September 12, 2015

Posted on September 13, 2015 by jgarrott

1 Corinthians 13:12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

There are two important truths in this verse. The first is simply that we don’t, we can’t, know perfectly at this point. Mirrors in Paul’s day were polished metal, and their polishing techniques were far from the mechanical precision that is used today. Reflections in such mirrors were useful, but hardly precise. It’s not that the knowledge of God we have today is useless, it’s that it is highly limited. Actually, it’s not simply knowledge of God, but knowledge in general that is highly limited. Many today have trouble accepting that statement, because scientific knowledge has indeed seen exponential growth and we live in an Information Age, where tools for extracting information from the flood of data become almost more important than the information itself. Even so, there is far more that even scientists do not know about the universe than they do know. That’s why science is such a delightful field for a truly inquiring mind, because there is always so much more that can be learned. Sadly, many people turn that on its head and use statements like, “The science is settled” to shut off inquiry, for the purpose of exerting political power. Humility is one of the most important tools of a true scientist. That said, the other truth in this verse is also very important, and that is that God knows everything about us perfectly. A lot of people are extremely uncomfortable with that idea, and some of them try to deny it by saying God doesn’t exist. How foolish! Such people have not “set aside childish ways,” as the verse prior to this says. We can’t even grasp how perfectly God is aware of us. Jesus specified that even the hairs on our heads are numbered, (Matthew 10:30) and He said that God knows everything we need even before we ask Him. (Matthew 6:8) When we know and trust the love of God, that is good news indeed. The fun thing to look forward to is that once we are freed from the limitations of these bodies, we will be able to know perfectly as well.

This has always been an area of great interest for me, because I love learning new stuff. I’ve lived long enough that some “facts” that were taught me have been proven false, so I approach every “authority” with a healthy dose of skepticism. I remember the story of how my oldest sister was being home-schooled around the time I was born, and her textbook insisted that “pines are always straight and tall,” when our house was surrounded by twisted pine trees. I don’t think she ever trusted a textbook again! I am interested but often amused at the various pronouncements that come from CERN and elsewhere, insisting that “breakthroughs” have been made when often enough those “discoveries” are later disproved. Of actually more importance, I am continually amazed at prayer. It violates human logic that prayer would make a difference when God already knows everything, and we are so small on the cosmic scale anyway, but it is demonstrably true, as well as stated or implied countless times in the Bible, that prayer indeed matters. In the same teaching session in which He said that God knows what we need before we ask, Jesus told us to ask, seek, and knock. (Matthew 7:7-8) I’ve come to the conclusion that prayer is certainly not forcing God to do what we want, but is rather a process of getting ourselves in line with Him so that His best for us may be manifested. I guess full understanding of prayer will have to wait until I’m before His throne!

Father, thank You for the incredible privilege of prayer, of fellowship with You. Thank You for the assurance that You indeed know me perfectly, and yet You love me anyway. I so long to give others that assurance! I ask that You use me to do so, to open their eyes to You and Your love for them so that they may repent and believe, for their salvation and Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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September 11, 2015

Posted on September 13, 2015 by jgarrott

1 Corinthians 9:16 Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

I think anyone with a genuine calling from God probably feels this way. A very high percentage have been tempted to quit, sometimes strongly, but there is certainly no peace in quitting. The particular form ministry takes can and often does change over time, but the calling itself is a lifetime appointment. Sadly, there are some in positions of ministry who are there for other reasons, generally either financial gain or personal power. Jesus called such people “hirelings.” (John 10:12-13) This section as a whole is about ministers being paid for their ministry, but that payment must not be the motivation for the ministry or it will poison the whole thing. We are all aware of people who demand high speaking fees as “evangelists” or “prophets.” They have profaned the name of the Lord they claim to serve. Akira Takimoto, who was called to his reward recently at the age of 86, was a shining example of how it should be done. He was an evangelist who also happened to pastor a church, but as soon as the church was large enough to support such a ministry, he was traveling all over the country, speaking anywhere that would have him. He founded an evangelistic organization with several other speakers as well, but they never made any demands on the churches that hosted them, choosing to accept whatever God would provide. He spoke multiple times here, and we were never lavish. The organization did (and does, with other speakers even now) let churches know what their expenses were, but that was as an encouragement and not as a demand. If everyone in public ministry had that attitude the Church as a whole would have a much better reputation!

