"JESUS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS REVEALED"

"The Lord has established His throne in the heaven; And His sovereignty rules over all." Psalm 103:19 (KJV) 

   From Eden's brief innocence today's
permeating corruption, God's kingdom has
remained intact. Amazingly, God still offers us His kingdom even though we rebel against it.He is still eager to pour out righteousness and peace and joy still eager to give power.

   The question is, are we willing to accept His
power, to submit to His sovereign rule, to live
our lives for the futherance of His kingdom
rather than hinder it though settling for
mediocrity's status quo? If living on the heights of God's eternal unspoilable kingdom appeals to you more than classifying in the drag flats land of mediocrity, then lets journey together through scripture to gain a fuller understanding of what God's kingdom is and how we can be part of it

   The kingdom we're talking about isn't a
literal empire but a spiritual reign with unique
characteristic and a history all its own.

   First, it isn't physical, but it is spiritual. The
apostle Paul tells us that "the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit"
(Rom. 14:17). So it's not something we can
physically touch or taste. But it is not
something we can physically touch or taste.
But it is full of the Spirit's fruit to feast on
(see Ps. 34:8).

   Second, it isn't audible, but it is powerful.
"forn the kingdom of God does not consist in
words. But in power," Paul told the
corinthians(1Cor. 4:20). Like lightening that
displays its bright, white strength without
sound, the kingdom of God offers not words,
but power.

  Third, it isn't visible, but it is unshakable. 
Hebrews 12:28 assures us: 'therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show grattude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe." This kingdom full of good things joy peace, righteousness, power has God's own everlasting ability to anchor it. In a 
world of constant change and upheaval, how 
thankful we can Be for something that will 
remain the same "yesterday and today, yes 
and forever" (13:8).

   The kingdom, then, is the invisible realm 
where God exercises His full authority over 
every part of us over our hearts, our minds, 
our wills. "Jesus your righteousness reveal"

"RESURRECTION POWER"

       "That wi may know him, and the power of His resurrection. . .

                                        Philippians 3:10

Paul was actuall praying in Ephesian that the Church would receive revelation knowledge of spiritual things. If you've been praying the Ephesian prayers for yourself, as I've suggested, you know that Paul wanted the beluevers at Ephesus to know:

         . . . the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe. 

         According to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in 

         Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at His own 

         right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, 

          and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in 

          this world, but also in that which is to come" (Eph. 1:19-21).

There was such a manifestation of the divine omnipotence of God's power in raising Jesus from the dead that it is actually the mightiest working of God! And God wants us to know what happened when this occurred

         The resurrection was opposed by all the tremendous powers of the air. These evil forces endeavored to defeat the plan of God. But these poeer were overthrown by our Lord Jesus Christ, and He has been enthroned far above them, ruling with the authority of the most High. Thus the source of our authority is found in this resurrection and seating of Christ by God

"IN HIS COMING"

       "But (He) emptied Himself, taking the form of a bondservant, 

        and being made in the likeness of men. And being found in

        Appearance of man, He humbled Himself by becoming obe-

        dient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

                                        Philippians 2:7-8

        The incredible path, from heavenly Sovereign to earthly victim crucified on a cross, is describe above verse. And consider the steps downward that Jesus took to share our humanity and die for our sins.

               1. He emptied Himself

               2. He took the form of a bond servant.

               3. He humbled Himself by becoming obedient unto death.

               4. He accepted the most humilating type of death: crucifixion.

        To accomplish our salvation on a cross, Jesus first had to empty Himself. This not mean that gave up His deity; rather, it signifies that Christ set aside the independent use of His divine attributes and submitted Himself to the Father's will.

        The Father's will mandated that Jesus descend into the lowest depths of suffering and hell for our sins. But once our debt was paid, God again lifted up His Son on a position of highest glory and honor.

         Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him 

          the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus 

          every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, 

          and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that 

          Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.(vv. 9-11)

The Great Question

           The great question facing us today, this moment, is whether or not we will voluntarily humble ourselves before the Lord Jesus or wait until we're forced to do so. If we act now we will be saved. If we refuse to confess Jesus Christ as Lord while we're on the earth, we will surely concede it one day under the earth. But by then it will be too late for that declaration to change our eternal destiny.

          Jesus is the lifeline the Father has lowered for our salvation. There is no other way to be rescued from the penalty of our sins but by Him. Don't wait, grab ahold of Him while you have the chance.

