Andrew; July 11, 2018

Posted on July 13, 2018 by jgarrott

John 6:8-9 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

Andrew was a good kid. Probably still a teenager, he was perhaps the second youngest after John. He was obviously a God-seeker, being listed as a disciple of John the Baptist and leading his own brother Simon to Jesus. (John 2:40-42) Faced with an overwhelming need/task, rather than freezing up, he offered whatever was available to Jesus, even though he himself had no idea what Jesus would do with it. Of course, what Jesus did with it was spectacular, being told in probably every Sunday School on the planet. The point for us, I think, is to be honest about whatever resources we have at hand, but trust that God can do more with them than “all we could ask or think.” (Ephesians 3;20) Andrew had a level of trust that led him to action. He didn’t seem to spout off at the mouth like his brother did, but he didn’t hold back when things needed to be done. Andrew is quoted mostly in reference to evangelism, but it was the trusting obedience that led him to do it. Like Paul, he “knew whom he had believed,” (2 Timothy 1:12) and that knowledge let him to full obedience and the desire for others to know Jesus as well. If we try to evangelize without the foundation of obedient trust, we will fail. The irony is that such failure destroys some people’s faith, showing that it wasn’t secure in the first place. We need to remember that faith and love are intertwined, and will always produce obedience. We can’t generate either faith or love, but we can decide to obey, and that’s an excellent place to start.

Wow! I didn’t expect that when I started reading! I’ve certainly had my struggles with obedience, even though I haven’t doubted the Bible since I was a child. I proclaimed my love for Jesus by the time I was five and was baptized at seven, but my obedience was certainly spotty. Even today I have to keep watch over my obedience. If God says to do something, He will provide everything necessary, and the results are up to Him. Sometimes His purpose in having me do something isn’t at all what I imagine, and sometimes it is a complete mystery. My job isn’t to figure it all out, but to obey, trusting that His plan is excellent, even if I don’t seen the fruit of it in this life. That can be really difficult at times, but God is more interested in my character than my comfort, and I am grateful.

Father, thank You for Your perfect faithfulness. Thank You for the awareness that I am far less than perfectly faithful. Help me keep growing, keep drawing closer to You, so that Christ may indeed be formed in me, (Galatians 4:19) drawing many to Your salvation for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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God’s Word in Us; July 10, 2018

Posted on July 12, 2018 by jgarrott

John 5:38 “…nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent.”

This is a fascinating, and deeply meaningful, statement on the part of Jesus. He was talking to the scribes and Pharisees who, as He says in the next verse, diligently studied the Scriptures. However, those very Scriptures that they knew so well, memorizing huge chunks of them, didn’t dwell in them because they refused to believe in Jesus. This brings to mind not only Jesus’ remarks along this line in the Upper Room Discourse but also Paul’s famous admonition to the Colossians: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.” (Colossians 3:16) However, this applies in the other direction as well. As Paul famously wrote to the Romans, “Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.” (Romans 10:17) For God’s Word to dwell in us we have to accept it as exactly that, the Word of God to us, but for that to happen, we have to hear it in the first place. In countries like the US, people are exposed to the Bible in various ways, but it doesn’t dwell in them until they receive it in faith that it is God speaking to them personally.

This is extremely applicable to me because I grew up immersed in the Bible, and read it through (RSV) by the time I was 10. It wasn’t that I disbelieved any of it, but I obviously had problems with whether it was speaking to me personally. I had plenty of excuses for ignoring it! It was in 1972 that God broke through my foolish facade and I repented indeed, and since then, the Word has truly been dwelling in me more and more. This whole issue certainly brings to mind one of the potential candidates for the US Supreme Court vacancy, because when she was being confirmed for a lower court position last year, one of the senators grilling her said, “The dogma lives in you loudly,” referencing her strong Christian faith. The senator meant it as a negative, but to me it was the highest of compliments. By using “dogma,” it is clear that the senator was referring to organized religion, in this case Catholicism, but the judge’s lifestyle makes it clear that it’s far more than that with her. I pray that God’s Word would be loud indeed within me, speaking to everyone I encounter, whether I open my mouth or not.

Father, thank You for this reminder. I pray that Your Word would indeed dwell in me more and more, accomplishing everything for which You send it, (Isaiah 55:11) for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Independence; July 9, 2018

Posted on July 12, 2018 by jgarrott

John 5:30 “By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.”

