Spiritual life

One of you, a Servant of Christ : The Filling Station

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What is a Servant of Christ?   Do we meet the qualifications?  Do you believe Paul would consider you, me or any other believer a Servant of Christ?

Paul, James and Jude called themselves Servants of God or Christ and we find Paul naming the Colossians and especially Epaphras as Servants of Christ.

First, Epaphras labors fervently for the Colossians in prayers.   Paul goes on record that he:  ” hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.”

His (Epaphras), prayer for them is: ” that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.”

Is that how we pray for one another?   Not hardly.   We don’t even pray that prayer for ourselves,  though we should.

Secondly :  Paul called Epaphras a faithful minister to the Colossians who told them of Christ and told him of their love in the Spirit.

” For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;  That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;”

” Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;   Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:”

Because Epaphras had a great love (Zeal), for the people and a good report of their love for Christ.  Paul prayed continually, without ceasing for them.
     *   to be filled with the knowledge of Gods will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
     *   that they would walk worthy of the Lord, fruitful, pleasing in every good work,  increasing in knowledge of God.
     *   Strengthened  unto longsuffering,  patience and joyfulness.
     *   Giving thanks to the Father

This is how we must learn to pray for one another.   For the Spiritual not the temporal.  For that which will effect us forever.

Lord, please help us to walk worthy of you in all that we do.

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WHAT WAS THE BIBLES EXPIRATION DATE?

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The solution to the problem is faith.

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It seems to me, a lot of churches have put  expiration dates on parts of the Bible.

Miracles, signs and wonders, revelations from God; all expired with the last of the Apostles.  (Until the new improved message,  arrived).

Jonah and the big fish died the same time as the tooth fairy. David and Goliath,  Noah and the flood, Samson,  Gideon, all just fables, stories for children. 

Morales, ethics, honesty, self-control,  self-respect,  self-reliance all expired,  dead, gone, buried.  Will they ever return?

Folks, when a large segment of the population, teaches their children it is OK  to abort, and not raise their little sister or brother; or that Heather has two mommies; or let’s go visit daddy in prison;   do not be surprised when they set fire to the cat.

What we have allowed to happen to our country and churches, will continue.

Our churches, like our politicians. …are empty suits.  All…

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I found this on Google +  Conrad Carriker @
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The Wonder of Salvation

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The peace that passes understanding.   I would that all could accept and love its source.  

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The Eyes of the Lord – The Filling Station

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“The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.”

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“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?   If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.”

I believe when we read of the Giants of the Faith, we are intiminated.  Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, David, Daniel, ect….these were great and Godly men.  I’m not.

We cannot fathom the depths of their respective relationships with God.  How did they reach such heights?

Abraham was a friend of God.  Lord I can’t imagine how that happens.  What is the secret?

We place them above us, we always look up to them, they had lived in a special time and place.

The Lord doesn’t do that anymore.

WHO SAYS? 

Why doesn’t He do that today? 

Are His hands tied? 

Was He lying when He said:  “These signs shall follow them that believe.”    ?????

” The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry,  the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.  The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.”

Here in lies the problem,  the Lord sees all I am, He knows all I think, imagine, desire and do. 

Oh what can I  do?  I  am full of sin and sickness,  broken,  unlovable. Why would He use me?  Be my friend?  Trust me with His plan?  Unworthy? ….

The Blood of Jesus, sets me free from the curse of sin and death, I am the Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.  I come boldly to the throne of grace and obtain mercy and grace in my time of need.

If I would live a life of repentance and obedience, there is no limit to what the Lord might do, in and with me.  If I would only desire the Lord more than life itself.

” David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.”

David was really special, He was a man after Gods heart, how can I  compare to that?

Have you heard of his son, Asa or even Asa’s son after him?

“Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father.

 he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: “

We need to purpose in our hearts to obey the Lord, repent when we miss the mark and let the Lord direct our path.

” the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.

Will you allow the Lord to shew himself strong on your behalf?   He longs to know you, use you and bless all you do.

Have a perfect heart,  be quick to repent, turn towards the Lord. If we could do this, we would change our world.

