Rest; January 21, 2024

Posted on January 22, 2024 by jgarrott

Hebrews 4:9-11 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience.

This chapter has more dearly-loved verses in it, some perhaps more famous than this, but this must not be overlooked, particularly in our performance-oriented society. It’s not in the least that we are to be lazy; Paul spoke strictly about that, in Ephesians 4:28 and 1 Thessalonians 4:11. At the same time, the whole Bible is very clear that we can never work our way into heaven. We’ve got to learn to “let go and let God,” as the saying goes. This passage should make it clear that trying to work our way into God’s favor is being disobedient. Not long ago I saw a brief video on the Internet by someone who said that Jesus’ words in Matthew 7:21-23 had always been scary to him, making him fear being rejected at the end of life. But then he had a revelation that Jesus was saying that the things we do, even in His name, aren’t what make us right with Him, but rather humble faith. He said that now it’s his favorite passage! If we really believe that “God’s got it all in control,” as the little song says, then we will enter God’s Sabbath rest, as this passage talks about. It’s been over 10 years since God told me specifically to rest, relax, and rejoice, but we are very slow to learn to do that consistently.

This is extremely timely, because I currently have the worst cold I’ve had in years, but it’s Sunday morning and I’m the pastor! I’ve been given a message, but whether I’m to deliver it today or save it for next week and let them have a lay service this morning is something I’m not sure of. I do know that God will enable me to do anything and everything He wants me to do, (Philippians 4:13) but the question is what He wants me to do this morning. Pride is definitely a factor here, and that’s not good. I need to rest in Him whatever my body is doing, and trust Him with the outcome.

Father, thank You for this experience and everything involved in it. May I receive Your lessons with joy and do precisely what You desire, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Temptation; January 20, 2024

Posted on January 21, 2024 by jgarrott

Hebrews 2:17-18 For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

We have great difficulty wrapping our minds around the reality that Jesus was both fully God and fully man. However, that reality is essential to the whole plan of salvation. If Jesus had not been fully human, He couldn’t have died as a representative of all mankind.  For that matter, since He was God, He couldn’t have died! On the other hand, if He had not been fully God, then His singular death would hardly have been sufficient atonement for the sins of all mankind. As it is, though, Jesus in the flesh was indeed fully divine and fully human, and so is fully adequate as the Savior of all mankind. This particular passage deals with the issue of temptation. We don’t usually think of temptation as suffering. Actually, we tend to enjoy some kinds of temptation! However, for anyone who is totally committed to holiness in obedience to God, temptations are indeed suffering. Paul said something important on the subject. “No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.” (1 Corinthians 10:13) The point for us is to recognize temptations for what they are and then choose to stand against them. The best protection against temptation is to become so familiar with God and His Word that anything that contradicts that is immediately obvious. The problem is, if things weren’t attractive to our flesh, they wouldn’t be temptations! That’s why Jesus said, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23) That “himself” means our flesh. That’s not to say we aren’t to be good stewards of our bodies, keeping them as useful as possible for as long as the Lord keeps us on this earth, but it is to say that indulgence isn’t the name of the game. One problem is that the devil lies to us that some things our bodies genuinely need are indulgent, and also that other things that are indulgent are necessary. And at different times, those can be the very same thing! That’s why we need Jesus’ help, just as it says here, to keep it all straight and come out on top.

I am just as human as the next guy, and there are some tempta­tions that I find delicious. I’ve got to recognize that and be particularly on my guard against them. I have yielded to temptation more times than I could count, so one of my great anticipations of heaven is the absence of temptation. I grew up singing the hymn that says, “Yield not to temptation, for yielding is sin. Each victory will help you some other to win.” That is very true, but I didn’t take it much to heart! I can remember times when I wallowed in temptation, enjoying every bit of it. I’m deeply grateful that the Lord kept me from “going over the edge,” so to speak, but I’m hardly proud of the degree to which I did yield, and I am deeply aware of my own weakness. That should make me a compassionate minister! I am to proclaim both the holiness and the grace of God, since Jesus fully exemplified both, so that people may repent and believe for their salvation.

Father, thank You for this very fundamental reminder. Help me apply it consistently every day, just as Jesus said, so that I may be an effective representative of Christ to those around me, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Positive Feedback; January 19, 2024

Posted on January 20, 2024 by jgarrott

Philemon 1:6 I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.

