Observing Yourself in the Mirror

 

James 1:16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. 18  Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-fruits of His creatures. 19 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;  20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23  For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

We celebrated last month as Americans looking on the July 4th as the birthday of this nation. Yet the parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence that is displayed in the National Archives was not signed that day. On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text. The engrossed document we recognize today was prepared afterward, and on August 2, 1776, most of the delegates present officially endorsed it.

What stands out to me is all those who signed it and what they pledged!  We know that John Hancock signed first with his famous large signature. Others followed, formally committing themselves to the closing words of the document: “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.”

How many would do that today? “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.”

Protection of the divine Providence who is God that we would mutually pledge to each other our lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

Many people today want your image changed to fit their image and not God’s!

God wanted us made in His image, not in man’s image! What parts you are born with, that is who you are. God does not mistakes!

Genesis 1:26-28 NKJV Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, & over the cattle, over all the earth & over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male & female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth & subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, & over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

1.            Let US make man in our Image: God-Logos(Jesus) –Spirit (Holy)

2.            Father, Son Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit

3.            In the image of God he created him (Adam) ------Male and Female, He created them

4.            Not apart, not separate, but together as a couple in marriage, God sees the him He created ---Male and Female, He created them under the name Man

In Every Culture, In Every Nation the devil is still trying to mess with the image God intended for Man. The devil mars the image into a person waking one day to thinking they no longer want to be the man but a woman. Then those with God find themselves being called bigots, those who will not be tolerant with those coming out of closets. When mankind did not continue through Adam, God started with Noah: Genesis 9:1-6 NKJV So God blessed Noah and his sons, & said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply & fill the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, & on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand. 3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have give you all things, even as the green herbs. 4 But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. 5 Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the  hand of every beast I will required it, & from the hand of man. From the hand of very man’s brother I will required the life of man. 6 “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man. 7 And as for you, be fruitful & multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth & multiply in it.”

Amos 6:12 Amplified Bible….12 do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen?  But you have turned justice into  [ the poison of ] gall, and the fruit of righteousness into[ the bitterness of] wormwood, 13 You who rejoice over Lo Debar, who say, “Have we not taken Karnaim for ourselves by our own strength?”

"Do horses run on [ the face of a cliff]? Does one plow [the sea] with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood" 13 You who rejoice in Lo-debar [ thing of nought], who say, Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim or horns of [resistance] for ourselves.

1.            Morals in man must be improved dramatically

2.            Though man may do some great technical or even mechanical thing, man in his morals is lacking

3.            God recorded what conditions were like as Noah was building the ark: "Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" (Genesis 6:5). What a horrifying thought! What danger and oppression must have lurked at every turn!

4.            Corruption and Evil were at every turn!

THE Lord did not forbid us from discerning the character of fools, and the Book of Proverbs commends this assessment as a necessary. We find this in the book of Acts. Acts 19:8-9 And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning & persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God. 9 But when some were hardened & did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them & withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

1.            A time to separate: judgment / wisdom play the lead in this.

2.            We are to impact the world, not have the world impact us by putting ungodliness on us : Proverbs 19: 27 Cease listening to instruction, my son and you will stray from the words of knowledge….. If they have no lips of knowledge then move away from them

The Need to discern between those who are fools and those who are wise is important.  Proverbs 14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.  9 Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is favor.

1.            You and I must evaluate who is wise & who is foolish based on God’s word.    Parades are given in today’s society proclaiming sin and promoting it as well…Right Decisions/Wrong Decisions

2.            When looking at the statistics of divorces: there are as many people within the church as outside of the church who condone divorce! Today there are same sex couples divorcing!

3.            There were Christians who celebrated the Supreme Courts passing of the homosexual marriage. It is considered legal in all 50 states. It may be, but is not found in the word of God….These are no longer thinking right thoughts. We must have God’s standards. Fools make a mockery of sin.

4.            Today, when a president is elected, the father figure shining forth, the “orphan” rejects the new President and clamors for the Grandma who will give them welfare for no work, give them their wants like abortion when a baby just does not fit or is not convenient at the moment.

5.            The time-honored work of the early ancestors to this country are joked about & not regarded as those who signed the Declaration of Independence…plantation owners, business men, from all walks of life who loved God …most lost everything, lost their lives, lost love ones by the hate of others,  but they never left God  !

