WHATEVER GOD HAS PROMISED GETS STAMPED WITH THE YES OF JESUS. ----------------------------- IN HIM, -- THIS IS WHAT WE PREACH AND PRAY, --- THE GREAT AMEN, -- GOD’S YES AND OUR YES TOGETHER, GLORIOUSLY EVIDENT. ------------------ GOD AFFIRMS US, MAKING US A SURE THING IN CHRIST, -------------- PUTTING HIS YES WITHIN US.---------- BY HIS SPIRIT HE HAS STAMPED US WITH HIS ETERNAL PLEDGE --------- A SURE BEGINNING OF WHAT HE IS DESTINED TO COMPLETE. ----------------------------------------- Now, are you ready for the real reason I didn’t visit you in Corinth? AS GOD IS MY WITNESS, THE ONLY REASON I DID NOT COME WAS TO SPARE YOU PAIN. -------------------------------- I WAS BEING CONSIDERATE OF YOU, ----- NOT INDIFFERENT, ------NOT MANIPULATIVE.----------------------------------------- WE ARE NOT IN CHARGE OF HOW YOU LIVE OUT THE FAITH, LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDERS, SUSPICIOUSLY CRITICAL. --------------------------------- WE ARE PARTNERS, WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU, JOYFULLY EXPECTANT. -------- I KNOW THAT YOU STAND BY YOUR OWN FAITH, NOT BY OURS. - 2COR 1:20 ***************************************** HOW BLESSED IS GOD! --- AND WHAT A BLESSING HE IS! --------------------------------------------------------------- LONG BEFORE HE LAID DOWN EARTHS FOUNDATIONS, HE HAD US IN MIND, ---------- HAD SETTLED ON US AS THE FOCUS OF HIS LOVE, ------------------------------------ TO BE MADE WHOLE AND HOLY BY HIS LOVE. -------------------------------------------------- LONG, LONG AGO HE DECIDED TO ADOPT US INTO HIS FAMILY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. (What pleasure HE took in planning this!) HE WANTED US TO ENTER INTO THE CELEBRATION OF HIS LAVISH GIFT - GIVEN BY THE HAND OF HIS BELOVED SON. ----------------------------------------------- BECAUSE OF THE SACRIFICE OF THE MESSIAH, HIS BLOOD POURED OUT ON THE ALTAR OF THE CROSS, WE ARE A FREE PEOPLE ------------------------------ FREE OF PENALTIES AND PUNISHMENT CHALKED UP BY ALL OUR MISDEEDS. -------------------------------------------------------- AND NOT JUST BARELY FREE, EITHER. ---------------------------------------- ABUNDANTLY FREE! ------------------------------ HE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING, PROVIDED FOR EVERYTHING WE COULD POSSIBLY NEED, ----------------------------- LETTING US IN ON THE PLANS HE TOOK SUCH DELIGHT IN MAKING. --------------------- HE SET IT ALL OUT BEFORE US IN CHRIST, ------- A LONG RANGE PLAN IN WHICH EVERYTHING WOULD BE BROUGHT TOGETHER AND SUMMED UP IN HIM, ------------------------- EVERYTHING IN DEEPEST HEAVEN, EVERYTHING ON PLANET EARTH. -------------------------------------------------------------- IT IS IN CHRIST THAT WE FIND OUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE LIVING FOR. ----------------------------------------------------------- LONG BEFORE WE FIRST HEARD OF CHRIST AND GOT OUR HOPES UP, -------- HE HAD HIS EYE ON US, ------ HAD DESIGNS ON US FOR GLORIOUS LIVING, -------- PART OF THE OVERALL PURPOSE HE IS WORKING OUT IN EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE. ------------------------ IT IS IN CHRIST THAT YOU, ONCE YOU HEARD THE TRUTH AND BELIEVED IT (this MESSAGE of your SALVATION), FOUND YOURSELVES HOME FREE ------------------------ SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS SIGNET FROM GOD IS THE FIRST INSTALLMENT ON WHAT IS COMING, --- A REMINDER THAT WE WILL GET EVERYTHING GOD HAS PLANNED FOR US, - EPH1:3 ****************************************** SO DONT LOSE A MINUTE IN BUILDING ON WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN, ---------- COMPLEMENTING YOUR BASIC FAITH WITH GOOD CHARACTER, --- SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING, ---- ALERT DISCIPLINE, --- PASSIONATE PATIENCE, --- REVERENT WONDER, -- WARM FRIENDLINESS, --and GENEROUS LOVE, ---------------------------------------- EACH DIMENSION FITTING INTO AND DEVELOPING THE OTHERS. ------------------------------------ WITH THESE QUALITIES ACTIVE AND GROWING IN YOUR LIVES, NO GRASS WILL GROW UNDER YOUR FEET, ---- NO DAY WILL PASS WITHOUT ITS REWARD AS YOU MATURE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE OF OUR MASTER JESUS. --------------------------------------------------------------- WITHOUT THESE QUALITIES YOU CANNOT SEE WHAT IS RIGHT BEFORE YOU,-------------------------------- OBLIVIOUS THAT YOUR OLD SINFUL LIFE HAS BEEN WIPED OFF THE BOOKS. ---------------------------------------------------- SO, friends, CONFIRM GOD’S INVITATION TO YOU,---- HIS CHOICE OF YOU. ----------------------------------------------------- DON’T PUT IT OFF; ----- DO IT NOW. ------- DO THIS, AND YOU WILL HAVE YOUR LIFE ON A FIRM FOOTING, THE STREETS PAVED AND THE WAY WIDE OPEN INTO THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF OUR MASTER AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. - 2PETER 1:5 ****************************************** “YOU DID NOT CHOOSE ME, -- REMEMBER; -- I CHOSE YOU, AND PUT YOU IN THE WORLD TO BEAR FRUIT, ----- FRUIT THAT WON’T SPOIL. ------------------------------ AS FRUIT BEARERS, WHATEVER YOU ASK THE FATHER IN RELATION TO ME, ------------------------- HE GIVES YOU. ----- “BUT REMEMBER THE ROOT COMMAND: LOVE ONE ANOTHER. - JOHN15:16 ***************************************** MAY THE GRACE OF GOD BE UPON YOU, AND HIS SPIRIT BE YOUR GUIDE. *********** SHALOM. ********
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