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Thou teachest the way of GOD in truth

6/15/2016

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And Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David? For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand, till I make Thine enemies Thy footstool. David therefore himself calleth Him Lord; and whence is He then His son? And the common people heard him gladly. And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. (Mar 12:35-40)
      While the common people heard His message gladly and received His Word, the religious authorities did not, for they were threatened by His authority, knowledge, and proper application of the Scriptures which they misinterpreted for the people and yet said they believed. They looked for the adulation of the crowd and the recognition that came with their offices and titles, but didn't care for the people or their problems. Jesus spoke Truth and gave the people hope, while the scribes and elders who had the Truth spoke pious platitudes and dismissed the people, while taking from them.

     We must be on guard against those who use their position and seeming authority to speak outside the Scriptures. We must search the Scriptures daily to see if those things are so, with our Biblical glasses on, and the guidance and teaching of the Holy Spirit that is within us, that we may know the Truth and the Truth shall make us free. The Son of GOD who is GOD the Son who became a descendant of David after the flesh has given Himself for our sins, and when we repent and receive Him by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary in our place we are born again and have a new life to live in and through Him who is our life. We don't have to fear this world, nor do we look to any other authority but GOD for our Salvation and deliverance. He alone can save to the uttermost, for He alone is GOD our Saviour, our Creator, Redeemer, and King.

      Until the day when He calls His own unto Himself and we depart this life and are ushered into His presence in the next, either by death or by the rapture of His saints, we are to be about our Father's business. We are called to be His servants, ministering to those around us who are hurting and in need with the Word of righteousness and reconciliation, rightly divided and fitly spoken, that they may see Christ in us, the hope of Glory. We are commanded to love one another as He loved us, and to disciple one another in His Word that we may grow into the full measure of Him who is our Master, Jesus Christ. We are commissioned into His army of witnesses, not with weapons of the flesh and this world, but with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, having on the full armour of GOD, and in the power of the Holy Spirit, as we go 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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Where is now my hope?

4/21/2016

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Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. (Job 17:8-10)
      Job continues his lament against the counsel of his so-called friends. His reflection that much of what they say is neither true or wise in understanding or application. They truly do not know him or what GOD is doing. Job didn't understand what GOD was doing either, so he simply cried out to the Almighty for answers. Though He never got an answer to his why?, GOD did reveal Himself to Job and Job was wiser for it in the end. Job knew he didn't have any hope in this life, in his friends words, but his hope was in GOD.

      Those that are in Christ are righteous and upright, not in their own strength or power, for we are without any righteousness of our own, but through repentance and our faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. We are made new creatures in Him when we believe and receive eternal life, not just a future and hope in Heaven, but a new life hidden in Christ who makes us His own, and an abundant life that we now life in Him and through Him who is our life. Our hope is in Him who died for us that we might live.

       Because of our new life in Him, we are to live His life in this sinful and broken world, not of it or conformed to its ways, but transformed by His Word we serve Him in gratitude for all He is, our Creator, Redeemer, and King. We serve Him as He calls us to 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 blessings of GOD which He gives that we might give to others. We serve Him as He commands us to love one another, not in word or tongue, but in deed and in truth, and to disciple one another in His Word until we are all grown up into the full measure of Him who first loved us. We serve Him as commissioned to be His witnesses, with the Gospel of Jesus Christ from the Word of GOD, in the power of the Holy Spirit, and as we go 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 might have life in His Name.

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

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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Thou shalt be secure because there is hope

4/13/2016

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

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

      GOD has redeemed His Church that we might share Him with everyone as we grow in Him and fellowship with Him and with each other. He has called us to service, representing Him to this lost and dying world with the Word of righteousness, rightly divided and fitly spoken, as we minister to those around us who are hurting and in need. Our Lord has commanded us to we love one another as He has loved us, and to disciple one another in His Word that we might grow in Him. Jesus has commissioned His people to witness of Him with the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit, and as we go where He leads us and to whom He sends us to, proclaiming the Good News of forgiveness of sin through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His Son, that those who believe that He is the Christ, the Messiah of GOD, might have life in His Name.

