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Genesis 6  

Man is multiplying on the face of the earth, sons of God taking the daughters of men….giants in the land.

The Lord speaking :  

Genesis 6:3
King James Version (KJV)
“And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”

Genesis 6:6-8
King James Version (KJV)
“And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.  And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.”

The voice of God:  

Genesis 6:5
King James Version (KJV)
“And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”

Genesis 6:9-14
King James Version (KJV)
“These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.  And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.  The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.  And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.  And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.  Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.”

The Lord said: My Sprint will not always strive with man, he is flesh.  The Lord repented that He made man.  But Noah found grace in the Lords  eyes.

I contend Noah found grace with the Lord because like Enoch   he walked with God. (Jesus,  grace equals Salvation ), brought through the flood alive.  In fear Noah built the Ark for the saving of his family and became the heir of righteousness.

God looked  apon the earth saw mans imagination and  thoughts of his heart were evil.  The earth was corrupt,  full of violence. God told Noah the end of all flesh is come I will destroy  them.

The Lord and God in agreement  to destroy the earth.  God had a one more thing to tell Noah.  He showed him the way of Salvation, build an Ark and here’s what you need

God gave instructions for building,  gathering the animals and said He would destroy the earth.  The last verse of chapter 6 tells us:  

Genesis 6:22
King James Version (KJV)
“Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.”

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In Every Thing

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It’s the middle of the night, (4:30 am), I wake to find my wife in the living room praying.  This is not unusual, for most of our 30 years together we have lived by faith.

To put it simply,  we do not have a regular pay check, insurance, or  unemployment if work is not there.

Bette is the one who  thinks ahead, has good sense,  is a Proverbs 31 woman.

I seem to coast along not concerned about money, until my pockets are empty and the mortgage is due.  How can she stand the uncertainty of living with me.

She loves and has faith in the Lord.  She has seen the Lords provision many times, often at the last minute, or beyond.   Sometimes its the  work we’ve prayed for, and sometimes it’s in the form of gifts.

Like the Hebrews, saved from slavery in Egypt,  we’ve seen the Lord do mighty works, signs and wonders, yet still worry about todays need.

It begs the question : “What are we to do or think about;   In Every Thing?

The Word tells us if we love the Lord and are obedient children:

In Every Thing we are rich.

☆   “we abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.”  

This is promised and given to us by the Lord Jesus Christ.  A measure of faith, the knowledge to speak and live the Word of God. We must be  diligent, faithful, prayerful, we must love the Lord, sit at His feet, Praise and Worship His majesty,  allow His love to reach out to others through us.

☆  ” God will make you rich enough so that you can always be generous.”

The widow from 1 Kings 17, when Elijah asked for a morsel of food said:

” I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”

Elijah asked her to give him food first, she did and never ran out of meal or oil.

It doesn’t matter how little we have, if we give we shall receive. My Father owns the cattle on a thousand hills, we are rich in Christ,  He will provide according to His riches in glory.

☆   “Never worry about anything. But in every situation let God know what you need in prayers and requests while giving thanks.”

If we could just learn to Rejoice in the Lord, knowing He is in control.  We have a lesson to learn in this situation, pray as the Lord taught us:

Worship, acknowledge God is God

Accept His will

Ask for your needs

Ask for forgiveness – remember forgiveness hinges on our forgiving others

Ask for protection, direction

Worship

God promises the peace that passes understanding will keep our hearts and minds.

☆  “Whatever happens, give thanks, because it is God’s will in Christ Jesus  that you do this.”

It may seem God has forgotten you, you are alone, help is not on the way but help is on the way!

Don’t quit; pray, praise,  quench not the Spirit,  relie, trust and believe that God can, God will and even if He doesn’t;  We will still Worship and Serve Him.

Prove His Word…..He is Faithful and Just and will preserve us blameless till His coming.  He has called us to His service and He will do it.

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The Filling Station 5 – Genesis 5 – bill cote

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The first four chapters of Genesis we find God and the Lord walking and working  together. The first glimpse of my “Billism” comes when Moses writes of the birth of Cain.

Eve states  the Lord gave her Cain,  he brought an offering to the Lord, the Lord rejected the offering.   

