Saturday, August 31, 2024

THE PRECIOUS BLOOD

* When I see The Blood, I will pass over you.
* For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.
* Whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation through Faith in His Blood.
* Which He hath purchased with His own Blood.
* Much more then, being now Justified by His Blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
* In Whom we have Redemption through His Blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the Riches of His Grace.
* He had by Himself purged our sins.
* I have found a Ransom; The Redemption of their soul is Precious; To give His life a Ransom for many; Who gave Himself a Ransom for All; Who gave Himself for our sin, that He deliver us from this present evil world; I lay down My Life for the sheep; The Good Shepherd giveth His Life for the sheep.
* But God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
* But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the Blood of Christ.
* Who loved me and gave Himself for me.
* In Whom we have Redemption, through His Blood, even the forgiveness of sins.
* And, having made Peace through the Blood of His Cross.
* But with the Precious Blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot.
* But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.
* The Blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.
* For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God.
* And not only so, but also Joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom we have now received the Atonement.
* For He that made Him to be Sin for us who knew no sin; that we might be made the Righteousness of God in Him.
* Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
* In Whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of Him.
* And being in an agony He prayed more earnestly: and His sweat was as it were great drops of Blood falling down to the ground.
* Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His Blood, ye have no life in you.
* But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out Blood and water.
* Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own Blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal Redemption for us.
* How much more shall the Blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
* Without shedding of Blood is no remission.
* Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the Blood of Jesus.
* And to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the Blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own Blood, suffered without the gate.
* Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that Great Shepherd of the sheep, through the Blood of the everlasting covenant.
* Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
* This is He that came by water and Blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and Blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
* And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the Blood: and these three agree in one.
* Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own Blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
* For Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy Blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.
* These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb.
* And they overcame him by the Blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
* And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in Blood: and His name is called The Word of God.

Trust to His Precious Blood Heartily;
then Obey His Word and Will Gladly!

Saturday, August 24, 2024

WORSHIP IN TRUTH

WORSHIP IN SPIRIT

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

* He shall offer it of his own voluntary will
* Every man that giveth it willingly with his heart.
* Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
* And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewel of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.
* The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work.

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in Thy sight. Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord. Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

For they shall return unto Me with their whole heart. My God, that Thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. Shout for Joy, all ye that are upright in heart. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. I will praise Thee with uprightness of heart. Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. But such as are upright in their way are His delight. With my whole heart have I sought Thee; I intreated Thy favour with my whole heart; I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O LORD.

Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD. The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. Behold, Thou desiredest Truth in the inward parts. I will put My Law in their inward parts, and write in their hearts.

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him. And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men. Whatsoever ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness.

But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 

* Amasiah the son of Zichri who willingly offered himself unto the LORD. 
* She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
* But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself.
* Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. 

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. And be renewed in the spirit of your mind. And be renewed in the spirit of your mind. For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. 

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him.  God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. 

Friday, August 23, 2024

THE CHEERFUL GIVER

God loveth a cheerful giver, because He is The Cheerful Giver. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Freely ye have received, freely give. John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the Gift of God, and Who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water. 

For as the Father hath life in Himself; so hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself. And He said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. For I have given unto them the words which Thou gavest Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from Thee, and they have believed that Thou didst send Me. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me; for they are Thine. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to Thee. 

Holy Father, keep through Thine own name those Whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are. I have given them Thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are one. Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am; that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me: for Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world.  

Because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith. The grace that is given to me of God. 

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 

For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit. Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. Now He that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, Who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. And all things are of God, Who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.  

And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of His power. 

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a Sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us His holy Spirit. Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.   

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. According as His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you. 

And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. Hereby know we that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He hath given us of His Spirit. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 

Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me. Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it. Who gave Himself a Ransom for all, to be testified in due time. Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is He which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.  All that the Father giveth Me shall come to me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth His life for the sheep. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though He needed any thing, seeing He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. For the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 

But He giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him? Because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of His power. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. It is more blessed to give than to receive.

He spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him aslo freely give us all things? As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father. And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the Head over all things to the church. The Lord give thee understanding in all things. And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. Now the Lord of peace of Himself give you peace always by all means.

Sunday, August 18, 2024

"THEY SAY"

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. For His eyes are upon the ways of man, and He seeth all his goings. For Mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from My face, neither is their iniquity hid from Mine eyes. 

They say unto God, depart from us: for we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways. Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the ALMIGHTY do for them? They say daily unto me, Where is thy God? My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto unto me, Where is thy God? The heathen say, Where is their God? They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD let it come now. Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now thy God? They say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will He do evil. That evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming.

But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. Who is the LORD, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. The cause was from the LORD. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? Lest I be full, and deny Thee, and say, Who is the LORD? Pilate saith unto Him, What is truth? He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field. But they hearkened not. But ye would not hear. Ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof. Until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away. Yet they hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck. 

They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. They say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. Then said they unto Him, Where is thy Father? But do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: He hideth His face; He will never see it. And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. But He shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from Me, all ye workers of iniquity.

For they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth. that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will He do evil. Shall not God search this out? for He knoweth the secrets of the heart. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, Thou knowest it altogether. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may no more in remembrance. Wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? Shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? 

And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before My face. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. And those that walk in pride He is able to abase. The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity

For they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall He not see? For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? 

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works? For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God.

Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance. In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. Until the Lord come, Who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. 

I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men. And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. For Thou renderest to every man according to his work. Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for Thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. All my ways are before Thee.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He pondereth all his goings. Before the LORD: for He cometh, for He cometh to judge the earth: He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with His truth. Because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised HIM from the dead. 

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do. For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before Me, saith the Lord GOD. Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.  

Sunday, August 11, 2024

ALL MY DESIRE

Delight thyself also in the Lord: and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. I Delight to do Thy will, O my God. Lord, all my desire is before Thee; and my groaning is not hid from Thee. Whom have I in heaven but Thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee. Have thy Delight in the Almighty, and lift up thy face unto God. Ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 

Desire mercies of the God of heaven; Desiring The Father's protection, shining face, gracious presence, uplifting countenance, and abundant comforting peace; letting the peace of the Father rule in my heart. 

Always be Desiring the Son's Precious Blood and Cleansing; Delighting in His purpose and good pleasure.

Desire the Presence and Working of the Holy Spirit, Grace in my spirit to help, mercy, faith, the glory of God, the will of God, the King of Kings and His kingdom, Fruits of the Spirit, Deliverance from evil, Quickening, Transforming, conforming, purifying, wisdom, repentance, turning, holiness, purity, prompting, guidance, operations, monitions, arousing, revealing enlightenments, warnings, help, direction, drawing, movements, comfort, reproving,  encouragement, strength, opening, enabling, understanding, discernment, perception, consciousness, awakening, entrance of the words, withering, sentence of death, feel the guilt of my sin, the misery sin brings, 

Desiring The Grace of God to open and prepare my heart, and prepare the Good Ground.

Seeking the Lord Jesus Christ, hating and avoiding sins, despising and refusing unrighteous gain, comforting other during sorrow, grief, crying and lamenting.

DECEPTION

Dodgy, sketchy, double-tongued, shrewd, slick, cockamamie, double-dealing, cunning

Manipulate, delude, concoct, finagle, mislead, dupe, flatter, hoodoo, hoodwink, snow, hustle, gaslight, gyp, skimming, stinting, beguile, coax

Hollow sham, distract, gimmick, bunk, charlatan, setup, spell, spiel, plot, dissimulation, malarkey, disinformation, wiles, pitch, trick, scheme, falsehood, rigmarole, bunkum, nonsense, folly, fraud, sleight, duplicity, hoax, scam, racket, trumpery, what's the catch, cock and bull story, rip-off, guile, poppy cock, dupery, swindle, vanities and lies, wiles, craftiness, trickery, monkey business

Phony, pretender, hypocrite, huckster, dissembler, counterfeit, phoney, quack, ingrate, flim flammer, windbag, double-crosser, windjammer, slickster, impostor, con, con artist, con man, shyster, grift, crook, moocher, faker, finagler, conniver, wangler, farce, cheat, wheeler-dealer

CONSIDER NOW

O that they were Wise, that they Understood this, that they would Consider their latter end! Consider Now the Brevity, Frailty and Uncertainty of your life. Consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself. Life is so short, Eternity is Forever, Be wise: Plan Ahead, Prepare for the Inevitable Journey into Eternity. There is but a Step between me and death. Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am. Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been. 

Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. But the end of all things is at hand. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. Set thine house in order. It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. How long have I to live? My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. 

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation? Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. O remember that my life is wind. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dustAs for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. For God remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. 

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. We all do fade as a leaf. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. 

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Every one of shall give account of himself to God. Because God hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in Righteousness by that Man (CHRIST JESUS) whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised JESUS from the dead. 

Sunday, August 4, 2024

INGEST & DIGEST

Just as your body must ingest and digest food to live physically, your Soul must also ingest and digest The Bread of Life to live spiritually. You must believe and receive Christ Jesus as the VICTIM for your personal sins against your Creator. He is absolutely necessary to saving faith, receive Him personally and inwardly. He offered Himself up as a bloody Sacrifice for your human sins. Stop eating from this world's nasty table, The BREAD OF LIFE is the Only Nourishment, Enrichment, and Vitamin that can Satisfy your needy, hungry SOUL. Feast on The True Bread from Heaven Now and Live!

Knowledge is the food which the mind feeds on daily. There is healthy food, and then there is corrupt food. We must ensure the Knowledge being received is sound and truthful. Our thoughts is where we taste and discern the Source and Safety of the Knowledge being relayed to us. We should not let the world's foolishness enter and remain in our thoughts, much less swallowing it down into our hearts. The entrance of God's words and thoughts into our minds and hearts must come to pass by the merciful movements, operations, warnings, quickening, and enlightenments of The Spirit of God. Conversion begins in the thoughts. I must first feel myself a real sinner. We have sinned against God all through our lives without any regret; we must think on this great fact. We are lost without Christ; we must think and be conscious of that truth. God is angry with the wicked and His wrath abides them that neglect and reject His Son. Only the Holy Spirit's working can help realize our sinfulness, guilt, rebellion, and imminent danger. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners: we must think this over soberly. The Lamb of God stood in the sinner's place, and suffered in my place - we must think this fact over. Just hearing these these truths with the outer ear will not be fruitful, but when the inner ear of the soul in our thoughts begins to listen and think; then, we begin to inwardly digest them.

First, there is Appropriation (taking for your own) and Mastication (tasting and chewing) of The Bread of Life for yourself; believe JESUS is the free Bread of Life, taste and chew on this Truth for yourself, perform the personal appropriation of HIM for yourself. Make JESUS your own personal Hope, Confidence, Salvation. Next, there is Receiving and Swallowing Him down into yourself, that is, real possession and enjoyment of HIM within your inward parts. The swallowing down of the Gospill. Take Christ into your own Soul this very moment by the act of Faith in His Precious Blood. This is not doing or producing anything, but only consuming the Gift, The Bread of Life Himself. Be a pauper, a receiver, a beggar, for there is nothing for you to do, to be, to feel, only to RECEIVE HIM. 

Saving faith does not come from you, but rather, it is the inward reception of something freely imparted to you. Never look within yourself, look to Christ, feed on Christ spiritually. When you are starving, you don't go look in the mirror, and look down your throat to satisfy your hunger. Oh no, you go find Bread, lay hold on the Bread, chew and eat it, and your hunger is satisfied. Faith is the act which the poorest, sickest, vilest, weakest, most condemned sinner may perform, no power or possession is required from you. 

Simply receive Christ into yourself by Faith in His Precious Blood. An empty vessel easily receives. Stop all your own deadly doings, and Be willing to receive Jesus Christ as God's Free Gift of Divine Mercy and Salvation for yourself. JESUS has already done it All for you, be wise, throw all of your rotten self-righteousness overboard. Simply receive the Incarnate God spiritually into your heart, and the trust in His Precious Blood that He shed for your sins, Trust in Him alone, and your are saved on the spot. 

