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Since by man came death, by Man came also the resurrection of the dead

5/20/2014

 
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD GOD make coats of skins, and clothed them. And the LORD GOD said, Behold, the man is become as one of Us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the LORD GOD sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. (Gen 3:20-24)
GOD has pronounced His judgment and now covers Adam and Eve with the skin of a dead animal, showing them what their sIn cost. He had told them that sIn would result in death, and that will now happen for them, but GOD in His mercy has postponed the execution for them. Instead, He kills an animal in their place depicting the substitutionary atonement that was to come when Jesus would come to this earth as a man and take our place and pay our sIn debt on the Cross. Further, because of their sIn, GOD removed them from His sanctuary and prevented them from gaining paradise and fellowship with GOD directly and on their own merits. From this point on mankind would have to come to GOD on His terms and offer sacrifices for sIn and atonement until Jesus paid the final sacrifice of Himself to atone for the sIns of the whole world.

We who are His, who are redeemed and covered by His blood and clothed in His righteousness by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, are commanded to proclaim this message of Hope and Mercy to this lost and dying world. We are commissioned and equipped to minister to those in need, not to earn our relationship with GOD but because of it, we are to disciple one another in the Word, and we are to take His Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ, as we go so that others may hear and believe and 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. Trust His Word and what He has already done for your sIn on that cruel Roman cross, surrendering 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. Believe Him and receive Him by faith and let Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, restore the life that was lost in Adam.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet

Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy Name?

4/1/2014

 
And before the Throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the Throne, and round about the Throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to Him that sat on the Throne, who liveth for ever and ever, The four and twenty elders fall down before Him that sat on the throne, and worship Him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created. (Rev 4:6-11)
The angels never cease to worship our thrice Holy Triune GOD for He is worthy of all praise. Here is depicted a Heavenly scene where, just as in Isaiah and Ezekiel, John sees the cherubim as they depict some of the character and nature of our Lord and continuously worship our GOD. He is King, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah who has prevailed. He is the lamb that was slain for the sIn of the world and has risen, alive forevermore. He is the GOD-Man who lived a sinless life in the flesh that He might bring us to GOD, who knows our weaknesses and intercedes for us. Jesus is the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son who created all things and lives and reigns forever over His creation.

He is worthy, not only because He is GOD in the flesh, but because of His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary for our sIn. He that knew no sIn, gave Himself for us that we might become the righteousness of Him, becoming sIn for us and in our place. He paid it all, His grace and sacrifice is sufficient for our sIn debt, and for all our needs. We praise Him for all that He has done for us.

But let us not forget in our worship and praise of Jesus, that it is the Spirit that enables us to worship and equips us and guides us in the work that He has for us to do. It is the Spirit that draws us to Christ and convicts us of sIn while pointing to the Saviour. Also let us remember that while the Spirit revives us in Christ, Jesus will bring all who believe in Him to the Father for the Glory of GOD. Jesus will judge all those who reject Him and refuse to surrender to Him on His terms under the authority of His Father until all bow before Him and confess that Jesus is Lord and that GOD is Holy, Holy, Holy.

But, until that day we are to tell all of His grace and mercy, warning the unruly, and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all who will believe and be saved. 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. He calls you to believe, forsaking your sIn that separates you from a Holy GOD, and be born again. Believe He paid your sIn debt on that cruel Roman cross and receive Him and His Salvation by faith in His Name.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet

Great is Thy faithfulness

12/11/2013

 
The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: He sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. The LORD is great in Zion; and He is high above all the people. Let them praise Thy great and terrible Name; for it is Holy. The King's strength also loveth judgment; Thou dost establish equity, Thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. Exalt ye the LORD our GOD, and worship at His footstool; for He is Holy. (Psalms 99:1-5)
Our GOD is still in control, He is still on the Throne of the Universe.  Nothing surprises the King of Creation, for He knows all things.  That is too wonderful for us to fully grasp, but we praise Him for His greatness.  We worship our Holy and Righteous GOD who although He has declared us guilty because of sIn, and pronounced judgment upon all, He humbly and willingly went to the Cross of Calvary and paid our sIn debt.

We rejoice in the GOD of our Salvation, who through His blood has reconciled us to the Father, and satisfied His judgment.  We celebrate all He has done and is doing for us and tell others of all His wondrous works of grace and mercy so that others may look to Jesus and live.

For GOD is not willing that any should perish but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth.  The Truth that Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal.  Surrender to GOD on His terms and be born again, and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting.  Believe His Word and receive Him by faith in His finished and perfect work in your place for forgiveness of your sIn and Salvation.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet

The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David

8/23/2013

 
And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about. From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple. (Ezekiel 41:18-20)
The depictions given here of the new Temple show a curious image of an angel with two faces; one of a man, and one of a lion.  The imagery is of our Lord, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, who became a man and put on flesh and yet remains GOD.  Immanuel, GOD with us.  The only intermediary between GOD and man is the only begotten Son who stepped out of Heaven, willingly and humbly, in order to pay the sIn debt we could not pay, and give us, through the blood that was shed on Calvary, peace with GOD.  What a glorious celebration of His redemption and praise of Jesus Christ will be seen every time His people go into this final temple.

