Shalom! For the New year of 2014, to all my Family and friends! Hebrews 13:20-21

Shalom! For the New year of 2014, to all my Family and friends!
"Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord, 21equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.” Hebrews 13:20-21
Shalom is more than just simply peace; it is a complete peace. It is a feeling of contentment, completeness, wholeness, well-being and harmony which was initiated and provided by God alone, “for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes on Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. “ John 3:16
Shalom is peace with God, not just a cessation from conflict and war, but a Peace that has no enmity with God, a peace that has a right relationship with God, a peace that has harmony and balance with the God of the universe! If you have peace with the God of the universe, you have true harmony and balance in life.
Balance in a right relationship with God brings great peace of safety, security, Joy, Love, comfort, wholeness, Completeness, Contentment and Happiness in the midst of a corrupt and depraved world of violence, hatred, sin, death, destruction in the realm of this dark age, ruled by the spirits of the power of the air; Balance with God in the Midst of our needs and unsatisfied wants; balance with God in uncertain circumstances of our lives; balance with God to provide when our finances are out of balance. And what greater balance to have before God is to have zero indebtedness of the penalty of sin before our holy God! For The Blood of the Eternal Covenant—Even Jesus Christ’s own blood paid in full that which we could not ever pay, and His blood alone paid the price on behalf of His beloved Elect--even his Bride, the Church of His eternal Covenant.
You will never have Shalom (Harmony, peace and Balance) with God, if you have sin in your life. You will never have Shalom with God, Isaiah the Prophet reminds us of this irrevocable truth:
Isaiah 57: 20-21 “But the wicked are like the tossing sea, For it cannot be quiet, And its waters toss up refuse and mud. 21"There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
if you do not have God the Son in your life. You will never have Peace with God, if the “prince of Peace”-“Sar –Shalom” does not rule your heart. When sin rules your life and heart, your life will be out of balance: full of strife, enmity, hatred, pride and arrogance, insecurity, discontentment, incompleteness, disharmony, un-holiness, death, destruction and darkness. Hence, this peace does not or can it ever originate within you, nor is it founded upon yourself. This Shalom can never be sourced from your own being, this peace can never be derived from yourself --no matter what you do there will be no peace. It is not found within yourself or any other--except to be found in “the Prince of Peace” (SAR Shalom! Isaiah 9:6)
Isaiah 9:6 “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.”
This Shalom is given, provided and constantly abiding never taken away by the forces of darkness and the rulers, principalities and spirits of the power of the air and the world forces of our flesh and all that appeals to the flesh.
The ownership and source of Peace is Jesus. Indeed, Jesus says, "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful “John 14:26-27. Hence, Jesus is the giver and Grantor of this Peace, because He is the source and provider of this Peace, because in Him does this peace originate and upon Him is this peace founded! Apart from Him no peace will ever originate or can ever be founded!
And His blood is the eradicator of our enmity with God, His shed blood provides the means whereby we receive forgiveness and cleansing from sin and peace and reconciliation with God. His blood is the means whereby we have the way of Shalom made more certain and the surety of our Peace made ever secure; His Shed blood provides the Entrance through the doorway of Shalom, thus making the status of our Shalom for a right standing and a harmonious, balanced relationship with God Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand…”
This Peace is indeed offered through God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, Philippians 1:2 “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ…”
This Peace is Sealed upon our hearts through the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit by Faith given through the Lord Jesus Christ, in the Blood of the eternal covenant, I Peter 1:2”…According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.”
--If you do not have This Shalom, you do not have the blood of Jesus to cleanse you and you do not have eternal Shalom with Almighty God!
Therefore, reach out to God our Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit that the Prince of peace may bless your life with eternal and abiding Shalom now and this coming year of 2014 and unto all eternity forever in a Harmonious peaceful Relationship with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit!
Shalom to you, my family and Friends Through God my Father and The LORD Jesus Christ in the Sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit!

The Light of Men! John 1:4-5

The Light of Men!
In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:4-5

"...Light 'Of' Men", not that man has the source of Life and light within himself, but Jesus is the Life and the Life is the Light of Men--He is the source for all Men "Anthropon"--Plural, both Male and female. Hence, there is no life in any... other! Hence, there is no life that is the light of men in anyone else throughout the ages from the past, the present and the future; no one is the source of Life and no one is the source of life that has light generating within; in fact, there is utter darkness within, the deadness of our souls within, that we can never generate an Awakening or ever resurrect our Spirits to have new life and Light--Except, that Jesus who is the source of Life and He is the Light that Shines in the darkness, He alone is the source to resurrect our dead souls to new life that we may be born-again of His Nature through the quickening and regenerating work of the Holy Spirit.
Believe, in Him, and have Life in His Name; Believe, in Him, and Let His life that is the Light Shine in the darkness of your dead heart and dispel all the Darkness in His Resurrected Life!

with the Dawn of Redeeming Grace! Psalm 130:8

8 He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins. Psalm 130:8
...With the Dawn of Redeeming Grace...

The Dawn is the first light of day that cut through the darkness of night until the full light of the noon day sun rise in all its brilliance.

Jesus' birth is the Dawn of Light that cut through the darkness of our sin cursed self, until the noon day sun fully rises and appears in all its brilliance and glory.

The Redeeming Grace is the full light of the noon day Sun; that not only cut through the darkness of night of our sin cursed self and the deadness of our heart and soul, But also conquered the darkness of Sin's mighty hold and grip on our lives that we could not break free from in our own strength, merits, efforts and righteousness.

And the Dawn turning into the appearing light of the Noon Day Sun in all the full strength and brilliance of light is the Cross of Jesus In His Death and the brilliance of the light of His Resurrection!

You Can hide from the brilliance of the Noon day SON in all His glory in His death and Resurrection, or you can become a light and share in the nature of His light of the Noon Day Son, in His Death and resurrection; by becoming Born-from above in The Nature of His Holy life by believing in His Name--Indeed, by becoming Born-again in His resurrected life; that the Light of the Noon Day Son, may rise and shine in and through your dead soul and resurrect your life unto His Eternal Glory forevermore with Him, Indeed!

