Was JESUS Wrong ?

But whosoever shall deny ME+ 
before men, 

him will I+ also deny before
 My+ FATHER 

which is in Heaven. 

Matthew 10: 32-33

+  +  +

Was JESUS Wrong ?

TARES Among The WHEAT

Tares...

... sown by the satan, 

are notoriously found

 AMONG the WHEAT. 

The good seed is sown by The LORD JESUS CHRIST.   This sowing takes place in the field of the world. 

The Good Seeds are the sons of the Kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked. 

Our LORD allows the tares to grow right alongside of the good seeds... 

BECAUSE ...

WHEN we cull the tares, 

we also UPROOT the good seeds.

ALL of the harvest would be lost then, lost long before it can even begin to bear fruit or develop to maturity.

Thus, we Followers of JESUS

 are appointed 

to grow along with the tares, according to the Word of Our LORD JESUS. 

We must be willing to develop Precious Fruit, regardless of the situations  in which we find ourselves placed by The Hand of The LORD. 

Uncomfortable, despicable, stressful, and wretched situations that are not in our power to change   may indeed be our lot.

They are only in His+ Power to change.  Some HE+ changes; some HE+ does not.  

In either case, WE are appointed TO CHANGE. We are required to CONTINUE TO HOLD onto the TRUE VINE+ so that we can grow. (John 15 )

Nothing in this dead and dying, un-redeemed world is going to become "better" ;  it is only going to grow worse ... until HE+ directs the wicked ones into the Valley of JEHOSHAPHAT  for their final threshing. 

 ( See Joel 3 and Jeremiah 51, especially verse 33.)

There HE+ will thresh them properly and they will not emerge alive.  

LET US PRAY...  

O Heavenly FATHER, 

I lay down on Thy Altar my desire to escape from the hard times approaching, as the satan tries to wipe out Thy Witness+ upon this earth. 

Help me to WATCH and PRAY, instead, and to be ready to speak Thy+ Word in season and out.   

Help me to embrace growth even when surrounded by thorns and stinging nettles. 

I thank THEE+, O LORD, for Thy Strength in time of need. Let me not shy away from the battle which lies ahead.

  

Let Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. 

This for the love I bear unto my LORD and SAVIOR+, JESUS CHRIST.  Amen. 

 

 

Fighting RESENTMENT ... A SPIRITUAL Battle

The Disciple's CROSS  for you and for me. 

RESENTMENT

is an ugly  word and it leads into very ugly sins.

 

Bitterness, anger, harsh words, and all the sins  accompanying this un-loving attitude reveal the UGLINESS of resentment.

 

We all have it. RESENTMENT descends upon every person, upon us all from time to time. 

 

Oftentimes, someone we have counted on for help abandons the plan, the help promised... in short, us... and leaves us with an EXTRA load of responsibility and duties.

 

Sometimes agencies or institutions with-hold something promised or something we THOUGHT was promised, even something we purchased for security.

 

RESENTMENT develops when we are disappointed and the agency renigged on its word.

 

• When family members do not respond in support,

• when our co-workers neglect their part of the assignment,

• when the church committee does not show up for the scheduled event  or  work project,

... then we are disappointed and RESENTMENT settles into our hearts.

 

Furthermore,

we think our RESENTMENT  is JUSTIFIED.

 

WE did not do anything wrong; we were wronged against -- AGAIN ! And our old companion of Self-Pity rears his ugly head, beckoning  Bitterness and Anger to come along.  The satan has us  set  in line, now, for a BIG  fall. 

SIN lurks at the door-latch,

waiting to trip us.   

 

Whether from un-supportive persons or from an un-responsive institution ,  RESENTMENT is a natural human reaction when we are hurt and sorely disappointed when NO HELP arrives.     

 

Regardless of the reason for it , we all know the cure for RESENTMENT is repentance.

 

However... how do we move that great lump in our hearts from RESENTMENT to VICTORY over it, after we repent ?

 

Yes, REPENTANCE is the very first step.  We see that resentment on our part  is wrong. It does NOT  reflect the love of CHRIST JESUS. It is NOT turning the other cheek, going the 2nd mile.

 

HOWEVER...  we are exhorted to live in TRUTH.  So, we must face this resentment head on and prepare for Battle, SPIRITUAL BATTLE in the Name of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. 

 

We must CONFESS that we RESENT it when hurt and disappointed by our family, our co-workers on the job, our fellow-helpers in the church.  

 

Hastening to REPENT and acknowledging our desire to sin, we must call upon the LORD to cleanse our hearts from this RESENTMENT.

 

Bless GOD, the victory SOMETIMES comes after this repentance. 

