To the Naming of God's Only Begotten Son is The Sovereignty of God Truly seen Luke 1:31

Luke 1:30-33

But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”

The Birth of Jesus and to the Naming of God's only begotten Son, Reveals the Sovereignty of God and is indeed, clearly seen and understood that the Sovereignty of God is clearly seen in the naming of His only Begotten Son! Jesus' birth did not happen by chance, nor was he named by the will and determination of man, but the naming of His only begotten Son, the determination of the revealing and unfolding the time of the fulfillment for His Son to be born, was indeed predestined and planned before the foundation of the world, in God's infallible Foreknowledge and determined plan and will, that His only begotten Son would be named, "Jesus"-in the Greek, and Yeshua-in Hebrew, indeed Savior! The Naming of His only begotten Son truly reveals the Sovereignty of God to rule and Name His only begotten Son, through the special Revelation of the Angel to Mary!

The Birth of Jesus did not happen by chance, nor to the giving of His Name was it ever determined by the will of man, but indeed it was Truly determined by God the Father, in His Sovereignty and Predetermined, predestined, Determined will, plan and decree of the Eternal Counsel of God's everlasting will before the foundation of the world, to the details of Jesus' birth, life, Death, Resurrection, Ascension and Enthronement at the Right hand of God the Father on High.

Neither was the birth of every human being through out every age, did this happen by chance! But according to the predetermined Eternal Sovereign plan before the foundation of the world did God forelove, his particular Elect to predestine, that Jesus may be the firstborn of bringing many sons to glory. And to those whom He predestined, did He Choose and to those whom He Chosen did He Justify and to those whom He justified, did He ever Glorify!

Not simply by chance, my friends, its by the Sovereign will and plan of God Almighty! It's not anything in us that would merit His choosing, but that God's purpose in election may indeed stand! it is simply according to the good pleasure of God's Free will!

Romans 8:28-21

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,[a] who[b] 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. 31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

The Sovereignty of God seen in His Creation governing and controlling His Created Order Psalm 33

Psalm 33:6-11
6. By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses. 8 Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him. 9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. 10 The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11 But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.

Psalm 33:6 declares the Greatness of God and His Sovereignty, By His spoken WORD of the LORD were the heavens indeed made! By His breath Did He appoint the starry host and assign a place in the heavens for all the stars. From the highest of heavens; God's Sovereignty created the starry hosts and determined their place in the universe.  To the lowest of the earth; the deeps were created, did He gather the waters of the sea into jars!

His Sovereignty over the waters of the Oceans, to govern the waters and determine ever course of the oceans currents and to control the waters of the oceans that they not overstep the boundaries that He determined and governed the oceans waters to flow. 

For God's Sovereignty and omnipotence by His Spoken word even determines the drops of water to flow freely in the ocean deep, to the storehouses of the water drops that come from the clouds on high.

God's Sovereignty and providence governs the rain storms; to the littlest drops of water; to the timing of His determination when the storms should occur. His Sovereignty is seen in governing and allowing the rain to fall on the tender plants and flowers for His purposes of allowing the one rain drop to fall on a pedal of the flower without harming the flowers, to provide water for it to flourish.

And indeed, to instill fear and reverence in the hearts of man, by Governing the waters and storms to bring forth fierce Rains according to His determined plans, if destruction is in its storm, and heavy drops even of hail storms;  that it would bring forth the response of fear and reverence in the heart of the people He created, that they may see His Greatness and Sovereignty to govern even in His Created order of general Revelation of the Ocean Deep and the store houses of the waters in the clouds high.

Jesus is Sovereign and in Control Isaiah 60

Jesus is Sovereign and in Control; when God the Father signals to God the Son, the time is now, Then God the Son will Stand up in His Triumphant Return; when He stands up to Call us home; be found awake and ready to be received by Him on His glorious Throne!

Isaiah 60

The Glory of Zion

1 “Arise, shine, for your light has come,

and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

2 See, darkness covers the earth

and thick darkness is over the peoples,

but the LORD rises upon you

and his glory appears over you.

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In Light of all this Evil around us, how then shall we live? Luke 13:1-9

We do not live in a perfect world, this world is cursed and people are sin cursed. Therefore, when tragedy happens, this is a reminder that there is a promise of a New Heaven and New Earth in Christ. This world in which we live is not a perfect world, and behold Jesus in His Shed Blood on the Cross came to Make all things new and redeem His Chosen and elect Children.

The Mass murder and injury of 70 people in the Theater at Aurora Colorado; and The Bus bombing that killed Israeli Jews who were taking a Vacation tour of Turkey. The News of Evil and mass murders by the hands of two evil men: the gun man at Colorado and the bomber of the bus in Turkey.

How do we make sense of it all? Basically, you don't. Life is fragile and you can be here today and gone tomorrow.