Receive JESUS by this process: Trust HIM, the word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth. Contemplate your sins against God, meditate on God's words, and concentrate on JESUS personally, this is to understand HIM. Digest HIM with your heart's desire, prayer, meditation, communion personally and secretly in your own heart. Christ liveth in me, and I in HIM. The Great HIM feeds the little me.

Then there is Assimilation, that which is received descends into the inward parts and is digested and absorbed into the entire heart and soul. Assimilate Christ Himself, so He becomes part of your inward parts. Coming to Christ and receiving Him is always the Best Enrichment for your Soul. There are thousands upon thousands of spiritual health benefits in The Bread of Life, The Gospill, and The Water of Life. 

The Holy Spirit with His Grace begins to break down the words of life, and absorbs the divine BREAD within you, Christ Crucified. Just as the gastric juices and enzymes break down food within your physica body, the Holy Spirit mixes His faith and grace with the Bread of Life within you. Precious Faith, the gift of God, is the gastric juices and enzymes that work in the bowels of the Soul. Receive Christ by Faith, and then that Faith acts upon Him, to extract nutriment and nourishment from His Person, Righteousness, and Blood. Christ must be taken into your thoughts, understanding, and heart; He will build you up and strengthen you, and renew your inward man daily. As Faith dissolves The Bread of God, He is absorbed and nourishes your thoughts, desires, intents, words and actions. You are nourished up in the words of Faith. Christ becomes your inward Life - Christ liveth in me - a vital union with Him inwardly. What you consume can never be taken from you, it becomes part of you, one with you. The Bread of Life dwells in you, and you dwell in The Bread of Life. 

Christ Jesus, The Bread of Life, is most needful for your Soul. You must have Christ in you, or you cannot live. Think about it, If you deny your body food and drink, it will eventually die. If you deny your Soul the living Son of God, you are dead inside while you live here physically in time. You have a natural appetite for meat and drink. Your soul has a natural appetite for sin. But the New Birth from the Holy Spirit activates a new appetite within you for Christ Himself. 

You must have JESUS to be your own Savior, because you will perish eternally if you do not receive Him. Only the Holy Spirit can make you feel this hunger for Christ and crave HIM. Meat and drink really and actually satisfy physically, for that is what your body requires to live. Your body's need is very real, so the supply must be real as well. When you receive Christ, your heart and soul gets exactly Who it needs. All of your inward necessities are supplied by the person of Christ, and when you receive Him, He satisfies your inward hunger and thirst. Only The Bread of Life can truly and actually satisfy the cravings of your hungry Soul. There is no Satisfaction apart from HIM, be content with HIM, nothing of short of HIM will do you any good. 

Hunger after JESUS more and more, never leave HIM, and never spend your energy or money for that which is not bread, or labor for that which satisfies not. You cannot get rid of your body's hunger pains by talking about eating food; you must actually eat something. Likewise, don't just read about Christ, and think about Christ; your Soul must actually receive Christ, feed on HIM at once, and relieve your Soul's hunger pains. Have mercy on your Soul; feed on CHRIST, THE BREAD OF LIFE. Don't just look at The Bread of Life, sit down and Eat, feast upon HIM at once. 

A hungry person delights in meal time. A hungry man does not have to be dragged to the dinner table; his stomach craves the meal, and takes pleasure in eating. Feed upon JESUS, for in HIM there is delicious sweetness that pervades the entire heart and soul. If you ever receive HIM, you will never lose your appetite for HIM. If ever you do, you are definitely sick inside. As you know, meal time comes several times a day. You should partake of the BREAD OF LIFE very often as well, for you cannot be satisfied with yesterday's meal. Receive HIM again daily, not just at church time. 

