Showing posts with label House. Show all posts
Showing posts with label House. Show all posts

Monday, May 6, 2024

Let Us Go

 

 

LET US GO

Psalm 122:1
A Song of degrees of David. 
I was glad when they said unto me, 
Let us go into the house of The LORD.


Let us sing praises 
To The LORD Most High,
Let us worship and bow down
To His Holy Name.
Let us kneel in reverence
To Him,
Let us bring our worship
To His house.

Let us rest 
In His Holy Presence,
Let us open our ears 
And our hearts 
To hear and receive
The Word of The Lord
In His house,
That we may be able 
To live His Word,
Breath His Word,
Speak His Word,
Walk His Word,
Sing His Word.

Let us be people of praise
In spirit and heart,
Not just lips.
Let us come into
His Presence 
With singing, with joy,
With open hearts
To receive Him;
Open eyes to see His glory;
Open arms to embrace 
The Christ Who died for us, 
When we were still sinners. 

Come, let us go
Into the house of The Lord. 



Sunday, April 14, 2024

Names of Christ - Skandalon Petra

 


SKANDALON PETRA
(skan'-dal-on pet'-ra)
    ROCK OF OFFENSE

As it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a Stumbling Stone and Rock of Offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."

Isaiah 28:16
So this is what The Lord GOD says: "See, I lay a Stone in Zion, a Tested Stone, a Precious Cornerstone, a Sure Foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken."

Romans 10:11, 13
It is just as the Scripture says: "Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame." ..... For whosoever shall call upon The Name of The Lord shall be saved.

GIVE ME JESUS - Fernando Ortega

    Putting all my hope in a rock may seem strange to you, but this Rock is God's Rock. The Living Chief Cornerstone upon which all other living stones are built. This edifice cannot be toppled, nor can it be torn down. We have built our hope of eternity and salvation upon God's Rock. Though the storms of life may whip against this Rock and Chief Cornerstone with their angry, divisive winds, they will not prevail. 
    We live because Christ Jesus lives. We stand because Christ stands. We are steadfast and immovable because our Savior Jesus Christ is steadfast and immovable. 
    The One Who created all things is The One Who died for us. A sinless Lamb He took our place on the cross, bearing all of our sins upon Himself. A conquering Lamb He rose from the land of the dead, becoming our Victor over sin, death, hell and the grave. He walked out of the tomb and into our hearts. Because He is The Foundation of our faith from time immemorial. 
    In what or whom have you placed your trust, your faith? If it is anything less than the blood of Jesus Christ and the resurrection of Jesus Christ, then you have erred and need to take a closer look at what God says and what you believe to be true. There is only one Truth and that Truth is JESUS CHRIST. 

    






Tuesday, June 28, 2016

My House, My Rules

      Do you remember hearing those words come out of your Mother's mouth? Have you said them to your children? "My house, my rules. You don't like it, then you can live somewhere else." You ever wonder where that originated? I used to wonder about that, too. But now I know: it came from The Bible, from God.
     In the second half of The Book of Exodus God gives Moses the details on how to build God's house not only from an architectural standpoint, but from an interior designer's viewpoint as well. But this house that will be built for God is not a permanent living arrangement; while it may be mobile, it is but a foreshadow of the house God wants to truly be allowed to live in: us.
     The foundational structure of God's house is The Chief Cornerstone, our beloved Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Upon this Cornerstone, this Rock, is built the church. The church is not a meeting place for Christians, it is built of Christians. We worship God in Spirit and in Truth, as His desire indicates. We do not meet in buildings made by hand, but in the unity of Spirit. Neither time nor space prevent God's people from assembling themselves in His presence to seek His face, honor His Name and give Him glory and praise. Our worship is from the heart and rightly so: for "God inhabits the praises of His people." Psalm 22:3. It is a dwelling place not made by hand (Acts 17:24).
      Born-again Christians are people who believe that Jesus Christ is the Only Begotten Son of God; that He died on the cross for us, paying the death penalty for sins we could never pay for; that God raised Him from the dead and He walked out of the grave. Born-again Christians are Jesus Freaks. We will tell anyone and everyone about our Savior and how He can be your Savior, too. We want to share God's love with everyone we meet. This is how the church grows. Proclaiming the Name of Jesus to anyone who will take the time to hear about our wonderful Lord and His saving grace: He forgives sinners who repent and forgets all the sins He has forgiven.   Who wouldn't love a Man like that? Who wouldn't serve a King like that?
      We are called to follow Jesus for this same reason: "Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men," is what Jesus told the fishermen who listened to Him, in Matthew 4:19. Jesus informs us that in order to walk in power, boldness and fearlessness, we need The Comforter that God will send when we fast and pray together. And He, The Comforter, the One who will guide us in Truth with Love, is The Holy Ghost (as named in The OT) or The Holy Spirit (as named in The NT). He is the third Person in the Trinity of God. He has a Name, too. He is not an 'it' or a 'that'. He is holy because He, also, is God. And this Person must be with us when we tell people about Jesus. The Holy Spirit is persistent but gentle, just like God. And The Holy Spirit is with me now as I tell you about Jesus.
       There is a right way and a wrong way to preach The Name of Jesus. The right way is in God's agape love. The wrong way is any other way than God's agape love. This agape love is unconditional love. It is a no-frills, no strings attached, self-sacrificing love. It is the love which God has for the whole world (John 3:16).  It is pure. It is holy. It is life-changing. God's agape love is not exclusive: God loves EVERYONE. Regardless of class, status, gender, politics, religion, race, ethnicity, age. God's love does not discriminate; rather, it embraces all people. Anyone can receive salvation and become a part of God's family, God adopts us through the blood of His only Begotten Son Jesus Christ. There is only one Name under heaven by which all can be saved (Acts 4:12) and that Name is JESUS.
      In God's house, Jesus rules. For God has set His Son on His right hand, His rightful place being by His Father's side, interceding for God's people on our behalf, because He loves us (Hebrews 1 and Hebrews 7:25; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1). In God's house, Love lives. "Love one another as I have loved you." John 15:10-12. Again, this is the agape love referred to previously. We who live in God's house love each other with a sacrificial love, preferring to give honor and show/share God's love than receive it. It is a humbling to receive pure love from God's family. This act of love is not meant to elevate us, but to encourage us, to walk and live in God's Word because God's Word lives in us. "In Him we live and move and have our being." Acts 17:28; Hebrews 2:11; Matthew 25:40(the least of these).
      In God's house, Mercy runs. ... . Hope springs. ... .  Joy is a verb. ... . Faith is evidence. ... . Love measures. ... . Jesus saves. "I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of The Lord." Psalm 122:1. "The Spirit and The Bride, they say, 'Come.'" Revelation 22:1. "Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." Matthew 5:6.