An Unapproachable Light! Hebrews 1:1-4 ITimothy 6:11-21

The Sun in all its Brilliance is flawed and has spots on it, not that God made it imperfect, but that as a result of the Fall and the curse, the Sun has spots! Jesus is the radiance of God's Glory, The light of His presence is ever so Brilliant that He dwells in an unapproachable light! And in Him there is not spots! In Him there is no blemish! In Him there is no darkness at all! His Light is more glorious than the Sun, that we will no longer need the Light of the sun, but in the New Heaven and earth will bask in the light of His Presence Indeed! His Bride will indeed be presented to Him without Spot or wrinkle and will Share and dwell in His glorious brilliant Light of His Presence, Such a perpetual Light for all Eternity!

Revelation 22:4-6
4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.
6 The angel said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.”

Hebrews 1:1-4
In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, ² but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. ³ The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. ⁴ So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.


1 Timothy 6: 11-21
11 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you 14 to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen. 17 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 18 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 19 In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life. 20 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, 21 which some have professed and in so doing have wandered from the faith.  Grace be with you.

The sun is brilliant and bright, you cannot look into the sun directly with your naked eye, or you will go blind, and if you do, you will experience temporary blindness, and dark orange like spots in your vision.

However, the sun in all its brilliance is way inferior to God, by virtue of being created by God, and by virtue of  developing flaws overtime, such as sun spots, and by virtue of having limited brightness, impure light rays, destructive radiance of too much exposure to it light.

Jesus shines brighter than the sun, in Him there is no darkness at all! 1 John 1: 5-9 ⁵ This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. ⁶ If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. ⁷ But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.


In Jesus there is no Spot or wrinkle, Just pure radiant light brighter than the sun. And He Promises to receive His Bride without Spot or wrinkle, His Bride the Church will indeed Shine in all His Glory!

1 Peter 1:17-19
17 If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 5:26-28
26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. 28 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;








 

We must have the resolution to have, seek and fight for The confident Assurance to Rest in God’s Unchanging, Sovereign, Infinite Nature Alone! in times of Crisis! Psalm 62

Preached on Sunday 11-11-2012,
Psalm 62


We must have the resolution to have, seek and fight for The confident Assurance to Rest in God’s Unchanging, Sovereign, Infinite Nature, Alone! in times of Crisis!

Apart From Resting in Jesus the Rock of our Salvation; you will be a restless wanderer never finding rest; always being shaken by life threatening situations of Conflict within and without, by people in life who hate you and seek your demise; Always shaken by distressful and disheartening situations of loss and helplessness; Trusting in self and others apart from Christ, Riches and places that do not last, but are like a vapor mist that appears and behold vanishes in a split second!

But Until you discover The mountain surrounded by the vanishing fog of crisis and Distressful situations; Until you pierce you eyes through the mist and find God The Rock, the Mountain of your Salvation and My Refuge; in Him there is Permanency when the mist vanishes! Jesus, is indeed my Rock, and I am like Peter, a rock, and upon THE ROCK, will Jesus Build His Church, Matthew 16:16-19. And He is THE ROCK, He Is God!

Trusting in Him you will never be shaken by shifting sand, vanishing mist and fog of sin, distress and crisis; in Him will you Truly Rest!

In Jesus Alone is your Sufficiency, In Jesus alone did His Shed Blood Ever please and satisfy the justice and wrath of God on Behalf of the Sin of His People; in Jesus' Resurrection Alone is there ever hope of being resurrected bodily; In Jesus alone is there everlasting life! in Jesus alone is He ever My Rock Mighty to Save! In Jesus Alone does my Soul Ever find Rest!

Are you Restless? You know, painful situations, crisis and loss will not go away, God wants you to Deal with unpleasant painful circumstances, fight and wrestle with them, fight and wrestle until you are ever so Resolute to find that God is there He is your Rock of Salvation in Him your Soul will find rest--Deal with it! Until you See God! The Rock, the Ever Majestic Mountain of your Faith, knowing the testing of your faith will prove to discover That Jesus is your Rock, He is the Rock of your Salvation in Him, Alone! Does my Soul Ever find Rest!

