John 16
12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Matthew 4
1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
John 5
v.18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father;
19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.
20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. ******
30 I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
36 But I have a greater witness than John’s; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
John 6
44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’[e]Therefore everyone who has heard and learned[f] from the Father comes to Me.
63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. 65 And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”
Matthew 6:13
...For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
John 12
v.44 Then Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me. 45 And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.
49 For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.
50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.”
John 5:44 How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?
1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
John 5
v.18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father;
19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.
20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. ******
30 I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
36 But I have a greater witness than John’s; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
John 6
44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’[e]Therefore everyone who has heard and learned[f] from the Father comes to Me.
63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. 65 And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”
Matthew 6:13
...For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
John 12
v.44 Then Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me. 45 And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.
49 For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.
50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.”
John 5:44 How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?
I call out to My sheep, and they hear my voice and come.
No one come to Me, except by the Father who draws them.
I will perfect the work in you until the Day of Jesus Christ.
We are given free will.
It is our own choice to ask Him into our lives.
Some of us are just camping out in the valley.
He will guide you through all trials and tribulation.
Seek- you will find, ask- and it will be given, knock- and it will be opened to you.
No one come to Me, except by the Father who draws them.
I will perfect the work in you until the Day of Jesus Christ.
We are given free will.
It is our own choice to ask Him into our lives.
Some of us are just camping out in the valley.
He will guide you through all trials and tribulation.
Seek- you will find, ask- and it will be given, knock- and it will be opened to you.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
"Forgive them, for they know not what they do"
"Forgive them, for they know not what they do"
Interesting verse, eh?
The tough question to ask is: Is the Lord Jesus Christ forgiving them? He does not say, I forgive you for what you have done.
Perhaps, as things happen to us that we do not like, we too can say: "Forgive them, for they know not what they do". In this, we are forgiving them and handing our scenario to the Lord to let Him judge them according to their ways.
Now the Lord had experience every type of temptation. He knows what we go through. He did, if I may say, understand the human flesh and how weak it truly is.
You will not inherit the Kingdom of God, except through the Lord Jesus Christ. Those who do not receive Him as Savior will not enter into the Kingdom of God.
It is very hardening to understand how many people will not enter into God's Kingdom. They are, in fact, a creation of God. God truly does Love them. He instructs us to Love you enemies and to pray for them.
One other tough question is: Where will hell be when the New Heaven and Earth are put in place??? The book of Revelation speaks of the Lake of Fire, but does not say much about it other than that those whom Christ says "I did not know you", and are thrown into the Lake of Fire.
It is my prayer that everyone, whom is a creation of God, makes it into Heaven. But, the bible talks about our names written in the Book of Life as well.
The bottom line perhaps (in my own wisdom) is that: The Lord is continually open to receive everyone that invites Him into their lives. So, a tough question is: Is the Lord going to give them another opportunity to receive Him at the time of Judgement? However, contrary to the Word of God; of which I desire to yield to.
But there is MUCH Mystery that God is withholding from us. In the book of 3 John 2:13-14 I had many things to write, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and in; but I hope to see you shortly, and we shall speak face to face. SOOOO, there is much more that the Lord wants to share w/ us...
Interesting verse, eh?
The tough question to ask is: Is the Lord Jesus Christ forgiving them? He does not say, I forgive you for what you have done.
Perhaps, as things happen to us that we do not like, we too can say: "Forgive them, for they know not what they do". In this, we are forgiving them and handing our scenario to the Lord to let Him judge them according to their ways.
Now the Lord had experience every type of temptation. He knows what we go through. He did, if I may say, understand the human flesh and how weak it truly is.
You will not inherit the Kingdom of God, except through the Lord Jesus Christ. Those who do not receive Him as Savior will not enter into the Kingdom of God.
It is very hardening to understand how many people will not enter into God's Kingdom. They are, in fact, a creation of God. God truly does Love them. He instructs us to Love you enemies and to pray for them.
One other tough question is: Where will hell be when the New Heaven and Earth are put in place??? The book of Revelation speaks of the Lake of Fire, but does not say much about it other than that those whom Christ says "I did not know you", and are thrown into the Lake of Fire.
