MARVELOUS LIGHT AND THE WONDERFUL!

1 Peter 2:7-10...........7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,

"The stone which the builders rejected, Has become the chief cornerstone,"

8 and ..........."A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense."

They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. NKJV

CALLED out of darkness into His marvelous light....what a glorious Word to us who believe. To us, He is the precious, but to those who reject Him, Him is the chief cornerstone. To those who reject Him, they stumble and are offended because of Jesus!

Psalm 119:17-20............17 Bless me with life so that I can continue to obey you. 18 Open my eyes to see wonderful things in your Word. 19 I am but a pilgrim here on earth: how I need a map-and your commands are my chart and guide. 20 I long for your instructions more than I can tell.  TLB

Open our eyes to see the wonderful things in Your Word. Verse 19....."I am but a pilgrim here on earth; how I need a map..................YOUR commands to guide..........for I long for Your instructions more than I can tell."

Being open to God the Lord is being open to see His glory and majesty..........that He is wonderful and He created us!

Psalm 139:13-16...........13 For You formed my inward parts;

You covered me in my mother's womb. 

14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Marvelous are Your works,

And that my soul knows very well. 

15 My frame was not hidden from You,

When I was made in secret,

And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 

16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.

And in Your book they all were written,

The days fashioned for me,

When as yet there were none of them.  NKJV

The Great God created each of us. He formed our inward parts!

Well, I know that Shelley! I have heard it over and over again.  

Today, though, let us look at the Creator.......Who..........in the beginning formed the heavens and the earth!

Genesis 1:1-5.................1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day. 

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Hallelujah! God CREATED! HE created the heavens and the earth!

Yes,........ the first verse of the entire Bible, God created...........and He created with you in mind. He would need a place for His family to live. And He created that place in beauty, majesty and wonder!

The God of WONDERFUL DID WONDERFUL WORKS.....FOR US!

Psalm 107:31-32........31 Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness,

And for His wonderful works to the children of men! 

32 Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people,

And praise Him in the company of the elders.   NKJV

Oh that we would give thanks to HIM for His goodness and His wonderful works to the children of men............and He did it all in His wisdom, counsel and strength.

Isaiah 9:6-7...............6 For unto us a Child is born,

Unto us a Son is given;

And the government will be upon His shoulder.

And His name will be called 

Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 

7 Of the increase of His government and peace 

There will be no end,

Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,

To order it and establish it with judgment and justice 

From that time forward, even forever.

The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.  NKJV

For unto us a Child was born............and Isaiah prophesied His wonderful coming. He told that His government............that government of heaven would be on His shoulder...........and HIS NAME WILL BE CALLED WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE .................AND THERE WILL BE NO END.

Jesus came to set up His government...........that of Heaven and............a government established with judgment and justice.............from that time and forever.

The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this!

Colossians 1:13-20...........13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. 

19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,      NKJV

Colossians 2:2-4.........2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 

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In the beautiful face of Jesus...........a government came. In His wisdom, love, and power He came to assert.......to declare, proclaim, yes announce with wisdom and love that the kingdom had come. His faith in God.......even though He was, is and is come.............it was a faith of boldness in the face of adversity, AND every devil that came against what God had planned for His children. He came in power of the Holy Ghost with a behavior of one who was established in heart to speak confidently............to stand and speak truth in the face of  a religion, 

Matthew 12:18-21.....................18 "Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen,

My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased!

I will put My Spirit upon Him,

And He will declare justice to the Gentiles. 

19 He will not quarrel nor cry out,

Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets. 

20 A bruised reed He will not break,

And smoking flax He will not quench,

Till He sends forth justice to victory; 

21 And in His name Gentiles will trust."    NKJV

HIS dying on the cross brought forth justice to victory! Justice for man was what God was desiring for His children ...........and in that moment of anguish, and pain, of blood and of beatings, rose justice to the children. They had within Jesus, a Savior, and they had been REDEEMED WITH THE GREATEST PRICE. WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, PRINCE OF PEACE!

