are no longer true for us today. God never changes, he is the same yesterday, today and forever. His law and his power is immutable. The principles which God gave to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And his people, Israel, and the principles which Jesus taught are as relevant for us today as they were when he taught them. People are at fault and in gross error when they adopt the attitude of permissiveness, and situation ethics which is so prevalent in the world today. God changes not, and he expects his children not to be given to change as far as believing his truth and acting upon it is concerned. Just because God has allowed us to have technological improvements to make us more comfortable and more effective in serving him; and because he has allowed us to put aside the horse and mule, as it were and given us automobiles, planes, and computers instead, in no way implies that God has made of truth something different from what it always was and still is from everlasting to everlasting. We would all do well to abolish the idea of being “politically correct” and adhere to the teaching, and being obedient to the absolute truth of the word of God. God is steadfast and unmovable. Let us pray that he will keep us rooted and grounded in love and in truth, and stand our ground against the lies and wiles of the devil.  

 

                                 

Plead My Cause!

 

Thought For Today –  December 16, 2022

Plead My Cause!

By: Robert A. Searles

When we are “born again” into the family of God and become Christians, we begin to face enemies that we have never had to face before. Our battles are not necessarily against flesh and blood enemies, but we strive against spiritual forces in high places. 

 

When we become Christians we immediately enter a spiritual combat zone, and are confronted by an unseen army of combatants whose commander in chief is Satan. 

 

We must constantly draw from God our Father, through our Savior Jesus Christ, the reinforcements we need to face and defeat our foes. We must constantly be on the alert and walk circumspectly, always watching lest our enemies take us unawares, and we become led astray and deceived, and fall into Satan's traps and be defeated. 

 

Being constant in praise and prayer, and in fellowship with our Lord, we can be assured of safety and security from all the affronts of the enemy. Christ will plead our cause, and help us. He will confound our enemies, and put them to shame. They will be like chaff before the wind and be blown away. When we stay close to him we will be joyful and rejoice in our salvation.

 

“Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.” Psalm 35: 1, 2.

 

 “Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord Chase them.” Psalm 35: 5. 

 

“And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.” Psalm 35: 9. 

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Remembering Joanne Greenlaw Searles

 

Thought For Today - December 14, 2022
Remembering! Joanne Greenlaw Searles  -  March 4, 1934 - December 14, 2018

 By: Robert A. Searles
      I am re-posting this annual remembrance  today in loving memory of my best friend; my helpmate; my partner; and beloved wife for sixty six years - Joanne Greenlaw Searles

It seems that only yesterday we were making  preparations for the celebration  of our Lord's birth at Christmas- trimming the tree; wrapping gifts; mailing cards - together, Today  Joanne is safe in the arms of Jesus, face to face with her Savior.  All of us who know and have accepted Christ as Savior will soon  join them.

 
     Four  years ago today, on December 14, 2018, at approximately 9:05 AM, I had to say goodby to the dearest on earth to me.  On that day, and even now sometimes I, in my own  heart have asked the question as the song writer - Frank E. Graffe  has so beautifully written - "Does Jesus care when I've said goodby to the dearest on earth to me?"

 
     "Does Jesus care when my heart is pained too deeply for mirth and song  As the burdens press, and the cares distress, and the way grows weary and long?  Does Jesus care when my way is dark with a nameless dread and fear?  As the daylight fades into deep night shades, does he care enough to be near?  Does Jesus care when I've tried and failed  to resist some temptation strong, when for my deep grief, I find no relief, though my tears flow all the night long?  Does Jesus care when I've said goodby to the dearest on earth to me, and my sad heart aches till it nearly breaks - is it aught to him,does he see?" - Frank E. Graffe

 
      Then the answer comes flowing back as the fresh breath of spring - " Oh yes he cares; I know he cares.  his heart is touched  with my grief.  When the days are weary, the long nights dreary, I know my Savior cares" - Franke E. Graffe

 
      She, being afflicted with that horrible disease known as dementia, daily, and constantly had a longing and craving to "go home",whether it was for the home she had known as a child on earth, or if it was for her eternal home that was prepared and promised to her in heaven by our Lord Jesus Christ, only the Lord knows.