It is my prayer that everyone, whom is a creation of God, makes it into Heaven. But, the bible talks about our names written in the Book of Life as well.
The bottom line perhaps (in my own wisdom) is that: The Lord is continually open to receive everyone that invites Him into their lives. So, a tough question is: Is the Lord going to give them another opportunity to receive Him at the time of Judgement? However, contrary to the Word of God; of which I desire to yield to.
But there is MUCH Mystery that God is withholding from us. In the book of 3 John 2:13-14 I had many things to write, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and in; but I hope to see you shortly, and we shall speak face to face. SOOOO, there is much more that the Lord wants to share w/ us...
Trust
Is trust something that is earned???
In the story of the Prodigal son, it is apparent that it was not. The father seen him far away, and the father ran to him with love, mercy and grace; receiving him even before he arrived.
Trust in the Lord your God. How can we say that His trust is earned??? That would just be wrong... but, perhaps, He continually shows that He wants us, calls out to us. As we wander in our own destruction, we often leave Him and the trust we have in Him when things do not go our way. This is the human falter in our flesh, this also could be known as the 'thorn in our flesh'.
It is almost as if He trusts us to answer His call and go back to Him... repenting and asking for forgiveness. Though, as often as we reject Him, He STILL holds no grudge against us and continually shares His Love for us.
The Lord assuredly knows what we go through; He has gone through immense trial in the wilderness for 40 DAYS!!! I do not know what He went through... but, I am sure
Its as if... if God did not trust His Son to go into the world; He may have not sent Him. This is just pure speculation that does not hold any order. But, may I look at this... knowing that if God puts me through faith-building trials- He 'IS' trusting me to endure the trial to the end. But, we can only pass this trial only when we keep our trust in Him.
But, when we fall and leave Him in our own desires, we gain resentment, bitterness, unforgiveness and anger. But, how do we get back to trusting Him according to His ways??? I think by His mercy and grace. He IS 'LOVE'!!! But, it is only when He shows us or ministers to us in a fashion that we simply cannot turn down or away from. He is continually calling out to us when we wander.
There is a start contrast- AND PERHAPS THE LARGEST CONTRAST- between the flesh and Holiness. Though, we live in the flesh, we do our best to conform ourselves to His image;
So, as I look at my wife and I... there has been a lack of trust; and for me, lost any trace of trust in her. Is it still fare for me to say that I 'forgive' her? Perhaps, I have forgiven her in the fact that I have entrusted all that has happened to my Savior. Let go of the resentment, bitterness that I burdened for a period of time, and, our of faith, have forgiven her.
But, my dilemma is... if God Will is to reconcile us as one, I am unable at time to fully receive her back. Why??? I do not trust her. Is it because I do not want to have anything to do w/ her until she surrenders her life fully to Jesus? Could this very well be a judgement that I am holding against her?
Now, certain things have had to come to pass to get to this point. At one point, I did not fully understand what was going to happen to us. I had basically written her off, as well as our marriage and was moving on with my life; taking care of my well-being and moving forward, not relying on the past; as the Lord say 'do not dwell on the past'.
But, as God has revealed revelation in what is to come; ref: the book of Philemon. I am dealing with the notion that I have already set my path for divorce. But, I guess I gotta let that go in order to receive her- not grudgingly, but lovingly and voluntarily. So, as I wonder how I can do so, it is relatively difficult. And the problem is that I have lost the trust that I had in her; BUT, is this something that... in my human flesh, that is typically earned??? Many of people have said that trust is earned.
Never-the-less, my ways are not His ways, my thoughts are not His thoughts...
So, this is my prayer that, by faith I can receive her back just as my Lord receives her back- with thanksgiving and praise. Huh, just as the book of Philemon.
In the story of the Prodigal son, it is apparent that it was not. The father seen him far away, and the father ran to him with love, mercy and grace; receiving him even before he arrived.
Trust in the Lord your God. How can we say that His trust is earned??? That would just be wrong... but, perhaps, He continually shows that He wants us, calls out to us. As we wander in our own destruction, we often leave Him and the trust we have in Him when things do not go our way. This is the human falter in our flesh, this also could be known as the 'thorn in our flesh'.
