My Lord:
It can not be spoken enough that grace is time, a time to learn, a time to be taught. What can anyone learn from unmerited favor? License to sin, indeed. One can see how such evil can manifest out of an idea. When the Truth is clear then it is clear; because of grace shall we sin? God Forbid. Grace a favor, a gift indeed. What does the books of the Lord say about grace? In the beginning it speaks of finding the Grace of God. People want to find it and some found it. Genesis 6:8, " But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. " Genesis 19:19, " Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: " Genesis 32:5, " And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. " Genesis 33:8, " And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. " Genesis 33:10, " And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. " Genesis 33:15, " And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. " Genesis 34:11, " And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. " Genesis 39:4, " And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. " Genesis 47:25, " And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. " Genesis 47:29, " And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: " Genesis 50:4, " And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, " Exodus 33:12, " And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. " Exodus 33:13, " Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. " Exodus 33:16 " For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. " Exodus 33:17, " And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. " Exodus 34:9, " And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. " Numbers 32:5, " Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. " Judges 6:17, " And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. " Ruth 2:2, " And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. " Ruth 2:10, " Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? " 1 Samuel 1:18, " And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. " 1 Samuel 20:3, " And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. " 1 Samuel 27:5, " And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee? " 2 Samuel 14:22, " And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant. " 2 Samuel 16:4, " Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. " Jeremiah 31:2 , " Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. " Grace is shown. A space of time given. Ezra 9:8, " And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. " Grace is obtained. Favor is obtained. Esther 2:17, " And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. " Grace is poured into ones mouth. r I love the part that says "God hath blessed thee for ever". What a beautiful thing to have a blessing from God that is forever. A gift given that will not be taken back by God. Men do however and are free to set it down. This is sad to understand and yet we hear it over and over how many turn back from the Truth. A friend told me long ago when I first was filled with the Spirit of God (a moment that makes me cry even now just mentioning it, being baptized with the Holy Ghost, the memories are so sharp to touch that which is deep within), he said " lets see in ten years", with a clear dose of skepticism. I thought about this constantly for the last ten years. I often pondered who he knew that might have truly been baptized in the Holy Ghost and turned back from it. For I know without question many feign receiving this gift and do not last long on their own. Who gave him this example of ten years and the going back to the old man, rebuild that which was torn down? I know the devil spoke it and it clearly had purpose and effect. Yet, ten years later I still love the Lord with my whole heart. I have expressed the many times in my writings how things fade, how I could feel it fading from almost day one. How I begged and cried on my knees for it not to be so. It took years before I felt little of the Spirit that I was filled with. I lack the ability to fully express what this is. To be filled with something so beautiful it makes you cry, and then to have it go, makes you cry even more. It breaks me to this day. I find it has become harder to speak of because it hurts to recall it. It hurts to not recall it. It is double edged indeed. That rock and hard place I hate to be caught between. I would not give anything up that would cause me to lose sight of the Lord. If only our hope is in Christ we are indeed men most miserable. That statement is so true and I have not once in ten years heard anyone express it, not one single time. Affliction, suffering, infirmities, etc. Bear them all to maintain the path, to keep sight, to hear the Lord. I have digressed. What is the grace that is poured in the lips, the mouths of men? To teach the Truth, to speak the Truth. To learn by hearing, by hearing from ones own lips that we are to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and live soberly (with all sincerity, gravity and severity), righteously and godly lives in this present world. Not after Christ cometh but this day, live upright by simply choosing to do it. To be a doer of the Truth. I have heard and now I will do. To maintain, to keep, to yearn, to thirst, to fight, to work, to prepare, to chase, to strive, to dig, to build, to study, to ponder, to affirm, to seek, to read, to remember, to pray, to hope, to cry, to sigh, to die, to lose ones life, to run the race, to endure, to stand