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12/23/2014

IF JESUS Had Given Them Rest...

 ADVENT MEDITATIONS for 2014
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 Scriptures courtesy of www.biblegateway.com


Isaiah 11: 10 ~  
And in that day there shall be a ROOT+ of Jesse, 
which shall stand for an ENSIGN+ of the people; 
to it shall the Gentiles seek: 
and His+ rest shall be glorious.

Hebrews 4: 6 - 8 ~

Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein,
 and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: 
 Again, HE limiteth a certain day, saying in David, 
To day, after so long a time; as it is said, 
To day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts.

 For if JESUS had given them rest, 
then would HE not afterward 
have spoken of another day.


If JESUS had given them rest... 

All those rebellious ones ~ 

... of His+ people, in His+ Camp, in the wilderness, baptized in the waters of the RED+ Sea, eating the Manna sent from Heaven,  under the protection of the ROCK+ that followed them ...   
~ had free choice!  


I Corinthians 10:4
And did all drink the same spiritual drink:
 for they drank 
of that spiritual ROCK+ that followed them:
and that ROCK+ was CHRIST.+

They DIED in the wilderness without being allowed to enter the Promised Land. 

Our LORD has so designed man that EVERY HUMAN BEING is able ... i.e., has the power... to choose WHOM+ or what he will serve with his whole heart, as evidenced in life choices.  

Robots need not apply.  CHRIST JESUS wants no robots. Flesh and blood CANNOT ... is not able... to inherit the Kingdom of GOD; each man , woman, and child must choose it for himself. 

If JESUS would have given those rebellious ones rest, then the rebellious and disobedient forsakers of GOD would have been granted a REST without repentance ! GOD FORBID ! 

Rest WITHOUT  REPENTANCE 
is impossible with GOD. 

It is one thing that GOD will not do for us: repent. We must do this ourselves. 

Those who refuse His+ LORDSHIP ( regardless of church membership rolls ) refuse His+ REST at the same time. 

It is impossible  to enter into His+ Promised Land of peace, joy, and rest without a personal repentance.    

O LORD JESUS, Cleanser of the Repentant, Who+ was made INCARNATE to do that very thing,  lead us to Thy+ cleansing fountain once again. 

Help us to heed Thy+ Call of conviction; take away our blindness to our sin. Help us to see who we are with Thine+ Eyes, O LIGHT+ of the world, for in Thy+ Light, we shall see Light. 

O HOLY FATHER, Who sent forth Thy Only-Begotten SON+ to give the repentant rest in HIM+ Who+ knew no sin, we bless and glorify both HIM+ and THEE. 

We thank THEE+ for the Promised Land, wherein doth righteousness dwell and the souls of men made perfect through the Blood of Thy INCARNATED SON+.

Change our in-born rebellion against Thy+ Word, we humbly ask, as we yield our un-docile and self-willed spirits unto THEE+, for Thy+ great glory. 

O HOLY LIGHT+ made INCARNATE in Our LORD JESUS CHRIST for the suffering of death, fill us with Thy+ same Spirit that we may die to self ... in order for the world to see THEE+ , in Truth.  

In the Name of the Only-Begotten SON+ of GOD, the INCARNATE EMMANUEL... we pray. Amen. 

12/19/2014

HE+ Was Born to CRUSH the HEAD of satan...

ADVENT MEDITATIONS for 2014

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Scriptures courtesy of www.biblegateway.com

Revelation 12:3  And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her CHILD+ as soon as it was born.


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This satan is ready to devour all flesh, everywhere. That is his self-ordained , self-centered mission. Voracious for human flesh, he knows that his time is limited. Every day brings him closer to the eternal lake of burning fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels. 

His MISSION: TO DESTROY the people who brought forth MESSIAH+ ...  and the people who received HIM+. 

The satan hates all men created in the likeness and image of GOD, but those two groups are especially targeted for his wrath ... because his time is short. 


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         O LORD JESUS, The ONE+ Who+ was born to crush satan’s head and triumph over death ... from satan’s lies and on-slaughts, protect me.  

O VICTOR CHRIST, heal me from the love of lies, and cleanse my heart from the attraction of the values of men, inherited from father Adam.

I bind unto myself this day the mighty name of the Trinity: FATHER, SON+, and HOLY SPIRIT.  O Divine Blood of JESUS, cover me !  

Deliver me from fear of the adversary, whose hungry breath hounds me day by day, deceiving me, trying to lure me to follow my flesh, away from Thy+ protection to crush me. 

THOU+ Who+ came as The Way+ , The Truth+, and The Life+ , save me from my Self, O VICTOR CHRIST; I yield my Self to THEE+. 


In the Name of the Incarnated CHRIST CHILD+, JESUS our LORD, I pray. 

11/29/2014

CHRIST The KING+ Ever Reigns on High !

Advent Meditations for 2014
The Star of Bethlehem 
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Hear the Words of Our LORD .... 

Matthew 24: 42-44  
Courtesy Biblegateway.com

Watch therefore: 
for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

But know this,
 that if the goodman of the house had known 
in what watch the thief would come, 
he would have watched, 
and would not have suffered his house 
to be broken up.

Therefore be ye also ready: 
for in such an hour as ye think not 
the SON+ of MAN cometh.

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The opening words of Our SAVIOR to you in this Advent Season is: 
 Watch !  Be ye ready ! 

For what, exactly, are you watching ? 

Are you awaiting... simply putting in time ... treading spiritual water in one spiritual place ... until you are snatched out of here, away into Heaven ? 

NO !

Our coming LORD told us to be alert and at-the-ready for battle... a battle for souls !  And this battle is a fight for YOUR soul and mine. 

We must be watchful, lest at any time our steadfastness loosens. We must be alert lest we fall. 

The apostle Paul --- yes, even that great Apostle --- has warned us to take heed for our souls, like he did for his. 

 I Cor 9: 27 
But I keep under my body, 
and bring it into subjection: 
lest that by any means, 
when I have preached to others, 
I myself should be a castaway.

Disciplining your body and bringing it into subjection to the WORD OF GOD strengthens you in the spiritual warfare. 

Are you ready for the great testing ? JESUS told us to WATCH AND PRAY, lest we fall.  TESTING is promised. 

How is your strength tested ?  

Strength is tested when an adversary challenges you to a match. 

This match, however, is not of your own choosing and it will not be put off for a more convenient time. It is Divinely Appointed and it will test your faith to the utmost. Will you stand or fall ?  

You will not have time to return to the gymnasium and train for  this match, however. 

This training occurs daily as you pick up your Cross and die to Self. There is no cramming possible for this exam.

Yes, we do indeed watch for His+ 2nd Coming, but before that... the battle will be with the demonic thief who comes to steal our faith and our souls. 

Are you ready ? 

Let us pray:

O Christ our ROCK+, WHO+ came to ready a people for THYSELF+, help me to stand for THEE+.  

Help me to stand for THY+ glory, in the face of all opposition to Thy+ Name. 

Let Thy+ Truth live in me strongly so that I cannot yield and kiss the dirt, when demon-led people tell me to bow to their activities and proclaim them "right." 

O ROCK+ of Ages, I hide myself in THEE+. Cover me there with Thy+ Hand, O Blessed Savior.  

CHRIST The KING+ ever reigns on High; 
O Come, Let us adore HIM+ !