tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11462522792697705472024-02-08T08:23:44.883-08:00Eaglewings ArchivesSuperragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.comBlogger834125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-49620021400842829542008-10-05T20:40:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.556-07:00NEW JOURNAL LOCATIONNEW JOURNAL LOCATION <A href="http://superragman-eaglewingsministries.blogspot.com/">Eaglewings Ministries Jnl</A>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-26845621774486264592008-09-30T18:49:00.000-07:002014-11-22T09:13:31.028-08:00The accuser<div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The nation seems to be ruled by accusers. No one takes responsibility for their actions. Politicians accuse each other and all are guilty, so are the people. People accuse one another and sue for personal gain. People say they deserve things that most of there world does without. Those who report the news lie to promote their vision of reality, but they are spiritual blind. They are not unlike the Pharisees in Jesus' time following him, looking for a reason to accuse him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Mat 15:10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:<br />Mat 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.<br />Mat 15:12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?<br />Mat 15:13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.<br />Mat 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Mat 7:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?<br />Mat 7:4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?<br />Mat 7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Mat 12:10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.<br />Mat 12:11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?<br />Mat 12:12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.<br />Mat 12:13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.<br />Mat 12:14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">John 5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.<br />John 5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.<br />John 5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">John 8:1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.<br />John 8:2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.<br />John 8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,<br />John 8:4 They say unto him, Master, this womanwas taken in adultery, in the very act.<br />John 8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?<br />John 8:6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.<br />John 8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.<br />John 8:8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.<br />John 8:9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.<br />John 8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?<br />John 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Acts 20:30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.<br />Acts 20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Mat 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.<br />Mat 5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;<br />Mat 5:24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Mat 5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:<br />Mat 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.<br />Mat 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.<br />Mat 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.<br />Mat 5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jude 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.<br />Jude 1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:<br />Jude 1:23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Isa 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;<br />Rom 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:<br />Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;<br />Rom 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">1 Pet 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Luke 6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.<br />Luke 6:23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Rom 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?<br />Rom 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?<br />Rom 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.<br />Rom 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.</span><br />
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<DIV>1 Cor 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.</DIV>
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<DIV>The mind of Christ is Spiritual and living. Through the Spiirt we are one with God and the Spirit never dies. Upon death our soul returns to the Spirit.</DIV>
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<DIV>Psa 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me.</DIV>
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<DIV>John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.<BR/></DIV>
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<DIV>Mat 9:24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.<BR/>Mat 9:25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.</DIV>
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<DIV>John 11:11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.<BR/>John 11:12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.<BR/>John 11:13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.<BR/>John 11:14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.<BR/>John 11:15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.</DIV>
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<DIV>John 11:24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.<BR/>John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:<BR/>John 11:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?<BR/></DIV>
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<DIV>John 11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.<BR/>John 11:44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hell is a place for souls who die apart from faith in God and his promises. It often was refererred to as in the grave or in the earth. The people of God before Jesus arose were kept in a spiritual place called paradise.</DIV>
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<DIV>Luke 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;<BR/>Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.<BR/>Luke 16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.<BR/>Luke 16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.<BR/>Luke 16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.<BR/>Luke 16:27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:<BR/>Luke 16:28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.<BR/>Luke 16:29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.<BR/>Luke 16:30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.<BR/>Luke 16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.</DIV>
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<DIV>Luke 23:39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.<BR/>Luke 23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?<BR/>Luke 23:41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.<BR/>Luke 23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.<BR/>Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mat 17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,<BR/>Mat 17:2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.<BR/>Mat 17:3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mat 27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.<BR/>Mat 27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;<BR/>Mat 27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,<BR/>Mat 27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.</DIV>
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<DIV>Isa 61:1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the <STRONG>opening of the prison to them that are bound;<BR/></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>Eph 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led <STRONG>captivity captive</STRONG>, and gave gifts unto men.<BR/>Eph 4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?<BR/>Eph 4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. )</DIV>
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<DIV>1 Pet 3:18 For Christalso hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:<BR/>1 Pet 3:19 <STRONG> By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;<BR/></STRONG>1 Pet 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is,<STRONG> eight souls were saved by water.<BR/></STRONG>1 Pet 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:<BR/>1 Pet 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.<BR/></DIV>
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<DIV>Mark 12:26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?<BR/>Mark 12:27 <STRONG>He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living</STRONG>: ye therefore do greatly err.</DIV>
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<DIV>Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.<BR/>Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.</DIV>
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<DIV>1 Cor 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.</DIV>
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<DIV>1 Cor 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.<BR/>1 Cor 15:21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.<BR/>1 Cor 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.<BR/>1 Cor 15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.<BR/>1 Cor 15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.<BR/>1 Cor 15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.<BR/>1 Cor 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.<BR/>1 Cor 15:27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.<BR/>1 Cor 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.</DIV>
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<DIV>1 Th 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.<BR/>1 Th 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.<BR/>1 Th 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.<BR/>1 Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:<BR/>1 Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.<BR/>1 Th 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.</DIV>
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<DIV>2 Cor 5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.<BR/>2 Cor 5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.<BR/>2 Cor 5:6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:<BR/>2 Cor 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)<BR/>2 Cor 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.</DIV>
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<DIV>Phil 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.<BR/>Phil 1:22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.<BR/>Phil 1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#010101><FONT face=Arial color=#010101>Rev 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:<BR/>Rev 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?<BR/>Rev 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.<BR/></DIV>
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<DIV>Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.<BR/>Rev 19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.<BR/>Rev 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.<BR/>Rev 19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.<BR/>Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.<BR/>Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.</DIV>
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<DIV>I believe the soul upon death goes to Jesus where our Spirit is now. Those who are not in Christ; their souls go to hell. The soul is aware of where it is, in heaven with Christ, or in torment in hell. The LORD is LORD of the living.</DIV>
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<DIV>WE must be careful in these last days to walk wisely in the Spirit and to use Spiritual discernment; not all is at it appears. We can easily be deceived by charismatic leaders with smooth tongues. Let the Word of God and the Spirit of God examine all things. We need discernment and to walk by faith in the Living God. Great battles are raging, so we cannot rely upon the flesh and our natural eyes, we must see in the Spirit. There will be many seductions in the world to be avoided. We will fall if we rely on our natural feelings and natural eyes.</DIV>
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<DIV>Num 9:15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.<BR/>Num 9:16 So it was always: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.<BR/>Num 9:17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.<BR/>Num 9:18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.<BR/>Num 9:19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.<BR/>Num 9:20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.<BR/>Num 9:21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.<BR/>Num 9:22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.<BR/>Num 9:23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and atthe commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.</DIV>
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<DIV>The LORD appeared before the slave children of the LORD in the desert and he led them visibly; a cloud by day, a pillar of fire by night. Yet, only three people had faith: Moses, Joshua and Caleb. Evidence must be mixed with faith we must believe God and obey him , even if in fear. </DIV>
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<DIV>Heb 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.<BR/>Heb 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:<BR/>Heb 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.<BR/>Heb 11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.<BR/>Heb 11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.<BR/>Heb 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.</DIV>
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<DIV>Abraham is the example for the children of God. He walked by faith as the LORD led him and gave him covenant promises. What good are promises, or even a free gift of eternal life, if we do not have faith and obedience to believe and receive them?<BR/></DIV>
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<DIV><BR/>Heb 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;<BR/>Heb 3:15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.<BR/>Heb 3:16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.<BR/>Heb 3:17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?<BR/>Heb 3:18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?<BR/>Heb 3:19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.<BR/>Heb 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.<BR/>Heb 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.<BR/>Heb 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.<BR/>Heb 4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.<BR/>Heb 4:5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.<BR/>Heb 4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:<BR/>Heb 4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.<BR/>Heb 4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.<BR/>Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.<BR/>Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.<BR/>Heb 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.<BR/>Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.<BR/></DIV>
<DIV>We must cease from our own works and do the work of God by his leading and power. We cannot see with natiral eyes; not all is as it appears; we must see with Spiritual eyes.</DIV>
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<DIV>1 Cor 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.<BR/></DIV>
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<DIV>Jesus appeared to be ahomeless man, yet He is King of Kings, Lord of Lords, the creator of all. We cannot see only with natural eyes, but by His Spirit. </DIV>
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<DIV>Mark 8:27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?<BR/>Mark 8:28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.<BR/>Mark 8:29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mat 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?<BR/>Mat 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?<BR/>Mat 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?<BR/>Mat 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.<BR/>Mat 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:<BR/>Mat 25:42 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:<BR/>Mat 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.<BR/>Mat 25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?<BR/>Mat 25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.<BR/></DIV>
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<DIV>2 Cor 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.<BR/>2 Cor 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.<BR/>2 Cor 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.</DIV>
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<DIV>Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.<BR/>Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.<BR/>Luke 21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.<BR/>Luke 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.</DIV>
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<DIV>1 Tim 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;<BR/>1 Tim 6:18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;<BR/>1 Tim 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.<BR/></DIV><BR/></DIV>
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<DIV>1 Sam 16:6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.<BR/>1 Sam 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mat 3:10 And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.</DIV>
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<DIV>1 Cor 1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:<BR/>1 Cor 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;<BR/>1 Cor 1:28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:<BR/>1 Cor 1:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.<BR/>1 Cor 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:<BR/>1 Cor 1:31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.<BR/><BR/><BR/></DIV>
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<DIV>1 Tim 6:1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.<BR/>1 Tim 6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.<BR/>1 Tim 6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;<BR/>1 Tim 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,<BR/>1 Tim 6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.<BR/>1 Tim 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.<BR/>1 Tim 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.<BR/>1 Tim 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.<BR/>1 Tim 6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.<BR/>1 Tim 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.<BR/>1 Tim 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.<BR/>1 Tim 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.<BR/></DIV>
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<DIV>Mat 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.<BR/>Mat 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.<BR/>Mat 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?<BR/>Mat 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.<BR/>Mat 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.<BR/>Mat 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.<BR/>Mat 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mat 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.<BR/>Mat 23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.<BR/><BR/></DIV>
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<DIV><BR/>2 Cor 5:6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:<BR/>2 Cor 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)<BR/>2 Cor 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.<BR/>2 Cor 5:9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.<BR/>2 Cor 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.<BR/>2 Cor 5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.<BR/>2 Cor 5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.<BR/>2 Cor 5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.<BR/>2 Cor 5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:<BR/>2 Cor 5:15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.<BR/>2 Cor 5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.<BR/>2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.<BR/>2 Cor 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;<BR/>2 Cor 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR/>2 Cor 13:4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.<BR/>2 Cor 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?<BR/>2 Cor 13:6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.</DIV>
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<DIV>1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.<BR/>1 John 2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.<BR/>1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.<BR/>1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.<BR/>1 John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.<BR/></DIV>
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<DIV>2 Tim 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;<BR/>2 Tim 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.<BR/></DIV>
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<DIV>1 Pet 1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:<BR/>1 Pet 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:<BR/>1 Pet 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:<BR/>1 Pet 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.<BR/>1 Pet 1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:<BR/></DIV>
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<DIV>2 Tim 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.<BR/></DIV>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-8786164517674231322008-09-26T08:48:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.558-07:00Antichrists, but no one antichrist?<DIV><STRONG>
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<P>1 John 2:18-19 "Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen; from this we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, in order that it might be shown that they all are not of us."
