fourth quarter

lesson: we live at God's pleasure.  

Genesis 2: 15 The LORD God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it. 16 The LORD God gave the man this order: You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden 17 except the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From that tree you shall not eat; when you eat from it you shall die. 18 The LORD God said: It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suited to him. 19  So the LORD God formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the air, and he brought them to the man to see what he would call them; whatever the man called each living creature was then its name. 20 The man gave names to all the tame animals, all the birds of the air, and all the wild animals; but none proved to be a helper suited to the man. 21 So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 The LORD God then built the rib that he had taken from...

He was hunted from the day He was born. (Matthew 2:16, John 11:45-57) He was homeless. (Luke 9:58) although He was innocent of all crimes, He was tried and crucified. (Matthew 26: 1-5) Jesus God, innocent victim, King of the universe, allowed Himself to be tortured and killed for our sins.  Christ on the Cross | Rennett Stowe | Flickr Creative Commons — Attribution 2.0 Generic — CC BY 2.0 attribution: Rennett Stowe He rose again. (Matthew 28: 1-10) He conquered death.  He is Savior of the world.  He changed th e world forever. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noel-coypel-the-resurrection-of-christ-1700.jpg attribution:  Noël Coypel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

I'm sad that my co-grandfather, Leon Pierce, is no longer here with us. but, I'm glad that he's with God, where we all want to be some day. https://youtu.be/_erkplrthow