Feeding Those 5000

 

I have been so captured by the feeding of the 5,000. Have been reading the Expositors Bible Commentary on this passage. And what I have seen from the other passages they give, is that too many people try to relate this back to Moses and the giving for the Manna from heaven. They were not to keep any extra portion, but only what they required for the day. But in Matthew 14, the fragments are to be kept and I kept noticing of what was written: Jesus ministered the meal, and He ministered the process! In a Voice of Prayer teaching coming up, Jesus was the HOST! ( Blessed, Broken, Given, and Divided)

In Mark 6,He called ORDER for all to be seated in 100’s and 50’s. He tells the disciples to give them something. In this situation, Jesus cannot be reduced to the Prophet, a rabbi, or teacher of the law. THIS is God on the scene!

Another thing I took note of, was Moses was the Leader called by God to lead a nation out of Egypt. Jesus is the Leader, Who leads as Savior, Redeemer, the Lamb of God for sacrifice in taking the sins of man (of the world). Jesus would lead us to heaven, not across the pond to England, or Wales, but lead us home in Him! Where He is, there we are to be also! I also meditate on the truth that Moses lead a million out of Egypt, and how many actually took the promised land that was spoken about? What was the number who rebelled in the desert and would not go into the land God had given them?

Also, many churches gather to eat a meal together, like they did in the desert! They gather to eat and remember. Yet what are they remembering? Jesus, the Host in that back country place, had the disciples to bring what they had in hand. Jesus, the Host took the bread and broke it as He blessed it. He took the fish and distributed. He did not break the fish! Only the bread is broken.

Awesome words indeed, and if we hear them as we read and mediate them: what was of the identified bread: a loaf of barley, the food of the poor.

Matthew 14:13-21 When Jesus heard it ( the death of John His cousin), He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself. But when He saw a great multitude; and He  was moved with compassion for the, and healed their sick. 15 When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.” 16 But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” 17 and they said to Him, “We have been here only five loaves and two fish.”

In Matthew 14:19 Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And he took the five loves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. 20 So they all ate and were filled and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained. 21 Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

He Who is Bread took bread, blessed it and broke it. And it was given to the multitude. We cannot give to another what has not been blessed by God. What has been broken is what is multitude in the word of truth where Jesus is manifested and power of the Holy Spirit observed. It is demonstration of the Spirit and power.

                                                                                                 

From this passage, Jesus would reveal He would be the broken bread: John 6:22-71….John 6:35 I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.  

John 6: 28-40 NKJV Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered & said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” 30 Therefore they said to Him, “What sign will You perform then, that we may see it & believe You?” What work will You do? 31 Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” 32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven & gives life to the world.” 34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”    

 

True bread from heaven: Jesus! This is not just about a loaf of bread but of life and joy in the peace with God!  John 6:48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and are dead. 50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever, and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.” 

Loaves and 2 fish He divided among them. Yes there are five loaves and 2 fish: Mark 6:39-44  39 Then he commanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in ranks, in 100’s & in 50's. 41& when he had taken the 5 loaves & the 2 fish, he looked up to heaven, blessed & broke the loaves, & gave them to his disciples to set before them, & the 2 fish He divided among them all.42 So they all ate & were filled 43 & they took up 12 baskets full of fragments of the fish.4 Now those who had eat the loaves were about 5,000 men.

Jesus gave to the “poor”. When poor is used this way, it means "to be destitute, without resources; weak, powerless; spiritually bankrupt." Being poor in spirit is the platform on which is built all of the other beautiful attitudes that please God and motivate Him to respond with spiritual and physical blessings. Our being poor in spirit is the recognition of our spiritual need that causes us to cry out to God for what He can and will supply. For us, we can testify how our lives have changed in just twenty five years. We feed others with that which God has fed us.

Twelve baskets full held the remaining fragments of bread and fish. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, a sound of enough, being full, and twelve baskets remaining, what may be considered scraps, leftovers and still enough to carry with you for later. Understand that Barley was for the poor! And Jesus the Host is our supply! May this recognition be yours in knowing about God from the proper perspective, causing you to give Him praise and thanksgiving. May you see Him for what He is and what He has and makes you long to be the same, just as the financially poor see and desire to be like the rich in Christ Jesus. For death could not hold Him. The tomb could not contain Him: He is greater and He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Amen.

