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Sunday, December 28, 2025

The Echos of Faith


Turning from the twinkling light of the tree in the corner of the room, and turning eyes on the leather bound Bible in hand, it is a silent night. In the brightness of His coming upon a midnight hour, He is to live and die for mankind! Born to change things on earth toward God, it is on a hilltop far away He will die with few surrounding Him with tears in eyes.

In the echoes of faith, it was Jesus who prayed for Jerusalem.

For the Righteous Cause: Jesus came…and these were His last words:

THE 1st WORD: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do."

Luke 23:34……

1.   He came to earth, to live as a man, and died between two criminals.

2.   Hanging by the strength of nails, he sees the soldiers who mocked and scourged Him.

3.   Tortured and visible in His mind Caiaphas & the high priests of the Sanhedrin…have sentenced Him to die. With blood running over his eyes, He sees John with His mother Mary.

4.   His apostles and friends deserted Him. Peter denied Him 3 times…….& only the fickle remain, yes that crowd who just praised Him on His entrance into that city of Jerusalem has now demanded His crucifixion some days later at Golgotha!

Forgiveness is His focus! His love prevailed! In those final hours on earth, He has forgiven those who trespassed against Him, including Peter. Jesus had told Peter in Matthew 18:21-22 to seventy times seven to forgive another. He forgave the paralytic at Capernaum: Mark 3:3-12. He forgives the sinful woman who anointed Him in the home of Simon the Pharisee: Luke 7:37-48! The adulteress caught in the act and was to be stoned: John 8:1-11.

Jesus cried out in a loud voice,  "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." Luke 23:46…Jesus obedient to will of His Father to the end, & his final word before on the Cross was a prayer to His Father. The relationship of Jesus to the Father is given in John 3:16 “ For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but have eternal life.” Jesus declared, “The Father and I are one.” John 10:30 ; He had a return ticket: "I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father" John 16:28  Jesus fulfills His own mission and that of His Father on the Cross! He directs His final word, “Father, into Your hands I commend My spirit. Luke 23:46; "Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, "Certainly this was a righteous Man" (Luke 23:47).


The echoes of faith resound even now. The sound somewhere is heard, the married woman desiring a child of her own to hold.  She asks by calling unto Him in her darkest hour?

What about the man or woman given a death sentence by their own doctor and that their days are numbered in weeks and not months? In their fear of death so soon they ask Him for long life and that He would "keep watch" over them some 24/7. Yet on any given Christmas holiday they complained of spending one hour with Him in His House! 

But what about the person who gives Him praise in the middle of the night? What about that man or woman who thanks Him for their life, for their job and their family? What about the one who remembers to say "Thank you for the good" when only bad appears by breaking out all around them?

Jesus knew one thing: He knew the Father sent Him for purpose!   Jesus on the cross, giving up His body and by shedding His blood completely satisfied God’s requirement: Hebrews 10:12-14 NKJV But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, 13 from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. 14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are going sanctified.

It was about God having His family:  Opened up the gates of Heaven for anyone that would believe in Him John 3:16: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.


That Steadfast faith speaks: Hebrews 6: 19-20 that the Hope we have as an anchor for our soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, 20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus having become High Priest forever according to the order of Mechizedek………Reminded from Hebrews 7:24 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Therefore He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.


It is  In HIM, we have the benefit of life eternal.  1 John 5:10-12 NKJV 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11 And this is the testimony; that God has given us eternal life, & this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Romans 2:6-11 Amp. Bible 6 for He will render to every man according to his works [justly, as his deeds deserve]. 7 To those who by patient persistence in well-doing [spring from piety] seek [unseen but sure] glory and honor and [the disobedient to the Truth  but responsive to wickedness, there will be indignation and wrath. 9 [And] there will be tribulation & anguish & calamity & constraint for every soul of man who [habitually] does  evil, the Jew first & also the [Gentile]. 11 For God shows no partiality [undue favor or unfairness; with Him one man is not different from another. Our answer is in Jesus from Matthew 11:29-30 He said “take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle &lowly in heart….you will find rest for your soul. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Of the last century , it was found in the winter of 1944 a winter not confined to the names of la Nina nor la Nino, but as to the "brutal" type. It was as the Allied forces were facing the ferocious German counteroffensive in the Battle of the Bulge. It would be General George S. Patton who wound find peace in prayer. With relentless rains and much fog, the grounded planes and troops were stalled. He had urged the Third Army to seek God for clear skies:   Almighty and most merciful Father, we humble beseech You, of the great goodness, to restrain these moderate rains. Grant us fair weather for Battle. Graciously hearken to use as soldiers who may advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and and establish Your justice among men and nations.

