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    Mon, Jun 28th - 2:05PM

    Do We Have Obedient Thoughts



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxTvKkqVA2I

    Get radical about our will to obey God.

     

    Eph. 3:20

     

    3:20 Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,

     

    Most immature Christians do as little as possible and get blessings. The whole message of God is that He would have us obey Him so that, like a good Father, He can bless us with everything we need.

     

    You reap what you sow. So, if God is wanting to bless you and you go out and destroy your body with addictions, treat others wrong, and have a bad attitude, He is not going to be able to do the things for you He so desires to do. So it is up to you to do right and sew those radical seeds of obedience.

     

    1Pet. 4:1&2

     

    4:1 So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin, 4:2 in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

     

    The suffering in this verse is the suffering of giving up things that we desire in the flesh. Whether it be immoral acts, addictions, or ill treatment of others. We have to develop the right mind set and say to God, Your will, not mine.

     

    Acts 24:16

     

    24:16 This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.

     

    Glory means all excellence of God. God is excellent in everything. Still He waits for us to want to love Him as He loves us. It is never too late to answer His call. However, you will be replaced if you do not take an opportunity to serve Him. Instead, you miss so much the longer you wait. He will never give us something to do we cannot do.

     

    Flesh is rebellious against obedience to God. The carnal or flesh is always going to tempt you away from the spiritual Kingdom of God. It wants to survive even though it knows it cannot. So, it is going to always be pointing away from serving and obeying God.

     

    Romans 7:21-25

     

    7:21 So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me. 7:22 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being. 7:23 But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members. 7:24 Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 7:25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

     

    More we abide and spend time with Him the better we obey. We are ruled by what we focus on. The more we focus on God the less we focus on those things that separate us from Him.

     

    Hate sin, Love righteousness. Lean on God. Completely surrender to Him and you will no longer find the time to think on those things that are wrong and lead to death. Love God enough to not do things against Him. Suffer the loss of those addictions and sins that hold you hostage instead of disobedience. Give up that last little bit of control you think you have by holding on to that addiction or sin. Take that step of faith and be different. Do not follow the crowd. You have been set aside and made different for Him.

     

    John 21:15-18

     

    21:15 Then when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?” He replied, “Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus told him, “Feed my lambs.” 21:16 Jesus said a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He replied, “Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd my sheep.” 21:17 Jesus said a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that Jesus asked him a third time, “Do you love me?” and said, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus replied, “Feed my sheep. 21:18 I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you tied your clothes around you and went wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will tie you up and bring you where you do not want to go.”

     

    In other words when you become a mature Christian, you will be lead by the Holy Spirit to places you may not want to go. Like to the non-Christians in your community to administer to them and help them. To soup kitchens. To the streets. And even to foreign countries where things will be a lot worse than they are here. But that is when the journey gets exciting because you will see the miracles in your life and in the lives of others. The point being once you get yourself out of the way you will see Jesus and His plan for you. Then the journey will begin but it will never end. God bless.



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    Tue, Jun 22nd - 10:48AM

    Fear Causes Us To Miss God



    God is as close as our breath.

                Any time we need God we should understand He is right there.

                We need to talk to Him the same way we would our best friend who follows us around all day.

     

    Whether we feel God or not He is with us.

                We should stop acting on feelings and act because we need to and because God instructs us to.

     

    Courage is action in the midst of fear.

                We may not feel we are brave. If we continue to act and do what God wants us to even when we feel afraid, we are courageous.

     

    Fear stops action. Do not let it.

    Fear causes us to disobey God.

                When we listen to fear tell us we cannot do something and we stop even if we sense that God wants us to do it, we are disobeying God.

     

    Do not think ourselves into fear.

                We can allow something to be thought about over and over.

                            Each time we become more and more afraid.

     

    Worst enemy may be your best friend.

                Sometimes someone may do something that takes something away from us or changes what we have. We feel this person has destroyed our lives. Sometime this person may have done us a favor because we are now set on a path to God and what He wants for our life. It hurts when it happens but it turns out good, just like God has said it would.

     

    Sometimes we just sit and stare at problems instead of Jesus. We just cannot see our way out. If we would just look past the problem to Jesus, He will show us the way.

     

    Hebrews 5

     

    5:1 For every high priest is taken from among the people and appointed to represent them before God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 5:2 He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness, 5:3 and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. 5:4 And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was. 5:5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,” 5:6 as also in another place God says, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” 5:7 During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion. 5:8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered. 5:9 And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, 5:10 and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

    The Need to Move on to Maturity

    5:11 On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing. 5:12 For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food. 5:13 For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant. 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

     

     

    Learn obedience. Keep learning from the Bible and from those willing to teach you who know the Bible. Accept guidance in learning about God and His plan for your life.

