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Grace be with you all

3/1/2016

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Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (Heb 13:5-6, 20-21)
      Our GOD will provide all our needs, we are to trust Him. He who has given His Son for our Salvation, and gives us the very breath we take, shall give us all good things, in His time and at His direction that His will would be done and we can accomplish His work in this world. Our GOD will also perfect us and sanctify us in all things that we might become more like Him and He who has the preeminence over all might be glorified in us.

      In this last chapter of the epistle to the Hebrews, the author lists several short instructions and admonitions as a wrap-up to his discourse on the superiority of Christ above all else and our faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary as the only way to please GOD and be in right relationship and fellowship with Him. GOD instructs us in holiness and righteousness, that we might glorify Him in our walk with Him.

     He calls His church, the body of Christ, to be holy because He is Holy, to be as He is, for we are His, we are not our own. We are His workmanship, we are His servants, we are His disciples, and we are to do of His good pleasure while we sojourn as His ambassadors, in this broken and sinful world but not of it, to accomplish His work and do His will of ministry, missions, and discipleship as we do the work of evangelism to this lost and dying world.

     His Church, on mission with Him is to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need at His direction that we might administer grace and comfort to those who need Him. His people, members one of another, are to love one another as He loved us, and to disciple one another in His Word that we might grow thereby until we are all grown up into the full measure of Jesus Christ, the Apostle and High Priest of our profession. His witnesses, in service and in love, are to take the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father through repentance and faith in the Son, and as we go in the power of the Holy Spirit tell all who will hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that they might believe 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 grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit

11/27/2015

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Grace to you, and peace, from GOD our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my GOD, making mention of thee always in my prayers, Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. (Phm 1:3-6)
       Grace, the giving of that which we don't deserve, has been given to us which believe in Jesus Christ and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, not because of us, but because of His love for us. Peace, that passeth understanding, not the removal of storms and strife around us, but a quiet calm peace within and through whatever assails us, because the Prince of Peace is present within us, through faith in His Word, and His Spirit that dwells in all who have repented and believed. His mercy, the withholding of that which we do deserve, is new every morning, and we are not consumed, because He loves us.

     We love Him because He first loved us. We love the brethren, because we are members one of another. We love those who are lost, not willing that any should perish, but that all would repent and believe unto Salvation. We look for the good things of GOD, and every perfect gift which the Father of lights bestows on His children, not for the things of this world, the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, which will pass away when He judges this sinful and broken world, and takes us Home to be with Him.

     Until that day, we are to communicate our love and faith, not just in words, but in action. We are called to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, representing His Kingdom and doing that which He directs to accomplish His will and work in this world. We are commanded to love one another, as members of His body, to equip, exhort, and encourage every member to those good works He has prepared us to do as we disciple one another in His Word. We are commissioned, as His ambassadors and ministers of reconciliation, to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world, and as we go, sharing the Good News of reconciliation and repentance with those we meet that they might believe 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 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 thou an example of the believers

11/20/2015

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But speak thou the things which become sound Doctrine: That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the Word of GOD be not blasphemed. Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. (Tit 2:1-6)
    Each of us who are in Christ, as members of His body, and members one of another in the Church of GOD are to be examples to each other. We are to esteem others better than ourselves, and bear one anothers burdens and so fulfil the Law of Christ. We are to exemplify Christ to those walk with us, and to those who are coming behind us in the disciplines of  the Lord and in the life we live in Him and for Him.

     Each generation is to share what they have learned, and pass it on to those that follow, that GOD may be glorified in the Christ-like behaviour and Godly character of His people. All who are saved by GOD's grace and our faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary are to live a life in and through Christ that reflects Him. We are to be holy, for He is Holy. We are to grow in Him, by the example of those who have gone before, and the Word of GOD, until He is done with us and comes to take us Home to be with Him.

     Until then He calls us to service, in teaching Doctrine, instructing in the Word that all may know Him, and ministering to those around us who are hurting and in need. He commands us to love one another, teaching and admonishing as we all grow up in Him. He has commissioned all His people to the ministry of reconciliation and as ambassadors of His Kingdom. We are to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world that they may believe the Good News and repent of their sin 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 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 grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all

11/18/2015

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I charge thee therefore before GOD, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His Kingdom; preach the Word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and Doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the Truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing. (2Ti 4:1-8)
     As Paul finishes his last letter to Timothy, and possibly his last letter on this earth, he reminds Timothy, and us, what we are to do most of all and what we are to be about. We are here, left in but not of this world, that we might shine as beacons for our Lord, proclaiming, "Thus saith the Lord" every where He sends us. We are to endure all that comes against us, for it will not do so except at the Lord's direction or allowance. We are to be on mission for Him, ministering, disciplining, and evangelizing, as we go with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in the Power of the Holy Spirit, and leaving the results to GOD.