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Man and his Maker – The Filling Station

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I keep making the same errors.   I  just give scriptures,  trying to prove my point.  Boring.

My question for you is are you walking with God?  (Jesus ).  Or are you walking before The Lord? (Jehovah the Father ).  Do we have a choice?

I believe Pastors are given the Spirit of God  (Jesus ).  They are infused with Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge and Skill  to build the church of God. 

Wheather a church of 20 or 200….the people need to be instructed in Praise, Worship, Prayer and Fasting, Faith, Bible study….obedience,  tithing, giving and shareing.

Those who are walking in the Spirit of the Lord, are Warriors,  in prayer and praise, Spiritual as well as physical. (As our country keeps moving to the Godless left).

Isaiah 61
King James Version (KJV)
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

It is Yahweh that Annoints to preach, comfort the brokenhearted, proclaim freedom and deliver those in bondage.

Evangelists, healers, miracles, signs and wonders seem to happen more outside the regular worship services. 

We need to develop the Gifts of the Spirit that we are given.  Seek the wisdom and comfort of the Spirit,  He will lead, guide, protect and direct us in their use.

Take them off the shelf,  if you’ve hiden them, let them  multiply.  Be bold and of good Spirit the Lord will be pleased with your efforts.   

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The Filling Station – Genesis 38,39

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Genesis 38:

The story of Judah, Jacobs  4th child by Leah, his name means Praise and this tribe slways led the way in the desert.

“1 About that time Judah left his brothers and went to stay with a man from Adullam whose name was Hirah. 2 There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man whose name was Shua. He married her and slept with her. 3 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son named[a] Er. 4 She became pregnant again and gave birth to another son, whom she named Onan. 5 Then she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son, whom she named Shelah. He was born at Kezib.

Judah chose a wife for his firstborn son Er. Her name was Tamar.7 Er angered Yahweh. So Yahweh took away his life. 8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Go sleep with your brother’s widow. Do your duty for her as a brother-in-law, and produce a descendant for your brother.”9 But Onan knew that the descendant wouldn’t belong to him, so whenever he slept with his brother’s widow, he wasted his semen on the ground to avoid giving his brother a descendant. 10 What Onan did angered Yahweh so much that Yahweh took away Onan’s life too.

11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Return to your father’s home. Live as a widow until my son Shelah grows up.” He thought that this son, too, might die like his brothers. So Tamar went to live in her father’s home.”

We do not know what Er did,  just the Lords  reaction.
If you continue this chapter we find Judahs sin.

Genesis 39:

Joseph in Potiphar’s House

39 Joseph had been taken to Egypt. Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s Egyptian officials and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

2 Yahweh was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. He worked in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 Joseph’s master saw that Yahweh was with him and that Yahweh made everything he did successful. 4 Potiphar liked Joseph so much that he made him his trusted servant. He put him in charge of his household and everything he owned. 5 From that time on Yahweh blessed the Egyptian’s household because of Joseph. Therefore, Yahweh’s blessing was on everything Potiphar owned in his house and in his fields. 6 So he left all that he owned in Joseph’s care. He wasn’t concerned about anything except the food he ate.

Joseph was well-built and handsome. 7 After a while his master’s wife began to desire Joseph, so she said, “Come to bed with me.”

8 But Joseph refused and said to her, “My master doesn’t concern himself with anything in the house. He trusts me with everything he owns. 9 No one in this house is greater than I. He’s kept nothing back from me except you, because you’re his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing and sin against Elohim?” 10 Although she kept asking Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or be with her.

11 One day he went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants were there. 12 She grabbed him by his clothes and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he ran outside and left his clothes in her hand.

Joseph ends up in jail:

19 When Potiphar heard his wife’s story, especially when she said, “This is what your slave did to me,” he became very angry. 20 So Joseph’s master arrested him and put him in the same prison where the king’s prisoners were kept.

While Joseph was in prison, 21 Yahweh was with him. Yahweh reached out to him with his unchanging love and gave him protection.Yahweh also put Joseph on good terms with the warden. 22 So the warden placed Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in that prison. Joseph became responsible for everything that they were doing. 23 The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care because Yahweh was with Joseph and made whatever he did successful.