God’s Loving-Kindness and Tender Mercy’s Revealed to Even the Livestock in the Manger

God’s Loving-Kindness and Tender Mercy’s Revealed to Even the Livestock in the Manger
And she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:6-7 God’s loving-kindness and mercy is revealed as Mary placed her infant, Jesus, in the manger. God’s Loving-kindness and mercy was made manifest to even the livestock that resided and rested in and around the Manger.
Do you see it? Consider, the Manger, a place where livestock of oxen, sheep, goats and cattle go for rest, nourishment and even to get fattened for the slaughter for preparation of being offered up as a sacrifice in the Temple; if the animal met the requirement for an acceptable Sacrifice, according to the Levitical Law of Moses and Sacrificial System.

Consider the Loving-kindness and tender mercy of God to His created animals--even the Livestock in and around the Manger, as infant Jesus lay in the Manger; for infant Christ is God’s only begotten Son and He alone will fulfill the sacrifice of all sacrifices and redeem His people with His own blood! There is no more need for animal sacrifices, for God’s only begotten Son offered the sacrifice of all sacrifice. Therefore, all livestock, Go to the Manger, and find rest and restoration and deliverance from the fear and suffering of being sacrificed, No more! For He who sleeps as an infant in the Manger; will one day put an end once and for all to all Sacrifices, for He will be the Sacrifices of all Sacrifices who will become the acceptable and perfect Sacrifice; He who sleeps in the Manger, will one day make propitiation in His blood to Satisfy the Anger and wrath of God against the penalty for the sins of His people. For He who sleeps, Lying in the Mange, as an infant will shelter all the animals as they rest under the Shadow of His Cross to become the substance to put an end to all Sacrifices.

And to the Shepherds who were a very rough, tough, dirty and may have even smelt like the fields even of the dung from the animals sleeping out in the fields guarding their sheep entrusted to their care; .some were mere hirelings who for own profit would steal the livestock and sell directly to the people, ” The Shepherds knew how many lambs were born, how many sheep died, or how much wool was collected?” It was easy to steal, and that was so common that there were laws against buying wool, lambs, and milk directly from shepherds. The Pharisees, the religious leaders of the day, would not associate with shepherds, and most people didn’t trust them. It’s no wonder the shepherds were terrified when an angel appeared. As sinners encountering a mighty warrior of the Holy God, they had every reason to be afraid. But the angel’s words were not judgment but good news: “Do not be afraid” (Calvin Ardsma, TODAY: refresh, refocus, Renew) During that time, it was a cultural practice for some shepherds to steal for sordid gain, that the Pharisees and the Religious Hierarchy that held high positions in the Temple had to enact Laws that would restrict from buying directly from the Shepherds; the people had to purchase their offerings in the Temple from the money changers. Nonetheless, there was nothing indeed, in the Shepherds, whatsoever, that compelled God and moved God to reveal His mercy to them, except that which was according to God’s Sovereign will to have mercy on whom He will have mercy. Therefore, to the Shepherds, the Angel of the Lord did appear that they may be directed to go in the City of David to witness and behold infant Jesus, the Savior, as He lay in the Manger.

Therefore, Go! You Shepherds, to the Manger and find eternal rest for your souls, as you witness and behold the giver of Eternal Life as He lay as an infant in the Manger; Go to the Manger, you Shepherds, and find rest from your labors of herding livestock; for the Sacrifice of all Sacrifices, indeed, once was placed in the Manger. Go, and see the place where He once slept as an infant! Go! You Sinners, no longer to the Shadow but to the substance and final Sacrifice on the cross where Jesus once Hung, and did He ever declare the victorious battle cry, of, “it is finished!” Therefore, Go, you sinners; to the empty tomb where Jesus once lay. And Go! You Sinners, to the throne of Grace, where Jesus ascended to and imparts everlasting life for all who believe on His name, indeed! For there the Grace and the Love of God was indeed made manifest in His only Begotten Son, where His favor indeed rests; where you can find the Grace of God and Mercy and Loving-kindness of God To end all Sacrifices in the Blood of the spotless Lamb of God!

The Sovereignty of God in the details of the Witnesses to Christ's birth defies the wisdom of Man's inferior sovereignty! Luke 2:8-9

