Monthly Archives: December 2014

The Words

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http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/official-russia-plotting-to-start-war-on-israel/ If you don’t know about Biblical prophecy concerning Russia’s involvement with Israel, then please take a few minutes to read Ezekiel 38 &39 and ask your pastor about Gog/Magog.

Having just crossed the point of no return we long for sight of shore, but still have not come to grips with meters truth.  What then shall we tell our children of a tomorrow that does not exist within the scope of probability?  We have denied, ignored and chuckled as each warning indicated future’s folly, our guiding light.  What poor choices remain in the realm of suggestion, hoping desperately for the arrival of some charismatic leader to save us from a certain destiny, perhaps?  What then does the Bible suggest will be given us, a proud generation, wicked, lacking reason, faith or miracle?  Certainly, we shall be given exactly that for which we have rallied, cheered and demanded, independence from God, in the moment when we can least withstand His absence.

That which is yet to come for the purpose of fortifying our faith God has foretold.  Would it puzzle you to see that I worry not for the future of humanity?  To me there is no unknown, I am not at the mercy of that nebulous, chaotic realm of what is yet to come, to me God has made all things clear.  You see we have been praying for so long, “Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven”, without remembering in faith that God answers prayer.  His will is what comes next, for we have through negligence, ignorance and disobedience forgotten to seek God’s wisdom and counsel and thus face a future full of earned consequence for self service.  Yes, rejoice for the harvest approaches and the gathering of souls will be immeasurable, but also mourn for those whose time is shortly come in realizing eternal separation from God.  Lord, I cannot imagine my mind ever being free of that painful thought of my friends and family alike having missed the opportunity to choose eternity.  Forgive us Father, lead us to the protection of Your Righteous Shadow.

Jesus repeated that this wicked generation would be given no sign but that which was shown Jonah.  In review what did Jonah know about the future?  Jonah knew that God was going to judge a particular segment of humanity, a group of people that Jonah loathed, an undeserving nation, that God would see saved from His wrath.  The only sign that Nineveh was given was the Word of God delivered by a reluctant prophet, bidding them repent immediately, fasting in humility and beg God for pardon or they would soon be judged.

How is our circumstance any different?  Would the prophet Jonah look upon America with love and intercessory prayer or would he consider us a wicked, disobedient nation, guilty and deserved of God’s wrath?  If we are honest in our analysis and evaluation we can come to no other conclusion than we are the people of Nineveh who have only one choice left, repent and seeks God’s face in humility and prayer or face certain, imminent, inevitable judgment forthwith.  Toward the purpose of providing content amenable to those who do not count America’s behavior equivalent to Nineveh.  I then must ask you to place yourself in Jonah’s sandals for one moment.  Which country/nation do you abhor, for their wickedness, their unconscionable actions or their departure from Divine guidance?  Which country do you dislike so much in your own judgment that you would disobey God’s direction to warn them of certain judgment?  Then accept God’s command to go now and warn them for this is our charge as Christians.

For those who have ears to hear let them hear what the spirit says to the churches.  For them who will hear, repent and pray there is forgiveness, salvation and everlasting life with God found only in the Name of Jesus Christ the King.  We will be given no sign other than the Word that God gave to Jonah.  I pray that we head those words right now for the future is certainly upon us.

Having set a course that leads to abandon, we can now only hang on to face the rogue waves of our certain future or immediately, authentically and humbly appeal to the mercies of God’s Grace.  The choice remains, set adrift for eternity or attached to God, the Rock of Ages who does not waver, fail, fade or change.  We ought not seek the face of a worldly charismatic leader to bring us out of our self-imposed spiral, for this world will be given just such a leader who is the spirit of antichrist.  That foul, indwelt man will be given dominion over the Earth to usher in God’s judgment to produce nothing but the war, pestilence, famine and death reserved for the wicked.  Oh but glory be to God on high, that in His everlasting mercy this Earth shall be delivered from this unholy spirit and returned to the Righteous Hand of a Holy, Almighty and Powerful God who will rule in justice, strength and Righteousness forever and forever, Amen.  Come soon Lord Jesus, but if You may please tarry a bit, so that we might tell those who will hear of Your Glory, that they too might be saved.

