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The vessels of the house of the LORD

6/22/2016

 
Who is there among you of all His people? his GOD be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD GOD of Israel, (He is the GOD,) which is in Jerusalem. And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of GOD that is in Jerusalem. Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit GOD had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. (Ezra 1:3-6)
     Our journey through Mark now complete, we turn our attention to the history in Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. Ezra was a faithful scribe who collected many of the books of the Old Testament after the books of the Law and the books of wisdom and gathered them together, though not the same way we know them, into the Hebrew Scriptures or Old Testament. He begins his chronicle with the command and proclamation by Cyrus for the Jews to go back to Judah and Jerusalem and rebuild the temple which Babylon had torn down when Jerusalem was overthrown and the Jews were captured. The captivity of the Jews is drawing to a close and GOD has moved to return His people to their land and build a new temple that they may worship Him in spirit and in truth.
 
     When GOD moves, we must strengthen ourselves to the work, not in our own strength, or relying simply on our talents, abilities, strengths, and knowledge, but resting in His power, gifts, wisdom, and direction, to accomplish His will and do His work in this lost and dying world. Whatever GOD has called us to do for Him, we must do His work as His ambassadors and servants in this broken and sinful world He has called us to serve in for as long as we are here. He will strengthen us to whatever He brings us to do, and provide all our needs that He may be glorified in the work He does in us, just as He did with the Jews that He sent to build a new temple for Him in Jerusalem.
 
     Then the Jews who were obedient and faithful focused their worship on the Law and the sacrifices, so they needed a temple, the priests, and all the instruments of their worship to meet GOD. Today, we are the temple of the Holy Spirit that lives within us, and we worship all the time, the GOD who redeemed us from the Law and from sin when we repented of our sin, that we might serve Him whom we have received by faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. Though a new temple is coming, and GOD will call back the Jews to Himself, and all nations will worship in that temple for a thousand years, and Christ Himself will be there as He rules and reigns on this earth, that is a future still to come.

     Until that day, we are called to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need as GOD provides, with the Word of reconciliation and righteousness, rightly divided and fitly spoken, that others may see Christ in us, the hope of Glory. Our GOD has commanded us to love one another with an unfeigned love, even as He first loved us, and to disciple one another in the Word of GOD so that we may all grow in grace and in the Knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Our Lord has commissioned us with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to go in the power of the Holy Spirit where He sends us, and as we go, to 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

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

5/20/2016

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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? Knowest thou the ordinances of Heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? (Job 38:4-6, 31-33)
     The Lord speaks to Job and his counselors. He never answers them directly, but asks rhetorical questions which declare that the Lord, He is GOD and there is no other. The Lord's ways are righteous, they are above our ways, His thoughts are above our thoughts. His Truth is everlasting, His mercy is renewed every morning, and His judgements are true and righteous altogether. He alone is creator of all things and our maker, redeemer, and King. He made all things, from the smallest microbe to the largest galaxy. He sustains all things, holding them in His hand, and directs their ways, providing for all. He has established the foundation, and yet He has not just set the world on a shelf and forgotten His creation, for He is a personal and involved GOD who knows each and every one of us. Even though we rejected Him and rebelled against His Authority, He loves us and has not abandoned us to our fate, but gave His only begotten Son that we might have eternal life and have it more abundantly.

     Job and his friends had no idea of the fulness and majesty of GOD Almighty. Not only did they not know of the events in the spiritual realm that led to Job's testing, they really didn't understand the breadth, and depth, and length, and height of GOD and His love for all of His creation, and especially for those who have trusted Him for Salvation through repentance of their sin and faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. Though Job never really gets an answer for his questions, GOD simply asks Him pointed questions to remind Job that He is GOD, and we are not, and that GOD cares intimately for His creation and for its people. Though He tests us and chastises those of us who are His, to cause us to become more like Him, He is perfect and righteous, and we can turn to Him and rest in Him who is our strength.

