Wooo! Moments
(John Sanders)
Do you remember back in the 1970s or ’80s professional wrestling was all over the TV.
There was one particular wrestler who had long blonde hair, strutted around a lot, had a whole bunch of robes all glittery and feathery and all kinds of colors, and he would always talk about how pretty he was and how unpretty he was going to make his opponent. And every once in a while when he would pause, he would let out a big woooo! Some of you remember that, I can tell by the looks on your face.
Let me ask you something? When reading or studying your Bible, do you ever just want to pause and say, Wooo, look at what the LORD did there!
I’m gonna read now because this is gonna be a quick fire of some of the lessons that we learned from the Bible and some of those wooo! moments.
The heavens declare His glory, the firmament shows His handiwork. He who is, who was, and who always will be, The first, the last, the alpha and the omega. He is the I am that I am, the voice of the burning bush. He is the captain of the Lord’s Host, the conqueror of Jericho. He is enduringly strong, entirely sincere and eternally steadfast.
Wooo!
He is immortally graceful, imperially powerful, impartially merciful. In him dwells the fullness of the Godhead…He is God. He is our city of refuge, He is our high priest, our personal prophet, our reigning King.
You and I are beneficiaries of a love letter that was written in blood on a wooden cross erected in Judea 2,000 years ago. He was crucified on a cross of wood, yet he made the hill on which it stood, and he made the tree that became the cross. By him all things made that were made, without him was not anything made that was made, and by him are all things held together.
Wooo!
What held Jesus Christ to that cross? It wasn’t the nails. It was his love for you and me. Jesus was born of a woman, so you and I could be born of God. He humbled himself so that we could be lifted up. He became a servant so that we could be made joint heirs with him. He suffered rejection so that we could become His friends. He denied himself so that we could freely receive all things. He gave himself so that he could bless us in every way.
Wooo!
The bible is filled with those Wooo! moments. You only need to read and study it to find them and everytime you feel like saying Wooo! take a moment to thank GOD for not just those moments, but that we are able to read and study His word.
Consider for a moment what might happen if you weren’t allowed to have a bible? We know that in some countries, even owning a bible will get you jail time or worse. Is it inconceivable that our country could some day ban the bible? It wasn’t long ago that I would have dismissed that idea, but now, I really don’t know. If we don’t have scripture committed to memory, how can we help those who seek? Will we say “The Bible says something like …”? No, we need to be able to quote important scripture to those who are seeking. It’s important that we study our Bible and commit to memory the things that will help lead people to Christ such as the Roman Road:
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of GOD”
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of GOD is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our LORD”
Romans 5:8 “But GOD commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”
Romans 10:9-10 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved”
There are other verses also, but the Roman Road is an example to help us carry out the great commission. I’m working hard to memorize the Roman Road, the John Road and the Jesus Way and some other scriptures. I hope you will to. It’s not just the Boy Scouts who should be prepared.