A Walk
Thoughts of a child of God through our Lord Jesus Christ who has given such gifts and blessings even His Holy Spirit to dwell within
Saturday, September 08, 2012
Political View
Our choice is not black or white, but man or God. Our choice is not yes or no, but healing or hurting. Our choice is not rich or poor, but taking or giving. And our choice is not rights or regulations, but Right or Wrong.
God bless you all through our Lord Jesus Christ and our true Father.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Beware What Is Seen
We must be careful how we see these days. We look to see those who wear such garments to be known as holy, yet we do not know whether they are holy friends. We see all the buildings called churches, but we do not know whether the true Church resides there. We see such an outpouring of gifts, yet we cannot see true intentions. We see religion all around us, but we cannot see Spirit. We are warned of having an appearance of holiness, but actually being dead. Do we not know that we are to worship in Spirit and Truth; religion has nothing to do with it. We learn religion from man, but we are taught Truth by the Spirit. Can you see the people who kneel down with their foreheads touching the earth 3 times a day only to be filled with hate towards others and having no respect for human life. Can you see those who keep every significant day in the Holy Bible sacred, except they would not receive God Himself. Can we see how peaceful those who seek enlightenment seem to be, but when asked how it is they are saved and they will tell you it is all an illusion. Those of the party of peace would tell you that Truth does not exist, we are all to hold to nothing and in so doing we have peace. There is no peace without the Truth of being reconciled to God through the blood of the Lamb brothers and sisters. Others would tell you it is the same God, which is worshipped. Do we worship a moon God chosen from 365 in total? Do we worship the same God who died for our sins upon the cross or who was somehow miraculously switched at the cross denying the very Truth, which our Lord Jesus Christ Himself has shown us by His Spirit? There is a cancer called spirituality spreading across our Country (U.S.) these last days. Spirituality is the exalting of an experience without caring where that experience has come from. For we know that even Satan can appear as an angel of Light, but we must test the spirits with Truth friends. Can we see the darkness covering the land of ignorance and false teaching of every doctrine that leads away from the One true God whose begotten Son is Jesus Christ who has sealed those who know Him with the power of the Spirit of God?
Oh how we need to pray for all to see clearly these dark days. We need not be taken unaware as many who know not the Truth when Jesus comes as a thief in the night. When will people come to understand who their Master is, who Created them, and who will Save them, if only they will give Him their heart. Take care and don’t keep stepping over the Truth.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Get up! Get up!
Now, as for our journey brothers and sisters. We 'are' so much more than we were, but now it is time to be at the work our Lord has prepared for us to do. We have passed from death to Life and who cannot feel the difference when that fire is first lit, but it still does burn brightly friends. Now is the time to allow the changes that God has performed upon us to begin to infect others with His help. It is work, but it is Joy. Now is the time for the fruits of the Spirit to begin to grow, so that we may be able to do all that only children of God can. We may not know who, we may not see the results, but just the same we are to walk in a manner worthy of our Calling friends. It gets hard once we have been separated from the world and then look around with our newly created eyes without frustration in the beginning, but then all we have to do is look in the mirror and there is an abundance of frustration staring back at us for what we are too. Get up! Get up! That is what keeps ringing in these ears friends. We know that we are in need of long-suffering and patient endurance to accomplish the will of God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Just thought I'd write some thoughts down that were at the forefront of this mind for everyone. God bless you all and God be with you.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Discipline in Church
Monday, March 01, 2010
I Have Known
I have known such sadness when only darkness covered every vision
I have seen such dark days rise up from the depths of the abyss to rest upon thee
I have seen such Light whose gaze I could not hold reach down to touch this void within thee
I have traveled down into the deepest Pit
I have touched the heights of the Most High
I have seen such wasted days full of emptiness and deceit
I have seen such purposeful days full of wholeness and Truth
I have known my own way and how I now know the Way
I have known what is seen and how I now know the unseen
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Trust in God
Proverbs 3:5-6
We find it much easier to trust when we are young. This trust begins to fade away when we grow in our understanding of all that we see around us. We begin to trust more in ourselves and not in God simply because we are able to explain many of the mysteries that surround us. We must relearn through time that just because our Lord gives us a measure of strength to do the work set before us that we are still not in control. So, we attain understanding of all that we see around us, which is to say that we understand nothing. For we know that all we see is perishing, but all that we cannot see is eternal. As we grasp the more at all we can see we are actually separating ourselves from Truth. All we see has come from what we cannot see and all that we see is to be used for the purpose of what we cannot see. Only God the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit can sustain us in this life and the next. When we submit to this Truth without our pride of life it is then and only then when we can begin to answer many questions. How much control did we ever have? Who can we trust to watch over us, if we are not in control? Who is in control?
