And if any man hear My+ Words, and
believe not, I+ judge him not:
for
I+ came not to judge the world,
but to save the world.
He that rejecteth ME+, and receiveth not My+
Words, hath ONE that judgeth him:
The Word that I+ have spoken,
The Same shall judge him in the last day.
+ + +
The LORD JESUS CHRIST calls every one of us to put
HIM+ FIRST, according to His+ Word.
But seek ye first the
Kingdom of GOD, and HIS Righteousness;
and all these things
shall be added unto you.
Matthew 6:33
+ + +
The LORD JESUS CHRIST calls us to deny Self, the worst enemy we will ever face. Self alone has the power to keep us out of Heaven.
And HE+ said to them all,
If any man will come
after ME+, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow ME+.
For whosoever will save
his life shall lose it: but whosoever
will lose his life for
My+ sake, the same shall save it.
Luke 9:23-24
+ + +
HE+ puts before us a continual stream of opportunities to deny Self. Thus, every day we have ample time to practice picking up the Cross in order to bear witness to HIM+.
That is why vexations and irritations are
permitted to come to us: to train us to deny Self and yield our emotions,
thoughts, conversations, and comments unto The LORD JESUS.
In this way, our values are shifted from pleasing Self to pleasing JESUS, from the world to His+ Kingdom, from the temporal to the Eternal.
THUS . . .
We do not lash out when we are vexed.
We do not befoul the air, expressing our
irritations.
We take patiently the hindrances which beset us.
We do not become angry when we are deeply or
habitually frustrated.
We learn humbleness of heart when we obey His+
Will. In the midst of our daily
vexations, we SUBMIT to a higher Authority … HIS+ WORD.
When our Will joins His+ Will in regards to
our daily vexations, patience is
formed DEEP within the inner man.
With that deep patience and submissive yielding
comes DEEP PEACE for we have turned over
the controls unto HIM+.
When HE+ is in perfect and total control of us,
our lips, and our heart, we then can see
that HE+ is in control of every circumstance that touches us ,
both pleasant and unpleasant.
In this manner, we yield our emotions over to the
control of The LORD JESUS, asking HIM+ to show us His+ purpose(s) in our
vexations and irritations at hand.
Yielding our emotions, our Self, unto the LORD JESUS in the daily vexations of life BEARS WITNESS TO HIM+.
It is one of the most effective ways to confess CHRIST JESUS as LORD before men and angels. It never fails to confess HIM+; everybody notices it.
Whosoever therefore
shall confess ME+ before men,
him will I+ confess
also before My+ FATHER Which is in heaven.
But whosoever shall
deny ME+ before men,
him will I+ also deny before
My+ FATHER Which is in Heaven.
Matthew 10:32-33
+ + +
Whosoever therefore
shall be ashamed of ME+ and of My+ Words in this adulterous and sinful
generation; of him also shall The SON+ of Man be ashamed, when HE+ cometh in
the glory of His+ FATHER with
the Holy Angels.
Mark
8:38
+ + +
HE+ calls every one of us to bear witness of HIM+ to
the Church, to the un-redeemed, to the Holy Angels and to the fallen angels as
well.
That is why Christian women veil their heads, as a
witness to the beings in all four categories. The witness is much weakened
without the head-covering. See 1 Corinthians 11.
That is why we are exhorted to walk in ways of
holiness in the Church, before the world, in view of the Holy Angels, and as a
strong rebuke to the fallen ones.
As a matter of fact:
ALL OBEDIENCES send
a strong rebuke to the
fallen ones.
The WORDS of The LORD JESUS CHRIST should be of
paramount importance to us.
It is the SPIRIT that
quickeneth;
the flesh profiteth
nothing:
The Words that I+ speak
unto you,
they are SPIRIT,
and
they are LIFE.
John 6:63
+ + +
They should warm our hearts and strengthen us
against fears.
They should be a defense
against agitation and rejection.
They should be a WARNING to us of how to avoid
everlasting destruction in the Lake of Fire.
JESUS saith unto him,
I+, I+ AM
the way, the truth, and
the life:
no man cometh unto The
FATHER,
except by ME+.
John 14:6
+ + +
The LORD JESUS told us WHY His+ Words carried so
much weight.
For I+ have not spoken
of Myself+;
but The FATHER which
sent ME+,
HE gave me a commandment,
what I+ should say,
and
what I +should speak.
And I+ know that HIS
Commandment is Life Everlasting:
whatsoever I+ speak therefore,
even as The FATHER said unto ME+, so I+ speak.
John 12:49-50
+ + +
LET US PRAY:
LORD JESUS CHRIST,
I am ashamed of myself. I should know better !
I have cast aside Your+ words and refused Your+
yoke when I am vexed. I have befouled the air with my expressions of
displeasure.
I have borne bad witness to all who heard me,
upsetting the peace.
I have borne a terrible witness to the unseen
watchers, and thus, the fallen ones vex
me more !
The AUTHORITY of Your+ Word has not ruled my heart
in my impatient outbursts.
Worse, I have had no conviction of sin about it
because I have turned a deaf ear to Your+ Words.
Instead, I have followed the erroneous teachings
of the world to “vent” my displeasure, thus ruining everybody’s day, including
my own.
I am so sorry. I have not yielded Self over to
Your+ perfect control nor to Your+ perfect WORD.
Help me to learn to submit to You+ in every
circumstance, in every vexation little or big through the day. In every
disruption of my day, help me to thank You+ for re-directing me.
O LORD, I need that re-direction from Your+
Hand. Thank YOU+ for being so patient with me !
Forgive me; I will not fight You+ any more
when I am vexed. I will learn to behave myself like a weaned child.
I set my Will to learn humbleness of heart,
directly from Your+ Hands, O LORD .
O hear my prayer, O HOLY FATHER, for the
sake of Thy Beloved SON+, our LORD and SAVIOR+ JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
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