The price

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What is worth the living?  When we have turned our backs in despair to achievement of our dreams what then arises from the mist calling us to life?  What small child, what imagined day, what hope of light beckons us live to the full?  Is it freedom, an ideal, a family legacy spurning, burning, churning within the internal furnace driving you on to mercy, peace and pleasure?  If not these then what oath brings you back up right each time you feel lost?  What energy spurs you on through the thicket, or fire, fast and forest to reach what end?

How much is the blood and spirit of each person worth?  Is any price worth the loss of one life for dream’s accomplished?  Is not this life the only real thing I have to give though even that is often beyond our control?  What then did God breathe life into each of us if not for the robust living?  There is no waste in life, too many circles depending on systems fed by other economies, recycling the energies, compounds from waste product to living.  How then could any of us be of little to no value when we are part of the grand dance called life?  Partnered with some to challenge us onward, others to breed caution in our step, still more to funnel and fan the fires of our everlasting spirit.  What then of love, when it comes and tears at our hearts knowing fully that this life is impermanent, so each of us loses at some point only to gain treasured memories?

Is not the eternal life of our families something worth striving toward?  Are we to simply breed then chase then die all to naught but ash?  Thinking in reason is the servitude of man, pestering us to analysis of the simplest emotion.  Why then can we not comprehend the elegance, the Majesty, the Truth and the Relevance of Almighty God if not for veiling, shadowing, hidden memories and resistant senses?  He has removed their capacity to understand and believe so that they may be turned over to the creation of their disjointed imagination with an internal urge to maintain persona by convincing everyone to play along.  If I cannot uphold shadow then I must admit the light and truth, nakedness, infirmity is wholly revealed.

Dream and live this life to reach the ladder’s highest rung.  Call out loudly to your Master for provision, protection, continued breath and hope.  There are none of us born to unimportance, especially those lacking monetary accomplishment for they may possess troves of Spirit and Faith beyond reckoning.  Live this life for something worthy of giving everything, then it will have been well lived.  Choose and never lose.  If I may pray for your encouragement, health, wisdom, joy and hope I would count it an honor to do so.  This is life for me.  Jesus be praised in all His Glory.

Bullet points from the Book of James

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  • Endurance through testing produces perfect qualities.
  • Ask for wisdom which is liberally given by God to them who ask in faith not in wavering doubt.
  • Enjoy the glory of being poor in finances for the prosperity of the rich passes as the life of a beautiful flower.  Death makes all men equal.  Receive the crown of life as evidence of your love for God by resisting the call of temptation.
  • God does not tempt, each man is tempted by his own lusts, which allowed to entice will become sin which brings forth death.
  • Be diligent and remember that all blessings come from God who does not change nor does He share in evil.
  • Control yourself for anger reflects not His righteousness.
  • Saved by the word we should put away our wicked ways.
  • Don’t deceive yourself in self-proclaimed piety for the doing of the Word indicates belief and subsequent blessing.
  • If self piety includes an uncontrolled tongue you have been doubly deceived.
  • A person will stay true if they take care of the widows and orphans while remaining free of worldly corruption.
  • Faith in God is the only wealth.
  • Love all equally, regardless of wealth or status to honor God and avoid sinful judgment.
  • Judgment is shown harshly to those who have not mercy.
  • The demons believe in one God, how different is your belief if you have no works as demonstration of your perfected faith?
  • Spirit fills the body with life, works give life to faith.
  • The teacher that stumbles endangers others, teaching ought not be undertaken lightly for fear of greater judgment.
  • The tongue tells the truth within ones heart.  The tongue may not be controlled by the flesh for it possesses all manner of evil, yet is used to bless God.
  • Wisdom is demonstrated through gentle works steeped in its uses.
  • Jealousy and ambition are not Godly motivations.
  • The peacemaker will sow in righteousness those things born of the wisdom from heaven.
  • Wars and squabbles are born of our lusts.
  • We receive no blessing or answer to prayer because our requests are made in fulfillment of lusts.
  • Friends of the world are God’s enemies.
  • Grace is meant and freely given to the humble, while God resists the proud.
  • Obey God and resist the devil and you will be free of him.
  • Sinners should cleanse their hands and doubters purify their hearts.
  • Weep over your woeful position and in your humility God will lift you up.
  • Do not speak ill of Brothers for judgment is not our authority but God’s alone.
  • Do God’s will after consulting God.
  • Self aggrandizement is evil.
  • If you know God’s will and don’t do it this is sin.
  • The wicked have received their worldly pleasure that will fade, rust and be eaten by moths.
  • You have lived an easy life and in so doing participated in the condemnation and voluntary death of Christ upon the Cross.
  • Wait upon the coming of the Lord, do not lose heart in today’s despair.
  • The prophets endured through patience in God’s unfolding plan for humanity and we consider them blessed for doing so.
  • Don’t swear, say yes or no and mean it, thus avoid being counted among the hypocrites.
  • If you are ill ask the elders for anointed prayer for healing and/or forgiveness and it will be granted by God.
  • Confess to each other and pray.
  • A righteous man may accomplish much through fervent prayer.
  • Those who turn back sinners to truth from sin should know that they have saved a soul from death and covered many sins.

