Bragging On Jesus

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Joy Joy Joy / robin aylor

God makes promises for joy... The world makes promises for joy...

It's true... God created us in a fashion so that we have the greatest joy possible when we find our satisfaction in him… He made us that way.

And you see… he is the greatest and the best there is.

And guess what… finding our satisfaction in him is exactly what glorifies him. That's what he wants for us… to find satisfaction in the best there is… Jesus Christ.

You might say he wants us to be a Christian Hedonist by seeking the greatest joy possible by treasuring him for who he is.

Here’s a couple scenarios:

If someone’s job was to trade stocks for profit and they were given a trustworthy tip that the next Amazon or Microsoft was available to buy real cheap… In their joy they would sell all the stocks they owned so they could buy that stock.

If you went to a garage sale and found a antique for 10,000 dollars that you saw valued at 10 million dollars on antique road show… You would go home and in your joy sell all that you had to buy that antique.

Jesus is infinitely greater than all the treasures of the earth combined.

Jesus is the treasure worth selling everything for as Jesus said in Matthew 13:44:

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

This is an amazing parable and its just one sentence but it focuses on true Christian Hedonism. “In his joy” he sells all of the things on the worlds buffet of promises for Jesus the greatest treasure of all.

Joy in turning from sin to Jesus is not only necessary when we come to Christ but joy is mandatory in our service and worship of him.

Throughout history many Religions of the World have believed that offering sacrifices to God brings people favor and makes them acceptable in God’s sight.

It seems as though it is something built in man that lets him know that something must die… blood must be spilt to account for the brokenness of man.

The Bible also makes this connection between sin and death and sacrifices.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death…

Hebrews 9:22 …without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

We’ll come back to that shortly…

So yes, there have been lot’s of human sacrifices to false gods throughout time… to try and make up for the inadequacy of humanity.

The ancient Hawaiians believed that by sacrificing humans to Ku, the god of war, they could achieve victory in their battles.

For the Mesopotamians, when royal families died, they sacrificed the palace attendants, warriors, and handmaidens so they could accompany their masters into the afterlife.

The Aztecs believed that in order to keep the sun alive they would have to offer human sacrifices. Which included children… they also took volunteers and those captured during war.

(During the reconsecration of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan in 1487, the Aztecs reported that they sacrificed 80,400 prisoners over the course of four days.)

Sacrifice was a religious activity in The Mayan’s sacrificed animals, humans, including children and also bloodletting.

The Incas practiced human sacrifice to prevent natural disasters. The entire empire was plagued by volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and floods, which the Inca’s believed were controlled by the gods. Wikipedia

The one true God… the God of Israel never advocated making human sacrifices. That practice is detestable to him.

The sacrifices of various cultures did not always include offering people. Still today, some offer other things don’t they?

People may give possessions or even time right?… Lot’s of people give money hoping it will make them acceptable to God.

Many give time and possessions to those in need as an offering to God hoping he would say unto them: Well done!

But Jesus said something much different. He indicated that neither sacrifices or good deeds can clear us from the penalty of sin…

In fact, if a person is to be acceptable to God by his own achievement… they have to be 100% perfect. Listen to Jesus words:

Matthew 5:48 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

No matter how many sacrifices or what kind of sacrifices a sinner offers God it will not make them acceptable to God. Why?

They are already a sinner. Their heart is not true… They are self centered and prideful. Their heart is broken with sin.

However, Jesus knows all people are sinners and fall short of Gods glory.

That’s why he came to earth to be the ONE who would live a perfect life that he might give sinners like you and me his righteousness.

Listen to Jesus words of hope to sinners like you and me:

Matthew 9:13 Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

This is good news for sinners! Right?

Exodus 33:18-23 (ESV) Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” 19 And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.” 21 And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, 22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.”

Exodus 33:18-23 (ESV) Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” 19 And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.” 21 And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, 22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.”

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Memory Verses With Ukulele and Spoken Word

Here's the basic chord construction for Ukulele. Chords are not formatting properly to words. Maybe you can figure it out. I ad-libbed a bit on some of them. To transpose to another key this should help: http://www.logue.net/xp/

C Bb F C

Psalm One Thir-ty Five, Six

C Bb F C

Whatever the LORD pleases, he does, 

C Bb F C

in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.

Psalm Sixteen Eleven

      C                           F      

You make known to me the path of life; 

C                               G              

in your presence there is fullness of joy; 

Am G      F                             C

at your right hand are pleasures forever-more.

Psalm Thirty Four Eight

Am

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!

G Am Am G Am

Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Psalm Thirty Four Eight

Psalm Sixty Three, Five Through Six

               C                        F                

My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food,

            C                              G

and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, 

               Am       G              F    

6 when I remember you upon my bed,

        Am     G            F                 C 

and meditate on you in the watches of the night; Psalm 63:5-6

Psalm One Nineteen, One O Three

C F

How sweet are Your words to my taste,

C G C G F C

Sweeter than honey to my mouth! Psalm One Nineteen, One 0 Three

Psalm One 0 Four, Thirty Four

Am F

May my meditation be, pleasing to him,

C G F C G

for I rejoice in the LORD. Psalm One 0 Four, Thirty Four

Scripture 4 Meditation & Memorization w/Background ESV