Scorched and Burned

 

Can you imagine a time with no water anywhere or any that is found is undrinkable? Can you imagine being scorched by the very sun to keep you warm in winter? Can you imagine your yard and the town you live in, to be so dry, no rain falls and you feel like the sun is scorching your skin? How does this happen? And it will, for the word of God is true and never fails!

Jesus said He was life unto men. Right from the beginning of His ministry, Jesus linked the kingdom and the Spirit together.   John 3:3 No one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again. Jesus redeemed us through His shed blood at Calvary. He was and is freshness of water to the face. He fills our well with His goodness.

John 4:14 “but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 7:37 “If anyone thirst, let him come to Me and drink.   38 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

1 John 2:15-17 nkjv15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world ---the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, & the pride of life---is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 & the world is passing away, & the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Here God commands the final judgment on man! Verse 1 of Revelation 16: Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth."

In Revelation 16:12 Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.

To dry up a region, the angel pours a bowl on a great river.

Revelation 8: 8-10 Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. 9 And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. 10 Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and one the springs of water.  11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.

What is given here, a group will point a massive rocket toward an oil field. It will bring destruction to those oil wells. As the oil spills into sea, the sea will appear as blood. It will move inland through any cavity or open door for oil spills. These are channels like the Mississippi River and all its tributaries. As the underground water is spilled, it dries up like a sponge. It hardens and no “fresh water” is seen or drank anywhere occurs! Bad enough indeed for the 1/3 of the sea contaminated, sea life killed, and ships destroyed but that going inland will be catastrophic. Whatever river this contamination can connect with, disaster is not far off!

Revelation 16:3-4 Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living creature in the sea died. 4 Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.

No percentages listed here. Every living  soul  died  in the sea.  Here it mentions the blood as of a dead man. When man dies, it is within few hours, his blood coagulates within him. It turns hard and purple in color. So again, we have a situation of oil in the waterways. Flying overhead one would see the oil cover the ocean as that of blood.

Revelation 16:5-6 and I heard the angel of the waters saying: “You are righteous, O Lord, The One who is and who was and who is to be, because You have judged these things. 6 For they have shed the blood of the saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. For it their just due.”

Here you have men drinking this yucky stuff. They have killed the saints and the prophets. And the Lord has seen to it, that they drink this oil riddled mess!

Revelation 16:7-10 And I heard another from the altar saying, “Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.”  8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.  9 And men were scorched with great heat and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory.  10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.

Scorch men with GREAT Heat. When there is an elimination  of water (fresh) then all that is left is the thick crud left by oil spills. These great spills set off by most likely an atomic bomb will cause fire to erupt in that region. Elimination of the water of the ocean and rivers will cause most plants to die. The trees would follow in some weeks after.  This heat build-up would bring about a thick atmosphere where skies are darkened.  NO sun to shine as it once had on earth!

From Revelation 16:10 tongue is gnawed. In this when in a desert place, the tongue can swell. Even  people with cancer of the neck area experience a swelling of the tongue at night while they sleep. ( They as the patient must spray their tongue with moist water to bring back to normal.) 

This desert or now arid region is the place of no water, so any amount of walking through there would cause one to gnaw their tongue because of thirst for fresh water!

The future looks dark and bleak for those who refuse God! They can look forward to those seals being opened by Christ Himself!     Revelation 6: 1 NKJV  Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “come and see.”  2 And I looked and behold, a white horse.  He who sat on it had a bow and a crown was given to him and he went out conquering and to conquer. 3 When opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “come and see.” 4 another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another, and there was given to him a great sword.

5 When He opened the third seal. I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked and behold a black horse and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius and three quarts of barley for denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” 7 when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” 8 So I looked and behold a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death and Hades followed with him. and power was given them over a fourth  of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death and by the beasts of the earth.  9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “how long O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the dearth?” 11 Then white robes was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.

Revelation 6:12-17  NKJV  12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. (13) And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. (14) Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. (15) And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, (16) and said to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! (17) For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?"

The beginning of sorrows, the Great Tribulation, whether 3 months or longer still a time of events when the first trumpet sounds. Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give us light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will b shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the heaven with power and great glory.

No future bright for unbelievers, but those who seek the glory of the Lord will know His return is soon. We await, not deceived by bogus deliverers, but by expecting Him in all His glory to appear as the radiant light of life before us. Amen.