Father forgive me if I have improperly portrayed any of Your thoughts.  Let me only speak that which is correct and right in Your eyes.  Let us be healed through the knowledge of Your Word and the forgiveness of our sins.  Thank you Lord Jesus.

Filled

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Fill my heart with forgiveness, love and focus upon the righteous things of God.  There is only so much space in our hearts and minds for the inconsequential emotions and frustrations of this world.  Anger, bitterness and despair, rob me of the space necessary to see the harvest of God’s planting, growth and change within.  I don’t want to remember the horrible things that have happened to me throughout this life.  I have no time to contemplate my anger and reserved grudges for the people who have betrayed me in the past.  As with most things in this life the catalyst is “choice”, choosing to let go of those things that consume, instead deciding to concentrate on those aspects of life which generate positive affect.  Do not mistake that I have in any way been able to accomplish this “house cleaning” via my own efforts, that work must be attributed to the Lord’s Healing Hand in my life.  However, as with any surrender I had to choose to give up, give in, throw my hands up, throw the cupboards of my life wide open for the Lord’s Cleansing.

I rejoice that I have been set free of the bondage of negative emotions and memories.  They no longer clog my thinking, eroding or sapping my energy as I now contemplate only the productive subjects of life.  What is gained by my concentration upon past hurts, unless it is reflection upon the wound in order to let the Doctor in to heal them?  I used to believe and perhaps you share this thinking that I somehow punished those who hurt me by concentrating upon their betrayal and either banishing them from my life or continually holding them accountable for historical misbehavior.  This is falsehood perpetrated by ignorant flesh and the enemy, for it instead relegates believers to hardship, despair, lost relationships and diminished joy.  These are not the facets of victorious living.  Fill your heart with forgiveness and be set free.

Is there evidence of the sealing and indwelling of the Holy Spirit in my life?  Do I exhibit unusual patience, forgiveness, long suffering, kindness, gentleness and peace in circumstances that call for loss of control?  To what thinking have I aligned my life and heart?  Am I concentrating on all the righteous, pure, holy, graceful and kind things of Christ’s reflection or do I remain a captive of the loss in my past?  What has become of my heart?  Has this change been inhibited by my own unwillingness to choose life, forgiveness and peace?  Do I truly wish to be set free through the Grace of God or have I chosen to remain imprisoned by the ill will of the past?  The choice is mine, be filled with Spirit and forgive or become increasingly more bitter as my poisonous past festers, clogging my memory, growth, mind and heart.

Lord Jesus, cleanse me, wash over me, cut all my bonds and set me free.  Fill me with Your Holy Spirit so that I might reflect Your Heart.  Thank you.

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/love-worth-finding/player/the-freedom-of-forgiveness-437704.html  A greatly used and anointed man of God, the late Adrian Rogers.

Indomitable

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What is it in the indomitable spirit of man that we can take a truly bad day and decide to turn it around?  It is not what we’ve dreamed it to be, but a man or woman filled with true joy can make the best in the worst of circumstances.  What makes people go on through circumstances that would defeat most?  Why is it the same people who end up making it through difficulty after difficulty, whilst others choose to quit at some point determining the road too tough to navigate or task to arduous to complete?  What is it in the spirit of a man/woman that makes them the leaders in every environment?  What is this “will to live” which is the basis for the bulk of American novels, that overcoming spirit endemic to the desire to discover, succeed and outlast any obstacle?  Is there a commonality between these people and if so what is the tie which binds them?

