Parenting

PARENTHOOD


DISCIPLINE

GOD’S PRECEPTS & PROMISES

SPARING THE ROD

Our God is very implicit about parent responsibility when it comes to raising children, and as He is a disciplinarian as is evident when He would not allow His chosen people, the descendants of Jacob to enter the land He had promised until the unbelieving generation had perished. It took 40 years of wondering through the wilderness before the surviving tribes under their leader, Joshua did cross the river Jordan, and by obeying the commands of the Lord, did overtake the fortified walled city of Jericho. This would not have happened should the people of Israel lacked self-discipline, and failed to comply with the commands given them.

Now in this land of The United States of America our illustrious leaders seemed to have negated the true purpose of God’s given instructions for raising our younger sons and daughters to develop in them integrity, character, and responsibility, Laws have been adopted that prohibits a parent, or instructor from using any physical action, as a spanking or any other method of physical contact for correction or discipline, as it is considered as child abuse.

I now want to draw your attention to what God has to say about this: It is written, “Fathers provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” Just what does this require of us to be in harmony with the will of God? It is written at least four times, and five verses in God’s inerrant messages of instruction that if we love our children, we are not to spare the rod when we have to chastise them. (Note; the Hebrew definition of ‘rod’ is switch). I now will quote only two verses for edification, they are, Proverbs 23: verses 13 and 14:

13-“withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

14-Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.



Just how have we allowed our elected representativs to violate the commandments of this God birthed nation, and destroy our worldly status?

TODAY’S WORLD

Worldly societies have for the most part aborted morality, and deny the sanctity of marriage, therefore destroying family values.
Today many children do not have any respect for one another or any authority, and do not honor their parents, and in many families the parents do not honor their children. Neither do the parents raise their children in the ways of our Lord, or even tell them of Him because of their lacking any knowledge of Him.

The United States of America by legal government action has resulted in prohibiting its public schools to even mention the name; Jesus, let alone opening class with a prayer, and thus leaving them, as well as themselves vulnerable to the deceptive lies of our perpetual enemy, Satan.

Because of this situation there is a great falling away of this countries populous from honoring God who through His servants founded this government where it’s people could worship Him without man generated impedance. The true knowledge of God and Jesus generously made available by His grace has been taken away from the peoples of this world, as well as these United States, by its legalism and politics, and for centuries by Satan’s influence. God’s word, written by His prophet Hosea states: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, and because the world’s governments leading nations] have rejected me. It is written: I will also reject you that you will be no servant to me; seeing that you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children”. This was reiterated by Jesus when He was addressing the Pharisees and Scribes concerning Mosaic Law and He said to them; “Woe to you lawyers, [experts in law giving and enforcement] for you have taken away the key to knowledge”. Reiterating this, Jesus while being crucified interceded for those who had supported that act by asking His Father; “forgive them for they know not what they are doing. [Note, do not confuse knowing (having knowledge) with wisdom.]

This is the same today throughout the entire world. The extensive ignorance of God and the anointing power on Jesus, results in condemnation on all peoples who have not accepted Jesus as Lord of all. This prevailing ignorance, the lack of divine guidance with the knowledge of our God, and the possibility of our receiving His promised life style with spiritual authority over all the works of Satan, and his demonic fallen angels. Their efforts may prohibit our apprehensions of the instructions for living a righteous life.

The gospel has been so badly compromised that much of man’s religion today has been deluded by false prophets and teachers accepting degraded morals which degrades the sanctity of marriage and family, denying prayer openly, and trying to organize a new world order that will have no room for God.



GOD’S PROMISE

This is not new, as I have noted above, ever since the birth of evil and its expulsion out of heaven, it has been at work here to destroy all that God has wrought. Religion is one of the main targets of Satan, and he has progressively worked, attacking through the vulnerable fallacy of man.

The Holy Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron. Studying God’s promises concerning purpose , and goal of this mortal life I come to a prophetic promise of apostasy. Among those who are actually drifting into apostasy, this promise is certainly "unpopular." Additionally, in a church world that wrongly accepts what sounds positive and rejects what sounds negative (instead of rejecting error, and accepting truth), this promise is often met with disinterest or worse, disdain. "Faith" is the message of the word of God. It is the divine ultimate truth

I n which we are to place our faith, our trust. It especially includes the good news of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our present promise forewarns that there will be those who fall away from "the “faith" as the day’s press closer and closer to the end of the church age.

It is written: "In latter times some will depart from the faith." Since this is a

departure, they seemed to adhere to the word of God for a season. Then they turned away from it. If they remain active in the church world, their message will no longer reflect the true content of the scriptures. Peter gave a similar warning when he stated: "There were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them". As sure as Israel had false prophets, the church will have false teachers. Paul provided some insights into their path of apostasy. They would be "giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons." This would result in their giving credence to concepts that were perpetrated by demonic deception which would result in errors in their doctrine. The devil and his army of evil spirits are intent on confusing and distorting the teaching of the word of God. Typically, such errors feed man's fleshly desires to glorify self. These apostates will also be "speaking lies in hypocrisy." Not only will their teaching be erroneous, their lives will be marked by falsehoods related to pretense. They will add untrue testimony to their inaccurate message. Perhaps the reports of their ministerial prowess will be grossly exaggerated. They will also be "having their own conscience seared with a hot iron." They will teach errors and live lies until their consciences are no longer convicted of sin. We are forewarned. Such apostates undoubtedly abound in these last days before Jesus with His army of saints returns to establish His Kingdom. First, He separates the just from the unjust, the godly from all those that are ungodly. Those that are left, having survived the tribulation will experience the transformation from the carnality of the present world to the precept’s, and love of God’s Heavenly domain. Then will come the end, the second resurrection, and the great white thrown judgment where Satan with his demonic angels, and all the ungodly mortals will be incarcerated in that inescapable lake of fire where they will suffer eternal damnation, and our earthly domane will be void of all evil for everlasting. Next this earth will experience a complete rejuvenation for a permanent home for God’s created man having now his spiritual body like Jesus, and he will realize then, what has been God’s promise since the beginning of time, the manifestation of: THE BEST IS YET TO COME, and it will be for everlasting.

TRUSTING

TRUSTING

WAITING UPON THE LOARD

It is written that haste makes for trouble, stress, anger, worry, and failure. Waite upon the Lord and you shall inherit the earth. This means that after all is done, and God’s plan of reconciliation has finally come to its omega, all the joy of a true life has become manifest and you are acceptable unto God to enter the glorious age of eternity.

Yet before that day God’s inerrant word forewarns us of the continuers devious temptations of Satan. We shall overcome all his evil work before Jesus will return to gather the kingdoms of all nations to attack those, the scorners, fools, and all unrighteous who have denied His directions, concepts, His precepts, and laws attempting to satisfy self with the carnality of this world. As it is written: At this time He will pour out all His indignation with His fierce anger: for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of His jealousy.

So what does this mean to you and me? It does not matter what religious denomination you might be a follower of, such as a Christian Scientist, Jehovah Witness, Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, Adventist, for none of these will exist after our Lord Jesus has set-up His kingdom on this earth. Jesus, God, or His Holy Ghost, singular, or collectively is not a religion, but are the graciously provided stones upon which we can build our foundation of a fruitful, and joyous life. Without this foundation, having a true life does not exist.

