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And The Blame Game Continues

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And The Blame Game Continues

Adam blamed Eve,

Eve blamed the devil

The devil was not asked any question

And he was not even interrogated

Why?

Because He has no free will

He was created evil,

Loves evil and lies,

Delights in evil,

And is the father of lies.

He knows himself,

And he can’t be bothered,

Because his destiny in hell is guaranteed

And he knows that his will is fixed in evil.

 

How about man?

Does man not have a free will?

Does man not enjoy the rewards or pleasures of sin?

Is it the devil that gets the gain, pleasure and happiness

On earth or is it the person who sins?

 

The truth is that sin has pleasures

Attached to it.

To resist sin is to resist the benefit

Or the pleasure attached to sin.

 

 

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy

the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater

riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward. (Hebrews 11:25-26 NKJV)

 

The devil does not benefit from gossip,

He does not benefit from idol worship,

He does not benefit from robbery,

He does not benefit from bullying,

He only tempts man and men fall.

The devil has already fallen

And is a fallen being,

But man can choose if he stands

Or falls.

 

So why shift all the blame to him?

Makes no sense.

Except we can describe his clothing

The day that he came and forced us to sin.

 

I am of the opinion that if a woman or man cheats

On their spouse, they must not play victim

And blame their partner in crime.

Some even blame their spouse for cheating.

Cheaters should

Accept that they cooperated and ultimately

Chose to cheat.

I hope it makes sense.

 

Adam and Eve precious beloved of God

blamed God, their spouse and the devil – the partner

in crime but never looked inwards or blamed themselves

or admitted their guilt.

 

Only acknowledge your guilt– you have rebelled against the LORD your God, you have scattered your favours to foreign gods under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed me,'” declares the LORD. Jeremiah 3:13

 

He – the devil or death might have been glorified. 

But can death have pleasure or life? No.

So he did not benefit because he can never have joy or life.

He is dead and nothing can change that.

Even if he drags everybody to hell, he is still

Dead.

The only power he has is the power of deception

And through deception he makes man sin.

 

He is filled with misery and will want as many people

To roast with him

At the second death.

 

Man is blessed to have a free will which is superior to no free will

Our focus must be on us, grace and God and not the devil since

He is changeless and fixed in evil and temptation.

 

When Eve was given her own temptation

She saw that the fruit was good,

So she imagined or perceived good, pleasure

And benefit in disobedience.

 

We have been commanded to resist sin and the devil

So we must not play smart with God

By denying any form of responsibility

By blaming the devil.

 

Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the devil,

However, they Got their judgement

And the serpent got its judgement.

 

Yes,

The devil tempts us

But we ultimately have to yield

And cooperate to have his baby

Or the fruit of sin.

 

Our focus should not be on the devil

Or if he made us do it or not

Our focus should be on the grace

Of God, the blood of Jesus,

And our ability to resist sin.

We must loose sin consciousness,

And accept grace consciousness.

 

God Himself was aware that He threw the devil

To the earth.

The devil has a job to do on earth

And that job is to tempt man,

Test man,

Persecute man,

Accuse man,

Oppose man,

Irritate and annoy man

And carry out God’s judgement on man – He is the prison guard. 

The devil even tested righteous and blameless Job

And Job did not fall.

 

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love Him[b]because He first loved us. 1 John 4:18

 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” Acts 1:15

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. 26 Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny. Matthew 5:25

 

Perfect love for the word of God and submission to Him casts out every fear. It gives us boldness as the demons will know us and respect us the way they knew Jesus and Paul.

 

Does the devil pass judgement? No.

Is He the judge?

God is the only lawgiver and judge.

The demons even believe in God and fear God

Yet, man does not fear God.

They seam to know what man does not know – That death gets its power

To hurt from sin and sin gets its power from the law. Christ has a law that must

be obeyed.

 

There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another? (James 4:12 NKJV)

You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe – and tremble! (James 2:19 NKJV)

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. Luke 12:5

In the same way, when working with Gentiles, I live like a Gentile, outside the Jewish Law, in order to win Gentiles. This does not mean that I don’t obey God’s law; I am really under Christ’s law. 1 Corinthians 9:21

 

Absolute fear of God and his law means no fear of the devil.

Fear of the devil means no fear of God and his law.

So we have to choose whom to fear and respect – God or the devil.

The one who fears the devil fears judgement or punishment

But Jesus and His blood is the cure

For sin, judgement and fear.

 

Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. Hebrews 2: 14

 

May we exalt Christ

And obey His law and good news.

May we pray for extraordinary grace

To live in the fear of the Lord like Jesus did.