WILL NOT QUARREL WITH ANYONE.........NEVER ARGUE THE BIBLE....JESUS GAVE THE WORD OF GOD .......THAT OF SPIRIT AND TRUTH.......WE ARE TO..GIVE THE SCRIPTURE OR PASSAGE AND THEN GO ON TO ANOTHER WHO WILL HEAR AND RECEIVE!

The wisdom of God is peaceable............as we see in...........James 3:13-18.........13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. 16 For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.  NKJV

Wisdom speaks......is beautiful.........to the point..............no boasting about me, myself and I, but a boasting on the Lord.................not self-seeking but speaking with a wisdom that is peaceable, gentle, willing to yield..............not yielding to the perverse thing, but yielding to hear someone and then give them a reply in the wisdom of God. It is one that is full of mercy and of good fruits. It is righteousness!

Luke 4:16-22..........16 So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. 17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: 

18 "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,

Because He has anointed Me 

To preach the gospel to the poor;

He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,

To proclaim liberty to the captives 

And recovery of sight to the blind,

To set at liberty those who are oppressed;  

19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD."  

20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing." 22 So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth.  NKJV

YES, HE SPOKE INTO RELIGION, AND MAN'S WAYS, AND declared that the Spirit of the LORD was upon HIM. He declared that he was to preach the gospel to the poor, heal the brokenhearted, proclaim liberty to those that were blind, set a liberty those who were and are oppressed and to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD! AMEN, AND AMEN!

And He came to show us, those created in the beauty of God, those destined as His sons, those destined to be God's family...............this is what it looks like and how it sounds. Yes, God always makes sounds........AND WHEN WE SEE THAT WE ARE CALLED OUT OF DARKNESS AND MOVE INTO THAT MARVELOUS LIGHT.............WE become a beauty..........an orchestra, harmonizing together with God.........making a sound that is much like the most beautiful symphony you have ever heard played.

We are that chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation..............grafted into the branch to become one nation in God..........one nation, who recognizes the Lordship of Jesus Christ, and see His ruling over His anointed and appointed people!

Well, Shelley, no one has laid hands on me and told me that I am to preach or bring liberty to those who are oppressed. Maybe not, but we are all called to His family and do we not, as a brother or sister, pray for our siblings, our families and even our neighbors? We may not know someone personally but God calls us into marvelous light and to see those still in darkness.............those still struggling, those still in bondage and reach them in beauty, in love, in wisdom, and knowledge of God.

Throw off the garment of grave clothes and be dressed in your royal robes of purple. Take up the Word and see yourself in it today. Let that Light Shine brightly and show you the way of salvation. (Acts 15:18)  18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. KJV

Ephesians 1:4-10............. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will- 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace 8 that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. 9 And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment-to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ. 

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Today, may we all walk in that created world in love. being adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ in accordance to His pleasure and will! We know that it was planned from the foundation of the world, and that ...."the times will have reached their fulfillment..............yes, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ." 

Glory to His HOLY Name!

Father, thank You for Jesus............and His name is called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of PEACE  and of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end.

Today we pray to have the same "The zeal of the LORD of hosts WHO will perform this"!

Father, we pray in His Holy name to be those who act and speak in the wisdom of God, in the justice of God and in the peace of God..........that Wisdom from God is our righteousness, our holiness, and our redemption. (1 Corinthians 1:30)

May we represent the kingdom of God the way Jesus did. May our boast be in the Lord always. May we be found to be those who posses a confidence.....in our hearts........before God and receive from Him anything we ask, because we obey His commands and to what pleases Him. That command is to believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and to love one another as He commanded us. We know that when we obey, we live in Him and He in us. And we know this because of the Spirit He gave us. (1 John 3:21-24)

We come to YOUR marvelous Light and see the wonder YOU have placed in us. To YOU be all the glory! Amen and Amen.

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