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Shew me wherefore Thou contendest with me

4/12/2016

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Are Thy days as the days of man? are Thy years as man's days, That Thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of Thine hand. Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me. Remember, I beseech thee, that Thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt Thou bring me into dust again? (Job 10:5-9)
      GOD is not like us, nor are His ways and thoughts like ours. He is outside of time, for He created time, and He is eternal. He is without error or sin, for He is Holy and just. He is all knowing and all powerful, however, there are things He allows and directs, for our correcting or testing, which seem on the surface to be outside His character and nature, but bring about His purposes of conforming us to His image. He also, while still in control for He is Sovereign, allows many things to happen without direct involvement in this broken and dying world. That is not to say that He cannot direct such things, or that any thing that happens is not because He is accomplishing His plans, ways, and purposes, but it is to acknowledge that while He is Lord everything that occurs is not a directed act of GOD in this sinful and broken world suffering under the curse of sin which man brought upon himself.

    GOD can and does test us, and can remove us from this world at His discretion, for He is Lord of all. The bigger reality is that death has come upon all men, as a result of Adam's sin, because all men sin. GOD has already judged sin and this world and without Christ all are already under condemnation for sin. But Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, came as a man, lived a sinless life in complete obedience to the Father, even to the Cross, and paid our sin debt as a perfect and holy sacrifice for all sin and a ransom for many. All those that recognize and acknowledge their sin before GOD, repent of that sin and turn to GOD and His mercy, and receive Jesus Christ by faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary for Salvation are made new creatures in Christ, their sins removed, not just covered as Job's were, but as far as the east is from the west removed. That is not a license to sin, but victory and redemption in and through Christ Jesus our Lord.

     GOD wants all of His people to live that victorious life in Him, forgiven and freed from sin, that we might accomplish His will and do His work while we are strangers in this world and His ambassadors to it. We are called to minister to others around us who are hurting and in need, with the Word of righteousness and reconciliation, rightly divided and fitly spoken,that they may see Christ in us, the hope of Glory. We are commanded to love one another and to disciple one another in His Word that we might grow thereby and all come into the full measure of Him who first loved us. We are commissioned to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit wherever He sends us, and as we go in obedience to Him proclaim the Good News of forgiveness of sin through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His Son that those who believe that He 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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How much less shall I answer Him

4/11/2016

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I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with GOD? If he will contend with Him, he cannot answer Him one of a thousand. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against Him, and hath prospered?
For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment. Neither is there any Daysman betwixt us, that might lay His hand upon us both. Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His fear terrify me: (Job 9:2-4, 32-34)
      GOD is so much higher, holier, just, and righteous than man, apart from a saving relationship with Christ could ever be. Job understood much of the separation between our mighty GOD and our inadequacies and failures. Without our advocate with GOD the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, The Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, who became a man that He might bring us to GOD through repentance and reconcile us to the Father by faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, we would have to face our Judge in our sins and already guilty.

     Job knew he did not measure up to the Almighty, but also knew his sins were covered and he was righteous. Not self-righteous, but having met GOD'S requirements for sin and righteousness He was pardoned by his faith in GOD. Without Christ we cannot answer GOD, nor could we hope to contend with Him who is all-knowing and all-powerful. His ways and thoughts are so much higher than ours. If He had not revealed Himself to us through His Word we would only know through His creation that He exists, but could not comprehend our Creator, Redeemer, and King. He has revealed His nature and character in His Holy Word that we might know Him and turn to Him in repentance and faith for Salvation and the covenant relationship with Him that He offers to us, having already paid the price for sin we cannot pay.

     The daysman or intermediary between GOD and man has come, when GOD sent His only begotten Son into the world, not to condemn it for it was already condemned, but to deliver all who will receive Him from the sin and into fellowship with Jesus Christ. That is the message of hope GOD has given us, His church, His people, His body, to go and tell to all who will hear and believe, not just agreeing with the facts, but in true repentance and trust in Him and Him alone. GOD has called His people to go, as ambassadors of the Kingdom of GOD which is within us, to go with the Word of reconciliation, rightly divided and fitly spoken, and minister to those around us who are hurting and in need. GOD has commanded His children to love one another and to disciple one another in His Word that we may grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord. GOD has commissioned His church to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world, that they might know the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His Son and in believing that He is the Christ, the Messiah, The Daysman, they might have life in His Name.

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

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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Be established in the present Truth

3/23/2016

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According as His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2Pe 1:3-8)
     Our life is in Christ, who is our Hope, our refuge, our strength, and our peace. We will be glorified, if we are in Christ, when He comes back for His own. Those of us who have repented of our sins and received Jesus Christ by faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, are no longer citizens of this world and the kingdom of darkness. We have been translated into the Kingdom of light, and while we sojourn here for a time, we are now citizens of that Heavenly Kingdom, new creatures in Christ, awaiting the Blessed Hope of His return.