May our fear of the Lord not be fear of punishment

But reverential and holy respect for Him

And the laws of life.

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He Called Him Darling

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He Called Him Darling

 

Another event that took place

In the spirit.

 

In this vision, the Lord

Showed me a group of people

Traveling.

They were worn out,

Tired, weary and very dehydrated.

 

I was standing at a distance

Watching keenly.

The Lord went into the crowd

And singled out a man

Who looked Asian.

 

He is of course

Living on earth but on

A spiritual journey like

Everyone else.

 

The man was so weary

He was almost fainting.

 

The Lord said, “darling!”

held Him

In His arms, hugged Him

And pulled Him out of that group,

With so much love and compassion.

 

When the Lord called him darling,

my mouth and eyes flew

open in shock.

 

Then the Lord looked straight

At me and said,

‘Yes, he is my darling,’

Are you shocked that I called him darling?

He is my darling and I will deliver him.’

Then the vision came to an end.

 

No matter how shocking it is,

We are all darlings to Him and

Precious to Him.

We are His beloved and

He loves us that much.

 

He does not differentiate

Gender when he loves us

Or says darling.

We are all precious to Him.

 

What He wanted to impress

On my mind is that

Regardless of our gender

We are His darlings

And He loves us deeply

With tender, eternal, divine love.

Praise God!

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Hooked On You

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Hooked On You

I am hooked on you
bound to you
And attached to you,
Jesus,
My resurrection and my life.
You have become
The anchor for my soul.
 
 
I think of you
And meditate on your word.
Your wonders and salvation
Fill my eyes,
And make me
Love you more
Everyday.
 
Jesus,
I am hooked on you
Because only you
Can do
What no man can do.
 
I’m helpless without you
I’m weak without you
And I’m desperate for you
Because you are the air I breathe.
Where you go
I will go.
I will follow you wholly,
And thank you in every circumstance,
Rejoicing in your salvation and redemption
Celebrating your love
Because you are my food and water
And I am hooked on you – your word and glory.
 
Take me
Wash me
Mold me
Clothe me
Feed me
Beautify me
And crown me.
 
I definitely cannot live without you
And I need more
Of your wisdom
And glory, everyday,
That is why I am
Hooked on you.

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Don’t Despise Me

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Don’t Despise Me

 

A long time ago

When I was still in a Church

That confesses Christ in lips

But delights in idolatry and false worship,

I had a vision.

 

 

Prior to the vision

I saw myself as one of the

Best lovers of God

Believing that my love for God

Was somehow almost unparalleled and unmatched

In its fervor and intensity.

 

I loved God quite alright

But the God I loved

Was my false idea of God,

And I did not know that.

 

I wallowed in deception

And delusion

Until I had this vision.

 

I was lying down

On my bed,

When I was suddenly transported

Into the Kingdom of God.

 

I was in a very large congregation

And the crowd was limitless.

 

A mighty Angel made

This announcement,

” All bow down and worship

The King of Kings

And Lord of Lords.”

 

Immediately he said this,

Every being in that congregation

Fell on their knees, bowed and worshipped,

Except me.

 

So sad – I was the only one

Who was standing.

I was not only standing,

I had my head turned away and tilted to a funny proud angle

With an ugly snear plastered all over my face.

 

I was looking at everyone with scorn

And wondering what they were doing.

I was perplexed and confused

Not understanding why they were

All bowing, kneeling and worshipping

Before Christ – I was so confused.

 

Then I found my self on my bed and

He said to me,

‘Don’t despise me, don’t despise me, worship me.”

I was greatly dumbfounded and shocked,

Wow!

 

I was so surprised at that revelation.

It was certainly a “rude awakening” and an unpleasant discovery.

However, it was the beginning of the renewal of my mind.

 

My false bubble burst, and

I realized then

That I did not really love Christ

But the Church I was born into

And it’s doctrines.

 

I honestly, honestly,

Thought I loved Christ

But the Lord Himself

Just showed me that

I despised Him.

 

He did not say, “don’t hate me.”

He said, “don’t despise me.”

 

I loved the doctrines

And the religion

But I was hostile and

Not submissive

To the word of God.

 

Sometime later

The Lord spoke to me and said,

“How can you love someone you don’t understand.”

 

I have always had the habit of telling Him

I love Him and how much I love Him

But He challenged that love

And led me to love Him the right way,

Through the word of God

And not through the doctrines of men.

 

To worship Him means

To exalt and love the word of God in humility,

Trust, faith and surrender.

 

He made me realize

That I could only love Him by understanding Him,

And the only way to understand Him

Is through His word.

 

He revealed to me that

To understand is to see someone spiritually

And to see someone spiritually is to love that person.