I now write with personal experience, being almost 93 years of age with 32years of retirement living, my patience seems as if it is becoming shorter with every passing year, which is a characteristic of succumbing to the influence of Satan, which prevails in our battle for life . Now being handicapped I am dependent on dedicated care givers for needed assistance to navigate through this maze of trying issues that elders face every day. Yet my attention is influenced by the Holy Spirit: remember to wait upon the Lord, for as God’s breathed word written by His prophet Isaiah states: “Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, run and not tire. Walk and not faint.” Although as this may seem impractical to this carnal world, so did a virgin becoming pregnant, bearing a child, and retaining her virginity, giving birth to a child at the age of 90, going on a mission for God at the age of 80 as did Moses. I am a witness for today I know that with God, nothing is impossible. For example; God has had His Holy spirit reveal some of the secrets that He has saved until this day shrouded in mystery, and since we are now the generation that will experience the end of days, the end of this age, He has chosen me to announce it to this world populous that their redemption has arrived. God is graciously keeping the door open for a very short time, for He desires that not one of His created man perish for lack of knowledge.

For more detail, I by the direction of God’s Holy Spirit have written a document which will be printed in book form titled: “THE BEST IS YET TO COME”, and will be published later this year, and I implore you to obtain a copy. It is a story designed to provide to those who seek the truth answer any questions concerning the purpose of life, be assured Jesus is the Lord of all. Trust Him implicitly for all things, and be prepared to enjoy perfect harmony in eternity everlasting.



AWESOME,

 

Just nine generations after Adam God had in mind to destroy all forms of life on, in, and above the earth for He repented that He had ever made man. However, the word of God tells us that Noah found grace in the Lord, and God put into action His plan for total reconciliation of His created man and Himself, but first the earth must be cleansed, and He would do this by creating a devastating flood. Noah with his family, three sons and their wives were the only humans saved.

            Ten generations later God visited Abram, later renamed Abraham, and told him to leave the house of his father, and go where God directed. God then blessed him, promising to bless those that would bless him and make of him the father of a great nation, and that he would be a blessing.

            Abraham fathered two sons, one named Esau, who , along with Ishmael his illegitimate half-brother become the father of all Arabic countries, the other named Jacob, later renamed Israel by an angel of God who fathered twelve sons by four women, two wives, and their hand maids at his wives request. These twelve sons constitute the twelve tribes of Israel.

            Among the twelve tribes God chose one to be His chosen people. That was the tribe of Judah from which came Jesus who was anointed by God to be the Messiah, the savior of all mankind from their sins of inequity prevailing throughout the entire world, and called the lamb of God. After a relatively short ministry assisting God in the performance of many miracles, He voluntarily let His blood be shed, and be crucified on the cross of Calvary in obedience to the will of His father, transformed into the likeness of all sin, past, present, and future, and take them all to the depths of hell where Satan, and his demonic angels reside, and dump them all in the lap of Satan, and then wrestled them, taking away from them that which they had stolen from Adam. It took all of three days, and then was reserected   back into the land of the living where he gave to all His disciples’ spiritual authority over all the works of our adversary.

            I now confess by me taking this spiritual authority seriously, and applying it to my every day devotional, I have found purpose for wanting to live, and to share this wonderful truth with all that I come in contact with, or that I might influence through my writing. Being constantly aware that by myself I cannot bless anyone, but knowing God, and His awesome power of annointing, will your every hunger feed. He will abide within you, and walk beside you, guiding your every step into the path of His righteousness’. All that you do, or say, is done through His spirit within you. He is your health, you cannot be sick, He is your strength unfailing, He is your all, and you should have no fear, for I know that He with His love and truth is near.

            All of this because of that spiritual authority He provides us all, and I pray: That all my brothers and sisters that are one in our Christ Jesus will:

Recognize an intimate cognation of your spiritual authority made possible by the mystery of the cross, and change your life values today.

           

DEVELOPING OUR IINTEGRITY

 

WEBSTER’S DEFFINITION:

The quality of, or the state of being complete; being unbroken condition; Wholeness; entirety. Being unimpaired,  being Perfect condition; Soundness; Being of sound moral principle; U0rightness, honest, sincerity. 

 

GOD’S DEFFENITION:

 Completeness; prosperity; Innocence; Full; Perfect; Simplicity; Up righteousness ; complete truths and honesty.

           

This word, “Integrity”, appears only fifteen times in five of the old testament books, Genesis, 1Kings, Job, psalms, and proverbs, and there is no doubt of the immense impact that this one word has on our present living daily events, but it also is the most  major contributor on our future. Without developing, and fine tuning our God given gifts that allow us to adopt His nature, His likenesses, we are lost, and may not inherit the kingdom of His son which is to come without  receiving His Grace, and responding accordingly.           

What must we do to become acceptable to God, and gain all His promised benefits? Believe His word, and in the person, Jesus, and by calling on His name Jesus, we will be saved. Yet to know that we have that security, and experience the wondrous joy of receiving His Grace we must first establish our integrity of heart, soul, and spirit, and that it is in consonance   with the overall plan of God, and we must apprehend and comprehend truths, it is written, God created us in His exact image, and after His likeness, remember this, ‘after His likeness’,  for it is the key that will unlock many of the mysteries that shrouds the truths that God wants you to comprehend with understanding. The word of God informs us that God is spirit; therefor we are a spirit which is contained, or housed, in these mortal clay bodies, and when we receive our new birth, our bodies become the temple of His Holy Ghost, and we are no longer ourselves, (having an attitude of I am my own boss, or God helps those that help themselves.) From that exact point of time in our lives, we have the responsibility to conceive this, and to take care for that precious body’s care. Secondly, He has endowed in this spirit man all the integral parts both substance, and spiritual that when amalgamated into the perfect unity of becoming sanctified, and cultivating the oneness with each other, and with our triune God, we become an integral component of the perfect completeness of God’s plan of reconciliation with His created man, and enhances our integrity.   This exhibit’s  by the virtues of our heavenly father “His likeness”, and it shall   strengthen us to overcome this world of carnality with its ignorance, and evil so that we may continually emulate those “like virtue’s” that God placed before us to choose to follow.

            Writers note: My observation during scripture study. Often the words “shall,” and the word,  “will,” depicts a very different work requirement. One alludes that God will either do it, or it has been done while the other requires specific action from mortal man before the desired goal, or result can be manifest. Warning, do not adopt an attitude that you have no responsibility, for that is exactly what God’s adversary wants you to believe.

 

You and I have been given a royal office such as was given. God’s chosen elite saints, such as Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, and David, But it's not until we believe, and perceive it that we can exercise the power or authority that goes with that office.

            Be not fearful, or ashamed, venture out in this carnal world   believing, and trusting  in the guidance of the Holy Ghost to guide you in all righteousness’, and your actually knowing by dwelling and meditating on the Word of God. Reading it and meditating on it day, and night. See yourself through the lens of the Word until the reality of your royalty in Christ Jesus becomes an everyday reality in you, and by faith confidently and fearlessly step forward to accomplish your assigned purpose in life, for we all have one. We become winners only when we have received graciously given personal gifts, and prioritized them in our daily living habits for they are always accompanied with adequate sufficiency to accomplish the desired end,   that when prioritized, and followed manifests integrity in our hearts, and deeds. It is written that by our accepting His gift of His Holy Ghost we are reborn from above,(born again), and we become changed, and are no longer  our own, but have been bought for a price which is thoroughly been made clear in God’s written inerrant, and uncompromising   word, and we now have a master to whom we answer, and eagerly serve.