I have liked the NIV translation of this verse from the first time I read it, probably around 1980, but the Japanese translation puts a very different slant on it, which is also interesting. Going from Japanese to English, it says, “May your fellowship of faith be living and active because of your knowing well the good things that are being done among us for Christ.” The NIV says that the activity of sharing faith will bring understanding, and the Japanese says that knowledge of what is being done will motivate evangelism. Actually, it really does work both ways, in a positive feedback loop. That actually works in various areas. Dennis Prager often says, “If you want to be happy, then act happy.” That’s not what a depressed person wants to hear, but it is demonstrably true that physical activity is one of the best antidotes to depression. For that matter, I am by nature an intro­vert, somewhat antisocial, but being married to an extremely social person for almost 55 years, I have become at least reasonably social. As far as this verse goes, the more we share our faith, the more we will grasp the magnificence of what God has done for us in Christ, and the more we see God working, through us and others, the more we will want to tell others about Him. This principle applies to many things about life in Christ, because the more we believe , the more those things are manifested in our lives, and the more we see that His Word is true, the more we believe! Of course, faith is always a choice. However, even in the field of medicine, the “placebo effect” is widely recognized. In other words, if you believe a medication is going to help you, then it probably will, even if chemically speaking it is no more than a sugar pill. If we choose to believe God, then blessings this world can’t imagine are poured out on us.

Of course this applies to me, just as it does to everyone else. I have a high IQ, which in some circles would be expected to predispose me to atheism (which is essentially elevating human intellect to the place of God). However, I was raised in a household of faith, by very intelligent and educated parents, and both their instruction and my observation have taught me that there are things man cannot figure out, but God is the answer to it all. I have no question that faith is the smart choice! Actually, sometimes I am amazed at people and think, “Why don’t they have the sense to believe?” However, I have had to learn that I cannot look down on anyone, because compared to God, we are all “acorns comparing height,” to use a Japanese proverb. I was a Drama major in college, and I learned that actions can shape us. Going back to what I said earlier, I have learned that by acting social, I have become social. Thinking back over how I courted my wife, I acted like a seasoned lover, when I was nothing of the sort! I need to see how God wants me to be and then act like it, knowing that He will bring it to reality in me.

Father, thank You for this Word. Help me teach the believers to act like what You say they are, instead of according to the devil’s lies, so that together we may be all that You have planned for us, for our blessing and Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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Staying Out of Trouble; January 18, 2024

Posted on January 19, 2024 by jgarrott

Titus 3:1-2 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men.

This sounds almost exactly like videos I have seen of people giving advice on how to not get arrested. Particularly in situations like traffic stops, our attitude makes all the difference in the world. The thing is, such things are actually common sense, but cultural factors can make such sense quite uncommon! Believers are to be strong in their convictions and on the side of right and justice, but our default attitude should not be combative. We need to remember what Moses told the Israelites at the Red Sea: “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” (Exodus 14:14) When we are defensive, we only make more trouble for ourselves. We will endure plenty of attacks without inviting more with our attitude.

I have avoided speeding tickets in both the US and Japan this way. Around 50 years ago we were living in Denver and I was working as a janitor, going home after work around 3 in the morning, and I got stopped. I had a broken speedometer cable (yes, there used to be a spinning, flexible shaft that connected the speedometer with the drive train of cars) and knew it, so I immediately asked the officer if I was going too fast. He seemed a little surprised, and asked me why I had said that, so I told him about the speedometer cable. That wasn’t an unusual problem in a Denver winter, and he told me to be careful and get it fixed promptly, and sent me on my way. In Japan, back roads have no posted speed limit, but the law is that in such cases the limit is 60 KPH. I have been told by police that the buffer is 10 KPH, so up to 70 won’t get you into trouble. One day I was following another car, not too closely, on a rather wide back road and we were doing around 80 KPH when we encountered a speed trap. I spoke in very friendly fashion to the officer and showed him my license, saying nothing at all about speed, and when he saw that my license had the gold stripe that indicates no violations for over 5 years, he sent me on my way. I’m not justifying myself, but I do know that Paul’s advice here is extremely practical!

