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SUMMARY:The thousand years of the waters
DESCRIPTION:Ezekiel 47:3-5\n3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward\, he measured a thousand cubits\, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.\n4 Again he measured a thousand\, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand\, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.\n5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters had risen\, waters to swim in\, a river that could not be passed over. \nThis message is spiritually very deep and strong food if one understands it depth they will understand the purpose of God’s creation. \nFrist the word waters in the Old Testament has other meanings like waste water of washing of feet and even piss (urine). But in the New Testament the word comes from its origin which is either rain or river. Waters in principle symbolized understanding\, stagnant water symbolizes sin\, fresh following water like spring\, fountain or river symbolizes understanding that gives life\, little rain symbolizes mercy (former rain)\, sufficient rain symbolizes grace (later rain) but very heavy rain that kills symbolizes God’s wrath (like Noah’ floods). \nIn the Old Testament even though people had close encounter with the Lord in the natural\, yet they were far from the understanding of the Kingdom of God. Even a person like Solomon who was blessing in great wisdom was also far from the true understanding of the Kingdom of God (understanding of the truth came through Jesus Christ – Spirit of Truth which He gave us). Having knowledge\, having wisdom and having understanding are not the same thing but are different even though they are closely related to each other. \nThe Hebrew word ‘ephec’ translated as ankle actually means ‘nothing’. The word ‘mothen’ translated as loin means slender (that why translated sometimes as hip for woman and loin for man). The words ‘ets’ translated as trees also means wood and comes from the root word which means shut\, so more refers to a fence. The word ‘berek’ translated as knee come from the word ‘barak’ which means blessing or curse. The Hebrew word translated as sea also means west and west or right symbolizes righteousness and east or left side symbolizes away from righteousness. That is why earth and hell are to the east of Heaven (Eden) that is why God put a flaming sword and Cherubs to the east to prevent man and fallen angle from entering it. \nIn today message the waters speaks of evil and the stages of evil. In the start there was no evil\, then evil came into existence and became a curse\, over a long time evil grew and grew but yet was slender but near the end evil grows to a stage it becomes impossible for man to survive in this evil. Even though this evil grows God has set a limit to it flourishing. The Lord is telling us then a stage come where He cause evil to move towards righteousness and when it comes in contact with righteousness evil ceases to exist. Later we see the waters change and cause life to blossom. \nThe Lord is telling us to look around and we will see evil flourishing. He telling us not to be disheartened He is God and has set a limit to it. He tells us if we need to do away with evil we need to get people to follow His righteousness (abide by His Word) and the moment righteousness comes into the picture\, evil will cease to exist. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord\, when people see evil flourish they get disheartened\, but You Lord have always said do not fear. Lord we know You are Almighty God and everything is under your control. You have set limits to this evil and You will not allow it to consume your people for each and everyone’s name You have already written in Book of Life. Lord we pray your people instead of fearing evil counter it with righteousness and thus overcome evil… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nEzekiel 47:6-10\n6 And he said to me\, Son of man\, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me\, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.\n7 Now when I had returned\, behold\, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.\n8 Then said he to me\, These waters issue out toward the east country\, and go down into the desert\, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea\, the waters shall be healed.\n9 And it shall come to pass\, that every thing that liveth\, which moveth\, wherever the rivers shall come\, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish\, because these waters shall come there: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live where the river cometh.\n10 And it shall come to pass\, that the fishermen shall stand upon it from Engedi even to Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds\, as the fish of the great sea\, very many. \nIsaiah 17:13 – The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them\, and they shall flee far off\, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind\, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. \nIsaiah 51:9-11\n9 Awake\, awake\, put on strength\, O arm of the LORD; awake\, as in the ancient days\, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab\, and wounded the dragon?\n10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea\, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?\n11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return\, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
URL:https://savedbyfaith.info/event/the-thousand-years-of-the-waters/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20140502T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20140502T170000
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SUMMARY:Who is giving the Word?
DESCRIPTION:Amos 8:12 – And they shall wander from sea to sea\, and from the north even to the east\, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD\, and shall not find it. \nIn the times of Jeremiah the Israelites did their own things in the name of the Lord and when the Lord warned them through Jeremiah\, they did not want to hear him. They told him not to speak strong things but speak smooth things which do not cause them to change their way of life\, their belief. \nIn today’s date we see the people are still behaving like the way Israelites did during the time of Jeremiah. Christians today are doing their own things and they are doing them with so much devotion that even God is amazed; amazed not at their devotion but at what they are doing and believing in. He starts to wonder where and when did He give this understanding to His people. This is not with just ordinary preachers but even famous preachers like the kind which come on TV; they too are teaching things which are contrary to the Word of God. They do not go perpendicular to the Word\, but instead of going with the Word their teaching slowly starts to bend away such that it is very hard for ordinary person to notice\, it is only after a long time does some realize they were taken for a ride. People are encapsulated by these preachers by seeing their gifting. \nWhen someone gives them the real Word they find it hard to accept and thus shun away that person. Many a times over a period of time that person also gets frustrated\, starts to compromise and lands up also preaching the worldly teachings. \nThe people cry to the Lord about problems and persecution\, at the same time they do not want to hear the Lord or His solution to their problems via His Word. They just want God to do their thing\, their way. \nWe see a new lot of young Believers that have been arising in this world. Youth with a hunger and thirst for the Kingdom of God but sadly they do not get people who teach them the Word of God. They land up with preachers and teachers who are teaching them worldly things in the name of the Lord. The Lord is telling us He feels for this spiritually young generation and has concern for them. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord\, we pray for teachers of the Word that teach according to your heart. We pray a great fire in their bones such that this fire is not extinguished by the pressure of this world. We pray the young be saved and do not become victims for vanity following vain things but be built on solid foundation of the Truth… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nAmos 8:11-13\n11 Behold\, the days come\, saith the Lord GOD\, that I will send a famine in the land\, not a famine of bread\, nor a thirst for water\, but of hearing the words of the LORD:\n12 And they shall wander from sea to sea\, and from the north even to the east\, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD\, and shall not find it.\n13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. \nIsaiah 30:9-13\n9 That this is a rebellious people\, lying children\, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:\n10 Which say to the seers\, See not; and to the prophets\, Prophesy not unto us right things\, speak unto us smooth things\, prophesy deceits:\n11 Get you out of the way\, turn aside out of the path\, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.\n12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel\, Because ye despise this word\, and trust in oppression and perverseness\, and stay thereon:\n13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall\, swelling out in a high wall\, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
URL:https://savedbyfaith.info/event/who-is-giving-the-word/
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SUMMARY:The thousand years of the waters
