BLAMING OTHERS
Brother James, OIC
Gen 3:6-12 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
From the beginning of the fall of man human nature has been to blame others. With Adam his fallen nature was just beginning, he was immature and did not have the relationship with God he had when God first created him. A wall of sin now separated him from God and Gods life and light was no longer in him. When Eve then Adam ate of the forbidden fruit their innocence fled and their eyes were opened to a life of shame, decay and labor. And before the rendered curse of disobedience was handed down by God on them Adam addressing Gods questioning began blaming Eve. How many times have we said “it’s not my fault!”? How many times have we shirked responsibility for our own actions and pointed a finger to blame someone else? Then the poor, poor pitiful me syndrome fills us and we look for pity from others. I myself am a common denominator in all of my past problems and it was always immaturity in me that didn’t want to take responsibility for my actions so I blamed others. For me it took Prison, Gods call to Christ and then Christ patiently walking with me while He did His work in me with the Truth of His Living Word.
Maturity in Christ is the only real maturity wherein you escape the Blame Game:
Heb 5:8-14 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect (mature), he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age (mature), even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
There is something you need to know that is that there is someone to blame! Blaming others is exactly what Satan wants you and I to do to divert our attention from him. Look at the order of blame.
Gen 3:13-24 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
The Serpent; Satan, was who caused the problem for Eve. So God addressed him first with a curse then the spiritual war, where we would be given power to have victory over Satan ,began. Wherein , in Christ (our Power see 1st Cor 1:24; Gal 4:19) we can recognize the schemes of Satan and defeat him before he beguiles us into a false solution contrary to the Promises of God which Faith substances. In Christ we now have been reconciled to God the Father and can recognize where the real blame for our problems lie. So in Christ there is no enemy to blame but Satan. If you are outside of Christ, then, you can only blame yourself for rejecting Gods Power to Overcome the world and its god Satan. Accept Jesus today and leave behind the life of blaming others and have victory over your true enemy!
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
CHRISTIANITY ISN’T A GAME James, OIC
CHRISTIANITY ISN’T A GAME
Brother James, OIC
Heb 11:33-38 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Today as in during the time of the Great Heroes of Faith there are those whom the world is not worthy. They are homeless, unloved and unwanted by the world and the worldly Christians. They are walked past in the streets, invisible to the self centered eyes of those who could help but simply won’t go the distance to Love as Christ loved.
Falling short of Loving as Christ Loved is sin. Today’s Modern Church will do anything to look like they are helping but it’s only at arms length not wanting those needing help to get to close MYSELF BEING GUILTY OF THIS ALSO! SO CHRISTIANITY BECOMES PROGRAMMED! We have our food banks, support groups, live-in programs, outreaches so those the worldly Church doesn’t want to close can view the recipients of their charitable help like animals in a zoo.
When OIC was first birthed in me in 1992 by Vision of God it was never intended to be a program. It was meant to be family for those who simply had no one to love them.
Mat 25:31-46 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sI was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lordheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: , when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Joh 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Brother James, OIC
Heb 11:33-38 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Today as in during the time of the Great Heroes of Faith there are those whom the world is not worthy. They are homeless, unloved and unwanted by the world and the worldly Christians. They are walked past in the streets, invisible to the self centered eyes of those who could help but simply won’t go the distance to Love as Christ loved.
Falling short of Loving as Christ Loved is sin. Today’s Modern Church will do anything to look like they are helping but it’s only at arms length not wanting those needing help to get to close MYSELF BEING GUILTY OF THIS ALSO! SO CHRISTIANITY BECOMES PROGRAMMED! We have our food banks, support groups, live-in programs, outreaches so those the worldly Church doesn’t want to close can view the recipients of their charitable help like animals in a zoo.
When OIC was first birthed in me in 1992 by Vision of God it was never intended to be a program. It was meant to be family for those who simply had no one to love them.
Mat 25:31-46 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sI was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lordheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: , when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Joh 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
MADE FREE FROM SIN James, OIC
MADE FREE FROM SIN
Brother James, OIC
Rom 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
The sin debt is Paid In Full by the Blood of Jesus. And not ours only but the sin of the world. Its PAID, PAID, PAID! So what is the difference between the Believer and Non-Believer if the sin debt is Paid for all? It is not the sin as found revealed by commandments whose law contained in ordinances were nailed to the Cross, but it is the difference between True Faith and Faithlessness that’s in the world and the worldly Church. A faithlessness that is iniquity that crucifies the Son of God afresh and tramples the Blood of the New Covenant underfoot
Rom 14:22-23 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Deeper revelation tells us that the above scripture isn’t talking about physical food but spiritual. Spiritual Truth that will bring your spiritual eyes into focus on what is Truth and the Lies of the World.
Heb 5:12-14 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
You see, a Non Believer, whether they call themselves a Believer or not does not trust Gods Promises nor the reality of the Cross that Faith substances in ones life. A True Believer TRUSTS GODS WORD WITHOUT LEAVENING IT WITH THE WORLD!
Sin as popularly judged by the hypocrites in lives of those they have no business judging IS a faithless act in itself and therefore the greater sin from what they are judging. This judgment is not of God.
To be made free from sin and become servants of righteousness is a whole different ball game than servants of SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS that most blinded religionists walk in.
Righteousness, right standing with God, right wise-ness are all rooted and grounded in non dissimulated Truth.
My flesh, your flesh, all flesh of humans contain sin. But TRUE BELIEVERS have this ONE ingredient that shows the value of their Faith having had walked in the Light of Truth:
1Jn 3:6-10 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed (Christ Gods Anointing) remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
I can only serve righteousness by walking in the trust and faith in the Blood of Christ. If I sin there is a transgreesion of the law because of the Liberty vs. Bondage or in other words the Spirit vs. Flesh. But I am not the flesh but a new Creation:
2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Rom 8:5 -9 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Brother James, OIC
Rom 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
The sin debt is Paid In Full by the Blood of Jesus. And not ours only but the sin of the world. Its PAID, PAID, PAID! So what is the difference between the Believer and Non-Believer if the sin debt is Paid for all? It is not the sin as found revealed by commandments whose law contained in ordinances were nailed to the Cross, but it is the difference between True Faith and Faithlessness that’s in the world and the worldly Church. A faithlessness that is iniquity that crucifies the Son of God afresh and tramples the Blood of the New Covenant underfoot
Rom 14:22-23 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Deeper revelation tells us that the above scripture isn’t talking about physical food but spiritual. Spiritual Truth that will bring your spiritual eyes into focus on what is Truth and the Lies of the World.
Heb 5:12-14 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
You see, a Non Believer, whether they call themselves a Believer or not does not trust Gods Promises nor the reality of the Cross that Faith substances in ones life. A True Believer TRUSTS GODS WORD WITHOUT LEAVENING IT WITH THE WORLD!