            In conclusion, God has make it clear that in His forth coming kingdom there will be no discord, guaranteeing a secure integrity with overall program of His reconciliation plan, and that the integrity we bring into His kingdom reflects directly on the integrity of Him, and therefore must be a perfect sum total complete package defining the alpha to omega of the purpose of all life.

            I beseech all of you to consider carefully your personal relationship with our triune God, and prepare yourselves for the predicted end of days that we are now close to witnessing.

God's perfect will

THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD

"When we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son."

‘Reconciled’, that word is past tense. God has already restored fellowship between Himself and the world. He did it when there was not one person on earth accept Jesus who believed in the new birth. He did it when the entire world was lying in sin, and through the death and resurrection of Jesus, God has cleansed and forgiven and reconciled to Himself every man, woman and child on the face of this earth. All any of us have to do now is to accept and apply that good news, and obey all God’s commandments and apply all virtues to our life style. That is the word God has given us. That's the word we need to share with those who are our co-inhabiters of this earth, but who have not repented from living a life warped in sin, and therefor are lost bffeing outside the will of God. If we'll do it, I can almost guarantee you, they will not stay lost very long., and God will reveal all truths pertaining to His planned program from alpha to omega. Attaining the knowledge of His anointing power available to all, that lost soul will sanctify its self to be Holy as is commanded by God who states In Leviticus 11:44: “for I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefor sanctify yourself, and you shall be holy. Thus you will be acceptable unto God, and thereby assuring a utopian life, one having the fullness of the perfect love of God for eternity. The treasures that have been stored by God for us are ineffable, that is to our human mind, brain, and speech capability, they are inexpressible as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered in the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love Him”. 

            At this point another explanation is in order, although it is written that all that believe, and accept Jesus, and believe that God is their father who sent Him shall be saved, and have life everlasting, it does not say where they will spend it or how. It is written that although they have received salvation, they now need to sanctify themselves, (meaning to purify themselves from all sin, and the effects thereof making themselves holy as God instructed, for He is holy, and all that will be acceptable unto Him, and spend eternity in that utopian age to come  shall be holy.

       This requires of us to establish a very intimate relationship having a constant fellowship with our Lord Jesus by being perpetually ready to have communication with God’s Holy Ghost, His Holy Spirit. Any attempt to accomplish this on our own will result in vanity, for it is written, “you can do nothing without Me”. I therefor implore you to study the Holy scriptures diligently seeking the counsel with the councilor Jesus sent us for it is written: “No prophesy of the scripture is of any private interpretation”. This means no political, religious, or fraternal organization has that privilege, or authority to interpret the word. This leaves only the author of the word, God’s Holy Ghost who is committed to lead you into the knowledge of all truths, and tell you of things to come.

WINNING LIFES BATTLE

WINNING THE BATTLE OF LIFE



First a question, when reading the words of scripture are you limited to the depicted story as biblical history, or the revelation of a message applicable to you in these current daily events? For it is written: “He who is of God hears the words of God”; Therefore I draw your attention to the phrase that Jesus used often after teaching in parables: “To those that have ears, let them hear.” For those that do not hear, this message is for you, it is not too late for as it is written; “The end of all things is at hand; therefore be of sound judgment”, and for those who are not of God, it will not be pleasant as Satan’s predicted reign through the last tribulation with great anguish transpires. So I implore you, submit yourself to Jesus, and ask Him to be your Lord, and become a member of His family and gai the gift of eternal life with Him in His earthly heavenly kingdom yet to come. It is to you that have not yet experience that rebirth, born again, receiving from Him a new spirit, a new heart of flesh and a new mind becoming a new creature in Christ Jesus, and to all my brothers, all my sisters in the family of Christ Jesus, that constitutes my worldly neighbors who have to struggle with the everyday issues pertaining to our living in this confused and competitive world with its evil and perplexed environments, this is a narration I trust will reveal the mystery key to understanding the absolute truths that when applied will free us from all bondage to ignorance that prevents us from receiving God’s Grace. These truths are imbedded, and concealed within the written word of God, and thoroughly reveals just how current it is today in this age of rapidly changing technologies affecting our life styles. It is written that the Holy Spirit sent to us as a helper and comforter after Jesus ascended to His Father in Heaven will teach us all things, and that includes all things pertaining to God and to Life. If it is concealed, it is only concealed to non-believers, and to those who have been taught a compromised gospel which has misled Christians, and those who are ignorant of the truth due to their slothfulness in studying His commandments, His instructions and precepts, and then applying  them to personal everyday life in reverence and obedience to our Heavenly Father who freely gave His Son, Jesus to the will of Satan to die a sinners death on the cross, thus providing for each of us salvation from all our inequities, and to make a way for us a means to gecome sanctified and know the truth, and then provide guiding principles, all things have been made possible for us to attain through the mystery of the cross, and the awesome power of God’s anointing. By this means being able to gain the knowledge and the wisdom to apprehend first, then to comprehend with understanding the power afforded each of us when we first accepted Jesus as our Lord, and God then placed within us the mind of His Christ, then His Holy Spirit having all power. Then to help guide us in His ways of righteousness He gave us the authority to use that supremacy over all the power of our enemy, Satan. This becomes possible only by divine revelation and by His Grace toward us.
      This Awesome power of God's anointing, and our comprehending with understanding the true will of God, and His purposeful planned action is priority one. First we must understand that we today are so privileged living under His unilaterally sworn covenant of Grace, and that was not the case for all living souls prior to Christ Jesus suffering the agony of the death on the cross , taking upon himself the sum total of sin’s corruption, and taking it all to hell, Satan's abode, and leaving it all there from where it all emanates, and retrieved which was stolen from Adam, that is having dominion, over all things in, on and above the earth which was given him with the blessing God endowed him with. And then He was raised from death to life after the three days it took Him to defeat Satan, and all his demons, He returned to His kingdom of the living, and has been established as Lord of all for ages to come.
       I pray this sagacious narrative reveals the key to comprehending with understanding the truth concealed within God’s majestically canonized word, and stimulates you to action. The most fundamental foundational obligation that man must accomplish is to first learn all he can about the nature, character, and integrity of God who is our true Spiritual father, this requires us to diligently studying to seek the truth which is available in His printed word, and not relying on the council of man, or religious dogma or doctrine, but seek the council of Jesus and the Holy Spirit where we will receive divine wisdom and truth.
       Second is to find out the same thing about our enemy, Satan and all his demonic angels so that we can recognize him whenever he or his demons endeavors to influence us by his deceitful ploys which he continually attempts to permeates our days’ of mortal life, and which are aimed to try our faith and trust in God, and should we succumb to his trials, destroy us. Since God does not test any man, He does allow us to be exposed to temptation’s, therefore when you are tried don’t panic, or stress yourselves but say to yourself; this is just a test., for God will deliver you through victorisly if youj trust Him.
       The third task is to determine the same qualities within our own nature as we found prevalent in God, and then identify any variances that may exist. Then finally cleanse ourselves by asking for forgiveness, and repent, and it will arouse within us a hunger and deep yearning to seek and find His Kingdom and most important, is a desire to attain knowledge of His anointing power, and His righteousness. Then as it is written and promised, all else will be given us, the joy, peace, rest and contentment which surpass all the limits of natural comprehension.
      His Grace and His anointing work in concert to produce the will of God, and as I write this saga I openly seek, and trust that I will receive from Him His guidance, and sufficiency to make clear His merciful compassionate love filled messages to share with my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus.
       I pray that God blesses you.

