Worthy is the LAMB+... worthy is the LAMB+... worthy is the LAMB+ that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing! Blessing and honor and glory and power be unto HIM that sitteth on the throne and unto The LAMB+ for ever and ever. Amen.
11/20/2016
Conformed to His+ Image ... PATIENCE in Babylon the Great
? ? ?
There will not be PEACE under Mr. Trump … at least, not for serious-minded Christians. There will ONLY be a “new world order” agenda. Note that Mr. Kissinger is one of his “consultants,” along with others in the CFR club.
Hebrews 12:1
Hebrews 12: 2-4
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Labels:
Babylon the Great,
Patience,
Political-Rights ?
11/12/2016
Loving A LIE ?
Whosoever LOVETH and MAKETH a LIE..
… will not enter into the New Jerusalem.
That Holy City, coming down from GOD out of Heaven is that Continuing City, whose Builder and Maker is GOD. This Holy Jerusalem is the crowning jewel of the New Heaven and the New Earth.
And there shall in NO wise
enter into it any thing that defileth,
neither
whatsoever worketh abomination,
or
maketh a lie:
but they which are written
in the LAMB’S+ BOOK of LIFE.
Revelation 21:27
Lies are behind all idolatry, the work of the satan, to deceive the spirit of man.
The lying idols will make people believe things that will take them to their utter destruction. This is NOT a lie !
It is a lying spirit that tells a drunk to imbibe MORE ALCOHOL ( i.e., “spirit water” ). “It will make you feel good. It will lift your spirits,” the lying spirit tells that person… as the alcohol destroys the mind, the pocketbook, the family unit, his liver, his soul, and eventually his life.
The drug-addict believes the same lie. So does the materialist and money-grabber, whether rich or poor. The LIE functions the same regardless of the financial status of that individual.
The LIE, it proclaims of itself,
will MAKE YOU HAPPY.
The trouble is, that is the ORIGINAL LIE. It is exactly what will lead you into GREAT UNHAPPINESS.
Lies infiltrate everything connected to human life, from promiscuity to abortion, to clothing styles and entertainment, from pursuits of careers to pursuits of life-styles and pursuits of philosophies.
LIES infiltrate the CORE of our value system, alas.
LIES , unfortunately, are ingrained in us because Adam and Eve bought the LIE and passed it on to us in our Adamic Nature. That LIE was: GOD does not make us happy; the WORLD does !
Thus, we Christians STRUGGLE to untangle ourselves from the world wide web of LIES we have been born into, imbibed ourselves, and taught to love. If we do not see the error of our ways, we soon teach others to “love the LIE,” also.
Does the “TRUTH ALWAYS HURT” ,
as some folks say ?
The TRUTH NEVER HURTS.
The TRUTH SETS US FREE,
as The LORD JESUS
truthfully told us.
DEEP, SEARING PAIN, however, overwhelms us when we first see the LIE which has led us down the wrong path so long. The WITHDRAWAL from a lying value and belief system is as painful as withdrawal from any abused substance.
So, the TRUTH of the matter is that the LIE ALWAYS HURTS; the TRUTH sets us free.
“What is TRUTH?” a very expedient Pilate asked, who lived to regret his expediency.
JESUS said,
” I+ AM The Way,
THE TRUTH,
and The Life;
no man comes to The FATHER,
except through ME.+ “
John 14:6
“Come OUT of her, MY+ People;
and touch not the unclean thing.”
That “unclean thing” is all LIES, all false values, all identities we adhere ourselves unto … other than JESUS CHRIST our LORD. HE+ is THE … THE… THE … TRUTH. There is no TRUTH outside of CHRIST JESUS.
We are strangers and pilgrims on this earth, whose citizenship is in Heaven, not on earth.
On earth , we do not travel through another country and try to re-form its government as we pass through it. We simply tell its citizens the “Good News” about JESUS as we journey on our way. We are not STAYING there; we are heading to another place where we are the RIGHTFUL Citizens of the land, our Heavenly Home.
Let us not entangle ourselves with the affairs of this life, Christians. Let us not think we can glibly slip into the marriage supper of the LAMB+. We may find out we do not have the PROPER WEDDING GARMENT.
Indeed, if we have already had affairs with this world and are impure with divided loyalties, we will not find a wedding garment set aside for us.
The LORD will have NO DIVIDED LOYALTIES in His+ Bride; HE+ is looking for a pure BRIDE, worthy of wearing the white linen of the Saints.
