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That ye might walk worthy of the Lord

9/30/2015

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Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the Kingdom of His dear Son: In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist. And He is the Head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence. (Col 1:12-18)
      We who are truly born again by repentance of our sins and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary are made part of the body of Christ the moment we believe. We were justified by GOD's grace, and made a new creature and Kingdom citizens, with our sins forgiven, not to sin more, but to live Kingdom lives of holiness and His righteousness, that we might glorify Him in all things. We are no more citizens of this world, walking in darkness and sin, but saints of GOD, and members one of another in the fellowship of the inheritance that GOD has for His own.

       And He is the Head of the body, our Lord, Master, and King. Through the indwelling Holy Spirit and His Word we have direction and guidance that we may grow up into Him, observe to do His commands, and follow Him in obedience, to do His will and work in this lost and dying world. The physical Kingdom of Heaven is not here, for the King has not returned yet, but the Spiritual Kingdom of GOD is within and we are to live as His ambassadors, representing the Kingdom that is and is to come. We live for and through Him, the life we live now in the flesh is not our own, we are bought with the price of His precious blood shed for our sins, to pay our sin debt, and to free us from the penalty of sin and give us victory over its power until He calls us Home and away from its presence.

        Until that day, we have work to do, not to earn His great Salvation, for He has paid it all, or keep us in His good graces, for we obey our Lord and Saviour out of love for Him who has redeemed us and adopted us into Himself and His family. We are His saints, children of GOD who are to minister to one another in His power and share His mercy with those around us who are hurting and in need that they may see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We are all one in the body of Christ, and members in particular, who are to love one another as He loved us, and disciple one another in His Word that we may all grow thereby. We are His witnesses, taking His Word and the Good News to all who will hear, that they may repent and believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ and receive Him by faith and 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 with forgiveness 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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Godliness with contentment is great gain

9/29/2015

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Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
But my GOD shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Now unto GOD and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (Php 4:11-13, 19-20)
    No matter how big our house, how few possessions we have, how large or small our bank account, we are to be content, for the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. We are to trust GOD that He will supply every need, for He already knows what we need before we ask, and every good gift comes from Him. We are not to ask amiss, to consume it upon our lusts, nor are we to murmur about our condition, for GOD is faithful. Everything happens in His time, and for His purposes; to reach the lost with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to conform us to the image of His dear Son, and for His Church to minister out of His abundance that He has blessed us with.

     All the things we are to be doing are to this end, that GOD is glorified. When we share our faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary and teach repentance toward Him, GOD is glorified in our obedience and testimony. When we minister to others out of that which GOD has given us, GOD is glorified in us and through us, as our provider and King. When we disciple one another in the Word and love one another as members one of another, GOD is glorified as our Heavenly Father who is pleased when the brethren dwell together in the unity of the Spirit and the bond of peace.

      GOD's people are to glorify Him, not in our wants and fleshly desires that fulfil the lust of the flesh, but in knowing Him and relying on Him every day, as we die to self and bear our cross, crucified in Him and raised to walk in newness of life. We are to glorify our Father, not in friendship with the world and the things of the world, or being conformed to this world, but transformed by the renewing of our minds and having the mind of Christ as we learn of Him through the Scriptures that are able to make us wise. We are to glorify Him who is our Lord and Saviour, not in our thoughts or our ways, which are not His, but in accomplishing His will and work in this lost and dying world, as ambassadors and ministers of reconciliation.

     We are to minister, as His representatives, shining as lights in the world, but not of it, and lifting up Jesus Christ, the Creator, Redeemer, and soon coming King, that He might draw all men to Himself and be glorified in and by His Church. We are to reach out to those who are hurting and in need that they may see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We are to love one another, as Christ loved us, that all may know we are His disciples. We are to go with the Word, and as we go, preach and teach the Good News of repentance and forgiveness to those who believe in Him that they may receive by faith 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 with forgiveness 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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Stand fast in the Lord my dearly beloved

9/28/2015

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Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto GOD. And the peace of GOD, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. (Php 4:4-8)
         Our Christian walk should be joyful for the joy of the Lord is our strength. It should not be frivolous, or consist of inappropriate foolish jesting, or even stern religiousity and formality, for we are to have the mind of Christ from His Word, and do all things for His purposes and for His Glory. We are to take all our cares to Him, for He cares for us, and leave them at the Throne of mercy, that we might find grace to help in time of need. We are to rest in Him, for His burden is light and His yoke is easy, and He is our Sabbath, even while we work and labour in the Lord. All the while keeping our hearts and minds focused on the good things which GOD has blessed us with, and looking to Him and His great Salvation which He paid for with His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary and we receive by our repentance and faith in Him.

