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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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They were as sheep not having a shepherd

6/7/2016

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And He went out from thence, and came into His own country; and His disciples follow Him. And when the Sabbath day was come, He began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing Him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at Him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. And He could there do no mighty work, save that He laid His hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And He marvelled because of their unbelief. And He went round about the villages, teaching. (Mar 6:1-6)
      Christ came unto His own, but His own received Him not. The people of His own neighborhood thought they knew who He was, but they did not understand His person or His power, so they were astonished at His teachings. Because of their lack of faith and unbelief, Jesus did not do as many of all the mighty works which He had done elsewhere. The people were only looking with the eyes of the flesh and with their understanding of Jesus as a man, and not realizing He was the Son of GOD who was GOD the Son, the Word made flesh, which was now with them, and that He spoke with the Authority of GOD, and the Truth of Scripture, and wisdom which is from above. They only saw the son of Mary, who was of their village, and his half brothers and sisters who were all known to them, and his earthly vocation as a carpenter. They didn't understand His Father's work and the ministry of reconciliation and redemption that Christ had come to provide.

      Many of our own families may not understand or believe those of us who are in Christ, because they know us. Only through the Spirit of GOD and the Word of GOD working in their hearts can they be healed of the spiritual blindness of which they are afflicted. We must be faithful to do the work of GOD and accomplish His will, not our own agenda or seek our way, but surrendered fully to our Lord and walking by faith in the Spirit that others may see Christ in us, the hope of Glory, and desire that which we have received by faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. Those of us who have acknowledged our sin before a righteous and holy GOD and repented of that sin, forsaking this world and our lives, for the new life which Christ has purchased for us, and promises to those who believe, are born again, and now walk with Him and in Him the lives we were meant to live.

     We who are in Christ walk by faith, not to remain in sin, or to walk in our own desires, but crucified to the flesh, and reckoning ourselves dead to sin, to the Law, and to this world with its lusts, desires, and pride, we live in the Spirit and glorify the Father in all we do. We serve Him who is our Redeemer, as ministers of reconciliation and ambassadors of the King to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, with the Word of righteousness, rightly divided and fitly spoken. We love one another because He first loved us and we are members one of another, and we disciple one another in His Word that we may grow in grace and in the knowledge of Him who is our Master. We proclaim the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His Son because we have believed the Gospel of Jesus Christ and as we go in the Spirit of GOD we want others to know of Him and have life in His Name.

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

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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The Holy Scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto Salvation

3/24/2016

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For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His Majesty. For He received from GOD the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to Him from the excellent glory, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with Him in the holy mount. We have also a more sure Word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of GOD spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. (2Pe 1:16-21)
       We can be absolutely assured that the Scriptures, the written Word of GOD, the Sword of the Spirit are Truth, are sufficient to speak to us the thoughts and ways  of God, and the thoughts and intents of the heart, and are authoritative and profitable in perfecting the saints to do the work of the ministry and edify the body of Christ. The Word of GOD is not the words of any men, but holy men of GOD, the preachers, proclaimers, and prophets of GOD, from Adam to the Apostle John wrote as they were moved the inspired Words of our Lord, and their interaction with Him, that we might know of His plan of redemption, and learn of Him. They are true, holy, perfect, just, righteous, settled, without error, and without contradiction, for the words of Scripture are a reflection of Jesus Christ who is without sin, and He has elevated them above even His Name, which is above every name. They cannot fail, cannot lie, and cannot pass away, for GOD who has given it to us, has promised we will always have the Word of God. We are blessed when we hear them and read them, we grow when study them, are kept from sin when we memorize them, rest and follow Him as we meditate on them, and in our obedience and surrender to them He applies them in us.

     Forty authors from various walks of life and backgrounds, all with one thing in common, they were obedient servants of the Most High GOD, who transmitted His Words through their writings, and preserved them along the way, that we would have His Word just as He promised. The Word which reveals Jesus Christ, as our Creator, our Redeemer, and our King. The Word which reveals the work of GOD in love, in judgment, in mercy and grace, and in justice and correction. The Word that tells the beginning to the end, from the first Hallelujah, where the angels rejoiced in His perfect creation to the last Amen, when Christ has consummated all things. The Word that tells us of our sin and rebellion, the destruction of the world in Noah's day, and the confusion of languages at the tower of Babel, also tells of God's plan to save those who will come to Him in surrender to Him on His terms, Jew and Gentile, whom He is redeeming through His Son and their faith in Him and His finished work on the Cross of Calvary for sin and Salvation.

      We, the people of GOD, His ministers and ambassadors are to take the Word of reconciliation, the word of comfort, and the word of righteousness, rightly divided and fitly spoken, to those around us who are hurting and in need. The family of GOD, adopted into the fellowship of the saints, though strangers here in this world, are to love one another and disciple one another in His Word that we may grow thereby, fully equipped, encouraged, edified, and empowered to do His will and accomplish His work of ministry and missions, discipleship and mentoring, and reaching the lost of this broken and sinful world that they might be saved. For GOD has also commissioned His church, His body, the host of the Lord, to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Word of God to all nations, and as we go in the power of the Holy Spirit proclaiming to all who will hear the Good News of forgiveness of sin through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in Him that those who believe that Jesus is the Christ might have life in His Name.

