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These are parts of His ways

5/4/2016

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Hell is naked before Him, and destruction hath no covering. He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. The pillars of Heaven tremble and are astonished at His reproof. He divideth the sea with His power, and by His understanding He smiteth through the proud. By His Spirit He hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the crooked serpent. (Job 26:6-13)
      Nothing is hid from our GOD and He is outside of time, so accomplishes His will in His own time. He created all things and established their ways and courses. The natural processes that are in place, were set in motion by our Creator and will continue until He concludes all things and puts all under His feet. Our all powerful GOD maintains this world, even in its sinful and broken state until all who will come to Him are redeemed. All creation stands in judgment before Him and there is nothing He does not know or see.

      Our sin is exposed for the darkness it is, our transgressions are as visible as the noonday, and our iniquity is ever before us, but our GOD is Just and merciful. He forgives those that repent and turn from their wicked ways through His Son and chastises and corrects those that are His. Those that acknowledge their sin for what it costs Him and and repent, trusting in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary for His great Salvation are born again and made new creatures in Him. We are free, from sin and death, from the curse of the Law, not to sin all we want to, but to live in Him the life we were meant to live. We are now His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus who is our life, to do His will and accomplish His work in this lost and dying world while He conforms us to His image.

      Our GOD saves sinners, not for our glory, but for His, and that His people might do those things He has called, commanded, and commissioned us to do. Our Lord has called His children to service, to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need with those things they have need of, and with the Word of righteousness and reconciliation, rightly divided and fitly spoken, as GOD provides. GOD has commanded us to love one another as members one of another in the family of GOD and to disciple one another in the Word of GOD that we may be equipped for the work of GOD as we become more like Him and grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. He has commissioned all who are His to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit who dwells within to this lost and dying world, and as we go where He sends that we proclaim the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and reconciliation with the Father to those who believe that Jesus is the Christ, 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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Hast thou considered My servant

3/31/2016

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And the LORD said unto satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse GOD, and die. But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of GOD, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. (Job 2:6-10)
     After allowing Job to suffer the loss of all his children and his possession, and Job did not sin against GOD, GOD now allows satan to afflict Job in his body, but not to take his life. Job is afflicted from head to foot with boils, and still does not curse GOD and die, as his wife suggested, but maintains his integrity and his faith during this trial. Not only do we see the faith of Job, but we see the foolishness of Job's wife, and that the devil had the ability, but not the permission, to take Job's life. GOD allowed all this to happen but He was, and is, still in control and still the Lord of the Universe.

     Too often, Christians begin to think of ourselves more highly than we ought, and stray from what the Scriptures teach. We have no power apart from Christ, without Him we are nothing and can do nothing. He is our strength, He is our life, He is righteousness. Through His Word, rightly divided, we have wisdom and understanding. Through His Spirit, which indwells us, we have power and discernment. We can endure the trials that come our way by resting in Him and our faith can remain strong in His Word and His redemption and eternal life which He has already purchased in His own body on that tree. Our hope is secure because of our faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. Our life is now by mercy and grace, the grace of GOD extended to those that repent, not as a license to sin, but liberty to worship Him, do His will, and accomplish His work in this broken and sinful world.

     All we do should point others to Him who has delivered us from sin, and can, not because He is our genie or butler, because He loves us, deliver us from our circumstances. He also may choose not to, either because He is testing us, chastising us, or conforming us to the image of His dear Son. He has left us here, to sojourn as strangers and pilgrims in, but not of, this world, to fellowship together, to reach the lost, and to grow up into the full measure of Him.

     His church is called to reach out to those around us who are hurting and in need as ambassadors of Christ with the Word of reconciliation and righteousness. We are commanded to love one another and disciple one another in the Word of GOD. We are commissioned to go with 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 of sin through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith, that those who believe that Jesus is the Christ 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 longsuffering of our Lord is Salvation

3/28/2016

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But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the Day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the Day of GOD, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. (2Pe 3:8-13)
     Our GOD is outside of time and yet intimately involved with His creation. He is patiently waiting for all who will come to Him in repentance of their sin and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary in our place and for our Salvation to surrender to Him on His terms and be born again. From our perspective it may be a great deal of time, which GOD is waiting, but in the light of eternity, and in the eyes of GOD who is eternal and not subject to our time frames, He is right and just. We ought not to equate His foreknowledge with His fore-action.