Love comes from spiritual sight and love and understanding

Go hand in hand.

 

In our relationship with Him,

We cannot love Him

Without spiritual sight or understanding

And this comes only

Through the word of God.

 

Can we really love Christ

And despise the word of God?

 

The truth is if you hate the word of God

You hate Christ.

Anti Christ means anti word of God.

The Christ that you think you love,

While vehemently rejecting the word of God,

Is a mirage, a fantasy and a delusion.

It is a false Christ, manufactured

And made up by the doctrines of men

To worship and glorify self, man

And mans depravity.

 

Any Christ that leads us to

Reject, contradict and despise the word of God,

Is an anti Christ.

 

I was wallowing deep in the mud,

With a false Christ,

However He woke me up

And led me to the real Christ,

Who is the word of God.

I definitely appreciate my “rude awakening.”

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He Must Increase

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He Must Increase

This verse holds a great key

To victory in Christ.

For Christ to increase in us

And for us to decrease

Means that the word of God

Must constantly grow and increase

In us.

 

 

For Him to increase

Means that we reject every thought

Or idea that contradicts

The word of God,

And exalt the word of God alone.

 

If God says we are forgiven and

Our punishments are canceled,

We accept this like children

And thank Him.

 

If God says

Making images for prayer,

Is idol worship,

We accept this word like

Little children and obey it.

 

If God says that He does not

Live in temples made by human hands,

We reject so called holy or anointed oil,

Salt, water, alters, handkerchiefs

And other physical materials that take the place

God and prevent us from

Seeking the face of God

For His glory to descend.

 

We accept that the God

Who made heaven and earth

Cannot be locked

Up in a bottle of oil, water etc

To be controlled and released at will.

 

“However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says: (Acts 7:48 NKJV)

 

‘Heaven is My throne,

And earth is My footstool.

What house will you build for Me? says the LORD,

Or what is the place of My rest? Has My hand not made all these things?‘

 

“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you (Acts 7:49 – 7:51 NKJV)

 

To reject the word of God

Is to resist the Holy Spirit.

It means that we despise Christ,

Profane the blood of Jesus,

And resist the Spirit of Grace.

 

For Him to increase means

Absolute humility,

As we constantly agree

With His truth – the word of God.

 

For us to decrease,

Means that every thought or idea,

In us that opposes and contradicts

The word of God

Must be rejected

So that they do not act as weeds

That choke the word of God

To death like in the

Parable of the sower.

 

As we exalt the word of God,

Abide in Him,

And allow the Holy Spirit

To control us and direct our lives,

Christ will produce

More and more fruits

Through us – His branches.

 

The more of Him in us

Is the less of self.

As He grows in us,

Through the word of God

Dwelling richly in us,

Our own contradictory ideologies,

Beliefs, doubts, dreams and desires

Will gradually give way

To Him and His word alone.

 

The more we die to self,

Through growth in the word of God,

The more His presence is released

Upon us.

 

Then we can truly

Know that the Christ that is in us,

Is the hope of glory

Through experiential knowledge

Of Him.

 

When we die to self,

Through His word dwelling fully in us

Meaning absolute surrender

To His word,

The power of Christ

Will rest upon us.

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The Heavenly Ballroom

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The Heavenly Ballroom

The Heavenly Ballroom

I can remember

That night in London so well.

 

 

I had spent several hours

Thanking the Lord

For His precious blood

That set me free.

 

This thanksgiving was

In obedience to the revelations

He had given me

Several times

About the importance of gratitude

And thanksgiving and celebrating Him

For His great salvation

And redemption

Given to us

Through His precious blood.

 

As I made melody in my heart

To Him,

And thanked Him

With love and worship,

I fell into a trance.

 

I was suddenly

In a glorious and spacious ballroom

In heaven.

 

There were many of us

All dressed in extraordinarily beautiful

White garments,

Studded with indescribable

Gemstones.

 

My gown was so breathtaking

In beauty that I still marvel

At the delightful recall.

 

We sat and waited

For that one special one

In eager anticipation

Of dancing with Him.

 

Suddenly,

He appeared in that glorious

Ballroom,

Breathtaking and powerful

In appearance and beauty.

Then I woke up

From my trance,

Wishing

That the trance had lasted

A bit longer.

 

He appeared because

I obeyed Him,

And rejoiced in His salvation

With thanksgiving and love.

 

As a result,

The word of God

Penetrated deep into me

With His glorious presence

And cleaned my garments

Washing me

White as snow

Leading to intimacy and fellowship.

 

The word of God

Is glorious and powerful.

It is the word of God – the good news of salvation

That saves our souls,

As we accept it,

And cling to it

In thanksgiving, praise and worship.

