Let common sense rule.
Every servant serves a master. He who serves himself is no servant at all. Doesn’t he make himself his own domain; King and the subjects over which he rules. Can anyone say “folly”? And no servant is allowed to serve two masters, such a man will not serve either one with integrity.
We are servants to the one we obey. Fidelity is the target. Either a man serves chaos or seeks, with all he has, to serve purity.
Who is Jesus? He is Lord and King and Master of his kingdom.
What is his kingdom? It is the doings of his Father.
He never sleeps. His eyes are fixed intently to accomplish his Father’s will.
He will rightly demand and accounting from all his people. To whom do you belong? On what are your eyes fixed?
Diffused jet trail
How magnificently obvious and roaring is the Majestic power of God.
A plane had flown from east to west, leaving a trail of disturbance. A disturbance that was never intended to be, in the beginning.
But God, in his Magnificent and Glorious Strength, diffused the wake of man’s tiny triumph into a painting beyond the imagination.
So it is this morning, as I begin my day. So is his glorious promise, when the Day of God dawns. The tiny triumphs of man will be diffused. They will not be found among the Glorious Beauty which is Jesus the Christ of God!
By His Grace
They lied to me by saying, “We can be useful in our selves”. They displayed to me what they consider useful. But as I did those things, they told me I am useless. The only thing they succeeded in doing was proving to me that men are fully liars.
What they proclaimed as the sum of life, I embraced with zeal. Where they were liars, I was more. They perceived me as one who would take the throne among them. For this reason they cast me away.
Within their way of lying, they called me a liar. The casting out became complete.
What reason was there to live; what place might I attain? Shall I be a useless man among them? How can that be, I am alive.
They have blessed me with their lying ways. By their casting out, I have received all there is to receive. How can I hold anything against them? By their nature, they have forced me to receive the King of Kings.
Holy Father, Righteous God, hold nothing against any man on my behalf. But free them all from accusation concerning me. No one has sinned against me. I am no standard of truth.
Rather bless them in their ungodly way. Let the prosperity of Lies be theirs. That they to make perceive, you alone are good.
Thank You, Holy Father, for your excellent wisdom, which you display freely among all men. Let those who desire you ask. Let those who love the lie remain. May your will be done forever in Christ Jesus your Holy and Righteous Son. Amen.
By His Grace
I remember when I first came to the Lord. I was told to revere Jesus as a King. I said to myself, then to Him, “I do not know how to serve a king. I have been raised a free man. And I have no respect for the ways of those in leadership in this country. How can I know to serve you as King?”
His reply to me has taken decades. I am beginning to understand the concept of King. I believe the full understanding will have to wait till heaven. But there are two things that are worth saying in regard to this.
1. I have heard many use affectionate names in public for the Lord Jesus and God the Father. Names such as daddy, papa and so on. They use names of familiarity. But what about the holy Lord is familiar to us?
What a man does between he and God in private is of no consequence to me. But the words he uses to describe what is holy in public is a reflection of his understanding. And every time we use such names we give our understanding to others.
It is not my job to judge the relationship of a man to the Holy Lord God Almighty and his Holy Son. But I have found some men of this nature in great error.
How we refer to the “Great I am” says a lot about what we believe. One such man did not believe that holiness was even possible in the flesh, let alone a command from the Holy Lord. He openly used the word “papa” to describe his God. And the doctrines he promoted were of the flesh.
What will be his end is not for me to determine. But his view of God was obscured by wicked desire. As quickly as was reasonable I abandoned his company. We are not to entertain the doctrines of demons.
2. God is Holy. What He has given us is for our reference. To Moses he identified himself as “I am that I am”. And Jesus said, “You call me Lord and rightly so.” How should we presume to bring his holy name down to our level? It is we who should rise toward Him.
Yet how shall we who are full of darkness understand what is Holy? The Lord will teach us over time. The longer I serve Him the more I understand, and so it will be for all who serve Him in the holy faith.
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Such men, as the first, put a stumbling block before those who are learning. But if a man will continue in the way of God he will be taught what is good and true.
In weakness and lack of understanding we are tiny and hopelessly tossed about by every breeze of teaching that comes along. But the Lord knows your state of affairs.
Read the Bible that you may know what is true and correct. Then do the things it says. Both of these will help you discern what is right and true and holy. And the Holy Spirit of Jesus will teach you what is Holy.
