Healing at the Cross Posts

A garden is a place a beauty, beauty that is growing more beautiful. It is a place where life in its quietness and subtlety slowly unfolds itself to the eyes of it’s beholder. Christ here in Song of Solomon 5:1 is the beholder, and his garden brings Him exceeding joy. It is a garden of souls, a garden of capacities, a garden of the consciousnesses of many individuals. It shows the end of the Law unto righteousness, it is the end of one dispensation and the beginning of another. It conveys the thought of an amazing resurrection, a rebirth, having gone through death, but now alive. ‘Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, beloved ones! ” Song of Solomon 5:2 Luke 19:10  reveals, ” For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.’ The initiating words proceed from the Savior, first, ‘Eat, O friends;…

“Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.’ Psalm 107:43  “They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. ‘ Isaiah 49:10  “Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. ‘ Isaiah 49:13  “Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. ‘ Isaiah 49:15 I want to think about a caregiver, full of loving kindness, gentleness, tender mercies. Indeed, my flesh resists these qualities in its utter unworthiness. But now I listen, now I hunger and thirst…

” For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? “1Peter 4:17 “— If even the godly have chastening judgments now, how much more shall the ungodly be doomed to damnatory judgments at last.” JFB  Proverbs 11:31 teaches “Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner — but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary.” Ezekiel 9:6 The Passover., of Exodus Chapter 12 is a great example of God’s judgment executed as an overwhelming scourge of the Death angel, and yet not touching His marked out ones, who obeyed the protective instructions from heaven. Friends, I would be exaggerating to say that I have discerned the judging patterns of our…

” …so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”. Romans 5: 19b Friends, by one man’s disobedience, many were made sinners. This one man was Adam, who’s fame is recorded at the outset of the Bible, in the book of Genesis. With his wife, Eve, Adam disobeyed God’s prohibition on the tree of knowledge. Because of this act of disobedience, all of Adam’s future generations received the sentence of death upon their lives, though not themselves sinning as Adam’s act did. Nevertheless, sin also was determined upon all men. “But the scripture hath concluded all under sin,” Galatians 3:22 Howbeit, before the Law was given to Moses years later, that sin against God, which was imputed by God to Men, was not brought into awareness in men’s consciousness fully. ” … But sin, that it might appear sin; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.” Romans…

‘Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.  Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. Matthew 10:29-31 Today I am considering the sparrows. And not that I’m better than a sparrow, but that God loves sparrows. He also dresses the lilies with beauty and splendor, and, you are of more value than many sparrows , even the hairs of your head are all numbered! Is it because we’re bigger? I don’t know what gives humans more value then sparrows. Indeed the birds never disobey God, as far as I can tell. The Lily goes and grows and has great value to God. They reflect his glory in their beauty, in their coat. Perhaps it is our great need, or neediness, that gives…

“for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. “Revelation 12:10b Many people do not discern the battle of life, not knowing the Accuser. Perhaps they have related to this Accuser in a cartoon format, perhaps in a scary movie. Nevertheless for every Christian there’s something about your life that comes under accusation and we do well to discern it. Indeed, our Christianity gives us the opportunity to discern. Psalm 94:19-21 teaches us, “In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy (God’s) comforts delight my soul.  Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. “ Brothers and sisters, there are two kingdoms, one of light, glorious light. The other is the Kingdom of darkness. The verse in Psalm 94 reveals how…

 ‘For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. ” 1Corinthians 1:18 “And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.” Galatians 5:11  ” (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.” Philippians 3:18 Galatians 6:14  But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. By the cross of Christ, becoming my cross, ends that terrible enemy — my ego. Ego runs wild with delight, wisening by each successive strain or constraint, but battles a constant foe, a crucifying agent, a killer extraordinary, that…