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COME NOW LET US REASON TOGETHER,SAITH THE LORD ;THOUGH YOUR SINS BE AS SCARLET;THEY SHALL BE AS WHITE AS SNOW,THOUGH THEY BE RED LIKE CRIMSON
THEY SHALL BE AS WOOL.[ISA,1;18
When we remember that Christ has paid the price of His own blood for our redemption and for the redemption of others,we will be moved to catch the bright rays of His righteousness,that we may shed them upon the pathway of those around us.We are not to look to the future thinking that at some distant day we are to be made holy;it is now that we are to be sanctified through the truth.
The prophet exhorts "seek ye the Lord while he may be found,call ye upon Him while He is near;
let the wicked forsake his way,and the unrighteous man his thoughts;and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him;and to our God, for He shall abundantly pardon[isa,55;6,7]And Jesus said ,but ye shall receive power,after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you ,and ye shall be witnesses unto me.....unto the uttermost parts of the earth"[Acts 1;8]
We are to receive the Holy Ghost.We have had an idea that this gift of God was not for such as we are,that the gift of the Holy Spirit was too sacred,too holy for us,but the Holy Spitir is the comforter that Christ promised to his disciples to bring all things to their remembrance,whatsoever He had said unto them.Then let us cease to look to ourselves,but look to Him from whom all virtue comes,no one can make himself better,but we are to come to jesus as we are ,earnestly desiring to be cleansed from every spot and stain of sin,and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,We are not to doubt His mercy,and say ,"I do not know whether I shall be saved or not,""by living faith we must lay hold of His promise,for He said "Though your sins be as scarlet ,they shall be as white as snow,though they be red like crimson,they shall be as wool,"
We are to be witnesses for Christ ,reflecting upon others the light which the Lord permits to shine upon us,We are to be faithful soldiers marching under the bloodstained banner of Prince Emmanuel. |
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| April 08, 2008 |
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| Amen!!! thank you |
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| April 08, 2008 |
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Amen! That includes the evidence of being Baptized in the Spirit of God. Which by the way many think is evil....I never once, not once, displayed the evidence of being Baptized in the Spirit of God when I was in the world, in the bars, or out doing the opposite of His Word.
Yeah, I am referring to "Tongues". Oh, wait did I just write that?! Yes, I did. We need to go back to Genesis 11 to begin to understand this "Tongues" thing. God never takes something away with out restoring it! One language, a language that only He (Father, Son, & Spirit) understands yet we being Baptized in God's Spirit have the gift of receiving.
The Word says to pray without ceasing, I know a lot of folks that can talk a lot, but even they run out of common words to say during prayer but the Spirit of God, who knows all and who knows what is needed before anyone or anything else never runs out of things to speak/pray.
It is not the end all and be all of God's gifts but it is a gift that many overlook, misunderstand or simply run from because they don't understand it. God's ways are higher than our ways and there are many, oh so many, things that we don't understand even in times when we think we do!
Study it out, see what God says about it. It did not and has not passed away. It is for every believer even in this day. The book of Acts has no AMEN at the end. Why? Because it is not finished, we are His disciples and we are to go out and do His works, yes, even greater works and if CHRIST Himself needed and was Baptized in the Spirit of God. If He instructed His followers to do the same, then who are we to think it has been done away with or that we do not need it? Are we better than CHRIST? Oh, no, definitely not!
Be Blessed! Thank you Blessings845 for this blog! |
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