May we influence others this year: in a field, in a barn, in a park, or maybe a church! For our walk is one in demonstration of the Spirit and power. We will speak what the Lord has done for us. ( Watch Voice of Prayer for the teaching this week:  Blessed, Broken, Given and Divided)

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Wasps, Heat, and Other Things

Was doing some work outside with my husband about mid morning yesterday! It was a cloudy day and cool, so mowing the grass was a delight! It helps keep one trim and strengthens those upper arms and shoulders besides keeping your core strengthened. And while enjoying the cool of the morning, I took notice of the hanging bait cylinder in one tree. It is a yellow colored cone designed to draw those pesky wasps away from the back door and patio area of the house and yard. And after a trip down one side of the lawn and around the tree, I made another cut closer to the tree and slowed to view this hanging " tomb " for stinging insects! It was interesting to note that those insects that had come into that cone in the last day or two had eaten those that were already dead.  Yes, at the base of the cone-shaped object there laid row upon row of insect body parts.

 Now I want to point out here that if the morning had been hot with a blazing bright sun, and sweat appearing on the brow I might have missed seeing that display of brutality upon the other. Because if one is really suffering to cut the grass in hot temps. you might not be taking in the beauty of the day and only spend time noticing what you missed in that last swath of cutting since you are only viewing the ground area!

Was praying as I walked along with the mower. Was trying to hear God above the noise of the mower but did not have to slap at mosquitoes  or the such while I took each cut nearer to the completed goal of a groomed lawn. No yesterday was quieter where insects were concerned, but the week before I noted there were some out to get me and my ankles showed the marks of their piercings by the end of that work time outside.

But let's get to the point here: are people like those insects? Yikes! Is it possible to eat others and take away lives by bitterness when confined by yellow-coned objects and no freedom is found? Scripture makes it clear that God sent peace on earth! He sent His Son and we say His name: Jesus! For in Him is only life and peace found!

So if insects can get rattled when trapped within a small space, what happens when man is sent into a small space to hunker down for say a "flu-type" illness for how many months? What happens when those you love can not be touched by your hand or a pat on the back? What happens when you do not have time to be with them but only by Skype or the such where you try to be on your best behavior, pushing back tears or trying to force that smile so others think you are fine? I have seen these things appear on those people in those stories related on one television viewing of those in lock-down alley!

But God sent His Son. I say His NAME: JESUS! He is REDEEMER of the world. But if people do not see Him nor hear Him then they are set for that which is "lost forever".  He came to set captives free. 

The insect world is amazing to me and even more so are the areas like the "marsh" areas, and the " prairies of the this nation that runs hundreds of miles through a few states like Wyoming and eastern S. Dakota, then southward through one end of Nebraska. And within this region is where certain grasses grow, where Buffalo roam grazing on these grasses. It is where prairie dogs live and build those security places for themselves in the ground, where also snakes can move to when hunting out one of those plump little prairie dogs to eat. It is place where certain birds live among the buffalo and move along with them as the graze their way around the land. It is where foxes, and certain rabbits make their home. And what I found out was this world of dry grounds, and prairie grasses provides safety to many creatures that God thought of and not us! Such a world so planned and beautifully detailed for animals to live, to eat, and yes, to survive in that dryness of the prairie and then I wonder why people cannot see what He has planned for them, each man and woman, to enjoy in the here and now!

No, we can see people acting with resistant to the things of God and even question if He exists! But He surely exits, and He is surely alive. In those documentaries I have seen of late, they all point to the creature living on the prairie has an agenda to be alive at the end of that day. And we can see that today, as people move from flu scares to riots in streets and hurricanes rushing in to drown a society. Still God is certainly alive and are we stopping to notice His presence?

If we would take a moment and look into that which Jesus brought from heaven, is this: "he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. ( Matthew 16:24) Following Jesus certainly brings some things to mind quickly in that one must surrender to Him and His way of doing things! If we are struggling to give up our plans for His, why are we doing that ? He is life everlasting and He is peace!