     

    Love is not a feeling, it is a willing.

     

    2Tim 1:7

     

    1:7 For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.

     

    These thing show that we are maturing in our love walk with Christ. If we keep refusing to understand God’s Message, the He will put us through things that stink, like manure, which stinks but fertilizes, to help us to grow and produce fruit.

     

    What is fruit? When we become mature in our learning of God’s Ways we want to imitate and be like Him. We want to tell others of our experience with God just like we would of a boyfriend or girlfriend or someone we admire and love very much.

     

    Luke 13:6-9

     

    13:6 Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. 13:7 So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, ‘For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?’ 13:8 But the worker answered him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it. 13:9 Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”

     

    We do not want God to throw us out because we are not doing what He would have us do. Instead we want Him to embrace us because we embrace Him and follow His precepts.

     

    So we have the choice of going with our feelings or with God.

     

    Be willing to confront. We must be willing to confront our fears and circumstances to work them out with God. To go forward for Him in a spirit of power.

     

    1John 4:18

     

    4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love.

     

    Do not be insecure. We must understand that God is not wanting us to live in a state of punishment or fear of punishment. Instead God wants us to love Him so much that through obedience there will be no punishment. Instead He wants us to be in a constant state of encouragement and growth.

     

    Joshua 1:3

     

    1:3 I am handing over to you every place you set foot, as I promised Moses.

     

    In other words, whatever you need to get the job done for the Lord, He will provide and He will give you dominion over all you do for Him.

     

    God bless.



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    Tue, Jun 15th - 3:09PM

    What We Need To Do Now That We Believe



    Believe God is & that you are a sinner.

     

    You cannot forgive yourself or do enough good works to be saved.

     

    Isaiah 53:5

     

    53:5 He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds,

    crushed because of our sins;

    he endured punishment that made us well;

    because of his wounds we have been healed.

     

    Being a Christian is the most good thing. It is the most healing way you can go. Healing comes in many forms and sometimes it is not evident physically. But there is much healing done emotionally and mentally that will affect the physical and, if we do not heal physically, we will gain the strength and attitude to bear our physical pain with courage.

     

    2 Corinthians 5:15

     

    5:15 And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.

     

    When you believe you receive the closeness of God & you should continue to learn from Him. When you totally surrender to God, by believing in Jesus Christ and what He has done for us, and repenting of our sins, we should see the changes in our life. A whole new person rises against sin. People will change if they receive the Holy Spirit & and they will receive the Holy Spirit after they repent of their sins.

     

    God is:

         Personal

         Involved in everything

         Best friend

     

    Holy Spirit is your:

         Teacher

         Leader

         Guide

         Director

     

    God wants to talk with us

         Give us wisdom

         Creativity

         Find missing things for us

    The secret is to have that personal relationship with Him.

     

    These are things for the born again in new nature

         Living witness & testimony

     

    God knows to care about everything about you

     

    God loves you unconditionally

         Love heals

     

    God loves us because He wants to not because we do everything right.

         It is based on what Jesus did.

     

    God loves you

    When you come to that understanding, you want to do right because God loves us.

     

    We find we need to learn all we can about the One Who loves us.

     

    All of this is based on faith

         Which is a gift from God.

     

    God is all powerful. But He still knows all about us and loves what He knows.

     

    Jesus took the punishment for our sins.

     

    When you believe you receive the closeness of God.

     

    You should continue to learn from Him.

     

     

    Ephesians 4:22-24

     

    4:22 You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires, 4:23 to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 4:24 and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image – in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.

     

    Good things have to be chosen. You have to think about doing good and make the effort.

     

    Bad things come where there is no opposition. Bad things simply flow where there is no opposition and is easily passed from person to person. It is easily spread.

     

    You cannot catch health, but you can catch disease.  You must make an effort to stay in good health. The same thing is true about all good things. You must exercise goodness to keep it going in your life.

     

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    Tue, Jun 8th - 1:00PM

    My Commandments



    Mark 10:19 You know the commandments: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honor your father and mother.'"

     

    God found we could not do these commandments.

     

    Even today we cannot obey God’s Word.

     

    The Sadducees and Pharisees wanted to test Jesus, so they asked:

     

    Matthew 22:36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"

     

    Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

     

    Jesus knew that if we love someone we are more apt to do what they say. The more we love them, the more obedient we want to be to them. So if we love God with our whole being, we will obey Him.

     

    Matthew 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.