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WHY Have You Put a Luggage Tag on Your Big Toe

 My husband and I were watching this adventure type show: two older women who do that special garden work ( those who studied horticulture and the such) and how they use their expertise to solve those varied problems in people’s gardens which look more like parks and situated within in the United Kingdom. One such episode they made this observation about how people carry their problems around while alive with the noted truth they have attached a travel tag to their big toe instead of to their luggage.

They noted when people are in the extreme mode with a stress that their garden (or park) is not growing or fairing in all the quality that has been put into it, they will sooner or later seek a horticulturist to help them find out why the garden isn't up to its best look of beauty. In those regions where the garden is everything, they will spend large amounts of money and time to get the desired result whether it is for a backyard or an acre or two off the side of a castle.

 They in their speech pointed to those people who with the extreme desire had extreme stress for the garden to live. And in their choosing that, the work had to have been yesterday. Those with such demands live on the edge mostly without God. To live in His presence, you know and understand what is required for the Holy Spirit teaches us the way to go or walk.

In the estimation of these women, these people required some more teaching on what they were striving to attain, and one such point appeared as to the talking according to plants and soils needed for such plants, say like roses. As you know you never put a new rose plant into soil that has grown roses before. You create that “new bed” with new soil to receive the new rose plant. Another point they pointed to was that I noticed that they talk about over watering any plants. Just because the plant appears yellow does not mean it means more water, but that it requires more nutrients and many times it is magnesium for a plant if it is outdoors! The excessive watering had washed the important minerals out of the soil.

Now this may seem odd to you but as a born again believer we too can know what God plants in us a new heart for His kingdom. And how is that new soil planned and laid out? For one is planned through His Son Jesus Christ! John 14:1-6 Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions, if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 “and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 “And where I go you know and the way you know.” 5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

 

We go through the Son Jesus and into that place where we grow! We go into God’s word and find what is ours. We find that we have an inheritance. We find that we are seated in heavenly places. And we know that we have an opponent. So too, these people who regarded their gardens should have known their opponents and what those enemies could inflict to their newly planted roses and bulbs. You would have to know what to put in your soil and what to leave out of your soil. Flaws can appear within the soil of our garden and within the soil of our hearts. Our children gave me this beautiful Begonia for a gift last month and I have been reading on it. I would certainly want to make it thrive instead of putting a tag on it for death!

 

 Only truth and life come through Jesus Christ. God has desires for us all through our lifetime. We are to understand that He has thoughts for us: Psalm 139:15-18  Amp. Bible   My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately & curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of earth [ a region of darkness & mystery]. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance, & in Your book all the days [ of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them. 17 How precious & weighty also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! [Psalm 40:5] 18 If I could count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awoke, [could I count to the end] I would still be with You.  

He thinks about us and knows our ways and many times you and I may not want to  follow His ways: Ps. 139:1-8   Amp. Bible…O LORD, you have searched me [thoroughly ] & have known me. 2 You know my down-sitting and my uprising; You understand my thought afar off.  3 You sift & search out my path & my lying down, & You are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue [still un-muttered], but, behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.

But we should want to do nothing else but follow Him. Yes, our Father knows what will tumble out of our mouths if we speak long enough. And if we have kept watched to fill our heart with His truths, then we grow like that beautiful English garden. We grow where we have all the right nutrients we require, not overly watered with just water, but watered with His truth so that nutrients are received when they are given.

 

But many times, you and I can tell Him that we do not like the message, or we do not like the messenger. But in truth, God’s word is His word and it is to be received in that of which it was sent: by His Son, through His blood of sacrifice and His love. God wants to lead us, but do we pay attention to His leading?

God sent His Son that we would live for Him: 1 Thessalonians 5:5-11 NKJV 5 You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. (self-control) 7 for those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drink at night. 8 But let us who are of the day be sober,  putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.  9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. 11 Therefore comfort each other & edify one another, just as you also are doing.                       

Just like in a garden, where all the plants stand tall in their beauty, we too belong in that kingdom of God. We are planted deep into His richness. We are planted in His holiness and righteousness. We stand to glorify Him. We belong to the day and not darkness! Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness.

We who are those who have salvation through Jesus Christ; are to the sensitive to the Lord and be alert and be prepared! We are to be prepared as His children, the sons of God.  We were saved in the past, in the present we are being sanctified by the Holy Spirit’s work in us and through us and we share in the Lord’s final triumph…the glorification.

