Personal Thoughts and Ministry

Thou shalt be secure because there is hope

4/13/2016

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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Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty

4/5/2016

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Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. I would seek unto GOD, and unto GOD would I commit my cause: Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. (Job 5:6-11)

      Eliphaz was so sincere in his counsel, but sincerely wrong because he didn't know all the details. He assumed facts not in evidence, and ignored details in which he had no knowledge, without ever admitting that there might be other reasons for the affliction and calamity which had come upon Job. His testimony of GOD was right in what he said, for GOD does chasten His own. But it did not completely apply to Job, because GOD was testing Job and had allowed the actions of the adversary against Job, which Eliphaz ignored or dismissed out of ignorance of GOD. His ways are above our ways, and His thoughts are above our thoughts. He is too wonderful for us and past finding out, except that He has revealed Himself to us through His Word, and put on flesh that we might know Him and know the Father.

     When we go through trials and tribulations, many times we want to blame GOD, or ignore the fact that this world is broken and dying. In our lament, we often don't stop to consider the testing He may be doing to conform His own into the image of His Son. We also don't take into account that He doesn't always direct that which comes our way, but nothing happens which He doesn't allow, since He is Sovereign, and therefore we must seek His counsel. We should go to His Word to see what He has already said. We must let the Spirit of Comfort speak that we might have peace in the midst of the storm. The secret things belong to GOD, but that which He has revealed is for us that we may know Him and trust Him in faith and obedience.

       We may not know everything on this side of the grass, but what we do know from His Word, we who are born again through repentance of our sin and by faith in Him and His finished work on the Cross of Calvary are to take to this lost and dying world. His people, the ambassadors of the Kingdom, are to take the Word of reconciliation and righteousness, rightly divided and fitly spoken, and minister to those around us who are hurting and in need. His children, members one of another, are to love one another as He first loved us and disciple one another in His Word that we may grow thereby in grace and in the knowledge of Him who is our Lord. His Church, the body of Christ, and lively stones placed in His building, are to take the Word of GOD and the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit to this lost and dying world, and as we go where He sends us, proclaim the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His Son that those who believe that He 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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The Spirit of the LORD began to move

1/21/2016

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And Manoah said unto The Angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? And The Angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after My Name, seeing it is secret? So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that The Angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. But The Angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that He was an Angel of the LORD. And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen GOD. (Jdg 13:17-22)

       The Lord appeared unto Samson's parents to announce his birth, and to prepare them for what they would have to do in raising Samson as a Nazarite. Manoah and his wife worshiped GOD and offered sacrifices unto Him which he accepted. The Lord had not appeared unto them to dispose of them, for their life was already in His hand, but that they might be used in His service and bring forth another judge for the people of Israel who were once again oppressed by their enemies.

       GOD has a plan for His people, and when He wants to do something and shew Himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward Him, He uses His people and calls us to the work, not because of our strengths or our abilities or our gifts, for those all come from Him and He knows us better than we know ourselves, but that He will be glorified in the work in and through us. Samson's parents weren't anything special, nor would Samson do every thing right in the sight of the Lord, but it was GOD that was doing the work. When we trust Him and rely solely on Him for our strength and instruction, He can and will accomplish great things through us, not for our glory, but for the glory of the Lord who alone is worthy of all praise, honour, and blessing.

       Today, GOD works through His Church to accomplish His will and to do His work in this broken and sinful world. He calls His ambassadors to reach out as ministers of reconciliation and minister to those around us who are hurting and in need. He commands His disciples to love one another, with the unfeigned love of the brethren, and to equip, edify, and encourage one another as we grow in His Word and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ until we are all grown up into the full measure of Him. He commissions each of us to the proclaiming of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, teaching those that hear and believe the Good News all things whatsoever He has commanded us, that those who repent of their sins and trust Him and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary might have life in His Name.

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

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet

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Stand fast in the Lord my dearly beloved

9/28/2015

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Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto GOD. And the peace of GOD, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. (Php 4:4-8)

         Our Christian walk should be joyful for the joy of the Lord is our strength. It should not be frivolous, or consist of inappropriate foolish jesting, or even stern religiousity and formality, for we are to have the mind of Christ from His Word, and do all things for His purposes and for His Glory. We are to take all our cares to Him, for He cares for us, and leave them at the Throne of mercy, that we might find grace to help in time of need. We are to rest in Him, for His burden is light and His yoke is easy, and He is our Sabbath, even while we work and labour in the Lord. All the while keeping our hearts and minds focused on the good things which GOD has blessed us with, and looking to Him and His great Salvation which He paid for with His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary and we receive by our repentance and faith in Him.