When we answer these questions then we are able to let go and to let God. We are able to let Him show us where we really stand, which is under Judgement. We are able to let Him into our hearts, which is the new birth from above. We are able to let Him show us the way, which is His Son upon the Cross and we are able to let Him take all that is His, which is everything. We are then able to see that we are Steward’s here and that even this place does not belong to us. We learn through experience that our Father in heaven is in complete control and that He is intimately involved in every single one of His children’s lives. We come to see that Life is what God has given to us not what our parents have done. So, we move from trust to trust; we move from faith to faith. We start with Faith, we journey with faith, and our lives will end with faith that brings the Hope in which we live. It is a trust that grows with every passing day as we look back and see how our Father in heaven has worked everything in our life into His purpose. It is this trust that allows a peace that will never let go. It is this trust in our Creator through it all, from the beginning to the end, that keeps us calm in the storms of life and it is this trust that allows us to fully experience the love of God.
Monday, February 08, 2010
Be Back
Just so everyone knows, the writing will continue. I will be back with words of God in days to come. Peace and Love from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Monday, February 18, 2008
It's Not About Me
Instead, know that Jesus has taken this Spirit
where it has always been meant to be
From the beginning of time and the Creation of Man
As God and His creation walked hand in hand
We were always supposed to be together as one
Even when we were still in sin, He gave His only Son
Please, in such a time do not remember me
Instead, know that Jesus has taken this Spirit
where it has always been meant to be
In this place of shadows of sadness and of strife
The Father awaits for our Faith, so we may pass from death to Life
And He has given us His Spirit of Power and of Grace
So that some day soon we may see the glory of His Face
Please, in such a time do not remember me
Instead, know that Jesus has taken this Spirit
where it has always been meant to be
Monday, March 19, 2007
A Walk to Emmaus
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Called
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Oh...
Friday, February 09, 2007
God Knows Best
There are those who have never stood in front of an audience of people with hundreds of eyes that are all focused upon every word that falls from their lips. Yet, the voice within them tells them to stand up and speak, so they must. Whether paralyzed by fear or not all that is needed is to stand and let your words flow from within and they will do wonderful things, because God knows best. There are those who would rather stand in the shadows as others take all the credit for everything, while they give support and labor. Yet, a time will come when they are thrust into the foreground to stand where they do not feel they have ever belonged. Whether they think someone else should be them or that people have confused you for someone else you must slide your chair back and rise up. There are such moments when a person who is filled with tears is placed in your lap who you know you must heal. And you think who am I to help anyone, what am I to do, or what am I to say? Know that the person who sits in front of you who is wounded has been put there on purpose and it is you God has chosen to be there. Because one thing I know is....God knows best.
Through all our faults, through all our failures and faltering, and through all our weaknesses and brokeness God will use them for victory my friends. God has watched you every second of your life, He has seen you through all those hard times and He has allowed it all so that it may all be used for everyone else. In our worse moments in life is when we are taught the greatest lessons and it is through these experiences that God will allow us to touch others later in our Walk. It is when we listen to Him despite what we think we are capable of that we move through our fears and into the fullness of Christ. It is in listening to what God tells us and in being obedient that allows His Spirit to fill us to overflowing. And it is in this overflowing that others are most able to know God through each of us beloved. Because even though I may not know very much about a very many thing I do know one thing and that is.....God knows best!
Lev Tahor Beralee Elohim
Love to you all,
Scott
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Look Up High
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
"Take Heart"
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Be Not Afraid
Scott
Thursday, December 28, 2006
The Joyful Message
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Love and Care
Gods love and care for us shines down on us and renews us, body and soul.
