let the word of God be your guide.
you might ask what a guide do well a guide is one who leads people through unknown or unfamiliar location. let’s see what the bible has to say about that. James 4:14 says whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow for what is life? it is even a vapor that appeared for a little time and vanished away.
Here comes our guide, because as James said and what we know about what a guide does tomorrow is the unknown ok let’s just say the next minute is the unknown, then we need a guide for every minute of our lives. I have found that stepping into the unknown without a guide is the most fearful thing for humanity.
Let’s me ask that question? who on earth is qualified to be a guide who can lead people into the unknown? I know what you are thinking NO ONE well you right no one.
Well, humanity has a need and provision has been made to address that need, if you did not know, it was done over 2000 years ago by the one and only son of God. there is a word that can only be referred to almighty God, and it is omniscience, a state of knowing everything, complete knowledge. that word unknown can only be in the vocabulary of humankind which desperately needs guidance into the unknown. this question is getting very easy to answer and a solution easy to reach
The word of God says in proverbs 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. let him guide you in all you do in this life because he has all knowledge you can’t go wrong, he knows all the right moves to make because he always knows what’s coming up next, ALWAYS. In Isaiah 46:16 it says
I will lead the blind by a way they do not know, in paths they do not know I will guide them. I will make darkness into light before them and rugged places into plains. These are the things I will do, And I will not leave them undone. So, you are asking me how you can get this all-powerful all-knowing all-seeing God to be my guide. Here is a simple list to qualify one can do that
become his son, be born again. John 3:7 marvel not that i said unto thee. Ye must be born again
be meek
have fellowship with the spirit
have a relationship with him
Then you are on your way to having eternal guidance in this life and through all eternity.I pray that God will bless and keep you may he cause his face to shine upon you and give you peace, God bless .
FAVOR
What is favor
Who confers favor?
Divine favor
A favor is an act of kindness bestowed. It is an unusual action.
That is not expected by the one receiving the favor
Feel or show preference for. Favoritism. Unfairness. One-sided
To choose one over another or to appoint
The other phrase that is directly associated with favor is preferential treatment
who confers favor? Almost any one can give favors regardless of who it is there must be some can of kindness that can be shown in one way or another
Divine favor in. Ps 5:12 says that GOD will bless the righteous with favor.
What does that mean, anyone that is born again is under the favor of God
We are in right standing with God
According to webster those words like
Friendly, kind, goodwill, approval, liking, to be partial, prefer to help.
To do kindness for, God wants to give his people special privileges.
So you will find people go out of their way to help you and don’t know why this to me the favor of God
Dan 1.9 we see Daniel found favor with the prince. (
Gen 12. 2 Abraham found favor with God of all the men in the land
HEB 12:3
THE MISSION OF THE BELIEVER AND THE
EXAMPLE SET
For context let’s look from verses 1 to 3 let’s
establish what the apostle wants to tell the servants of God.
First, we are on a mission for Christ as
soon as we surrender our life to him. we are no more our own, but we are bought
with a price and dispatched to do labor in his vineyard. there are things we must
remember and do, to get the job done. note that we have people looking and
cheering us on and it is not a small a small crowd
Lay down everything
that will hinder our progress, in this life there are a lot of things that can
distract us from that mission, so we are asked to lay them down
Next thing he ask of us is to run not only
run but with patience the race we are on, no one said it was easy but with the
help of the spirit and the witnesses that already went that way cheering us on
we will make it
Verse 2 says looking unto Jesus. what does
that mean?
Jesus is the sole reason we are in this
race he does the calling he does the shaping he does the guiding. Just as he is
the alpha and the omega, he is the greatest example to follow. Jesus passed
this way, and he came out with victorious. verse 3 says
For consider Jesus.it means think
carefully or think had about Jesus and what he went through. this my friend
will help you to make it to the end of the race. and be assured that there is a
price waiting for you
he went through a lot but let’s look at 3 things
The shame. and he endured
The ridicule of sinners. and he endured.
We could go on and on because he went through a lot.
Death on that cross. The religious leaders
try to contradict him on many occasions, but he overcame them. They call him
names said he eat with sinners so he cannot be the son of God.
they killed him thinking that they were
doing God a favor
the lesson Paul wanted the Hebrew Christians
to learn is ENDURANCE and in verses two and three we see a high level of that
displayed by Jesus. Note that phrase “against himself ” you will feel
the raft of Satan aimed at your flesh so that in your pain you will give up the
fight. just remember we are told in Galatians 5: 24 to crucify the flesh which
will help us to focus on the price and endure.
The message there is that we should think
had on what he went through, and he has his place at the right hand of God.
Lest we be wearied and faint in our mind.
GENESIS 17:I 16,17
WHO WAS ISAAC?
ACCODING TO GENESIS ISAAC WAS THE SON OF ABRAHAM AND SARAH IN THAIR OLD AGE, IN FACT SARAH WAS ONE HUNDRED YEARS WHEN HE WAS BORN.
AT NINETY THE ANGEL OF THE LORD VISITED ABRAHAM LIKE MANY OTHER TIMES BUT THIS TIME THAT VISIT SOUND LIKE A JOKE TO THEM, AFTER THE ANOUNCEMENT BOTH SARAH AND ABRAHAM LAUGHED IN DISBELIEF.
GENESIS 17:16-17 WE SEE THE REACTION OF ABRAHAM, THE W0RD SAYS HE FELL ON HIS FACE AND LAUGHED.
