Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The Way to Life

Yes your Majesty Honour and Glory to you forever and ever Amen


Forward with the Gospel
  I start my teaching today with a story to bring my message home. The boy had never seen his father study a map so carefully. He asked, "Father, why are you looking at that map?"

Minister Madam Anastasia

His father smiled. "This map shows the streets of the city to which we are going. They say there is work there, in the city."
Minister Madam Anastasia


Then the father's smile became a little sad. "I used to always know where I was," he said, "but the world has changed. Now we are going where we have never been before. For that, one needs a map."




The Way to Life

The journey was long, and there was much time for thought. After a while, the boy again looked to his father. "Father, my birthday is coming soon. I know that I should not ask for much, but there is one thing you could give me."

Rev. Eng. JK. Maragia 
"I will give you whatever I can, son. What is it you want?"

The boy replied, "A map."

The father was puzzled. "Why do you ask for a map?"
The boy thought carefully. He said, "Because I will be growing older. I will be going where I have never been before. And you said, 'for that, one needs a map.'"

The truth is, whether young or old, we are all going where we have never been before. Every day we face new decisions, new demands, and new dangers. How are we to find our way safely through these? How are we to guide our families and especially our young ones? There are maps for every part of the world. But is there a map for the greatest journey of all, life itself?

Let us all go Jesus is leading the way he is the way
"You do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14).

How quickly this one, brief life passes. To ruin it by choosing a wrong road would be a terrible waste. How can we be sure of life's true purpose and direction? How can we be certain that we have made proper preparation for what lies beyond death? In seeking a Map for life, we should open the Bible because of the claims it makes. Again and again it assures us that it is the pure word from our Maker. Yes, the map for life. Look at these examples from the pages of the Bible:

Even this car will not take us there
God's Message leads you into better, happier living. It brings you hope, joy, love and life. Jesus boldly declares, "The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life" (John 6:63).

We need life because death threatens us.
We need direction because we get lost on our own.
I know, O Lord, that a man's life is not his own; it is not for a man to direct his steps" (Jeremiah 10:23).

Even religious people go astray when they "let go of the commands of God and hold on to the traditions of men" (Mark 7:8).

Why are there so many divisions? Why are homes broken and lives hurt? Because people follow their own ways, not God's Way. Jesus will answer your most pressing questions.