         Here is the song.. "Oh Jesus full of grace"

Verse1.      The earth is the Lord

                  The fulness is in this world

                  And those who dwell's  therein

                  The heaven are yours 

                  This earth is also yours

                  And this world and the fulness thereof

Chorus:      OH Jesus full of grace

                   I'm save by his grace in Him

Verse2.       When  the fulness of time has come

                   God send forth His Son

                  To save this world who dwells therein

                   He was born of a woman born under the law

                  To redeem  and called us to be His Son

Bridge:      Jesus only your name that we are save

                 You come for the lost thru your that we

                 Are save

                   

                   

         

"Remember me my Lord"

        "Praise the Lord , O my soul, and forget not all His benefits"

                                          Psalm 103 : 2

What Do We Renember?

         When Jesus was celebrating the Communion with all disciples, He told them, "do this in remembrance of Me." What should we remember when we come to the Lord's table?

         First, dear saint, i know you thank God that Jesus died in your place to free from the consequences of your sins. But He did so many other things for you on the cross.

         

          He is despised and rejected by men, 

          A man of sorrows and acquainted with

          Grief (Isa. 53:4).

          The grief here is the Hebrew choliy which means "weak, sick or afflicted." Surely the hath borne our weaknesses, sicknesses, and afflictions. The Hebrew word for sorrows is makob, which means pain or grief.

          The scripture are clear: Jesus not only died to take away our sins; He died to take away our sicknesses. The new Testatment confirms that fact in Matthew 8:16-17.

          When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirit with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

          "He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknessed."

            Matthew was referring to Isaiah 53:4, which speaks of christ being stricken, smitten and afflicted. So Jesus died not only to take away your sins, but to take away your sicknesses.

           I believe the psalmist was speaking prophetically of the benefit of the cross when he wrote psalmist 103.

            " Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all ahis benefits"

             Why shouldn't  we forget His benefits? I believe when you forget what God  has done, He is grieved. The psalmist said of the children of Israel, 

             In 2 king 20 in those days, here is the. . . The living man must have a perfect heart.

Verse1.       He turned his face toward the wall

                   And prayed to the Lord

                   Remember me O Lord

                   How i've walked, before you Lord

Verse2.       The Lord was ready to save me

                   In the shadow of his glory

                   Minus ten degrees

                   I will sing His song today

Chorus:       The living shall praised you 

                    With a perfect heart shall 

                    Worship you

                   Whst is good in your sight

                   Just remember me my Lord

Bridge:        All the days of our lives

                   We must be in the house

                   Of the Lord!

Verse3.       In your love you kept me

                   You have blotted out all my sin

                   So you will restored me my health

                   And make me live

              

         

"THE TIMELESS BOOK"

              "She perceives that her merchandise is.         

            Profitable. Her lamp does not go out at nigh

                                  Proverb 31 : 18

           Here s a book that is timeless. In every age of man it has provided light and leading for those who were willing to walk in the high way of obedience to God. It suffices for our own peculiar generation. None of our scientific discoveries have made God's word obsolete, and our social advancement and political freedom have been derived from its teachings. If the world runs on for another thousand years, the Bible will still be up to date in the thirtieth century, as it is in the twentieth. When God gives His complete and full revelation to men, it is not subject to the revision which human document require to be kept reasonably current. The wonderful Word is modern in every sense and in every decade. The present is no exception to this general rule. Take the word of God away from our "modern" age, and humaity will be back in savagery and ignorance within three generation.

          

           Even the Cambridge Ancient History"  acknowledges that the Bible

           Is the first book in civilization to have a world view of history; and no

           One can  deny that all  world histories, from the second  century to

           The beginning of the nineteeth century, begin with retelling of the

           Narratives of Genesis. No otherbook is so called for, so widely

           Distributed, so intently studied, so extendively  translated as a Bible.

                                                                                  - Dr. Wilbur  M. Smith

                                                                Professor of Bible, fuller Seminary

        

"MATTER OF CHOICE"

                 "You did not choose me, but i chose you and 

              appointed you to go and bear much fruit that it will last. 

           Then the father will give Whatever you ask in my name.

                                           John 15 : 16

           A man once asked me, "if God does everything, how is choice involved?" It was a valid question.

          "Before you were saved, did you seek the Lord or did  He seek you?" I asked him. " He sought me," he replied. "Did you produce the faith to believe? Or did He give it to you?" "He gave it to me."