It is almost as if He trusts us to answer His call and go back to Him... repenting and asking for forgiveness. Though, as often as we reject Him, He STILL holds no grudge against us and continually shares His Love for us.
The Lord assuredly knows what we go through; He has gone through immense trial in the wilderness for 40 DAYS!!! I do not know what He went through... but, I am sure
Its as if... if God did not trust His Son to go into the world; He may have not sent Him. This is just pure speculation that does not hold any order. But, may I look at this... knowing that if God puts me through faith-building trials- He 'IS' trusting me to endure the trial to the end. But, we can only pass this trial only when we keep our trust in Him.
But, when we fall and leave Him in our own desires, we gain resentment, bitterness, unforgiveness and anger. But, how do we get back to trusting Him according to His ways??? I think by His mercy and grace. He IS 'LOVE'!!! But, it is only when He shows us or ministers to us in a fashion that we simply cannot turn down or away from. He is continually calling out to us when we wander.
There is a start contrast- AND PERHAPS THE LARGEST CONTRAST- between the flesh and Holiness. Though, we live in the flesh, we do our best to conform ourselves to His image;
So, as I look at my wife and I... there has been a lack of trust; and for me, lost any trace of trust in her. Is it still fare for me to say that I 'forgive' her? Perhaps, I have forgiven her in the fact that I have entrusted all that has happened to my Savior. Let go of the resentment, bitterness that I burdened for a period of time, and, our of faith, have forgiven her.
But, my dilemma is... if God Will is to reconcile us as one, I am unable at time to fully receive her back. Why??? I do not trust her. Is it because I do not want to have anything to do w/ her until she surrenders her life fully to Jesus? Could this very well be a judgement that I am holding against her?
Now, certain things have had to come to pass to get to this point. At one point, I did not fully understand what was going to happen to us. I had basically written her off, as well as our marriage and was moving on with my life; taking care of my well-being and moving forward, not relying on the past; as the Lord say 'do not dwell on the past'.
But, as God has revealed revelation in what is to come; ref: the book of Philemon. I am dealing with the notion that I have already set my path for divorce. But, I guess I gotta let that go in order to receive her- not grudgingly, but lovingly and voluntarily. So, as I wonder how I can do so, it is relatively difficult. And the problem is that I have lost the trust that I had in her; BUT, is this something that... in my human flesh, that is typically earned??? Many of people have said that trust is earned.
Never-the-less, my ways are not His ways, my thoughts are not His thoughts...
So, this is my prayer that, by faith I can receive her back just as my Lord receives her back- with thanksgiving and praise. Huh, just as the book of Philemon.
Monday, April 19, 2010
What does God actually do for us and how???
What is the 'CORE' that is behind what God does in our lives? That is the question. I am gonna let you think about that one for a while.
God is......... LOVE. So, my question to you is..... what is LOVE???
Love is........ the WILL of God. Soooooo, what is the 'WILL' of God???
God is in control of His invention, His creation. Only He is the One that knows how everything works- He makes it work. It is not mere physics as perceived by man. What makes acid burn? What contracts my lungs so that I could receive oxygen? What gives a seed wings to glide to its final destination. God has invented and created the earth, as well as those whom has pasted away, those living and those that are to come. It is very confounding in my fleshly wisdom, to know that God created 'YOU'.... 'B-E-F-O-R-E' He created the earth. And, yes, our days are numbered here in this 1st heaven.
How does the trees know when to grow pussy willows??? How do the birds in their migration know where to go??? As I have watched the documentary show on the Discovery Channel called "Life", the thing that is revealed to me is the complexity of God's creations- many I have seen that I could not have imagined myself. These things are incredible! What fun it must have been for God to invent millions of creatures- many of which are not even catalogued by man to this day!
But... 'WHAT' gives these things existence??? LIFE.
What is 'LIFE'??? Who gives it???
God is the giver of Life, the Author of Life. Only He is the One that giveth and taketh away. He is the Supreme Authority in what is... the 1st Heaven.... the 2nd Heaven.... and the 3rd Heaven; That is.... the earthly atmosphere.... the outer space.... and the Heaven where God is- the True Heaven.