Yes, the weather broke, and triumph appeared. It was in the desperate hour that prayer, an echo of faith proved God would hear and answer. Truly awesome: Matthew 18:19 that where two or three are gather in His name, God is there. He moves. (this would invite an invitation into prayer and having faith in Him, and not the government nor any Snap Benefits.)

In a recent report: When LeBron James broke the NBA's all-time scoring record, it was not just a historic moment it became a metaphor for our age. As LeBron pulled up for the record-breaking shot, nearly every spectator had their phone raised, not to remember him, but to capture their own version of the moment according to them! 

Things are changing dramatically in this hour of His close return. What will He find? Is it voices of faith expressing His greatness, His glory and eternal future for us or will it be only voices set to see us as the center of our own existence?


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Saturday, September 17, 2022

Mistakes! Accident! Reckless!

 

Like Judas: a mistake, an accident or reckless!

How many times do you remember someone saying it was a mistake? Or how many times someone speaking it was an accident, but did they say it was just reckless? In truth all these point to one being in sin!!!

In meditating scriptures, we seek to hear the Lord speak to our hearts. We expect His love to encapsulate us in Him far from a maddening world. If you were never wanted, God wanted you and has a plan for you in His love, His peace and strength!


Ecclesiastes 12:6-7;11--14 Amplified Bible  6[Remember your Creator earnestly now] before the silver cord [of life] is snapped apart, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern [ and the whole circulatory system of blood ceases to function]. 7 Then shall the dust [out of which God made man’s body] return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God Who gave it.

11 The words of the wise are like prodding goads, and firmly fixed [in the mind] like nails are the collected sayings which are given [as proceeding] from one Shepherd. 12 But about going further [than the words given by one Shepherd], my son be warned. Of making many books there is no end [so do not believe everything you read]. And much study is a weariness of the flesh. 13 All has been heard; the end of the matter is: Fear God[ revere and worship Him, knowing that he is] and keep His commandments, for this is the whole of man[ the full, original purpose of his creation, the object of God’s providence, the root of character, the foundation of all happiness, the adjustment to all inharmonious circumstances and conditions under the sun] and the whole duty for every man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good or evil.

Those words of the silver is snapped apart and our life ends. The pitcher is broken at the fountain or the wheel broken at the cistern, that whole of the circulatory system of blood that ceases to function that keeps one living life! Everything stops: CEASES to Function in your body that brings death!

 

In Ecclesiastes 8: 8 we are told that wickedness will not deliver. NKJV No one has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, and no one has power in the day of death. There is no release from that war, and wickedness will not deliver those who are given to it. In pursuing holiness we are to run from sin and from evil. Our inability to break free from bondage to sin is likened to our inability to overcome physical death. In Jesus Christ, both in and death have been defeated seen in Romans 6:11-23!

 

Romans 6: 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16 Do you not know that to whom you  present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart, that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

That being instructed in the right way to Go in God is paramount for living today! We are told in scripture like Proverbs 12:11 that He who tills his land ( he that cultivates his land) will be satisfied with bread. But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding.

To cultivate takes some work! I like what Joyce Meyer speaks on that work thing.  She said in a teaching today that you can go to your closet to where your clothes hang but you have to do something to get them from your closet to hanging on your body instead. That is work to figure what you might require for clothing on a specific day like when the weather is beginning to change for the cooler temperatures.  Can you imagine choosing a bathing suit to wear when there is five feet on snow on your front porch in the early morning hours of the day?