        All things we hear and see must be filtered through the lens of His Word, and understood not from this world and its temporary condition, but in the light of eternity. GOD's Word is True, every Word is pure, His Law is perfect and His statutes are right. Our Lord, who ever lives to make intercession for His saints, was and is without sIn or fault, the righteous sacrifice for our sIn, and we are to look to Him who is our virtue and righteousness, and the author and finisher of our faith. He created all things, perfect and mature, now marred by sin and the curse, and has redeemed those that repent and surrender to Him on His terms by faith unto Himself, and will one day restore all things and glorify those who are in Him. The Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, our Lord, Saviour, Creator and King, will soon return for His own to take us Home with Him.

         Until that day, we are to be of one mind and one heart with Him through the unity of the Spirit, one body on mission for His purposes, His ways, and His Glory. We are His ambassadors, representing the Kingdom and reaching others for Him. We are to minister to those who are hurting, not shooting the wounded, nor rejecting those that are without because they are not of us, but bringing all who will come into the glorious Liberty of the children of GOD. We are to love one another, not just in word, but in deed, as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, we are to give our lives for the brethren. We are to disciple one another in the Word, that we may all grow in Him, and be conformed to the image of His dear Son, until we all come into the full measure of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now and for ever. We are to take His Gospel of reconciliation through His blood to this lost and dying world, that all may hear His Word and repent, putting their faith in the Good News of Jesus Christ and believing in Him for 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 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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Thou shalt call His Name Jesus for He shall save His people from their sins

12/24/2014

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For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon His Kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will perform this. (Isa 9:6-7)

Wishing you and your family the very best during this CHRISTmas Season and a Blessed new year.

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For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given:

11/6/2014

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Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as His mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name JESUS: for He shall save His people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, GOD with us. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. (Mat 1:18-25)

    Now we see Matthew's account of the birth of the incarnate Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, Jesus. The Messiah has come, and put on flesh, and dwelt among us, Emmanuel. Joseph was disturbed and perplexed by all that GOD was doing, but when instructed obeyed, because of his faith. He and Mary, as the servants of GOD for this purpose, submitted to the will of their Saviour, and allowed Him to accomplish this part of the redemptive plan. Joseph being a good man, sought to protect and defend Mary, and continued to do so, even after he learned of the circumstances and plan of GOD.

    We may not always know GOD's steps in the plans He has for us, but we are to trust Him, for He sees the end from the beginning. We can only see our past, and our immediate surroundings and circumstances, but GOD, who is outside of time, can see it all. With all knowledge and wisdom, He can direct that which He wills, to accomplish His purposes and His ways. We are to trust and obey, just as Joseph and Mary did, that which He reveals to us.

    For GOD wants us to be conformed to the image of His dear Son. That has been the plan for us since the beginning. He foreordained that all those who come to Christ in repentance and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary and are born again would be justified, sanctified, and glorified. GOD takes off the rough edges and corrects sIn, while filling us with His Word and His Spirit so we become more like Him, until He takes us Home.

    Until that day, we are to be obedient as His hands to minister to those in need, that they may see Jesus in us, the Hope of Glory. We are to disciple one another in the Word that we grow in grace and the knowledge of our Lord, and in love that others may know we are His disciples. We are to take the Gospel to this lost and dying world, our neighbours, our communities, our workplaces. As we go, we are to proclaim Liberty to the captives of sIn, and the Good News of Jesus Christ, that they may hear, and believe, and in believing have life in His Name.

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

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet

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Who is like unto Thee O LORD

9/22/2014

And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent. And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly He was above them. (Exo 18:5-11)

    Jethro brings Moses his wife and kids, and Moses rehearses all the events of the Exodus in his hearing. His response is worship of the one true GOD for His victory and deliverance of the people of Israel. He also acknowledges that GOD alone is above all false gods which are made by men's hands and their vain imaginations. The God of Victory, who vanquished Egypt because of their sIn and oppression of Israel has vanquished the sins of the whole world. Our response is to turn from our sIn, and receive Him by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, that we might be delivered just as Israel was.

    The pride of people that refuse to repent and turn from their sIn, themselves, their false imagined gods will lead to judgment and destruction. Only those that surrender to GOD and submit to His way, through faith in Jesus Christ, will be delivered and redeemed. We rejoice in the GOD of our Salvation, and praise Him for His deliverance. We who are truly born again, are safe and secure in His arms, not as a license to sIn, but the freedom to live in, through, and for Him and accomplish His work in us. Work to conform us to the image of His dear Son, and work He wants us to do that others might be saved.

