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Are we servents of righteousness?
Genesis 15:6
And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
This is the first of 289 times the word righteousness appears in the Bible.
Abram had just asked the Lord, “Who will be my heir?” He had only his trusted servent, no offspring.
The Lord told him: “His seed would out number the stars.”
Abram was an old man his wife not far behind, well beyond child bearing years….he already knew the Lord, had been following Him for years…...he believed the impossible. He would have heirs. …that is why it was counted to him for righteousness..
In the New Testament, Jesus said if we only believe. ….the fig tree or mountain would be cast into the sea. …do we believe? Are we serving righteousness?
The book of Romans mentions righteousness 33 times, the most of any New Testament book. It is here we learn to be servents of righteousness.
Romans 6:16
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Romans 6:18
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Romans 6:19
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Romans 6:20
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
Now that we know the Lord, our lives should be turned around. …we need to watch what we allow into our lives….TV, Internet, magazines. …music…
We need to stop fulfilling the lusts of the flesh, eyes and pride of life.
2 Timothy 2:15
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
The Lord is not a hard task master. ..he said:
Matthew 11:29-30
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
All he really requires of us is to “Love the Lord and love our neighbors”…if we can learn to live this new commandment, the Lord will add to His Church daily such as should be saved.
We need to believe beyond salvation, He healed all that were afflicted. …we will do all He did and more…
We need to believe the impossible.
Lord help me to share Your love, help my unbelief.
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Continual Repentance !!!!!!
Forgiveness. …oh to walk in that knowledge. ..thank you Jesus
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dry bones
I ask for your prayers. I am going through a dry spell. The Word is lifeless. ….unusual, I believe I need a time of fasting a nd prayer. I hope you enjoy my pictures of neglected caroline. ….
God, music and stuff that’s falling apart….my life.
God Bless,
Bill
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Where are you?
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How long will this people provoke me?
Numbers 14:12 , How long will this people provoke me?
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”,
George Santayana
I believe Christians today are much like the Hebrews of Moses time. If we look closely at their society we find a multitude surrounding the Tabernacle of God in their travels.
We have the Tabernacle and Sanctuary carried by the Levites, the Priest’s before them. The tribe of Judah leading the march. (Praise should always precede our walk). All other tribes following and surrounding.
The murmurings and complaints start at the outside edges of the camp and ripple towards the center. Until almost all are upset.
Moses has to continually pray for the people so the Lord would not destroy them….Moses gets frustrated and basically said to the Lord: “I’m not their Mother, why did you give me these people….how am I going to feed them, please them?” Forgetting all the Lord had done to supply their needs.
They are at the edge of the promised land….12 go ahead to spy out the land. It is a land of milk and honey, with giants. Only Caleb and Joshua give a good report. They are the only ones that believe the Lord can and will give them victory and the promise.
You can read the story in Numbers 13,14….the Lord had them wandering in the desert for 38 more years because of their unbelief. Caleb and Joshua were the only two who had been in Egypt, to enter the promise.
In today’s Christian experience I can’t help but wonder how many will not make it into the promised land because of unbelief. The Hebrews were all Gods children, but only two made the transition.
Matthew 7:14
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
In today’s world those that murmur and complain need to become the Levites of today….They need to seek the face of God, know His will, walk in His ways. Believe His promises, act on the talents he gave us. (See Mathew 25 scriptures and blog title).
Both Joshua and Caleb were given something special from the Lord, we need to pray that He would give the same to us.
Deuteronomy 34:9
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Numbers 14:24
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
Do you have the right spirit within. …a spirit of devotion, obedience, love and thanksgiving? Will you follow the Lord fully? Will you find the narrow way?
Lord give us the Spirit of wisdom to believe and the grace to follow.
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The stranger (part 2)
God desires a pure, holy, loving and obedient church. That is why His warnings in Numbers were so dire. (see: stranger that cometh nigh….)
He was warning of wolves in sheeps clothing. Unbelieving, believers. …”salvation is available but God doesn’t do that other stuff anymore.”
When Jesus said: “These signs shall follow those who believe,” there was no experation date. The determining factor was belief.
We have become a body that doesn’t really expect God to meet our needs, heal the sick or comfort the brokenhearted. We have settled on a Gospel of love and peace; a Gospel of Salvation and not much else, when the Gospel should have Power and Might.
Jesus stirred up the Religious, He rocked the boat….He threw out the traditions of man and brought the Power of God.
