Pastor Andrew Morgridge
SENDING HELP FROM THE SANCTUARY 3 SUNDAY 19-03-2017
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Pastor Andrew Morgridge
SENDING HELP FROM THE SANCTUARY 3 SUNDAY 19-03-2017
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Teaching Conference March 2017
Pastor Afolabi Oladele
(EDITEd) THE NATION ISRAEL IN PROPHECY AND THE POSITION OF THE CHURCH tc-1- MARCH 2017
Pastor Toks Oshokoya
My Text is from 2 Peter 1: 18 – 25
“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
We have also A MORE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost”
Deut 29: 25 – 29
“Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE REVEALED belong unto us and to our children for ever, that WE MAY DO ALL the words of this law”
THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE REVEALED
My people, after we have emerged out of the darkness, let us make steady and swift progress towards perfection. We cannot continue to dwell around the mountain of mediocrity and sinfulness. We must quit as soldiers of the cross, live and do the Lord’s bidden.
There must be evidential definite masterful progress in our individual lives.
Ephesians 5: 8 – 15 STABILIZERS
For ye were sometimes DARKNESS, but now are ye LIGHT in the Lord: WALK as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) PROVING what is acceptable unto the Lord.
And have NO FELLOWSHIP with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
Wherefore he saith, AWAKE thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, REDEEMING the time, because the days are evil.
Wherefore BE YE NOT UNWISE, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
(1) And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
(2) Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
(3) Singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
(4) Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
(5) Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
1 Peter 1: 13 – END; 2: 1 – 3
“Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, BE YE HOLY; FOR I AM HOLY.
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 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.
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: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious”
1 Peter 2: 11
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, ABSTAIN from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your CONVERSATION HONEST among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
WE ALL HAVE TO LEARN TO WALK BY THE LAW OF ACCEPTANCE.
That implies that you take it that other people have a right to decide to like or not like you. Accept that they have the right to choose and have their opinion about you whether you think it is correct or not. That they accountable to God just as you are also. THIS HELPS TO NEUTRALISE THE IMPULSE TO KEEP MALICE AND GET BITTER!
Get immersed in the reading and studying of God’s Word daily and regularly.
Psalm 119: 105
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
NLT
Your word is a lamp to GUIDE TO MY FEET, and a light for my path.
MSGE
By your words I can see where I’m going; they THROW A BEAM OF LIGHT on my dark path.
DEVOTIONALS AND PROPHECIES
I wish to remind us of certain reasons why we must study prophecies, from time to time.
1. PROPHECY ACQUAINTS US WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECT OF THE AGES, GOD’S PLAN FOR MAN
We are not isolated creatures living in a vacuum without a cause or purpose (as secular thinkers who attribute man’s existence to the accident of evolution would have us believe). We were created body, soul and spirit by a loving God who has a detailed plan for our future, which is revealed only in the Bible. Not knowing that prophetic plan makes all people – even Christians- vulnerable to false teachings about our present day and the future. The only way to answer the convincing arguments of false teachers is to be armed with the truth about God’s plan for the future.
2. STUDYING BIBLE PROPHECY CONVINCES US THAT THERE REALLY IS A GOD
Only God can reveal the future! And that is what prophecy is – history written in advance. In this book, we will affirm that many specific prophecies in the Bible have already been fulfilled.
3. THE LITERAL FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY TEACHES US THAT PROPHECY SHOULD BE TAKEN WHOLLY
Did God mean what He said and say what He meant? The study of fulfilled prophecy says a resounding yes. Our study of already fulfilled prophecy inspires us to trust God to fulfill the prophecies that will be fulfilled in the future. Rev 19: 10b “…the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy”
4. THE STUDY OF PROPHECY PREPARES THE CHRISTIAN TO AVOID THE DECEPTIONS OF THE MANY FALSE PROPHETS THAT ARE ARISING IN OUR DAY.
While there have always been false teachers, as we approach the end times there will be an increase in the numbers of those who lead people astray with their erroneous teachings. The best defense is to “put on the full armour of God so that you can stand against the devil’s schemes” (Eph 6:11).Our Lord predicted that false christs and false prophets will appear in the end times, some of whom will be able to perform great signs and miracles and will deceive those who do not know the scriptures – particularly Bible passages that relate to future things. The best way to avoid being deceived by the false teachers is to know the prophetic teachings of God’s word.