The Sovereignty of God in the details of the Witnesses to Christ's birth defies the wisdom of Man's inferior sovereignty!
Hence, the foolishness of God defies the wisdom of man, indeed, “…Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men." 1 Corinthians 1:25
The wisdom of mankind to man's inferior sovereignty would be to view the revealing of the Messiah, chosen by the God of the Universe to be witnessed by high people of importance, holding dignitary offices, having their opinions valued by kings and popular celebrities and the populace of their time; witnessed by the Chief Priest, Scribes and Pharisees, witnessed by Ceasar himself and king Herod, who was appointed king of the Jews during his time—Such witnesses were indeed passed over by God.
But God chose Shepherds to witness the Sight of Jesus’ Birth! And Why not to the Chief Priest, Scribes and Pharisees to witness the Messiah’s birth? God chose the ordinary common shepherd to be witness to Jesus’ birth.
Jesus’ Life would reveal that the Temple services, the Chief priest , Scribes and Pharisees services were no longer needed and the temple services and the Levitical sacrificial system was obsolete and out lived its usefulness and would be rendered complete and fulfilled in Christ’s life and Sacrifice on the cross—Jesus who is the Substance of the shadow of what the temple and Levitcal Sacrificial system, the Levitical Priesthood and the Levitical Law pointed to.
In the ushering of the Covenant of Grace through Jesus’ birth, God Chose Shepherds to be witnesses to the Messiah’s birth. God was making all things New in Christ and there was no turning back to the shadow of what was to come, when the substance was found in the manifestation of Christ’s birth.
Hence, God chose Shepherds to be witnesses to the Messiah’s birth. Consider the timing and place; the shepherds were in the field watching their flock by night. It was dark; yet, you would think there would be a place of light by the wisdom of man’s standards. God chose shepherds who were deemed insignificant ordinary people deemed unimportant by the standard of man’s wisdom found in the Temple by the Chief priest, Scribes and Pharisees. But God Chose His foolishness to bear witness to the birth of His Son, by those deemed foolish by the wisdom of man, with a foolish occupation of insignificant occupation to watch their flocks by night, indeed the shepherds may have been viewed even as being lazy, watching their flocks by night with a lazy going nowhere occupation, while watching their flocks by night.
But God chose to reveal His glory and brought in the light of His glory by the Angel of the Lord to Shepherds who were watching their flocks by night“9 And angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. “Luke 2:9.
Such insignificant ordinary time of night darkness to insignificant witnesses, the Shepherds; Yet God’s foolishness revealed His great glory and light to insignificant shepherds who would bear witness to the Light of God’s glory in the birth of His only Begotten Son! And such insignificant witnesses would be used by God to magnify the light of the Glory of the Lord’s direct Revelation to them as they went to see the things the Lord told them what would take place, 15When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about. Luke 2: 15
According to the good pleasure of God’s Eternal, Sovereign and free will did He choose the Shepherds to bear witness to the birth of His only begotten Son! Nothing in the Shepherds, nothing in the dark fields by night, but everything found in the glory of God’s Sovereign and free will and choice to whom He chose would be witnesses to the birth of His only begotten Son. And Such insignificant witnesses became witness to the Joyful announcement, the Grand and Great Noel, the announcement of Jesus’ birth throughout every age and generation henceforth, and forevermore, God made it become an Eternal proclamation to the birth of His Son, by the witnesses heralded by the lips of insignificant Shepherds. Thus, the Foolishness of God, indeed, made the wisdom of Mankind that would never think to choose to reveal the Messiah to foolish shepherds. Yet God Did, and God’s Wisdom turned the wisdom of the wise of this earth to be ever so foolish by God choosing of insignificant Shepherds to declare His praise of the glory of the witness to Jesus’ birth for “Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased” Luke 2:14. And notice, peace among men, according to the Sovereign will of God whomever God chooses to reveal His peace to. And He chose the witnesses of insignificant Shepherds to bear witness to the birth of Jesus.

The Sovereignty of God in the details of Christ's birth defies the wisdom of Man's inferior sovereignty! Luke 2:6-9

“While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the fields, and watching by night over their flock. 9. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them: and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they feared with a great fear. Luke 2:6-9”

The Sovereignty of God in the details of Christ's birth defies the wisdom of Man's inferior sovereignty!
Hence, the foolishness of God defies the wisdom of man, indeed, “…Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men." 1 Corinthians 1:25

The wisdom of mankind to man's inferior sovereignty would be to view the revealing of the Messiah, chosen by the God of the Universe, to be born to a king, born in a king's palace, among the comforts of the palace of the king, with the riches of a king's provision, being attended by servants and witnessed by dignitaries, noblemen and people of importance to declare to the world and herald the news of the birth of God's Son.

But, as it was, our Sovereign God of the Universe chose to have His only begotten Son be born to a peasant poor family, to Mary a poor peasant girl, (nonetheless, a virgin at the time of her conception by the Holy Spirit); born in a manger, in an unsanitary place, among the dirt and dung of the animals residing around and in the manger--not born in a palace, with the fragrance of perfume and incense, but in a manger, with the fragrance of the smell of livestock manure, breathing through His infant nostrils; only to remind us that for the sake of His people He humbled Himself and became a servant, that Jesus through His poverty would make His people rich. Philippians 2:6, 2 Corinthians 8:9.

Not born with the ambiance of a well-lit palace, but born under the brightest star of the universe, by God's decree and providential determined will, which He determined the created order of the universe with the brightest star of the heavens, would shine on His only begotten Son.

Man's way would not reveal such a Holy birth the way God chose to; yet even what is considered insignificant to mankind, God chose what we would deem insignificant means and insignificant details to herald the insignificance of the details of Christ's birth to be of extraordinary, awesome wonderment, and of everlasting significance to be heralded to the world in a significant, timelessly, universally and of eternal significance revealed for all time throughout every age and generation from the family of Jesus' birth,to the place,to the timing, under the wonderment of the light of the brightest star in the universe, among the animals around the manger to be revealed with everlasting significance than the wisdom of the age could ever choose to reveal; How, where and when The only begotten Son of God of the universe would be born--in a palace? Not at all, such a wise place chosen by man is indeed, deemed a fools palace by God's foolishness, and God would not have His Son be born in a foolish place chosen by the wisdom of the wisest of all mankind, but God chose the wisest place for His Son to be born considered foolishness to mankind that in a Manger Christ would be born.

It had to be this way; there was no other wise place in the universe where Jesus would be born than that of an insignificant Manger.

For Joy Christ Came, we need to fan the Flame! Hebrews 12:2

For Joy Christ Came, we need to fan the Flame!
Are you fanning the flame of the Joy of Christ in your Heart through Faith and prayer!
Faith and Prayer...the fan to the flame, of the Joy of Christ imputed to our hearts, by the Sanctification of the Holy Spirit.
For Joy Christ Came, we need to fan the flame of joy through prayer and faith for the Joy He left us; when He Came to Save! The Same Joy set before Him When He went to the cross that caused Him to despise the Shame of the cross, for Joy to impart into our Human Heart! Are you fanning the flame of Joy that Christ came to impart to your heart!

Hebrews 12:2
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the [author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God

I Peter 3:8
Although you have never seen Christ, you love him. You don’t see him now, but you believe in him. You are extremely happy with joy and praise that can hardly be expressed in words 9 as you obtain the salvation that is the goal of your faith.

Isn’t this a baby lying in the Manger? ...Isn’t this the Carpenter’s Son? Or Isn’t He More, Indeed!

