Pools, Bubbling Water, Spirits of the Pagans

 

Jesus walked into Pagan Territory

Scripture tells us of  Jesus walking in the porches of Bethesda and talked with a man asking him,   "do you want to be made well?”

Saw this teaching today on a God-channel. In this teaching the man, David Schott, gave history of Jerusalem in the time of Jesus. Loving history as I do, I paid great attention to this teaching. I also recorded it to hear again and again.

Here the Scripture: John 5:1-17 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there was a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. 5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity 38 years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well? 7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed & walk.” 9 & immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, & walked. & that day was the Sabbath. 

John 5:10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured. “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.” 11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed & walk.’12 Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk?” 13 But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn,  a multitude being in that place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.” 15 The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. 16 For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

You most likely have heard and read this passage many times over the course of a year and even more over your lifetime. In my hearing I heard Jesus walked through the porches of Bethesda. He saw the blind, the lame and the paralyzed.  But what I heard of the history at that time, I have a whole new take on what was occurring when Jesus appeared. Adventure in the Gospels this morning showed me history of Israel at the time of Jesus. So they went back to give the account when the Assyrians came to take the land. When the Assyrians attacked or invaded, they mixed with some of the Jews .

With a mix of things going on, the history given was of Jerusalem on a changing course. What was set-up at that time was that men had come from the region of Greece. And these Greecian men set up colonnades around pools of water, for these men believed that “spirits” caused the bubbling of the water they had seen in this area. The men called the pools after the Greek god Aesclepus.  The men built these regional healing centers offering mats, and many had covers which reminded me of a tent covering. As the Greek’s considered the offering of the bubbling waters, they built these shallow pools to drink water from and other areas were for bathing. In this the Greeks offered the participants chants, and fasting as a way to get their healing. So you have this man laying there all this time. You have the lame, blind and the paralyzed. Makes you think of today, right, those blind to what is going on around them, those lame, who cannot walk very well or those paralyzed. Today people are paralyzed in fear of a virus!

This man is on his mat, and is waiting for the bubbles to appear in the water, his healing is not seen, so year after the year….you know like masks, vaccines, more masks, lock-downs, shut down, stay in the basement or stay by the pool till that water bubbles and you cannot leave this country and expect to get back in: you have no vaccination! YIKES!

 So like my husband stated after hearing this program of history about that passage, the man and those with him were in terror. They were being tormented day in and day out for years!

Yes, Aesclepion, the Pool of Bethseda, was in Jerusalem in 1^st century Jerusalem. A man who laid there with an infirmity of 38 years till Jesus appeared was about to see changes! In these 5 colonnades, Jesus walked in pagan territory! Created by the Grecian men, who thought spirits moved the water, paid a big price to have people come there.

John 5: 8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed & walk.” 9 & immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, & walked. & that day was the Sabbath.

Yes, religion will hold many men in laws made by man. They will rise to the occasion of pagan attitudes to hold people in terror and torment, to do something which should not be done to another.

Come out of terror, torment and come to Jesus! Jesus is the Healer!

John 5:15 The man departed & told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. 16 For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, & sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, & I have been working.”

Jesus the Peacemaker, was bringing peace to men and women held in terror and torment  in pagan areas in Israel. He, Jesus, is greater than any government or rule of man, greater than any pagan can write up.

Yes, I learned a lot of what I saw and heard of the history. We must know the history of our own nation before it is changed for good to something bitter and of terror and torment. And that goes for any nation around the world. Lord, we thank YOU for TRUTH!

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A Sound Mind or an Open Mind

 

2 Timothy 1:6-7 NKJV 6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

In Scripture so far I have only found “open” listed with opened eyes ( 2 Chronicles 6:20 and verse 40), and gates will be open continually. ( gates: Isaiah 60:11)

Being the sound mind, is being the disciplined in the thought patterns of the Lord, making right decisions, including the quality of self-control/self-discipline!

The Open Mind is open to anything! But Scripture tells us perfect peace have those whose mind is stayed or fixed on the Lord: Isaiah 26:3 You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trust in You.