<P>1 John 2:22-23 "Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also."
<P>1 John 4:2-3 "By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world."
<P>2 John 1:7 "For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist." </P>
<P>From the Bible we can clearly see 3 things. First, the "antichrist" is defined as anyone who doesn't believe Jesus is the divine son of God. Second, "antichrists" appear to actively teach against Christ. Third, there were many "antichrists" in the world when John wrote the book. <FONT color=#ff0000>This directly contradicts the teaching of modern speculationists who say that one antichrist will arise at some still future time. </FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>WRONG!!! There are antichrists, but there is one we are warned about who will come in the last days.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>The antichrist beast referred to in the last times is described in Daniel 7.</STRONG></P>
<P>Dan 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.<BR/>Dan 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.<BR/><STRONG>Dan 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.<BR/>Dan 7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.<BR/></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Jesus spoke of this antichrist beast</STRONG></P>
<P>Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.<BR/><STRONG>Mat 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)<BR/></STRONG>Mat 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:</P>
<P>Rev 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?<BR/>Rev 13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.<BR/>Rev 13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.<BR/>Rev 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.<BR/><STRONG>Rev 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.<BR/></STRONG>Rev 13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.<BR/></P>
<P><STRONG>This is the antichrist Beast we refer to as described in the Bible.</STRONG><BR/></P>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Isa 50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Acts 6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.<BR/>Acts 6:9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.<BR/>Acts 6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.<BR/>Acts 6:11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.<BR/>Acts 6:12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,<BR/>Acts 6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:<BR/>Acts 6:14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.<BR/>Acts 6:15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>They did not want to hear him, they wanted to kill him. Do not waste time with these, but go to those who need to hear the and they could not hear the truth of the Word of God. Speak a word in season to the weary. All are weary, encumbered by troubles and sin. Speak the way of salvation to them. Others are of faith, but satan has wore them out with much spiritual warfare. Encourage these in the LORD. Pray with them, sing psalms and hymns, remember His great promises and look unto Jesus.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG> "Speak a word in season to him that is weary:"</STRONG> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>2 Tim 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.<BR/>2 Tim 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;<BR/>2 Tim 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.<BR/>2 Tim 4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>"he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned."</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4> The chorus of a favorite hymn: "Great is Thy Faithfulness"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Great is the faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>All I have needed Thy hand hath provided. Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Lam 3:22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.<BR/>Lam 3:23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.<BR/>Lam 3:24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.<BR/>Lam 3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.<BR/>Lam 3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>We awaken to the Word of God, each morning; our daily Manna.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>John 6:49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.<BR/>John 6:50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.<BR/>John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.<BR/>John 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR/><FONT size=4>John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Isa 50:5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Not rebellious as Jonah who ran from God, fearing the Assyrians. We are to obey God and serve him; not to rebel against his authority. The world is full of rebels.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>1 Sam 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.<BR/>1 Sam 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>We are to obey all that God commands us to do. We do not change His words by our thinking and teach others a false message. Paul commended the people of Berea for checking his words by the scriptures. We are to prove all things by the Word of God.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Acts 17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.<BR/>Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.<BR/>Acts 17:12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Paul had to suffer many things as an Apostle to the Gentiles. Who were they who beat him? The religious Jews. They should have understood, but they were blinded by traditions and external ceremonies. These could be good, but their hearts were evil and satan stopped them from hearing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR/><FONT size=4><STRONG>Isa 50:6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>This describes our Lord Jesus as well. Jesus looked ahead, despising the shame, never complaining.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR/><FONT size=4><STRONG>Isa 50:7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>This verse was given to me as a prophecy today, from a friend. It is for each of God's remnant in these last days. Peter spoke this:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>1 Pet 2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>To confound is : to insult, shame, humiliate, blush, be ashamed, be put to shame, be reproached, be put to confusion, be humiliated</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>We are not ashamed of our Lord Jesus and He is not ashamed of us, His Remnant.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Heb 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.<BR/>Heb 2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,<BR/>Heb 2:12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Isa 50:8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Be bold in faith like Joshua and Caleb. The were not afraid of the giants, for the new that the LORD stood with them with the angels.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Num 13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.<BR/>Num 13:31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Each servant is called and equipped. Jeremiah was called, but saw no strength in himself. We are not to be strong in ourselves, but to be strong in the Spirit wherein Christ dwells in you.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Jer 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.<BR/>Jer 1:7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.<BR/>Jer 1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.<BR/>Jer 1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.<BR/>Jer 1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The LORD will not call you to do anything in your own power. We are yoked with Jesus, our burden is easy. He is our joy and our strength. To follow Jesus as he leads us is our greatest joy. Be bold witnesses for the LORD. Amen</FONT></DIV></DIV>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-83941331155803285562008-09-24T19:10:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.558-07:00The Remnant
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Rom 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:</FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG></STRONG></DIV><STRONG></STRONG>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#010101 size=4>A remnant: a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like. Although the children of Israel number as the sand of the sea, only a small part shall be saved. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR/><STRONG><FONT size=4>Rom 9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Time will come when it will be all over.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Rev 22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.<BR/>Rev 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.<BR/>Rev 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.<BR/>Rev 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.<BR/>Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.<BR/>Rev 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The time is short and the people of faith are being separated from the larger group of people. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Noah and his family were the remnant in his time. Again it is as the time of Noah. Come out from the world into the ark of Jesus. He is the door to God. The Holy Spirit opens the door through our faith, Jesus will close the door to unbelief and we will go to him.Draw closer to Jesus, keep from flesh talk and thoughts and put on the mind of Christ and faith. Speak the word in season, do the work God has given to you. When the door is shut, a time of tribulation will come upon the earth. God will anoint His servants in Israel to preach the kingdom message, many people will die in unbelief and others as martyrs. These things must be. Satan is running about as a roaring lion and most the world is running along side of him, in rebellion. Satan has no one he loves. He is a liar a thief and a killer. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#010101><FONT size=4>People of faith. You are few. Strengthen that which remains and walk in the Spirit, the time is short.</FONT> </FONT></DIV>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-72073573489309075082008-09-22T13:28:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.559-07:00Commending the Unjust Steward<FONT color=#010101> </FONT>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Luke 16:1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>There was a rich man, which had a steward who took care of all he owned. Someone accused the steward of wasting his master's goods. Not always are the accused guilty. The devil is the chief accuser. Jesus Christ was accused of wrong doing by the Pharisees and chief priests, he answered nothing in his defense. Sometimes silence is better than reacting to accusations. The word of God needs no defense; to oppose it is to oppose God. Jesus spoke the word and did only good.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Luke 23:9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.<BR/>Luke 23:10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.<BR/>Luke 23:11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.<BR/>Luke 23:12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>This is an important thing to see. Although Pilate and Herod were not friends, they became one in accusing Jesus. In our witnessing the gospel, people will be for you or against you. People who fight with each other, will join together to oppose you. Like Spirits, come together so be sure that you defend the Lord's people and side with them, for there will be a dividing. The sheep shall be divided from the goats. We are to be on the Lord's side.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR/><STRONG><FONT size=4>Luke 16:2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The rich man called the steward to give an account of his stewardship; he was no longer to be his steward. Perhaps the man was guilty as accused; one thing is for sure, we will be called to give an account of what we have done with what God has given to us. The parable of the talents refers to the use of what God has given to us. The one who increased the most by using his master's talents wisely was given more authority. The one who was fearful and hid his one talent, was cast away.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Mat 25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.<BR/>Mat 25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.<BR/>Mat 25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The LORD supplies and we are to use what he has given to us to increase His kingdom. We are not accountable for what we do not have.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR/><STRONG><FONT size=4>Luke 16:3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.<BR/>Luke 16:4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.<BR/>Luke 16:5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?<BR/>Luke 16:6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.<BR/>Luke 16:7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.<BR/>Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Luke 16:9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The lord commended the unjust steward. He was unjust, unworthy to be a steward, so why was he commended? He was wise in using his masters goods to bless others by giving grace and lessening the burdens of others. We are to use what the master has given to us to lessen the burdens of others and forgiveness is part of this.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.<BR/>Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.<BR/>Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Mat 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Mat 5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:<BR/>Mat 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.<BR/>Mat 5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.<BR/>Mat 5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.<BR/>Mat 5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.<BR/>Mat 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.<BR/>Mat 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;<BR/>Mat 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.<BR/>Mat 5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?<BR/>Mat 5:47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?<BR/>Mat 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.<BR/>Mat 6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The LORD said that the <STRONG>"children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light."</STRONG> We are told to be wise.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Mat 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.<BR/>Mat 10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;<BR/>Mat 10:18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.<BR/>Mat 10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.<BR/>Mat 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.<BR/>Mat 10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.<BR/>Mat 10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.<BR/>Mat 10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.<BR/>Mat 10:24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.<BR/>Mat 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?<BR/>Mat 10:26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.<BR/>Mat 10:27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.<BR/>Mat 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Luke 16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>1 Cor 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.<BR/>1 Cor 4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.<BR/>1 Cor 4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.<BR/>1 Cor 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Luke 16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?<BR/>Luke 16:12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?<BR/>Luke 12:43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.<BR/>Luke 12:44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR/><STRONG><FONT size=4>Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Mat 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.<BR/>Mat 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.<BR/>Mat 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>We will show where our heart is, by what we do with what God has given to us. I used an illustration of two vines, the fruitful vine is as the grape. The ivy clings to a tree and takes life from it. We are to be fruitful.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR/><STRONG><FONT size=4>Luke 16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>To deride by turning up the nose, to sneer at, to scoff at. Blessed are those who hear and do the Lord's commands.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR/><STRONG><FONT size=4>Luke 16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.<BR/>1 John 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Rom 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>We are to be good stewards of what God has given to us; so we do all things as unto the LORD for we will give an account and be rewarded for what is done with that which we have received. We are not to covet anothers gift or wealth, but to use what God has given to us. He has supplied and will do his will through us. Yield your heart to the moving of His Spirit.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#ff0000 size=4>Mat 25:20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.<BR/>Mat 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=4>Isa 34:5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. </FONT>
