If a man were to try to help someone that's unaware of their own need for help, what "Cause" would prove itself capable enough where help actually shows up?
Rom 5:7-8
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
NIV
How powerful is the word "Be-cause" in your life?
Gen 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream one night and said to him, "You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman."
NIV
John 16:2-4
They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. I have told you this, so that when the time comes you will remember that I warned you. I did not tell you this at first because I was with you.
NIV
John 16:8-11
When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.
NIV
Wouldn't it require the person which uses the word "Because" also need to be considered "Wise" as if they are the one teaching and because they are now being honored as if they are able to "See" more than the student being taught?
How long can it take for the words which faithfully follow behind the word "Because" to soak into the thing many refer to as our "Gray Matter"?
A relative word which also needs to come into play together with the word "because" might be "reflection"?
Reflection of what though?
Something which needs to be seen as is not presently being seen?
1 Sam 9:19
"I am the seer ," Samuel replied.
NIV
1 Chron 21:9-10
The LORD said to Gad, David's seer , "Go and tell David, 'This is what the LORD says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.'"
NIV
When a parent wants teach their child a lesson, they try to make a matter transparent enough so the child can look into the same matter enough that they'll see the matter the way the teacher does.
Mic 7:9-10
Because I have sinned against him, I will bear the LORD's wrath,
until he pleads my case and establishes my right.
He will bring me out into the light ; I will see his righteousness.
Then my enemy will see it and will be covered with shame,
she who said to me,
"Where is the LORD your God?"
NIV
Eph 3:10-13
His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
NIV
1 Peter 3:13-22
Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened."
But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord.
Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.
He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.
In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also — not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God.
It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand — with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him. NIV
Luke 18:19-20
Jesus answered. "No one is good — except God alone.
NIV
Friday, September 16, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Spies or lives which live in the hope of telling the story?
Who is thought worthy to deliver something considered better than the reasoning which is presently at work?
Without hearing the truth as the wisdom of the Lords intent which He's sent forth as His only begotten Son, how could one have any hope as the eternal value of His words which have become flesh and dwelt among us?
A spiritually naked man is more concerned about the worth of his own respect than the full disclosure of the truth which desires to cover all man-kind as the Lords mercy shown.
Isa 1:18-20
"Come now, let us reason together ,"says the LORD.
"Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword."
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
NIV
Rev 2:16
Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
NIV
How would that saying from antiquity look if it were completed in truth, "when good men keep silent because of fear, evil has just been given the opportunity to prevail in the moment"?
"A man must know which side of the gate he stands before he can conclude whether he's a free man or a prisoner"
John 18:37
Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth . Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."
NIV
When imperfection speaks, should it expect to yield a return because of everything it has also pro-moted?
What damage should be considered done through the disguise of words which justify an evil act against a brother?
Man can do nothing of real value with the embodiment of his own existence other than righteously re-present the true wisdom of words spoken concerning the living will of His Father in heaven.
Is a man deceived having set his own house on fire to then climbs into bed?
Who it is that truly offended having opened a wound in another with the sword of deception?
James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
NIV
Matt 10:41-42
Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
NIV
If a man is not able to righteously consider he's been given anything, how can he then truthfully consider having been given to the care of another?
John 17:8-9
They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.
NIV
The wife which accepts with all of her heart haven been given in righteous marriage, also understands the value of whose care she's truly been given to.
"Do as I say not as I do" is rich counsel, yet a poor commentary in the future once faced with the mutual results of the unrighteous choice that's been made.
When the future hopes to remember in a time of need the voice that will speak to where they now find themselves, what will it say?
Gen 42:16
Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth . If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!"
NIV
Luke 22:31-32
"Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." NIV
Matt 16:18-20
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." NIV
Eph 3:10-13
His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. NIV
Whose purpose does any subject serve?
Titus 2:2-15
Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.
Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled.
In everything set them an example by doing what is good.
In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.
Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.
It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope — the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.
NIV
Without hearing the truth as the wisdom of the Lords intent which He's sent forth as His only begotten Son, how could one have any hope as the eternal value of His words which have become flesh and dwelt among us?
A spiritually naked man is more concerned about the worth of his own respect than the full disclosure of the truth which desires to cover all man-kind as the Lords mercy shown.
Isa 1:18-20
"Come now, let us reason together ,"says the LORD.
"Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword."