The Lord keeps us in health, happiness, well-being and peace who stay in His presence, residing in His goodness and light. All started in the Lord will be of good in health, good in happiness, that well-being of stepping outside our doorway to do for His glory and to His praise, for His will for us is good! 

Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputations, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming the  likeness of men. 8 and being found in appearance as a man. He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

 

Being humbled in the Lord is paramount before you stand before men in either leadership or leading a family! Having His mind, is Christ-like humility. It was manifested in the son of God, manifested in the freedom of God’s Son to affirm the fullness of all God has placed in Him without His need to flaunt, prove or push through to an agenda or self-advancement. Jesus did not clutch for power. And we see many today clutching for that power, for that self-advancement. Unless it is the Lord rising in us, then we clutch for that human power thing and that will not work, not today or ever. It will fail!

 

 Fools, not wise men, reject God seen in Psalm 14:1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” they are corrupt, they have abominable works, there is none who does good. Sin invites Satan into a person's mind. Ultimately, his influence causes madness.  So when you have a group of people seated in making decisions,  for, let’s say a nation, they are hopefully those filled with the spirit of God and not the spirit of the air. They should be those with faith in God and not faith within their own thoughts and own abilities!

In that arena of the air ( those in league with the devil), you see strange things: In Luke 6:11 you can see men filled with rage ( madness) who do not want God on any level of their leading. They want to be rid of Jesus, when there is a healing on the Sabbath. Salvation brought us into the kingdom of God to see and to hear. But will we see and hear to obey His commands. Matthew 12:43-45 NKJV 43 When a n unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest and finds none. 44 Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept and put in order. 45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.

We have seen that within our own nation, where people are trying to remove God from everything mountain: religion, the family, education, government, media, arts and entertainment, and business. And if one does not have God, then they can have demonic activity around them or in them.

 BUT, when a demon is removed, a person's mind is cleaned of chaos and made orderly. To avoid being possessed again, he needs to replace what was swept out with God's Spirit & truth.  As of the demoniac of Gadara, the man under that influence cannot rest. That demon removed also had the role he played in tormenting a person. Hunger and thirst must be our heart for the Lord: to fill our heart with the water of His word; To be cleansed Purity of Heart : Matthew 5:8 NKJV 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God. 

Purity of heart: the pure draw near to God: James 4:8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 2 Corinthians  7:1 therefore having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh & spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

 

Psalm 15:2 He who walks uprightly & works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. 3 He who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor does he take up a reproach against his friend; 4 In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honors those who fear the LORD. He who swears to his own hurt and does not change; 5 He who does not put out his money at usury, nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

The sound in mind will not be moved or shaken from his steadfastness in the Lord!

 

The demons in the men are uncontrollable ("neither could anyone tame him,") Mark 5:4 because he had often been bound with shackles & chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, & the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him. 5 And always night & day, he was in the mountains & in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones.6 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran & worshiped Him.   

Evil people cannot control their desires, and society cannot control them, so crime rages on.  Living God's way of life as revealed in the life of Christ is the answer. God provides the right mind to produce the fruit of the Spirit, including self-control (Galatians 5:23). Galatians 5:22-24 NKJV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions & desires.

 

Spiritual love, that godly love, is unattainable by those driven by the spirit of this world. This agape love—the love of God—is the kind that is "poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit[which] was given to us" (Romans 5:5). Jesus warned His church that the wickedness of the world  would increase to such an extent that it would sap the spiritual heat out of His own people, causing their love to grow cold. Matthew 24:12  NKJV   12  And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.  

3 John 11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God. But he does evil has not seen God.

1 John 2:29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.

 

We are to be unpretentious and balanced in spirit. Tranquility will rule our hearts in mind when we are instructed to the truth of God. Jesus instructs the healed man to tell people about his deliverance, particularly those who were familiar & intimate with him. He wants him to be an example of God's grace, first among his own family & friends, so that they can come to repentance.  Luke 8:39 Now the man from whom the demons had departed begged Him that he might be with Him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you.” And he went  his way and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

The sound mind will speak of what great things Jesus has done for him. The open mind is open to madness of the world. The sound mind gives what is sound in ideas. The sound mind is righteous in accepting alternatives as in medicine. Not going about to change anything that God has created! Sound mind will not tolerate that which is false according to God’s standards. The open mind has a way but the ditches are wide and long. Sound is peace, with truth prevailing! The open minded are open to the world, to things the world speaks and get a good smell of the cesspool the world offers.  It sees parades of culture passing by and allowing you the person to decide what parade of culture you desire, to hitch a ride or just jump on with both feet and go with the “crowd”!