Are we desiring our own agendas? Are we looking for platforms in using someone's demise to use for ourselves and our own agenda?

What I mentioned earlier in this writing, that when I was finding yard work pleasing, mowing the grass without excess heat, I was motivated beyond the work itself and see what was going on around me and mine. When taking my mind off the work itself I was free to enjoy the moment I was in. 

In our Christian faith we believe God is one! We believe Him the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We believe what is given that Jesus is the only way to the Father.  We live by faith in Jesus as our Lord and Savior and we believe we will be with Him forever. He has gone to prepare a place for those who believe. ( John 14:1-6)

When you consider say Hinduism: it has two known non-negotiable beliefs: that is karma and reincarnation. They will not stray from that belief. Islam believes that Mohammad is the last and final prophet. They believe that their Quran is the perfect revelation given. To deny those two precise points, one has denied Islam.

My husband and I have been watching at times some adventure trips of an archaeologist who travels around the world looking for that which is a part of this mystery earth. He has looked for the ark, to looking for Yeti, searched the areas where the dead sea scrolls were discovered and finding gold from treasures of the early Spaniard explorers. 

In this I was thinking of the last few days of Moses who had tried to relieve the oppression of the Israelites on his own strength  and nothing happened. He had this pull toward his people the Hebrews yet, he had been raised as an Egyptian.  And although well educated and trained to live the life he would live, he still had the dress of an Egyptian,  and he wore the classic coloring on the face and the jewelry to match that lifestyle.

There was some changes that had to occur for Moses. And like him, we too can run headlong into the thing we think God is allowing but the time is not right nor is He with you in it. God was tuned into what He desired for Moses to complete. That was to lead a million or so people out of the hand of an Egyptian Pharaoh.  Was Moses sincere in what he believed? Yes, but no matter how sincere the person, anything outside the will of God is futile!

It amazes me today to see so many desiring to help a race of people which is all wonderful. But the best place to start is at the beginning. In the beginning God....created the heavens and the earth. And another place is to find where one's ethnic group has been in history is of your nation. For where we live in America it is found in the Wallbuilders by David Barton.

We certainly need to see where we have come from to know where we are going. If you asked citizens of this nation how many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were slave owners....you might hear all fifty-six of them. But in truth only one: Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner. The others all held the black man free to live as others in freedom. 

If you asked someone within this nation of America, how many black leaders were with Washington in the boat when he crossed the river at winter time, in the depths of winter, cold, and ice....to battle?  You might hear none! Yet at the front of that boat were two military leaders who were men of color and who served for some seven years alongside Washington himself. Again, go check this out in Wallbuilders by David Barton!

We must be in the will of God for in that we work together to build something God has in His plan. It does not matter if you think you have a noble or the pure heart but that the real success comes from God and when the enemy does not want you to know your true heritage you are doomed.

Yes, in remembering Moses and his willing to help God....he should have waited for God. And God's will for Moses came some forty years later! So what had occurred in that time period for Moses?  Well, he became the truly humbled and converted. He had given himself to God to such an extent that he was almost afraid to move, and God had to bring him back a way to restore some of his initiative. However, now that initiative would be used in harmony with a strong relationship with Him. Since Moses truly had the fear of God, he took God into account in every action. That is what the fear of God does to a person: It makes a person consider God and His desires in everything that he does.

Yes, there are many people who have strong beliefs. They believe in reincarnation and karma. They are those who believe Mohammad is the last and the final prophet. Others believe Jesus and satan are somehow related. And still others believe they cannot tell you about someone who is going through a situation for in that you the person might cause them harm by words spoken over them. A belief must not only be strong but it must be right. It is proved right in the process of living. It is where righteous actions will produce that godly fruit. This is why Jesus said, "You will know them by their fruits. " (Matthew 7:16) It is in this that the fruit of a person's life will reveal what that person believes. Because those in God will reveal God-ordered actions and one will not turn to the right nor to the left to change them.

 Yet, there exist Christians who choose lie about a health condition of a loved one. Instead of denying that ugly thing that has appeared in that loved one, they would rather lie, turn from God, choose that which is of the enemy and bring destruction on their heads. 