"Well, if God did all of those things then, who is keeping you now? Are you keeping yourself? And who will take you into heaven? Can you do it yourself?" I asked. Finally I said, "you have nothing to do with it." "All that is good, but where is choice?" All you to say is yes to Jesus, and these things will be yours. Choice is just to accept what He has done for you." A big smile broke across his face. "I see it!" Jesus told His disciple, "You did not choose Me, but I chose you appointed you" (John 15:16). But Scripture warns us that God's grace must never be misused.

          We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain (2 Cor. 6:1).

Salvation is ours because of what the Lord has done, not because of our perfection. What produces failure? It is when we stop trusting God and rely on ourselves. The prophet Ezekiel said:

          When i say to the righteous that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that has committed, he shall die (Ezekiel 33:13)

I believe that we are secure in our salvation, but we can risk losing what He has given us. For Peter said:

          For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangle in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the begining. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn the holy commandment delivered to them (2 pet. 2:20-21).

        Where is the balance? God chooses us but always gives us the choice to respond. If someone came to me with a gun pointed at my head and said "Deny Christ or die, I would say, "Shoot." Why? Because my commitment to Christ is not temporary; it's eternal.

        When you met the Lord it was not a goose-bump," momentary experience. At that moment You became a totally new person. It would be instantaneous, new birth. It is a continuous salvation. What should be our response to the Lord in return for His eternal benefits? The psalmist said "i will take up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord" (Ps. 116:13).

       Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful. The Lord preserves the simple i was brought low, and He saved me. Return to your rest O my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you (Ps. 116: 5-7).

This salvation is even better than we can think. We can have complete confidence that He finished what He has started. . . That he has committed to keeps us (Phil. 1:6). But how can we know that in our hearts? The answer lies in understanding the seal of the Holy Spirit.

 

       

           

"Your Love, Your Compassion"

       "Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed not 

          only in my presence, but now much more in my absence

            continue to work out your salvation with fear trembling."

                                        Philippians 2 : 12

        This awesome reality 

        this is the moment for me to obey 

        trembling and fear to you Lord. . . 

        Knowing you I'm save 

        Knowing you I'm healed

        Knowing you, you set me free

        This is awesome reality

        Your love, your compassion

        I draw near to you

        This little faith

        Made me whole...

        There is always someone asking The grace of God "Doesn't the Bible tell us that we have to work out our own salvation?"

        Here is what Paul said: "Work out own salvation with fear and trembling" (Phil. 2:12). But we need to look at the context of that statement. 

        But that is not the end of the story. It is not our work but the Lord's that make it possible. The next verse says, "for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure" (Phil.2:13). So the Christian life is really working out or exercising the salvation that God has provided and he gives us  both desire and strength to do what pleases Him.

        Here is the amazing thing: when we let God do the work in us, then He enables us to work out His salvation.

        

        For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them (Eph. 2:10).

       He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him. (Eph. 1:4).

        Good works will be a by-product of those who knows God's unmerited favor. And the Lord gives us the will to love Him, obey Him and Serve Him. We can't follow the Lord without His first touching us. Jesus said, "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him" (John 6:44). We can't love Him without the Holy Spirit's giving us the love with which to love Him.

        Now hope does not disappiont, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us (Roman. 5:5).

        When you experience God's love, you will love. When you find His acceptance, you will accept others. When you experience giving, you will give. It all comes down to one simple thing: God work in it, and we work it out.

        We let Him pour in that we may pour out. First, we cooperate; then we respond. But the Bible makes it clear that we can't work to earn our salvation. Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness (Rom. 4:4-5).

        The Lord does not owe us something because we do good works. He will never put Himself in debt to anyone. We don't say, "I did it Lord. Here's my bill." If we work for something, it is not grace.

        There is nothing in us that even desires God without His putting the desire within us (John 6:44). God won't honor a person who says, "I'm going to pray, and I'm going to make it." God says, "that is the flesh, and I don't want it." God won't accept works or prayers that come from flesh."

THE CORRIDOR STREET LINE: Returning to your Failures

THE CORRIDOR STREET LINE: Returning to your Failures:       But simon answered and said to him

"Identifying the Dragon"

        " So then brothers stand firm and hold to the teachings we

           passed on to you whether by word of mouth or by letter."