It is not a good thing to anger the Lord but we also see that pleasing the Lord gives favour. Blessed by Yahweh, wouldn’t sin against Elohim.

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The Filling Station – Genesis 36,37

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Once again I remind you,  this study is about the interaction between man and the Lord (Yahweh) and God ( Elohim ).

Genesis 36:
The story of Esau…no interaction.

Genesis 37:
Joseph sold into slavery.

Joseph’s Brothers Sell Him into Slavery

37 Jacob continued to live in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived.

2 This is the account of Jacob and his descendants.

Joseph was a seventeen-year-old young man. He took care of the flocks with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph told his father about the bad things his brothers were doing.

3 Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because Joseph had been born in Israel’s old age. So he made Joseph a special robe with long sleeves. 4 Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them. They hated Joseph and couldn’t speak to him on friendly terms.

5 Joseph had a dream and when he told his brothers, they hated him even more. 6 He said to them, “Please listen to the dream I had. 7 We were tying grain into bundles out in the field, and suddenly mine stood up. It remained standing while your bundles gathered around my bundle and bowed down to it.”

8 Then his brothers asked him, “Are you going to be our king or rule us?” They hated him even more for his dreams and his words.
9 Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream: I saw the sun, the moon, and 11 stars bowing down to me.”

Jacob’s Fifth Encounter with God

35 Then Elohim said to Jacob, “Go to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there. I am the El who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”

I just point you to Psalm 105:19, speaking of Joseph.

“Yahweh’s promise tested him through fiery trials
    until his prediction came true.”

God spoke to Jacob, the Lord gave Joseph his dream l

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The Filling Station – Genesis 23,24

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Please note;  This study is just man and maker interactions. ..  if you want the full story read the chapters listed.

Genesis 23:

Sarah died and buried.  No man and maker  interactions

Genesis 24:

Abraham sends his Servant to find Isaac a wife.  Abraham and the Servants prayers. 

Abraham Instructs His Servant

24 By now Abraham was old, and Yahweh had blessed him in every way. 2 So Abraham said to the senior servant of his household who was in charge of all that he owned, “Take a solemn oath. 3 I want you to swear by Yahweh Elohim of heaven and earth that you will not get my son a wife from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I’m living. 4 Instead, you will go to the land of my relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.”

6 “Make sure that you do not take my son back there,” Abraham said to him. 7 “Yahweh Elohim of heaven took me from my father’s home and the land of my family. He spoke to me and swore this oath: ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’

“Elohim will send his angel ahead of you, and you will get my son a wife from there. 8 If the woman doesn’t want to come back with you, then you’ll be free from this oath that you swear to me.”

11 The servant had the camels kneel down outside the city by the well. It was evening, when the women would go out to draw water. 12 Then he prayed, “Yahweh, Elohim of my master Abraham, make me successful today. Show your kindness to Abraham.

21 The man was silently watching her to see whether or not Yahweh had made his trip successful.

26 The man knelt, bowing to Yahweh with his face touching the ground. 27 He said, “Praise Yahweh, the Elohim of my master Abraham. Yahweh hasn’t failed to be kind and faithful to my master. Yahweh has led me on this trip to the home of my master’s relatives.”

At the home of Abraham’s relatives:

Come in, you whom Yahweh has blessed. Why are you standing out here? I have straightened up the house and made a place for the camels.”

34 “I am Abraham’s servant,” he said. 35 “Yahweh has blessed my master, and he has become wealthy.

39 “I asked my master, ‘What if the woman won’t come back with me?’

40 “He answered me, ‘I have been living the way Yahweh wants me to. The Lord will send his angel with you to make your trip successful. You will get my son a wife from my relatives and from my father’s family. 41 Then you will be free from your oath to me”

42 “When I came to the spring today, I prayed, ‘Yahweh Elohim of my master Abraham, please make my trip successful.

Please give me a drink of water.” 44 If she says to me, “Not only may you have a drink, but I will also draw water for your camels,” let her be the woman Yahweh has chosen for my master’s son.’