    While we praise Him and Him alone, for being the GOD that He is, we also acknowledge that He has work for us to do, while we are ambassadors in this lost and dying world. The GOD of all the Universe, who became a man and took our place on that cruel Roman cross, calls us to minister to others that they might see Jesus in us, the Hope of Glory. The Master, who is both GOD and Man, commands us to disciple one another in love and in His Word, as committed followers of Him. The Word made Flesh, who spoke the worlds into being, has commissioned us to go and tell of the Good News of Salvation through faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. As we go, we are to proclaim His message of mercy and grace that those who hear might 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. Just as He provided victory over Egypt, 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, and let Him reign victorious in you, now and always.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet

If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink

9/18/2014

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the Commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? (Exo 17:1-7)

    Once again the Israelites have no water, and instead of turning to GOD and asking Him, whom they cannot see, they blame Moses, whom they can see, for the calamity that they see in their immediate future. They have forgotten the power of GOD, the last time they were out of water, or any of His promises, because of their need. Moses goes before the Lord and laments for this rebellious people, that are ready to kill Moses. The Lord tells Moses what to do, to bring water from the smitten rock, and the water comes forth and the people are satisfied.

    Jesus Christ is our smitten Rock, who gives us the water of life freely. When we were without strength, and could not save ourselves, He humbly and willingly became a man and took our place on the Cross of Calvary, to pay our sIn debt and provide the only way to the Father. Our faith in Him and His finished and perfect work on that cross reconciles us with GOD and gives us a new nature that is Spirit filled, resurrected with Christ.

    Because of what Jesus Christ has done for us, and because of our faith in Him and His power to complete all His work in us, without grumbling or complaining, to shed the living water of life that is within us, wherever GOD sends us. We have been commissioned to go and tell, and as we go, we are to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ and the Salvation He provides to those who put their trust in the Rock of Ages. We are called to disciple one another in love and in His Word that we are no more children, but grow up into Him in all things. We are called to minister to the hurting and in need, that others will see Jesus in us, the Hope of Glory. In all things we are to glorify GOD in our bodies, and take His message of hope and grace to this lost and dying world, so that those who hear may 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. Just as He provided water from the rock, 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, and receive the water of life from the Rock, now and always.

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet

We sing praises to the LORD our GOD who is Great and greatly to be praised

9/15/2014

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for He hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea. The LORD is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation: He is my GOD, and I will prepare Him an habitation; my father's GOD, and I will exalt Him.
Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. And in the greatness of thine excellency Thou hast overthrown them that rose up against Thee: Thou sentest forth Thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like Thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Thou in Thy mercy hast led forth the people which Thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided them in Thy strength unto Thy holy habitation.
Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of Thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which Thou hast made for Thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which Thy hands have established. The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. (Exo 15:1-2, 6-7, 11-13, 17-18)

    Moses and the people sang praises to the Lord, for He is great and greatly to be praised. They rightly attributed the works of the Lord to His mighty power. They glorified GOD in His triumph and salvation and worshipped Him for His deliverance of His people from their enemies. They acknowledged that He alone is GOD and above all other gods that men may make in the imaginations of their hearts, that are only evil continually. They exalted GOD in confession, praise, worship and thanksgiving for He saved them despite their faults, He overthrew Egypt with a mighty hand, and brought them out to Himself to be His people and the sheep of His pasture.

    Our worship should be such, when we see what GOD is doing through and for us. We are to praise GOD for His wonderful acts to the children of men, we are to proclaim His goodness among the peoples. In Spirit and in truth, we are to exalt the GOD who is GOD alone, and who saved us from our sins because of our faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. We are to glorify GOD in His mighty works for He provides all things according to His riches in Christ Jesus. He alone is worthy.

    We worship Him in obedience to His call to minister, we praise Him for providing and giving the increase for the hurting and in need, so they can see Him in us, the hope of Glory. We glorify and exalt the Living Lord, as we disciple one another, to see Jesus through His Word and grow to become more like Him. We exalt Him as our only Salvation from sIn and this world when, as we go, we tell others about His mercy and grace, that they may hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and believe, and in believing have life in His Name.

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

In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet

Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD

9/12/2014

And the Angel of GOD, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and His servant Moses. (Exo 14:19-22, 26-28, 31)

    GOD moves to deliver His people, with protection behind and salvation before them. GOD stands behind the children of Israel and thwarts the enemies advances, and goes before them as He opens the sea in front so that they go forth on dry land. Despite their cries of fear, GOD is never late, and never caught unawares. He knows the needs of Israel, and His plans for Egypt, and will accomplish the deliverance of His people in His time and according to His will, even the destruction of Egypt in the waters of the Red Sea, while Israel is safe and dry.

    We may not always understand His will, or His timing during a crisis, and GOD may choose not to reveal all of His work even afterward, but we can trust His hand is always with us to do of His good pleasure. He knows us better than we know ourselves, and He knows what it will take to deliver us, to conform us to the image of His dear Son, and He knows what others need that we may be able to minister to them when we are obedient to His call and direction.

    We can understand and know His will for His Church here on earth today, even if we aren't aware of the individual details. We trust Him to take care of us while we minister to the hurting and in need. We trust Him to conform us to Christ through His Word and the discipleship of the Church. We trust Him as He has already commissioned and commanded us to, as we go, take the Gospel of Jesus Christ and faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, to this lost and dying world that they might 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. Just as He delivered Israel through the Red Sea, 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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