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I JESUS IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
Please give me feedback. A little different look at Old Testament Trinity.
The Bible is an amazing book, we can read it, memorize it, even believe we understand it and then one day God opens our eyes and old things pass away, the word becomes new. Suddenly we begin to understand and see things in a different light.
For most of my Christian life the Old Testament has been the Father Gods domain.
I thought of the God of the Old Testament as Father God, Lord God or just Lord or God. They were all interchangeable names for the same member of the Trinity, who ruled the Old Testament. He and the Spirit were active, where was Jesus?
The Father God wrote the book of the law and He was the book and the law. Whatever we called Him, He was one member of the Trinity. When He spoke the earth moved, things got done, He was to be feared and obeyed.
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We need to be filling stations!!!
My father owned what was then called a Filling Station or a garage, a place you brought your car for fuel and repairs.
It was originally called Bob’s Fix-it Shop because when he started, he fixed lawn mowers, toasters, boat engines, cars, farm equipment even toys. He did everything from changing tires and oil, windshield wipers and ball joints to welding broken parts.
He hoped and expected to see you regularly to fill your car with gas, (full service, ck oil, tires, wash windows, pump fuel). When you broke down, he would tow your car to the shop and do the repairs that were needed.
He built a very successful business, eventually changing the name to Cote’s Garage when my brother joined him in his work. I worked there through high school but unlike my brother I hated it and didn’t understand engines. I only pumped gas, fixed tires, did a few brake jobs….I was pretty much useless.
We often discribe church as a hospital. That implies sickness, broken bones, contagious desease. A long recovery time. That isn’t how our Lord operated.
He fixed you now…when you met him. You may have had to go wash, or present yourself somewhere but it was almost immediate recovery of sight, walking and leaping, you were clean, go and sin no more. Receive ye the Holy Spirit.
Today we allow ourselves to wallow in our sins and troubles. Jesus would have us repent, turn from our wicked ways, be filled with the Word and the Spirit and Walk in the Light. Lifting up Jesus the Author and finsher of our faith.
Then we would have success in drawing all men to Him. If we are always recovering it’s all about us…..We Need To Make It ALL ABOUT JESUS.
Believe by His stripes we are healed, go about praying for the sick, feeding the hungry, giving living water to those who thirst. …preaching the acceptable year of the Lord.
Forget the church/hospital idea……WE NEED TO BECOME FILLING STATIONS.
Help us Lord to be useful vessels.
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The Church should be like a filling staition
We have many beautiful churchs, annointed and inspired speakers, loving, caring people. Good fellowship, wonderful ministries, great plans and intentions. (so your church is growing daily, right?)
If it is, praise God, quit reading and get back to work. If not, maybe the Lord has shown me something worth praying about.
Sadly, what most churches are missing is the power of God. We can preach, teach and even exemplify the love and care of God.
We feed the hungry, clothe the poor, give soup, soap and Salvation. (thank you Salvation Army).
Oh, we see some prayers answered, some folks comforted, even some of the sick healed. Others we cannot seem to touch. I’ve considered several reasons.
1. Our life is to blame
(we don’t walk in obedience).
2. We need to fast and pray
(humble ourselves).
3. We don’t truly believe
After all Jesus said we would do even greater things then He did and he healed all that were afflicted, raised the dead, gave sight to the blind, the lame walked. “If we would only believe, we could move mountains”.
Lord Jesus, if we were just walking in these truths the world would be won for you….but we have failed.
The Question is WHY?
Certainly we can blame the reasons listed above and not be wrong, but I believe the answer is deeper still. If we look at Mark 6 we find Jesus in His home town.
He heals a few sick (His words) and marvals at their unbelief. While they seem to think it is marvelous work.
When in Bible School (early 1980’s), Benny Hinn would come for a week at a time.
We would be amazed at the mighty works that Jesus preformed through him but he never healed them all.
Some left untouched, hurting, discouraged, disappointed.
One answer: 501c 3s
When we started giving receipts, became tax exempt. …allowed ourselves to be muzzled about the problems in our country, we gave the power to edit Gods word and will.
Think I’m way off, out of line, maybe out of my mind?
When the tax man came to Peter what happened?
What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free. Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Later in answer to Pharisees, Jesus said:
Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
We need to treat the church like the filling staition down the street. Fix whats wrong, fill folks with the Holy Spirit and after expenses, pay the tax man.