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

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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The answer of a good conscience toward GOD

3/18/2016

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But sanctify the Lord GOD in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. For it is better, if the will of GOD be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to GOD, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: (1Pe 3:15-18)
        Our hope is Jesus Christ, the only way to the Father, and we look for His return, first to take us Home to be with Him, and then to judge this earth, rule from His earthly Kingdom, and then all eternity in the presence of our Saviour.  Not because of anything we have done, but because of our faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary we who are in Christ have been born again, made new creatures in Christ by the power and presence of the Spirit of GOD who dwells within us. He is in us, and we are in Him and our eternal life, which began the moment we repented of our sins and received His great Salvation by faith in Him, is secured through Him who gave Himself for us.

       Our liberty in Christ is not a license to sin all we want to, or for us to do our will or to do as we please, but a call to holiness because He is Holy and Righteous. We are to walk by faith and in obedience to Him and His Word, which is a reflection of Himself as well as a revelation of GOD and His interaction with and redemption of His creation, this broken and dying world, that others might see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We are to live His life and do His will, and not our own, while we sojourn in this one, glorifying Him in all things, and pointing everyone to the only one who can save us from our sin, deliver us from our rebellion, and alter the final destination for those who are not secure in Christ, through a covenant relationship with Him in repentance and faith.

     He calls His children to obedience, that we might be His ambassadors for the Kingdom and witnesses of who He is, and with the Word of reconciliation minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, fully equipped and prepared to represent our Lord and Master. He commands His church to love on another as He loved us, and to disciple one another in His Word that the saints might be made perfect to do the work of the ministry and edify the body of Christ. He has commissioned His people to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power and authority we have in Him and through His Spirit and make disciples, teaching them all things, and proclaiming the Good News of forgiveness and reconciliation with the Father that they might believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of GOD 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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Whether they will keep the Way of the LORD to walk therein

1/4/2016

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And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. (Jdg 2:18-20)
      The theme and recurring cycle of the book of Judges, the Lord would deliver the people out of their oppression at the hands of their neighbours and enemies, when that judge was gone, the people would fall back into idolatry and wickedness, and the Lord would oppress them and chastise them and they would eventually cry out for deliverance. GOD wants the best for us, and will deliver us when we truly repent, but He is not the butler cleaning up our mess, nor is He a magic fairy or spoiling grandfather letting us play as we want and giving us whatever we ask for. He is GOD, the great and dreadful GOD, keeping covenant and mercy unto them that love Him unto a thousand generations, but He will not at all acquit the wicked. GOD's mercy is not license, but grace and love. He is just, but He is also merciful, and we thank Him for His mercies which are renewed every morning. But His justice, love, mercy, and grace are not to be trifled with or trampled on.

    Too often, we who bear the Name of Christ get into the same habits, and begin to live like we used to before we were delivered from our sIn, and act like the world. We expect GOD to get us out of our mess, and to grant us all we want or ask for, simply because we are 'Christian'. GOD is Holy, and He expects His people to be holy. He has called us to be separate, to no longer be friends with the world, to live pure lives in according with His Word, and be conformed to the image of His Son. Of course, many who claim the Name of Christ, do not truly know Him and are not the Christian they think they are. The rest of us, who have recognized how lost we truly were and how much we need Jesus Christ for Salvation, repented of our sIns which have separated us from a Holy and Righteous GOD, and received Him by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. We are to reckon ourselves dead to this world and alive in Christ, who lives in us and through us to do His will and work in this world.

     We must break out of the cycle of living in the world, and being chastised back to Christ, but living in and for Him, in service to our Lord and for His glory. We serve Him in ministry as we meet the needs of those around us who  are hurting and in need as He guides and provides. We serve Him in love and discipleship as we equip, encourage, and enable one another in the discipleship of the Word and loving fellowship one with another in the body of Christ. We serve Him in witness and evangelism as we take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this lost and dying world and the Word of reconciliation to every one we meet, that those who hear the Good News 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 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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Thine is the victory through the Lord Jesus Christ

12/7/2015

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And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. (Jos 6:2-5)
      GOD's reasons and His instructions will seem different or off to us, in fact He says His ways are not our ways, and His thoughts are not our thoughts. The marching orders He gave to Joshua were not your typical siege instructions, nor do they make sense to anybody. Joshua and the Children of Israel simply had to obey for GOD to bless them and conquer the city He had already pronounced judgment upon and given into their hands. Encircling the city demonstrated GOD's encompassing power and control which they repeated the seventh day seven times to show completion and when the people gave the shout of victory, GOD moved against the walls of the city and they tumbled down, just as He had promised they would.