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
NIV
Rev 2:16
Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
NIV
How would that saying from antiquity look if it were completed in truth, "when good men keep silent because of fear, evil has just been given the opportunity to prevail in the moment"?
"A man must know which side of the gate he stands before he can conclude whether he's a free man or a prisoner"
John 18:37
Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth . Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."
NIV
When imperfection speaks, should it expect to yield a return because of everything it has also pro-moted?
What damage should be considered done through the disguise of words which justify an evil act against a brother?
Man can do nothing of real value with the embodiment of his own existence other than righteously re-present the true wisdom of words spoken concerning the living will of His Father in heaven.
Is a man deceived having set his own house on fire to then climbs into bed?
Who it is that truly offended having opened a wound in another with the sword of deception?
James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
NIV
Matt 10:41-42
Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
NIV
If a man is not able to righteously consider he's been given anything, how can he then truthfully consider having been given to the care of another?
John 17:8-9
They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.
NIV
The wife which accepts with all of her heart haven been given in righteous marriage, also understands the value of whose care she's truly been given to.
"Do as I say not as I do" is rich counsel, yet a poor commentary in the future once faced with the mutual results of the unrighteous choice that's been made.
When the future hopes to remember in a time of need the voice that will speak to where they now find themselves, what will it say?
Gen 42:16
Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth . If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!"
NIV
Luke 22:31-32
"Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." NIV
Matt 16:18-20
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." NIV
Eph 3:10-13
His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. NIV
Whose purpose does any subject serve?
Titus 2:2-15
Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.
Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled.
In everything set them an example by doing what is good.
In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.
Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.
It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope — the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.
NIV
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Man Please, stand up like a man and allow truth to confront you!
The foolishness of man is what he least understands having convinced himself of what limits him from every possible angle as perspective"
When man's made the best choice, he's chosen the wisdom from the Lord.
His continued pursuit of that same wisdom will causes him to be considered wise.
What prevents the invasion of true wisdom in any life?
Is it the simplicity of knowledge discovered within the mastery of things that have been created by the Lord?
And does it include the creation itself which truthfully acknowledges the reverence that's due the creator of ALL things?
A man will design a plane which can land on water after studying the duck make a sucessful landing.
He'll eventually manage the courage needed in order to harness the essence of the same lightning he's observed in the sky for centuries.
He'll watch ants accomplish great task, yet he can only employ such wisdom once wisdom visits as the need he hopes to overcome.
He can shape theory with all that he presently understands, yet his own consideration as the motivating purpose towards the mastery of anything limits his vision for its greater genius that remains available.
He can spend a life time attempting to fine tune what he's already observed under the sun, yet his ignorance of the original intent behind it's mastery becomes his own limitation.
He can insist his own body can do certain things, yet to his own hurt he follows the instructions of his own limitation having lost sight of the "Why" he chooses to make the investment of himself and his time.
He can try and cheat the limitations of all that which surrounds and has mastered him, yet his master knows the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
He's able to envision the finished product except for the obstacle which lacks the results of a trust through sharing what he now knows beyond doubt.
What such a man has grown weary of, is the absence of the importance as the original cause for having pursued what he has.
His personal fears evolve into names and faces as if to say "those which look to steal away his original intent", yet what gets stolen before the original intent of anything created gets brought to fruition?
The same clouds may pass over head, yet one man will see them as an inconvenience while pursuing a tan, while another one his needs getting met prior to harvest.
He can be surrounded by enemies, yet forget being surrounded by the same wisdom which created his enemies.
He can convince himself of the importance of accuracy, yet forget the additional decimal place one space to the right of his final calculation.
He can hold conventions together with the most admired of minds known to man, yet discount the mind of the one which made all things.
His underlying plight?
The consideration concerning himself in which he holds out in the hope that he can somehow rise above it all in the end as he weighs the benefit of all that his hands have done.
Who is this man and what exactly is his greatest limitation he's yet to truthfully consider?
Whose identity does this more accurately describe?
Isa 14:1-6
The LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel
and will settle them in their own land. Aliens will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
Nations will take them and bring them to their own place.
And the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD's land.
They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
On the day the LORD gives you relief from suffering and turmoil and cruel bondage, you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:
How the oppressor has come to an end!
How his fury has ended!
The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.
All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing. Even the pine trees and the cedars of Lebanon exult over you and say, "Now that you have been laid low, no woodsman comes to cut us down."