What makes people “go on” through the dark of night, the horrors of battle and the quest to establish new lands?  Do people with the indomitable capacity possess hope that guides them passed potential defeatism or is hope somehow granted them because of learned and difficult empirical circumstance?  What about those who succumb the world through tyranny, coveting all lands before them,  persecuting everyone whom stands in their path to conquest?  Is theirs an equal hope, although born of desire to control?  Is victory through conquest the same indomitable spirit that indwells those that stand in the face of certain defeat, proclaiming victory?  What of those who have been used by God throughout history to shape borders, nations and outcomes, having been blessed simply by the Plan of God?

Perhaps the difference is the origin of their desire to overcome and their fulfillment when the obstacles were dissolved.  Alexander the Great was grand reflection of this concept as he notably wept when there were no more lands to conquer.  He had historically defeated every known enemy to the point where there was literally no one left to fight against.  Conversely, for those who overcome arguably insurmountable obstacles there is nothing left but residual joy beyond that moment of victory.  Perhaps they will miss the struggle in some sense, as many have done, because it brought out their greatest energy, but it is not the same remorse felt by those who have conquered everyone in their path through covetousness.  Points for reflection, at the age of thirty-three, Alexander the Great apparently died of swamp fever near Baghdad attempting to reconstruct the historic tower of Babel in fabled Babylon, modern day Iraq.  Perhaps having no more men to battle against he turned his sights upon God, foolishly believing himself adequate to such conquest?  I doubt he was filled with joy as his health and life languished at the hand of an unseen feverish enemy.

Do you know of anyone who is filled with joy even in their worst moments on this planet?  Perhaps you will spend some time and inquire as to their reasoning.  What buoys the spirit in the face of tragedy, causing some to overcome and others to give up?  For me it has always been Christ.  Certainly I have possessed a unique capacity to find that reserve energy/capacity to rise above circumstance and taste victory, but before Christ the victories were always shallow, empty and purposeless.  When I felt His indwelling Spirit I knew that there was a reason for me to overcome, His Plan for my life and for humanity.  I knew for good that my continued struggle for something beyond my own desire for conquest and that my previous competitive war with humanity and with God was over.  My joy was completed by Christ’s acceptance, forgiveness and faithfulness.  The reason for my joy is Christ and the purpose of my joy is my fellow man, to encourage, support, love and point them toward Christ.  Hope is not the thing that allows me conquer this world my hope is “He” who has already conquered this world.

Praise God for everlasting Joy, found only in Christ Jesus.

There yet?

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My sin earned me nothing but death.  I coveted no lasting relationships, enhancements, allegiances, improvements or trust.  Nothing good ever came from any of my sins, except that it made me eligible for Christ’s offer of forgiveness, redemption to God and eternal life.  If by my acceptance of that forgiveness and pardon for my “sentence”, I agree to live an entirely different life, as a new man, what then are the implications if I continue on the same sinful path sans course correction?  What then does it say about my belief in that sacrifice if I lack obedience to direction or evidence of belief?  Does it diminish Christ’s surrender to God’s Hand of Judgment or perhaps does it nullify my access to aforementioned absolution?  If I truly believe that my sin earned me a death sentence, and I truly believe that Christ sacrificed His perfect life as ransom for my crime, would I not demonstrate requisite evidence of said belief via transformation through my future actions?  Have I determined to remain earning nothing for my continued sin, remaining in my original position?  Or have I been transformed into a new man, freed of the sentence for which I received pardon?  What is the price for backsliding, is it perhaps nil and only effectively mentioned to increase financial deposits or renewed vigor in service missions?  These submissions remain inconsistent with the warnings of Jude, James, Paul and other Apostles as to the costs of falling away from faith.