 

May we constantly glorify

The word of God – the good news

Of our redemption and salvation

Amen.

 

Hallelujah Jesus

Conquered death, sin, hell and the grave.

He has given us victory

Praise God!

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The Implanted Word

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The Implanted Word

Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. (James 1:21 ESV)

The Bible says that the blood of Jesus saves and here we can see another kind of salvation by the word of God. This means that even though the blood of Jesus has saved us and still saves us, if we reject the word of God that points us towards dependence on the blood of Jesus, praise, thanksgiving, worship, prayer and obedience, our souls will die from lack of faith and nourishment.

The word of God is the water, food and meat that nourishes, builds up and strengthens the soul. Without the word of God, we are finished and faith will become impossible. What do we base faith on? The word of a God.

So it is vital to accept the precious word that saves and transforms the soul.

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Marching Forward

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Marching Forward

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls. (Hebrews 10:39 ESV)

This scripture is telling us that those who shrink back from following Christ get destroyed. We are encouraged to have faith and preserve our souls. The only way to do this is to follow Christ at all cost – In plenty and hunger, poverty and wealth, sickness and health, sadness and joy.

God does not like the bad times but sometimes, we pass through difficulties as a result of inherited afflictions, trials, judgement or persecution.

In times like this, we must respond positively by seeking God’s help and grace but we must never give up or say it is God’s will. God does not enjoy evil or seeing people suffer.

All we need to do is be humble enough to wait upon Him and seek His face in prayer, obedience and worship. He wants absolute trust and dependence and as he sees our loving and positive response to difficulties, he steps in and rescues us.

We must not turn back but keep marching forward to spiritual maturity and heaven.

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No More Sacrifices

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No More Sacrifices

Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin (Hebrews 10:18 ESV)

So let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, with hearts that have been purified from a guilty conscience and with bodies washed with clean water. Hebrew 10:22

For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. (Hebrews 10:14 ESV)

Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself (Hebrews 9:25-26)

Christ, however, offered one sacrifice for sins, an offering that is effective forever, and then he sat down at the right side of God. Hebrews 10:12

 

 

Because we have been forgiven

There is no longer

Any need for sin offerings

Or offerings for sin

 

 

Men are naturally born

With guilty conscience

That tells them that

They must pay for their sins

 

The truth is that

Man cannot pay for sins

Because no payment

Is enough to achieve forgiveness

Of sins

 

That was why God sent

His son Jesus

To pay for our sins with

His precious blood

 

Earthly religions

Are centered around

Offerings for sins

And sacrifices for sins

 

Even the religions that do

Not appear to offer sacrifices

Have hidden or secret sacrifices

Offered on their behalf

By religious leaders

Who hide it from

Their members

 

These leaders or Pastors

Are known as

Secret Priests

And the sacrifices they offer

Rob their victims

To pay the beneficiaries

 

Even the churches that claim

To sacrifice Jesus again

Are in great error

Jesus died once

He cannot suffer over

And over again

With continuous sacrifices.

He suffered once

He died once

With one sacrifice

He obtained eternal salvation

 

God condemns all forms

Of sacrifices

Whether hidden, secret

Or open

Because they appear innocent externally

But they are inherently evil

In the spirit world

 

Without the shedding of blood

There is no forgiveness of sins

So rejecting the blood of Jesus

Means that man is offering

Another blood for forgiveness

And freedom

He is looking for salvation elsewhere

And that salvation must come through blood

 

Any other offering or sacrifice

For sin is an abomination

Before God

And the priests

And beneficiaries of those

Offerings stand condemned before God

 

For this reason,

We must reject every other

Form of salvation and forgiveness

That is not dependent on the blood

Of Jesus

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His Laws On Our Hearts

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His Laws On Our Hearts

His Laws On Our Hearts

I will put my laws on their hearts,

and write them on their minds (Hebrews 10:16 ESV)

 

No matter how hard

We try,

We can never write the

Word of God on our hearts

By our own power.

 

 

Only the Holy Spirit

Can do that.

He is the teacher

Who has the power

To plant the word of God

Deep in our hearts and minds.

 

He is the only one

That can give spiritual understanding

Or light

He gives knowledge and wisdom.

 

As we desire the sincere

Milk of the word, and

Meditate and pray

For wisdom, revelation and understanding

He will open our minds and hearts

And plant and write His words in our hearts

 

When He does that,

And there is no miscarriage

Or abortion

And the word of God grows

To maturity,

We will then bear

hundred fold fruits

The fruits and virtues of Love

Joy, hope, peace, faith and many others

Will shine from our hearts

Into our daily lives

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