We read in Daniel that the ruler of the day, Nebuchadnezzar, had dreams that troubled him. Nebuchadnezzar was so troubled that he could not sleep so he summoned all kinds of magicians, astrologers and sorcerers to find out what his dreams represented. None of his magicians, astrologers or sorcerers could tell him the meaning. Nebuchadnezzar became so angry he purposed to destroy them. Long story short - Daniel interpreted the dream for Nebuchadnezzar. God revealed to Daniel that these dreams were predicting the various kingdoms that would take place. The dreams started with Nebuchadnezzar’s kingdom and the future kingdoms yet to occur. Then God explained that there was one kingdom that would rise up that would never be destroyed and that kingdom would endure forever. Now think about this. What kind of kingdom could it possibly be that would never be destroyed but would endure forever?
Let me inform you of the Good News that this ‘never be destroyed but endure forever kingdom’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel is the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ and He reigns now in the midst of our day and has since He began revealing the glory of God.
If you are born again then you have been given an entrance to ‘the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Messiah’ thereby receiving His provision for your every need.
Now His kingdom is not a lawless kingdom. We must seek first the kingdom of God and the His righteousness (or His right way of doing things).
“33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.” Matthew 6:33
Daniel 2:44, Luke 16:16, Luke 4:43, Luke 1:30-33, Matthew 9:35, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 12:10, Psalm 145:12-14
Monday, September 29, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
We HAVE
Depending upon which translation used there are approximately 103 scriptures in the New Testament that uses the word saved (original word sw/vzw and translated sozo). The definition for sw/vzw (word for saved in Strong‘s Concordance) is as follows:
-to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction
one (from injury or peril)
-to save a suffering one (from perishing), i.e. one suffering from disease, to make well, heal, restore to health
-to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save or rescue
-to save in the technical biblical sense negatively
-to deliver from the penalties of the Messianic judgment
-to save from the evils which obstruct the reception of the Messianic deliverance
So when we say we are saved through Jesus Christ then we are saying, ‘because of Jesus Christ we have safety from danger, destruction, injury or peril. We have healing and restoration to health. We are delivered from the penalty of sin. We are freed from everything that hinders our receiving of the Messiah’s salvation‘. Note, this is not a future salvation it is a now salvation. It’s what we HAVE when we are saved.
Currently, I’m reading the book “On Spirit-Filled Living” by Smith Wigglesworth. He shared a woman’s testimony here….
“A young woman with a large goiter on her thyroid gland came forward for prayer. The next meeting she got up and testified that she had been wonderfully healed. She said, ‘I will be so happy to go and tell Mother about my healing.’ She went to her home and testified how wonderfully she had been healed. The next year when we were having the convention, she came again. From a human perspective, it looked as though the goiter was just as big as ever, but that young woman was believing God. Soon she was on her feet giving her testimony, saying, “I was here last year, and the Lord wonderfully healed me. I want to tell you that this has been the best year of my life.’ She seemed to be greatly blessed in that meeting. She believed God. The third year, she was at the meeting with the goiter looking bigger and when it came time for testimonies she was on her feet testifying ‘Two years ago, the Lord gloriously healed me of a goiter. Oh, I had a most wonderful healing. It is grand to be healed by the power of God.’ That day someone questioned her and said, ‘People will think there is something the matter with you. Why don’t you look in the mirror? You will see your goiter is bigger than ever.’ The young woman went to the Lord about it and said, ‘Lord, You so wonderfully healed me two years ago. Won’t You show all the people that You healed me?’ She went to sleep peacefully that night still believing God. When she came down the next day, there was not a trace or a mark of that goiter.”
She was not only a hearer of the Word but a doer of the Word. Someone told her to look in the mirror but what they didn’t realize is that she was looking into a mirror. She wasn’t seeing her own face though she was seeing Jesus, the Word and what He had done for her. Some would say she lied for three years, well, I would call that perseverance on her part and for that perseverance she was blessed. “22 But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror; 24 for he looks at himself, goes away, and right away forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts—this person will be blessed in what he does.” James 1:22-25
The reality is that long ago at Calvary Jesus purchased with His own blood our salvation from danger, destruction, injury or peril, healing and restoration to health, deliverance from the penalty of sin and free from everything that hinders receiving this salvation.