The real question to ask is not, Why did this happen and innocent victims end up dying? but the heart of the issue is to Repent or you too will likewise perish. Life is short, and behold now is the Day of Salvation, do not ignore the call to repent and turn to Christ now, then when unexpected tragedy Strikes you will be found in the Arms of Jesus. But if you ignore the Call to Repent, then when death does strike, you won't be eternally ready, but then it will be too late. Indeed the desensitizing of Evil and it's consequences thereof, indeed of Eternal consequence--the shooter will indeed suffer such eternal consequence in the hardness of his heart. But what about those who ignore the call to repentance today--when the un-expectancy of the grim reaper strikes in one deadly blow, it will be too late to repent in the pit of eternal death.

Jesus speaks to tragedy in His day, and His Basic message is Repent or you too will likewise perish.

In Luke 13The evil intent of peoples heart that commit such acts will be held accountable by God's Holy justice and Eternal Wrath. For the Wrath of God continually abides upon the unbelieving and unrepentant heart.

Repent or Perish

"1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. 7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

8 “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

The Great Infinite Patience of God is seen in the parable of the fig Tree that the owner of the Vineyard wanted to cut it down for it was not bearing any fruit. But the care taker of the vineyard, replied to the owner, let me take care of it one more year and if it does not bear fruit then cut it down after a year.

Here, the Infinite wrath of God abides upon the unbelieving, and if you fail to believe and bear fruit, but instead, you fill up the cup of your own sin then all hope for repentance is abandoned then according to God's Divine wrath, it will be revealed and when death strikes, all hope is indeed abandoned and there is no more second chances in death, but an eternal torment of the gnashing of the teeth and the smoke of their torment rises for all eternity.

God is Omnipresent and He is Omnipotent! and In His timing He will making everything right in the Scales and balance of His Justice. For those in Jesus, Eternal life, for those outside of Christ, God's eternal wrath abides upon them.

Proverbs 19 3 "A man’s own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the LORD". Here a person's sinfulness is revealed yet unwilling to take responsibility for their folly, and is quick to blame God for their sinfulness. But you cannot blame God for your sinfulness. God is Holy and in Him there is no darkness at all. God is Light and His eyes are too pure to look on Evil. and God will punish every sin and will not let the guilty go free. But the arrogance and audacity of man to sin and think he can blame God for His sin, and not repent of his own sinfulness and eternal darkness.

You cannot blame God when evil men strike with their Evil. Though it was permitted, the evil that is displayed was done by the evil person controlled by their sin cursed self; this is a reminder to me that the vengeance of God will punish the evil person with the evil acts. The glory of God will be revealed in that God will make it right, and when you look to the Cross of Jesus, indeed the Justice and Mercy of God makes my heart right with God, through Jesus' Blood.

Fail to look to the cross of Christ to make things right and you will find the Wrath of God abides on you and for all eternity; His Wrath, Holiness and Eternal Justice will reveal all things Right, but to your demise without Jesus a Christ less eternity to suffer eternal punishment for not repenting of your sin and sin cursed self and not turning to Christ in this life

Loose sight of sin, loose sight of your Need for the Cross!

The minute I fail to see my own sin, the cross loses it's meaning"-
-Charles Spurgeon

Genesis 3:7-11
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

Indeed, how we are prone to wonder, prone to leave the God we Love, to dress in fig leaves and Hide in the bushes from His presence. Yet the Cross of Christ indeed exposes such folly in us; we cannot hide our nakedness from His Sight, it is foolishness to think otherwise, but that we may come out from behind the bushes and believe on Jesus to remove our fig leaves and cloth us in the righteousness of His Blood!JV

I flee to Jesus Christ because there is no righteousness found in me! Romans 8:1-4

I Flee to Christ because there is no Righteousness found in Me:
Romans 8:1-4

1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature,God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a s...in offering.And so he condemned sin in sinful man,[d] 4 in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.

I cannot be clothed in Christ Righteousness, unless I find myself emptied of self-and realize that there is no righteousness of my own that I can claim to find God's Favor and Acceptance, I am only Accepted and Loved By God through the Righteousness of God's only Begotten Son credited and imputed to my account in God's Eyes, when He sees me He sees the Righteousness and perfection of His Son in me!


John Calvin: for we shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own"


John Calvin: "You then see that we are wholly excluded from the righteousness of works, and must therefore flee to Christ for righteousness, for in us there can be none, and to know this is especially necessary; for we shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own"..."We flee to Christ because there is no righteousness found in us:
first that Christ was sent, in order to remind us that righteousnessby no means dwells in us, for it is to be sought from him, and that men invain confide in their own merits, who become not just but at the pleasure
of another, or who borrow righteousness from that expiation which Christ accomplished in his own flesh"

The pursuit of the Supremacy and The Sufficiency of Jesus Christ In My Life!

 

 

Colossians 1:14-23 The Supremacy of Christ:

I will be well content to pursue The Sufficiency of Jesus Christ unto my Salvation, The sufficiency of Jesus Christ found in His righteousness in my Sanctification and The Sufficiency of Jesus Christ found in my endurance unto Glorification-- is all I will ever need! Jesus, my Immanuel God with me!

Colossians 1:14-23

14 in whom we... have redemption,the forgiveness of sins.

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. 22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— 23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Isaiah 7:14 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.