This is a word from my pastor's blog:
"Our lifestyle is not pastoral, it’s prophetic. For example notice How we walk physically. We look down where we are and we look up to see where were going. What is true physically is also true spiritually."
God is present-future. He wants to see you walk into the destiny that He has planned - and He DOES have plans for you! (Jer 29:11)
Has Jesus not paid the price for our past failures? What about present and future failures? What right do we have to dwell on them? If what is true in the physical is also true in the spirit, then it behooves us to watch where we are going. If we constantly look back, then what is before us has the potential to destroy us.
Php 3:13-14 ESV
(13) Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
(14) I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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Monday, June 07, 2010
Thursday, September 17, 2009
The Millennium Pt2
The Millennium is the Sabbath day of God's first millennial week. God created the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th. Man, created on the 6th day, really saw nothing until the 7th day when his eyes were opened to the creation of God.
Maybe that's what we're heading towards. We are being built, now, as the stones being chiseled for the temple were chiseled out of earshot of the building site. We, too, are being hewn and shaped for our real place in God's House, and we haven't seen it yet!
1Co 2:9 MKJV
(9) But as it is written, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard," nor has it entered into the heart of man, "the things which God has prepared for those who love Him."
Doesn't it make you wonder? Seeing what God created in the span of six 24-hour days, what has He created for us in the span of six 1000-year days? It 'has not entered into the heart of man'.
Maybe that's what we're heading towards. We are being built, now, as the stones being chiseled for the temple were chiseled out of earshot of the building site. We, too, are being hewn and shaped for our real place in God's House, and we haven't seen it yet!
1Co 2:9 MKJV
(9) But as it is written, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard," nor has it entered into the heart of man, "the things which God has prepared for those who love Him."
Doesn't it make you wonder? Seeing what God created in the span of six 24-hour days, what has He created for us in the span of six 1000-year days? It 'has not entered into the heart of man'.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
What Do You Carry?
Mat 10:12-13 MKJV
(12) And when you come into a house, greet it.
(13) And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
Getting used to the idea that I have an element of Heaven within me - to give - just freaks me a little, to be honest. It means I have a responsibility to give something away that I have not been in the past. Perhaps I should have included the following verse:
Mat 10:8 MKJV
(8) Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. You have received freely, freely give.
As I have been given... freely... Notice that it doesn't itemize everything I've been given. I tend towards the belief that I've been given ALL of it, and might have ANYTHING at my disposal at any given time. Now, what soldier on the battlefield wouldn't jump at the opportunity of being in 'that' position?
Many claim that this was simply a commission to the disciples, except for all the people that regularly heal the sick and cleanse the lepers and raise the dead (yes, it's happening). They missed the cease and desist memo. And apparently they are still 'unlawfully' tapped into the power source that allows them to do such things, because according to Jesus Himself, Satan's kingdom is NOT divided against itself.
That isn't readily explained by those think the Christian walk is paying the 10 and giving 3 hours a week - 4 if you're fanatic. It's the last days, though, my friends. Everything is extreme. The scripture is becoming more extreme every time I read it. I'm all in.
I will let no man challenge me on any work, be it in the natural or the miraculous, if that work successfully navigates the filter of scripture.
(12) And when you come into a house, greet it.
(13) And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
Getting used to the idea that I have an element of Heaven within me - to give - just freaks me a little, to be honest. It means I have a responsibility to give something away that I have not been in the past. Perhaps I should have included the following verse:
Mat 10:8 MKJV
(8) Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. You have received freely, freely give.
As I have been given... freely... Notice that it doesn't itemize everything I've been given. I tend towards the belief that I've been given ALL of it, and might have ANYTHING at my disposal at any given time. Now, what soldier on the battlefield wouldn't jump at the opportunity of being in 'that' position?
Many claim that this was simply a commission to the disciples, except for all the people that regularly heal the sick and cleanse the lepers and raise the dead (yes, it's happening). They missed the cease and desist memo. And apparently they are still 'unlawfully' tapped into the power source that allows them to do such things, because according to Jesus Himself, Satan's kingdom is NOT divided against itself.
That isn't readily explained by those think the Christian walk is paying the 10 and giving 3 hours a week - 4 if you're fanatic. It's the last days, though, my friends. Everything is extreme. The scripture is becoming more extreme every time I read it. I'm all in.
I will let no man challenge me on any work, be it in the natural or the miraculous, if that work successfully navigates the filter of scripture.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Children of the Kingdom - Pt2
Mat 8:5-12 KJVR
(5) And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
(6) And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
(7) And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
(8) The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
(9) For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
(10) When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
(11) And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
(12) But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
(13) And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
But what about this passage in verse 12? The children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness. What? Why? Who are the children of the kingdom?
Let's look further. The phrase 'children of the kingdom' is only used one other time by Jesus:
Mat 13:37-38 KJVR
(37) He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
(38) The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
The good seed is the children of the kingdom, but a good seed that does not sprout and bear fruit – which apparently is VERY possible – is tossed out. All good seed 'is expected' to sprout into a tree that produces fruit.
If we do not produce fruit, we will be cast into the fire. That's offensive in many ways, but John said it, and then Jesus said it. That's twice, and by the testimony of two or more shall a matter be decided.
Mat 7:19 KJVR(19) Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Why did Jesus say this? Scare tactics? Should this be personally frightening to anyone seeking the will of God for their life? No, but we should be motivated to bear good fruit.
Let's finish with this parable:
Luk 13:6-9 MKJV
(6) He also spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard. And he came and sought fruit on it, and found none.
(7) And he said to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none. Cut it down, why does it encumber the ground?
(8) And answering, he said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and throw manure.
(9) And if it bears fruit, well; and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.
See, God is patient with us and our fruit-bearing. He intends for us to 'get around to it', but sometimes we are too stubborn. And we wonder why we have so much 'crap' in our lives. Maybe it's a last-ditch effort to get us to bear fruit.
(5) And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
(6) And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
(7) And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
(8) The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
(9) For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
(10) When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
(11) And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
(12) But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
(13) And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
But what about this passage in verse 12? The children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness. What? Why? Who are the children of the kingdom?
Let's look further. The phrase 'children of the kingdom' is only used one other time by Jesus:
Mat 13:37-38 KJVR
(37) He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
(38) The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
The good seed is the children of the kingdom, but a good seed that does not sprout and bear fruit – which apparently is VERY possible – is tossed out. All good seed 'is expected' to sprout into a tree that produces fruit.
If we do not produce fruit, we will be cast into the fire. That's offensive in many ways, but John said it, and then Jesus said it. That's twice, and by the testimony of two or more shall a matter be decided.
Mat 7:19 KJVR(19) Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Why did Jesus say this? Scare tactics? Should this be personally frightening to anyone seeking the will of God for their life? No, but we should be motivated to bear good fruit.
Let's finish with this parable:
Luk 13:6-9 MKJV
(6) He also spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard. And he came and sought fruit on it, and found none.
(7) And he said to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none. Cut it down, why does it encumber the ground?
(8) And answering, he said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and throw manure.
(9) And if it bears fruit, well; and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.
See, God is patient with us and our fruit-bearing. He intends for us to 'get around to it', but sometimes we are too stubborn. And we wonder why we have so much 'crap' in our lives. Maybe it's a last-ditch effort to get us to bear fruit.
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