Ephesians 5:6-14 NKJV  6  Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not be partakers with them. 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are the 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 them. 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.”

 

That empty words: let no one deceive you with them for the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience!

Ephesians 5:11  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. See 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 NKJV  14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, & they shall be My people.” 17 Therefore “Come out from among them & be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, & I will receive you.” 18 I will be a Father to you, & you shall be my sons & daughters, says the LORD Almighty.

Unclean in Scripture means "to be defiled, polluted, unhealthy, or unfit," and refers to foods that are unfit, but also refers to that defilement of religious character, and moral or spiritual impurity. The word "defilement" describes a sinful and unfit condition (Isaiah 6:5). The Old Testament distinguishes between what is clean and helpful and what is unclean and unacceptable (Leviticus 10:10). The New Testament deals more with the spiritual application and lists uncleanness or moral defilement along with fornication and other sins as "works of the flesh" (Galatians 5:19-21).

 

In the gospels, "unclean" describes those who are possessed by demonic spirits through constant submission to evil. Uncleanness represents sin, and sin separates man from God. Because of sin, "we are all like an unclean thing" (Isaiah 64:6). Believers are not called to uncleanness but to live in holiness (I Thessalonians 4:7). We are not to yield our members to uncleanness but to righteousness and holiness (Romans 6:19).

So what about the man or woman who claims a mistake, or claims an accident ? Can we then conclude they were not living by the word of God? Would a mistake or accident conclude the visual seeing of a reckless person?

 

As the Believer, we are to experience: renewal in our minds that is ethically appropriate, that our minds are to stay on the Lord:  Isaiah 26: 2-3 Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. 3 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, and keep in step that He likes to fellowship with us!

Ephesians 4:17-27 NKJV 17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

From verse 17, we should no longer walk or act like Gentiles who are darkened in heart, and who have no life after God.

From verse 19: lewdness: they have a spiritual apathy ( a lack of concern): they are hard-hearted, they are reckless and have abandoned themselves to[a prey] that appears as unbridled sensuality( is not just sexual but fleshly and they find ways to stroke their fur…stroke their desires to be seen and heard), eager/ greedy to indulge in every form of impurity……….They no longer are seeing spiritually and they suffer from blindness. Their ignorance (v. 18) is that they are without quality, without a measure of excellence! Excellence is that which is of God, is of His great love: so we see and experience a warmth, healing and joy even in the midst of correction. Sometimes we need an answer to a question we might have or need an answer to an ongoing situation that has not resolved. Excellence is full of God: His grace, His blessings appear as we reject ungodliness, pointing to the Lord’s return and pointing others to the realization of the blessed hope in their Lives: Jesus Christ.

Lewdness is filth…physically and morally practiced mercenary methods for gain by greed …a person who will by mercenary means extract money by greed for unethically and corrupt tactics who lack honor using dirty tricks or exploits to defeat an opponent & will often switch their alliance in the midst of any battle!

 

Ephesians 4: 20 ….20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him as the truth is in Jesus; 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. 25 therefore putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. 26 “Be angry, and do not sin,” do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 “nor give place to the devil.   Let each of us are to speak truth with his neighbor: Our neighbor is anyone we come in contact with. Whether we work in this area or travel for business and meet up with a person or people….those you come in contact with are your neighbors! And the Language we speak should be that of faith!          

Here in Ephesians 4:20- 27, we are to speak truth. We are the learned and we speak what is truth and no lies. We are not the “reckless”! (like wearing swimming suits in the winter time) We should not be using the easy way out when the Lord is leading us through situations either we caused or some other man or woman caused to happen.

That “mistake” and “accident” makes me think of Will Smith in the movie Men in Black. He touches an object he is told to not touch and then when it is released it crashes through these rooms hitting all kinds of other objects nearly hitting people in the head and as it flies quickly through this area of rooms, the man in the know puts out a glove to catch it. Then Will Smith as Agent  J speaks:  ‘ it was an accident y’all’!

