Daily Sermon for the Hearing Impaired: The Love of the Word

The Love of the Word, by Rick Thomas [Text: I John]

Note: This daily sermon for the hearing impaired is dedicated to my good friend, David J. Bishop, who went home to be with his Lord Jesus on July 1, 2021. David was the inspiration for me to begin posting links to sermons for the hearing impaired. David's not deaf anymore. And the first words he heard were from our Lord Jesus, saying to him, "Well done, David, thou good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of thy Lord!" [Matthew 25:21 (Audio)]

Here is one of the last pictures David sent to me before he died. He was a big sports fan and LOVED the Seattle Seahawks! He was also a BIG baseball fan. I'm sure if David had been able to hear he would have loved the song, Take Me Out to the Ball Game! But David loved our Lord Jesus much, much, much more than any sporting event!




"Whosoever calleth upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." - Romans 10:13

"My friend I stand in Judgment now

And feel that you're to blame somehow.

While on this earth I walked with you day by day

And never did you point the way.

"You knew the Lord in truth and glory,

But never did you tell the story.

My knowledge then was very dim,

You could have led me safe to him.

"Though we lived together here on earth

You never told me of the second birth.

And now I stand this day condemned,

Because you failed to mention him.

"You taught me many things, that's true,

I called you friend and trusted you.

But now I learned, now it's too late,

You could have kept me from this fate.

"We walked by day and talked by night,

And yet you showed me not the light.

You let me live, love and die,

And all the while you knew I'd never live on high.

"Yes, I called you friend in life,

And trusted you in joy and strife.

Yet in coming to this end,

I see you really weren't my friend!"

-My Friend, by D.J. Higgins

Recommended sermon: The Deaf Ministry of Jesus, by Jon Speed