Crossroads
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Crossroads
Crossroads
16 This is what the Lord says: “Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, ‘No, that’s not the road we want!’
Confession of Faith
I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the WORD of God! The victory is mine! I have it now! I can see it through the eyes of my faith!
Crossroad
Crossroad
Listen To What The Lord Is Saying:
Today, we are standing at a crossroad! This nation is at a crossroad! Families are standing at a crossroad! Men & Women are standing at a crossroad! I believe this world is at a crossroad!
What is a crossroad?
What is a crossroad?
a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
Why do I believe we are at a crossroad!, because so many people are tired! family members and friends are depressed, and confused,
Coworkers and neighbors are irritated, angry, and lost!
Christians have less love, joy, and peace
Believers are less kind to each other , display less self-control, gentleness, kindness!
People are inundated with hate, and killing over the media and social media platforms
We have less trust for each other and the lack of faith in mankind is dismal at best!
We are at a crossroad!
The text find God talking to his people!
16 Thus says the Lord: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Stand in the ways and see! Stop and look around!
God is warning us today... he is telling us that we desperately needed to ask him where is the right path, what is the right thing to do, where is the proven path that pleases him, where is the path of righteousness!
Stand - be still and consider if the direction you are receiving in any area of your life is it right, will it please God!
12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.
My way seems right! Your way seems right
So I need to ask the question - Is my own thinking and logic accurate or am I being influenced , by false teachers, by false religions, or by false doctrine even within the Christian churches.
6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
Crossroad
Am I going to believe what the bible says or am I going to lean on my own understanding!
The truth is someone or something has stole the joy and left fear, someone has stole the life and left death and sickness, someone has stole peace and left anxiety and fear, someone has stole the kindness and left hate and distrust,,
The bible calls that someone the Thief and the thief is stealing life!
Jeremiah says ask for the old Godly ways
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
27 But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.”
God I want the life that you give, not the life of the world, but the Life that brings Love, Joy, Peace, Kindness, Gentleness, Meekness, Goodness and Faith!
26 The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son.
3 And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.
We must get back to true living! We must find rest for the soul!
Your soul needs Jesus
Your soul needs Jesus
Jesus is the very energy, force, being, essence, principle, and power of life.
Having Jesus is about quality of life, Abundance Of Life, Peace in Life, Joy in Life!
Jesus brings eternal life!
36 That is why whoever accepts and trusts the Son gets in on everything, life complete and forever! And that is also why the person who avoids and distrusts the Son is in the dark and doesn’t see life. All he experiences of God is darkness, and an angry darkness at that.”
24 “It’s urgent that you listen carefully to this: Anyone here who believes what I am saying right now and aligns himself with the Father, who has in fact put me in charge, has at this very moment the real, lasting life and is no longer condemned to be an outsider. This person has taken a giant step from the world of the dead to the world of the living.
25 In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you’ll have it forever, real and eternal.
14 The way we know we’ve been transferred from death to life is that we love our brothers and sisters. Anyone who doesn’t love is as good as dead.
11 This is the testimony in essence: God gave us eternal life; the life is in his Son.
12 So, whoever has the Son, has life; whoever rejects the Son, rejects life.
If you are at a Crossroads
If you are at a Crossroads
Choose Life
Choose Life
Choose Jesus to Have Life
Choose Jesus to Have Life
Next Steps:
Read Old Testament :
Proverbs & Ecclesiastes
New Testament :
1st & 2nd Peter