God the Holy Trinity causing my ultimate Glorification Romans 8:28-32

God the Holy Trinity causing my ultimate Glorification:


Chosen and Loved By God the Father, Kept in God the Son, Sanctified through God the Holy Spirit Unto Glorification forever to be with God the Holy Trinity three in One: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit; Never to leave the Unapproachable light of His Glorious presence forever in unity with the Trinity God the only one!

Romans 8:28"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

The Confident Assurance of God's Unchanging Nature and Eternal Being! Psalm 62

The Confident Assurance of God's Unchanging Nature and Eternal Being!


Psalm 62
1 My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. 3 How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence? 4 They fully intend to topple him from his lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. Selah 5 find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. 6 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. 7 My salvation and my honor depend on God[a]; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. 8 Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Selah9 Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. 10 Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them. 11 One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong, 12 and that you, O Lord, are loving. Surely you will reward each person according to what he has done.

In times like these, it may seem that the present leaders are permanent, but according to Scripture in Psalm 62, they are but a breath! A mere vapor mist around a mountain; though the mist may be thick surrounding a mountain almost to conceal the reality of the mountain; nonetheless, when the vapor mist dispels and vanishes the Mountain was always there. Therefore, pierce your eyes through the mist and fog until your Soul Rests in God Alone, until you see Him as our Rock and refuge. Do not place your trust in finite human leaders who are temporary, here today and gone tomorrow! Who are set up by God's Eternal and Divine providential will to execute His purpose!

You may say what purpose is there in increased taxes, in the killing of unborn babies in abortion in the spread of Hedonism and immorality, in the promotion of Gay marriages(that by the way, such unions will kill and destroy civilizations because two gay people cannot ever propagate Children, God created them Male and Female to be united in the bonds of Marriage to express their Natural function in the union of Male and Female in holy Matrimony, not the other way around), The legalization of drugs and controlled substances such as Marijuana; So what purpose is there in all the injustice and wickedness in the world? God is holy and will not let the guilty go unpunished, to the Glory of God indeed!

Psalm 62 declares it is for the purpose of the Glory of God to find rest in God alone! David likens God to a Rock. When you go to look at a Mountain, you cannot help but see permanency! When you go to the Rock, you cannot help but find God to be a Refuge, a place for shelter and protection from the storms and to be shielded from Enemies.

Psalm 62 contrasts the permanency of God's Eternal Nature as a Mighty rock in contrast to the temporary nature of finite man, who is likened to a mere breath, both lowborn men are a breath and high born men are a lie, to be weighed on the Scale they amount to nothing! "Selah9 Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. 10 Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods; though your riches increase do not set your heart on them"

The final conclusion to the matter is that my soul rests in God alone! It is to His glory that I must find my rest in Him alone. And when difficult times arise, we tend to wish that our enemies just perish and die, because we do not want to deal with the situation or deal difficult people, or circumstances that arise to threaten our existence by the hands of wicked people and enemies.

But God want us to deal with the circumstances, He wants us to deal with all our oppositions, enemies and difficult situations, He want us to pour our hearts to Him verse 8.

God will not get rid of our enemies, they will surround us like the sea, they are set up by His Divine appointment and providential will; The difficult situations and circumstances are there for us to use them to Seek Him; He wants us to seek Him in the midst of our Enemies, to find Him as our Rock, to deal with the difficulties by praying and pouring out our hearts to Him to the details of life, so that we can deal with our situations with His Great Strength, help and Deliverance, to find Him with us to help us deal with our difficult situations, circumstances, people and enemies. "8 Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge."

Therefore, Deal with your circumstances no matter how hard or difficult, find God as your Mountain and Rock see Him through the mist of difficult circumstances and people, Know that they are but a mere vapor Mist that vanishes until your soul find Rest in God alone!

When we seek Him and find Him with all our hearts, we can declare with David in this Psalm that my soul find rest in God alone, Salvation comes from Him and I will not be shaken when I trust in Him.