We have participation in the kingdom of God:1 Thessalonians 2:10-12 NKJV 10 You are witnesses, and God also, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you who believe; 11 as you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged everyone of you , as a father does his own children, 12 that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

 

God our Father is the Vinedresser. John 15: 1 Amplified Bible I am the True Vine and My Father is the Vinedresser. 2 Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit [that stops bearing] He cuts away ( trims off, takes away); and he cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit. 3 You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you [ the teachings I have discussed with you]. 4 Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me and I will live in you ]just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in ( being vitally united to the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me. 5 I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.

Work in shaping trees for growth and within gardens takes many hours of sweat and time! A garden takes time to plan and a time to work the ground of soil to receive what is planted in it. Jeremiah 17:5-9 NIV 5 this what the LORD says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. 6 He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. 7 “But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. 8 He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has not worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” 9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

 

Our trust is to be in God the Lord. Our heart is to understand that what we receive will come from Him and will we see it if our heart is captive to the flesh of man?  No, we will not see it.

Have you seen those salt fields in countries like Italy or here in the United States? Most of those places that produce salt have few people living there! People have to move there and build to work that salt into a product for consumers in other countries.  But it is still a salty land. It only produces more salt in a dry place till rain or some type of moisture covers it.

 

So there is a great difference between the salt land and bearing fruit. For a plant described in the salt land is a bush.  And if you know or have family who have lived in a desert region, you can know that in that desert that a tree without water, pruning or nutrients will stay or remain according to the size of a bush. But if this same bush had water, pruning and nutrients, it could possibly grow into a great big tree. To care for a tree in any region requires someone to give the proper care. And our Father desires to give us care and comfort as we grow and become a tree for His glory. That we can dig in deeply for our roots to hold to His kingdom that has come. That you and I can remain green during any drought and we can bear fruit with no worries in sight! Psalm 1:3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.  Psalm 92:12 the righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be fresh and flourishing to declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

No salt flats for us! We are to live in a glorious place God planned. It is neither dusty or dry land filled with disappointment but it is a place of God’s kingdom where faith is alive in Him and where His love comforts us.

 

 Deuteronomy 33:26-27, 29  NKJV “There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to help you, and in His excellency on the clouds. 27 The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from before you, and will say, ‘Destroy!” 29 Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help and the sword of your majesty! Your enemies shall submit to you; and you shall tread down their high places.

 The God Almighty of Genesis to Revelation is the God of the present and the ages to come. He is security and He is prosperity! For we are to enjoy Him, His protection as our shield and our sword, He is the God of glory, power and strength!

It is great that your plants have tags on them to tell you what their name is, so when you take them home, you might discover what sun and soil they prefer best to live and thrive! If you have tags for travel, make sure you have them on the right bags to note that place you are traveling to whether for work or fun so that they arrive when you do!

 But if you are choosing to tag yourself because something did not work out for you in the workplace, or someone passed and you expected them to live and not die or you had high hopes for a word given last year and as of yet still has to be fulfilled, it is time to take note of Your God and His love for you. For He loves each of us. He is the God of Comfort, and He will hear us in that pain of anguish, but we are to see and know His love that comforts that heart that is broken with sadness.

 We are reminded in 2 Thessalonians 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit & belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast & hold the traditions which you were taught whether by word or our epistle. 16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, & our God and Father, who has loved us & given us everlasting consolation & good hope by grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word & work.

God had you on His mind! He chose you, set you apart for purpose. He chose you before the foundation of the world for salvation and through sanctification, you feast on that which is revealed by the Holy Spirit and the word of God. Hold fast to that belief in His doctrine: it originates in salvation, by divine choice, brought by divine power…for in this divine message the will of God is perfected in His divine glory.   No tags here, but only benefits in our God the Lord: Psalm 106:4-5 NKJV Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You have toward Your people. O h, visit me with Your salvation, 5 that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, that I may glory with Your inheritance.    

Our inheritance in the Lord came through repentance of sin to receive salvation. In Him we have peace with God and integrity with people. We stand against that which conflicts against His truth and we prevail valiantly. Psalm 60:12….Amen!

