Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? ‣ Even the demons believe—and shudder! ‣ The Redemption given to us by the truly Awesome Act of Love from Jesus the Crucified, "Who gave Himself a Ransom for all" (1Timothy 2:6), was just as consummate and effectual as the Death He truly died. . Our Purpose and Goal should be Jesus. C But, for today's record we are told-- and we KNOW this to be True-- that God has given us His Word "that He might sanctify and cleanse [us, His Church] with the washing of water by the Word" (Ephesians 5:26). ... “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. ... Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. B And to be renewed in the spirit of your minds. I Man's Folly is Bound in a Stony Heart f "foolishness is bound in the heart of a child" (Proverbs 22:15), then consider how hard that uncorrected foolish heart can be by the time the child has grown. Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? [Please read Mr. Finney's "Election and Reprobation" ---New Window, for a definition of these Biblical terms.] D NOT so, for "the devils also believe, and tremble" (James 2:19). His Redemption redeems us from sins committed-- IF we love Him, walk with Him, believe Him, and obey Him. Timeline .Prophecy Philadelphia Fellowship Promises Stories Poetry Links To "say that we have fellowship with Him, and [yet] walk in darkness" means that "we lie, and do not the Truth" (1John 1:6). And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. "Clean every whit" (John 13:10). "Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun" (Ecclessiastes 2:11). No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”, And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’, And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”. But I, when they were sick— I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest. || Tribulation Topics || Download Page || Today's Entry Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. Awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. When we do our work and live "holy and without blame before Him in love" (Ephesians 1:4), then we free His hands to work in our behalf and change the hearts of the ones for whom we intercede. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten. Change my heart Oh God, may I be like You. But the LORD distinctly said, through James, that "faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone" (James 2:17). The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”. Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods. "A new heart also will I give you [or, create for you], and a new spirit will I put within you [or, create within you]: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. [Please read, "That Ye May Know That Ye Have Eternal Life" ---New Window to understand why only those who abide in Christ may know that they have Eternal Life.]. And being our Example, the LORD expects the same of us. A man had two sons. Search me, oh God, and know my heart, and prove me and know my steps GOD'S WORD® Translation Examine me, O God, and know my mind. But if choice is made against God, "be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" (Galatians 6:7). "For God giveth to a man that is good in His sight Wisdom, and Knowledge, and Joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God" (Ecclessiastes 2:26). An increasingly large number of inhabitants occupying this beautiful planet seem to have no conscience whatsoever. ‣ “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. "15 But speaking the Truth in Love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the Head, even Christ: 16 from Whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the Effectual Working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in Love" (Ephesians 4:15-16). Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king, “The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him.” So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. ... Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ" (1Corinthians 3:9-11). Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Excerpt by C. G. Finney: "Moral fools are those whose intelligence remains unimpaired, but who refuse to use it, and who give themselves up to be controlled by their sensibility and their passions as if they had no intelligence at all. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. "O LORD, 'Sanctify them through Thy Truth: Thy Word is Truth' (John 17:17)." "Is not My Word like as a Fire? The Father "hath in these Last Days spoken unto us by His Son, Whom He hath appointed Heir Of All Things, by Whom also He made the worlds" (Hebrews 1:2) and "left not Himself without witness, in that He did Good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness" (Acts 14:17). Because "in Him [that is, in Jesus Christ] was Life; and the Life was the Light of men" (John 1:4). "That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the Power of God" (1Corinthians 2:5). 27 And I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU, and CAUSE you to walk in My Statutes, and ye shall KEEP My Judgments, and DO them" (Ezekiel 36:26-27). And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. "Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God" (Luke 16:15). Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Only God has ALL Knowledge. He is the Knowledge and the Wisdom by Whom EVERY man is Lighted "that cometh into the world" (John 1:9). ‣ ‣ "21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 all these evil things come from within, and defile the man" (Mark 7:21-23). Simply put, because even though God is "longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2Peter 3:9), He will not override the freewill He has given to all men, making them "in His Own Image" (Genesis 1:27), with the ability to choose right and wrong (yet all the while yearning that men would choose Him). You are the potter, I am the clay, Mold me and make me, this is what I pray. "Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow" (Psalm 51:7). "13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the Kingdom of His Dear Son: 14 in Whom we have Redemption through His Blood, even the forgiveness of sins" (Colossians 1:13-14). "There are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all" (1Corinthians 12:6). . Excerpt by C. G. Finney: "God will be as truly honored in the damnation of those who reject, as in the salvation of those who receive Christ. "Ye shall know them by their fruits" (Matthew 7:16). He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? .Jehovah Jesus The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. He creates us to be "a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of Him Who hath called you OUT of darkness into His Marvellous Light" (1Peter 2:9). No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. 21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled 22 in the body of His flesh through Death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight: 23 IF YE CONTINUE IN THE FAITH GROUNDED AND SETTLED, and BE NOT MOVED AWAY FROM THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL, which ye have heard" (Colossians 1:19-23), because "blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8). Section Index for Fellowship Readers are permitted and encouraged to copy and freely share this article with others.
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