                                         2 Thess. 2 : 15

          Traditions, in and of themselves, are not bad. In fact, the right kind of tradition are good and healthy, tradition with a solid network of reliable truth that put us in touch with our roots. Paul exhorts us to "stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught" (2 Thess. 2:15). Conversely he commands us to "keep aloof from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us" (3:6).

           However, a great deal of difference exist between tradition and traditionalism. Jaroslav Pelikan put his finger on the distinction when he observed:

                   Tradition is the living of the dead, traditionalism is the 

                    dead Faith of the living.

          By traditionalism we mean an attitude that resists change, adaptation, or alteration. It clutches tradition so tightly that the blood supply to our spiritual brain is cut off, distorting vision and blurring the distinction between custom and commandment. Traditionalism is suspicious and censorious of the new, the innovative, the different. It substitutes a stuffy, legalistic system for the Spirit freed'om and freshness, las for liberty, rules for renovation, regulation for renewal. In Mark 7, Jesus rebukes the Pharises for confusing human customeith divine command.

                  And the Pharises and some of the scribes gathered 

                  together around Him they had come from Jerusalem,

                  and had seen that some of His disciples were eating 

                  their bread with impure hands, that is  unwashed. 

                  ( For the pharises and all the Jews do  not eat unless 

                  they carefully wash their hands thus observing the

                  traditions of the elders; and when they come from the

                  market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse 

                  Themselves; and there are many other thing which 

                  They have received in order to observe, such as the 

                  washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.) and

                  The Pharises and the scribes asked Him, "why do Your

                   Disciple not walk according to the tradition of the elder, 

                   But eat their bread with impure hands? " and He said 

                   To them, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites,

                   As it is written,

                 'This people honors Me with their lips,

                  But their heart is far away from Me.

                  But in vain do they worship Me,

                  Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.'

Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men." (vv. 1-8)

"WRITE IT DOWN"

 "Everything But The One Thing

Revelation 2 : 1-7

Do you love me?"

In the wonderful musical fiddler on the Roof, a Russian peasant named Tevye ask his wife this simple question.

  Love him? Golde had never even met Tevye until the day of their arranged wedding. Now after twenty-five years of marriage, he wants to talk of love? It sound so, so. . . Ridiculous, so foreign to her that she thinks he has indigestion and should lie down.

   Tevye repeats the question, in earnest.

    Golden wonders at his thinking, then explains how hard she has worked as his wife--cooking his meals washing his clothes, having his children. Still, it doesn't satisfy Tevye, So he asks again.

   This time, Golden falls back on the obvious: she's his wife!

    Even so, Tevye persist--does she love him!

    After some reflection, she answer that she does indeed love him realizing that her life hasn't been just  meaningless busywork.

She has worked so hard because of her love for Tevye.

  It's possible, though, Tevye realized and feared, for activity to replace love.

       Another peasant, a first-century capenter from Galilee, ask His bride the  same question Tevye asked his "Do you love Me?" Does our full plate activity show our fervent love for our Lord? Or are we so busy simply doing-- Bible studies, evangelism, defending the faith. Service speaking-- that our love for us Savior has grown cool?

   That was the problem with the church in Ephesus. Their religious busyness (a status symbol in many churches today), rather than springing from a deep and joyful love for Christ, had effectively replaced their love for the Savior with an icy estrangement. So Jesus told the apostle John. "Write this down"-- then He dictated a letter of generous praise but also of stringing rebuke. Let's read the book of ephesian of His letter and, at same time, allow the spirit to read the content, of our lives to see if we are doing everything but one thing---- loving Him.

"Modern Engineering in the Bible"

                "How blessed is the man who finds wisdom, and

                 the man who gains understanding. For its profit

                 is better than the profit of silver, and its grain than

                 fine gold. She is more precious than jewels; and

                 And nothing you desire compares with her.        

                                         Proverb 3 : 13-15

          Imagine some time ago a man was invited to address the gathering of the Engineer's club, and they assigned him this odd the title was "Modern Engineering in the Bible." He accepted the invitation with the understanding that there would be an open discussion following his lecture. In the course of address he reminded the engineers of the difficulty of setting a permanent or stable structure on a sand foundation.

         The archeologist face this problem when they make a camp in the desert. Our tents have floors sewed into them-partly because it is annoying to get up in morning and discover that a snake has shared your sleeping bag or scorpion have set up housekeeping in your boits. So when they make a camp in the desert. Our tent havefloors sewed into them-partly because it is annoying to get up in the morning and discover that a snake has sharedyour sleeping bag or scorpions have set up housekeeping in your boots. So when we make a "permanent" camp, we know that it will be as transient as a permanent camp, we know that it will be as transient as a "permanent wave" on a woman. The wind gets under the floor and moves the sand grain, and in a few days the tents are sagging and have to be reset.