This just resonates in me this morning! We HAVE salvation. Rejoice! And, again, I say Rejoice! A wonderful way for “the saved” to pray is to thank Him and ask Him to “show all the people” His salvation working in us so we manifest His glory as a praise of His goodness and faithfulness. There comes a point that it is redundant to keep asking Him for something we already HAVE. The whole reason the parable of the Sower (Mark 4:3-20) is so important for us to understand is because we need to discern that persecution, cares of life, lusts of other things, deceitfulness of riches, sickness and disease come knocking at the door for the sole purpose of taking what you already HAVE (John 3:16) and replace what you HAVE with the devil’s manifestation instead. Take time today to purpose to be that ‘good ground’. Hold fast to your faith and let the incorruptible seed within you manifest His salvation to all for His glory. “23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. “ 1 Peter 1:23
Luke 4:17-21 - 1 Peter 2:24 - 1 Peter 2:9-10 - Matthew 13, Luke 8
-to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction
one (from injury or peril)
-to save a suffering one (from perishing), i.e. one suffering from disease, to make well, heal, restore to health
-to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save or rescue
-to save in the technical biblical sense negatively
-to deliver from the penalties of the Messianic judgment
-to save from the evils which obstruct the reception of the Messianic deliverance
So when we say we are saved through Jesus Christ then we are saying, ‘because of Jesus Christ we have safety from danger, destruction, injury or peril. We have healing and restoration to health. We are delivered from the penalty of sin. We are freed from everything that hinders our receiving of the Messiah’s salvation‘. Note, this is not a future salvation it is a now salvation. It’s what we HAVE when we are saved.
Currently, I’m reading the book “On Spirit-Filled Living” by Smith Wigglesworth. He shared a woman’s testimony here….
“A young woman with a large goiter on her thyroid gland came forward for prayer. The next meeting she got up and testified that she had been wonderfully healed. She said, ‘I will be so happy to go and tell Mother about my healing.’ She went to her home and testified how wonderfully she had been healed. The next year when we were having the convention, she came again. From a human perspective, it looked as though the goiter was just as big as ever, but that young woman was believing God. Soon she was on her feet giving her testimony, saying, “I was here last year, and the Lord wonderfully healed me. I want to tell you that this has been the best year of my life.’ She seemed to be greatly blessed in that meeting. She believed God. The third year, she was at the meeting with the goiter looking bigger and when it came time for testimonies she was on her feet testifying ‘Two years ago, the Lord gloriously healed me of a goiter. Oh, I had a most wonderful healing. It is grand to be healed by the power of God.’ That day someone questioned her and said, ‘People will think there is something the matter with you. Why don’t you look in the mirror? You will see your goiter is bigger than ever.’ The young woman went to the Lord about it and said, ‘Lord, You so wonderfully healed me two years ago. Won’t You show all the people that You healed me?’ She went to sleep peacefully that night still believing God. When she came down the next day, there was not a trace or a mark of that goiter.”
She was not only a hearer of the Word but a doer of the Word. Someone told her to look in the mirror but what they didn’t realize is that she was looking into a mirror. She wasn’t seeing her own face though she was seeing Jesus, the Word and what He had done for her. Some would say she lied for three years, well, I would call that perseverance on her part and for that perseverance she was blessed. “22 But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror; 24 for he looks at himself, goes away, and right away forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts—this person will be blessed in what he does.” James 1:22-25
The reality is that long ago at Calvary Jesus purchased with His own blood our salvation from danger, destruction, injury or peril, healing and restoration to health, deliverance from the penalty of sin and free from everything that hinders receiving this salvation.
This just resonates in me this morning! We HAVE salvation. Rejoice! And, again, I say Rejoice! A wonderful way for “the saved” to pray is to thank Him and ask Him to “show all the people” His salvation working in us so we manifest His glory as a praise of His goodness and faithfulness. There comes a point that it is redundant to keep asking Him for something we already HAVE. The whole reason the parable of the Sower (Mark 4:3-20) is so important for us to understand is because we need to discern that persecution, cares of life, lusts of other things, deceitfulness of riches, sickness and disease come knocking at the door for the sole purpose of taking what you already HAVE (John 3:16) and replace what you HAVE with the devil’s manifestation instead. Take time today to purpose to be that ‘good ground’. Hold fast to your faith and let the incorruptible seed within you manifest His salvation to all for His glory. “23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. “ 1 Peter 1:23
Luke 4:17-21 - 1 Peter 2:24 - 1 Peter 2:9-10 - Matthew 13, Luke 8
Monday, September 22, 2008
Another Famine
Check out Genesis 26:1-6. Another famine is occurring in addition to the one that occurred in Abraham’s time. No longer is Abraham around to obtain God’s promised provision for Isaac, so Isaac is doing what everyone else in the land is doing. Isaac is thinking about going to Egypt for sustenance. The Lord appeared to Isaac and basically told him don’t go to Egypt, “I will bless you and confirm the oath sworn to Abraham“. God wanted Isaac to be Abraham’s heir. Now Isaac is given a choice, do what everyone else is doing or do what the Lord said to do. Isaac chose to become the heir and followed the way of his dad. He “listened to God’s voice, kept God’s mandate, commands, statues and instructions”.