Father, thank You that You care about every detail of our lives. Help me indeed rest, relax, and rejoice in You, receiving and sharing Your grace, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Grace; January 17, 2023

Posted on January 18, 2024 by jgarrott

Titus 2:11-13 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope–the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

These three verses are all one sentence in the Japanese, as I’m sure they are in the Greek. The thing that strikes me about this is that this is a very different picture of grace than we generally think about. The dictionary definition is “unmerited favor,” but this certainly goes into much more depth and detail than we are used to. I like the way the NIV starts out better than the way the Japanese does, but I understand it’s a matter of translation. The Japanese says, “God’s grace that saves all people has appeared,” but that contradicts much of the rest of the Bible! God’s grace has indeed appeared to all, but it saves only those who believe and accept it. It’s the next part that really upends our usual thinking about grace, however. We tend to think of it as a “get out of jail free card,” essentially allowing us to do anything we like, but here Paul is saying the opposite. The better we understand God’s grace, the more we will live like Jesus Christ. And then he ties it all in to the second coming of Christ, which we generally don’t associate with grace at all! In one way the Japanese is better than the NIV here, because in Japanese grammar the “teaches” comes at the very end, and the Japanese translators said, “teaches to the point of deep understanding (satori)”. It should be obvious by this point that our usual understanding of grace is pretty shallow! All of this brings to mind something Peter wrote. “For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.” (2 Peter 1:5-9) In other words, if we aren’t living Christlike lives, we don’t understand God’s grace!

This is very personal for me, because as I have written before, the 2 Peter passage got me out of a stubborn “besetting sin” that I kept falling into, because it helped me understand that when I repented and received forgiveness, I really was forgiven, so the sin no longer had any hold on me. This also is the perfect antidote to legalism, because when we realize that it is all grace, we can follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit in us and not hang up on external rules. I am to proclaim God’s grace the way Paul expressed it to Titus, not as an excuse for sin but as a powerful motivation to avoid it, so that I and those to whom I minister may avoid the lies of the devil and live as disciples of Jesus Christ indeed, for His glory.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You also for the excellent message I was able to listen to last night. Thank You for the message You have given me for the prayer meeting this morning. Help me hear You accurately at all times, so that I may speak what You are saying and nothing less, as an agent of Your kingdom for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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Purity; January 16, 2023

Posted on January 17, 2024 by jgarrott

Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

We speak of people having a dirty mind, and here we have the Scriptural basis for that. The world has an incredible amount of moral filth in it, and the devil is always urging us in that direction, but when our hearts and minds are filled with Christ and His Spirit, those things lose their pull on us. This is the trap of legalism. When we are focused on what we must not do, then our flesh can think of doing nothing else. However, there are real dangers and risks to being naïve. That’s why Jesus told us to “be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” (Matt 10:16) We are to be familiar enough with the Bible that things abhorrent to God are obvious to us, but not be so focused on those things that the devil will be able to trick us into “trying them out.” He is indeed a shrewd liar! Thankfully, he’s no match for the Holy Spirit, (1 John 4:4) so we aren’t to live in fear. Purity is indeed a challenge, considering the world we live in, but we have the assurance that “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:21) When our focus is on Christ, then purity comes with the package!

This is extremely applicable to me. The Internet can be a source of great blessing, but it can also be a flood of filth. I shouldn’t put myself in the position of “dodging excrement,” so to speak, but rather be seeking and enjoying that which is pleasing to God. What makes it all the more difficult is that simple awareness of what is going on around us can open me up to thinking about such things. I need to be active in my pursuit of “the kingdom of God and His righteousness.” (Matthew 6:33) As a pastor, I need to be careful that my words and actions consistently point people to Christ. I enjoy humor and am an inveterate punster, but I must be careful that my jokes don’t get into dirty territory. Just because something crosses my mind doesn’t guarantee it’s of God! I am to be a spigot of pure, unpolluted living water, for the blessing of all who receive it.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for pointing out to me how I can make a note of good things on the Internet that I should go back to when I have the time. Help me feed consistently on Your purity, so that the fruit of my life may be pure indeed, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Keeping On; January 15, 2024