Sin as popularly judged by the hypocrites in lives of those they have no business judging IS a faithless act in itself and therefore the greater sin from what they are judging. This judgment is not of God.
To be made free from sin and become servants of righteousness is a whole different ball game than servants of SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS that most blinded religionists walk in.
Righteousness, right standing with God, right wise-ness are all rooted and grounded in non dissimulated Truth.
My flesh, your flesh, all flesh of humans contain sin. But TRUE BELIEVERS have this ONE ingredient that shows the value of their Faith having had walked in the Light of Truth:
1Jn 3:6-10 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed (Christ Gods Anointing) remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
I can only serve righteousness by walking in the trust and faith in the Blood of Christ. If I sin there is a transgreesion of the law because of the Liberty vs. Bondage or in other words the Spirit vs. Flesh. But I am not the flesh but a new Creation:
2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Rom 8:5 -9 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Friday, September 24, 2010
BECOMING AN OVERCOMER IN CHRIST James, OIC
BECOMING AN OVERCOMER IN CHRIST
Brother James, OIC
Revelations 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Overcoming Satan is not as easy as it seems to many. The subtle tactics and illusions and tricks the Devil uses are evident in the Church today simply because of the powerlessness that seems to prevail in Americanized Christianity. As a saint put it yesterday we are truly in the Laodecian Age where lukewarmness abounds. There are two elements to the above scripture that must continually be in place to be an Overcomer In Christ; The first is The Blood. The central most important thing Christ did for us is shed His Blood for the payment of our sins;
Romans 3:25 - Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Romans 5:9 - Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Ephesians 1:7 - In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Ephesians 2:13 - But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
To access The Blood that is to have it active in your life you first must walk in the Light of Rightly Divided Truth:
1 John 1:7 - But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Walking in the Light begins by acknowledging Truth in your heart inclusive of not only the Gospel but the doctrines that followed by The Holy Spirit that begin revealing the evil of the world and its god Satan his false solutions. It requires this Truth becoming the acknowlegement of Gods Goodness while allowing its Light to reveal the evil of the world’s false solutions. We are certainly in the day that Isaiah prophesied where men would call evil good and good evil…a condition that’s prevalent in the dead churches these perilous times we are now in. Walking in the Light and in fellowship keeps us cleansed from our besetting sins. This then has to render growth in us to obey Gods Word wherein the Blood still gets applied:
1Peter 1:2 - Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
The next element in Overcoming Satan is the Word of our Testimony. This word is not our words but the flow of the Stream of Living Water of Gods Word in us as we grow in Truth. As we Overcome we share with others these testimonies and in this process our flesh gets crucified to The Death.
In Christ’s Love and Service,
Brother James Pierson, OIC
Brother James, OIC
Revelations 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Overcoming Satan is not as easy as it seems to many. The subtle tactics and illusions and tricks the Devil uses are evident in the Church today simply because of the powerlessness that seems to prevail in Americanized Christianity. As a saint put it yesterday we are truly in the Laodecian Age where lukewarmness abounds. There are two elements to the above scripture that must continually be in place to be an Overcomer In Christ; The first is The Blood. The central most important thing Christ did for us is shed His Blood for the payment of our sins;
Romans 3:25 - Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Romans 5:9 - Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Ephesians 1:7 - In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Ephesians 2:13 - But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
To access The Blood that is to have it active in your life you first must walk in the Light of Rightly Divided Truth:
1 John 1:7 - But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Walking in the Light begins by acknowledging Truth in your heart inclusive of not only the Gospel but the doctrines that followed by The Holy Spirit that begin revealing the evil of the world and its god Satan his false solutions. It requires this Truth becoming the acknowlegement of Gods Goodness while allowing its Light to reveal the evil of the world’s false solutions. We are certainly in the day that Isaiah prophesied where men would call evil good and good evil…a condition that’s prevalent in the dead churches these perilous times we are now in. Walking in the Light and in fellowship keeps us cleansed from our besetting sins. This then has to render growth in us to obey Gods Word wherein the Blood still gets applied:
1Peter 1:2 - Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
The next element in Overcoming Satan is the Word of our Testimony. This word is not our words but the flow of the Stream of Living Water of Gods Word in us as we grow in Truth. As we Overcome we share with others these testimonies and in this process our flesh gets crucified to The Death.
In Christ’s Love and Service,
Brother James Pierson, OIC
Thursday, September 23, 2010
DON’T FIX IT FAITH IT James, OIC
DON’T FIX IT FAITH IT
Brother James, OIC
Mat 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Have you ever had a problem in your life and when you tried to fix it matters only got worse? Have you worried and fretted over something waiting on an answer from man and in the end it wasn’t any real help at all? God doesn’t want us to worry and be depressed over life’s circumstances. He wants us to trust Him and allow Him to take care of things.
Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
You have to understand what you are seeking in order to find it. The Kingdom of God is a reality here and now, Jesus says it doesn’t come by observation:
Luk 17:20-21 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
This Kingdom we are to seek, you will find is within you. It must be developed, you must be Born Again From Above. This Kingdom of God is not a theory it is the Spirit of God and His Christ in you:
1Co 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
1Co 1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
The Kingdom of God is found within the Fruit of the Holy Spirit:
Rom 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Gal 5:22-25 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
It is within seeking His Righteousness wherein real victory will be ours. So many relate this Righteousness with their own goodness or what they do or don’t do but it isn’t. What it is, is Faith in Christ (Gods Power Within).
Rom 4:3-7 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Rom 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
Righteousness is by Faith and Faith alone of what Jesus has done for you. And what He has done is deliver to you all of Gods Promises which are received miraculously through Faith in Christ.
2Co 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
And it’s the Promises of God that takes care of you and your life’s circumstances, if you will only believe.
Brother James, OIC
Mat 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Have you ever had a problem in your life and when you tried to fix it matters only got worse? Have you worried and fretted over something waiting on an answer from man and in the end it wasn’t any real help at all? God doesn’t want us to worry and be depressed over life’s circumstances. He wants us to trust Him and allow Him to take care of things.
Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
You have to understand what you are seeking in order to find it. The Kingdom of God is a reality here and now, Jesus says it doesn’t come by observation:
Luk 17:20-21 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
This Kingdom we are to seek, you will find is within you. It must be developed, you must be Born Again From Above. This Kingdom of God is not a theory it is the Spirit of God and His Christ in you:
1Co 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
1Co 1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
The Kingdom of God is found within the Fruit of the Holy Spirit:
Rom 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Gal 5:22-25 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
It is within seeking His Righteousness wherein real victory will be ours. So many relate this Righteousness with their own goodness or what they do or don’t do but it isn’t. What it is, is Faith in Christ (Gods Power Within).