The Bible has sections that are as easy to eat as cookies and milk, but this part of John is more like steak, requiring a sharp knife and careful chewing. (1 Corinthians 3:2) What strikes me about this verse is that even Jesus wasn’t independent. He was the physical manifestation of the Trinity, but considered Himself no more independent than, say, a hand is independent of the person it is attached to. He told His disciples, and by extension us, “Apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5) Even when we accept that, we forget that Jesus operated under the same rules, which He referred to several times, not just here. That should squash any complaints we have, but unfortunately it doesn’t. To use one of my mother’s expressions, we tend to be “independent as a hog on ice.” Not only will such a pig not go where you want it to go, it can’t even go where it wants to go! America has just celebrated Independence Day, but we’ve got to remember that in no way are we independent of God. That was a major part of the original sin in the Garden of Eden. Succumbing to the devil’s temptation, Eve and then Adam decided to do something that God had expressly forbidden, placing themselves on His level in terms of authority. That was not only tragic, it was incredibly stupid. Sadly, that strain of stupidity runs in us today, and as the saying goes, “You can’t fix stupid.” That’s why we have got to stay humble, repenting of our stupid mistakes as soon as we realize we’ve made them, striving to listen to our Father at all times so that we may do as He directs, knowing full well that on our own, we’ll get it wrong.

This is me to a “T”. I have a high IQ, which make it all the more tempting to decide things on my own, without listening to God. It wasn’t that many years ago when God really got it through to me that He’s smart and I’m not. Comparing myself to others not so intellectually blessed, I operated in conceit far more than I even realized, and that is dangerous indeed. That makes it fairly easy to spot others in the same trap. I have been shocked at some of the comments on my blog by people who deny the Trinity. Granted, Three being One is beyond our grasp, but that’s no reason to deny John 1 and the whole Upper Room Discourse (John 14-17). We try to fit God into our framework, and that will always fail miserably. I am to rejoice that I can’t figure God out or explain Him, because if I could, I would be limiting Him to me and my abilities, and that would be tragic.

Father, thank You for my dependence on You. Thank You for helping me grasp it more and more. Help me not try to run off on my own, like the proverbial pig, but rather listen obediently to You at all times, fulfilling the plans that You have for me, (Jeremiah 29:11) for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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Valuing People; July 8, 2018

Posted on July 11, 2018 by jgarrott

John 4:25-26 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
Then Jesus declared, “I who speak to you am he.”

This incident is astounding on several levels. In the first place, Jesus demolished several societal barriers in the process. It was not “proper” for a man to speak to a woman without introduction or chaperon, but Jesus did it anyway. It was not accepted for Jews to be accepting of Samaritans, but Jesus did it anyway. However, this Samaritan woman, whom even Jesus acknowledged didn’t really know the God she claimed to worship, (verse 22) was looking forward to the Messiah with enough anticipation that she recognized that Jesus fit the bill. In response to that, Jesus gave an unequivocal declaration that He was indeed the Christ, and that was something He refused to do repeatedly after that. Jesus didn’t fit in boxes, and He still doesn’t. Political liberals today accuse Christians of being oppressive toward women, when actually the very idea of the equality of the sexes comes from the Bible. (They are equal but not the same, but that is a different, and rather long, discussion.) Jesus opened His heart to an immoral woman in a way that He hadn’t yet done even with His closest disciples, and we need to learn from that. Jesus certainly didn’t sink to her level in the area of morality, but He treated her as a fully valuable human being, which she had perhaps never experienced before in her life. We need to understand, really, that God doesn’t look at people the way we do. We pay that concept lip service, but we have an awfully hard time really getting it through our heads and hearts. Ascribing to people the value their Creator does is both the most fundamental and the greatest thing we can do for anyone.

I find myself wondering how this incident came to be recorded, since Jesus and the woman were the only people present, but I’m guessing that Jesus told John about it as they walked along the road at some point after this. The point for me, however, is to treat people as Jesus did, seeing them not as whatever wreck they might have made of their lives but as God sees them, precious and valuable and with enormous potential. Frankly, that’s not always easy! I do have the advantage of having rubbed shoulders with “bigwigs” throughout my childhood, so I’ve never been overly impressed with titles and degrees. I know they’re just as human as anyone else! However, Jesus didn’t bring people down to where He was, He lifted them up to where He was. I’m not to look at people as no more valuable than I am, but rather, just as valuable as I am. I have to fight with being self-centered just like anyone else does, and I lose that battle far more often than I would like. I am to remember God’s amazing grace toward me and willingly extend that grace toward everyone, so that God may be pleased to touch them and draw them to Himself through me, for their salvation and His glory.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Help me never forget it! May I be Your agent of love and grace in the service this morning and in everything to follow, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Receiving from God; July 7, 2018