Let’s rekindle the fire in our hearts to that sound mind. Let us have a conscience and know what is before us. Let us understand the ways of God for life eternally. For the open mind has that empty place and is void of God. The open mind has no walls, if righteousness is not our breastplate. For the world hosts evil and the Christian in his aggressive prayer warfare will assail that of demonic strongholds. You cannot take hold of something of evil and take God’s hand to demolish. We are to seek the lover of our souls. It is living with a gusto for life He was so merciful to give. And it was His same mercy that sent the Son of His love.

As the demoniac of Gardara  has revealed once healed by Jesus, once made whole by Jesus, once saved for the Lord’s glory, his first response to that active witness was what Jesus pointed him to. He told him to stay and tell others of what had occurred to him.  A Christian is first responsible for witnessing to those closest to him, who will see the greatest difference in him as he lives God's way of life.

We do that as the demoniac saved, he dressed or clothed and in his right mind. That sound mind or right mind, is the word: “sophroneo” a N.T. word 4998 meaning sound mind, sane or to be sober.

Can you imagine you making such an impact to those around you when you walk in with a right or sound mind? Can you imagine when they see you not scared but they are shaking in their shoes? Can you imagine when you Speak and God is with you in that speaking? How awesome to have sound mind: one that heeds what Jesus spoke, watches for the signs He outlined, praying regularly and earnestly as He did staying close to the Father and to keep doing, heading toward destiny in God’s work. In Luke's account, Jesus tells us that "when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near" (Luke 21:31). Then He warns about not letting "that Day come on you unexpectedly" (verse 34).

Praying helps us to keep our focus. We use a sound mind to communicate. Our prayers are meant to help us keep watch over our spiritual condition and world events,  praying for the Kingdom of God and for all that God tells us to pray about! 

Peter warns us, "Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walks about like a oaring lion, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8). Staying aware of the powerful behind-the-scenes role of Satan and his demons enables us to understand the atrocious evil and madness of this world. It also enables us to "resist" them (James 4:7).

Madness is seen today, and mayhem is to the extreme, but with a sound mind we will stay in peace for the Prince of Peace resides in our hearts.  Proverbs 14:16 A wise man fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages and is self-confident. A wise man will never trust in himself, the wise man fears God!.......In the N. Testament, God’s judgment for man’s actions was placed on Jesus; believers will not suffer wrath; But ungodly actions still bring ungodly results…It will come from a man and from the devil!

 

Each of us has to be revived in that which is in and through Jesus Christ. There is no revival without the revival fire in each of us! Where are the sacrifices and the burnt offerings ? Balaam was consecrated to personal gain and eternal perdition of what we see in Numbers 22. And a donkey spoke to him in his madness. In  Jude 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. Just wandering to catch up with a “crowd” to go astray should not be the battle cry! May the doors that be open be only those the Lord has opened for us to enter; for the Lord knows the way of righteous, those just, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

 

 

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Instruction and a Healthy Heart

 

I am always amazed at people who will not heed instructions, particularly those that can kill if not heeded! My husband and I had seen the warning of Tsunami for the west coast of the United States. Being that a volcano erupted in the Pacific Ocean, we pay attention to it. We were up early on Saturday to see what was in effect for our state. The station we sometimes watch for weather showed the beach and wave action at Seaside, Oregon. Now we have seen what will happen to that city in a big Tsunami. There have been people working on scenarios of crises for that city if a tsunami appears. We learned from watching those specialist is that most of the city will most likely be carried out to sea! Anyway, we watched and watched, and waited for some word, and suddenly the station tuned to the college basketball game already in progress.

Now I say something like: “What?” "What....a basketball game.....!!!!