     For there is coming a day, and we know not when, that GOD will end His wait, and pour out His wrath on all those who do not believe. Those that die in their sins, even while GOD is waiting for others, are sealed in their judgment and guilt. Those who are in Christ, ought to be living in Christ and through Christ, holy, righteous, meaningful, purposeful, and abundant lives with an eternal perspective, not caught up in temporal things which do not matter, and do not last, but focusing on our Lord and all He has done and will do, not as our genie or butler to fix our problems or clean up our mess, but as the Lord of life, the redeemer of all who repent and believe in Him, and the creator of all things who reigns in the hearts of His people, and will rule this earth when He returns.

     The Church of GOD, His people and members one of another, are to be on mission for our King, that others may see Christ in us, the hope of Glory. We are to be about our Father's business, ministering to those who are hurting and in need, loving and discipling one another in the Word of GOD, and taking the Gospel to every creature. His purpose for His people, while He waits with grace and mercy, and we wait on Him is to worship Him in Spirit and in truth, not in our flesh, while we do His will and accomplish His work here on earth, until He is done with us and all who will come have received His grace by faith in Him and repentance of their sin.

      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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Reserved unto judgment

3/25/2016

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But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the Way of Truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. (2Pe 2:1-3)
       Those that deny the Lord Jesus Christ and corrupt His Word and the great Salvation which He has purchased by His own blood on the Cross of Calvary with false narratives and natural explanations, especially those that lead His people astray from the Truth of GOD, will be judged for their pernicious ways when they stand before their Creator and receive the just reward for their sin and transgressions. All people have a choice while they are still living, deny the Lord Jesus Christ and reject His love and paid gift of Salvation, as demonstrated by the empty cross and the empty tomb, and die in your sins, or receive the Lord Jesus Christ by faith and repentance and be born again and adopted into the family of GOD, a new creature in Christ, sealed until the day of judgment, and translated into His Kingdom.

      GOD is not willing that any should perish, but those that chose to live apart from Him are given the choice to remain separated for all eternity. All of us have been judged for our sin and rebellion against our Holy and Righteous GOD, the only wise GOD and our Saviour. Those that repent and put their trust in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross are saved, but those who refuse to surrender to Him on His terms remain lost and dead in their trespasses and sins. We cannot pay for our sin, for we are already guilty and worthy of death. Only the sinless death of a perfect sacrifice can pay for sin. The sacrifices brought in faith in the Messiah covered sin for a season, but when Christ humbled Himself and became a man and went willingly and humbly to that cruel Roman cross, He paid our penalty for sin and took our place, redeeming those that believe from the curse of sin and death, and satisfied the wrath of GOD.

      We who are in Christ, having been delivered from the kingdom of darkness, are called to shine in this world, serving as His ambassadors with the Word of righteousness and ministering to those around us who are hurting and in need. We are commanded to love one another even as He loved us and gave Himself for us, as we disciple one another in the Word of God that we may grow thereby and have our senses exercised to discern both good and evil. We are commissioned to take the Good News of forgiveness of sin through repentance and reconciliation with the Father to this lost and dying world, and as we go, proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all that will hear, that they may believe that Jesus is the Christ 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, 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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I will deliver them into thine hand

2/1/2016

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(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.) And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of GOD, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the Covenant of GOD was there in those days, (Jdg 20:23-27)
      Though it was the rest of Israel against the tribe of Benjamin, GOD was punishing this tribe for their wickedness and iniquity. The whole tribe, when confronted with the evidence, and called to deliver the guilty men responsible for their crimes, refused, and therefore acquiesced to their crimes. GOD was holding all those guilty, those that committed the act, and those who refused to deliver them for punishment, and directed the rest of the nation to exact His chastisement and punishment upon them.

      GOD not only had to punish this wickedness, to root out this grievous sin and wickedness, but also to teach those that would hear and learn the nature and result of sin. The wages of sin is death, and we are all guilty, and no one gets another chance after death. The death of Christ has paid the price we cannot pay, but we must receive it, by faith. For those who repent and believe in Him, He gives, by His grace and mercy, eternal life, not just a future with Him, but an abundant and everlasting life in Him that begins the moment we believe and trust in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, repenting of our sins, and receiving Him by faith.