DESCRIPTION:Ezekiel 47:3-5\n3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward\, he measured a thousand cubits\, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.\n4 Again he measured a thousand\, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand\, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.\n5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters had risen\, waters to swim in\, a river that could not be passed over. \nThis message is spiritually very deep and strong food if one understands it depth they will understand the purpose of God’s creation. \nFrist the word waters in the Old Testament has other meanings like waste water of washing of feet and even piss (urine). But in the New Testament the word comes from its origin which is either rain or river. Waters in principle symbolized understanding\, stagnant water symbolizes sin\, fresh following water like spring\, fountain or river symbolizes understanding that gives life\, little rain symbolizes mercy (former rain)\, sufficient rain symbolizes grace (later rain) but very heavy rain that kills symbolizes God’s wrath (like Noah’ floods). \nIn the Old Testament even though people had close encounter with the Lord in the natural\, yet they were far from the understanding of the Kingdom of God. Even a person like Solomon who was blessing in great wisdom was also far from the true understanding of the Kingdom of God (understanding of the truth came through Jesus Christ – Spirit of Truth which He gave us). Having knowledge\, having wisdom and having understanding are not the same thing but are different even though they are closely related to each other. \nThe Hebrew word ‘ephec’ translated as ankle actually means ‘nothing’. The word ‘mothen’ translated as loin means slender (that why translated sometimes as hip for woman and loin for man). The words ‘ets’ translated as trees also means wood and comes from the root word which means shut\, so more refers to a fence. The word ‘berek’ translated as knee come from the word ‘barak’ which means blessing or curse. The Hebrew word translated as sea also means west and west or right symbolizes righteousness and east or left side symbolizes away from righteousness. That is why earth and hell are to the east of Heaven (Eden) that is why God put a flaming sword and Cherubs to the east to prevent man and fallen angle from entering it. \nIn today message the waters speaks of evil and the stages of evil. In the start there was no evil\, then evil came into existence and became a curse\, over a long time evil grew and grew but yet was slender but near the end evil grows to a stage it becomes impossible for man to survive in this evil. Even though this evil grows God has set a limit to it flourishing. The Lord is telling us then a stage come where He cause evil to move towards righteousness and when it comes in contact with righteousness evil ceases to exist. Later we see the waters change and cause life to blossom. \nThe Lord is telling us to look around and we will see evil flourishing. He telling us not to be disheartened He is God and has set a limit to it. He tells us if we need to do away with evil we need to get people to follow His righteousness (abide by His Word) and the moment righteousness comes into the picture\, evil will cease to exist. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord\, when people see evil flourish they get disheartened\, but You Lord have always said do not fear. Lord we know You are Almighty God and everything is under your control. You have set limits to this evil and You will not allow it to consume your people for each and everyone’s name You have already written in Book of Life. Lord we pray your people instead of fearing evil counter it with righteousness and thus overcome evil… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nEzekiel 47:6-10\n6 And he said to me\, Son of man\, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me\, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.\n7 Now when I had returned\, behold\, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.\n8 Then said he to me\, These waters issue out toward the east country\, and go down into the desert\, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea\, the waters shall be healed.\n9 And it shall come to pass\, that every thing that liveth\, which moveth\, wherever the rivers shall come\, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish\, because these waters shall come there: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live where the river cometh.\n10 And it shall come to pass\, that the fishermen shall stand upon it from Engedi even to Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds\, as the fish of the great sea\, very many. \nIsaiah 17:13 – The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them\, and they shall flee far off\, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind\, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. \nIsaiah 51:9-11\n9 Awake\, awake\, put on strength\, O arm of the LORD; awake\, as in the ancient days\, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab\, and wounded the dragon?\n10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea\, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?\n11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return\, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
URL:https://savedbyfaith.info/event/the-thousand-years-of-the-waters-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20140503T080000
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SUMMARY:Christians are called to die
DESCRIPTION:Romans 8:36 – As it is written\, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. \nWhen Paul wrote this verse he was referring to Psalms 44:22. People think this verse speaks of our physically dying as martyrs for God’s people. \nThere was a brother on whom someone prophesized that he would die as a martyr for Christ and this brother took it very seriously\, this affected the way he looked at life and his mission in the Lord. When I prayed to the Lord on this I did not get any such message so I explained things to him and caused him to change his mind set. Today many years have passed and this brother still works with purpose not of death but of life. \nA soldier fights for his country so that the people of his country have good life. He knows death is a great reality for the kind of work he has taken. But he does not become a crazy man and just go and die in the battle\, he knows he being alive as long as he can is necessary so that the battle is won. His mission is not to die but to have victory. Similarly a cricketer playing test cricket knows he will get out so does not close his eyes and just swing his bat around to try to make runs quickly. He knows this is a long match so he has to remain at the wicket as long as he can so that he scores and his teams scores. He will also not remain at the wicket just defending the ball not making runs\, that will make his team lose\, but he will take risk shorts in between\, that too calculated risk shoots not blind risk shoots. If we study Jesus’ 3 years ministry (that is recorded)\, He played it like a test match and not like a 20-20 tournament. \nIf we read the today’s verse it says ‘for thy sake we are killed all day long’. If a person dies he does not take the whole day to die. Physical death is instant\, so this verse is not talking of physical death. When I check both the scriptures in their original text (Psalms 44:22 – Hebrew and Romans 8:36 – Greek) both of them are very clear in what they say\, but the English translation projects a different message. The word used for sheep in both is ‘sheep of slaughter’ not ‘sheep for the slaughter’. You may ask\, what’s the difference between them? They both die. No doubt they both die\, the ‘sheep for slaughter’ is a sheep killed for the consumption of man but the ‘sheep of slaughter’ speaks of the sacrificial sheep\, killed for God. We are ‘sheep of slaughter’ not ‘sheep for slaughter’. We die for God’s Kingdom while serving his people and not die for the people while doing ‘God’s work’. We are not called to die for a religion or while doing religious works. \nEveryone’s coming into this world and leaving it is in the Hand of the Lord\, the only difference about people of God is their life on earth is a fulfilment and their journey a pleasure for God. \nA living soldier is of greater value than a dead soldier to the army\, but a scared living soldier is a great liability to the army. \nLet us be soldiers that have no fear of death but let us know we have a mission for which we live and we have to complete it before we sleep. If we are in the Lord and walk by His Spirit then we will successfully complete our mission and do our part of the race so as to win our high crown in Heaven. \nWe are called to die not to our enemy but to ourselves; to die to our flesh\, our carnal nature\, surrendering to God and His purpose of saving His people. Unless we do not carry the Ark of Covenant (CROSS) we will not have victory and to carry it we need to be a Levite\, separated from this world and things of this world\, depending only on God for all our needs. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord\, a shepherd put his life at risk against wild animals but he knows his purpose is to protect and lead his sheep. When David faced wild like the bear and the lion animals as a shepherd\, You Lord gave him all the courage and strength to devour them. You protected him from them. We know Lord when we are in You\, You do not let us be victims of our enemies until we have finished our purpose here on earth. You will not let us sleep with our mission incomplete… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nPsalms 44:22 – Yea\, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. \nRomans 8:35-39\n35 What shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation\, or distress\, or persecution\, or famine\, or nakedness\, or peril\, or sword?\n36 As it is written\, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.\n37 But\, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.\n38 For I am persuaded\, that neither death\, nor life\, nor angels\, nor principalities\, nor powers\, nor things present\, nor things to come\,\n39 Nor height\, nor depth\, nor any other created thing\, shall be able to separate us from the love of God\, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. \nZechariah 11:15-17\n15 And the LORD said unto me\, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.\n16 For\, lo\, I will raise up a shepherd in the land\, which shall not visit those that be cut off\, neither shall seek the young one\, nor heal that that is broken\, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat\, and tear their claws in pieces.\n17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm\, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up\, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. \nJames 1:12 – Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried\, he shall receive the crown of life\, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. \n1 Peter 4:1-4\n1 The elders which are among you I exhort\, who am also an elder\, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ\, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:\n2 Feed the flock of God which is among you\, taking the oversight thereof\, not by constraint\, but willingly; not for filthy lucre\, but of a ready mind;\n3 Neither as being lords over God’s heritage\, but being ensamples to the flock.\n4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear\, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