(Psa. 80:1-19), "GIVE EAR, O Shepherd of Israel, You Who lead Joseph like a flock; You Who sit enthroned upon the cherubim [of the ark of the covenant], shine forth Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Mannesseh! Stir up Your might, and come to save us! Restore us again, O God; and cause Your face to shine [in pleasure and approval on us], and we shall be saved! O Lord God of hosts, how long will You be angry with Your people's prayers? You have fed them with the bread of tears, and You have given them tears to drink in large measure. You make us a strife and scorn to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves. Restore us again, O God of hosts; and cause Your face to shine [upon us with favor as of old], and we shall be saved! You brought a vine [Israel] out of Egypt; You drove out the [heathen] nations and planted it [in Canaan]. You prepared room before it, and it took deep root and it filled the land. The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs of it were like the great cedars [cedars of God]. [Israel] sent out its boughs to the [Mediterranean] Sea and its branches to the [Euphrates] River. Why have You broken down its hedges and walls so that all who pass by pluck from its fruit? The boar of the wood wastes it and the wild beasts of the field feeds on it. Turn again, we beseech You, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven and see, visit, and have regard for this vine! [Protect and maintain] the stock which Your right hand planted, and the branch (the son) that You have reared and made strong for Yourself. They have burned it with fire, it is cut down; may they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, upon the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself. Then will we not depart from You; revive us (give us life) and we will call upon Your name. Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; cause Your face to shine [in pleasure, approval, and favor on us], and we shall be saved!" Can you see the image of Gods face shining with approval upon you? Well, it does when you accept the gift of His Son and it is that simple. There will still be battles that are lost, a long walk to be taken, and a lifetime of learning, but Gods face is shining on you throughout it all after the blood of the Lamb has washed over us. The Priestly Blessing that many use for the Benediction, the prayer spoken just before the congregation leaves the Church building to re-enter the world, (Num. 6:22-26), "And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron and his sons, This is the way you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them, The Lord bless you and keep you, The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you; The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually).
Friday, December 15, 2006
Don't Compare
If we do our works with Faith in God, they will be considered Wise.
Prov. 1:7 "The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning and the principal and choice part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence]; but fools despise skillful and godly Wisdom, instruction, and discipline." Prov. 2:1-8 "MY SON, if you will receive my words and treasure up my commandments within you, Making your ear attentive to skillful godly Wisdom and inclining and directing your heart and mind to understanding [applying all your powers to the quest for it]; Yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, If you seek [Wisdom] as for silver and search for skillful and godly Wisdom as for hidden treasures, Then you will understand the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord and the knowledge of [our omniscient] God. For the Lord gives skillful and godly Wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. He hides away sound and godly Wisdom and stores it for the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him); He is a shield to those who walk uprightly and in integrity, That He may guard the paths of justice; yes, He preserves the way of His saints." 1Cor. 1:23-29 "We preach Christ (the Messiah) crucified, [preaching which] to the Jews is a scandal and an offensive stumbling block [that springs a snare or trap], and to the Gentiles it is absurd and utterly unphilosophical nonsense. But to those who are called, whether Jew or Greek (Gentile), Christ [is] the Power of God and the Wisdom of God. [This is] because the foolish thing [that has its source in] God is wiser than men, and the weak thing [that springs] from God is stronger than men. For [simply] consider your own call, brethren; not many [of you were considered to be] wise according to human estimates and standards, not many influencial and powerful, not many of high and noble birth. [No] for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame. And God also selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is lowborn and insignificant and branded and treated with contempt, even the things that are nothing, that He might despose and bring to nothing the things that are, So that no mortal man should [have pretense for glorifying and] boast in the presence of God." Christ is Wisdom and all Wisdom is hidden within Christ. True Wisdom is the knowledge from and of God not of the world in which we live. God uses a scale that is completely opposite than the world of men.
There is nothing to be said here, but to seek and you will find, to ask and it will be given to you, and to knock and the door will be opened. Every step taken will then be done with Faith, continual and active trust in God, and having been shown Truth constantly walking in it.
Re-joy-ce
God is good-forever and ever. Let us sing glory and praise to Gods name all our days.
How can I put into limited words what is a greatness that is without comprehension. How can I speak of Gods glory, which shines so brightly that there can come no sight of His image, but only blindness from His supernatural splendor. I can share a tiny glimpse of His glory with you though, if you can see the picture that is painted with a heart that has God within it. It is the steadfast silence, before the dawning of daylight when you know that in moments the suns radiance will boldly break through all the deceitful darkness. It is the tender tears that slowly slide downward on a marvelous mothers face as she carefully cradles her newborn child in a loving embrace for the very first time. These are the moments of Gods glory and splendor, if our hearts are able to see them.
Psa. 145:1,9-13 "I WILL extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever [with grateful, affectionate praise]. The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created]. All Your works shall praise You, O Lord, and Your loving ones shall bless You [affectionately and gratefully shall Your saints confess and praise You]! They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and talk of Your power. To make known to the sons of men God's mighty deeds and the glorious majesty of His kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations." Times will come and times will go, styles will come and they will go, and even the laws of men will change through the passing of time, but God never will. God is the same today as He was yesterday and He will be the same for the rest of eternity.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Creator
What a thought to know just as God is 3, but One, we are also many parts, but together one being. The most important part I believe is the spirit indwelt by the Spirit. It is God within us that molds us into the true image of God. It is this that we must continually focus upon as we live each day. It is this power, the power of God Himself, that we must submit to, so that our image is in His image.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Cry Out!
Thanks to our relationship with God, we are blessed with a Hope that moves us to action.