Here in Romans and chapter 1 that men became fools is written about. We have people today hugging trees, long –dead dinosaurs, ancient gods from past centuries and they are gone who have done strange things in the earth.   We are reminded here : Romans 1:21-25NKJV 21 because although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts & their foolish hearts were darkened. …..(hugging trees)instead of touching God’s heart praising Him where He gets the  glory.. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools 23 & changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man----& birds & four-footed animals & creeping things. 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, & worshiped & served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

Today so-called leaders say they look into mirrors or their window reflections and choose to make some large city in their image, not in God’s image. They do the corruptible and unclean thing.  They have become covetous and they want your things, they want  from your retirement , they want your spouse, your home, your children and life!

 Romans  3:13-14…  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 & bitterness.

Malicious and cutting words kill and bury the reputation of men. They tried to do it to Justice Brett Kavanaugh. They have tried it with the honorable Todd Blanche. The action of not presenting truth is practicing deceit.  THE truth is that the deceit or lie does not lie fully on that "lie" itself, but on the character of the man or woman and with the harmony of each as that character plays out in their speech.

Our ‘yes’ is to be ‘yes’ & our ‘ no’ is to be ‘ no’!   Matt. 5:33-37 Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord. 34 “But I say to you, do not swear at all neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne, 35 nor by the earth, for it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36 Nor shall you swear by your head because you cannot make one hair white or black.37 But let our ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’, & your ‘No’, ‘No’ for whatever is more than these is from the evil one.

Are we just wandering to find a certain crowd like on Facebook or TikTok so that we can catch up to go along with them, that we might go astray…to fulfill an agenda?  Are we going along with the crowd that will build something but be devoid of God’s presence?   When God gets the glory, it is glory to Him in the highest who sent us way out of sin! ………………..The Greatest Altar Builder is God:  His Son went  willingly ….laid down His life for others. John 10: 17-18 NKJV “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”

 May we have the same relationship as Jesus did with the Father. May we delight in forefathers who believed  in a Republic in freed men and not a democratic society. Let us be laying down our lives daily and living for Him where an altar appears, and prayer is heard…where worship is not a 12-member band but a heart on fire for the Lord!  Let us be found where we are connected by our faith in Him. Let’s remember the exceeding riches of His grace that is our inheritance living in Christ belonging to God the Father Who cared for us long before we even thought of Him! In that we should never be going astray, along with the crowd, but staying in the presence of God. Amen!

Observe yourself in His word and you will a new creature indeed who is God minded!

No Image change, please only that which is of God!

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Feeding on Foolishness

 

FOOLS MUST BE DEALT WITH DIFFERENTLY THAN THOSE WHO ARE WISE. We cannot deal with all men in the same way. Our response to people must be based on the kind of character they have demonstrated.

 Reading through the book of Proverbs last week, and this stood out in our reading: Proverbs 21:6-7  NKJV 6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death. 7 The violence of the wicked will destroy them. because they refuse to do justice.

In reading the meaning a stumble toward death and the "destroy" means to drag them away. They move toward death quickly.

Matthew 16:1-4 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that he would show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ ‘Hypocrites!’ You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. 4 “A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And He left them and departed.

1.         From verse 4: Jesus’ description of Israel’s religious leaders is reminiscent of Deut. 32:5 where Moses rebuked Israel for rejecting Yahweh.

2.         Deuteronomy 32:5-6 NKJV They have corrupted themselves; they are not His children, because of their blemish: a perverse and crooked generation. 6 Do you thus deal(repay the )with the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?

3.         The relationship with the LORD is ruined when His children no longer act like His children.

4.         They had become a grotesque mockery of what God created them to be

Ever wonder where some of these teens arrested today were raised? Some speaking as a parent say they are the sweet child who harms no one. Yet they destroy store windows, steal produce from the store and take off running when police arrive. Interesting! Who in their right mind would take a knife to a track event in the spring time? Who decides to run down people on a roadway and call it accidental  done?  But what if these teens are just like their parents. What if they act the same manner and ready to use a weapon just because they are mad about something? Another thought here: young adults carrying signs saying ideas are not illegal? No they are no illegal, but not done in God will bring disaster. They bring consequences like a knife at a Track Meet!

Matthew 12: 39 But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

A spiritual adulterous exhibition was presented by the scribe’s and Pharisees because of their rejection of Jesus

1.         Jonah’s experience in the depths of death would be Jesus experience as well

2.         Three days and three nights: Jonah 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Jonah 2:1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish’s belly. 2 And he said: “I cried out to the LORD because of my affliction, and He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and You heard my voice. 3 For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods surrounded me; all Your billows and Your waves passed over me. 4 Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’ 5 The waters surrounded me, even to my soul; the deep closed around me; weeds were wrapped around my head. 6 I went down to the moorings of the mountains; the earth with its bars closed behind me forever; yet YOU have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD, my God.