    Those in His Church, having received Him, and living in His righteousness as new creatures in Christ, not by our own strength, but through His Spirit within, are on mission for Him. We are to do His work and will in this world, not living a sinful lifestyle and doing our will, but that He might be glorified in all things. He has called us to holiness, as His ambassadors, as we minister to those around who are hurting and need. He has commanded us to love one another, as He loves us, and to give our lives for the brethren as we grow into the full measure of Him. He has commissioned us to His service as His witnesses, to share the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with our GOD, and as we go, proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all who will hear, repent, and believe 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 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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there was no king in Israel

1/29/2016

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Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. (Jdg 19:22-26)
       One of the harsher and more vile and wicked accounts in the book of Judges. Before the time of the kings, and when there was no judge to deliver the people in Gibeah of the tribe of Benjamen, a traveler is invited into the house of one of the townfolk, rather than lodging outside. Following this, some of the wicked men of the town came calling, not as ambassadors or to extend good will to this visitor, but to rape and abuse him, which they end up doing to his concubine. She ends up dying from her ordeal, and the traveler sends a twelfth part of her to each tribe as a message and a warning, of the sin and wickedness which took place by these Benjamites.

      This great sin and wickedness before GOD and within the land of Israel could not stand. Sin must always be dealt with, confessed to GOD, forsaken, and reconciliation with those we have sinned against sought. GOD wants us to forgive others, even as He forgives us. In fact, how we forgive those that trespass against us, can affect how GOD forgives us. Our fellowship with our Saviour, but not our relationship if we are truly in Christ through repentance and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, can be hampered by our unwillingness to forgive others. He wants brethren to dwell together in unity, to keep the bond of perfectness through the Spirit, as we are family and members one of another.

      GOD must punish sIn, for He is Holy, and all sIn is an affront to and great wickedness and rebellion against Him. We may grade on a curve, but He has one standard of Holiness, which no one born of Adam can measure up to, that is why we need the Saviour, Jesus Christ, the mediator between GOD and men. GOD has called His Church, His children, and His servants to live lives of holiness and righteousness in Him as we do His will and accomplish His work in this broken and sinful world. He has called us to Holiness as we represent His Kingdom, His ambassadors, with the Word of reconciliation to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, that they may see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. GOD has commanded us to love one another, even as He loved us and gave Himself for us. He has commissioned us to His service as witnesses of Him, taking the Gospel as we go, and sharing His Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with all who will hear, 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 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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Thou hast given this great deliverance

1/25/2016

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And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. (Jdg 15:4-8)
      In response to his father-in-law giving his Philistine wife to another, Samson destroyed the crops of the Philistines. GOD was using Samson to judge Israel and the Philistines which they had at one time put under subjection, but never fully defeated nor removed from the land of Israel, and now oppressed them. When the Philistines exacted a response upon his wife and father-in-law, Samson slaughtered even more of them. The strength which the Spirit of GOD gave him because of his faith, led to the deliverance of Israel during his time as judge.

      GOD desires the deliverance of His people, not only from the circumstances they find themselves in, many of their own making, but also from the sin which leads to such circumstances. GOD has demonstrated His love for all in that He gave His only begotten Son, the ultimate Judge and Deliverer, to conquer sIn and the grave, and to give eternal life to all who will receive it through repentance and by faith in His and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary in our place. He wants to conquer and eliminate the giants and enemies in our live that keep us defeated, that we might serve Him and grow in Him to do His work and accomplish His will in this sinful and broken world, that He might be glorified in all things.

      GOD has called, commanded, and commissioned His Church to the work of missions, ministry, discipleship, and evangelism. Sharing the message of Salvation is the scarlet thread that winds through the thrice wound  work of the church. He has called us to serve Him, His ambassadors with the Word of reconciliation to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need. He has commanded us to love one another, and to disciple one another that we may all grow through His Word into the full measure of Him who first loved us. He has commissioned us to take the Good News of reconciliation with the Father, in the power of the Holy Spirit, and as we go, tell all who will hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that they might repent and believe and have new 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 LORD delivered them into my hand

1/20/2016

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Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. (Jdg 12:4-6)
      When those Israelites who had settled in Ephraim opposed Jephthah, whether out of jealousy, or pride, or anger against him, he gathered his forces and the men of Gilead and armed conflict within Israel ensued. Gilead gained the upper hand because of a dialect impediment and Jephthah concluded his judging of Israel with a slaughter of those that did not support the work of the Lord from within the ranks of the children of Israel. Be not deceived, the Scripture tells us, GOD is not mocked, and no weapon fashioned against His people will stand when we are under the shadow of the Almighty and abide in His will.

      It does not bode well for the person who opposes GOD, or the people of GOD. If GOD is for us who can be against us. There are many things that GOD allows in this sinful and broken world, and for a time He allows those that oppose Him and His people to seem as if they are flourishing and getting the upper hand, especially as we draw closer to the end He has foretold is coming. But, when His wrath is full, He will unleash the Judgment He has already pronounced on those who oppose Him, that are at war with Him. Cultural Christians that have joined a church but never been born again, and the apathetic and undecided who are not in the family of GOD will experience we all deserve because of sIn.

