LOVE the LORD YOUR GOD with all your mind, body, and soul

Israel went a whoring after other gods, which made her an adultress.  When our time of testing and trial comes will you and I be able to withstand the TEST of faithfulness.

Will we stand against the beast and his harlot through the temptation, even to our death?

Deut 9: 2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and [of whom] thou hast heard [say], Who can stand before the children of Anak!

Rev 13: 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who [is] like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

Be STRONG BODY OF CHRIST, for in FAITHFULL HE will be with you!!!!

Deut 31: 6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Don't fall into the same temptation that Israel did. Don't be TEMPTED or seduced by this whore, for she will call you to IDOLS, and the LORD will turn HIS back,  and you will suffer with those of the "BABYALONIAN WHORE."

Deut 31: 16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go [to be] among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

Judges 2: 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; [but] they did not so.

Judges 2:19  And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, [that] they returned, and corrupted [themselves] more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

Judges 2: 22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep [it], or not.

Judges 2: 23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

REV 18: 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

Coming OUT of the false church system is ONLY the beginning brothers and sisters. Make certain you are HEARING the voice of the shepard.  AMEN

The HARLOT of Revelations and the QUEEN of HEAVEN.

I know what the TRADITIONAL thought has always been about the HARLOT of Revelation.

I have heard the same old STORY a thousand times. And it is BECAUSE of that TRADITIONAL THOUGHT many CONSISTENTLY look at the CHURCH, the VATICAN, and the JEWS to fulfill that Role of the HARLOT.. It does not mean that she CAN"T be any of these but that is NOT the FULL TEST of who the HARLOT is.  

SEE POST" " the Woman of Revelation"

Please Please BODY OF CHRIST, consider this PRAYERFULLY and CAREFULLY before the LORD.

I am seeking to tell all of you,  be VERY careful where you hang your hat, as to the identification of the HARLOT. that you be not DECEIVED or BETRAYED. It is very important that we keep our eyes OPEN to the HOLY SPIRIT'S leading on this. For many are going to be DECEIVED and find themselves in a place of SUFFERING, because they DESIRE to hold onto TRADITIONAL THOUGHTS and DOCTRINES.

The HARLOT Of REVELATION:

She is a HARLOT,  it is her profession and occupation, the kind of works that she performs.

SHE IS “The PROSTITUTE/WHORE/ HARLOT “of BABYLON”

She is a part of ANOTHER KINGDOM.

A HARLOT can be an adulteress

But to be a HARLOT does not mean one is an ADULTERESS or UNFAITHFUL.to GOD.

One is not UNFAITHFUL, if they were NEVER with GOD in the first place.

This HARLOT in Revelations isn’t unfaithful to her god, for her father is the devil. 

She is performing the WORKS of the satan/devil.

She is Working for enemy. She is an occult prostitute.

She is the ONE that ISRAEL went A WHORING AFTER:

She is equivalent to the QUEEN of HEAVEN spoken of in Jeremiah 7: 18

Judges 2: 11-15 And the children of ISRAEL did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served BAALIM.

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Harlotry and prostitution was commonly practiced in both the NEW Testament times and OLD Testament.

If we could imagine how difficult it was for ‘woman’ of that time to be single or destitute, we could understand how easy it was for one to become a HARLOT, WHORE or PROSITUTE.

GOD FORBIDE HIS people to participate in such practices.  That is one of the reason the LAWS were so strict about putting away a wife or daughter.

Israel got in trouble all the time because they were “PLAYING THE HARLOT”

Playing the HARLOT is what one DOES or PRACITICES, being an ADULTRESS is what one IS.

In its simpliest form.

ISRAEL was prostituting/whoring themselves to PAGAN nations for there “GOODS and TRADE”, which is an ABOMINATION to GOD.

It is a lot like calling the OUTSIDE WORLD infidels, and coming into practice with them.

Deut 23: 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore (2181), or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.

EZ 16: 41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.

This is the GREEK WORD used in REVELATION:

 GREEK WORD:  4204

 a woman who sells her body for sexual uses

a) a prostitute, a harlot, one who yields herself to defilement for the sake of gain

b) any woman indulging in unlawful sexual intercourse, whether for gain or for lust

2) metaph. an idolatress

a) of "Babylon" i.e. Rome, the chief seat of idolatry

WAS RAHAB anything other than a WHORE/ HARLOT?