Yeah, then we hear nothing. We see more pictures of the island of Tonga just south of the Figi Islands,  and watched the explosive volcano send out all those hot gases including much sulfur and how much of the land of Tonga was affected. We were amazed at the strength of the eruption and how all the island was covered with four inches of ash. Then you wonder who is alive with such a terrific blast that close and underwater,  and how would anyone get to them in that region to bring them some kind of relief!

Finally we see pictures last night, yes on Tuesday night and there is nothing but ash and no life seen. But the report out of Oregon for Seaside was a most jaw dropping, neck jerking, and awe inspired word for the journalist reported that some people of that city decided to check out the Tsunami and when they heard the blast for the WARNING, they marched toward the beach and not away from the water action coming. Yes, the Report was that if a tsunami of magnitude had occurred at that moment, it would have caused traffic jams with those trying to leave the city with those running to the ACTION just to get a look at the  BIG WAVE!

How many run to action to end up in the action and not live to tell about it? How many will not listen to instruction when there is a destructive thing occurring and can affect any coastal city on the west coast of America?  I wonder if there is any sanity left in America.

Remember, that our heart contains the motivations for what we do and why we do it. So I ask you today, is your heart healthy and instructed to know Tsunamis can kill you? Just as the body can’t function well without a healthy heart, neither can the Christian with a spiritual heart—we will be sluggish in our work, hard at hearing God’s word, and slow to recognize His presence. The consistent disciplines of the Christian faith of prayer, Bible study, and fellowship will keep our spiritual heart pumping strong toward our eternal destination.

So can you see a healthy heart is required to live long on the earth! Has anyone surrendered to know the truth of Tsunamis and how to stay out of one? But discipline is required whether you are born again unto the Lord, discipline to be taught how to raise your children, to be taught the wisdom to make it through life without meeting some devastating waves at your back door.

One of the best blessings in being a believer in Jesus Christ is the peace that rises above every life situation including Tsunamis or volcanic eruptions. While others are fretting with worry, believers have the power of the Holy Spirit to guard their hearts and minds with peace that has no human explanation. Having peace allows believers to continue to go through hardship and painful situations without regret. The key to having peace in our hearts is surrendering all our prayers to God and trusting in Him to take care of each one. We must be instructed by Him! We must be about His plan for our lives!

 

We have the abilities God placed in us before we were born. But we must seek out His wisdom, that purpose for our lives where His wisdom in that instruction leads us. We have this word given to us in Proverbs 17:22: “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones” . When you and I have joy in our hearts, it will spill over and out to those who are around us. We bring the medicine of cheerfulness not because every situation is great, but because God is greater than any situation like Tsunamis. Our joy is renewed as we stay in the presence of God through prayer and Bible study. The key to having a joyful heart is to keep our minds stayed on God and His grace over our lives. Things occur! Everyday there is catastrophe in the world, but we should not meditate on those things. We are to meditate on the goodness of God!

One thought of someone who would run to see the Tsunami would be a person who is ruled by their own mind and heart. It is exhibited worldwide, regardless of culture.  Those who are self-centered rather than God-centered will end up in a world of hurt.

This is due to the underlying spirit beings who are at its heart and soul, being the key elements in communicating the course of this world into humanity. One illustration or example would be seen in Genesis 1:31. Genesis 1:31 reads, "Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day." God's statement of satisfaction in all He had made at the end of the sixth day of creation includes Adam and Eve's nature, as by this time they were already created.

In the beginning, mankind’s nature is designed and designated by our Creator God. And He stated: “it was very good.” But we also find in the Genesis 3 record that the episode that began the transformation of their basic nature to the extremes of self-centeredness we witness today. Man's nature was not created evil, but it became evil through the influence of another spirit - besides God - that Adam and Eve chose to follow without any interference from their Creator.

 Once they committed to that initial step, the course of this world began. It was only in the next or what was the second generation that murder had occurred (Genesis 4:8). You know Caine killed or murdered his brother Abel. And by the Flood where Noah was commanded to build a boat, that  men were so evil that they were "only evil continually" (Genesis 6:5). It is this same peak of evil toward which this world and its multiple courses are being driven. All of this takes place because of the communication, reception, and acceptance of evil concepts from an evil source.

