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Dead People (still) Talking

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Naturally, every one of them is dead.

They are dust.

Yet, every one of them is alive

And speaks to those who are able to hear and listen.

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Who are they?

All are eyewitnesses to real events.

What events?

  • Death and
  • Resurrection

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Specifically, Jesus’ death on a Roman cross and Jesus’ resurrection from a locked down tomb.

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The eyewitness to these two events are still talking.

Who are they?

Credible people.

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Here are just three of those reliable eyewitnesses:

  1. John (John 20)
  2. Peter (1 Peter 1:16-18)
  3. Paul (1 Corinthians 15:3-8).

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These eyewitness accounts were proof of talk and documents written long before a Bible was put together.

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Is God Wanting to Talk to You? (story)

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It’s nearly 4:00 AM. I’m near the end of my radio shift. I’m tired. It’s time to wrap things up and go home. It’s at this moment a phone call came into the studio. I thought about not answering it, but I did.

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DOES GOD KNOW HOW TO TALK?

“Hi Lee, listen, do you think God talks to people?”

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“Well, I guess God tries to.”

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“Yeah, ‘cause I’ve been up all night and it’s the weirdest thing but I got this feeling that God has been talking to me.”

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HAVE YOU LEARNED HOW TO LISTEN?

“Sounds right.”

(I didn’t sense this caller was wacko or off their meds, as some might be. In fact, in a given week I usually received three or four calls from wacko people or people off-their-meds. This caller sounded different from those type of callers).

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COULD THIS HAPPEN TO YOU?

“Sure, but. I’m kinda nervous saying anything to anybody. Still hey, this is real!”

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“It’s been helpful?”

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“Oh man, in nanoseconds I’m getting answers to my questions. Plus, I’ve heard about specific things going on.”

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“Really?”

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“Lee I’m telling you, it’s wonderful … but overwhelming, too.”

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“I hear you.”

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“At the same time, I don’t want God to stop talking.”

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ARE YOU WILLING TO HEAR?

“Of course you don’t. God appears to finally have your ear.”

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(I’ve heard from other people that talking with God is their everyday normal. For them, God is a friend they continually communicate with. It’s an ongoing connection.)

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“So, Jim,” I asked, “is this new for you?”

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“Uh huh, it is, and I just wanted to tell someone I thought may possibly understand.”

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GOD IS TALKING TO YOU

“Thank you for calling.”

(Honestly, others have told me they are able to hear God even in the middle of their most challenging circumstances. I’ve supposed this is true because they have built a history of learning how to pay attention).

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“Well, I appreciate you hearing me out … love your show.”

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And then, Jim was gone.

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I have no idea what part of the country he called from. It doesn’t matter though because someone listening to the radio heard what he had to say and connected with what he said.

In the silence or chaos or somewhere in between is God talking to you?

(Yes).

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God is talking to you and me all the time. Sometimes God whispers. Sometimes God shouts. Most of the time God speaks conversationally.

The challenge for me is to hear God regardless of the noise in my life. The challenge is to stop doing what I am currently distracted with, sit quietly, and listen. The challenge is to pick out God’s voice and disregard other voices. God talks all the time but often I fail to hear what God is saying.

How about you? Thanks for listening to Lee’s Nite Radio.

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Why Settle for Cheese and Crackers?

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There’s a story told about cheese and crackers, you may have heard it.

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At the turn of the twentieth century, a European man wanted to make a trip to the USA. So, he worked to save money for a ticket.

Of course, at the beginning of the twentieth century, there were no airline flights across the Atlantic.

Consequently, after he saved enough money, he bought a ticket for a passage on a ship to America.

Before he boarded the ship he did something odd, he wrapped several servings of cheese and crackers for the three-week journey. He placed the wrapped cheese and crackers into his suitcase.

On the day of departure, he boarded the ship, found his cabin, and settled back to enjoy his trip to America.

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Out on the deck, when a bell signaled time to eat, the man watched others shuffle to the dining room for their meal. While people lined up for a meal in the dining room he walked back to his cabin, opened his suitcase, and took out a few packs of cheese and crackers.

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This went on for two weeks of the voyage. Each mealtime he’d sneak to his cabin and eat his cheese and crackers.

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At the end of the second week a fellow traveler, who had become a friend, had noticed the man didn’t join the others for meals in the dining room. Striking up a conversation on the ship’s deck the fellow traveler asked, “How come I haven’t seen you at meal time in the dining room?”

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Somewhat embarrassed the man explained, “Well I saved enough money to buy a ticket for the trip but I didn’t save enough for meals during the voyage.”

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The friend shook his head and said, “The ticket you purchased includes all the meals between Europe and America.”

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Point: we often miss the benefits that are ours because we don’t understand what is included in our salvation.

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The truth is God has provided everything we need for our journey. That’s everything we need now … and everything we’ll ever need for eternity. Somehow we have allowed ourselves to be cheated out of the benefits that belong to us because of Jesus.

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The lie we have swallowed has kept us from enjoying the banquet that the Lord offers us.

Our passage has been stamped paid by the completed work of Jesus.

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