Trip successful,  Rebecca married Isaac.   Note Abraham’s  faith,  knew he lived a life that pleased Yahweh,  so knew his prayer would be answered.

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The Filling Station – Genesis 20

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Genesis 20 :
Abraham Deceives Abimelech

20 Abraham moved to the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was living in Gerar, 2 Abraham told everyone that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar sent men to take Sarah. 3 Elohim came to Abimelech in a dream one night and said to him, “You’re going to die because of the woman that you’ve taken! She’s a married woman!” 4 Abimelech hadn’t come near her, so he asked, “Adonay, will you destroy a nation even if it’s innocent? 5 Didn’t he tell me himself, ‘She’s my sister,’ and didn’t she even say, ‘He’s my brother’? I did this in all innocence and with a clear conscience.”

6 “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience,” Elohim said to him in the dream. “In fact, I kept you from sinning against me. That’s why I didn’t let you touch her. 7 Give the man’s wife back to him now, because he’s a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you don’t give her back, you and all who belong to you are doomed to die.”

Yahweh closed their wombs, Elohim, kept from sinning. Abimelech called Him Adonay, Sovereign Master.

11 Abraham said, “I thought that because there are no Elohim-fearing people in this place, I’d be killed because of my wife. 12 Besides, she is my sister—my father’s daughter but not my mother’s. She is also my wife. 13 When Elohim had me leave my father’s home and travel around, I said to her, ‘Do me a favor: Wherever we go, say that I’m your brother.’”

14 Then Abimelech took sheep, cattle, and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him. 15 Abimelech said, “Look, here’s my land. Live anywhere you like.” 16 He said to Sarah, “Don’t forget, I’ve given your brother 25 pounds of silver. This is to silence any criticism against you from everyone with you. You’re completely cleared.”

17 Abraham prayed to Elohim, and Elohim healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could have children. 18 (Yahweh had made it impossible for any woman in Abimelech’s household to have children because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.)

The Natures of the Father and Son are clearly on display.

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Genesis 16:

In chapter 15 we have that great verse: “Abram believed the Lord and it was counted to him for righteousness.”   He believed the Lord  would give him an heir but decided to help Him along.

He and Sarai decided  on their own plan.  Without consulting the Lord.  So we have Ishmael,  and a warning to wait on the Lords timing and plan.  Our ways are not the Lords ways.

Genesis 17:

Here we are Abram has loved, worshipped and obeyed the Lord for 24 years.  He has heard the name of God from Melchizedek,  and heard Gods voice in a dream.  Now he will meet Him.

Genesis 17
Names of God Bible (NOG)

The Lord’s Fifth Promise to Abraham

17 “When Abram was 99 years old, Yahweh appeared to him. He said to Abram, “I am El Shadday. Live in my presence with integrity. 2 I will give you my promise,[a] and I will give you very many descendants.”

Please read carefully,  words mean things.

*   The Lord (Yahweh ), appeared to Abram.

*   Introduced Himself as El Shadday  (Almighty God)

*   The Lord said  “live in my presence with integrity”.  (walk before me and be ye perfect).  “I will give you many descendants.”

Then we see how he reacts to meeting Almighty God for the first time:

3 “Immediately, Abram bowed with his face touching the ground, and again Elohim spoke to him, 4 “My promise is still with you. You will become the father of many nations. 5 So your name will no longer be Abram [Exalted Father], but Abraham [Father of Many] because I have made you a father of many nations. 6 I will give you many descendants. Many nations and kings will come from you. 7 I will make my promise to you and your descendants for generations to come as an everlasting promise. I will be your Elohim and the God of your descendants. 8 I am also giving this land where you are living—all of Canaan—to you and your descendants as your permanent possession. And I will be your Elohim.”

Abram  mets Almighty God:
*    Abram bows down in Worship  (didn’t happen when first meeting the Lord)

*    Almighty God repeated the Lords promises

*    Almighty God made no demands, He saw the love in Worship.

*    Almighty God gave Abram and Sarai new names

9 “Elohim also said to Abraham, “You and your descendants in generations to come are to be faithful to my promise. 10 This is how you are to be faithful to my promise: Every male among you is to be circumcised. 11 All of you must be circumcised. That will be the sign of the promise from me to you.”