What about the earth? The earth belongs and is ruled by the Prince of the earth- Satan. It is true, that the enemy can only do what He is allowed by God. But, let me get back on subject...
God is Love; the Pruner, the Restorer, the Builder, gives us Guidance, gives us desires, compassion, grace, mercy, duties. All on earth is done for His Glory, for Him, by Him- and allowed by Him.
ALLOWED BY HIM??? Yes, He is the giver of life. He allows trials and tribulations to happen in our lives. But who sets forth the trials and tribulations? That is done by our adversary- satan. The most glorious thing about this, AND YES IT IS GLORIOUS, is that the Lord our God gives us a 'get out of jail' card- meaning that He gives us a way to get through our divine trials that we go through and He delivers... us... from the grasp of the enemy.
I can testify many of times where I have been delivered. That is not to say that I have not rejected my trust in the Lord. In fact, I have rejected Him many of times... and so have you- knowing or not knowingly.
Peter rejected Jesus 3 times.... 3 TIMES! All probably in about 30 seconds!
The enemy will try and derail the believers in Him, to draw away the attention and trust in His Holiness- this work of the enemy will make us weary. And often times when we get weary, we begin to sin- and that is what the devil wants and why God sent His only begotten Son, not to judge it- but to serve it... to save it.
At that point, we have gone into our fleshly desires in the attraction of the ways of this world. We are going to fail. We are going to fall. There was only One person that was Perfect. There was only One who defeated ALL trials. There was only One who conquered the grave. And we can be saved by His stripes in His Resurrecting Power. What is that Resurrecting Power?
The Resurrecting Power is the power, the notion that nothing can bind Him, nothing dragged Him down. Hmmmm, nothing dragged Him down- now that can be debatable....
Just before Jesus was going to turn Himself in, He said a prayer to God. In Mark 14:32 Then they came to a place which was named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed. 34 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.”
Even He faced perhaps the greatest threat of temptation; not wanting to abide in drinking of the bitter cup. He said a prayer: 35 He went a little farther, and fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him. 36 And He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me;
He prayed that He could not face what was going to happen to Him after He turned Himself in. And you would think......... THAT WHAT EVER THE LORD DID HERE WAS DEVINE. That even His prayers could be answered. But, no. He relinquished and let go of that prayer as He continued to say in verse 36: nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.”
Hmmm, a prayer that God did not honor. A prayer, that God may have never heard. This is very confounding again. There is no sin in God. He is the purest authority, we cannot comprehend His INTENSITY. The Intensity of God is soooo powerful, that not EVEN the angels can look at Him. So there is no wrong in God. There is only the WILL of God. And God is going to do what ever He wants- and He does. He does not need our suggestions in how to run things. Our ways are not His Ways.
Lets look at 1 John 5:14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
He hears us. Is it possible that God did not even hear Jesus' prayer to take the bitter cup away??? Wouldn't that be going against the WIll of God??? Wheeeeew, Yeah, that's something eh? That is deep and needs much meditation. Hmmmm, the Lord did come in the flesh. The flesh is weak. He did not come on His own Authority. Imagine that... God sent His Son to be in the flesh. When Jesus came and was born out of Mary's womb, He gave up everything or was not allowed to take His Eminent powers or Holiness w/ Him. And of what purpose would it have been if He was absolutely pure in Holiness when He went into the wilderness for 40 days to face much temptation??? He came in the FLESH!!! He became weary as He walked, He became hungry, He became angry (but for purpose). Deep people.... DEEEEEEEEEEEEP.
Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. - This indicates that we CAN make REQUESTS be made known to God. Hmmmm, but it does not say to make your fleshly desires know to God. This scripture can say that we should look and pray for the Will of God and not what we desire. For Paul wrote to the Philippians:
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.
Paul states in v.9 - saw in me, these do. Paul was an Apostle. His portion was given according to His faith; that is to say that he was very in tune w/ the inspiration of the Holy Spirit; he had a very close relationship w/ the Lord and did exactly as he was told, just as Jesus did what God instructed Him to do. Paul knew the limitless God, there were no boundaries, no hinderances that would fully separate him from God. And that is no different with us. We too can have a limitless empowerment, but only through the Lord Jesus Christ.
