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Thursday, November 17, 2016

Saving "Face"


There is only one reality all men will one day have to "Face. sw

When the body of Christ in the earth is hitting on all cylinders it's a beautiful thing to watch go down the road. sw




It's one thing to have your confidence restored, yet how much more is it when a man has been taught to trust the source of that same confidence. sw

Ps 25:14-15
The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.
My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare.

NIV

It's been said in many different ways that God inhabits the praise of His people, yet how many will appreciate what they have "Truly Heard" so the eyes of their God given spirit can see. sw

Isa 9:7
Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end.
He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it 
with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. 

The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this. 

NIV





In how many different ways does the Love of God speak when a man also understands the heart behind the prayers of the One and Only Begotten Son of God. sw

John 17:13-26
"I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. 
20 "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one , Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 

I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one

I in them and you in me

May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me

"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. 

"Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 

I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."  
NIV


1 Peter 4:11
If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen. NIV

To what end has any man been reconciled in his span of time if His personal statement has not participated in the expression of God's manifold wisdom that's "Being" revealed from Heaven. sw

Running from the truth has everything to do with all that was NOT done through the One True God. sw

1 Peter 1:17-25
Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.

Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

For, "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever."

And this is the word that was preached to you.
NIV





Finding ones self in agreement with an opinion carries no real weight, in its stead should be the life size narrative that's eventually found that is willing to advance the multifaceted expression of the everlasting smile Only the Love of God is capable of revealing. sw

Philem 5-7
I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.

Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints
NIV


Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Do Not BE ....."Like" Cain!



There have been voices throughout antiquity that have suggested "A mans perception is his reality". How does that measure up with the opinion of the one who will ultimately decide what is True and has been all along. sw

The man who hopes to discover his True identity not only has need of specific findings, but more importantly the specifics of those findings which go on to further explain the impressions that have governed his soul to date. sw

Can a man Truly judge himself unless he's also truthfully assessed who it is that will justify who His brethren are. sw

What eternal advantage is there under the terms of knowing "Anything" and that beyond doubt?

Is positive thinking only about those things that HAVE mattered? As if the all that's required in order to "See" those same considerations come to fruition and "Manifest"?

Have you ever asked yourself that same type of pointed question in terms of "Who you are" here and now? To then truthfully consider "How it is that you you "Found Yourself" able to reach the "Conclusion" which also concerns a specific point in time that requires being able to somehow see "Yourself" well into the "Future"?

Exactly who it is that CAN justify any claim that's made that can only be redeemed in another day in the future?

How might your own dealings while in this world somehow prevent YOU from redeeming the type and source of the "Hope" you're presently "Holding Onto"?

Is it possible for a man to somehow have hated his brother and NOT have "Physically" killed him under the terms of having "Committed" his personage to murder?

Was God unfair and NOT forewarn Cain before he "actually" did commit his person to the ACT of "Murdering" his brother?

Is the righteous underlying question, "Was Cain already guilty of the sin of murder before he committed all that he is in the earth (heart, mind, soul and strength) Or was it his propensity to IGNORE the now more "Obvious"  influence which PROVED who he belonged to?

Wouldn't YOUR response also require being able to "Know" not only the source but also the type of post narrative provided in "Advance"?

Let US re-read the "God" inspired new testament "Narrative" that is supposed to guide those who also suggest they do in fact "Trust in Today".

We must also learn to allow ourselves to be asked the "Reasonable" questions that also require the "Impressionable" counsel of the Lord.

Questions such as "Would God task man with the impossible without first having demonstrated the requirements needed in order to accomplish the same "Type" results?

And exactly what are the qualifications of a "Good" Father?

1 John 3:12-15
Do not be like Cain , who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother.

And why did he murder him?

Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous.

Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him. NIV

Truly what are the fractures of our humanity unless those same things have honestly been addressed as the "Type" of behavior that differentiate "Our" judgment of self and ones own "Self" discipline. sw

How does a man spiritually murder his brother without first acknowledging what would cause a brother to suppress what is otherwise "True".

Exactly what type of weight could support the type of counsel which suggest, "Call no man on earth your Father" without first truthfully considering what it means to "Be born again and that of God. sw

In terms of an issue that's been "Cut and dried", are we only discussing the carcass of an animal or a spiritual being that's been temporarily covered in the type of "Hide" which covers a "Spirit filled child of God". sw

Exactly who is that can "Explain Away" what would cause any man to somehow suppress what is otherwise "True". sw

Exactly what can a man borrow from "In this world" in his own attempts "Made" at further explaining the Love of God. sw

1 John 3:12-15
Do not be like Cain , who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother.

And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous.

Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him. NIV

Without first being made aware of a more precise image of what it is "You're" being saved "From", how is it even possible for a man to "Know" and that beyond doubt the entirety of ALL that he's needs to be saved from?

And that as the full wrath of God that's YET to be revealed and as such for ALL that same wrath is also capable of?

In terms of the ultimate giver, without "First" knowing the exchange rate that proves capable of rescuing "Any man" from a "Sense" of "Worthlessness", exactly what type of man is capable of considering himself to be righteous in the sight of God.

 Jer 51:17-19
Every man is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.

His images are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

They are worthless , the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.

He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these,
for he is the Maker of all things, including the tribe of his inheritance
NIV


Exactly who is it that will ultimately "Define" beyond doubt "Who" any of the following are in the sight of God? Are the following only going to prove to be shallow graves whose tomb stones are engraved with labels and titles OR will they prove to be more than significant and that because of there "Names" sake?

What value have YOU placed on the following sub-titles during your tenure here in this world?

Names such as, "Christian, Son of man, Son of God, man of faith and more importantly their justification in the "Sight" of God?

Exactly what does the history of humanity continue to "Have and hold Onto"? Exactly what will prove to differentiate the said "They and Them" when it does require a more mature imagery of everything that does matter "Eternally"?

1 Cor 10:11-13
These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. NIV

In order for a man to adopt his "Own Way" he must first be taught "How" to disown his own "Adoption". sw

A man can suggest He's sold out and insist he's telling the truth, yet until it's been determined to whom he's sold out to, what has "Truly" been revealed and to "Whom". sw 

Going against "The Grain" can suggest one thing while "Only" trying to convey a "Thought " about working with "Wood", yet what is a mans take once he's been tasked with centering his talking points around the source of a "Grain of Wheat". sw 

The Lord only speaks in parables to those who have yet to believe not only "In Him" but also where the spiritual kingdom has been realized at any moment given of the "One True God". sw

If the "First Born" of the beloved of God came "In Order" to establish the prime example to be followed, how can any man suggest what he's done has been done has been done "Through God". sw

John 16:29-33
Then Jesus' disciples said, "Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God."

"You believe at last!"  Jesus answered. "But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. 

33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."  NIV

The mishandling of all that is True can only produce the "Net" results of a distant relationship with the author of a much "Greater" plan. sw

What is the difference between "Here and Now" and "There and then" while truthfully trying to reason with the type of thoughts as to "Precisely" who does the soul of a man belong to. sw

The relative context of the story told should ultimately prove the to BE the relative "Nature" of the authors original "Intent". sw 

If the beauty of the vineyard can only be seen "In the Vineyard" what has a man failed to see in the "Seed" from which the vineyard was sourced. sw

John 12:20-33
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the Feast. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. "Sir," they said, "we would like to see Jesus." Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.

Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.

27 "Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name!"

Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again." 29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.

30 Jesus said, "This voice was for your benefit, not mine.

Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.

But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself."  He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die. NIV

Food for thought, "What kind of death is slowly killing "You"?