URL:https://savedbyfaith.info/event/christians-are-called-to-die/
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SUMMARY:Replacing Gold with Brass
DESCRIPTION:2 Chronicles 12:9\, 10 – So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem\, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD\, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass\, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard\, that kept the entrance of the king’s house. \nI just attended a marriage of an anointed worship leader and the ceremony took rather a long time. Later I came to know the Pastors were murmuring that it pasted the 6:00pm deadline. It was not a Church deadline but deadline according to local belief that all vows should be done before the sun goes down and they wanted to keep the law of the land. The Pastor who was telling me this was upset with their behaviour and he was stating ‘we are not under law but under grace’. I also came to know they had caused the couple to do some Hindu ceremonies performed before marriage in the name of tradition. \nSurely anyone with little discernment will feel sad at the first lot who believe in keeping pagan beliefs and follow pagan ceremonies of the land as Christians. But a person well rooted in scriptural understand will also feel pity for the second lot who do not know what law Paul spoke about when he stated we are not under the law but under grace. If they read the very next lines Paul talks about\, we being set free from the law of sin and have become servants of righteousness. Do people know the meaning of righteousness? Can anyone be righteous without Law? \nRighteousness means one who keeps the Will of God and the Will of God is the Commandment of God and the Commandment of God is the Law of God\, so righteousness is when we abide by the Law of God. Can we be lawless people and be under grace? Grace comes by faith and faith means believing in the truth. This believing does not mean just verbal believe but also in our doings. James says if I state I believe but do not put what I state into action then I am a hypocrite and liar when I state I have faith. \nIn today’s message during the time of King Rehoboam the Egyptian king raided Israel and took away the treasure of the Lord’s house (temple). If we read about the things that were in the treasure in the Bible\, there were many things but you will notice here the Lord brings our attention especially to the shields made of gold. \nIf we read in Ephesians\, Paul talks of we being armed with a shield of faith. He also specifies this equipment being a very important part of our spiritual armament. He goes on to specify it protects us from the fiery darts (missiles) of the enemy (wicked). \nThe Hebrew word ‘zahab’ translated as gold comes from the root word which means shimmering\, gold symbolizes spiritual riches. The Hebrew word ‘nechosheth’ translated as brass means dubious. The Hebrew words Mitsrayim translated as Egypt comes from the meaning double strait\, it symbolizes those who live a double life\, a worldly life while knowing God. \nToday’s message is telling us because we have been living a life that is worldly\, lost in worldly pleasures we have been robbed of our spiritual gold and we have replaced them with brass. We have replaced the truth with worldly things. \nOnce one comes more to the knowledge of the Truth\, one would be surprise at what the Bible states as Christianity and what Christians follow as Christianity\, how opposite they are. We are so filled with worldly understanding that looks like gold but is just dubious brass. \nIt is time we stop doing our own things in the name of the Lord and start doing things which the Lord has commanded of us if we need to protect ourselves from the fiery missiles of the enemy. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord\, You gave your Word to us so that we be saved and receive life that is eternal and abundant. The enemy desires we do not receive this abundant\, eternal life thus causes us to go against your Word. He fills us with corruption in the name of worldly knowledge and traditions. Lord\, help us to grow in discernment and know right from wrong so that we keep your Word in truth… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nRomans 6:14-18\n14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law\, but under grace.\n15 What then? shall we sin\, because we are not under the law\, but under grace? God forbid.\n16 Know ye not\, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey\, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death\, or of obedience unto righteousness?\n17 But God be thanked\, that ye were the servants of sin\, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.\n18 Being then made free from sin\, ye became the servants of righteousness. \nEphesians 6:16 – Above all\, taking the shield of faith\, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
URL:https://savedbyfaith.info/event/replacing-gold-with-brass/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20140504T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20140504T170000
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CREATED:20251111T065250Z
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UID:559-1399190400-1399222800@savedbyfaith.info
SUMMARY:Replacing Gold with Brass
DESCRIPTION:2 Chronicles 12:9\, 10 – So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem\, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD\, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass\, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard\, that kept the entrance of the king’s house. \nI just attended a marriage of an anointed worship leader and the ceremony took rather a long time. Later I came to know the Pastors were murmuring that it pasted the 6:00pm deadline. It was not a Church deadline but deadline according to local belief that all vows should be done before the sun goes down and they wanted to keep the law of the land. The Pastor who was telling me this was upset with their behaviour and he was stating ‘we are not under law but under grace’. I also came to know they had caused the couple to do some Hindu ceremonies performed before marriage in the name of tradition. \nSurely anyone with little discernment will feel sad at the first lot who believe in keeping pagan beliefs and follow pagan ceremonies of the land as Christians. But a person well rooted in scriptural understand will also feel pity for the second lot who do not know what law Paul spoke about when he stated we are not under the law but under grace. If they read the very next lines Paul talks about\, we being set free from the law of sin and have become servants of righteousness. Do people know the meaning of righteousness? Can anyone be righteous without Law? \nRighteousness means one who keeps the Will of God and the Will of God is the Commandment of God and the Commandment of God is the Law of God\, so righteousness is when we abide by the Law of God. Can we be lawless people and be under grace? Grace comes by faith and faith means believing in the truth. This believing does not mean just verbal believe but also in our doings. James says if I state I believe but do not put what I state into action then I am a hypocrite and liar when I state I have faith. \nIn today’s message during the time of King Rehoboam the Egyptian king raided Israel and took away the treasure of the Lord’s house (temple). If we read about the things that were in the treasure in the Bible\, there were many things but you will notice here the Lord brings our attention especially to the shields made of gold. \nIf we read in Ephesians\, Paul talks of we being armed with a shield of faith. He also specifies this equipment being a very important part of our spiritual armament. He goes on to specify it protects us from the fiery darts (missiles) of the enemy (wicked). \nThe Hebrew word ‘zahab’ translated as gold comes from the root word which means shimmering\, gold symbolizes spiritual riches. The Hebrew word ‘nechosheth’ translated as brass means dubious. The Hebrew words Mitsrayim translated as Egypt comes from the meaning double strait\, it symbolizes those who live a double life\, a worldly life while knowing God. \nToday’s message is telling us because we have been living a life that is worldly\, lost in worldly pleasures we have been robbed of our spiritual gold and we have replaced them with brass. We have replaced the truth with worldly things. \nOnce one comes more to the knowledge of the Truth\, one would be surprise at what the Bible states as Christianity and what Christians follow as Christianity\, how opposite they are. We are so filled with worldly understanding that looks like gold but is just dubious brass. \nIt is time we stop doing our own things in the name of the Lord and start doing things which the Lord has commanded of us if we need to protect ourselves from the fiery missiles of the enemy. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord\, You gave your Word to us so that we be saved and receive life that is eternal and abundant. The enemy desires we do not receive this abundant\, eternal life thus causes us to go against your Word. He fills us with corruption in the name of worldly knowledge and traditions. Lord\, help us to grow in discernment and know right from wrong so that we keep your Word in truth… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nRomans 6:14-18\n14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law\, but under grace.\n15 What then? shall we sin\, because we are not under the law\, but under grace? God forbid.\n16 Know ye not\, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey\, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death\, or of obedience unto righteousness?\n17 But God be thanked\, that ye were the servants of sin\, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.\n18 Being then made free from sin\, ye became the servants of righteousness. \nEphesians 6:16 – Above all\, taking the shield of faith\, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