2 Timothy 3:13  reveals a general principle still working as we "progress" toward the return of Jesus Christ: "But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived." Improving character and conduct in any given culture are temporary, indeed very brief, when observed within a survey of all of man's history. Yeah, men are growing into the worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. We must pay attention to what we spend time in seeing and hearing for what we put in our hearts will certainly spill over and touch other people's lives. And hopefully what is coming out of our hearts is not folly but the wisdom of God to make right decisions.

Moral deterioration that concluded with the Flood was quickly restarted shortly after its waters receded, and it persists to this day, as each person is born into this world and exposed to the same spirit and to the variety of courses that influenced Adam and Eve and all their progeny. Because we are made of flesh, we are born with a slight pull toward self, but not with the corruption that later develops and reveals itself in our conduct. Evil is passed on by the spirit of the age through the course of this evil world. It is transferred to us through the cultures into which we are born, all of which are carnal to the core. Yeah culture rated R and XXX you might say and causes death! Yikes. You can see that on the commercials.

Was thinking about Haman and Queen Esther. Haman wanted the Jews killed. He had come into some authority with the ring of the king and he built a gallows to hang people on it. In Esther 3 Haman plots against the Jews to kill them . Mordecai persuades Esther to intervene and then Esther solicits Mordicai’s help in chapter 4. In this, it is that Modecai is exalted and Haman hates it and talks about it much with his family. Haman plots to destroy Mordecai. But by chapter 7 it is Haman who is exposed and he himself with his sons are hanged on the gallows instead. By chapter 8 the king issues a decree to stop what Haman had started. The Jews defeat their enemies.

In this world, those who serve themselves will find trouble and much hurt. It was two who worked together to commit to pray and fast for a nation. Among hostile people, the Jews survived the plans of the enemy and saw them come to nothing.

If we receive instruction to a warning of destruction, should we not take it to prayer and to another with us who will pray alongside us to see God’s plan for our lives? Or will we jet out on the horn’s notice and be met next time by a 90 foot tidal wave? It is a choice indeed and a healthy heart is required in that it hears God and knows truth to live to 120 years. If Haman had a different heart, he might have lived longer in his life on earth.

Most certainly it is mankind and those represented by Adam and Eve, who have chosen to submit to Satan, and all of their descendants, including us, have also chosen to become evil under the sway of the same evil spirit that offered our first parents the choice. This creates and accounts for "the course of this world."

Was also thinking of David, who sent by his father to take cheese and bread to his brothers and those fighting the frontlines against the Philistines. David took his father's instruction and went the way to bring some food and comfort from home. But in his going, he met Goliath who held hate for God's people. David obeyed and found a cause worth fighting. He used that of his weapons used in the field against the lion and the bear. David would be victorious for he would slay the giant and remove his head too!

Tsunamis exist in this fallen world, and those world events will play out among the evil and the just, but many will be caught in the evil schemes to catch a glimpse of a wave started by a catastrophic volcanic eruption deep in the Pacific Ocean. And many will try to soothe their ego to have their will be done and be entertained by a great splash, but then they will only be lost to the depths of their ego, the unbelief that guards their heart and holds its display that a “foolish person “ might be present.

And if you should know one, remind them that God desires them to have long life, to follow His instructions where we are disciplined. The benefits in discipline is for each of us to be immersed in the word of God, to read the Scriptures daily so that God is revealed to us and our hearts. If we want to know and enjoy life, we must know Him who created life for us. In God, the place to begin is in God’s word.

No one has to tell me that Tsunamis can kill nor can anyone tell me that earthquakes cause great damage and kills by violence. And a warning should be noted. I would rather not be in an earthquake nor a volcanic eruption, but I have been disciplined to know the “dangers” by reading and preparing since I have many volcanoes surrounding us where we live. We have viewed documentaries on T.V. to know the best action for safety and that is to get to high ground not sea level in view of a flood of tidal proportions.

 Never been in a volcanic event but have been in an earthquake. Yes, more than one have I experienced. and it was not a fun time. And I would rather avoid hot gases from a belching volcano ....thank you very much! 

