Deeds having been wrought in God John 3:16-21

John 3 16-21
16"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
17"For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
18"He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19"This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
20"For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
21"But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God."

Jesus is the Light. He is pure holy and Sinless. There is no darkness in Him.

You cannot practice the truth unless your life has been Born from above, Born from God, born from the Holy Spirit, Born again!

To practice the truth in you life is to know your Standing before God, as helpless and unable to deliver yourself from sin. To practice the Truth is to rely on Christ's righteousness for Salvation and redemption.

Then you will walk in the light as He is in the light and your Deeds will result in as having been wrought in God, originated in God, the source and fountain from the springs of the water of life, from the living God through the power of the Holy Spirit.

If your deeds are not wrought in God, then they are wrought in darkness and in self reliance. Then you are relying on yourself and your own merits and good works to save you; and you will stumble because your deeds are not wrought in God, but in darkness, and you will be walking around in darkness not knowing where you are going, unable to navigate your way back to God, because you are stumbling in your darkness unable to reach God, stumbling in the darkness because you are blind to the Salvation and Light of Christ. Light and life are companions; darkness and death are allies. Find your companionship with the Light and Life!

Your Deeds must be wrought in God! You must be born-again in order to see the Kingdom of God and have Eternal Life.

John 12:35-36Then Jesus told them, "You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. 36 “Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light."

The Excitement is just beginning! Acts 1:3-9

3After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. 4On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5For John baptized with[a] water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
6So when they met together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"

7He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

9After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

It is amazing how we tend toward concerning ourselves with matters that are beyond our control and not in our place to ponder. Jesus was promising to give them the greatest gift they will ever receive, greater than restoring the Kingdom to Israel! He promised the Holy Spirit! After Jesus was Baptized by John, the Holy Spirit Descended up Jesus like a dove and Did Jesus Ministry ever truly begin after that! How much more so will your life be filled with power, now! And to know He is with you makes all the comforting difference in the world!

In the NAS Version, Jesus said it like this: "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority.

Not for us to know the times or the epochs, that the Father has fixed by His own Authority; Jesus after His Suffering and Resurrection appeared to His disciples over a period of 40 days, he had just promised them they will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

They did not get it, they asked if he was going to restore the kingdom to Earthly Israel!

Lesson:

Acts 1:7 Jesus said it like this: "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority

Why ponder in matters too great for you reserved only for God's Sovereign Purposes? Tread in places meant to be, and avoid treading where you cannot see!Then the excitement is just beginning when we tread in the power of thee, O precious Holy Spirit!

We can be so earthly preoccupied wanting to set up our own kingdom on earth; that in the authority of man centered thinking we try to figure out the times, seasons and date of the end times and Jesus' return. Yes, the Father has fixed the times and Epochs, and in his Authority and Sovereign will, it will be ushered in and Jesus will make all things new bringing in the new Heaven and earth.

What is that to you? Make a difference today, by focusing your attention to follow Him today through the power of the Holy Spirit.

But forget about trying to figure out the exact dates and times using numbers and speculations. But rather, concern yourself with being Faithful to His call in your life and rely on his grace to get to know Him now!

The excitement is just beginning when we walk in the power of the Holy Spirit; we are to concern ourselves to daily rely on the Holy Spirit and His power to apply God's Word in our daily life and application. Concern yourself with being faithful. Do not presume upon God's Graces to determine the dates and seasons of your life. It is not up to you to tell God, its time, take me home...Rather, declare: not my will but your will be daily done in my life. And Grace will be sufficient for each day.

God will preserve His Image in His Children Luke 12:4-8

Here is a picture of a 7 month old aborted unborn baby! The enemy Hates God's Creation of Human being, and is ever so Jealous of the image of God in man. Great lengths will he go to destroy life--Yet he will not succeed in destroying the human soul, God's love and mercy will receive His little ones to glory!

God will preserve His Image in His Children

Luke 12:4-8

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. 6Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies[a]? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

8"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God.