Isn’t this a baby lying in the Manger? ...Isn’t this the Carpenter’s Son? Or Isn’t He More, Indeed!
Matthew 13:54-55
54He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers? 55"Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56"And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?"…

What are your comments about Jesus during this Season of Advent? Shepherds going to the Manger to see a cute little infant baby boy lying in the Manger with his Mother cradling Him, or didn’t they go to see more, indeed? While lying in the Manger, as an infant, He was holding the Atoms of the universe together and the very atoms that held the ground together in the Manger where he lay.
The comments about Jesus in Matthew 13:54-55 were based upon a man-centric view of Christ; a perspective of only viewing Christ in the temporal present age of Jesus’ life. They did not have, nor could they have the perspective in view, without the Holy Spirit’s Divine illumination and Counsel and without God the Father choosing to reveal such a great mystery of God’s Sovereignty that before the foundation of the World He Existed as the Great I AM, the pre-incarnate WORD; He was and is the Eternal Son of God who Enjoyed and enjoys intimate Fellowship with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit.
They had a time and temporal view of Christ, and did not keep in mind of Jesus’ personal history to His Life: in His birth, from His Mother, Mary, who was a virgin at the time of His conception. They did not have in view the Great Noel—Joyful announcement of Jesus’ birth to the Shepherds by the Angels. They did not have in view the three wise men who presented gifts of Frankincense, Myrrh and Gold---to the Priest of all Priests, the Sacrifice of all Sacrifices and the King of all Kings! They did not have in View Simeon’s Declaration of holding the Great consolation of the Ages-even Jesus Christ, the Messiah! And before Simeon Died the Holy Spirit revealed to him that Simeon would hold the consolation of Israel—indeed, of the world and the Church.
Hence, their view of Christ was, indeed, limited and they limited the miracles of Christ in their life, because of the rule of their sin cursed self in their heart ruled by their envy, jealousy, pride and arrogance that would not accept Him to be the Messiah, They were threatened by Christ, because of Sin's rule in their life that  ruled for destruction and rejection of Jesus.  They relegated Jesus in their own mind to a position of Carpenter, a non-threatening view and perspective of Christ that allowed them to view him as a hometown boy, whom they can suppress with their pride and arrogance and put him down in comparison to him, that they may exalt themselves over him. And so, they were shocked to hear the words and wisdom that Jesus spoke from His mouth. Hence, they would not, or, could not accept Jesus to be more than a Carpenter, to be the Messiah before their eyes and rejected Jesus in unbelief without honor in His own home town!
What are your comments of Jesus in your life? Do you see Him to be relegated only to merely be a human Carpenter, or do you Believer He is God, the second person of the Trinity who became flesh to deliver you from sin and death? Believe on Jesus and let His resurrected Life live through you and discover and live abundant life in Christ.

Eternity's Calamity Call, No Hope at all, No footing for the un-prepared, Christless now, Christless for Eternity!

Mark 9:43-50
"If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. 45And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.47And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48where their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.' 49Everyone will be salted with fire.
50"Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."

Reckless living...Reckless driving...Needless death! History repeats itself over and over again, James Dean died in a car crash September 30, 1955 and this past Sunday on December 1, 2013, Paul Walker Dies in a flaming car crash. And about the same time on the east coast, A New York Commuter Train Derails and Kills 4 unsuspecting Riders.

The Message is always being proclaimed loud and clear, but are you listening? Life is fragile, it is here today and gone tomorrow, like a vapor mist that appears and then Poof! It disappears. You will never know when your time is up in life,

Yet, those who rustle about in life chasing after the temporal things of this life with not having a view of eternity in mind, will be unprepared, unsuspecting, unexpected and surprised when the bell tolls for them.

You can have all the riches, celebrity status, all the rich toys in the palms of your hands, but there is no footing for your feet when your foot slips into all eternity; the things that you hold so dearly in the Palms of your hands, will not hold you up and keep you safe and sound when your foot slips into an Eternity without Jesus! Why? Because you chased after things in this life that just do not matter in light of eternity. When feet slip into eternity, are you paying attention? Are you Seeking after Jesus and believing on His Name for deliverance from sin, destruction and death? Are you repenting and believing on Him with your life? Or does the material thing of this life hold you in its grips to keep you away from Christ that your foot may slip into a Christ less eternity, Indeed.

Go ahead and hide from the reality of this message, but it will not go away. You can walk in the counsel of the wicked, stand in the way of sinners and sit in the seat of mockers and surround yourself with the media and Anti-Christ Messages and philosophies of this corrupt world that is not grounded in the word of God, but grounded in doing what is right in your own eyes for what? But seasons that come and go and that just do not last and will keep you unprepared when death strikes its fury and you are powerless to its force, because The all-powerful Resurrected life of Christ does not live in you.

No rest in sins dominance and Control!

How can you rest content in life tolerating sin's control at the same time? A soul is restless until it finds deliverance from sin and death. Will you deny your soul rest in the presence of God, by chasing after the temporary resting places of pleasures, riches, fame and worries and cares for status in this life?

Why starve your souls hunger and thirst? Why ignore its desperate plea and cry for mercy and deliverance, as you go on in deception chasing after things that do not last?

What will you do when your resting places give way with no footing to stand on? What will you do when your temporary resting place gives way over the shallow ice? Your foot will slip and you will fall with no footing to hold you up for all eternity! The ice will break and you will fall with nothing to hold onto, when you held onto the things of this life, and treasured the things of this life in light of Eternity! It is like walking on thin ice--then Crack!!! the ice breaks! What will you do when it gives way with nothing to hold on to at the sudden strike of Eternity's calamity call! Then there will be no more hope at all!

Life is temporary, and there are temporary resting places only! Until you find your permanent resting place eternally in the presence of God by resting in the Grace of God through Christ! Or, eternally away from the presence of God in eternal Death where the flame of torment is unquenchable and the temporary resting places have dissolved.

Give Thanks! "Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you. I Thessalonians 5:18

Preached Sermon today:

"Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you.
What are the reasons we fail to give Thanks in life? The key to understanding our lack of Thanksgiving is found in the phrase of this Passage…”In all Circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ

Hence, we fail to give thanks because we yield to our sin cursed self that refuses to give thanks in all circumstances, but rather grumble and complain because our focus on our need at the Moment Blinds us to focus on remembering God's presence, promises and provisions for deliverance, in days gone by and in the present in our life.