Go to JESUS hourly, and be filled with His Love, let HIM be your Portion. Sheep graze all through the day, never cease eating, feed on Him into the night and awake again in the morning to feed again on The Bread of Heaven. The Bread of Life is what gets me out of bed in the morning. Set times for feeding, Desiring His presence, communing with Christ, meditating upon HIM, considering His Finished Work, Receiving His Grace. Snack through the day on HIM: choice thoughts of HIM, remembering choice scriptures, precious promises. Look to HIM, Taste Him, Receive Him, Digest Him, Be Nourished by Him, Let Him be your Portion. JESUS is very sweet to my taste, even His precious name is like drops of Honey on my Soul's tongue. Come now to the KING OF KINGS' table, Feed upon free The Bread of Life Himself and live forever, Live on His precious words, Delight in His Love, Partake of the Living Bread at His Table Continually.

The sole object of my faith is The Lord Jesus Christ. Faith is to literally feed and live off the living Christ, not religious activity or excitement. The just shall LIVE by Faith. The Precious Blood is the Life of my faith and the death of my sins. Saving faith is reliance, to trust, confide in, commit to, entrust with. I place my Trust solely in one glorious Person, The Lord Jesus Christ, who alone can redeem sinners. On the Incarnate Creator, I fix all my hope, the Substitutionary Sacrifice, the full perfect Blood Atonement of Christ is all my Confidence. Feed upon JESUS (His Incarnation, Atonement, Resurrection, Intercession), may your life be hid with Him, may you grow to be like Him, may your very life and conversation be Christ whom You consume by Faith, and He lives within you.

Faith is simply to have done with reliance upon myself, and in anything else, but JESUS, and to rest alone, my undivided confidence in Him, and what He has done for me. For only He is Worthy of all my confidence. I renounce and abjure all confidence in everything else, but the Finished Work of JESUS CHRIST, and come straight to HIM to be reconciled to the Holy Father. 

Renounce your imaginary goodness and deceitful self-righteousness. Faith reclines back upon Christ, giving up entirely to Him, bringing no works, efforts, merits or self-righteousness - Commit your Soul into the hands of Jesus, cast your Soul upon His eternal Merit and the Atoning Blood of the Great Redeemer of Calvary. Just fall back into His loving everlasting arms, trust entirely to HIM, and let Christ save you from your sins. 

From top to bottom, beginning to end, let JESUS be your Savior. If you are helpless, lost, ruined, guilty, undone, then go straight to JESUS for all your Soul's needs. Make His Wounds your only Shelter, make His Blood your only Plea, make His Righteousness your only Refuge, Make Him your only Confidence. I am a wretched mendicant with nothing of my own, undeserving and hell-deserving; I look to Christ for everything my Soul needs here in time and in Eternity. Fresh Faith in the Precious Blood is always safe; have no confidence in the flesh, for the flesh profiteth nothing. 

This is the way to plead plainly: Lord Jesus, here am I, I am emptiness and guiltiness, I am the worst case, a glaring desperate case in need of your tender care. I have no merits at all, only my sins do I bring. My character is as bad as it can be. I plead for Mercy, not reward. I am awful need, I am a horrible sinner. I need your Righteousness, a new heart, a right spirit, a total change and makeover within me. I need everything You can provide me, for I am nothing but sin and misery through and through. Help me simply and only because I am very needy, and my need is Great. Freely pardon my iniquities, for they are more than the hairs of my head, and I have nothing to pay. My innumerable evils have surrounded me, my transgressions hold me captive, so that I am not able to break free, and my heart is in dire distress. There's no rest in my bones because of my sins; they are a heavy burden too heavy for me. My heart stinks and is corrupt because of my foolishness. My heart is filled with a loathsome disease called Sin, and there is no soundness in my soul. I submit my sin-sick Soul to your Precious Blood. No one but You can help me in my sinful condition. Never was there a case worse than mine. I confess, I need your Atonement for my sins. Help Thou me; Have mercy on my Soul. I yield myself completely into your hands, please operate on me. I cleave to Your words. I am hopelessly ruined and cannot help myself at all; I sincerely desire your Help, Pardon and Acceptance for your Name's sake. I admit: I have a very deep problem within me called Sin, which I can never fix. Have pity on me, Lord Jesus, I call upon You now in my distress, I receive You, Please be my Salvation and my Strong Habitation. 