Apart from the Bible, we cannot know what God is like. He is our Father, He has love for us and really wants to give us His wisdom for this life to live in despite of volcanoes, earthquakes, firestorms and polar blasts and heat waves! My husband and I have seen to having a healthy heart when something has gone amuck in this county, this state or country. We choose to pray and read the word of God. We choose to hear the Lord speak His instruction. And then we rehearse what is important if we are not together when an event occurs. We have planned what to do and how to get from point A to point B without many distractions and obstacles in safe and wise ways!

We must be awakened to truth, and disciplined for that which brings life. God never changes and He instituted instruction in His wisdom to live long. And we plan to do that, for His spiritual truth remains the same: yesterday, today and forever in Christ Jesus! And in Him are safe indeed, in the arms of a loving God! Amen.

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If God Be for Us

1 John 4:18  NKJV  18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

Perfect love is the completed love, the finished when applied to persons. Perfect is that being whole, the soundness present in the Lord. Perfect!!!

So where do you and I stand in the perfect of that understanding and believing He loves us?

One place to take a good look at is how we respond to trials. Does faith reside in us knowing He is God ? Faith resides in us who walk, not hindered by what the world is tossing around. If we think God is tossing a plague at us to get our attention, then we must have been sleeping. But if we regard that plague with a fear, a torment, then we are held in that place with no release. We are held under that which is of a burden with no light!

Children in God should not be acting out anything toward a plague other than confessing God’s goodness in the land of the living, that His will is for good to those who love Him, and that His word never fails, but accomplishes where it is sent. And if we truly have been confessing Psalm 91, Psalm 23 and Psalm 103 daily, then we stand in His protection, where our faith is active that He has heard us. Psalm 103 gives this: Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name! 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits; 3 Who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases.

Believing He has forgiven us, relieved us that burden with a responding trust that He is for us, and will continue to be present with us! He sent His Holy Spirit to teach us and do we listen and obey Him when He gives instruction? He is very aware where we stand, even now, and how we act either as the one who trusts and gives thanks He is present with us always or whether we are acting like the child who thinks God is giving a spanking.

Another factor is strength to our faith! It is that measure of strength our faith man has by readily expressing and confessing His truths. Some consider that if they had more money they would have a more strengthened faith, and others think they need a mate to complete their faith factor! Psalm 84:11 speaks: For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Simple, right? The LORD God is a sun and shield, He gives grace and glory. NO good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. Light is provided to help us see through darkness, and that shield is protection against the scorching heat along the way. Grace helps in our need and the glory is when we enter eternity with Him. He withholds that which is not good for us. Let’s say you had a marriage with one husband and a child or two. Let’s say, you got tired of the work required to keep the marriage in good working order, left with words of he or she did that, this is all a mess, and he or she can have the mess. But in truth, you walked out of the situation, yes, that trial and carried the “mess” with you.

The other person you might have left with the child or children, the spouse with home and bills, yes, you who left them to face life, caused them to be living life, moving on to future things, but you in your decision decided to leave, exit stage right and forget it. But that is not how it works. So today, when you make decisions you still have a whole room of people attached to that continuing “mess” from either yesterday or 20 years ago. Repentance, with that humble heart will bring a certain relief, but then you have to live by faith in God, a trust in His word that He will help you walk through that darkness to where you receive more light to not make the same mistakes again.

A couple we met some years ago kept having issues rising in their life. It would affect the father more than the others. Still they had a share in "it". The leader asked for prayer and wisdom from God. Praying revealed a heart had not repented of the early appearance of a child born before marriage. Now whether they asked for that forgiveness only God knows. But when we know we have done something outside of what is righteous before God, we are to repent and turn!

If things are mounting for you in your home, workplace or elsewhere, and fear and worry are present, that perfect will not describe your belief in the Lord. It is a sure signal you or I are not on the same page as God is. At this point a good verse is Isaiah 43:13 (NKJV) to rehearse….Indeed before the day was, I am He; and there is no one who can deliver out of My hand; I work and who will reverse it?”

 Isaiah 43:13 (CEV) : "I am God now and forever. No one can snatch you from me or stand in my way."

Message Bible: “ I, yes I, am GOD. I am the only Savior there is. I spoke, I saved, I told you what existed long before these upstart gods appeared on the scene. And you know it, you are my witnesses, you are the evidence. Yes, I am God. I have always been God and I always will be God. No one can take anything from me. I make; who can unmake it?”