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No Mirage

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Isaiah 49:8-11 Amplified Bible
8 thus says the Lord, In an acceptable and favorable time I have heard and answered you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant to the people, to raise up and establish the land [from its present state of ruin] and to apportion and cause them to inherit the desolate [moral wastes of heathenism, their ] heritages. {2 Corinthians 6:2]
9 Saying to those who are bound, Come forth, and to those who are in [spiritual] darkness, Show yourselves [come into the light of the Sun of righteousness]. They shall feed in all the ways [in which they go], and their pastures shall be [not in deserts, but] on all the bare [grass-covered] hills. 10 They will not hunger or thirst, neither will mirage [mislead] or scorching wind or sun smite them; for He Who has mercy on them will lead them, and by springs of water will He guide them. 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and My highways will be raised up.


Have you ever driven across a desert area in summer? Ever noticed the waves of heat touching the ground to give off something of an image or maybe a pool of water or even an oasis? Then as you make your way past that scene, it disappears and the desert sand, cactus, and hot scorching sun prevails.
Next time you take a trip, plan a ride across the desert floor and see how the very heat and light of day can cause images to appear, yes right before your very eyes.


We have experienced salvation! It is not a mirage, or something that will disappear. We have the Redeemer, the One who delivered us and with that covenant we are the preserved. But in that preservation, we are to be raised up and be established in that good land. As it is in verse 9 tells us to come forth, and come into the light of the Sun of righteousness. We are to feast, no longer in desert areas, but on the grass-covered hills that HE provided for us. In that place, there are no mirages leading us down a unfavorable way!  In believing on and in Jesus, our trust is showing, speaking, ans yes always revealing Him in our lives. And it is in Him that we live, move and have our being.
No mirages, please! Do not mind the ride across the desert area, and experience the heat for while traveling, but to live there permanently is not my idea of living in the good that God has for us. Are we searching and chasing mirages?
Are we trying to see out in the far distance, without fellowship with the Holy Spirit?

Do we ask Him to help us see so that we may go further for the Lord's glory and to look for the next best thing? We have a hope in Jesus who will never leave us or forsake us. Even in times of alone, apart from others, still God is with us.

When the Gospel of Matthew began in chapter 1, and spoke Emmanuel, God surely meant He was with us.
Matthew 1:23   KJV   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.

God was surely with His Son and was revealed in His speaking. Will we do the same in this year of 2017? Will we be a part of His plan or chase mirages in a dry and parched land?
I would rather be found with God and tell others. For our witness is important, and will we not come out of the dark and into His wonderful light to see and tell others? If not now, then when? And if not you and I, then who will do it?

If we are truly feeding on His faithfulness, then would not our actions dictate that very thing? And if not, then why not?

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BAD SUCCESS?!?

Joshua 1:8-9
 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."    NKJV

Can you imagine, God asked these wandering people in a desert to meditate the Word? Yeah, no microwaves, no frozen dinners, children running rampant, and scorpions, and God wanted them to meditate the Book of the Law!

So that means they had to be there when the reading of whatever was available so they could hear it, right?

From verse 1 of Joshua 1, it is the LORD speaking to Joshua.

And God told Joshua:"This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success."

Yeah, man....good success is a good thing! And we have to be "active" in making our prosperous. Meditating enough of the Word will cause us to speak it out loud, share with others, and become the prosperous.
In that there is a "good success", then there must be a "bad" success as well, for God the LORD mentions "the good success" and how to get that good and keep it. We are told it is by speaking it out of our mouths, meditating on it by looking, reading and seeking and then to observe to do what it says.

"Yeah, but God I am on a schedule!" And God would say, "well you made your own schedule, change it yourself?"

In the passage we see below the importance of being justified of that which pertains to God, for the unrighteous sin. To us was given those oracles of God!

Romans 3:1-24

3:1 What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision? 2 Much in every way! Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of God. 3 For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? 4 Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. 

As it is written: 

"That You may be justified in Your words,And may overcome when You are judged."  

5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man.) 6 Certainly not! For then how will God judge the world? 7 For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say, "Let us do evil that good may come"?--as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their condemnation is just. 

9 What then? Are we better than they?

 Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. 10 As it is written: 

"There is none righteous, no, not one;  11 There is none who understands;There is none who seeks after God.  12 They have all turned aside;They have together become unprofitable;There is none who does good, no, not one."  13 "Their throat is an open tomb;With their tongues they have practiced deceit";"The poison of asps is under their lips";  14 "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."  15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood;  16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;  17 And the way of peace they have not known."  18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."  

(Yes, from the above in verses 9-18, there are those who will not seek, or know God. They practice their own "thing".) ( They are doers of empty words and are self-sufficient doing it!)

