You see what's happening in the world. You see where some intend--are determined--to take us and this world. It's just as our Lord forewarned us. So...
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Thursday, October 22, 2020
THE BEST BOOK ON PRAYER and A Christian’s Duty to Intercede I’ve Ever Read
THE BEST BOOK ON PRAYER and A Christian’s Duty to Intercede I’ve Ever Read
Excerpts from what Max Lucado referred to as “A profound study on the topic of prayer,” Paul Billheimer’s book, Destined for the Throne.
From page 53:
Although to the natural mind this seems utter nonsense, it is nevertheless true. In spite of all her lamentable weaknesses, appalling failures, and indefensible shortcomings, the Church is the mightiest force for civilization and enlightened social consciousness in the world today. IT WAS TRUE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD THAT AS THE KNOWLEDGE OF AND REVERENCE FOR GOD DISAPPEARED, MORAL CORRUPTION AND CRIME COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE SOCIAL ORDER. [Emphasis mine.] ….
It is the same today. The only force in the world that is contesting Satan’s total rule in human affairs is the Church of the living God…. If it were not for the totally selfless love displayed on the cross, total selfishness would reign supreme. And total selfishness means total hostility. Total hostility means total anarchy—AND THAT MEANS HELL. [Emphasis mine.] ….
From page 55:
Daniel Webster said, “If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we or our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity.” IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRESENT DISSOLUTION OF OUR EXISTING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, THESE WORDS SEEM AMAZINGLY PROPHETIC. [Emphasis mine.] ….
WILL EVERYONE BE SAVED?
From page 56:
Knowing that IT IS GOD’S WILL TO SAVE ANY PERSON WHO HAS NOT CROSSED THAT MYSTERIOUS BOUNDARY KNOWN AS THE DEADLINE, may the Church pray for the salvation of a specific individual in the assurance that he will be saved? Or, must the Church’s faith be tempered by the fact that that person is a free moral agent and that God never saves anyone against his will? Must we say, as we often do, that because so and so is a free moral agent, all we can do is to pray and leave the rest to him and God? [Emphasis mine.]
Since God has assured us that it is His will that all men be saved, we therefore know that when we pray for the salvation of anyone WHO HAS NOT CROSSED THE DEADLINE of final and permanent impenitence, we are praying according to His will. [Emphasis mine.] ….
THE DETERMINING FACTOR IN SALVATION
From page 57:
Is not this the general pattern of the journey from rebellion to surrender? Jesus says, “No man can come to me except the Father . . . draw him” (John 6:44). And the Father always draws by means of His Spirit. Since God is no respecter of persons and wills that all shall be saved, and therefore without exception faithfully seeks all (John 1:9), why is the Spirit’s wooing successful in some cases and not in others? Is it because in some instances God is so “powerless” that He cannot prevail? Or is it that some are the subjects of powerful, importunate, and believing intercession, while others have no one to pray for them? If Wesley is correct in saying that “God does nothing but in answer to prayer,” then this must include the salvation of souls. This, then, means that no soul is saved apart from intercession, and that every soul who is saved, is saved because someone—WHO WOULD NOT GIVE HIM UP TO SATAN—prayed. [Emphasis mine.]
Monday, October 19, 2020
Who God Is
The first time I read these, I wept as I read them aloud.
He is our Abba Father
He is our Advocate
He is the Almighty
He is our All in All
He is the Alpha and Omega
He is the Ancient of Days
He is the Anointed One
He is the Author and Finisher of Our Faith
He is the Beginning and the End
He is the Bread of Life
He is our Bridegroom
He is the Bright Morning Star
He is the Captain of the Lord’s Host
He is the Chosen One
He is the Christ
He is the Son of the Living God
He is our Comforter
He is an All Consuming Fire
He is our Counselor
He is our Creator
He is our Deliverer
He is our Dwelling Place
He is Emmanuel
He is the Everlasting God
His Name is Faithful and True
He is our Foundation
He is a Fountain of Living Water
He is our Friend
He is a Gift of God
He is God Over All
He is the Head of the Body
He is the Head of the Church
He is the Holy One
He is our Blessed Hope
He is the Great I AM
He is Jehovah
He is Jesus
He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords
He is the Lamb of God
He is Life
He is the Light of the World
He is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah
He is the Living God
He is Living Water
He is the Lord of All
He is the Lord of Glory
He is Love
He is your Maker
He is our Merciful God
He is Messiah
He is the Mighty God
He is the Only Begotten Son
He is our Passover Lamb
He is our Peace
He is the Great Physician
He is the Prince of Peace
He is our Redeemer
He is our Refuge and our Strength
He is the Righteous One
He is the Rock of our Salvation
He is our Savior
He is the Son of God
He is the Son of Man
He is the Son of the Most High
He is our Source
He is our Strength
He is our Stronghold
He is our Strong Tower
He is our Teacher
He is True Light
He is the Vine
He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life
His name is Wonderful
He is the Word of God
Excerpted in part from Jesus: The Premise of the Promise
by Stephen Quayle (minus the Scripture notations)
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Sunday, October 18, 2020
A Point of Interest about the First Adam and the Last Adam (Yeshua/Jesus)
Adonai, God, made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
- Genesis 3:21 CJB
God said the wages of sin is death, hence the animal sacrifices in the Old Testament and in the New--up to the point of the Victory of the Cross. The blood of the animals didn't cleanse people of their sins, but God made it so that the blood covered their sins.