3.         Away from God’s presence…a life threatening situation

4.         Going into the belly of Sheol, the inner part of the earth, the grave

5.         From verse 6 the moorings or the bars of Sheol the land of the dead beneath the great deep; from the pits refers to Sheol

One thing for certain, fools are liars!  They may say the jury is all white when there is only what 4? And the rest are Hispanic and Asian. (total of 12) Liars are known when they can count the crowd for themselves and then tell the journalist there is only white folks on the jury. Lying is sin and is dangerous.

Steve Hill was founder of Heartland World Ministries Church in Dallas. He was widely known for preaching the uncompromising message of Christ throughout the world. He wrote this before his passing into heaven.   He wrote:     The challenging of God’s authority goes back to the Garden of Eden, starting with the serpent’s challenge to Eve: “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” (Gen. 3:1). This satanic challenge was twofold: First, did God really say that? And second, God didn’t really mean what He said. After all, you won’t die if you eat from the tree (vv. 1-5).

That twofold challenge continues to assault us today. Best-selling authors tell us the biblical text isn’t reliable, that the biblical manuscripts we have in our possession are hopelessly contradictory, and that we can know little or nothing about the real, historical Jesus. Other authors tell us that the Bible is no more than a collection of religious traditions and that God Himself is nothing more than a religious myth.

For the most part, though, the challenge to the authority of the Scriptures is subtler, and some of it flows out of the deification of man, which says, “The Bible must live up to my standards. I will judge the God of the Bible based on my morality rather than the God of the Bible judging me based on His morality.” In short, when the Scriptures contradict our feelings and preferences rather than crucify our feelings and preferences and bow down before God and His Word, we question God’s Word.

Steve Hill had written this as well:   Universal reconciliation promotes a get-out-of-jail-free mentality—that in the end, everyone will make it into heaven because of Jesus’ death on the cross. (In contrast, universalism teaches that all paths lead to God.) There may be future suffering, but it will be purging rather than punishment, and ultimately everyone will be saved.

Proponents of universal reconciliation point to verses that teach that God reconciled “all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross” (Col. 1:20). And they point out that just as in Adam all die, in Jesus all will live (Rom. 5:12-21).

What would you say if someone attempted to persuade you that Adolf Hitler was in heaven? “Abomination!” you would scream. “You’re deranged!” Yet that’s a sample of the fundamental false teaching of this layer of “avalanche snow.” Added to other layers mentioned previously, we will find the believer’s foundation deteriorated, and when the storms come in damaging ways, life is extinguished.

Are we feeding on foolishness?  Do we really recognize a false teaching that is a strong wind of error? If we think a color of a person makes it right to kill is totally wrong! Character is what counts when standing with God. This is what Martin Luther King extended in his speech before his death. He wanted his children to be known by the content of their character and not the color of their skin!  If we are in that place, darkness is coming down quickly!

A. W. Tozer wrote, "So skilled is error at imitating truth, that the two are constantly being mistaken for each another. It takes a sharp eye these days to know which brother is Cain and which is Abel." The apostle Paul also speaks to the outwardly pleasing behavior of apostates and their teaching when he says, "For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:13-14). In other words, do not look for apostates to appear bad on the outside or speak dramatic words of heresy at the outset of their teaching. Rather than denying truth outright, apostates will twist it to fit their own agenda, but as pastor R. C. Lensky has noted, “The worst forms of wickedness consist in perversions of the truth.”

Peter says, “But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves” (2 Peter 2:1). Another aspect of true believers is that they have been delivered out of spiritual darkness into light (Ephesians 5:8) and therefore will not deny core truths of Scripture like Arius did with the divinity of Jesus.

Ultimately, the sign of an apostate is that he eventually falls away and departs from the truth of God’s Word and His righteousness. The apostle John signifies this is a mark of a false believer: “They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us” (1 John 2:19).

Ideas Have Consequences

That God takes apostasy and false teaching seriously is evidenced by the fact that every New Testament book except Philemon contains warnings about false teaching. Why is this?