Do not accept every man who speaks the name of Jesus. Test the spirits. Bring your lack to the Lord. He is ever willing and able to guide you into what is true. Only be diligent in your desire to understand.
We serve the Lord through the darkness of faith. But in this faith we have more light in us then does the world or those who pervert the way. Do not fear. If you put your faith in the living God he will direct you to the holy path.
Millions have fallen away because of a lack of understanding. They did not trust. Therefore they did not receive. This will not be so of those who apply themselves with great diligence.
Men study for years to become proficient in their trade which earns them money. How long then is it right to persevere that we may gain a place in heaven? Renew your efforts. Give God more importance in your heart.
If destruction is our natural reward, how hard should we struggle against it? And if we fall away for a simple lack of knowledge, how shall we propose to stand on the holy day of the Lord?
What more can be said? With what may a man convince the weak? How can I strengthen you? I have said enough.
English: The portuguese Throne room in Ajuda Palace, Lisboa, Portugal. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In the town there was a scuffle. A slight moment of time when chaos appeared then quickly vanished.
Two brothers were caught by three of the King’s guards. They resisted a moment. Then were subdued without mercy or waste of effort on the part of the mighty men sent to retrieve them.
Word was run to the King that these brothers had been captured and were being brought to his throne room. “Bring them in just as they are”, declared the King. Preparations were made to receive them.
The two were forced into the King’s presence and charges were read against them. They had been hiding in this place and that for over a year.
The King sat up straight on his throne and asked the first, “What do you have to say to these charges?” Then he put his body at rest and waited to listen to the words of the condemned man.
“All that was said against me is true, my Lord King. And I have done far more things than those charges which your herald has spoken. I have no means to clear myself from your mighty grasp. And I have heard that all your judgments are swift and just. So I appeal to the great mercy that has been spoken through all your land. It is said you will have mercy on whom you desire to have mercy. And you will condemn any you choose to condemn. I can say no more without betraying my lack of intelligence Lord.” This was the reply of the first of the brothers.
The King looked at the other brother without moving his head. “What do you say for yourself? Are these charges true which have been spoken against you?”
In reply, the other brother simply frowned at the King. Looking at all assembled there, he simply spat on the
gleaming white polished marble floor of the King’s throne room. He said no other word.
No trace of change came over the King’s face as he motioned to one of his strong warriors to come forward to him. The warrior leaned toward the King and a whispering was had between the two. After that the warrior took his place next to the two brothers.
The King drew a short breath. His face still calm and completely in control of what was happening. He finally spoke to the first brother. “You have wisely called on my mercy. And mercy you will receive.”
Then, again without moving his royal head, he looked toward the second brother. “You have been found guilty as charged.” This is all that came from the King’s mouth. And with a gesture from his hand, the warrior raised his sword and swung with vicious speed. So fast was the judgment employed that no one in the room had time to watch it happen.
The second brother’s head fell and bounced off his right foot. It landed about 3 feet from his falling body. As the body slammed the floor the first brother watched in horror at the finality of this judgment. Emotion had not even had time to develop. His eyes wide in every form of surprise a man can muster, he simply stood and stared at the pool of blood which came from that which had been his brother only a moment before.
While the first brother stood transfixed by horror and fright, the King arose. He walked around the “mess” with regal steps. He came to the first brother and put his hands on his shoulders to turn him from the sight of his dead brother.
And as tears developed in the King’s eyes he spoke these words to the man, “You have asked for mercy. And it is my heart to have compassion on those who call to me for help, regardless their transgression to my laws. I have set you free from every crime that has been read against you.”
With saying that, the King leaned forward with tears running down his cheeks. He brought his face close to the brother and kissed him on the forehead. “Go now and leave the things which have brought you here. You are a free man.”
The brother was led gently from the throne room and ushered into the sunlight. At the head of the steps he was released with smiling faces of those who had dragged he and his brother to this place moments ago.
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This is a parable which the Lord gave me this morning. It’s meaning is clear. But let us consider that the swiftness of promise is equal from the Lord. Death is sure to the enemies of God. And surely mercy is granted to those who humble themselves to accept their sentence. May the Lord Jesus receive praise for His Glorious deliverance of this story. It is He whom we praise with all our soul. And it is He who will remain the King of Kings.
Amen.
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