URL:https://savedbyfaith.info/event/replacing-gold-with-brass-2/
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SUMMARY:Praise Him for His mighty deeds
DESCRIPTION:Psalms 150:2 – Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. \nWhen we are asked to praise God we think about all that the Lord has done and we praise Him for that. \nIf we read the last closing words of John in his autobiography of the Lord Jesus Christ (Gospel of John) we see he calls himself a witness to the great things Jesus did and says if all the things He did were to be written than all the books existing at that time would not be able to hold them. He was not exaggerating what he wrote. \nThe world has changed a lot today. Today we do not make paper with hand but have machines that manufacture them. More than all the paper that existed in the world then during the time of John would now be found today in a small town. Today we are witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ and if we really know the Lord than even today we can say the same words ‘if all that the Lord Jesus Christ has done\, if they were to be written on paper\, all the paper existing today in this world will not be able to hold what the Lord has done’. \nOur Lord is not dead\, even though He has ascended to Heaven yet He has given us His Spirit and His Spirit works amongst us and does mighty works. Many of us can write volumes of all that the Lord has done in our lives and now imagine if all write them down! \nLet us praise our awesome Lord – Who was\, Who is and Who is to come. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord\, You are an awesome God. You are omnipotent and omnipresent. There is no time or place You do not exist. No doubt we do not allow You to work in our lives many a times\, but You Lord are always at hand waiting when to intervene and change things for us. Lord we praise You for even though we have many times restricted You with our faithlessness yet You have done so many mighty works in our live. We pray we grow strong in faith so that by faith we open the doors for You to do even more mighty things in our lives… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nJohn 21:24-25\n24 This is the disciple who testifieth of these things\, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.\n25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did\, which\, if they should be written every one\, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. \n1 Samuel 12:22 – For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
URL:https://savedbyfaith.info/event/praise-him-for-his-mighty-deeds/
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SUMMARY:The main reason Christ died for us
DESCRIPTION:John 16: 7 – Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away\, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I depart\, I will send him to you. \nThere are basic understandings which are not explained or understood by Christian and this is the prime reason that we do not see the power of God work among His people. Christians may have heard it or may know it but they fail in putting it in the right priority. \nWhenever I ask Christians why did Jesus become our sacrifice and die for us\, the instant answer is ‘to wash away our sins’. They do not understand even after all my sins are washed away the day I am baptized in Jesus Christ\, the day I repent and make Him my Lord and Master and accept His sacrifice for the payment for my sins\, yet after that I do continue to sin. All my sins may be washed but the nature to sin still remains in me. Paul says the sacrifice cannot be abuse again and again so then do I remain again in sin. That is why Jesus Christ said just baptism in Him alone is not sufficient we need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit also. A person can enter Heaven only if the person is baptized in Him and in His Spirit (water and Spirit). \nPaul through his letters emphasized about how sin corrupted us and our sins are the output of this corruption that is within us. To overcome this corruption we need to be born again that means put the sin nature of Adam within us to death and bring in the nature of Christ in us. This process is what makes us Sons of God and this process is worked in us only by the Holy Spirit. \nJesus Christ was born of a virgin therefore did not have the sin nature of a human father in Him but He was born 100 percent man so He was exposed to every temptation of the flesh as any other man would be. The Bible says as a child He grew in the Holy Spirit and it was the Holy Spirit who kept Him from sin. The work on the Holy Spirit in Him when He was alive made it possible for Him to resurrect after His death. Had He even sinned one sin then He would have not been able to resurrect. He went to hell because He was forsaken by the Father since He took our sins on Him but He could not be kept in the prison hell because there was no sin in Him. The resurrection power was the power of the Holy Spirit and this power was not demonstrated in hell after He died but on earth when He was alive. \nThe Lord says not by my power and not by my strength but by my Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the most important being in our salvation. Without the Holy Spirit it is impossible for man to be saved and enter Heaven. Man will be saved from hell by his belief in Jesus Christ but he will not get to Heaven unless he lets the Holy Spirit work in him. It is the Holy Spirit who helps us kill the sin nature with in us and helps us to put on the nature of Christ. \nJesus by His sacrifice performed all the sacrifices required for us for washing away our sins and breaking the curses set by God on us\, but the most important thing that His sacrifice did was made available to us His Spirit. The Holy Spirit not only guides us through our walk in Christ but also reveals the truth of the Kingdom of God (through the Word of God) to us and like Jesus said only when we become His disciple and come to know the truth\, the truth will set us free. \nIn the Garden of Eden after man ate of the fruit of Good and Bad and came to know evil\, man lost the knowledge of the truth and that is why the righteousness of God left him and he felt naked. God knowing it is not possible for man to gain back righteousness\, therefore worked for man to know the truth and via knowledge of the truth be covered in the righteousness of His Son Lord Jesus Christ and return back to Him. \nLet us not be lost half way in our journey to Heaven. Jesus Chris is the Way and it is His Spirit that leads us on this Way. It is His Spirit who brings us to the knowledge of the truth so that we can have (eternal) life. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord You paid the price for our sins so that we make be forgiven and we may receive the promise of the Holy Spirit. That by the working of the Holy Spirit we may become again Sons of God and thus enter Heaven our eternal home. Holy Spirit\, take over the reins of our hearts and our minds. You mould us in to Christ\, bring every things that is corrupt inside us into submission and destroy it… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nJohn 3:3-6\n3 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.\n4 Nicodemus saith unto him\, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb\, and be born?\n5 Jesus answered\, Verily\, verily\, I say unto thee\, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit\, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.\n6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. \n1 Peter 1:19-23\n19 But with the precious blood of Christ\, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:\n20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world\, but was manifest in these last times for you\,\n21 Who by him do believe in God\, that raised him up from the dead\, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.\n22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren\, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:\n23 Being born again\, not of corruptible seed\, but of incorruptible\, by the word of God\, which liveth and abideth for ever. \n1 Corinthians 15:42-54\n42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:\n43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:\n44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body\, and there is a spiritual body.\n45 And so it is written\, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.\n46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual\, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.\n47 The first man is of the earth\, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.\n48 As is the earthy\, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly\, such are they also that are heavenly.\n49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy\, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.\n50 Now this I say\, brethren\, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.\n51 Behold\, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep\, but we shall all be changed\,\n52 In a moment\, in the twinkling of an eye\, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound\, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible\, and we shall be changed.\n53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption\, and this mortal must put on immortality.\n54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption\, and this mortal shall have put on immortality\, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written\, Death is swallowed up in victory.