19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 

21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,   NKJV

Now the report in Romans 8 was that Paul  and some of his followers were saying, "Why not do evil that good may come?" But the Apostle was on his guard against this kind of ridiculous thinking. 
That which was spiritual in the Law and Prophets came through the Cross. And grace was mad available, but not abused!

Romans 5:19-21

19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous. 20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, 21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.   NKJV

Paul saw what "crazy" thinking would come about by some minds thinking they could DO all the sinning they wanted because they were under grace and that "grace would abound all the more, (verse 20)  (you know that "super-grace")
 Now what Paul was seeing  in Corinth was a church group who allowed sexual immorality within their ranks. The Word must be given and not watered down or parts left out to make "people" comfortable. God is truth and He desires us to walk in truth as His Son did!
Let's remember Zacchaeus....he came down a tree after seeing Jesus.........and he was repenting for all that he had done. I mean this man was talking fast for the Prophet, Wisdom, and Knowledge came to where he was gazing!
Luke 19:5-10
5 And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house." 6 So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. 7 But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, "He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner." 8 Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold." 9 And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; 10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."
NKJV

Yes, this was Repentance on Zacchaeus' part.

Read what Paul sent to the church at Corinth:

1 Corinthians 5:1-13

5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles--that a man has his father's wife! 2 And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3 For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed. 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6 Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Our lives must be that of sincerity and truth!

9 I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. 10 Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--not even to eat with such a person. 12 For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person."  NKJV

Paul said "I wrote to you in my epistle ( my letter) not to keep company with sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. BUT NOW I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard or an extortioner----not even eat with such a person.


People will read something or do just enough to get "themselves into a world hurt" and all that was needed was to find that like Joshua was told, mediate that book that is given by God, that which is life and direction for success that is the "good".

Paul noted the problem in Corinth needed addressing and he insisted that the incestuous couple be excommunicated for there were those within that church body thinking that nothing was wrong with the incest. To them, it was somehow the excellent liberty for a Christian to have because God gives more grace. Right?
WRONG thinking! JUST PLAIN AND SIMPLY WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!

If you tolerate something within society and take it to the body of believer's, you wear that garment you tolerate. You will be known by that garment. God is love, and He loves those He has created, but He will not tolerate sin, in any form!

In verse 6 we are reminded of the leaven from the book of Luke and found in chapter 12.


Luke 12:1-3
12:1 In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.   NKJV

Success in anything for our lives starts with salvation, comes to be fruitful when we make a commitment to God's plan and purpose for us and is seen by others when we are the loyal.
There are times in our lives we must make a stand for something greater than ourselves. We must look into God's Word and His way of thinking for the purpose He has for each of us. And anything we lightly esteem that runs throughout society will look much like the Corinth Church.

WE who have received Jesus were buried with Him by the baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by glorious [power] of the Father, so we too might [habitually] live and behave in newness of life. For if we have become one with Him by sharing a death like His, we shall also be [one with Him in sharing] His resurrection [by a new life lived for God]. 

We know that our old (unrenewed) self was nailed to the cross with Him in order that [our] body [which is the instrument] of sin might be made ineffective and inactive for evil, that we might no longer be the slaves of sin. (Romans 6:4-6 Amplified Bible)

Paul goes on to say in verse 12 of chapter 6....let not sin therefore rule as king in your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies, to make you yield to its craving and be subject to its lusts and evil passions.

Verse 9......Because we know that Christ (the Anointed One), being once raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him.

He goes on to this in verse 17......BUT THANK GOD,though you were once slaves of sin, you have become obedient with all your heart to the standard of teaching in which you were instructed and to which you were committed.

And in verse 18...it reads this way: And having been set free from sin, you have become the servants of righteousness (of conformity to the divine will in thought, purpose and action). Amen!!!!

22 But now since you have been set free from sin and have become the slaves of God, you have your present reward in holiness and its end is eternal life. 23 For the wages which sin pays is death, but the [bountiful] free gift of God is eternal life through (in union with) Jesus Christ our Lord.

A true Christian is circumcised in heart.

Philippians 3:2-3  Amplified bible…2 Look out for those dogs [Judaizers, legalists] look out for those mischief-makers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. 3 For we [Christians] are the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit and by the Spirit of God and exult and glory and pride ourselves in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence or dependence [on what we are] in the flesh and on outward privileges and physical advantages and external appearances.

