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Reflecting on the Blessings of God

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Deuteronomy 28:1,2 “And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.”

It is good to be blessed. It is also good to know what the Lord considers a blessing and what He considers a curse. For the purposes of this blog and keeping it short, please have your Bible handy, as I will not be reposting every single verse.

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On Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

This is a huge topic, one I cannot cover in one post, and since I rarely do a series, it is unlikely I will cover the whole of this topic at all. So consider this an intro.

We have all sinned against a brother or sister at one time or another. We have all been sinned against. But how many of us do what the Word says regarding this? How many of us really know the gravity of the situation?

Did you know:

You are to forgive seven times seventy times for the same offense? Mat 18:20 and Mat18:21 and Lk 17:4
If you do not forgive as you have been forgiven the Father will not forgive you? Mat 6:15 and Mar 11:26
You are to reconcile with an offended brother before you come to worship the Lord? Mat 5:23, 24

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Who do YOU say He is?

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

This is the season when we remember the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He was born of the virgin Mary. He was raised by Mary and Joseph, as a carpenter’s son. When he was 30 years old he started his ministry. He preached in the synagogues, and on the streets. He called Himself the Son of God. He was born in a stable, amongst the animals, and was killed on a cross thirty three years later. He wasn’t crucified for anything he did. He was crucified because he called Himself co-equal with God. The Pharisee’s didn’t like that, for if He were not God He was a blasphemer. Above His cross it read “the King of the Jews” and it was true. But they knew Him not, and crucified Him as prophesied. He called Himself God, Who do YOU say He is?

No man before or since has affected the world in this way. No man stands as His equal. No man even comes close. Jesus of Nazareth, worked miracles by His own Power, the Power of God. He laid down His life that we might abide eternally with Him in Heaven, it wasn’t taken from Him, He went willingly to die a painful death. By His own power He raised Himself up again on the third day and presented Himself alive to His disciples. He appeared among 500 people after He was dead and buried and risen again. He raised Himself bodily from the Dead, Who do YOU say He is?

A carpenter’s son, born in a stable, declared a King and ridiculed, abused and killed for who He was. Today He still affects the world. People are saved by His power. The power of life, over death. He called Himself “I AM”, the “light of the world”, the “prince of peace”, the “lamb of God”, “from everlasting to everlasting” He reigns. Through Him and by Him all things were created. Without Him not one thing was created. He was with the Father in the beginning, He is eternal, He the Savior. He said “no one comes to the Father but through Me”, He said “If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father, for I and the Father are ONE” Who do YOU say He is?

Risen Lord, Kinsman Redeemer, Lamb of God, Prince of Peace, Anointed One, Light of the World. Jesus, God, Savior, Lord.

“I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.” John 12:44

Believe and be saved, for “ye must be born again”–
“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.” John 3:3 and “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.” John 3:7

Mrs. Meg Logan

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Scriptures on Salvation

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Seems like this post is a long time coming. Thanks to Tom Foss for finally pushing me to deal with it en masse.

Let us go straight to the Word. The ultimate authority on salvation, and good and evil works.

1. All have sinned.

“There is none righteous no not one.” Romans 3:10
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:23

2. We all deserve Death and Hell because of our sin against God.

“For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23
“The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.” Psalms 9:17
“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” Mat 10:28 This verse is here to show that hell will consume both body and soul.

3. The Way of Salvation is Through Jesus Christ alone.

“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 (that name is Jesus and no other)

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

4. Salvation comes through the grace of Jesus, by our belief in His power to save.

“But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved , even as they.” Act 15:11
“And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” Act 16:31
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved”. Rom 10:9

Regarding why we are to do good things:

“For by grace ye are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8,9

This means that you cannot get to heaven or find salvation by doing good. It is a working of grace, which is through your faith, and your faith is a gift of God.

” But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” Isa 64:6

ALL WE DO FADES, is worthless, anyway we fancy ourselves to be righteous is filthy except in this:
“For as by one man’s (ADAM) disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one (JESUS) shall many be made righteous.” Rom 5:19 (Parenthetical Caps added, by author, for clarity.) We are made righteous in Jesus, not by anything we do, we cannot possibly do anything righteous of our own power. In the Scriptures this is expressed in the following verses from Romans 8.