URL:https://savedbyfaith.info/event/the-main-reason-christ-died-for-us/
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SUMMARY:Kingdom of God
DESCRIPTION:Luke 17:20\,21 – And when he was asked by the Pharisees\, when the kingdom of God should come\, he answered them and said\, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say\, Lo here! or\, lo there! for\, behold\, the kingdom of God is within you. \nChristianity came from the Jews; the Jews had the scriptures with them yet they were unable to know the Messiah they were waiting for since ages had already come in their midst. All the Jews knew they were waiting for 2 very important persons to come\, 1st who would be a greater Prophet than Moses who would spiritually free them and the 2nd person who was a king greater than David born from the generations of David. This king they expected to free them from bondages and bring back the Jewish kingdom. They did not imagine that both these identities would be within 1 person a Prophet King. There was one time when they did think Jesus was that Prophet King that was when Jesus came into Jerusalem after brining back Lazarus back to life. \nJesus had bought many dead back to life and among them many were bought back to life after a period passed since their died\, but what about Lazarus caused people to flock behind Jesus that they came with palms to greet Him and they put their coats on the road He passed\, the highest honour given to any being. This I understood as I was helping my daughter with her school project. \nLazarus after his death was mummified according to Egyptian customs which many of the Jews followed as tradition since they dwelled in Egypt. They did that also with the other regimes; they fussed the customs of people of those places where they dwelled into Judaism. When one studies Egyptians mummification process\, one realizes how great a miracle Jesus did thus understand why the Jews were so shocked that they flocked to greet Him with palms. \nIn Egyptian mummification process they first drain the blood from the body and let the little blood that remains within to dry\, this takes about 2 to 3 days. Then they remove all the internal organs out leaving for the heart because it is the organs that decay first. These include the eyes\, intestines\, liver\, kidney and all other internal organs. They would not only remove all the internal organs but also remove the brain however they would keep the heart since they assumed the person would need it in its life after death. \nWhen Jesus bought Lazarus to life He had literally regenerated all his internal organs. It was this miracle that shocked the people and caused the hardened Jews to accept Him as that Messianic Prophet. \nWe need to also note at that time Jesus had healed Bartimaeus a bling Roman who was a Roman rebel and was made blind by the Roman regime had got Jesus into the wanted list therefore there was a warrant issued for Him. But when Jesus entered Jerusalem He came seated on the colt of the ass while the mother ass was walking besides it. This odd scene made them to remember the prophecy of Zachariah that the King would come riding in a ass and its colt\, this cause them to shout ‘Hosanna’ which means ‘be prosperous’\, they had acknowledged Him as Messiah – Prophet and King. This angered the Pharisees further and it also gave them another point to kill Him because the people acknowledge Jesus as their future king\, this is why the Pharisees took advantage and put their plan to kill Jesus also into action immediately. \nThe Jewish people saw and believed and acknowledged but their acknowledgement was temporary. In today’s message Jesus says the Kingdom of God comes not with visual signs but says it is within us. People confuse Kingdom of God with the coming of the Lord (the Son) in His glory. Kingdom of God is where His rule abides\, that means when we abide in the Lord that is abide in His Word this causes Him to be seated on the Throne of our hearts (our will) thus His Kingdom reigns in us. \nIn today’s message the Lord is telling us not to be like the worldly people\, like the Jews who waited for signs to know the coming of the Kingdom of God. They will be waiting and waiting and will be victims of the judgment of God before they see the Kingdom of God. Let us bring the Kingdom of God within us so that we do not fall victim to the judgment of God. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord\, You are God and are capable of doing mighty wonders but You refrain because You desire a willing\, contrite heart that is circumcised. You want us to willingly welcome You into our hearts (inner-man) and seat You on its throne making your Will our will. Lord we pray we do not run after signs and wonders but be sensitive to the little things of your Kingdom so that we bring your Kingdom into our lives and not fear your judgment… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nMatthew 21:1-8\n1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem\, and were come to Bethphage\, unto the mount of Olives\, then sent Jesus two disciples\,\n2 Saying unto them\, Go into the village over against you\, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied\, and a colt with her: loose them\, and bring them unto me.\n3 And if any man say ought unto you\, ye shall say\, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.\n4 All this was done\, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet\, saying\,\n5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion\, Behold\, thy King cometh unto thee\, meek\, and sitting upon an ass\, and a colt the foal of an ass.\n6 And the disciples went\, and did as Jesus commanded them\,\n7 And brought the ass\, and the colt\, and put on them their clothes\, and they set him thereon.\n8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees\, and strawed them in the way. \nJohn 12:9-19\n9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only\, but that they might see Lazarus also\, whom he had raised from the dead.\n10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;\n11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away\, and believed on Jesus.\n12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast\, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem\,\n13 Took branches of palm trees\, and went forth to meet him\, and cried\, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.\n14 And Jesus\, when he had found a young ass\, sat thereon; as it is written\,\n15 Fear not\, daughter of Sion: behold\, thy King cometh\, sitting on an ass’s colt.\n16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified\, then remembered they that these things were written of him\, and that they had done these things unto him.\n17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave\, and raised him from the dead\, bare record.\n18 For this cause the people also met him\, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.\n19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves\, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold\, the world is gone after him.
URL:https://savedbyfaith.info/event/kingdom-of-god/
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SUMMARY:O foolish people slow of heart
DESCRIPTION:Luke 24:27 – And beginning at Moses and all the prophets\, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. \nAfter the women saw the tomb of Jesus empty they ran back and told the disciples of Jesus about it. They immediately came running to confirm what the women saw. As the two people who were walking towards Galilee spoke this to Jesus\, Jesus got upset and told them ‘O foolish men and slow of heart’. Jesus said that not only to them but all for they did not believe everything God said. \nOne may not find these insults very harsh in the English language but when we get into the Greek meanings we will understand how upset Jesus was. \nThe Greek word ‘anoetos’ translated as fool / foolish is the negative of the word Alpha which is used for God. This word does not really mean just an unintelligent person but means a person who ungodly or unlike God. \nThe Greek word ‘bradus’ translated as slow towards a heart / inner-man talks of the inner-being being inactive. It does not only specify a person that does not think. We need to understand our inner man is made of 5 parts. When we say mind we actually refer to two parts\, one is our memory and the other is our thinking or the working table of our mind. The other 3 parts include our will\, our senses which connect to our physical body and our conscience / discernment which connects to our spirit. So when Jesus said slow of heart He referred to all these parts not working or not been used properly. That means other than we not thinking\, it means we do not remember all scriptures but pick and choose what pleases us. We do not put God and His Kingdom as the top agenda or seated on the throne of our hearts and keep some worldly desires over God. We do not use our senses well\, like we see what we want to see and do not register what we do not want to see. We hear what we want to hear and show a deaf ear to the things we do not want to hear etc… It also means we do not discern things in our spirit. \nIt is very sad even after 2000years yet our Church lacks proper understanding of scriptures. It is not that God is not revealing the truth to people about His Kingdom. He does reveal the truth about His Kingdom to some who truly love His Word / Instructions\, but the world does not want to hear them. They push them aside and like to hear things that bridge this world to the Kingdom of God\, since they want to enjoy this world at the same time want eternal life. They do not like to hear things that tell them to reject the things of this world – the understandings of this world\, the pleasures of the world and relationships of this world. They want to have 2 masters – the Lord and the pleasures of this world (money is a means of buying the pleasures of this world). \nToday again the Lord is telling us Old Testament and New Testament does not mean the Old Word and the New Word. It does not mean everything or anything the Prophets wrote before Jesus is invalid. It just means before the invitation to Heaven via receiving of the Holy Spirit was only for a few and those who accepted and abided in the Holy Spirit saw the glory of God but after Jesus came the invitation went to all mankind and whosoever accepted could now see the glory of God by their faith in Jesus Christ\, their receiving of the Holy Spirit and their abiding in His Instructions. \nLet us not be ungodly people but be people who project their Father in Heaven (that nature which was manifested in the natural in Jesus Christ). Let us not be slow in heart but let us meditate on His Word day and night keeping Him and His Kingdom about all things and at the same time use our senses effectively\, blocking not good things that tell us about Him\, His Kingdom and of being led by His Spirit but blocking things that make us worldly\, carnal people filled with pleasures of the flesh. Let us exercise our discernment more and more according to the leading of the Spirit. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord\, we ask for your forgiveness for the times we have been a foolish people who are slow of heart. We ask You Lord Jesus to heal our inner-man and make us more and more like You for as man You showed us the physical manifested nature of our Father. We ask You to bring your people to understand the oneness of the Word\, that they believe your Word in whole more than the teachings of the people who make your Word into words… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nLuke 24:13-31\n13 And\, behold\, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus\, which was from Jerusalem about sixty furlongs.\n14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.\n15 And it came to pass\, that\, while they communed together and reasoned\, Jesus himself drew near\, and went with them.\n16 But their eyes were restrained that they should not know him.\n17 And he said to them\, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another\, as ye walk\, and are sad?\n18 And one of them\, whose name was Cleopas\, answering said to him\, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem\, and hast not known the things which have come to pass there in these days?\n19 And he said to them\, What things? And they said to him\, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:\n20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death\, and crucified him.\n21 But we hoped that it had been he who should have redeemed Israel: and besides all this\, to day is the third day since these things were done.\n22 Yea\, and certain women also of our company made us astonished\, who were early at the sepulchre;\n23 And when they found not his body\, they came\, saying\, that they had also seen a vision of angels\, who said that he was alive.\n24 And certain of them who were with us went to the sepulchre\, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.\n25 Then he said to them\, O fools\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:\n26 Ought not Christ to suffer these things\, and to enter into his glory?\n27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets\, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.\n28 And they drew near to the village\, where they were going: and he made as though he would go further.\n29 But they constrained him\, saying\, Abide with us: for it is toward evening\, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.\n30 And it came to pass\, as he sat eating with them\, he took bread\, and blessed it\, and broke\, and gave to them.\n31 And their eyes were opened\, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. \nMatthew 22:2-14\n2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king\, which made a marriage for his son\,\n3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.\n4 Again\, he sent forth other servants\, saying\, Tell them which are bidden\, Behold\, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed\, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.\n5 But they made light of it\, and went their ways\, one to his farm\, another to his merchandise:\n6 And the remnant took his servants\, and entreated them spitefully\, and slew them.\n7 But when the king heard thereof\, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies\, and destroyed those murderers\, and burned up their city.\n8 Then saith he to his servants\, The wedding is ready\, but they which were bidden were not worthy.\n9 Go ye therefore into the highways\, and as many as ye shall find\, bid to the marriage.\n10 So those servants went out into the highways\, and gathered together all as many as they found\, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.\n11 And when the king came in to see the guests\, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:\n12 And he saith unto him\, Friend\, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.\n13 Then said the king to the servants\, Bind him hand and foot\, and take him away\, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.\n14 For many are called\, but few are chosen.