James 2: 25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot⁴²⁰⁴ justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way?

1 Cort 6: 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot⁴²⁰⁴ is one body? for two, saith he , shall be one flesh.

If one JOINS to the HARLOT one is JOINED to the WORLD.

Joshua  2: 1

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there,

Rahab lived with her family, she was not married until later.  THROUGH her FAITH she became an ADOPTED SOUL of the KINGDOM OF GOD.

Blessings donna and PLEASE consider this very carefullly.

Just to give you some insight here is a portion of the Vision:

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She is the beautiful side of evil!!!

REV 18


She is a woman that is very enticing, very seductive. Holding her hand out calling to the people. "COME and share my bed" and I will offer you my GOODS, Her goods and merchandise surround her: IE pearls, jewels, gold, silver, foods, and delicies

MANY seemingly WILL not or WOULD not refuse or resist her, for she had GREAT GOODS, and merchandise that they "WANT, DESIRE and LUST " after them, and some merely out of NEED of wheat, cinnamon, meats,  went to her willingly etc.

The problem with that was... That must take her MARK that is UPON her HEAD to get these goods..

"BABYLON" was her mark, and she is of the SPIRIT of the Anti-Christ

REV 17: 5 And upon her forehead was a NAME WRITTEN,
"MYSTERY BABYLON the GREAT"

Healing and Deliverance

GOD is GOOD GOD is GREAT!!!


Going to SEEK to be brief. This is my OFFERING this Morning. I pray that you will take it to the LORD in meditation and consideration.


I wanted to share something this morning that I Believe is “very important” for the HEALING and DELIVERANCE of the BODY of CHRIST.

How many times have you HEARD this statement in my post..

"REPENTANCE is about HEALING!!!" HEARING FROM the LORD, that we may live in the abundance of HIS BLESSINGS, both physically and spiritually. Not to be ashamed of, but to be in the PURSUIT OF HIM and HIS IMAGE.

Honestly I believe, We have the wrong concept about REPENTANCE, the FOCUS from a GODLY prospective isn't about being WRONG, but being HEALED.

That is WHAT SALVATION IS.. HEALING.

First, I believe that OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST “DESIRES” are always GOOD for us, both SPIRITUALLY and PHYSICALLY.


HE DESIRES an INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP with each one of us. And HE does offer us BLESSINGS through OBEDIENCE, we inherent that through the PROMISE.


Sometimes I really wonder if PEOPLE REALLY BELIEVE that to be TRUE??


Satan is the FATHER of all lies, he is a deceiver, seeking whom he can devour.

I REALLY wish we would CAPTURE the TRUTH of that statement. IF only the LORD would open our eyes to this, I think many of us would be willing and ready to unify.


1. He seeks to STEAL the Blessings/physical and Spiritual from the BODY of CHRIST, 2. SEEKS to cause confusion, which disrupts the UNITY of the BODY of CHRIST



By these various methods of deceptions and lies, the BODY OF CHRIST is sick with infirmities, and spiritually desolate.

According to the Doctrines we hold to, determines HOW we live our life:

]Would you consider this example:


Satan went into the GARDEN OF EDEN, disguised as a snake, and he LIED and DECEIVED EVE, gave her a PORTION of TRUTH, mixed with a LIE. “That is FALSE DOCTRINE” usually a mixture of truth and a lie. OH he is crafty.


]What did it ultimately do to the LIVE of ADAM and EVE.



It caused SEPARATION, in the fellowship they had with GOD.

2. It caused PHYSICAL DEATH.



Seeking GOD’S TRUTH is about HEALING, DELIVERANCE from the LIES of SATAN. That we could LIVE in LIBERTY.


What do you really think it is about JUST BEING RIGHT??


It is about LIVING in the ABUNDANCE LIFE, and being IN FELLOWSHIP in that INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP with HIM. For HIS GLORY, that we can be LIGHT unto the WORLD. About a KINGDOM PEOPLE, living in UNITY, with good health, both spiritually and physically.


ACTS 4: 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.