The High-Way
The right of way to Holiness is ours. Gods strength makes our paths safe.
Confidence
We trust that what God has begun in us He will complete.
Monday, December 11, 2006
God's Work
The Lord has called us and qualified us to labor in His Kingdom.
We are born into a new life in Christ. We are born into His Kingdom as our sins have been nailed to the Cross at His death, so we have also been raised into a new life for Christ. Christ has imputed His perfection unto those the Father has given Him to qualify them and He has given the Holy Spirit to us for the power to labor in His Kingdom here on earth. We are all called to take up our Cross and to follow Christ wherever it may take us. For all we are is within Christ, our identity, our image, they all lie within, with, and through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Saturday, December 09, 2006
According To Your Word
Miracles become possible in our lives whenever we say "Yes" to God's promises.
All we need to do is say "Yes" when God speaks. A lot of what that "Yes" implies is also important, so let's talk about that. "Yes" to God means we will follow Gods will and not our own for one, but more than that it means we Believe Him. It means no matter how impossible it sounds, if God has told us it will be then it will be. It has nothing to do with all the limitions we have, but what God Himself can do. You cannot recieve such Miracles when you do not believe. What we then have is a million explainations of why or how something happened, but without belief we will always leave God out of the equation. Saying "Yes" means that despite ourselves we know that God can do miraculous things through us. When we say "Yes" to God it means we know that with God all things are possible at any time.
I find it sad today that because we are able to explain something for it loses its wonder. We know why it rains, but is it any less amazing the way the water falls from above with the sun smiling through the raindrops, which sets the radiant rainbow up in the heavens. Because we know of the processes involved with the seasons, is it any less glorious to watch as the death brought by winter springs back to life once again at its apointed time?. There are miracles all around us every moment of every day, if only we take the time to accept them for what they are and give God His rightful majesty. It is the same with us when we begin to acknowledge God and say "Yes" when He speaks to us knowing that He is Faithful. We can then begin to see His Miracles all around us.
We will not just see Miracles that are very apparent such as Healing, but in other Miracles such as Salvation, when we have not earned it, Love when others show us hate, Gentleness when we are treated roughly, Humility when the world tells us exalt ourselves, and Hope when all we can see around us is defeat. Every one of these are Miracles, yet so many cannot see them for what they are. They see alterior motives, fairy tales, false intentions, cynicism, and disbelief at all that is goodness and Light. What heartbreak should heep witin us when think of all those who will never know such Miracles as Love their entire life here. They wait for something that will never happen without that "Yes". All some will see is all the "No's". The Christian life is all about what we have the freedom through Christ to do, not what we are enslaved not to do. If only to begin to see the beauty all around us, with every daybreak, with every smile, with every silent song sung withing our hearts, and with every prayer we are able to send above. Then we will begin to see the Miracles happening all around us every day and we will begin to see God everywhere just as the birth of a single child named Jesus Christ.
Believe, Believe
God bless you
Thursday, December 07, 2006
A Brick House
Let us give thanks to the Word made flesh, who shelters us from every storm.
There are so many who stumble over the Cornerstone what is Jesus Christ. Many believe in many things, but they all fall just short because they will not accept that the Word(the Messiah) became flesh and temporarily dwelt among us. Who was with the Father before Creation and who is also self existant. He is the Son of God and He is also God. He is God stooping down, so that we may be raised up. He sits at the Fathers right hand and He calls us friends. What a friend we have in Jesus(good song too), who has experienced more pain than most of us will ever know. Who better to shelter us than the One who has faced every temptation we ever will and walked through it without sin. Joh. 1:14 "And the Word became flesh and tabernacled (lived) among us, and we saw His glory, such glory as an only begotten Son recieves from His Father, full of Grace and Truth."
He calls us friends and what friend would not do all he/she could to give aid. Joh. 1:16 "For out of His fullness we have all recieved one Grace after another and spiritual Blessing upon spiritual Blessing and even Favor upon Favor and Gift [heeped] upon Gift."
Comfort and Joy
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
A Holy Spirit
May the Spirit give us Wisdom, Counsel, Strength, Justice, and Faithfulness.
We are nothing, but an empty shell without the Holy Spirit within. We are as in the Hebrew language a vessel. A vessel is only worth what it holds within it and of ourselves we are only emptiness. We are only flesh that is withering away with the passing away of time, but we may be born of the Spirit that never dies. The Holy Spirit is a direct line to Jesus Christ Himself who sits at the right hand of our true Father in Heaven petitioning on our behalf. The Spirit is Truth because He is untouched by any earthly influence. He reveals to us what the Father tell Him to reveal, and our Father in Heaven far from all the impurities of this world. Even Jesus Christ waited for Him, before He began His ministry. John the Baptist recognized Him as the Son of God when He saw the Holy Spirit decending upon Him as a dove. Without the Holy Spirit of God we have the power to do nothing and with Him all things are possible.