     

    Matthew 22:39 A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

     

    This implies that you do love yourself. This does not mean in a sexual or prideful, “I am the only one that counts”, way. It means caring for yourself to the point that you want to do all you can to keep yourself healthy, by doing the things that basically keep your body, mouth, and hair clean on a daily basis, comfortable, having a place to live, even if it is in public housing, a bed and some furniture, kitchen utensils, etc., informed, keeping up with services available to help you in trouble, what is going on around you, etc., stay knowledgeable in God’s Word, clothed in a way that is not provocative but attractive, so that others will be attracted to you so that you can share the Word of God with them, fed with physical food so that you are not always a burden to others that turns them away from your begging and then you wanting them to listen to the Word through you. Pray that God will provide for you to represent Him and give you extra that you can pass it on to those who need. Constantly pray and keep God as your partner and friend and remind Him of His promise to supply you with your needs so that you can allow Him to live through you. Tithe so that the Lord will return it overflowing. Not always in money, but in so many other ways.

     

    Once we learn to love ourselves, let that love overflow to those around us. It is a “through us” thing. We need to be filled with the Spirit of God’s love so full that it spills over in our lives. We need to study His Word every day. When we attend church we need to listen to the teachings and the scriptures. We need to share them with others. We are priests of Gods Word to the world and we need to spread His Truth to everyone we meet. It really does not take much to show and demonstrate His Ways to others. A kind word, a God bless you, even just a smile lifts the other person. When things aren’t going right for you, demonstrate God’s Way by being kind to the other person, even when things are not going your way.

     

    Matthew 22:40 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."

     

    This means that all of God’s Laws in the old Testament are summed up in the two commandments that Jesus gave us. God just wants us to act as if we had not fallen in the Garden of Eden. He wants us to treat each other with the kindness and selfless actions that He demonstrates everyday by giving us those things we need to survive and granting us His Grace.

     

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    Wed, Mar 25th - 8:25AM

    Forgiveness Day 3



    This is day three of the teaching on forgiveness. If you would like to hear the teaching, just go to http://www.soulwinnerradio.com/PastorScottDavidson and listen. You may also download it from the “Details” page. This is taken from Forgiveness 1.

     

    Matthew 26:28  for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

    The meaning of forgiveness:

    The provision for remission of sins is Christ’s blood. Why is that? Because of the law. Hebrews 9:11-22 But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh: how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it. For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives. Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood. For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you." Moreover he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry in like manner with the blood. According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

    When Christ was on the cross, you will remember about the renting of the vale in the temple? Matthew 27:45-56 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lima  sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah." Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink. The rest said, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to save him." Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many. Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God." Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

    Check out verse 51 Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. Why? Right at the death of Christ an offering had been made. An offering that was acceptable, was required and fulfilled the law. I am trying to get to the meaning of forgiveness. In Hebrews 9:11-22 what law are we talking about? Let me show you what happened when Christ was crucified. I am talking about the law in connection to forgiveness. We are digging deep here to get the whole weight of the blood of Jesus Christ in light of the provision that has been made for you. The law sets out the requirement that demands fulfillment for you to receive forgiveness.  The law says that without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.

    When Jesus was crucified the vale was torn in two and that made a way for the new, eternal High Priest to take His eternal place. When Jesus went in to the most holy place prior to that day there was the law that required a high priest to go in to that holy place only once a year offer atonement for the people’s sins and for his sins. But since the crucifixion, since a Holy sacrifice has been made, the vale in the temple was torn in two meaning that there is a new and living way in which you may approach God.

    Christ entered before us, making intercession for us and took His Priestly Office as the Eternal High Priest of God. He now makes intercession for you day and night. The new and living way was provided for when the law was fulfilled. Matthew 5:17-20 "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill. For most assuredly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished. Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Forgiveness is the remedy that allows you to have the right standing before God. The blood of Christ makes a way for your blatant, raw, nasty sins to be paid for. And now the Great Holy God can justly forgive you. He is a just God. He doesn’t kick your sin under the dirt. He deals with it justly. Your sins are dealt with justly. Through Christ’s blood God is willing to forgive you.

