A Word to the Church

Worthy is The LAMB+ !

A  Word to the Church

Untangle yourselves from the affairs of this life.  There is nothing "holy" in the political arena. That is for those appointed:  the basest of men.  Neither My+ Spirit nor My+ unction is upon it. 

You will find that "still, small Voice" of Mine+ when you see for it in STILLNESS, for I+ will not out-shout the busy-ness of your mind or body. 

Listen.  Hearken unto the Voice of My+ Call. Leave this world behind and Come... come to find ME+.  I+ will not compete with this world for your attention. I+ will not compete with nation-worship --- idolatry --- for your loyalty.  I+ will not compete with SELF for your love. 

Remove yourself from the constant rounds of interaction and "fellowship" which are nothing more than social activities if I+ am not SERIOUSLY lifted up ... and I+ do not mean a prayer before the snack. 

Then, I+ will seek your face.  Otherwise, you have not met the requirements needed to enter. You will be dis-qualified from the GOOD RACE. You will be weighed in the balances... and found wanting. 

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Pre-Passover Meditations ~ ~ ~ Turn Ye! Turn Ye! At MY+ Reproof ; Why Will Ye Die ?

Photo: Order of The GOOD SHEPHERD+

Say unto them, 

As I live, 

saith the LORD GOD, 

I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; 

but that the wicked 

turn from his way 

and live:

turn ye, turn ye 

from your evil ways; 

for why will ye die, 

O house of Israel ?

Ezekiel 33:11

Courtesy of Biblegateway.com

What? ... 

Know ye not that your body is the temple of the HOLY SPIRIT which is in you, which ye have of GOD, 

and ye are not your own?

For ye are bought with a Price +: therefore glorify GOD 

• in your body, 
• and in your spirit, 

which are GOD'S.

Hear The WORD of The LORD: 

Not every one 

that saith unto ME+, 

LORD, LORD, 

shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven; 

but he that doeth 

the Will of My+ FATHER 

which is in Heaven.

Many will say to ME+ in that day, 

LORD, LORD, 

have we not prophesied in Thy+ Name? 

and in Thy+ Name have cast out devils? 

and in Thy+ Name 

 done many wonderful works?

And then 

will I+ profess unto them,

I+ never knew you: 

depart from ME+, 

ye that work iniquity.

Matthew 7:21-23

Meditation ~ ~ ~ 

"Why do you say, "LORD, LORD," and set aside My+ Holy Words ? Are not My+ Words like a refiner's fire ? They are like a hammer that breaks the rock, that goes forth through all the earth.  

Do you have NO fear of ME+, the Creator of that Universe with those marvelous stars you watch with awe ?  

Identify yourself with ME+... and ME+ alone. That is the only way you will be able to escape the snare that is coming upon the whole earth. 

My+ friends... if you are indeed My+ friends... be assured I+ will keep you through the troublous times ahead. But, I+ will only keep those WHO IDENTIFY WITH ME+. 

Forsake your values, worldly goals, ambitions and train yourself to seek MY+ Face daily, to receive daily instructions from ME+.  

My+ Word is there: take it to heart. " 

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Advent Meditation #21

Behold, The LAMB+ of GOD!

The soldiers... plaited a crown of thorns
and put it about HIS+ Head...

And the mercy of HIM is

unto generations of generations,

to the ones having feared HIM.

Luke 1:50 ( literal Gk)

Fear is the assurance that GOD is bigger than I am. Fear is the assurance that I cannot hide my thoughts or motives from HIM.

Fear is the absolute assurance that HE is not going to excuse my disobediences just because HE loves me !

My parents loved me, but they exacted disciplinary measures when I needed to be corrected and WORDS were not bringing forth the desired obediences. 

HIS WORD does not always change us,

does it ?

His WORD will not change us if we refuse to be corrected by it. 

• If we refuse to line up our lives according to HIS WORD...
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• if we set at naught the instructions HE has written in His inspired Word...
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• if we think HE will set aside His written Word and not hold us to obeying it...
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• if we think HE will excuse us from following the words of The Living WORD+ made flesh...

... then we are headed for disciplinary measures.

Those measures will not be comfortable nor will they stop until the corrections are thoroughly in-grained in us and we have developed the proper fear of GOD. 

As a matter of fact, every facet, every group, in the entire Christian church system will not be excused for teaching as doctrines ANY THINGS that go against HIS WORD or HIS SON+ 'S Words. 

And, there are many. 

JESUS said, " .... Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 

" But I+ will forewarn you WHOM ye shall fear:  Fear HIM Who, after HE hath killed, hath power to cast into hell: yea, I+ say unto you, fear HIM."

Luke 12: 4, 5 and Mt. 10:28 

MEDITATION

Gracious and Most Merciful GOD, Our FATHER, extend Thy mercy unto me.

I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever before me.