Why I Write About Issues of Life and Truths

A SPIRITUAL MOMENT DURING


THE SYMPHONY OF LIFE

     I had just been widowed the second time and felt that all was lost and life was over, but, a lady destined to be my third wife, named Phyllis, rescued me from the grief I had let encompass me. We were married September 2, 2000. It was the beginning of a precious time in my life as she was a true helpmeet. That same year I was influenced by some indescribable power, the Holy Spirit of God to write a story. It began as a memoir of my life to leave as a heritage for my descendants. I was constantly having my memory refreshed by reliving every event in my life, and I was viewing it all through the lens of scripture. God’s Holy Spirit guided me by revealing truths not before knowledgeable. Proof that the events I experienced are evidence of the validity of the Bible being the uncompromising, inerrant and the absolute true word of God. At the same time the Holy Spirit revealed the existence and ever present force of evil. This spirit of evil is God’s adversary who is dedicated to separate each one of us from one another, and permanently from the love of God.
      I worked diligently with a literary agency to display my unpublished work to publishing houses, but it was of no avail. After six years past, I was widowed again for the third time, and eventually found myself in a retirement and assisted living establishment due to being disabled caused by macular degeneration resulting in sight impairment. Less than one year later I am legally blind and it was impossible to use my computer to finish or make any changes to my work. However, God was not through with me or my stories which by this time were changed to being His messages. Being a World War II veteran I was invited by the department of veteran’s affairs to attend a rehabilitation program for the blind. I received training how to overcome my handicap and was given a new computer with software installed having advanced technology. The software now permits me to hear what I write as I write it and should I misspell a word it alerts me. It also will audibly read whatever is displayed on the monitor if I activate the document reader. With nothing to hinder my submerging myself into His word recorded in His Holy Bible, I had no excuse not prioritizing time to study God’s Word.
      While I gained knowledge that according to His word, is not easily comprehended because of the work of Satan for centuries past. He has since revealed certain truths to me only available through the revelation work of His Holy Spirit. While listening to the wee small voice of the Spirit of God, He expounded on the Excellency of my gaining knowledge of the power in the anointing of Jesus. The key to this knowledge was stolen or lost before the earthly ministry of Jesus by the malicious and devious work of Satan. You might ask how it was stolen. Satan was able to expound on the frailty of man, the same that was found in him when he was God’s covering angel. He was aware of man’s integrity, his dependency on his fleshly knowledge of sensory perception, his egoism, pride, self exaltations) ignorance’s all because of having the same seed of inequity that was found in him when he was God’s covering angel. Add to this world’s religious piety, political culture of legalism, all contributing to take away the key of true knowledge. This condition has not changed to this day but has worsened. I knew that I could not write or say anything that God had not already and thoroughly explained in His Word. I asked myself often, why I am doing this. I can’t add anything to what is already written but the Holy Spirit said “yes, but my children need the Key”. Many have become victims of Satan’s evil spirit and need enlightening and can relate to your stories and be able to apply their Grace given authority to overcome the now powerless adversary. I still questioned my Lord, “why me?” He told me that He chooses whosoever He wills to be His servants, and I heard Him say, “He will perfect that which concerns me and that I should forsake not the works of my own hands”. That finally did it and I stopped asking why me? I guess that I may be one of those, “whosoever’s”. He then reminded me that I should not think too highly of myself, but grow in Grace and in the ‘knowledge’ of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
     I was recently invited to attend the largest gathering of professional literary individuals, and organizations in the USA. It is known as; Book Expo America”, and is held in New York City once annually. This resulted in me understanding the magnitude of the power of the written word to influence millions of co-inhabitants of this world, and could provide me a platform from which to re-lay God’s revealed truths, and with the direct help of God’s Holy Spirit I obey, and from this day forward will put in writing God's messages for you so that you can choose wisely.

SERVANT OF GOD

THE VALUE OF KNOWING HIM
AND BEING ABLE TO REPRESENTING HIM IN THIS WORLD
I write this letter after much thought in meditation with prayer. I want all to know that this letter will be posted on my blog web site; “Franklin Murdock’s Books & Christian Missions”.
Although this is a personal letter to a friend, I want to share the message it contains with all that view it, and I pray it will stimulate a desire within them to seek for the absolute truth. I will not reveal the name of my friend, but if you should get a copy of it, you will know his name.
To:
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Dear Sir,
I thank you for your gracious e-mail message in which you stated that I have been a positive Influence on you. However, since I have had the fortune and pleasure to become acquainted with you, I recognize the magnitude of the responsibilities being senior vice president of human resources for such a large corporation of 647 different senior living communities in the United States that have a total of 47,000 associates and over 65,000 residents, and providing them all loving care by enriching their ebbing life with compassion, respect, excellence and integrity.
Trying to apprehend what you must face every day dealing with the vast variances of physical and mental problems you and your associates do, I am humbled, and greatly influenced. The exceedingly great and wondrous love that I have personally received from God and from your subordinates during the last five years surpasses all natural understanding, and yet I am still apprehending all that God has for me.
You, sir, and your dedicated associates may not be consciously aware that each of you has an opportunity every day to represent God in a very special way. Representing Him as His ambassador fulfilling God’s will of compassionate care for the elderly as their journey through the maze of this world nears their personal omega. I call your attention to a truth. I would like you to know, I did not choose God, He chose me just as He did Abraham a liar, or Moses a murderer, Joseph a lonely prisoner, David, a murderer and adulterer, they did not earn by their own sufficiency their positions, nor did all other saints.
These last five plus years have been a learning experience of spiritual growth, and human carnal nature, including mine, and then letting God form and shape me to be His servant in harmony with the Spiritual world of His Kingdom. I am confident that you too have experienced a like happening, or we could not have the camaraderie we do have.
God, through His anointing power of Jesus, instructed us to seek first His Kingdom, and to be transformed from this world to thatKingdom. This we have done by the renewing of our mind, and when we did, all else was given us. That Kingdom is real, and we witness to its reality. It is within the sufficiency of each born again believer to lay hold of it, for it is not hidden in a strange place, but to all who have received the precious gift of the Holy Spirit. However, being a resident of one of your communities, I have come to understand because of believing and following some religiously established customs and traditions, there is evidence of bigotry among the family of residants. This attitude prevailing in some of the precious people who are now my family, hinder their ability to envision the magnitude of the best which God has in store for them, and is yet to come. It hinders Gods manifestation of His Grace during their carnal living.
The greatest gift that any person can give themselves is to study diligently the word of God to apprehend, and understand divine truth, and the awesome power of His anointing and resurrection of our Jesus to enable Him to guide us to develop a very intimate fellowship with Him where He can reveal all truths that really sets us free from any self imposed, or Satan influenced hindrances. For by studying the Word of God, not just the verses of the Bible, you begin to hear Him talk to you through His Word. (John 8:47)
I am declaring this as an open letter so as to share it with as many that follow my blog or that whomever you, or I choose to share it with.