OUR Foundation is JESUS CHRIST, HE is the CORNER STONE Of our FAITH.

However, we are also a TEMPLE, building upon that foundation with WALLS of DOCTRINE to LIVE by.


PRECEPTS upon PRECEPTS of HIS TRUTH for GODLY LIVING and the PURSUIT of HIM.


What we build OUR temple walls with will either be by GOD’S TRUTH or with the DECEPTIONS and LIES of SATAN.



We can CHOOSE to be SEEKERS of TRUTH, that GOD will bring the INCREASE to our KNOWLEDGE OF HIM, that we may live in the BLESSINGS of GOD, PHYSICALLY and SPIRITUALLY according to GOD’S precepts and principles.



Or WE can choose to walk in the deceptions and lies that satan has GAINED a FOOTHOLD into our lives and THE LORD HIMSELF will bring a MIGHTY wind and bring those WALLS of deceptions and lies down, leaving us in sorrow, suffering, pain, and despair. OUR HUMILITY will come now, or the LORD will have to FORCE it upon us in the wilderness.



]Ez 13: 10 [/size]Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and [there was] no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered [morter]:



EZ 13: 11 [/size]Say unto them which daub [it] with untempered [morter], that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend [it].



EZ 13: 14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered [morter], and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.



May you have a blessed day.

donna

A VISION/DREAM

All visions and dreams are not meant to be shared with the BODY, some are personal warnings an admonishments.

Personally I don't have a lot of "SPIRITUAL" significant dreams, but USUALLY when I do, I set up and take notice. This one I had TWO days ago, and I really am still in the DISCOVERY PHASE as to what it MEANT to my LIFE or the LIFE of the BODY.

This is ONE, I really felt like I should share this one..

I still have SUCH QUESTIONS as:

WHY now did the LORD send this vision?

What was the significance of the vision?

And HOW do I apply it to my understaning?

MANY questions that I do not have ANSWERS to



THE VISION: (I was dreaming already, but my dream was INTERRUPTED by this vision)

SUDDENLY I found myself: Standing before TWO WOMEN. I heard the LORD'S voice telling me to WRAP my arms around theses TWO women and CALL upon the HOLY SPIRIT.

Honestly, I know I felt rather strange in being obedident to this, "BECAUSE NO ONE" wants to do something and then find out that the HOLY SPIRIT didn't actually move. But.. I SAID "OK LORD, thy WiLL be done" at all cost.

When I wrapped my arms around the TWO ladies, a powerful WIND blew from behind me.. the HAIR on our heads and our clothing blew around in accordance with the wind.

Now here is the REALLY interesting part:

When I stepped back.

I could see the FACES of BOTH LADIES.

ONE LADY had great PEACE and JOY, I could see purity and cleansing had happen in her life etc.

The OTHER was angry, almost demonic looking. Disstored etc. SHE was ABSOLUTELY became RESISTANT to the SPIRIT.





I remember sharing a message of when "HOLY MEETS DARKNESS" what happens when the HOLY SPIRIT meets DARKNESS?

This dream HONESTLY SEEMINGLY was a VISION confirming that very message.

The one woman was REBELLIOUS and had RESISTED the HOLY SPIRIT in ABSOLUTE DISCUSS and anger.

NOT only RESISTING but was out and out.. angry and bitter, etc.

So I looked up the scriptures on RESISTING the HOLY SPIRIT and this is what I found.

SPEAKING of the LIFE of STEPHEN:



ACTS 6: 10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

concordance: SPIRIT

1) the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son

ACTS 6: 11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.

Now interesting they could NOT resist the HOLY SPIRIT, YET they sought to find Evidence against STEPHEN, saying that HE BLASPHMED the WORDS of MOSES?

Later to find out they were brought to absolute RAGE:

Acts 7: 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.

Acts 7: 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

ACTS 7: 58 And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

Anyone have any other insight to offer??

So what did it mean..

THEY were NOT able to "RESIST the SPIRIT" in ACTS 6: 10

and then in ACTS 7: 51 ye do always "RESIST the HOLY SPIRIT?"

Of course we know the story, ultimately in the END, they became enraged and NEVER "ACKNOWLEDGED the TRUTH of the GOSPEL"??

