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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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Thou shalt be secure because there is hope

4/13/2016

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Canst thou by searching find out GOD? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as Heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. If He cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder Him? For He knoweth vain men: He seeth wickedness also; will He not then consider it? (Job 11:7-11)
     If GOD had not revealed Himself to us, first through general revelation which declares the glory of GOD and sheweth His handywork, then through His written Word and finally through His Son, the Word made flesh, we would would not know GOD nor be able to find Him. His ways are above ours and His thoughts are far above ours, so that He is too wonderful and past finding out. GOD told us of Himself that we might know Him and understand His love, mercy, and grace, and believe in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary for Salvation. He also revealed His wrath, justice, and judgement, that we might repent of our sins and be born again.

    Without Christ and His redemption, which He purchased for us on that tree, we are dead in our trespasses and sins, our wickedness separates us from GOD who is holy and perfect. We may be as good as the next guy, and better than some, but we can never measure up to the only standard by which GOD can measure anyone: Himself. Without His righteousness we are lost and under the wrath of GOD for our sins, but GOD loves us so much and wants us to be with Him that He provided the only way for those who are separated from Him to be redeemed and reconciled, Himself.

      GOD has redeemed His Church that we might share Him with everyone as we grow in Him and fellowship with Him and with each other. He has called us to service, representing Him to this lost and dying world with the Word of righteousness, rightly divided and fitly spoken, as we minister to those around us who are hurting and in need. Our Lord has commanded us to we love one another as He has loved us, and to disciple one another in His Word that we might grow in Him. Jesus has commissioned His people to witness of Him with the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit, and as we go where He leads us and to whom He sends us to, proclaiming 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, the Messiah of GOD, 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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In the midst of the Church will I sing praise unto Thee

2/11/2016

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For if the Word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great Salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard Him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to His own will? (Heb 2:2-4)
      GOD has given us His Word to trust and obey, to hear, read, study, meditate, and memorize, as He applies it to our surrendered lives. GOD has testified to His written and spoken Word by the signs and miracles which verified the prophet or apostle saying "Thus saith the Lord". GOD testified of and for His Son, the Word made flesh, by the signs and miracles He performed, not as magic tricks, but as confirmation of the Deity and person of Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, who put on flesh and dwelt among us, who took our place and paid our sIn debt on that cruel Roman cross, that we who trust in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary in repentance and faith might have eternal life in Him.

     GOD so loved every one that He humbled Himself and became a man, lived a sinless life, tempted in all things just as we are, and went willingly to suffer for our sins, and provide for our Salvation. He purchased our redemption when He put to death the flesh, and because He had not sinned the grave couldn't hold Him, and He was raised again the third day according to the Scriptures. He is now sitting on the right hand of the Throne of GOD and ever liveth to make intercession for His saints, until that day when He calls us Home, judges this world and all those who oppose Him, and establishes His earthly Kingdom for a thousand years before all who are in Christ, from Abel to the last person who believes, dwell together with Him for all eternity and all who have never received Him by faith through grace are judged for their sIn and cast out into everlasting fire.

      He calls His people, the body of Christ, to live holy lives because He is holy, and to serve Him, His ambassadors with the Word of reconciliation, to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need. He commands His brethren, the children of GOD to love one another as we grow in Him and disciple one another in His Word until we have all grown up into the full measure of Him who first loved us. He has commissioned us as His soldiers and witnesses to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world, and as we go, in the power of the Holy Spirit that is within us, share the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father to all who will hear that they might repent and 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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They shall be snares and traps unto you

12/17/2015

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As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out. (Jos 15:63, 16:10, 17:12-13)
      Joshua and the Israelites failed to remove some of the enemies of GOD that abided in Canaan, either because of sIn which caused them to falter before their foes, or a lack of faith, which led to them being overcome or not even attempting to drive them out, or because they were deceived and made a league with them and allowed them to stay in the land. These inhabitants, which GOD had already judged, but Israel couldn't or wouldn't remove, would make both political and spiritual trouble for the Israelites the rest of their days, and some of their descendants still oppose GOD and the Jews today.

