Deuteronomy 7:8a
“But because the Lord loved you,”
A simple truth.
He sent His Son, not to condemn, but to save the world.
A simple truth.
We are called to share with a lost and dying world.
A simple truth.
Jesus and His love.
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This verse is an encouragement to do the former and a promise of results.
2 Peter: 1. 10.
“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:“
Be diligent, give serious and thoughtful attention to, read, study, meditate. Know your calling and election. Know who you are and what you are supposed to be doing.
“The gifts and calling of God are without repentance. “
We have been called to serve, so do it. If we do “we shall never fail.” To please and grow in the image of our Lord.
2 Peter 1:11-14
“For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.”
We received our ticket to heaven when we accepted Jesus as Lord. The gates of heaven will be opened wide, I am pretty sure there will be a cloud of witnesses to our triumphant entrance.
Peter wants to remind us….to keep on, don’t give up, we will bare fruit at the time appointed. He would have us established, faithful, strong, ready to answer those in need. Work men, not ashamed, working.
Knowing his time is short, Jesus had prophesied his death and he was ready.
2 Peter: 1. 15,16
“Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.”
He wants us to continue in his absence, he hasn’t made this up, he knew Jesus and faithfully gave us His Word and Will.
2 Peter: 1:10-16
“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.”
Lord, help us to endeavour to grow in your likeness, to walk in Your path, to bring others into Your flock.
“Behaved himself wisely:”
In the first post by this name we find David, in His youth being chosen by God, to be King of His Nation.
He was a “man after Gods own heart” and it mentions 4 times in 1 Samuel 18, that he “Behaved himself wisely.”
* He went where Saul sent him. (Into harms way, into battle and won).
* He went in and out among the people. (they knew and loved him and the “Lord was with him”; Saul was afraid of him).
* He behaved himself wisely: (Saul became his enemy, the people believed in and set store on his name).
He became a great king, a leader and lover of God.
Until he wasn’t.
When we moved to North Carolina, (USA), in 1985, I was amazed at all the buildings that were sitting empty and falling apart. I thought I should do a coffee table book, and have a huge NC on the cover but instead of North Carolina, it would stand for Neglected Caroline.
I bought a Tab 3 last year. Suddenly I had a camera with me and started shooting. I also was able to start writing. (Spell check ). So a blog was born.
Why Neglected Caroline and The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station?
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What is my brand? Help folks, this is who I am. Is my site? Easy to read, pleasent to look at, informative?
Neglected Caroline, homes, things, once loved, left to fall apart.
theunfetteredpreacher.files.wordpress.com :
The Church, Gods people, love for God gone cold, rituals, the form of Godliness, denied the Power, left to fall away.
The State of the Church. ..
The Fix-it Shop-FillingStation :
The place of Revelation and Rebellion against Church Doctrine that inhibits the Holy Spirit of our Lord.
My hope is the Lord will spark a revival in His people. That signs and wonders, miracles will be done, people healed, set free, Jesus Christ lifted up, Glorified.
Any ideas to make it better?, Friendlier, more inviting?
Thanks for your input.
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Know you are loved.
God is looking for Love.
There are 3 kinds of Love: Agape : This is Gods love for us. A love like I have for my child and you for your children. You would jump in front of a train to save their life. “No greater love is there, than a man giving his life for another.”
Then there is Phillio love : or brotherly love, a love we have for those we care for, brotherly love.
Eros love: Lust, our favorite, which eventually wares off and we end up with devorce.
Gods love is such that He kept trying to find a people who would love and obey Him.
Many years later, we find Abram, who becomes Abraham because he believed the promise of God, At 100 years old he would Father many nations.
He did and the Old Testament is full of the stories of the Hebrews or Jews, The Lords chosen people. They loved the Lord, fell into sin, began to be enslaved by this sin. Cried out to the Lord.
The Lord forgives them and sends Moses, Joshua then Judges to save them: Best known are Gideon, Samson and 10 others, this goes on for hundreds of years. Love God, fall away, troubles, cry out to God, God saves, Love God….repeat …….again and again.
Then the people want to be like all the other Nations and have a king. Saul, David (a man after Gods own heart), a sinner who knew how to repent. Solomon and many more, love God, fall away, (repeat over and over) untill He sent His Son.
John 3:16-17
King James Version (KJV)
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”
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A nameless Man of God, (MOG), Only mentioned in one chapter of the Bible is our subject today. He appeared in 1 Kings 13.
God sent him from the tribe of Judah to speak with the King of Israel, Jeroboam: whose name means “he that opposes the people. ” or one who leads his people to sin. Continue reading
Or just useless.
Warning: A not so subtle message for Christians.
I know I am a Christian because:
If this is you? You are not a Christian, or useless. You are just like a multitude of church people who want to serve the Lord but do not Continue reading
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