Sincerely your brother in Christ Jesus, and admiring friend;
Franklin D Murdock

BEING ASSURED

BEING ASSURED OF SALVATIONAuthored by the Holy Ghost. and penned by Holy men of God, and delineated in His Holy Word, the Bible
Jesus is the faithful and true witness, who gives us the reliable truth that we must have in order to find life and live life as God intends. Faith and trust in Him develops in our lives, but not as a result of a personal effort to learn it, but is a gift for our diligently seeking His Kingdom. Jesus is the author and the finisher of our faith as we see His faithful and true character. His word is a vital part of this process, since it has the same character that He has. When we first received the word of God, and believed, and trusted Him to do all that He says He will do, it changed our lives. This is how we started out with God: This is when we were born again, and given true life, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible seed, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because, as He declares: “All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” Now this is the word which by the gospel, the written word of God recorded in His scripture; we have divinely had the knowledge of Jesus revealed to us, and we experienced the heavenly birth of our spirit. (Given true life, born again) Then by believing, and trusting Jesus, and by faith in this truth we were adopted into the family of God in conjunction with the incorruptible, living, eternal word of God being planted like a seed into our lives. However, we must realize that getting born again is not something that we do, for we cannot by ourselves gain this wondrous status, nor is it just to miss hell, or just to receive favor from God. Our purpose now must be to please God, and to enhance our personal relation and fellowship with Him, and to be ready to lay down our lives in order to assist Him as His co-laborer, or co-worker during His purpose in the fulfillment of His plan to annihilate all evil and reestablish His relationship with man. To be His special possessions in the earth and to do whatever He tells us to do. Our top priority is to give ourselves to Him and to live in communion with Him. To spend enough time with Him that we can hear His voice and respond in obedience.
This occurred when we began to study that very intimate letter addressed to each of us from our heavenly daddy, the Bible, and we heard the good news, the gospel. We then believed the good news of Jesus Christ, and this seed germinated within us unto life eternal.After being born again by grace through faith in Christ, God's plan was that we continue to respond to His word, For this reason we should also thank God without ceasing, because when we first received the word of God, we welcomed it, not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in all who believe, and our names are recorded in the holy book of life. However, I have to alert you that it is possible through allowing what the unsaved masses of this carnal world portrays as practical to loose your salvation.. This can happen because as we begin to receive knowledge of God, and of Jesus, we are constantly being attacked by our adversary to influence us to value more the things we are familiar with in this world than the unknown truth of God’s domain. We are warned by the word of God not to deviate from our course of restoring our relationship with God, which was lost when Adam failed to obey the commandment of God not to eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge. All of the unredeemed, as well as all of their cultural networks, are under the influence of the evil one. We are vulnerable to this same fate by carelessly casting away, our confidence in the truth of His word, and promises because we allow the carnality of this world infiltrate our mind and thus, our heart.
There is also another way, and we all should be aware of it, and knowledgeable of just how it can happen, and then experience our names being blotted out of the book of Life. I have been told of a man who is a medical doctor, and was believed to be a dedicated believer who when he went to India on a mission of mercy, was so influenced by the extent of poverty, and suffering of malnutrition, he could not fathom there being a God of love, and compassion that would allow this condition to exist. He from that experience has denied there ever being a God as defined in the Gospels and fell away from God’s truth. The writer that penned God’s words in the book of Hebrews recorded these words: “It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they should fall away, to renew them again unto repentance.” That means to restore, and to regain their salvation.
I implore you not to merely read the stories of the Bible, but to study the words and expect the Holy Spirit, the author of these words to reveal to you the concealed message they contain, and open your understanding. The Bible is the most majestically engineered, and integrated intimate message from our daddy, that merely reading the words can leave you as ignorant of the true knowledge of God and Jesus as you were before, even if you have confessed Jesus as your Lord, and received His redemption from all your inequities.
I implore you to set aside all your personal experiences wherein you seemed to be tried, and possibly viciously attacked by our adversary to sway you away from the truth. Remember, Jesus is the only faithful and true witness for the validity of God’s word that made it possible that we become heavenly knowledgeable, and our faith in our promised destiny for eternity. There is so much more that God has made available through His blessings He wants you to enjoy during this mortal life, but the real thing is the exceedingly great and wondrous life for all of us in eternity. For the best is yet to come.

LIVING or DEAD

EXTRA-EXTRA
NEWS BULLETIN
YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU!
In truth, you are going to take it with you like it or not, but what is meant by “IT”, that you are taking, it is everything you possess other the material things that you have gained as yours in this world, and in either a selfish way, or in an unselfish sharing way that you laud, and may honestly, but mistakenly feel is in consonance with the will of our Father because of distorted, or limited teaching. It is what you have chosen between Blessings and life, or curses and death. To explain, let us review just what life is, and what death is. Question, how is it possible to define death in a world where there is no death, which is in God’s domain, but everlasting life, or is it possible? Has it happened? What happened to God’s anointed cherub who was His covering angel. It is penned by the profit Ezekiel in chapter 28just how he transformed himself from having life to being lifeless by exalting himself, and thus permanently being separated from God. That did happen, and in all places, it happened in heaven. Therefore existing without life, he becomes the author of all evil, and curses. In Deuteronomy 30:19 Moses penned what God instructed him to write describing the issue before each of us where God proclaimed He set before us individually the alternative between two choices with no compromises. One meant we would establish a oneness with Him and have a life everlasting filled with all the blessings that He has established for His children, or two, we would choose an existence without Him for eternity, and suffer the consequences of all the curses that would befall us. This exemplifies the truth that life without God is death even if we function as a live man, and that life cannot be described as the period of time between womb, and grave, but first knows that God created man in His exact image after His likeness. That means man was, and is today created as a spirit having eternal life, but when Adam disobeyed God and did eat the forbidden fruit he changed the whole scenario, and God majestically formulated and put into action a plan to re-establish that lost companionship, and intimate fellowship with man.
That verse 19 of chapter 30, emprises that we cannot serve two different masters simultaneously, or serve God and mammon (meaning wealth) too. Making this choice, which we must, realize that it does encompass much more than carelessly mouthing agreement to choose with a haphazard manner life, and then continuing to live as if we are the masters of our soul, and disregard having to pay any attention to His commandments, ordinances, precepts, and instructions. A good example of this is Jonah who disobeyed God when he tried to avoid a commandment. The blessings alluded to in that verse 19 not only pertains to our period of time living in this carnal environment of this world, but are ment to be eternal. They are delineated in Deuteronomy 28: verses 1through 14, and are contingent upon our obedience to Him.
The curses that will befall us should we choose not to accept God’s offer, and end up choosing death, or permanent separation from Him are delineated in verses 15 through 68 of that same chapter 28. Diligently seeking truth I must implore you to heed all God’s instructions, and not falsely assume you need not rightly respond to such details.
I earlier stated that this pertains to our mortal life, and it does, but it refers to the omega of that magnificent wondrous will of God for our final inheritance, the best that is coming, the age of eternity with our heavenly father and family. It is our promised inheritance, and is our hope of all Glory.
We are instructed by his word to study to make us acceptable unto God, then to rightly divide the word of truth. In that vein I ask you to privately examine your status as it relates to this issue. Are you alive, or are you among the walking dead?