 

Sometimes, however, we are still sad.  We may not be angry any longer, but we are still not happy.  We remain sober and down-cast in our soul.  We are still heavy-laden and the work is harder  to  embrace. 

 

HOWEVER... the work still needs to be done though, the event still needs to be carried through, the bills still need to be paid, and the big dinner still needs to be cooked, regardless of the missing,  promised help.

 

So we are down-cast, looking at that extra load of responsibility draining our energy, our time, our resources.

 

NO, DO NOT BE CONTENT to STAY in that down-cast state after repentance.  

 

Here is a way to move into JOY after REPENTANCE.

 

When others do not do their part and their part is placed on us... tell it to JESUS alone. Talk to HIM+ about it.

 

 

HE+ will  inevitably  ask us one question: 

 

" Can you do this task 

FOR ME+  ? " 

 

Immediately,  HE+  will bring  to  mind   ALL that HE+ has done for us.

 

Our response then will be a hearty

 

"YES, LORD.  Of course,

I can do this FOR YOU+."

 

 

That is going the second mile, going that extra mile carrying that extra load ...  simply for the sake of JESUS. 

 

 

THAT IS WHEN  the JOY re-enters our heart. 

 

It is really HIS+ JOY, as HE+ promised.   HE+ will joy in us as we JOIN HIM+ in  His+  mis-treatment, in His+ Suffering,  and OUR joy will become full !  IMMEDIATELY ! 

 

Obediently repenting is our necessary DUTY... but JOY comes when we join CHRIST JESUS "on the cross"  in sacrifice. 

 

"Can I do it for HIM+ ? "  

YES,  I  CAN .

 

 

If we walk with HIM+  through this exercise of Godliness, we will experience an amazing thing: 

 

HE+ now enters into the activity

with His+ Divine help. 

 

HE+ sends His+ strength into us. HE+ supplies our need. The  task moves  more  swiftly. HE+ makes all the plans fall neatly into place for us  and the event or situation turns out BETTER THAN BEFORE ! 

 

EVEN  BETTER ... The Divine COMPANIONSHIP WITH CHRIST JESUS  is there for us, full of life and light and love. 

 

HE+ loves obedience WHEN IT IS HARD to obey. 

 

HE+ loves a cheerful giver when we are not happy about the situation. 

 

We love HIM+ because HE+ first loved us.   And we KEEP ON loving HIM+ ... because HE+ keeps on loving us !   

^{John 15: 9-13}

As The FATHER  hath loved ME+,

so have I+ loved you: continue ye in My+ love.

If ye keep My+ commandments,

ye shall abide in My+ love;

even as I+ have kept My+ FATHER'S commandments,

and abide in His+ love.

These things have I+ spoken unto you,

that

My+ joy might remain in you,

and that

your joy might be full.

This is My+ commandment,

That ye love one another

as I+ have loved you.

Greater love hath no man than this:

that a man lay down his life for his friends.

LET   US   PRAY :

O LORD JESUS, forgive my grumbling and complaining when others forsake the task at hand, abandoning both the work and me and I am left to do it all myself. 

I know my resentment is NOT RIGHT.  I repent.  I forgive them for  ignoring me when I need help, forsaking their promise to me.

Cleanse me of anger and resentment and bitterness.  Create in me a CLEAN HEART and renew a right SPIRIT within me, O CHRIST. 

And NOW,  O LORD, I bend the knee of my heart.  My only help is from YOU+, O Defender of my life.  Send me help from Your+ Sanctuary to do this job as YOU+ see fit.  

Thank YOU+  for handling my distress of spirit and heart, when I was over-whelmed.  I could not handle it myself. Help me to ALWAYS turn to YOU+ in times of distress. 

O Ruler of the Universe, great deeds are they which YOU+ have done, surpassing human understanding.  YOUR+ Ways are Ways of  RIGHTEOUSNESS and TRUTH, O KING+  of all the Ages.  

Who can fail to do you homage, LORD, and sing the praises of YOUR+ Name, O CHRIST.  Glory to The FATHER, The SON+ our LORD JESUS CHRIST, and to the Blessed HOLY SPIRIT... ONE GOD, now and forever. Amen. 

Glory Be to GOD:   The FATHER,  The SON+ our LORD JESUS CHRIST,  and the Blessed HOLY SPIRIT.  ONE GOD, now and forever. Amen. 

  

UNION with CHRIST JESUS

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Stay in UNION 
with CHRIST JESUS !

Let the prince of this world find

NOTHING
in you.


Stay in UNION 
with CHRIST JESUS !

Do not scatter your strength.

Concentrate on ONE+. 

Be thorough. 

Be attentive.

Move away 

from the world 

NOW! 

Unify yourself with ME+. 