Does my imagination count?  Paul said that none of us can comprehend what awaits us through Grace in Glory.  I imagine that Adam had significant authority as he was tasked with naming all the animals and tending God’s creation in the garden.  My mind causes me to speculate if he even had the capacity to communicate and direct the animals.  What then are we to do in our tasks for the Lord throughout eternity?  Am I to be placed in charge of gardens on many planets, tending God’s creation as we were once originally intended?  You see Paul’s comments sponsor this type of grand speculation.  What does await us in eternity?  The Lord has always had purpose and intention for each of our lives, shall eternity be different?  In His plan I have always had a job to perform that fulfilled my spirit and utilized my specific talent for His Good Glory.  What then shall be my purpose in God’s New Heaven and New Earth.  I certainly do not wish to be sitting around strumming a harp, sitting on a cloud counting millennia, unless of course that is the job God has planned for me.  What then am I living for in this short but important life?  Am I looking forward to my place in eternity or am I attempting to capture legacy and glory on the practice field, before even entering the commencement of the “real” game?

Does what I do here in some measure limit the spectrum of options available throughout my place in eternity?  I won’t comment on that but I believe you may find evidence to support this concept, crowns, mansions, contact with God, etc.  I do not live for the accolades of glory but I know that we serve a God who loves us and remembers our fealty.  Spending eternity with God is enough for me, but I also know that He has always had a plan for this life, I have to assume He has one for the next.  Paraphrase from Proverbs; It is the nature of God to conceal a thing and the nature of kings to figure it out.  I delight in what God has waiting for us in heaven, I rejoice in the comfort that I will spend eternity with the faithful, free of sin, intimately acquainted with God.  That is what keeps me going through the storm, knowing that He has this all figured out and that somehow I am part of the winning team.  Rejoice in God through salvation in Christ Jesus.  Find joy and peace in kinship to Christ.  We have won by His victory over sin and death on the cross.  Rejoice, I say rejoice.  Thank you Jesus.

Simple

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Do I feel inadequate having not been chosen by God as a hero of Biblical proportions? Lacking eloquence, charisma, talent and treasure, do I feel diminished having been relegated to a position of “simply” telling the good news at every opportunity?  Where is my self worth derived?  Is it thinly designed, emerging from the impressions, passions and insubstantial dimensions of a worldly man?  Do I truly crave attention enough to allow the enemy in conversation to convince me that being a disciple of Christ is anything less than glorious?  In a discussion with several “elders” of the Mormon faith who came to my door, they were dumbfounded when I challenged their belief that we are all gods, by asking them, “what if I just want to be a simple man serving a righteous God”?, “what if I do not want to be God, does that eliminate me for consideration in your quest to reach heaven”?

I have a job for Christ, planting the seed of God’s Word into every bit of soil I encounter.  I did not make the seed, invent the creativity of the seed, manufacture its capacity to produce life, and growth and harvest.  I did not breathe my life into the seed, encoding its DNA with characteristics beyond statistical understanding.  I did not allow myself, educate myself or prepare myself for planting, having earned documentation that certifies my “authority” to go on planting seeds.  I simply listened, obeyed and improved my understanding of good farming techniques, carrying water and inviting colleagues in Christ to bring their fertilizer to support those seeds I have planted.  Do I wish to be a hero of Biblical proportion?  I have the same answer that I gave when confronted with the Mormon belief that we are gods.  I do not want the responsibility that comes along with being a hero, I simply want to love people in such a way that they want to meet and form a relationship with God.  That is my definition of success.

God knew before the beginning of creation that satan would rebel and yet He still chose to create him.  What does that tell you about the God that we serve?  Would you create an enemy to your divine purpose, having foreknowledge of the struggle, devastation and chaos that enemy would perpetrate?  This is the God we serve, who has confidence in His own Glory, Grace and Love.  The enemy has lost because principalities lack at their inception and intention that required measure to overcome, Love.  I love bringing people to the Cross where they may meet Jesus and become acquainted with their Creator, being indwelt by His Spirit.  I love the Lord for what He has done for each of us, that which by all rights He could have righteously foregone.  I love people and continue to be surprised by their capacity to rise above this world through Christ and demonstrate our resemblance to God.  Lord thank you for making me a simple man, following Your Plan, and allowing me to see immediate results of my efficacy for Your Kingdom.

 

Well lived, well loved.

