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The Law of the Land

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1 Peter 1:23 | Born Again Through the Living W...

1 Peter 1:23 | Born Again Through the Living Word of God (Photo credit: UnlockingTheBible)

There is a body of laws which the world demands all it’s citizens obey.  I will recount them as I have heard them spoken by perception of the ways of man.

1.  You shall love money and the work of man’s hands.

2. You shall not make accusation against any man for the love of money or the work of man’s hands.

3. You shall be allowed to love your version of God, but you are forbidden to love the Living God.

4. You shall not proclaim any of the Living God’s precepts among your fellow men.

5. You shall receive whatever benefit you can grasp, understanding that we retain the right to take it from you.

 

And there are many other laws which the world employs among its members.  But these laws are primary.

The Living God does not recognize as valid any of these laws.  And those who submit to their lordship do not find themselves submitting to the laws of the Living God.  There is a distinction between what is pure and what is evil.

The Command of Yearning

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It has been popular to attribute the entirety of salvation to the work of God.  In one fashion this is absolute and true.  For He alone is to be desired.  He alone is Righteous, pure, and eternal.  What lacks, quite often, in this formulation of thought regarding the entirety of salvation, is the work of man.

It is reserved by the Rule of God that man should play an essential part in his own salvation.  It is given to man to yearn for God.  This is the part we are commanded to play in the salvation of our souls.  And this is the very part that is horribly lacking among men.  If it is commanded and is lacking what shall be the outcome of those who rebel against this commandment of God?

Men prefer to yearn for the things of this world.  These are lazy in their approach and shall not receive blessing.  And because of this worldly yearning heaven will not be granted to them.  The Righteousness of God does not inhabit the wickedness associated with the things of this world.

Therefore let us put aside all the yearning after the things of this world and fall on our faces to learn what it means to yearn after the Holiness, Righteousness, Purity, and Godly Love which waits to embrace every soul who will humble themselves and seek His face with that commanded yearning.

The Reflection of Heaven Among Men

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All things of men are but a shadow of the heavenly things.  Whether rebellion or holiness, we see the state of heavenly things directly before our eyes.  Yet this is inverse of the ways of heaven.  Where heaven is populated with what is Holy more than that of rebellion, man is immersed in rebellion more than holiness.

Look around you.  Consider this with wisdom and react accordingly.

A Prayer for Today

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Forboding Malibu Creek State Park

Forboding Malibu Creek State Park (Photo credit: jasoneppink)

Holy Father in Heaven, we give You Glory for Your Holy ways.  We observe the choice You are setting in our path.  The choice of freedom or oppression hangs before our path as if a fragile cliff.  With one gentle move of Your Mighty hand America will encounter one or the other.

We consider ourselves in light of this pending choice.  We are the sum of what we have done; to abandon Your Holy commands to one extent or another.   Or we have failed to employ our whole heart, mind, soul and strength in the pursuit of Your Ways.  But we are also a people filled with hope at the generous gifts You have given us.  Each one of us having attained a certain filling of Your Holy Spirit, and each one accountable to You as to how we have employed “The Faith” You have graciously given us.

To each You present this choice.  To the holy of Your people You rightly expect more.  To the sinner just entering into Your Gospel You rightly expect more.  And to all Your people You have said “Straighten your path.  Display to Me what you desire.  The choice belongs to My people.  And I will act accordingly.”  As it has been eternally written:  13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to
devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7)

We see the choice looming before us and we ask that You clearly waken Your people with eyes and ears that only You can give.   Guide us all in this matter that we may act wisely before Your Holy Throne.  This prayer is presented to You who are a consuming fire of Holiness, purity, and love.  And we sign this petition with the Holy Name of Your Blessed and Faithful Son, Jesus.  Amen.

Love Apparent to All

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Seasons

Seasons (Photo credit: *~Dawn~*)

What is this place we inhabit?  The seasons change in their faithfully instructed time, with variations, yet surely differing.  The stars remain steady enough to mark the faithful seasons.

Trees, flowers, mosses, and bushes remain after their own kind produce their fruits.  Snow is faithfully white, rain is always water.  The seas remain within their commanded boundaries.  Clouds appear, drift, and obey the command of the atmosphere.  So many aspects of creation to mention.

And why is all this about and within us?  Because God was pleased to create this “Place of Testing”.  It was sufficient to test the faithfulness of His Son Jesus.  And it is sufficient to test the faithfulness of His Son’s Bride.

Let us, therefore, consider what wonderful opportunity is upon us.  That we should be, by His Grace, counted as worthy to be refined through the same sufferings which fell upon His Son.  And let us consider His very great promises concerning such people.  Let us not perceive any hatred for those things which come against us.  Rather let us embrace each item, large or small, as if it were a kiss from the Holy Lord Most High who determined to love His creation into that perfect rest.

By His Grace.

Warning

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On this day of Sabbath for me I appealed to the Lord.  May His mercy be shed upon this servant to relay His word.

“Blood will flow.  Like a river it will flow upon the earth.  Even now the enemy amasses its weapons of destruction.  Rantings and railings against the Holy throne of God abound.   And they take delight in the prospects of the blood they will shed.

The men of blood wander about their lives without knowledge of what is coming.  As was written before, they hear the strange noises of this amassing.  But they do not understand its implications.  Like cattle they eat as they please without the slightest notion that their death is being plotted by evil men.   The father of lies enrages them with unholy encouragement.  Lies fill their hearts, minds and mouths.  And they form boasts worthy of hell itself.  The joy of murder is in their hearts, and there will be no stopping to the war they will wield against their enemies.”

Oh men of this earth, you children of blood, I beg you to hear my plea to you.  Turn from the works of you hand and seek the face of the Loving and Living God.  Repent of the things of sin and seek what is holy and sure.  What has been prophesied from ages past is about to be unleashed.  Where will your feet stand when it begins?  Where will you run to escape what is gathering against you?  Every man’s way is plainly seen by the Lord.  Even the thoughts of your heart are open and clear before His perfect eyes.

He is mercy to those who seek repentance.  He is full of compassion for those who allow themselves to seek His will.  We are not created to seek our own pleasures.  We are created to serve the Living God in spirit and in truth.  But you will not have any of this.  And for this reason the war is assembling in a distant place.  Do not think any will escape.  Do not think that the works of your hands will save you from what is sure to come.  Jesus alone is the answer.  He has pleased His Father and opens His Holy hands to receive all who will humble themselves, pray, and seek His face.

This alone is the day of salvation for all men.  There will not be another offered.  While we inhabit these sacks of blood is the only place where mercy will be extended.  Once you have passed from this place you are sealed forever in what you have received here.  I implore you to seek out the salvation that comes from the Son of God.  Only those who have washed their robes in the Blood of the Lamb of God will be saved.  Accept His invitation to walk into the consuming fire that is the judgment of God.  Purify yourself by submitting to His Lordship.

I have been blessed to share this message.  It pleased Him to share this with us.  Do not spit in the face of what is God’s.  Consider with the utmost sobriety what has been delivered.  I tell you what I have heard.  And appeal to you to respond.   Why would we willingly die?

By His Grace.