     We have hope in Christ because of what He has already done for us, and we can trust that every one of His promises will come true. They may not all be for us, as individuals, or for our nation, but GOD will bring us through whatever He leads us to, just as He has revealed in His Word. He calls His people to be faithful, to trust Him, not just for Salvation, but in all things, for He is Lord, and the life we now live in the flesh, we are to live by the faith of the Son of GOD who loved us and gave Himself for us. We are to be His servants, His ambassadors, with the Word of righteousness, rightly divided and fitly spoken, to minister to others who are hurting and in need. We are to be His children, loving one another as we disciple one another in His Word. We are to be His witnesses, taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world in the power of the Holy Spirit, and as we go where He sends us, proclaiming 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 Spirit within me constraineth me

5/12/2016

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I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. (Job 32:7-9)
      Elihu recognizes that Job and his friends are elders and worthy of respect. He also declares carefully that with most, age leads to wisdom, but only when seeking the wisdom of GOD. Age may bring knowledge and experience, but the Spirit of GOD gives understanding through His Word. The same Spirit that inspired the Words of Scripture will give wisdom to those who seek Him through its pages. Its just Precepts, righteous Statutes, and living Truth bring faith to those who hear, read, study, memorize, and meditate as GOD applies its Doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction to those that believe and obey.

      We are to search the Scriptures which speak of Christ. From the first promise of the Saviour who will redeem all who come to Him in faith, to the last soul saved by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, the Scriptures reveal Jesus Christ, the promised Messiah, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, Creator, Redeemer, and King. It also reveals those who walked with GOD by faith in Him and were accounted righteous, from Abel who brought a worthy sacrifice by faith to John who faithfully transcribed the Revelation of Jesus Christ and the consummation of all things. From the foundation in Genesis to the conclusion in Revelation we have His story; our need and His provision, the nature of man and the character of GOD, and his work on behalf of His people and His interaction with all the peoples of the world.

       GOD calls His Church to service, as His ambassadors that we might minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, with the Word of righteousness and reconciliation, rightly divided and fitly spoken, and with the provision of GOD. GOD commands His people to love one another even as He first loved us, and disciple one another in the Word of GOD that we may be conformed to the image of His dear Son. GOD has commissioned His witnesses, to go with the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit to this lost and dying world that those who hear and believe the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His Son 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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O Lord how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth

5/3/2016

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Dominion and fear are with Him, He maketh peace in His high places. Is there any number of His armies? and upon whom doth not His light arise? How then can man be justified with GOD? or how can He be clean that is born of a woman? Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in His sight. How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm? (Job 25:2-6)
      Bildad's response is partially correct, without the mercy and grace of our GOD, we cannot be saved or made righteous. He is Holy and just, and sinful man cannot exist with GOD, nor can we save ourselves. It is not in our power or by any means within ourselves to pay for our sin against GOD. But with GOD all things are possible, and He Himself provided for our Salvation. We are justified through repentance of our sin and our faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary.

     When we turn from our sin and acknowledge what it cost us and Him who is Holy, and receive His redemption by faith alone, we are born again and made righteous in His sight. We are redeemed, not to continue in sin or to sin all we want, but to live in Christ the life and liberty that man was meant to live. We don't invite Him into our life, but receive a brand new life and are made a new creature in Christ, to live in, through, and for Him who is our life.

      GOD loves us and is not willing that any should perish. He offers redemption through His Son to all who will believe and receive it by faith in Him and trusting in His Word. Man apart from GOD is nothing but in Christ we can and do accomplish His will and do His work as we who are His are His workmanship, His servants, and His people.

     GOD calls His servants to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need. As ambassadors of the King we are to take the Word of righteousness and reconciliation, rightly divided and fitly spoken to this lost and dying world that they may see Christ in us, the hope of Glory. GOD commands His children to love one another as He loved us. As the people of GOD we are to fellowship with one another and disciple one another in His Word for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. GOD has commissioned His people to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit, to this broken and sinful world. As we go where He sends us, 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 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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Do not err, my beloved brethren

3/3/2016

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Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of GOD: for GOD cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. (Jas 1:12-15)
     Though we are tested often, and GOD allows it and even directs our testing, the temptation to sIn does not come from Him, for He is Holy and without sIn. Our pride, or arrogance, wants to blame GOD for our own faults, instead of repenting and surrendering to Him on His terms. He will chastise and correct His own who disobey that we might be made more like Him, but He cannot tempt us to sIn. In the flesh, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, was tempted in all points like we are, yet without sIn, but as GOD He is neither tempted, nor does He tempt any one to sIn.

     The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, lead us to want what we ought not to have, do what we ought not to do, and think that which is in conflict with the Holiness and righteousness of GOD, which we who are in Christ are to have. The death that follows the sins we commit when we respond and give into our lusts and pride: death of relationships, death of our witness, and death of our fellowship with Him, is both figurative, and can lead to a reality of death which cannot be restored apart from GOD who is our life. We cannot lose the great Salvation He has given us, for we who are truly in Christ cannot be lost again, but continuing to sIn demonstrates a life that is not repentant nor living by faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary.