Posted on January 16, 2024 by jgarrott

2 Timothy 4:5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

To be honest, every word in these eight verses resonates in my heart and grabs my attention, so I had difficulty knowing which verse to write on. However, as much as I identify with it all, and indeed long for the time when verses seven and eight will apply to me, I feel that at the moment this verse is most applicable to my place in God’s plan. We all have trouble focusing on where we are right now, either longing for days gone by, in joyful memory or a desire to correct past mistakes, or placing our hopes and/or fears on some future time. (We all have eternity to look forward to, but I’m talking about this life.) Paul is here being extremely practical. We all get thrown by events at times, and Paul is telling us to keep an even keel. He is reminding us that we will indeed have hardships, but we need to suck it up and keep going. “Do the work of an evangelist” is in a sense a restatement of Jesus’s famous statement just before His ascension: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) “Being witnesses” and “doing the work of an evangelist” are essentially the same thing: letting people know that salvation is available through faith in Christ. And then there’s the kicker: “discharge all the duties of your ministry.” We are quick to want to do what we see someone else doing, or to look down on people who aren’t doing what we are doing. God has a unique plan and ministry for each of His children. There will be similarities, but differences are the rule rather than the exception. We are all to seek God for what He wants us to do, “with all [our] heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.” (Colossians 3:23) If we will live this way, then we will have peace and joy the world knows nothing about, and great assurance in everything.

I feel like the whole passage was written directly to me. This particular verse has always caught my attention because I am gifted as a teacher, not an evangelist, but Paul says I’m to do that work anyway. Thinking about it, the confirmation I had that God had really bap­tized me in His Holy Spirit was that I was talking to a total stranger about Jesus, and I remembered Acts 1:8. Excuses don’t cut it with God! I tend to think of myself as pretty level-headed, but too often I come across to others as angry, and that’s not good at all. I indeed need to “keep my head” in all situations! When hardships come, I’m not to whine or have a pity party, but push through by the grace and strength of God. (2 Corinthians 12:9) I am to keep my focus on what God wants me to do, and do it fully as an offering to Him. I am in the last stages of officially retiring from secular teaching, but I will never “retire” from being a servant and child of God, until I leave this life. I am in remarkably good health for 75, and that is to be used for God’s purposes and His glory, and not wasted. And I’ve been in this long enough to know that there are plenty of blessings along the way.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for Your presence in the day yesterday, and for Your plans for today as well. Help me be properly prepared for speaking at the interdenominational prayer meeting on Wednesday, and for speaking at the conference next month. And help me be Your agent in all the things that don’t appear in my date book, so that in all things Your will may be done, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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The Bible; January 14, 2024

Posted on January 15, 2024 by jgarrott

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

This chapter is loaded with stuff I could write on easily, which is a demonstration of the truth of these verses! We take the Bible so lightly. The very fact that it exists in the form that it does is nothing short of miraculous in itself, but many people spend enormous time and energy trying to pick it apart and deny it. As Gamaliel warned the Sanhedrin, they are fighting against God! (Acts 5:39) God is shockingly merciful and faithful. Down through the centuries He spoke to people and caused them to record things, and then by His Spirit He caused other people to make collections of these writings, and the final result was the Bible we hold in our hands today. Translations are another issue. Some are faithful, bringing out the best understanding of the translators, and some are written with an agenda, trying to draw people into a particular cult. Interestingly, though, God can and does use even those translations to draw people to Himself. I know of cases where people were genuinely and gloriously saved through the New World translation used by the Jehovah’s Witnesses – though they immediately left that group after encountering Christ. The biggest issues for “standard Christians” are the tendency to treat the Bible like a good-luck charm, to be kept on the shelf or even on the coffee table but hardly ever opened, and the tendency to “love” various passages without ever actually putting them into practice. And then there are the scholars who genuinely study the Bible, but strictly from an academic viewpoint, not accepting that it is the Word of the living God to them. Rather than just studying the Bible, we need to let it work on us, doing all the things that Paul mentions to Timothy here, so that we will indeed be “prepared for every good work.”

As I mention frequently, I was privileged to grow up in a home environment that was steeped in Scripture. My father got his Masters in Hebrew and his PhD in Biblical Greek, and taught both in Japanese. Translation was deeply understood in our family! I was exposed to the King James Version through various sources, but the Bible my parents got for me after I was baptized at age 7 was the Revised Standard Version. These days I use the New International Version most often, simply because that is what is in the bilingual Bible I use all the time. However, I am constantly comparing it to the Shin­kaiyaku Japanese, and understand that, having neither Hebrew nor Greek fluency, I’ve got to depend on the Holy Spirit who caused it all to be written in the first place. I am privileged to share the Word in various forms, both spoken and written, but must always be humble and not conceited, letting God speak rather than just throwing out my two cents. As someone with Teacher gifting, I tend to feel that just putting the truth out there should be sufficient, but it rarely is. I need to come alongside people and help them live it out, just as I need help in living it our myself.