 
      Because of the severity, and super aggressiveness related to her condition, no nursing home  could be found that would accept her for long term care, but Jesus cared, and he mercifully called her home to her mansion in heaven that he had been preparing for her

 
      Jesus said:  " Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.  In my Father's house are many mansions.  If it were not so I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am  there you may be also." John 14: 1,2,3

 
      Joanne believed this promise, and spent much of her lifetime teaching this, and the rest of God's word to children and others.

 
      So, four  years ago, Jesus kept his promise, and took her home to heaven to live with him forever.  There he healed her.  No more dementia;  no more pain; no more longing to go home.  She is now at home rejoicing around the throne of God.

 
      My comforting thought and hope is that .... I know that Jesus is alive and cares.  And Joanne and I will meet again one day in heaven.  When I see her again, I believe she will be young again and beautiful,and have a brand new glorified body, and be like Jesus with perfect youth, health, and knowledge and eternal life.

 
      What a blessed hope that Jesus has offered to all who will believe him, and confess our sins, ask for his forgiveness, and accept him as Savior and Lord.. I pray that whoever reads this memorial for Joanne has accepted Christ as Savior and has the blessed hope of reunion when you have to say goodby to the dearest on earth to you.

 
      Good night! Sweetheart! I'll see you in the morning.  Together we will worship around the Throne of God, and together with Jesus we will stroll around heaven forever.
                         

One Comforting Thought

 

One Comforting Thought For Today - December 13, 2022
He Lives (Jesus) - So She Lives!
By: Robert A. Searles

In memory of my beloved wife of sixty six years - Joanne

She is not dead, but is very much alive and finally at home  with Jesus where she so much wanted to be. No more dementia; no more knee problems;  no more stomach problems; no more cares, worries or problems of any kind . She is young again enjoying the bliss and splendors of Heaven - while waiting to receive her brand new glorified, resurrected body - and waiting for me and her children and grand children  to join her which was her lifelong prayer that the family circle in Heaven would be unbroken.

"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." John 3:16.  She believed in him -  so was her confession to God, to me, and to many others to whom she presented the gospel and tried to persuade to believe.and to be saved.  We can therefore know that she lives and is safe in the arms of Jesus.

"For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of  God, an house  not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.  For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which  is from heaven.  If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.  For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of  life.  Now he hat hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also  hath given unto us the earnest  of the Spirit.  Therefore we are always confident,knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for we walk  by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labor,that,whether present or absent,we maybe accepted of him.  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ : that every one may receive the things done in his body,, according to that he hath done , whether it be good  or bad." . 2 Corinthians 5:1-10.

Dear reader - do you have this assurance?

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The Awesome Power of God's Love and Mercy

 

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 Thought for Today - October 19, 2023

The Awesome Power Of God's Love And Mercy

 By: Robert A. Searles

      The raging sea, with its' resounding roar, battering the rugged, rocky, coastline; the roll of the thunder echoing across the valleys, lending a message of impending danger to man and beast, and warning them to seek cover; and the fearsome lightning streaking across the heavens, and striking where it may and destroying all in its' path, as well as the mighty force of wind, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes which tear up forests and make havoc of homes and property, speak to us of the mighty power and omnipotence of our awesome God and creator.

      When we observe the rage, anger, and power being displayed in these forces in the natural world, we are reminded from the scriptures, that God is exceedingly angry over sin every day; and if he chose to pour out his rage and anger on us as sinners, we would most surely be without hope and most miserable. “God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.” Psalm 7: 11.

      But God is loving, kind and merciful, and is not willing that any should perish. He could, if he chose to to do so, in his exceeding wrath and anger over sin, use his power to destroy the world and cleanse it from all sin; but instead, as he restrains and limits the forces of nature, and sets the boundary of the raging seas, and allows it to come thus far and no more; and as he controls the thunder and lightning, and earthquakes, and natural disasters, so as to preserve man and beast, that men and women, boys and girls, might come to repentance and learn of him and be saved, he withholds from us his rage and anger, and pours out his mercy upon us. “The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger. and of great mercy.” Psalm 145: 8.

      We see the great wrath and anger of God poured out on his only begotten son, the Lord Jesus Christ, on Calvary's cross for our sins, that he might pay our sin debt for each of us. We see his great power revealed in the resurrection of Jesus as the first begotten from the dead for our justification, and we see his everlasting love and care for us in his ascension into heaven, and even now as our great high priest.

