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Take up the cross and follow Me

6/13/2016

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And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. But from the beginning of the creation GOD made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore GOD hath joined together, let not man put asunder. (Mar 10:5-9)
     Though the message is not popular or politically correct, it is biblical that there are only two genders, and we are genetically either male or female, and one each of each gender are to come together in marriage and stay together as GOD designed and created us to do. We are all made in His image and He loves us enough that He sent His only begotten Son to die in our place and for our sin. Though our rebellion against Him has led to sin and death, He has not forsaken His creation, nor does He take any pleasure in the death of the wicked. He is not willing that any should perish and leave this world for an eternity without Him and it grieves His heart that many will chose to live this life without repenting of their sins and trusting in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary and receiving by faith the new life in Christ He has already purchased in His own body on that tree.

      We are supposed to live holy lives in Christ that are different from the world, and when we do, the world will hate us for it. When we proclaim the Truth from the Holy Scriptures of Creation, GOD'S design for marriage, gender, or any other precept, those who are dead in their trespasses and sins and without GOD in their hearts, rail against us and persecute us, because they can't reach a GOD that deep down they know exists and are without excuse. When we shine as lights in the darkness and proclaim the Truth of GOD to this sinful and broken world, they resist and reject the Truth because their deeds are evil, just as ours were before we came to understand the One who was calling us to Himself and the reconciliation He offers to all who will repent and surrender to Him on His terms.

      Those who are now in Christ and have His new life and are a new creature living the life He wants us to live in and through Him are His people, and servants of the Most High GOD. We are called to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need with the Word of righteousness, rightly divided and fitly spoken. We are commanded to love one another as members in particular, and disciple one another in His Word that we may be equipped to the ministry and the work of the saints. We have been commissioned into His service and are to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world in the power of the Holy Spirit and as we go, proclaim the Good News of forgiveness through reconciliation and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His Son, that those who believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah of GOD, might have life in His Name.

     For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Surrender to Him on His terms and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. GOD calls you to trust Him and what He has already done for you to pay your sIn debt. He has provided the only way of reconciliation with GOD, forgiveness from GOD, and Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, to give you a new life in Christ. Turn away from yourself and your sIn and turn to Him alone for eternal Life, now and always.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

5/20/2016

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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? Knowest thou the ordinances of Heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? (Job 38:4-6, 31-33)
     The Lord speaks to Job and his counselors. He never answers them directly, but asks rhetorical questions which declare that the Lord, He is GOD and there is no other. The Lord's ways are righteous, they are above our ways, His thoughts are above our thoughts. His Truth is everlasting, His mercy is renewed every morning, and His judgements are true and righteous altogether. He alone is creator of all things and our maker, redeemer, and King. He made all things, from the smallest microbe to the largest galaxy. He sustains all things, holding them in His hand, and directs their ways, providing for all. He has established the foundation, and yet He has not just set the world on a shelf and forgotten His creation, for He is a personal and involved GOD who knows each and every one of us. Even though we rejected Him and rebelled against His Authority, He loves us and has not abandoned us to our fate, but gave His only begotten Son that we might have eternal life and have it more abundantly.

     Job and his friends had no idea of the fulness and majesty of GOD Almighty. Not only did they not know of the events in the spiritual realm that led to Job's testing, they really didn't understand the breadth, and depth, and length, and height of GOD and His love for all of His creation, and especially for those who have trusted Him for Salvation through repentance of their sin and faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. Though Job never really gets an answer for his questions, GOD simply asks Him pointed questions to remind Job that He is GOD, and we are not, and that GOD cares intimately for His creation and for its people. Though He tests us and chastises those of us who are His, to cause us to become more like Him, He is perfect and righteous, and we can turn to Him and rest in Him who is our strength.

     We have hope in Christ because of what He has already done for us, and we can trust that every one of His promises will come true. They may not all be for us, as individuals, or for our nation, but GOD will bring us through whatever He leads us to, just as He has revealed in His Word. He calls His people to be faithful, to trust Him, not just for Salvation, but in all things, for He is Lord, and the life we now live in the flesh, we are to live by the faith of the Son of GOD who loved us and gave Himself for us. We are to be His servants, His ambassadors, with the Word of righteousness, rightly divided and fitly spoken, to minister to others who are hurting and in need. We are to be His children, loving one another as we disciple one another in His Word. We are to be His witnesses, taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world in the power of the Holy Spirit, and as we go where He sends us, proclaiming the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His Son, that those who believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah of GOD might have life in His Name.