      If we are in Christ and walking in the Spirit and not in the flesh, we hear and obey the Spirit of GOD and follow His commands, which are not grievous nor burdensome. The Law before we were saved and secure in Christ was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ and shew us our need for Him. By faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, which is a mystery and foolishness to them that perish, we have passed from death unto life, dead to the Law and to sIn because of our repentance, and alive in Christ. The Gospel and way of Salvation may be strange to many, but to those of us who have been saved by His grace, it is the power of GOD, to translate us from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of His dear Son. Thanks be to GOD that gives us the victory, victory over sIn through His power and Word, victory over death by His resurrection and us in Him, and victory over this world for greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world.

      Because of His victory, we have liberty, not license to sIn, but freedom to live and to do His work, not for Salvation, but because of His love for us. We are at liberty to serve one another and to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need as GOD blesses and directs. We free to follow His commands and love one another and to disciple one another in the Word of GOD that we may all grow in Him into the full measure of Him. At rest in Him we are free to share His grace and Gospel with all those we meet, and as we go, proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to all who will hear, that in true repentance of sIn and faith in Christ alone they 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 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 what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ

9/24/2015

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 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the Law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of GOD by faith: That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of GOD in Christ Jesus. (Php 3:8-14)
    Those things we did before Christ, whether to earn Heaven when we cannot, or out of ignorance and our sIn nature, are forgiven for those in Christ, covered by His blood because we repented of them, and placed our faith and trust in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary that paid the price for those sins. Though we can, as Paul did, testify of what GOD has brought us from and through, we should not live in the past. If we are forgiven by GOD, the guilt for our sIn is gone, and we ought to move forward, forgiving ourselves, and continue in the Way through His power in us to deliver us from sIn, from the works of the Law which cannot save us, from our  own righteousness which is as filthy rags, and put on Christ.

    For those who have believed and been born again by our faith in Him, we know Him through experience, through His Word mixed with faith, without which no man can please GOD, and through His Spirit within us. We reckon ourselves dead to ourselves, dead to this world, and dead to sIn, that we may live in Christ, walk in His Word, and put on His righteousness, for He is our life. We are not perfect, entire, or complete yet, but we are to grow into Him through His Word. We have all of Christ we need to be conformed to the image of His dear Son, transformed by the renewing of our minds, resting in Him who has saved us from sIn and from ourselves. Our trust in Him to complete the work in us that He began when we were justified by faith empowers and encourages us to do His will and work in this world.

    We are equipped with His power, and His provision to minister to those around us, as GOD leads us in our ministry, to meet the needs of those who are hurting and in need. We are empowered with His Spirit to love one another, and those without, and to hear His voice from His Word and grow thereby from its precepts and Doctrine. We are emboldened by what He has done for us to take His Gospel and His Word to this lost and dying world, that those who hear the Good News of Jesus Christ, repenting of their sIn against our Holy GOD and turning to Him for Salvation, and trusting in Him and Him alone for reconciliation with the Father might have life in Him, through Him, by  Him and 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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Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind

9/22/2015

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Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of GOD, thought it not robbery to be equal with GOD: But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a Name which is above every name: That at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the Glory of GOD the Father. (Php 2:5-11)
     O, that we would think like Him, and have the humble attitude of Christ. Putting aside ourselves, for we are to reckon ourselves dead to sin, dead to this world, and dead to ourselves, and living in and through Him. We ought to live lives, humbly and obedient to the Father, that give Him glory, that reflect Him in our lives. If we have surrendered to Him on His terms and been born again in repentance and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, He is now living in us. He is conforming us to the image of His dear Son, renewing our minds through His Word, and guiding us through His Spirit, for we have been changed. We are not what we were, we are now alive in Christ, and ministers of reconciliation, to lift Him up and point people to our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. The only way to the Father, the Word of Truth made flesh, and the eternal Life of Salvation.

