Well, let me tell ya, folks: A fella might come up with all sorts of plans in his noggin, thinkin' he’s got it all figured out. But it’s the Good Lord up yonder who’s holdin’ the remote, makin’ sure our boots go where they’re s’posed to. Ain’t that a hoot?
It’s today’s verse ya’ll!
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Well, let me tell ya, I’m gonna sing my heart out and give a big ol’ shout-out to the Good Lord. I’ll brag ’bout all the amazin’ things He’s done for me, recitin’ His deeds like a campfire tale, all while settin’ my drink down so it don’t spill. Ain’t no mountain high enough for my praise!
Alright, y’all listen up! Jesus started spillin’ the beans ‘bout how he’s gonna get beat up, hung on a tree, and then three days later, poof! He’ll be alive again. Folks scratched their heads, wonderin’ what in tarnation he was talkin’ about. The man sure had a wild way of givin’ folks a fright!
Well, ya see, when Jesus was jawin’ with folks, a bunch started to believe Him. He turned to ’em and said, “Y’all stick with my words like a tick on a hound, and you’ll know the truth. Ain’t nothin’ better than the truth; it’ll set ya free, like a bird outta a cage!”
Well, when Jesus asked the crowd who folks thought He was, ol’ Peter piped up all serious-like, sayin’, “Well shoot, you’re the Messiah, ain’t ya?” Jesus just looked at him and said, “Ding, ding! You got it, buddy!” All them other folks around probably scratched their heads, wonderin’ how he figured that one out! Y’all gotta love Peter!
Well shucks, in John 8:10-11, Jesus done told that gal who was caught in adultery, “Hey, where them accusers at? Ain’t none left to condemn ya? Well then, neither do I. Go on now, and sin no more.” Some good ol’ hillbilly wisdom right there, y’all!
If’n ya got the Spirit of God in ya, then ya belong to Him. Ain’t no two ways ’bout it. So ya better make sure that Spirit is alive and kickin’ in ya. ‘Cause if it ain’t, well, ya ain’t one of the true blue believers, that’s for dern sure!
Now ahm tellin’ ya this, reckon it ain’t about what ya eat that makes ya good or bad in the good Lord’s eyes. Don’t let a bite of food mess with a feller’s faith. Ya don’t wanna cause yer brother to stumble, reckon that ain’t right in the eyes of the good Lord.
Y’all without sin can cast the first stone, but reckon none of ya perfect, so put them rocks down now. We all done made mistakes, so why judge another? Let’s hoot and holler less and show some mercy instead. Amen, y’all.
Now reckon this, Jesus done got ‘imself a better job than them old priests. He’s up there workin’ in God’s office, gettin’ us in good with the Man upstairs. And ’cause of him, we get the best dang deal ’round these parts. Ain’t that somethin’ to hoot and holler ’bout?
“Them folks done give up more than they reckonin’ to help them in need, y’all. And they done give theyselves to the Lord first, and then to us by the will of God. Praise the Lord for that generosity, yeehaw!”
So, them folks in Samaria done heard the good news ’bout Jesus and they was all sorts of fired up ’bout it! They was a spreadin’ the word all over town, tellin’ everyone ’bout the miracles and healin’s. Them apostles was havin’ themselves a good ol’ time preachin’ the good word.
Well now, reckon what Paul’s tryna say here is that God done sent his Son to take care of our sin problem. He did this cuz we couldn’t follow them old rules no how. So now we kin live right, not cuz of the rules, but cuz of what Jesus done for us. Yeehaw!