I have ignored Thy Word and refused to apply it to myself. I have refused to be changed by Thy Word and lightly tossed it aside.

I have done the things I ought not to have done and did not do the things I should have done, and there is no righteousness in me.

Behold, THOU desirest truth in the inward parts and in the hidden part THOU shalt make me know wisdom, which begins with the fear of THEE, O GOD.

O LORD, I call upon Thy mercy to wash me so that I shall be whiter than snow... then the bones which THOU hast broken may rejoice.

Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy SPIRIT from me. Create in me a clean heart, O GOD, and renew a right spirit within me.

These things I pray in the Name of the Un-Blemished LAMB+ of GOD, Who+ taketh away the sins of the world.

Behold, The LAMB+ of GOD!

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LENTEN MEDITATION 13 ~ ~ ~ Take Heed... both What and How

Lenten Meditation 13
Take Heed… Both What and How
For The Year of Our LORD, 2.18.2007


Two warnings, two ways
The LORD JESUS CHRIST has given
to His+ people through His+ Word.

These are found in two places,
Mark 4:24 and Luke 8:18. It is a double warning.

Both instructive, these two warnings are surrounded by two parables, the same in both Mark and Luke, and both warnings are followed by yet another warning. This third warning, a dire one and a consequence of the first two, is also the same in both of the Gospel books. What was Our LORD’S important instruction to His+ people ?

HE+ told us to take heed what we hear
and to take heed how we hear.

Our LORD was instructing both the people and his disciples using the parable of the Sower Sowing the Seed. HE+ explains the deeper meaning of it to His+ disciples and tells them point blank that the seed is the Word of GOD. HE+ then follows the Seed Parable with another one: no-one lights a lamp and puts it under a bushel basket. Thus, in the context of both of these parables, HE+ issues these warnings.

Take heed what we hear in regards

to the Word of GOD.
Take heed how we hear in regards

to the Word of GOD.

What and how are closely related, yet they mean two different things…both of which are important because HE+ said it. Our LORD made the distinction. Therefore, we ought to listen to the distinct message of both of those words.
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If we take heed to what we hear, we are careful to listen and to keenly discriminate as to the content.

Is it the true Word of GOD ?
Is it the whole Word…
or just half of the entire statement?

Is it consistent with other Scriptures
about that subject?

Is the Scriptural statement one of many details
involved with that subject…
or is it a general summary
or a resulting condition of that issue?

Is what we hear in regards to the Word of GOD
an extrapolation of men’s thoughts about it…
or is it His+ pure Word and plain intent?
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How we hear does not ascertain the content. Rather, it involves how much weight The Word of GOD brings to bear upon us. We determine the weight-load ourselves by how we receive the Word. How---in what manner--- do we receive it ? Let us consider this warning to us through the context of the parables of the Sower Sowing the Seed and Putting the Light under a Bushel Basket, the two parables surrounding those two warnings.

How we hear means:
do we lay His+ Word seriously to heart…
or do we casually hear it or read it ?

How we hear means:
are we simply accruing knowledge…
or learning how to live to please GOD
instead of ourselves, our friends, our families,
our cultures and nations ?

How we hear means:
are we listening to learn how to walk
worthy of The LORD and well-pleasing unto Him…
or are we mindful to walk well-pleasing unto the world
so that the world thinks we are worthy?

How we hear means:
we are interested in others who make a change
in their life-styles and philosophies
to bear witness to CHRIST…
yet we won’t lift a finger to separate from the world
or its ways, styles, and philosophies.

How we hear means:
are we complacent to watch others
sacrifice their all for CHRIST…
but we continue in our self-indulgences and comforts and
go on without a modicum of sacrifice
to further the Kingdom of GOD?
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In the third warning in both Gospels, The LORD JESUS CHRIST tells us why we had better take strict heed to his first warnings:

for whosoever hath, it shall be given to him [Gk.];
and whosoever hath not,
it shall be taken from him
even that which he seemeth to have.

Just what is it that we “seem to have” ? We seem to have an understanding of Truth vs. error. We seem to have an understanding of Salvation and what it involves to keep it. We seem to have an understanding of what CHRIST did on the cross for us although we didn’t and don’t deserve it. We seem to have an understanding of Who GOD is.

Thus, it is certain that we had better take serious heed to
what and how we hear concerning the Word of GOD.

There is certainly ONE+ other Who+ is taking heed to it…

The ONE+ Who+ numbers every hair on our heads…

The ONE+ Who+ understands our thoughts afar off

and Who+ knows the words on our tongue…

The One+ Who+ knows the hearts of men.


If the Word of CHRIST is true, then we have much to lose.


JESUS said,

“The one rejecting ME+ and not receiving My+ Words has ONE that judges him: the Word that I have spoken,

the same will judge him in the Last Day.” John 12: 48

He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Amen.