5. THE STUDY OF PROPHECY PROMOTES AN EVANGELISTIC CHURCH.
The most evangelistic periods of church history have been the times when the church actively studied prophecy. The early church as a whole was evangelistic. From the time that our Lord said “I will come again, and receive you to myself” (John 14:3) all the way through most of the next three centuries, the early church had an evangelistic fire. It may seem the church’s enthusiasm resulted from being a persecuted church, but part of the reason it was persecuted was because of its evangelistic fire – and that, in turn, was due to the fact that our Lord’s soon return was a prominent part of the church’s teachings.
6. THE STUDY OF PROPHECY TENDS TO PURIFY THE BELIEVER
It is no secret that we live in an unholy age. Unfortunately, too much of that unholiness is found even in the church. One tool the Holy Spirit uses to motivate believers to live holy lives is the study of prophecy, particularly those passages that relate to our Lord’s soon return. The apostle John said this about those who hold to the promise of the Lord’s second coming in their hearts: “Everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure” (1 John 3:3).
Many a believer has, in a moment of temptation, thought, Do I want to be doing this when Christ returns? When the answer is no, it is easier to reject the temptation. We are challenged to live in such a way that we will not feel ashamed when our Lord returns.
7. PROPHECIES OFFERS CONFIDENT HOPE IN A HOPELESS AGE
Human beings can absorb many pressures in life, but a lack of hope is not one of them. The world in which we live has no hope. Looking back, we see an unending history of war, hatred, and cruelty, all of which reveals the inhumanness of mankind. The very study of history is a study of war and man’s inhumanity to his fellow man. The whole world yearns for peace, but knows no peace. Mankind’s problems continually worsen, leaving many people without hope.
2 Thess 2: 3
“Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless THE FALLING AWAY comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,…”
Things to be careful of:
1. Oversimplification of the Gospel through modern translation of the Bible. Nothing is wrong with presenting the declarations in better understood, everyday and presently used english but not modern and presently used cultural and societal positions. GOD’s Word and Plans predates all human cultures. His thoughts has been in Him ahead of all things that He made.
1. Oversimplification of the Gospel through changing cultural settings, emerging societal pressures and evolving human ideas.
1. The growth of New Age movements, the developing ubiquitous attitudinal tendency to be more human focused than God. Same Satan, same trick, same deception, same effect! Humans are now the true judges of good and evil. No more God! HUMANISM & FEMINISM Genesis 3: 3 – 6 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
1. The resultant effects of persisting economic downturn in the World with particular emphasis on the Nigerian case! OFFENSES, UNFORGIVENESS, GANG-UPS, BETRAYALS. Matthew 24: “All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold”. Hebrews 12: 12 – 17 “Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. A person who allows bitterness to take root and live with it does not fear God”. Romans 3: 10 – 17 “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes” Do not talk please…. Bitterness makes us dark counsel with foolishness. Job 7: 11 “Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul”. End it fast! 2 Sam 2: 26, 27 “Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother”
PROPER AND IMPROPER RESPONSE – parting words of counsel
There is a PROPER WAY of responding to the present time and there is an IMPROPER WAY. The choice of response is entirely ours to make. Let us examine the following areas closely;
1) POLITICAL
Due to the present economic hardship and political instability, for example; in America and the UK: due to the changing dynamics towards Brexit and nationalism, this is making the political leadership to tend towards taking actions against illegal immigrants and foreigners.
Though this is actually because of Islamic Jihadism and terrorism, the fallout is affecting our people in diaspora, who are in these nations either illegally or without any meaningful purpose.
This has therefore contributed in changing the focus of many from SEEKING God for INTIMACY, HIGHER LEVEL OF WORK WITH GOD, EVANGELISM and PREPARATION FOR THE COMING OF CHRIST. Paramount now in the pursuit of everybody is SOLUTION and BREAKTHROUGH, in order not to be deported back to their country of origin.
This desperation is instigating LACK OF SENSITIVITY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT and determination to do things through legal means. People are ready to go to the occult if necessary because of desperation.
Even in South Africa, same problem is going on; there is a new rise of hostility against foreigners. So what is happening is that people are desperate for other things rather than SEEKING GOD.