Practice bringing 
every thought

into captivity 
to My+ Word. 

Practice thinking

"whatsoever things are 

pure, holy, lovely, and of good report"

about one another. 

If you see a need, then pray and make supplication with as much zeal as if it were you yourself  standing in need of mercy.  

Intercede AGAINST the devil for the deliverance of that person, with the same cry for defense that you would wish for yourself, against the lying torments of satan. 

Remember: 

I+ will judge you

by those SAME STANDARDS 

by which 

you have judged others. 

To the merciful, 

I+ will show mercy. 

But, to the froward, 

I+ will show Myself+ contrary. 

Unify yourself with ME+; 

I+ will keep you. 

Troublous times are upon 

the face of the earth. 

Stay in union 
with ME+.  


Let the prince of this world find
NOTHING
in you.



Stay in UNION
with 
ME+...

for without ME+

you can do

NOTHING! 

Passover Meditation #36 for the Lenten Season 2012

In this is glorified My+ FATHER, that much fruit you all will bear; 

and you all will become

My+ Disciples.

John 15:8 Green's Greek Interlinear

We meet that Plural "YOU" again ! We all are to develop into His+ Disciples.

YES... WE  ALL ARE DUTY-BOUND TO DEVELOP INTO HIS+ DISCIPLES. 

A disciple  is one who trains and disciplines himself to follow ONLY a certain path; all other paths he forsakes. 

In this case, our path, our Way is making JESUS CHRIST the LORD of our Life.  

When we submit to our training, then we practice discipleship. We train to be followers of Our LORD JESUS CHRIST; it doesn't "just happen" any more for us than lifting weights "just happens" for the body-builder.

No.

A body-builder must train his muscles, tendons, and ligaments to lift those weights in a certain prescribed manner or he will hurt himself badly.   

He must train his mind to focus on the task at hand; he will hurt himself if he gets distracted while bench-pressing 250 lbs.

When...

Yes, when 

we

practice...

yes, practice 

discipleship,

i.e., when we

submit unto our training... 

we

will bear

fruit

for JESUS. 

This fruit comes in no other way.

It is fruit that is noticeably peculiar to Christians: it doesn't show how "good" we are... rather, this fruit shows how "good" Our Heavenly FATHER is !

• NO OTHER human beings in this world can bear this kind of fruit except those who are willing to be trained, be discipled by Our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

• NO OTHER human beings in this world can glorify The HEAVENLY FATHER except those who do bear such fruit.

• NO OTHER human beings in this world can bear fruit that is accepted in Heavenly Places  except those whose fruit comes from their attachment to Our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

The husbandman

looketh for the FRUIT.

Passover Meditation #35 for the Lenten Season 2012

If ye abide in ME+

and My+ Words abide in you,

ye shall ask

what ye will

and

it will happen to you.

John 15:7 Green's Greek Interlinear 

Here is an interesting verse which not many of us actually see come to pass.

When verses seem "not to work for me," then we must look at the pre-requisites involved BEFORE THE PROMISE will come to pass.

The first thing is to look at the "YOU's. "

Every one of the YOU's are PLURAL !

 Plural YOU's mean ALL OF YOU, collectively, together in agreement. Hence, we should read it as the native Greek readers would read and understand this verse:

If all of you collectively and in agreement abide in ME+...

and My+ Words abide in all of you, collectively, in agreement with each other and in accord...

 you  (all with one accord and in agreement) shall ask what  collectively you ( all together in agreement) will...

and it will happen to you ( all, collectively, in agreement, together, and in accord).  

This verse gives us instructions for powerful praying. Here are the instructions:

• Plural "YOU all abide in ME+" : Find a few others who are wanting to totally abide in CHRIST JESUS , forsaking this world's values. Agree to walk towards CHRIST with this goal in mind, TOGETHER, in unity. 

• "and MY+ Words abide in you..." Agree with each other to follow His+ Words fully in your life and in union with each other. Agree to call each other, in gentleness and love, to live CHRIST'S words. Agree to RECEIVE each other's corrections, for this common goal. Lay your life bare before CHRIST JESUS and each other, in trusting love. Agree to stay unified, in loving trust, with CHRIST as you work WITH ONE ACCORD to put CHRIST'S words into Primacy in your heart and life.

• "You all colletively, in one accord totally by this time, together shall ask... Your agreed-upon requests are asked in unison of heart because now YOU ALL LIVE in unison and can speak as one voice , asking your petitions from The LORD.

• "What you all in agreement will or desire..." By this time, all self-centered petitions will have evaporated and the prayers will be in line with the Abiding Word+.