We should never be anxious, be in a hurry, be angry, but find our place in the Lord where safety is found, peace is experienced and love is established in our hearts! It is the place of the knowledge of the Lord, to keep in harmony with Him and to find a place of peace there. It is place that patience delivers you to in the Lord.

WE are told To keep that soft answer that turns away wrath ( Proverbs 15:1) that we would be slow to wrath having the understanding God intends for us to live by so that we will not be impulsive to exalt folly seen in Proverbs 14:27. Colossians 3:5-6 tells us to put to death what is earthly in us: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness which is idolatry.         

For that making I-5 your roadway for a qualifying speed for the Indy 500 might get you into some serious thing you cannot escape or live past that involves others too! And coveting is bad indeed if it is about worldly things indeed.   Just like on the roadway, two different vehicles traveling, each heading for a destination, but not reading the warnings and going onto a freeway that is northbound only you will find someone on the same path expecting to go northbound indeed, but you will also find someone coming toward you from the opposite direction thinking he is following the right way. Following right directions will bring life but avoiding it will bring only death. We must never presume God’s grace or take it for granted. We must always be the fervent people to seek and to submit to the will of God to stay in order!

 

Matthew 19:16-18 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?” 17 So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is God. But if you want to enter  into life, keep the commandments.” 18 He said to Him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,”

If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments. Which ones? You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal and You shall not bear false witness!

Yes, there it is in the written word of God: you shall not bear false witness! And did we not know that is written as the ninth commandment of God found in Exodus 20:16: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Matthew 5:37 But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes” and your ‘No’, ‘No’. For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.

So in believing truth and holding onto truth, celebration of Christ should be sometime during mid September to mid October and not in December. For outside of God is considered pagan. And paganism is of the evil one: is a total lie of the devil and is from the father of that lie: John 8:44 You are of your father the devil and the desires of your father you want to do, He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

Mistakes! Accidents !  Reckless! Any of these define you,  then you are in a serious place of  an expectant catastrophe.  For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins. But a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. ( Hebrews 10:26-27)

May only those words of God’s peace, love, joy, peace, and strength keep you. May you now reside in the harbor, the safe place of a tranquil state of the Lord’s presence always. May you not make mistakes following the status “gods”, to accepting everything the world speaks to you, and being reckless to create statues to those gods. Do not stop living for the Lord!

The unity of the human race, by acknowledging that God, made from one blood every nation of men makes us the offspring of God! But not all men will acknowledge Him as the one true God. In that man is making a mistake, accidentally prone to failure and disaster where his reckless nature is seen.

Let us cultivate a rich life in Him. Lets abide in His words and obey that truth to walk in the light of the living and to tell others to do the same. The world tried to remove you from this life, but the Father has a plan for a good in you! Embrace it today!


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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Waves of Glory

 


Being directed to the beatitudes, one has in mind of the kingdom of God.  His word of prophecy was given  through Jesus and the manifestation of the Spirit of the Lord God upon Jesus, where He was and still is anointed to preach the good tidings. Yes that is the Gospel to you and to me. He is so much more! He is majesty on high, the Great I Am in our midst, the Open Door, Shepherd of the sheep and He is truth. Revelation 19:16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.  A title indeed, earned by His completed work and victory on the Cross. ( Philippians 2:5-11) The basis for His consummating the victory over the Dragon and his allies will be the highlight as He rides with His saints, leaving heaven to return to earth to stop the antichrist with his ruling with destruction.

Will you know this, you born again citizen of the kingdom of God through Jesus?

Only you and I or those who are born again unto that kingdom of God will abide there and will know the language there. For that to occur, it was great things planned and put in motion, that which would be hurled against the Son of God. And we saw that in the New Testament as in the book of Matthew, Luke, and Mark! Great attitudes of hate would be not only heard but also seen. In that, Jesus on the cross, giving up His body and by shedding His blood completely satisfied God’s requirement: Hebrews 10:12-14 NKJV But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, 13 from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. 14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

What a moment, what great trials and pain where torture was the rule of the day!

