The Deceptive nature of sin rearing its ugly head in the autonomy of "Self" Jeremiah 17: 5-6

Jeremiah 17: 5-6:
Thus says the LORD, "Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the LORD. 6"For he will be like a bush in the desert And will not see when prosperity comes, But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness, A land of salt without inhabitant.…

Consider the deceptive nature of sin under the guise of Autonomy, defined by Saint Augustine from the View of Scripture in Genesis Chapter 1-3:
Augustine’s definition of sin: “Sin is believing the lie that I am self-created, self-dependent, and self-sustained.

Ponder this consideration, if the shoe fits, then take it off! And repent and Depend upon Jesus for Deliverance from your sin!

A journeys End with Jesus Christ or A journeys End without Jesus Christ unto the terrors of Everlasting Shame and tormet! Proverbs 15:24

A journeys End with Jesus Christ or A journeys End without Jesus Christ unto the terrors of Everlasting Shame and torment! Proverbs 15:24
In life, a journey without Jesus Christ; comes to a Journeys End without Jesus with a Journey’s end of terrors, death and Eternal Torment!
Proverbs 15:24 “The Way of Life winds upward for the wise, that he may turn from Hell below.”
In life, a Journey with Christ Jesus and In Christ Jesus Ends in Everlasting bliss and blessed Eternal Joy of the Fellowship with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit and to share in the brilliance of the Light of His Nature and the warmth of HIs glory and the Eternal light of His everlasting Presence.
Will you journey on your Path in life with Jesus for a blessed Journey’s End, or will you Walk your journey without Jesus Christ to a dreadful end of terror, darkness, gnashing and wailing of your teeth and unto the smoke of your torment forever rising!
Mathew 7 :13:
"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14"For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Revelations 3:4-6:
Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. 5The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. 6Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy…

I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy…
I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. 5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.” Revelation 5: 4-5
I live for, to declare, the praises of Him, who is worthy and was able to open the Scroll and its seven seals…
My life is lived to pen and paper the praises of Him, who in History, changed History forever, in His Historic Battle of victory, on the Cross, in His Mighty Battle cry of, “It is Finished…”
I live for Him, to declare the praises of His everlasting glory of Him who loved me and gave His Life for me—even His own blood, for my eternal Salvation, of Him, who Loves my soul!
Without Him, Even Jesus Christ, My Mighty God, Savior and King of Glory, I have no pen and paper to ever declare any praises; for I have nothing to write and meditate on, except that I am most pitied in my sin cursed self, most utterly wicked and without hope, never to see the light of day, only to Die and be ever lost and condemned for all eternity, to everlasting shame, the eternal torments of my wretched condition, of utter darkness without any hope for to ever see the Light of Day!
Without Him, there is nothing but bitter tears of weeping and gnashing of my teeth with no one to comfort me for the Mighty Judge and God of the Universe condemned me for everlasting shame, suffering and terrors of Eternal darkness and torments of death…
I wept…wept…and wept…until His Loving hand wiped my tears from my eyes and comforted me with everlasting life of eternal Joy in Knowing Him; being quickened and made alive by the Counselor, the Comforter, the Holy spirit of purity and Holiness; only to be transformed in the iridescent brilliance and light of His Holy Nature and life…
My Tears of utter bitterness turned into tears of Utter Joy and a new pen of gold was given to me to carve in the Diamond Scroll the praise of Him who is worthy and could only be the one to ever Save my Soul from everlasting shame and death; the only one who is worthy, throughout the whole of History, of this world, The Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, to open the scroll and break the seals; that I may live, to declare the praises of Him, forever, unto Everlasting Life, in the eternal Joy of His everlasting presence, in the warmth of His perpetual Light to pen the praises the new name given to me by His Amazing Eternal Grace!

One act of succumbing, results in destroying the whole; But only One Person Who can make whole again, to bring back, those, to God The Father!

One act of succumbing, results in destroying the whole; But only One Person who can make whole again to bring back, those, to God The Father!