The Lord has blessed me with the occupation of teaching English, along with translation and interpreting, to supply the funds to be able to minister. Other than extremely sporadic gifts, (one every few years or so) we have never had financial support other than our own work. For a while that contributed to my taking the church work lightly, but the Lord straightened me out on that point. I have always been quick to preach, (Conversations can turn into sermons!) but I have had real resistance to being a pastor as such, and the personal ministry that entails. I have said many times that I can’t help being a pastor, but the particular Japanese expression implies a desire to quit, and has been offensive to some people, so I’ve stopped using it, however accurate it was! This verse is a better way of putting it. I have always considered it a privilege to proclaim God’s Word, and I have finally come around to understanding that pastoral ministry is too, because everyone needs someone to be “Jesus with skin on” to them. The better I function in that role the more I am aware of His presence with me, and that is blessing indeed.

Father, thank You for the incredible honor and privilege of Your calling. Thank You for helping me understand how utterly unworthy of it I am in myself, that it is entirely by Your grace. Help me discharge faithfully all that You have assigned to me, so that many may be drawn to You through what You do in and through me, for their salvation and Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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September 10, 2015

Posted on September 12, 2015 by jgarrott

Romans 15:30 I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

This verse has doubtless been used countless times since Paul wrote it by other missionaries in “prayer letters.” Foreign missions can be lonely work for a number of reasons, but such missionaries are as much a part of the Body of Christ as anyone else, and are certainly in need of the support of that Body. Many mission agencies do a great deal in terms of logistical support and the like, but the spiritual and emotional support is actually more important. Paul himself used the strongest terms possible here, making his request in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. That’s not something to be done lightly! The Japanese also makes it clear that he asked for prayer “to the limit of your strength.” In other words, give it all you’ve got. Probably very little prayer is that way, which might explain the limited results we often experience. With modern technology, particularly the Internet, it’s easy and very helpful to give missionaries a word of encouragement, but such communication without prayer to back it up is simply humanistic and of no lasting benefit. We all need to remember that apart from Christ we can do nothing! (John 15:5) Both missionaries and those who pray for them need to be focused first on connection with Christ. Missionaries get busy too, and devotional life can suffer. As “point people” they are often under constant attack of all sorts, so they need the “air cover” of people praying for them. In my experience, the “heavy lifting” of missions work is often accomplished more by the people praying than by the people on the field.

I have painful experience to back this up. When Cathy and I came to Omura in 1981 we had no “sending agency,” but we had a church with faithful prayer warriors who backed us up spiritually. However, that church folded because of the sins of the pastor, and we were left without prayer cover. I didn’t realize what was going on, but my focus blurred, and the church here became more like a hobby instead of the real reason for my being here. I received a fairly strong rebuke from a brother to whom my words made that attitude obvious, but I didn’t know how to repent. The Lord arranged that we needed to go to the US for four months to get our younger daughter established in college (since she didn’t really remember living in the US) and He used that time to get us implanted spiritually in a home group of a particular church. During that time He also kept the church here from dissolving in our absence, and He renewed my focus on His plans for me. The years after our return to Omura were good, but we had been the youngest people in that home group, and those faithful prayer warriors started dying off. Right now we are again without organized prayer support, though we do have various individuals in various locations who pray for us. We need people agreeing in prayer for us!