Rom 4:3-7 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Rom 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
Righteousness is by Faith and Faith alone of what Jesus has done for you. And what He has done is deliver to you all of Gods Promises which are received miraculously through Faith in Christ.
2Co 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
And it’s the Promises of God that takes care of you and your life’s circumstances, if you will only believe.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
OVERCOMING LONELINESS-James, OIC
DAY TO DAY WITH JESUS RECOVERY DEVOTIONAL
OVERCOMING LONELINESS
Brother James, OIC
Ps 38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.Brother James, OIC
If you ever been bound by loneliness due to separation by divorce, death, or desertion. If you've ever been ostracized by family and friends due to struggles, bondage's or poverty that's come upon you. If you have reached a point in your life you have isolated yourself, have turned to what Gods Word says are the beggarly elements (Drugs, Alcohol, Immoralities, Wicked Imaginations, etc). If you've ever suffered the consequences wrong choices produce; consequences like prison, disease, negative addictions. If you are wondering if True Love really exists, if there is anyone you can trust that cares about you and can return the love that you know you yourself desires to give and have given in the past and are willing to give again...THERE IS.It would seem right at this time to talk about God and the fact that God is Love. It would only be spiritually correct to tell you the Eternal Truth that Jesus Never Leaves You Nor Forsakes You ! And you and I both need to be reminded of this often. More so we all need to be shown this love and show this love one to another as The Body Of Christ. In addition we need to remind ourselves that GOD WILL supply ALL OUR needs according to His riches and glory in Christ Jesus. Yet these Good Fruits should be found working in and through Gods People, Christs Body The Church. And it is this relationship in fellowship we need to overcome the adversaries weapon of loneliness. Sadly many await Divine Intervention on behalf those in need instead of being that vessel of Promise that delivers Gods Love to others.; 2nd Corinthians 1:20 For all the Promise of God in Him are yea and in Him amen to the glory of God through us! .... May 19th, 2008 I was released from Prison. An accumulative 12 years had left me FEELING (feelings are satans playground) ALONE. Divorced (again), avoided, considered hopeless, a failure. I knew I was loved but had caused a distancing wherein I was rarely told, no longer made a part of family events, having to start over with nothing, with no one to give the help (POOR, POOR PITIFUL ME)..When in actuality. I was bound by self deception fueled by Satan’s tool of loneliness. ALL OF THIS WAS A LIE! Fact is I wasn't alone, I did have help and if I needed to talk to someone in my family or a friend all I had to do was call...and most of them didn't have my number (which always was changing) so how could they call. And even if I had no family I knew there were support groups out there a phone call away. No one has to be alone. DO NOT ISOLATE!
(Besides if you are lonely and need to talk call me:
Brother James, OIC 334-718-2121 or send me an email: overcomers_in_christ@yahoo.com or we can talk by Yahoo IM. Also write me for online meeting room schedule and sign up information.)
Yet I knew Gods Word and I knew in order to receive I needed to get out of myself and give the very thing I hoped to receive. Isn't Gods Love is to be given through us as Christ’s Body? Don't we reap what we sow? Then I realized that most in todays church do not have this knowledge nor desire to love as Christ loved; many do not know that delivering Gods Promises to others is their responsibility. And I had to realize it is more so my responsibility since I was given knowledge of this:
Mt 25:33 - 45 - Show Context 33 "And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me."
Loneliness had begun turning my heart to self pity, self absorption became the slave master then old sin crept in. I began looking at the false solutions the world offers. I was in depression being oppressed by the spiritual enemy. No transportation, no money, no one who loves me (there's that lie again....poor, poor pitiful me. Then someone said I need to count my blessings:.......HUH WHAT? LIGHTS, ACTION! GOD BEGAN GRANTING ME REPENTANCE TO THE ACKNOWLEDGING OF TRUTH! I am physically able to walk where I need to go, I have a good job, a great boss, Church van picks me up on Sundays to go to a great Church. And it was the Human Vessel that said to count my blessings that's caused me to refocus on Gods Call For Me To Love Others As Christ Loved Me! Loneliness is just a snare the enemy uses. As you & I become vessels of Gods Promises to others, God Says:
Isa 54:17 - Show Context No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Nor will the enemies weapons of loneliness prosper against you! Help someone today through the Love of God and disarm Satan’s weapon of loneliness against you.
In Christ’s Love And Service
Brother James, OIC
Founder/Senior Minister
OverComers In Christ Outreach Ministries
Overcomers In Christ International-Total Recovery Ministries
Monday, September 20, 2010
FALSE TEACHERS, FALSE PROPHETS, FALSE CHRISTS James, OIC
FALSE TEACHERS
FALSE PROPHETS
FALSE CHRISTS
Brother James, OIC
Mt 7:16
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
2Pe 2:1
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction
Mt 7:15
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Mt 24:11
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
Mt 24:24
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mr 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
1Jo 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world
These are a few scriptures warning of a danger in the world and the worldly church today. Why is it important to be able to recognize these devils? How can we guard ourselves from such infiltration by our spiritual enemy satan? How can we guard our ears from these seducing spirits?
Recognizing these ministers of satan is first approached by us the Body of Christ becoming Fruit Inspectors.
Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Unlike the gifts which can be faked fruit is something that will through time become evident if it endures. Does the Teacher Love, as Christ loved especially those the World does not accept? Does the Teacher speak the Truth in Love? Fruit is something that is grown as we begin Understanding the Word of God and Obeying it.
Mt 13:23
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
To Love as Christ Loved means Love is all encompassing of the other fruits; joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance
1John 2:5
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
Jesus even stated that when we Love one of the least of "one of these" we love Him.
And most importantly we must try the spirits of those who are given to teach us. We do this first by being careful what we hear. And the only way to try the spirit is do as the Bereans did.
Ac 17:11
These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
Most false teachers believe what they teach so they are very convincing. So it is a careful thing to search the scripture to verify if what you are hearing is of God. There is no one that I will allow to separate me from the Rightly Divided Truth of Gods Word. And yet if I find in the process of my teaching that I myself have given out false doctrine I will repent to the acknowledging of Truth. The Apostle Paul said it best:
Ga 1:8-9
But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed
FALSE PROPHETS
FALSE CHRISTS
Brother James, OIC
Mt 7:16
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
2Pe 2:1
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction
Mt 7:15
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Mt 24:11
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
Mt 24:24
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mr 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
1Jo 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world
These are a few scriptures warning of a danger in the world and the worldly church today. Why is it important to be able to recognize these devils? How can we guard ourselves from such infiltration by our spiritual enemy satan? How can we guard our ears from these seducing spirits?
Recognizing these ministers of satan is first approached by us the Body of Christ becoming Fruit Inspectors.
Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Unlike the gifts which can be faked fruit is something that will through time become evident if it endures. Does the Teacher Love, as Christ loved especially those the World does not accept? Does the Teacher speak the Truth in Love? Fruit is something that is grown as we begin Understanding the Word of God and Obeying it.
Mt 13:23
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
To Love as Christ Loved means Love is all encompassing of the other fruits; joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance
1John 2:5
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
Jesus even stated that when we Love one of the least of "one of these" we love Him.
And most importantly we must try the spirits of those who are given to teach us. We do this first by being careful what we hear. And the only way to try the spirit is do as the Bereans did.
Ac 17:11
These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
Most false teachers believe what they teach so they are very convincing. So it is a careful thing to search the scripture to verify if what you are hearing is of God. There is no one that I will allow to separate me from the Rightly Divided Truth of Gods Word. And yet if I find in the process of my teaching that I myself have given out false doctrine I will repent to the acknowledging of Truth. The Apostle Paul said it best:
Ga 1:8-9
But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed
Sunday, September 19, 2010
IF CHRIST BE IN YOU James, OIC
IF CHRIST BE IN YOU
Brother James, OIC
Rom 8:5 -10 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Did you know sin and the carnal mind are two different things? Sin is separation from God by missing His Mark and encompasses a whole array of fallen nature problems all of which do not lead to death.. The Carnal mind looks fully to the Worlds False Solutions mixes them with Christianity and calls it God when its actually hatred toward God, it is the iniquity (sin unto death) that, if not repented of to the acknowledging of the Truth, Jesus will condemn in the end. The Carnal Mind and Sin do work together but there is something (in spite of the sin that will always remain in your flesh) Living and Spiritual that wants to take your thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ which is trusting Gods Promises for your life’s solutions and that is the Word of God.
Christ in you is your only Hope of Glory:
Col 1:27-29 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
The first thing to know about the Spirit of Christ in you is that it is Power:
1Co 1:23-29 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence.
Christ is the Wisdom of God and the Power of God because it is the Anointing that INDWELLS the CALLED of God:
Christos Greek:bkhris-tos'; anointed, that is, the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus: - Christ.
Paul the Apostle understood that Christ had to formed within each believer to secure their conversion, he wrote to the Church of Galatia:
Gal 1:6 -8 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Gal 3:1-5 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Gal 4:19-20 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
If you read the Parable of the Sower Matthew 13 you will discover it is the Seed of Gods Word that you receive in understanding that produces Fruit. It is this Seed (Greek -Spermos) that causes the Spirit of Christ to be Birthed or Formed within you., as only Spirit births Spirit.
Joh 6:63-65 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
1Pe 1:22-23 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
How do we obey the Truth? Through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the Brethren. Read 1st Cor 13 to understand this love.
Love is a fruit of the Spirit, God Himself is Love and this Love is evidence of Christ in you the Hope of Glory and this Love is matured only by the Word of God kept in your hearts:
1Jn 2:4 -5 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
1Jn 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
1Jn 3:18-23 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
If Christ be in you your body is dead BECAUSE OF SIN but you, the new you is alive in Christ and it will be evidenced by your fruit; LOVE.
Do you walk in Light of Truth Loving as Christ Loved? If so The Spirit of Christ dwells in you and you are Gods.
Brother James, OIC
Rom 8:5 -10 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Did you know sin and the carnal mind are two different things? Sin is separation from God by missing His Mark and encompasses a whole array of fallen nature problems all of which do not lead to death.. The Carnal mind looks fully to the Worlds False Solutions mixes them with Christianity and calls it God when its actually hatred toward God, it is the iniquity (sin unto death) that, if not repented of to the acknowledging of the Truth, Jesus will condemn in the end. The Carnal Mind and Sin do work together but there is something (in spite of the sin that will always remain in your flesh) Living and Spiritual that wants to take your thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ which is trusting Gods Promises for your life’s solutions and that is the Word of God.
Christ in you is your only Hope of Glory:
Col 1:27-29 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
The first thing to know about the Spirit of Christ in you is that it is Power:
1Co 1:23-29 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence.
Christ is the Wisdom of God and the Power of God because it is the Anointing that INDWELLS the CALLED of God:
Christos Greek:bkhris-tos'; anointed, that is, the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus: - Christ.
Paul the Apostle understood that Christ had to formed within each believer to secure their conversion, he wrote to the Church of Galatia:
Gal 1:6 -8 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Gal 3:1-5 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Gal 4:19-20 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
If you read the Parable of the Sower Matthew 13 you will discover it is the Seed of Gods Word that you receive in understanding that produces Fruit. It is this Seed (Greek -Spermos) that causes the Spirit of Christ to be Birthed or Formed within you., as only Spirit births Spirit.
Joh 6:63-65 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
1Pe 1:22-23 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
How do we obey the Truth? Through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the Brethren. Read 1st Cor 13 to understand this love.
Love is a fruit of the Spirit, God Himself is Love and this Love is evidence of Christ in you the Hope of Glory and this Love is matured only by the Word of God kept in your hearts:
1Jn 2:4 -5 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
1Jn 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
1Jn 3:18-23 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
If Christ be in you your body is dead BECAUSE OF SIN but you, the new you is alive in Christ and it will be evidenced by your fruit; LOVE.
Do you walk in Light of Truth Loving as Christ Loved? If so The Spirit of Christ dwells in you and you are Gods.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
COVENANT James, OIC
COVENANT
Brother James, OIC
Heb 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old.
Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
There are many types of covenants. A covenant is a contract. Marriage, Mosaic Covenant, Covenant with Noah, various covenants of friendship and the most important the Covenant between God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ – The New Covenant.
Every covenant has its end but one- The New Covenant. Some covenants end by agreement, some by completion, others decay away and yet others are broken. But all covenants with the exception of the New Covenant are temporal and The New Covenant is Eternal.
Many today believe being Christians they have a covenant with God the Father. That is not so. We as Christians have a Marriage Covenant with Jesus Christ. Jesus has an Eternal Never Ending Blood Covenant with God the Father and we are recipients of Their Everlasting Covenant.
All covenants are not made in the Light. There are many covenants made in darkness. We are warned:
2Co 6:14-18 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Jesus Christ came to set those God the Father would call to Him in alignment to become Christ’s Bride and receive benefit from the Eternal Blood Covenant. In doing this Christ begins separating and dividing covenants that were not Gods Will to begin with.
Mat 10:34-39 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Mat 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife (husband), or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
If God has called you and Christ has begun the surgical work of removing you from the areas of darkness you’ve been yoked in, it will bless you to heed these next two scriptures and allow the process of the forward movement of conversion help you.