1.         Simply because ideas have consequences.

2.         Right thinking and its fruit produces goodness, whereas wrong thinking and its accompanying action results in undesired penalties. As an example, the Cambodian killing fields in the 1970s were the product of the nihilistic worldview of Jean Paul Sartre and his teaching. The Khmer Rouge’s leader Pol Pot lived out Sartre’s philosophy toward the people in a clear and frightening way, which was articulated in this manner: “To keep you is no benefit. To destroy you is no loss.” ( are we not seeing baseball players of the majors wearing uniforms and caps to celebrate the LGBTQ folks. God only made male and female)

3.         It should be remembered that satan did not come to the first couple in the Garden with an external armament or supernatural weapon; instead, he came to them with an idea. And it was that idea that condemned them and the rest of humankind, with the only remedy being the sacrificial death of God’s Son!

The authority the Master gave you and me  is for putting people together, not taking them apart. We want to get on with it and not have to spend time on reprimands.  And that’s about it, friends. Be cheerful. Keep things in good repair. Keep your spirits up. Think in harmony. Be agreeable. Do all that and the God of love and peace will be with you for sure. Greet one another with a holy embrace. All the brothers and sisters here say hello. The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.  Amen!

 

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Insanity

 

Mark 5:15  NKJV  15 Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

Seen on the news those in their nudity parading in front of the public, especially in front of children. But here in Mark 5:15 this man was found sane, fully clothed and in his right mind.

 Luke 8:35  NKJV 35  Then they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. 

People who wandered were found in their insanity. Fools, not wise men, reject God (Psalm 14:1), and sin invites Satan into a person's mind. Ultimately, his influence causes madness.

1.   Is seen as on who indulges….in the day of discovery, man has freed himself of God. He readily unplugs his conscience and can do whatever his own heart desires while answering to no one else. He is the supreme god. He can change the rules if he wants. He can partake of the forbidden fruit  in that which brings them to that speaking: “I’m okay, Your okay” 

2.   The demonic teaching set forth by satan is that which attempts to displace God’s truth: like with High-muh-nee-uhs and Alexander.

4.   Paul warns Timothy, as a leader for the second generation of Christians In 2 Timothy 1:13-14…., “Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit that dwells in us. 

Jesus explains: "When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order" (Luke 11:24-25). 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 and truth.

The words "right mind" (Mark 5:15; Luke 8:35) suggest the controlling of thoughts and actions, so it indicates, not only sanity, but also self-control. The demons in the men are uncontrollable ("neither could anyone tame him," Mark 5:4), but when Jesus comes, they recognize God's authority over them. 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).

Looking at Roman 1:22 Professing to be wise, they became foolish 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man---and birds and four -footed animals and creeping things.

There are citizens on the upper east coast having parades with them dressed as some animal they relate to.  People without God are given up to increasingly immoral and self-destructive activities.

There was a spirit of insanity found in King Saul:  When Saul inquired of the Lord and the Lord did not answer, he went to a woman with the spirit of divination.

1 Sam 28:6-7: And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams nor by Urim, nor by prophets. Then Saul said unto his servants, ‘Seek me a woman that has a familiar spirit that I may go to her, and enquire of her’.  And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that has a familiar spirit at Endor.

Like Saul, when many people today seek of the LORD and the LORD does not answer, they seek people with spirit of divination.

To seek and use spirit of divination is provoking God to anger.  2 Kings 17:17: And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.  Has the Bible not revealed your future if you are the Christian you claim to be? Has God not told us we will inherit heaven?  You seek to know your future because you are worried about tomorrow. You are worried that God will wait too long to accomplish His plan for you. Understand God is waiting on us.  Jesus Christ spoke this in Matthew 6:25-34 do not be worried about tomorrow......and we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28

Madness, blindness, and confusion of heart is seen in those who disobey His Voice and for failing to observe His commandments. (Deuteronomy 28:15) How choosing one's own way brings destruction is found :

Examples of suicide in the Bible:

Saul ( 1 Samuels 31:1-6; 1 Chronicles 10:4-5)

the first king of Israel

Suicide by falling on his sword once wounded; 1 Chron. 10:14 says the Lord killed Saul

2 Samuel 1:10 says an Amalekite killed Saul; 2 Samuel 1:10 says the Philistines killed Saul.

Saul's armor Bearer seen in 1 Samuel 31:1-6; 1 Chronicles 10:4-5

Suicide by falling on his sword, Saul disobeyed God

Ahithophel: 2 Samuel 17:23

A counselor to David and Absalom; Suicide by hanging when his advice was spurned, He chose to follow Absalom and not King David

Zimri found in 1 King 16:15-19

The fifth king of Israel; Suicide when deposed, after a week, by structural fire.