Cain left the presence of the Lord, the Lord promised  protection.

Eve later states God gave her Seth,  then Enos, that is when men began to call apon the Lord.

Chapter 5 we begin to see the generations of man, we will look at the interaction of God, The Lord and man.

First stop:  Genesis 5:21-24
King James Version (KJV)
“And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:  And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:  And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:  And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”

The first instance of man pleasing  God.  Revelation 4:11 “Tells we were created for Gods pleasure.”   Enoch is alive in bodily form in heaven today, because  he had this testimony, “he believed God is and is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him”

Next stop we meet :  Genesis 5:28-29
King James Version (KJV)
“And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:  And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.”

Genesis 5:32
King James Version (KJV)
“And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”

Chapter 6 begins the story  of Noah.  He interacts and obeys both the Lord and God. 

 

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Fleet Caroline – 1/16/15

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Fleet Caroline :

When I feel defeated, destroyed and distressed the Lord lifts me up and out of the mess.

As long as I look up, my help I can find.  Jesus is there and He’s there all the time.

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The Filling Station 4.      Genesis 4. bill cote

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In chapter 4  I will point out the differences in the Natures of God and the Lord. Moses had met both at the burning bush.

The Lord saw:  God said:  Exodus 3:4
King James Version (KJV)
“And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.”

The voice and actions of the Lord:  Most of this chapter is the Lords, only in the last couple of verses do hear Gods voice.

” 1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.

4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

6 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth

Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

15 And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

 God:
25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the 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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The called, and chosen, and faithful.

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“He is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”  Revelation 17:14b

This scripture is about the 2nd comming of Christ but it applies to Christians today.

If you have accepted Jesus as Savior  you are the called.  He stood at the door of you heart and knocked, you let Him in.  Have you proclaimed His love to you and your love of Him?

If you have the book says you are saved. 

There is more, for whosoever will.

Psalm 65:4
King James Version (KJV)
“Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.”

God  has chosen us, He will cause  whosoever will to approach Him, to dwell in His courts and be satisfied with the goodness of His house, even of His Holy Temple.

Do you have a desire to know Him more, to understand His Word,  Ways, Commands,  His Testimony?   He will draw you close, the Holy Spirit  will teach you, guide and direct you to the place of safety,  comfort and love.

The real rub is faithful.   Are we faithful,   are we first full of faith and power?

Do we truly believe His Word?  Are we obedient children?   Can He trust us with finances?  Do we tithe?  Give?  Pray?  Read the Word?

Are we faithful to His plan?  Understand and share His love and grace?
Forgive and pray for those who have wronged us?  Are we willing to die for our faith?

All are called,  few are chosen.   Wide is the way,  narrow is the gate.
Broad is the path to destruction.

Lord I thank you I was called.  I thank you I am chosen and my desire is to walk together with You.  Yoked to You, in love.

Lord You have done all and just left me the job of faithful.   Lord, I  am sorry I fail  in this so often.  I  fail to pray,  praise,  give of myself,  walk in Your light or Spirit. 

I  don’t love or even like the unlovable,  I  walk my own path, not Yours.  Have not the mind of Christ in so many areas.  I am stubborn,  hard-headed, stiffnecked and rebellious,.

Why you love me, I  can’t understand but I am so thankful You do.  Lord there is one way I will be faithful.

I will love you all the days  of my life. I will repent and turn towards You when I  realize my error.  I  will trust You to forgive as I forgive others.

Lord please help me to draw near.

Amen

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Ebb and flow

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The ebb and flow of the tides, can deposit so much trash on our shores.

We must seek the Lords help, to keep our hearts and minds pure and undefiled.

The Lord promised that: “We will find Him, when we seek Him with all our heart.”

Lord help us to seek You so we lead others to the foot of the cross. 

That You would be magnified and glorified, thank You that we are sanctified and justified, by Your Sacrifice.

Thank You Lord, for Your love and grace.

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To humble, to prove, to know what is in your heart…..

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Deuteronomy 8:1-2
King James Version (KJV)
“ All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.  And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.“

Gods commandments are given that we might live, multiply, go and possess the blessings the Lord has given. 

Saints, we must get it into our Spirits that the Commands of the Lord are not grevious,  senseless or petty .

