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Ownership

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Jesus Christ!

Jesus Christ! (Photo credit: wormwould)

 

We say a man owns a business.  We say we own a house.  Slave masters have said they own people.  Or, we have said, “I own that!”  Really.

 

The way I see it no one owns anything but the Father in Heaven.  Angels owe Him their very existence.  So do demons.  Jesus owes His Glory to the Father.  A man owes his very breath to the Father.

In the picture here, that statue was burned to the ground by a strike of lightning.  I pass that place from time to time.  Who owned it?  Who owns it now?  And who owns the burnt piece of ground where it used to stand in that man made pool?  They say they intend to rebuild it.  Right…………

But if you want to slice and dice the matter:

 

Jesus owns the end result of every soul.

 

Justice

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Only the serious know how to truly laugh

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Celebrate and feast, you world of the godless.  What great pains you contrive to hold the Lord of Life at the edge of the universe.  But He was here before you opened your tiny eyes.

Party, laugh, lie, and plot in vain.  For all that is God was from before the foundation of the world.  And all that is God will continue long after that last laugh is let loose from lying lips.

Corrupt, devastate, destroy and condemn, all you who strive to gain what you can’t keep.  While your busy, bloody, hands grasp at each others throats, the Glorious God of Righteousness, peace, freedom, and life, is planning your destruction.

Shed your tears, you who love the Lord. Let the belly convulse in sorrow at the plight of Righteousness among the wicked.  Sigh deeply, you who witness the heavens and remain on earth.  For your prayer of non-words is heard.  Raise those forgiven hands, you who plead for mercy.  For all that is holy will soon be yours.  Those who’s belly is craving true manna, your fast will not be in vain.  For the feast is coming when all is peaceful.  Where the joyful blast of perfect lips will proclaim the Glory of He who redeems His own.

Matthew 25: 1-13

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Antique bronze oil lamp with the "Chi Rho...

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I found this at http://www.redskyatnight.com/oil.html  “Adjust wick so that it shows just over the top of the wick tube and make sure it is level and straight. Trim with sharp scissors is necessary.”

Oil lampThey are talking about how to best use an oil lamp.  I know that our oil lamps are not quite like those in the days of Jesus’ ministry here on earth.  But it does give us some helpful advise.

Adjust your testimony so that it shows just over the top of your head.  This action causes you to become less and the Lord’s will to become more.  For, after all, this is the place of Light.  Make sure you’re walking a straight life before the Lord.  And trim with the sharp sword of the Word of God, if necessary.

When

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When will we, as individuals, be ready to accept the will of the Lord in Jesus?

When will we, as individuals, believe to the point of walking in faith?

When will we, as individuals, step into the shoes of the Gospel of Peace?

When will we, as individuals, speak the truth in love?

When will we, as individuals, learn to be ready to serve Him in season and out of season?

When?

What are we, as individuals, waiting for?

What more can be said to us that He has not already said?

Fear nothing.  Believe the words the Holy Lord of Life has spoken, both promise of good and promise of bad.

Stretch out your hand and take what is being offered this very minute.

The very second your eyes reach this WORD, eternity is upon you.

Eternity is not the past, though it was already there.

Eternity is not the future, though the Lord has already known and prepared what is to come.

Eternity is “the now”.

Are we, as individuals, waiting for heaven?

What will we, as individuals, say when we arrive before Him?

Shall we confess that we were waiting?  Might He answer with a question?

“Waiting for what?”

Français : Montre gousset. Česky: Kapesní hodi...

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Study to Show Yourself Approved . . .

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Holy Spirit Cathedral (Minsk), Belarus

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It is not God’s will that we study Him so as to dissect His Holy nature.  It is, rather, His will that we study Him so that we might learn to do His Holy will.  Many fall into the trap of learning about God.  Just as a student may enter college and learn to enjoy learning so much that they forget that they are learning so that they can become productive in their society.

As we study the Lord so intently, let us continually consider that what we learn is only valuable if we apply it to the world around us.  Let us learn to listen to the activity of the Holy Spirit within us.  He will lead us from one glory to another as we listen and do.

May God bless this message to all HIs people, and to those who are becoming aware of a calling within their soul.  By the Holy name of Jesus, I pray.  Amen.

Respect or Die an Eternal Vagrant

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English: The Bible

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I see a man who has been fooled into thinking that he can judge the Bible incomplete and even full of errors because there are references to things which are not physically possible, or even proven to be wrong by science.  He takes into consideration that it was once believed that the sun rotated around the earth.  Thus, he discounts the perfect word of God by one mental burp.  In his foolishness he condemns himself.  He judges God by man’s judgment.  He fails to see, for he has forfeited his eyes which God gave him.  And worse, he leads others into that same error.

Be wise!  Respect God!  Respect the Word of God!  Recognize that we are man, and that our understanding is darkened both by the world we live in; that is to say the state of the world being that which is created only, and by the desire of God to test the heart of every man by keeping some things hidden from the eyes of the proud and foolish.