Luke 4:18,19
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”
John 14:12
“He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”
He gave us that annointing, we just need to take the talents he has giving us and increase them. (see Mathew 25).
How did the church lose its power? When our itching ears overcame our desire for inward change.
The Lord charged the Levites and Priest’s to keep the Tabernacle separate, holy, consecrated, annointed for His work. To protect it from those who would defile it.
Today the church cannot enter the promise, because of unbelief.
Psalm 37:4
“Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”
The desire of my heart is to see people “saved, sanctified, holy ghost filled and water baptized, Jesus on their minds. To find a new life.” (to quote an old tune)
The key is learning to “delight ourselves in the Lord.”
de·light\di-ˈlīt, dē-\
noun
Full Definition
1 : a high degree of gratification : joy; also : extreme satisfaction
2 : something that gives great pleasure
3 archaic : the power of affording pleasure
We must learn how to both delight ourselves in the Lord and be a delight to the Lord. “To obey is better than sacrifice”…….”This is my commandment, that you love one another.”
When your life is devoted to pleasing God and loving others….you will find peace, grace, comfort and joy in the midst of our trials.
Lord, help me to be pleasing in your sight. May I learn to delight myself in You.
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the stranger that cometh nigh…..
the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
The Word of the Lord, repeated four times in the book of Numbers. It seems a little harsh to me, until we realize what the Lord is protecting.
If we look at the Old Testament as a picture of our Christian walk we begin to understand what the Lord is showing us.
Genesis: Our wonderings, we may stumble upon the Lord and some find a way to walk with the Lord but it takes exceptional desire and obedience. …Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Joseph. All men who had a special relationship with the Lord.
Exodus: Our deliverance from slavery and the bondage of sin. Jesus made the way. The building of our Spiritual lifes, the church of God. Still takes a special person to lead, guide, direct on our journey. The Spirit of God gives the wisdom, knowledge and skill to build the Tabernacle of the Lord. The place He lives. (within us).
Leviticus: The journey to holiness, obedience, blessing. True believers are separated from the masses. We begin to be responsible for our own walks. The Levites start their traning for the service of the Lord.
Numbers: The start of our walk to the promised land. The Levites start their various ministries. The way to the promised land is before them. Some don’t make it because of an evil heart of unbelief they depart from the living God.
Here is where the warning is given: “the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.”
The first of these warning is to the Levites.
Numbers 1:51
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Only the Levites are empowered to build the Tabernacle the habitat of the Lord. There are many children of Israel. …only the chosen are allowed to touch the Tabernacle. Are you one of the multitudes of believers or one of the chosen?
What is the depth of your beliefs. Virgin birth, death, resurrection. …2nd coming? How about Baptism, by water, by spirit? Calling, Gifts, Ministries of the Spirit? Tongues, Interpretation, prophecy, healings, miracles? Is your church growing daily? Where does your faith line end? I know we want to believe it all…but do we? Really?
2nd through 4th warnings are to the Priest’s.
Numbers 3:10
But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Numbers 3:38
But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Numbers 18:7
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
The Lord tells us who is to lead His church. Those in the east, the leaders, priests. They are to wait on their ministry. It is a service of gift.
The Lord today is telling the Levites and Priest’s of today. (Those who truly seek, love and obey Him). To keep His testimony, His word is Sacred, we are to guard and protect it, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
We should be healing the sick, freeing the captives, comforting the brokenhearted, proclaiming Jesus. Help us Lord to understand and be obedient to Your will and ways. May we truly Walk with Jesus. .
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Joseph and the coming climate change
Genesis 41:38. “Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?”
What the world is longing and looking for. A man in whom the Spirit of God is.
This is an interesting choice of words, for to have faith, we must believe God is and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
The Spirit of God was with within Joseph, God gave Joseph a Word of Knowledge and a Word of Wisdom. …the explanation of Pharaohs dream and what to do about it. Pharaoh recognized the Spirit of God. He marvelled and accepted it and the Egyptians were prepared for the coming climate change.
As we read about Joseph the Lord was there all the time.
Born from prayer:
Genesis 30:24. she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.
As a child, God gave him prophetic dreams and he was his Father’s favorite. His eleven brothers hated him, sold him into slavery. Where he prospered.
Genesis 39:2 the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis 39:5. And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
As top slave, his Masters wife tried to entice him into sexual sin. When he refused, she accused him of rape and he was sent to prison.