BEWARE. Beware of the LIES. They are designed to steal your berth in the Holy , New Jerusalem.
For without are dogs,
and sorcerers,
and whoremongers,
and murderers,
and idolaters,
and whosoever loveth
and maketh a lie.
Revelation 22:15
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Labels:
John 14:6,
LIE,
Loving a LIE,
Truth
10/28/2016
KNOWING The Will of The LORD...
Time with CHRIST JESUS.
In Thy+ Light shall we see LIGHT.
This is The WAY+ ; walk ye in it.
These are all Words of Life from Scripture, Words we know so well.
So, why is it that we walk through our time here on earth in a confused muddle, not knowing whether we should go to the left hand or to the right ?
Why is it, then…
that The LORD’S Will is a mystery to us especially when we have a crucial decision facing us ?
If any of you lack Wisdom,
let him ask from the Giving GOD,
giving to all men freely,
and not reproaching
( chiding, upbraiding);
and it will be given to him.
James 1:5 literal Greek
We
have the HOLY SPIRIT at our re-birth; it is a promise given to us in
Acts 2:38 to repent and be baptized to receive the GIFT of the HOLY
SPIRIT. Marvelous Gift from GOD !
With all this help promised to us from The Word of GOD and from the HOLY SPIRIT dwelling within us…
why are we confused,
stumbling, and up-set,
not knowing whether to go to the left hand
or to the right ?
We have all been in this state, and it is DISTRESSING.
We say …
” Oh, if only The Scriptures would tell me what to do ! If I could only open my Bible and see whether I should take this job… move to that city … marry that one … embark on this out-reach.
Then I would know what to do !”
We say …
“Oh WHY doesn’t The LORD answer me when I NEED to know what to do ? “
But HE+ says:
“Oh, WHY
have you LIMITED your time with ME+ ?
Why have you been SO busy…
and then, too, too tired …
to spend QUALITY time with ME+ ?
Have I+ asked you to do
any great thing in your life ?
No.
I+ have only asked one thing of you:
Come and sit with ME+
a-while
every day.
No studying,
not even reading at this time,
not fellow-shipping,
not singing,
not public worship.
Just come and SIT WITH ME+.
Alone. Every day.
But no, you will not do that
for even 30 minutes of earthly time.
You begrudge coming to SIT WITH ME+
beside My+ Still Waters.
You refuse to STILL yourself.
Everyday you are too busy
with “good” projects and necessary duties
to find time to sit with ME+.
But, I+ am your Life-Source!
I+ am your Wisdom!
How then can you expect to hear My+ Direction
when the changes of Life occur
or when trouble raises its head ?
I+ will not join you in your busy-ness.
I+ cannot refresh your soul there.
You cannot hear My+ Voice there.
I+ will not reveal My+ Will
in the midst of other voices
competing for your attention.
If you want My+ Direction
you must come to ME+
in My+ Stillness. “
Everyday.
Before the crises of life happen.
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LET US PRAY:
LORD JESUS, I have neglected YOU+, the Most Important ONE+ in my life. Life is meaningless without YOU+, yet I have gone on my way expecting YOU+ to accompany me… instead of me accompanying YOU+.
I repent of my mis-guided busy-ness. I place every one of my activities on the altar; burn them with the fire of Thy+ Holiness, O LORD.
Settle me down. Place upon me, now, O LORD, Thy+ Will, Thy+ Way and I will walk in it. Let me not go to the left hand nor to the right, to the Glory of GOD my FATHER.
Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me, O LORD.
I am still now, LORD,
… and listening.
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Labels:
Quietude,
time with CHRIST,
Will of GOD,
Wisdom of GOD
10/23/2016
Time to REBUILD the TRUE Temple of The LORD
Haggai 1:2
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying,
This people say,
The time is NOT come,
the time that the LORD’s house
should be built.
1:3
Then came the word of the LORD
by Haggai the prophet, saying,
1:4
Is it time for you,
O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses,
and this house lie waste?
…
1:9
Ye looked for much,
and, lo it came to little;
and when ye brought it home,
I did blow upon it.
Why?
saith the LORD of hosts.
Because of Mine House
that is waste,
and ye run every man
unto his own house.
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Is it TIME YET ?
I Corinthians
3:16
Know ye not that ye are
the Temple of GOD,
and that the SPIRIT of GOD
dwelleth in you?
3:17
If any man defile the Temple of GOD,
him shall GOD destroy;
for the Temple of GOD is holy,
which Temple ye are.