The grave below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you — all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones — all those who were kings over the nations.
They will all respond ,they will say to you, "You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us." All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.
How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven;I will raise my throne above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."
But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit.
Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble, the man who made the world a desert, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?"
All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb. But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword,those who descend to the stones of the pit.
Like a corpse trampled underfoot, you will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people.
The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again. Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the sins of their forefathers; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities.
"I will rise up against them,"declares the LORD Almighty."I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors,her offspring and descendants," declares the LORD.
"I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland;I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,"declares the LORD Almighty.
The LORD Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand.
I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removed from their shoulders."
This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretched out over all nations. For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him?
His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
NIV
When man's made the best choice, he's chosen the wisdom from the Lord.
His continued pursuit of that same wisdom will causes him to be considered wise.
What prevents the invasion of true wisdom in any life?
Is it the simplicity of knowledge discovered within the mastery of things that have been created by the Lord?
And does it include the creation itself which truthfully acknowledges the reverence that's due the creator of ALL things?
A man will design a plane which can land on water after studying the duck make a sucessful landing.
He'll eventually manage the courage needed in order to harness the essence of the same lightning he's observed in the sky for centuries.
He'll watch ants accomplish great task, yet he can only employ such wisdom once wisdom visits as the need he hopes to overcome.
He can shape theory with all that he presently understands, yet his own consideration as the motivating purpose towards the mastery of anything limits his vision for its greater genius that remains available.
He can spend a life time attempting to fine tune what he's already observed under the sun, yet his ignorance of the original intent behind it's mastery becomes his own limitation.
He can insist his own body can do certain things, yet to his own hurt he follows the instructions of his own limitation having lost sight of the "Why" he chooses to make the investment of himself and his time.
He can try and cheat the limitations of all that which surrounds and has mastered him, yet his master knows the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
He's able to envision the finished product except for the obstacle which lacks the results of a trust through sharing what he now knows beyond doubt.
What such a man has grown weary of, is the absence of the importance as the original cause for having pursued what he has.
His personal fears evolve into names and faces as if to say "those which look to steal away his original intent", yet what gets stolen before the original intent of anything created gets brought to fruition?
The same clouds may pass over head, yet one man will see them as an inconvenience while pursuing a tan, while another one his needs getting met prior to harvest.
He can be surrounded by enemies, yet forget being surrounded by the same wisdom which created his enemies.
He can convince himself of the importance of accuracy, yet forget the additional decimal place one space to the right of his final calculation.
He can hold conventions together with the most admired of minds known to man, yet discount the mind of the one which made all things.
His underlying plight?
The consideration concerning himself in which he holds out in the hope that he can somehow rise above it all in the end as he weighs the benefit of all that his hands have done.
Who is this man and what exactly is his greatest limitation he's yet to truthfully consider?
Whose identity does this more accurately describe?
Isa 14:1-6
The LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel
and will settle them in their own land. Aliens will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
Nations will take them and bring them to their own place.
And the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD's land.
They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
On the day the LORD gives you relief from suffering and turmoil and cruel bondage, you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:
How the oppressor has come to an end!
How his fury has ended!
The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.
All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing. Even the pine trees and the cedars of Lebanon exult over you and say, "Now that you have been laid low, no woodsman comes to cut us down."
The grave below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you — all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones — all those who were kings over the nations.
They will all respond ,they will say to you, "You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us." All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.
How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven;I will raise my throne above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."
But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit.
Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble, the man who made the world a desert, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?"
All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb. But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword,those who descend to the stones of the pit.
Like a corpse trampled underfoot, you will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people.
The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again. Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the sins of their forefathers; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities.
"I will rise up against them,"declares the LORD Almighty."I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors,her offspring and descendants," declares the LORD.
"I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland;I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,"declares the LORD Almighty.
The LORD Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand.
I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removed from their shoulders."
This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretched out over all nations. For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him?
His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
NIV
Friday, September 2, 2011
Lord, who has believed our message?
If I were to compare myself to things in this present age I can only see so much, yet if I were to compare all that I can't see to Christ I can see so much more"
The intent of being transformed through the renewal of our mind is more than a psychological study that's followed by a pattern shift.
Its the willful adoption having accepted the way which leads to true life that's been authored by the righteous mind of Christ"
1 Cor 1:10
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.