 I love that: "I make; who can unmake it?"  Yes, God makes, He presents and will not unmake that which He purposed. Nothing outside of us can stand in His way of accomplishing His purpose to save except ourselves!

John 6:39-40 NKJV This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 10:28 NKJV And I will give them eternal life; and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

Philippians 1:6 NKJV…being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus;

You most likely have heard how difficult Job had it. And certainly there are those have who lost whole households like during the Holocaust, some in World War 1 and also in World War 2 of the twentieth century. Theirs was a great loss as well! Such hatred toward others for an agenda killed multitudes. Job 36:15 He delivers the poor in their affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.

In circumstances like these, we look to God. No one can dispute with God. His power and His wisdom is a summons to appeal in that fear of the Lord. Things like what occurred during the Holocaust or the world wars is to educate us to not go that way again! To have that fear of the Lord, to fear Him: Job 37:24 Therefore men fear Him; He shows no partiality to any who are wise of heart.”

Job 37:24 Message Bible: “Mighty God! far beyond our reach! Unsurpassable in power and justice! It is unthinkable that he would treat anyone unfairly. So bow to him in deep reverence, and one and all! If you are wise, you will most certainly worship him.”

If God is for us and we know His word is true, then our faith should hold that measure of truth in our heart. But if our attitude of heart takes things into our hands, that we cannot trust God to do what He said He would do, then you and I do not believe how good God really is and how much He loves us! That is a big doubt, and it is a doubting of the depth of God’s love for us. It is exposed as that which denies God, the essence of Who HE truly is: LOVE!

In this nation, just as in other nations around the world, we have the attitude of satan take can take a hold causing insanity in a lot of humans. They leave one thing to just take up another thing that is nothing but that which results in death for themselves and for many others. You can see that with a vaccine today.

 We know human nature can mimic satan’s spirit as see in Ephesians 2:2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience.  INSANITY! This is seen as destructive, and it is in each of us a self-destruct button when we wander from one area to another, from one group of people to another,  to put our lives in our own hands making our own decisions.  Wander out of God's authority and moving into man's whims and delights can carry one into harm, great pain and yes, death!

God always loves us more than we love ourselves. We must know that love of God that sets us free in His goodness. 1 John 4:17 promises that perfecting our faith in God's love for us gives us the power we need to face our trials, our day of judgment, and boldly stand in Him.  1 John 4:17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

God is love. Abiding in God will reveal that love. And that love is for the born-again believers and those in fellowship with them. Today we must be about God and His love. Today we must be about the Father’s business to love others as He has loved us. And if we have not grown in that love to operate in faith toward Him, we find ourselves in the cringing terror arena. It is that place where you do not sleep, rest is far from you and justice is not seen.

Perfect love from God to us, in that grace we have received washing sins away into the full light of day where no darkness is seen. Will we see our feet free of debris to walk the path or highway God has given us to take for His glory? Or will our walk looking like someone who stepped on wet toilet paper which is stuck to the bottom of the shoe revealing a “mess” we just left behind?

Jesus is our example. He is the point man of God’s love to us! In that love, through Jesus we rise above to overcome this world. Our faith is believing with whole hearts that God is for us, we are the saved and our love is expressed in willing obedience to His commands. 

I cannot speak for you, but for me, I have seen His hand of healing, I have seen His willing to walk with me in darkness to visit with me in that valley of dark shadows when a doctor's diagnosis was given. In choosing God’s holy word to bring back life into my soul I walk today but no paper stuck to the bottom of my shoe!

 I know that He is for me and I that He loves me with a great love to be with me in the midnight hour, to soothe the tears of anxiety and to wash away any fear in the love that set me free to know He is real and He is coming for me soon. 

Let us be set to know Him, who set captives free preaching the gospel to the poor, who healed the broken-hearted,  the recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed. That which tormented you in 2020 and 2021, Jesus is still the answer to the ills in a physical sense or in a spiritual sense. For the Scripture given in this is fulfilled in your hearing and your seeing. The Lord is our only answer and He is for us….He proved that on the Cross. Now will we accept His invitation to stay and follow His leadership when voicing that word of truth while insanity continues in the world? We are safe in HIM!

 

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