OF WHOSE REPORT ARE WE LOOKING UNTO? WHEN MEN LOOK INTO THEMSELVES IN THE PHYSICAL, THEY ARE BOUND TO BE DISCOURAGE BECAUSE OF THEIR FAILINGS, BUT WHEN WE LOOK UNTO OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE BOUND TO FIND COURAGE IN HIS PERFECTION AND STRENGTH. Heb:12:1-2: THEREFORE THEN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off {and} throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to {and} entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance {and} steady {and} active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us, Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader {and} the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising {and} ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. THOSE THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL BE RENEWED IN THEIR STRENGTH. ISAIAH:40:28-31:Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint or grow weary; there is no searching of His understanding.He gives power to the faint {and} weary, and to him who has no might He increases strength [causing it to multiply and making it to abound]. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and [selected] young men shall feebly stumble {and} fall exhausted; But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change {and} renew their strength {and} power; they shall lift their wings {and} mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint {or} become tired. OUR SUFFICIENCY AS A TRUE BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN IS NOT IN OF OURSELVES, BUT ONLY IN THE LORD. 2Cor:3:5 Not that we are fit (qualified and sufficient in ability) of ourselves to form personal judgments {or} to claim {or} count anything as coming from us, but our power {and} ability {and} sufficiency are from God. 4:7 However, we possess this precious treasure [the divine Light of the Gospel] in [frail, human] vessels of earth, that the grandeur {and} exceeding greatness of the power may be shown to be from God and not from ourselves. WE DARE NOT LOOK OR RELY UNTO THE THINGS THAT ARE SEEN, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE FACT, THEY ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, ONLY THE TRUTH THAT SHALL STAND THE TEST OF TIME FOREVER. 2Cor:4:18 Since we consider {and} look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible are deathless {and} everlasting. THE JUST SHALL LIVE AND WALK BY FAITH, AND NOT BY SIGHT. HAB:2:4 Look at the proud; his soul is not straight {or} right within him, but the [rigidly] just {and} the [uncompromisingly] righteous man shall live by his faith {and} in his faithfulness.2Cor:5:7 For we walk by faith [we regulate our lives and conduct ourselves by our conviction or belief respecting mans relationship to God and divine things, with trust and holy fervor; thus we walk] not by sight {or} appearance. LET US CAST ALL OUR CARES UNTO THE LORD FOR HE IS CARE OF US. 1Pet:5:7 Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately {and} cares about you watchfully. Pro:3:5-6: Lean on, trust in, {and} be confident in the Lord with all your heart {and} mind and do not rely on your own insight {or} understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, {and} acknowledge Him, and He will direct {and} make straight {and} plain your paths. WE HAVE OBTAINED AN INHERITANCE IN CHRIST AS OUR BIRTHRIGHT IN GODS KINGDOM. John:1:16 For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another {and} spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing {and} even favor upon favor {and} gift [heaped] upon gift. 2Pet:1:3 For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by {and} to His own glory and excellence (virtue). ALL WHAT IS REQUIRED OF US IS BY BEHOLDING THEM BY THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND NOT IN OF OURSELVES. 2Cor:3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord. WHEN WE ALLOW OUR SPIRITUAL EYES TO VISUALISE ALL WHAT OUR FATHER HAS GIVEN US IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, USING THE POWER OF IMAGINATION THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, THERE IS NO FORCES FROM HELL THAT CAN HINDER THEM FROM COMING TO FRUITION. A GOOD EXAMPLE WERE THOSE PEOPLE THAT IMAGINED IN THEIR HEART TO BUILD THE TOWER OF BABEL. Gen:11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. THE LORD ALWAYS WANT US TO SEE FIRST IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM BEFORE WE CAN SEE THE MANIFESTATION IN THE PHYSICAL. Joshua:6:2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, [and] the mighty men of valour. THE QUESTION WE MUST ASK OURSELVES NOW IS THIS, WHAT ARE WE SEEING, OR IMAGINE IN THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT? BECAUSE WHAT WE SEE IN THE SPIRIT REALM WILL DETERMINE WHAT IT WILL GIVE BIRTH TO IN THE PHYSICAL. Pro:23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Matt:12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. THE EXPECTATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SURELY COME TO PASS. Pro:23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. Psalm:84:11 For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS FAITHFUL. HEB:6:10 For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
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