fast, to hold fast, to prove and to ever thing like unto these things. To preach, teach, to do righteousness, for the Face of God is upon the righteous and it is against the wicked. Many things do I ponder, many things ache in me. God knoweth already and I hope He giveth me that which I desire most. That second I knew the presence of the Lord within me. That second I knew perfection to a perfect degree. A second that has taken over all my life. A second that has broken me for ten years now. A second I cry and I sigh for. A second I hope I am not allowed to forget. Blessed forever, God let it be so Amen. Psalms 45:2, " Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. " The Lord gives grace and glory to them that walk uprightly. As in the teaching of grace. The teaching is given to them that desire to be upright. To walk in a thing. To continue it, is to grow, to learn more and more. To become stronger and stronger. To exercise righteousness is to strengthen ones fortitude in that thing. Moral fortitude. Hebrew - H8549 Word: תָּמִים Transliteration: tâmîym Phonetic: taw-meem' Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: complete, whole, entire, sound, complete, whole, entire, whole, sound, healthful, complete, entire (of time), sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity, what is complete or entirely in accord with truth and fact (neuter adj/subst)... UPRIGHTLY, adverb 1. In a direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; in an erect position. 2. Honestly; with strict observance of rectitude; as, to live uprightly... Uprightly, moral rectitude, fortitude, ability to that which is right, honesty. The battle set before us all, the race put on display for all to see it, know it. They who do righteousness are righteous even as He is righteous. That the doer is indeed justified and not just the hearer of the Word. Denoting action, work, effort, duty, requirement. The slothful servant, "who was a servant", who by simply understanding, knew that God was and is and that there was something expected of Him, chose to be slothful and not do the works by whatever measure was given to him, "one talent". Choosing to bury it and hide it, and not give an increase to God. The slothful servant was not given a pass but all he had was taken from him, he was cast into outer darkness and there will be weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth. What grace that servant had received was taken, all that he had was taken from him and it is given to another. The Truth is simple, but hiding from it to justify unrighteousness is surely not simple, easy, peaceful, restful, safe. It is burden great, weight great, heavy, hard, and unforgiving as evil is. The urgency is lost, God giveth. No good thing is withheld from the upright. The knowledge of God. The knowledge of what is the good, perfect and acceptable will of God. The teaching to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts. The understanding that we are to eat of the butter and the honey to know to refuse the evil and choose that good. Psalms 84:11, " For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. " The sobriety is lost. I have from day one known that it gets harder as the Spirit faded. This Truth I have never heard one single person speak of. I hear John say "I was in the Spirit". It denoted to me that there is a clear difference from the everyday normal walking in the Spirit and the newness of Life that is in Christ and being filled with the Holy Ghost and fire. I can testify to the difference and it can not be compared together. One is overflowing and overwhelming, the other is faint, effort is a must. Ten years on and it takes work, desire, a clear hunger must be present. If there is no hunger or thirst, what will motivate the flesh? The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. It must be stressed that you can neglect such a beautiful gift. You can forsake it, turn from it and allow it to be lost. People who tell you otherwise have never known the filling, the overflowing of the Holy Ghost. One can hear it by what they speak of, truly a tree is know by its fruits. Truth knows the Truth. The woes must be kept in the forefront. The sincerity, the gravity, the severity of what is at stake. We must be sober with all longsuffering. It is warfare at every turn, for evil is always there waiting for anyone who will let their guard down. This world is fallen and the god of it has no mercy ever. sincerity (n.)early 15c., sincerite, "honesty, genuineness," from Old French sinceritie (early 16c., Modern French sincérité) and directly from Latin sinceritatem (nominative sinceritas) "purity, soundness, wholeness," from sincerus "whole, clean, uninjured," figuratively "sound, genuine, pure, true, candid, truthful"... gravity (n.)c. 1500, "weight, dignity, seriousness, solemnity of deportment or character, importance," from Old French gravité "seriousness, thoughtfulness" (13c.) and directly from Latin gravitatem (nominative gravitas) "weight, heaviness, pressure," from gravis "heavy" (from PIE root *gwere- (1) "heavy"). The scientific sense of "downward acceleration of terrestrial bodies due to gravitation of the Earth" first recorded 1620s... severity (n.) late 15c. (Caxton), "austerity or strictness of life," from French severite, from Latin severitatem (nominative severitas) "seriousness, strictness, sternness," a derivative of severus "stern, strict, serious" (see severe). The meaning "strictness in dealing with others" is recorded from 1520s. OED marks severeness (1570s) as "rare."