Thanks donna

This was the ORIGINAL WORD I shared a couple of years back:

PLEASE understand I am not SAYING WE are HOLY, I am speaking in terms of the HOLY SPIRIT confronting the DARKNESS.

The FATHER, the JESUS/WORD, and the HOLY SPIRIT always
agree.



When LIGHT (what is HOLY and PRECIOUS) MEETS darkness,darkness is “exposed”. And you will often see the manifestations of the
darkness rising up.



Men would prefer to often REMAIN in darkness.. Hey I don’t claim to be an exception, our FLESH is the one we most often battle.


John 1: 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.


John 3: 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.


The HOLY SPIRIT IS also a consuming FIRE, thus HE intends to burn off the dross, and to refine our thinking, and works under the COVENANT we have with GOD.


Heb 12: 28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear


Heb 12: 29 For our God [is] a consuming fire.


The HOLY SPIRIT convicts of sin, unrighteousness, reproves the world of sin and REVEALS what is HOLY of GOD.


John 16: 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:



John 15: 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:


Romans 1: 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness
of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

Now to the point..

I really want to share this because I “know” that in the upcoming days we are going to “SEE” more and more CONTENTIOUS SPIRITS. Because WHEN the HOLY SPIRIT meets what is UNHOLY/darkness the demonic that is either oppressing or possessing a person will RILE up to protect FALSE DOCTRINE.


WE must be prepared:


Just because something isn’t received in PEACE doesn’t mean it isn’t TRUTH. The Difference is the MALLEABILITY of the BELIEVER.


For when it is TRUTH/HOLY it convicts, and reproves sin. Generally, when a person is MAILABLE, humbled before the LORD, sin can be
REPENTED of and the PERSON is restored.

The LAST comment I would like to make on this is:

Though we don't always know or have FOREKNOWLEDGE of the OUT COME of what the HOLY SPIRIT is doing, I believe the KEY is to be OBEDIENT to the CALL.
IF DEATH COMES, like STEPHEN, then so be it..

IT Is apparent to me,, THAT STEPHEN'S pain was MOSTLY overcome by the HOLY SPIRIT within him, because HE was able to SEE INTO HEAVEN by the SPIRIT.

Well just thought I would share that with the BODY this morning..

LET us be FAITHFUL in the CALL, that we would be FOUND FAITHFUL SERVANTS and overcomers

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2 other things come to mind here: TWO things we should never forget!!

ONE, it truly is a SPIRITUAL BATTLE
SECOND: the response is because of the demonic.. LOVE the man, hate the evil.

Blessings donna

a TESTIMONY to JESUS CHRIST, MY LORD and KING.. cont.

JESUS the CHRIST was and is the “PROMISED MESSIAH” .



MESSIAH:


The word 'Messiah' comes from the Hebrew word ' Mashiach' in the Old Testament meaning 'anointed' and originally applied to the kings of Israel who were anointed with the holy oil. The word 'Messiah' also refers to the expected Prince of the Chosen who was to complete God's purposes, and to redeem them, and of whose coming, the prophets of the Old Covenant, spoke. He was the Messiah, 'The Anointed', consecrated as the King and Prophet by God's appointment. In the New Testament the word 'Messiah' is called 'Christos' in Greek or 'Christ' in English.





Though He was KNOWN by many names and titles, HIS TITLES or NAMES “individually” do not give a COMPLETE understanding  of who HE IS.



HIS PURPOSE: WAS and IS the REDEEMER and RESTORER of HIS CREATION.



HE CAME To PURCHASE a FALLEN WORLD, by through HIS REDEEMING BLOOD:.



That is the END SUMMARY of HIS REDEMPT IVE WORK.



The FINAL page of HIS WORK.



Cor 15: 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.



HE was PROPHECIED and TESTIFIED to, by the FATHER and the HOLY SPIRIT.



HONESTLY, IF ONE does not TRULY believe that is TRUTH, HE IS THE MESSIAH, with ALL their HEART, MIND and SOUL.



They are NONE OF HIS, and They will NEVER BE WILLING TO DIE for the “TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST”.



REV 12: 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.