Genesis 39:21 But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
While in prison, God gave him interpretations of dreams which finally brought him before Pharaoh. The Word tells us the Lord was with him but he recognized and prayed to God. (see the Trinity in the Old Testament)
Genesis 4 0:8. “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
Genesis 41:16 “I cannot do it,” , “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.”
Genesis 41:51 Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”
When his brothers came to find food because of the draught, Joseph’s prophetic dreams came true and he sent for his family.
Genesis 42:18 “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:”
Genesis 45:9 “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay.“
Joseph had the Spirit of God within him from birth. He was open and obedient to God, walked with God, which caused the Lord to be with him and for him to prosper in all that he did.
If we would learn the simple truth; “to obey is better than sacrifice” and do it. I believe we would find ourselves as leaders causing all those around us to proper in the blessings of God.
Jesus please, help me to walk with you, to be obedient to Your will.
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How “I AM” became “He Was”
(or how the church lost the Power of God)
Some might say this is blasphemy. ” Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.” But unfortunately it is the truth.
We no longer preach the Great “I AM”. The church is weak, ineffective, ingrown. ” Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”” Not my church,” you say.
I ask, do our churches really measure up to the early church? ” He gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.” They had no building, pulpits, children’s ministry, teen ministry, homeless ministry.
They had the POWER OF GOD and He added to the church daily such as should be saved. Be honest if someone comes into church with a contagious disease, we are more likely to say you should have stayed home till you feel better. When we should say “Be healed in the name of Jesus.”
What are we to do?
God heard the cries and groaning of the Hebrew captives in Egypt, because they were in bondage and He remembered His promise to Abraham.
Moses hiding in the desert, turned aside to see a burning bush. The Lord saw and God said; ” Take off your shoes, you are on Holy Ground”.
The first step in the transformation of “I AM” to “He Was” is that we really do not treat the Lords presence as Holy anymore. I am not a clothes line preacher…if you are at the beach…..beach clothes are certainly fine for church. I am more concerned with our attitudes. Do we understand Reverence, Sanctity, Praise, Meditation, Worship?
God heard our cries and groaning when we were trapped in the bondage of sin and shame. He desires us to pay attention to whatever our personal burning bush is and take off our shoes; this means, set ourselves apart, present ourself a living sacrifice, Holy and acceptable unto God. Our minds should be renewed by reading Gods Word. Then we will know the good, acceptable and perfect will of God.
When we enter church, we should think of it as turning aside to see our burning bush….Entering into the presence of God.
The second step in the transformation is how we introduce God.
Moses asked God: “Who should I say sent me?” God answered: “Tell them I AM THAT I AM sent you.”
God is the Great “I AM”; He preformed signs, wonders and miracles to free the Hebrews so that the Egyptians would: “see, know, consider, understand and believe that the Lord “IS” and he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.”
When Jesus was on the earth He preformed signs, wonders and miracles and sent His disciples to do the same. For the same reason: So people would “see, know, consider, understand and believe that Jesus is and is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.”
He promised that “these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.”
When Jesus sent out the 12 they cast out devils and healed the sick. At The Day of Pentecost they spoke with new tongues. …had a boldness to preach, they had power and knowledge to handle the Serpent, the devil and God confirmed the Word with signs following.
So what happened?
“Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works;”
The signs and wonders have grown scarce. We have to many wonderful speakers and not enough dedicated seekers.
I am not saying we don’t love the Lord. Just that we have forgotten what it means to Walk with the Lord. To seek His face and will, in all that we do.
We are afraid our prayers will not answered, we don’t want to say He doesn’t do that anymore, we want to believe but we don’t really know how to reach the Holy of Holies. We can tho. …
The church can and will have power again, when we fast, pray, meditate, praise and above all learn to Worship and share the Great “I AM”. “He is a very present help in times of trouble. ” “Ask, ye shall receive, seek, and you will find, knock, and the door will be opened.
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Have you ever wondered if the gifts of the Spirit might be the talents that the Master left for us to increase till His return. A lot of churches have buried those talents.
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WHAT WAS THE BIBLES EXPIRATION DATE?
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 hot air and promises.
Do we really see and talk about the great things God is doing? Not often, because He is not doing much, with this stiff-necked generation.
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
.Lord, I pray our hearts would turn your way.
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Mathew 25
Matthew 25: Jesus speaking to His disciples about the end times. Parables, stories, whatever, people have tried to understand this chapter forever.
So lets take a non-denominational look:
Wise and foolish virgins: Oil for their lamps.
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