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He taught them as one that had authority

6/14/2016

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And they come again to Jerusalem: and as He was walking in the temple, there come to Him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, And say unto Him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, was it from Heaven, or of men? answer Me. And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed. And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. (Mar 11:27-33)
       Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son has authority and power to judge, to exercise dominion, to speak and teach Truth, for He is the Word made flesh. He is our Creator and has every right to set His terms for our behaviour and our redemption. He is our Redeemer and has paid the sin debt we cannot pay. He is our King and not only rules in the hearts of those who submit to His authority today, but one day He will rule His earthly Kingdom and then all eternity with the Father. He, with the Father and the Spirit, is the Supreme Authority, GOD of gods and Lord of lords, over kingdoms, princes, powers, and life itself, for He is our life, and all things come from Him. He ever liveth to make intercession for His own, and to draw all who will believe to the Father.

      The scribes, and lawyers, and leaders of the Jews could not admit that His authority was from the Father because of their unbelief, nor could they condemn John, knowing the people's reaction and belief that he was a prophet from GOD. Their unwillingness, in their own pride and self-righteousness, to admit to anything and acknowledge the work of GOD led to their equivocation and acknowledging their unbelief. Pride will keep us from surrendering to GOD on His Terms and repenting of our sins, and our trust in our own righteousness and unwillingness to admit we need GOD will keep us from trusting in Jesus Christ and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary in our place and for our Salvation.

     Those who are secure in Him and born again are to rest in that authority, not as license to sin, but His rightful demand of holiness and righteousness, as we serve our Lord and Master, fellowship with His people, and share Him with others. We are called to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need with the Word of righteousness and reconciliation, rightly divided and fitly spoken, that others might see Christ in us, the hope of glory. We are commanded to love one another as He loved us, and to disciple one another in His Word that all may grow in grace and in the knowledge of Him who died for us. We are commissioned as His witnesses, to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world in the power of the Holy Spirit that is within us, and as we go, proclaiming the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and acknowledging our sin and reconciliation with the Father through faith in the Son, that those who believe that Jesus 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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Making the Word of GOD of none effect through your tradition

6/8/2016

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Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?" He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. Howbeit in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the Commandment of GOD, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And He said unto them, Full well ye reject the Commandment of GOD, that ye may keep your own tradition. (Mar 7:5-9)
      All the rules and directives which the Pharisees had instituted to ensure that people kept the Law they couldn't keep, and the Pharisees didn't keep it either, had made such a mess of GOD'S Law that they were actually breaking both the letter and the spirit of the Law through their "law around the law". Their unbelieving lip-service to GOD while ignoring the intent of the Law to show them their need of GOD for Salvation, while also ignoring the true righteousness of GOD which the Law could never give, was true hypocrisy and Jesus rightfully spoke to the heart of the issue. Their hearts were not right, for without faith in GOD they looked to themselves and their religion for salvation, worshiped a god of their own making, and pridefully held to their own ideas of what the Law was for and to grant them their own righteousness.

      Self righteousness will not get anybody anywhere with a Holy and righteous GOD who demands, and He has every right to as our Creator, His people to come to Him on His terms and not their own. But, knowing that in our sin we cannot measure up, no matter how careful we are to the Laws and Statutes of GOD, He has given us the only sacrifice that will truly pay for our sin. He has provided Himself, when He humbled Himself and took our place on that cruel Roman cross that we might have life, His righteousness, and be reconciled to GOD through repentance and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. The Law by itself cannot save or make any one righteous, but Christ has fulfilled the Law, and He who is our rest, makes us righteous in the eyes of GOD, new creatures in Christ, dead to the Law, to sIn, and to ourselves, to live in Him the life we are meant to live.

       As His righteous servants, not in our own righteousness which is as filthy rags, but through the washing of the Word of GOD, we minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, with the Word of righteousness and reconciliation, rightly divided and fitly spoken, that they might see Christ in us, the hope of Glory. As His righteous people, the Church of GOD, holy and without blemish by the blood of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, we are to love one another as members in particular, and disciple one another in the Word of GOD that we might grow thereby. As His righteous army, not with weapons of this world or of the flesh, but with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the armour of GOD, we go where the Holy Spirit which is within us sends us, and as we go, we proclaim the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His Son, that those who believe that Jesus 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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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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The wages of sIn is death; but the gift of GOD is eternal life

12/8/2015

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O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto Thy great Name? And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed My Covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. (Jos 7:8-12)
     Sin in the camp has weakened and corrupted Israel and Israel is defeated by the townspeople of Ai. The town of Ai should have been a victory, not so easy that they didn't need GOD, but in His power and at His direction they could have taken the city. But, disobedience in taking the spoils of war, the things of this world which GOD had cursed, meant that Israel was accursed and powerless for the moment in her overcoming the land GOD had promised them. The desire for the things of this world, the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, turned to sIn, and defeat.

