October
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I especially enjoy this time of year. In our
part of the country,
as you know,
summers are very hot. So, the coming of
fall is just wonderful.
October is very important to me. In 1961,
TCU played Arkansas for the SWC
championship. You know the story. On
Saturday night, I met the most beautiful
young woman I had ever seen in my life.
She and I have been married now 59
years and six months.
This is also the time of the year when the
trees begin to rest for the winter. Old
leaves begin to take on beautiful colors
and fall to the ground. The animals also
look forward to the cooling-down time.
In October and November the sweet
smell of cool, crisp air is so refreshing.
Change is taking place all around us!
This is a great time to take stock and
examine our own lives. Are there areas of
just the same old, same old? Am I in a
rut? Well, it's time to set into motion a
faith-based examination of our lives.
Take the time to meditate on the things
that The LORD, by His Spirit, has
instructed us to do. Have you
allowed some of those things to slip?
Is that OK? Is disobedience sin?
Most Christians don't realize that's what
the great book of Hebrews deals with
more than anything else. The third and
fourth chapters set the stage for the rest
of the book. Let's look at Hebrews 3:1:
1 WHEREFORE, HOLY BRETHREN,
PARTAKERS OF THE HEAVENLY
CALLING, CONSIDER THE APOSTLE AND
HIGH PRIEST OF OUR PROFESSION,
CHRIST JESUS.
Before we consider anything or anyone
else, we ALWAYS CONSIDER JESUS—first!
In the eyes of God, we are holy brethren.
We are partakers of the heavenly calling.
That heavenly calling is explained in
Hebrews 5:9-10:
9 AND BEING MADE PERFECT, HE
BECAME THE AUTHOR OF ETERNAL
SALVATION UNTO ALL THEM THAT OBEY
HIM;
10 CALLED OF GOD AN HIGH PRIEST
AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEC.
Those, dear Partner, are exciting words.
"But Brother Copeland," you might say, "I
still don't see where I fit into all of this."