First Friday Fellowship

One of the greatest tests of our faith, is when we are confronted with our own mortality.

When we truly believe that God has already prepared a home for us, then why should we fear?

A much higher authority stated in 1 John 4:16-18:

16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

The Consummation of Love

17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

So go forward, live in love ~

FFF

The book of Psalms were written 1000 years before Christ was born, and was written, primarily, by King David.

The 22nd Psalm opens with “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Three of the Gospels, Matthew 15:33, Luke 23:44, and John 19:28, all share this particular expression of, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

What was David thinking when he wrote those words? Were the words meant only for David? We do know that David experienced extreme trials in his life.

In Psalm 22:1-15, is David meant to only refer to the challenges in his own life?

Psalm 22:16-18 states, “(16) The congregation of the wicked has enclosed me. They pierced my hands in my feet. (17) They look and stare at me. (18) They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.”

David’s hands and feet were never pierced. But yet, he chose to put this in the book of Psalms, 1000 years before Christ walked on this planet.

When the 22nd Psalm is read, and you think about Jesus, those images look just like him. It’s a perfectly clear vision of Jesus on the cross. With his hands and feet pierced.

This is what can be called, “The Fingerprint God.” And it shows up all over the Old Testament.

Only an infinite creator, outside of time, could actually put something in the book, that will clearly point to the future.

God is real. Jesus is his son.

Salvation, is through Jesus Christ alone.

Until next time…

By any measure and any account, 2020 was a tough, strange year - And that might be the understatement of all understatements.

However, it has led us as a nation to a place we haven’t been in a long time...

* 100 Million copies are sold each year

* Made up of 66 books

* Written over a period of 1000+ years

* 35+ Authors

* 3 Continents

MATTHEW 7:7 - Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.