           Moses faced this problem and overcome it. When the famous tabernacle was erected in the wilderness, it was a masterpiece of engineering ingenuity. The secret of its stability was in the walls which were made of boards tha came in pairs. The Hebrew text calls them "twinned boards." Two of them were set together like a giant letter "V" inverted, like an "A." A metal becker fitted down over the top and clasped the two boards together; the bottom rested i. Metal troughs called "oches."

An eye bolt came from each board, and when the two eyes crossed in the center, a long metal rod was thrust down the length of the wall, locking all of the "twinned" unit together. The  no matter how the wind blew, regardless of its velocity,  when these gour walks were set in place, they were unmovable!

         When they had finished my address and the meeting was open For discussion, an engineer arose and said, "I want to comment on what the speaker has said about the tabernacle. I can agree with that part of his lecture, particularly because of an experience I've just had a friend of mine devised a type of bunkhouse for construction crews who have work in the desert, and he used this very idea of  twin wall, boards.locked with a rod and eye-bolts. He applied for a patent, which the office refused to grand. He sued in Federal courts force the Patent office to grant his claim and lost his case. The judged ruled that since Moses used this idea 3500 years ago, it's too late to patent it now!""

         The engineer sat down amid the delighted laughter and applause of his fellows having unconsciously illustrated the modernity of the ancient Book! This oldest volume in human keeping is as modern as twentieh-century engineering practices.

          

"Forever means forever"

        "The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. 

          And when i see the blood i will past over you. And no plague will 

        befall you and will destroyed you. When i will strike the land of egypt.

                                               EX. 12:13 ESV

         Do you want to live in victory and be free. From bondage? The key is to obey's God's word. Remember, prior to the first Passover, the Lord said: " The blood shall be to you for token upon the houses where you are" the above verse (Ex 12:13 ESV). The word token means an "evidence, or a "sign" in the Hebrew. God protected the households that had the sign. Imagine something that you are there. And when He sees the sign, He will protect you.

Now people have asked, "Why should we ask God to cover us with the blood every day? Isn't this vain repetition? Aren't we being superstitious? Aren't we acting out of bondage?" Asking the Lord to cover me with the blood continually is not because of bondage...but because of fellowship.

         As Kathryn Kulhlman once said, "we don't live on yesterday's glories, nor on tommorrow hopes, but on today's experiences.

         You may ask, what do you mean by being covered with the blood? It means we are appropriating all of benefit of the cross of Jesus Christ: protection, access, forgiveness, security in God's grace, redemption, reconciliation, cleansing, sanctification, dwelling in God's presence and victory.

         The word of God is indispensable to our knowledge and faith in God. And we need to gain the greatest knowledge of the word that is possible. The word and the blood work together. The word say says, and the blood does. The evil one may fight you at every turn, but when you apply the blood, God's power comes alive.

          But God specifically instructed the isrselites to observe the passover "as an ordinance for you and your sons forever" (Ex 12:24).

          Remember, forever means forever!

          Think about his Love the Lord has never changed the mind about His blood covenant with His people. It was not limited to the forty years that the children of israel journeyed to the promised land. The command was in effect even after they reached their destination.

         Think about his goodness, it will come to pass when you come to the land which the Lord will give you, just as He promised, that you shall keep this service. (Ex. 12:25).

"God's Provision bring Glory"

                 "And call upon me in the day of troubled i will deliver

                                  You, and you will honor Me"         

                                             Psalm 50:15

If  you are in distress you can't remember all. Put a Psalm 50:15 and call upon me in the days of trouble i will deliver you, and you will honor Me.

        Did you know that you bring glory to God by calling upon Him when you are in distress? God promise He would deliver you if you turned to Him. You deny the Lord honor, that is rightfully His every time you find yourselves in difficulty and you fail to call upon Him for help? 

