From yesterday (10/19/2008) during church:
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Faith without works is dead. For those who say they believe in Me but do not cause themselves to walk in righteousness will have no part with Me. For though they praise Me with their lips, before men, their hear is not towards Me and they choose not to do My will. I say, who will take up their cross daily, dying to their flesh, and follow Me? Though many say, "The Lord is my God," they know Me not. They choose not to hate the garment spotted by the flesh. How can you have fellowship with the world and God, when the world is at enmity against Me? A repentant heart and a sincere desire to do My will, to love truth, I will accept. But those who say that they desire truth and continue to walk in darkness, fulfilling the lusts of the flesh, I will judge and have no part with. My word is truth, never returning unto Me void.
As the Lord has been speaking to us lately, the time is so close when He will make the division clear. No matter what anyone tells you, no man can serve two masters. If we do not choose now to love and serve the Living God, to fall upon the Rock (Jesus), the time surely draws near when the Rock will fall upon us.
Love In Jesus,
Ryan
2 comments:
Amen Ryan
It is truth, it seems as though people think God has changed, believing that its ok to dine on the fruits of the world and give Him crumbs, always depending on mercy and grace. So many say in their hearts "I beleive in Jesus so i'm ok" but as the Lord said "Faith without works is dead".
Love in Christ
James
Amen Ryan and James.
Men do not realize or understand just what the Holy Spirit means to a person who is filled with the Spirit of the living God. Entering into the rest of God is just words. Having the Mind of Christ is just a term. They "think" they know, but understanding in truth is far from them. They will patronize you and give you smug little looks like they know things, as though God showed them. All the while, falling far short of grasping truth. They say and think that they have faith yet cannot truly enter in. They are carnally minded and do not know truth, the Spirit of truth, or the witness that He bears.
In Acts 5 a man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, his wife also knowing. One by one they told the same lie about the selling price and giving to the church. The problem is that they did not know that Peter, by the Holy Spirit, knew the truth, Peter said to them, you have not lied unto men, but unto God. One at a time because of the lie they fell dead. They though that they were just lying to Peter, not fearing or respecting the Holy Spirit within him.
When the candle stand of Revelation was taken from most "churches" at about 100 to 200 A.D., so also went the witness and power of God. The actions that had previously been confirmed by God in power, became meaningless ceremonies, symbols of what was lost. Wicked men took captive those who hungered for God but gave them religious traditions of man.
All the virgins slept. Then came the sound of the bridegroom in His return. The virgins with oil lit their lamps, those without, could not. Those with the oil, are as Peter, as their Master, Jesus. Many have been peer pressure brow beaten about judging others, but those that love truth, the Spirit of truth will not hold back. Knowing that kind of truth, with that power is what will soon be displayed in the earth. God is preparing a people who He is perfecting. They walk in the Holy Spirit, they judge all things, they know all truth by the Spirit of Truth,
While God was long suffering, He is not mocked. God will not let the arrogance of men be exalted before His servants. The difference of who is of God in truth and who is not will soon be apparent.
Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
You will see it with your own eyes. All those who live will be on one side or the other.
L,J,P&HG
Dave
11And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
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