... These quality's I hear many tear down, even more so today. They try to apply it to sex, or race as if to be upright and sober is the evil. The turning of things upside down, the justifying of the wicked. Having pleasure in unrighteousness and them that do unrighteousness. Grace is an ornament. Instruction and Law, teachings of what is the good, acceptable and perfect will of God. To deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, to live soberly (sincerity, gravity, severity), righteously and godly lives in this present world. What loving parent does not teach their child, giving instruction in the ways of Life. A person that possesses such Truth bears the mark of it. Like fine jewels that are worn for people to see, grace far more beautiful as it graces ones head and neck. Chains indeed, like reigns upon a horse to guide one in the ways of righteousness. To be adorned with not foolish chains of gold and jewels but of uprightness. A clear expression grace being a teacher. How this teaching is good, acceptable and perfect by the very will of God. The inward beauty that God beholds. To be found wearing it makes the souls of men cry. It is warfare to put such beauty on in a world fallen. It is peculiar indeed to not be dressed as the world dresses. Easy is the way that is broad and many go in there at. A thing to be striven for, fought for, hungered for, thirsted for, dug deep for, run for, raced for, be diligent for, worked for, literally die for. The behold such beauty is a treasure, to wear it is a gift, a gift of God. Proverbs 1:8, " My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Proverbs 1:9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. " Proverbs 4:9, " She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. " Grace is a great and mighty friend, to which there is no greater. To speak with grace a pure heart is found. Out of the heart the mouth speaks of the treasures found within ones heart. What do you truly possess? The mouth will reveal to all. How easy it is to be carried away with a mouth that speaks without care. Truly we see the Truth has been told, a man that tames the mouth is a perfect man. It takes to realize such Truth. I love the way James 3:2 explains it, James a book of solid steel. We offend indeed in many ways, many things, for the Truth is offensive to evil. There is made a clear separation from doing right and just speaking words. A man that is aware rightly divides good from evil. To discern some must be offended for the good. There is a time offered that man can offend for his own pleasure. The temptation laid at ones feet to speak evil. Does it not forever lie in wait to see whom it can devour. How easy it is to speak as a fool. How easy it is to be tempted to speak poorly. The man that can speak correctly can also lead the whole body in the ways of righteousness. James 3:2, " For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. " The teachings of grace can make even kings a friend. In the world, kings; in heaven, The King. Proverbs 22:11, " He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. " "Grace of thine lips" that deny ungodliness and worldly lusts. To speak correctly is not easy, it must be fought for moment by moment. Ever aware, present in the moment, slow to speak, quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to speak. How many tempt others to speak without care. A wise man is slow to speak. We hear Peter warn of it being better to suffer for well doing then evil doing. Speaking quickly and not taking the time to judge that which is setting upon the tip of the tongue. Who desires to fool us to do evil? 1 Peter 3:17, " For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. " What are the weightier matters of the Law? Judgement, mercy and faith. Understand a thing, look into it, root it out, judge the matter to be what the Truth is. Have mercy whatever the Truth may be. Have faith, none are mocking God. He is not fooled and if there be any scale out of balance He will balance it. Fret not that anyone is getting away with anything, just as you are not. Judge it, show mercy and have faith. Do not fall for the old trick that evil is getting away things and living a better life. Do not fall to the foolishness that your missing out, your surely not. Fact is that people are hard to like because evil is not likable, it is deceptive. Not that people are imbued with evil, that is a lie. People simply, sadly, choose to be evil and that is hard to like. Many sell hate, do not allow the root of bitterness to take root. Judgement, mercy and faith. By the Grace of God one understands to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live soberly, righteously and godly lives in this present world. Just simply doing what is right. You do not have to join anyone, or anything, go anywhere, it is just simply choosing what is right, right where you are. Do not be fooled, it is not easy, do not deceive yourselves. There is a cost, do not let them lie to you how it is all done for you already just say you believe and get back to the worldly living. It takes effort to dig deep. It takes effort to run a race. It takes effort to do the right thing. It takes hunger, that desire from the heart to endure all things with fear and trembling. No one is walking for you, digging for you, building for you, running for you, counting the cost for you. God and you are fellow labourers, workers together as written. Together, one leading, the other following. 