     While we wait on the Lord, serving not sitting around, for we are to continue to do all that He has commanded us to do, to make disciples, to baptize those that believe, and to disciple all who are in Christ that they may grow in Him and continue to make disciples, until He is done with us. We rest in Him who is our rest, resting from our labours to save ourselves and taking His yoke upon us and becoming more like Him as He works in us, to produce His fruit of righteousness in us. His children continue in Him and through Him the cycle of growth and obedience which produces fruit in ourselves and in those around us who we are ministering to, through His Spirit and at His command.

     God's people are called to minister, as His ambassadors, to represent the Kingdom as salt and light in this dark and broken world that needs healing and Truth, serving those around us who are hurting and in need with the Word of reconciliation as God provides. His children are commanded to love one another and to disciple one another as we become more like Him who first loved us. The Church of God is commissioned to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world in the power of the Holy Spirit, and as we go proclaiming the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father to all who will hear that they might repent and believe that He is the Christ 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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And the land rested from war

12/15/2015

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And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD GOD of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as He said unto them. (Jos 12:7-8, 13:13-14)

     Joshua and the people of Israel, under the direction and the mighty hand of GOD, conquered much of the promised land, but left some under subjection and servanthood. Others were were never fully conquered or driven out, but were are trouble and a snare to the people of GOD. This did not reflect on GOD's holiness or His perfect will for His people, but on their lack of obedience to the will and Word of GOD. They had great victories, but also a few setbacks because of sIn.

     Sin will always take us farther than we want to go, cost us more than we want to pay, and hold us longer than we want to stay. But, thanks be to GOD which hath given unto us the victory over sIn, death, and the grave by His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. Our repentance of our sIn, and our faith and trust in Him and Him alone for Salvation means we are at Liberty to live victoriously in Him and through Him the new life He has for us. Our new forgiven life is not a license to sIn all we want to, but with it also come the reality that now we sIn more than we want to, because our 'want-tos' have changed as we become more like Him.

     GOD gives us the victory for our redemption and His glory that we might serve Him, not to earn or keep His free gift, but because of our love for Him. We are His servants to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need. We are His disciples to serve one another in love and in discipleship through the Word of GOD. We are His witnesses to share His grace and mercy through the Gospel from the Word of GOD that others may know the victory we have received, and that those who believe the Good News of Jesus Christ and His forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father might 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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Continue in the things which thou hast learned and been assured of

11/16/2015

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This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of GOD; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the Truth. (2Ti 3:1-7)
     These days do seem perilous and there is much in this broken and sinful world that fits with what Paul said here. There are those all around us who exhibit one or more of these traits of unrighteousness and ungodliness which GOD tells us about. Many of them are religious, but not of GOD, some even in the church; many are subtle and disarming in their outward appearance, but deceptive and false words and doctrine. Though some are overt in their deeds and character, others are more wary and put on a shepherds cloak even while they are ravenous wolves within.

     We are to know them by their deeds, and discern their character and words which are contrary to the Scriptures, by knowing the Scriptures and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We are to study His Word, and know the thoughts and words of them which come and speak, whether what they say is Truth, and reject all falsehood. We are to see, yes even judge, with righteous judgment, the character and behavior, especially of those in leadership who serve GOD's Church, and reject those who are not holy, walking right with GOD, and speaking His Truth in the love of the Spirit of GOD, who say one thing while doing another. Especially those who deny or subvert His great Salvation by faith through grace, and our need of repentance toward GOD and saving faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary.

     We are to be filled with the Spirit, walking in the power of His love, mercy, and grace, that others might see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. As His ambassadors, we minister to those around us who are hurting and in need. As ministers of reconciliation we are to be on mission for Him. As members of His body, and of one another, we are to love others as He first loved us, and disciple other believers in His Word that we may all grow up into Christ and be conformed into His image. As His witnesses we are to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world, and as we go, proclaiming to all we meet the Good News of forgiveness of sin through repentance and a new life in Him by faith in Christ alone, that those who 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 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 love of money is the root of all evil

11/5/2015

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But thou, O man of GOD, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. I give thee charge in the sight of GOD, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; That thou keep this Commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: Which in His times He shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. (1Ti 6:11-16)
      Rather than this worlds gains, we ought to pursue the things and character of GOD and submit to Him as Head as He conforms us to the image of Christ. We are to follow His will in all things, and seek His face who is with us all the way, and goes before us. He is our King and we are subject unto Him, He is our Lord and we are not above our Master, He is our light and we are to walk in Him, and He is our life and the only GOD with whom we have to do.

     As His ministers we are to walk in the Spirit and He in us, living His righteousness in this sinful and broken world, not conformed by it or following its ways, but strangers and pilgrims sojourning here until He calls us Home to be with Him. As His ambassadors, each of us is to represent His Kingdom to this lost and dying world, growing in His Word into the full measure of Him through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. As His disciples, we are to love one another, bearing one anothers burdens and praying one for another as we fellowship together as His body and members in particular.

