The LORD tests the heart

Proverbs 17:3 " The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.

It is the LORD who tests my heart.

Indeed Jesus' eyes are like flames of fire to see the imperfection, quick to see; and His feet are like burnished bronze, quick to come running to swiftly move the dross of imperfection. The omniscience of The Lord Jesus and His omnipresence is quick to convict of sin and purge the sin away and remove the dross of impurity from my soul, until I shine clear and Jesus sees the Image of His face upon my soul, like a gold smith removing all the impurity until he sees the image of his face on the precious metal of gold.

Revelation 2:18-19 "These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first."

I view the Work of  the Holy Spirit in my Sanctification a work of God's grace in my sanctification upon my heart, like the work of a Gold smith upon my heart, in Proverbs 17:3 " The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart. It is the LORD who tests my heart
Hence forth, in the conviction and confession of my helplessness do I ever find my confession a work of the Holy Spirit upon my heart a pleasant reminder of Him removing the impurity from my soul.

Daily Dependence on Christ's Blood for Sanctification

My Standing in Christ is not based on my performance, but rather, my performance is based on my Standing In Christ. Therefore since I have been Justified by Faith I have peace with God through my Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we^[b] boast in the hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:1-2

Sanctification Indeed, Since I have been Justified by Christ's blood, how much more shall I be saved from God's wrath through Him! Romans 5:9, Now that I've been Justified by His blood through Faith in Christ; In Sanctification, I thank God that my Sanctification is a work of  God's Sovereign Grace on my heart through the Divine work of the Holy Spirit to convict me of sin that I may confess and through His glorious might have power to put to death the misdeeds of the flesh that wages war against my soul, by Daily depending on Christ's Righteousness in me.

In my Sanctification, I must never forget the blessed work of the Holy Spirit upon my heart and soul,
John 16:8-11"⁸ When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: ⁹ in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; ¹⁰ in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; ¹¹ and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned. It is interesting in this verse how Jesus declares the standing of the prince of this world's standing before God as condemned through the judgment of the Holy Spirit. And the good news of the believers Standing before God, is that there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, for those whom the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death Romans 8:1.

My view of confession of my sin daily, is not wrought within myself, but it is the outworking of the Holy Spirit upon my heart, apart from the Holy Spirit's Divine work of Grace upon my heart, I would not be convicted of the guilt for my sin--indeed I would be blind to it and think I do not Sin. And so delude myself into think I am righteous in and of myself. But thanks be to God for the Holy Spirit's in dwelling presence in my life, He convicts me of my unrighteousness that I may daily die to self and depend on His righteousness.
I view the Work of  the Holy Spirit in my Sanctification a work of God's grace in my sanctification upon my heart, like the work of a Gold smith upon my heart, in Proverbs 17:3 " The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart. It is the LORD who tests my heart.

Indeed Jesus' eyes are like flames of fire to see the imperfection and His feet are like burnished bronze, quick to see, convict of sin and purge the sin away and remove the dross of impurity from my soul, until I shine clear and Jesus sees the Image of His face upon my soul, like a gold smith removing all the impurity until he sees the image of his face on the precious metal of gold.
 Revelation 2: 18-19 "These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first."


Hence forth, in the conviction and confession of my helplessness do I ever find my confession a work of the Holy Spirit upon my heart a pleasant reminder of Him removing the impurity from my soul.

Therefore, In my Sanctification how I must daily mortify the deeds of the flesh through the power and conviction of the Holy Spirit in doing so daily confess my helplessness and sin and remember that the promise of 1 John 1:9 was written for the believer for their daily life of Sanctification; if you confess your sin He is faithful and just and will forgive you of your sin and cleanse you from all unrighteousness--the cleansing is not contingent upon confessing, but it is continual act of God's grace and mercy ready to cleanse when we come to terms of our own sinfulness and repulsion of it by confession, then by faith receive the continued application of Christ's cleansing blood as I daily submit and confess. My confession is for my own sanctification, in that as I decrease, Christ increases in me all the more; as I daily admit my need for God's grace to sanctify me and my helplessness to cleanse myself, I am compelled to turn to the daily dependence of Christ's blood to cleanse forsaking my useless efforts to remedy my own sinfulness, by relying on God's grace for forgiveness and daily Restoration

Glory to God in the highest Luke 2:14

14 “Glory to God in the highest,

and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”

Even the Heavenly Hosts Declared the Sovereignty of God, peace on earth would rest on those according to God the Father's Good pleasure and Favor, not on everyone, but according to God the Father's great joy and Love for those whom He chooses to reveal His Son, and wouldn't you know it, if you hear the message of Christ's birth and you believe on Him with all your heart, that you would be a part of the Whomsoever! For God so Loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whomsoever believes on Him will not perish but have everlasting life" May God the Father's Favor rest on you and grant you peace as you believe on Christ with all your heart that He is God, The Son of God, and Lord and God raised Him from the dead--Indeed, ascribing Christ the worship as the Second person of the trinity and believing in Him will indeed grant you great peace with God, now and forevermore, onward and forward through all Eternity!

