BREAKER 1 9

 

BREAKER  1 9

Heard a teaching today and I had remembered living in a wilderness area of Wyoming. Our daughter had taken a name when using the radio to check in on the CB we used. She had a call name which matched her own name. (Candy Cane) And she would open with “Breaker 1-9 (assuming you were in the right place for that check), come in radio check"!  We had a CB radio in our truck and our family members each had one in their trucks, so if out hunting, or else, we had a check that radio was working to keep in touch. But do we check our heart? Would we say yes or would we say: rarely????

David asked for a radio check: Psalm 139:23-24 when he prayed, “Search my, O God and know my heart; try me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me and lead me in the everlasting way.” When was there a radio check with the Lord God that you had?

David wanted to be searched on his heart matter. He asked God to know him and if he had anxious thoughts.

In having love for others is the spiritual test. As we grow in that love, we will be tested on that love we have within our own heart. Yes, the acid test of spiritual maturity is a growing love for God and people. If it is not growing for God and people, you are not growing in your Christian life!!!

Jesus made it crystal clear that the most important commandments are (1) loving God with all you are, and (2) loving people as you love yourself. If I am to grow as a Christian, the proof of spiritual growth is not how much I know, it is how much I care. It is not how often I go to church … or how many Bible studies I am involved in … or how many people consider me a strong Christian … or how many verses I have memorized. The real proof is how much my heart and your heart is growing with love. Paul said that love is the goal of our instruction.

If you will do a “radio check” with God, He will question back to you:

“Do you love Me more today? Do you love Me more that what is before you?
Are you growing in your love and appreciation for Me?
Do you love what I love … people for whom I died?” Will you stand with Me in the purpose I have set before you???

If love is truly the acid test of spiritual maturity (and it no doubt is), how are you doing with this thing called love?  If you are really growing in your love for the Lord, your life will show it in obedience to His commands. Jesus said, “He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me” (John 14:21). If you are really growing in your love for others, your life will show it in the way you treat people, in the way you pray for people. Christians who are really growing are praying daily for unsaved family, friends, neighbors and associates. They have a burden for lost people who are one heartbeat from an eternal hell.

I had a fellow Christian send me a teaching they had this last Sunday. I thought of Esau who shed tears for the moment, wanted soup in a moment and cared nothing of his patriarchal leadership among his Jewish family. He wanted soup and do his own thing as in hunting!

As I write this line I am remembering the one who saw writing on the wall and was found wanting! God writing like He did to Belshazzar, your kingdom is numbered and finished. You are found wanting and divided and slain…Found in Daniel 5:13-30… ..Belshazzar knew how God dealt with his father, Nebuchadnezzar, but  he refused to be humbled by it!

Belshazzar, used all the instruments of God’s house for his own glory. He desired to take and use that which belonged to another in property.  What Belshazzar did was for Belshazzar’s own performance. He was the grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. He had a great feast using the sacred gold and silver vessels which grandfather Nebuchadnezzar had stolen from the temple in Jerusalem. The king with his entourage drank themselves drunk on wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone. Fingers appeared to write on the wall. The king terrified by what he saw offered up his purple robe, a chain of gold and would promote anyone who could interpret the meaning written on the wall before him, the king!

Daniel would be called in. The queen suggested his being summoned to interpret. He is of excellent wisdom and spiritually leaned on God. Daniel brought before the king also rebuked him, the king, boldly for desecrating the vessels of the temple by using them for a drunken party as in the idolatrous feast. For this king, Daniel read Mene, Mene, tekel, upharsin, Mene. Daniel told the king God had numbered the Babylonian Empire and finished it. He was told it was weighed in the balances and was found wanting.

The king would be die. He was found wanting and he was found divided. He chose to party with the world and not hear God! Should his heart been checked to find such going on? I believe most people will know they are going the wrong way indeed. YOU do not and should not use God’s things to comfort the world. The world is made of those who choose no rule nor boundaries. They despise the things of God!

 Will you do a “radio check” today?  And will you ask God to show you where you are with Him? Is He with you in the trial or did you not call on Him before that “trial” began?

Ask Him to change you, to grow you, to help understand His love for you better … so that you can love Him back . 1 John 4:19…. “We love, because He first loved us”

In reading the Ten Commandments we find this requirement that we are love God and neighbor. But the law could not produce this love in people. And we can do this today because of the wonderful love that God gave in sending His Son Jesus to die for us who were in sin! Is it possible to love God and have some less love for our neighbor? Jesus loved the people who came to save. But not all will be saved for they will not see their sin nor their darkness. We are told if they slap you on the cheek, turn your face and let them slap you again. YOU can see that today indeed. We love by praying for them. I do not understand their breaking rules to suit their agenda, but God has His kingdom and to reside there, we forgive others!

