"And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power." 1 Corinthians 2:4
If in preaching the Gospel you substitute your clear knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the Gospel, you hinder people getting to Reality. You have to see that while you proclaim your knowledge of the way of salvation, you yourself are rooted and grounded in faith in God. Never rely on the clearness of your exposition, but as you give your exposition see that you are relying on the Holy Spirit. Rely on the certainty of God's redemptive power, and He will create His own life in souls.
When once you are rooted in Reality, nothing can shake you. If your faith is in experiences, any thing that happens is likely to upset that faith; but nothing can ever upset God or the almighty Reality of Redemption; base your faith on that, and you are as eternally secure as God. When once you get into personal contact with Jesus Christ, you will never be moved again. That is the meaning of sanctification. God puts His disapproval on human experience when we begin to adhere to the conception that sanctification is merely an experience, and forget that sanctification itself has to be sanctified (see John 17:19). I have deliberately to give my sanctified life to God for His service, so that He can use me as His hands and His feet.
"And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing." John 16:23
When is "that day"? When the Ascended Lord makes you one with the Father. In that day you will be one with the Father as Jesus is, and "in that day," Jesus says, "ye shall ask Me nothing." Until the resurrection life of Jesus is manifested in you, you want to ask this and that; then after a while you find all questions gone, you do not seem to have any left to ask. You have come to the place of entire reliance on the resurrection life of Jesus which brings you into perfect contact with the purpose of God. Are you living that life now? If not, why shouldn't you?
There may be any number of things dark to your understanding, but they do not come in between your heart and God. "And in that day ye shall ask Me no question" - you do not need to, you are so certain that God will bring things out in accordance with His will. John 14:1 has become the real state of your heart, and there are no more questions to be asked. If anything is a mystery to you and it is coming in between you and God, never look for the explanation in your intellect, look for it in your disposition, it is that which is wrong. When once your disposition is willing to submit to the life of Jesus, the understanding will be perfectly clear, and you will get to the place where there is no distance between the Father and His child because the Lord has made you one, and "in that day ye shall ask Me no question."
Tim Lahaye: Elijah is going to come before the Lord appears. Potentially, John the Baptist was Elijah, because he didn't forfill the prophecy of Malachi 4-5-6 he did not become the predicted Elijah. A different person in the spirit and power of Elijah will forfill the prophecies about the coming Elijah(Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1 4:5-6)
Oswald Chambers: It is not wrong for you to depend on your Elijah for as long as God gives him to you. But remember that the time will come when he must leave and will no longer be your guide and your leader, because God didn't intend for him to stay. Even the thought of that causes you to say, I cannot continue without my Elijah.
Yet God says you must continue.
We have all people we look up to and depend on in life for a reason or a lift up for faith. There isn't nothing wrong with that, no one wants to walk the walk alone. There's always that voice that refreshes your soul and reminds you of Jesus and draws you to Him, again there is nothing wrong with that and never will be.
But for us all, we must learn to stand on our own and to know the Lord personally and learn to let Him be your all and all not a man. I kinda saw a need to learn to stand on my own, I had no choice because no one was for me, or stood beside me. I had no Elijah in my life, and kinda glad I wouldn't be who I am if I did.
There is no such thing as a super Christian or even a strong Christian. The only Believer that can stand the fire and come out still in Christ is the Believer who understand's and see's that need for Jesus daily. You can be strong minded or strong willed but only that can come about with the understanding Believer seeing their need for His Love daily.
I'm a defensive person and I have trust issue's been lied to and extreme extortion for the last 6 years, but in all those character flaws, I still love Jesus, I don't blame Him for others actions and still have the fullness of His Love daily. That's victory and that's your salvation, know that and apply that daily and your Elijah's in your life, well once that applied not needed as much.
A Prophet Apostle or even a Preacher man of God etc, their main job in this life is to teach and help you understand we need Jesus and His Love in our lives to be the people He meant for us. And we come and we go, that's life can't extort people for answers kinda go wrong there. Whatever happened to a friendly ask ???
still confused there ??
Malachi 4:5-6 says I will send you Elijah He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of children to the fathers. How can people love each other fully without fear ??? Trust loyalty and having a track record of being a dependable trustworthy person can birth good healthy relationships. With anyone.
Honestly without the love of the Lord active in my life, I can't be that person, because fear will cripple me. It's time for extortion against Elijah to end, it's time for the choice of many's heart come into play. A prophet is God's mercy plea to mankind, if man rejects the Prophet you lose the Prophet's reward. It's time for Elijah to go, and it's time for you to understand your Lord's salvation plan for your life.