It only took Eve one act of succumbing to temptation and Disobeying God’s Word; which ushered in the whole curse that tainted the hearts, with wickedness, of Adam’s helpless race…
"6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 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” Genesis 3:6-8

One act of succumbing to temptation that will corrupt the whole of the pattern of a righteous life that would outweigh a life of wisdom and Honor…

“…As dead flies give perfume a bad smell,
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.” Ecclesiastes 10:1
”Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked”. Proverbs 25:26

And One act of obedience to submit His will to God the Father’s will in Eternity Past to usher in righteousness and make Holy, in the commencement of His journey, from His Eternal throne of glory; to the emptying of His Glory, in His poverty Philippians 2:6...

One act of Poverty to make those rich through His poverty...
2 Corinthians 8:9 “Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich”

One act of Poverty by way of His birth in a manager and becoming a Servant; to His path of suffering by the way of the Via Della Rosa; to the one act of submitting to the Will of God the Father to fully drink, from the Chalice, on the Cross, the Eternal wrath of God; to the Shedding of His blood, offered to those, who, out of the whole lump, were condemned under the curse of Adam’s helpless race…

Romans 5:18-20 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. 20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

One Act of Obedience to hear God the Father’s Cry, to Rise back from the grave and Exit the Tomb Alive with the Eternal blessings of great joy of Resurrected Life…
Galatians 1:1 God the Father, who raised Him from the dead

One Act of Commanding the Eternal Ancient Gates shut and locked tight that no one could ever open; only to be opened by the, One and Only, King of Glory, who could ever Enter the Ancient Gates, in His own right and qualification, by His own blood, did He ever Enter, in His Ascended glory…

Psalm 24:7-10: 7 Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. 10 Who is he, this King of glory? The LORD Almighty-- he is the King of glory. "Selah"

One act of sitting on the Eternal Throne of God, until His enemies are made a footstool for His feet…Hebrews 10:13

One act of Declaration, by God the Father to His Son in His ascended glory and return from His Journeys end back to the glory He once shared with God the Father in Eternity Past “He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your Father.” Psalm 2:7

One act of Declaration, of God the Father to the Mighty King of Glory who sits at the right Hand of God the Father “But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom Hebrews 1:8

One final act of glorification for, Those, by the Mighty Act of the Eternal King of Glory, who removed the Condemnation for, Those, through His own blood! On behalf of, Those, whom God the Father had Chosen before the foundation of the world, Romans 8:34
34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us

Get Closer To God James 4:7-10 Psalm 55:19

Get Closer to God!

In a Seals and Crofts song in 1976, “Get Closer” has lyrics that starts off and says, “Darling if you want me to be closer to you Get closer to me…”

God is unchanging, He never Changes in His Eternal Being and Nature, Psalm 55:19, He is Faithful to His Promises; indeed, the Second person of the Holy Trinity, Even Jesus, is unchanging! “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” Hebrews 13:8. God is omniscient, Omnipotent and Omnipresent, our great and immutable, unchanging Unmovable God. The problem is not with God, it lies within our own heart; we are constantly changing, always moving away from God! If you want to be close to God, then get close to Him!

The Believer, in their relationship to the Lord, must make every effort to get closer to God. If you feel distant and disconnected from the presence of the LORD in you relationship with the LORD, then you need to get closer to God! Ask God to search your heart, He will bring to light any object of disconnect that stands in your way of having a right relationship to God! Any Distraction and stumbling block, He will untangle the sin that so easily entangles; and that you may throw off all the weight that weighs you down. He will search your heart, you must seek Him!

The Holy Spirit, who is the Great Comforter, Counselor, and who convicts of sin and Judgment; will search your heart that you may get closer to God!

The curse of the sin cursed self in the sin nature, speaks to us in many different voices that would speak words to make us distant from God; Do not listen to its destructive wind.
In order to get close to God, we must repent of the sin that so easily entangles us and keeps us away from the LORD. Draw near to God, in Jesus, and claim the Blood of Jesus to cleanse you of the sin that so easily entangles; that you may be whole again and be drawn closer to God in a right relationship to God through the blood of Jesus!

James 4: 7-10:

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Psalm 55:19:

God, who is enthroned from of old,

who does not change—

As the Enormity of the Snow Covered the Ground today; so Does the infinite Blood of Jesus Cover the enormity and gravity of my Sin!