There was a time when the Spirit was not poured out upon the earth, before the mystery of salvation through Jesus Christ was revealed to man. It was foretold in Isa. 11:1-6 "And there shall come forth a Shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a Branch(we are the vines)out of his roots shall grow and bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him(Jesus Christ)--the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and Might, the Spirit of Knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord--And shall make Him of quick understanding(He preached in His youth at the Temple), and His delight shall be in the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord. And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, neither decide by the hearing of His ears; But with righteousness and justice shall He judge the poor and decide with fairness for the meek, the poor, and the downtrodden of the earth; and He shall smite the earth and the oppressor with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of His waist and Faithfulness the girdle of His loins. And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted domestic animal together; and a little child shall lead them." Now some of these verses deal with Christs Second Coming, but it clearly points to His first coming also and the Holy Spirit given to Him. Then there is the day of Pentecost, which is also a day celebrated by the Jewish people, although I cannot recall the name or reason right now without looking it up. The point is that God chose this day to release the gift of His Spirit upon the earth at a time that would be celebrated by both the Jew and Gentile. Acts 2:12-19 "And all were beside themselves with amazement and were puzzled and bewildered, saying one to another, What can this mean? But others made a joke of it and derisively said, They are simply drunk and full of sweet wine. But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: You Jews and all you residents of Jerusalem, let this be[explained] to you so that you will know and understand; listen closely to what I have to say. For these men are not drunk, as you imagine, for it is [only] the third hour(the day begins at 6am and then you add to that, so it would be 6+3am=9am)of the day; But [instead] this is [the beginning of] what was spoken through the prophet Joel(Joel 2:28-29 "And afterward I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophecy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. Even upon the menservants and upon the maidservants in those days will I pour out My Spirit...): And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophecyand your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Yes, and on My menservants also and on My maidservants in those days I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophecy. And I will show wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth beneath, blood and fire and smoking vapor;" All I can say is WOW! That we can hold Gods Word in our hand and be indwelt by His Spirit are Miracles in themselves.
So often we ask for God and that is good, but we need to know without a doubt that God is within each of us. He(Holy Spirit, yet Triune are One) guides us, He teaches us, He convicts us, He encourages us, He renews us, He points us to the Cross, He is a Spiritual sign that we belong to God, and He is the signature in our hearts that makes us living proof of the Gospel of Christ.
Peace and Love to you all
Only Say the Word
New life comes to those who have Faith, even Faith the size of a mustard seed.
Matt. 8:5-11
Faith brings us new life even if it is minute. This is one of those words which has lost its true meaning throughout time. It is used so often in so many ways, but what does Faith really mean? The verbal root for Faith in Hebrew is 'aman' and is translated as Faith, faithful, believe, assurance, and nursing. It is also the root for 'emet', which means Truth, true, and right. This root first appears in the Word as Moses is complaining to God about the assignment he has been given. Num. 11:12 "Have I conceived all this people?...Carry them in your bosom, as a 'nursing' father carries the sucking child, to the land which You swore to their fathers?" Here the word is used to describe the dependence and trust that a helpless child has in his/her nourishing parents. So, Faith is not simply believing in what we cannot see, but a trust and reliance upon. It is a complete trust in God; in His Word and in all that He ask of us. Faith is approaching God with every need and trusting in Him to know what He is doing. Hatch, who is the author of "Concordance to LXX", says, "The object which I have in view in this lecture is to show the transition by which, under the contemporary Greek thought, the word Faith came to be transformed from simple trust in God to mean the acceptance of a series of propositions, and these propositions, propositions in abstract metaphysics." This simply means people will give reasons why they trust God, instead of trusting because He is God.
Man was created by God to have an everlasting relationship of trust and love. Faith is man rightfully giving God our trust. Jer. 5:3 "Surely the Lord looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention: he crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins." A trust in God to take care of all our needs every moment of our lives is walking in Faith. Matt. 6:30 "It is God who clothes the wild grass---grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won't He be more sure to clothe you? What little Faith you have!" We are all children of God are we not? Children who are not able to properly care for ourselves, but we have our Heavenly Father to take care of us too. Matt. 18:2-4 "So Jesus called a child to come and stand in front of them and said, "I assure you that unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven is one who humbles himself and becomes like this child." A new life begins with Faith as we become a child once again by relying on God for everything and recognizing the Truth of how helpless each of us are. It is in this Truth that eternal life is given. Joh. 20:31 "But these have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through Faith in Him you may have eternal life." Rom. 1:17 "For the Gospel reveals how God puts people right with Himself; it is through Faith from beginning to end. As the scripture says,"The person who is put right with God through Faith shall live." Rom. 3:21-23 But now God's way of putting people right with Himself has been revealed. It has nothing to do with Law, even though the Law of Moses and the prophets gave their witness to it. God puts people right through their Faith in Jesus Christ. God does this to all who believe in Christ, because there is no difference at all: everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence."