*   Circumcision was Instituted

To me, this is the moment Abraham met Jesus, Worship, new names, circumcision of our hearts…only requirement is love.

15 “Elohim said to Abraham, “Don’t call your wife by the name Sarai anymore. Instead, her name is Sarah [Princess]. 16 I will bless her, and I will also give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become a mother of nations, and kings will come from her.” 17 Immediately, Abraham bowed with his face touching the ground. He laughed as he thought to himself, “Can a son be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, have a child?” 18 Then Abraham said to Elohim, “Why not let Ishmael be my heir?”

19 “Elohim replied, “No! Your wife Sarah will give you a son, and you will name him Isaac [He Laughs]. I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants. 20 I have heard your request about Ishmael. Yes, I will bless him, make him fertile, and increase the number of his descendants. He will be the father of 12 princes, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But I will make my promise to Isaac. Sarah will give birth to him at this time next year.” 22 When Elohim finished speaking with Abraham, he left him.”

Abraham’s Household Circumcised

23 “So Abraham took his son Ishmael, everyone born in his household, and everyone bought with money—every male in his household—and circumcised them that day, as Elohim had told him. 24 Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised. 25 His son Ishmael was 13 years old when he was circumcised. 26 That same day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised. 27 All the men of his household, whether born in the household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.”

Immediate obedience:  Notice when the Lord first called Abram :

Genesis 12
King James Version (KJV)
12 “Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:”

The Lord had said :  To me it seems the Lord had to mention it more than once.  After years of service, he learned to follow immediately.

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Genesis 14:  Abram meets Melchizedek the priest of God :

Melchizedek Blesses Abram

17 After Abram came back from defeating Chedorlaomer and his allies, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Shaveh Valley (that is, the King’s Valley). 18 Then King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was a priest of El Elyon.
(El Elyou means God most high).

19 He blessed Abram, and said,
“Blessed is Abram by El Elyon,
    maker[b] of heaven and earth.
20 Blessed is El Elyon,
    who has handed your enemies over to you.”

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, and keep everything else for yourself.”

22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I now raise my hand and solemnly swear to Yahweh El Elyon, maker of heaven and earth, 23 that I won’t take a thread or a sandal strap. I won’t take anything that is yours so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’ 24 I won’t take one single thing except what my men have eaten. But let my allies Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre take their share.”

This is the first mention of God in Abrams life.  Some say he met Jesus,  stick around I have another idea.

Genesis 15
Names of God Bible (NOG)

The Lord’s Fourth Promise to Abram

15 Later Yahweh spoke his word to Abram in a vision. He said,

“Abram, don’t be afraid.

I am your shield.

Your reward will be very great.”[a]

2 Abram asked, “Adonay Yahweh, what will you give me? Since I’m going to die without children, Eliezer of Damascus will inherit[b] my household. 3 You have given me no children, so this member of my household will be my heir.”

(Adonay Yahweh  means Sovereign Master, Jehovah ).

 Suddenly, Yahweh spoke his word to Abram again. He said, “This man will not be your heir. Your own son will be your heir.”

” 6 Then Abram believed Yahweh, and that faith was regarded as the basis of Abram’s approval by Yahweh. 7 Then Yahweh said to him, “I am Yahweh, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land so that you will take possession of it.”

8 Abram asked, “Adonay Yahweh, how can I be certain that I will take possession of it?”

 12 As the sun was just about to set, a deep sleep—a dreadful, deep darkness—came over Abram.”

Elohim speaks to Abram in a dream :

13 “Elohim said to Abram, “You can know for sure that your descendants will live in a land that is not their own, where they will be slaves, and they will be oppressed for 400 years. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve, and after that they will come out with many possessions. 15 But you will die in peace and be buried at a very old age. 16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, because the sin of the Amorites will not have run its course until then.”