     Following our Head and His direction in all things, we minister to those He sends us to and those He sends to us who are hurting and in need as He provides and blesses us to do the work of the ministry. As His servants and members one of another, we speak the Truth in love and grow in grace and our knowledge of our Lord and the only Saviour, Jesus Christ. As His witnesses, we take His Gospel to this lost and dying world, and as we go, sharing the Good News of forgiveness of sin and reconciliation with the Father, that those who repent and believe in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary 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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GOD our Saviour will have all men to be saved

11/2/2015

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For there is one GOD, and one mediator between GOD and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: GOD was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
(1Ti 2:5-6, 8, 3:16)
     Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, became a man, humbly and willingly taking our place on the cross to pay our sin debt and provide the only way to the Father. The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. The one who spoke the world and all that is in it into being with His Word, put on flesh, and then put to death that flesh in the final sacrifice for sin, that those who repent and trust in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary could have His great Salvation by faith through His grace.

     Now our resurrected and glorified Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, sits at the right hand of the Father, ever living to intercede for His own, until He returns to judge this world and those who oppose Him and establish His thousand year reign on this earth. We are to pray, to lift up the burdens of this world, as royal priests, bringing the cares and needs of all people to the Throne of grace to find help in time of need. We are to pray, one for another, as members of His body. We are to pray, for orders from the Spirit of GOD, for Truth from His Word, and for peace in the midst of the storms of life. We are to pray, in adoration, worship, thanksgiving, confession, and supplication, for He is Lord, He cares for us, will provide and answer, and He alone is worthy.

     Until He returns for His own, to take us Home to be with Him, we are to serve Him, His ambassadors and ministers of reconciliation, to represent the Kingdom and introduce those who don't know Him to Jesus Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit that they may be restored and reconciled to the Father. We are to pray for others as we minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, that they may see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We are to pray for one another as we disciple one another in love and in the Word of GOD until we all grow up into Him, conformed to the image of His dear Son. We are to pray for this lost and dying world, that we can share the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world, that those who repent of their sins and receive the Good News by faith might have life in His Name.

     For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the 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 ye yourselves are taught of GOD to love one another

10/16/2015

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Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please GOD, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know what Commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of GOD, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not GOD: That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. For GOD hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. (1Th 4:1-7)
     To walk worthy of our Lord, we must let Him be in control of all things, our thoughts, words, and deeds. Especially our morality, as Paul points out here. Because those outside the church are watching, we must maintain proper relationships with one another, and behave Godly and Holy, in thought, word, and deed. God calls us to a higher standard from His Word, not to be of the world, or to love the things of the world, nor to be conformed by the world. We are to be separate, to honour God with our substance, our thoughts, our bodies, and everything which we do and say.

      We are to love one another, as members of His body, not as the world loves, in the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, but in charity as members one of another in the family of GOD, holy and walking in Him, led by His Spirit and washed by the water of His Word. We are cleansed by our repentance and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, buried with Christ and raised with Him to walk in newness of life. We are to now reckon ourselves dead, dead to sin and its destruction, dead to this world and its ways, and dead to self and the flesh.

     The life we now life by the faith of the Son of GOD who loved us and gave Himself for us, we live as a life of service to our Lord. Not to earn or keep that which He has already paid for, but because of our love and gratitude for who He is, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son and our Lord and Saviour, but also what He has done and is doing in our lives. Because of His example, and at His direction, we serve others around us who are hurting and in need that they may see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. Because He is the Head of the Body and our Master, we love one another as He loved us, and disciple one another in the Word, conformed to the image of His dear Son. Because of His sacrifice for us, we go with the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world, and as we go, we share Him and the Good News of reconciliation and forgiveness that all may hear and 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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Stand perfect and complete in all the will of GOD

10/9/2015

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Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; Withal praying also for us, that GOD would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. (Col 4:1-6)

     Christians in authority should remember who they serve, not conforming to this world or its models, but following our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us. Those in the Church have a model in Christ and He has given us His Word, to know Him and His ways which are above our ways, and His thoughts which are above ours. We are to make Him known both through our actions and our speech, especially to those who don't know Christ, that our time sojourning here in this sinful and broken world is well spent.

    We are always to represent the one who has redeemed us from our sin because of our repentance and faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, in word and deed, for He is our Lord and Master. We ought to know His Word, to speak the Truth in love, and be ready always to give an answer to every man of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear. We must always have a sense of urgency, for the Lord shall return for His own, and to judge this lost and dying world, and we don't know when that is.

     Until that day, we serve Him in ministry and missions as His ambassadors, we love one another in discipleship and fellowship as His body, and we preach the Gospel as His ministers of reconciliation. We show His love to others who are hurting and in need, that they might see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We disciple one another in His Word and love one another as He loved us for we are members one of another. We take His Good News, and as we go, share the message of forgiveness through repentance and justification with the Father through Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, in the power of the the Holy Spirit, that those who 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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