Judas Iscariot found in Matthew 27:3-5; Acts 1:15-19

One of the 12 disciples, Suicide by hanging after betrayal of Jesus, Taken by his greed for money, he wanted others to perform his plan.

• Observations;
• All of the biblical examples of successful suicide are men.

This act is insanity. It is a spiral collapse of those who once knew God, chose their own way. Destruction was seen in them all. In most cases to, these seem to want to take others with them in this horror.  We are to have hope in this life. We have trials and tribulations. We can have loss of a loved one, the loss of job or maybe that loss of walking with your own legs. But for me, I know the Lord is the chosen path, it is one where you walk again, and see the the goodness of the Lord.

Many today have already had a loss of their life due to taking drugs. They signed on the dotted line for death to be immediate. But a believer will walk facing the future trials knowing a greater life is ahead in Jesus. And ask anyone who might have that grey hair on their head. They know the trials and the work to keep a marriage together for a lifetime to the same 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 is a work in progress in which both God and man share responsibility. Many scriptures show that God will cleanse by pardoning sin. But our responsibility in cleansing is very important and frequently mentioned along with what we must do to be cleansed. Clearly given here by James, he points to the purifying as our responsibility: "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded" (James 4:8).

EXPOSE   these unfruitful works of darkness. You can hear it daily on some news network. THE Unfruitful is the barren; without any fruit that is acceptable to God. And it bears the boast in man and not God!  1 John 1:3…The Holy Spirit said, “That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His son Jesus Christ”

That which was revealed by the apostles is necessary to have fellowship with them and with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ.   THE MESSAGE…. that “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5). Since “darkness” is in definite contrast with “light,” and since God is “light” and in Him is no darkness at all, whatever “darkness” is, it is completely contrary and oppressive to the nature and essence of God. God is truth, and in Him is no lie. In Him is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5).  WE must walk in the light as He is in the light to have fellowship with him.

We are to be accountable that our walk is in the Light of God. Our boast is to be in Him! He provided a way through salvation in Him. Our conscience is to carry that knowing right from wrong. It is gained through knowing God and His Word. It is our righteousness that is maintained by the Holy Spirit and in His presence is the fullness of joy. Amen.

Will we deeply grieve over the filth that is still lurking within ourselves? Is there just a hint in our own conscious of a foul thought, a vile imagination, or evil desires? Do we mourn over our pride?  God came to wash us in the blood of Christ, and we are to abide in that which is of grace and mercy. Without that shed blood we are the lost in rags!

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The Root to the Fruit

 

This being August 9, I was reading in the Book of Proverbs and this verse stood out from chapter 9! And then hearing the Lord speak, He said, it all comes to whether when rebuke is given if you will see the scoffer or the wise man stand up.

I could not get this out of my thinking. Are we rebuked today and the Lord sees a scoffer or if rebuked, did He then see the wise man? Hopefully the wise man stood today to hear God speak!

It is in seeing the root condition that matures to the fruit development. My husband and I have a small garden this year: tomatoes, banana peppers, yellow squash, zucchini and green onions round out that list. I did say it was small! And we check the conditions: like fertilizer, amount of sun and yes water to be applied. We keep check on the progression of these vegetables and see how fast or slow will they make it to our table indeed!

 On reading Proverbs and now in recent weeks, gone back to reading Hebrews 12:12, I find I am speaking it not only for myself but for all believers, that our spiritual man would not take a dive this year as 2022 ends! Hebrews 12:12 Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down and the feeble knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed. 14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord; 15 looking carefully lest any fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble and this many become defiled.

Do we know what is lame within us? Do we know our knees to be feeble and healing must take place in the time of prayer? Our hands should not be hanging down but in place to serve the living Christ! And are they raised in work for the Lord?

If we truly hear God and get His word in us, then anyone speaking will be recognized for who they are: either as the one abiding in the word of God or him abiding in the world. I heard a leader of this nation speak this morning, that if what they wanted was not law, that they would make it law to get their way! Seems that from the outhouse to the white house people are choosing their own way out and making laws to do it!

Actions certainly speak louder than words, but hopefully our actions are of the Christian conducting his life is such a manner as to possessing his own soul! Luke 21:16-19 NKJV You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. 17 And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. 18 But not a hair of your head shall be lost. 19 By your patience possess your souls!