Ask God: Ask Him to give you a heart for people, especially lost people who desperately need to know about a Savior who can forgive all their sins and change their lives if they will just surrender to Him.

Ask Him to help you pray for your neighbor’s children. Ask Him for their safety if they are not of the saved.

Proverbs 3:3-24 has much to speak about wisdom, about the word bound to our neck to find favor and high esteem in the sight of God and man.

5 Trust in the LORD with all  your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;

6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths ( concerning life, spouse or marriage)or something else here______________  Do not be wise in your own eyes;  Fear the LORD and depart from evil. 8 It will be health to your flesh, And strength to  your bones. 9 Honor the LORD with your possessions, And with the first-fruits of all your increase;

10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine. 11 My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, Nor detest His correction; 12 For whom the LORD loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding;

14 For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold.  15 She is more precious than rubies, And all the things  you may desire cannot compare with her.  16 Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor.

17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.   18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who retain her.

19 The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding He established the heavens; 20 By His knowledge the depths were broken up, And clouds drop down the dew. 21 My son let them not depart from your eyes-  Keep sound wisdom and discretion;  22 So they will be life to your soul  And grace to your neck.  23 Then  you will walk safely in your way, And your foot will not stumble.  24 When  you lie down, you will not be afraid.......

I saw something written by William MacDonald ( he wrote commentaries on the Bible) : Discipline is a proof of love, not anger. Correction is proof of son-ship.

Are we known as sons? Does not love look like our Father who created us? If we put Christ Jesus in our hearts: then Jesus far surpassed any profit of man who has silver and gold, any wealth, any song, anything indeed.

Jesus is the treasure inexhaustible, He is the source of true delight. YOU might gain the world’s applause, but it is only Jesus who can bring joy to our heart and a smile to our face that will never stop being produced. He offers long life, gives eternal life with spiritual riches and honor. He is pleasantness and His paths are peace. He provides sound wisdom and discretion to give vitality to our souls. They allow us to walk safely in our way free from danger of tripping and slipping. You and I have a guarantee of good sleep tonight for we carry no guilt on the conscience and no fear on our minds.

We had a “heart check” with God! Disciplined in Him, we have no anger. God is our justice and He is the judgment. And what He speaks determines the outcome of my life and yours. His will is being done and He wins. That is communicating with Him indeed.  Amen and Amen.

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Glory!

 1 Thessalonians 2:12 that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. 13 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.

In referencing conduct, Paul calls those of believers in Thessalonica to walk worthy of God who had called them into His kingdom and glory. We are so blessed to have God who loves us and has called us into His kingdom and His glory. And then to receive His word that will hold us in that kingdom of God and His glory too!

Paul, the Apostle, reminded believers to walk worthy of God while pleasing God. If married they were to be faithful to one spouse and they could expect some suffering as was written in 1 Thessalonians 4:6..that no one should take advantage and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified. 7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness.

It is the truth that we are to behave with honor and with purity in all our relationships!

Luke 5:36-39 NKJV 36 Then He spoke a parable to them: “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of  the new does not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wine-skins; or else the new wine will burst the wine-skins and be spilled, and the wine-skins will be ruined. 38 But new wine must be put into new wine-skins and both are preserved. 39  And no one having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, “The old is better”.

  God saved us! He sent the Son of His love to redeem us from death, hell and the grave. In this passage of Luke 5, Jesus is describing those who are the satisfied with the old system of the Law and the tradition of the elders.

For you and I, the teaching Jesus talked about was radical indeed. And what He taught could not be used as a patch over the existing form of Judaism (the old garment). New wine is put into those who are of Jesus Christ. They hear His voice and adhere to His teachings! The radical teachings of Jesus moves the complacent out of that recliner and into life.

As we see even in this day, there are many who like the “old” ways of doing and their normal is to do what is good in their sight! But Jesus was bringing light to what God had planned for man to live in accordance with His kingdom that had come.

2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 NKJV 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 and 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 and hold the traditions which you were taught whether by word or our epistle. 16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

Like the those in Thessalonica, we are chosen for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and we are chosen to belief in that truth! Amazing GRACE!

Then we are to know that we are called to the same gospel Paul preached, so that we would obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ! From this passage, glory is the salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To which you and I are called by the Gospel, yes, what Jesus taught from the Sermon on the Mount. We stand fast in that faith of the word given us…....we hold to that tradition of what is revealed by the Son of God and those prophets and apostles whom He sent to declare His word! So now may our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father who has loved us, given us everlasting consolation, that hope by grace, comfort our hearts, and establish us in every good word and work. Amen.

It is in the labor of life and that labor of speech that we may know this process that Paul speaks of in that sanctification was not by which a Christian grows in Christ likeness but the initial work of grace in which the Spirit of God works in us the believer to make us God’s possession.