Giving Thanks is every day, all the time, in every way and every Circumstance; not just in November on a Day of Thanksgiving! However, if we daily are thankful, then on the Day of Thanksgiving, we will have more power to us and all the more blessings of giving Thanks.

Remember, need arises in our life, whatever it maybe: personal, financial, emotional, spiritual, Loss of life in our life, loss of health, loss of friends, Loneliness and the need for family and friends--All these needs are onsets and occasions to bring them to the feet of Jesus in prayer, giving Thanks, and you will rejoice in God to see what God has done and is doing in your life.

Count your blessings, name them one by one, count your blessing look and see what God has done, count your many blessings and rejoice to know and see what God has done!
The Israelites were delivered out of the Bondage from Egypt; God parted the Red sea and made them cross on dry ground, no sooner, thereafter, God's Mighty hand of Deliverance, were they soon quick to forget God's Mighty hand of Deliverance and grumble and complain; indeed, 40 years of wondering in the wilderness, until every grumbler and complainer died for their sin of thanklessness--they were thankless, and did their thanklessness cause them the consequence of dropping dead and delay entering in the promised land for 40 years!
Believer, if you want to experience the joy of God's presence and blessings, remember, God's mighty hand to deliver from the bondage to sin and death! And BE, YE, THANKFUL! Ever so, thankful, that He saw our helpless condition under the bondage to sin and death, and did not Spare His only begotten Son to deliver us. And Jesus willingly drank from the cup, and did He ever drink from the cup of God's Divine wrath,to the end that not one drop of God's divine wrath was wasted, but He fully drank it all up, unto victory in His Resurrection! His blood was not spared, but It was shed that payment for the penalty of our sins be fully met in Him, so we can have everlasting life to Know God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit for all eternity. Delivered from the eternal torment of God's wrath for all eternity!
If you are Thankless, then your thanklessness is a reflection of your eternal state of everlasting torment in the lake of fire--which your present thanklessness is only a precursor and reminder to you of the place where you will find yourself: in the state of thanklessness, eating the flames of thanklessness and eternal torment!
Believer, Be Ye Thankful! Be Thankful, in every circumstance because every reason for Thankfulness is met in Jesus Christ. Every reason to be Thankful is found in Knowing God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit!
For the believer, be found giving Thanks in Christ Jesus; for there is no such thing as to not giving Thanks! A Thankless life will only magnify the death and darkness of your soul without Jesus in your Life!

Therefore,beloved, show that you are a believer in Christ, among the elect, Foreloved, predestined and Chosen by God the Father; Redeemed by God the Son; Quickened, made alive and Sanctified by God the Holy Spirit! And always, give Thanks in all circumstances! For there is no reason in heaven or on this earth that you should not!
Give thanks, in all Circumstances; your Adoption and Election in Christ Jesus is made all the more sure, indeed!

I Thessalonians 5:16-19

“Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 19 Do not quench the Spirit.”

Do not put out the Spirit's Fire IThessolonians 5:19

Do not put out the Spirit's Fire
There is The Holy Spirit's Fire ready to ignite His Light in us, but the deadness of sin's deceit causes entanglements that quenches the Spirit's fire in us; nonetheless, the Holy Spirit's fire burns bright to those who yield and mortify the deeds of the flesh.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-19 ESV
Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 19 Do not quench the Spirit.

19 Do not put out the Spirit's fire NIV

Sanctification = LOVE (AGAPE) I Corinthians 6:11

Sanctification = LOVE (AGAPE)
Explanation to this equation: If you believe on Christ for Salvation and are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, through Faith; then the out working of your faith in Jesus will reveal itself in the fruit of sanctification: in holy and pure Love of how we treat others whom God brings our way-Remember, the way we treat others is the way we treat Jesus in our life. Therefore, be ye Sanctified!

1 Corinthians 6:11
English Standard Version (ESV)
11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

A displaced focus leads to succumbing in temptation: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

A displaced focus leads to succumbing in temptation:

16Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 17For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

The problem with a myopic view of temptation, is that we are ever so entrenched in our temporal circumstances that we look at the things that are seen, without having in view the eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison; Ever fixed on temporal rewards in this life that Jesus’ view of “Great is your reward in Heaven” of Eternal rewards in the Kingdom of Heaven, fly right out of mind when facing temptation.

The need to have Jesus’ view of temptation is the only prescription for success to resist in temptation to the point of resisting with the shedding of our blood. With a view to resist temptation, there needs to be a fixation of a Vision of Jesus, “looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2.

The need to focus attention on Jesus during temptation will indeed motivate to resist in temptations: 3 consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. 4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. Hebrews 12:3-4

When considering the eternal weight of glory awaits, then the light and momentary things in this life will give greater perspective to resist. Hence, to perish the thought of viewing that it is not worth resisting, and to pursue gratifying temporal rewards in this life as being worth living for as greater than what awaits God’s Children, is a deceptive view point that needs to be put to death and rendered useless and ineffective, because a greater inheritance awaits God’s chosen elect children who resist in temptation and perseveres to the end.

Living in light of the eternal weight of glory will give a right perspective to resist and the confident assurance that it is worth all the weight in a Diamond as a result of enduring the stress, pain, agony and temptation, to live for eternal rewards in God’s Kingdom than temporary rewards and praise of people in this life.

The Removal of darkness and Blockages to our Stone Cold hearts of sin and darkness Colossians 2:9-15

The Removal of darkness and Blockages to our Stone Cold hearts of sin and darkness Colossians 2:9-15

God has ordained for me whatever will be. And for me to undergo the physical Heart Bi-pass surgery has brought about for me a multitude of Spiritual truths for me to understand the process of Sanctification in my life. The Holy Spirit brings to me great Divine illuminations to the Holy Scriptures. And this also comes as a result of the Prayers of the Body of Christ on my Behalf. Therefore, thank you, everyone in the Body of Christ for your continued prayers up to my surgery and thereafter!