2 Corinthians 6:1, " We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. " 1 Corinthians 3:9, " For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. " The wicked sell do nothing all done for you already. The froward. The devious, perverse, the born again newness of life but without the newness of life. The old man crucified with Christ and the new man raised but not the new man the same old man as he ever was. The born to sin as if God formed us in the wombs with sin imbued into our flesh. The perverse always finds a way to blame God and not the simple Truth as written. Man chooses to sin, loves darkness over the light. Temptation is offered and unless man giveth in to it, sin can not be conceived into the world. It is simply a choice and that is one of the parts that cut so deeply once one who truly is baptized in the Holy Ghost feels, understands. We understand that we foolishly chose something so vile and disgusting that words fail to express the Truth of just how vile evil is, lust, the wantonness is and laid with. Something so precious, as man is, a creation of God, and we chose to defile ourselves. Literally wallowing in the fecal matter that is evil. God planted those good grapes, He did not plant sour grapes. Of course by the Grace of God, we can have forgiveness, be washed off in the blood of the Son. A gift that no man could do on their own. No man could wash that off themselves. The gift of God, the life of His only begotten. That hurts as well. Through my lust, greed, envy, spite, hate, jealously and to the like of these, I put the Son of God in a position to sweat blood, to be crucified and put to death. I am truly undone for my actions and rightly so. I was told I was forgiven but I can not but say it again. I never asked for forgiveness as anyone who has read my writings knows. I always asked to never be forgiven, but since it all I still ask God to forgive me when I literally was told I was forgiven. I ponder that a lot as well. Proverbs 3:32, " For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. Proverbs 3:33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. " Just an endless search for what is right and why the things I was given were given. Have to say it again, from what I heard all my life and still hear is nothing like what it actually was and is. This simple fact makes me question everything, everyone. It leads me to hear a verse that says "trust not in princes, trust not in men". With that being said, why do so many latch, cling, and follow men around as they do? Always speaking well of them that seemingly always turn out to be anything but what they are professing to be? This ongoing and well proven fact of the foolishness of people who do these things throughout current understood history is truly dumbfounding. Psalms 146:3, " Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. " Luke 6:26, " Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. " I can do all things through Christ, and I will, God willing, I will. Endureth till the end; the affliction that afflicts will not overcome me, God willing. God give me grace to always deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live soberly (with all severity before me), righteously and godly in this present world. Let me not find reason to sin, but rather, reason always why I can do all things. That answer is of course easy. Love, out of love that I was given by the Lord to not just give His life for mine, but to forgive me and show me such peace, love, beauty, kindness, mercy, joy, safety, rest, and of course love. Having been given so much how can I not but love that which loved me upon Repenting and turning back to the Truth? Let us all continue in the Grace of God. Not the vain imaginations of men that say "can not do", "are not able", but must continue walking in the mire. No, the true real teaching of the Grace of God; To always deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to always live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world. Eat of the that butter and honey to know to refuse the evil and choose the good. Keep going over it, keep fighting the good fight a real faith that works by love and is proven by deeds. For true faith not watered down to just saying the word is faithfulness, loyalty, monogamy, trust and obedience. Acts 13:43, " Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the Grace of God. " We can keep, maintain, and are able if that is what is truly the desire of thine heart. God forgive me and give me grace, give me that teaching which real grace is, a teacher and time to learn. Let grace adorn me in all my ways. Let me not lose sight of it. Give that which is convenient for me, not to much nor to little. With all my heart, mind, body, soul and might I love. I fight to love and refuse the hate. Bless be the Name of the Lord Amen and Amen...
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All That Matters Is Christ...Weeks before my death the Lord knocked upon my heart, I heard and opened the door. My life has been forever changed, a new man indeed. Me a wicked man saved by the Grace of God, no more that wicked man. Died at 43 and was given a choice to stay or go. If I stayed I had to tell of the Lord Jesus Christ and here I am. I share my walk with my Lord, my candle is lit and I pray it be a light for all to know the Lord Jesus is the Way to the Truth to have Life, Amen. Archives
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