It's as simple as 1 2 3 drink this water and live.
God Sense 101
Deuteronomy 5:17 " You shall not murder.
Pat Robertson: On the surface, this commandment is a great protection for each one of us against the anger and vengeful impulses of other people. When the law is weak, murderous anger and revenge killings turn societies into jungles.
Ever had someone say welcome to the jungle and make it sound like that is normal?? I have and I thought to myself, what has this world come to?? Well really using common sense world hasn't come to nothing, been like this all through time it's evidence man separated from God.
Read in a devotional, if man doesn't fear or respect the Lord the man is capable of anything. Well than we can say we have government and police to protect us. Yes we do, but now anther problem comes about. You have these rockers and rappers giving people this false arrogance not to fear jail or the police. Basically setting these weak minds up for failure.
And we have to deal with these criminals and bullies in this life. They don't value life, they don't value anything, they have been programmed by TV and music or that's all they know growing up and environment. So basically you have these people making millions of dollars to ruin your moral and life. And we are fools to buy into it.
Men are confused to thinking abusing women and their kids that's what it means to be a tough guy or a man in general. The Lord doesn't buy it and I sure don't either.
In this life the tough guy's are the one's who can take a licking and keep on ticking, a.k.a the Rocky's of this life.
Hear people saying the Lord is some heartless God in the sky. And I see things for what they are, God isn't the problem we are. Think about it, He already gave us a solution, the Cross to open doors to Himself, to have a clear conscience and being better people in His unfailing Love.
Adam and Eve ate the fruit blame them, I mean they had it all and no worries and had to get conned by satan. Cain spilled blood and cursed us, don't blame God blame us.
A man isn't a man or a women isn't a women until they can admit when they are wrong. Can't never be right lol unless you can see through your own wrongs lol.
Until I said, Jesus I admit I'm wrong, and I see that my right's and wrong's aren't accurate. So Jesus can you flood my life with your Love for a new conscience and motive in your love (((Spirit))). People need to stop blaming God and see things for what they are, the world and people have fell victim to satan's plan to separate us from the Love of the Lord.
It's a jungle out there because we allow our enemy to mold us into animal's and I have to say I'm 100% guilty and admitting that every day, I see it and become a better person in His Love. Whole point of the book of Job is Job being aware it wasn't God attacking him or hurting him but satan mankind's main enemy. And he stayed true to the Lord, because common sense says don't get mad at the wrong one.
So taming the jungle of life starts with you. Not saying don't take up for yourself or be some pushover. No I'm saying stay completely in His love daily and be lead by Him and sometime's helping yourself can lead to a great use to others. I'm not going to cripple you with faith in the Lord. I know what the reality of this life brings, and it's a fight. It's a fight we have to face until we are in His presence. Solution is daily to take His yoke and learn from it, and at the end of every day clean your soul in His Love for that fresh start the next.
That Simple
God Sense 101
Oswald Chambers: He who believes in Me.... out of his heart will flow rivers of living water------and hundreds of other lives will be continually refreshed.
John 21:15 "Yes Lord," he said," you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my lambs."
There always comes a time in history someone has to restore a lot of damage confused stumbling blocks seem to can't get. Instead of going off the hearsay of men, it's a smart thing to know your Lord personally. Reality is everyone has different shoes and experiences in life, so a solution to I'm right your wrong is the same page and that's beginning your faith in His and Love and keeping it there.
Jesus came to lighten the load in life in His Love, He did not come to test us, He did not come to torment us, and He did not come to make us insane to a point your scared to talk. I've had losers and low life's use my faith to cripple me, when I defend myself the loser's say is that what Jesus would do?? That makes me soooo mad, just a evil and a lowness I can't understand, hey maybe I will one day not today.
So now it's a use your faith as a weakness to use and abuse you and whatever else, sad thing is these low life's think they still get heaven, good luck with that, going to need it. I don't need to be a bum kisser to men and women to show the Love of God, as long as my character and track record consists of being a trustworthy person you can depend on my niceness isn't needed.
I don't choose to be mean, I just see it necessary with a lot of people some people don't believe crap stinks until you stick it in their face. This anything goes passive Gospel God is offended and doesn't need your passive hurting mankind views in His ways. He simply wants us to lead people to His love and he will do the rest. The Love of God (((Holy Spirit))) gives us a new conscience and mind in Christ, and the more you apply that the better you are.
