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LIVING IN THE GOSPEL We celebrate the birth of Jesus at Christmas. The death and resurrection at Easter and depending on what part of the Church you're in you may talk about His return a little or a lot. This is how many of us think about the gospel. The gospel is the presentation we hear to bring us to salvation and after that.... well it depends on what kind of church you go to. The Lord has really been dealing with me on the Christian life the last several weeks. Yesterday the Lord asked me what the gospel was, so I quickly responded; the birth, death, resurrection and coming of the Lord. Is that it? Well you can get into more detail, but in a nutshell..... I then started thinking about when the last time I heard a full fledged gospel message in church and I couldn't remember. Here in America we can start to view the Christian life as what God can and will do for us. How He will help us, heal us and bless us. While that is true, Jesus died to open up the way for a relationship with God. That is more than just about how we can have what we want from God. As I've been spending time with the Lord these last couple of days, I've realized I need to get reacquainted with the gospel and understand how the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus impacts every part of my life. This is the start of a journey, I don't know what it will bring except a clearer understanding of the gospel, a closer relationship with Jesus and the grace to live the crucified life. #thoughts #reflection #christianity #faith #holiness #life #gospelHappy Constitution DayWHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD FOR MY LIFE? "For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God; and that no man transgress and defraud his brother in the matter because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you before and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification. So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you." 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 NASB In short, the will of God is for us to walk rightly before Him in relationship. But what about..... The "what abouts" are secondary. In Matthew six Jesus talks about needing clothes and food and the needs of our daily lives. In taking about our needs and our desires, He said this. Matthew 6:33-34 AMPC "But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble." When we seek God for Himself, He will make sure we have what we need. When we get focused on need it takes our eyes off of Him and puts it on things. When our eyes are on things, that's when we get off track. Look unto Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith. #devotionalthought #holiness #sanctification #kingdom #needs #desires #faith #life #wholenessIt is past 3 AM in Israel. In a few hours polls will open for another election. Pray that Prime Minister Netanyahu will win and the Likud will have a majority.JOHN WESLEY- MATTHEW 5:17-20 "2From all this we may learn, that there is no contrariety at all between the law and the gospel; that there is no need for the law to pass away, in order to the establishing of the gospel. Indeed neither of them supersedes the other, but they agree perfectly well together. Yea, the very same words, considered in different respects, are parts both of the law and of the gospel. If they are considered as commandments, they are parts of the law: if as promises, of the gospel. Thus, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart," when considered as a commandment, is a branch of the law; when regarded as a promise, is an essential part of the gospel; -- the gospel being no other than the commands of the law proposed by way of promises. Accordingly poverty of spirit, purity of heart, and whatever else is enjoined in the holy law of God, are no other, when viewed in a gospel light, than so many great and precious promises. 3. There is, therefore, the closest connexion that can be conceived between the law and the gospel. On the one hand, the law continually makes way for, and points us to the gospel; on the other, the gospel continually leads us to a more exact fulfilling of the law. The law, for instance, requires us to love God, to love our neighbour, to be meek, humble, or holy. We feel that we are not sufficient for these things; yea, that "with man this is impossible:" But we see a promise of God, to give us that love, and to make us humble, meek, and holy: We lay hold of this gospel, of these glad tidings; it is done unto us according to our faith; and "the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us," through faith which is in Christ Jesus. We may yet farther observe, that every command in holy writ is only a covered promise. For by that solemn declaration, "This is the covenant I will make after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws in your minds, and write them in your hearts," God hath engaged to give whatsoever he commands. Does he command us then to "pray without ceasing" To "rejoice evermore" "To be holy as He is holy" It is enough. He will work in us this very thing. It shall be unto us according to his word."Praying for people's hearts to be open to the message of the Jewish roots and standing with Israel. #Repost @larryhuchministries (@get_repost) ・・・ A special video from Pastor Larry from the Gold Coast in Australia! Stand with us in prayer for God to move mightily during these meetings!2-0 !!!!There is a lot of talk about a great end time revival, but what is it? Is it miracles, signs and wonders? Is it churches being packed? The more I read Scripture the more I am convinced that the great revival we will see is two fold; Jews recieving Yeshua as their Messiah and the Church embracing the Jewish roots. There may be what we consider miracles, signs and wonders happen in the midst of the other, but these will be secondary. Remember the words of Jesus in Matthew 24:5 in the Passion Translation, "For many will appear on the scene claiming my authority or saying about themselves, ‘I am God’s Anointed,’ and they will lead many astray." They won't necessarily claim to be the savior, just claim to have an anointing. This leads to the great falling away. As much as we in the Church like revival we must keep our eyes on Jesus and walk in discernment. We can't get so focused on revival and healing that we could be lead astray by a minister who walks in "the anointing" but isn't following Jesus or preaching His gospel. Matthew 7:15-23 (MSG) “Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don’t be impressed with charisma; look for character. Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook. These diseased trees with their bad apples are going to be chopped down and burned. “Knowing the correct password—saying ‘Master, Master,’ for instance—isn’t going to get you anywhere with me. What is required is serious obedience— doing what my Father wills. I can see it now—at the Final Judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, ‘Master, we preached the Message, we bashed the demons, our God-sponsored projects had everyone talking.’ And do you know what I am going to say? ‘You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don’t impress me one bit. You’re out of here.’" I know these may be heavy words for a Sunday morning but they are words we need to hear. #sundaymorning #thought #endtimes #revival #returning #jewishroots #awakening #fallingaway #thereismoreMy copy of Dr. Brown's new book arrived today. Preparing myself emotionally to read the expanded edition. The history of Christian antisemitism is heartbreaking. It is important for us to understand the mistakes of church history and to embrace the Jewish roots of our Christian faith. You can get your copy at askdrbrown.org or christianbook.com #drmichaelbrown #churchhistory #jewishhistory #jewishroots #historyAs I work my way through the sermons of John Wesley I have reached the first of thirteen messages on The Sermon on the Mount. I have a feeling I will get a lot out of these thirteen messages. But first, I will read Matthew 5-7 before the Reverend expounds on the words of Jesus. #saturday #readingday #johnwesley #jesus #sermononthemount #disciple #theology #holinessSEEING & UNDERSTANDING "Christian formation also includes critical periods, or what Robert Havighurst calls "teachable moments". These are moments when a person is ready to learn and understand a concept. There are times when, because of general patterns of growth and individual circumstances, people are not ready to deal with certain issues. This is the case for faith as well."" - On The Way: A Practical Theology of Christian Formation, Les L. Steele These words are so true in my life right now. There are times when God tries to show us things but because of unwillingness or immaturity, or a combination of both we refuse to see what He's trying to show us or hear what He is saying. But God is gracious and He'll wait a while and then bring it back around again to see if we're ready to deal with it. 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