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Former military members know that the enemy never tracks, attacks or reacts to assets that pose no threat.  If you are being barraged, harassed or assaulted by enemy attacks you should count yourself fortunate.  If you are a believer the enemy must have permission to attack you, without it you stand impervious under the protective hedge of God’s security.  So, if enemy arrows are finding purchase in your life then God has allowed this either to alert you to enemy footholds in your life thereby strengthening your resistance or to chasten you so that you return to the Lord in humility requesting assistance.  We are commanded to stand in the face of enemy attack, our feet firmly rooted in the courage and confidence upon the Lord’s Faithfulness.  If I never receive any attacks then I will neither fully comprehend the Lord’s perpetual coverage over my life nor will my courage and resolve ever be sharpened, expanded and improved.  Praise God He is faithful to complete the work He once began in my life.

This leads me to a frightening observation.  If you aren’t receiving enemy attacks then there is cause for concern.  Either, the enemy has no fear of the Holy Spirit working for His Glory through your life or you have quenched the sanctification of the Holy Spirit to the point where you are no longer being sharpened by the Lord’s Hand of discipline.  Our churches should collectively be called to alert by the absence of enemy attacks upon its parishioners.  Complacency is the greatest enemy of a willing saint.  Satan has convinced humanity, including Christians that comfort, peace and lack of conflict in this lifetime is our greatest, achievable “success”.

All those out there who have experience serving in the military know this to be false.  We understand that diligence requires constant training, for perfection is not a destination it is a process.  I look at myself in the mirror and I still weep for the work left to be done in my own heart.  How can I ever accept complacency when I know that I fall so short of God’s Glorious intention for my life?  I am not saying that I prescribe to a doctrine of works for I fully understand that God looks at me and sees Christ’s righteousness, but I also know that I am still here in this short lifetime, therefore I clearly have not finished the work for which God created me.

His sanctification in my life will be done when I face those eyes of fire and have to give an accounting for this life, not before.  As Paul stated we should run this race as if we intend to win, not just place or show.  I am not perfect, but if my intention is to be like Jesus, then that is the plateau to which I am dedicated.  Nothing short of His likeness should be acceptable for any of us, therefore I welcome suffering for Christ, with Christ and understand that the enemy’s presence in my life is indicative of God’s involvement in His process of my ongoing perfection.  I am at peace and know that the Lord is my God and “all things are worked together for the good of God’s Will” for I love God and walk according to His purpose.  God’s plan is Glorious is it not?  Praise Him and welcome His chastisement for it is the only guarantee to a life well lived.

For those Brothers and Sisters who have resolved themselves to the comforts of God’s continued monetary bounty I say “tremble”, for the Lord is not a God of debauchery, laziness and contentment.  The battle rages and even now we enter the greater fray.  The time of harvest approaches and for those found doing the work when the master returns I say, thank you for your obedience and demonstrated Love of God.  For those, and you know who you are, who sit in the pews, piously self-proclaiming your innocence I say “Awake” for the Kingdom is at hand.  I pray for workers for the harvest and that all those who have tasted Grace remember the value that has been placed upon them.  Live worthy of God’s sacrifice, stand and face the enemy in battle clothed with the armor of God.  Praise God that He gave us His Son for our eternal salvation and redemption to God.  Let us acknowledge the depth of such a gift with humility, surrender and service of our Righteous King.

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Cautiously prepared

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A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.  Matthew 16:4

As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.  Luke 11:29 NIV

But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;  Matthew 12:39

http://lovestthoume.com/FeedMySheep/UntowardGeneration.html

http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=20547

Let us for a moment remember the circumstances and try to see through the eyes of Lot as he beheld the unrepentant wickedness of his friends in Sodom and Gomorrah.  The Bible says that Lot was a righteous man, yet the angels were sent to sternly warn him of God’s coming judgment and that he must flee to save the lives of his family.  What on earth could have caused Lot to remain, living in fellowship with pure wickedness?  Do any of us believe that a righteous man could remain in the midst of wickedness and not be polluted, poisoned or effected?  We want to be tolerant, we want to stay our judgment, hoping and praying that this world will find repentance and belief, but if we are also to remain in the wise counsel of God we must remain apart from that social tolerance and cohabitation with wickedness.  Are we standing in Lot’s sandals right now?

