Hello Everyone,

Just one LOOK will bring Glorification.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

- THE CURSE WILL BE LIFTED.

- THE POWER OF TEMPTATION & SIN WILL LOSE IT'S GRIP.

- ALL SICKNESS WILL BE ELIMINATED.

- DEATH WILL BE SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY.

- DISAPPOINTMENT AND DISCOURAGEMENT WILL EVAPORATE.

- ALL LUST, GREED, MALICE, JEALOUSY, & HEARTACHE WILL BE GONE FOREVER.

Think of these last days we are living in…when reading the newspaper is like reading the book of Revelation!...

Luke 21:28

And when these things begin to come to pass, then LOOK UP, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

Titus 2:13

LOOKING for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

2 Cor. 4:18

While we LOOK not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Oh How HE Loves Us!

Pastor Phil 5

Hello Everyone,

Just one look can bring Sanctification Matthew 17:8.

Matthew 17:8

When they LOOKED up, they saw no one except Jesus.

Peter, James, and John, the ‘inner circle’ among Jesus’ disciples were taken aside to a high mountain where they saw the transfiguration of Christ…in other words, they saw Him in His glory, shining as the sun.

- They were never the same after this.

- They took their eyes off everything and everybody except Jesus.

- Moses and Elijah also appeared that day.

- Didn't say they saw Moses. (law)

- Didn't say they saw Elijah - (prophets)

- Doesn't say they saw each other. (distraction)

- Good advice- “Keep your eyes off of people and on the Lord!”

- Who are we following, anyway?

- They saw their goal. (be conformed to His image)

- They saw their challenge.

- They saw the Truth.

- They saw the light.

When Peter walked on the water he began to sink when he ‘saw’ the winds and waves around him, but when he LOOKED to Jesus he was alright!

What’s the first thing you look to each morning? Mouthwash? [wish your spouse did?] Coffee pot? Newspaper? …Restroom? Ok, after that?!

Psalm 5:3

In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.

Daily sanctification is just a look away!

Then enter your day, and look at it differently…

Philip. 2:4

Each of you should LOOK not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Matthew 9:36

When he SAW the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

John 4:35

I tell you, open your eyes and LOOK at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.

You’ll never see people the same way again when you look at them thru sanctified eyes, as eternal souls that will live or die somewhere forever!

Oh How HE Loves Us!

Pastor Phil 4

Hello Everyone,

Now for the Good news… Just one look can bring Justification.

The children of Israel in the wilderness were being judged for their sin, griping, murmuring, and lack of faith, and God sent serpents to bite and kill them in judgment.

(NUM. 21:8) But the Lord had Moses fashion a brass serpent on a pole to lift up high, and if only the people would look to that serpent they would live! [The serpent was a picture of Christ made sin for us!]

John 3:14

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

And all who look to Jesus can live!

- DIDN'T SAY LOOK ON THE POLE.

- DIDN'T SAY LOOK TO MOSES.

- DIDN'T SAY LOOK BACK TO MIRACLE OF THE RED SEA.

You can’t look at the wrong thing…only looking to the serpent would spare their lives. Sadly, today:

- MANY ARE LOOKING TO A CHURCH

- MANY ARE LOOKING TO THE BAPTISTRY

- MANY ARE LOOKING TO THEIR COMMUNION

- MANY ARE LOOKING TO WHAT MOMMA SAID THEY DID

- MANY ARE LOOKING TO A SAINT OR TO MARY

- MANY ARE LOOKING TO THEIR MORALITY

- MANY ARE LOOKING TO THEIR SINCERITY

But they look in the wrong direction unless they look to Jesus!

Hebrews 12:2

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith…

Oh How HE Loves Us!

Pastor Phil 3

Hello Everyone,

Just one look can bring condemnation. A good example would be Eve in the Garden. (GEN 3:1-6)

Genesis 3:6

When the woman SAW that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the EYE, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

She looked and she took…and she lost her place in the garden. She was deceived and just one look is all it took.

Adam came along and saw what had happened…and he took a look at her, a look at the tree, and said, give me a bite, and he sinned with his eyes wide open…and just one look is all it took.

Lot’s wife is another example. (GEN 19:26)

God warned them not to look back (V.17) but she did and became a salt lick in the desert…and just one look was all it took.

And she wouldn’t even have been in that wicked city of Sodom except for the ‘look’ her husband gave in that direction when he selfishly chose the best land when given the choice.

Do you remember Achan in Joshua 7:21?

God’s people were instructed not to take of the spoils of this battle. But Achan did in this progression: He saw, he coveted, he took. Taking was the disobedient action, but it all began when he ‘saw’.

One look…and then he took!

And then the most famous look David and Bathsheba in II Samuel 11:2.

He saw, he lusted, he sinned. The lust of the eyes demanded he go further, and he started down a slippery slope.

James 1:15

Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Lust-sin-Death…the most dangerous form of LSD, and that’s how it happened for David, and a baby died as a result.

Men are visual beings, and Jesus said we can commit adultery with just a look…so we need to set up serious safeguards:

Job 31:1

“I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl.

Just one look can bring condemnation.

A good way to keep from going down the wrong path is not to even look in that general direction!

Proverbs 23:31

Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!

Oh How HE Loves Us!

Pastor Phil

Hello Everyone,

In Isaiah 45:22

"LOOK unto me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God and there is none else." KJV

Charles Spurgeon quoted this verse while testing the acoustics in a new sanctuary…he was later called to the bedside of a dying man. This man had heard him from the balcony where he was working, and God used that to see the man get saved!

That man, like many today, was looking for something, and when a person is looking, God doesn’t hide, but makes Himself available, and one look is all it takes!

The eyes are the main gate we have leading to our minds, our imaginations, and our hearts. Just one look can be powerful and life changing.

Have your known someone who experienced love at first sight? At the very least, it may have led to taking a second look.

Consider the power of ‘just one look…’

This week we are going to take a quick trip thru the Bible and see 'just one look' from beginning to end.

Oh How HE Loves Us!

Pastor Phil