Luk 9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Php 3:12-14 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
In this process patience is needed to get to the place where you receive the benefits of Gods covenant with His Son:
Heb 10:35-38 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Brother James, OIC
Heb 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old.
Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
There are many types of covenants. A covenant is a contract. Marriage, Mosaic Covenant, Covenant with Noah, various covenants of friendship and the most important the Covenant between God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ – The New Covenant.
Every covenant has its end but one- The New Covenant. Some covenants end by agreement, some by completion, others decay away and yet others are broken. But all covenants with the exception of the New Covenant are temporal and The New Covenant is Eternal.
Many today believe being Christians they have a covenant with God the Father. That is not so. We as Christians have a Marriage Covenant with Jesus Christ. Jesus has an Eternal Never Ending Blood Covenant with God the Father and we are recipients of Their Everlasting Covenant.
All covenants are not made in the Light. There are many covenants made in darkness. We are warned:
2Co 6:14-18 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Jesus Christ came to set those God the Father would call to Him in alignment to become Christ’s Bride and receive benefit from the Eternal Blood Covenant. In doing this Christ begins separating and dividing covenants that were not Gods Will to begin with.
Mat 10:34-39 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Mat 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife (husband), or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
If God has called you and Christ has begun the surgical work of removing you from the areas of darkness you’ve been yoked in, it will bless you to heed these next two scriptures and allow the process of the forward movement of conversion help you.
Luk 9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Php 3:12-14 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
In this process patience is needed to get to the place where you receive the benefits of Gods covenant with His Son:
Heb 10:35-38 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Friday, September 17, 2010
DYING FOR ANOTHER THE GREATEST LOVE James, OIC
DYING FOR ANOTHER
THE GREATEST LOVE
Brother James, OIC
Joh 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this,that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Love has been the single greatest Truth in my life. When I’ve loved I’ve loved with my whole being. But Jesus would never have tagged that last sentence with “When I’ve Loved” BECAUSE He always loved even His enemies. And now I’m finding this love growing within. It is growing within in spite of my being the Chief of Sinners, it is growing within in spite of whether someone loves me or not. In fact it relates fully to Paul’s statement “the more I love the less I’m loved.”
The only way to get this Love within is to know and keep the Word of Truth within your hearts. The Word of Truth will make you free. Free in the bonds of this world to totally stop what you are doing, dying to yourself, your plans and love your neighbor.
Love can more times than not hurt. Jesus love for us caused Him to lay down His life first in Heaven then lay down His physical body on the cross.
Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
But for those who will do and continue to do what Love directs a certain Joy will give you strength within. As Joy always sees the Hope that is set before it. Joy itself is maintained by Love and grows as Love does as a fruit within
Gal 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Neh 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Joy strengthens our ability to lay down our lives, to walk away when it’s time or to build when it’s time. And Joy comes from reading Gods Word and being in His presence.
Having a Love that will lay down its life will have its share of heartaches. BUT ALWAYS THE JOY OF THE LORD WILL KEEP YOU AND KEEP YOU THROUGH YOUR CRUCIFIXIONS.
THE GREATEST LOVE
Brother James, OIC
Joh 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this,that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Love has been the single greatest Truth in my life. When I’ve loved I’ve loved with my whole being. But Jesus would never have tagged that last sentence with “When I’ve Loved” BECAUSE He always loved even His enemies. And now I’m finding this love growing within. It is growing within in spite of my being the Chief of Sinners, it is growing within in spite of whether someone loves me or not. In fact it relates fully to Paul’s statement “the more I love the less I’m loved.”
The only way to get this Love within is to know and keep the Word of Truth within your hearts. The Word of Truth will make you free. Free in the bonds of this world to totally stop what you are doing, dying to yourself, your plans and love your neighbor.
Love can more times than not hurt. Jesus love for us caused Him to lay down His life first in Heaven then lay down His physical body on the cross.
Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
But for those who will do and continue to do what Love directs a certain Joy will give you strength within. As Joy always sees the Hope that is set before it. Joy itself is maintained by Love and grows as Love does as a fruit within
Gal 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Neh 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Joy strengthens our ability to lay down our lives, to walk away when it’s time or to build when it’s time. And Joy comes from reading Gods Word and being in His presence.
Having a Love that will lay down its life will have its share of heartaches. BUT ALWAYS THE JOY OF THE LORD WILL KEEP YOU AND KEEP YOU THROUGH YOUR CRUCIFIXIONS.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
WHEN LOVE WITHIN IS TRAPPED IN SIN James, OIC
WHEN LOVE WITHIN
IS TRAPPED IN SIN
Brother James, OIC
1Co 13:4-7 Love suffereth long, and is kind; Love envieth not; Love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
I’ve been in love wherein all I could see is love. And whatever was wrong sinfully about that relationship was blinded by that love. Have you ever been there? Have you ever loved someone so much that all you ever hoped for was that grey area in the relationship to be made right with and before God? Perhaps you had a child on drugs and you enabled the drug use because of the struggles you witnessed the child going through?
Perhaps you were in a live-in relationship that couldn’t move forward because one wasn’t yet divorced from another? Or maybe you couldn’t let go of something that needed letting go of because love held your focus. But I am here to tell you that the God kind of love can let go and allow God to set things in order and what you were once blinded to will become perfectly clear from a distance. I believe most have had this kind of love in them where they held on to long and then not only their own selves but the person they loved got hurt.
Here are some things Love will do when coupled with Faith:
1) Love Never Fails: Love will always bring about the end result of your faith and profit you giving you the desires of your heart.
2) Love Covers All Sin: If you are a Christian who loves; that Love of God in you will become a Grace of Forgiveness toward others.
If you’ve been hurt by loving someone remember that Jesus Himself Loved you so much He died on the cross becoming sin for us that we might become the Righteousness of God in Him.
So letting go of something that’s kept you bound even while love was present is necessary for the work that God has begun to complete. Let Go And Let God! Trust in Him and He will give you the desires of your heart.
IS TRAPPED IN SIN
Brother James, OIC
1Co 13:4-7 Love suffereth long, and is kind; Love envieth not; Love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
I’ve been in love wherein all I could see is love. And whatever was wrong sinfully about that relationship was blinded by that love. Have you ever been there? Have you ever loved someone so much that all you ever hoped for was that grey area in the relationship to be made right with and before God? Perhaps you had a child on drugs and you enabled the drug use because of the struggles you witnessed the child going through?
Perhaps you were in a live-in relationship that couldn’t move forward because one wasn’t yet divorced from another? Or maybe you couldn’t let go of something that needed letting go of because love held your focus. But I am here to tell you that the God kind of love can let go and allow God to set things in order and what you were once blinded to will become perfectly clear from a distance. I believe most have had this kind of love in them where they held on to long and then not only their own selves but the person they loved got hurt.