        All things we hear and see must be filtered through the lens of His Word, and understood not from this world and its temporary condition, but in the light of eternity. GOD's Word is True, every Word is pure, His Law is perfect and His statutes are right. Our Lord, who ever lives to make intercession for His saints, was and is without sIn or fault, the righteous sacrifice for our sIn, and we are to look to Him who is our virtue and righteousness, and the author and finisher of our faith. He created all things, perfect and mature, now marred by sin and the curse, and has redeemed those that repent and surrender to Him on His terms by faith unto Himself, and will one day restore all things and glorify those who are in Him. The Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, our Lord, Saviour, Creator and King, will soon return for His own to take us Home with Him.

         Until that day, we are to be of one mind and one heart with Him through the unity of the Spirit, one body on mission for His purposes, His ways, and His Glory. We are His ambassadors, representing the Kingdom and reaching others for Him. We are to minister to those who are hurting, not shooting the wounded, nor rejecting those that are without because they are not of us, but bringing all who will come into the glorious Liberty of the children of GOD. We are to love one another, not just in word, but in deed, as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, we are to give our lives for the brethren. We are to disciple one another in the Word, that we may all grow in Him, and be conformed to the image of His dear Son, until we all come into the full measure of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now and for ever. We are to take His Gospel of reconciliation through His blood to this lost and dying world, that all may hear His Word and repent, putting their faith in the Good News of Jesus Christ and believing in Him for 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 with forgiveness 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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Let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing

9/25/2015

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Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) For our conversation is in Heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself. (Php 3:17-21)
    The born again, Spirit filled, Christ following, members of His Body, the Church of GOD are to fellowship together, united in the Spirit, having one mind and in one accord, and preaching Truth from the Word of GOD. Those who are not so minded are to be lovingly, but properly, disciplined that they may repent or be exposed for their foolishness and opposition to the things of GOD. They do not hear His voice, neither do they know Him, and so must be judged with righteous judgment that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil.

    Even while we struggle with opposition and persecution, from without and within, we can take courage, for this is not our home. We are going to a Heavenly city, whose builder and maker is GOD, with whom we will abide with for ever. We who have repented of our sins against that Holy and Righteous GOD and put our faith and trust in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, look for the return of Him who has saved us. Our Lord GOD and Saviour, Jesus Christ, will return for us, and we will ever more be with Him, and like Him. Not gods, for their is only one GOD, but glorified and made righteous in Him and through Him. We are to walk in Him, and live as citizens of that country, setting our affections on things above and not on things on the earth.

    As His ambassadors, waiting for our tour to be finished, we continue to work in and for Jesus Christ, our King. We are to minister to one another and to those around us who are hurting and in need, equipping and encouraging the saints, and evangelizing those who do not know the Saviour. We are to shine for Christ in this broken and dying world. We are to love one another and disciple one another in the Word of GOD that all may grow in Him and become more like Him through His Word and His Spirit working in us to conform us the image of His dear Son. We are to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ where ever He sends us, and as we go tell every one we meet of the love of GOD and the Good News of reconciliation through  repentance and faith in Him so that those who believe and turn to GOD for Salvation 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 with forgiveness 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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But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ

9/24/2015

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 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the Law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of GOD by faith: That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of GOD in Christ Jesus. (Php 3:8-14)
    Those things we did before Christ, whether to earn Heaven when we cannot, or out of ignorance and our sIn nature, are forgiven for those in Christ, covered by His blood because we repented of them, and placed our faith and trust in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary that paid the price for those sins. Though we can, as Paul did, testify of what GOD has brought us from and through, we should not live in the past. If we are forgiven by GOD, the guilt for our sIn is gone, and we ought to move forward, forgiving ourselves, and continue in the Way through His power in us to deliver us from sIn, from the works of the Law which cannot save us, from our  own righteousness which is as filthy rags, and put on Christ.

    For those who have believed and been born again by our faith in Him, we know Him through experience, through His Word mixed with faith, without which no man can please GOD, and through His Spirit within us. We reckon ourselves dead to ourselves, dead to this world, and dead to sIn, that we may live in Christ, walk in His Word, and put on His righteousness, for He is our life. We are not perfect, entire, or complete yet, but we are to grow into Him through His Word. We have all of Christ we need to be conformed to the image of His dear Son, transformed by the renewing of our minds, resting in Him who has saved us from sIn and from ourselves. Our trust in Him to complete the work in us that He began when we were justified by faith empowers and encourages us to do His will and work in this world.