No need to get extreme, no need to get nutty, really no need in getting mad or committing hate crimes. It's as simple as this and ends here, if you are in His Love your are in His protection and no one can judge you NO ONE. If you are not well, your all alone against the forces of hell. Is that a smart choice??? Hey that's your choice, don't blame the Lord when the evil life isn't getting you any where any longer.
Being Jesus to others is leading them to the Love of the Lord, and being a helping hand to those who want better, and not use the kindness of others as weakness or use.com. And Believers a way to discern that is in the Love of Christ, it's that simple. Bible says cling to good, and to hate evil, it's a choice and like everyone else, choose evil get the cost it brings.
Jesus said drink this water and Live
it's that simple
God Sense 101
Oswald Chambers: When I have really transacted business with God on the basis of His convenant, letting everything else go, there is no sense of personal achievement-no human ingredient in it at all. Instead, there is a complete overwhelming sense of being brought into union with God, and my life transformed and radiates peace and joy.
Oswald Chambers: Every element of our own self reliance must be put to death by the power of God. The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our ((dependence)) upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power.
The man and women who understands their need for the Lord and not a need for self righteousness are the one's who find the power of Christ flood their life.
I don't want the righteous man of the year award,
As long as the Love of Christ floods my life, you have to know your righteousness is in Him not the hearsay of man.
I believe in a higher standard, and I believe in being moral and being a respectful person to the good people of this land. But I'm not carrying a guilt burden on my back and drive myself nuts. And if you can, good for you if you have the ability to good for you, I tip my hat, I can't bow or be a pushover to people who choose evil in this life, can't do it I tried.
And I stay in His love 24/7 so ??? maybe not meant to be who knows.
Evil is a choice and evil has costs in the laws of the Land and the judgments of God. Caught doing evil things in this Nation you go to jail right?? And if you choose an evil to do list, you have separated yourself from the Lord and the judgment is forever torment, separation from God in the place the bible calls Hell.
I can have a label 24/7 as a Believer and I can fool everyone and even get the pride of a Christian or whatever, but when its all said and done, only one thing that matters, am I in the Love of Christ or do I stand alone??? Really that simple, and sorry fence riders, people in the Love of Jesus doesn't have an evil to do list and if you do person with a label, that's all you have.
That was a bold statement>>?? Kinda cocky and confident statement?? yes in a way yes, reason being is I have His love in my life and I hate evil and want nothing to do with it. And I will forever hold up my I am an American and free to be Holy card day in and day out, and even without that right, as the past tells.
We are some hard headed Jesus loving fools, get used to it and for the record respect it, should be respected His Gospel is peace and Love.
In the fires and pressures of this life, we all have to face ourselves in them. Do the right things even when it hurts or sell out to the bad for whatever reason. Its a daily choice and really no pressure. It's a battle won for the Believer who understands He loves you and died for that door to open to His love for those who cry for it, in humility and a ((((want)))) to be a good person.
We come in this world naked with nothing, and we leave this world with nothing but one thing, salvation or none and your ((character)). We need His Love not the righteous person of the year award, dirty rags apart from His Love. The Love of God is our
salvation, and the righteousness we claim.
And that's about it.
God Sense 101
Oswald Chambers: The only way a servant can remain true to God is to be ready for the Lord's surprise visits. This readiness will not be brought about by service,but through ((Spiritual reality)), expecting Jesus at every turn.
This sense of expectation will give our life the attitude the childlike wonder, He wants us to have. If we are going to be ready for Jesus Christ, we have to stop being religious. In other words, we must stop using religion as if were some of lofty lifestyle-((we must be Spiritually real)).
Some say faith is a hard thing, some say it's as simple as 1 2 3. Well to me it's as easy as 1 2 3, why do you say and how is that?? Faith is simple, the Lord of all and knowing Him personally isn't interested in driving mankind insane for the reasons that people say.
Faith to me is a simple going into His presence ((Spirit)) and well kinda ends there. I mean that's how you learn His voice, the discernment of the Spirit of Grace. Faith isn't a valley of not knowing, faith is receiving the Love of the Lord ((Spirit)) and being lead by Him.
I mean, your not going to be perfect in being lead. Satan is going to work at ya day in and out to get ya off track and using his secret spy's to help. But your victory, my victory is just being in Love with Him, today and everyday. And that is a life set apart and a life of faith in the Love of Christ and nothing more, and to make it more lol your 100% wrong.