One of the Spiritual Truths regarding my heart disease and blockage to my arteries which presses on me the need to have Heart Bi-Pass surgery is this:

Sin is like plaque and the heart disease upon my spiritual heart, and while I am justified in my positional Standing in Christ, I am not yet glorified. Therefore, the need for my daily Sanctification in Christ and the need to daily die, and mortify the deeds of the flesh and the sin cursed self.

And this mortifying and putting to death, does not come from my hands, or the hand of any one else, other than the Divine working of the Holy Spirit upon my Heart and the Hands of Jesus; daily surgically removing the heart of sin and the darkness of sin on my heart.

This daily circumcising the removal of the body of sin from my heart of stone and exposing all the darkness of my heart by the warmth of Jesus’ light of His love making my heart a heart of flesh; indeed, ever pliable and open to receive the transfusion of His cleansing blood; ever molded by God's Sovereign Grace in me, by the Hands of the Holy Spirit of Christ in my life.

It is in the inner room of the closet of our hearts, where we are to let loose of all the darkness through prayer, that the Light of Christ may shine in our hearts and expose the all deeds of darkness; through the surgical removal of the circumcision of Christ upon our hearts; to remove all the all blockages until we are truly glorified; this is how He ordained things to be, that we may in stages, grow in our sanctification until our ultimate glorification is in Christ!

He wants the Believer and His chosen children to grow in the Sovereign Grace of God in their life; in order that I may daily experience the intimate union that I have in Christ; that I may press on to know the fellowship of Jesus' sufferings in the daily pain and agony of Him surgically circumcising the daily removal of my body of sin and darkness of sin, sticking to the walls of my heart; yet trying to block, but powerless to block the Blood of Jesus in the arteries of my heart; being baptized in His Death and shed blood, that I may daily experience the newness of Life in the power of His Resurrection daily in my life.

And this daily Spiritual Circumcision of my heart is by the skilled surgical removal of sin and the body of the flesh, by the hands of Jesus Christ only! Only! Jesus! Is qualified and can remove this from my heart; neither myself or anyone else or any other surgeon, can perform this procedure; it only can be daily performed and executed by the surgically Hands of Jesus, indeed!

Colossians 2:9-15
"9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. 11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self-ruled by the flesh[a] was put off when you were circumcised by[b] Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

13 When you were dead in your sins and in the un-circumcision of your flesh, God made you[c] alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross."

To Sin No More!

To Sin No More!


Perseverers! Perseverers! We will be;

Enduring! Enduring! By His hand of Grace ruling over me;

Conquering! Conquering! This present distress, to find everlasting Grace and eternal rest;

Grace! Grace! Will crown my head, with splendor of Truth and Divine Illumination to set me free;

Joyful! Joyful! I will sing, a new song of Grace unto My Great God and Mighty King;

Glory! Glory! I will see: the perpetual light of His Radiant presence will surround me like the sea;

Walking! Walking! Never alone, always with Jesus, Side by side, forever with him as my Shepherd and guide; to sit with the King of glory, forever with Him on His eternal throne!

Purity! Purity! Dressed in garments of white, in radiance of His splendor will I be;

Comfort! Comfort! Will I feel, surrounded by the warmth of His Love now and unto eternity in blissful Glee;

Rest! Peace! Holiness! That’s for sure;

Forever Glorified! Forever Glorified! To sin no more!

By Joseph Valentini

Matthew 11:28-30

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Engraved on the Palms of God's hands Isaiah 49: 13-16

Engraved on the Palms of God's hands Isaiah 49: 13-16

All our afflictions in life should always bring us to the foot of Jesus' Cross as we abandon trust in self and turn to believing on Jesus and trusting  in His Shed blood to deliver us from our sins, not just our temporary afflictions.

My Poem:   On the Palms of God's Hands!
By Joseph Valentino

On the palms of God's Hands; Though dim and grim my circumstances maybe;

though I be surrounded by enemies of disfavor, they would attack to destroy me;

though my afflictions may surround me like the sea;

Take heart! and Rejoice! He will never forget me!

On His hands I see, not only my name, but my life and His compassion is on me;

for He has engraved me with every detailed line, and inscribed me on the palm of His hands forever be thine. JV

The Faithfulness of our Sovereign God to reveal His love and compassion to not forget His people in their affilctions; Be alert and guarded against a blinding focus in our afflicatins that we forget God's faithfulness to His promises to reveal His love and compassion to us in His Son; The Extent of God's Great Faithfulness, love and compassion is greater than the love a mother has for her infant baby and Permanent to be inscribed on the Palm of God's Hands!

To find in the Lord, to be most satisfied and Loved Psalm 23:

Psalm 23

A psalm of David.

1 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,[a] I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows. 6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Psalm 23 is a Psalm of David, a great psalm of Comfort that Reveals God’s Providential Care in the life of his people and may you see God’s providential care in your life to Preserve and Sustain you; to protect and comfort; to vindicate and promote; and to Reward you with eternal preservation to the end for glorification and Everlasting life. As a result of David’s treasure in the Lord he made a simple but profound resolve in his heart to declare this uncontested declaration and Resolve: "The Lord is my Shepherd I Shall not Want!"


There is no Greener pastures than what God Provided in His Son, if you think that Jesus is not the green pasture you are looking for; you will never find greener pastures except in the full sufficiency of the ultimate Green pasture of God's provision in His Only begotten Son! Try and find it in your own efforts, merits, good works and pleasures--the pasture that you seek in your own design will turn up thorns, thistles and weeds of dry rocky ground and your soul will always be in want, in this life and for all eternity in deep darkness of a Christless existence of eternal torment!

Perseverance in Prayer! Jesus did! and at that, on the Cross! Psalm 22:1-2

Perseverance in Prayer! Jesus did! and at that, on the Cross and the third Day, God the Father Called Him out of the Tomb in the Glory of His Resurrection!