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Do not think for a minute that The LORD is lax about His Temple.
HE was not lax when HE brought His People out of Egypt. HE was not lax when HE allowed His Temple to be destroyed by the Babylonians.
The Jews had so corrupted themselves that The SPIRIT of GOD abandoned their Temple, and the Destroying Nation was allowed to devastate the Corrupted Temple.
It had become VILE in the Eyes of The LORD.
But do not think for a minute that The LORD is lax about His Temple .
HE was not lax back then;
HE is not lax now.
No, HE is NOT LAX now, either.
I Corinthians 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the
Temple of GOD,
and that the SPIRIT of GOD
dwelleth in you?
The Apostle Paul wrote this to born-again Christians, Followers of The LORD JESUS CHRIST, who were living in Corinth, a greatly corrupted metropolitan city.
3:17
If any man defile the Temple of GOD,
him shall GOD destroy;
for the Temple of GOD is Holy,
which Temple ye are.
The Apostle was NOT KIDDING. He was in dead earnest. In great seriousness he wrote this to BORN-AGAIN Christians who were already Saved.
The Apostle’s message was this: We cannot defile our temple because The HOLY SPIRIT has been placed in it during Baptism ( Acts 2:38).
It is HIS+ TEMPLE NOW.
Thus, WE are now
His+ LIVING Temple.
If we DO defile it, then our “temple” becomes VILE to The LORD and HE+ will destroy it.
Defiling GOD’S TEMPLE is serious and The LORD is NOT LAX about how we are to conduct ourselves being His+ LIVING Temple .
What manner of life, then, are we to live ?
We are to BUILD HIS+ TEMPLE
within our hearts…
not our own “temple”.
We are to sow to the SPIRIT … and not to the Flesh.
We are not to forsake the building of the Living Temple of GOD in favor of building our OWN temporal , earth-bound fiefdom. It will bring death to our souls.
Rather… we lay hold on Eternal Life, to the which we have been called. We are to Cultivate the Salvation which has been given to us, with fear and trembling
… not nonchalance.
PRIORITIES of HEART and TIME and ENERGY
need to be re-focused on CHRIST JESUS first.
HE+ will supply the rest,
as it is promised.
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Labels:
1 Corinthians 3:16,
Haggai 1,
Rebuilding the Temple
10/18/2016
The HAMMER of The LORD
"Why do you say, ' LORD, LORD '
... and do NOT the things I+ say ? "
Are not MY+ Words like a refiner's fire,
like a Hammer that breaks the rock,
that goeth forth through all the earth ?
Hearken unto ME+ : Every Word that I+ speak will come to pass. None --- not a one --- will fall to the earth void.
ALIGN YOURSELF
WITH ME+.
Why do you work for things which will not profit ?
CHRIST the KING+
ever reigns on High;
O Come,
Let us adore HIM+ !
The LORD bringeth the counsel
of the nations to nought.
HE+ maketh the devices of the people
of NONE EFFECT.
Psalm 33:10
For the Indignation of The LORD
is upon all nations,
and His+ fury
upon all their armies:
HE+ hath utterly destroyed them,
HE+ hath delivered them
to the slaughter.
Isaiah 34:2
CHRIST the KING+
ever reigns on High;
O Come,
Let us adore HIM+ !
Be merciful unto me , O GOD,
be merciful unto me.
For my soul trusteth in THEE+;
yea, in the shadow of Thy+ Wings
will I make my refuge
until these calamities be over-past.
Psalm 57:1
Be Still
and know that
I AM ELOHIM;
I will be exalted
among the nations,
I will be exalted
in the earth.
Psalm 46:10
For I know that
my REDEEMER+ Lives
and HE+ shall stand at the Latter Day
upon the earth.
And though after my skin
worms destroy this body,
yet in my flesh
shall I see GOD
Whom+ I shall see for myself,
AND MINE EYE SHALL BEHOLD,
and not another;
my reins be consumed within me.
Job 19
CHRIST the KING+
ever reigns on High;
O Come,
Let us adore HIM+ !
And the work of Righteousness shall be peace;
and the effect of Righteousness,
QUIETNESS and ASSURANCE for ever.
Isaiah 32:17
THOU+ will keep him
in Perfect Peace,
whose mind is stayed
on THEE+
Because he trusteth
in THEE.+
Isaiah 26:4
CHRIST the KING+
ever reigns on High;
O Come,
Let us adore HIM+ !
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