Know Me

BECOMING KNOWLEDGABLE I CHOSE TO -FOLLOW HIM
One day some time ago I while I was in meditation, I being is the spirit, entered into my Father’s throne room to offer Him and Jesus my prayer of, praise, thanksgiving, and worship. While I was in this state of prayer this is what manifested. Jesus brought to my mind how He selected the twelve men to relinquish all that they had, and to follow Him. I responded by asking Him to accept me, and teach me to be a like follower. Since I had lived a lifetime, and been widowed three times, my primary purpose for living had become a desire to gain the knowledge of God and Jesus, and if that meant to be His servant, so be it. I proclaimed that I was not desirous to be just a mimic of them he had chosen, or a master quarterback of any team, or to be recognized for more than being your servant. I had no desire to gain accolades for self, but to become a learner, a student, and have you teach me in all the ways of our Father, and reveal the amazing truths pertaining to the life of promise. It was then told me that all that I ask will be as I stated. He then informed me that the world system in which I live is corrupt, and He does not expect me to have to battle through all the maze of deception alone, but to trust Him, and He will bring me through to His predicted end.
I am not so old not to realize to follow Him I need to know Him intimately, and to know Him in this way or manner means that I must submerge myself in the word provided by the Holy Spirit, which I did, and I do continually. It is the inerrant, uncompromising word that was made flesh to live among us. It is the scriptures recorded in the Bible. This word is alive, and is Life, it is Jesus. As I make this word the foundation of my abode, He reveals all truths, His nature, the purpose, and will of our Father unto me.
I have responded, and found His Sabbatical Rest with serene peace having the assurance that I have overcome this world being one in Jesus, and I want to share this, that all my friends might be encouraged to first seek His Glorious Kingdom, and find the gift of real life, along with full redemption from the blight of sin we were all recipients of through our inheritance from Adam.
BE A COPYCAT.

MOVING ON FAITH

CHOOSE LIFE TODAY

Can you imagine living comfortably, being married, having parents, siblings and friends, and seemingly getting along in this world just fine. Maybe that describes you today although you may be struggling to make ends meet while coping with everyday issues, and just imagine quite suddenly the Spirit of our God pays you a visit. He makes himself known and then proceeds to tell you must make a drastic change in your life, and living habits: Remove yourself from the very country you call home, and from all family members including your father’s house, and go into territory of this earth that I will lead you to, and show it unto you. This happened to a you man about 350 years after the flood in Noah’s time, and his name was Abram, later changed to Abraham. He obeyed God, and we have the relationship with our Lord today because he believed and trusted God. This depicts a challenge which is before all of us this day, and we all individually must choose to obey or deny God’s instructions to be able to overcome Satan’s evil influence in our mortal life.
The following is from a daily devotion I receive from the Kenneth Copeland ministries which I recognize as applicable to this profound message:
Have you ever been afraid to give yourself totally to the Lord because you think you might be deprived of some pleasure in this life? Chances are, you have. That's because Satan is working overtime to convince you that he can really make your life worth living. But don't believe him for a minute. The real truth is, yielding completely to the Lord won't cost you anything that's worth having. It will only cause you to live life to its fullest! Jesus' life on earth was a perfect example of a totally yielded life. He was a walking example of the benefits godly living brings. Everywhere He went, Jesus made the deaf to hear, the blind to see, the lame to walk, fulfilling the will of our Father toward His created man. He lived in perfect peace and absolute victory. This all sounds pretty good to me. All He missed out on was the devil getting dominion over Him to kill, steal and destroy. In fact, the devil couldn't do anything to Him until, by the Father's will, He laid down His life. Until that time Jesus walked in total victory over the enemy. Do you think you would miss out on a lot if you lived that way? Of course not! You can walk in that same anointing and power and glory of God that Jesus did. Do you have to give up your whole life to do it? Yes! You have to trade your carnality of life for the life of God. You have to trade your sickness for His healing, your poverty for His prosperity, your anxiety for His peace, your sin for His righteousness. So why hesitate? When it gets right down to it, you really have nothing to lose except the miseries of mortal life.

Choose to move today.

DELUSIONAL

Before reading this posting read 2Thessalonians 2:7 thru12

BEING MADE DELUSIONAL

It was only about 100 years ago that we would occasionally hear, “EXTRA! EXTRA! REAS ALL LABOUT IT”, as the News paper street vendors would call out as breaking news became available. There was no other way as television had not been invented, and radio was very limited to wireless telegraphy, transistors, microcircuit, computers, and satellites or the internet were beyond comprehension. There were no telephones for they were not yet widely available for domestic service, for telephone service was in its infancy. Just think, there was no radio, no TV, no telephone service and probably most incomprehensible, no cell phones. The only means information was distributed was by word of mouth, or by letter, or news papers.
Seriously I believe that we have already entered into the period described as the last of days, or end of this world which will mark the return of our Lord Jesus to set-up His everlasting kingdom on this planet earth. We should be aware of every troubling, and seemingly innocent changes as they are occurring concerning our survival, for it is predicted that perilous times will begin occurring at a increasing rate during this period of time.
So be alert and prepared for these changes. The vanity of this world’s apparent technical advancement that have been gained in communications, education concerning celestial and terrestrial knowledge has resulted in the vanity of human behavior fed byIgnorance of knowledge of the nature, and character of God, and the soundless news media. There news broadcasts are mostly commentators view tempered with their own opinions without foundation resulting in their listeners believing in something that is contrary to reality, sometimes having a deep deceptive motive. This is evident in the dishonorable behavior of the political arena where selfish erroneous claims are depicted every day. In addition to this there has been an increasing satanic influence that has infiltrated not only governments with anti believers wanting to abolish our countries constitution, and Christian founded religious dogmas, and right from the church sanctuary many accursed ministers are teaching false doctrine that compromises the true word of the gospel of our Lord Jesus. In 1945 four leading nations of theis world founded the, United Nations to provide a platform upon which international court of justice with the participation of other member nations would be able to maintain total peace and harmony among all nations and territories on the face of the world, and thus eliminate forever any discord among nations. The fundamental purpose was admirable, but today its actions are anything but for the rogue nations have apparently taken control.
This all works to condition, or program our minds to be submissive to the deceptive lie, of a power seeking political figure that will sometime in the not so distant future be indentified and will trigger a period of great misery and distress over all the world as God finally executes judgment upon all mankind who have refused to obey His commandments, His ordinances , to apply His precepts, and refuse His Grace as did the people of Noah’s time when He will again pour out on all the world His final wrath predicted known as the tribulation.
Yet before the predicted time of the occurrence of the beginning of this agony, there will happen a super natural manifestation of the pouring out for all living souls God’s final act of His Grace. His making available for all to receive His Holy Spirit by calling on the name of Jesus to save them, and by doing so, will be spared from having to endure the terrible wrath of God, and the period of tribulation, for the integrity of Jesus is faithful to His word to come and receive all that have called His name for salvation, and believing in your hart for Him to do what He has proclaimed, and do not doubt, He will do everything that He has promised He would do.
The issue before you this day is, ‘when’ , and is it too late? The answer is no, it is not too late, but you do not have the luxury of time as I did. All the signs Jesus predicted to precede the initiation of this momentous change have occurred except the rapture, and the exposure of the anti Christ, therefore the beginning of the end can begin at any time that He chooses. With that said, take heed and prepare yourself to meet your God, Jesus face to face in the not too distant future.