Now this Jesus gave about the period before the end. It was given to the Jews. In the crisis, or the crisis hour, God would give them, the Jew special wisdom to speak things that could completely confound their adversaries. In this Jesus also pointed to some would lose their lives but not perish. And those He specifies with that patience to possess their souls are those who stand genuinely true and loyal to Christ at any cost. The days are evil and are getting darker but we are to be brighter lights for His glory and to His praise. So in losing one's life is being with Jesus but those who perish are the rebellious who chose man's way of life!

In this day, people are wondering where God is bringing His people back to the forefront and to what the timing would be. For Christians, believers are to hold on and keep the thankful heart the Gospel that came to us! For this living now in this time will keep their eyes fixed on the Lord. They pay attention to the riches of Gentiles seen in Romans 11:12…referring to the place of privilege which the Gentiles enjoy the present time while Israel is temporarily set aside by God. God still has His eye on His favorite: Israel! The fullness of the Gentiles seen in Romans 11:25 is the time of the Rapture, when Christ’s Gentile bride will be completed and taken from the earth. It also is seen that God will resume His dealings with Israel. And the times of the Gentiles found in Luke 21:24. These times of the Gentiles actually began back in 521 B.C. It extends to the time when Gentile nations will longer assert control over the city of Jerusalem.

 But what of the root to the fruit when words are passed around, and meanings are being changed to suit the one wanting to divert, divide and destroy others. We are significantly living in another time period, living in what are the last days or end times! Was giving a teaching recently on the Divine Warrior…yes Jesus, and two words that were within that teaching was that of men of the last days being insufferably conceited and abysmally ignorant at the same time. You can find that in the book of Romans. Romans 1:22 Professing to be wise, they became fools 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man----and birds and four footed animals and creeping things.

Rebukes can come from many sources, but the one to pay attention to first is that of the Lord. If He is directing us in His peace, and to lead others in that peace, we are to understand that many will not go into peace willingly. Jesus could lead people to His peace but whether they remained depended on their heart issues: like Judas Iscariot, Pontius Pilate and Herod! ( was hearing a teaching just today about Judas Iscariot and when he chose to deliberately take money and expose Jesus, he was taken over by an entity!)

You may not know these men by these names today but they will appear for the devil is trying to pull many to his way and doing wrong. Be aware, take heed, and hear the voice of the Lord. Take note to keep your hands strengthened to carry on the Lord’s work for He is coming soon. Stand as the wise today and look forward to the reward of victory. And take a look at the root to the fruit of your loyalty to Jesus. Is He your number 1 or is He at number 10 or 20 on your hot list!

If you are talking to God and telling Him you have this situation and you need to know what to do next, but only out of you and your own strength, then you have missed Him! We are confess our faith before Him that in Him we can know peace and the way in which to walk that continues in Him.   When People take things into their own hands they become like those in Sodom and Gomorrah. They look and sound like Korah who led rebellions against God’s anointed and appointed.

Expose the unfruitful works of darkness: Ephesians 5:8-14 NKJV 8 for you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth) 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret,  13 but all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. 14 Therefore He says: 'Awake you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light."

It does not say “join them” but to expose them! What light is in you should be revealing the “rats” in others. What light is in you should prevail in light that is liberty in the Gospel of Christ! Abiding in His kingdom that has come into our hearts through His mercy and grace. To being the fruitful, we abide in His fruitfulness. We see glory. We see Him lighting our way into eternity! As the Bridegroom, He has made a state of peace and harmony with God who is for us! We are blessed through Him, not working our way into blessings. We have them now in Him! We reach out to Him, and expect to hear Him speak to us.

Take a look at your root and how does it appear! Will it produce the right fruit for the Lord’s glory or will it produce anxiety, fearful speaking, profanity, obscenity, idolatry, drug addiction, every opposer to truth. We are not held by the devil. We have been authority to prevail now in this lifetime. And it is abiding in Jesus, the fruit of heaven revealed on earth.

 May we bring seed to be sown into hearts that will bear fruit for love. That it would be love for God, for the Lord Jesus Christ and our neighbor. We give thanks for this word that will not return to the Lord void, but it will accomplish where it is sent.  Today, we are filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding that we may walk worthy of Him being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of Him.  We submit to this word of the Lord: spirit, soul and body! We commit to change whatever corrections are required for life to live as a vessel of honor, sanctified and fitting for the Master’s use and prepared for every good work. We eat the good of the land because we are willing and obedient! Amen and Amen.

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