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

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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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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Never man spake like this man

6/23/2015

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In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake He of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the Scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? So there was a division among the people because of Him. (Joh 7:37-43)
        Jesus promised living water, The Holy Spirit, to all those who believed in Him. He also promised that that same Spirit would flow out of that person and influence all those around them like a living stream. For some this promise confirmed His identity as the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, the Messiah of Israel. For others there was confusion and doubt, or they misunderstood who their Messiah was, and what He came to do. There were others of course, that did not believe and rejected the person and work of GOD in Christ Jesus.

    Today, Jesus calls all men to make a choice. Since all are under sIn, and condemned because they have sinned against our Holy and righteous GOD, not making a choice is a choice to reject Christ. Almost persuaded is still lost in sin and separated from GOD. Surrendering to Jesus Christ is repentance and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary means getting a new life, not GOD in your life, and the indwelling Spirit to make you born again, not of the flesh, but from above.

    GOD's people, who are secure in Him, are to live a life surrendered to Him and allow His power and presence to flow through them. We are not to quench or grieve the Spirit by our overt acts or our disobedience to His will. We are His ambassadors, and are to represent Him, with the water of life flowing from us to all those around us. We are to show Christ to those who are hurting and in need, that they may see Jesus in us, the Hope of Glory. We are to love one another, and with the guidance of the Spirit grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ through His Word. We are to take His whole Word to this whole world, proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those who will hear, that those who believe the Good News and repent may 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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And the Father Himself, which hath sent Me, hath borne witness of Me

6/12/2015

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Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me. And ye will not come to Me, that ye might have life. I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of GOD in you. I am come in My Father's Name, and ye receive Me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from GOD only? Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed Me: for he wrote of Me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe My Words? (Joh 5:39-47)
    The Word of GOD written and spoken by men led by the Spirit of GOD reveals the Word of GOD made flesh. From Creation when GOD spoke the worlds into being and formed man of the dust of the ground by His Word, to the giving of the Law to Israel, first by sermon and then by the finger of GOD, to the continued interaction with GOD and His people and the prophets who spoke of the One who was to come, the Scriptures speak of our Saviour. Sent from the Father, and willingly going to the Cross for us, Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, put on flesh and became man, in the form of a servant, just as had been foretold, took our place and paid our sIn debt that GOD's justice required, and is now risen, glorified, and sitting at the right hand of the Throne of GOD.

    The Father honoured the Son while He walked on this earth, because He was Holy and obedient to His will, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased"; and further honoured Him in His victory over death and the grave, for He was without sIn, that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of GOD the Father. He is our Lord and King, and He is coming back to this earth to rule and reign just as the Scriptures have said, until all things are complete and all Scripture is fulfilled.

    Until that day, His born-again people, His saints and ambassadors in, but not of, this sinful and broken world, are on mission to minister to those around us who are hurting that they may see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We are mandated by our Lord to love one another, as He loved us, that all may know we are His disciples. We are to disciple one another in the Word of GOD that we may grow in grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, as we see Him in its pages. We are to go with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, from the ever living Word of GOD, and proclaim His Good News of reconciliation and forgiveness to those who believe and receive Him by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, that those who trust Him might have life in His Name.

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

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of GOD unto Salvation

5/28/2015

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But GOD forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. (Gal 6:14)
    As we conclude our journey through Paul's missionary letters to the churches, we see his conclusion of his purpose and goal, to preach Christ and Him crucified. The Gospel which Paul preached, how that Christ shed His blood for our sIns, that He was buried three days, and that He rose again by the power of GOD according to the Scriptures, is the same Gospel we, as GOD's church must preach until we are no longer here. It is not the Gospel of the Law which was nailed to the Cross. It is not the Gospel of the Kingdom which was rejected by the Jews and has been placed on hold until after the Church is removed. It is the Gospel, or Good News, of repentance and faith in Christ and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, for those who believe.