GIVING A REPORT

A SPIRITUAL MOMENT

DURIGH THE SYMPHONY

OF MYLIVE

I was recently invited to attend the largest gathering of professional literary individual authors, publishers, promoters, and organizations in the USA. It is known as; Book Expo America”, and is held once annually in New York City. I accepted the invitation even though my latest book, “THE BEST IS YET TO COME” is not yet published. Although I was not able to meet many of the media my producer and I hoped to meet, but I did received a valuable education concerning the process of marketing a product for public consumption, and sharing God’s love with those I met.
I must comment that I witnessed the mighty power of God as many were interested in me, and my work, so I have prepared an introduction of me, and what influences me to write. The bottom line is that my producers/Public Relation representatives released the facts about me and my work, and have had at least 240 media outlets throughout the country publish the story of me and my work. All I can say is to God is all the Glory.
My introduction:
I had just been widowed the second time and felt that all was lost and life was over, but, a lady destined to be my third wife, named Phyllis, rescued me from the grief I had allowed to encompass me. We were married September 2, 2000. It was the beginning of a precious time in my life as she was a true helpmeet. That same year I was influenced by the Holy Spirit of God to write a story. It began as a memoir of my life to leave as a heritage for my descendants. I was constantly having my memory refreshed by reliving every event in my life, and I was viewing it all through the lens of scripture. God’s Holy Spirit guided me by revealing truths not before knowledgeable. Proof that the events I experienced are evidence of the validity of the Bible being the uncompromising, inerrant, absolute true word of God. During this time the Holy Spirit revealed the existence and ever present force of evil. This spirit of evil is God’s adversary who is dedicated to separate each one of us from one another, and permanently from the love of God. I tried working diligently with a literary agency to display my unpublished work to publishing houses, but it was of no avail. After six more years past, I was widowed again for the third time, and eventually found myself in a retirement and assisted living establishment due to being disabled caused by macular degeneration resulting in sight impairment. It was less than one year later I was legally blind and it was impossible to use my computer to finish or make any changes to my work. However, God was not through with me or my stories which by this time were changed to being His messages for those who are confused in this mixed-up world. Being a World War II veteran I was invited by the department of veteran’s affairs to attend a rehabilitation program for the blind. I received training how to overcome my handicap and was given a new computer with software installed having advanced technology. The software now permits me to hear what I write as I write it and should I misspell a word it alerts me. It also will audibly read whatever is displayed on the monitor if I activate the document reader. With nothing to hinder me, I relinquished my selfness to God, and submerged myself into His word. Having no excuse, I then prioritized time to study His Word. While I gained knowledge that according to His word, is not easily comprehended because of the work of Satan for centuries past. He has since revealed certain truths to me only available through the divine revelationary work of His Holy Spirit. While listening to the wee small voice of the Spirit of God, He expounded on the Excellency of my gaining knowledge of Christ Jesus. The key to this knowledge was stolen or lost before the earthly ministry of Jesus by the malicious and devious work of Satan. You might ask how it was stolen. Satan was able to expound on the frailty of man. His lack of integrity, his dependency on his fleshly knowledge of sensory perception, his egoism, pride, self exaltations, ignorance’s, and this world’s religious piety, and the political culture of legalism to take away the key of true knowledge. This condition has not changed to this day but has worsened. I knew that I could not write or say anything that God had not already written, and thoroughly explained, yet cleverly concealed in His Word. I asked myself often, why I am doing this. I can’t add anything to what is already written but the Holy Spirit said “yes, but my children need the Key”. Many have become victims of Satan’s evil spirit and need enlightening and can relate to your stories and be able to apply their Grace given authority to overcome the now powerless adversary. I still questioned my Lord, “why me?” He told me that He chooses whosoever He wills to be His servants, and I heard Him say, “He will perfect that which concerns me and forsake not the works of my own hands”. That finally did it and I stopped asking why me? I guess that I may be one of those, “whosoever’s”. He then reminded me that I should not think too highly of myself, but continue to grow in Grace, and in the ‘knowledge’ of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I humbly post this notice for your edification.

THE VALUE OF THE KNNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST JESUS

AQUIRING KNOWLEDGE OF HIM
LISTENING AS THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKES

There is a mystery cleverly concealed throughout the Holy Word of God. This mystery alludes to the very important task that each of us on a individual basis must gain an intimate relationship with Jesus by our comprehending what God is revealing that which He has concealed within His word. Then as we study and meditate on that word have our understanding awakened by the Holy Spirit that we attain the truthful and precious knowledge of Jesus the Christ. I call it precious because it determines what joy you have during your journey through mortal life, and will also be a determining factor where you will spend eternity.
I draw your attention to the second epistle of Peter to note how he addressed it. It is addressed only to: “those who have obtained like precious faith with us, (the apostles,) through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ.” Note: he didn’t say that he learned this, or was it taught to him by the master, but that it was received as one receives a gift, and it was not until after Jesus had been crucified, and resurrected, and then only after the Holy Spirit was given to them on the day of Pentecost.
Peter goes on in verses 2,3 and 4, saying, “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you ‘through the knowledge’, of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as His divine power has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and Godliness, and again emphasizes the word knowledge as he says, ‘through the knowledge’ of him that has called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these, we might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in this world through lust. At this point, I will make a few comments for you to note.
They are: We are given all things that pertain to life guides and help us to live a graciously blessed life while in this mortal body. You may be asking, what things? For instance we have been given full authority over all the power of our enemy when we use it in the name of our redeemer, Jesus. And, according to the apostle Paul he penned in Ephesians 1:3, we have been blessed with all, not just a few, but all spiritual blessings from God to whom all Glory and Praise should be given. Yet without having attained that personal, intimate knowledge of God and Jesus, we traverse the path of life handicapped, and ever wondering why your life may be so erratic, and influenced by the frequent disasters, and evil forces of this world. Yet, without faith, without fear, without doubt, and wondering if you have been heard, but trusting unequivocally in our Lord, you will during meditation hear in your heart the Lord speaking to you.
To further your knowledge and understanding review Genesis 4 verse 7, of the King James Version, but first in verse 6, God has asked Cain why he is so upset. In verse 7 as God is continuing to talk with Cain, he speaks an important instruction that He intends us today to heed it. Read it once just as it is written. Then read it over but insert your name right after the second word ‘thou’ so it will read, “If thou (name) doest well shall thou not be accepted? Note: accepted by whom? Throughout His word, the Bible, it informs us that in order to partake of his everlasting Kingdom we musts be acceptable unto God. God then continues by giving a warning, If we do not that which is pleasing unto Him, Satan, or sin awaits, or lurches at the door of your soul, your heart, and he wants you, so you must learn to rule him, to master him, to control him, to overcome him in the name, JESUS, and without having the true knowledge of God and Jesus, you are on your own. To further emphasize this look at Hosea chapter 4 and verse 6 where the Lord talking with Hosea said: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: Addressing the teachers, the Priests God said this is happening because you have rejected knowledge [of Me], so I will reject you that you will be no priests [servants] to Me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. Now how important do you think understanding knowledge of God, Jesus and His precepts are?
Now let us review 2 Corinthians 8:7 again to visit the need to attaining true knowledge of our Lord. Assuming that you have a personal relationship with our Lord this, and following verse addresses the sincerity of all of God’s word. However, this verse particularly addresses five virtues of which we need knowledge and understanding that will be of great worth as we commune with our Lord. The verse refers to gifts given to us that further explain, “All things that are given unto us that equip us efficient enough to deal with all the issues pertaining to life”. They are the words: abundance, faith, utterance, knowledge, diligence and love. Now review the noted scripture: It states, “As you abound in every thing [note the word thing again], in faith, in utterance, in knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love toward us, [fellow man] and see that you abound in this grace. [Boldly excel in the gracious acts of giving and witnessing.]
I pray these words help you to relinquish yourselves to Jesus, and when you do, you will hear his voice.