<P></B><FONT size=4>Idumea is the land of Edom, the descendants of Esau. They were continuously enemies of the Hebrews. The righteous sword of the LORD'S judgement shall come upon the cursed people who come against His covenant people. Edom, represents all the nations who oppose God's truth and plans. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Isa 34:6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>This would be as a sacrifice taken for sins. Not taking from the sacrifice of Jesus. Jesus died for all who would receive him. Now those who reject him will receive the sacrifice of the vengeance and judgement of God. Even as a sacrificial victim paid for the sin of the one bringing the sacrifice, so the bloody judgment of sin at Armageddon will be a payment for the penalty of sin. This is the end time vengeance of God upon the evil nations. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Isa 34:7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Unicorns were not the legendary one horned animals; they may be the now extinct animals called the aurochs. The aurochs’s horns were very symmetrical and often appeared as one in profile. Fighting aurochs was a popular sport for Assyrian kings. Julius Caesar described them in his Gallic Wars as: “a little below the elephant in size, and of the appearance, color, and shape of a bull. Their strength and speed are extraordinary; they spare neither man nor wild beast which they have espied. (Answers in Genesis) </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Metaphorically it was the strong men who opposed the LORD. Horns stood for power and bulls could refer to soldiers; as in those around the cross of Calvary. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Psa 22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. <BR/>Psa 22:13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>Isa 34:8 For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion. </FONT></B>
<P><FONT size=4>It was the time to take vengeance on the antichrist for the abuse of God's people, especially the martyred Jews. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Rev 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: <BR/>Rev 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Isa 34:9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.<BR/>Isa 34:10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Revelation 8 and 16 describes the outpouring of the wrath of God upon the earth. One-third of the earth's vegetation, one-third of the oceans, and one-third of fresh waters will be destroyed and unusable. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>Isa 34:11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. <BR/>Isa 34:12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. <BR/>Isa 34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. <BR/>Isa 34:14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. <BR/>Isa 34:15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. </FONT></B>
<P><FONT size=4>Rev 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>The demons and foul spirits, with the old dragon have no place to go but gather with the animals awaiting the coming of the LORD and the casting of the old dragon into the bottomless pit for a thousand years. Jesus is Lord of all, all must bow to him. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Psa 72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. <BR/>Psa 72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. <BR/>Psa 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>Isa 34:16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. </FONT></B>
<P><FONT size=4>Seek out and understand the book of the Lord; read this prophecy of Isaiah, for in it are prophesies of coming events that shall be fulfilled. The earth is the LORD'S and he will command the animals to obey him and to be gathered together in the end times. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>Isa 34:17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein. </FONT></B>
<P><FONT size=4>Israel shall be divided by tribes according to the territory promised to them through the Abrahamic covenant. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Gen 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>The world is ripe for judgement; the antichrist time is near. I believe that Jesus will destroy the evil on earth and bind satan and his angels for a thousand years. He will restore the beauty of the creation as in the beginning. Nations will serve him and the glorified son's of God will by kings and priests. Following this satan will be loosed, many will follow him and be destroyed. Satan will be cast into the Lake of fire and we shall live in a new heaven with the Lord forever in peace. </FONT></P>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-947605532000457922008-09-17T13:37:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.560-07:00 Pure in Heart<DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=5>Pure in Heart</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.<BR/>1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.<BR/>1 John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>As children of God we shall be like Jesus when he returns. Our responability is to purify ourselves now, repent from sins and walk in His righteousness. We must put to death the body of sin, putting off the evil works and be the goodness of the Lord, as sanctified servants.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:<BR/>Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:<BR/>Eph 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,</FONT><BR/></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Col 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.<BR/>Col 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.<BR/>Col 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.<BR/>Col 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.<BR/>Col 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:<BR/>Col 3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:<BR/>Col 3:7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.<BR/>Col 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.<BR/>Col 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;<BR/>Col 3:10 And haveput on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:<BR/>Col 3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.<BR/>Col 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;<BR/>Col 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.<BR/>Col 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.<BR/>Col 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.<BR/>Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.<BR/>Col 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Mat 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>2 Tim 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Acts 20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.<BR/>Acts 20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.<BR/>Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.<BR/>Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.<BR/>Acts 20:30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.<BR/>Acts 20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.<BR/>Acts 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to giveyou an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.<BR/>Acts 20:33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.<BR/>Acts 20:34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.<BR/>Acts 20:35 I have showed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>We are made clean in Christ</FONT></DIV><FONT size=4></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><FONT size=4>John 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.<BR/>John 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.<BR/>John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><FONT size=4>Rom 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;<BR/>Rom 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:<BR/>Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;<BR/>Rom 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:</FONT><BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;<BR/>Titus 3:6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;<BR/>Titus 3:7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The Shepherds and the wolves</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Titus 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.<BR/>Titus 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.<BR/>Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.</FONT><FONT size=4><BR/>Titus 2:1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Pure words and actions</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.<BR/>James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>without hypocrisy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>James 3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.<BR/>James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.<BR/>James 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.<BR/>1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.<BR/>1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<BR/>1 John 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Truth and love in the Spirit</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>1 Pet 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:<BR/>1 Pet 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.<BR/>1 Pet 1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:<BR/>1 Pet 1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The Holy Ghost</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR/>Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.<BR/>Acts 4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.<BR/>Acts 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Rom 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Mind of Christ</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>1 Cor 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>1 Cor 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.<BR/>1 Cor 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.<BR/>1 Cor 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.<BR/>1 Cor 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Holiness</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>1 Cor 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>2 Tim 1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;<BR/>2 Tim 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,<BR/>2 Tim 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>1 Pet 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;<BR/>1 Pet 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>2 Pet 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.<BR/>2 Pet 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.<BR/>2 Pet 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.<BR/>2 Pet 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Everlasting Holiness</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>2 Pet 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.<BR/>2 Pet 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,<BR/>2 Pet 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,<BR/>Jude 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.<BR/><BR/>We are made righteous by faith in Christ Jesus. We are to put to death the flesh and it's works and put on the mind and actions of Christ Jesus. We shall be as he is when he returns. Until He returns we are to be His Holy people in a sin darkened world. Let your pure faith be shown to all and chase out the wolves from among us by the cleansing Word of God.</FONT></DIV>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-46731156348855752842008-09-16T18:29:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.560-07:00 Hope and Change<DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Hope and Change</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Job 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:<BR/>Job 8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.<BR/>Job 8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Words without substance, promises with no anchor in reality, these are the promises of a man without God. Sometimes they are false religious people.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>2 Pet 2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.<BR/>2 Pet 2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.<BR/>2 Pet 2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.</FONT><BR/></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Jude 1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>This is how the antichrist will be</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dan 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.</FONT><BR/></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Careful of how you speak and who speaks through you</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Prov 26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Prov 29:20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Speaking from the heart?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Jer 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?</FONT></DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=3></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#010101 size=3><FONT size=4><STRONG>Hope in the LORD</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Psa 42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Psa 147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.<BR/>Psa 147:11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.<BR/>Psa 147:12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR/></FONT><FONT size=4><BR/>Prov 13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.<BR/>Prov 13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.<BR/>Prov 13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.<BR/>Prov 13:15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jer 17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.<BR/>Jer 17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Mal 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.</FONT><BR/><FONT size=4><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR/>Jer 32:17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:<BR/>Jer 32:18 Thou showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,<BR/>Jer 32:19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:<BR/></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Jer 32:27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.<BR/>Luke 1:36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.<BR/>Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.<BR/>Luke 1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Faith in the Son of God</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Col 1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid fromages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:<BR/>Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:<BR/>Col 1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Mat 17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.<BR/>Mat 17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?<BR/>Mat 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.<BR/>Mat 17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.</FONT></DIV><FONT size=4></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR/></FONT></FONT><FONT size=4>James 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.<BR/>James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:<BR/>James 1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.</FONT><BR/></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Luke 16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.<BR/>Luke 16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?<BR/>Luke 16:12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?<BR/>Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Jesus, Our Hope</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><BR/></FONT><FONT size=4>Rom 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have thefirstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.<BR/>Rom 8:24 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?<BR/>Rom 8:25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>1 Cor 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.<BR/>1 Cor 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><FONT size=4>Phil 3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:<BR/>Phil 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.<BR/>Phil 4:1 Therefore, my brethren, dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;<BR/>Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.<BR/>Titus 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>1 Pet 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,<BR/>1 Pet 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,<BR/>1 Pet 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.<BR/>1 Pet 1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:<BR/>1 Pet 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.<BR/>1 John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Follow God, for His promises are truth. The promises of man are empty and vain. God is faithful; even so, come Lord Jesus our living hope!</FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-51664592275678551292008-09-15T20:34:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.560-07:00Keep Witnessing<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Keep Witnessing</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>If you are in Christ Jesus and have his Spirit within you, people will fear you and try to destroy you or they will want what you have. We are to be the light of truth before men.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>John 12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Mat 6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.<BR/>Mat 6:2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.<BR/>Mat 6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:<BR/>Mat 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.<BR/>Mat 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.<BR/>Mat 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.</FONT><BR/></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Evil and jealous men will try to stop you</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.<BR/>Acts 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.<BR/>Acts 5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.<BR/>Acts 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.<BR/>Acts 5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>1</FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=4> Sam 18:12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.<BR/>1 Sam 18:13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.<BR/>1 Sam 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.<BR/>1 Sam 18:15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.<BR/>1 Sam 18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>1 Sam 18:7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.<BR/>1 Sam 18:8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?