1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish? 2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest. Psalm 22:1-2

"45 From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. 46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me”-- Matthew 27:45

"30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit." John 19:30

"46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”[e] When he had said this, he breathed his last." Luke 23: 46

Sometimes when we pray, we feel that our prayers to God go into the clouds unanswered, as a result of the present agony and distress of life that we are undergoing at the moment. But take heart! and continue in prayer, Jesus Did! And in the agony of His pain and suffering on the cross, He cried out in prayer as He was undergoing His present distress and agony of  being forsaken on the cross; yet He persisted in prayer on the Cross and cried out it is, "finished!" And Cried again, “Father into your Hands, I commit my Spirit” and breathed his last, and it seemed that on the cross Jesus’ prayers of forsaken went away unanswered but in God the Father’s plan and purpose the Delay to Jesus’ answer to prayer was delayed three days unto the glory of His Resurrection, and Did God the Father ever call Jesus out of the tomb unto His glorious Resurrection and Ascension, and was Jesus’ prayer ever answered, Indeed!

Our Distresses, agony, pain and sufferings in life come that we may, like Jesus, make them known to God the Father and release them into His Providential care and Sovereignty during the times of our great agony, pain, and distresses, as John Calvin Comments on this text, “unburden them, as it were, into His bosom”

John Calvin Quotes[Commenting on Ps. 22:2] "The true rule of praying is, therefore, this, that he who seems to have beaten the air to no purpose, or to have lost his labor in praying for a long time, should not, on that account, leave off, or desist from that duty. Meanwhile, there is this advantage which God in his fatherly kindness grants to his people, that if they have been disappointed at any time of their desires and expectations, they may make known to God their perplexities and distresses, and unburden them, as it were, into his bosom."

" In the beginning God created "--Genesis 1:1 There is no Random Chance happening here!

" In the beginning God created "--Genesis 1:1



There is no Random Chance happening here! Hence, live life not under mere chance--there is no luck in life at all!

It is all directed by the Sovereign hand of God!

An unrelenting purpose and direction not directed by chance or luck, but Directed by the Providential Hand of the Sovereignty of God--and Such sovereign governance is never guided by blind fate of random selection of luck and chance, but is Indeed planned, purposed, executed and created by The Sovereign God of the Universe!

…For the Purpose of Prayer! I Peter 4: 7-10

…For the Purpose of Prayer! I Peter 4: 7-10

7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms—I Peter 4:7-10

Praying will keep you from sin and sin will keep you from praying.
Engaging in drugs, Pot Smoking and binge Drinking of Alcohol and Sex addictions will never lead you to an activity of Praying. Engaging in Prayer will never lead you to mind altering influences and addictions. "...Lead me not into temptation but deliver me from evil..." --Matthew 6:13

The Apostle Peter, in light of the Divine Inspiration of the Holy Spirit,  reminds believers the end of all things is near. In light of such a view of the end of all things, how should the believer and elect of God Live? He gives Two beatitudes to keep the Church focused on Prayerfulness “Be Alert” and Be of “Sober Mind”.

“Therefore” in light of the end of all things is near…”Be Alert” this involves watchfulness against the taunts of the sin cursed self to dominate the believer and Watchfulness against the conformity to the world in rebellion against God, His Son, The Word and the Church in conformity to sin and ungodliness.

It follows, if you are not watchful and alert, you will not dedicate your life to prayer. Indeed, you won’t pray at all! The body of sin will seek its control over you and the taunts of the flesh, the world and the devil will seek to immobilize you and keep you from Praying.

The second, beatitude is be of “Sober Mind” The State Arizona, since it legalized Pot smoking, is now having a Marijuana fest, and I can assure you that those who are smoking Marijuana at that festival are of a mind of stupor and dizziness, none of them will engage in activity of Prayer, they will engage in social highness leading them to being foolish and light headed. Henceforth, it follows, that those under the influence of mind altering drugs and Alcohol will never be of a sound mind to Pray! Nor will they engage in the activity of Prayer.

Not so with the Believer, the Elect of God, they are to guard there life and be alert and of sober mind to preserve a life everyday of prayer, to be in communion continually with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, in light of the view and perspective that the end of all things is near!

The reign of Evil is but an Explosion that passes, and afterward Eternal punishment! Genesis 3:15; Romans 16:20

The reign and terror of evil is but an explosion that passes and afterwards the terrors of Evil and Satan will have Eternity of God's  wrath punishing the Evil doers!

Genesis 3:15--15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Romans 16:20--The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

Satan's head has been crushed by Jesus on the Cross, the striking of the heal in Genesis 3:15 is the sting of Death that Jesus drank of the full cup of God's wrath for the penalty of my sin, Drank it and yet conquered it in His Resurrection.

The serpents head was crushed indeed, yet the reign of evil and terror seems to haunt us from every age and generation--Why?

I look at the head of the serpent crushed, but the body of the serpent is still wiggling around and writhing in great thrashing, and in this thrashing it takes many casualties and sweeps over with many blows of disaster and destruction.

Hence, whenever the reign of terror seems to strike in evil acts of bombings under the ideologies of hatred for liberty in this country and ultimately against those who believe in Jesus Christ, take heart, Oh!  believer!

It is only the serpents body and tail that seeks to paralyze in fear.

But the terror is only but a temporary explosion, once detonated and it is set off, and the perpetrators of such evil acts of terror are either killed or captured, their reign of terror no more!

Though temporary it was, now is the eternal consequence ever so great and there is no escaping, there is no temporary passing over, but only the fearful expectation of God's judgment!

And such is the consequence in all Holiness, justice and eternal condemnation ever unending smoke of their torment going up forever for all those who chose to follow in the evil acts of unbelief in Jesus Christ.

Such an outcome can only be executed by God, alone, for He says in His word: for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord!

Deuteronomy 32:35:
"It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.”

In light of such Evil acts of Terror surrounding us, how then should the believer and Elect of God in Jesus Christ live?

