I woke up in fog, in a foreign land. I think it was somewhere like Europe and the conversation had many presumptions. There pervaded an atmosphere, a terrible feeling of doom and gloom. The background dialogue implied fault, mostly of my own. The voices were of unknown caretakers. Not to panic, however, my soul had been trained to yield (attitude positioning), to the Precious Spirit. That seeming real world of dread soon faded and vanished far behind comforting thoughts of love and safety from God’s Word. Romans 13:11 has taught us, ” …knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.”1Corinthian 15:34 also, “Awake to righteousness, and sin not.”Ephesians 5:14 follows, “…Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.” Awake: Friends we are to “Walk in the light as…
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‘A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.’ Proverbs 17:17 “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.” Proverbs 18:24 ” Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” Proverbs 27:6 A man’s self-righteous dignity must be wounded in order for him to receive God’s love unashamedly. The love which comes of Christ alone, functions toward a sinner, toward a strengthless one, toward an enemy; all in the same way. A person may feel they have a right to be loved, or no right to be loved. Man’s rights play no part in God’s love for Men. There is none good, no not one. But, we have “been made fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.” See Colossians 1:12 We qualify under the…
Job 42:10 “And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.” Psalm 126:1 “. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.” My first visit to an African nation was almost surreal. I had only imagined such places and found their reality to be much different than my imaginings. It was the same for Europe and for that matter, Prescott Arizona. Locations differ, but also conditions, such as Job’s trial. A long experience in certain conditions creates a kind of reality and when released from it, seems a dream. Israel had been exiled for 70 years. Release was breathtaking for those participating in it. Both Job and Israel had been in captivity. Perhaps you have had a long battle with sickness, with cancer, with financial issues,…
The story is found in Exodus 7:9 -14: “and given that Paroh will speak to you saying, give for you a wonder, and you will say to Aharon, take your branch and throw it out to the face of Paroh, he will exist as a crocodile. And Mosheh came, and Aharon, to Paroh, and they did so, just as YHWH directed, and Aharon threw out his branch to the face of Paroh and to the face of his servants, and he existed as a crocodile. and Paroh also called out to the skilled ones and to the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Mits’rayim, also did so with their blazings, ( The word “BLAZING” is the same word used for the sword of the Keruv (cherub in most other translations, Genesis 3:24) and each threw out his branch and they existed as crocodiles, and the branch of Aharon swallowed their…
The Apostle Paul wrote a letter to the Ephesians. In that letter he exhorts them: “That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.” Ephesians 4:22-25 And to the Romans: “Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. Romans 6:13-14 Brothers and sisters, “do not go on presenting your members to sin…
Joshua 5:9 “And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal (rolling) unto this day. “ In the case of the children of Israel, they lived under the reproach of having surrendered to Egypt, being held as slaves in their dominion. Even after having escaped by the strong hand, and with the stretched out arm of God, they were mocked from Egypt, as seen in Exodus 32:12 . “Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. “ also in Moses prayer, in Numbers 14:14-16, ” And they (the Egyptians) will tell it to the inhabitants of this land:” “Now if…
Take heed that no man deceive you! Keep your eyes open, lest some one may or may not deceive you at any point in time. So taught Jesus in Matthew 24:10 “But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. ” He was referring to the same last time. 2 Timothy 3:13, “Adam and Eve were in a perfect environment, but Eve was deceived because, as a responder, she didn’t abide under her covering—and she didn’t receive doctrine from God.” Dr. Carl H. Stevens See Genesis 3:4 “the serpent deceived her by saying, “You will not surely die as you have been told” Iniquity is the emotions of Lucifer influencing the emotions of the woman. Notice, the serpent didn’t tackleAdam; he deceived Eve. ” CHS In Revelation we see the fate of the deceiver. “And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that…
Some folks always seem to want to assert their independence. (Self-dependence, self-reliance self-subsistence self-sufficiency self-support); these can do it all themselves without any help from others. They annoy us, especially when we see a need or way to assist them, and they refuse. It appears to be a betrayal to their true nature, which could allow for more “humility.” People do things for all kinds of reasons: personality, upbringing, environment, or genetics could all play a part. But, let’s consider the words of Paul to the Corinthians. ” For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in…
Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. Companionship is that which teaches mortals everything.” Euripides ” …intercourse with other men influences the manner, appearance, deportment, and character of a man, sharpens his wits, controls his conduct, and brightens his very face.” Pulpit Commentary Proverbs 27:1 teaches, “Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” “what was the secret of the power (of Paul, the Apostle)? “It is given in his own words, “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21) He was able to fling himself with that passionate confidence into the present duty, he was able to preach the word with that victorious vigor in season and out of season. ” … the whole burden of the unknown future was rolled away from him, and he, more than…
Death is once and done for a believer in Christ. The doorway which death opened and closed behind it exists still, but cannot be gone through backwards. Only, the present lives on, a current and resurrected existence. As we abide in the beauty of this holiness, (separated from former depravity and alive unto God in Christ), the peaceable fruit of our conjoined righteousness with Christ occurs. See, in this post-death experience, we are vitally connected to His life. Jesus spoke to His close ones, ” I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” John 15:5 The metaphor is clear: Christ is the Vine and we are the branches of the vine. Abiding, however, seems a strange thought for a branch in a vine. We must explain. Our unity…