      Those that oppose GOD, many not even realizing the war they are in, are not to be left thinking there is a neutral position. Every person is born a sinner, and therefore the enemy of GOD, but GOD gave Himself for our sins, that we might be reconciled to GOD, and no more strangers and enemies, but adopted into the family of faith, and restored to a right relationship to GOD through repentance and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. GOD loves all, even His enemies, because He is our Creator, and is not willing that any should depart this world without Him and be destined to a devil's Hell. We are not to compromise with those who are enemies of GOD or with their doctrine, but proclaim the Truth in love and stand strong in the Lord, with the victory that He has already won.

       He wants His people to share Him with all we meet, in missions, ministry, and discipleship with the Good News of Salvation and the Word of reconciliation. We are His ambassadors, called to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, that they may come to know Him through us. We are His disciples, commanded to disciple one another in the Word of GOD that we may all grow into the full measure of Him, conformed to the image of His Son. We are His witnesses, commissioned to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Word of GOD to this lost and dying world, and as we go, telling all who will hear of forgiveness of sin through repentance, and reconciliation with GOD through faith in Him and Him 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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If we be dead with Him, we shall also live with Him

11/13/2015

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Nevertheless the foundation of GOD standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are His. And, Let every one that nameth the Name of Christ depart from iniquity. But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the Master's use, and prepared unto every good work. Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (2Ti 2:19-22)
     Those who are truly in Christ by grace through faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary and our repentance and His forgiveness not only want to live lives of holiness and sacrificial service to our Lord, but want less of ourselves and more of Him as we sojourn here, strangers and pilgrims in, but not of, this broken and sinful world. We are secure in His hands, not because we have, or even could, earn anything, but because of His grace and mercy.

     Cleansed by His blood, resurrected to walk in newness of life, a new creature in Christ to serve the Master, we are His body, the Church. We are here to do His work and will, not to earn or keep what He has given out of love, but because He is Lord, and because we love Him who first loved us. Made holy by our relationship with Jesus Christ, we are to follow after righteousness and seek holiness in our lives, without which no one will see the Lord, that we may please Him who hath chosen us to be a soldier in His army, and workers in His fields, throughly furnished unto all good works by His Word and empowered by His Spirit.

     We labour in Christ, not for the rewards of this world which will not last, but for Him. We strive, not with men or with foolish arguments, but to know and do the will and work of GOD. We work, not for His great Salvation, but because He has given us His grace and we are now in Him and He is us, to bring forth fruit for the Kingdom, and glorify our Father which is in Heaven. He has called us to minister to those around us, as His ambassadors, who are hurting and in need as He provides blessings on us. He has commanded us to love one another and to grow in grace and the knowledge of Him as His disciples, not above our Master, but as our Lord and Saviour, being conformed to His image through His Word. We are commissioned to His service and as His witnesses, taking the Gospel to those who are headed for an eternity without Christ in this lost and dying world, and as we go, sharing Him with others so that those who hear and believe the  Good News of Jesus Christ in repentance and faith might have life in His Name.

     For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the 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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... but joy cometh in the morning

8/7/2015

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 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing Him to be the gardener, saith unto Him, Sir, if thou have borne Him hence, tell me where thou hast laid Him, and I will take Him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto Him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to My Father: but go to My brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father, and your Father; and to My GOD, and your GOD. (Joh 20:14-17)
    He is risen, He is risen indeed. He has conquered death, for He is life, and has the keys to death and hell. He has overcome the grave, for He is without sIn, and is the way to the Father, for all who repent and believe. He has opened paradise, led captivity captive, and secured the Salvation of all the faithful who look to Him for eternal life. He endured the Cross, despising the shame, because of the joy that was set before Him, and is alive for ever more, and we in Him. He sits at the right hand of the Father, until His time to return to judge the nations and rule His earthly Kingdom. He that ascended will return just as He promised, in triumph and victory, the King of kings and Lord of lords, our Saviour and living Master, Jesus Christ.

    Our Lord, who triumphed over sIn, and hath victory over the grave, sends us, His royal ambassadors, to be His ministers, to this lost and dying world. We have the message of hope, that Jesus lives, and because He lives, we have power, hope, victory, blessings, and the promise that GOD will overcome. We also have a message of warning, that GOD has and will judge sIn, that the wages of sIn is death, but the gift of GOD is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Our liberty is not a license to sIn, because sIn is an offense against our Holy GOD, who calls us to be holy, and chose us in Him to be holy and without blame before Him in love.

