"Everybody Needs A Carpenter"

"Everybody Needs A Carpenter"

"Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary ...?" (Mark 6:3)  The son of Mary is a carpenter; He is a prophet; He is a teacher; He is a fisherman; He is the amazing Omnipotent Creator; He is Alpha and Omega; He is the Savior; He is the Lord Jesus Christ  ...  He IS!  He knows how to build things; it is no wonder the tabernacle was so exact in every measurement detail!  And, He is still in the business of building  ...  this time it's skyscrapers, otherwise called vessels of honor, and no matter what anyone says, "Everybody Needs A Carpenter!"

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary?

"A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house."  And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands on a few sick folk and healed them.  (Mark 6:4-5)  "And he marvelled because of their unbelief."  The Lord Jesus Christ still marvels at unbelief!  After thousands of years, there is still unbelief that the "carpenter" was God, that the carpenter could raise the dead, that the carpenter healed all diseases, that the carpenter "knew their very minds and thoughts!"  Oh, Dear Lord, Jesus, now in 2011, we need THE One "carpenter," who can rebuild lives, rebuild nations, rebuild hearts, rebuild relationships, and rebuild LOVE for our fellow man!

I Believe!

"Jesus saith unto them, did ye never read in the scriptures, the stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes."  Barnes' Notes says it so beautifully this way, "The stone - the figure is taken from building a house.  The principal stone for size and beauty is that commonly laid as the cornerstone.  Which the builders rejected - On account of its want of beauty or size, it was laid aside, or deemed unfit to be a cornerstone.  This represents the Lord Jesus, proposed to the Jews as the foundation or conerstone on which to build the church, but rejected by them ..."

"He was constituted the foundation on which the salvation of

mankind rests, and the cornerstone which unites Jews and

Gentiles, beautifies, strengthens, and completes the whole

building, as the head stone, or uppermost stone in the corner

does the whole ediface."  (Clarke's Commentary)

Jesus Christ the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, the cornerstone of our faith, the Joy of our souls, the Spirit for our dilemmas, the presence for our darkness, the answer for our existence  ... Jesus, the carpenter the whole world needs!

"A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that

makes them fall."  They stumble because they disobey

the message - which is also what they were destined for.

(I Peter 2:8)

What is the message?  It is the Gospel; the virgin birth, life, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  We shouldn't "stumble" through life, when we can have peace, Joy, love, mercy, forgiveness, and the everlasting arms of the Lord Jesus Christ to carry us through this world of terror. 

"What should we do?"

The "carpenter" is showing up these days, and He's coming with all His tools to "rebuild" us, so that we can be born again.  It is a simple thing; just obey His Word, so that we do not stumble.  The Lord Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of creation; He formed dust into humans, and He's reforming, rebuilding, molding and shaping us every day to be like Him, the cornerstones of society, the light of the world, the foundation for unsure "structures" the world over.

Thomas doubted.

Thomas wouldn't believe until he touched Jesus' side, where the sword was plunged, and water and blood flowed out.  You can "know" that Jesus Christ is real  ... if you too, are a doubting Thomas!  When we repent of our sins, and we are baptized in His name; we seek His Spirit and we are filled with the Holy Ghost and speak with tongues as the Spirit gives utterance, we KNOW He lives!  We feel Him in our hearts; we feel Him in our souls; we feel Him in our spirits; we feel Him in our hands and we feel Him in our feet  ...  we KNOW He lives!  

Jesus Christ our Lord, the God who became flesh and dwelt among us; the child who grew and at the age of 12, astounded the learned with his teaching in the Temple; the son of Mary who worked as a carpenter with his earthly father, Joseph; the GOD who became man and returned to His throne as GOD, who rules and reigns and will come again  ... to receive us unto Himself, that where He is, we may be also!  

It's the truth, and all I can say is: "Everybody Needs A Carpenter!"

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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)