URL:https://savedbyfaith.info/event/o-foolish-people-slow-of-heart/
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SUMMARY:Witness\, be blessed and be remembered
DESCRIPTION:Zachariah 1:1 – In the eighth month\, in the second year of Darius\, came the word of the LORD to Zechariah\, the son of Berechiah\, the son of Iddo the prophet\, saying\, \nOne may think what has the title to do with today’s scripture. If one takes the meaning of the names mentioned then one will know what the Lord is trying tell us in today’s message. \nThe name Iddo means ‘His witness’\nThe name Berechiah means ‘Jehovah blesses’\nThe name Zechariah means ‘Jehovah remembers’ \nSome people may say ‘brother the order is not right Jehovah blesses must be last’. These are the worldly people; they are people who are so used to using people that they do the same with God\, they try to use Him. \nBeing blessed is something that is part and parcel of knowing God of being in relationship with Him\, but should not be the purpose. Jesus said seek Him (His Kingdom and righteousness) and all the things we need\, will be added unto us. Bible says those who are His\, their name He writes in the Book of Life. By being remembered by Him means we will have our name being written in the Book of Life. Jesus goes further to explain how\, He says who confesses Him before men him He would confess before the Father in Heaven. \nBlessings are something one automatically gets when one comes to know the Lord. Witness Him before people not in the intension of receiving blessing but in the intension that He too will remember us before the Throne of the Father in Heaven. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord\, You are light and before You no darkness can exist. When your glory starts to manifest all darkness flees. Lord we pray we witness You before people and your glory increases. We know when your glory comes all our problems flee and so do the lacking in our lives and we become whole. But Lord let not that be the purpose\, let our purpose be solely You and You alone… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nMatthew 6:33 – But seek ye first the kingdom of God\, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. \nMatthew 10:32 – Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men\, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
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SUMMARY:The Little Man
DESCRIPTION:Acts 13:9-11\n9 Then Saul\, (who also is called Paul\,) filled with the Holy Spirit\, set his eyes on him\,\n10 And said\, O full of all deceit and all mischief\, thou child of the devil\, thou enemy of all righteousness\, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?\n11 And now\, behold\, the hand of the Lord is upon thee\, and thou shalt be blind\, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. \nAfter his inner transformation on knowing the Lord\, Saul was called as Paul by the people and this incident records the first time he was called as Paul. The conversion started in Acts 9 and Saul was called Paul in Acts 13\, people may think it happened in a short time but one historian puts that it took 8years between Acts 9 and Acts 13. Yes it took 8 years for Saul to become the Paul of the people. \nWhat may further surprise most is when they get into the meaning of the names. Saul means desire and Paul means little or small. \nNo one will keep a name Small to a person who is tall in height\, or Fat to a person who is slim. But Paul was no dwarf or really short like Zacchaeus that people needed to call him little\, if it was so then the Bible would have described him like it did to Zacchaeus and many others. So Saul may have been slightly short but that was not the main reason they called him little\, the main reason was great spiritual stature in this little body. The great speed at which Saul started spiritually grew that he left behind the very people who were instruments in building and nurturing him in his initial spiritual stages. Apostle like Peter consulted him for his great knowledge of scriptures. Paul was later counted among the 5 pillar apostles who looked after the total Church operations. \nIn the Spiritual world there is no permanent teacher or leader or guide other than the Lord (Holy Spirit). Even though Jesus was perfect and full of the Holy Spirit yet as man handed over His disciples unto the Holy Spirit. It was the Holy Spirit who opened their minds to the real understanding of what Jesus told them. \nBarnabas was instrument in building Paul in his initial spiritual days in the Lord\, later we see Paul grew more than Barnabas and at times was instrument in correcting Barnabas when he erred. \nThere are some principals in the Kingdom of God if one is not moving ahead one is back sliding\, for the Kingdom of God is always on the move. Also no man has permanent leadership; a teacher can become a student of his own student if the student grows spiritually more than his teacher. So no man should have pride in oneself in the Kingdom of God or should look at oneself as to what one has achieved but should always look forward to the goal which we need to reach and should help any and every one that is lacking behind us. \nThis kingdom of this world always desires to drag us back and bring us to nothing\, so our spiritual walk is like climbing up an escalator which is going down. Since we are in the opposite direction we need to climb up faster than the speed at which the escalator is going down. If we keep going at the same speed up and we are pulled down we are not going ahead but will be at the same spot\, but if we slow down we start to slowly backslide without knowing. Therefore Paul states our spiritual life is a race not a walk. If this world increases in speed (corruption and evil) then we too need to push ahead spiritually at greater force. \nLet us be like Paul the little man in whom the people saw a great man pushing ahead in his spiritual race. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord\, we pray we grow faster than the rate at which the world pulls us down. That we breakthrough the bondages that hold us back and grow at speed like Paul or even more for the work now is greater than the work then… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nLuke 9:1-5\n1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.\n2 And\, behold\, there was a man named Zacchaeus\, which was the chief among the publicans\, and he was rich.\n3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press\, because he was little of stature.\n4 And he ran before\, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.\n5 And when Jesus came to the place\, he looked up\, and saw him\, and said unto him\, Zacchaeus\, make haste\, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. \nMatthew 23:8 – But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher\, and all ye are brethren. \nColossians 1:19 – For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should all the fulness dwell; \nColossians 2:9 – for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily\, \n1 Corinthians 9:24-27\n24 Know ye not that they that run in a race run all\, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.\n25 And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run\, as not uncertainly; so fight I\, as not beating the air:\n27 but I buffet my body\, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means\, after that I have preached to others\, I myself should be rejected. \nHebrews 12:1 – Therefore let us also\, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses\, lay aside every weight\, and the sin which doth so easily beset us\, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us\, \nGalatians 2:9 – and when they perceived the grace that was given unto me\, James and Cephas and John\, they who were reputed to be pillars\, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship\, that we should go unto the Gentiles\, and they unto the circumcision; \nJohn 14:26 – But the Comforter\, even the Holy Spirit\, whom the Father will send in my name\, he shall teach you all things\, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you. \nJohn 15:26 – But when the Comforter is come\, whom I will send unto you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, which proceedeth from the Father\, he shall bear witness of me:
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SUMMARY:The Little Man