Father, thank You for this reminder, and for the medium of my blog to communicate our need. I pray that those You are calling to do so would indeed labor with us in prayer so that the spiritual barriers may be overcome and many people be brought into Your kingdom, for their salvation and Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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September 9, 2015

Posted on September 12, 2015 by jgarrott

Romans 15:4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

From my present perspective it can be hard to remember that many people don’t want to read the Bible. They think of it as a rule book or a book of philosophy, and they particularly don’t think (or they don’t want to think) that it has any connection to their daily lives. They don’t understand what this verse says, that it is to give us hope through encouragement. Everybody likes to be encouraged! That’s why it’s so good that the Gideon Bibles I hand out to counselees have a section at the very first that says, “Help in Time of Trouble.” It lists various life situations and then gives the reference, with page number, of a passage that applies to that situation. I’m careful to point that out, telling people that if they will start there they will find the Bible to be interesting indeed. For the average Gentile, Matthew starting off with a long genealogy is a real put-off, if they pick up a New Testament and try to read it like a regular book. Paul was actually writing here about the Old Testament, because the New Testament was still being written and even the Gospels weren’t codified as Scripture. Sadly, many Christians today know next to nothing of the Old Testament, because their churches/pastors ignore it. They are ignoring the roots of the faith they profess, so it is no wonder that they are easily led astray. When we are familiar with the whole Bible it’s easy to understand that every human experience has been common to mankind since Creation, even though the cosmetic changes of history have been great. With that understanding, we can indeed receive the encouragement and hope that we desire and need. Perhaps the most important thing, however, is to understand that God caused the Bible to be written for our benefit: not to oppress us but to liberate us. When we have that awareness then we will be eager to receive all that He wants to give us through its pages.

As I am frequently reminded, I was raised in a home that loved God and His Word, and that is a magnificent heritage indeed. Since my father taught Biblical Greek and Hebrew, he was well aware that no single translation was 100% accurate, for a number of reasons, and he also knew that we need the help of the Holy Spirit to bring the Word to life in our hearts as we read. He wasn’t completely effective in transmitting that understanding, but I at least had a huge head start over most people picking up a Bible. As long as I thought of it as obligation, something I should do, I had no real success in getting into a consistent habit of Bible reading and prayer. However, God is patient, and He got through to me. Once daily devotions became an essential part of my life, I understood why I had made so many horrible mistakes in the years previous! As a pastor, perhaps my greatest desire is that each believer learn to feed themselves, discovering what a rich feast the Bible is and getting their needed spiritual nourishment on a daily basis, and not just a dollop on Sundays.

Father, thank You for giving me Sunday’s message! Help me lay it out as You intend so that it won’t come across as condemnation but as good news indeed. I pray that each member of this church would renounce spiritual anorexia and feast on Your Word, putting it into practice as You intend, to become strong and tall in Christ, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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September 8, 2015

Posted on September 12, 2015 by jgarrott

Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Once again I’m thankful to be reading this in multiple languages, since I’m not reading it in the original Greek. In the first of the three sections of this verse the English and Japanese agree unremarkably, and it is an important point. When we have our hope anchored in Christ we can indeed be joyful, regardless of our circumstances. Quite simply, the firmer our grasp on our eternal hope, the happier we will be. It is in the second section that comparing the languages provides insight. There is no disagreement, but we don’t always think of “affliction” in terms of health problems. However in Japanese, the translators used a character combination for that term that is unusual enough that Microsoft wouldn’t give it to me when I entered it phonetically. For the first of the two characters they specifically used the one that means “patient,” as in someone in the hospital. Checking, I see that they used the same combination in John 16:33, (where the NIV simply uses “trouble”) which happens to be one of my favorite verses. In other words, God is our Healer, but when we live in a fallen world, medical problems are no surprise. The last section, where the NIV simply says “faithful,” the Japanese expresses it as, “Work hard at prayer without giving up.” That’s pretty clear, I think! All of these things are pretty hard to do on our own, but God will enable us to do them by His Spirit, if we are yielded to Him.