    He is lifted up, because He was and is, obedient to the will and work of His Father. He is glorified because He humbly took our place and paid our sIn debt, that we can never pay for, and gave Himself as the only offering worthy and acceptable to GOD. He is worthy, because the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, became an man, obedient and sinless, but completely human; tried and tested, but completely surrendered, and is now raised up to sit at the right hand of the Father to make intercession of His saints. Jesus Christ is Lord, He is GOD, He is King and He will return to judge the nations, rule this earth for a thousand years, and bring all who are His to be with Him.

    Until He comes for His own, He expects His Church to be on mission for Him, to be His hands and feet in this broken and sinful world. As His ambassadors, representing His Kingdom, not of this world, but of GOD, we are to minister to those around us who are hurting and in need, that they may see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. As members one of another, we are to love one another and disciple one another in the Word of GOD so that all may grow up into the full measure of Jesus Christ, the blessed and only Potentate, the light that shines in us. As ministers of reconciliation we are to go where the Spirit sends us, and as we go, we take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every one that those who hear the Good News from GOD's Word 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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Till we all come in the unity of the faith

9/8/2015

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This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of GOD through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But ye have not so learned Christ; If so be that ye have heard Him, and have been taught by Him, as the Truth is in Jesus: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after GOD is created in righteousness and true holiness. (Eph 4:17-24)
    Those who are in Christ are not to follow the patterns and methods of this world for we are of GOD and He is our life. We are to be holy, depart from iniquity, shining as lights in the world, and taking the Truth of Jesus Christ where GOD sends us. We are new creatures in Christ, the old is dead and buried in Christ, and to live in Him and He in us. We are to be filled by His Spirit, know Him and hear from Him through His Word, and doing the will and the work of the Father, not to earn our way into Heaven, but because He has already paid our sIn debt and because of our repentance and trust in Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary.

    All who have repented of their sins, acknowledging that we have sinned before a Holy GOD whose justice demands punishment for our sIn against Him, are to no more walk in our old ways, but having our steps ordered by the Lord we walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. We who have trusted in Him and Him alone, for He is the only way to the Father, are to walk in Truth and speak the Truth in love as we fellowship one with another. We who have been made new in Him are not above our Master but we shall be as our Master as He works and wills in us of His good pleasure.

    We who are His ambassadors by the adoption into His Kingdom are ministers of reconciliation, showing this world Christ as we accomplish His work, grow in His Word, do His will, and love one another. We minister as His Church to those around us who are hurting and in need, that they might see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We bear one another's burdens in the bond of love and the unity of the Spirit as members one of another. We are to live the Gospel we preach, and as we go, we take His Gospel to this lost and dying world that those who hear the Good News of Jesus Christ and believe might have life in His Name.

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

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet

   
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By grace are ye saved through faith

8/31/2015

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That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without GOD in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For He is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the Law of Commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in Himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that He might reconcile both unto GOD in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. For through Him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. (Eph 2:12-18)
    For the most part, though GOD never rejects any one that comes to Him in true faith and repentance, the Gentiles, unless they converted to Judaism after a lengthy process were excluded from the Jewish religion.  Through the Gospel we are now brought nigh unto GOD, not by our own merits, or works of the Law, for the Law cannot save any body, but by His grace and mercy. The Law is our schoolmaster to show us our need of Him, whether the Jews that kept the Law by faith in the Lawgiver, or Gentiles who by doing the works of the Law become a law unto themselves, all are in need of Christ and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary in our place to pay our sIn debt.

    He is the only way of Salvation for He was without sIn, and became sIn for us, that we might live unto righteousness and holiness in Him through faith and His Spirit within us. We are not free from the Law to live in sIn, but we are at liberty to live His life in us free from its ordinances and at peace with GOD who is our life. He has made us who know Him and are in a right relationship with GOD through Jesus Christ new creatures, the old is passed away and we are to now to walk in Him both to do and to will of His good pleasure.

    We are called to serve Him as we serve others, His ambassadors representing His Kingdom as we minister to those around us who are hurting and in need that others might see Jesus in us, the hope of Glory. We are commanded to love one another and disciple one another in the Word of GOD as we grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ who is the head of the body, and we are members in particular. We are commissioned to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and as we go, tell every one we meet the Good News so that those who repent of their sins 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 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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