    Then we can say, as Paul did, that we have fought a good fight, not of the weapons of this world, but with the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of GOD. When He is done with us, we can say we have finished all that GOD has given us to do and our race is done, ready to hear those blessed words, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord". When He calls us Home, we can say we have endured to the end, and our faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary is more sure than when we believed, and we are ready to depart from this world and enter into His presence.

     The hope we have in Him, and His precious promises, ought to spur us to be faithful in ministry, missions, and discipleship, all the while reaching people with the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and a new life in Christ by grace through faith. Because He has blessed and provided for our needs, we minister to those around us who are hurting and in need. Because He has loved us, we love one another and disciple one another through His Word to know more of Jesus Christ. Because of His love of every one and His mercy offered to those who will receive Him, we share from His Word the Good News of the Gospel to all who will hear, that they might believe in Him and repent 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 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 Doctrine which is according to Godliness

11/4/2015

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Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (1Ti 6:5-10)
     Those that prevert the Word and their preaching of it for gain corrupt not only their testimony but their followers. Those that pursue gain, for gain's sake, desiring the riches of this world, and accounting it as the blessing of GOD, are deceived and deluded, following the false god of mammon. Those in the faith must choose constantly to follow GOD, and not be distracted by the desire to get beyond what GOD provides, for we either serve GOD, or mammon. We must choose, and choose wisely, to trust GOD to provide for our needs, or seek the world's ways, the world's wisdom, and the world's riches thinking that we are then successful and rich.

      The bank accounts of those who gather many followers by easy words and fair speeches might be full, and their buildings and ministries may seem to be blessed for the moment, but they will stand before GOD in judgment for every word and deed which they have spoken, as will we. Ministers and Pastors more so because of their calling and responsibility, but all will face our Lord, either in judgment for sIn without Christ, or in judgment for what we did in and for Christ. We who are safe and secure in Christ must no think that we are somehow immune from the chastisement and judgment of GOD, for He is just and while He will not judge us for our sins, for those have been paid for by His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, He will judge our actions and motives, and our deeds which we accomplish in His Name, and whether it was in vain or not.

    Our Lord and our GOD calls, commands, and has commissioned His Church to a life of missions, ministry, and discipleship.  As His ambassadors, we are to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, as GOD provides and blesses us to the work of the ministry. As His disciples, we are to love one another as He loved us, and continue to disciple one another in His Word, being conformed, not to this world, but to the image of His dear Son. As His witnesses, we are to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and as we go, proclaim the righteousness of Christ, repentance of sIn, and the Good News of reconciliation with the Father to this lost and dying world, that those who hear, repent, and believe in Him and Him alone 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 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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Grace be unto you and peace from GOD our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ

10/13/2015

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We give thanks to GOD always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of GOD and our Father; Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of GOD. For our Gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the Word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: (1Th 1:2-6)
     Our work together is the work of the Kingdom, at the direction and in the will of Christ who is our King. Our prayers, one for another, and for the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, are that all may know Him and receive His free gift of Salvation through repentance and faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. Our faith and love for our Saviour, Jesus Christ, leads to good works which He has ordained that we should walk in them, not to earn or keep our Salvation, but because of His love for us, and to share the joy and hope we have in our Lord and our GOD.

     Those of us who are secure in our relationship with the Father, resting in our Saviour for eternal life, as Kingdom citizens, do His work and accomplish His will in this sinful and broken world. We work in His power, through the indwelling Holy Spirit, and go where He sends, share what He gives, and speak what He says, until all who will come are abiding in Him and all who are His are grown up into the full measure of Him who is our Head, Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, and He is done with us.

     We are His Church, members of His body and of one another. We are His ambassadors, representing Him and His Kingdom with the love that is shed abroad in our hearts. We minister to those around us, as He guides and directs, to meet the needs of those who are hurting and in need, as GOD provides, that others may see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We love one another, as He loved us and gave Himself for us, and disciple one another so we all may grow in His Word and our knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, being conformed, not to this world, but to the image of His dear Son. We witness with the Word of GOD, knowing how to answer every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear, taking the hope of His Good News of reconciliation with the Father through repentance and redemption through faith to this lost and dying world that they might believe 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 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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For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ

10/7/2015

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Put on therefore, as the elect of GOD, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of GOD rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to GOD and the Father by Him. (Col 3:12-17)
     As we live in Christ and He in us, our character and demeanor matters, for we are His. As children of our Heavenly King, we are to put on Christ, filled with His Spirit and bearing the fruit He produces in us. We are to follow and treasure all the wisdom of His Word, and walk in Him who is the Word made flesh. We are to love GOD completely with all of our being surrendered to Him on His terms continuously, and loving others as we love ourselves and as GOD loves them, serving others at His direction and for His glory. Everything we are, and do, and say ought to bring glory to GOD and our Saviour, Jesus Christ, our Creator, Redeemer, and King, and lift up the authority of the Name of Jesus and the Word of Truth which He has magnified above His Name.