     For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Surrender to Him on His terms and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. GOD calls you to trust Him and what He has already done for you to pay your sIn debt. He has provided the only way of reconciliation with GOD, forgiveness from GOD, and Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, to give you a new life in Christ. Turn away from yourself and your sIn and turn to Him alone for eternal Life, now and always.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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The Lord is not slack concerning His promise

3/29/2016

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Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is Salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, unto their own destruction. Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. (2Pe 3:14-18)
     Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, and waiting for His return, that Blessed Hope, doesn't mean sitting on the pew and wishing He would come back. It means being about our Father's business, of ministry, missions, and discipleship as we evangelize the lost and edify and mature those who are secure in Christ. It means worshiping Him who is worthy in Spirit and in Truth rather than in acts of the flesh, rejoicing in the fellowship we have in and of one another, reaching out to others who are hurting and in need, pointing people to Christ and testifying of our risen living Lord, and encouraging one another in the knowledge of Him who is our Saviour because of His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, our Redeemer because of our repentance of sin and our faith in Him, and our soon coming King, for He is the righteous Judge, the Creator and Lord of the Universe, the Holy One of Israel, and the Head of the Church.

      As we wrap up this series, having covered the general epistles, and most of the New Testament, other than Mark and Luke's Gospels, our final view of Peter's final message gives us encouragement and exhortation to look to eternal things, not temporary things. To be steadfast in our study of the Word of GOD that we may grow and mature in Christ, to be constant in our prayers to hear from GOD, and to consistent in our love and care for one another as we continue this journey, as strangers and pilgrims, foreigners in this world, but fellow saints with all who are in Christ, and all who have gone on before us to be with Jesus. With our feet firmly planted on the foundation of Christ and His Word, and having the mind of Christ, we bear one another's burdens and provoke one another to good works, while reaching out to others that they may see Christ in us, the hope of Glory, until He is done with us.

     GOD has called, commanded, and commissioned His people to be His ministers, His servants, His ambassadors, and His witnesses. We are to go out into this lost and dying world with the Word of righteousness and reconciliation, equipped and empowered to speak the Truth in love, and with the Word fitly spoken, proclaim His love, mercy, and grace to all those GOD sends our way and in our path. We are to love one another as He loved us, with charity and as members one of another, not just in the four walls of our meetinghouse, but wherever GOD'S people are doing the will of GOD and the work of the Kingdom. We are to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ as we go and proclaim in the power and wisdom of the Holy Spirit the Good News of reconciliation with the Father through repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ alone, that those who hear might believe and in believing that He is the Christ they might have life in His Name.

      For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Surrender to Him on His terms and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. GOD calls you to trust Him and what He has already done for you to pay your sIn debt. He has provided the only way of reconciliation with GOD, forgiveness from GOD, and Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, to give you a new life in Christ. Turn away from yourself and your sIn and turn to Him alone for eternal Life, now and always.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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The answer of a good conscience toward GOD

3/18/2016

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But sanctify the Lord GOD in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. For it is better, if the will of GOD be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to GOD, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: (1Pe 3:15-18)
        Our hope is Jesus Christ, the only way to the Father, and we look for His return, first to take us Home to be with Him, and then to judge this earth, rule from His earthly Kingdom, and then all eternity in the presence of our Saviour.  Not because of anything we have done, but because of our faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary we who are in Christ have been born again, made new creatures in Christ by the power and presence of the Spirit of GOD who dwells within us. He is in us, and we are in Him and our eternal life, which began the moment we repented of our sins and received His great Salvation by faith in Him, is secured through Him who gave Himself for us.

       Our liberty in Christ is not a license to sin all we want to, or for us to do our will or to do as we please, but a call to holiness because He is Holy and Righteous. We are to walk by faith and in obedience to Him and His Word, which is a reflection of Himself as well as a revelation of GOD and His interaction with and redemption of His creation, this broken and dying world, that others might see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We are to live His life and do His will, and not our own, while we sojourn in this one, glorifying Him in all things, and pointing everyone to the only one who can save us from our sin, deliver us from our rebellion, and alter the final destination for those who are not secure in Christ, through a covenant relationship with Him in repentance and faith.