As we seek His Mystery, God is behind EVERYTHING that is to happen here on earth. True, there is a surplus of evil things that happen in this world that often hurts us. And I may say that the enemy has put those who practice sin in bondage. They do have his veil covering their eyes. This statement is pretty BOLD, and may not be received very well. God will turn them over to their own desires as well. We all make our own choices.
We are very much like lost sheep in these times when we wander away from Christ, that is not because He does not care for us... but, we can be drawn away by the craftiness of the adversary.
John 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
When we are wandering in our flesh, Christ will call out to us because He values us. And if we value Him, we will return. We will have to repent of our sins.
Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
He is a Loving Lord our Savior; He corrects us. He teaches us. He thickens our Armor of God that we should don everyday. He s-a-v-e-s us.
*** Just below is a link of some comments that I have regarding what was written ***
God is......... LOVE. So, my question to you is..... what is LOVE???
Love is........ the WILL of God. Soooooo, what is the 'WILL' of God???
God is in control of His invention, His creation. Only He is the One that knows how everything works- He makes it work. It is not mere physics as perceived by man. What makes acid burn? What contracts my lungs so that I could receive oxygen? What gives a seed wings to glide to its final destination. God has invented and created the earth, as well as those whom has pasted away, those living and those that are to come. It is very confounding in my fleshly wisdom, to know that God created 'YOU'.... 'B-E-F-O-R-E' He created the earth. And, yes, our days are numbered here in this 1st heaven.
How does the trees know when to grow pussy willows??? How do the birds in their migration know where to go??? As I have watched the documentary show on the Discovery Channel called "Life", the thing that is revealed to me is the complexity of God's creations- many I have seen that I could not have imagined myself. These things are incredible! What fun it must have been for God to invent millions of creatures- many of which are not even catalogued by man to this day!
But... 'WHAT' gives these things existence??? LIFE.
What is 'LIFE'??? Who gives it???
God is the giver of Life, the Author of Life. Only He is the One that giveth and taketh away. He is the Supreme Authority in what is... the 1st Heaven.... the 2nd Heaven.... and the 3rd Heaven; That is.... the earthly atmosphere.... the outer space.... and the Heaven where God is- the True Heaven.
What about the earth? The earth belongs and is ruled by the Prince of the earth- Satan. It is true, that the enemy can only do what He is allowed by God. But, let me get back on subject...
God is Love; the Pruner, the Restorer, the Builder, gives us Guidance, gives us desires, compassion, grace, mercy, duties. All on earth is done for His Glory, for Him, by Him- and allowed by Him.
ALLOWED BY HIM??? Yes, He is the giver of life. He allows trials and tribulations to happen in our lives. But who sets forth the trials and tribulations? That is done by our adversary- satan. The most glorious thing about this, AND YES IT IS GLORIOUS, is that the Lord our God gives us a 'get out of jail' card- meaning that He gives us a way to get through our divine trials that we go through and He delivers... us... from the grasp of the enemy.
I can testify many of times where I have been delivered. That is not to say that I have not rejected my trust in the Lord. In fact, I have rejected Him many of times... and so have you- knowing or not knowingly.
Peter rejected Jesus 3 times.... 3 TIMES! All probably in about 30 seconds!
The enemy will try and derail the believers in Him, to draw away the attention and trust in His Holiness- this work of the enemy will make us weary. And often times when we get weary, we begin to sin- and that is what the devil wants and why God sent His only begotten Son, not to judge it- but to serve it... to save it.
At that point, we have gone into our fleshly desires in the attraction of the ways of this world. We are going to fail. We are going to fall. There was only One person that was Perfect. There was only One who defeated ALL trials. There was only One who conquered the grave. And we can be saved by His stripes in His Resurrecting Power. What is that Resurrecting Power?
The Resurrecting Power is the power, the notion that nothing can bind Him, nothing dragged Him down. Hmmmm, nothing dragged Him down- now that can be debatable....
Just before Jesus was going to turn Himself in, He said a prayer to God. In Mark 14:32 Then they came to a place which was named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed. 34 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.”