"But when The fullness of Time Came"

‎4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, Galatians 4:4

"But when The fullness of Time Came" What a wonderful statement, here is the convergence of God the Father's predetermined Plan before the foundation of the World, converging, being revealed, realized and touching down in History of the revealing of His Divine will in bringing forth His only Begotten Son. The fullness of time depicts God's chosen and acceptable time in His foreordained plan and purpose to bring forth His Son! What great joy God the Father has in bringing forth His Son in the fullness of time--Indeed fullness and exciting time of great joy and praise!

The fullness of time came that I may be saved and be rescued from my sin of breaking the Law, that I may delivered from the curse of breaking the Law and have Christ's righteousness unto Eternal life by believing and placing my trust in the fullness of time!

I can see only dimly in my finite self, the great joy and eager desire and excitement of God the Father's Divine will revealed and displayed in bringing forth His only begotten Son in the fullness of time!

Divinity Clothed in Humanity At Jesus Birth! Awesome Miracle!

She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger" Luke 2:7

Not only was Jesus wrapped in swaddling cloths and placed in a Manger at His birth, but He was wrapped in the Glory of His Divine nature! While a babe in the Manger, He was holding the very atoms of the Universe together! What Glory! Holy night

Colossians 1:15-17

 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.

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by God’s Sovereign Hand! Psalm 139-13-17

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by God’s Sovereign Hand! Psalm 139-13-17

For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,

I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you

when I was made in the secret place,

when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;

all the days ordained for me were written in your book

before one of them came to be.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a] God!

How vast is the sum of them!

I am truly awestruck by God’s Sovereign Hand of Creation; even to the details of my skin cells. He not only saw my unformed substance, He ordained out of nothing to be formed into my life, Joseph Valentini; my looks, size and stature—all ordained by God’s Sovereign Hand of Mercy and Grace! And did He ever, in the Secret Counsel of His Holy will, preordained and predetermined that I should believe on His only begotten Son for Eternal Salvation, to be conformed and change from this spiritually dead person to be made alive and changed into the beautiful glory of the image of Christ! Wow! I could not plan such a blessed end and Eternal beginning in Christ!

Here is the thrust of my thought: God made everyone to have eyes, a nose, mouth, ears, chin, lips and a face, and yet in the details of His Sovereign Created order, are we ever so unique and different from each other! Such details of His Sovereign Creation predetermined before the foundation of the world of how we would even look, blows my mind, and to think the Angels of His beloved children beholds their faces before the throne of God everyday! His watch care is ever so wonderful and glorious where can I flee from His presence! Indeed, I would not even want to flee from His glorious presence.

God’s Favor in the Law is found realized in Christ!

God’s Favor in the Law is found realized in Christ!

Here is something to also ponder: God's favor in the Law revealed God's perfection and Holiness of who our God is, and like a mirror shows us God's Glory and our unworthiness and UN-holiness before our Holy God; thus, condemns us for our sinfulness and departure from the Holiness of God's presence. The Law was powerless to make me holy. But Jesus is all powerful to make me perfect without sin, to be conformed to the image of Christ. Praise be to God! that in His only begotten Son--Jesus, Did God's favor ever rest and in His life was his perfection credited to my account through faith! And in Him, does the reflection of God in the Mirror become a reality in my life, as I am being made more into the image and likeness of Christ day by day through the Holy Spirit! While the Law is my mirror to show me the reflection of God's holiness and my own sinfulness and unworthiness; Jesus on the other hand, is my reality, not just a reflection and glimmer, but the reality of His resurrected life transforming me into His image and likeness. I praise God for Christ who delivered me from the curse and made me alive according to God the Father's predetermined will!


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 who gives life has set you[a] free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[b] God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.[c] And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

"Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For, if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe" Gal 3:21-22