Are the
results of mankind's wrong desires & decisions ..God's fault?
Is God good
or mischievous ? Can you take God for His Word ?
By nature
God can not Lie ! (Titus 1:2, Hebrews 6:18) God can not alter
His Word ! (Mathew
24:35, Isaiah 40:8, Hebrews 2:2).
God can
not change (James
'Forever, Oh Lord, Your Word is settled
in Heaven' (Psalm 119:89)
'In the beginning was the Word, & the Word was with God,
& the Word was God. He was with God from the beginning. Through Him all
things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been. In Him was life,
& that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the
darkness has not understood it... He was in the world, & though the world
was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him...The Word became flesh
& made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the Glory of
the One & Only, who came from the Father, full of grace & truth.' (John
1:1-14)
And this Jesus
asks ...Do you Hide or do you Seek ?
I tell you, He said ..I tell you !
'If God were
your Father, you would love Me. For I came from God & now I am here.' (John 8:42)
'My sheep listen
to My Voice - they follow Me'. (John 10:27)
'I am
the Way, the Truth & the Life. No one comes to the Father except
through Me. If you really knew Me, you would know My Father as well.'
From now on,
you do know Him & have seen Him' ..Anyone who has seen Me has
seen the Father. (John 14:6-9)
'The Word is
Truth' (John
'Know the
Truth & the Truth will set you free' (John
God's ever-lasting covenant with us is ..His Word !
Christ tells
us that we all need to face the facts between life's Tinsel and its Treasure, between
that which is ..Passing for that which is ...Permanent !
We simply
can not seek out Christ, and ignore His Word, The Word,
The Truth. Know Christ - Know Peace -
Know lasting Love & Confidence !
Like the law
of gravity, the truth doesn't change
- whether you know the truth ..or not !
Life is
about living forever and it is the truth which will be your foundation
or your fall, your friend or your foe. One is no fool to give up that which he
cannot keep - to gain that which he cannot lose ! Once His, ...Always
His !
You can
believe many things without the belief making any difference in your life, but
...Faith, saving faith, is believing God is Good : His Word &
His Body, the Church. It's simple: to believe is to know what you
believe !
Truth is Freedom - get yours
! - from the Source of Life. The Way: go to the Light, turn
right, & go straight to Jesus - Christ is the Gate & the Way
! The Question is really this: Does
Jesus believe you ? ...He's all you got !
By nature,
as God's creation, any person refusing to seek out the facts and goodness of
God leads to
Confusion & Distrust, Guilt & Fear,
Folly & Destruction
(The Bible
declares this fact from cover to cover)
Does Christ
know you want to be His ? It is Satan who is always trying to implant any
reason, other than love, for us to believe & belong to Christ.
It is the
Deceiver who says ..be a 'god player' -be lead by your emotions, not the facts
-follow your feelings - follow your truth. But God says 'there is
a way that seems right to man, but in the end it leads to destruction'. (Proverbs
14:12)
'Pride goes
before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall' (Pr. 16:18)
'He who
builds a high gate invites destruction' (Proverbs
Satan's Plan:
Doubt - makes you question God's Word
& His goodness
Discouragement - makes you look at your
problems rather than God
Diversion - makes the wrong things seem
the most attractive
Defeat - makes you feel like a failure
so that you don't even try
Delay - makes you put off doing
something so that it never gets done
Refusing to learn, making the same mistake
over & over again, is an Invitation to Disaster. The Bible says that it
results in a 'Hardened Heart', a bitterness & brokenness beyond
healing:
Disaster (Proverbs
Self-Disposed
& Despised (Proverbs
'They suppress the
truth, since what may be known of God is plain to them, because God has
made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible
qualities -His eternal power & divine nature -have been clearly seen, being
understood from what has been made, so that mankind is without excuse.'
'For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God
nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile. Although they
claim to be wise, they become fools
...They exchange the truth of God for a lie &
worship & serve created things rather than the Creator ..& since they
do not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God,
He gives them over to do what ought not
be done: to be insolent,
arrogant, disobedient, stubborn, & unrepentant ...(God allows them
to love Their truth) through which they in turn suffer.' (Romans 1:18-32)
And so this world of Ours
Suffers -mankind's god-playing Pride rules: Creation groans & God weeps !