NIV
The commentary of an independent thinker says, "You go first and I'll watch"
The common voice of the brethren says, "Let us go up to Zion and live"!
If the words of Christ were spoken through you as a living message, what would His testimony about you say?
Rom 10:16
For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our message?
NIV
There being Only one Lord should also prove to be the evidence of Only one teacher.
1 Cor 1:12-15
Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
KJV
1 Cor 1:17
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel — not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
NIV
1 Cor 1:18-19
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."
NIV
A common faith understands the common desires of One Lord that has dominion over a common household.
After the righteous introduction to this thought, there should be little confusion concerning where the battle front truly is.
Set the question in front of the Truth and consider why there are so few victories being attributed as the result of His glory.
Having overcome this world there should be no fear, lest we forget who it is that has gone before us.
What is it that so many resist, is it the process of being brought to maturity?
Eph 4:7-13
But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. This is why it says:
"When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men."
(What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions?
He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
NIV
The intent of being transformed through the renewal of our mind is more than a psychological study that's followed by a pattern shift.
Its the willful adoption having accepted the way which leads to true life that's been authored by the righteous mind of Christ"
1 Cor 1:10
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.
NIV
The commentary of an independent thinker says, "You go first and I'll watch"
The common voice of the brethren says, "Let us go up to Zion and live"!
If the words of Christ were spoken through you as a living message, what would His testimony about you say?
Rom 10:16
For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our message?
NIV
There being Only one Lord should also prove to be the evidence of Only one teacher.
1 Cor 1:12-15
Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
KJV
1 Cor 1:17
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel — not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
NIV
1 Cor 1:18-19
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."
NIV
A common faith understands the common desires of One Lord that has dominion over a common household.
After the righteous introduction to this thought, there should be little confusion concerning where the battle front truly is.
Set the question in front of the Truth and consider why there are so few victories being attributed as the result of His glory.
Having overcome this world there should be no fear, lest we forget who it is that has gone before us.
What is it that so many resist, is it the process of being brought to maturity?
Eph 4:7-13
But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. This is why it says:
"When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men."
(What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions?
He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
NIV
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Knowing what you Need
Sitting in the seat of judgment is hardly advisable, yet called for when a man considers himself and then the consideration of righteousness in the eyes of Lord.
What need has been met that will convince a man he's able to enter into the presence of the Lord with supplication?
What confidence could possibly reside in the womb of any heart suggesting a man has access to the throne room of Grace?
What wisdom should man crave and cry out for except that cry be only for the manifold wisdom of the Lord poured out as Christ?
If a man fears in part should it not be the consideration of being double minded which hinders the way of the undecided?
James 1:4-8
Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
NIV
James 2:21-22
Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did
NIV
What of the continual thoughts where faith is required, "The Lord Hears my plea of need"?
A man is blind that says he doesn't have a clue as to what his future holds and has been made blind by all that convinces him to ignore the truth.
It's one thing to have and hold as a life time commentary, "My enemy has knocked me down 7 times yet I will rise and taste victory because the Lord has instructed me to set my hand to this thing"!
Yet what if the summation as the life of Moses intended to work for the believer today were recorded as, "The Lord simply works in mysterious ways"!
How could that type of recorded speach serve you or anyone else observing as if it were a corporate (unified) effort to know the Lord?
Instead, here's the words of the request spoken by Moses:
Ex 33:13
If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you.
NIV
Where should the summation "God is a mystery" hope to end up which starts out in the opposite direction of the words below? Does it sound like the beginnig of an earnest request made such as the words from Moses?
John 17:3-4
Now this is eternal life: that they may know you , the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.NIV
Heb 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. NIV
Instead, could it be seen as a lie to "self" that's just been confirmed by words which now are kept in ones breast pocket which read, "I never knew" and "The influences of the world around me made do it"?
1 John 4:4-6
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.
We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us.
This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.
NIV
What evidence would prove to you the Lord is righteous because He has spoken?
Is it the simplicity of your own faith extended towards Him or His faith as the entirety of all that He's already accomplished through Christ reaching towards you?
What will you do with the thought, "Many years ago the Lord has already spoken and for the benefit of mankind"?
Who is it that has changed and what reasoning is now serving His purpose for having spoken?
If the question being asked were "Have you believed God" what could man examine in order to catch a glimpse of the answer?
Enough that is where there will be no suprises once the verdict mankind has already received is upheld in the end?