It is God Who desires us to come into the capacity He created to not only release but to also demonstrate the levels of His kingdom power and authority. But many belief systems in the Christian must become to that upgrade in Him! Is our security in trying to protect we four and no more? Are we coming into an "unbelief' that revels that we unwilling to let go of that security package we have held for so long? I have seen it in so many families the last ten years. Someone is going through something, and they hide it. They say all is good and then you find out these folks were seriously ill to the point of dying. Lying to protect something going on with a family member, the loving member tries to throw sand on it and think it is covered like Moses did! Nothing stays covered if you are lying about something as to a health issue. Why put yourself in a box and be like that wasp who will eat others like him only to die like he did!

We had a small poodle many years ago that she thought she could bury her dog treat in our daughter's boot. And all "the poodle" had was carpet and no dirt,  and she would scratch the carpet with her small paw, and push that same carpet using her nose to cover the treat. YEAH, that did not work at all!

I certainly will not encounter what the wasp encounters when entering a yellow-colored cone shaped object beckoning exploration. I will certainly not share the life experiences that say my neighbors have next door nor will have have the same life experiences my sister and brother-in-law have encountered.

Except one thing like the Eagle Creek Fire of 2017, the people of this small community and many others like this one would relate to it when seeing the hills on fire when someone decided to throw live fireworks on dry brush. Yeah stupid is as stupid does!  But one thing we all must take note in, as I am certain the wasp did, that within in his dire strait fear became real to him.

 And we, a people, can identity with pain, identify with suffering, with rejection, with heartache and loss indeed. We have to know where we have come from to where we are headed. We must know truth and hold that truth. As the body of Christ, I nor may husband can be everyone's rock but we know the Rock and can introduce you to HIM! And you and I can be drawn to other people to embrace them, yes in their hurt and give them truth. For it is only in unity of God's word and prayer do we hold together a people for God. When we do not do that, we are held in bondage of the enemy!

I ask you today to let ago of those days you lived in trenches of abuse, the trenches of hate and bitter resentment, trenches of disease like cancer..., the trenches of trying to protect others in religion instead of in the fear of God for it is God Who has given us life to live that is a good life. He did not come to make people sick, He came to heal!

Proverbs 6:16 These six things the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: 17 a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift in running to evil, 19 A false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren.

There are things that are out of our control and lying is not a way to keep control. We must submit to God, James 4:7 reminds us of this: Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Freedom from demonic assault and oppression is accomplished by submitting to God. It is a complete dependence on His word with a trust of faith that we walk with Him.

I wonder how many will be alarmed to find they lived their life on a lie and that which was false although appearing good and had nothing to do with God?

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Increments of Time

Was working on a teaching for this week, and I thought how my life and those I know have had an amount of years given to each stage of life. In that I mean the amount of time like that which is given to study, but also to marriage, and to having children. Within that, I thought of those who give time to study for a degree in medicine, to learn a specific field and train well in it for another increment of time. For those choosing to become teachers will give time to knowing when their skill learned will bring them a paycheck to make that house payment and pay the electric bill.

In other people's lives, I have seen those who set a time to start their family where both the mother and father have the advantage to be up front and center to care for those newest family members' arrival! In that regard, those who have their children in school might return to a field that they learned while they studied in college or they might choose to go into another field and study a new thing to be active in for another amount of time taken to enrich their life even further.

The list for those occupations include police officers, firefighters, welders, electricians, the doctor, the lawyer, the teacher, janitors, window-washers and even those who are of the clergy. And certainly one in study would like no distractions while they are learning either a trade or being a surgeon. But no matter the field of study, all is important to mankind, just ask the one who requires their appendix removed, or ask the qualified welder when a metal bridge in Oregon has been torn apart by an approaching ship and the bridge is used for passenger trains into the state of Washington.

When thinking of travel in the winter months to work, my husband considers what the temperature outside is, and what, if any precipitation is falling from the sky. The determining factor is anything below 32 degrees with rain can mean that the south side of Columbia river is I-84 running from the east to the west into Portland, Oregon may not have been treated for ice on the roadway!