         There many times when God allow you to reach a points of need so that you can call Him and thus let Him demonstrate to a watching world the differrence He makes in the lives of his children if God never allowed you to experience needs people around you might never have the opportunity to witness God's Provisionin the life of a christian. If you never faced a short fall you might be tempted to feel self-sufficient and without any need of God in your daily life. Pride will tempt you to think that you do not need to seek God's assistance self-regard will seek to convince you that you can handle your dilema through your own wisdom. Resources and hard work pride will also rob glory from God and seek to give it to you. Don't allow pride to take what rightfully belong to the Lord. Self-sufficiency can greatly hinder your ability to experience God and bring Him honor.

        In view of God's mercy, i offer my body as a living sacrifice holy and pleasing to God this is my spiritual act of worship. It is (not my own strength); for it is You, Lord.

"Empowerment"

       "When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in 

        Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the 

        Lord Jesus was held in high honor. Many of those who be-

        lieve now came and openly confessed their evil deeds."

                                   ACTS 19:17-18

Power is let loose when Christian start living out the Gospel on a grass-roots level. Just read Acts 19. The early church unlocked the power of God's Word as they turned upside down their local communities. Neighbors in Ephesus were gripped with an awesome fear if God as they gathered to openly confess their waywardness. It even says they held the name of the Lord in high honor. Can you imagine such a thing in your community?

          Because first-century Christians lived out the Gospel on a local level, God got peoples attention.

And the same can happen today. The Lord wants to use this time of social unrest an political change as an unprecedented opportunity for the local church to demonstrate the power of God to change a situation, to change people's lives, to change a community.

          Empowerment involves the people closet to a problem learning how to solve it thelselves. Need a few idea? Just open your eyes. Elderly people in dilapidated houses. Suicide among teenagers. Lonely widows iss busy neighborhoods. Abused wives and batered children. Girls with unwanted prenancies. Disabled poeple needing housekeeping help. Drug abuse in schools

          These are the problems you live close to. And when believers begin living out the Gospel on a grass-roots level, God's knows how to bring salvation "O House of Israel" here's a song...

                  

                    "O House of Israel"

Verse:     He looking for those that allow Him 

               To mold them were he could be

               And reshape them into His will

                He want us to be

                Like a clay 

                He breathe on us

                And we have life

Verse:      To your family, your friend,

                And your community

                And your world

                Jesus He's my Savior

                And My King

Coda:       Halleluiah Halleluiah

Chorus:    O house of Israel 

                 Can i do with you as like this potter

                We are the clay within the potter hand

                This our life be in your hand

                O house of Israel

            

You And Your Enemies

 "Behold do not avenge yourselves, but rather
  give place to wrath; for it is written,
  "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, say the Lord."

                                                     Romans 12 : 19

Enemy is a word that makes us uncomfortable,
 isn't it? After all, christians are supposed to love
others, not have enemies except the Devil, right?
Paul made that clears, when he wrote,
"Our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
 but. . against the spiritual forces of wickedness in
the heavenly places" (Eph.6:12)

     Well, that's not exactly right. In that passage,
Paul wasn't telling us that we wouldn't or shouldn't
have enemies here on earth. Rather, he was trying 
to help us keep a proper perspective, reminding us 
that whatever enemies we're confronted with have 
Spiritual forces at their root.

    This seems more realistic, doesn't it? Let's face
 it, we all have enemies: the boss who warns us to 
never bring our religion" to work, the coworker 
who look for opportunities to sabotage us, and the
 neighbor who thinks our yard is his dog's potty 
spot."

    Enemies are a fact of life. Thankfully, though, 
God has given us some "rules engagement." In 
Roman 12:14-21, we'll learn how to live with 
friends and enemies alike-- and honor Christ in 
all situations.

    Responding to enemies God's way can be 
down right scary. After all, there's no guarantee 
that our kindnes will change their feelings and 
actions toward us; they may continued to try to 
hurt us. During times like these, we need 
protection. In verse 19 you'll find God's 
promise of divine proctection and purpose. 

    One of the hardest areas in which to trust God
 is in the matter of justice. When we perceive an 
injustice, we want to see the guilty party punished.
 We want justice to prevail. Especially if we are 
the victim. We become impatient if we are not 
avenged quickly. Yet God warn us that vengeance
 is not our  prerogative. We are to desire justice, 
but we are not to seek vengeace (Mic.6:8). When 
someone offends us, our responsibility is to 
respond to the offense with forgiveness (Matt.5:44).
 God takes the responsibility to see that justice is 
done. God loved people too much to allow sin to go 
unchecked.