      We, the inhabitants of earth become severely angry at times, with each other, and with our circumstances, and sometimes our anger turns into rage, and when this happens, we lose control, unless we are walking closely with the Lord. When anger turns to rage, this can lead to murder and gross sins.
      “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath, for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.” James 1: 19, 20.
 
      “Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. Neither give place to the devil. Ephesians 4: 26,27.

      “And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering and a     sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor. Ephesians 5: 2.

      May we, as Christians,, strive to walk In love, and with the help and grace of God avoid extreme anger and rage that will lead to sin.

 let us reflect on the thought of how much greater is God's mercy than his wrath, by the sacrifice of his only begotten son so that we all could live with him forever according to John 3:16

May we abound in our love for God and our neighbor.

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Bring Your Burdens to the Lord

 Thought for Today - February 20, 2023

By: Robert A Searles

Bring Your BurdensTo The Lord

Jesus extended an invitation to all who are weary and heavy laden to come unto him, and he would give them rest. He came unto the world to be our burden bearer and our sin bearer.

"Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God and afflicted." Isaiah 53: 4 

 

"That it might be fulfilled which was spoken of
Esaias the prophet, saying, himself took our infirmities, and bare our sickness." Matthew 8: 17

What burdens lay heavy on our souls today? Is it the burden of none confessed, none forgiven sin? Is it the burden of doubts and fears, or the burden of sickness and immanent death? Do we grieve
today over the loss of family, friends, or loved ones? Are we perplexed, not knowing where to turn or what road to take to solve our problems? Are we overly concerned about how we will meet the challenges of the future?

Jesus stands ready to make an exchanges of burdens. If we are willing to lay all our cares and
burdens upon him, he will bear them for us, but we in exchanges must be willing to put his yoke
upon our shoulders and be busy for him. When we are yoked together with him,he is bearing the
heavier part of the load and our burdens become lighter. We are told to take our burdens to the
Lord and leave them there. Burdens are lifted at Calvary.

Jesus said: "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take
my yoke upon you and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto
your souls. For my yoke is easy, and , my burden light."Matthew 11: 28-30

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                               Psalm 26: 7

Our Kinsman Redeemer

  Thought for Today - August 7, 2023

Our Kinsman Redeemer

 By: Robert A. Searles 

​ Ruth, returning with her mother in law Naomi from the land of Moab after Naomi's husband and sons had died, one of them having been the husband of Ruth, found themselves in need of help and assistance to survive. Where could they go? What could they do? 

 ​  “And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. And Ruth, the Moabitess, said unto Naomi, let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace, and she said unto her go my daughter. And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.” Ruth 2: 1-3

In times of our spiritual want and famine, when we see ourselves impoverished, and not knowing where to turn for help, where shall we find grace (that free gift), and be allowed to glean in his field? 

Where else, excerpt in Christ our kiinsman , our Father's son, our savior, and our brother? He it is that we must seek after. 

 “Then said Boaz unto Ruth, hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens; let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them; have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? And when thou art atrhirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.” Ruth2: 8,9 

 Once we have found him, Christ our kinsman redeemer, or better still, when he has found and rescued us, we need not, and we must not go to glean in any other field. 14 ​ 15

 “Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I an a stranger?” Ruth 2: 1

 Why have we, unworthy sinners, found grace in the eyes of the Lord that he should take knowledge of us to shed his blood for us and save us, seeing that we are sinners and strangers to him. We should be so grateful for what Christ has done for us! Why should we have found grace in his eyes?

 Only because he has loved us from the very foundations of the earth. 

 “And Boaz answered and said unto her, it hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband, and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come o trust.” Ruth 2: 11-12 

 God will surely reward all those who flee to him for salvation, and lean upon him for wisdom, and trust in his providence 

 When Ruth returned home that day from the field of Boaz, her mother in law asked her, “where hast thou gleaned today? And where wroughtest thou? Blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee, and she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, the man's name with whom I wrought today is Boaz.” Ruth 2: 19 

 Matthew Henry once said: “It is a good question to ask ourselves every night, where have I gleaned today? What improvements have I made in knowledge and grace? What have I done that will turn in a good account?” 

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