<BR/>1 Sam 18:9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>We must fear God, not man. If we please men, it might be because we are not pleasing God. If you serve God people will fear you or be jealous of you or they may despise you before men. But be servants of God, do not look upon things around you, but do the will of God.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Psa 71:16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.<BR/>Psa 71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.<BR/>Psa 71:18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.<BR/>Psa 71:19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!</STRONG></FONT><BR/></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><FONT size=4><STRONG>Jer 1:4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,<BR/>Jer 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.<BR/>Jer 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.<BR/>Jer 1:7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.<BR/>Jer 1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.<BR/>Jer 1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.<BR/>Jer 1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>John 12:44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.<BR/>John 12:45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.<BR/>John 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.<BR/>John 12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.<BR/>John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.<BR/>John 12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.<BR/>John 12:50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.<BR/></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><FONT size=4><STRONG>Titus 2:1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:<BR/>Titus 2:2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.</STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><FONT size=4><STRONG>Titus 2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;<BR/>Titus 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,<BR/>Titus 2:5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.<BR/>Titus 2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.<BR/>Titus 2:7 In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,<BR/>Titus 2:8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.<BR/>Titus 2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;<BR/>Titus 2:10 Not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.<BR/>Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,<BR/>Titus 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;<BR/>Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;<BR/>Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.<BR/>Titus 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.</STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Paul speaking by the Holy Spirit said let no man despise you, meaning that the LORD has called you for His purpose, it is His command to you. We will face the enemy in men and women of evil hearts, not yet submitted to God, but doing the work of satan.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jesus knew that we would be opposed, but that will be rewarded in heaven.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Mat 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.<BR/>Mat 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.<BR/>Mat 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.<BR/>Mat 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.<BR/>Mat 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.<BR/>Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3><STRONG><FONT size=4>Mat 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;<BR/>Mat 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.<BR/>Mat 5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?<BR/>Mat 5:47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?<BR/>Mat 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.</FONT><BR/></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Be Holy, be perfect, be mature in the faith. The servant of God is not to seek the world's approval, nor to complain if not received or accepted. The calling is to serve God not for man's praise, but for God's approval. Love the people, but do not compromise your calling. Avoid strife and seek peace, do your good works and be a blessing to others. There are many seeking light and hope; go to them. Go to nursing homes and to the homeless, to the mission or to the needy, wherever they may be. Remember Jesus did many good works and in the end was rejected by most people. The result of his life work is that millions have received eternal life. If you are His witness, people will receive Him.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT size=4><STRONG>John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:</STRONG></FONT><BR/></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-56464499528755572032008-09-12T18:43:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.561-07:00Jacob blesses his sons Gen 48-49:18<FONT size=4><FONT color=#010101>Jacob blesses his sons
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#010101>Gen 48:1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.<BR/>Gen 48:2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.<BR/>Gen 48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,<BR/>Gen 48:4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. </FONT></STRONG>
<P><FONT color=#010101>Jacob repeats the promises of the Abrahamic covenant to Joseph and his sons. It is important to share Gods dealings with the children and grandchildren, it was God speaking to them his promises. Joseph repeated the promises of God. They were a nation under God through the promises given to father Abraham. God had his hand on Joseph, but his authority flowed through Israel, the father. Jacob even blessed the greatest king of the nations.</FONT>
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<P><FONT color=#010101>Gen 48:5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.</FONT></B><FONT color=#010101> </FONT>
<P><FONT color=#010101>Reuben and Simeon, were Jacob's firstborn, but the highest authority, the blessing that usually went to the firstborn, would go through his son Judah. Jacob claims the two sons born before Joseph was reunited with his father. These two would be counted with the brothers in the 12 tribes of Israel. </FONT>
<P><FONT color=#010101><B>Gen 48:6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT color=#010101>Any other children would be Josephs and receive their brother's kinship inheritance. </FONT>
<P><FONT color=#010101><B>Gen 48:7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died byme in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT color=#010101>Gen 35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.<BR/>Gen 35:20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. </FONT>
<P><FONT color=#010101>Jacob would be buried with his fathers and Leah in their family cave burial place in Canaan. </FONT>
<P><FONT color=#010101><B>Gen 48:8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?<BR/>Gen 48:9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.<BR/>Gen 48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT color=#010101>Like Jacob's father Isaac before him his eyes were dim when he sought to pass on the blessing and birthright. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT color=#010101>Gen 48:11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed.<BR/>Gen 48:12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. </FONT>
<P></B><FONT color=#010101>Joseph respected his father bowing before him. He knew the power of God rested in his blessing. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT color=#010101>Gen 48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.</FONT></B></P><B></B></DIV><B></B></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT color=#010101>Joseph placed the oldest son, Manasseh before Jacob's right hand to be blessed as the firstborn. The right hand blessing is the chosen firstborn. Jesus is on the right hand of his father's throne. The place of the chosen firstborn.</FONT></P>
<P><BR/><FONT color=#010101><STRONG>Gen 48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.</STRONG> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#010101>Jacob had crossed his hands reversing the blessing, favoring with his right hand Ephraim the younger brother. Remember his father Isaac who was tricked into blessing the younger Jacob earlier instead of Esau the firstborn. But Esau was willing to sell his birthright for a bowl of stew. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT color=#010101>Gen 48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,<BR/>Gen 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.</FONT></B></P><B></B></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3><B></B></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3><FONT face=Arial size=3><B></B></FONT></FONT></FONT>
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<P>He blessed Joseph's first twe son's as his own, making them equal with Joseph and his brothers . Israel mentioned the power and blessing of God and the angel that he wrestled with, to receive his new righteous name and redemption. Jesus is our redeemer and righteousness.</P>
<P><BR/><STRONG>Gen 48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.<BR/>Gen 48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.<BR/>Gen 48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. </STRONG></P>
<P>The greater blessing went to the younger Ephraim. This upset Joseph who knew the customs. Their was a reason for this and it may be found in the meaning of their names.
<P class=lex0>Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"</P>
<P class=lex0>Manasseh = "causing to forget"</P>
<P class=lex0>We do not remember past things that block our way; we are to forget them and put them behind us and go forth in the abundant blessings of the LORD<BR/></P>
<P><B>Phil 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,<BR/>Phil 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.<BR/>Phil 3:15 Let us therefore, as manyas be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.<BR/></B><B></P></B>
<P>Ephraim would become so large that the Northern kingdom would be be referred to as Ephraim.</P>
<P>Deu 33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the <STRONG>ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.</STRONG></P>
<P><B>Gen 48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.</B> </P>
<P>It is done. Ephraim receives the greater blessing. Is it not God who chooses?
<P><I><B>Jacob Blesses his Children</I></B>
<P>This is the first conscious prophecy spoken by a human being in the Bible; there have been many prophecies announced by God (such as the promise of the triumph of the seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15), and other veiled prophecies by men, but this is the first knowing prophecy of the Bible
<P><B>Gen 48:21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.</B>
<P>Jacob speaks of his sons tribes who will return to the promised land in Canaan.
<P><B>Gen 48:22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.</B>
<P>The spoils of warfare that Jacob had secured by his own strength, of this Joseph receives a double portion.
<P>I think of the victories of spiritual warfare, the methods of overcoming the enemy. The studying of the Bible the sharing of Gods word with others, of witnessing to the lost, of good works, of prayers said, these I pass down to my children. These are the spoils of warfare. I give them a double blessing if they will receive them.</P>
<P><B>Gen 49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.<BR/>Gen 49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
<P></B>Gods elder father of his people, Israel now has been given prophetic words and blessings for his children.
<P>It has been said that a father can bless or curse a child. The curse is broken in Gods family. Blessed are those children raised by godly parents. But every child of God is blessed, with no curses because of the blessings of Jesus Christ. We are a blessed family of God. If bad memories, we forget them and go on as a blessed child of God.
<P><B>Gen 49:3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:</B>
<P>It is customary for the first born to inherit the best portion of the fathers inheritance. Reuben has been honored with glowing words of strength and dignity. He was the first born of Leah, his first son.
<P><B>Gen 49:4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.</B>
<P>In the Bible God tells it like it is , faults and all. Reuben would be unstable, perhaps a divided heart. He also received a rebuke because of the sin against his father. So the birthright blessing was not given to Reuben .
<P>It is difficult for me to justify the fact that Jacob had a concubine, a woman for his lusts. This was a fault in Jacob, perhaps a custom of the times, but not the will of God. Jacob was considered one with the concubine by God, so it is as if Reuben had defiled his father.
<P><B>Gen 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.</B>
<P>The second and third born sons Simeon and Levi receive the same "blessing" for the same evil deed; they were instruments of cruelty when they wiped out all the men of Shechem in retaliation of the defiling of their sister Dinah (Genesis 34:25-29)
<P>Jacob, perhaps in weakness, did nothing at the time except register a small, self centered complaint (Genesis 34:30) - yet he (and the Lord) remembered this event.
<P><B>Gen 49:6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.<BR/>Gen 49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
<P></B>The Bible speaks of a godly anger (Be angry and do not sin, Ephesians 4:26) and an ungodly anger (Let all bitterness, wrath, anger . . . be put away from you, Ephesians 4:31).
<P>Simeon was the third largest tribe but when they made it to the promised land they would be the smallest. The prophecy of dividing and scattering was a blessing for the tribe of Levi.
<P>Because of the faithfulness of this tribe during the rebellion of the golden calf (Exodus 32:26-28), it was scattered as a blessing throughout the whole nation of Israel. They received no large tract of land, for the Lord was their inheritance, not land (Joshua 13:33) The levites were to keep care of the Ark of God, tend to the sacrifices, and teach the people of Gods dealings with Israel.
<P>We also receive the Lord as our inheritance. We receive the promises of God through the Jesus Christ. We are spiritual children of Abraham. Where Jesus is, there we are. Let us not let sin and anger divide us; our portion is with God. <B><I>
<P>Blessing of Judah
<P></I>Gen 49:8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.</B>
<P>It is through Judah that Messiah Jesus would come. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Isarael, would come personally through Jesus of the tribe of Judah. Judah was not without sin, he had made many sins and folly but his highpoint was when he interceded for Benjamin to Joseph. Grace is operating here. In choosing Judah. It is grace also that is the reward of those who seek Jesus.
<P><B>Gen 49:9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?</B>
<P>The Lion of Judah, Messiah Jesus would be triumphant over all his enemies.
<P>Rev 5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
<P><B>Gen 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.</B>
<P>From David until the Herods, a prince of Judah was head over Israel (even Daniel in captivity!). The promise was that Israel would keep this scepter until Shiloh comes - and even under their foreign masters during this period, Israel had a limited right to self rule - until in 7 A.D., under Herod and the Romans, their right to capital punishment was taken away . Shiloh is a reference to the coming saviour, Jesus.
<P><B>Gen 49:11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:<BR/>Gen 49:12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.</B>
<P>I think of garments in wine, as the blood shed on the cross.
<P>Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
<P>Judahs inheritance would have great vineyards. The tribe of Judah would be the first to raise their banners and lead the people in following the cloud by day in the wilderness journey, and the fire by night. Judah was pre-eminent (Num 10:14) because Jesus would be called Lord of lords, King of Kings, Wonderful, Counsellor, Almighty God , Prince of Peace, saviour and my friend.
<P><B><I>Zebulun, Issachar and Dan</I></B>
<P>My brother and I used to kid around giving each other nicknames. He would call me Zeb and I would call him Zeke. We had no clue that Zeb came from Zebulun, and Zeke from Ezekial. Lets see what Jacobs blessing was for "Zebulun" and two other brothers, Issachar and Dan.
<P><B>Gen 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.</B>
<P>The tribe of Zebulun seems to have taken the piece of land sitting between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Galilee; literally, shall dwell by the haven of the sea can be rendered "looking towards the sea" - which they did, both to the East and West.
<P>Jesus the light of the world would visit this sea place.
<P>Mat 4:13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:<BR/>Mat 4:14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,<BR/>Mat 4:15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;<BR/>Mat 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
<P>Saving grace would come here, Jesus our saviour, the Son of God
<P><B>Gen 49:14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:<BR/>Gen 49:15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.</B>
<P>Issachar was a large tribe; third in size according to the Numbers 26 census; because of their size and abundance, they were often targets of oppressive foreign armies who put them into servitude; thus they became a band of slaves.
<P>The meaning seems to be that Issachar was strong, but docile and lazy. He would enjoy the good land assigned him but would not strive for it. Therefore, eventually he would be pressed into servitude and the mere bearing of burdens for his master
<P>In Christ we are free, but we must be strong in him. We must not be lazy in our faith allowing the enemy to gain a foothold.
<P>Phil 1:27 Only let your conversation [way of life] be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;<BR/>Phil 1:28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
<P><B>Gen 49:16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.</B>
<P>Dan did judge his people; the tribe of Dan supplied one of the most prominent of the Judges; Samson.
