He Came To Die

Jesus Christ, the Babe in the Manger — came specifically to die for the sins of the World, Jew and Gentile..Often we forget this truth at Christmas time.

It was predicted in the Old Testament that he would come to die for the Nation of Israel — but ALSO for the Gentiles!!

In the Old Testament: Isaiah 60:3 Speaking of the Lord and His Messiah:
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Isaiah 53:5
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

And in the New Testament:Acts 28:28
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek [Gentile].

At this time of fun and family, remember:

Jesus is THE SAVIOR – He died for YOU.. was buried and arose from the grave. He is ALIVE. Believe in Him — HE alone saves!!

Have a wonderful time celebrating the Savior’s birth and trust Him alone for your eternity..

And how can you know for sure?

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CFL BULB BURNS, ARCS & SMOKES ***UPDATE***

[***Updated*** by Bold and Italicized text.]

DANGER — Arcing and burning Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs are hazardous to your health and home. My experience.

A year or so we bought a multi pack of 20 amp CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs (made in China, distributed by a company N:Vision and sold by Home Depot). This was before the Geeenies began demanding them — or before the US Government mandated their future use.

[After several letters to N:Vision, I discovered the CFL BULB is manufactured by GE, NOT N:Vision. All references to N:LVisiuon are in error. I apologize. However the story is still true.]

We found that CFLs do not last as long as regular incandescent bulbs.. so we decided we would use up the remaining two and never buy any more — unless forced by our benevolent government.

A couple of weeks ago we were working in the office where a CFL bulb blacked out. I had no reason to replace it immediately so I continued working on the computer.

Soon there was an acrid odor in the room. I looked at the lamp which held the CFL bulb and there was a plume of smoke beginning to fill the area., I looked at the bulb and it was brightly arcing, burning and smoking right at the place where the glass tube meets the base. As soon as I could get to it, I switched the lamp off,  however not before the room and part of the house was filled with the awful odor of something burning and arcing electricity.

I took a picture of the burned CFL bulb and emailed it the distributing company N:Vision, with a description of the problem, (N:Vision is not the distributor/manufacturer – It is a GE manufactured Bulb]

They apologized for the problem but without any explanation of why or what to do, except I should seek medical attention if I felt ill. Also they could find no information about whether or not the smoke we breathed is toxic.

Just think what could have happened had the CFL bulb been in a room unattended or in a ceiling fixture. Would the whole house have filled with toxic fumes? Were the “well advertised” CFL mercury fumes borne about on the rising smoke? Would the burning bulb ignite other stuff in the room? Would it have exploded?

Folks be VERY careful when using the CFL bulbs. Or better yet, DON’T use them at all.

THEY ARE DANGEROUS !!

Does anyone know to whom this can be reported — someone who will take some action, advertise or warn of  the problem?

Please write a comment with explanation if you know of someone.

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Thanks

Shirley and I thank each of you for your friendship, prayers, encouraging notes and phone calls.

We thank the Lord that my eye surgery was completely successful. I had no Retinal bleed, no stroke and no cardiac event — all of which were risk possibilities after temporarily ceasing certain medications.

My vision is not perfect yet but improving and much clearer. My Doc says it should be considerably better before my next visit one week from today. There is still a possibility I may need distance glasses, but what a wonderful difference already!

I look forward to seeing the yellow fire hydrant at the end of the block — then I know it will be time to start driving again.

Even though it was a hectic time, I had several great opportunities to share my faith, salvation in Jesus Christ alone. Some believers were encouraged and some unbelievers responded to the Gospel. No one refused my tract. Please pray for more opportunities for all of us.

Thanks again.

Always in Christ happily and eternally,

ExPreacherMan (Jack)

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In Christ eternally,

ExP(Jack)