If we would heed and obey our blessings would abound.  Unfortunately we are just like the Hebrews.  

The Lord must need to humble and  prove us to see what is in n our hearts.

Will we keep His commandments?

We all struggle with our carnal man, the Spirit is indeed willing,  the flesh exceedingly weak.

The only way to defeat the sin nature within, is to “Submit ourselves to God,  Resist the devil and he must flee.”

We often claim to be Submitted but if we examined our hearts we would see and understand how our own desires may conflict with the Lords.

Are we content with our life?  Do we want more?  Expect more?  Demand more of God?

Learn  to “humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.”

“Quit ye, stand fast, and see the Salvation of God? “

Stand fast in that measure of faith He had given you.
Love and obey Him and receive His blessings.

All He asks is we Love the Lord our God.  If we love, we will obey.  If we obey  we will receive.

Blessings

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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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The first chapter of Genesis is the work of God, “Elohim ” the Creator and Supreme Ruler of heaven and earth.

In this study, by the Word  of God, I hope to help us understand the Nature of each member of the Trinity.

They are 3 in 1 but often approach things in a different manner, speak in their own voices, always in agreement.

Moses used different names for the different members of the Trinity,  please Read the Word: You Decide

Below is Chapter one of Genesis broken into what God said, saw, did, and thought.

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

God in the Hebrew language is “Elohim” and it means    “Creator, Supreme Ruler “

The first day:

“God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

God saw the light, that it was good:

God divided the light from the darkness.

God called the light Day, the darkness he called Night.
the evening and the morning were the first day.”

Day 2:

“God said, Let there be a firmament, let it divide the waters from the waters.

God made the firmament,” (earth /heaven divided )

“and divided the waters

God called the firmament Heaven.

the evening and the morning were the second day.”

Day 3:

“God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together, let the dry land appear:

it was so.

God called the dry land Earth; the waters he called the Seas:

God saw that it was good.

God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, herb yielding seed, the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind

the earth brought forth

the evening and the morning were the third day.

God saw that it was good.”

Day 4:

“God said, Let there be light, to divide the day from the night;

let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth:

and it was so.

God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,

the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light

to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness:

God saw that it was good.

the evening and the morning were the fourth day.”

Day 5:  First blessing :

“God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind:

God saw that it was good.

God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

the evening and the morning were the fifth day.”

Day 6:  man 2nd blessing :

“God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:

God saw that it was good.

God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat

It was so.

God saw every thing that he had made,

behold, it was very good.

the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”

The first 6 days:  God, “Elohim” “Supreme  Ruler ” of heaven and earth.

1 Corinthians 12:4-7
King James Version (KJV)
“Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.   And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.  But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.”

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Complicated Life?

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   Like the rigging of a wotk boat, lifes purpose can seem impossible to understand

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The rigging was designed to give the fishermen the tools to work effectively,  efficiently and profitably.

The Bible is the rigging for our lives, if we don’t work and study, our lifes will not be effective, efficient or profitable.

We are called to be fishers of men and we’ve not become proficient in the working of the rigging  the Lord has provided for the job.

Pray earnestly for the gifts of His Spirit,  they are the rigging of  the Lord. 

If Jesus did miracles so men would “ 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.”  Isaiah 41:20

If Jesus said :  “These signs shall follow those that believe.”

We should learn by the teaching of the Spirit,  the use of the talents, (gifts of the Spirit ), the Master gave us to increase.

Lord, please  wake up Your  people to that gift that resides within.  Help us to multiply it for Your service.

That man would: “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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ye had turned aside quickly out of the way

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This phrase appears 3 times in the Bible.   All of them in connection with  the 10 commandments and the golden calf.

Moses had been on the mountain 40 days and nights….the people had turned aside quickly out of the way.

Jesus has been at the right hand of the Father for 2000 years.    The church has turned aside quickly out of the way. 

Why do I say that?  Because the church is all  rituals, regulations and doctines,  All designed to keep us in line.  It’s back to the law because it is easier to enforce, than to trust the Spirit to teach,  comfort and draw us closer to the King.

Jesus is proclaimed but profaned.  We are believers that do not believe.  We preach but do not teach the whole counsel of God.  When the Word contradicts our beliefs we reject the truth of the Word.