Galatians tells us that we too are heirs according to the promise and God wants it that way. God has given such wonderful promises that are yes and amen through Jesus Christ and all who belong to Christ are of Abraham’s seed and heirs to those promises. There are a lot of hurting people today because of poor health, hurricanes, wall street, etc but all who are baptized into Christ and put on Christ can prosper in spite of any of those situations. Just do it the way father Abraham did it and listen to God’s voice, keep God’s mandate, commands, statues and instructions and receive God’s yes and amen promises.
“1 There was another famine in the land in addition to the one that had occurred in Abraham's time. And Isaac ....." Genesis 26:1-6
“27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, heirs according to the promise.” Galatians 3:27-29
“20 For every one of God's promises is "Yes" in Him. Therefore the " Amen" is also through Him for God's glory through us.” 2 Corinthians 1:20
“2 Dear friend, I pray that you may prosper in every way and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. .....” 3 John 1:2-4
Galatians tells us that we too are heirs according to the promise and God wants it that way. God has given such wonderful promises that are yes and amen through Jesus Christ and all who belong to Christ are of Abraham’s seed and heirs to those promises. There are a lot of hurting people today because of poor health, hurricanes, wall street, etc but all who are baptized into Christ and put on Christ can prosper in spite of any of those situations. Just do it the way father Abraham did it and listen to God’s voice, keep God’s mandate, commands, statues and instructions and receive God’s yes and amen promises.
“1 There was another famine in the land in addition to the one that had occurred in Abraham's time. And Isaac ....." Genesis 26:1-6
“27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, heirs according to the promise.” Galatians 3:27-29
“20 For every one of God's promises is "Yes" in Him. Therefore the " Amen" is also through Him for God's glory through us.” 2 Corinthians 1:20
“2 Dear friend, I pray that you may prosper in every way and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. .....” 3 John 1:2-4
Friday, September 19, 2008
Train Yourself
It has been a while since I have posted on this blog. Vacations, grandchildren visits, moving from one town to another, being involved in this school year, etc., - just haven’t had much time to blog.
Be encouraged this morning and remember that the Lord has already paid the price for your victory in all things through the achievement made at the cross. His covenant with us who believe completely provides for us in this life as well as in eternity. When a storm comes in this life the believer has access to the throne of glory to receive miracle overcoming power to deal with it. How do we receive that power to overcome? We “Praise Him“. We ‘Thank Him” over and over again for every provision He has purchased with His blood. This confession is an action which acknowledges He is Lord and Shepherd over all things. Storms will come and go in this life so train yourself in His righteousness and practice praising and thanking Him prior to the storm so you can continue during a storm and it’s aftermath. Isn’t that what Psalms 23 is saying?
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
56 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.” Psalm 56:10
While in Egypt the Hebrew children had to apply the blood of the Lamb on their doorposts or death of the firstborn would not have passed over them. In this age, we apply the blood of the Lamb on the doorposts of our mind by confessing His Word over our life for the slain Lamb of God is also the Word of God. Our confession of His Word makes known to the heavens and the earth that the Lord is our Shepherd over all things concerning us. Now being human and having a voice we are going to make confession known to the heavens and the earth and that is what we obtain, so what confession should it be? Our confession should be what God says (His Word) not what is being said by the rest of the world. This is the truth - the believers confessing what the Word of God says about them are those believers that will “overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony”.
1 Corinthians 1:16-18, Exodus 12, John 1, Romans 10:9-11, 1 Timothy 6:11-13, Hebrews 13:14-16, Psalm 103, Proverbs 10:30-32, Rev. 12:11
Be encouraged this morning and remember that the Lord has already paid the price for your victory in all things through the achievement made at the cross. His covenant with us who believe completely provides for us in this life as well as in eternity. When a storm comes in this life the believer has access to the throne of glory to receive miracle overcoming power to deal with it. How do we receive that power to overcome? We “Praise Him“. We ‘Thank Him” over and over again for every provision He has purchased with His blood. This confession is an action which acknowledges He is Lord and Shepherd over all things. Storms will come and go in this life so train yourself in His righteousness and practice praising and thanking Him prior to the storm so you can continue during a storm and it’s aftermath. Isn’t that what Psalms 23 is saying?
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
56 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.” Psalm 56:10
While in Egypt the Hebrew children had to apply the blood of the Lamb on their doorposts or death of the firstborn would not have passed over them. In this age, we apply the blood of the Lamb on the doorposts of our mind by confessing His Word over our life for the slain Lamb of God is also the Word of God. Our confession of His Word makes known to the heavens and the earth that the Lord is our Shepherd over all things concerning us. Now being human and having a voice we are going to make confession known to the heavens and the earth and that is what we obtain, so what confession should it be? Our confession should be what God says (His Word) not what is being said by the rest of the world. This is the truth - the believers confessing what the Word of God says about them are those believers that will “overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony”.
1 Corinthians 1:16-18, Exodus 12, John 1, Romans 10:9-11, 1 Timothy 6:11-13, Hebrews 13:14-16, Psalm 103, Proverbs 10:30-32, Rev. 12:11
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