John 3:19-21
This is the verdict : Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."
NIV
Examine yourself by using the instrument of the verdict to know what shall be done at present.
What lies ahead in the annuls of eternity for those that have embraced the thought of having been purchased by the Lord?
How did He pay for your soul and who set the price?
Today when you examine yourself and inquire, "Who does this self examination serve"?
Think twice and answer slowly so you won't miss a word your own mouth confesses.
When you value the words which come from your lips above all else, understand the value and impact of what you've believed with all your heart, mind and soul.
For what you embrace concerning the wisdom you do serve, can also serve you the folly of everything that is not the will of the Lord.
His wisdom which is your hope has been sent forth and should labor for your eternal benefit through the exercise of faith in Christ Jesus the Lord.
2 Chron 19:4-7
Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.
He told them, "Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for man but for the LORD, who is with you whenever you give a verdict.
Now let the fear of the LORD be upon you. Judge carefully, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery."
NIV
What need has been met that will convince a man he's able to enter into the presence of the Lord with supplication?
What confidence could possibly reside in the womb of any heart suggesting a man has access to the throne room of Grace?
What wisdom should man crave and cry out for except that cry be only for the manifold wisdom of the Lord poured out as Christ?
If a man fears in part should it not be the consideration of being double minded which hinders the way of the undecided?
James 1:4-8
Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
NIV
James 2:21-22
Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did
NIV
What of the continual thoughts where faith is required, "The Lord Hears my plea of need"?
A man is blind that says he doesn't have a clue as to what his future holds and has been made blind by all that convinces him to ignore the truth.
It's one thing to have and hold as a life time commentary, "My enemy has knocked me down 7 times yet I will rise and taste victory because the Lord has instructed me to set my hand to this thing"!
Yet what if the summation as the life of Moses intended to work for the believer today were recorded as, "The Lord simply works in mysterious ways"!
How could that type of recorded speach serve you or anyone else observing as if it were a corporate (unified) effort to know the Lord?
Instead, here's the words of the request spoken by Moses:
Ex 33:13
If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you.
NIV
Where should the summation "God is a mystery" hope to end up which starts out in the opposite direction of the words below? Does it sound like the beginnig of an earnest request made such as the words from Moses?
John 17:3-4
Now this is eternal life: that they may know you , the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.NIV
Heb 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. NIV
Instead, could it be seen as a lie to "self" that's just been confirmed by words which now are kept in ones breast pocket which read, "I never knew" and "The influences of the world around me made do it"?
1 John 4:4-6
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.
We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us.
This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.
NIV
What evidence would prove to you the Lord is righteous because He has spoken?
Is it the simplicity of your own faith extended towards Him or His faith as the entirety of all that He's already accomplished through Christ reaching towards you?
What will you do with the thought, "Many years ago the Lord has already spoken and for the benefit of mankind"?
Who is it that has changed and what reasoning is now serving His purpose for having spoken?
If the question being asked were "Have you believed God" what could man examine in order to catch a glimpse of the answer?
Enough that is where there will be no suprises once the verdict mankind has already received is upheld in the end?
John 3:19-21
This is the verdict : Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."
NIV
Examine yourself by using the instrument of the verdict to know what shall be done at present.
What lies ahead in the annuls of eternity for those that have embraced the thought of having been purchased by the Lord?
How did He pay for your soul and who set the price?
Today when you examine yourself and inquire, "Who does this self examination serve"?
Think twice and answer slowly so you won't miss a word your own mouth confesses.
When you value the words which come from your lips above all else, understand the value and impact of what you've believed with all your heart, mind and soul.
For what you embrace concerning the wisdom you do serve, can also serve you the folly of everything that is not the will of the Lord.
His wisdom which is your hope has been sent forth and should labor for your eternal benefit through the exercise of faith in Christ Jesus the Lord.
2 Chron 19:4-7
Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.
He told them, "Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for man but for the LORD, who is with you whenever you give a verdict.
Now let the fear of the LORD be upon you. Judge carefully, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery."
NIV
Friday, August 12, 2011
Foreigners not welcome
Zeph 3:9
"Then will I purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him shoulder to shoulder.
NIV
A single scale on a fish loses its purpose without the overlay of many others.
Without scale, just how large is any body of water?
A man can say "I know of that mighty Mountain", yet to know the might of its height requires the will to continue to climb in order to look through its eyes.