Here are some things Love will do when coupled with Faith:
1) Love Never Fails: Love will always bring about the end result of your faith and profit you giving you the desires of your heart.
2) Love Covers All Sin: If you are a Christian who loves; that Love of God in you will become a Grace of Forgiveness toward others.
If you’ve been hurt by loving someone remember that Jesus Himself Loved you so much He died on the cross becoming sin for us that we might become the Righteousness of God in Him.
So letting go of something that’s kept you bound even while love was present is necessary for the work that God has begun to complete. Let Go And Let God! Trust in Him and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
THE PAIN OF REJECTION James, OIC
THE PAIN OF REJECTION
Brother James, OIC
Isa 53:3-4 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
If you like myself have ever been rejected the first thing to remember is that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ well knew the pain of rejection. For us the rejections in this life are there to turn us to Him for care.
Mat 11:28-30 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
His being rejected, was solely because, His love the world did not understand; selfless, all giving, willing to lay down His life for another, giver of all good things. But our love more times than not wants something back. We were not being selfless but selfish. In other words I Love You for what you can do for me. There is no doubt we all need to be loved. First and foremost we can know Jesus Loves us His Father Loves us and IF we allow their training into our hearts Their Spirit will prepare us to love in such away that we are whole and complete and then if rejected not cast down so low that spirits of depression move in.
I’ve loved what I thought was with selfless love but the more the challenges and competition came the loyalty once given me was removed and replaced by rejection. I was like a boat adrift in a storm and not only adrift but sinking in depression.
Rejection, loss of a loved one through divorce or death, scars from abuse or the bondages of the negative addictions of sin all have a solution and it is in the Word of God.
If you are hurting please join us at our Total Recovery Meetings in Dothan or online the schedule is on this newsletter and God Will Lift You Up and Yoy Will Know His Joy Again In Jesus Name!
Brother James, OIC
Isa 53:3-4 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
If you like myself have ever been rejected the first thing to remember is that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ well knew the pain of rejection. For us the rejections in this life are there to turn us to Him for care.
Mat 11:28-30 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
His being rejected, was solely because, His love the world did not understand; selfless, all giving, willing to lay down His life for another, giver of all good things. But our love more times than not wants something back. We were not being selfless but selfish. In other words I Love You for what you can do for me. There is no doubt we all need to be loved. First and foremost we can know Jesus Loves us His Father Loves us and IF we allow their training into our hearts Their Spirit will prepare us to love in such away that we are whole and complete and then if rejected not cast down so low that spirits of depression move in.
I’ve loved what I thought was with selfless love but the more the challenges and competition came the loyalty once given me was removed and replaced by rejection. I was like a boat adrift in a storm and not only adrift but sinking in depression.
Rejection, loss of a loved one through divorce or death, scars from abuse or the bondages of the negative addictions of sin all have a solution and it is in the Word of God.
If you are hurting please join us at our Total Recovery Meetings in Dothan or online the schedule is on this newsletter and God Will Lift You Up and Yoy Will Know His Joy Again In Jesus Name!
Monday, September 13, 2010
WHEN THINGS SEEM HOPELESS James, OIC
WHEN THINGS SEEM HOPELESS
Brother James, OIC
1Pe 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
You might have lost a loved one. You might have been in over your head in a situation. You might have been rejected by someone you love. You might have lost a job. You might have failed at a task. There are a lot of “might haves” in everyday life but you do not have to lose sight of HOPE. Why? Because you are Born Again unto a Lively Hope that is a Living Hope by the Power of the resurrected Christ.
One of the most common failures in our hearts is allowing circumstances to capture our focus instead Him Who is the answer to all of lifes problems.
Take time today to know Him and what He has given you by inheritance. To do this begin reading the New Testament and believing Gods Promises to you and His Living Hope will secure your heart in peace that surpasses your understanding.
Brother James, OIC
1Pe 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
You might have lost a loved one. You might have been in over your head in a situation. You might have been rejected by someone you love. You might have lost a job. You might have failed at a task. There are a lot of “might haves” in everyday life but you do not have to lose sight of HOPE. Why? Because you are Born Again unto a Lively Hope that is a Living Hope by the Power of the resurrected Christ.
One of the most common failures in our hearts is allowing circumstances to capture our focus instead Him Who is the answer to all of lifes problems.
Take time today to know Him and what He has given you by inheritance. To do this begin reading the New Testament and believing Gods Promises to you and His Living Hope will secure your heart in peace that surpasses your understanding.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
WORDS Brother James, OIC
WORDS
Job 19:1-2 Then Job answered and said, How long will
ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with WORDS?
Pro 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the
tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Have you ever said anything hateful or hurtful to someone you love and the minute you said it you wished you hadn’t, you wish you could take it back? Have you ever been under stress and lost your temper and made rash decisions not having first prayed and waited on God? Have you ever been spoken to in such a way by someone you loved that it hurt you down to the very core of your being so much so that you began to doubt yourself?
That old saying “Sticks and Stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me” IS NOT TRUE! WORDS CAN HURT, WORDS CAN INJURE, TEAR DOWN AND DESTROY. In fact words can be used to cause irreparable damage. Words are exactly what Satan uses to cause divisions.
In the Faith we are responsible to use only words that good and edifying to the hearers. Not tickling someone’s ears with false doctrines telling them what they want to hear but always speaking the Truth in Love. And definitely not being hateful to someone in order to help ourselves feel better about something we’ve done that’s hurt them.
Insecurity is one demon that fuels this lashing out. Lack of faithfulness and commitment is another and sometimes it just comes down to the person being mean spirited. Always though it’s a spiritual battle:
Eph 6:11-12 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
It hurts beyond comprehension when someone you love quits believing in you. I know but yet I pray and I press on.
Job 19:1-2 Then Job answered and said, How long will
ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with WORDS?
Pro 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the
tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Have you ever said anything hateful or hurtful to someone you love and the minute you said it you wished you hadn’t, you wish you could take it back? Have you ever been under stress and lost your temper and made rash decisions not having first prayed and waited on God? Have you ever been spoken to in such a way by someone you loved that it hurt you down to the very core of your being so much so that you began to doubt yourself?
That old saying “Sticks and Stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me” IS NOT TRUE! WORDS CAN HURT, WORDS CAN INJURE, TEAR DOWN AND DESTROY. In fact words can be used to cause irreparable damage. Words are exactly what Satan uses to cause divisions.
In the Faith we are responsible to use only words that good and edifying to the hearers. Not tickling someone’s ears with false doctrines telling them what they want to hear but always speaking the Truth in Love. And definitely not being hateful to someone in order to help ourselves feel better about something we’ve done that’s hurt them.