What we don’t believe :

       ■      true oneness with God
We have accepted Jesus as Savior and we sometimes allow Him to be  Lord.  We may read devotionals, pray;  work at charity, feed the hungry, clothe the poor;  but have we learned to please the Lord?

Revelation 4:11 tells us “we were created for Gods pleasure.” 

Psalm 147:11
King James Version (KJV)
“The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.”

Do we truly fear the Lord?  Do we work out our salvation daily?  I  know I hope in His mercy but do I live in the reverential fear of the Lord. 

Here are two translations of my favorite verses…..note the meaning of fear.

Malachi 2:5-6
King James Version (KJV)
“My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.  The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.”

Malachi 2:5-6
Names of God Bible (NOG)
 “I promised Levi life and peace. I gave them to him so that he would respect me. He respected me and stood in awe of my name.  The teaching that came from his mouth was true. Nothing unjust was found on his lips. He lived with me in peace and honesty and turned many people away from sin.”

Levi walked, (lived) with the Lord, taught the truth of Gods Word, did not sin with his lips,   He lived in the peace that passes understanding,  was honest in his love of the Lord and that turned many away from sin as people learned of Gods  mercy and grace by seeing and knowing him. 

Levi is the only man in the Word that the LORD said:  He walked with ME.   To me Levi is someone we should emulate.

Psalm 149:4
King James Version (KJV)
“For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.”

Haggai 1:8
King James Version (KJV)
“Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.”

He desires we build a true Church, not a building or Denomination.  We the body of Christ, the Christian people are the Church.  We should join in fellowship with other believers.  Not deny the truths they have found.

Learn from those who see the results of prayer,  praise and worship.  Throw out the regulations and rituals that are a form of Godliness but deny the power of a risen Savior.

Open our hearts to the work of the Holy Spirit to cleanse us, renew our minds by the Word of God which builds our faith and walk with Jesus.

If I  never learn to Worship in Spirit and truth I will never live in His courtyard. (Psalm 65:4)  I must learn to listen, to hear the heart of God.  To receive the blessings of obedient service.

If we believe in Salvation,  why do we leave the Gifts of the Spirit on the shelf?   “These signs shall follow them that believe. “    Are you a believer?   Turn around, see any signs?  No?  What is wrong with our belief system?

Rituals, regulations and doctines,  this is the death of the Spirit.  Jesus lived and walked in the moment,  touching and teaching all He encountered. 

In Acts 2:46-47 “and they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,  Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.”

Do you think they agreed on everything?  Of course not.  They agreed on the Spiritual, and let others have their preference  on the color of the carpet and other meaningless earthy  things.

Let the Spirit guide you, teach you and love you.  Know the Word of truth,   so you can recognize the lie.  Try the spirits , whether they be of God.  Walk with Jesus.

Lord, help us to know, learn and live in the shadow of your love, may the Holy Spirit have free reign in our lifes.  May people see You in those who love You and turn away from sin.

 

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The Blessings of the First Commandment:

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The 5th Commandment is known as the first Commandment with promise:

Exodus 20:12
King James Version (KJV)
“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”

As we read Deuteronomy 6, we find the first Commandment,  with many promises,  Responsibilities and Conditions, that if we follow, we will be blessed :

The Blessings of the Lord :

“Your days prolonged;  it may be well with thee, and  ye may increase mightily;  the Lord God  promised,  the land that floweth with milk and honey.

 the Lord thy God brought thee into the land;  to give thee great and goodly cities,  houses full of good things, wells digged, vineyards and olive trees, when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

 that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers.

 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, “

Seven tribes he will cast out. (7 deadly sins?)

” the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:

 the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and sore,  before our eyes:  he brought us out, that he might bring us in, to give us the land  that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.“

None of this is a hardship, or out of the way, it is always for our good.  The Lord encourages us to know Him.  This is just the means to prove our love of the Lord.  If we would live in these Responsibilities and Conditions, God promises blessing.

For our good always,  that it (life), may be well, that we (physically, mentally,  emotionally) may be well, that we may (our families) increase, that we may possess the land.