• "...and it will happen to you collectively all." The petitions made together, in line with The LORD'S WILL, in line with The WORD, and from a collective few who abide in The WORD together, living  in harmony with one unified goal: to live for JESUS.... will be granted , JESUS said.

O LORD, Your+ Word is always True. Help me not to doubt Your+ Word ... when I have neglected to do my part.

I  see where I've been lacking in abiding in Your+ Word, in abiding with others who are abiding in Your+ Word,  in receiving correction from others, in unifying my heart with Your+ true children.

Train me up in the way You+ would have me to go so that John 15:7 will become "true"  in my life as well as in my Bible.

In JESUS , Who+ alone is the Way, The Truth, and The Life... Amen.

Passover Meditation #34 for the Lenten Season 2012

If anyone abides not in ME+, he is cast out as the branch and is dried out... and they gather them... and into the fire they throw them... and they are burned. John 15:6 Green's Greek Interlinear

And that fire is hot!

A pile of dried grape vines burns hot, sending both flames and smoke high, as we have discovered after pruning our own vines.

Notice...

 once the branch is cut off from The True VINE+, that branch dries up.

This withering process may take some time and furthermore, the branch itself may even remain supple for a long time.

But...

that branch will never bring forth fruit, supple or not, once off The True VINE+. It will be turned into ashes... just like all dead things eventually become. 

So... HOW DO YOU ABIDE ?   

YIELD.

• YIELD toThe WORD+ ... Measure your actions by what you see written in Matthew 5, 6, and 7... for starters.

• YIELD to The SPIRIT... Go meekly within your heart, asking for conviction whenever you become head-strong and unteachable or uncorrectable. 

YIELD to The WATER...Practice living as a New Creature in CHRIST because...

because...

because...  

the power to hold you

in the sin of the old man

has been broken

by the

water

of your baptism

into CHRIST'S death.

Remember your baptismal renunciations of the world, the flesh and the devil.

The Baptismal Renunciations

Made by the Ancient Church

I RENOUNCE :

satan and all his works ,

and his pomps,

and his worships,

and  his angels,

and his inventions, 

and all things that are under him;

And , I RENOUNCE  

the vain glory of the world

with all covetous desires of the same,

and the sinful desires of the flesh,

so that I will not follow them

nor be led by them,

by the Enabling GRACE of The HOLY SPIRIT,

through JESUS CHRIST our LORD.

Amen.

Passover Meditation #33 for the Lenten Season 2012

... For apart from ME+,

you are not able

--- you have no power ---

to do anything,

nothing.

John 15:5b , Green's Greek Interlinear

Apart from JESUS now?

Apart from JESUS later.

Simple.

. 

No place for JESUS in your life?

No place for you in His+ Heaven.

Simple.

.

No will to fight against your flesh?

No-one will fight for your soul's good at death. 

Simple. 

.

No power, 

no strength,

no ability

do you have
to turn

AGAINST

your own
Adamic nature

UNTIL

you adhere yourself

to JESUS. 

.

Simple.

.

[ Did you catch that?

HE+ will not force you

to adhere yourself to HIM+.

If you don't want Heaven,

if you don't want HIM+,

HE+ will not force you

to come into Heaven with HIM+.

Simple.] 

HE+ has shown you the way... come His+ Way.

.

HE+ has shown you the Truth... do not refuse it.

.

HE+ has shown you
true Life...

embrace HIM+...

embrace His+ Cross...

embrace your cross.

.

For,

apart from JESUS,

you have

NO POWER:

you are simply

the devil's.

 

Passover Meditation #32 for the Lenten Season 2012

I+,

I+ AM

The VINE+,

you the branches.

The one abiding in ME+

and I+ in him

this one bears much fruit...

John 15:5a, Green's Greek Interlinear

What kind of fruit is The FATHER looking for from the branches, from us?  Our LORD JESUS told us in Mathew 5,6, and 7 what has value in His+ eyes, what weighs in for Eternity.

• poor in spirit ... i.e., Self is not vaunting its will, its way
•  
• mournfulness, yearning ... over the Kingdom of GOD
•  
• meek ... teachable and correctable
•  
• hungering and thirsting after righteousness...not coveting  worldly status
•  
• merciful in heart ... giving the benefit of the doubt 
•  
• pure in heart ... single of eye
•  
• peacemaking ... taking our Self to the cross instead of to the judge
•  
• enduring during persecution
•  
• enduring during defamation of character, for JESUS' sake
•  
• letting the credit for good works go to The FATHER instead of to you
•  

O LORD JESUS, I empty me of Self. I want to be un-encumbered so that I can bear fruit unto THEE+, the AUTHOR AND GIVER OF LIFE+.  Take my life and let it be ever , always, LORD, for THEE+.