The enemy is a liar and is jealous that God made man in the image of God. The enemy will go through great lengths to destroy that image and steal your very soul. The enemy uses children of darkness to enact laws of the land that legalizes the killing of unborn babies in abortion! Yet the enemy will not succeed, remember Jesus' words, fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

God's Love to Deliver His People From Slavery Exodus 5:1

Exodus 5:1

Bricks Without Straw
1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the desert.' "


God's Love to Deliver His People From Slavery

Just think about it, the heart of God was to deliver His people out of bondage and slavery. The Pharaoh Ramsees II put the Jews to forced labor to build his Cities of Pithon and Ramses which contained store houses and temples to his gods.
God was with them in their persecution to deliver them, in His time, from bondage that they may serve Him.

I can see God's Love for His people, the heart of God, to take them out of slavery; a slavery which bound them to forced labor to build the city of Pithon and the city of Ramses a store house for the Pharaoh and his gods. God's love to put an end to their slavery that forced them to build for Pharaohs Idolatry; God's Love to take His people out of the city of straw and brick into a city made without straw and brick that they may serve and worship Him! To deliver them to be a people for His own glory and possession!

God's Agape Love is the same today, to deliver His people out of bondage and Slavery to sin, by believing on His only Begotten Son!

Some trust in Technology, I trust in the name of My God Psalm 20:7

Some trust in Technology, I trust in the name of My God
Psalm 20:7 “…Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the LORD our God…”

I am content to fellowship with the comfort of Jesus' presence in my life, for him to sit by me, to be with me, to be in me, to walk with me to walk behind me, to go in front of me, to be above me, to be below me and to Surround me with His Grace and presence, in pure and simple devotion of Prayer and Trust.

There are those who would surround themselves with technology and find comfort in the latest and the greatest, and those who live for that quest of having the latest and the greatest to enhance there boasting. But the latest and the greatest will wear off, and slump into the old and forgotten until something newer and better comes along.

The wisdom and Knowledge of God is greater than the wisdom and technology of man. Indeed! God is the source of all the technological wisdom and insight of man, yet the arrogance of man centered thinking and the sovereignty of man thinking will not acknowledge the Sovereignty of God to conceal matters, while it is up to man to search them out Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
to search out a matter is the glory of kings.

I choose to seek after God's truth and rely in His Knowledge than the greatest technology of man, it all has it's origins in my Sovereign God and Creator.
It comforts me to know that I have the Holy Spirit working in me to will and purpose according to His good pleasure that Christ be glorified in me--and this act of Sanctification is not stimulated, energized nor dependant upon the latest technology and greatest technology; it does not need the sensors of technology to change me, nor the Technology of GPS to give me direction. No! but the Holy Spirit gives me direction through His word. And the Holy Spirit provides sensory perception to His work in me to change and convict me.

Repentance a Great and Healthy Exchange! I John 1:9

I John 1:8-9
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness

The conviction of the Holy Spirit, is like a Demolition ball that breaks through and shatters the demolished condemned walls of an old building. To cause to crumble the wall of sin that would be an affront to His Holy presence in me.

In Repentance, I find a great exchange; the awareness of my sin and helplessness to change, in light of God's Holiness and perfection.

In confession, I find the liberation to give my unworthiness to God only to see His Great work of Sanctification in me to rip out and purge that which would seek to hold me in darkness to keep me from His Holy presence.

Ephesians 4:13 My Definition Found in the Image Of Christ!

Ephesians 4:13
13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

God created me uniquely in His image, I am my own person, but in His image. No one defines me, but Christ. I am happy that God created me as a unique person and image bearer of God. Being made in the image of God, I am an image bearer of God's presence. Being made in the image of God, my image was restored in Christ.

My definition is found in Christ, in him is found my fullest potential; He is my all things possible and my positivity! Apart from Him it is all negativity, in him my perfection and righteousness is found!