      Sin will take us farther than we want to go, keep us longer than we want to stay, and cost us more than we want to pay, but thanks be to GOD who has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. When we surrender to Him on His terms and repent of our sins, GOD is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness and to give us His great Salvation. That is not a license to sIn, nor is it deliverance from the consequences of our sIn, but it is freedom and liberty for us to live in Him and His power, free from sIn and the temptation of sIn.

     Just as Joshua and the Children of Israel had to face their sIn and deal with it, first with GOD and then among themselves, so we have to deal with our sIn. Confession is made unto GOD, acknowledging our sIn is an offense to Him, and forsaking that sIn which doth so easily beset us, and repenting from our sIn and turning away from it and to GOD that through Him we may overcome the sIn and its temptation, for He will give us a way to escape, that we may be able to bear the temptation and live in Him and for Him in victory and holiness.

     For GOD has work for us to do, in this world but not of it nor seeking the things of the world, but strangers and pilgrims sojourning in this world to accomplish His will and do His work. We are His ambassadors ministering to those around us who are hurting and in need with the Word of reconciliation. We are His disciples, who are to love one another as He loved us, and we are to disciple one another in the Word of GOD that we may grow thereby. We are His witnesses, taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world, and as we go, sharing the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with GOD through faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary to all who will hear 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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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit

11/27/2015

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

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

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

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

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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Put the brethren in remembrance of these things

11/3/2015

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Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which GOD hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of GOD is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the Word of GOD and prayer. (1Ti 4:1-5)
     Unbelievers and those that pervert the Word who are in leadership but unconverted lead the flock they are supposed to feed away with their false doctrine and practices which are contrary to GOD's purposes, His ways, and His Word. All during this age we call the Church age, and the time of the Gentiles, there have been false pastors, sinful preachers and straying leaders who have ignorantly, willfully, or purposefully corrupted GOD's teachings, either out of prIde, or sIn, or because they themselves were unbelievers with a false conversion. Some paid for the position, others were elevated by their followers because of their great speaking, even though what they were saying was wrong, and still others started out right, but somewhere along the way, drifted away from GOD and His Word and led their flock unto religion without righteousness, destruction and false doctrines.

      We as believers are to study His Word and know it, and Him through it, that we might be a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth. We are to know how GOD works in the affairs of men, and sets up and tears down nations, that He has set the times and habitations of all the peoples on the face of the earth. We are to know how His plan of grace by faith is carried out in obedience by different covenants and dispensations throughout History, for He has told us in His Word. We cannot pick and choose what Scriptures to follow and believe, but are to understand Him throughout all Scripture.

     All Scripture is given to us by GOD and is inspired, preserved, protected, pure, Holy, and profitable. We are to teach its Doctrines, without error or correction, for they are true and righteous altogether. We are to adjust our thinking to its reproofs for they are right. We are to repent when confronted by its corrections, for they cleanse us even from secret faults. We are to live and obey its instruction in righteousness that we may be throughly equipped unto every good work which GOD has for us to do. The call of ministry and missions to those around us who are hurting and in need, the command to love one another and to disciple one another in His Word. The commission to reach the lost with the Good News of Jesus Christ, that those who hear the Gospel and repent, placing their faith and trust in 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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But now in Christ Jesus ye are made nigh unto GOD by His blood

8/28/2015

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But GOD, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of GOD: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. (Eph 2:4-10)
    It is only by the mercies of GOD, which are renewed every morning, that we are not consumed. All are born into sIn, and for many prIde keeps them there, but GOD out of the riches of His grace, commended His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. After three days and three nights in the tomb, He was raised again according to the Scriptures and ever liveth to make intercession for His saints. All those who are born again by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary are His saints, not because of any thing we have done, but by His mercy and grace.

    We cannot save ourselves, for if we could Christ would not have had to die in our place. We cannot earn any favour with GOD, for then it would not be grace or His gift to us, purchased in His own blood. We cannot affect our Salvation, or our relationship with GOD once we truly have it through repentance of our sins and faith in Him, for it is by His power and His Spirit changing us from once we once were into what He wants us to become in Him. All those things we once thought and did are buried at the Cross for those who repent and believe. Our past is behind us, covered by His blood, and as far from GOD as the east is from the west, forgiven, not to sIn willfully any more or continue in sIn, but to live in liberty and love through and for Him and to accomplish His will and work in this sinful and broken world.