Difficult situations arise to waken me up and goad me to find my rest and Salvation in God my Rock! That I may depend on God who is Eternal, Faithful and Sovereign Directing all circumstances in my life that I may deal with them through prayer and find rest in God.
In doing so, the purpose for all the situations that God wants me to deal with through prayer and trust in Him alone, will always lead me to the Glory of God!
But woe is me if I fail to seek Him when difficult situations, opposing circumstances, threatening people and enemies seek to destroy me and topple me; woe is me if I fail to use the rising tide of difficulties and opposition as an opportunity to seek God as my refuge and Rock through the Rock of my Salvation--even Jesus Christ, My Lord and My God! In failing to seek Him, I will indeed be decimated and destroyed; if I fail to go to the Rock of My Salvation through Prayer during the rising tide of threatening situations and circumstances.Finite man, leaders, broken circumstances, difficult situations, oppositions, threatening people and enemies are indeed temporary and unstable to trust in, a mere breathe; here today and gone tomorrow!

But God is indeed my Rest, my Rock, Refuge, Mighty to Save me eternally as I trust in His only Begotten Son!

Temporary Rulers will be a footstool for His Feet! Psalm 110

Psalm 110 Of David. A psalm.

1 The LORD says to my lord:[a]
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”
2 The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying,
“Rule in the midst of your enemies!”
3 Your troops will be willing
on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,
your young men will come to you
like dew from the morning’s womb.[b]
4 The LORD has sworn
and will not change his mind:
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”
5 The Lord is at your right hand[c];
he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
7 He will drink from a brook along the way,[d]
and so he will lift his head high.

Psalm 2:
1 Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth rise up
and the rulers band together against the LORD and against his anointed, saying, 3 “Let us break their chains
and throw off their shackles.” 4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.
5 He rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, 6 “I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.” 7 I will proclaim the LORD’s decree: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father.
8 Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. 9 You will break them with a rod of iron[b]; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.” 10 Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling. 12 Kiss his son, or he will be angry
and your way will lead to your destruction, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

It does not end here with these inferior Rulers! Rulers who Employ their hating means and inventions of hate toward God to support their ways and rule of rage and hatred against God! The people gathered to themselves rulers who will support their life styles that show rage and hatred toward God and His Holy Son; being controlled and in bondage to their sin cursed self and ruled by this world of darkness.

All the rulers through out history are just a mere breath and vapor mist under God's Sovereign Rule of the universe! God Sovereignty is directing all these corrupt rulers in the past, present and future to Direct their heart like a water course according to His Divine purpose and predetermined Plans to be fulfilled in His only Begotten Son Proverbs 21:1, to the end of accomplishing His ultimate purpose in the Culmination of all things in the Ultimate Revealing of the Rule of His Son until all His Enemies are made a footstool for His feet!

Just think, it is God's revealed will that Obama was re-elected. I also, look in history and see even in the Roman, Babylonian, Persian, Egyptian empires and more, how evil rulers ruled by a Law of lying and broken promises, unfaithful to execute Justice and faithfulness to their words; full of lies, greed for sordid gain, oppression over the people and murdering of the innocent--even today, of the unborn babies murdered by a rule of law of legalized abortion. But fear not, though wickedness and corruption and the murdering of innocent unborn babies and injustice seems to prevail; God was, and still is, directing these inferior sovereigns for His good and perfect will to be revealed in the culmination of all things in the ultimate rule of His Son. It happened today and in History gone by, in order that Church and the elect and Believers in Christ are directed by the Hand of God to place our Faith in the rule and governance of the Kingdom of God through Jesus!Thy will be Done on earth as it is in Heaven...for thine is the Kingdom and Power and Glory and dominion forevermore!

God, I Praise you for your Sovereign rule over the universe and History in and through My God and Savior and King of all Kings, your only begotten Son the LORD Jesus Christ unto His rule and dominion forever more, His Kingdom without end!

Appointing Leaders who Will promote Anti-Christ Doctrines! Isaiah 5:20-21

The Nations Majority vote Reveals the new demographics of the world of Darkness ruling the Majority of People!