    Peter claimed that God is not slow about His 
promises to us. But He is patient and long-suffering 
before He brings about judgment (2 Pet.3:9). Yet 
ultimately God has prepared for absolute justice.
 There will be no sin committed that He will leave 
unpunished. Either the punishment will fall on His 
Son or it will be charged against the sinner, but 
everyone will ultimately give an account for 
everything they have done (2Cor.5:10).

    God is absolutely just, and only He can endure 
that justice is fully carried out. If we are impatient 
and seek revenge, we presume that we are wiser 
than God, and we reveal a blatant lack of trust that 
God will do the right thing. Only trusting God's 
sovereign wisdom will we be free from our anger
 and preoccupation toward those who have 
committed evil. If we refuse to trust God's justice, 
we bevome enslaved to bitterness abd anger. 
We must guard our hearts and trust God to 
exercise His judgment against tjose who oppose 
Him.

You And Your Enemies

 "Behold do not avenge yourselves, but rather
  give place to wrath; for it is written,
  "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, say the Lord."

                                                     Romans 12 : 19

Enemy is a word that makes us uncomfortable,
 isn't it? After all, christians are supposed to love
others, not have enemies except the Devil, right?
Paul made that clears, when he wrote,
"Our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
 but. . against the spiritual forces of wickedness in
the heavenly places" (Eph.6:12)

     Well, that's not exactly right. In that passage,
Paul wasn't telling us that we wouldn't or shouldn't
have enemies here on earth. Rather, he was trying 
to help us keep a proper perspective, reminding us 
that whatever enemies we're confronted with have 
Spiritual forces at their root.

    This seems more realistic, doesn't it? Let's face
 it, we all have enemies: the boss who warns us to 
never bring our religion" to work, the coworker 
who look for opportunities to sabotage us, and the
 neighbor who thinks our yard is his dog's potty 
spot."

    Enemies are a fact of life. Thankfully, though, 
God has given us some "rules engagement." In 
Roman 12:14-21, we'll learn how to live with 
friends and enemies alike-- and honor Christ in 
all situations.

    Responding to enemies God's way can be 
down right scary. After all, there's no guarantee 
that our kindnes will change their feelings and 
actions toward us; they may continued to try to 
hurt us. During times like these, we need 
protection. In verse 19 you'll find God's 
promise of divine proctection and purpose. 

    One of the hardest areas in which to trust God
 is in the matter of justice. When we perceive an 
injustice, we want to see the guilty party punished.
 We want justice to prevail. Especially if we are 
the victim. We become impatient if we are not 
avenged quickly. Yet God warn us that vengeance
 is not our  prerogative. We are to desire justice, 
but we are not to seek vengeace (Mic.6:8). When 
someone offends us, our responsibility is to 
respond to the offense with forgiveness (Matt.5:44).
 God takes the responsibility to see that justice is 
done. God loved people too much to allow sin to go 
unchecked.

    Peter claimed that God is not slow about His 
promises to us. But He is patient and long-suffering 
before He brings about judgment (2 Pet.3:9). Yet 
ultimately God has prepared for absolute justice.
 There will be no sin committed that He will leave 
unpunished. Either the punishment will fall on His 
Son or it will be charged against the sinner, but 
everyone will ultimately give an account for 
everything they have done (2Cor.5:10).

    God is absolutely just, and only He can endure 
that justice is fully carried out. If we are impatient 
and seek revenge, we presume that we are wiser 
than God, and we reveal a blatant lack of trust that 
God will do the right thing. Only trusting God's 
sovereign wisdom will we be free from our anger
 and preoccupation toward those who have 
committed evil. If we refuse to trust God's justice, 
we bevome enslaved to bitterness abd anger. 
We must guard our hearts and trust God to 
exercise His judgment against tjose who oppose 
Him.

"Live By Grace"

"And he said to them, "you yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; and yet God has shown me that I should not call any man unholy or unclean." ACTS 10 : 28

  The seed that Jesus planted in His disciples' minds in Matthew 9: 10-11 finally took root in Peter's life in above verse. Just like the stuffed-shirted, straight-lice Pharisees in Jesus time, there will always be people who do not want you to enjoy the liberty of God's grace even today! They will attempt to pour you into their mold. If you refuse, they'll criticise you. Watch out for them. Their favorite method is to intimidiate you. Their favorite response is to get you to imitate them. Their favorite objective is to destroy your freedom by bring you into subjection.

Some Practical Expectations. 

  Living by grace is our only defense against legalism. And here are four things you can expect if you live according to the "grace principle." 