     He calls His children to obedience, that we might be His ambassadors for the Kingdom and witnesses of who He is, and with the Word of reconciliation minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, fully equipped and prepared to represent our Lord and Master. He commands His church to love on another as He loved us, and to disciple one another in His Word that the saints might be made perfect to do the work of the ministry and edify the body of Christ. He has commissioned His people to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power and authority we have in Him and through His Spirit and make disciples, teaching them all things, and proclaiming the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father that they might believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of GOD and in believing have life in His Name.

    For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Surrender to Him on His terms and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. GOD calls you to trust Him and what He has already done for you to pay your sIn debt. He has provided the only way of reconciliation with GOD, forgiveness from GOD, and Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, to give you a new life in Christ. Turn away from yourself and your sIn and turn to Him alone for eternal Life, now and always.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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The Shepherd and Bishop of your souls

3/16/2016

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For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with GOD. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth: Who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not; but committed Himself to Him that judgeth righteously: Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (1Pe 2:20-24)
      If we are in trouble or punished for what we do that is in error or sinful, we are receiving the just reward for our actions, and have nothing to complain about. If we are chastised or persecuted for that which we have done in Christ and for GOD, we will be blessed for our meekness, a quiet strength that rests in GOD who is our rest. If we are suffering the consequences of our own actions, we ought to humbly confess and acknowledge our faults; but if we suffer for our faith, He will reward us in His good time for our faithfulness and obedience to His Word.

     He calls all to repent of their sin, trust in Him alone, and forsaking all else and follow Him, to be as He is, Holy and righteous. We cannot stand in His presence in our own righteousness, which is as filthy rags, we must put on the righteousness of GOD through faith in Jesus Christ and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary in repentance and surrender to Him on His terms.  The GOD who created us, and has judged our sin as an offense against Him and His Law, has offered Himself in our place that we might be saved from ourselves and the penalty of sin which came upon all men. Jesus Christ became our sin that we might become His righteousness and we who are born again and made new creatures in Christ are to live lives of holiness and submission to His Will as He accomplishes His work in and through us.

     GOD calls His Church to holy and righteous in and through our Lord, Jesus Christ, as His body, the living bride He is fashioning for His Son, as we minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, with the Word of reconciliation. GOD commands His people, the building of lively stones He has established in fellowship and in relationship with Him, to love one another and to disciple one another in His Word, that we may be fully equipped to do the work of the ministry He directs and edify, encourage, and exhort the body of Christ. Our Lord has commissioned His witnesses, the army of GOD, but not with the weapons of this world, but with the Word of GOD and the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to go and make disciples, teaching and proclaiming, in the power of the Holy Spirit within us, the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father, that those who hear and believe in Him might have life in His Name.

    For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Surrender to Him on His terms and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. GOD calls you to trust Him and what He has already done for you to pay your sIn debt. He has provided the only way of reconciliation with GOD, forgiveness from GOD, and Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, to give you a new life in Christ. Turn away from yourself and your sIn and turn to Him alone for eternal Life, now and always.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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The living Stone who is chosen of GOD and Precious

3/15/2016

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Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to GOD by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on Him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe He is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the Word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of GOD: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. (1Pe 2:5-10)
      The Rock of ages, the corner stone of the Church of GOD, the foundation upon which we are built, Jesus Christ and our faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, is the stone of offense to those who are still in their sins and the precious Rock upon which we stand. His Word, which is a reflection and revelation of who He is and what He came to do is also precious and our faith in it and Him leads to Salvation. Just as His is a Name which is above every name, and is the only Name whereby we are saved, so He has elevated His Word above even His very Name, and our faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of GOD.

    We who are in Christ by repentance and faith in Him and His Word, from Peter and John, to Luther and Calvin, to today's saints, are little stones, living sacrifices fitly placed in His building, not the campus or meetinghouse, for that is not the church, but the living organism GOD has placed us in, and indwelt with His Spirit, that we might do His will and accomplish His Work during our sojourn in this broken and dying world. What we build for Him and by His power will remain, what we try to accomplish on our own will crumble, for the arm of flesh will fail us, but He never will. He will never leave us nor forsake us and faithful is He who has called us, who will do it.