The Truth of
God is not only truth about God, but truth's Source
- the
Truth concerning ...all things, including mankind's nature!
God Opposes
the proud, but gives grace to the humble (1Peter 5:5).
And when Truth is rejected, in time, the ability
to recognize & receive the Truth is impaired (John
The Fool is
self-sufficient, ordering his life as though there is no God.
Self-pride's
defense leads to suffocation. The 'Me-Machine' in action is the protection
& promotion, the pictures I push for Pride's purpose. The acts of Pride, my
Self's defense is the 'Me-Machine' in need of oil, of me in need & me
alone. Machines automatically react;
they burn out & are disregarded.
But the more
I know about the Planner, the more I can trust His Plans. It's not
enough to merely know the way to Heaven -It is not what I believe
that gives me unshakable confidence, but who I believe & follow !
"It's a soul afraid of dying that
never learns how to live. It's a Life that won't be accepted that can never
be ...a Gift.
It's a soul in comfort hiding that never finds
its life."
Religion is
the best mankind can do - Christ in me is the best God can
do. The test of the Gospel is not what I think or what someone else has
thought, or said, or done; but what has Christ said, what has Christ done
- What is Christ ..to me ?
"In exchange for a life of frustration & defeat,
Christ will transform you from a creature of chance to a child of the
living God with 'real you' purpose & power. Since we were created by Him,
He alone can tell us why we exist, & where we are going."
That means I didn't come into life looking for a
purpose - I came into life because of one ! ..And if you don't know your
purpose, then someone will give you theirs !
Purpose is
only known in the mind of the Maker. So many folks know God as creator
& protector - they only know God by His works. The tribe of
When you know
a person - you understand what he is doing. The Bible unfolds to us the Mind
of our Maker, God speaks ! Mankind was created to glorify God, to bath in His
Glory, & to share His Glory. The Bible says God made us for Himself:
we are only complete with God !
Nothing can
fill the God-shaped void in human life, except God Himself. God wants
..His Glory in our
lives ! ...He came to die on a cross of wood, yet made the hill on which it
stood ...for me. For me !
My salvation is Christ
+ nothing ! ...I am His ...forever
& no one can snatch me out of His hand (not even me). I love Him,
but He loved me first !
Dare to be a
Daniel - Dare to stand alone
Dare to have a purpose firm - Dare to make
it known
- Dare to take God for His Word !
Holy, Holy,
Holy, Lord God Almighty !
Early in the
morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, Holy,
Holy ! merciful & mighty !
God in three
Persons, blessed Trinity !
God : the Father & the Son & the
Holy Spirit - One God !
Creation
itself reflects the triune God who created all things: the universe is made up
of space, matter, & time. Space is composed of length, breadth, &
height. Matter is energy, motion, & phenomenon. Time consists of past,
present, & future.
The Father is revealed by
& in the Son & experienced by & in the Spirit :
Father
- Originator, brings forth; the Source, in the sense of Sender of the divine
nature God
Son
- Jesus Christ, the Expression, brings to pass; essentially the Manifestation
of the divine nature God
Holy Spirit - the operative Force, the Implementer within creation; essentially
the Energy of the divine nature God
I Humbly Seek ...You ...I
pray that You, Oh Lord, will touch my heart about the things that break
Your Heart -Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done ! ...Let my THANKFULNESS...Overflow
& Touch others with ...YOU !
Oh Holy
Spirit, lead me not into forceful talks about You, which can cause
others to see Christianity more as a religion than a true ...Relationship !
Your ..wondrous
Gift ...the Thirst for You, ..the love of your Word; Oh Lord,
help others become Bible blessed through me. Help me share that Thirst !
Dear Jesus,
help me to stand aside & ..wait for You to answer the door as
I share your truth with others. May You be seen & heard through me.
I promise to Evaluate my confidence & ambitions & ask ...Where do they come from. What a shame it would be if no one could read your Word within my life. Help me share my Thankfulness ! Help me to submit to Your Plan first. Help me to give myself away.
I AM SAVED = ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED & FOREVER CHRIST'S - PERIOD !
I KNOW - I AM HEAVEN BOUND, NO MATTER WHAT = THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO
BUT - Your Works Will, Indeed - Count for Much ! * Read 1 Corinthians, Chapter 3
Dave Easter