Our boast is in Him and Him alone. 
If I or anyone comes up to one of your services and hear you mention "you" in the first 15 minutes at least five times, then I know your boast is in you and not in Jesus. 
Our boast is to be in Him, as He was given as the atoning sacrifice for us. Our identity is in Him. And without Him we can do nothing.
John 15:5
5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
NIV

Yes, there is a "success" out there. For some people, it is in all the wrong things.........and looks like:

Jeremiah 12:1-2
You are always righteous, O LORD,
when I bring a case before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the faithless live at ease?
2 You have planted them, and they have taken root;
they grow and bear fruit.
You are always on their lips
but far from their hearts.  NIV

Psalm 73:1-12.....................73:1 A psalm of Asaph.

Surely God is good to Israel,

to those who are pure in heart. 

2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;

I had nearly lost my foothold. 

3 For I envied the arrogant 

when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 

4 They have no struggles;

their bodies are healthy and strong.   

5 They are free from the burdens common to man;

they are not plagued by human ills. 

6 Therefore pride is their necklace;

they clothe themselves with violence. 

7 From their callous hearts comes iniquity;

the evil conceits of their minds know no limits. 

8 They scoff, and speak with malice;

in their arrogance they threaten oppression. 

9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven,

and their tongues take possession of the earth. 

10 Therefore their people turn to them 

and drink up waters in abundance.   

11 They say, "How can God know?

Does the Most High have knowledge?" 

12 This is what the wicked are like--

always carefree, they increase in wealth.  NIV

We can see from the above that the wicked flourish as well as those who know their God!

Yes, there is a day coming when all will stand before the judgment seat of Christ. I am thinking there will be many tears and much pleading, but God's Word stands. It is eternal. And those who do not know (in intimacy) Jesus with their heart will have nothing to stand on. 
All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. It is by Jesus' shed blood we are the saved.  As each of us submit, becoming the body of Christ, we begin to see in the light of Christ and how He loved us who would be the church and He gave Himself willing for us. And through Him, He has made us holy, cleansing us by the washing with water through the word and to present us to Himself as a radiant church that is without stain or wrinkle, but holy and blameless. (Ephesians 5:22-28)

Today, let's open up to Him, and ask for help in situations that are beyond us. Today let's allow God the Holy Spirit to speak to us about the situations we may be in that may be only death to us forever. God loved us and sent His best for us. Would it not be wonderful to spend an eternity finding out about His love that is for us and not against us?1 John 4:10-11
10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. NKJV

In closing: Romans 12:9-17....Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another. 11 not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. 12 rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer, 13 distributing to the needs of the saints, give to hospitality 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse, 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. 16 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. 17 Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. NKJV

Remember when we elevate ourselves, making our boast in me, myself and I, we help no one but ourselves. We are to have the fear of the Lord. And it looks like this! That fear of the Lord:   The fear of the LORD is to hate evil, pride, arrogance, and the evil way. (Proverbs 8:13)

Meditate On His love, His faithfulness, His strength:
Love: 1 John, 2 John, 3 John
Faithful: Isaiah 49:7, 1 Corinthians 1:9, 1 Corinthians 10:13, 2 Thessalonians 3:3
Keeper: Psalm 121:5
Strength: Psalm 27, Habakkuk 3:19, Isaiah 12:2
Are One: John 17:20-23
20 "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23 I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. NIV

Father, we pray to keep the Word before our eyes, to meditate and speak it out just like YOU did. We pray to be those who will not elevate ourselves, but make our boast in the Lord.  We understand that You have planted them (the wicked), and they have taken root;

they grow and bear fruit. You are always on their lips but far from their hearts. Father, we ask in the name of Jesus to be those who will be the active in pursuing not with just our lips but with hearts set on You and to know Your purpose for our lives. We desire to have that fear of the Lord that is to hate evil, pride, arrogance and the evil way. Let our love be without hypocrisy. We understand that Word of LOVE is YOUR kind of love and comes from meditating like Books of 1 John, 2 John, and 3 John. Help us Holy Spirit to keep that which has been given to us by our diligence and may we always bring forth praise to God and give thanks for our Savior Jesus Christ. We desire to be One with You as You were with Father.

 May people know us by the love we expect to carry as we keep close to YOU and YOUR Ways. For Your Ways are truly higher ways and Your thoughts are the higher thoughts that lead us out of the gray areas and into YOUR LIGHT! AMEN.


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