Hiding From The Light

Job 24:13"They are of those that rebel against the light;they know not the ways thereof,nor abide in the paths thereof ".

Most of us have received light in some forms. God has given light to be a display of himself, for "God is light and in Him is no darkness at all". He has dressed it with a measure of his majesty and power of judgment. Rebillion against light is a sin, and there are many forms of dening the light. Some refuse the light not wanting to know more about the light. While others fight against the light as it revell the intent of their hearts. Then there are those who walk contrary to the light for selfish reasons and personal gains, fooling themselves into believing they are still in the light. But to rebell against the light you are in darkness, and all darkness is a rebellion against the light

 

The sins of the godly are magnified more because they are illuminated by the light to which we claim. "They are of those that rebel against the light". Light is taken here figuratively for knowledge, it cannot be denied that the wicked sin knowingly; but the godly have a light which should destroy the darkness.  We have a light which shows us the way of righteousness. We must be careful not to walk contrary to the light and choose the path of darkness. We have a better eye to see sin than the wicked, and for us to mess around with sin, and embrace the darkness provokes God. Sins of ignorance are still sins, but the deliberate acts of sin, and willful neglect of known duty, are great acts of disloyalty.  If a man puts his hand in the fire knowing that it will burn, no one will have pity on him when he burns himself. When the ice is marked "Dangerous"the warning should be sufficient for any reasonable man, he who ventures on the rotten ice is not only a fool but also suicidal should he fall in.

 

The warning signs of the dangers of walking in darkness, and rebelling against the light are plastered everywhere, even planted in the heart of mankind, take heed that you in your folly don't fall in and be cursed to everlasting damnation.

Jesus Saves

Isaiah 45:22"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none other"

In a era of religious rights and freedom, you can talk about and worship openly any god, but the true and living God. In our Christian nation we live in, Christ is not welcome in our schools, courts, government funded programs, and on any given Sunday he might not be welcome in his own church house. In a country which has laws protecting gay rights, civil rights, Women's rights, animal rights, gun rights, and criminal rights, it still is not politically rights to profess Christ openly in public.

God is real and it is time for the redeemed to say so. We sometimes try so hard to please the world, that we get caught up in its confusion, adopting it's ways, and we begin serving and worshiping it's gods. This brings about a suffering due to sin. But the good news is with all we've done, even though we sometimes turn from the real God to worship idols, God comforts us through his word, as he lets us know he hasn't forgotten us. He let us know that he is still good ,still God and still saves as he still sits upon the throne. Look to Him when you are feeling down and left out. Seek Him if you are lost in a world of darkness. Hold to His hand if you feel yourself falling into the grips of sin. He is God and there is no other.

God has a plan of salvation, to deliver us from the bondage of our captivity. A way to repair the broken relationship between the creator and his creation. God says assemble yourselves and draw near, and return to me. We must turn from our ways to draw near to God. God is both a just God and a perfect savior, for all who comes to him. God wants us to come to him, for there is none other like him, look to him in faith, look away from all the pretenders in our lives and fix our eyes, and the desires our heart on the true God. Seek Him out, look to him and be saved. 

Testimony Of The Heart

Matthew 15:8 " This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me".

The world is full of us who profess a love for God. We are always saying, writing or posting on the various social networks scriptures and various other religious quotations, so others will read them and believe we are saved. But it is not important for others to believe we are saved, as long as they know there is a savior. The purpose of our salvation is to lead others to believe in Jesus, by lifting Him up in all that we do and say.

 

Many claim to have said yes to Jesus, but have yet to surrendering to Him their hearts.  What we might want in life might not be what God has planned for us. The surrendering of our hearts to Him is saying "not my will but thy will be done".  What God has for us is better and more than we could ever want for ourselves. Here in our text Jesus says we honor Him with our lips but with the way we live our life we honor the god of this world. How can we say He has all power and yet live as though we are powerless. How can we claim Him as our shepherd and yet live and worry about the things we need. Without faith it is impossible to please God, we must trust and  believe He will do just what He said.

We  must be careful not to worship the blessings more than the blessor. It is when we give Him our hearts that He will give us eternal life. He doesn't want our best He wants our all, as He gave us His all. Honor the Lord with your heart and they will believe the testimony of your mouth.

Share The Cure

Romans 1:15 " So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are in Rome also."

The gospel of Jesus Christ the power of God unto salvation to all who receives it. The gospel is the cure for all that ails mankind. It has the power to cure a sin sick world, yet those of us who know this tends to make it our best kept secret. It is God's remedy for mans disobedience but like all medicine it must be taken eternally for it to work. Putting a aspirin on your head will not stop your headache, it must be taken eternally to do what it does. We must let the gospel in that we might be made whole.