      We have His Word, inspired by the Spirit, written by the prophets and apostles, to hear, read, study, memorize, meditate and obey that we might be profitable servants in ministry to those around us who are hurting and in need, as His ambassadors and children of the King. We have His Salvation and a covenant relationship with the GOD of the universe, making us who are in Him brothers and sisters, and members one of another in fellowship and relationship with our Heavenly Father as we disciple one another in His Word that we may grow thereby. We have the indwelling Spirit of GOD to empower us with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and direct us as we go into this lost and dying world, and as we go at His command, we tell all who will hear the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His Son that they might repent and believe in Him, and in believing have life in His Name.

    For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Surrender to Him on His terms and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. GOD calls you to trust Him and what He has already done for you to pay your sIn debt. He has provided the only way of reconciliation with GOD, forgiveness from GOD, and Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, to give you a new life in Christ. Turn away from yourself and your sIn and turn to Him alone for eternal Life, now and always.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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The salvation of your souls

3/11/2016

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Blessed be the GOD and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in Heaven for you, who are kept by the power of GOD through faith unto Salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: (1Pe 1:3-7)
      Peter begins his epistle with a message of hope and encouragement to believers that our redemption by GOD is not through our own efforts, will not fade away, and though we will go through many trials during our sojourn here, GOD knows that He will bring us through, conformed to the image of His dear Son, for good and for His Glory. Our eternity with Him is sealed by Him, and His Spirit within is the earnest of our Redemption. The trials are temporary, but our GOD and our relationship with Him through repentance and faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary is eternal and ever lasting.

      Those not yet in Christ still have an opportunity to receive Christ by faith unto eternal life, for GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the acknowledging of the Truth. GOD loves you, and while His foreknowledge means He knows who are His, His grace and mercy extends to all who will repent and believe in Him. He will not force any one to be born again, but all who reject His great Salvation will be for ever separated from the only true GOD and from His Son, Jesus Christ, whom He sent to be the Saviour of the world. GOD the Son who is the Son of GOD became a man and went humbly and willingly to that cruel Roman cross that we might have life and have it more abundantly in Him who is our life.

      When He shall appear, we who are His will receive the final aspect of GOD's plan of redemption, the glorification of His people, not that we become gods, but that we are made new in our bodies, just as He made us new in our spirits, and is making all things new in our souls. Until that day we are to continue in Him, trusting in Him who is our rest, and serving all those He sends us to as ministers of reconciliation and ambassadors of His Kingdom. We are to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, with the Word of reconciliation rightly divided and fitly spoken that they may see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We are to love one another, fellowship together as we accomplish His work, and disciple one another as we grow in Him into the full measure of Him with whom we have to do. We are to testify of Him with the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Ghost until all have heard the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in Him, that in believing they might have life in His Name.

    For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Surrender to Him on His terms and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. GOD calls you to trust Him and what He has already done for you to pay your sIn debt. He has provided the only way of reconciliation with GOD, forgiveness from GOD, and Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, to give you a new life in Christ. Turn away from yourself and your sIn and turn to Him alone for eternal Life, now and always.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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Be patient therefore unto the coming of the Lord

3/10/2016

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Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the Name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (Jas 5:13-16)
     For those who are in Christ, we have an advocate with the Father we can pray to, worship, praise, and trust with the cares of this life because He cares for us. We can pray for one another in the power and authority we have in Christ, not because we are any thing other than His people, but because He has told us to boldly approach the Throne of grace to find help in time of need and to bring our petitions to Him who ever liveth to make intercession for His saints. Our songs, our anointing, and our prayers are to be prayers of faith, trusting the Lord Jesus, who cannot fail, to receive our worship, because He alone is worthy, and answer our prayers and to give us what we ask for when we ask according to His will that He might be glorified in all things.

    Just as we give our children what they ask for when they ask for something that we already want to give them, so it is with our perfect Heavenly Father. He loves us, and commended that love in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us, He not only wants what is best for us, but He wants to bless us and provide for us according to His riches in Christ Jesus. Every good and perfect gift comes from Him who does not change, and He already wants to give us what is best for us and what we need as we sojourn in this sinful and broken world, and do His will and accomplish His work while we are here until He is done with us and takes us Home to be with Him.

      Until that day, we are to encourage one another, pray for one another, and forgive one another, that we may show ourselves faithful and that we are His disciples and members of His family and of His body, the Church, and members in particular. We are to pray for our ministries and those who serve as we minister to those around us who are hurting and in need. We are to pray for one another in love and for our growth as we encourage and exhort one another, and disciple one another in His Word to the edification of His people. We are to pray for our witness, as we take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world, and as we go in the power of the Holy Spirit, praying for those who hear the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, that they might believe and receive eternal life in His Name.