Posted on July 11, 2018 by jgarrott

John 4:10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

This has always been a very interesting part of this famous story to me. Jesus used water as an opening conversational gambit, and then flipped it around to talk about what was really important. He was certainly the ultimate expert in personal evangelism! However, one thing He says here really speaks to me. People don’t ask about Jesus/salvation/eternal life because they don’t know to. Non-Christians don’t look at Christians as representatives of their loving Creator God, but that’s what they are. People ask, and often receive, in direct relation to whom they think they are talking. That’s why there are sometimes very real, miraculous healings when the “healer” is as fake as a $3 bill. I remember the story of a Christian camp counselor who didn’t believe in miraculous healing and wanted to teach the children a lesson. They had a meeting, and at the end he got up and said he was going to pray for anyone who wanted healing, and when children came up, he put his hand on their head and said, “In the name of Jesus Christ, be healed!” He had wanted to show that such things were fake, but to his total shock, several of the children really were healed! He had no faith but they did, and God honored it. The lesson for us is that God is bigger than our weaknesses, but the larger lesson from this verse is that people don’t receive God’s infinite blessings out of simple ignorance that they exist and are available to them. I keep coming back to the fact that evangelism is both helping people know what they need and then sharing the One who is the supply for that need. If we will live with that awareness, God will give us opportunities to apply it.

Of course this applies to me. I have found that when I am at a meeting away from here, people ask for things from God through me, and they often receive, whether it is a word of prophecy, healing, or something else. However, that seldom happens in this church. Jesus’ remark that a prophet has no honor at home (John 4:44) is certainly true! I am not to let that tear me down, but rather keep myself available for God to use me whenever, wherever, and however He chooses. I am to pray for those around me, not that they would think I am great but rather that they would realize how great God is, and that He can and will use me if they will ask Him.

Father, I’m back to the need for patience and trust. Keep me from demanding, even subconsciously, that people do as I would like. Rather, help me be Your agent as I pray for them and serve You through serving them, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Eternal Life; July 6, 2018

Posted on July 10, 2018 by jgarrott

John 3:36 “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.”

This is pretty definitive! It is the absolute litmus test for eternal life, and there’s no getting around it. I am reminded of the fictional parable, written not so long ago, of the estate sale of an extremely wealthy man that was stipulated to start with a portrait of the man’s son. Only one person was interested and so was able to purchase it for very little money, at which point the auctioneer announced that the sale was over. To the abundant protests, he replied that the owner had stipulated that whoever got the son got it all. That is indeed how it is in God’s kingdom, except that we aren’t limited to one recipient, because God is infinite. However, as this verse states so clearly, with faith in Jesus we receive eternal life, which is in a way shorthand for “the whole ball of wax.” Without the Savior, we are under the wrath of God for our sins. Just yesterday I got a response to a birthday message I sent to a non-Christian friend, and he mentioned my “mythology” that he couldn’t accept. He is pathetic indeed, because he is rejecting the only source of eternal life with our Creator. (John 14:6) I am totally convinced of the truth of the Gospel, but even someone without my advantages should be able to figure out that even if I’m wrong, I’m not worse off than someone who doesn’t believe, and if I’m right, I’m infinitely better off than someone who doesn’t believe. I think it probably comes down to the devil’s lies about the “restrictions” involved in listening obediently to God (which is how the Japanese expresses it in this verse). People enjoy the sins of the flesh and the illusion that they are independent, not needing God. That is such a tragic delusion! That is why evangelism starts with getting people to admit, at least to themselves, that they need salvation, or else the cross means nothing to them. Until we understand that we deserve the cross but Jesus took it for us, we haven’t believed in Him as our Savior and Lord.

This is the story of my life. I have receive God’s incredible grace and mercy, but I feel like I’m butting my head against a wall trying to get other people to believe that they need it as well, and it’s just as available to them as to me. Since coming to Omura I have had several friends die without ever confessing Jesus as their Lord, and it breaks my heart. All I can do is keep speaking the truth in love, demonstrating Christ, as it were, through my life. I am painfully aware that I can’t save anyone by my personal powers of persuasion, but I can keep presenting God’s truth so that the Holy Spirit may work it into people’s hearts and minds to generate faith.

Father, thank You for those who have accepted Your offer of salvation. Thank You for the man who plans to be baptized before long. I pray that You would anoint him to be effecting in bringing his brother along with him. Strengthen his faith as he shares it with his brother, so that they may be disciples of Christ indeed, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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Children of Light; July 5, 2018

Posted on July 10, 2018 by jgarrott

John 3:20 “Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.”