2) ECONOMIC
All over the world, the global economic downturn is persisting. This is PARTICULARLY so in Nigeria and a country like SA, where the government is struggling to survive. Businesses are closing down; people are also losing their jobs.
In Nigeria, the free fall of the naira against the dollar; which started like a joke towards the end of 2014: is now unbelievably in its worst situation ever.
3) RELIGION
The increasing hostility against Christianity through the press (that is the print and electronic media), is gradually aiding loss of enthusiasm and interest in SERVING GOD. People are finding it DIFFICULT TO THINK ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES, but are reacting CARNALLY.
This is either out of FEAR OF PERSECUTION or DESPONDENCY due to THINKING DEMOCRATICALLY, that if the number of those against us is increasing; IF WE CANNOT WIN THEM: WE JOIN THEM.
While this is going on the one hand, on the other hand is OUTRIGHT DENIAL OF CHRIST by BECOMING ATHEIST IN OUR REASONING.
Every day, journalist both on TV like CNN and in the newspapers like Nigerian Punch etc., are pushing out INFORMATION AND ARGUMENTS that CRITICIZE CHRISTIAN BASED SPIRITUALITY as a way of life by bringing in HUMANISTIC INTELLECTUAL BASED PHILOSOPHIES.
As such, more and more people are LOSING CONFIDENCE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER AND FAITH. They are being instigated to trust in their intellectual abilities, training and brainpower.
Haven’t you noticed that awards and recognitions are given to people who have brains and intellectualism, than to those who have Godly character?
PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT SAYING IT IS WRONG TO SEEK FOR ATTAINMENT IN INTELLECTUALISM (as I have also attained some higher degrees and still attaining more); I AM JUST SAYING THERE MUST BE A BALANCE.
Based on earlier points, one can easily become A FOOLISH VIRGIN ( Matt 25); by responding to all these factors wrongly.
Brethren if the truth be told, THIS IS 666, as it had been taught before 6-6-6 meaning, HUMAN-HUMAN-HUMAN.
Remember that I had once said that BEFORE PEOPLE RECEIVE THE MARK CONSCIOUSLY OR PHYSICALLY ON THEIR BODY, THEY WOULD HAVE FIRST RECEIVED THE MARK IN THEIR SOULS UNCONSCIOUSLY.
The HONEST TRUTH is that the WAY YOU RESPOND to ALL THESE PRESSURES, will DETERMINE whether YOU HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THE MARK 666 OR NOT.
THE OTHER SIDE
If you have been learning from TRUE men of God for a while, you should know that THE WORLD HAS BEEN GIVEN AN EXTRA WINDOW OF TIME SEEMINGLY TO:
• Repent of our ways
• Rearrange our priorities
• Start living purposely for eternity and
• Increase our involvement in evangelizing the nations.
Let us pray.
The First Frontier – Sarah’s Chance
“Are There Two Jesus?”
The text is from Acts 10:24
“Now Cornelius was waiting for them, and had called together his relatives and close friends”
The Story Of Sarah And David
Read this story and understand why you must ARISE AND SHINE!
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Are there two Jesus?
“David your food is getting cold”, Sarah called as her six years old son seemed to be glued to his Bible.
She walked straight towards him and snatched the Bible from him angrily.
“I told you I am already late for work, moreover, what are you looking for? for the past one week you seems to be inseparable from your Bible” Sarah asked as she helped David to adjust his school uniform.
“Mom, I can’t seem to find my answer, perhaps you may help me” David said.
“Okay sweety but eat your food first and then you can ask your question in the car”, she replied.
David was so excited, he was finally going to get an answer to the question that has been bothering him for long. Within a twinkle of an eye, he had finished up with his food.
They entered into the car and as his mother drove on he asked “Mum, may I ask my question now? ”
“Of course”, Sarah replied.
“Mum, are there two Jesus?”
“Hmn, what did you say?”, Sarah asked to be sure she heard her son well.
“Mom, are there two Jesus?”, he repeated the same words.
“Will you shut up! what sort of blasphemy is that? who has been teaching this heresy?”, Sarah asked angrily.
David was now shaky “Our new teacher taught us that…”
“Oh oh, your new teacher has been feeding you with such heresies, no problem I will go and see him before going to my office, better I go late than leave you like this” Sarah interrupted her son.