What a mystery our Triune GOD is.  GOD the Father, GOD the Son, and GOD the Holy Spirit and yet GOD is One (think multiplication.)  And our Lord put aside some of His Godly attributes (for a season) and put on flesh which He sacrificed for us, and when resurrected and glorified forever remains the GOD-man (again, multiplication) who intercedes for repentant sinners, and suffering saints.  Jesus Christ ever lives and reigns as Creator, Redeemer, and King.  He is worthy of all of our praise. 

The message of the Church is to be reconciliation with GOD through Jesus Christ.  All our programs, efforts, policies and practices are to be in support of the Gospel message of Love and Mercy from GOD to mankind that cannot save themselves, nor can they come to GOD any other way but by Jesus Christ.  We alone have the Good News of Salvation, and it is only through the regeneration that comes from GOD that people can be made new, and communities and cities, and countries can be changed.  We must not seek a political solution for a spiritual problem.

That problem, sIn, separates us from GOD, and GOD has already condemned us for our sIn.  Only those that have surrendered to GOD on His terms and believed in Him are born again.  Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal.  He is not willing that you should perish, but wants you to receive Him by Faith and a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting.  Repent, that is, turn away from your sIn, and trust GOD and His Word for your Salvation today.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet

Pride goes before a fall

8/8/2013

 
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of GOD; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of GOD; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. (Ezekiel 28:13-15)

Here GOD tells Ezekiel of the anointed cherub that wast cast out of Heaven.  He was created with precious stones and beautiful music and the Glory of GOD shown through him.   This creature was the fifth living beast before GOD judged his pride and rebellion against GOD.  His sIn was trying to be GOD and like GOD and forgetting that he was a created being.  He was Lucifer, and is now known by many names; Satan, the Devil, the accuser of the brethren.  GOD reminded Ezekiel that he was a defeated enemy, that while still having much power would be brought down before the nations that he deceived.  His pride and arrogance would lead to his demise, ultimately in the Lake of Fire.

But until that day, he is allowed some reign since mankind forfeited our dominion over this earth.  He will try every trick he has to get people to worship him instead of GOD, and he does so very well.  Even those that don't believe in the 'supernatural' are caught up in his web of lies and deception.  Jesus even called him the father of lies and we know he is a deceiver.  His best trick is to have gotten so many people to not even acknowledge that he exists.

Even in the Church, many people go to extremes concerning his limited power and control, or our defenses and abilities when it comes to the Devil and his demons.   Instead of understanding what GOD says about him, and us, they conjure up all kinds of myths, stories, and legends that have nothing to do with Biblical truth.

But those that don't know Jesus Christ as their Saviour are still in the grasp of that wicked one, and bound by the wages of sIn.  GOD is not willing that you should perish, but wants you to surrender to Him on His terms and be born again.  Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with Him that is real and personal.  GOD desires to give you a new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting.  Jesus is GOD Almighty and has already defeated the Devil at the Cross of Calvary and He wants you to receive Him by Faith in His finished work for your sIn.  Believe Him today.

If you are translated from the kingdom of darkness into His marvelous Light, share Him with those you meet today.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet

GOD's Ministering spirits

7/23/2013

 
Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.  
And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD'S house; and the glory of the GOD of Israel was over them above. (Ezekiel 10:3,10-11,14,19)
As GOD was showing Ezekiel what He was doing in the judgment of Jerusalem's rulers for their idolatry, He pulls back the curtain on the spiritual world just a bit and we see the angels who surround the Throne of GOD.  The cherubs are not little children with even smaller wings as is so popularly portrayed in art.  These angelic figures are imposing creatures who not only have several pairs of wings, but also eyes, wheels, hands, and faces that in this vision are not humanoid.  They have faces which depict the character, nature and purpose of our Lord: The servant, The Son of Man, The King of Israel, and the Son of GOD.  These angels who are always about the work of GOD, reflect in part the Glory of GOD.

Here, they lifting up the Throne as GOD departs from the Temple in Jerusalem, and then all of Judah.  GOD has judged the Jews for their sIn, and is not only departing the house where He meets His people, but also pulling back His hand of protection and watchcare.  It does not mean He has entirely discarded Judah, any more than He discarded Israel earlier.  He always has a faithful remnant whom He cares for and will deliver through whatever He allows.

We in seeing Ezekiel's vision must remember that our GOD is Holy and is due our worship.  He alone is worthy of our devotion, and our praise.  When we forget Him, and act as practical atheists He is grieved.  And like He did to Judah, He will chastise His own as His children.  We will experience the consequences of our choices and our actions.

But for those that don't know Jesus, GOD is not willing that you should perish.  He calls you to believe in Him and His finished work on the Cross of Calvary to pay for your sIn and the free gift of Salvation that He offers.  Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal.  Place your faith in Him for forgiveness and be born again to a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship that is abundant and everlasting.  Receive Him by Faith today.

GOD calls us to worship and adore Him, and tell others of His mercy and grace.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet


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