But did you know there were increments of time given in the Old Testament to declare the Lord Jesus' coming and that salvation would be His goal? Did you know those spoken words were given to alert you and me of His coming and the place He has for each of us?

Moses spoke of Jesus the Messiah, Numbers 24:17-19  I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; a Star shall come out of Jacob; a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and batter the brow of Moab, and destroy all the sons of tumult. 18 and Edom shall be a possession; Seir also, his enemies shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly. 19 Out of Jacob One shall have dominion, and destroy the remains of the city.

 Isaiah 53 speaks of the Messiah’s suffering  Isaiah 53:2-5 NKJV For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, & as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. 3 He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised and we did not esteem Him. 4 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken smitten by God and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him and by His stripes we are healed.

His ministry would destroy the works of the devil: Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head and you shall bruise His heel.

 (fulfilled in 1 John 3:8) He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

Jesus would preach righteousness to Israel Psalm 40:6-9 NKJV "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; my ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. 7 Then I said, "Behold I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me. 8 I delight to do Your will, O my God, and Your law is within my heart." 9 I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness in the great assembly; indeed, I do not restrain my lips, O LORD, You Yourself know.

(fulfilled in Matthew 4:17) From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

Christ’s Ministry would begin in Galilee:Isaiah 9:2  The people walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined.

(fulfilled in Matthew 4:12-17) Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. 13 And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: 15 "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; 16 The people who sat in darkness have a seen a great light, and upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned."

                             

 He would be betrayed by 30 pieces of silver: Zechariah 11:12-13 NKJV 12 Then I said to them, "If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain." So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.13 And the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter---that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD for the potter.

 (fulfilled in Matthew 27:3-10 ) 3 Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying, I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? You see to it!" 5 Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself. 6 But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasure, because they are the price of blood." 7 And they consulted together and bought with them the potter's field to bury strangers in. 8 Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced, 10 and gave them for the potter's field, as the LORD directed me."

Christ’s Resurrection Prophesied: Job 19:23-27 Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book! 24 that they were engraved on a rock with an iron pen and lead, forever! 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth; 26 and after my skin is destroyed, this I know; that in my flesh I shall see God.

 (fulfilled in John 5:24-29) 24 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. 25 "Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. 26 " For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, 27 "And has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. 28 "Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice 29"and come forth---those who have done good to the resurrection of life and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

 Yes, increments of time to study, time to wed, time to work, time to have children, time to retire (?) and the time to go at last into eternity. And whether we had time for Jesus on earth will determine where we will be seen. Yes, we most likely made it to those classes to earn that degree, even went overseas to study for awhile you know, and then one day got that good job. Then a decade has ended and a new one began in seeing a wedding planned and at some point within that decade children enter the new home. Another increment of time and children graduate from high school, they study, have careers and bring their children over to visit the grandparents: Poppi and Mimi! (oh my) No, that is not our names. Please do not call me Mimi, please! But in all of those increments of time, was God placed in the space of time anywhere within a life?

For the Old Testament mentioned Christ's resurrection and it was given again in John 5! It is those who have done good to the resurrection of life and it is of those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

We can see people living their lives and make a point to post it some where. They can tell a story or post a picture from the latest thing or event, but was God a part of it?  Our living is to be holy unto the Lord. And Scripture has been given to lead us to eternity with Jesus! Hopeful we have those set times throughout our day and week that God is first indeed. It is only through Him that we find the Door that is a life in abundance that is of the good, the righteous, the true and is joyful indeed.

Hopefully that in Him, we find the true will of God that Jesus Christ the Redeemer sowed. For certain in this world is sin and misery and the Gospel presented by Jesus was for the purpose of training and testing to become the true witnesses for Him in the preparation of the coming kingdom. We are placed where He desires us to be, and He teaches us by His Holy Spirit. What great price by which the Spirit of God was given! Let us not take it lightly but understand that in Him we live, we move and have our being. We are heirs of His family and eternal life is a guarantee with Him. Hope to see you there!

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Once Saved Always Saved!?!

If going without the Lord
a ladder may not always be handy!