    We are equipped with His power, and His provision to minister to those around us, as GOD leads us in our ministry, to meet the needs of those who are hurting and in need. We are empowered with His Spirit to love one another, and those without, and to hear His voice from His Word and grow thereby from its precepts and Doctrine. We are emboldened by what He has done for us to take His Gospel and His Word to this lost and dying world, that those who hear the Good News of Jesus Christ, repenting of their sIn against our Holy GOD and turning to Him for Salvation, and trusting in Him and Him alone for reconciliation with the Father might have life in Him, through Him, by  Him and 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 with forgiveness 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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It is GOD which works in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure

9/23/2015

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Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of GOD, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; Holding forth the Word of life; that I may rejoice in the Day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. (Php 2:14-18)
    GOD wants us to enjoy doing His work, though His work in us is not always pleasant as He corrects and chastises, but our work for Him should be, for His yoke is easy and His burden is light. Since we don't have to do any thing to earn His Salvation, or keep it, but we do His work of ministry and reconciliation out of love for Him, we should be joyful. We should be harmless to those around us, though our message may cause distress, as conviction brings understanding, just as it did for us when heard the Word of Truth until we believed and were born again from above to hear our Father's voice because of our repentance and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary in our place.

    Not working for our salvation but working out what we already have means we run with patience the race that is set before us and look to Jesus as we become more like Him so that we produce fruit that remains, not having run in vain. We seek to remain of one mind and one accord, focusing on His work, the mission and ministry of His Church, not the social gospel which is another gospel, nor trying to bring His Kingdom here on earth, which won't happen until the King returns. We have one work, by the will of the Father, and empowered by the Spirit: we engage and enable people to enjoy Jesus Christ, equipped from His Word, and encouraged by one another in the bond of perfectness until He returns for His own and takes us Home to be with Him.

    Until that day we are called to a mission and ministry of meeting the needs of others around us who are hurting and in need, as GOD gives the increase, that they may see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. Until we are Home with Him, we are commanded to love one another, as members in particular of His body, bearing one another's burdens and discipling one another in and through His Word. Until all have heard and He recalls His ambassadors, we are to be ministers of reconciliation with the Good News of Jesus Christ, and as we go, sharing His Word and the Gospel to all that they might repent of their sins and believe in Him and 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 with forgiveness 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 ye transformed by the renewing of your mind

9/22/2015

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Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of GOD, thought it not robbery to be equal with GOD: But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a Name which is above every name: That at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the Glory of GOD the Father. (Php 2:5-11)
     O, that we would think like Him, and have the humble attitude of Christ. Putting aside ourselves, for we are to reckon ourselves dead to sin, dead to this world, and dead to ourselves, and living in and through Him. We ought to live lives, humbly and obedient to the Father, that give Him glory, that reflect Him in our lives. If we have surrendered to Him on His terms and been born again in repentance and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, He is now living in us. He is conforming us to the image of His dear Son, renewing our minds through His Word, and guiding us through His Spirit, for we have been changed. We are not what we were, we are now alive in Christ, and ministers of reconciliation, to lift Him up and point people to our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. The only way to the Father, the Word of Truth made flesh, and the eternal Life of Salvation.

    He is lifted up, because He was and is, obedient to the will and work of His Father. He is glorified because He humbly took our place and paid our sIn debt, that we can never pay for, and gave Himself as the only offering worthy and acceptable to GOD. He is worthy, because the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, became an man, obedient and sinless, but completely human; tried and tested, but completely surrendered, and is now raised up to sit at the right hand of the Father to make intercession of His saints. Jesus Christ is Lord, He is GOD, He is King and He will return to judge the nations, rule this earth for a thousand years, and bring all who are His to be with Him.

    Until He comes for His own, He expects His Church to be on mission for Him, to be His hands and feet in this broken and sinful world. As His ambassadors, representing His Kingdom, not of this world, but of GOD, we are to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, that they may see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. As members one of another, we are to love one another and disciple one another in the Word of GOD so that all may grow up into the full measure of Jesus Christ, the blessed and only Potentate, the light that shines in us. As ministers of reconciliation we are to go where the Spirit sends us, and as we go, we take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every one that those who hear the Good News from GOD's Word and believe in repentance and faith 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 with forgiveness 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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Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus

9/21/2015

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If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. (Php 2:1-4)
    We are to be like minded, in unity with the Spirit, with the mind of Christ from His Word. We are to be led by the Spirit as we walk together with the Lord Jesus and in loving fellowship with one another, as the family of GOD. We are to serve others, not live for ourselves. We are to edify and encourage one another not 'shoot the wounded'. We are to build each other up in the faith so that we all may grow in Christ and in His Word, to be like Him in all things. One Spirit, one Lord, one mind, one fellowship, one mission, one GOD.