That second section really struck me just now, not surprisingly considering my wife’s health situation. As I commented to her this morning, it’s strange to be looking forward to surgery, and she agreed completely. Back surgery is never an automatic success, but we trust that God has provided a good hospital and a good surgical team, and He is going to guide them. It would be nice if He would heal her instantaneously, as He has a few times in the past, but that wouldn’t grow her patience. Being a patient should teach you to be patient! In relation to that, I need to be unstinting in prayer, and we both need to keep a firm hold on the hope we have in Christ, so that the devil will not be able to steal our joy, but rather our joy will be a clear witness to all who see us.

Father, thank You for Your plan, even when we can’t “see around the corner,” so to speak. Thank You for Your Word, that You have planted in both of us. Help us indeed live out the truth we know, including this verse, so that we may walk in the freedom of Your Spirit indeed, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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September 7, 2015

Posted on September 8, 2015 by jgarrott

Romans 11:18 You do not support the root, but the root supports you.

I am always mystified by antisemitism, and it is perhaps at its most insidious as “Replacement Theology.” I don’t see how an honest reading of the New Testament can bring you to the position that the Church has completely replaced Israel in God’s plan. Physical descendants of Abraham do indeed need faith in his Descendant, the Messiah of promise, but that fact does not negate thousands of years of history. The nation of Israel today is learning that it has no better friends than Evangelical, and particularly Charismatic, Christians. That is because anyone with an active relationship with Father God is going to love His children. “Christian antisemitism” is to me a complete contradiction in terms. The root of antisemitism is jealousy, both on a human level and on a demonic level. Jews are indeed prominent in the areas of science, medicine, finance, and others, but attacking someone because you want to bring them down to your level simply shows how low you are morally, emotionally, and spiritually. That sort of motivation is very evident in the world today, and it is ugly whatever form it takes. Coming back to the matter of the physical descendants of Abraham, Christians must remember that the Old Testament is indeed the “root stock” of the New Testament, and Jesus would never have been born without Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We need to feel and express appreciation for Israel, even as we pray and witness so that they too may acknowledge Yeshua ha Messiach, for their eternal salvation.

I am grateful for the various interactions I have had with Messianic Jews over the years, and I am thankful there wasn’t a trace of antisemitism in my family as I was growing up. I remember my shock, actually, when Benjamin Berger explained Replacement Theology to me. We had just met, and I was to be interpreting for him as he spoke in Japan, and he was concerned that I might subscribe to that position myself. I think it was clear to him that I felt I had never heard such an absurd distortion of Scripture in my life! Needless to say, we had a very warm relationship after that, which I treasure. I have never visited geographic Israel, though I would like to, but I am deeply grateful to have been grafted into spiritual Israel, and I love the roots that nourish me.

Father, thank You for Your plan, that certainly exceeds our narrow human perceptions. Like Paul, I pray for the repentance and salvation of the Jews. I share in their promises strictly by grace through faith. May I be Your instrument of blessing to them, however You choose to use me, for their salvation and Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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September 6, 2015

Posted on September 6, 2015 by jgarrott

Romans 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

This is a verse I have quoted to others many times, but when my wife has so many painful medical challenges it really comes home. This isn’t the only place Paul says something like this, (2 Corinthians 4:17) and Peter hit the same note. (1 Peter 1:6-9) Actually the New Testament talks a good bit about suffering, though we don’t like to think about it. Indeed, some preachers have gotten rich telling people faith is a way out of suffering, but I don’t like to think about the suffering that awaits them! The fact of the matter is, we live in a fallen world, and that includes all sorts of suffering, just as Jesus said. (John 16:33) The good news is, what awaits those who commit to Jesus as Lord is so much better that it makes all our suffering fade to insignificance. As it says in Hebrews, we need to be like Jesus, “who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:2) We often don’t know the why of our present suffering, but if by faith we can take hold of what is prepared for us, we are able to get through whatever we are experiencing now. This is not at all to say that there aren’t wonderful things in this present life, or that God doesn’t delight to do good things for His children. (Luke 12:32) Rather, it is to say with Peter, “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.” (1 Peter 4:12-13)