Isaiah 5: 20-21 " Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and clever in their own sight."

Here is the bottom Line to the outcome of the peoples vote; appointing leaders who call good evil and evil good, who gather to themselves leaders who do not regard The Doctrines and Teachings of Christ found in His Word. Who lie and cover up the murdering of Ambassadors and marines.

The Majority of the peoples vote were for Gay Marriage, Woman's Rights for the promotion of birth control and murder of unborn babies in Abortion; appointed leaders to  serve their carnal nature to receive from the government all they can get, not all they can be to serve others. And Wide is the road that leads to destruction and many enter, narrow is the road that leads to life and very few find it!

The world of Darkness of ruling people who are bound by their sin, and live to please the flesh, in self-centered living in the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life.

The only hope and deliverance that a person has is found in Christ alone, not a nation or governments who bankrupt nations by tax and spending.

The Governments can provide all the government programs for the people, but they cannot not save a persons soul from their sin cursed self in bondage to sin, destruction and Eternal death and the Lake of Fire, where the smoke of their torment will go up forever and ever and their will be no relief from the eternal torment, in the unquenchable fire.

The only person who can set you free is by believing in the Name of Jesus  and trusting in His Shed blood to deliver you and set you from from sin, the wrath of God, death and the this world of Darkness.

John 8: 31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
34 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know you are Abraham’s descendants

How Awesome! God the Son became Flesh and took to His being Humanity! John 1: 1-18

Just think, God the Son chose to become Like Man, Jesus is God in the flesh, He did not choose to become an Angel! The Word become flesh to set His Tabernacle among us to Share the light of His glory to those who are in great Darkness and have received His light--I am in awe and cannot fathom such great Love He has for His creation of man being made in His Image!


John 1: 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it

10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent,[c] nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only,[d] who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’” 16 From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only,[e][f] who is at the Father’s side, has made him known.

Perpetual and lasting Faith is needed in times of Disaster! Hebrews 11:1-3

Hebrews 11: 1-3:
1Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things notseen. 2For therein the elders had witness borne to them. 3By faith weunderstand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so thatwhat is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

...Was on my way to minister and preach at the Nursing home; though, there was no power in my house, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, except for my neighbors Kindness in sharing his generator power with our home; I was praying on my way preparing my heart and @ 2:30pm my son calls me and tells me that the power was back on. Coincidental?... truly providential, by God's will and answered prayer. Thank you, my family and friends for your faithful prayers.

Now to the providential, Preached today on Hebrews 11:1-3, The Aspects of persevering perpetual Faith in difficult times! My sister Connie had no electricity in West Orange until Thursday, but during that time she was illuminated to write on FB, " We may not have Electricity but the Lord knows we have Power!" Indeed, the LORD knows we have power in Him! Faith is indeed the true connection to receive connectivity with our great and mighty Triune God! Without Him, there is no connectivity and Power from on High! In Christ our power unto Salvation is truly met, relying on Him in Faith, dependently trusting on Him alone, is truly the Faith met in Him; no effort we can do to conjure up faith to receive God's blessing; but an assurance of Hope and the Conviction of Resting in His great faithfulness to keep His Covenant promises on behalf of His Chosen children, and you are His, if you believe with your Heart God Raised Jesus from the Dead and Confess with your mouth Jesus is LORD (He is God), and you will be Saved.


Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."   Just think about this, when we pray, we go to God with the assurance of Hope that He will be faithful to fulfill His Covenant promises, and we pray with conviction that He is there, even though we do not see Him with the naked eye, the conviction that He is there through the eyes of our Spiritual heart, made alive by the Holy Spirit, with open Arms.   The fog of sin, fears, anxieties, disaster and loss may cloud our eyes, even though the fog is thick, yet the landscape of God's presence is Still there; we need the eyes of Faith to pierce through the fog that we may see His comforting presence with open arms to give us rest. Indeed, Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath, in Him alone is our Sabbath rest met, no day out of the week, but everyday our Sabbath rest is met in Him! He is the fulfillment of the ages, and the reality and substance is met in Him!