2 Timothy 3:7 Empty Knowledge

2 Timothy 3:7 ”… always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth…”

There are those who would seek after knowledge through Colleges and Universities and find comfort in this quest. And also, find a positive attitude in learning all the languages of the world and this is all good for a while; but unless your quest for knowledge brings you to the Knowledge of Christ-it is all empty knowledge always learning but never coming to true Knowledge at the foot of the Cross of Christ. If your knowledge does not lead you to the Knowledge of Christ and to Glorify God in your life—Then it is an empty quest a restless evil under the sun, meaningless, meaningless!

In Christ My Spirit cannot be crushed, when Facing my giants! ISamuel 17:45-47

I Samuel 17:45-47: David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give all of you into our hands."

In and of myself, I am small and insignificant, and many giants surround me, and threaten to crush and destroy me; I may pale very small in comparison to my biggest giants--However, in my soul and resurrected life in Christ, my life soars like a majestic Mountain making my giants like a moth that burns in the fire and is no more.

That is why David was as bold as a lion when facing Goliath. He had great boldness, faith and righteous indignation against the enemies of God--he saw his insignificance in himself, but reliance upon and faith in God made him soar like an eagle against Goliath;his soul and spirit became a greater giant to Goliath. Goliath may have had great Physical stature,size and strength; but his soul was small, indeed, even dead to God and paled in comparison to David's Soul and Faith in God.

In Christ, my giants become as small as an ant and insignificant to threaten and destroy, and I can't be crushed!

The Sovereignty of God--Directing all things for His Purpose Proverbs 21-1-2

The Sovereignty of God teaches that God works out everything for His purpose and glory, even the wicked for the day of disaster Proverbs 16:4
"The LORD works out everything for his own ends—
even the wicked for a day of disaster."

Even when people choose their own way, they can choose their own will and insist on their own way, but in the end, God is still directing their own choices for His own Glory and purpose.

They will rage and rebel against this idea, because they want to think that they are in control of their own destiny and fate, by the choices they make in life. Yet they are blind to God's Sovereignty directing all things, even in His permissive will for His own glory.

Look at Pharaoh, He chose to harden his heart against God's will to let God's people go, yet little did he know that in his hardened heart and choice to rebel against God--God's purpose was being fulfilled! Wow! This truly highlights the greatness of God, even over our own stubborn will and choices.

So the wicked who rebel against God and his word, may think that they are the master's of their own fate, but little do they know that God is Sovereign directing all things for His will and purpose and He does not answer to anyone for His sovereign plans and purposes.

The Sovereignty of man teaching, will put man at the center of his actions and choices, and indeed, he does make choices that will result in actions, be it sinful or true. But when his will is bound by sin, by which there is no deliverance in and of yourself, when you rage against the cross, your sovereign destiny will be in the hands of God who will determine by your will and choices in this life, whether you are a vessel of Honor or a vessel of dishonor for destruction--and that was determined before the foundation of the world! Truly incomprehensible!

The More time in God's Presence the more Grace to Love others Luke 10:27

Luke 10:27

27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself."

Before you can love your neighbor as yourself, you need to Love the Lord with all you heart, with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind--

Hello, for Eternal Salvation, that means we must empty ourselves of self, and humbly submit yourself to the throne of Grace and die to self and repent and believe on Jesus for Salvation.

But in our daily walk of Sanctification, we must daily die to our idolatry's and worship of self.

Notice the times that we get angry at someone, why do we get angry? Did they get in our way, did they treat us with contempt, and ignore us? Did they treat us as if they were better than us? Did they treat us as if they were okay, and you were not okay? As if you have a problem and they do not?

All this activity under the sun and responses under the sun is based on a Horizontal plane--When we view our worth and sense of well being by how others treat us and exclude our standing before the presence of the Lord, we then become the Devils playing ground and give him a foothold on our emotions because we initially react.

Instead, we need to Pray, and submit ourselves in Prayer before God and constantly pray and overcome evil with prayer, the more we are tempted to sin the more we should pray. The more other people's sinful behavior attacks us, the more we need to pray and submit ourselves to Christ our stronghold and strength! Submit to prayer and you will discover His Grace sufficient for the need of the moment and the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus! Philippians 4:7