Rom 8:5 “For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.”

Rom 8:6 “For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.”

Rom 8:7 “Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.”

Rom 8:8 “So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.”
Nothing we do without the Spirit if Jesus (the Holy Spirit) within us is pleasing to God. you receive the Holy Spirit when you choose to have faith in Jesus Christ. You choose Him, by that faith, when the Lord has called you and has given you that faith.

So why do those who are in Christ do good? Now that we are free from penalty why do we do good?
It is written: “Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” John 14:23 and “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15 So those who love Jesus will obey Him, because they love Him.

There is SO much more scripture on these topics, this is just a brief overview. Any one topic could be a post in and of itself. Perhaps one day I will write a series on it. For now, I pray that you will repent, and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, that you might spend eternity in heaven with Him.

Blessed is the Lord who reigns forever and ever. Blessed is the Savior who came and willingly died that we might have life eternally. Blessed be the lamb that was slain. Praise the Father who sent Him to die, Praise the Son who died willingly, Praise the Spirit who convicts us of sin, who abides within and empowers us to righteousness.

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

Mrs. Meg Logan

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On The Fear of the Lord

Friday, November 17th, 2006

The Fear of The Lord

“The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction” Proverbs 1:7

There are those who mock and revile the Living God. They test His patience, and brazenly flaunt their sin before His eyes. They call Him “liar”, and declare Him to be weak. They know not what they do!

Where the people lack a fear of the Lord we can be assured that they are walking in blindness. The things of the Spirit are spiritually discerned, and having not the Spirit they do not comprehend. “And the light (Jesus) shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” John 1:5. Those who do not fear the Lord, are walking in darkness. The light is shining. In fact it is shining from this very website, for I proclaim the Gospel of the Risen Lord, Jesus Christ, Lamb of the World, sent to die for your sin, that you might have life everlasting. It is surely shining. But the darkness comprehended it not. Instead of seeing the Light for what it is, they think it a lie. They revile His Name, they curse Him, and blaspheme. ‘And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil’ (John 3:19).

But He is calling, He is sending out His Spirit among men. Open your ears and hear the truth proclaimed. Fear the Lord. This is not the end of life. After we pass from these bodies, there is more, and where you spend all that time depends on what you choose here. For “The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether.” Psalms 19:9.

Num 23:19 “God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” And God has promised justice, eternal justice. He will judge the quick and the dead. What does that mean? He will judge the saved (who are quick: alive) and the lost (who are dead in spirit). Those who choose Him, those who have a healthy fear of an Almighty God, and believe on His son, will be saved from the just penalty of their sin. Those who do not, will be winnowed out, and sent, with their father who is the devil, into the pit of hell. ‘The one who is not with Me is against Me, and the one who does not gather with Me scatters’ Matthew 12:30; if you are not with Him, you are against Him, there is no neutral ground.

Not one of us is righteous, not one of us is good. None of us can come to the Father lest He calls us. But neither do we have excuse, for it is written “For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:” Romans 1:20. The creation of the world testifies to His power and Godhead, we are ALL without excuse. We have all been called. Nature testifies to His glory, and we are all able to see. Some of us would choose not to.

The way of the cross is foolishness to those who know Him not. Those who refuse to accept what is plainly before their eyes, consider those of us who see the Truth as fools. But they do not know what they do, for they do not comprehend the Light.

I pray that the fear of the Lord would be upon them. That the Holy Spirit would soften their hearts, and open their eyes before it is too late. The day is drawing closed, and He is calling you. He is calling you to be filled, and to be blessed, and to come home to Him. He loves us all, and died that we might be spared an eternity separated from His glory. Just say “Yes Lord, I hear and I obey. Forgive me of my sins. Command me, I will do Your bidding.”

And here are some other verses which address the fear of the Lord.

Job 28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.

Psa 111:10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.

Pro 1:7 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Pro 1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

Pro 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

Pro 9:10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.

Pro 14:26 In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Pro 14:27 The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Pro 15:33 The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility.

Pro 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.

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