    When we rest in Him and endure temptation through His power and Spirit within us, we are blessed, become more like Him, and our testimony, relationships, and fellowship is strengthened. We are empowered and equipped to serve Him as His ambassadors, ministering to those around us who are hurting and in need. We endure what this world offers that is at war with GOD that we might love and serve one another and disciple one another in the Word of GOD, encouraged and edified to endure the temptation that comes against us. We stand strong in His power, armored and protected by our faith and His Word, that we might go with the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world, and as we go, in the power of the Holy Spirit and at His direction, proclaiming His Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father, not to continue in sIn, but to receive eternal 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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Grace be with you all

3/1/2016

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Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (Heb 13:5-6, 20-21)
      Our GOD will provide all our needs, we are to trust Him. He who has given His Son for our Salvation, and gives us the very breath we take, shall give us all good things, in His time and at His direction that His will would be done and we can accomplish His work in this world. Our GOD will also perfect us and sanctify us in all things that we might become more like Him and He who has the preeminence over all might be glorified in us.

      In this last chapter of the epistle to the Hebrews, the author lists several short instructions and admonitions as a wrap-up to his discourse on the superiority of Christ above all else and our faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary as the only way to please GOD and be in right relationship and fellowship with Him. GOD instructs us in holiness and righteousness, that we might glorify Him in our walk with Him.

     He calls His church, the body of Christ, to be holy because He is Holy, to be as He is, for we are His, we are not our own. We are His workmanship, we are His servants, we are His disciples, and we are to do of His good pleasure while we sojourn as His ambassadors, in this broken and sinful world but not of it, to accomplish His work and do His will of ministry, missions, and discipleship as we do the work of evangelism to this lost and dying world.

     His Church, on mission with Him is to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need at His direction that we might administer grace and comfort to those who need Him. His people, members one of another, are to love one another as He loved us, and to disciple one another in His Word that we might grow thereby until we are all grown up into the full measure of Jesus Christ, the Apostle and High Priest of our profession. His witnesses, in service and in love, are to take the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father through repentance and faith in the Son, and as we go in the power of the Holy Spirit tell all who will hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that they might 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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Consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession

2/29/2016

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Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the Author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of GOD. For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. (Heb 12:1-3)
     All those who have gone on before, faithfully testifying of the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, encourage us to remain faithful in this marathon we run. We were born into the human race, and the wages we earn for the race of sin is death. When we are born again, and we must be in order to be translated from the kingdom of darkness, into the Kingdom of His Son and receive eternal life, we are set on a journey with Jesus and in Him, His righteousness in us by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary.

     Jesus Christ took our place, willingly and humbly paying the price for sIn we could not pay, and providing the only way of forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father, through His obedience and sacrifice. All who have trusted Him now live in Him the righteousness of Christ and are adopted into this great family of GOD, one with the Father, not because we are now divine, or will become so, but because He has made us heirs of the righteousness which is in Christ Jesus, a new creature in Christ, risen to walk in newness of life.

     His sacrifice means we are forgiven to serve, blessed to be a blessing, empowered to encourage, equipped and enabled to engage others for Jesus Christ. We are to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need with the Word of reconciliation as GOD provides His power, direction, and abundance of grace and mercy. We are to love one another with the unfeigned love of the brethren, as He loved us, and disciple one another in His Word until we all come into the full measure of Him who is our Head. We are to witness unto Him who gave Himself for us, that others may know Him and the power of His resurrection, taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit, and as we go, proclaiming the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father to all who will hear that by repentance and faith they might receive eternal 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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We have such an High Priest

2/22/2016

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For if He were on earth, He should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the Law: Who serve unto the example and shadow of Heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of GOD when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith He, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. But now hath He obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also He is the mediator of a better Covenant, which was established upon better promises. For if that first Covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. (Heb 8:4-7)
      Our great High Priest, Jesus Christ ministers in Heaven at the right hand of the Father, to intercede for His own, to give grace, and help, to chastise, and to encourage, to direct His servants as we do His will and accomplish His work in this broken and dying world. The old Covenant under the Law was given because of sIn, to shew all that we could not keep the Law, and needed a mediator to bring us into a right relationship with GOD. Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, willingly and humbly took our place and paid our sIn debt, that we might have life and have it more abundantly in Him by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary.