    We who are His, in obedience to His Word and the Spirit of GOD who guides us, go and minister, as His ambassadors to those who are hurting and in need, that they might see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We who are His, resting in Him as He works in us both to do and to will of His good pleasure, love one another in the unity of the Spirit and the fellowship of His saints. We who are His, in submission to His commission of His own, go and tell the Good News, and as we go where He sends us we tell every one we meet of our Saviour and Lord so that those who believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ 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 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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He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

8/14/2015

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 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the Word of GOD abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of GOD abideth for ever. Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. (1Jn 2:14-20)
    We love GOD because He first loved us, and we are to look to Him, not the things of this world. The things of this world will not last or satisfy; no matter what we think we want or have to have, or how good we think it will be to do, if it is not of GOD it will disappoint us, or hurt us, or even leave us wanting more. Our enemy wants to steal our joy, kill our proper relationships, and destroy our testimony. Jesus came to give us life, and to let us live in Him abundantly, that we might have joy unspeakable and full of glory, a loving relationship with Him that is real and personal, and a testimony of His mercy, grace, and love in Salvation, provision, and care for us as we rest in Him. [For more on that read this.]

    This world's systems not only try to oppose the Lord Jesus, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, with any thing else, in thought, word, or deed, but also replace Him in those who are seeking Truth and deliverance. He is Truth, and any thing that opposes Him or replaces Him and His Word in our hearts and minds is a lie. We ought to continue in His Word, in fellowship with one another, and in love ministering to those in need, because of who He is, and because of the His great Salvation that comes from our repentance of our sIn, and our faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary.

    We continue in His power, through the indwelling Holy Spirit, to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need as GOD gives the increase. We continue in His love, and in His Word, learning of Him and becoming more like Him as we love the brethren. We continue in His mission, His ambassadors and ministers, to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world, that those who hear the Good News and repent, believeing in Him 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 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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Thy Word is Truth

7/28/2015

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And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to Thee. Holy Father, keep through Thine own Name those whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Thy Name: those that Thou gavest Me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled. And now come I to Thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them Thy Word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through Thy Truth: Thy Word is Truth.  (Joh 17:11-17)
    Our Lord and Saviour, who was never of the world even when He was in the world was, and is, hated by the world, and all those who oppose GOD will also hate us. He brought light and life, but men love darkness rather than light, and love their sIn rather than life. He brought Truth, because He is Truth, the Word made flesh, which dwelt among us and came to provide us with eternal life with the Father. He accomplished all that His Father told Him to do, and fulfilled the Scriptures concerning His first coming and sacrificial offering of Himself in our place and for our sIn, that we might have His abundant life, and joy unspeakable and full of glory.

    In this great High Priestly prayer, Jesus prayed for His own, all those who have repented of their sIn and put their trust in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary for reconciliation with the Father. He prayed that GOD would keep us, not out of this world, but safe and secure in it, even while we are strangers and pilgrims here in this lost and dying world, and that our joy might be full in Him. We are not to love this world, for all the things of this world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, are not of the Father but of the world. We are to love all people as He does, that we might share Him and His grace, mercy, and love with them, even while we keep ourselves unspotted from the world through the washing of His Word.

    We are to minister in and to this world, to the fatherless and the widows, and those who are hurting and in need, as GOD provides and blesses us. We are to love one another, as members one of another, that all may know we are His disciples; and grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, through His Word until we all come into the full measure of Him. We are to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to all we meet, that those who hear the Gospel and believe 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 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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The Holy Ghost shall teach you all things

7/16/2015

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And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of Truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me no more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in My Father, and ye in Me, and I in you. He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him. (Joh 14:16-21)
    Jesus sent the Holy Ghost; Comforter, Guide, and Friend, to indwell all who trust in Him, that we might be empowered to accomplish His will and do His work in this world. All those who are secure in Christ, through repentance and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary are filled with the Holy Spirit, who guides us in to all Truth. We know Him, and have both a relationship and fellowship with GOD through the communion of the Holy Spirit. He is the down payment of the promise of our inheritance as His children, our glorification to be like Him, and reconciliation with GOD, that began when we were justified, continues as He continues to sanctify us through His Word, until we are finally with Christ. He leads us, if not grieved or quenched by our disobedience or indifference, that we might lift up Jesus Christ and glorify the Son and the Father.

    He is not an impersonal force, but the Spirit of GOD, who is GOD, one with the Son and the Father. The natural man cannot receive the things of the Spirit, but we hear His voice and understand those things which are spiritually discerned, for we are His, and He is in us. We do His will and keep His commandments, for we love Him, and He loves us, and works in us both to do and to will of His good pleasure. The Father is conforming His own into the image of His dear Son through His Word and the Holy Spirit until we all come into the full measure of Him and He is finished with us in this lost and dying world.

    We are His ambassadors, and are to represent Him and His Kingdom while He has left us here. We are not to be of this world and its sIn, nor love its things: the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, or the pride of life, but to wait on GOD and minister to others in His Name that they might see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We are to encourage one another and provoke one another to love and good works as we grow in His Word and  love one another as He loved us, that all may know that we are His disciples. We are to take His Word with the Gospel in the power of the Holy Ghost to all we meet that they may believe and be reconciled with the Father through repentance and faith in the Good News of Jesus 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 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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