Johnny Hawkins Funeral

2 Corinthians 12:7–9 NKJV

7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 Corinthians 12

I didn’t have the pleasure of meeting Mr. Johnny so I won’t be able to spend a lot of time talking about his life but according to what I’ve heard I can assume he was a rather simple kinda man.

He wasn’t a very religious person but he believed in Jesus Christ as his savior.

He knew what he liked and what he didn’t like. He like Elvis, fishing, ______________, __________________, _________________and he didn’t like any preacher who would preach Elvis into hell or anyone who scattered ashes in inappropriate places. I must agree on the whole Elvis thing, after all I believe it’s God’s place to judge and not ours. And we never know what transpired the last hours or moments of His life. We do know that he knew who Christ was from the many Gospel songs he performed. And we can only hope that the sobering moments of his life brought him back to the foot of the cross. But I’m not here to preach about Elvis, so let’s get back to Johnny.

By what I gather, Johnny was the brother that needed a little more attention the others at times and even more often a little more GRACE.

Isn’t Grace a beautiful thing?

What is grace? I’m glad you asked. Grace is unmerited favor. Meaning you didn’t do anything to deserve it.

And we have all been given a measure of Grace as found in

Romans 12:3 NKJV

3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

Ephesians 4:7 NKJV

7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

Ephesians 4

Ephesians 4:6 NKJV

6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Ephesians

2 Corinthians 12:8–9 NKJV

8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 Corinthians 12:

Let us Come Boldly

Hebrews 4:14–16 NKJV

14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 4:14-16