THE NTEB SUNDAY SERVICE: 3 Things My New Dog Has Taught Me About The Bible

The Bible clearly teaches us that, in the same way dogs will follow and obey their master, so Christians must follow our Master Jesus Christ as he commands

As a lifelong cat person, I confess to not knowing much, if anything, about dogs. Having cats is the opposite of having dogs. So it was a pleasant yet shocking surprise when we got our new puppy, to have an animal that does what I tell it to do, when I tell it to do it. Traits we associate with dogs are very much in line with what Jesus expects from us. We are Gentile dogs, for sure, but maybe just how much that analogy carries through just might surprise you, it sure did me.

“The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.” Mark 7:26-28 (KJB)

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Study Notes For Today’s Sunday Service:

1). Walking With the Lord: As a lifelong cat person, I confess to not knowing much, if anything, about dogs. Having cats is the opposite of having dogs. So it was a pleasant yet shocking surprise having an animal that does what I tell it to do, when I tell it to do it. Traits we associate with dogs is very much in line with what Jesus expects from us.

“For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.” Luke 7:8,9 (KJB)

“… These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.” Revelation 14:4 (KJB)

2). Waiting For the Lord: One loyal German shepherd in Argentina died in 2018 beside his owner’s grave, where he had been passing his days since his owner died 12 years earlier, local media reported. Capitan, age 15, first made headlines in 2012, when local papers reported the dog had been waiting at his owner’s grave in the town of Villa Carlos Paz. His story soon spread, inspiring dog lovers around the world. Miguel Guzmán died in 2006. Capitan disappeared from the family home shortly after, only to be found by Guzmán’s widow, Veronica, at the gravesite. Despite several attempts to take the dog home, Capitan always ran back to the cemetery, about 15 blocks from the house.

“And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.” 1 Thessalonians 1:10 (KJB)

“For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.” Romans 8:24,25 (KJB)

“For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” Habakkuk 2:3 (KJB)

3). Working for the Lord: We all have either heard or said the expression “I’ve been working like a dog” at some point in our lives. What do we mean when we say that? Well, go watch a dog work on something like a bone, digging a hole, or selflessly putting its own life at risk to save a loved one. When they know they have a job to do, they do it until either it’s done or they’re dead, you won’t find a whole lot of “middle ground” with a dog, they are usually not lukewarm.

Born in 1962, Nemo the German Shepherd was recruited by the U.S. Air Force when he was 1 ½ years old. In 1966, he was transferred to the Republic of South Vietnam to fight alongside soldiers and a group of sentry dogs.

One night, Nemo alerted his handler to the presence of nearby enemy soldiers. He lost an eye, but he survived the gunfire and continued to fight the attackers. In 1967, he officially retired from active service, the first sentry dog to do so.

Nemo was credited with saving his handler’s life. He died of natural causes in 1972 at Lackland Air Force Base at the Department of Defense Dog Center, where a kennel now stands as a memorial to this brave dog.

“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” John 9:4 (KJB)

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 (KJB)

“And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” Revelation 22:12 (KJB)

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