What? Once saved always saved, no that is so wrong in so many ways!
Our walk is with the Lord, not with the world, and people on a whim can drop whatever is worthwhile and go after that which brings no life or light to them or anyone else.
My husband and I were talking about this very subject yesterday and was telling him of the responses I had heard. He told me he had watched Ask the Pastor on Friday before noon, while I was preparing to teach, and he said this question was asked, again, once saved always saved!?!

When born again, our walk is with Jesus seated on the throne of our hearts! In that we are led by His Holy Spirit that directs to the very things Jesus spoke while on this earth. In these many years I have been alive, I have seen many leave a church but also leave the Lord. In their hearts they chose to worship someone or something besides the Savior, the Redeemer to the lost!

Jesus said this in the book of John11:25-26 NKJV 25 "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me, shall never die. do you believe this?
In looking up the meanings of these words, this was the event to bring us back to spiritual truth and to have moral recovery. Now if you have ever gone through any kind of operation, you can find there is a time for recovery. It is not instant on the spot, and you are back on track, living pain free life to the full. Although we can believe for that still our bodies have some time of recovery, so too our spirit man was be brought to life to be born again into the things of God. That is, we are to find His ways and His thoughts and walk that way.
So if you were born again, ten years ago and walked out to do something else without regard to God, His Son Jesus or to your life forever, then you have walked your own way, doing your own thing and of which we know is destructive indeed!

Surely God has His plan, and His ways and truths are not burdensome. Jesus said, "My yoke is easy and My burden is light." (Matthew 11:30)
We are to be coupled with Him as two oxen in a yoke for plowing. For in this daily togetherness, He declares the way and light of the morals we are to have for useful and protective life. Of that which pertains to Jesus, is the easy way truly to go and walk daily!

Proverbs 3:17 tells us of the wisdom of God. "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.

Now retain is to hold fast. So if I followed my sister up a tree and found her laughing every inch of the way, I surely wanted the same laughter to come back down. But alas, I was not the tree climber she is or was. I wanted to do that, but for her it was a game, something of ease but spelled something totally different for me. I had to wait for help when someone hopefully would bring a ladder to aid or assist me down the thirty foot tree. Yikes!
Following after someone or something is not good at all! The only one we should follow and be excited about is following Jesus, the Son of God, who was resurrected so that we might have life everlasting.

Now there are things safe to do outside of climbing trees, like hiking, or swimming or even playing golf. But those things must be kept as exercise and not as a God to us. Now of course, my sister was being herself at age 6 who loved trees, and great heights. She love to stand in red ant beds and see them crawl over her feet. Yes, she out grew that thing, and today serves the Lord not looking for ant beds, but looking out through prayer for those who might be running down the wrong path, moving away from Jesus and just looking to live like the world.

God surely wants us to enjoy our life and He will give us those righteous desires when we delight in Him! Psalm 37: 3-6 NKJV tells us this: 3 Trust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. 4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. 6 He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light and your justice as the noonday.

God's  justice is supreme in power in authority as well! It is His truth that penetrates through of the excuses we can make about either our conduct or just bad attitude! But we must understand that it is all measured against His truth. It is so important for us to see His standard of truth, the very word of God as the path to follow and in having a true desire to live by faith in Him, then we see and recognize His very sense of justice.

So the entire picture of following God is paramount. Reality is God's justice and verses 4 through 6, that a committed person will  delight in the LORD, will set His standard of truth in their heart, and begin to see justice appear as the noonday in their life.

If delivered from sin, then why go back to the sinful life? That good life, that where the precious pearl is found in Jesus, the manifested Word of God

Once saved always saved........that is used to find an excuse to do whatever the flesh creature desires. The person with a heart for God will truly remove their wants out of the way to make room for peace, joy and love of God for themselves and their loved ones. May we truly stay within the Word and see His justice revealed for us and our families. May we truly desire to see our justice come as the noonday when we follow truth having moral recovery from sin and find the love we were meant to know. It is more exciting to follow Him in an adventure of faith than to follow someone say like up a tree and cannot get down without some assistance. The Lord will keep us in that place that is safe for  us and within this relationship we will see the effect of the permanent change that is for the positive in our lives! Amen.

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