DESCRIPTION:Acts 13:9-11\n9 Then Saul\, (who also is called Paul\,) filled with the Holy Spirit\, set his eyes on him\,\n10 And said\, O full of all deceit and all mischief\, thou child of the devil\, thou enemy of all righteousness\, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?\n11 And now\, behold\, the hand of the Lord is upon thee\, and thou shalt be blind\, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. \nAfter his inner transformation on knowing the Lord\, Saul was called as Paul by the people and this incident records the first time he was called as Paul. The conversion started in Acts 9 and Saul was called Paul in Acts 13\, people may think it happened in a short time but one historian puts that it took 8years between Acts 9 and Acts 13. Yes it took 8 years for Saul to become the Paul of the people. \nWhat may further surprise most is when they get into the meaning of the names. Saul means desire and Paul means little or small. \nNo one will keep a name Small to a person who is tall in height\, or Fat to a person who is slim. But Paul was no dwarf or really short like Zacchaeus that people needed to call him little\, if it was so then the Bible would have described him like it did to Zacchaeus and many others. So Saul may have been slightly short but that was not the main reason they called him little\, the main reason was great spiritual stature in this little body. The great speed at which Saul started spiritually grew that he left behind the very people who were instruments in building and nurturing him in his initial spiritual stages. Apostle like Peter consulted him for his great knowledge of scriptures. Paul was later counted among the 5 pillar apostles who looked after the total Church operations. \nIn the Spiritual world there is no permanent teacher or leader or guide other than the Lord (Holy Spirit). Even though Jesus was perfect and full of the Holy Spirit yet as man handed over His disciples unto the Holy Spirit. It was the Holy Spirit who opened their minds to the real understanding of what Jesus told them. \nBarnabas was instrument in building Paul in his initial spiritual days in the Lord\, later we see Paul grew more than Barnabas and at times was instrument in correcting Barnabas when he erred. \nThere are some principals in the Kingdom of God if one is not moving ahead one is back sliding\, for the Kingdom of God is always on the move. Also no man has permanent leadership; a teacher can become a student of his own student if the student grows spiritually more than his teacher. So no man should have pride in oneself in the Kingdom of God or should look at oneself as to what one has achieved but should always look forward to the goal which we need to reach and should help any and every one that is lacking behind us. \nThis kingdom of this world always desires to drag us back and bring us to nothing\, so our spiritual walk is like climbing up an escalator which is going down. Since we are in the opposite direction we need to climb up faster than the speed at which the escalator is going down. If we keep going at the same speed up and we are pulled down we are not going ahead but will be at the same spot\, but if we slow down we start to slowly backslide without knowing. Therefore Paul states our spiritual life is a race not a walk. If this world increases in speed (corruption and evil) then we too need to push ahead spiritually at greater force. \nLet us be like Paul the little man in whom the people saw a great man pushing ahead in his spiritual race. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord\, we pray we grow faster than the rate at which the world pulls us down. That we breakthrough the bondages that hold us back and grow at speed like Paul or even more for the work now is greater than the work then… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nLuke 9:1-5\n1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.\n2 And\, behold\, there was a man named Zacchaeus\, which was the chief among the publicans\, and he was rich.\n3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press\, because he was little of stature.\n4 And he ran before\, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.\n5 And when Jesus came to the place\, he looked up\, and saw him\, and said unto him\, Zacchaeus\, make haste\, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. \nMatthew 23:8 – But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher\, and all ye are brethren. \nColossians 1:19 – For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should all the fulness dwell; \nColossians 2:9 – for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily\, \n1 Corinthians 9:24-27\n24 Know ye not that they that run in a race run all\, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.\n25 And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run\, as not uncertainly; so fight I\, as not beating the air:\n27 but I buffet my body\, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means\, after that I have preached to others\, I myself should be rejected. \nHebrews 12:1 – Therefore let us also\, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses\, lay aside every weight\, and the sin which doth so easily beset us\, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us\, \nGalatians 2:9 – and when they perceived the grace that was given unto me\, James and Cephas and John\, they who were reputed to be pillars\, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship\, that we should go unto the Gentiles\, and they unto the circumcision; \nJohn 14:26 – But the Comforter\, even the Holy Spirit\, whom the Father will send in my name\, he shall teach you all things\, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you. \nJohn 15:26 – But when the Comforter is come\, whom I will send unto you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, which proceedeth from the Father\, he shall bear witness of me:
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SUMMARY:O Man of God why do your own thing
DESCRIPTION:Jonah 1:3 – But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD\, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid its fare\, and went down into it\, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. \nI got this message a few days back but God knew I would not be writing unto today for just yesterday I understood the purpose of this message. Yesterday I was with great Men of God but sadly they were like Jonah in today’s message. \nJonah was a great Man of God who had a heart for God\, a man who feared God\, loved God and would do anything for Him. But his one great problem Jonah had was that he tried to correct God on how to run the Kingdom of God and this led to one of the greatest testimonies in the Bible which is today known even by small children. God knew this man inside out\, so let Jonah do what he wanted in the start so that He (God) would be glorified more by doing what God desired through Jonah. \nJonah was given a mission to give the message of repentance to the people of Nineveh. Jonah knew in his heart if God sent him for the mission it would be accomplished and the people of Nineveh would be saved from the wrath of God. Jonah hated the people of Nineveh for the great evil they did and wanted them to be punished for the evil they did. When God told him to go to Nineveh and set a period for their repentance Jonah tried to go the other direction calculating his journey so that it became impossible to reach Nineveh within God set period and thus the people of Nineveh would not repent and thus get punished for their evil. Jonah did all this planning according to the limitation of his human mind according to his worldly thinking\, he did not realized God is a God of the impossible and in His Kingdom there is no limitation. \nJonah calculations were based according to manmade transportation; he did not imagine God would put him in one of the fastest submarine made by Him (a whale) and would take him back to Nineveh in time to save the people of Nineveh. \nYesterday I was saddened to see great Men of God who fear God and see the glory of God every day of their lives\, yet limit their plans for the Kingdom of God according to worldly thinking and worldly system. \nIn the Bible we have books like Acts and letters of great Men of God like Paul\, John and Peter among others\, so that we learn from them. If we ignore them and do our own thing then are we not running away from the presence of God like Jonah did? The presence of God is the where the glory of God is and His glory is where His Word in abided by. \nThe world is filled with yeast and even the Church and its people are so filled with yeast. Look around things like worldly traditions still run the lives of almost all Christians\, Believers not spared. Till date the bread we break in Church has yeast in it like the teachings that are given in Churches. God is so true when He stated the daily sacrifice would be taken away by the little horn (Catholic Church / Vatican) for two thousand three hundred days (years). \nIt is time we open our eyes to the yeast we are filled with\, stop thinking and doing things according to this world but let us do things according to the Kingdom of God / His Word and see the power of God manifest within us. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord\, we pray we do not go through the life and death situation that Jonah went through due to not obeying your instructions but going according to his thinking. Lord the Churches and Ministries today follow less your Word and more the understanding of the world\, it is this reason we go through the life and death situations we are facing. Lord we pray You heal our minds and our thinking. Gove your people courage to fearlessly walk according to your Word not fearing this world but only fearing You… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nJonah 1:1-4\, 9-12\, 15-17\n1 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai\, saying\,\n2 Arise\, go to Nineveh\, that great city\, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.\n3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD\, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid its fare\, and went down into it\, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.\n4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea\, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea\, so that the ship was in danger of being broken.\n9 And he said to them\, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD\, the God of heaven\, who hath made the sea and the dry land.\n10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid\, and said to him\, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD\, because he had told them.\n11 Then said they to him\, What shall we do to thee\, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea raged\, and was tempestuous.\n12 And he said to them\, Take me\, and cast me into the sea; so shall the sea be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.