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Greetings sister saints!
The Lord gave us another day to have the breath of life! His mercies are new and He is good and faithful and loving to His children who fear and serve Him! What a blessing to know and follow Him, amen sisters?!
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
Psalm 89:14-16
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.Psalm 33:12
Amen sisters! We are a holy nation, a peculiar people and we are blessed in Him!
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
1 Peter 2:9-10
This is a cause for great rejoicing for us Gentiles....
Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Romans 15:8-13
Ponder and rejoice in His great grace on us Gentiles and let us not receive His grace in vain or believe in vain but strive on!
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Ephesians 2:12-14
Let our lights be burning...
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
Luke 12:34-37
Let's keep watching and occupying in good works til He comes sisters!
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:11-13
Praise God for that sisters and let us not take this precious gift of being born into His family lightly!
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.John 3:3
Despite what anyone says about me...I believe God's Word and that we must become His children, being born from above! I love and live by all of God's precious Word of truth!
In fact, we are born through the Word of truth...
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.James 1:18
But one thing I am standing on, is as the Word says, that it is God's will not man's will or doing! Now we must believe and repent and obey and be converted and live righteous and endure to the end and many more things within all those of course! We must live by every word of God and because we are blessed with unrestricted access to His Word we shall all be without excuse. We are to do much...but not birth ourselves into His family!
I'm always ready to give an answer to the reason of the hope within me...with meekness and fear. I submit to God's Word and fear Him to never go outside or deny what it most clearly says. A few things are a little unclear...but not this fact of needing to be reborn! I stand on that!
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
1 Peter 3:15-18
Keep pressing on sisters...no matter what! Look to our Saviour who endured much contradiction of sinners against Himself. Ponder the depths of Him suffering...the just for the unjust. Ponder Him dying while we were yet sinners. Ponder Him silently being falsely accused when He could have said it all! He committed Himself to Him who judges righteously and so must we sisters!
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
1 Peter 2:21-24
One thing I notice is that whenever someone tries to in any way oppose the truth you stand for...it always ends up making you stronger! Not sure if you understand what I mean but probably you've experienced it but instead of tearing you down you see how false what the people are saying are and with the Word and the Lord on your side you can be strong! After all the Word is part of our Ephesians 6 armour!
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:Ephesians 6:17
I'm blessed with somewhat of a quieter life sometimes which gives me a lot of time to just be in the Word, no outside input from man. The internet is no place for theology as the deception and confusion abounds there. A phone is a great asset in studying the Word as word studies and definitions and listening to the Word as well as reading all helps! We've all got so far to go in our knowledge of the Word...and we'll never get where we know it all perfectly. One day we will be with The Word, Jesus Christ Himself!
We do not want to get so hung up on how exactly you say something that we end up being like this...straining at a gnat (and striving about precious truths).
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Matthew 23:24-26
This is not what we want to experience...
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
Luke 13:28-30
Or this...
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
Luke 13:24-25
May we be humble and low, poor in spirit knowing we do not deserve to enter but trusting in Him to save us. His grace is amazing and His goodness so very great. Let that all lead us to repentance (ongoing) as we remember His severity also.
I heard this scripture and it's just interesting to ponder.
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.Luke 16:16
Because there's various heresies around concerning such things (like people teaching the law and also saying the kingdom isn't for today or something, I don't know!)
Let's keep seeking first God's kingdom and righteousness sisters!
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Colossians 1:12-14
Hold fast to sound doctrine and the faith once delivered!
Much love in Christ,
Sister Chayil
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