'TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS'

Rev. Don Crisp

This is a re-broadcast of a Program first aired on CFRA, August 1st, 2010 By Rev. Don Crisp (Deceased)                                                                                   Former Pastor of First Baptist Church Smiths Falls, Ontario   Introduced by: Rev. Dr. Allen Churchill (Deceased) Founder of "Allen Churchill Ministries, later to become: "GOOD NEWS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES"

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PODCAST LINK for Sunday, March 15^th, 2020:

http://accm.ncf.ca/images/20.03.15.mp3 

(First aired on CFRA, August 1st 2010.) ____________________________________________ 

Broadcast Notes:

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 This program is sponsored by the Good News Christian Ministries, 96 Pheasant Run Drive, Ottawa, ON  K2J 2R5, Canada, (new address). This is AllanChurchill speaking.

Today our theme is:

 ‘Turn your eyes upon Jesus’

 

Follow Podcast here: http://accm.ncf.ca/images/20.03.2615.mp3

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Readings:

 

 

John 3:14-15 English Standard Version (ESV)

¹⁴ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, ¹⁵ that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.^[a]

Footnotes:

1. John 3:15 Some interpreters hold that the quotation ends at verse 15

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Numbers 21:4-9 (ESV) The Bronze Serpent 4 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way. 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.” 6 Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. 7 And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze[a] serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live. Footnotes: Numbers 21:9 Or copper _________________________________________

 

2 Kings 18:1-4  (ESV)

Hezekiah Reigns in Judah

18 In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. ² He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. ³ And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done. ⁴ He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan).^[a]

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NOTES:

 

Life Lessons:

1.) Impatience in life's journey: We do need to trust in the Lord

 

2.) We live with the consequences of the choices we make.

 

3.) Beware of selective repentance

 

4.) Whoever looks, lives.

 

5.) Beware of 'Religiosity": (See 2 Kings 18:1-4)

 

6.) Keep your eye on Jesus, the author and finisher of your faith (See John 12:36)

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Let's Pray:

Lord Jesus, we want to thank you that you are the author and finisher of life.

I come to you today, Lord, and I ask you to come into my life, to save me.

And I ask you to come into my life and to be Lord, forever.

I give you my life, right now, Lord, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Thank you, listeners, for your encouragement, prayer and financial support. You keep us on the air week by week.  If you can, please make out a cheque payable to Good News Christian Ministries, and send it to 96 Pheasant Run Drive, Ottawa, ON  K2J 2R5, Canada, (new address). We will send you a receipt at income tax time. Please also tell others about this program, and don’t forget to visit our website. You will find several of our programs available on podcasts.                             

Don’t forget to worship in a church where the gospel is soundly proclaimed and lived out with compassion, integrity, and resolve.

May you know Jesus Christ personally and profoundly. May the Holy Spirit reside deep within your heart. And may the heavenly Father surround you with his constant and abiding and accompanying love.

Rev. Don Crisp and Rev. Dr. Allen Churchill

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To listen to the above broadcast, click on the following link:
http://accm.ncf.ca/images/20.01.26.mp3