Saturday, August 3, 2024

THE SACRIFICE OF HIMSELF

The LORD JESUS CHRIST, God manifest in the flesh, appeared to put away my sins forever by the spotless sacrifice of Himself on Calvary's Cross. The Sacrifice is the Lamb of God Himself, the Altar is the Cross, the Atonement is His PRECIOUS BLOOD. He offered Himself for me; He loved me, and gave Himself for me. Now, I live by the Faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me. Human sin is only pardoned through a sinless bloody sacrifice. Adam's sin had to be atoned for by a sinless animal's blood. Substitution is the very core of the Gospel. The Lord Jesus Christ stood in my place, and made a bloody Sacrifice of Himself, poured out His own life's blood, and all by Himself purged all my sins forever. 

The GREAT SACRIFICE OF THE LAMB OF GOD: His virgin birth, sinless life, the agony and bloody sweat and betrayal in Gethsemane; the binding of His innocent hands; the false accusations of the Spotless Lamb; the scourging and crown of thorns; the shame and spitting; the nailing to the Tree; the lifting of the Cross; hanging naked publicly; numbered with the transgressor; the reviling and mockery of the howling mob; the trauma and burning fever; the parching thirst; being a made a Curse for my sins; bearing my sins in His own body; becoming Sin itself; forsaken by the Holy Father; laying down His life for me; bleeding His Life away in my place. 

If you are seeking Peace with God today, you will only find Light in the darkness in The Lamb of God at the Cross. This is where Christ Jesus made Himself the Sacrifice for all human sin. Consider Him and trust to His Substitutionary Bloody Death. JEHOVAH made JESUS to be Sin for me, though JESUS never knew any Sin, that I might be made the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in HIM. He poured out His innocent Blood and loved me to death, so I would not face the eternal Vengeance due to my sins against God. I am the LORD'S purchased possession: purchased by His own Blood.

Here's Who you need immediately: The Atonement by the Bloody Sacrifice of the Lamb of God, EMMANUEL HIMSELF. Atonement by the Bloody Death of the Substitute Victim in Whom God is well pleased. How could you ever dare to bring your own righteousness or religiousness, and try to associated your filthy rags with the Son of God's Blood and Righteousness? 

I am cursed with the most loathsome disease within me called SIN. The gracious working of the Holy Spirit in my conscience and heart has enabled me to sense and fathom the enormity and evil of my sins. The Sacrifice for my sins was CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF, not prayers, good works, penance, incense or candles. The Lord Jesus gave up His spirit, soul, and body for sinful me. He poured out His Soul unto Death. He gave up Himself up willingly and freely to the death that the Punishment due to my sins might be taken away forever. 

The very center of the Bible is the Cross; the center of the Cross is the Lamb of God; and the Center of the Lamb of God is His PRECIOUS BLOOD that flowed freely from His own heart for your damnable sins. Don't miss it: The center of the Target, the BULLSEYE, is the ATONEMENT. The central thought is the PRECIOUS BLOOD, the central truth is the GOSPEL, the central Person is CHRIST JESUS. I preach Christ Crucified to save sinners from the wrath to come. He is the Saviour, the Sacrifice, the Substitute, the Atonement, the Surety, the Head, the sinner's Friend, the LORD of Glory, the Prince of Life. JESUS is the Light for the blind, gladness for the despairing, grace for the guilty. All beggars, wretches and condemned criminals are invited to come immediately to the LAMB OF GOD for Rest and Forgiveness.

I trust and glory only in JESUS' Atoning Sacrifice; I always put Him to the front, and Magnify His PRECIOUS BLOOD beyond everything. I only give the Precious Lamb of God the Preeminence. The Holy Father is fully satisfied with Christ; therefore, you should be fully satisfied with Christ too, for only then will the Holy Father be satisfied with you. God the Father is no respecter of persons, especially you; but He does fully Respect His well beloved Son. JESUS kept the Law perfectly all through His life here on Earth. For my sins were laid upon the Son of God by the Holy Father, who offered Himself to Divine Justice the complete Satisfaction, that is PROPITIATION. And now, the Holy Father is able to be eternally Merciful and Just for JESUS' sake. Free pardon, full forgiveness, gracious acceptance into God's favor and family for the worst and vilest sinners. 