When they got to the school, the morning devotion had already started. Sarah walked straight to the teacher not minding if she was going to disturb the other children.
“What have you been teaching my son? if you aren’t capable to be a teacher then resign, okay?”.
Before the teacher could say anything, Sarah had slapped her. The school proprietress’ attention was promptly called to this matter, and they were all ordered into her office.
Both parties narrated their own part of the story.
The proprietress brought David closer to herself who was now shedding tears. She calmed him down and asked “why did you think there are two Jesus?”
Still crying he said
“Our teacher told us that Jesus is our father and his children behave exactly like him.
She said Jesus does not steal, lie, fight or stay away from church and that his children are the same”, David answered and sobbed.
“Okay, that’s true but that is not enough reason for you to believe that there are two Jesus”, the proprietress said as she wiped off David’s tears.
“Is there any other thing we need to know. Do not be afraid. Tell me what your teacher said. She won’t flog you?”
“My mum told me she is Jesus’ daughter. She regularly sings the song “I am a Jesus baby…”. But my mum still fights. I saw her take daddy’s money last month and when daddy asked, she denied it. This morning, she even fought with my daddy. So I thought probably mummy’s Jesus was different from my teacher’s Jesus. That was why I was searching my Bible to see if I will find my mummy’s Jesus”
By this time, a mist of tears had gathered in Sarah’s eyes, she was so ashamed, she could not look into her son’s eyes….
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THE MESSAGE
We are called by the Lord, the Light of The World.
Matthew 5: 15
“Ye are the LIGHT of the world. A CITY that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven”
I am thinking…that “ye” is meant for me as a person…the agent of change empowered by God.
My charge is to radiate the knowledge of God’s glory. To dispense the light of His Presence!
I see from this declaration that the first frontier of the discharge of my divine responsibilities is to make a CITY that cannot be obscured from visibility.
We are expected to transit from illuminating ourselves to our families and friends to making a City of believers!
How? What are the chances? What is available to create that first frontier – The City!
I see the city as the first set of people around me – my family and my friend!
[TREE OF LIFE example:
Gen 2: 9, 10
And the Lord God planted a GARDEN eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the TREE OF LIFE also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Rev 2: 7
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the TREE OF LIFE, which is in the midst of the PARADISE OF GOD.
Rev 22: 14
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the TREE OF LIFE and may enter in through the gates into the CITY]
The Cornelius Way:
In all our zeal to spread the gospel around the globe, we sometimes miss the most obvious and useful field of evangelism that is open to any of us – our own family and friends.
If we are to be a light in this dark world, who better to see that light shine than those who are closest to us? If we are to be salt to the earth, who better to taste the savor of the Savior in our lives than those with whom we interact on a daily basis? On the other hand, if we hide the open flame of our Christian witness under a basket when our dearest loved ones are with us, how can we ever hope to bring the good news to the heathen in another hemisphere?
Cornelius, a centurion of authority and influence, was also described as a man “of good report among all the nation of the Jews.” And yet when Peter came to preach the gospel, Cornelius did not call together the soldiers under him, nor did he reach out first to the many Jews who respected him in the community. He began with his own family and near friends.
It can sometimes be daunting to witness to loved ones with whom we interact on a regular basis. Sharing the gospel with them will necessarily mean having to live the gospel in front of them. Yet the clear emphasis of Scripture is that “going into all the world” and “preaching the gospel to the whole creation” begins by sharing the good news in our own living room, cul-de-sac, or cubicle.
The Challenge
What happens when this same people, our immediate nuclear family or close friends, are already damaged by ourselves? It happens my friend.
The Word of God had been declared in 2Cor 3:2 by apostle Paul,
“…Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart”
What if we had messed up in the past?
What if whatever we had “manifestly declared” by our day-to-day lifestyle in the past had been contrary to what the epistle of Christ ought to have been?
What if I had disgraced Christ in the past in front of my wife, children, friends and family?
Are there chances remaining for me to still fulfill the original mandate? The Light of The World.
Remember King David, after the moral tumble of Bathsheba.
David had seemingly lost the respect, regard and honor that his family, friends and certain citizens had for him. He had fallen from grace both with God and man! Isn’t it?