    GOD calls His Church to be His body, united in mission and purpose. We are to be stedfast in fellowship and equipping one another to do His work and ministry in this world. We are to united in the bond of peace, prepared unto every good work, to take His Gospel to every creature, and be the ministers of reconciliation with GOD that He has called all His people to be. We are to stand fast in the faith, with a ready mind, to minister to those within and without who are hurting and in need, that as GOD provides blessings to His people and they give of themselves, others may see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory.

    We have one work in this world, that GOD has left as His ambassadors to do. We represent His Kingdom to this lost and dying world, as we love one another. We reach out in love and mercy to those who need Him. We share Jesus Christ, as His body and members of the household of faith, to those who are without that they might know Him and the grace He offers to those who repent of their sins and believe His Good News and receive Him by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. We edify and equip one another in love, disciple one another in the Word, and engage and enable people to enjoy Jesus Christ, until GOD is done with us, and takes us Home to be with Him. As His people, we are His ministers, His priests, His saints, and His children, that we should live in Him, walk in Him, and share Him and His great Salvation with others that 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 with forgiveness 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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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain

9/18/2015

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That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again. Only let your conversation be as it becometh the Gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the Gospel; And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of Salvation, and that of GOD. For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake; Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. (Php 1:26-30)
    We are to rejoice evermore, and give thanks in all things for this is the will of GOD in Christ Jesus concerning you. Our joy is to be full, even in our suffering for Christ. Our praise of Him is to be abundant, for all things are in His hands, and nothing fashioned against us will stand, without His authority. He is King and Lord of all, and He holds those of us who are truly His in His hand. The power of His grace, that by our faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary has made us new creatures in Christ, rest upon us and we glory in Him, our God and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

    He is our life, and His love for us empowers us and constrains us to work for Him, not to earn our Salvation or any thing, for He has paid it all, but so that others may know Him and the fellowship of the household of faith. We must stand strong in the faith as members one of another, as saints of GOD. We are to be of one mind and spirit, in the unity of the bond of peace, having all been reconciled to the Father, by His Son, Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, and now indwelt by His Spirit, that worketh in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure. We are to grow in Him and minister to one another and those without as He directs and commands to accomplish His will and for His Glory.

    We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works which GOD hath before ordained that we should walk in them. We are His ambassadors, representing the Kingdom of GOD and ministering to those around us who are hurting and in need that they may see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We are His brethren, and members of His body, encouraging and equipping one another to the work of the ministry, loving one another and discicpling one another in the Word of GOD. We are His witnesses, taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ with us to every one we meet, that those who hear the Good News, repent of their sins, 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 with forgiveness 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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Joy for your fellowship in the Gospel

9/17/2015

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Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the Day of Jesus Christ: Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the Gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. For GOD is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the Day of Christ; Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of GOD. (Php 1:6-11)
    We continue our journey through the prison letters with a look at Philippians, the letter of Joy. This is the most positive of all the church letters Paul wrote, and definitely the most joyous of all the prison epistles. Paul was confident not of only whom he had believed, but also that Jesus Christ, because of our repentance of our sIn, and our faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, would finish that work in all who have been born again. Paul may have been bound in prison, but the Gospel was not constrained, for it was passed from Paul to others, who shared it. No matter how bad it may seem to us, GOD's Word doesn't go out void but it will accomplish that which GOD pleases.

    No matter what our circumstances, for the child of GOD, He can and does use us to witness to others, to love and minister to those who are in need, and to encourage and comfort others of the household of faith. No Christian can stand alone, and there are no 'secret-service' Christians in GOD's army of believers. GOD calls His own to live in Him and through Him that He might work in us both to do and to will of His good pleasure. We are His workmanship, and He will not be done with us until He takes us Home to be with Him. His righteousness must show in us, the fruit of His Spirit must grow in us, and His Gospel must go with us to every one we meet.

    We are the work of His hands, and as His body and ambassadors of His Kingdom, we are to minister those around us who are hurting and in need. We are His temple, and as the living building of GOD we are to grow in Him through His Spirit and His Word and to love one another so that all may know that we are indeed His disciples. We are His servants and friends, and we are to go with His authority, in His Name, and as we go, tell all who will hear of the Good News of Jesus Christ, that those who repent and believe the Gospel 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 with forgiveness 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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