Even He faced perhaps the greatest threat of temptation; not wanting to abide in drinking of the bitter cup. He said a prayer: 35 He went a little farther, and fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him. 36 And He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me;
He prayed that He could not face what was going to happen to Him after He turned Himself in. And you would think......... THAT WHAT EVER THE LORD DID HERE WAS DEVINE. That even His prayers could be answered. But, no. He relinquished and let go of that prayer as He continued to say in verse 36: nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.”
Hmmm, a prayer that God did not honor. A prayer, that God may have never heard. This is very confounding again. There is no sin in God. He is the purest authority, we cannot comprehend His INTENSITY. The Intensity of God is soooo powerful, that not EVEN the angels can look at Him. So there is no wrong in God. There is only the WILL of God. And God is going to do what ever He wants- and He does. He does not need our suggestions in how to run things. Our ways are not His Ways.
Lets look at 1 John 5:14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
He hears us. Is it possible that God did not even hear Jesus' prayer to take the bitter cup away??? Wouldn't that be going against the WIll of God??? Wheeeeew, Yeah, that's something eh? That is deep and needs much meditation. Hmmmm, the Lord did come in the flesh. The flesh is weak. He did not come on His own Authority. Imagine that... God sent His Son to be in the flesh. When Jesus came and was born out of Mary's womb, He gave up everything or was not allowed to take His Eminent powers or Holiness w/ Him. And of what purpose would it have been if He was absolutely pure in Holiness when He went into the wilderness for 40 days to face much temptation??? He came in the FLESH!!! He became weary as He walked, He became hungry, He became angry (but for purpose). Deep people.... DEEEEEEEEEEEEP.
Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. - This indicates that we CAN make REQUESTS be made known to God. Hmmmm, but it does not say to make your fleshly desires know to God. This scripture can say that we should look and pray for the Will of God and not what we desire. For Paul wrote to the Philippians:
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.
Paul states in v.9 - saw in me, these do. Paul was an Apostle. His portion was given according to His faith; that is to say that he was very in tune w/ the inspiration of the Holy Spirit; he had a very close relationship w/ the Lord and did exactly as he was told, just as Jesus did what God instructed Him to do. Paul knew the limitless God, there were no boundaries, no hinderances that would fully separate him from God. And that is no different with us. We too can have a limitless empowerment, but only through the Lord Jesus Christ.
As we seek His Mystery, God is behind EVERYTHING that is to happen here on earth. True, there is a surplus of evil things that happen in this world that often hurts us. And I may say that the enemy has put those who practice sin in bondage. They do have his veil covering their eyes. This statement is pretty BOLD, and may not be received very well. God will turn them over to their own desires as well. We all make our own choices.
We are very much like lost sheep in these times when we wander away from Christ, that is not because He does not care for us... but, we can be drawn away by the craftiness of the adversary.
John 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
When we are wandering in our flesh, Christ will call out to us because He values us. And if we value Him, we will return. We will have to repent of our sins.
Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
He is a Loving Lord our Savior; He corrects us. He teaches us. He thickens our Armor of God that we should don everyday. He s-a-v-e-s us.
*** Just below is a link of some comments that I have regarding what was written ***
Saturday, April 17, 2010
They shall run and not be weary
Isaiah 40:28-99 (New King James Version)
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary (keep this verse for later). His understanding... is u-n-s-e-a-r-c-h-a-b-l-e (you cannot find it).
He gives! He gives! He gives! power to the weak (thats us, if you claim that you can stand on your own- you are foolin' yourself).
And to those who have 'NO' might... He increases! He increases!... He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary. (They are strong, full of energy, compared to those of older age. BUT, they shall faint and be weary!)
And the young men shall utterly fall. (Even the greatest of athletes, who have toned their muscles, who go through cardio exercises- who try and achieve top shape so they can compete..... but they shall 'UTTERY' fall. Not just fall- but 'UTTERLY FALL!--- these great athletes).
But................ those who 'wait' on the LORD (wait for something, 'EXPECT' something from the Lord, for those that wait for the bus... you know its coming.... when it is not there on time, what do you do.... keep waiting for it to come. At one point in my growth, I would go through trials- sometimes I would UTTERLY fall, sometimes, I would patiently wait out the storm- of which, you may go all the way through the storm to the very end. But, if you wait and seek Him, He will send you a message..... why He put you through that trial) ------ But, those who wait on the LORD----SHALL renew their strength.