I was reading a couple of articles just yesterday about the active hatred of Christianity in some quarters in America today. That is hard for me to grasp as real, yet it is clearly evident. One of the leading candidates for the current Supreme Court vacancy was attacked most strongly last year, in confirmation hearings for one of the high courts, for her very evident Christian faith, even though in every other area she was abundantly qualified. The fact that she lived by her faith, rather than treating it as a social accessory, was seen by some as very dangerous. If she is the soon-to-be-announced nominee, the fireworks will certainly start all over again. Actually, the fireworks have already started at the idea that the nominee will likely be someone at least similar to her. The devil, and thus the world, doesn’t care if we claim to be Christians, but as soon as we start living as born-again children of God, we have moved into enemy territory. If we live in committed obedience to God, our values and decisions will be counter to those of the world, and those who are in rebellion against God are terrified of such people being in positions of authority. The point for genuine Christians is to live as children of light, regardless. (Ephesians 5:8) The devil, through the world and those who live by its standards, is going to do his utmost to extinguish, or at least conceal, the light that emanates from every genuine believer. Jesus said to stand firm against that pressure. “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14-16)

I’ve not encountered very much active opposition, which makes me wonder sometimes how well I’m letting my light shine the way Jesus said. The sad irony is that I feel like I’ve encountered more opposition within the church than from people outside it. I am to remember that I am an active danger to the devil, and make his fears come true! I’ve got to remember that people aren’t my enemies, the devil is, and pray actively for those he has deceived. I am to bring the love and power and light of Christ to bear on every situation I encounter, personally or even at a distance, so that I may be an agent of God’s kingdom as His will is done in and through me for His glory.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for the interview I saw with one man who had been firmly in the other camp until he chose to expose himself to people of faith, and discovered Your love. I pray that I would be an open channel of that love at all times, so that nothing may dim Your light shining through me, but rather many be drawn to You, for their salvation and Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Spirit vs. Flesh; July 4, 2018

Posted on July 5, 2018 by jgarrott

John 3:5-6 Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.”

As familiar as this passage is, we have a lot of trouble accepting the truth of it. We want to get by as we are, relying on the flesh, and Jesus says very clearly that’s not going to cut it. Sadly, that’s true in many if not most churches. I’m reminded of what happened when a group of mainland Chinese pastors were able to tour the US a few years ago. (I really don’t know the details of how that was possible.) As they were getting ready to return to China, they were asked what their impression was of American churches. They answered, “We are amazed at how much can be done without the Holy Spirit.” With little or no government opposition, American churches tend to just go in their own strength, instead of acknowledging their total dependence on God. We use the term, born again, almost casually, but we seem to have little grasp of what it is to be born of the Spirit of God. I can’t help but wonder how many people really are saved, but pursuing that line of thinking sets me up as a judge in my own mind, and we have very clear instructions not to do that. (Matthew 7:1-2) Each of us needs to examine his own life to see whether he is genuinely waking with God, but if we have the humility to ask, He will show us and draw us to Himself.

As a pastor, this applies not only to me but to everyone in my flock. I can’t cause anyone to be born again, but I can be available to God for Him to use me in that process. You could call me a “spiritual midwife!” We have a man who has announced his intention to be baptized “this summer,” and it’s already July. I am not to hinder him, but I am to confirm his repentance and his faith as God enables me to do so. He wants to keep working on his brother, so they can be baptized together. That would be wonderful, but to this point that brother has run from commitment, recognizing his human inability to follow through. I need to speak the truth in love to them both, so that they may arise from the water in genuine new life. (Romans 6:3-4) Many things remind me of my dependence on God, and I should be grateful for each one, rather than trying to preserve any shred of human pride. Yesterday’s typhoon was a reminder of our impotence in the face of nature, yet we have the opportunity to depend on the God who created it all! I am not to be anxious about anything, but rejoice in God’s love and provision for me, for His glory.

Father, I do thank You for everything that is going on. Thank You that Cathy will be able to have cataract surgery this morning. I do pray for Your perfect will to be done in that. Thank You that the bridge to my glasses broke this morning, and that I have an older pair that enable me to function. Thank You that the computer crashed in the middle of these devotions, losing some of what I had written, and that You renewed what You had been speaking to me once the computer was running again. Thank You that I can indeed rejoice in Christ’s victory even in the middle of the troubles of this life, (John 16:33) for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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God’s Plans; July 3, 2018

Posted on July 5, 2018 by jgarrott

John 2:5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

Mary is a good example to us in a number of ways, and here she gives some of the best advice ever: “do whatever Jesus says.” I don’t think she really knew what Jesus would do, but she trusted Him explicitly, even though she had given Him birth. Jesus’ directions in this case didn’t make any sense at first to those who followed them; it was only after they had obeyed that they reaped the benefit. That is very often true for us as well, and it’s really what faith is all about. There’s an old Southern Gospel song that says exactly this: We Will Understand It Better Bye and Bye. That moment of understanding may not come until we are free from these bodies, but the point is obedience. Often we can look back over our lives and understand some of what God was doing in various events, but sometimes it is a mystery even so. The reason for that is that there are so many factors and so many people involved. What God tells us to do may have much more to do with someone else than it does with us. God loves all His children, and we are to rejoice in that reality.