     His Name is above every name, and worthy to be praised. There is no Salvation in any other, and it is by His authority, extended to us because we are His ambassadors and servants, that we minister to others, as we accomplish His work to this lost and dying world. Jesus Name, is not just an ending to our prayers, that magically blesses whatever we ask for, or guarantees the answer we want, but knowing and asking according to the will and Word of GOD. 

      His Word is Holy and we are to hear its testimonies for our edification. It is pure and we are to read its Words for our understanding. His Word is true and we are to study its passages to shew ourselves approved unto GOD, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed. It is righteous and we are to memorize its statutes that we might not sin against GOD. His Word is perfect and we are to meditate on its precepts that we might make our way prosperous in our walk with Him. It is without error, cannot fail, given by inspiration of GOD, and He has and will protect and preserve it until all is fulfilled in Him.

     His people, born again by the authority of His Name and our repentance and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, are to serve our Lord in missions and ministry to those around us who are hurting and in need that they might see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. Washed by the Word of GOD and renewed in our minds, we are to grow through His Spirit and His Word in us, to love one another as He loved us, and to disciple one another in the Word. Saved and Sanctified by His Name and His Word, we are to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ where ever we go, and as we go, tell others of the reconciliation with GOD and the justification that comes by faith and faith alone, that those who believe the Good News and receive Jesus Christ through repentance and trusting 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 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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Crucified with Christ and risen to walk in newness of life

10/6/2015

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If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of GOD. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in GOD. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. (Col 3:1-4)
     We don't live our life anymore, if we are in Christ, for we are to reckon ourselves dead and live by the faith of the Son of GOD who loved us and gave Himself for us. We don't follow our path, but go where He leads, for our steps are to be ordered by the LORD, and His Word is to light the path He sets before us. We are to acknowledge Him in all our ways, and not turn from Him and His Word to the right or to the left, but remain in Him and He in us, that we may produce fruit while we sojourn here in this sinful and dying world.

       Our focus then, should be on Him and eternal things which will last, not on the temporary things of this world, which will be burned up when the Lord returns. Our life in Christ is to do His will to reach the lost in everything we do and to do His work of missions, ministry, and discipleship with evangelism: seeking those who do not have a secure relationship with Him through repentance and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary that they might receive His great Salvation and teaching others until all are grown up into the full measure of Jesus Christ, our Lord, Saviour, and King.

     Until the King returns for His own, and to establish His Kingdom of Heaven here on this earth, He calls His ambassadors of the Kingdom of GOD to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need as GOD provides. We commands us to love one another, as He loved us, and disciple one another in His Word that we might grow thereby. He has commissioned all His servants and saints to go with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and as we go, take His Good News of reconciliation with GOD the Father through repentance of sIn and trust in Him to those around us, that those who hear 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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In Christ are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge

10/2/2015

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And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the Spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him: Rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in Him, which is the Head of all principality and power: (Col 2:4-10)
     Not only should our faith be grounded in Christ and His Word, so should our thoughts, words, and deeds. We should not be influenced by the imaginations of those who don't know the Word of GOD, nor following after those who are led by the course of this world, and not by Christ. We are to have the mind of Christ who is our Head, looking unto Him who is the author and finisher of our faith. We have the Spirit of GOD, by our faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary and are to be no more children, tossed about by every wind of doctrine. The Spirit who guides us and teaches us all Truth through His Word and we are to think GOD's thoughts after Him.

     We can be secure in our relationship with Him, for He is our strength. We are kept by His power through faith unto Salvation, not to continue in sIn, or to walk in our old ways, but to live in Him whom we have our being, and through Him who is our life. We who are born again were made new creatures in Christ the moment we believed, justified to live in His righteousness, not our own flesh, and unto holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. He began a good work of sanctification in us which He will perform until the Day of Jesus Christ when He takes us Home to be with Him and we are glorified, not deified, but new bodies changed from the tabernacle we now abide in and ever present with the Lord of Glory.

     Until that Day, His Church is to be on mission for our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, who is our Salvation. We are His ambassadors, representing His Kingdom until He returns and establishes His rule on this earth. We are to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, as GOD gives the increase. We are to love one another as He loved us while we disciple one another in the Word of GOD as members one of another, growing up into Him and being conformed, not to this world, but to the image of His dear Son, taking every thought captive and tearing down the strongholds of false doctrine, reproving and correcting our thoughts and actions, and instructing us in righteousness. We are to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ from the Word of GOD, ready always to give an answer to every man of the hope that is in us with meekness and fear, that those who hear the Good News of reconciliation with GOD may repent and believe, trusting Him and having 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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