17 The sun had gone down, and it was dark. Suddenly a smoking oven and a flaming torch passed between the animal pieces. 18 At that time Yahweh made a promise[c] to Abram. He said, “I will give this land to your descendants. This is the land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates. 19 It is the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”

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In chapter 12 Abram meets Yahweh :

Genesis 12

Names of God Bible (NOG)

The Lord’s First Promise to Abram

12 Yahweh said to Abram,

“Leave your land,

    your relatives,

        and your father’s home.

Go to the land that I will show you.

2 I will make you a great nation,

I will bless you.

I will make your name great,

    and you will be a blessing.

3 I will bless those who bless you,

    and whoever curses you, I will curse.

 Through you every family on earth will be blessed.”

The Lord’s Second Promise to Abram

4 “So Abram left, as Yahweh had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.

. 7 Then Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “I’m going to give this land to your descendants.” So he built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.”

8 “He moved on to the hills east of Bethel, and he put up his tent—with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He also built an altar to Yahweh there and worshiped Yahweh. 9 Abram kept moving toward the Negev.”

Abram Deceives Pharaoh

13 “Please say that you’re my sister. Then everything will be alright for me, and because of you I will live.”

14 “When Abram arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw how very beautiful his wife was. 15 When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they raved about her to Pharaoh, so Sarai was taken to Pharaoh’s palace.”

17 “However, Yahweh struck Pharaoh and his household with terrible plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 Then Pharaoh called for Abram. “What have you done to me?” he asked. “Why didn’t you tell me that she’s your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She’s my sister’ and allow me to take her for my wife? Here’s your wife! Take her and go!” 20 Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram. They sent Abram away with his wife and everything that he had.”

Genesis 13
Names of God Bible (NOG)

Abram and Lot Separate

13 “Abram left Egypt with his wife and everything he had and went to the Negev. Lot was with him. 2 Abram was very rich because he had livestock, silver, and gold. 3 He traveled from place to place. He went from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the area between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been originally, 4 where he had first made an altar. There Abram worshiped Yahweh.”

8 Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have any more quarrels between us or between our herders. After all, we’re relatives.

10 Then Lot looked in the direction of Zoar as far as he could see. He saw that the whole Jordan Plain was well-watered like Yahweh’s garden or like Egypt. (This was before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah

12 Abram lived in Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain, moving his tents as far as Sodom. 13 (The people who lived in Sodom were very wicked. They committed terrible sins against Yahweh.)”

The Lord’s Third Promise to Abram

14 “After Lot left, Yahweh said to Abram, “Look north, south, east, and west of where you are. 15 I will give all the land you see to you and to your descendants for an indefinite period of time. 16 I will also give you as many descendants as the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust of the earth, then he could also count your descendants. 17 Go! Walk back and forth across the entire land because I will give it to you.” 18 So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oak trees belonging to Mamre at Hebron. There he built an altar for Yahweh.”

Please note Abram has delt with and built alters and sacrificed only to Yahweh he has not heard the Name of Elohim.

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Denominational Differences – Gods Design? ??

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Why are there so many  Denominations?   There is only God, yet we have hundreds of ways we Worship.  Some really understand Praise and Worship.   Others are so quietly reverent, shouting in Praise is almost sacrilegious.

Some practice healing,  tongues, prophecy, the gifts of the Spirit.   Others acknowledge the Spirit  but let’s  not get too spooky.   There are free Spirits and ridged rituals. Some who  protect and believe their Denominations revelation and think there is none other.

I will once again ask you to take your Denominational glasses off and understand the Word of God.  Some like to think that Since Jesus saved us from the law of sin and death, that we don’t need to understand the Old Testament,  behold all things became new.

Gods character, desires and design is the same throughout the entire book.  He desires a people who will Worship Him in Spirit and truth.  A people who will walk in and consider His testimony, hearken diligently to His Word and obey.  Give themselves  to Him in all they do.

So let us see how that works out.  As it was in the Old it remains in the New.  There were millions of people, brought out of Egypt  and led to the promised land.  God spent the first two years in the desert  teaching them to be sanctified, consecrated,  holy before Him.

When they heard the voice of God, they asked Moses to be their intermediary.   When it became time to enter the promise.   All but two had an evil heart of unbelief and never entered the promise.   Joshua and Caleb had a different spirit, because they had a relationship with God.