To Walk before Him in White!
As the enormity of the Snow Covers the Ground today; So does the infinite covering of Jesus' Blood cover the enormity and gravity of my sin to walk before Him in white!
The enormity of the Snow covers the Ground today, with White! The infinite covering of Jesus' blood covers me for all eternity that I may walk before Him in White in the brilliance of His Holiness in the radiance of His Divine holiness in the iridescent Nature of His great glory!

He was crucified Naked on the Cross, only to expose my Nakedness and shame before Almighty God in all His holiness and Justice. Yet, at the same time, Jesus was clothed in His own blood, that covered His naked body as blood dripped down from the crown of thorns on His head to His scourged back, Nail pierced hands and feet; His blood providing the only garment over His Naked body, only to cloth me in His blood to cover my nakedness and Shame!

Yet the Eternal Son of God in His Great Love for me, Chose to have His Glorified body Scarred for all Eternity, while I walk without Scars!***He was Scarred for All Eternity, while I walk without Scars!

Hebrews 12:2-3

2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Isaiah 52:13 See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. 14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him[c]— his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness— 15 so will he sprinkle many nations,[d] and kings will shut their mouths because of him.

Matthew 27:34 There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. 35 When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.[a] 36 And sitting down, they kept watch over him there.

John 19: 23 “…When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. 24 “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.” This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled which said, “They divided my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.”[a] So this is what the soldiers did. 25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Psalm 22: 17 I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me. 18 They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

Isaiah53 4 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.See More

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A final Dealing with Sin, in The Cross of Jesus Christ in His Shed Blood! Colossians 1:18-22 Ephesians 1:7

A final Dealing with Sin, in The Cross of Jesus Christ in His Shed Blood!

Forgiveness of sins only becomes possible because of the Blood of Jesus!

Colossians 1:18-22 Ephesians 1:7

Such possibilities cost Jesus His life and shed blood on the cross of Christ;
Such possibilities made Jesus drink of the cup of God's wrath for the enormity and gravity of the penalty of our sin!
And there is no Possibilities for you, if you do not see the gravity and enormity of your sin against the Holy Nature of God--for God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all!
Such possibilities become possible for you, if you, by believing, will trust in Jesus' Shed blood for the forgiveness of your sins--you cannot enjoy the blessings of having a relationship with Jesus Christ, if you Bi-Pass the Cross of Jesus Christ and overlook the Shed Blood of Jesus Christ for your deliverance from the wrath of God for the guilt of your sin and shame and the Redemption of your life for the forgiveness of your sins!

Before you can enjoy the Blessings of Knowing Jesus Christ in His Resurrection you cannot ignore the Cross of Jesus Christ and His Shed blood; you cannot go around the cross of Jesus and His Shed blood; for the cross of Jesus must hit you square in the face and His Shed blood must drop on you! That you may know that the problem of the guilt of your sin, shame and the forgiveness of your sins was dealt with by God the Father with one Almighty Blow of the crushing of God the Father's only begotten Son upon the Cross of Jesus to the shedding of Jesus' eternal blood in Jesus drinking of the Almighty Wrath of God on your behalf in His vicarious Sacrifice and Shed Blood before His Death upon the cross; For Jesus fully drank of the Cup of God's Almighty wrath on the cross while He was still alive on the cross offering His Body a living Sacrifice in His shed blood!

You Must see the enormity, gravity and guilt of you sin abiding upon you; you must see the wrath of God abiding upon you for all eternity for the grave nature of the guilt of your sin ruling your life; you must see this awful condition that you are in In order that you might see your need for the cross of Jesus Christ; to know that such an awful price was paid and the vindication of God's Justice and righteousness was dealt with in the punishment of our sin upon the Cross of Jesus to receive the forgiveness of your sins by the blood of Jesus and be reconciled back to God in a right relationship with God through the reconciliation in the Blood of Jesus!

Then, and only then, will the problem of the guilt of your sin and shame be dealt with at the cross of Jesus and the forgiveness of you sins and the reconciliation back to God is realized through the Blood of Jesus by believing in His name and trusting in His work of Redemption in His Shed Blood upon the cross of Jesus!

Ignore the gravity and enormity of your sin; and ignore, the cross of Jesus Christ, then for all eternity will you waist away as the wrath of God abides on you; for then, you will pay a penalty that cannot be paid in your own being for all eternity!

Ephesians 1:7

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace

Colossians 1:18-22:

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[a] 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