<P><B>Gen 49:17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.</B>
<P>The serpent Satan and his devils
<P>Dan was a troublesome tribe; they were the tribe to introduce idolatry into Israel (Judges 18:30); Jeroboam set up one of his idolatrous golden calves in Dan (1 Kings 12:26-30), and later Dan became a center of idol worship in Israel (Amos 8:14)
<P><B>Gen 49:18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.</B>
<P>The Hebrew word for salvation is yeshuwah; at this point in the prophecy, when Jacob is so near death, he calls out for God's salvation - he calls out for Jesus! Yes by faith Jacob looks ahead to Jesus.
<P>Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
<P>Heb 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
<P>We have seen the evidence, Jesus our Saviour, his death and resurrection, the evidence of the Holy Spirit of truth inside us. Like Jacob we say with confidence I have waited for my salvation, soon it will be complete, we will be with Jesus. Thank you LORD. Jesus is my saviour.
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<DIV><FONT size=4>There is much going on in the peoples lives and in the world. There is no doubt in my mind that the end is drawing near. All will be shaken and many will lose faith; It is no time to give up. It is a time of preparation, for if we are to serve with Jesus at his coming, we must be faithful servants now. Must we wait for his presence when he is already dwelling within? We have his Bible and we may hear and speak to him in prayer. It is time to stand against the unrest and turmoil of the enemy. For some it is illness or affliction; look to Jesus our healer. Others are concerned about money and finances. Seek God first and be active in your effort to find work. Others suffer from fear and confusion; be still and seek God. Be used now so that you will be given responsibilities when Christ returns in glory.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>2 Tim 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.</FONT><BR/></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Isa 32:1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The coming King is Jesus; Jesus shall reign on earth with his princes. Jesus shall reign on earth with the saints as kings and priests. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Rev 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><FONT size=4>1 Cor 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?<BR/>1 Cor 6:4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.<BR/>1 Cor 6:5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><FONT size=4>We shall judge the angels, including satan, who have rebelled against God. If we are to be judges with Jesus, why are we not able to judge rightand wrong here among those of the church. Jesus is with us and his discernment we must have, He has given us his Word of truth. He will judge all by the commands of God.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT size=4>
<DIV><BR/><STRONG>Isa 32:2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>Jesus is the man, who is the Son of God. He is our hiding place and refuge in times of trouble. He is a shelter in the time of storm. He is the source of the living waters; the Holy Spirit is with him without measure. He is the shade of a great rock and he is the great rock, the foundation of the church.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT size=4>Psa 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.<BR/>Psa 91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT size=4>Their is a hymn for this verse written by Vernon Charlesworth a favorite hymn of English fishermen. They were oft­en heard sing­ing it as they ap­proached their har­bors in the time of storm.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT size=4><A title=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/h/sheltime.htm href="http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/h/sheltime.htm">A Shelter in the Time of Storm</A> </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P>The Lord’s our Rock, in Him we hide, A Shelter in the time of storm;<BR/>Secure whatever ill betide, A Shelter in the time of storm.</P>
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<P class=chorus>Oh, Jesus is a Rock in a weary land, A weary land, a weary land;<BR/>Oh, Jesus is a Rock in a weary land, A Shelter in the time of storm.</P>
<P>A shade by day, defense by night, A Shelter in the time of storm;<BR/>No fears alarm, no foes afright, A Shelter in the time of storm.</P>
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<P>The raging storms may round us beat, A Shelter in the time of storm<BR/>We’ll never leave our safe retreat, A Shelter in the time of storm.</P>
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<P>O Rock divine, O Refuge dear, A Shelter in the time of storm;<BR/>Be Thou our Helper ever near, A Shelter in the time of storm. </P></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR/><STRONG>Isa 32:3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>Do you see Jesus with your Spiritual eyes? Do your ears hear his sweet word? Then you are the blessed of God.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Isa 32:4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>The heart of those who have a short attention span, who have not taken time to study and to understand God's word at the presence of Jesus; they will understand knowledge. The stutterers shall be ready to speak plainly. These things are available now through the Holy Spirit within you. Oral Roberts was a stammering stuttering person until He gave his life to Jesus. He was healed of TB and became a mighty speaker of the gospel. Through his faith and the power of God, many were healed.</DIV>
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<DIV>1 Pet 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:<BR/>1 Pet 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.<BR/>1 Pet 3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.<BR/>1 Pet 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:<BR/></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT size=4>Psa 86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.<BR/>Psa 86:6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.<BR/>Psa 86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.<BR/>Psa 86:8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT size=4>Mat 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.<BR/>Mat 24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?<BR/>Mat 24:46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Mat 24:47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><FONT size=4>Mark 14:38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><FONT size=4>1 Pet 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:<BR/>1 Pet 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT size=3><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><FONT size=4></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Rom 14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.<BR/>Rom 14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.<BR/>Rom 14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Whatever is not of faith is sin to you. If you are not sure about doing something, then don't do it. If God tells you to do something and you do not have faith to do it, it is also sin to you. We are to walk in the Spirit and do what is pleasing to God.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>What if we offend in what we do or do not do? Jesus said it was a serious thing to offend one of his little ones.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Mark 9:41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.<BR/>Mark 9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>We are to bless and not offend. But it is impossible not to offend someone.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>James 3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.<BR/>James 3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>So, do not seek to be a teacher or shepherd or room leader, for you are responsible when someone is offended, and if you are wrong, you will be judged greater. We are to do all things by faith, yet even if we walk by faith, we still may offend someone; we cannot please everyone.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Jesus offended some too. Let's see how this was so.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Mat 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,<BR/>Mat 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.<BR/>Mat 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.<BR/>Mat 15:10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:<BR/>Mat 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.<BR/>Mat 15:12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?<BR/></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Jesus offended the Jewish religious leaders, by telling them the truth and correcting them. Remember that leaders have the greater responsibility, so Jesus was more concerned about their actions and spoke more harshly to them who were teaching error. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Mat 15:13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.<BR/>Mat 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4> A leader must speak out against false teaching and if they will not hear, let them go.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Mat 11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,<BR/>Mat 11:3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?<BR/>Mat 11:4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see:<BR/>Mat 11:5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.<BR/>Mat 11:6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>How can we be offended by Jesus? He is life to us. He gives us the Holy Spirit and all the fruit of the Spirit. Yet, some get offended, they think following him is too hard.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Mat 13:20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;<BR/>Mat 13:21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>He is offended because he is not rooted and grounded in the word of God. He has a stony heart, unable to let go of past hurts or sins. When he tries to live for Jesus and is persecuted, he or she says it is too hard. I cannot be a Christian. Even Peter was offended in Christ, because he had not yet received the power of the Holy Spirit.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Luke 22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:<BR/>Luke 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.<BR/>Luke 22:33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.<BR/>Luke 22:34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The Holy Spirit guides us into all truth. We need Spiritual discernment. We are not to offend the weak, we are to love them, answer their questions and try not to do things that may offend them. We are to walk in the Holy Spirit; we are to walk in faith. We should do what is of faith; this way we do not sin. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Mat 5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;<BR/>Mat 5:24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Prayer will bring things to your mind. People to pray for and if any offenses, they should be brought to view in prayer. Offenses can cause our prayers to not be answered.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>1 Pet 3:6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.<BR/>1 Pet 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Husband and wife are to honor one another, no unforgiven offenses so that your prayers be not hindered. But, what if we do what is of faith and someone is offended? The Bible gives us directions on what to do if offended.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Mat 18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The first thing to do is to go to the brother, not someone else to complain to them. This is how gossip is started. Someone feels offended and begins to paint an evil picture of the person who offended them. You are to go to the one who has offended you and explain to the person why you were offended. A word of wisdom is to show the person in the Bible the offense committed. Too often people get their flesh feelings hurt and it is nothing more than hurt pride. Remember that as a child of God your flesh person is dead on the cross with Jesus and buried. Do not let the dead flesh control your thoughts. We are to be walking in newness of life, in the New Life in the Holy Spirit.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Mat 18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>If the offense is a Biblically proven offense and you have gone to the person and they refuse to hear you, then go to step two. Take one or two witnesses, so the thing may be established. One recent example was of a local pastor who had gotten into pornography on the Internet. He had been molesting young boys in the church. This was discovered. Witnesses had to confront him. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR/><STRONG><FONT size=4>Mat 18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>He denied any wrong doing to the church. He was taken to court and many witnesses testified of his sin; he finally admitted to the sin and now is in prison. This type of offense should be confronted. Offenses of our hurt feelings are best taken to Jesus in prayer.<BR/></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>If someone sins against you, rebuke him personally and seek restoration and forgiveness.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Luke 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.<BR/>Luke 17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.</STRONG><BR/></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>We all fail at times and we should forgive one another.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Some sins are against God's law and against man's laws; they must answer to the law. Grace does not always keep you from the results of a transgression. Obey God, Love God and others as yourself. Forgive but know that blessings come from obedience to God's commands. If we break commands our soul remains saved if a Christian, but often we must pay for the result of our disobedience. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>1 Cor 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.</STRONG></FONT><BR/></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.<BR/>Gal 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.<BR/>Gal 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.<BR/>Gal 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.</STRONG></FONT></DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4></FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#010101 size=3></FONT> </DIV>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-20444755820461327862008-09-08T09:14:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.562-07:00Do not forget the power<DIV><FONT size=4>Do Not Forget The Power</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.<BR/>James 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:<BR/>James 1:24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.<BR/>James 1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.<BR/>James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.<BR/>James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Sometimes I forget things. I was at a church birthday party for an old friend. I was going to make photos of the event as a gift. I arrived and began taking a few pictures and I noticed the battery that powered the camera was low. I always carry a spare, so I put in the spare and it appeared to be discharged, no power in the camera. Had I forgotten to charge the batteries? I did not want to run out of power so I hurried to me car drove to where I had another battery several miles away. On the way my heart was beating fast and I began praising the Lord, giving him glory. I thanked him for all he has done for me and who he is. I began praying for people and singing praises. I was not going to let my heart be troubled.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Phil 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.<BR/>Phil 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR/><FONT size=4><STRONG>John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>On my way back to the birthday party, I had a thought. You put an extra battery in the camera, but did you turn on the power? Probably not. Let's take this to a spiritual level. We have been given power by God, but for some reason we do not use it. When trouble comes we can be overcome, if we do not have the power turned on. If we get upset and confused, we are not relying on the power of a sound mind, we forgot the power source within. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.<BR/>James 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:<BR/>James 1:24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>One source of power is the word of God. It warns us of sin in our life, we must confess and have God remove our sins through Jesus Christ. The word is to be stored in our minds and hearts so that we have power through it to overcome the devil. Jesus overcame by speaking the word of God to the devil when tempted in the wilderness. Do we hear and forget what we hear? One way to not forget is to meditate on what we hear and to put the word to use in our life. To learn something is to have a change of behavior. We are to renew our minds and our behavior by the word of God. We are to conform to the will of God, and not the way of the world.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR/><FONT size=4><STRONG>James 1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>So one source of power within a child of God is the word of God. The word of God obeyed and applied in our lives. The word of God spoken in faith is power from God.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Rom 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.<BR/>Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>We must be of faith to be of use to God. Power without faith is power unused.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The second source of power within, is the Holy Spirit. The power of the word of God with the power of the Holy Spirit. We combine them and we may do the work of Jesus.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.<BR/>John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.<BR/>John 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.<BR/>John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>So the third source of power is prayer. By faith, we may ask anything in his name and authority and we receive from God. We ask and we are to hear from God. We are responsible for our confession.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.