Dwell on this thought - The Sacrifice of HIMSELF for your rotten sins. Now, Remember Who JESUS Is: God over All, Blessed Forever, JEHOVAH manifested in human flesh, The Maker of all universes, but He humbled Himself and offered up Himself without spot to God. Behold the infinite Righteousness and Sufferings in His Atoning Sacrifice for the worst and vilest of sinners, even me. The agony and Joy of Victory over sin and Satan was displayed openly at the Cross; JESUS triumphed victoriously over all darkness and sin on the Cross. The ATONEMENT was made by Emmanuel giving up His very self to put away human sins. I trust in the Infinite Savior to put away my sins.

JEHOVAH, The Great I AM, dwelt among us, and suffered, bled, died in my place, and rose from the dead according to the Scriptures. My heart believes in HIM and HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD, and rests in perfect peace. My soul on this Fact lives, my Soul on this MAN relies. The most guilty, heavy laden sinner can enter Eternity and approach JEHOVAH safely through His ATONEMENT. The Lord Jesus Christ once appeared to put away my sins, sanctifying and perfecting me in the sight of God forever. 

Just a Kindly Reminder: You or I cannot add anything to His Perfect ATONEMENT. JESUS has put away my sins finally, totally, eternally THROUGH HIS BLOOD. It is now Impossible to ever find my sins, they can never return to my account, for I am fully clear before the LAW for Jesus' sake, my sins have ceased to be, my sins have been washed away forever in His PRECIOUS BLOOD. I never had to help JESUS out to put away my sins. Nothing of mine is needed, for His ATONEMENT is Perfect in the eyes of the Holy Father. Believe and trust in Jesus now, partake freely of His ATONEMENT. Rest assured, my sins' penalty was fully endured by my REDEEMER. The PRECIOUS BLOOD of Christ is the universal cure, the divine remedy, the cure of all your heart's evil diseases, the wonder drug, the perfect solution, the cure for any soul's ailment. 

But how can I enjoy this forgiveness of sins and blessedness of peace with God? Not by any of your feelings or works. Do not dishonor the perfect finished work, ATONEMENT, of Christ Jesus. The only test is this: Are you finally done with any insane idea of helping to put away your owns sins? Are you willing that JESUS must have the whole, sole, entire Glory of putting your sins away from sight of God? Will you give up confidence in everything but Christ Himself? Will you RELY entirely and heartily upon His BLOOD ATONEMENT? This is the Test.

Be wise: Do not provoke the fierce anger of God by breaking His laws then on top of that, rejecting His dear Son, who loved you to death. In a word, your problem is this: You intentionally will not come to JESUS that ye might have Life. May the Holy Spirit help you come to your sober senses: Trust your Soul into the hands that were nailed to the Cross for your sins. Trust your Soul to the Love of the very Heart that was pierced with a spear to pay for your iniquities and transgressions. 

JESUS is only Savior for your Soul to trust to, and if you deliberately reject HIM, there's ZERO hope for you, and yet, you continue to neglect and reject the only REMEDY for your deadly sin problem. The simplest thing in all the world for you to do today is to trust Christ Himself to save your Soul, yet you Refuse to do this very simple thing. You have death grip on your own righteousness, or your own religious religiousness, or your own darling sins. You live in wicked Unbelief of the most glorious Truth, that God Himself ever revealed to sinful man. 

Your lost soul remains in a dreadful condition without Christ, willfully sitting in darkness, shutting your to the LIGHT, avoiding the Remedy. As long as you remain in your natural sinful state, you are certainly Lost as can be. You should trust in JESUS at once and not delay, yet you've being delaying for months and years. Be wise now: Flee to JESUS for Refuge, Shelter, Rest, and Safety from the wrath that is surely coming upon your sins.