You might as well, profess and confess, that you are MORMON, MUSLIM, BUDIST or a simple MORAL man/woman seeking to improve upon Creation.



JESUS CHRIST was OFTEN known by many TITLES and NAMES, most of which had to do with HIS WORK as the MESSIAH.



HOWEVER, THOSE that confessed that HE was as PROPHET, PRIEST, GOOD TEACHER etc.



DID NOT necessarily acknowledge HIM as the REDEEMER of CREATION, " THE MESSIAH"



JOHN 15: 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.



LET'S READ HIS CONVERSATION with HIS DISCIPLES:



Matt 16: 13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?



Matt 16: 14 And they said, Some [say that thou art] John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.



Matt 16: 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?



Matt 16: 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living .



PETER confessed that JESUS was not ONLY the "SON OF MAN" but that HE was ALSO, THE CHRIST/MESSIAH.



Matt 16: 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.





A GOOD time for an EXAMINATION:



THIS IS the PROFOUND MYSTERY:



ONLY through the HOLY SPIRIT, is ONE able to TRULY say that JESUS is the CHIRST/the MESSIAH/ LORD of LORD, KING OF KINGS.



1 Cor 12: 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and [that] no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.



LET us not deceive ourself, but be HONEST before GOD.



HE is the ONLY PATHWAY to the FATHER and ETERNAL LIFE:



MANY have and will turn away when told to EAT HIS BODY, DRINK of HIS BLOOD for their CONFESSION is NOT of the SPIRIT. NOT of the REBIRTH, NOT of the ABIDING postion in HIM.



John 6: 53 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.



(you have no LIVING SPIRIT, HOLY SPIRIT IN YOU, that can commit, or able to STAND in TRUTH.)



John 6: 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.



JOHN 6: 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with HIM.



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LET us WEEP and PRAY and find ANGUISH that the LORD will have MERCY upon our SOULS:



Deut 4: 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find [him], if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.



Matt 7: 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:



Luke 11: 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.



Psalms 51: 17 The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.



Pray the LORD will open our EYES and the EYES of our DEARLY BELOVED ONES to the “KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST”


IF ONE can not HOLD to the FAITH in JESUS THE CHRIST, the GOSPEL, then the FOUNDATION is build upon something else, and ALL will come TUMBLING down when tested and tried.



AMEN



Blessings donna

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A TESTIMONY to JESUS CHRIST, MY LORD, MY KING, and MY SAVIOR

According to MARK.


Mark 1: 1 The beginning of the gospel of JESUS CHRIST, the SON of GOD.

notes from my bible:

The GOSPEL here refers not to the Whole book but to the content of the early Christian proclamation, which in turn centers on A Person. JESUS is his given name: CHRIST is both a name and HIS old testament TITLE. The SON Of GOD.

MARK 1: 1- 7

JOHN THE BAPTIST:

Mark 1: 2 As it is WRITTEN in the PROPHETS:
Behold , I SEND my messenger (JOHN) BEFORE thy face, which shall PREPARE THY (JESUS) way before THEE.

Mark 1: 3 The VOICE of ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS "PATH STRAIGHT"

MARK 4 JOHN did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the "BAPTISM of REPENTANCE" for the remission of sins.

NOTES from my bible:
John breaks a centuries-long prophetic silence in Israel. Other JEWISH groups PRACTICED RITUAL water cleansing, but JOHN CALLED ALL ISRAEL to REPENT.

HERE are my thoughts on these 4 passages:

1. John did BAPTIZED with Water, however the WATER BAPTISM was SYMBOLIC to a REPENTANT HEART, A heart that was PREPARED for the COMING Of the LORD JESUS, the MESSIAH the LORD and KING.

NOTES on 1: 5 The whole of JUDEA and JERUSALEM is rocked by JOHN'S presence. The tense of BAPTIZED stresses that it took place continually over a lenght of time. The condition for BAPTISM (by water) was a PUBLIC RESPONSE, by which and in which one CONFESSED his sins.


That was the MESSAGE that JOHN was "SENT" to do.