Insecurity is one demon that fuels this lashing out. Lack of faithfulness and commitment is another and sometimes it just comes down to the person being mean spirited. Always though it’s a spiritual battle:
Eph 6:11-12 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
It hurts beyond comprehension when someone you love quits believing in you. I know but yet I pray and I press on.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
LABOR TO ENTER HIS REST James, OIC
LABOR TO ENTER
HIS REST
Brother James, OIC
Hebrews 4:11
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
And amid all this activity of daily life two Blessed Saints appeared and one spoke the title to today's devotional. And I knew then what it is that He has and is accomplishing in His New Testament Word and through His Promises; REST.
Jesus Himself spoke of this rest that He has now accomplished. It's not on a day of the week but now a season, a 24 hour 7 day a week of Sabbath Rest the season of this present Truth of the Gospel we now have been given by Him, Who enables and recreates us to abide therein.
Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
We are living in Perilous Times, times of worry, oppression, depression, striving to succeed and make the emulation of the American Dream out something it isn't a part of Christianity! Times wherein many will turn from the Faith to worldly solutions. A time True Believers should be Trusting Gods Word as a guide for what they do and Gods Promises as the solutions to their daily needs. It's the season of Sabbath rest kept for the people of God; wherein those who obey His Word and Trust His Promises, those who say NO to the World and its god Satan and all his demonic false solutions enter into Gods Rest.
Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
How can I labor to enter His Rest? Isn't that in itself a contradiction? For many it is, as they produce what appears to be good works but to God they're dead works as they are accomplished out of their own minds and own efforts and own strength. Jesus warned the result of this no obedience to His Spirit of Truth.
Matthew 7:20-22 (King James Version)
20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
To labor to enter His rest Christ's first disciples asked a question of Him that reconciled the seeming contradiction of laboring to enter rest:
John 6:27-29 (King James Version)
27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. 28Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
And that belief comes as God gives it measure in the substance of Faith as you study, trust and obey Gods - Word Rightly Dividing His Word of Truth
HIS REST
Brother James, OIC
Hebrews 4:11
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
And amid all this activity of daily life two Blessed Saints appeared and one spoke the title to today's devotional. And I knew then what it is that He has and is accomplishing in His New Testament Word and through His Promises; REST.
Jesus Himself spoke of this rest that He has now accomplished. It's not on a day of the week but now a season, a 24 hour 7 day a week of Sabbath Rest the season of this present Truth of the Gospel we now have been given by Him, Who enables and recreates us to abide therein.
Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
We are living in Perilous Times, times of worry, oppression, depression, striving to succeed and make the emulation of the American Dream out something it isn't a part of Christianity! Times wherein many will turn from the Faith to worldly solutions. A time True Believers should be Trusting Gods Word as a guide for what they do and Gods Promises as the solutions to their daily needs. It's the season of Sabbath rest kept for the people of God; wherein those who obey His Word and Trust His Promises, those who say NO to the World and its god Satan and all his demonic false solutions enter into Gods Rest.
Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
How can I labor to enter His Rest? Isn't that in itself a contradiction? For many it is, as they produce what appears to be good works but to God they're dead works as they are accomplished out of their own minds and own efforts and own strength. Jesus warned the result of this no obedience to His Spirit of Truth.
Matthew 7:20-22 (King James Version)
20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
To labor to enter His rest Christ's first disciples asked a question of Him that reconciled the seeming contradiction of laboring to enter rest:
John 6:27-29 (King James Version)
27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. 28Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
And that belief comes as God gives it measure in the substance of Faith as you study, trust and obey Gods - Word Rightly Dividing His Word of Truth
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
AMBASSADORSHIP James, OIC
AMBASSADORSHIP
Brother James, OIC
2 Corinthians 5:20
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 2:10
10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
John 15:12
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Mark 16:15-18
15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Ambassadorship is the authority given someone by the highest authority in their country as a representative of their country of citizenship in a foreign land. It usually has diplomatic immunity from that countries laws and has the power to speak and to do on behalf of the highest official of their country. As true believers in Christ we are now given new citizenship:
Philippians 3:20
For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
As seen in the few scriptures the list of authority we are given in our ambassadorship by our Lord and King Jesus Christ (through His Word) is limitless. And in His Word as we enter into His Kingdom Power and the Mind of Christ is ours our prayer life changes and is effectual in the fact we live and Trust and have our being in the Spirit of Promise.
Matthew 21:22
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Ambassadorship is an awesome powerful position to be in and all who are truly Christs are Ambassadors from Heaven to this lost and dying world
Brother James, OIC
2 Corinthians 5:20
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 2:10
10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
John 15:12
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Mark 16:15-18
15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Ambassadorship is the authority given someone by the highest authority in their country as a representative of their country of citizenship in a foreign land. It usually has diplomatic immunity from that countries laws and has the power to speak and to do on behalf of the highest official of their country. As true believers in Christ we are now given new citizenship:
Philippians 3:20
For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
As seen in the few scriptures the list of authority we are given in our ambassadorship by our Lord and King Jesus Christ (through His Word) is limitless. And in His Word as we enter into His Kingdom Power and the Mind of Christ is ours our prayer life changes and is effectual in the fact we live and Trust and have our being in the Spirit of Promise.
Matthew 21:22
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Ambassadorship is an awesome powerful position to be in and all who are truly Christs are Ambassadors from Heaven to this lost and dying world
Saturday, September 4, 2010
LOVING AS CHRIST LOVED IN YOUR MARRIAGE James, OIC
LOVING AS CHRIST LOVED
IN YOUR MARRIAGE
Brother James, OIC
Joh 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Eph 5:21-24 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thin.
Eph 5:25 -32Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. Eph 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
God today is building His Church a Spiritual Body of believers. Christ today is saving those who would be God the Fathers out of darkness, separating them from entanglements, covenants, fellowships and partnerships with the world.
The greatest visual example of this is when a man and woman are truly yielded to God in marriage. In this you see the love of Christ protecting and you see the support of the Church Body yielding to her husband.
These marriages are rare today I have been fortunate in seeing this in living examples like our own Chaplain Woody’s marriage; the mystery of Christ and the Church revealed. I believe I myself have this in me and it is my hope for each of you that, if you are experiencing difficulties in your relationships that you turn fully to the study of Gods Word while steadfastly committing the scriptures above to your life and your marriage.
This is not to say every marriage that has a marriage license is of God nor is it to say that everyone married by a preacher is of God, it is to say that you that are of God, if you both turn fully to obeying Gods Word will know the mystery, the inexpressible joy of Christ and The Church.
Yielding to God is your allowing Jesus reign in your life. For some it means a moving from and replacing in totally different surroundings for their walk to be complete in Christ.
Mat 10:34-40 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
And this means that those that want Gods best must break the yokes that keep them looking back.