 And to us it opened up the gates of Heaven for anyone that would believe in Him John 3:16: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the  only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he Who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen that they have been done in God.

In HIM, we have the benefit of life eternal.  1 John 5:10-12 NKJV 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11 And this is the testimony; that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.    

Romans 2:6-11 Amp. Bible 6 for He will render to every man according to his works [justly, as his deeds deserve]. 7 To those who by patient persistence in well-doing [spring from piety] seek [unseen but sure] glory and honor and [the disobedient to the Truth  but responsive to wickedness, there will be indignation and wrath. 9 [And] there will be tribulation & anguish & calamity & constraint for every soul of man who [habitually] does  evil, the Jew first & also the [Gentile]. 11 For God shows no partiality [undue favor or unfairness; with Him one man is not different from another.

 

 Our answer is in Jesus from Matthew 11:29-30 He said “take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart….you will find rest for your soul. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

AND The Holy Spirit Prepares Us for Kingdom Victories Today: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints---

1.   No aliens: that is, no unrighteous will be permitted to enter after the judgment & cleansing by the Lord

2.   John 4:21; 23 “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain or in Jerusalem, worship the Father. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit & truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.

This is reverence to, only homage rendered to God and the ascended Christ; The glory of God illuminates the city…there is no night there so there is a fade less day; It is a place of joy for the nations will enjoy its beauty….

We are not to serve the creation, but serve our Creator Almighty God! Proverbs 15:24 The way of life winds upward for the wise, that he may turn away from hell below. …Proverbs 14:16 A wise man fears & departs from evil, but a fool rages & is self-confident. Colossians 3:1-2 If you then raised with Christ seek those things above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. Set your mind on the things of above ( as those things of God), for His glory!

 

We are to equally demonstrate the Gospel as we defend it against error! In speaking, or in any action, is the Gospel demonstrated in us for God’s glory?Ephesians2:4-7 NKJV 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us a alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

The glories of Christ’s kingdom dominion and authority may be experienced and enjoyed in the here and now: The outpouring of the Spirit of God is a sign that Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father. Pentecost is a sign that Jesus is Lord. What an amazing future we have in HIM! It was the beginning .....to .....ENJOY WAVE AFTER WAVE OF GOD’S GRACE.

The Lord Gives Grace and Glory according to John 1:16  And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He had declared Him. It is God Who met us at the point of our need in the Person of Jesus Christ. This is Jesus in all His power, and His provision.

True light does not come to every man but only to those who receive Jesus. It is the power of God released!

Now imagine such great light. Imagine an Aurora Borealis with its depths, and heights, lengths and widths………now imagine those great waves of light washing over your nation, over your home and your family. Imagine the beauty and majesty of God on high and His glory covering the earth! Imagine every word Jesus spoke being spoken through your own lips. Imagine the power of God invading earth in every cubby hole, nook and cranny.

Habakkuk 2:4 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

Now meditate on the word of God in you, the truth, yes that knowledge of Jesus Christ in you the Lord of glory. We glory in Him.We glory in His resurrection. We Glory in His life without spot or wrinkle. We glory in Him Who gain heaven for us, to know our Father the Creator of all!

Now again think on every power Scripture in your heart….Jesus is illuminating by the Holy Spirit power to bring light to the world that will have length, depth, height and width. Grace and glory…that light that dances and moves with power of God. And it is settling on you even now, you who believe, who fight with faith, standing your ground against the wiles of the enemy for your day is here and the glory has risen upon you. Yes, the glory is covering the earth….and see what happens next!

 Are you ready?


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Thursday, October 21, 2021

THAT Forgiveness!

 

Forgiveness: that which is wrapped up in God's love!
Jesus hung on the Cross! He was forgiving others all the while giving them the Father’s kingdom. Was thinking on this the past several days and meditating verses like reproofs of instruction are the way of life found in Proverbs 6:22-23!

God in His wisdom brought reproofs to us through His word of truth. And that instruction in that reproof is the way of life. That word of God is a commandment. It is a lamp to light the way for us.