According to the Apostle Paul's Exhortation to the Roman Believers, give a listen:

"Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.Do not be conceited. 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. 20 On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." (Romans 12: 14-21)

Evil is like a reign of terror in a split second explosion that does its damage immediately, yet once it is in a split second done and finished  the perpetrators of those evil acts will ever experience the eternal explosion of God's wrath--and this will never cease! There will be regret but it will be too late to reverse.

Behold! Now is the day of Salvation, now is the time to repent and believe on Jesus and live a life worthy of the eternal calling--even the elect ones chosen by God!

"For he says,

“In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.”I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation." --
(2 Corinthians 6:2)

Jesus my Rock! My unshakable Fortress in shakable times! Psalm 62, Matthew 19:16-19

The great confession of Faith in the person of the Eternal Son of God, reveals  Jesus' Divine Nature!

It is also a confession of Faith to believe in the testimony of His Death on the Cross and Resurrection from the Dead.

The confession of Faith  proves to be a great foundation for which the Church is built upon.

Such a Great fortress is an unshakable fortress to which no threat in this life is ever able to shake or destroy.

It is an unshakable fortress and foundation that endures through the ages!

An unshakable foundation and secure refuge that no power on earth is equaled to, or, can compare with, even in the face of bombs, Explosions, earthquakes and Temporal disasters; ever so unshakable to endure throughout every age and generation!

Psalm 62 declares it is for the purpose of the Glory of God to find rest in God alone!

In this Psalm, David likens God to a Rock, for 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.

In this Psalm 62, David 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!

"9 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"

Jesus Said to Simon, Peter, you are a rock a stone or pebble, upon The Rock—I will be my Church—The Rock Is Jesus,

He Refers Himself as The Rock! He Was declaring His Divine Nature, that Jesus is the Eternal Son of God in the flesh who is Our Salvation and unshakable fortress and Rock to which we can trust!

Peter declared the great confession of Faith given to him by God the Father, concerning  his view of Jesus, That Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God! Matthew 16:16-19.

Have you made this great confession upon the Rock, Jesus is the rock that is higher than anyone on this earth, have you made this great confession of faith and placed the pebble of your life upon the Rock of Salvation--Even Jesus Christ, My Great God and Savior! For Everlasting life!

Psalm 62[a]

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

1 Truly my soul finds rest in God;
    my salvation comes from him.
2 Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
    he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

3 How long will you assault me?
    Would all of you throw me down—
    this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4 Surely they intend to topple me
    from my lofty place;
    they take delight in lies.
With their mouths they bless,
    but in their hearts they curse.[b]

5 Yes, my soul, find rest in God;
    my hope comes from him.
6 Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
    he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7 My salvation and my honor depend on God[c];
    he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8 Trust in him at all times, you people;
    pour out your hearts to him,
    for God is our refuge.

9 Surely the lowborn 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 put vain hope in stolen goods;
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.

11 One thing God has spoken,
    two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,
12     and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;
and, “You reward everyone
    according to what they have done.”

The Depth of Jesus Drinking the Cup from the Union of His Divine and Human Nature Matthew 26:36-46:

The Depth of Jesus Drinking the Cup from the Union of His Divine and Human Nature Matthew 26:36-46:

The Mystery of Jesus Drinking the cup indeed, flows from His Divine Nature. Jesus’ human nature On the Cross endured great agony, pain, suffering and Shed blood. The person of Jesus on the Cross physically suffered with His blood being shed; hands and feet being pierced with 9”nails; His head bloody from the crown of thorns around His head; His back marred beyond recognition by the scourging He endured; His dehydration for thirst—yet did all this include the Cup He was praying about in Matthew 26:36-46?

The mystery of Him drinking the cup flows deeper to the union of His Divine Nature. In Jesus’s Divine Nature did He truly drink of the cup of God’s Eternal wrath for the penalty of my sin! He fully drank not to the point of being subdued and defeated by it, but to the point of Drinking until there was no more drop to drink of God’s wrath, but fully drank it all! And did He leave not one drop to fall but in fully drinking, He did subdue the cup and He did drink it to the Satiety of the Justice of God’s wrath against my sin for all Eternity. Did He ever drink to please God the Father’s will; did He Drink to fulfill the will of God the Father! And He did drink and submitted to the will of God the Father! In that split second agony of fully drinking of the Eternal.

The cup was an eternal Cup and only He who is eternal was qualified to ever drink of this cup. And The Eternal Son of God is the Chosen one from God the Father to Drink from this Eternal cup. Because Jesus is fully human and fully Divine, In the Person of Jesus, the union of His Divine Nature and Human nature fully drank of this Eternal Cup because He is the Eternal Son of God and the Immortal Son of Man!

I fully surrender to the Mystery of the union of the Divine nature of Jesus fully drinking of the Eternal cup of God’s wrath against my sin and do I fully submit to the mystery of Jesus appeasing and Satisfying the Holy Justice of God’s wrath against me sinful nature in fully Drinking the eternal cup of God’s wrath.

After the drink of the eternal cup in satisfying the Holy Justice of God’s wrath, Jesus was not subdued to eternal defeat by it, but did that eternal cup Satisfy His Eternal Divine Nature and did He ever, on the third day, Resurrect in great victory to now offer Eternal life to those whom God the Father gave to God the Son before the foundation of the world, by believing in His Name and Having life in His Name!

36)Then Jesus *came with them to a place called)Gethsemane, and *said to His disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed. 38 Then He *said to them, My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.” 39 And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me;)yet not as I will, but as You will.” 40 And He *came to the disciples and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? 41Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 42 He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this)cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.” 43 Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44 And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more. 45 Then He *came to the disciples and *said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!” –Matthew 26:36-46

Because of Jesus Christ's Death and Resurrection...

Because of Jesus Christ's Death and Resurrection...

From the Fountain of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ flows this wonderful Creed, without Jesus' Death and Resurrection, the Church would not exist let alone have this Creed! And because of Jesus' Death and Resurrection, I affirm this Creed which flows from God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Spirit all three in one, and thus, I believe:

The Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.

Who, for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.

And I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.