      That does not excuse those of us who are His children, for we are to be holy and Christ-like in all that we do, to shine for GOD, and be salt in this world. The forgiveness and new life we receive because of our faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary and our repentance of our sIn does not mean we can sIn all we want to, in fact it means we sIn more than we want to, but that we should grow in Him and become more like Jesus Christ every day through our study and our communion with GOD through prayer and His Word. We do not war after the flesh, nor do we preach a social gospel which seeks political or social means of change without GOD's change of the heart and spirit in sinners who are still at war with Him.

     That is our task, as His Church, to take the Word of reconciliation to those around us, that they might come to know GOD and His Son, Jesus Christ. As His ambassadors, as GOD provides and guides us, we minister to those around us who are hurting and in need. As His disciples, we love one another with the unfeigned love of the brethren and equip, encourage, and edify one another until we all grow up into the full measure of Jesus Christ who is our Lord and Master. As His witnesses, we proclaim and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all we meet, that those who believe the Good News and repent 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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I will deliver you no more

1/15/2016

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And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our GOD, and also served baalim. And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines? The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to Me, and I delivered you out of their hand. Yet ye have forsaken Me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. (Jdg 10:10-14)
     Israel once again turned away from GOD and followed after the idols and false gods of their neighbours. They rejected His rule and Laws and worshiped gods of wood, stone, and clay that were of their own making. If it weren't for the mercy and lovingkindness of our Lord which are renewed every morning, and His Covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that will not end, He would have ceased to deliver any of them from their enemies because of their idolatry and rebellion as people and as a nation.

       We cannot keep living in this world as though our GOD does not exist and has no control over our lives. If He is our Saviour, and we have surrendered to Him on His terms and repented of our sins, He is our Lord and King and our lives are not our own any more, and we ought to continue to be in submission to His will. Any thing else is idolatry and rebellion just as it was for the nation and people of Israel. There will come a day when GOD is done and His wrath is full and no more will be saved. There may come a time, if we rebel enough and sin against GOD in our carnal walk, that GOD will remove us. He chastises His own, but if they do not respond to the correction of the Holy Ghost, He can and does take them home. GOD is sovereign, and if we are truly His we ought not to reject His Word and rule in our hearts and lives, but rather live in His holiness, righteousness, and through Him to accomplish His will and do His work in this world until our Commander comes again for us.

      Until He returns for His own, we are to glorify Him in all things. We are to serve as His ambassadors, sharing the Word of reconciliation with those around us who are hurting and in need as GOD provides and directs His people. We are to love one another as His disciples and equip, edify, and encourage one another as we all grow up in His Word and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. We are to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ as His witnesses, and as we go, telling all who will hear of repentance and forgiveness the Good News of reconciliation with GOD through faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary 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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That you may hearken unto GOD

1/14/2016

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Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands; (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;) If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you: But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. (Jdg 9:16-20)

      Jotham, the youngest son and only survivor of the treachery of Abimelech against the sons of Gideon, chastises the men who have made Abimelech their king. He calls them out for backing a traitor and a murderer and encouraging his sinful rebellion against GOD. Jotham reminds them of Gideon's service and judgment, and that GOD dealt well with the people of Israel during his time as judge and deliverer. Though Abimelech was a son of Gideon due to his transgression and adultery, Gideon never wanted to be king, neither did he look for any of his sons to take on such a role. But Abimelech had other ideas and desired to be a king.

    GOD wants His people to follow Him and obey Him, that He may exalt those He has chosen in due time. He is the only one we should look to for advancement or promotion, for He is in control of all things. GOD may allow us to achieve some short term success in this life, but eventually, when we are working without Him and not seeking His will, we will find out the ladder of our success is leaning against the wrong wall. Just as Abimelech was eventually betrayed by the very people who had once supported him, so GOD will also allow us to fail that we may see our need of Him and for us to understand that without Him we are nothing and can do nothing.

    GOD wants us to glorify Him in all things, and to acknowledge the Lord in all our ways. We are His servants, with the Word of reconciliation, to minister to those around us He sends us to, as His ambassadors, to meet the needs of those who are hurting and in need. We are His disciples, growing in His Word and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, as we exhibit unfeigned love for the brethren in the body of Christ. We are His witnesses, taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit that is within all who have repented of their sins and put their trust in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, and as we go, proclaiming the Good News to all who will hear, repent, and believe 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 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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