When you and I were born again, we went through that period of time when we did not have the same vitality in our thinking nor in our reasoning. We certainly were " street smart ” to the ways of the world, so we had to learn, to gain understanding of God in His wisdom to express the new life that was within us. And yes, that comes by forming the mind of Christ we see in Philippians 2:5-6.

“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. "

Jesus saw  His being of God as something to be given away and not selfishly grasped for or horded. He willing came to earth to live as human being on our behalf, to experience what we experience. Yes He relinquished His glory through retaining His deity. Matthew 11:29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls.

Jesus called for an open, yes free, and loyal relationship when He spoke the word yoke. In that relationship to Jesus, we gain the ability of obedience to the Law’s righteousness which was His burden.

From Luke 21:19 By your patience possess your souls. That soul is the seat of our affections, our will, that desire, emotions, reasoning and understanding.

Patience in Romans 15:5 is interesting.  Verse 5: Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus 6 that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Whether you are a weak Christian or a strong one, our conduct in relationships is forbearance and love so that a unity of believers will be seen as that harmony of praise together for God and the Lord Jesus Christ!

 Our conduct should be righteous, being led by the Spirit of God where we are no longer controlled  by issues like depression, anger, anxiety, jealousy, hopelessness, fear, or suicide.  We should not be ruled by our emotions. In Jesus and by His walk to Calvary, His bloodshed to redeem us from the hand of the enemy, you and I are now chosen as God’s instruments. We are chosen for restoration! He has enabled us to be the hearers of His word,  to understand His word and to  embrace  those words that speak a direction and a life! He came to redeem us and to show us that we are of value. Our focus is to be kept on Jesus, who directs us by His Holy Spirit to have that patience to possess our souls and to take charge of all those things connected with it. 

We should be satisfied in Him and understand that satisfaction is not found in the world. No one thing can satisfy you for very long. If you think of Judas Iscariot, he walked with Jesus, heard the teachings, and yet his heart for that one moment was to take the Roman empire down, moved out of Israel and use Jesus to do it! But no, Jesus would not take any throne at that time. If you look back at Esau, he was famished from hunting all day and was really hungering for something to feed his belly. Yet, he wanted it now and sold his birthright to get it. People are never satisfied for very long!

If we refuse Jesus and His kingdom that He brought to us, we are refusing our birthright for His kingdom. Satisfaction is only found in the Lord. Psalm 91:16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation. Those who know God’s name are in covenant relationship with Him. Those who revere and honor Him are satisfied in deliverance, in honor, and preservation. It was a blessing to Israel and is a blessing to us. It means we belong to God and to His kingdom. We have a home in His glory!

Jesus spoke of  glory in John 17! John 17:22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one;

This glory (doxa) is dignity and honor!  John 14:6-13 NKJV  6 Jesus said to him, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life:. “No one comes to the Father except through Me. 7 “If you had known Me, you would have known the Father also; and from now on You know Him and have seen Him.” 8 Philip said to HIM, “Lord show us the Father & it is sufficient for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long and yet you have not known Me, Philip?” He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, & the Father in Me?” ‘The words that I speak to you, I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.” “Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.

No one gets to the Father without first acknowledging Jesus! This passage should epitomize our lives: that encapsulated within the Father and the Son in us so that we experience the same works. Jesus was pointing them to the Father always, pointing them to truth and life revealing the Authority with which Jesus spoke.

Jesus was not a people pleaser. It was always for the sake of the Gospel and for the glory of God that Jesus was active in communicating the Gospel of grace. Jesus did as His Father commanded Him to do so. Jesus obeyed, He gave the Message, encountered conflict and was crucified. His crucifixion was for life to those who required a REDEEMER!                                                     

Paul writes in I Corinthians 1:18, “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” Consider, though, that many who claim to be Christian today do not consider the idea of forgiveness through crucifixion to be foolishness.

They glory in what the cross produced but foolishness to them is His example of complete surrender, which we are to imitate. As a result, it is the nominal Christianity that has become tolerant of sin, increasingly more human-centered, and less inclined to actions that might involve them in some kind of discomfort or inconvenience that disrupts their day.

Yes, it is the carnal mind that says surrender is folly, because it creates a vulnerability or the possibility of some kind of loss. But it is the same carnal mind that is blind to the vital reality that God is on His throne, overseeing the outcome—gladly using His power on our behalf if we will only but trust Him with our lives.

Glory is comprised of His word, the salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in that truth! Holding to that tradition of what is revealed by the Son of God and those prophets and apostles He sent to declare His word so that now by the Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father who has loved us, has given us everlasting consolation, that hope by grace,  that comforts our hearts, and establishes us in every good word and work.

The message: forgiveness of sins. The response: should be likewise a self-denial, that complete surrender, a reckoning ourselves as already dead to this present, evil age so that we might live for Him with a kingdom in mind, a life revealed and relationship of secure love indeed.

Glory!

 

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