Again, in view of Jesus hanging from the cross, we are reminded of those He still could and would communicate with while encountering such hate of hostile people. And can we or will we continue to communicate the Father’s word of truth to those who vitally need it right now?

One specific passage I think about is when the religious leaders called Jesus names. John 8 :37 ( Jesus speaking here) I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. 38 “I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have seen with your father.” 39 They answered and said to Him, Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham. 40 “But you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. 41 “You do the deeds of your father. “Then they said to Him, “we were not born of fornication; we have one Father----God.” 42 Jesus said to them. “ If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but he sent Me. 43”Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. 44 “You are of your father the devil and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.” 45 “But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 “Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? 47 “He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.” 

John 8:48 Then the Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon,; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor Me. 50 “And I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges. 51 Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.” 52 Then the Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You have a demon! Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.’ 

John 8:53 Are You greater than our father Abraham who is dead? And the prophets are dead. “Who do You make Yourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, “If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is your God. 55 “Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,”, I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and keep His word. 56 “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” 57 Then the Jews said to Him, “you are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” 59 Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them and so passed by.


Jesus continued to give truth to those who had hardened hearts! His claim to be eternal: “I AM” was also seen to these as His speaking of His being divine. Jesus spoke the truth. But hardened hearts will not listen and these religious people would not hear. From His beginning of hearing God’s word from the prophets of Isaiah, Jeremiah who lived in tumultuous times, that of the Law of Moses in the first books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, it was Jesus Who would know what David wrote as the worshiper of God, what Ezekiel saw in visions, what Daniel prayed, and what was given in visions for that which be sealed up for another time to be the revealed and Jesus would know what was given in Malachi and yes, is so needed today. And it is that which Malachi is quoted of speaking given in the passage found in Luke 1:16-17 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children’, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” This is of course speaking of John the Baptist who prepared the way for Jesus. He herald the arrival of the Messiah, the gift of God’s grace.

 

Forgiveness was something Jesus spoke about: Matthew 6:14-15 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” 15 “But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Adopting forgiveness of others into our prayer life is a daily discipline that Jesus emphasized. What we are disciplined in prayer and for others as in forgiveness, one grows, and becomes a character that has qualities that will sustain relationships with others.

Forgiveness is that which is wrapped up in God's love and that kind of love makes one strong! At the Foot of the Cross we gained salvation. We are the forgiven. In not forgiving, we forfeit a life in HIM! If we do not forgive, our Father in heaven will not forgive us!

Mark 11:20-26  Amp.    20 In the morning, when they were passing along, they noticed that the fig tree was withered [completely] away to its roots. 21 & Peter remembered and said to Him, Master, look! The fig tree which You doomed has withered away! 22 And Jesus replying, said to them, have faith in God [constantly]. 23 Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, be lifted up & thrown into the sea! And does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him. 24 For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you and you will [ get it].  25 And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him &  let it drop ( leave it, let it go), in order that your Father Who is in heaven may also forgive you your [own] failings & shortcomings & let them drop. 26 But if do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your failings and shortcomings.

 

The teaching here is that the tree represented men in that generation. They were not producers of anything but gave their lives to being hypocritical of others. The men of that priesthood exploited others for their own profit of gain. The priesthood of that time which was at one time confirmed by the miracle of a dry rod, the budded, & blossomed branch that had brought almonds ( Nu.17:8) is now showing evidence of fruitlessness.  This rod had revealed Aaron’s authority who served with Moses.…The priesthood of Jesus’ day had moved away from God. They now were drunk in their own glory! AND they had produced  their priesthood according to their own plans & imaginations. They had rejected Jesus and would soon be rejected by Him.    


True spiritual health is indeed found in forgiving others! At the Cross, Jesus spoke: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do." Luke 23:34

He came to earth, to live as a man, and died between two criminals. Hanging by the strength of nails, he sees the soldiers who mocked and scourged Him. He recalls the blows that tortured Him and while that is visible in His mind, what runs vividly is that Caiaphas & the high priests of the Sanhedrin…have sentenced Him to die. With blood running over his eyes, He sees John with His mother Mary. His apostles and friends that He knew well had deserted Him. Peter denied Him 3 times…….& only the fickle remain, yes that crowd who just praised Him on His entrance into that city of Jerusalem has now demanded His crucifixion some hours later!