    Because He lives, we can reach out to others in ministry, pouring our lives into others as GOD has blessed us, to meet the needs of those who are hurting and in need, that they might see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. Because He lives, through His indwelling Spirit that He has sent to each one of us, we can love one another, forbearing and forgiving one another, as Christ hath forgiven us. Because He lives, we can learn of Him, through the Scriptures which speak of Him, as we disciple one another in His Word. Because He lives, we can share Him with others, telling those who are without the Good News of Salvation by faith and repentance that those who hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ, with its victory over the second death, 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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What accusation bring ye against this man?

7/31/2015

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Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto Him, Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of Me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? Jesus answered, My Kingdom is not of this world: if My Kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is My kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said unto Him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a King. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the Truth. Every one that is of the Truth heareth My voice. Pilate saith unto Him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all. (Joh 18:33-38)
    The testimony of our Lord before Pilate. Truth stood before the authority of this world and the world knew it not. The King of kings whose Kingdom is not yet, nor of this world, had been rejected by His own, and now would be rejected by the indifference of the Gentiles. The Religious leaders of the Jews didn't want Him as King, and the Gentile authorities didn't see Truth when it stood before them. The Jews rejected Him for His Truth turned their kingdom upside down, and the Gentiles weren't looking for a new 'king' to oppose Caesar or their little kingdoms.

    Most people today aren't looking to change, don't want the Salvation that GOD provides that turns their world upside down, or refuse to surrender to our Lord and King. Though they are bound for a devil's hell because of their sIn, and are men most miserable without GOD and without hope in this world, they don't see their need, or recognize their condition. They have declared truth as irrelevant and subjective, and of no concern of theirs. Sin is a joke to be dismissed, morality is a old-fashioned concept for religious nuts, and every one does what is right in his own eyes.

    But judgment is coming. Jesus testified before Pilate that He is Truth, and He will be the final Judge, when all is revealed. We can either face Him as our Saviour, because of our repentance of our sIn and our faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, or face Him as the final Judge of our sIn against Him, the righteous Judge. The Kingdom of GOD is here, but one must be born again to see it. The Kingdom of Heaven is coming, though it was rejected when Christ came the first time, when Jesus returns to this earth to rule and reign for a thousand years. Truth is available in His Word, taught by the Spirit that indwells His own and calls all men unto Him.

    We who are His, are ambassadors of His Kingdom, and ministers of reconciliation. As surrendered subjects, we are to obey His will and Word, to meet the needs of those who are hurting and in need, as GOD provides and blesses us. As faithful family and friends, we are to love one another, even as He loves us, and grow in His Word as we become more like Him. As dedicated disciples, we are not above our Master, but must go into this world with the Truth, even as He did, and share Him with those around us, that those who hear the Gospel in repentance and believe the Good News of Jesus Christ in faith might have life in His Name.

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

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet


   
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Now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 

4/8/2015

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Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. (1Co 13:4-10)
    Sacrificial love in action expressed to others with no thought of return or reward. That is the proper expression of charity. We have made it into just alms or giving, but it is in fact a verb describing the outward doing of love. When we exhibit charity toward others, we put up with them, forgiving them in Christ. We celebrate the successes of others and don't try to one-up each other. We don't worry about our 'rewards' for we know that GOD will take care of all our needs and He already knows our accomplishments. In Him and with His strength we can persevere and look to His Word for Truth to endure all that comes our way. All else may fail, but GOD cannot.

    But those without Him are lost and without hope in this world, and we need to share Him with them so that they may know Jesus Christ and the Salvation that He offers to those who repent and trust His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. His ultimate act of  charity, in giving Himself in our place and to pay our sIn debt, is the answer to those who are still dead in their trespasses and sins and in need of redemption. All charity done apart from God may be good to this world, but apart from Christ are filthy rags and will not save anyone.

    In Christ, we act charitably, not for ourselves or to gain Heaven or miss Hell, but because of the work He is doing in and through us, to conform us to the image of His dear Son, and to bring others to Christ. We minister to the hurting and in need, because God loves everyone and wants all to repent and turn to Him. We disciple one another so that we all may grow into maturity in Christ and be as He is, through His Word and we love one another as He loves us that all may know we are His disciples. We share His love through the Gospel to all that we meet, and as we go, we make disciples, teaching them to observe to do according to all that He commanded. We proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ so that those who hear and believe may repent and receiving Him 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 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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What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with GOD? GOD forbid.