Seeing what my wife is going through, I am ashamed that I complain at being bitten by mosquitoes (which is happening even as I write)! I deal with people all the time who hardly know how to stand up under inconveniences, thinking in all honesty that they are suffering, when they haven’t tasted real suffering at all. They are as crippled emotionally as if they had a severe medical handicap, when it is all a lie of the devil. I am not to make light of genuine suffering, but sometimes the most loving thing I can do is to help people get some perspective so that they will realize they aren’t suffering at all. I am as prone to fall into that trap as anyone, getting upset over such things as computer problems instead of rejoicing that I have multiple computers with which to work and relax. I need to take Hebrews 12 fully to heart, rejoicing that God considers me worth polishing, even when the process is painful. I am to work to alleviate suffering as much as possible in the lives of those around me, but at the same time I am to remember that, as Paul said, the worst this life can dump on us is insignificant compared with the glory of what God has prepared for us.

Father, I would rather have learned about suffering through my own than through Cathy’s, but thank You for the lesson anyway. Help me be the help I should be to her, so that she may not have any unnecessary suffering. Thank You for my mother, who had the insight to pray about “unnecessary suffering.” My I not “kick against the goads,” (Acts 26:14) but rest, relax, and rejoice in You, for the blessing of many and for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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September 5, 2015

Posted on September 6, 2015 by jgarrott

Romans 5:5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Verses 3 and 4 of this chapter are justly famous, but I think this verse often gets overlooked, and it’s a very important truth. Hope is all very well and good, but very often things don’t turn out as we had hoped. This verse gives the key to dealing with that so that we don’t lose our fundamental hope when details don’t turn out as we would like. That key is grasping the love of God. When we understand how much God loves us, then we can trust that the “bumps in the road” are no more than that, and aren’t the disasters the world, our flesh, and the devil try to tell us they are. However, we can’t have such a revelation of the love of God apart from the work of the Holy Spirit, as this verse says. The key, then, to dealing with all the things mentioned in verses 3 and 4 is to open up to the Holy Spirit and allow Him to reveal God’s love to us. Otherwise, the “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” (to quote Shakespeare in Hamlet) are going to generate depression and bitterness.

My wife and I are in quite a practicum in this very issue right now, with her facing two major surgeries on top of having Parkinson’s Disease. The temptation to focus on negatives, present or potential, is very real, but that is a bottomless pit. When I myself have to make a conscious choice to trust I can imagine how hard it is for her, when she has to deal with the present pain and with the fact it’s her body that’s going to be operated on. I need to focus on my own openness to the Holy Spirit, choosing to trust God, and I need to pray for her to be able to do the same. She generally does very well, but there are moments, particularly when the pain is severe, that it’s quite difficult. Well-meaning friends and family don’t help by focusing on temporal hopes. The key is in focusing on God and knowing that His plans are ultimately good, whatever they involve in the short run.

Father, help me be the husband, the support to Cathy that she needs, not lecturing her or taking her suffering lightly, but walking with her through all of this in trust and obedience, letting Your love fill us and carry us along by Your Spirit, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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September 4, 2015