If we look at the configuration of the order of march in the desert for the next 38 years we find out it looks like a cross.  There is order in the way they are positioned  around the Tabernacle.

The leader is always  Judah,  Praise,  God is holy and inhabits Praise: 
Psalm 22:3
King James Version (KJV)
“But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.”

                                                                        JUDAH

                                                                      ISSACHAR

                                                                       ZEBULUN

DAN.                                                         MOSES – AARON.                                                  REUBEN

                                                                          PRIESTS

ASHER.                                                        TABERNACLE.                                                    SIMEON

                        GERSHOM                                      –                                        MERARI

                                                                      SANCTUARY.         

                                                                      KOHATHITES

NAPHTALI                                                                                                                                 GAD
                                                                        EPHRAIM.                                                    

                                                                        MANASSEH

                                                                         BENJAMIN

The Tabernacle and Sanctuary  travel in the midst  of all, the children of Levi caring for it. 

One tribe carries the fabrics that make up the rooms of the Tabernacle.

One tribe carries the hardware and rods, boards and hard structures of the  Tabernacle.

The third tribe hand carries the Sanctuary.   The alter, candle sticks, mercy seat,  implements for sacrifices.

All other tribes are surrounding and protecting the house of the Lord.

The point is all have a particular responsibility.   We todays believers, are the Levites and Priest’s,   we are to carry the Word, guard the Word, respect and have reverence for the Word.

Act on the Word.  Praise the Lord, pray for the sick, comfort the brokenhearted,  walk in the Spirit,  the light, in wisdom towards them without.

The Denominations should all be working together,  to proclaim the year of the Lord.  In one accord about the Spiritual.   This one thing:  “God is, and is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. “

That is why the early church grew, the church would grow today if we really believed.

Please look to the Spiritual,  the things on earth are fleeting,  gone in a moment.  Set your sights on that which is above.  Love and share the Love of our Lord.

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Chapter 3:  introduction of Satan :

“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.

. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”

Note:  Serpents could speak:  questions  Gods Word:

“the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.”

Note:  women misquoted God…

“the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”

Note: 1 John 2:16
King James Version (KJV)
“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”

“when the woman saw that the tree was good for food,
that it was pleasant to the eyes, a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat,

and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:”

Note: Lord speaking to God: unless just to Himself.

“Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?

Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she

gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done?

the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;”

Note:  listen and obey God not man, we must know Gods Word.

“Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”

Note:  They had access to and had probably ate of the tree of like, after sin, The Lord God  couldn’t let them eat again.

“Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”
Up to this point the Lord and God have acted and spoken as one, in agreement  and walking together.  In Chapter 4 things change.

 

 

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In chapter  2 we have the introduction of The Lord.  In Hebrew the Lord  is “Yahweh”,  or “Jehovah” it means “The Eternal One”

We find the Lords presence at Creation, with God, doing the work:  Remember they are 3 in 1, always in agreement but their speach, natures and their actions sometimes differ.

“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.”

Day 7

“the seventh day God ended his work, he rested on the seventh day,  God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it:

because  he had rested from all his work

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food;

the tree of life also in the midst of the garden,

and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them:

the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.”

 
This Chapter we see them working together on the creation of man on the 7th day.  The Lord was there all the time, but hands on at this point.

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Noahs Ark – day 5

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Tell a tall tail (I do know).  200-300  words  only.
Post on your blog, title Noahs tail snd please send link to me at:

kpitin2n@cotespianoservice.com

Will post a picture a day till 1/15/15

Not sure how this will work….be patient please

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The Hiding Place:

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To me these old houses are trying to hide,

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The loneliness of rejection,

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The loss of their pride,

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The heartache of losing,

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The one’s that you love,

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Salvation  only comes,

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From Jesus above.

Lord, please help me to help,
the lost and alone.
To lead them in love,
To Your Holy Throne.

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Neglected Caroline – 1/2/15

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6 months later

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Neglect the Word and Prayer. …the roof won’t be there.
The Holy Spirit leaks out….something else comes in.

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Glory

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Glory to God in the highest, peace on earth to men of  goodwill.

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