2/24/2015

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Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth He yet find fault? For who hath resisted His will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against GOD? Shall the thing formed say to Him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if GOD, willing to shew His wrath, and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had afore prepared unto glory, Even us, whom He hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? (Rom 9:19-24)
    We might wonder about GOD's sovereignty, for His ways are above our ways, and His thoughts are higher than ours, but for the child of GOD, we are to trust Him, study His Word to learn more of Him, and know that GOD is in control. We are to prayerfully search the Scriptures, for they speak of Him, and understand that He has a plan for us, and for those that are His, because of the Salvation that GOD alone can provide, He has work for us to do. He is GOD, and with Him there is no variableness, or shadow of turning.

    He could have simply made us with no free-will, and rigged things so we were destined for Heaven or Hell, with no choice in the matter, like the angels and demons. He could have cast us all aside, when He judged Adam guilty of sIn, and allowed all humanity to die in their sins. But, our GOD is not that kind of GOD, capricious and without compassion. Our GOD is a GOD of mercy, and has made us to respond to Him in faith, for we are the work of His hands, and His love for us is so great and wonderful, that despite our sIn, He came to this world as a man, and put to death the flesh, that we might be made righteous in Him.

    He knows that we are weak vessels, and He knows our sIn, and its destruction and death, that's why He took on sIn, though He had no sIn of His own, to pay the penalty for sIn that we could not pay, and offer us forgiveness and reconciliation with our Holy GOD through our repentance and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. He has mercy on whom He wills, because He is our sovereign Lord, but extends His mercy and love to all who will repent and believe.

    That is our message, that is our purpose, that is our mission. We are to go and tell, to minister in mercy to those around us, and to love one another because He first loved us. We are to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, and who died for the sins of the whole world according to the Scriptures, but did not stay dead, but arose again on the third day according to the Scriptures, and is now sitting on the right hand of GOD the Father. GOD's people are on mission for Him, as His ambassadors, to
visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep ourselves unspotted from the world. We are to grow in grace as we disciple one another in the Word of GOD. As we go, we are to take the Gospel we live to this lost and dying world, that they might hear and 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 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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Thus shall it be in the Day when the Son of man is revealed

1/13/2015

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But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. (Mat 24:37-42)
    After describing many terrible events that have and will occur in this world, Jesus relays some prophetic events concerning the Tribulation and the judgement of this lost and dying world. He concludes here with a description, that though applicable to the complacency and apathy of most of this world to spiritual things, is a description of the conditions at His return to this earth. This passage is not referring to the rapture of GOD's church, but to events during the Tribulation. Two different times, half the people alive will die in the judgment that GOD carries out upon this world and its people. While that seems harsh to us, it is just, for we are all under a death sentence for our sIn, and only the mercy of GOD, which is available to all, but extended to those who repent of their sIn, and receive Him by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, can save us.

    Those that die without Christ, in the Tribulation, or here and now, since they are already under condemnation for sIn, and guilty before a righteous and holy GOD, are sealed in their fate and in Hell, awaiting the final justice and judgement to the Lake of Fire for their unbelief, their works of unrighteousness and their sIn against GOD. It is a terrible fate, that we, who are saved by GOD are to warn all who are not secure in Christ. GOD loves everyone, and sent His Son, who knew no sIn, to die in our place and for our sIn, that we might be made the righteousness of Him, and not perish, but have everlasting life.

    We who have been pardoned by the grace of GOD, are not at liberty to sIn as we want, but free from the Law of sIn and death to live in Him, and He is us, the life He would have us live. We are delivered, not to ourselves, for that was our problem before, but to a full and abundant life in Christ. We are saved, made whole, and perfect before GOD, because of the Spirit of Christ within us. We are both sanctified, and being made Holy, by the work of the Holy Spirit and the washing of the Word, to conform us to the image of His dear Son, until He takes us Home.

    While GOD is still working on us, and will perform that work until the Day of Jesus Christ, He has commanded us to, as His ambassadors, to minister to the hurting and those in need, as He gives the increase. He has called us to be His disciples, studying to shew ourselves approved unto GOD, searching the Scriptures that we might learn of Him. We are called to love one another, and to go with the Gospel to this lost and dying world that desperately needs to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. As we go, we are to preach the Word, that those who hear and believe may receive 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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