    The meaning of forgiveness in light of the fulfillment is Christ entering the most holy place. The priestly office of the high priest from an earthly view point terminated. The Way to God has been opened. The Great High Priest has taken His new place. And there is a new and living way that you must approach God. It is by faith that you come. It is by faith that you receive forgiveness of sins. It is by the blood of Christ that you may have provision to approach a Holy God.  Jesus said that unless your righteousness is greater than that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law you will by no means enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Who can keep the law?…  Christ. How can you benefit from the law? You must be in Him that is True. You must be in Him that is Pure. You must be yielded to the One that is the Head of all things. Whose blood redeemed you. Whose blood saved you. Whose spirit empowers you. Who gives you life. Who gives you breath. Who gives you guidance to turn from sin. Who gives you power to say no to ungodliness and unrighteousness. Whose spirit presence gives you self-control to say no to ungodliness. That is how you walk in the imputed righteousness of Christ. It is by faith that you are justified. It is by faith in Christ. It is by faith in the Son of God that you have a position in Him that God justly declares you blameless. And it is because of your condition before God and the favor of God coming down on you where before you were under wrath.    John 3:36 One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him." Before you were unsaved now you are redeemed. Before you were under wrath but now you are in grace. It is through the Grace of God that you walk uprightly. It is through the Grace of God that you say no to ungodliness. It is through the Grace of God that you confess your sins and experience the ministry of the Holy Spirit that convicts you of your sins and turns you from a life of ungodliness and sinfulness. Where before, you were on earth without God without the presence of the Holy Spirit and you had no restraint to say no to ungodliness therefore sin abounds. Restraint from sin is not there. But now, your sins and transgressions are covered. Yes, you are now covered. Yes, you are now in Christ. Yes, you are now a new creation. Yes, you are now a Holy Spirit filled believer. Yes, you are now on the pathway to righteousness. Surely I am not the only one excited about this.

    Romans 4:1-5 What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God. For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as debt. But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

    Catch the fact that God justifies the ungodly.  In your state before you met Christ or were born again God called you wicked or ungodly. God saw you as an enemy. God saw you under the law. God saw you under the curse. God saw you separated from eternal life and from His Holy Presence.  Now you have been set free from the curse of the law. You’ve been set free from the judgment and the wrath of God. You have been set free from that inherent sinful nature. Why is that? Romans 4:5 But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness. See? He is accredited for his faith. By faith, what is faith, belief with legs on it, belief with trust.

    Romans 4:7-8 "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, Whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin."

    This is forgiveness in essence and context. He is good and His Word endures forever. He is good and His Mercy endures forever. He is good and His Truth endures forever.

    Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

    Do you realize when you are in a place where you receive forgiveness from the Father that you are wiped clean? That you become a new creation and you become qualified to become a temple where God’s Spirit chooses to dwell. There was a time in our lives when we did not even want to look at ourselves in the mirror. I did not want to see myself in the mirror because I was under such guilt. I was not in the position to become anything’s temple. Let alone the Holy Spirit’s Temple.

     

    Ephesians 1:7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

    It’s by Grace that you can approach God. It is through unmerited favor that you can speak to the Holy One of Israel. Think what a privilege it is to speak to the Creator of the Whole Universe. That He is willing to even listen to you. That He delights in the prayers of His Children. And He delights in answering them. And He will withhold no good thing to those who fear Him. It is rich. It is deeply rich.

    So, how does one receive forgiveness from the Father?  Number one is by believing. You  heard me talk about the importance of belief. Do you realize that when you are forgiven of sins you are adopted by Jesus? John 6:25-35 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?" Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled. Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him." They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?" Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent." They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'" Jesus therefore said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, it wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." They said therefore to him, "Lord, always give us this bread." Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

    Unbelief will cause you to have a fruitless uncontrolled life without being lead. You must believe the promises of God. You must believe the source of the promises. You must know Him Who is True that you may believe Him. That is the lesson of the people that came to the gate and He said, “Depart, I never knew you. You workers of iniquity.”  You see, they were walking in the church but they did not know the Head of the church. Through belief, obedience, reliance and dependency, intimacy with God are absolutely non-negotiable things you must have. Celebrate your forgiveness. Celebrate it in prayer offering a spiritual sacrifice of thanksgiving, thanking God for the blood that made a way for you to have redemption. Thanking God for His willingness to forgive you for all your unrighteousness and join mercy on others when they hurt you because you, too, have been given mercy. Do you see the mindset here? It has to be in you. It is not something that you respond to by text book , it something you respond to because of your ID. Because of your DNA. At one time it was acceptable and “cool” to be bitter. In order for you to fit right in, it was acceptable to be the gossip that talked about someone else because you were so bitter and angry you thought it was “cool” that’s how you got your bread. But, now, your bread is the “bread of life”. Finding pride and joy in unforgiveness is no longer in your DNA. But your DNA must be your willingness to humble yourself and likewise forgive as you, too, have been forgiven.

     

    Tomorrow we will continue. God Bless.

     

    Pastor Scott Davidson recommends that we get audio Bibles. I understand why as I have the New Testament on CDs, now. Every morning I get up and listen to a couple or more chapters and my understanding is opened up more plus I seem to be able to remember more than I have just reading. The International Bible Society has a couple of really good audio Bibles at reasonable prices. I found the link by going to http://www.soulwinnerradio.com/PastorScottDavison . I found his teachings right there, too.

     

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    About Me: I am pastor of the United New Testament Church's Church for the Shut Ins at a public housing hi rise in Dayton, Ohio.

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