\n15 So they took Jonah\, and cast him into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.\n16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly\, and offered a sacrifice to the LORD\, and made vows.\n17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. \nJonah 3\n1 And the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time\, saying\,\n2 Arise\, go to Nineveh\, that great city\, and preach to it the preaching that I bid thee.\n3 So Jonah arose\, and went to Nineveh\, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.\n4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey\, and he cried\, and said\, Yet forty days\, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.\n5 So the people of Nineveh believed God\, and proclaimed a fast\, and put on sackcloth\, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.\n6 For word came to the king of Nineveh\, and he arose from his throne\, and he laid his robe from him\, and covered himself with sackcloth\, and sat in ashes.\n7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and declared through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles\, saying\, Let neither man nor beast\, herd nor flock\, taste any thing: let them not feed\, nor drink water:\n8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth\, and cry mightily to God: yea\, let them turn every one from his evil way\, and from the violence that is in their hands.\n9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent\, and turn away from his fierce anger\, that we perish not?\n10 And God saw their works\, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil\, that he had said that he would do to them; and he did it not. \nJonah 4\n1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly\, and he was very angry.\n2 And he prayed to the LORD\, and said\, I pray thee\, O LORD\, was not this my saying\, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before to Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God\, and merciful\, slow to anger\, and of great kindness\, and repentest of the evil.\n3 Therefore now\, O LORD\, take\, I beseech thee\, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.\n4 Then said the LORD\, Doest thou well to be angry?\n5 So Jonah went out of the city\, and sat on the east side of the city\, and there made him a booth\, and sat under it in the shadow\, till he might see what would become of the city.\n6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd\, and made it to come up over Jonah\, that it might be a shade over his head\, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.\n7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day\, and it smote the gourd that it withered.\n8 And it came to pass\, when the sun rose\, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah\, that he fainted\, and wished in himself to die\, and said\, It is better for me to die than to live.\n9 And God said to Jonah\, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said\, I do well to be angry\, even to death.\n10 Then said the LORD\, Thou hast had pity on the gourd\, for which thou hast not laboured\, neither made it grow; which came up in a night\, and perished in a night:\n11 And should not I spare Nineveh\, that great city\, in which are more than an hundred and twenty thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also many cattle? \nDaniel 8:9-14\n9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn\, which waxed exceeding great\, toward the south\, and toward the east\, and toward the pleasant land.\n10 And it waxed great\, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground\, and stamped upon them.\n11 Yea\, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host\, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away\, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.\n12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression\, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised\, and prospered.\n13 Then I heard one saint speaking\, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake\, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice\, and the transgression of desolation\, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?\n14 And he said unto me\, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
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SUMMARY:Did Jesus promote violence?
DESCRIPTION:Luke 22:36 – Then said he to them\, But now\, he that hath a purse\, let him take it\, and likewise his sack: and he that hath no sword\, let him sell his garment\, and buy one. \nThe first time I read this scripture it disturbed me as to what Jesus was trying to say? Why did He suggest His disciples to take up swords? \nAt times when Muslims debate between the character of Jesus and of Muhammad they try to justify Muhammad’s violent approach by stating this scripture\, stating that even Jesus told to take up swords. I have seen Christians counter this accusation by stating what Jesus did when Peter actually used the sword and cut the Roman soldier’s ear\, showing Jesus did not actually promote violence. But the question was yet on my mind as to why Jesus made this statement and what did He mean by it. \nYesterday we got the message of how even anointed Men of God who give their lives for God\, sacrifice everything for God\, yet land up making mistakes because at times the worldly understanding burrs their thinking. Today’s message takes yesterday’s message to the next step to open our minds to a better understanding. \nDay before yesterday a bro who was Muslim and came to know the Lord gave his testimony of how in his early days\, coming into the Lord he wanted to experience Luke 10:1-20. So he along with a colleague from his Bible College took one way tickets to a place with the only money they had in their pocket. On reaching there they had to sleep on the station and go hungry without food for a couple of days but soon things started to change and the Lord used them so mightily that they baptised about 140 people within the few days they were on this mission. He gave a beautiful revelation ‘Manna fell only in the desert not in the towns or cities the Israelite lived\, when we make our provision God does not provide but when we depend on Him\, He provides’. \nIn today’s message Jesus was at a situation wherein He had accepted the cup from the Father. This cup was not a cup of suffering\, for Jesus knew from childhood He had to suffer and what that suffering would be from His study of scriptures and by the Spirit of God ministering to Him. What made Him hesitate to take the cup when the time came was He knew when He drank of the cup (accepted it) it would separate Him from His Father in other words the Father would forsake Him for the sins of the world would be on Him. The suffering did not bother Him but being separated from the Father for even a little while was too much for Him. This fact shook me when I understood this\, Jesus cried bitterly when our sins separated Him from His Father but we do not shed a tear when our own sins separate us (take us far) from our Father\, we do not fear or blink an eyelid when we commit sin. We have taken the grace of the Lord too much for granted. \nJesus protected His disciples in the Father’s Name the Name the Father gave Him. This Name did not mean a Hebrew or Greek or Aramaic word or a tag or a title but meant who He was\, His identity\, his Nature. When Jesus had taken the cup He knew He would be separated from His disciples and during that time He was worried of them. He knew from the prophecies given before that they would desert Him and thus would be open to problems and dangers of this world. \nIf we read the words minutely Jesus talks to two areas one provision and other protection (purse and sword). These two areas are also the most important areas every Ministry thinks of in their work in the Lord. When we do not abide in the instructions of the Lord we land up struggling in these areas. It is no surprise we see great anointed Men of God\, blessed greatly with spiritual gifts from the Lord yet manipulate financial systems so as to provide for their selves and their Ministries\, they also keep private bodyguards or use police protection to protect them all because they use worldly understanding along with that of the Kingdom of God\, worldly wisdom along with spiritual wisdom. They quote the wisdom Solomon but fail to see that wisdom did not keep Solomon from worshiping worldly goddesses. \nIn today’s message the Lord is opening our eyes to the fact He provided Manna to millions of people for 40 years in the desert and never let them go hungry. Jesus had money in the money bag the two times when the thousands surrounded Him and were hungry. He would have used that money and provided at least a bite to each but He dared to trust His Father totally and landed giving each person there his or her stomach full. \nGod is tell us dare to abide in His ways according to His Kingdom not according to worldly systems or worldly ways and doing this see His glory – His provision and His protection else like today’s message organize our own finance and protection using our worldly wisdom. \n[ Prayer Starter ]\nLord\, we pray that your servants\, your labourers who work in your Vineyard remove the yeast of the world from their thinking and their ways and dare to walk totally according to your Kingdom and thus see your glory… \nThis prayer we make in Jesus’ Name\, Amen. \n[ Reference ]\nLuke 10:1-20 \nJohn 17:12 [ASV] – While I was with them\, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them\, and not one of them perished\, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
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