Showing posts with label peculiar people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peculiar people. Show all posts

3/02/2016

Peculiar People, A PEOPLE for POSSESSION .... Passover Meditations for the Monastic-At-Heart ... Ephesians 1:18




Meditations  for Pascha
(The Passover Season, 2016)
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Meditations for the Monastic-At-Heart

Now is My+ soul troubled;
and what shall I+ say ...
FATHER,
save ME+
from this hour ?
but for this cause
came I+ unto this hour.

FATHER,
Glorify Thy Name.

Then came there a Voice from Heaven, saying,

I have both glorified IT,
and will glorify IT again.

John12:27-28

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Meditation Verse 
Ephesians 1: 18

[ 1:17 That the GOD of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, the FATHER of Glory, may give unto you the SPIRIT of Wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of HIM+:]

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of HIS+ calling, and what the riches of the glory of HIS+ inheritance in the saints ...

The literal Greek: 
The eyes of your  HEART   having been  illuminated in order for you all to have SEEN   what is the hope of HIS+ calling, what the abundance of the glory of HIS+ inheritance in the Saints...

NOTE THIS: 

The Greek word cardias , "heart," is found in the Byzantine Greek text, Nestle-Aland's Greek texts, the Greek Orthodox church's Greek text, the Latin Vulgate, and the Peshitta ( Syriac).

Neither the Pierpont-Robinson Byzantine Textform nor the eclectic Nestle-Aland Greek text lists a single varient for that word!

The word "understanding" (Gk: dianoias ) is found in the Textus Receptus, one of the few places it disagrees with the Byzantine text in important places.

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Meditation

This verse hardly needs anything but  praise and unfeigned worship by those  Our LORD deems worthy of being called "His+ Inheritance."

Redeemed hearts have been illuminated by His+ SPIRIT --- we are told in verse 17 ---  of Wisdom and revelation. This is supernatural wisdom which un-regenerated man cannot receive.

THIS IS NOT "MENTAL" KNOWLEDGE.

Supernaturally we see, we perceive that hope which accompanies His+ calling, a hope so tangible that it is more real than the food we eat.

The eyes of our heart, being illuminated by the SPIRIT, can "see" this very real and very solid hope !

The eyes of our heart can also "see" the abundance, the great wealth of glory placed in store for His+ Saints.

His+ glory will rest upon us... and then we ourselves become a people for possession,**  which is His+ own inheritance!

**A people for possession   is the literal Greek for "a peculiar people" of the KJV, found in 1 Peter 2:9.

The Prophet Isaiah tells us:

 HE+ shall see of the travail of His+ soul,
and shall be satisfied:

by His+ knowledge shall My Righteous SERVANT+  justify many;
for HE+ shall bear their iniquities.
53:11


And the Apostle Paul tells us in Philippians 2: 7-8:

 But made Himself+ of no reputation,
and took upon HIM+
the form of a  SERVANT+,
and was made in the likeness of men:

And being found in fashion as a man,
HE+ humbled Himself+,
and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross..

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Let us pray:

O LORD JESUS, YOU+ Who+ made man in the likeness of The Holy GODHEAD, YOU+ took upon Yourself+ our likeness  !

YOU+ did not count Your+ position with The FATHER in Glory something to "lord it over" us with, but rather YOU+ emptied Yourself+ and became a SERVANT+... the servant of sinful man.

Knowing we would bruise YOU+ and smite you from the earth, YOU+ came anyways in order that YOU+ might taste death for every man.

Yet, YOU+ loved us, mankind, me.

YOU+ loved us from the beginning and came to rescue the very ones who put YOU+ to death ... then and now.

Blessed be Thy Holy Name, O CHRIST !

May we show forth our love for THEE+ by laying down our Self for Thy Name's Sake, O LORD JESUS... daily, quietly, consistently.

And if it is appointed to us that we should lay down our lives for THEE+, we do not want to falter and fail.

Keep us in Your+ possession , O CHRIST, and help us turn from temptation, that we might also be known as Righteous Servants of GOD.

In the Name of JESUS CHRIST, the LAMB+ of GOD we pray. Amen 

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Worthy is the LAMB+.

Worthy is The LAMB+
that was slain.

Worthy is the LAMB+,
slain
from the foundation
of the earth.
Revelation 13:8


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PRAISE and THANKSGIVING
be to The FATHER,
and to HIS Beloved SON+
JESUS CHRIST,
and to
the Blessed HOLY SPIRIT.