We are given new life through our Faith in Jesus Christ. It is through Faith that we are born again of Heaven to this new life. It is Faith that gives us peace in the midst of a storm, it is Faith that gives us the Hope in which we live, and it is Faith that causes us to look upward in the smallest of situations for the Lords help. Faith is walking with God the rest of our days knowing that He is for us and if He be for us then who can be against us.
through Me for our Lord and Savior
May God bless you all.
Monday, December 04, 2006
Dec. 3 Stand Up
"By the grace of God, we will be able to stand up when the Lord comes."
It all begins with the Grace of God. Anyone who sets themselves above another by anything they have done has lost this truth along their journey. A journey that would never have begun without Gods Grace, which is undeserved favor that is given. Rom. 3:24 "For by Gods grace all are put right with Him through Jesus Christ." There will come the time when the end or beginning arrives and you will rise to judgement or eternal life. Which will it be? Luk. 21:25-36 "There will be strange things happening to the sun, the moon, and the stars. On earth whole countries will be in despair, afraid of the sea and the raging tides. People will faint from fear as they wait for what is coming over the whole earth, for the powers in space will be driven from their courses. Then the Son of Man will appear, coming in a cloud with great power and glory. When these things happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your salvation is near." Your salvation began with Gods Grace.
Joh. 1:16 "Out of the fullness of His grace He has blessed us all, giving us one blessing after another." What is grace besides a definition of things given to us that we do not deserve. It is this Joh. 1:17 "God gave the Law through Moses, but Grace and Truth came through Jesus Christ." This extends to salvation for without Grace such a sacrifice would never have been given. Act 15:11 "No! We believe and are saved by the Grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are." Act 20:32 "And now I commend you to the care of God and to the message of His Grace, which is able to build up and give you the blessings God has for all His people." We need to stop focusing on deeds and look toward God. As we fix our hearts and minds on what God has already done for us, without notice our nature will be conformed to His will from deep within. Rom. 5:15 "But the two are not the same, because Gods free gift is not like Adams sin. It is true that many people died because of the sin of one man. But Gods Grace is much greater, and so is His free gift to so many people through the Grace of the one man, Jesus Christ." Rom. 5:17 "It is true that through the sin of one man death began to rule because of that one man. But how much greater is the result of what was done by the one man, Jesus Christ! All who recieve Gods abundant Grace and are freely put right with Him will rule in life through Christ." Rom. 5:21 "So then, just as sin ruled by means of death, so also Gods Grace rules by means of righteousness, leading us to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." How does God choose His Chosen then? We must first always remember that God is Sovereign, before we move to the next Truth. Rom. 11:6 "His choice is based on His Grace, not on what they have done. For if Gods choice were based on what people do, then His Grace would not be real Grace."
Grace is what God the Father shed when He allowed the blood of His very own Son to be shed for us. But, there is one thing that must be done for that Grace to be bestowed upon us. There is a choice that we must make for that power to be released within us. Rom. 5:2 "He has brought us by Faith into this experience of Gods Grace, in which we now live. And so we boast of the Hope we have of sharing Gods glory!" By Faith we believe and accept the free gift of the Son of God who was given by Grace and allows such Grace to be given. At the point we reach the end of ourselves and choose to believe with all our hearts that Jesus Christ is our Lord then we are born again of Heaven. Your walk has begun. Joh. 3:3-6 "Jesus answered him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that unless a person be born again, he cannot ever see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mothers womb again and be born? Jesus answered, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. What is born of flesh is flesh; and what is born of Spirit is spirit." When we have made the choice we are born of Spirit and at that moment the Holy Spirit takes up residence within us. Joh. 14:15-19 "If you love Me, you will keep My commands. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may remain with you forever--The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot recieve, because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him, for He lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Just a little while now, and the world will not see Me any more, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also." So each of us has the Teacher within us, although some can recognize Him easier than others. Jesus Christ through Grace will continually teach us all that is needed. Nothing less and nothing more than that which we need to know at just the right moment in time. Thus, the name of this blog, " A Walk", throughout our entire time here. Luk. 11:9-13 "So I say to you, Ask and keep on asking and it shall be given you; seek and keep on seeking and you shall find; knock and keep on knocking and the door shall be opened. For everyone that asks and keeps asking recieves; and he who seeks and keeps on seeking finds; and to him who knocks and keeps on knocking the door shall be opened. What father among you, if his son asks for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone; or if he asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask and continue to ask Him!" The Holy Spirit is a gift from our true Father in Heaven to teach us Truth. What Grace! Joh. 14:26 "But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall everything I have told you." Joh. 16:13-15 "But when He, the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all the Truth. For He will not speak His own message; but He will tell whatever He hears[from the Father, He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come. He will honor and glorify Me, because He will take of what is Mine and will reveal it to you. Everything that the Father has is Mine. That is what I meant when I said that He(the Spirit) will take the things that are Mine and will reveal it to you."