    For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Surrender to Him on His terms and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. GOD calls you to trust Him and what He has already done for you to pay your sIn debt. He has provided the only way of reconciliation with GOD, forgiveness from GOD, and Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, to give you a new life in Christ. Turn away from yourself and your sIn and turn to Him alone for eternal Life, now and always.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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That ye may be perfect and entire

3/2/2016

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If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of GOD, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. (Jas 1:5-8)
    We now move into a journey through the book of James, written by the brother of our Lord, Jesus Christ. James was not a believer in Christ during His earthly ministry, but as we see in Acts and then through this book, He was a leader in the early church.

     We can either get the wisdom of this world, which is transitory, built on shifting sands, and often mixed with half-truths and outright lies, or we can get the wisdom which is from above: pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. The wisdom that GOD gives begins with the fear of the Lord, then understanding comes through His Spirit and His Word, and finally as we see this world through our experience of Him and the Truth He imparts. We can trust He will guide us into all Truth and the inspiration of the Almighty will give us understanding.

      He gives wisdom, through His Spirit and His Word to all who seek it, to all who ask in faith, believing they will receive, and to all who trust Him and His wisdom to understand what we see and experience around us. He does not chastise His children for asking, just for doubting Him and His Word. He does not upbraid His children for honest questions and the desire to understand, just for disobedience to what He has told us to do with what He say. We are to grow up into His image and into the full measure of Him with whom we have to do.

     His church is to take the wisdom of GOD, the Word of reconciliation, as His ambassadors in ministry, missions, and discipleship as we evangelize this lost and dying world. We minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, that they might be comforted and for those who don't know Him thy might come to know Jesus Christ through us and His Word. We love one another in fellowship and worship of our King as we disciple one another in His Word and grow together, equipped and encouraged to the work He has for us to do. We witness of Him and His wondrous works as we go with the Gospel of Jesus Christ from His Word in the power and at the direction of the Holy Spirit. As we go, we proclaim the Good News of forgiveness through repentance of our sin, and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, that those who repent and believe might have life in His Name.

    For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Surrender to Him on His terms and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. GOD calls you to trust Him and what He has already done for you to pay your sIn debt. He has provided the only way of reconciliation with GOD, forgiveness from GOD, and Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, to give you a new life in Christ. Turn away from yourself and your sIn and turn to Him alone for eternal Life, now and always.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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Consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession

2/29/2016

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Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the Author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of GOD. For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. (Heb 12:1-3)
     All those who have gone on before, faithfully testifying of the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, encourage us to remain faithful in this marathon we run. We were born into the human race, and the wages we earn for the race of sin is death. When we are born again, and we must be in order to be translated from the kingdom of darkness, into the Kingdom of His Son and receive eternal life, we are set on a journey with Jesus and in Him, His righteousness in us by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary.

     Jesus Christ took our place, willingly and humbly paying the price for sIn we could not pay, and providing the only way of forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father, through His obedience and sacrifice. All who have trusted Him now live in Him the righteousness of Christ and are adopted into this great family of GOD, one with the Father, not because we are now divine, or will become so, but because He has made us heirs of the righteousness which is in Christ Jesus, a new creature in Christ, risen to walk in newness of life.

     His sacrifice means we are forgiven to serve, blessed to be a blessing, empowered to encourage, equipped and enabled to engage others for Jesus Christ. We are to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need with the Word of reconciliation as GOD provides His power, direction, and abundance of grace and mercy. We are to love one another with the unfeigned love of the brethren, as He loved us, and disciple one another in His Word until we all come into the full measure of Him who is our Head. We are to witness unto Him who gave Himself for us, that others may know Him and the power of His resurrection, taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit, and as we go, proclaiming the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father to all who will hear that by repentance and faith they might receive eternal life in His Name.

     For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Surrender to Him on His terms and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. GOD calls you to trust Him and what He has already done for you to pay your sIn debt. He has provided the only way of reconciliation with GOD, forgiveness from GOD, and Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, to give you a new life in Christ. Turn away from yourself and your sIn and turn to Him alone for eternal Life, now and always.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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