ONE GOD:
FATHER,
SON+,
and HOLY SPIRIT,
both now and forever,
world without end.
Amen.




2/13/2016

BEFORE The World Began... Passover Meditations for the Monastic-At-Heart ... Ephesians 1:4









Meditations  for Pascha

(The Passover Season, 2016)
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Meditations for the Monastic-At-Heart

Now is My+ soul troubled;
and what shall I+ say ...
FATHER,
save ME+
from this hour ?
but for this cause
came I+ unto this hour.

FATHER,
Glorify Thy Name.

Then came there a Voice from Heaven, saying,

I have both glorified It,
and will glorify It again.

John12:27-28

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Meditation Verse 

Ephesians 1:4

According as HE ( The FATHER)  hath chosen us in HIM+ ( The SON+) before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before HIM ( The FATHER ) in love:

To grasp the Spiritual message ... in verse 4, we must read carefully in context to whom the pronouns are referring. Verse 3, before verse 4, and verse 5 following it, help determine the reading.

HE, The FATHER, the ONE blessing us in the Heavenlies in CHRIST, (from verse 3 ) , is still the subject of this passage in Ephesians.

Likewise, as "... in CHRIST"  is the   ending phrase in verse 3, the thought is continued over into verse 4, " ... in HIM+, " meaning, in CHRIST JESUS. 

Upon a continued reading into verse 5, we can see that the last "HIM" in verse 4 must refer back to The FATHER again.
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According as HE ( The FATHER)  hath chosen us in HIM+ ( The SON+) before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before HIM ( The FATHER ) in love:

We were not born before the foundation of the kosmos, the world.



No-one was.



No son of the Adamic race was born before the foundation of the kosmos.


So, how could The FATHER choose us in The SON+ before we even existed ? Before there were any "Adams" within this kosmos ? [ Early writings call human beings "Adams." ]

According as HE ( The FATHER) 
hath chosen us 
in HIM+ ( The SON+)
before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy
and without blame
before HIM ( The FATHER )
in love:


We become part of that  chosen "us" when we respond to JESUS.

BUT BEWARE: We are not part of that chosen "us", however, if we refuse HIM+.

The FATHER determined to have a People from earth for Possession.  In the pre-planned destiny for mankind, these Peculiar People would be acceptable unto The FATHER through The SON+.

We become part of those Peculiar People when we respond to JESUS. We are not part of the Peculiar People of GOD, however, if we fail to respond to HIM+… in spirit and in truth.

In short, before Adam was created... indeed, before this world as we know it was created... GOD The FATHER determined to bring human beings into communion with HIMSELF through JESUS CHRIST, HIS Beloved SON+.  

We come into Communion with GOD when we choose to follow JESUS. We are not part of that Communion, however, if we deny HIM+.

Furthermore, because these Peculiar People would come to HIM through HIS SON+ , they also would become holy and unblemished... just like HIS SON+.

Just like HIS Beloved SON+, these Peculiar People would stand before Our FATHER in love.

That love is   agapA   love, the love pouring upon them from The FATHER... with their hearts responding, pouring forth their love upon Our Heavenly FATHER, in return.

Let us Pray:

O, Dear Heavenly FATHER Who loveth mankind, I thank THEE for planning a Way+ for me to come to THEE, in Spirit and in Truth...  before I even existed apart from THEE. 

I know my life came from THEE ; in love THOU didst plant me in my mother's womb and called me by my name before I was born.

Regardless of who my parents are and regardless of how I was conceived... THOU authored my existence. THOU didst grant me my life upon earth.

I am THINE, O HOLY FATHER.  THOU didst intend to plant me in CHRIST JESUS before the world began … if I would embrace Him+.  

Renouncing and forsaking the pull of this world, I return to THEE what is THINE own.

Yes, I give THEE back my life, hidden in CHRIST JESUS, my LORD and SAVIOR+. Use it for Thy purpose.

For... I love THEE, O HOLY FATHER, my true FATHER.

This life loaned to me, I see, rightly belongs to THEE.

In the name of Thy+ Beloved SON+, our True Womb+, I pray these my imperfect prayers. Amen.

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Glory be to The FATHER,
and to His Beloved SON+
JESUS CHRIST,
and to the Blessed HOLY SPIRIT.

ONE GOD:
FATHER,
SON+,
and HOLY SPIRIT,
both now and forever,
world without end.
Amen. 

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Worthy is the LAMB+.

Worthy is The LAMB+
that was slain.

Worthy is the LAMB+,
slain
from the foundation
of the earth.
Revelation 13:8