Sunday, October 05, 2014

Life for His Children – 3 – v2

God is the same as in the story of Moses,
the people grumbling, not understanding.
God providing manna and quail, water in the desert.
God provided for His people, for His chosen children,
given them all they needed, asking only
that they follow, that they trust in Him.

The same was true of the people
coming out of the fields, wanting to be paid,
like Adam, sweating for his food. But they forgot
about grace, that they did not earn salvation,
that they chose to enter the fields,
serving, in response to God’s gifts, God’s grace.

They all misunderstood, like we do,
needing the lesson, that God provides for our needs.
We must trust in His promise. We are all
saved by grace, not by our works,
that we are gifted to be giving,
to be a servant, to work in this life.

We are to be working, in the fields,
in the vineyards, by the seas, wherever
God plants us, when we say yes, when we believe;
but God is the owner, the Creator of all that is.
These are God’s fields, His vineyards; we are to be
yoked with Christ, sharing the load with us.

The wages the same, at the end of the day,
life for each believer, grace to sustain us, life at the end
no more and no less, the same whenever grace finds us,
loved like all the rest. None of us are better,
none of us worse, the same gate to heaven,
through the sacrifice of the cross.

We are to be working, our oil ready,
our lamps burning, when the day ends,
when the Bridegroom comes; but we must be joyful,
for each new believer, even those who come
at the eleventh hour, the last breath. For there is joy in heaven,
as each one believes, like Clarence in the movie,
reminding us of the praises in heaven, for each new life.


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October 5, 2014
Life for His Children – 3 – v2

September 20, 2014
Life for His Children – 3
edited September 15, 2014
Life for His Children – v2
edited September 15, 2014
Life for His Children
September 15, 2014
Life for His People
Matthew 20:1-16
The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
Exodus 16:2-15
manna in the desert
Genesis 3:19
Ephesians 2:1-10
Luke 15:11-32
Parable of the Prodigal Son
sermon, “Life for His Children”
by Raymond A. Foss
Portage Congregational Church
Portage, ME
September 21, 2014

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