A man doesn't have to know all things at all times in order to be full, yet dedicating the obsession of his time to know the one that does, requires his full attention.
Externally searching for something that's only found within is a mislead search party.
Luke 17:20-21
Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you."
NIV
Prov 23:9
Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.
NIV
If the word "Their" below were clearly set apart, it would be understood as the "wicked".
Ps 31:18
Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
NIV
Prov 4:24
Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips .
NIV
Prov 10:32
The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
NIV
Prov 14:3
A fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
NIV
1 Cor 14:20-21
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults. In the Law it is written:
"Through men of strange tongues and through the lips of foreigners
I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me,"
says the Lord.
NIV
Is it still any real wonder why foreigners are often despised and thought of as if they bring wickedness with them?
John 7:52
They replied, "Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee."
NIV
1 Cor 1:27-31
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things — and the things that are not — to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God — that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."
NIV
"Then will I purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him shoulder to shoulder.
NIV
A single scale on a fish loses its purpose without the overlay of many others.
Without scale, just how large is any body of water?
A man can say "I know of that mighty Mountain", yet to know the might of its height requires the will to continue to climb in order to look through its eyes.
A man doesn't have to know all things at all times in order to be full, yet dedicating the obsession of his time to know the one that does, requires his full attention.
Externally searching for something that's only found within is a mislead search party.
Luke 17:20-21
Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you."
NIV
Prov 23:9
Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.
NIV
If the word "Their" below were clearly set apart, it would be understood as the "wicked".
Ps 31:18
Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
NIV
Prov 4:24
Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips .
NIV
Prov 10:32
The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
NIV
Prov 14:3
A fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
NIV
1 Cor 14:20-21
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults. In the Law it is written:
"Through men of strange tongues and through the lips of foreigners
I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me,"
says the Lord.
NIV
Is it still any real wonder why foreigners are often despised and thought of as if they bring wickedness with them?
John 7:52
They replied, "Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee."
NIV
1 Cor 1:27-31
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things — and the things that are not — to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God — that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."
NIV
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
I had a dream
Jer 23:25-40
"I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name.
They say, 'I had a dream! I had a dream!'
How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds?
They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their fathers forgot my name through Baal worship.
Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully.
For what has straw to do with grain?" declares the LORD.
"Is not my word like fire," declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
"Therefore," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me.
Yes," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, 'The LORD declares.'
Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams," declares the LORD. "They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them.
They do not benefit these people in the least," declares the LORD.
"When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, 'What is the oracle of the LORD?' say to them, 'What oracle?
I will forsake you, declares the LORD.' If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' I will punish that man and his household.
This is what each of you keeps on saying to his friend or relative: 'What is the LORD's answer?' or 'What has the LORD spoken?'
But you must not mention 'the oracle of the LORD' again, because every man's own word becomes his oracle and so you distort the words of the living God, the LORD Almighty, our God.
This is what you keep saying to a prophet: 'What is the LORD's answer to you?' or 'What has the LORD spoken?'
Although you claim, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' this is what the LORD says: You used the words, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' even though I told you that you must not claim, 'This is the oracle of the LORD.'
Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your fathers. I will bring upon you everlasting disgrace — everlasting shame that will not be forgotten."
NIV
"I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name.
They say, 'I had a dream! I had a dream!'
How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds?
They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their fathers forgot my name through Baal worship.
Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully.
For what has straw to do with grain?" declares the LORD.
"Is not my word like fire," declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
"Therefore," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me.
Yes," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, 'The LORD declares.'
Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams," declares the LORD. "They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them.
They do not benefit these people in the least," declares the LORD.
"When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, 'What is the oracle of the LORD?' say to them, 'What oracle?
I will forsake you, declares the LORD.' If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' I will punish that man and his household.
This is what each of you keeps on saying to his friend or relative: 'What is the LORD's answer?' or 'What has the LORD spoken?'
But you must not mention 'the oracle of the LORD' again, because every man's own word becomes his oracle and so you distort the words of the living God, the LORD Almighty, our God.
This is what you keep saying to a prophet: 'What is the LORD's answer to you?' or 'What has the LORD spoken?'
Although you claim, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' this is what the LORD says: You used the words, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' even though I told you that you must not claim, 'This is the oracle of the LORD.'
Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your fathers. I will bring upon you everlasting disgrace — everlasting shame that will not be forgotten."
NIV
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