First, you will have a greater appreciation of the gifts God has given you. 

Second, you will spend less time and energy preoccupied with other peoples's choices

Third, you will become more tolerant and joyful while becoming less prejudiced and Judgmental.

Fourth, you will take a giant step toward maturity. Live by grace and, before you know it, your face will begin to show it. Live by legalism and your face will eventually show its effects too. The real question we must ask ourself is this: Do I want to look like Pharisee or do I want to look like Jesus!

"What is Good!"

               "You will seek me and find me when 

                   You seek me with all your heart."

         Have you ever lost something that you didn't really expect to find again? Sure you rummaged around the house looking for it, but since you didn't actually think you'd ever find it, you didn't really look with much hope or expectation. You know what happens in those situation? Since you don't expect  to find it, you rarely do.

         Some people look for Me like that. "Oh God's out there, but He's so far above me. I'll never reach Him." Believe Me when I say that if you'll put your heart into looking for Me, you will find Me! I am so closer to you. Open the eyes of your heart and really look Expect Me to be here, because Here I am. 

         This lead me prayed and read the Bible in Genesis from the beginning. Lord you searchlight penetrates my human spirit, exposing every hidden motive. You actually gave me your Spirit (not the world's spirit) so i can know the wonderful things you have given us. I am a child of God, born of the Spirit of God, filled with the Spirit of God, and led by the Spirit of God. I listen to my heart as I look to my spirit inside me.

  

                              What is Good

Verse1.   Prayer is a wonderful gift from God

               Prayed is talking to God

               Let us hold fast what is good

               The world will take it a away

Verse 2.  Never take the word in you for granted

               Prayer is talking to God

               Let us hold fast what is good

               The world cann't take it away

Chorus.  Do not quench Holy Spirit

               Do not despise the prophecy

              Test all thing and hold fast 

              What is good

              And abstain from every form of evil

Bridge.   His word is alive... Alive...

              The word is alive 

              Is lives on us...

         

"The Invitation"

          "Now when they heard this, they were cut ti the heart, and said to

         Peter and the rest of the apostle, Men and brethen, what shall we do?'"

                                                ACTS 2 : 37

The sword was turned loose that day by Peter and he preached the Word of God concerning sin and judgement and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The sword pierced the hearts of the people who listened in such a way that the Scripture says they gave the invitation instead of the preacher! They asked, "what are we to do?"

           Hebrews 4:12 says, "for the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart." This passage is militant about the Bible. It says the Scripture is alive, powerful and can pierce the heart of men, even causing an enemy to retreat. It is useful for discerner truth, and it is the most dreaded weapon we can use against the enemy. A metal sword may gets dull as you use it, but the sword of the Spirit requires nothing. It carries its own power, and is able to function apart from. The soldier's hand. A metal sword wounds to hurt, but the sword of the Spirit wounds to heal.

          "The sword of the spirit, unleashed, has the power to cut right into the heart of a person. Sometimes they respond with anger to the truth. Have you ever experienced the word of God like that? Have you ever heard a sermon and known that every word was directed tight at your heart? That's the sword of the Spirit at work.

"Your Glory"

        "And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, 

        as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole 

         house where they were sitting.

                                      ACTS 2 : 2

          It is really possible that Holy Spirit can change us totally? Absolutely. If the Lord could turn mud into man by His breath, think what He can do by breathing on us again! That is what hsppened at Pentencost.

          Those who gathered in upper room felt  the breath of almighty God. And they were transformed. When the Holy Spirit empowers your life, you can expect three things to happen

           * The Lord will become very close to you.

           * Because of that relationship, your ultimate

              desire will be to walk in the ways of God

           * You will be miraculously transformed into a

              new person

I am convinced that the Holy Spirit,alive and present on the earth today, is a sign of the covenant God has made with us through the blood of His Son Jesus. 

           In Him you also trusted you heard the word of truth,the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise ( Eph.1-13 ). That He will revealed to you because of that relationship. This is the song that  He revealed to me.

           Your Glory

1.        Here i am  

           in one place 

           in one accord for you 

           this day hey!

 2.       When the day

           has fully come 

           and suddenly 

           there came a sound 

          Oh Lord Your Glory has come

Chorus:

      

           The rushing of mighty wind     2x

           Heaven and earth in ligthening

           Your Glory... Your Glory....

           Has come

Bridge: fill us now fill us now!

             Revive us now! Revive us now