1. PREACH REPENTANCE

2. PREPARE the WAY for the COMING of the LORD.

(My understanding that JOHN'S CALLING WAS: to PREPARE the HEARTS of the people to REPENT, because they were about to come FACE to FACE with the MESSIAH, their hearts had to be ready to TURN TO FACE GOD, and reject their TRADITIONS and WICKEDNESS)

Mark 1: 7 And PREACHED, saying. There is one mightier than I "AFTER" me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

That is Quite a TESTIMONY to WHO JESUS CHRIST was.. not even JOHN in all of His sacrifice and calling felt WORTHY to even TIE the shoes of JESUS CHRIST. YET, he was obedient in his mission and his calling.

To be honest, when I read that it truly makes me SHIVER in PRAISE and REVERENCE the LORD JESUS. How ONE so AWESOME, could LAY DOWN HIS life for one SUCH as me.
A LITTLE TESTIMONY about JOHN THE BAPTIST:
We know JOHN was PROPHET, SENT before the MESSIAH. JOHN was PROPHESIED to COME.

EVIDENCE of HIS CALLING was revealed by the TESTIMONY and POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT, ie: during the pregnancy of Elizabeth, when the HOLY SPIRIT LEAPED within her belly.

John also lived his life out in the wilderness, wearing camels hair. he did eat locusts and wild honey.
Probably the most SELF-DENIAL position one can be in.


This is ONE Of the MOST PROFOUND SCRIPTURES to me:
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS VERSE, perhaps only through a REVELATION of GOD, but THROUGH this VERSE. I found "WHO" JESUS CHRIST REALLY was, is from the BEGINNING to the END.

THE TESTIMONY of WHO HE REALLY IS and What HE REALLY has done for "ME" The WORK, the obedience, the REVERENCE and the HUMILITY I have found BEFORE HIM. as a man in the flesh and as the VERY SON OF GOD.

MARK 1: 8 I indeed have baptized you with Water: (symbolic of repentance)

BUT HE SHALL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.

The BAPTISM of JESUS CHRIST is the BAPTISM of the HOLY SPIRIT!!!!!

Those that are BAPTISM ED by JESUS CHRIST:


1. ARE Members of the BODY OF JESUS CHRIST, HE is the head, we are the body.

2. It is with "HIS BAPTISM" "HIS SPIRIT", that one is brought into the REBIRTH and REBORN state and enters into the "KINGDOM OF HEAVEN"

3. IT is ONLY through HIS NAME that this BAPTISM comes, and through NO OTHER NAME.

4. IT was through HIS BIRTH and CONCEPTION by the HOLY SPIRIT, that gives TESTIMONY that it is HIS SPIRIT, and that HE was the only one worthy to be the SACRIFICE for my CONDEMNATION.

5. IT is Through HIS NAME, HIS SACRIFICE, that the VEIL falls from our eyes that we can now go BOLDLY to the THRONE OF GOD.And I SAY HALLELUJAH, PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME for there is NO OTHER NAME in which to be SAVED.

JOHN 3: 5 JESUS answered:
VERILY I say unto thee, EXCEPT a man be born of WATER/REPENTANCE and of the SPIRIT/HOLY SPIRIT, he can not ENTER INTO the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.


ALL of that just EXCITES ME MOVE ME, brings me GREAT JOY... MOVES the SPIRIT within ME.. HUMBLES ME, THAT HE IS SO AWESOME, and WORTHY, that THROUGH HIM I am SAVED and brought to NEW LIFE and INTO a NEW KINGDOM.

That is my MOTIVATION to move as the LORD CALLS, to be OBEDIENT to the CALL, To find the strength of self-denial.. FROM the LOVE I have for HIM, because HE FIRST LOVED ME. FOR HE laid down IT ALL: HIS RICHES, GLORY and HONOR, to RESTORE this wretched LOST sinner, that I WOULD BE FOUND and have an ABUNDANT LIFE with HIM as MY LORD and KING FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN and AMEN.




EP 4: 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

I SEE LOVE:

 

GLORIOUS DAY

ONLY through HIS NAME, HIS DEATH, HIS RESURRECTION am I justified..



FOR IN HIS BLOOD I am forgiven, and I live.



MY LIBERTY, MY LIFE, MY SALVATION, COST HIM EVERYTHING.