<BR/></STRONG></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>We are to be careful what words come out of our mouths. We speak good words, words of faith. The thoughts in our mind may be placed in our minds by the devil, so we must not allow words that destroy faith to come out of our mouth. He cannot read our mind but he does hear our words. We must filter our words to make them conform to the words of Jesus. Not every imagination of our heart is good. Our words come from our thoughts and our heart.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>1 Cor 14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.<BR/>1 Cor 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>2 Cor 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:<BR/>2 Cor 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pullingdown of strong holds;)<BR/>2 Cor 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:<BR/>James 1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>With the word of God, the power of God and prayer, we have the ability to do the work of Jesus with power. Through prayer and the Holy Spirit we will be directed to use this power to help those we minister to. Next we must obey and go forth.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>We must do the works of Jesus in his power, putting away sins and pride of man. This will bring glory to God.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.<BR/>John 15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.<BR/>John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.<BR/>John 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.<BR/>John 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The power of love is within; the power of God to do the work of Jesus. Jesus healed the afflicted, he cast out devils and he had power to forgive sins.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Mat 8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.<BR/>Mat 8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Mat 8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.<BR/>Mat 8:14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.<BR/>Mat 8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.<BR/>Mat 8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:<BR/>Mat 8:17 That it might be fulfilled which wasspoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.<BR/>Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.<BR/>Mark 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;<BR/>Mark 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.<BR/>Mark 16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.<BR/>Mark 16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>This is the command of Jesus as disciples and sons of God. Go forth with power. If you are not able to go forth, then pray for others. There is work to do. If we do not sow the word we shall not reap a harvest of souls. Be prepared for the work of the Lord. Check your power source: are you daily in the word? Are you filled with the Holy Spirit? Are you praying for needs and hearing from God? Are you forgetting to do something? It is time to examine our hearts. Submit all to the LORD.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR/><BR/></FONT> </DIV>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-23799725998681351162008-09-06T06:18:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.562-07:00Glory To God<P><B><I><FONT size=4>Glorify God</FONT></B></I><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>To honor, praise, extol, magnify and to worship him. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.<BR/>John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. </FONT>
<P></B><FONT size=4>We must be born from above; the baptism of Jesus in the Holy Spirit. We worship the Father in the Spirit of truth. If we worship in error, how does that bring glory to God? If we speak what he has done in the Bible and for us, this glorifies him. We honor his name by honoring his word. To worship him requires our will and choice to do so and the Father is pleased to hear from us. The angels glorify him and we were created to be higher than the angels. Glorify the LORD from joyful hearts. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Psa 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.<BR/>Psa 22:23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.<BR/>Psa 22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Psa 86:12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.</FONT></B><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Those who see your light and good works will glorify your Father because of you. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>2 Tim 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Jesus brought glory to the Father by submitting to him in obedience, finishing the purpose he was sent to do and he would return to the glory he always had before with the Father. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>John 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.<BR/>John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.<BR/>John 17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.<BR/>Heb 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.</FONT></B><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>God the Son humbled himself, became a perfect man even through suffering for us. He became our Great High Priest who intercedes for us, knowing our sufferings. He intercedes in prayer and is our advocate. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>We were created to glorify God and to bring him joy.</FONT><B><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Rev 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.</FONT></B><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Our unity brings glory to God </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Rom 15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:<BR/>Rom 15:6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.<BR/>Rom 15:7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Likeminded, no strife or divisions. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Our fruit brings glory to the Father </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.<BR/>John 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>James 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.<BR/>James 1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.<BR/>James 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><I>Using Our Gifts Brings Him Glory</I> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Phil 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><I>A Diversity of Gifts</I> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>1 Cor 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.<BR/>1 Cor 12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.<BR/>1 Cor 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.<BR/>1 Cor 12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.<BR/>1 Cor 12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.<BR/>1 Cor 12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.<BR/>1 Cor 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.<BR/>1 Cor 12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;<BR/>1 Cor 12:9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;<BR/>1 Cor 12:10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:<BR/>1 Cor 12:11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.<BR/>1 Cor 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.<BR/>1 Cor 12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.<BR/>1 Cor 12:29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?<BR/>1 Cor 12:30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?<BR/>1 Cor 12:31 But covet earnestly the best gifts:... </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Rom 12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;<BR/>Rom 12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;<BR/>Rom 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.</FONT></B><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Gifts are received and they grow with use as does any skill. There are many gifts and many ways to serve God to bring him glory. Speak his praises and honor him. Our purpose is to bring him glory.</FONT><B><I><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Spiritual Warfare</FONT></I></B><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Where is the devil and his demons in all of this? Are we free to serve God now that we have this glorious Holy Spirit without interference? You know that will not happen, for we have an enemy who tries to block our way. Be aware but not fearful. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>1 John 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:<BR/>1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.<BR/>1 John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Psa 4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Phil 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>2 Tim 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.<BR/>2 Tim 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.<BR/>2 Tim 3:14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; </FONT>
<P></B><FONT size=4>We are given power to overcome: the name of Jesus and the Spirit of God. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.<BR/>Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.<BR/>Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.<BR/>Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.<BR/>Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;<BR/>Eph 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;<BR/>Eph 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.<BR/>Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:<BR/>Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>It is a Spiritual battle, so put on the things of the Spirit. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.</I> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Our Coming Glory</I> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>1 Cor 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;<BR/>1 Cor 1:28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:<BR/>1 Cor 1:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.</FONT></B><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>No flesh shall glory in his presence. We come to him in Spirit and in Truth; in the name of Jesus. Do not glorify him if you are living in sin, repent; confess your sins, receive forgiveness first. The priests of Israel had to be cleansed before entering his presence. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>1 Cor 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:<BR/>1 Cor 15:43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:<BR/>1 Cor 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>The Spiritual body enters into the presence of God. We come to him now in the Spirit. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>1 Th 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?<BR/>1 Th 2:20 For ye are our glory and joy.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Seeing others we have helped, in heaven will bring us glory. We are working out our sanctification, from glory to glory. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>Rom 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.<BR/>Rom 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>2 Cor 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><I>A Crown of Glory</I> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>1 Pet 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;<BR/>1 Pet 5:3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.<BR/>1 Pet 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. </FONT>
<P></B><FONT size=4>eternal glory</FONT><B><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Dan 12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.</FONT></P></B>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-82348038448254833692008-09-05T10:59:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.563-07:00Serving God<STRONG><EM>Ready to Serve</EM> </STRONG>
<P><STRONG>Isa 6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.<BR/>Isa 6:2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.<BR/>Isa 6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.<BR/>Isa 6:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.<BR/>Isa 6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.<BR/>Isa 6:6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:<BR/>Isa 6:7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.<BR/>Isa 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.<BR/>Isa 6:9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.<BR/>Isa 6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.<BR/>Isa 6:11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,<BR/>Isa 6:12 And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.<BR/>Isa 6:13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. </STRONG>
<P>This is the calling of Isaiah. He had an experience with God, he saw God. He responded to God's calling, had his lips cleansed, so that he could speak for God and God sent him to a people who could not hear the message of God. Only a remnant would hear and respond to the calling of God, only ten in one hundred would be saved. There would be a great falling away; this occurred at the time of the Babylonian captivity, but like many prophesies, it can also be applied to the end times. There will be few who will receive the message of the prophet, or the disciples and only ten percent of the people would be saved. We are to witness to all people and God will save those he will save.
<P>We cannot serve God unless we are saved by the blood of Jesus and have had this experience with the filling or baptism of Jesus; the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
<P><B><I>The Holy Spirit</I></B>
<P>The Holy Spirit would be sent after Jesus ascended to heaven. He would be in each believer; the presence of Jesus in us, the Comforter and the teacher of truth.<B>
<P>John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
<P>John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;<BR/>John 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.<BR/>John 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
<P>John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
<P><I>The teacher and the Spirit of peace</I>
<P>John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.<BR/>John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
<P>John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.<BR/>John 16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:<BR/>John 16:9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;<BR/>John 16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;<BR/>John 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.<BR/>John 16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.<BR/>John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.<BR/>John 16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.<BR/>John 16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.</B>
<P>The Spirit does not speak of himself. The Holy Spirit is a he, a personality of God, just as is the Son and the Father. The persons of the one God. One God, in three persons, all one in Spirit, no divisions.
<P>Jesus was called Immanuel; God with us.
<P><B>Mat 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.</B>
<P>Jesus will be with us and in the Holy Spirit, who will be with us forever.<B> Cleansed by the blood, the word and we are sealed by the Holy Spirit</B>
<P>David prayed to the Father<B>
<P>Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.<BR/>Psa 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.<BR/>Psa 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.</B>
<P>David was repenting from the sin with Bathsheba and the killing of her husband. He had the anointing as king and the presence of the Holy Spirit. King Saul before him had lost the anointing, because of disobedience. The Spirit was taken from him and he became a demon possessed man. In the Old Covenant the Holy Spirit came but could be taken away. In the New Testament Covenant, the Holy Spirit seals us. He stays with us and is the proof and presence of God with us. The Bible does say that the believer can grieve the Holy Spirit, by sin and disobedience.
<P><B>2 Cor 1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;<BR/>2 Cor 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
<P>Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,<BR/>Eph 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
<P>Eph 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.<BR/>Eph 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:<BR/>Eph 4:32 And be ye kind one toanother, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.<BR/>Eph 5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
<P>2 Tim 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.</B>
<P>At the time of the tribulation God would awaken Israel by sealing with the Holy Spirit one hundred forty-four thousand children of Israel from the twelve tribes to be witnesses of the gospel.
<P><B>Rev 7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,<BR/>Rev 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.<BR/>Rev 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
<P><I>Power to serve</I>
<P>Acts 1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
<P>Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.<BR/>Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:<BR/>Mat 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.</B>
<P>The power of God was given from Jesus to his disciples for a time.<B>
<P>Mark 3:14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,<BR/>Mark 3:15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:</B>
<P>We must have this power to serve God. The power of God comes to us by the Holy Spirit after Jesus returned to the Father. The Holy Spirit came at Pentecost. Now each believer must receive him personally through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
<P><B>Luke 24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.</B>
<P>Pentecost<B>
<P>Acts 2:1 And when the<BR/>Acts 2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.<BR/>Acts 2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.<BR/>Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.<BR/>Acts 2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.<BR/>Acts 2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.<BR/>Acts 2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?<BR/>Acts 2:8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?</B>
<P>The Holy Spirit gives us the power to serve God and to witness<B>
<P>Acts 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
<P>Acts 6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
<P>1 Cor 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:<BR/>1 Cor 2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
<P>2 Cor 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.<BR/>2 Cor 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.<BR/>2 Cor 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
<P>1 Th 1:5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.<BR/>1 Th 1:6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:</B>
<P>The Holy Spirit of truth, is the power of God with us for service. You shall know those of his Spirit by their fruit.