Father, thank You for this reminder, and thank You for Your Word. Help me be a good steward, a good communicator, both in words and in actions, drawing many to You for their blessing and Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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The Word of Truth; January 13, 2024

Posted on January 14, 2024 by jgarrott

2 Timothy 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

This is a verse I have written to numbers of people, because it is applicable to every believer. We are all responsible to deal honestly with the Word of Truth, and not twist it to fit our own agenda. Some are called to teach the Word, and that is indeed the context here, but every believer has received the Word, and as James said, if we fail to apply it, we are deceiving ourselves. (James 1:22) And when we realize we have done that, it is embarrassing at least! Every believer is to be hungry to receive God’s Word, but we are all too prone to fill our hearts with assorted junk instead, leaving no room to take in what God wants to say to us. That has only accelerated in recent years, with the constant electronic bombardment of the Information Age. I saw a video just yesterday about how China was a step ahead of the US in digital addiction, with people glued to their phones and not interacting with others face-to-face even 10 years ago, and right after that I read an article about how we need to be present with people and not constantly distracted, particularly in our interactions with children. Those were both in entirely secular contexts; how much more do we need to be present with God, taking in His Word and applying it fully? Past generations emphasized memorizing Scripture, which certainly has its benefits, but far more important is letting the Word get from our head to our heart, cleansing and empowering us, transforming into the likeness of the One who is the Word. (John 1)

Of course, since I am a Pastor/Teacher, this applies doubly for me. It is meaningless if I speak or write the Word to others and fail to apply it myself. They might be blessed, but in that case I’m no more than a hypocrite. As came up in our reading at the end of December, I don’t want anything in me to cause shame when the Lord returns. (1 Thessalonians 5:23) I am to keep looking into the Word and letting it shine into me, illuminating everything of which I need to repent and showing me how I am to be obedient and pleasing to my Lord. I’ve had a lot of the Bible in my head much of my life, but if I’m not living it out, that is merely a sham, deluding me into thinking I’m right before God when I’m not. I am to be a diligent workman, seeking God’s tasks for me and delighting in letting His strength and wisdom flow through me in doing them, for His glory.

Father, thank You for the privilege of growing up in a family that was steeped in Your Word. Help me be effective in sharing Your Word with all to whom You take me, so that they too may receive, repent, and believe for their salvation, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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Hardship; January 12, 2024

Posted on January 13, 2024 by jgarrott

2 Timothy 2:3 Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

I don’t see how anyone who is familiar with the New Testament could be sucked in by the Prosperity Gospel! This admonition by Paul to Timothy is perfectly in line with what Jesus said just before His crucifixion: “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) From this world’s standpoint the Christian life is hardly a bed of roses – unless you include the reality that roses have thorns! There are indeed countless blessings in Christ even in this life, but signing up for His army instantly puts you deep into enemy territory, because that’s what the world system is. That’s perhaps a bit easier to understand when you look at “globalists” like Charles Schwab and George Soros, but our focus isn’t to be on them, but rather on our Lord. Technology is changing things all around us in ways unimaginable even a generation back, but technology doesn’t change human nature, so Paul’s advice is just as relevant to us as it was to Timothy. We aren’t to be seeking “Easy Street,” but rather “press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called [us] heavenward in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:14) In a sense it’s like one of America’s founding fathers said: “Those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither.” If we refuse the cross that Christ offers us, thinking to have it easy, we eventually discover that we have refused life itself.

I’m as big on avoiding discomfort as the next guy, but 75 years on this planet have taught me that indeed, in this world we have trouble. However, I am deeply grateful to say that I have tasted life in Christ, and as Bill Gaither wrote, “The longer I serve Him, the sweeter He grows.” Yesterday I had an encounter that I had been dreading, but the Lord brought us through it and brought genuine blessing in the process. Every situation looks different as we approach it and then as we move on from it. At our Thanksgiving dinner last year one of our believers gave a testimony that it had been a very rough year, but that looking back on it, it had been a very blessed year. I’ve had that sort of experience countless times. I need to look forward to God’s plans for me, whatever they look like in the process of going through them, because I know that the outcome will be blessed.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You indeed for Your presence and guidance yesterday. Thank You for the things You have for today. May I walk in full obedience and peace each step of the way, however hard it might seem in the moment, for my blessing and Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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