MEANTIME SARAH AT THE DOOR LISTENING TO WHAT THOSE MEN WAS TELLING HER HOUSBAND AND THEN SHE LAUGHED GOD KNEW SHE LAUGHED BUT SHE DENIED IT HE SAID YES YOU DID LAUGH.
I SAY ALL THIS TO ESTABLISH THE FACT THAT THAT NAME ISAAC WAS GIVEN TO HIM BECEUSE HIS MUM AND DAD LAUGH.
ISAAC REALLY MEAN
THE ONE WHO LAUGHS
HE IS A MIRACLE CHILD WHO WOULD LATER USED BY GOD TO TEST THE FAITH AND LOVE THAT ABRAHAM HAD FOR ALMIGHTY GOD.
WE ALL KNOW THE STORY GOD SPAERD ISAAC’S LIFE BY PROVIDING A LAM FOR THE SACRIFICE INSTEAD OF HIM.
THERE IS ONE THING ABOUT GOD ISAAC WOULD NEVER FORGET FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE, IS HIS NAME JEHOVAH JIRAH GOD MY PROVIDER
HE IS ONE OF THE THREE GREAT MEN THAT IS ESTABLISH AS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE HISTRY OF GOD DEALING WITH MAN
EVERY CHRISTIAN HAS TO KNOW THOSE NAMES
ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB.
SO, GOD’S PROMISE WAS FULLFILLED
NOW ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH IS BLESSED BECAUSE OF ABRAHAM ISAAC AND JACOB ISAAC SON.
JESUS THAT GAVE HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR THE WORLD THAT HUMANITY WOULD ENJOY ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD. ALL THAT ACCEPT HIM AS LORD AND SAVIOR WILL ONE DAY SEE ABRAHAM ISAAC AND JACOB
ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE GOD IS CALLED THE GOD OF ABRAHAM ISAAC AND JACOB BECAUSE WITH THEM THE PROMISE AND PURPOSE OF GOD FOR
HUMANITY WAS ESTABLISHED
GOD HIM SELF SAID I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM ISAAC AND JACOB MANY TIMES, IF YOU OBSERVE, ISAAC IS RIGHT IN THE CENTER WHICH REPRESENT STABILITY HE SUPORT THE VERTICAL MOVMENT AND ALSO THE HORIZONTAL MOVMENT OF THIS POWERFULL UNION
ONE CANNOT TALK ABOUT ISAAC WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT ABRAHAM AND JACOB
ISAAC SON OF ABRAHAM AND SARAH
FATHER OF JACOB
GRAND FATHER OF THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL
ISAAC IS FAMILY TO ALL THEY THAT PUT THAIR TRUST IN JESUS
JESUS MAKES US NEW
Jesus exit from heaven and entrance on earth.
Just an illustration and an overview on his mission and work and his ways.
I will used two simple Signs I see along the road almost every day
First sign says WE BUY OLD HOUSES and a phone number
Second sign says BUY AS IS this one is mostly found at used car places
So, I picture Jesus on earth and as he moves around in light of his mission, he came to a very big market this market has two sections one where the so-called low class are and the other section where we have high ranked people in society.
we have people like high priest, pharisees Sanhedrin, high class rulers of the church that think they are the authority of God on earth every thing God does must come through them.
And on the other side we have publicans, sinners, destitute, outcast, low life’s, prostitutes, tax collectors and name them
And guess what Jesus takes his basket and goes on this side to shop and look what’s in his basket!!!
The derelicts, tax collectors, destitute outcasts, sinners, Mary
Rahab’s of the earth. Because the word says in Luke 5 :32 I come not for the righteous but sinners. in mark 2 :17 he says the well need no doctor but the sick.
Jesus took all these people and see what they have become
Servants of God doing his will from the heart
Praising him day and night
Doing thing that pleases him
Organizing prayer services like this one
We were all down in the clay heading to hell but look what he has down
Guess who are in churches all over the world serving God,
Some under hash conditions and cannot stop because of where God took them from
JESUS SAYS YES, I WILL BUY ALL THE OLD BUILDINGS AND MAKE THEM NEW
The other sign says (buy as is) which means what you see is what you buy no fixing no changing nothing so when you pay and sign that document and you go anything else is all on you
I imagine Jesus taking this risk in buying us back as is knowing how full of trouble we were.in Matthew 11:28-29 says come unto me all ye that labor
Not to go fix yourself first, I will fix you
In order to get a fix for us he had to take upon himself all the sins of the word and walk down that painful road to the cross so we could be fixed .
In order to get a fix for us he had to take upon himself all the sins of the word and walk down that painful road to the cross so we could be fixed .2 corinthians 5 :17 therefore if any one is in christ he is a new creation old things are past away all things become new .here goes the fix we longed for the minute we enter this word
why i keep saying we needed a fix or need to be clean is that part in the word in Romans 3:23.for all have sinned ant fall short of the glory of God maker of heaven and earth.
Now just as one recieves wages or payment for work done there is payment one has to recieve for falling short of the glory of God . see what the word has to say about that, Romans 6:23 for thae wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life the fix we so desperately need
So how do we even start that process of that fix we need. word again Romans 10:9-10 If, that if is intentionly there because we have to want to be fixed we have to chose to be fix.if we confess with thy mouth( this personal no one can do it for you ) the lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you shall be saved V 10 says it is with the heart man believes unto rightousness and with the mouth confession is made unto rightousness.