So please just, live that in your daily tasks and even in hard times, He will lead you and that yoke of His Love, that is our strength and that's a beautiful thing in itself.
That's the unbreakable faith, reason Paul said Love is the greatest. Because that Love ((Spirit)) of our Lord is the foundation and root of your faith.
THAT SIMPLE
God Sense 101
As long as the Spirit of Grace is active in my life, I'm a productive witness among men. I'm not here to impress the world, only to show the world the Love He gives so freely. Any job, career or tasks in my days in His Love, I will reap all the rewards I'm meant for in heaven,NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS.
They can slander us, make fun of us, exclude us as outcasts and crazy people, but that day has to come, the day when the Lord exalts His children and the other guys well you know the story, that's the prize people, ((forever Glory)).
If someone had two checks one for a hundred dollars and the other for a trillion. Eternity is a long time ((forever)), the hundred represent his life, if we are lucky get to hundred.
GIVE ME A TRILLION LOL. Common sense sure it is lol. Have fun in this life, be a productive person, as the Lord wanted. But never compare the hundred to that trillion lol:).
God Sense 101
Oswald Chambers: But every theory or thought that raises itself up as a fortified barrier "against the knowledge of God"is to be determinedly demolished by drawing on God's power, not through human effort or compromise. (see Corinthians 10:4)
Matthew 23:27 You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but the inside they are full of greed and self indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee!
First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
Hear alot of different people with different preaching and certain points to tackle. But ask yourself one ?, want someone real with you and you can trust them or some Mr Rogery man kissing your bum, waiting to stab your backside.
Me personally the real person is the winner, hey Mr Rogery snake get to stepping no one is buying it. Jesus pin pointed certain sin's and character traits that ruin us as people and deceit is the worst. King David said, they speak words of peace with their lips, with war in heart.
That's a condemning to do list people, I don't care who you are, if everyone likes you, if you are the pretty pretty one , ya aint pretty inside and stand condemned to your creator. Deceit is satan's whole thing, and I mean you expect the Lord to honor such choices? ((((NO))).
I'm a Spiritual and I know those choices separate me from the Lord, and I know is condemning, hey don't like go to the Boss. Can't face the LIGHT, we can't claim Him, its that simple, we have to face Him in His presence daily, and Lord please testify.
The thing is the Lord isn't impressed with our righteousness and never will be, Key in pleasing a perfect Lord, is one thing, Himself:)
can't be your own couch, He has to be Lord of our lives to grow and understand His ways.
It's like when I go to a job, I can see someone now walking in and making your own rules, they will fire your hindpot. Same thing with the Lord, can't claim Him as Lord and serve the enemy, common sense there goodness.
We are not called to Mr Rogers, passive pushovers, but we are called to be loyal, trustworthy, heartfelt people that show His love to the world, what they NEED TO SEE.
Not some guy fake smiles no Love of the Lord not testifying reading a Q card, telling you to buy some tap water and you'll ok, yeah sure.
Fakes with deceit in their heart are not of the Lord. People who use you are not of the Lord, people who reject you for no good reason are not of the Lord, so don't care if that happens. Acceptance is a confusing thing, shoot for the people with a conscience is a start.
So you have I'm going to act you to Jesus, good luck with that. Or hey, His Love floods my soul, I can't wrong you, my conscience won't allow it, that's salvation people and that's LOVE. Know it believe it and live it.
God Sense 101
Galations 1:10 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond servant of Christ.
2 Corinthians 8:14 Do not be yoked together with un believers. For what do righteous and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
Is marriage valued anymore>>?? are values and self respect on people's character trait list?? And who's to blame for the moral of men and women's hearts these days?? I have to say the grain the game of men and women love thing has gotten really insane.
Watching TV and saw a commercial, the online booty call one. The guy was asking the women to marry him and the player guy came and punted him out the way. I was thinking man I would have moved and stuck my foot out lol.
And sure some guys see that and say har de har de har that's cool etc. And they treat the women they are with like crap etc. You don't have to use and abuse people to be cool or whatever people say. My whole idea of a cool person is staying true to yourself and not some scared sell out.
I believe a man and a women are meant for marriage. I believe you should be faithful to that person and loyal. And I believe in any relationship there should be a two way respect, without it your relationship will crumble.
You don't need to read a book, or learn how to have a relationship with anyone, its a simple thing made hard. It's as simple as Jesus said,
do on to others as you would want them to do to you. That is in friendship and the whole love thing. I learned in the Lord, Love respects and Love doesn't want to cause harm.