Here we have Paul telling all in Rome he is ready to preach the gospel to them. We to must be ready to preach/proclaim the gospel to a dying world that all might be saved. We who have the cure must be willing to share the cure, to freely give what was freely given to us. It is not our to keep, to sale, or to hold it from those who needs it. Paul was not ashamed of it, he was a debtor to it, and he was a prisoner bound by it. He knew it was the Gospel and the power of God that saved him and he wanted to share it that all else might be saved. 

We must be careful not to get caught up with this new era gospel that is being preached, which is not The Gospel and share that which God shared with us. It Is the power of God unto salvation. It holds Gods power, for God is the power in the gospel. Let us share the cure and heal a  sin sick world that all might know the goodness of the Lord

Do You Really?

1John 3:18 " My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue: but in deed and in truth."
Love is an action word, and actions are to be seen and not heard. Can your love for the Lord be seen, or is it just something you talk about. Jesus said "If you love me keep my commandments", here our love is revealed by what we do, not just by what we say. God so loved that He gave, He forgave, He sacrificed, and He saved. What are the actions of your love?

 

Christ is the embodiment of pure love.The apostle Paul prayed for the love of Christ to dwell in our hearts by faith. That we may be able to comprehend, the breath, and length, and depth, and height, of Christ love for us, which passes all understanding. It is an inseparable love a love in spite of. The love of God is a reflection of God's heart flowing through Christ, one spirit, one heart, one mind and one love. When Jesus died on the cross, He could have felt two kinds of love. One was for the Father as Jesus did His will. The other was Jesus' love for all people. Because of the love coming from the Father and his desire to love each one of us, He was able to endure the pain and shame of death on a cross.

 

As we draw upon Jesus' unselfish love, we too can better love others. Jesus wants us to love not just with words we say, but also in the things we do. Let your love be a action from the heart not just words from your mouth. 

Power In His Word

Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God is quick, and powerful,and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and the joints and morrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart:"

The word of God is a name for Christ. But it is also the scriptures, the written word of God, but the Lord Jesus is never separated from them. He indeed is the substance of the written word. Scripture is what it is, because Jesus himself embodies himself in them. He comes in the vol. of the book. It is the instrumnet by which we are set free from the bondage of sin and death, but by this same instrument the world will be judged and condemned. It is the truth which makes us free,yet because of unbelief all are not free. Many wonder aimlessly in a vast wilderness, a prisoner of doubt, not trusting or believing God's word. It is the living active word which meets every man where he is that all might be saved. 

God's word judges our thoughts, works, actions and everything about us, that we might experience his peace and enter his rest and salvation.The help we have from the Lord is his word, our sword, and power. We must first reverence the word truly as spoken by God. Then his word is quick, and quacking, it is life and it creates life wherever it comes. It is a living and incorruptable seed which can never be destroyed. It is powerful; it powerfully convicts, converts, comforts and It pulls down strong holds. It has the power to raise us to great heights of holiness and happiness. His word is sharpe, it cuts all over, it cuts and wounds all who touch it; it kills self righteousness, sin and unbelief. It cuts going out and coming in. It cuts deep removing sinful habits away from the soul, that have become the nature of sinful man. Precision cuts, dividing the joints and marrow without damaging the bone. This word will cut the lust from the flesh, and like a lazor will remove the lust from the eye.

This word is revealing, a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, revealing even the most secret thoughts and design. This word will turn a sinner inside out, and let him see all that is in his heart. It has the power to turn a sinner into a saint. It is the power of God.

Oneness

John 17:21-"That they all be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us; That the world may believe that thou hast sent me:

Here we have Jesus  praying that we all be united,that we all be one. The standard of this unity is the oneness between Jesus and the Father.We must be one, it is an absolute for the spreading of the truth of the gospel message. The world has not been reached, there are millions walking in darkness, because we believers have not unified enough to proclaim the truth of the God's gospel.

We who confess Jesus Christ as lord must be careful not to let our difference hinder the spreading of the gospel to a dark world. We must put aside personal agenda, denominations, religious differences, and prejudices, and lift up the name of Jesus.We the many members of His glorious body, comming together as one proclaiming a single message is how we can win souls for the savior. Come together as Christ and the Father.  Having one mind, one heart, one purpose, being of one characters showing one love, with one mission to seek and save that which is lost. One body proclaiming Gods only message to a dying world, Jesus Christ and him crucified. A body of one, perfected in unity and love, that the world may know that God sent Jesus into the world, and that through him the world might be saved.

 

The world  needs to experience a unified love more than anything else. The darkness needs to see the light. Think of the power generated if all believers came together in a united love, sharing the good news of the gospel, in both word and deed.The world needs the love of God. The world needs to believe there is  a love that will give everything that one might be saved. The love of the Father who gave His son, and the sacrificial love of Jesus the Christ who died that all might be saved. Let us become one that we might lead the lost to salvation