So, it is by Grace that God the Father gave His Son to be sacrificed in order that we may be given a new birth. A new birth of the Spirit allows the blood of the Lamb of God to wash away our sinful state. It is essential that we are covered over by the righteousness of Jesus Christ so that we may approach a Holy God. He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell within us forever to guide us to all Truth. When we experience Truth we become more obedient to Gods will and are able to move from one glory to another. We grow through faithfulness which allows for blessings to freely flow, while God fills our spirit more with His Spirit. The more we allow control of our lives to be placed into Gods hands the more we grow. None of these things would be possible without Gods Grace, which gives us liberty through Law, power in our weakness, Truth in our confusion, and eternal life in our death.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
I Am Convinced
This will be a short message for this post because just as I will do this evening, before these eyes close for slumber, I ask that you meditate on this Scripture. I ask that you read these words and the Word that follows with all your heart. I ask that you let it reach into that place that knows despair, that knows emptiness, and let it take hold. I ask that you see the Truth in the meaning of these passages and believe it! Believe it because the Holy Spirit will tell you it is true, because it is our Hope, and because you belong to God. You need to know such things so that Satan has no power over you any longer my friends. The evil one has only a short time left, but you await an eternity in the presence of the Living God and our Lord Jesus Christ. And this is the passages I ask so much of you to imprint in your spirit,
Rom. 8:38-39
--I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to seperate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord--
May the Love and Peace of Jesus Christ be graciously given
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Remember
Remember, we are Christians because unlike others we know we have failed. We know that God did for us what we could not through our Lord Jesus Christ and that is what gives us our name; Christian. Do you know God? Then you know the Love in which we are all to share and show to others. The Love of God of Jesus Christ connected through what our Father in heaven sent to us on the day of Pentecost. Such a love as to build up relationships so as not to allow the devil to cause division, resentment, broken hearts, tear filled eyes, or prideful perceptions.
Always remember the Grace God has bestowed to His chosen and walk in it. Know that if you want to be exalted then you must be willing to become the lowest as it says in Matthew 22:12,
12 Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be raised to
honor.
We are to follow Jesus' examples of sitting next to the Samaritan woman and washing the feet of His own disciples. Always remember that God is for you and if God be for you, who can be against you?
Friday, September 15, 2006
A Season
There come those times when God fills this heart full of His love and then there are times when this flesh tears such purity away leaving lust. There comes such compassion for mankind from far above and there comes such selfishness, which shortly silences all that is goodness. For each wonderful act that God has prepared me to do there lingers darkness drawing near, until I falter. Am I an example for any Christian? Oh, yes. How I am taught to place all trust in God through His Son Jesus Christ and not in myself. He has already done for me what I could not. Our Lord shows me daily how much mankind needs Him and His power to live. We are such a blessed people who are able to hold His Word in our hands. As David Clark wrote, "In its influence on man, the Holy Bible transcends all other agencies ever employed for his benefit. The Bible has hallowed homes, sanctified hearts, soothed away sorrows, dried up tears, cheered the sick, strengthened the weak, upheld the faithful, inspired devotion, re-kindled hope, conquered fears, induced joys, inspired songs, comforted the dying, and given victory over death for a thousand generations that have believed its truth and trusted its promises. Its promises have been proven to be true by the experiences of faithful generations that lived in its glorious light and died in the faith that it proclaims. Millions upon millions love the sacred Book."