<P><B><I>The Fruit of the Spirit</B></I>
<P>Love is the fullness the fruit of the Spirit. A heart filled with God, will show forth his love and good fruit.<B>
<P>Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,<BR/>Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.<BR/>Gal 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.<BR/>Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.<BR/>Gal 5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.</B>
<P>One who is self controlled, self centered, selfish and full of pride has not the Spirit of God. God's Spirit does not speak of himself, nor do we. We speak the word of God by the Spirit of God. We are servants of God through the grace of God, the anointing of the Holy Spirit.</P>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-7352511393900215012008-09-04T06:35:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.563-07:00A New Heart<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><EM><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Reconciled</SPAN></B></EM></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR/><STRONG>2 Cor 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>2 Cor 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>2 Cor 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>2 Cor 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.</STRONG></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR/><STRONG>Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.</STRONG></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gal 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR/><STRONG>Gal 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.</STRONG></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR/><BR/><EM><B>A heart of Love</B></EM></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mat 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR/><STRONG>Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.</STRONG></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR/><STRONG>John 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.</STRONG></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1 John 4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR/><STRONG>1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>1 John 4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>1 John 4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us,because he hath given us of his Spirit.</STRONG></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Luke 17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR/><STRONG>Luke 17:16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>Luke 17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>Luke 17:18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>Luke 17:19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.</STRONG></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ten lepers were made clean by Jesus, only one returned. Jesus healed me of cancer 50 years ago. I am thankful that he has kept me and still loves me. He is faithful and we should be faithful too. We should take time each day to thank him for or new life.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Phil 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR/><STRONG>Phil 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.</STRONG></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Rev 7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR/><STRONG>Rev 7:12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.</STRONG></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Col 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR/><STRONG>Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>Col 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.</STRONG><BR/><STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.</SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mat 10:11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR/><STRONG>Mat 10:12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>Mat 10:13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>Mat 10:14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.</STRONG></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mark 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR/><STRONG>Mark 4:40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?</STRONG><BR/><STRONG>Mark 4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?</STRONG></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Rom 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR/><STRONG>Rom 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.</STRONG><BR/><BR/><STRONG>Rom 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, andbring glad tidings of good things!</STRONG></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We are to go out with the gospel of peace to all people, with the ministry of reconciliation. We do this because he loves us and we love others. We thank God by serving him and sharing him with others. Our heart is full of his love,; love for God and love for those we see and share with. We were once lost in sin, but now we are found and peace fills our hearts. Thank you Lord Jesus.</SPAN></P>
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<P>The law shows the will of God as to our behavior, what he requires of us. The law shows us our sins, our falling short of the perfect will of God. We must choose and often we choose wrong. This was the problem with Eve and her firstborn son Cain who chose to rebel and sin against God's commands. Cain was told what to do for an offering to God; blood sacrifice was required, pointing to the blood of Jesus who would be our sacrifice for sins. God does not always reveal the final purpose of his commands. We are to obey him, because he does know the future and the purpose for our lives. God who spoke to him warned Cain.
<P><B>Gen 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.<BR/>Gen 4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.</B>
<P>Cain ignored God. The result of disobedience is that we open the door to the devil. The result is some evil will come from this. The devil is a thief, a liar and a killer. Cain killed his brother Abel and tried to cover up his sin with lies. The result is that he would be cursed. Sin is a curse and it brings death.
<P><B>Gen 4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?<BR/>Gen 4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.<BR/>Gen 4:11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;<BR/>Gen 4:12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.</B>
<P>Jesus paid for sins and removed the curses, on the cross of Calvary.
<P><B>Gal 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.<BR/>Gal 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.<BR/>Gal 3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.<BR/>Gal 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one thathangeth on a tree:</B>
<P>The law points out our sin, but does not save us from them. The blood of Jesus on the cross of Calvary was the atonement for our sins. Through his sacrifice and our faith in him, we receive atonement, we are at one with God. We are once again brought back to fellowship with God our Father. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life eternal.
<P><STRONG>Salvation through faith in Jesus</STRONG>
<P>How do we know if some one has faith? Some may say words, but not truly have faith. The faith must be in Jesus Christ our savior. Then the power of God must be at work, to make you a child of God. Now that is a big step from being a sinner to a child of God. But this is the grace of God. He gives to us what we did not earn, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
<P><B>Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:<BR/>Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.<BR/>Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.</B>
<P>We are not saved by laws, but by the favor of God towards us because of our faith in Jesus. There is more evidence.
<P><B>John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.<BR/>John 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.<BR/>John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:</B>
<P>Belief in Jesus is required, but that must be together with the call of God and the power of God to change you.
<P><B>John 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.</B>
<P>Water baptism is a command of God. It shows that we are obedient to him. It is the sign of the New Covenant.
<P><B>Rom 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?<BR/>Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.<BR/>Rom 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:</B>
<P>John the Baptist spoke of Jesus who would baptize us in the Holy Spirit. This is the baptism of Jesus. We obey God in faith and he does his part, the power of God baptizes us in his Spirit. Our obedience and faith results in God's power and grace in our life. We must have both. If we act alone, the power of God is not there.
<P><B>Mark 1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.</B>
<P>Obedient faith results in the move of God, the favor and power of God in our life. We are made new. There should be evidence of a new life. We repent from sins and by faith receive Jesus as Lord, followed by baptism. We should then continue in faith, becoming a person after the example of our Lord Jesus Christ. What occurs at salvation?
<P><STRONG>Justified </STRONG>
<P><B>Rom 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.<BR/>Rom 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;<BR/>Rom 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:<BR/>Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;<BR/>Rom 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:</B>
<P>Being justified is the act of our Holy God declaring us not guilty of sin and calling us just. In Christ Jesus we are become just and righteous, through the cleansing power of his blood that was shed for our sins.
<P><B>Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.<BR/>Rom 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.<BR/>Rom 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.<BR/>Rom 5:11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.</B>
<P><STRONG>Redemption </STRONG>
<P>Being redeemed, bought back from satan who had us captive by paying a price. The price was the blood of our righteous sinless savior, Jesus Christ the Son of God.
<P><B>1 Pet 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;<BR/>1 Pet 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:<BR/>1 Pet 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,<BR/>1 Pet 1:21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.</B>
<P><STRONG>Sanctified </STRONG>
<P>Being set apart for the service of God, being holy.
<P><B>Heb 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.<BR/>Rom 15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
<P>John 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.<BR/>John 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.<BR/>John 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.<BR/>John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.</B>
<P>We are sanctified by the power of God and through His word. We need to hide is word in our hearts.
<P><B>Psa 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
<P>2 Tim 2:14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.<BR/>2 Tim 2:15 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.</P>
<P> Sons and heirs of God </P>
<P>Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.<BR/>Rom 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.<BR/>Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:<BR/>Rom 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
<P></B>It is a wonder to be forgiven of sins and to be called the adopted sons of God. How great is our God and how amazing is his grace towards us.</P>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-33549668127663267442008-09-02T19:36:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.564-07:00The Law and the Prophets<DIV align=left><B><EM>The Old Covenant of the Law</EM></B> </DIV>
<P>The ten commandments are the foundation of all laws. These were given to guide the children of Israel. They were to teach them what God wanted from their behavior. Without the law there is no sin, so the laws pointed out God's will and when we fail the laws we sin. There were so many laws given to Israel that it was impossible to keep them all, but the Ten Commandments were the framework showing the righteous commands of a perfect God.
<P><B>The Ten Commandments
<P>The first four commandments concern our relationship to God.
<P>1st Commandment
<P>Exo 20:2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
<P></B>I AM -- He is the Master, the God of Israel that heard their cries as they were slaves in the world; Egypt. He brought them out of bondage. Now they must learn of him and his holy will or laws to follow.
<P><B>Second Commandment
<P>Exo 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:</B>
<P>A graven image is a carved or tooled image made to worship. We are not to worship things made by hand of any heavenly object, angels, or things created on earth; a living creature, a man or woman, a tree, a whale or fish of the sea. God will not share His glory with things created. We worship the LORD GOD, not anything created. Why? Because devils enter into things worshipped, We are not to worship the devil or his fallen angels.
<P><B>Third Commandment
<P>Exo 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.</B>
<P>This is as showing disrespect for him. Also, those who misrepresent God as a tyrant or as evil. Those who use his name in empty oaths and swearing.
<P><B>The remaining six commandments concern our relationships with people.
<P>Fourth Commandment
<P>Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. </B>
<P>God rested on the seventh day after creation. From sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. This was the sign of the Old Covenant with Israel. It is an everlasting covenant with Israel. Gentiles are free to set aside any day for their Sabbath. Tradition was to make Sunday a Sabbath (holy) day, because it was when Jesus arose from the tomb. It was also the day when offerings were gathered.
<P><B>Fifth Commandment
<P>Exo 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
<P></B>These are laws to the covenant Jews. With the covenant it is assumed that the parents also obey the commandments. They are not ignorant of them. In fact they are commanded to teach then to their children. We are to give honor where honor is due.
<P>.Eph 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
<P>Pray for ungodly parents. We cannot honor the devil in them, but we can Love their souls and pray for them. If in need, see that they are provided for.
<P><B>Seventh Commandment
<P>Exo 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.</B>
<P>Adultery - conjugal infidelity. An adulterer was a man who had illicit intercourse with a married or a betrothed woman, and such a woman was an adulteress. Spiritual adultery is loving another false god.
<P>James 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
<P><B>Eighth Commandment
<P>Exo 20:15 Thou shalt not steal.</B>
<P>Stealing another's possession. The devil is a thief.
<P>John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
<P><B>Ninth Commandment
<P>Exo 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.</B>
<P>A false witness is a liar. The father of lies is the devil. This is one of the seven sins the LORD hates:
<P>Prov 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
<P><B>Tenth Commandment
<P>Exo 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's..</B>
<P>Phil 4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.<BR/>Phil 4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.<BR/>Phil 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
<P><B>Jesus spoke of the greatest commandment
<P>Mat 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?<BR/>Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.<BR/>Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.<BR/>Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.<BR/>Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
<P><EM>The Prophets</EM>
<P></B>Prophets told of coming events.