Php 3:13-14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Jesus meets each of us where we are at, and He places us where He wants Some He will leave in unequally yoked marriages others He will divide the house where the person that is His can be at peace. That is His business, and He knows the reasons why.
1Co 7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
IN YOUR MARRIAGE
Brother James, OIC
Joh 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Eph 5:21-24 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thin.
Eph 5:25 -32Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. Eph 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
God today is building His Church a Spiritual Body of believers. Christ today is saving those who would be God the Fathers out of darkness, separating them from entanglements, covenants, fellowships and partnerships with the world.
The greatest visual example of this is when a man and woman are truly yielded to God in marriage. In this you see the love of Christ protecting and you see the support of the Church Body yielding to her husband.
These marriages are rare today I have been fortunate in seeing this in living examples like our own Chaplain Woody’s marriage; the mystery of Christ and the Church revealed. I believe I myself have this in me and it is my hope for each of you that, if you are experiencing difficulties in your relationships that you turn fully to the study of Gods Word while steadfastly committing the scriptures above to your life and your marriage.
This is not to say every marriage that has a marriage license is of God nor is it to say that everyone married by a preacher is of God, it is to say that you that are of God, if you both turn fully to obeying Gods Word will know the mystery, the inexpressible joy of Christ and The Church.
Yielding to God is your allowing Jesus reign in your life. For some it means a moving from and replacing in totally different surroundings for their walk to be complete in Christ.
Mat 10:34-40 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
And this means that those that want Gods best must break the yokes that keep them looking back.
Php 3:13-14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Jesus meets each of us where we are at, and He places us where He wants Some He will leave in unequally yoked marriages others He will divide the house where the person that is His can be at peace. That is His business, and He knows the reasons why.
1Co 7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
FREEDOM FROM SHAME James, OIC
FREEDOM FROM SHAME
Brother James, OIC
Isa 54:4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
There is a time coming even today that if you will heed these words your past will no longer haunt you, familiar spirits will flee and shame will vanish. The years of widowhood from being bound in death, depression and despair will be over and you will enter into a new life of joy where hope lives and true love abounds. This is your day of salvation.
Jesus Christ is much more than a topic for a social gathering. He is the Risen Living God, Creator of the Universe, the Savior of the world, our Living Hope, our King. He is our Husband, Intimate Lover and Best Friend and only He can clean out the shame inside of you and fill the emptiness with Life.
Jesus that is taught in many forums today is a combination of worldly solutions and a few scriptures. That Jesus is not the real Jesus. The real Jesus strictly through Faith in His Word will miraculously deliver unto you ALL OF GODS PROMISES:
2Co 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
And it is His Promises that cause you to become a New Creature wherein the Spirit of Christ, which is the Divine Nature lives:
2Pe 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
The corruption that shame causes in ones life is a corruption that will keep one bound to loneliness and depression all their lives unless they allow Gods Promises to heal them and deliver them from its devastation. And sadly many religious folk will through their misapplication of Gods Word only foster that spirit of shame in you. But the True Risen Savior has come to do one thing and one thing alone to rid you of guilt and shame of your past.
There is a very flighty and watered down attempt at describing what Jesus did for you on the Cross. You will hear over and over that Jesus died for your sin; He Did but that is not enough to know with a knowing that brings life today exactly what occurred on the Cross of Calvary:
2Co 5:21 For he hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be the righteousness of God in Him.
With your flesh you will always serve sin. But you no longer have to identify with your flesh. Your new identity is Christ in You the Hope of Glory! The Apostle Paul said these things by the Spirit of Christ in Him as he walked in the daily deliverance that only living in Gods Word can bring:
Rom 6:17 -23 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 7:22-25 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Rom 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Rom 8:5-9 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ (Anointing), he is none of his.
Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but CHRIST LIVETH IN ME: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Christ the Son of God was God He was the Word made flesh (see John 1:1, 14) and it is the Spirit of Christ (Anointing) that Truth births in you (see Gal 4:19). It is this anointing that destroys the yokes in your life whether they be guilt, shame, depression, anger, etc (see Is 10:27). The Word of God The Holy Bible contains Living Words of Life they are Seed which produces the Spirit of Christ in us as we understand spiritually the Word of Truth(see Mt 13:1-8; 18-24)
Today is the day of salvation. Paul instructs us
Php 3:8-14 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Be at Peace in Christ!
Brother James, OIC
Isa 54:4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
There is a time coming even today that if you will heed these words your past will no longer haunt you, familiar spirits will flee and shame will vanish. The years of widowhood from being bound in death, depression and despair will be over and you will enter into a new life of joy where hope lives and true love abounds. This is your day of salvation.
Jesus Christ is much more than a topic for a social gathering. He is the Risen Living God, Creator of the Universe, the Savior of the world, our Living Hope, our King. He is our Husband, Intimate Lover and Best Friend and only He can clean out the shame inside of you and fill the emptiness with Life.
Jesus that is taught in many forums today is a combination of worldly solutions and a few scriptures. That Jesus is not the real Jesus. The real Jesus strictly through Faith in His Word will miraculously deliver unto you ALL OF GODS PROMISES:
2Co 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
And it is His Promises that cause you to become a New Creature wherein the Spirit of Christ, which is the Divine Nature lives:
2Pe 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
The corruption that shame causes in ones life is a corruption that will keep one bound to loneliness and depression all their lives unless they allow Gods Promises to heal them and deliver them from its devastation. And sadly many religious folk will through their misapplication of Gods Word only foster that spirit of shame in you. But the True Risen Savior has come to do one thing and one thing alone to rid you of guilt and shame of your past.
There is a very flighty and watered down attempt at describing what Jesus did for you on the Cross. You will hear over and over that Jesus died for your sin; He Did but that is not enough to know with a knowing that brings life today exactly what occurred on the Cross of Calvary:
2Co 5:21 For he hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be the righteousness of God in Him.
With your flesh you will always serve sin. But you no longer have to identify with your flesh. Your new identity is Christ in You the Hope of Glory! The Apostle Paul said these things by the Spirit of Christ in Him as he walked in the daily deliverance that only living in Gods Word can bring:
Rom 6:17 -23 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 7:22-25 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Rom 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Rom 8:5-9 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ (Anointing), he is none of his.
Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but CHRIST LIVETH IN ME: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Christ the Son of God was God He was the Word made flesh (see John 1:1, 14) and it is the Spirit of Christ (Anointing) that Truth births in you (see Gal 4:19). It is this anointing that destroys the yokes in your life whether they be guilt, shame, depression, anger, etc (see Is 10:27). The Word of God The Holy Bible contains Living Words of Life they are Seed which produces the Spirit of Christ in us as we understand spiritually the Word of Truth(see Mt 13:1-8; 18-24)
Today is the day of salvation. Paul instructs us
Php 3:8-14 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Be at Peace in Christ!
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