THE VALUE OE ATAINING TRUE KNOWLEDGE JESUS

APISTLE OF CHRIST

LIVING LETTERS OF CHRIST
As I journey through the maze of this life, I am continually awed, and humbled as I witness the mighty works of my heavenly daddy as He orchestrates the victory over the events I have, andam currently being exposed to, and I want to share them with you. As I am maturing in the knowledge of my Lord and Master teacher Jesus, and I am a handicapped legally blind 90 year plus old disciple of His, I hear His voice speaking to me through the voices of many of His anointed messengers. Following is a good example. It is derived from one of two daily thoughts for meditation I receive via e-mail that inspire me to pass the message it contains on to you, and this one is from Bob Hoekstra of the Blue Letter Bible Ministry. The apostle Paul penned in hisletter to the church at Corinth the following, and I reiterate his message: You are manifestly an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. (2 Corinthians 3:3) This is a truth that we must acknowledge, and accept the responsibilities by being prepared that it may require of us to confront counterfeit fraudulent or erroneous religious teaching about God and Jesus. It is a significant characteristic resulting from our living by faith is that we become living letters of Christ. "You are manifestly an epistle of His. The Lord wants to turn our lives into a "walking and talking letter of Him." He wants to make us a living explanation of who He is and all the blessings He offers. What a great privilege and challenge this presents as we go about our daily responsibilities; unfortunately many of our brothers and sisters live their lives void of the true knowledge of our Lord, but they are, witnesses of our lives, and while they are observing us, they can actually be learning of the truth and love of our Lord Jesus, as He is working in and through us. Although this may sound like too much to hope for, the Lord declares in His word that this process can become very clear to those who are watching us: "You are manifestly[thatis, "plainly recognized as"] an epistle of Christ." Remember, this is what is availablefor "ministers [servants] of the new covenant" which He has ordained all of us to be. (2 Corinthians 3:6). This is what happens in those who live by faith in Jesus and by the grace of God. This is something that God does in us, not something we manufacture for Him. Certainly, people are involved in the process. We become fully engaged by humbly and dependently seeking that elusive knowledge of Jesus who wants to work in us. Others also get involved by ministering to us. Paul writing to the church of Corinth is applicable today when he penned, "You are manifestly an epistle of Christ”. As God’s word informs us that He had Paul minister His truth to these saints at Corinth, and that these living letters of Christ were not being written by ink, as ordinary letters would be, but God views them the same today as a divine forever living unction unto you as, “We are manifestly an epistle of Christ, ministered by the Holy Spirit, written not with ink but by the Spirit of our living God." God's Holy Spirit continues at work writing on our hearts those letters that as our lives will be transformed to reflect His Glory, we truly become living epistles of Jesus. Notice where the Lord was inscribing these living letters: "not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart." The old covenant message of law was written on stones. The new covenant message of grace is written on the hearts of all who walk in humble dependence upon God. This heavenly work changes us from the inside out, making us living letters of Christ! Dear God of all grace, I humbly admit that I need to be more and more changed into a living letter of Christ. So often, those who read me see only me. I ask You in faith to inscribe the character of Christ upon my heart, that others may see Him in my daily walk, Amen.

THE FRAGARANCE OF CHRIST

THE FRAGRANCE OF CHRIST

Get into a small confined space such as an elevator ant ther be someone in there that smells as if they bathed in a tub of perfume you would know it immediately. Likewise, should there be someone who has not bathed for a long time and wearing the same clothing, they probably will have an odor called body odor. These type fragrances are quickly identified by one of our five senses. However, God’s word to us states as we become knowledgeable of our Lord, we will emulate Jesus wherever we go. In 2 Corinthians 2:14 and 15 we learn that we should always be thankful unto God for leading us triumphantly through the maze of this mortal life because we abide in Christ Jesus, and through us we defuse the fragrance of His knowledge to all we meet. The word also states that we are to God, the fragrance of His son, our Lord, Christ Jesus.
How important is this for you and me? I cannot over emphasize the importance of apprehending what God is revealing through these passages. As early as Hosea the profit wrote sometime between 722 and 721 years before the birth of Jesus a message from God: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: and because you have rejected knowledge I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of God, I will also forget your children.” Therefore, give diligence to his word, and ask yourself, what kind of aroma do I present to God?
As we are getting to know the Lord more and more, our God is not the only one who is impacted. This spiritual aroma of Christ impacts every person we meet. "God, through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place." This includes both the saved and the unsaved. "For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing." This fragrance affects those who know the Lord: "the fragrance of Christ...among those who are being saved." For those who are enjoying life in Christ, that heavenly scent in our lives is "the aroma of life to life." Christ's fragrance in us draws them to seek abundant measures of that life which they have already entered. This spiritual scent also influences those who do not yet know our Lord: "the fragrance of Christ among those who are perishing." To them it is "the aroma of death to death." They are dead in their sins, and this aroma makes them more aware of their deadness, more aware of their need for Christ. A personal warning: be not complacent, believing all that is required is belief in God, and go to church for an hour once a week, and give something as tithe, then go about your business seeking, or enjoying the amenities of this world only. When this fragrance is emanating from our lives, we are not the cause. God is the active agent, working in and through us to bring forth this heavenly scent. "Now all thanks be unto God who...through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge." This work of God's grace is available to us every day we live and everywhere we go: "the fragrance of His knowledge is available in every place." The apostle Paul evaluating himself penned in Philippians chapter 3: verses 7 and 8 that all he had gained in this world before he was miraculously converted by his encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus, (Acts chapter 9) he considered it all as lose for gaining the Excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord.
I have often asked in prayer and meditation why God, has it taken so long for me to first apprehend and then comprehend this message with understanding? But it has, and I am humbled while giving all thanks and praises to my Lord Jesus.

THE FRAGARANCE OF CHRIST

DON'T GIVE UP OR IN

TO MY DEAR FRIEND SUSAN
You say that everything about you is so forcibly wrong, and that you are tired of living, or trying to live in this world. You tell me of two incidences have impacted your life. They are two women living in the same facility where you are staying took their own lives by committing suicide on two different days within the past week. You give me the impression that you also feel like escaping from the evil of this world in the same manner. It’s exactly what the evil powers in these last days are frantically trying to accomplish, that is to snare as many souls as they can, for they realize their time is now up. You see what I am speaking about when you meditate for a moment; I want you to concentrate about the two special trees in God’s Garden of Eden. The two trees were the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Man was warned not to eat fruit from the tree of knowledge, for if he should, he would certainly die.
My dear friend know you not that in each of our lives’ we all have the same two trees, and we all have to choose the fruit of which tree will we take. We witness every day by the events experienced, those that are eating the fruit of the wrong tree, even ourselves whenever we stumble, and then attempt to take control of the reins of our life, we will partake of life in ignorance not having the true knowledge of life, and not relinquishing our selfness, and trusting our Lord God to guide and provide. However, because of the great goodness of God toward man by His Grace made with us a new covenant signed in the blood of Jesus with forgiveness. Before you or anyone can find the peace and rest in God, it is necessary they first comprehend with understanding the true knowledge of God and Jesus. God has made it so clear to the entire world, that all that desire acceptance unto Him, first we must gain that true knowledge. In Hosea 4:6, He informs us that all those that don’t will be destroyed. Yet for you, my dear friend, I deplore you not to give up, or give in to temptations this world offers, or be distracted from Jesus as was Peter when walking on water, for the reward is we become overcomers in Christ Jesus, and the joy we experience each day is so great I can’t find words to describe it.
Remember, eat the forbidden fruit and die, or seek the fruit from the tree of life which is gaining true knowledge of our Lord God and live.