Give control of His Church back to Him. God did miracles so that:
Isaiah 41:20
That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
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What is Righteousness?
What is Righteousness? Righteousness is quite simply, right standing with God.
Genesis 15:6
And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Believed. ..counted it for righteousness: What was it Abram believed? It wasn’t simply a belief that the Lord exists, he had been worshiping, obeying and walking with the Lord for a number of years.
What made him righteous was the belief in the Lords promise of an heir. He and Sarai were old beyond child bearing years, yet he believed the impossible the promise of the Lord.
Today for us, it is belief in “Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:” He has made us new men, which after God are created in righteousness and true holiness.
Our Righteousness, holiness, sanctification, redemption, wisdom all come from the cover of the blood of Jesus which we receive when we believe.
We believe the promises of God to become Righteous but to exhibit Righteousness is more important.
The Lord would have us be ministers of righteousness; (display the) peaceable fruit of righteousness, suffer for righteousness’ sake, (be) instruments of righteousness, walk in the way of righteousness, Awake to righteousness, and sin not; follow after righteousness, we should live unto righteousness: seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, and most of all be preachers of righteousness.
These are all pieces of New Testament scriptures that tell us “what righteousness is”.
To become Righteous, we must set our face like flint to seek, love and obey the will of the Lord. May we become the vessels He can use.
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Who should read the Bible?
The young —- To learn how to live.
The Old —- To know how to die.
The ignorant —- For wisdom.
The learned —- For humility.
The rich —- For compassion.
The poor —- For comfort.
The dreamer —- For enchantment.
The practical —- For counsel.
The weak —- For strength.
The strong —- For direction.
The haughty —- For warning.
The humble —- For exaltation.
The troubled —- For peace.
The weary —- For rest.
The doubting —- For assurance.
The sinner —- For salvation.
The Christian —- For guidance.
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Abraham and Noah: Righteousness in truth
Righteousness; We are told to serve it, follow it, seek it but in the life of Abraham we get to the truth of it.
Abraham believed the unbelievable. That is what gives us our Righteousness, the belief that God can fulfill His promises.
For some reason it is pretty easy to believe in Salvation. We believe the Holy Spirit resides within us, but in truth, we don’t want to let Him be God.
We are satisfied with the occasional miracle or healing. Knowing how or what to do in a certain situations. When we really need to learn to, depend on, respond to and walk in the will and ways of the Lord.
Abram walked with the Lord for many years, knew the Lord and His ways. When he asked the Lord a question, he knew the Lord would not lie. He believed the Lord and it was counted to him for righteousness.
Genesis 15:6
And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Romans 4:13
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. (because he believed God is able).
Romans 4:21-23
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; (but so we would believe also).
Galatians 3:6
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Hebrews 7:2
To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; (Melchizedek, some say Jesus, who is our Righteousness, Peace and joy in the Holy Ghost).
James 2:23
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
2 Peter 2:5
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Righteousness comes to us by the simple act of believing the impossible. Abraham and Noah, both believed the impossible. Noah preached the impossible.
Things that had never happened before. We need to believe also.
Not just in Salvation, but provision, protection, direction, healing, miracles, the peace and comfort of thd Holy Spirit.
The simple fact that “we are the Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior.”
Lord help us to follow/seek you, believe you and serve you, all the days of our life.
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Follow/Seek Righteousness
We need to follow after/seek righteousness:
1 Timothy 6:11-12
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
1 Corinthians 15:34
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
We need to study the word, be instructed in righteousness.
Follow/Seek: righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called,
Hunger and thirst for God and His righteousness, to see His Kingdom in Power and Might of the Holy Spirit.
Righteousness is a fruit: We need to allow the fruit of the Spirit room grow in our lives.
2 Corinthians 9:10
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
Ephesians 5:9
(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Philippians 1:11
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Hebrews 12:11
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Sometimes God needs to chastise those He loves who are on the wrong trrack. When you recognize your sin, be quick to turn around, repent and confess. He is quick to forgive.
If we will simply study His word, walk in His ways, hearken unto His voice. …Be obedient children. ..honestly desiring to please Him.
He promises to be with us, never leave or forsake us. We will have the victory over the evil one and souls will be won to the Lord.
Lord help us to be obedient children.
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