The sermon’s links above, given by Greg Gordon are scathing are they not?  Yet, they tell the truth of nations, generations and societal erosion leading to our current circumstance where wickedness deliberately seeks to corrupt or contort all innocence.  The innocent are under attack by powers and principalities of wickedness.  Youth, cannot escape salacious images while simply walking the halls of education.  The pure are bombarded by the persistent cries of “tolerance” of every sinful act, while the simple pious acts of the pure are disallowed.  We sit in our comfortable seats of hypocrisy not realizing that our cohabitation with the world has counted among the wicked in census.  How is it possible, even in the slightest manner that we have become new creatures yet continue to commit the same sins that led us to repent in our first encounters with Christ?

Are we that wicked generation demanding a sign from God, calling us to purity?  We shall not receive a sign, we only receive the words of prophets repeating Christ’s call to readiness of saints.  Simple Question; why did Jesus repeat parables of readiness, demanding that “believer’s” have oil in the lamps unless there is an implied negative judgment for those who fail to listen to His multiple warnings?  He was not telling these parables to unbelievers because He had already established that He used parables so that only those with ears to hear would understand.  These warnings are for believers who know the truth but failed to obey that truth.  My greatest fear for the Church is the same fear I have felt myself hearing those words from the Lord Jesus, “Depart from me you doers of iniquity, I know you not”.

Brothers and Sisters, we will not be given a sign, we all agree that we live in the “time of Noah” or the “time of Lot” as Jesus indicated would occur in the last days.  If you feel safe and secure in your church walls yet you and your church families fail to do the work to prepare for harvest, then you should awake for the Kingdom of God is upon us.  If you pass judgment on those around you then go home to commit wickedness and unrighteous acts in the eyes of God, then you should fear His wrath, for it is upon this wicked generation.  If you are surrounded by wickedness, seeking to corrupt your children in its unholy desire to corrupt the innocent then flee for God’s judgment imminently follows.  Do not expect that angels shall be sent to warn you of God’s impending wrath, for we shall not be given any other sign then the one of Jonah.  Repent or face the wrath of God.

Holy Father, awake our hearts and minds to the truth of our era.  Lead hearts to You with Your Holy Voice so that they might be saved a day and time of Your imminent wrath.  Father let us not tolerate the corruption and corrosive voice of inclusive wickedness, preached by this wicked generation.  Snatch us from the field of Your coming judgment.  Awake Church, Body of Christ, Bride to the Bridegroom of Heaven, Christ Jesus, soon to return for the faithful.  If you do not feel called to do the work that has been prepared for us since the beginning of time then you should be concerned for your eternal spirit, for “Many are called but few are chosen”.  Matthew 22:14    In Jesus, Holy Name I thank you Lord for drawing us to a salvation we could not find on our own.

That seed

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A doubting man proclaimed to me that he couldn’t see inside the mystery as everything he’d heard of God made him stop and wonder why?  He had listened with ears you see, but all the time he couldn’t see, the glory in the story when Jesus chose to die.  This thinking man wracked his brain to the point of having mental pain but the depths of his analysis produced insufficient clues.  He looked for evidence in science and fact, yet never thought of how to react to the simplicity implicit to the Gospel News.

It is just so hard to see the light when all you’ve known is darkest night, when everything you’ve learned on faith had to be bought or sold.

So hard to let go of pride when logic, passion and evidence collide, forcing you to rethink every thing you believed or had been told.

This young man looked me in the face as if I were born in outer space, I could see the moorings of his ship were floating free from dockside.  His eyes were clear and he pretended to hear as the door to his dilemma suddenly flung open wide.  He reached inside his reserve of words, all that escaped were bats and birds, leaving him no alternative but to run and hide.  But he was caught as the truth was wrought and the universe revealed as I began to wield the Word of the Lord.  His shoes were stuck and his mind was sparked, his resistance had been locked and parked as I told him everything about my God that I’ve adored.

I did my job as a hired hand and planted the seed there in the sand, knowing that the Father would sprout to growth and flower.

That young man has been set free by the Lord of Lords who chose to use me as the vessel of His loving kindness through everlasting power.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/12/07/249256_suspected-israeli-war-jets-strike.html?sp=/99/117/&rh=1  Israel apparently has made good on their declared prohibition of the advanced Russian Missile System begin deployed in Damascus, Syria.  Read Ezekiel 38 and 39 and Isaiah 17, be educated on how all of this fits into Bible Prophecy.