<P>Isaiah was a prophet when he spoke from God the work of the coming Messiah; The Lord Jesus Christ. He spoke this seven hundred years before the event.<B>
<P>Isa 61:1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;<BR/>Isa 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;<BR/>Isa 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.</B>
<P>The Apostle Peter spoke of prophecy fulfilled<B>
<P>2 Pet 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.<BR/>2 Pet 1:17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.<BR/>2 Pet 1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.<BR/>2 Pet 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:</B><I>
<P>Prov 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.<BR/>Prov 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.</I>
<P><B>2 Pet 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.<BR/>2 Pet 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
<P></B>Satan sends false prophets
<P><B>2 Pet 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that boughtthem, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.<BR/>2 Pet 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.<BR/>2 Pet 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.<BR/>2 Pet 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;<BR/>2 Pet 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;<BR/>2 Pet 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;<BR/>2 Pet 2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:<BR/>2 Pet 2:8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)<BR/>2 Pet 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:</B>
<P>We hear and study the word of God, so that we will follow the Lord Jesus Christ and not be deceived by the false teachers and prophets.
<P><B>John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:<BR/>John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.<BR/>John 10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.<BR/>John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
<P></B>The law should be studied to understand God's righteous commands. The law could not save us from sin, but it showed us our sins and our need of a Savior.
<P><B>Gal 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.<BR/>Gal 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.<BR/>Gal 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.<BR/>Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.<BR/>Gal 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.<BR/>Gal 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.</B>
<P>The laws were our foundation until the Chief cornerstone was laid, which is Christ Jesus. We build our faith upon Jesus the Word of God, the foundation of our righteous faith.</P>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-23842491614530806522008-09-01T22:03:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.564-07:00Our Purpose For Existing<DIV>
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<P></B><FONT size=4>Many struggle to find the meaning of life. Let us simplify this.</FONT><B><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.</FONT></B><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>In the beginning God; in the end of this life: God. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>God created all there is: He created us. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.<BR/>Gen 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>We were created in the image of God. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>The breath of God, the spirit of God breathed into the created man and made him a living soul. The soul was given commands: be fruitful and multiply and be caretakers of all of creation on earth. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Gen 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Another command; take care of the Garden of Eden. But one thing was kept from him, another command of God.From the beginning man was created in God's image. God talked to man, giving him commands. God from the beginning is greater than man, He is in control of man and man was given authority to take care of the creation on earth. Now one thing he was off limits to man. This was the beginning of choice. God created man with a will to choose. The will of God was for man to obey God's commands and to hear and be blessed by God. Man was given work and responsibilities. We are to continue to obey God, to hear from him and do his work that he has given to us. This is our purpose. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Disobedience and Satan </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:<BR/>Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. </FONT>
<P></B><FONT size=4>Adam was created a living soul. He would lived forever if he had have obeyed God. Now comes a command to not do something. This was a test to see if Adam would obey. All other commands brought blessings. This command would continue the blessings, but gave Adam a choice. The fruit of the tree of good and evil, the knowledge of evil would come from this forbidden fruit. To eat of it would be pro choice: the choice to do wrong, to see evil and to have done evil by disobedience. The result of disobeying this command would be death. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>The serpent, the devil enters the garden </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Always God spoke to Adam and Adam heard and obeyed. Adam was the head of the woman. She was created to be his helpmeet, completing him. She was to bless him by obeying God with him. Adam was created first. The knowledge of the tree of good and evil was given to Adam , before Eve was created. He was to share this command to not eat of this tree with his wife. She was to obey him as he obeyed God. Both were to obey God above all. If Adam were to chose wrong, Eve was to help him see the correct way. If Eve chose wrong, Adam was to correct her, for he was given the commands first from God. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?<BR/>Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:<BR/>Gen 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.<BR/>Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:<BR/>Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.<BR/>Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. </FONT>
<P></B><FONT size=4>Satan in the serpent talked to Eve. Would she obey her husband as he obeyed God? She knew the command of God to not eat the fruit of the tree, but she disobeyed,. she ate and then gave to Adamto eat. She fell and helped Adam to fall. The fall brought spiritual death. The close hearing of God was interrupted by sin. The flesh choice of disobedience separated the flesh man from the spirit of God. The soul had sinned and would die. It would be cut off from God. The Spirit of man was from God, soul andspirit would continue, but it was separated from God, the flesh would die. What is this death? It is forever being separated from God. The soul created in God's image would be unfulfilled, condemned to be eternally destroyed and separated from God. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>2 Th 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Satan the liar, stole away the dominion of the earth from Adam and eve. Sin entered the world. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Two voices </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>God is Spirit and satan, the fallen angel is a created spirit. The Spirit of good and the spirit of evil. We must now choose who we obey, for there are two voices: the voice of God, to do his commands, and the voice of satan, to serve him and sin. We must say <B>yes</B> to God and <B>no</B> to satan. The flesh has lusts and desires, the spirit of man seeks God. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>Psa 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Mat 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. </FONT>
<P></B><FONT size=4>God has given us choices </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>Eph 5:14...Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.<BR/>John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.<BR/>John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>John 5:24...Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.<BR/>John 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, andnow is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. </FONT>
<P></B><FONT size=4>Jesus is the way to be made alive again in spirit and to be able to please God. Sin cannot come to God, but sinners can come to God the Son and be forgiven. </FONT>
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<P><FONT size=4>John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.</FONT></B><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>What did Jesus come to do? He took our sins upon himself and took them to the cross. We are forgiven in Jesus. Grace was given to us, no longer are of this world only, but we are made erternal sons of God with Jesus. We are better off than was Adam. We chose eternal life with God. The battle with satan is won, we must obey God only, honor people, but never submit to satan in any form. Our purpose is to love God with all our heart, love others and to hear God's commands and obey him. The Bible is full of God's commands and promises. We must study it to understand our purpose and we hear the voice of God, by His Spirit within. </FONT>
<P><B><FONT size=4>Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.<BR/>Rom 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.<BR/>Rom 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.<BR/>Rom 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.<BR/>Rom 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.<BR/>Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.<BR/>Rom 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.<BR/>Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:<BR/>Rom 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.<BR/>Rom 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. </FONT>
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<P><FONT size=4>Isa 34:1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.</FONT></B><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?<BR/>Luke 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Come near, ye nations, hear the word of the LORD. Most nations have turned from God and do not please God. How do we please God? By faith in his Son Jesus and serving through him. As the nations foresake God and turn to the antichrist Beast, those who still are serving God will be persecuted and killed. The LORD will take vengeance; this is the time of the tribulation, when he pours out his wrath upon the ungodly nations. God will not send wrath upon his own people. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Isa 34:2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.<BR/>Isa 34:3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>It was the time of the second coming of Jesus Christ as king of the earth for a thousand years. There would be a great battle as the angels destroy the evil nations and their armies. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Rev 19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;<BR/>Rev 19:18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.<BR/>Rev 19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.<BR/>Rev 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.<BR/>Rev 19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Isa 34:4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>2 Pet 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.<BR/>2 Pet 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,<BR/>2 Pet 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?<BR/>2 Pet 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Satan shall be chained in the bottomless pit, so that Jesus the King of peace will reign for a thousand years on a restored earth. You know how satan's servants try to destroy our peace. Satan's fallen angels will be in hell. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Rev 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.<BR/>Rev 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,<BR/>Rev 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.<BR/>Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.<BR/>Rev 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.<BR/><FONT color=red>Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.</FONT><BR/>Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,<BR/>Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.<BR/>Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.<BR/>Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>God said it, I believe it. Do not pray for satan, pray for the unsaved, so that they will not follow satan into everlasting torment. Come near and hear this message and take heed.</FONT></P>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-6214775433790422572008-08-27T06:53:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.565-07:00The Righteous Judge and Savior - Genesis 33:20-24<P><B><FONT size=4><I>The Righteous Judge and Savior</I> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Isa 33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.</FONT></B><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Looking to Jerusalem, a city of peace. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Psa 122:5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.<BR/>Psa 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.<BR/>Psa 122:7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.<BR/>Psa 122:8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.<BR/>Psa 122:9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>The tabernacle that shall not be taken down is the risen Savior, the returning King. He shall rule in righteousness and His enemies shall be destroyed. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Psa 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,<BR/>Psa 2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.<BR/>Psa 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.<BR/>Psa 2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.<BR/>Psa 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Isa 33:21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Psa 29:3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>The presence of the Lord brings rivers of living water; the presence of His Holy Spirit. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Psa 78:15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.<BR/>Psa 78:16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Psa 46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Isa 33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>2 Tim 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;<BR/>2 Tim 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>2 Cor 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.<BR/>2 Cor 5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>James 4:12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Isa 33:23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>No ship shall sail on these rivers, no invading army to take spoil. The lame, the broken and the humble shall take of the goodness of the Lord. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>1 Cor 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;<BR/>1 Cor 1:28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 1 Cor 1:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Isa 33:24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>His death and resurrection brought healing, body and soul to those who received Jesus by faith. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Isa 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.<BR/>Isa 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>We are children of God who walk in the light of his truth. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.<BR/>1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.<BR/>1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Rom 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.<BR/>Rom 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>What a blessing to be saved from sins, to be chosen and forgiven and lifted up to dwell with the Lord. We are his children who walk in truth doing good works. No religious spirit can touch us in the hand of God. We belong to him and will dwell with him in Zion, in earth and in heaven, forever his. Rejoice in this Saints of God and pray for the lost, so that they may escape the judgement of God on sin. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>LORD GOD, strengthen your children to be lights in a dark world. The return of Jesus is near, may we keep our faith burning bright. He shall rule and reign and we will be his forever. We thank you in Jesus name, amen</FONT></P>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146252279269770547.post-31248230762598408172008-08-26T10:27:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:01:07.566-07:00Joy or Terror? Isaiah 33:14-19<P><I><B><FONT size=4>Joy or Terror?</FONT></I><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Isa 33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?</FONT></B><FONT size=4> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>When Jesus the Messiah returns to Jerusalem, it will be good news for those seeking him by faith, but bad news for the stiff necked religious hypocrites. These are the false teachers and the Jesus haters, the antichrist people. Antichrist, the beast will be cast into the Lake of Fire. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Rev 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Isa 33:15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;<BR/>Isa 33:16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>The righteous are those who have trusted in the blood of Jesus and are forgiven of sins. They are known by their good works. They are not as the hypocrites who claim to be of God, but are enemies in their spirit and their work only brings strife and debate. The saved of Jesus shall be known by their work; they will welcome his return. They shall abide in the rock of ages, (Mat 7:25) eat of the bread of life ( John 6:35) and out of their innermost being shall flow rivers of living water. (John 7:38) </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Isa 33:17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>The righteous shall see the king when he returns and shall see heaven. First the millennial kingdom and then the celestial city. The New Jerusalem, descending from heaven. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Rev 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4><B>Isa 33:18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?<BR/>Isa 33:19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>The religious hypocrite will be in terror. He cannot trust in the scribes, or the treasurers money or the towers for refuge or help.They will not see a fierce people, like the Assyrians, with stammering unknown tongues. They shall meet the righteous Lord, the judge of sinners and the salvation of those who trust in him. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.<BR/>Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=4>Will you be glad when Jesus comes or will you cry out in terror?</FONT></P>Superragmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605476777769936855noreply@blogger.com0