Which brings me back to Adam and Havah/Eve in Genesis 3:21. They had sinned and felt their nakedness (spiritual as well as physical). The wages of sin is death... but, it seems, not solely for the sinners. In order for their now-sinful spiritual and physical nakedness to be covered, God had to shed blood in order to cover their nakedness and, therefore, their sin.
If you don't know this already, you may appreciate learning that the Hebrew meaning of Yeshua is Salvation; so every time you read the word "salvation" in the Old and New Testaments, you're reading the name of Yeshua/Jesus.
Yeshua/Jesus -- the Last Adam, aka as the Second Adam to some -- God come to Earth in the flesh, shed HIS OWN BLOOD to pay for OUR sins, should we choose to receive the Redemption He paid for us, and all that comes with that, that is, what is required of us as Born Again in the Spirit.
I find that what I call "a first" as written about above also connects to another "first" found in Matthew 15:21-28 CJB.
Yeshua left that place and went off to the region of Tzor and Tzidon. A woman from Kena‘an who was living there came to him, pleading, “Sir, have pity on me. Son of David! My daughter is cruelly held under the power of demons!” But Yeshua did not say a word to her. Then his talmidim came to him and urged him, “Send her away, because she is following us and keeps pestering us with her crying.” He said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Isra’el.” But she came, fell at his feet and said, “Sir, help me!” He answered, “It is not right to take the children’s food and toss it to their pet dogs.” She said, “That is true, sir, but even the dogs eat the leftovers that fall from their master’s table.” Then Yeshua answered her, “Lady, you are a person of great trust. Let your desire be granted.” And her daughter was healed at that very moment.
This woman was a Gentile. She didn't have the benefit of the heritage and generations of teachings the Hebrews did. Most of them missed the signs of the time; she had no idea about what to look for--only what she could see with her own eyes and hear with her own ears. She, untutored, through her powerful love for her daughter (a perfect love that cast out all fear), believed He, Yeshua/Jesus, could set her daughter free from the demonic prison that held the girl and their family captive. She wasn't going to let go of this. But it wasn't her persistence that made the difference--it was her total trust in Him and His authority--that she had either witnessed or heard about.
Just as Yeshua/Jesus was the First Fruits of the Resurrection, this mother was the first fruits, you might say, of the Gentiles.
Havah/Eve persuaded Adam to sin, which led to God's first sacrifice to cover mankind's sins that required blood to be shed.
The First Adam sinned and brought death upon us. The Last Adam redeemed us, giving us the choice to choose eternal resurrected life or the eternal second death.
Yeshua/Jesus shed His blood to cleanse our sins, first, when we receive what He did for us on the Cross, and then each time we repent for our sins.
Havah/Eve "persuaded" the First Adam to sin; the Gentile mother "persuaded" Yeshua/the Last Adam to Save.
The Gentile mother's love caused her to not leave Yeshua/Jesus alone until He saved her daughter. Yeshua/Jesus' love for us is what kept Him on the Cross; it certainly wasn't the nails.
The love of that mother opened the door to Redemption for Gentiles. The love of our Lord not only opened that door but keeps it open as long as possible for even the most rebellious to receive the Gift of Grace and Redemption He paid for us with His blood.
As Pastor J.D. Farag says, it's a matter the the A, B, C's:
Admit you're a sinner.
Believe Jesus paid with His blood on the Cross to redeem you.
Call on the Lord and ask Him to lead you.
Signing off now... thankful to have left the New Age Deception for the Faithful and True Rock of Ages...
The peace of the Lord be upon you and yours.
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Woke in this world means you suffer in the next...for eternity.
“Today, if you hear God’s voice, don’t harden your hearts.”
- Hebrews 4:7 CJB
Saturday, September 26, 2020
Have Mercy on Me, O God
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinners will turn back to you.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
you who are God my Savior,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 Open my lips, Lord,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 My sacrifice, O God, is[b] a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.
Psalm 51:1-17
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