    Just as Paul continually and unashamedly preached Christ, with repentance and faith, so should we. We don't need prophecy, tongues, or direct knowledge from GOD, for His Word is complete and the canon of Scripture is closed. We do need evangelists and pastor teachers, as well as every believer, to go forth and proclaim the Gospel from GOD's Word to every nation, tongue, tribe, and people, so that all may hear and receive Him by faith. We do need all to disciple and be discipled in the Word of GOD, growing in faith, for we walk by faith and not by sight, not seeking signs and wonders, but believing our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son. We do need to love every one, as we minister to the hurting and in need, as His ambassadors and ministers of reconciliation bringing the lost into relationship with GOD through Jesus Christ and the indwelling Holy Spirit. As we go, all of GOD's people are to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ so that those who believe may be born again 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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He that is not with Me is against Me

1/9/2015

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Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! (Mat 23:34-37)
    Not only was this scathing criticism of not only the religious leaders, but all those who had rejected in practice, if not outright, the Word of GOD and the prophets of our Lord, directed at those which had rejected them, but also who would reject GOD and His people. His testimony of His prophets was complete chronologically as well as from A to Z. Our Lord left nothing out in His condemnation of those who profess religion, but reject the GOD of all creation, who had delivered not only the Jews from Slavery, but through His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, would deliver all who place their faith and trust in Him.

    GOD calls all people, who are sinners and separated from GOD and under condemnation for their sIn, to repent, to turn from their sIn, and turn to GOD in faith and trust, believing that Jesus is GOD in the Flesh, and that He alone is our Saviour. GOD calls and commands His people to be true to His Word, and live our lives in Him and He in us, to glorify Him and draw all men unto Christ. We are not to be as these leaders, rejecting the one true GOD in practice, while claiming Him with our speech, nor are we to reject His messengers, His preachers, and His Word, but repent, trust and obey, in Spirit and in Truth, that He may use us to accomplish His will, His ways, and His works in us, that He before ordained that we should walk in them.

    His people are to be His ministers; reaching out in service and in love to those who are hurting and in need. We are His ambassadors, representing the Kingdom here on earth. We are His disciples, learning and growing in the Word and from one another. We are His soldiers, wrestling not with flesh and blood, but with principalities, powers, the rulers of the darkness of this world, with spiritual wickedness in high places. We are His witnesses, sharing the Gospel of Peace with all who will hear, and proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world, that they may 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 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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This is the work of GOD that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent

12/18/2014

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The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired Him that He would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And He left them, and departed. (Mat 16:1-4)
    The religious are always looking for signs, and yet miss the signs that GOD has already given them of Him and His marvelous creation. Jesus confronted these wicked authorities with their hypocrisy, and once again speaking with the Authority that is His, related the sign of Jonah to Himself. Just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the creature GOD had prepared for him, so Jesus would be three days and three nights in the tomb. Just as Jonah preached repentance and the righteousness of GOD, so Jesus preached during His earthly ministry to those that would hear and believe.

    We must not only see the signs and the times around us, but also compare them to Scripture. Precept upon Precept, and line upon line, looking unto Jesus the Author and finisher of our faith. All that came before His incarnation, was given as a sign, an example, a type or direct prophecy, for all Scripture speaks of Him. All that has come since, either points back to the Cross, equips and exhorts the Body of Christ, His Church, or points to His second coming, when He returns, not as a humble servant, but as He is, King of kings, and Lord of lords.

    Until the day He comes to take us Home to Himself, we are commanded to minister to those around us as His ambassadors. We are committed and counselled to disciple one another in His Word, that we may grow thereby. And we are commissioned to proclaim the Gospel of repentance and faith in Him to this lost and dying world. As we go, we are to preach the Good News of Jesus Christ and Him crucified, buried, and raised again, so that all may hear and those that believe may receive Him by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary 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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The voice of one crying in the wilderness

11/10/2014

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In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that GOD is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but He that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered Him. And Jesus, when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of GOD descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (Mat 3:1-3, 7-11, 15-17)
    John the Baptist began his preaching with Repent. GOD has always called sinners to turn from their sIn, and turn to Him in faith. John came in the power and spirit of Elijah, to prepare the way of the first coming of our Lord. His message was Truth, and cut to the heart of those who did not come to GOD in faith. He warned those who relied on their own righteousness and their religion to repent for neither would save them.

    When Jesus came, John at first did not feel worthy to baptize our Lord, nor did he think it was necessary, for Jesus did not need repentance nor baptism. Jesus commanded it, for it demonstrates obedience to GOD. The water doesn't wash you from your sIn, nor does it save you, but it is a demonstration of our death, burial, and resurrection with Him. When He was baptized, in obedience to His Father, He demonstrated what was to come, and gave an example to all who will hear His Word.

    We follow Him, and obey His Word, for He is Lord. We are baptized to demonstrate the Salvation in Him we already have because of our faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. We demonstrate to those who witness it, that we are dead to the world, dead to sIn, and dead to ourselves, and alive in Christ, raised to walk in newness of life. A new creature in Christ, we are filled with the Spirit, equipped, encouraged, and exhorted to accomplish the work He has for us to do, and will do in and through us.

    His workmanship, we are to minister to the hurting. We are His ambassadors, ministers of reconciliation to this lost and dying world. We are to grow in His Word, and in grace and the knowledge of Him through discipleship. We are to love one another that all will see that we are His disciples indeed. We are to take His message and live the Gospel we preach. As we go, we are to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to all we meet, that they may hear and believe, and 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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