He had to bear the consequences of his mis-representation of God’s image.
Yet he did something. He turned to God in repentance…in HOPE of forgiveness, reconciliation and restoration of fellowship with God.
Psalm 51 (KJV – rearranged by me into key bunches)
“Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
For I acknowledge my transgressions:
and my sin is ever before me.
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,
and done this evil in thy sight:
that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,
and be clear when thou judgest.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it:
thou delightest not in burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:
a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:
and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Hide thy face from my sins,
and blot out all mine iniquities
Cast me not away from thy presence;
and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation:
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Create in me a clean heart, O God;
and renew a right spirit within me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Make me to hear joy and gladness;
that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
WHAT?!!!
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
O Lord, open thou my lips;
and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
FUTURE SACRIFICES
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:
build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering:
then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
HOW DARE THIS MAN?
After betraying God, defiling his bed and murdering a righteous man?
How dare you, DAVID say, thenafter, “…Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
and sinners shall be converted unto thee…”. Who do you think God is?
2Samuel 12: 9 – 14
“….Wherefore
(1) hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in His sight?
(2) thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and
(3) hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. …. Howbeit, because by this deed
(4) thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme,…”
These are weighty allegations which have been incontrovertibly proven by the Supreme Judge of The Whole Heavens and The Earth. Can your case own against your family and friends be worse than these?
The final verdict after SACRIFICE OF BROKEN HEART was
“The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and His word was in my tongue.
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me,
He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,
even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth
by clear shining after rain.
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an EVERLASTING COVENANT ORDERED in all things, and SURE;…”
I believe that there God indicated to us what we can do today in these words:
Cast Down but Unconquered
2Cor 4: 6,7
“For it is the God who commanded LIGHT TO SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us”
We are expected TO BOUNCE BACK in Jesus name!
David still became the GOLD STANDARD for measuring the success of any leader of a people by God today!
The War!
The existence of darkness all around us should not be a surprise nor intimidate us into fear or despondency!
Satan
That is what satan wants to unleash on the nations of the world. Satan hates the human race, and wants to instigate us to do things that will earn us God’s Wrath and the rightful judgement of Hell. So he sends demons and fallen angels to do his work.
God
God, on His side, loves the people that He created in His own image and likeness. He loves the World that He sent His only beloved Son to die in our stead. The grace of God that brings salvation, is thus released on all who receive Him.
God sends you, His people and His angels to give knowledge and understanding to the peoples of this World.
Darkness – Wickedness, Sin, Violence and Idolatory:
These cannot defeat nor be allowed to molest us!
THE COMMAND & CHARGE:
Isaiah 60: 1-4
“Arise, SHINE;
For your LIGHT has come!
And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; BUT the Lord will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.
The Gentiles shall come to your LIGHT, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
“Lift up your eyes all around, and see: They all gather together, they come to you;…”
ARISE AND SHINE!🏼
God is asking
♧ “Are there two (2) Jesus’?”
♧ “Whose son or daughter are you?”
Through the Eternal Spirit, Jesus sacrificed Himself unto God for us.
Hebrews 9: 13 – 15
“But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained ETERNAL REDEMPTION. For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the ETERNAL SPIRIT offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the ETERNAL INHERITANCE.
Hebrews 10: 12 – 14
But this Man, after He had offered ONE SACRIFICE for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. For by ONE OFFERING He has perfected forever those who are BEING sanctified.
This sacrifice covers for SALVATION, HEALING, WISDOM and BLESSING!
Ephesians 1: 7, 8
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence”
1 Cor 1:
“But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us WISDOM from God—and RIGHTEOUSNESS and SANCTIFICATION and REDEMPTION – that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.”
When you are ready, He will be there…Ezek 36
And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am hallowed in you before their eyes.
For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God. I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses.
I will call for the grain and multiply it, and bring no famine upon you. And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations. …. Not for your sake do I do this,” says the Lord God, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!”
Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it.”
‘Thus says the Lord God: “I will also let the house of Israel INQUIRE OF ME TO DO THIS FOR THEM: I will increase their men like a flock. Like a flock offered as holy sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem on its feast days, so shall the ruined cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”
Let us pray….to the Cross.
PASTOR ANDREW MORGRIDGE
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