I had the incredible blessing of being raised by parents who believed this completely. If they had times of doubt, I wasn’t aware of it. When my father was in the hospital for the coronary bypass surgery from which he didn’t wake up, he wrote two letters to us his family, as an informal will. (He had a formal, legal will as well, but this was more personal.) One of those letters was on strictly practical matters, saying that cremation had its advantages, and that there was no cemetery where he would feel more at home (if he were feeling) [sic] than the one at Seinan Jo Gakuin in Kokura, just below the chapel where he and my mother were married. That was both helpful and very moving, but the other letter expressed his prayers for each of us. The thing that stands out in my memory (I don’t have the originals at hand) was his desire that each of us would know and do God’s will for us, which would “fit in perfectly with His will for everyone else.” My father was very aware of our interconnectedness, that none of us are in genuine isolation. What God tells me to do may ultimately be for the benefit of someone I will never meet this side of heaven. I think that will be one of the blessings of heaven; getting to discover all these connections and express gratitude to one another and praise to God for His perfect plan. For right now, I need to follow Mary’s advice: do whatever Jesus says.

Father, thank You that You indeed know everything and keep it all straight. I enjoy science fiction, but nothing can touch Your reality! Help me hear and obey You more and more accurately and faithfully in everything, so that Your plans, not just for me but for this world, may be fulfilled, just as You had Jesus teach us to pray. Thank You. Praise God!

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Evangelism; July 2, 2018

Posted on July 4, 2018 by jgarrott

John 1:41-42 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).

Many people have noticed that here we have the fundamentals of personal evangelism. That is, one person discovers Jesus the Son of God, and then they bring someone close to them to meet Him as well. I have seen various evangelism programs that used Andrew as part of their name. The fact that they were programs essentially removed them from this Biblical model right from the start! The missing element for most people is actually the most essential: being convinced that Jesus is the only Savior. Anyone who doesn’t have that conviction isn’t going to be very effective in leading anyone to commit themselves to Jesus, because they haven’t really done it themselves. Andrew and John the son of Zebedee (the author of this Gospel – John was a common name back then) were apparently the two disciples of John the Baptist mentioned from verse 35 on. John wasn’t going to brag on himself, but he noticed what Andrew did and what it caused, bringing in Peter, who became the effective “squad leader” of the disciples. The whole point is that Biblical evangelism isn’t a program, but rather just sharing what we have discovered. I’m reminded of the lepers in 2 Kings 7 who discovered the Aramaean camp had been abandoned. “Then they said to each other, ‘We’re not doing right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace.’” (2 Kings 7:9) When they had discovered something so wonderful, they couldn’t wait to share the news. Often we fail to share the news of Jesus because we have forgotten how wonderful it is! Andrew hadn’t been to seminary or even taken an evangelism class, but he knew in his heart that he had met the Son of God, and he wanted his brother to meet Him too.

When I came to Omura in 1981 I told people, “I haven’t come to teach a religion, but to introduce the Lord Jesus.” (In Japanese there’s an “almost pun” between “religion” and “Lord.”) In the years since then I have sought to do exactly that, but with limited success (which is certainly par for the course in Japan). Japanese have very little concept of a Savior to begin with, and society is shame-based, rather than sin-based, so they don’t grasp why they would need a Savior. I spend most of my time plowing the field and trying to remove rocks and weeds, planting as I go and hoping for some sort of harvest. It is certainly discouraging at times, but the process is teaching me to take my eyes off of myself, because I’m a minor part in the process of salvation. As a pastor, I certainly desire that every member of this church be like Andrew, convinced in their own faith and eager to share the grace and love they have received. I can’t force that to happen, but I believe God is working on it, and I am to be faithful and expect great things of Him.

Father, thank You for the service yesterday, for Your guidance and anointing as I spoke and for how Your Word seemed to be received. I pray that we would indeed be transformed into the body that You desire, to do Your will effectively, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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