In the end, the thought of salvation gleams with all its undimmed glory, which truthfully tells of the victory that has already been won. Whatever God does endures forever and that includes His promises. All we must do is to believe. All we must do is to trust in God. All we must do is know and then move onward toward the only place we have always belonged, which is with God. With our Father in heaven, with our Lord Jesus Christ, with our Counselor the Holy Spirit and with all the saints who are Gods people.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Become
To become as Christ-like in character as you can, before your time is all one can pray. How this reminds me of a quote from Bob Jones Sr.,"No man is entitled to a feast of forgiveness and a banquet of pardoning mercy who thinks he deserves them. Those who know they don't deserve them are the only ones who will ever have them". A Christian is a strange creature as far as this man can see. There is such pain of failure and the suffering seen all around each of us and at the same time there is a healing hand to mend the wounds. There is the knowledge that nothing will ever be enough to repay all that has been given from God and at the same time there is an incomprehendible Love placed deep inside. There are times when fear fill me within and at the same time I know it will be alright because there is never a time when the good Lord is not right there with me.
God has spoken and who are any of us to bring forth a single syllable. He has given such a gift to those He has chosen long ago, before any ever knew Him. The sins of the chosen have been imputed(charged to ones account) to Christ and His righteousness imputed to us. Thus, in Atonement a vicarious(a vicor is one who takes anothers place) sacrifice expiates(purging out, washing away, covering, or making reperation; especially by suffering a penalty such as expiating a crime) guilt (pollution and deserved punishment), propitiates(covers over guilt and appeases one who has been offended) God, and reconciles God to man.
May Peace and Love be yours to hold,
From above through me :)
Saturday, November 19, 2005
"I Come To Divide, Brother from brother"
One gift after another have I been given to share to use for His glory. One Truth after another He has graciously shown me, so that these eyes may see the Light. A Holy Spirt that He has sealed me with and a Love that I will never be able to properly show in all this life. The pain that has been felt from all the past memories that flood this mind of shameful acts and wrongful doings. One prayer that continues to come from within is that my Father through Jesus Christ empowered by His Holy Spirit may move this spirit, this soul, this heart, and this body closer to Him in every way. How can I speak of such things and come anywhere close to what I ask from above will help me to portray with such a limited language? With each rising of closeness to Him, with each event that causes movement every relationship changes. The gain is eternally held, but now there is still this flesh that feels hurt, pain, loss, sadness, and tiredness even when I know it is for the better.
I will begin in this way to speak of how little a person sits at this table. There are those times when I stand, yet I should have sat down. There are those times when I sit down, yet I should have stood. There are those times when I have spoken up, yet I should have held my peace. There are those times when I have kept my peace, yet I should have spoken up. There are those times when humility is held, yet gentle honesty should have been shared. There are times when honesty has been shared, yet how I should have held to humility. There are times when I have done as others have instructed me to, yet I should have turned away from them. There are times I have turned away, yet I should have taken proper instruction. How I could go on, but the point is that there is such imperfection that is me, yet I know that there is such perfection that has been imparted by God. Is there a way to explain such heavenly Truths to those who have, yet to recieve such blessing? Is there a way to impart forgiveness to those who are closest to you, so that they may know peace? I have made so many mistakes, so when others do the same how can I hold it against them?. I have been given and need such forgiveness every day for all that I have failed to do, so how can I not extend forgiveness to all who have wronged me. Such thoughts elude many of mankind who are unable to comprehend such gifts that only God can give.
I see one who is my blood and there is no longer the person, which once these eyes had known. There have been words spoken of Jesus Christ of our Father of His Holy Spirit of all that has been given and of the Truth, which have fallen on empty ears and a closed heart. I see one who is my blood and there is no longer the same person, which once stood before me of admiration and the thought that every word spoken from him was truth. I no longer see the same man that once stood close to me not so long ago, yet in one moment the world I live in will never be the same. Then a little understanding is shown and it is this. Although a Christian works for such unity for all mankind, such a prayer is not possible here. For even when one forgives a given wrong another can choose to harbor hate for the rest of the time given them here. I cannot control others who hold to hate, allow alienation easily, or will not release resentment for others. This is when division comes between Light and Dark, with the prayer that some day the Light will find them. Until such a day comes there can come no unity between those who have been blessed to know Love and those who only know hatred. No appeasement between those who search for Truth and those who hide in the darkness. There is no alignment among those who give with sincerety and those who take deceitfully. Oh how I pray for such Light to be shed upon every human being I know, but that is all I can do for it is not within my power to do such a thing. I am only clay that is shaped by the potter, I am not the potter. I am only a servant, not the Master of the House. I am only the smallest of all His children and there is such pain that will always be felt deep within, which only He can heal. I know the there will come more pain, but it will heal and what is left is more Christ-like character. I know that tiredness will come, but each time the Lord helps me to keep going a little more endurance is built. I know there will be people who come and then they will go, but with each one something has been given and something learned. And I know the day will come when this body will completely fail, but there has been given the Hope of things that will come, which have yet to be seen. This is what we live for every day, all that is the Good News of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
May the Peace and Love of God be yours to hold.