     The Law couldn't save anyone, and keeping the Law cannot bring us into a right relationship with the Father, for it must be kept perfectly and holy by faith, which we in our sinful flesh cannot do. Jesus Christ kept the Law, always doing His Father's will and so His sacrifice for sIn was perfect and holy and in keeping with the Law. As our substitutionary atonement, when we receive it by faith and repentance, it perfectly satisfies the wrath of GOD which is upon all of us who have rebelled against our Holy and Righteous GOD who has already judged and condemned all as sinners and worthy of death. Jesus Christ came to save sinners, and now abides in Heaven administering to His own, until that day when He comes back to judge the earth, and rule in His earthly Kingdom.

     Until that day, He has called His people to serve Him, ministering to those around us who are hurting and in need, as He provides and directs those of us who are His, in ministry and missions in our communities, our countries, and our world. He has commanded us to love one another and to disciple one another in His Word, that we be no more children in doctrine and His precepts, but teachers and priests of GOD. Our Lord has commissioned us into His service as witnesses unto Him, to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit, and as we go share the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father that those who repent and believe in 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, 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 power of His endless priesthood and eternal life

2/19/2016

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For the Law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto GOD. And inasmuch as not without an oath He was made priest: (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by Him that said unto Him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better Testament. And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: But this man, because He continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto GOD by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. (Heb 7:19-25)
      The Lord liveth, and blessed be the Rock, and let the GOD of our Salvation be exalted! Our GOD reigns, as an eternal High priest He offered Himself in our place, to pay our sIn debt, and ever liveth to intercede for His own. We can approach GOD through the blood of Jesus Christ, unto the throne of Grace, because we are secure in Him by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. He has paid our debt and purchased our redemption in His own body on that tree, and now will receive all those who come to Him in repentance and faith. What the Law could not do, nor could we, Christ has done in Himself and for us.

      We cannot come to Him on our terms, or in our own works, for our works do not save us, but in full surrender to Him on His terms, by faith through grace alone, we receive His great Salvation and eternal life through Him who is eternal. The Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, became a man, and endured our punishment that we might live in and through Him. He offered Himself in our place that we might receive His life and be born again, having His righteousness as we do His work and will in this broken and dying world and His Spirit within to guide us into all Truth as we live and walk in Him.

      In Him we are empowered to serve others, His ambassadors with the Word of reconciliation, to minister in His Name and the authority that brings to those around us who are hurting and in need, that others might see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. In Him we are encouraged to disciple one another, speaking the Truth in love, and edifying and exhorting the saints to the work of the ministry until we all grow up into the full measure of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. In Him we are equipped to witness and testify, taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ as we go, and telling all who will hear the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation that those who repent 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, 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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Consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus

2/12/2016

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But Christ as a Son over His own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear His voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known My ways. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into My rest.) Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living GOD. (Heb 3:6-12)
    We who are secure in our Covenant relationship with Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, who have reconciled with the Father by repentance and faith in Christ, and are born again from above by the Spirit of GOD that now indwells us, are fitly placed in the Body of Christ, lively stones in the building made without hands that He is building to accomplish His work and do His will in this broken and dying world. GOD has called those who respond in faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary to remain faithful, not because we can lose the Salvation that He has given us, but because He is faithful who has called us to Himself.

     GOD warns those who are not the Christian they think they are to make their calling and election sure, to trust in Him and Him alone for Salvation and not themselves or their works, that they not turn back from Him who is our rest when trouble and provocation comes. When faced with persecution or even the choice of Christ or this world's ways, many who are not truly in Christ will shrink back from Christ not having the Spirit of GOD to empower and encourage them to be stedfast and unmovable, or to guide them into all Truth.

     Those of us who are new creatures in Christ may waver for a time, but cannot be unborn again any more than we can be unborn. That security is not a license to sin, or to do as we will, but liberty to live in and for our Lord Jesus Christ whom we serve, not to gain or keep Salvation, but because we are His servants and seek to do His will and work in missions, ministry, and discipleship while we evangelize those who do not know Him. 

       We are called to serve as His ambassadors, with the Word of reconciliation, ministering to those around us who are hurting and in need. We are commanded to love with the unfeigned love of the brethren and disciple one another in the Word of GOD until we are all conformed to His image and He is done with us. We have been commissioned as His witnesses to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all we meet, and as we go, in the Power and at the direction of the Holy Spirit within us, we share the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation to those who will hear, that those who trust and repent of their sins 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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