Forgiveness was and is His focus! And it is His love that prevails! In those final hours on earth, He has forgiven those who trespassed against Him, including Peter. Jesus had told Peter in Matthew 18:21-22 to seventy times seven to forgive another. He forgave the paralytic at Capernaum: Mark 3:3-12. He forgives the sinful woman who anointed Him in the home of Simon the Pharisee: Luke 7:37-48! The adulteress caught in the act and was to be stone: John 8:1-11

 

Whether it was throwing out the money changers in John 2:14 or Matthew 21:12-17, these Jews were having a business within what was God’s House of Prayer. They were far from God and Jesus caused the conversation and His teaching to remind them of what was given as truth. They had their own belief and in their hardness they were the persistent and the obstinate in wrong thinking and no longer covenant people of God. It was because of their unbelief that opened a door for the Gentiles to have opportunity to receive Christ.

Jesus gave the example of the forgiving heart! And He had a return ticket to His Father! John 16:28  "I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father"

 Jesus fulfills His own mission and that of His Father on the Cross! He directs His final word, “Father, into Your hands I commend My spirit. Luke 23:46

  

Jesus accomplished the plan of God! Jesus the majesty, and the power. “Behold your King!” John 19:14….Jesus is presented as He who is majestic & dignified….He went bearing His own Cross John 19:17.  Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” John 19:19 ;The innocent Lamb slain for the sins of man, yes yours and mine that we be the forgiven. Now completed, He is the obedient to the Father, He is love defined for the world to see, and He redeemed us with that death on the Cross!

"Certainly this was a righteous Man" (Luke 23:47).

The righteous forgive, but they also continue like Jesus did. And that is to get up…and give the word of life to others even when they refuse, bully or even try to stone you with words that are nothing but lies. YOU know who their father is! We get up and continue to give life. We continue to forgive but speak truth. We forgive and move forward and with appreciation. We make our boast from our hearts that God is love, and He is with us. We continue daily forgiving, giving thanks to be alive in the kingdom of God, and forgetting the past. Appreciation is giving thanks for that which we have come to the table where blessings abound, reproofs are instruction in the way of life. And when we hide His word in our hearts, it is so that we not sin again. For in His word we are the warned, we are kept in His truth and with it is a great reward. (Psalm 19:11)

Forever His word is settled in heaven. (Psalm 119:89) In our intimacy with Him, His word gives us wise and discerning behavior. Jesus carried it and displayed it always. It is a path of heritage and of joy. It is guidance of the Lord’s instruction that enables the believer to negotiate right and wrong: Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp and the law a light; reproofs of instruction are the way of life.

 Our lifestyles should be dictating what instruction that we should be getting. If our message is watered-down, then what will contribute to growth in the believer who ministers to those on the outside. We should people of strength, life and influence, but those who receive only water-down messages or give water-down testimonies will only people with no strength, no life and definitely no influence. But they would reveal they have tolerances for those things God hates. YOU know them: like the haughty look, like the lying tongue, like the hands that murder, like the heart which devises wicked schemes, like feet that run swiftly to evil and yes, the false witness and he who sows discord among the brethren. (Proverbs 6:16-19) 

And if you and I bow to these things, what does that speak of our character? For we must stand against the lying tongue by giving truth. We must stand against murder, for that of God is for life and not death!

 We must stand against wickedness that tries to murder the fatherless and the widow, to him Who tries to murder the babe in the womb. For these speak of men who have fallen to the depths of hell. We must be those who have reproof in God's instruction to live. Let us not fail in forgiving others, but let's remember to always stand in truth, speak it with boldness of heart and expect God to be with us and nor forsake us in Jesus' name. For ours is the kingdom of God.....Amen.


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