So all the so called player players out there, to me your insecure starving for identity hurting anyone in your path trying to build respect in the wrong things. Don't see yourself with someone, don't lead them on just be up front and respect that person.
I've been through hell and back with someone, and I have no idea how this person sleeps at night, but I'm sure she does lack of conscience, class, character. And I tell you, the next one the Lord will have to give me a sign, an insane sign before I put my heart out there.
So you can say I'm a victim of love crimes lol, but this was wow something one can't explain, creepy, weird, and just a nightmare. The bottom line is we need to be people readers, save yourself some heartache, let the Lord guide you to your mate.
I refuse to go with the grain or model myself off a cheap commercial and the lame cool guy thing. Going to keep my morals the Lord taught me close to my heart and go from there, and I refuse to sell out, do the same don't sell out.
If you can't find contentment in marriage or with a person, your not ready for that step in life. Contentment is the key to marriage and 9 times out of 10 only the Love of Christ can bring that about between two people.
Happiness is contentment, that's common sense.:) So if you are looking for marriage, simply plan to respect that person like you want to be respected, know you can be content with that person, and let the Love ((Spirit)) of Christ bring that about.
It's simple stop making things hard
God Sense 101
Romans : 1-4 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3 Know ye not, that so many of us baptized into the Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in the newness of life.
Have you ever has someone just try to take who you are in the Lord, just murder your hard work in the Lord, I sure have did did I bite or did I care or take it to heart ((((NO)))).
I understand holiness in Christ isn't a crime and doesn't state in the law in the land, that I'm not allowed to be a Spirit filled man in Jesus, so with that fact ummm I WILL BE AS I CHOOSE IN MY LORD.
Am I perfect ??? Do I hold the righteous man or the year award, again no. Do I compare myself to others ?? no I dont, should I?? No, I shouldn't.
But that doesn't excuse the fact for my ((personal respect and Love for my Father God)). FACT You are free to LOVE YOUR LORD, you are free TO SERVE YOUR LORD, and you are free TO BE AS YOU CHOOSE WITHIN THE
LAW OF THE LAND.
Ive people assume I'm this or that, tried to frame me etc, man did that tick me off and still does today. Bottom line if you take your jealousy of anther's goodness to that level, seek mental help, your considered a dangerous person to society ((unstable)).
Everyone has to deal with jealousy, I do and im sure anyone who reads this does. But if you take it as far as harming your jealousy towards anyone, seek help please. Talk to a preacher, your Mom, go to how to handle jealouy.com or pray about it.
Any kind of hate towards anyone with intent to harm that person, separates you from the Lord and that is condemning. And to get down to it, the American laws state that those actions are considered illegal, you lose both ways.
I don't target people, I think its wrong and is considered conspiracy in the Law books. Now satan uses his little henchman to use psychology to bully us with threats, and again that can be proven as a threat so continue morons have fun, tormenting the good people of this land.
This isn't the Rome, and Christians have the same rights as the non Christian, know it and believe it, and exercise it. So be Holy in the Lord and be proud and feel good about it. And when they try to sell that sin a lot ticket, you have a RIGHT TO SAY NO.
God Bless America
God sense 101
"For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." 2 Corinthians 5:21
Sin is a fundamental relationship; it is not wrong doing, it is wrong being, deliberate and emphatic independence of God. The Christian religion bases everything on the positive, radical nature of sin. Other religions deal with sins; the Bible alone deals with sin. The first thing Jesus Christ faced in men was the heredity of sin, and it is because we have ignored this in our presentation of the Gospel that the message of the Gospel has lost its sting and its blasting power.
The revelation of the Bible is not that Jesus Christ took upon Himself our fleshly sins, but that He took upon Himself the heredity of sin which no man can touch. God made His own Son to be sin that He might make the sinner a saint. All through the Bible it is revealed that Our Lord bore the sin of the world by identification, not by sympathy. He deliberately took upon His own shoulders, and bore in His own Person, the whole massed sin of the human race - "He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin," and by so doing He put the whole human race on the basis of Redemption. Jesus Christ rehabilitated the human race; He put it back to where God designed it to be, and anyone can enter into union with God on the ground of what Our Lord has done on the Cross.
A man cannot redeem himself; Redemption is God's "bit," it is absolutely finished and complete; its reference to individual men is a question of their individual action. A distinction must always be made between the revelation of Redemption and the conscious experience of salvation in a man's life.
Oswald Chambers
My upmost for His Highest
Great book :)
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