Posted on September 6, 2015 by jgarrott

Romans 4:25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

The mechanism of our salvation is so incredible that the Bible has to talk about it many, many times from many different angles. Paul was the most formally trained of all the Biblical writers, and he took up the issue several times. Here we have, first, the stark statement that it was our sin that sent Jesus to the cross. Any Christian is familiar with that statement, but too often it remains abstract for us. To experience the full joy of salvation we need to grasp, on a gut level, that we deserved that scourging, those nails, that agony, and Jesus didn’t. We don’t have much trouble with Jesus not deserving it, but we don’t like to admit that we did. These days people get upset if a prisoner being executed seems to suffer in any way, forgetting how they made their victims suffer in the crimes they committed. We don’t understand the severity of our sins, but rather tend to excuse them. If sin didn’t cut us off from eternal life and fellowship with our Creator, then He would have had no need to send His Son to die for us as the penalty for our sin. The second half of this involves a word that most of us understand far too little. “Justification” is used most often on the level of “making excuses,” as in, “He tried to justify his actions.” Japanese doesn’t have a single word with the Biblical meaning, so it renders it as “acknowledge/accept as righteous.” That might help us understand it in English! Jesus’ resurrection was proof that His cross was effective in canceling our sin, because it was victory over the penalty for that sin, death. That’s one reason the devil dries so hard to deny the reality of Jesus’ resurrection: it is absolute proof that he has lost, and that we can be admitted into the very presence of God. When we really grasp that, the peace and joy we gain are far beyond anything that can be had any other way.

I have known the facts of salvation as long as I can remember, but the reality of salvation has taken much longer to sink in. I could give quite a list of sins I’ve committed but it would be far from complete, because I’m not even aware of all the ways I ignore God and violate His law. Rather than focus on the sins, I need to focus on the glorious reality of what God has done for me in Christ. I tell people often that other religions are people trying to earn right standing with God, (or with gods) but true Christianity is simply a response to what God has already done. I need to be as complete as possible in my own response so that others may grasp, through seeing me, what God has done for them as well. That’s why we receive salvation by grace through faith, repenting of our past unbelief and rebellion and submitting to Jesus as Lord.

Father, I could write on and on about this because I so desire that people grasp and accept it, when so few do. I cannot force anyone to repent and believe, but I can speak the truth to them in love, making myself available as an instrument of Your Holy Spirit. Today I start a new class at the nursing school. I pray that the students I meet today and the staff members I have known for years would alike encounter, believe, and follow the Christ they see in me, for their salvation and Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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September 3, 2015

Posted on September 6, 2015 by jgarrott

Acts 28:24 Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe.

Faith is ultimately a choice. As I have explained to quite a few people, faith is a gift from God, (Ephesians 2:8-9) but we have to choose to receive it. It can be heartbreaking when people we love decline that gift from God, but it is some comfort that Paul had exactly the same problem with those with whom he shared the Gospel. All sorts of things can get in the way, but I personally think pride is the chief of those: people don’t want to acknowledge their need. That is perhaps stronger among men than among women, which might explain the preponderance of women in many churches. Pride really was at the root of the Fall in the Garden of Eden, because of the temptation to “be like God.” (Genesis 3:5) We like to think we’re in charge, when we aren’t. We do have free will, and our choices and actions do make a difference, but we still have to suffer the consequences of our choices. The more consistently we choose to trust and obey God, the better the outcome will be, both in this life and for eternity.

Thinking back over my own life, basic faith was never much of an issue, but the humility of obedience has been quite a hurdle at times. I can be as headstrong as anybody! The choice to trust and obey has not always been easy by any means, but when I have made it firmly, the result has always been good in the long run. There have been times when in the short term obedience to God made things much more difficult than ignoring Him would have been, but over time the wisdom of obedience has always been evident. As a pastor I am constantly urging and encouraging people to listen obediently to God, but I can’t make their choices for them. Not only in the most basic decision to repent and believe for salvation, but also in all sorts of life choices people can’t seem to grasp that not choosing is itself a choice, and it’s the wrong one. I’ve made wrong choices too many times to look down on anyone, but I need to speak the truth to them in love so that they may be encouraged to make right choices.

Father, I didn’t know where this was going when I started, but You certainly led me specifically. Thank You. Guide me as I prepare the outline for sharing this message with the congregation. I have demonstrated that my words don’t do the trick, so I ask You to speak Your truth through me, so that all sorts of the lies of the enemy may be dispelled, and knowing Your truth, people be set free to move into all that You intend for them, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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