Matt 26:For this is my (JESUS CHRIST) blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins

Hbr 9: 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

 

 

EMBRACING UNITY in the BODY’S DIVERSITY:

EMBRACING UNITY in the BODY’S DIVERSITY:

I wanted to offer a sharing point this morning on a subject that really is dear to my heart.

And I welcome those that would like to TEST/Discern this, even though I often speak with conviction I am fully aware that some aspects of this could be filtered through a BETTER understanding of TRUTH that you might can offer.

The divergence of UNITY and LIKEMINDEDNESS

This subject is dear to my heart, because I KNOW how difficult it is to come into UNITY, and I TOO, just like many of you,  often have experienced the charge/accusations/and persecutions of those that have become bias to their particular gifting or callings.

 “UNITY OF SPIRIT:

Ep 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace

EP 4: 4 [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

Ep 4: 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism

Ep 4: 6 One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through all, and in you all.

 UNITY in SPIRIT “DOES NOT” always MEAN that we individually are going to TAKE the same PATH or JOURNEY to get to the END of TRUTH.

IE: To be CONFORMED to the IMAGE OF CHIRST,  nor does it mean that INDIVIDUALLY  we are going to use the SAME GIFTING OR CALLING, in the OPERATION, to spread the gospel.

“LIKEMINDEDNESS” is an ELIMENT of UNITY of SPIRIT:

We all should BE LIKEMINDED in CHRIST JESUS:

ROMANS 15: 5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

LIKEMINDEDNESS leading toward the same END:

Conformity into the IMAGE OF JESUS CHRIST

Likemindedness in a KINGDOM sense, interested in ETERNAL things:

ALL PARTS of the BODY OF CHRIST have the indwelling SPIRIT, as a seal, for the REBIRTH or REBORN position in JESUS CHRIST.

1 Cor 12: 3  Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and [that] no man can say that “Jesus is the Lord”, but by the Holy Ghost.

To CALL HIM LORD, is a position of HUMILITY, service and obedience. Also a position of INHERITENCE through HIS PROMISE of the inheritance of eternal life.

ONLY through the HOLY SPIRIT can one TRULY confess That JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, and have TRUE CONVICTION in that ABIDING LOVE as LORD OF LORD’S, and KING OF KINGS.

That is the “KNOWLEDGE of GOD”, THAT JESUS CHRIST is TRUE SALVATION, For it is ONLY through the HOLY SPIRIT that one TRULY can ACKNOWLEDGE HIS POWER and AUTHORITY.

So where do LIKEMINDEDNESS and UNITY DIVERGE?

LET’S TAKE a CLOSER LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURES  and HOW the LORD has GIVEN EACH PERSON a GIFTING or TALENT for the WORKING of the MINISTRY.

ACCORDING to the SCRIPTURES: we KNOW the LORD has diversites of gifts or callings upon our lives.

1 Cor 12: 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit

1 Cor: 12: 6  And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all

ALL giftings and Calllings are of the SAME SPIRIT, SAME GOD which Worketh ALL IN ALL

1 Cor 12: 6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 

The gifts or callings are “DIVERSE in OPERATION/functioning differently” all leading in the SAME DIRECTION: >>> JESUS CHRIST is SAVIOR, LORD, our REDEEMPER, our MEDIATOR, our protector, our high tower, etc.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT KEY: neither THE GIFTING nor the CALLING is the GOSPEL:

EACH MINISTRY GIFT or CALLING serves as a “VITAL FUNCTION or OPERATION” in the BODY of CHRIST, BUT the GIFT or CALLLING is NOT the GOSPEL.

The GIFTINGS are for the common good of the BODY, so that the GOSPEL can be PREACHED in the FULLNESS OF JESUS CHRIST.

The CALLINGS upon our lives, are for the ministry and purpose of preaching CHRIST JESUS SAVES.

The GIFTING or CALLING is a REFLECTION/FRUIT of the REDEMPTION/RESTORATION that has come from our WORSHIP and OBEDIENCE TOWARDS JESUS CHRIST, but it is not the GOSPEL itself. IT should be evidence/fruit of the TRUTH, that JESUS CHRIST SAVES.

There is ONLY ONE TRUE GOSPEL… JESUS CHRIST SAVES, REDEEMS, and JUSTIFIES.