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The Apostle Paul in the book of 2 Timothy 4:14-17 was under great stress from Alexander:
14Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm ( in this chapter, Paul was scrambling for help/reinforcements). The Lord will repay him for what he has done. 15You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message.
16At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them.
((((((((((((((Lets back up to verse 9..... 9Do your best to come to me quickly, 10for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. 11Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry. 12I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. 13When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.))))))))))).
(lets continue in verse in 17 in 2 Timothy) 17But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth.
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They shall mount up with wings like eagles (We will rise above this situation), They shall run AND NOT BE WEARY, They shall walk AND NOT FAINT.
In the Trinity, being... God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit- all are equal, but they do have their own duties. God can be referred to as "The Will".... The Will of God. The Son is our Savior, only though Him can we be reconciled to God, only though Him can we enter into the Kingdom of God..... He is much like our attorney for us before God, petitioning on our behalf before God- protecting us from 'God's Wrath'. Let's look in John 5, verse 22 ---Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,.
But, WHO delivers His Will to us??? By the Power of the Holy Spirit. God the Holy Spirit..... delivers and places--- desires/actions/burdens upon us. But, how do we hear Him??? We must deny ourselves, our actions, our thoughts.......BECAUSE, the flesh is WEAK. We need to focus on the thoughts He provides us. This is just an introduction of how God desires to USE US and how He administers His Will to us.... or how He desires to STRENGTHEN US..... when we UTTERLY FALL.
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary (keep this verse for later). His understanding... is u-n-s-e-a-r-c-h-a-b-l-e (you cannot find it).
He gives! He gives! He gives! power to the weak (thats us, if you claim that you can stand on your own- you are foolin' yourself).
And to those who have 'NO' might... He increases! He increases!... He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary. (They are strong, full of energy, compared to those of older age. BUT, they shall faint and be weary!)
And the young men shall utterly fall. (Even the greatest of athletes, who have toned their muscles, who go through cardio exercises- who try and achieve top shape so they can compete..... but they shall 'UTTERY' fall. Not just fall- but 'UTTERLY FALL!--- these great athletes).
But................ those who 'wait' on the LORD (wait for something, 'EXPECT' something from the Lord, for those that wait for the bus... you know its coming.... when it is not there on time, what do you do.... keep waiting for it to come. At one point in my growth, I would go through trials- sometimes I would UTTERLY fall, sometimes, I would patiently wait out the storm- of which, you may go all the way through the storm to the very end. But, if you wait and seek Him, He will send you a message..... why He put you through that trial) ------ But, those who wait on the LORD----SHALL renew their strength.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
The Apostle Paul in the book of 2 Timothy 4:14-17 was under great stress from Alexander:
14Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm ( in this chapter, Paul was scrambling for help/reinforcements). The Lord will repay him for what he has done. 15You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message.
16At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them.
((((((((((((((Lets back up to verse 9..... 9Do your best to come to me quickly, 10for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. 11Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry. 12I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. 13When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.))))))))))).
(lets continue in verse in 17 in 2 Timothy) 17But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth.
______________________________________________________________________________________________
They shall mount up with wings like eagles (We will rise above this situation), They shall run AND NOT BE WEARY, They shall walk AND NOT FAINT.
In the Trinity, being... God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit- all are equal, but they do have their own duties. God can be referred to as "The Will".... The Will of God. The Son is our Savior, only though Him can we be reconciled to God, only though Him can we enter into the Kingdom of God..... He is much like our attorney for us before God, petitioning on our behalf before God- protecting us from 'God's Wrath'. Let's look in John 5, verse 22 ---Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,.
But, WHO delivers His Will to us??? By the Power of the Holy Spirit. God the Holy Spirit..... delivers and places--- desires/actions/burdens upon us. But, how do we hear Him??? We must deny ourselves, our actions, our thoughts.......BECAUSE, the flesh is WEAK. We need to focus on the thoughts He provides us. This is just an introduction of how God desires to USE US and how He administers His Will to us.... or how He desires to STRENGTHEN US..... when we UTTERLY FALL.
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