Responsibility and Conditions :

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:  love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, soul, and might.

Hide these words in your heart;  Teach them to your children; talk of them when sitting; walking; resting and rising.   Keep His word at hand, before your eyes;   Write them on door posts, and gates;

Do not forget the Lord;   instead Fear, serve, swear by the Lord. Do not go after other gods;  Do not temp the Lord

diligently keep the commandments, testimonies,  statutes, of the Lord your God,  do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord:

the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always,”

None of this is a hardship, or out of the way, it is always for our good.  The Lord encourages us to know Him.  This is just the means to prove our love of the Lord.  If we would live in these Responsibilities and Conditions, God promises blessing.

Our only duty is to learn of Him, love Him and proclaim His Gospel.   “The kingdom of God is at hand.”   

You can know,  love, walk with, talk to and understand His Mercy and Grace.  “He stands at the door and knocks.”

Will you open your heart and let Him in?
 

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Wisdom from Lepers :

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The story of Elisha is quite incredible.   In our mens meeting this am Pastor Nelson  mentioned the Lepers of 2 Kings  7,  the city  was besieged,  people were eating their children.  Elisha had a Word of Knowledge and predicted  provisions in plenty tomorrow.

Four Lepers decided to see if the enimies would feed or kill them, they hoped for mercy.   When they entered the enimies camp they had fled leaving everything behind.

A couple of points interested me.

■    2 Kings 7:6
King James Version (KJV)
“For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.”

When we are surrounded and there is no way we can win, The Lord is able to deliver us.  Sometimes we must just believe the Word of the Lord.  “Stand fast and see the Salvation of God.”

The Lepers ate and carted off  spoils…..when  a Word of Wisdom came to them.  It is a Word we need to heed.

■     2 Kings 7:9
King James Version (KJV)
“Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.”

Why are we not doing well?

We are besieged all about by sin, degradation, temptations, greed, lust the world and all its glory.

Why are we not doing well?

We have the Glad Tidings, yet we do not proclaim it with our Words, actions or attitude. We hold our peace. …let someone else do it.

We were sent out to share the Good News  “The Kingdom of God is at hand.” 

Jesus is alive, a personal force we can intimately know and love.  He would have all come to  the knowledge of His Grace and Mercy.

We must learn to dwell in His Secret Place, the Holy of Holies,  to put on His Yoke.  To learn to say YES LORD.  Not What? Where? When? How or Why?

■    Romans 10:14
King James Version (KJV)
“How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?”

We must share the Word of Life……

Have the Wisdom of the Lepers.   Some mischief is coming,  be prepared,  spread the Love of the Lord.

If we would hunger and thirst for righteousness,  the light of the Lord will touch those we meet.

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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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Eccentric Caroline

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                   Expressions of love, pure and true.

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The time is come, Now is the…..?

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The time is come, Now is the…..?

Now is the….what?

We find these 3 words in this order 4 times in the Word. The first in:

Ezekiel 7:3

“Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.”

Ezekiel 7:7

“The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, ”

Ezekiel 7:12

“The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.”

These words of prophecy of Ezekiel came to the Israelites because of their unbelief, the worshiping of false Gods, when they were the children of God.

We Christians the adopted children through the blood and blessing of Christ have a responsibility to be Worshipers of the one true God.

The time will come, God is a jealous God, we must put Him before work, play, spouse, children, worldly possession and gain.

John 12:31

“Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.”

John in the New Testament warns of the judgment, the time of Gods victory. ..the devil to be cast out, the world to be judged.

1 Peter 4:17

“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?”

God could hardly judge the world before He judged His own. If those who claim Him as Lord, love another and believe not His Word. Are those that do not claim Him worse?

John 13:31

“Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him”.

Jesus now at the right hand of the Father, glorified, magnified, His blood covering our sins. His love evidence of Gods love.

2 Corinthians 6:2

“(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)”

Hebrews 4:7

“Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.”

Today is the day to put aside all that distracts from Jesus, the author and finisher of our Faith. Open your heart, minds and eyes, recognize Now is the time.

Revelation 14:15

“And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”

At the time of the harvest will you be wheat or chaff? I pray we are the wheat.

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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Self portrait – 1/2/15

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If you could see, the real me.

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