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| O, HOW I LOVE THY LAW+ ! |
ADVENT MEDITATION
2016
JESUS CHRIST
/ Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+
The Law Incarnate+
… Versus …
[ "Now I'm saved; I can sin all I want to." ]
GOD FORBID!
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But the hour cometh,
and now is,
when the true worshippers
shall worship The FATHER
in Spirit and in Truth:
for The FATHER seeketh such
to worship HIM.
GOD is a Spirit:
and they that worship HIM
MUST
worship HIM in
Spirit and in Truth.
The Words of Our LORD,
John 4: 23-24
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His+ DELIGHT sits upon us
when we agree
in Spirit and in Truth
with The FATHER.
Here is a Divine Law, the Law of
Acceptable Worship of The ELOHIM.
The FATHER seeks those who will
worship HIM in Spirit and in Truth, Scripture tells us.
Human beings cannot make
their worship
"acceptable" to GOD
in any other way.
Unless we come to HIM in Truth
and in the Spirit, our worship will simply NOT count.
What is Truth
?
someone in history
once asked The LORD.
The Law
was given by Moses; grace and truth came by JESUS CHRIST/ Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+
. So, we know TRUTH when we know JESUS /
Y'SHU+.
How do we know CHRIST / The M'SHIKHA+ ?
We know CHRIST / The M'SHIKHA+
when we OBEY HIM+. When we love our
neighbor as ourselves. When we turn the other cheek and go the 2nd mile ... following
all examples laid down for us by The LAW+ INCARNATE.
What counts as "obedience" ?
Obedience hurts. Obedience COSTS
us something … when we do it the right way. Obedience goes AGAINST our flesh,
our natural man. Obedience involves self-denial.
Obedience counts when we follow
Our LORD to the Cross. We pick up our
Cross in order to follow His+ Law of submission, making our flesh
"mind" the Law of the SPIRIT instead of the law of Self and self-indulgence.
Worldly people know how to deny
their flesh, also.
Many souls work many hours a week, denying their
flesh in many ways in order to achieve something they want ... usually something
in this world. Houses, lands, bank accounts, careers, positions, fame.
All these things require an
extraordinary amount of self-denial until they are achieved.
SO …
what is the difference
between denying the flesh
for the world's goods
versus
denying the flesh
for CHRIST JESUS /
Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+ ?
The difference is CHRIST / the
M'SHIKHA+ Himself+. HE+ intervenes for His+ Followers in the situation requiring obedience and
self-denial.
As the Followers of JESUS /
Y'SHU+ turn the other cheek, return good for evil, deny Self, The LORD is
pleased with this kind of obedience. HE+ involves Himself+ in the equation, to
the good of the Obedient Followers.
All things --- yes, ALL THINGS --- work to the good for the one who will obey CHRIST / the M'SHIKHA+.
HE+ will see to it HIMSELF+.
And we know that
all things work together for
good
to them that love GOD,
to them who are the called
according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28
JESUS / Y’SHU+ takes the sting
out of obedience !
However, HE+ does NOT intervene
for the disobedient.
They sow to the flesh. They may
continue to deny their flesh in order to
achieve their worldly goals, but the consequences will bring death to their
souls.
If they ignore His+ Call to
repent and come to HIM+, away from the world, they will die in their sins. They
will drown in their worldliness.
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Let us pray:
Dear
Heavenly FATHER,
Hallowed be Thy Name, O HOLY FATHER, and the Name of Thy HOLY SON+, The LORD JESUS / Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+.
I thank THEE+ for Thy Law, for
giving forth the Divine Standard of Right, for teaching me what is wrong, and
that Thy Standard does not change.
And, I thank THEE+ for the Divine
Example Who+ went before us.
So many times I have not wanted to
obey Thy Word. I thought it would bring
me more pain and sadness if I obeyed. Correct my thinking, O CHRIST / M'SHIKHA.
Help me to see Thy+ Hand of
chastening in the obediences THOU+ hast called me to do. I humble my willful
Self, LORD, in order to have Thy+ Presence with me and Thy+ pleasure sit upon
me.
I want to worship THEE+ in Spirit
and in Truth; Thy Word is Truth. Amen
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In the Name of The FATHER,
Who created us;
And HIS HOLY SON+
JESUS / Y'SHU+ ,
Who+ saves us;
And The Blessed HOLY SPIRIT
/ RUACH ha KADOSH,
Who sanctifies us.
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