The HAND is not supposed to force the foot to be hand.

For the eye, the hand, and the foot “ALL” have a specific PURPOSE in the KINGDOM of GOD.

TAKE a CLOSE look at these scriptures:

We can see that the LORD already KNEW we would have CONFLICT and seek to separate ourselves according to the giftings or callings on our LIVES. And HE warns us NOT to do that because each ONE has their unique purpose in the KINGDOM of GOD which cannot be replaced by the others.

1 Cor 12: If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

So this is my OFFERING today as an admonishment: I am going to make this VERY PERSONAL to me.  I WANT to REMEMBER this for the rest of MY LIFE.

If I ever seek to measure YOUR faith or righteousness before God by the yardstick of MY gifting or calling, then I have FAILED to nurture and encourage the body for which my gifting was given.

Then the MINISTRY, CALLING, or GIFTING, itself has become the GOD of our souls, and the MESSAGE I am presenting, is ANOTHER GOSPEL.

TOO often the GIFTING and CALLING upon the lives of an individual becomes an IDOL unto itself. I have seen MARRIAGES DIVIDE because of GIFTING or CALLINGS. That was NOT MEANT to be so. I do not believe it was EVER, EVER the LORD’S intention for a woman to leave her husband to follow a calling.

This is something I do keep in the FOREFRONT of my MIND, maybe it would be helpful to all of us?

I have NOT shed ONE DROP of BLOOD for anyone’s redemption or salvation, and EVEN IF I DID, EVEN if I died in my faith, or worked my hands to the bone  in ministry or calling or gifting it would NOT hold an ONCE of REDEEMING POWER.

For MY BLOOD is NOT WORTHY, and WILL never be worthy for REDEMPTION. THAT WORK was ACCOMPLISHED by ONE and the ONLY ONE that was ACCEPTABLE. JESUS CHRIST.AMEN

There is ONE BODY, ONE FAITH, ONE LORD…

IF I labor let it not be THROUGH VAINITY, not according to MY GOSPEL but according to the ONE THAT HAS CALLED. FOR HE ONLY IS WORTHY OF PRAISE.

IF the hand seeks to be the foot, though the WORK may be Beautiful, it is nonetheless a work of the flesh and not the work of GOD for it was not BROUGHT to LIFE by the HOLY SPIRIT.

                                                                                                                            

To SUMMARIZE:

 “ ONLY ONE DIED, and ROSE” again for my ransom and justification, JESUS CHRIST died for ALL” we individually are not the only focus, HE IS, and HE is interested in the BODY as a WHOLE.

THIS Is Where I believe LIKEMINDEDNESS and TRUE UNITY begin to DIVERGE, and this is where I believe we truly fail as a UNITIFIED BODY of BELIEVERS.

To be LIKEMINDED means we are to be IN ONE ACCORD and UNIFIED IN CHRIST regarding HIS goals, HIS desires and HIS eternal purposes for HIS Body.

HOWEVER, To be LIKEMINDED does not mean ALL share in the SAME working, calling or gifting.  Nor does it mean we will travel the same path in our journey toward the Kingdom of God.

We are a body comprised of DIVERSE gifts, callings and talents who are UNIFIED IN CHRIST expressing the work HE has done in us as HE works through each of us for the COMMON GOOD of the Body.

Unfortunately, LIKE-MINDED people like to gather together…..  and that is usually NOT A GOOD THING.

I think we should be HONEST here:

I propose that the MAIN REASON for these GATHERINGS is because:

It is “appealing to the flesh”.   We tend to gather with those of similar CALLING/GIFTING, with the end result being that because we are traveling the same road by the same means, there is little or no conflict with or fellow travelers.

HOWEVER there is a TEMPTATION to lift up that ‘SUBSET’ of the BODY and to think of that small group as somehow ‘elite or special’.  Ultimately, the GIFT becomes the center of focus which “DEFINES the GOSPEL”: Making the GIFT more important than the GIVER, polluting the GOSPEL of JESUS CHRIST, and placing the GIFT above the BODY for WHOM it was given.

For example: The ‘Gathering’ of the NAR Prophets

Matt18: 1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

Matt 18: 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Blessings in the NAME of the LORD.

To be continued: