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Post by VR on Jul 4, 2016 6:45:55 GMT
EVENING | PAULINE EPISTLES | BOOK 52 of 66 | 1 THESSALONIANS 5Signpost Words | ‘THE EARS OF THE HOLY’
Some Observations | All Christians are Gospel workers. They are awake. A worker works for reward and does so in the light of the coming and dreadful day of the Lord. Gospel workers, like Nehemiah’s wall builders, labor with the sword and trowel and are full of faith, having a heart full of love and a head full of hope. Only preaching and teaching on the return of Christ to judge the living and the dead will deliver this kind of fervor. A Call To Action |Preacher, you are responsible to awaken those who sleep! There has never been such an ignorance and fear around the preaching of the return of Christ that we now have in our day. Christians in the West do not really believe this main and major aspect of Christianity. Therefore, they have no power, therefore, they have no comfort and in the soon to be coming conflict, shall weep what little hope they had down the ignorant drains of their lives. KNOW THIS STUFF!
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Post by VR on Jul 4, 2016 6:36:01 GMT
| July 04th | Reading 186 of 366 |MORNING | HISTORICAL BOOKS |BOOK 14 of 66 | 1 Chronicles 21-23 Signpost Words | ‘WICKED WOMEN’ Some Observations | Men whose hearts are not fixed on God, shall have their hearts fixed on the wrong kind of woman. Jezebel’s poison runs through the veins of all the daughters of Ahab and of those who follow him, and it is the poison of wicked filth, the poison of spiritual prostitution. Such a spiritual disease will make your balls drop off and your bowels fall out with disease or be cut out with the sword! The disaster xof such a forsaking of God, brings death to nations. God laid up the armaments of David in the temple to be used by such a man like Jehoiada, another King maker, another witch slayer, another reformer. Queen Athaliah was dispatched. “Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead!” A Call To Action |The present temple of the Lord, His church, needs cleansing. The young King is hidden and preserved within its walls, and the remnant nation awaits a spiritual coup d'état to remove the spirit of Jezebel. Oh for a leader like Jehoiada to plan and prepare a takeover, to implement a national covenant with God that the people of the land should be the Lord’s people! Maybe, when the nation gets tired of its sad sickness, its constant defeats and the diminishment and death of its children, maybe then they shall seek the Lord? Maybe then a Jehoiada will arise? Maybe. Meanwhile, pray on friends, we pray on.
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Post by VR on Jul 3, 2016 9:48:15 GMT
EVENING | PAULINE EPISTLES | BOOK 52 of 66 | 1 THESSALONIANS 4 | Signpost Words | ‘COMMANDMENTS & COMFORT’ Some Observations | God, the Holy Spirit gave specific ‘relationship commands’ to the early church and to us. “Keep your nose out of your brothers pre-marital relationships. Don’t ‘nick’ his fiancée, for, if you, out of lust disguised as love, become a disrupter of settled relationships and a destroyer of the same, then God will take vengeance upon you.” Now go preach that to your ‘Youth Group!’ (1 Thess 4:2-8) A Call To Action |Together, in death, in darkness and red hot hatred, those outside of Christ shall be together. Christian comfort is in the coming of the Lord. Millennial preaching, Christs imminent return needs to be put back at the forefront of Christian preaching to Christians. Together, in life and light and love, we Christians shall always be with the Lord. How long is it since your preacher spoke about the return of Christ?
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Post by VR on Jul 3, 2016 9:45:08 GMT
| July 03rd | Reading 185 of 366 | MORNING | HISTORICAL BOOKS | BOOK 14 of 66 | 2 Chronicles 18-20 Signpost Words | ‘LISTEN’ Some Observations | No one escapes the judgement of the Lord. Disguise cannot escape it, bravado cannot escape it, courage cannot escape it, plans and devices, alliances and great navies cannot escape the judgement of the Lord. A random arrow can find its way between the cracks in any armor and fulfill its deadly purpose. No one escapes the judgement of the Lord. God has His prophets and so do men and so does the devil. The wasted church is full of people of itching ears wanting the Lord to do them good, and to do them good while they continue to do Him wrong. He will not. Yet the false prophets keep promising blessings! A Call To Action |God speaks with sharp words, especially to those who are on the run from a let-loose arrow. In mercy, His words shall pierce your heart.
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Post by VR on Jul 2, 2016 6:06:11 GMT
EVENING | PAULINE EPISTLES |BOOK 52 of 66 | 1 THESSALONIANS 3Signpost Words | ‘FOUND! THE LOST TEACHING’ Highlight Verses | Some Observations | The appointment to us of potentially life shaking afflictions in the context of suffering tribulation in continued persecution is the lot of the warring Christian. This was the ‘merry message’ of the true apostolic band, “God loves you has an awesome plan for your life in tribulation, suffering and persecution. Now let me hold your hand and you pray this prayer together with me. ‘Lord, I am a condemned sinner, worthy of eternal death, unable to help myself. I am sorry for my sin and repent of all my wicked deeds and my wayward heart. Please save me freely through the blood of Christ who died for me and even if I have a short time to live on this earth, even if I am eaten alive by wild beasts, even if my house is taken and all my earthly good are plundered, keep me faithful to You. Amen.’” A Call To Action |Let us STOP conning people with petty little prayers which provide them with the lies of a healthy long life and prosperity on earth.
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Post by VR on Jul 2, 2016 6:03:45 GMT
| July 02nd | Reading 184 of 366 | MORNING | HISTORICAL BOOKS | BOOK 14 of 66 | 2 CHRONICLES 15-17Signpost Words | ‘FANATICAL REFORMS’ Some Observations | Root and branch reformation always leads to decisions and death. Here, there is no indication that God was against the gender neutral execution of the treasonous in the land, who refused to whole heartedly follow the God of Israel. Indeed, God blessed this whole hearted cleansing and rededication of the covenant people. Go figure. A Call To Action |Christians from every nation, tribe and tongue live under the Theocracy of King Jesus. Presently, murder and treason which leads to the death of fellow countrymen, are the only crimes which carry a capital punishment price tag. When King Jesus returns, with a ‘Rod of Iron’ He shall judge the nations. Now, He is judging His church
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Post by VR on Jul 1, 2016 5:24:48 GMT
EVENING | PAULINE EPISTLES |BOOK 52 of 66 | 1 THESSALONIANS 2 |Signpost Words | ‘SPOT THE TRUE APOSTOLIC?’
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Some Observations | So many Pentecostal & Charismatic ministers have assumed or been allocated the title of ‘Apostle’ that there is a deep need to examine their credentials. Are they quietly prospering both financially and materially at your expense? Then you are a mug and they are false apostles. Are they tickling your ears and saying things which pacify the populous and please you? Then you are a mug and they are a false apostle. Are these apostles close to the people they serve? Are they accessible, touchable, affectionate, hardworking, giving to you of themselves, their time, their effort, their money? If so then kiss the ground they walk upon, for you are truly blessed and well served.
A Call To Action | All of us must learn to please God and not men. The great curse of our age is the pleasing of men for the acquisition of plastic peace.
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Post by VR on Jul 1, 2016 5:21:39 GMT
| July 01st | Reading 183 of 366 | MORNING | HISTORICAL BOOKS | BOOK 14 of 66 | 2 CHRONICLES 12-14
Signpost Words | ‘THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS’
Some Observations | Matthew Henry is correct concerning the battle tactics of Jeroboam when he says, “The longest sword, he thought, would determine the matter, not the better cause.” God was on the side of the humbled King of Judah. God was on the side of the better cause. Note now, that God takes sides even among His fractured people. The chief difference then between Judah and Israel, was that for the moment, Judah relied on the Lord God of their fathers. We must rely on God!
A Call To Action | “Often, when trying to simply state their case and avoid conflict, the Christian feels as though he has been surrounded by bees whilst being attacked by hornets. It is then, that we must look up and fight.”
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Post by VR on Jun 30, 2016 4:44:50 GMT
EVENING | PAULINE EPISTLES |BOOK 52 of 66 | 1 THESSALONIANS 1 |Signpost Words | ‘WATCHING & WAITING’
Some Observations | Now here is a church born in blood and sacrifice. Here is a church who was so heavenly minded that thy became of immense earthly use. He is a church with a much talked of testimony. He is a church watching and waiting for Jesus, fully involved in missionary activity. Indeed, it is this thankfulness from being delivered from ‘the wrath to come’ and their ‘time of the end’ expectation which propelled them into action. They were salt and not sugar, ‘sonlight’ and not twilight.
A Call To Action | Whenever the church awakes in the West, it is always preceded by end-time-ready millennial fervor. For sure, kook’s will arise and need correction, but better fervent kooks than churches who have pitched their tents in Sodom and joined the local council. Better churches that have their eyes on the heavenly city than are here for the sake of earthly cities. Better people who fear the wrath to come than wallow in celebration worship experiences in noisy graveyards.
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Post by VR on Jun 30, 2016 4:43:03 GMT
| June 30th | Reading 182 of 366 | MORNING | HISTORICAL BOOKS | BOOK 14 of 66 | 2 CHRONICLES 9-11
Signpost Words | ‘A SAVING SPLIT’
Some Observations | All of Solomon’s golden eggs from his idolatrous chickens are now hatching to destruction! The Kingdom is split and the two tribe union of the North now faces the ten tribe confederacy of the South. This national split is seemingly the product of big mouthed boys from well-healed schools, but is in fact from the Lord. Separate entities slow the spread of sin and give opportunity for a spreading healing.
A Call To Action | God made the sinful and rebellious nations of this world as separate entities, in culture, language and location. Globalization is not new, and this current reassembling of nations into one New World Order under the guise of ‘Agenda 21’ and many other schemes, is anti-God, for in the end, it seeks to put one man of sin over all the nations and it revolves around commercial control, religious intolerance and
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Post by VR on Jun 29, 2016 4:06:11 GMT
EVENING | PAULINE EPISTLES | BOOK 51 of 66 | COLOSSIANS 4
Signpost Words | ‘PRAYED IN OPPORTUNITIES’
Some Observations | Already then, this new church body of Jew and Gentile combined into one, is now functioning as a new united entity. Paul’s perseverance is based on vigilant, earnest and continued prayer, the focal point of which is for an open door for the Word to be proclaimed and preached. Of course he would have them pray for other things as well, even for his present Roman imprisonment to be remembered. However, his focal point is prayer for open doors for the preached Word of the Gospel? Why? “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ‘The just shall live by faith.’” (Romans 1:16-17 NKJV)
A Call To Action | The present church in the West, exhibits a lost confidence in the power of the preached word, which is the salt that has long been removed from every area of national life. We have two things to pray for now; 1) That God would raise up Bible preachers 2) That God would open doors for opportunities to preach His Word.
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Post by VR on Jun 29, 2016 4:04:18 GMT
| June 29th | Reading 181 of 366 | MORNING| HISTORICAL BOOKS | BOOK 14 of 66 | 2 CHRONICLES 6-8
Signpost Words | ‘INWARD REIGNING’
Some Observations | The God who answers by fire did so! Not only this, but privately and after all the day’s awesome celebrations, God visits Solomon for a private audience and speaks to him about promises, blessings and cursing, the latter of which forms our Highlight text for this morning.
A Call To Action | Solomon started beyond well, even better than anyone in the history of the world! Yet, behold the real king of men, who does not sit on a twelve lion-lined golden throne dispensing wisdom, but sits in the ashes scraping the puss from his oozing boils and questioning the day of his birth. I tell you, Solomon shall sit at the feet of Job in heaven, for Job’s end was magnificent. Let us endeavor to make ours so.
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Post by VR on Jun 28, 2016 5:47:07 GMT
EVENING | PAULINE EPISTLES | BOOK 51 of 66 | COLOSSIANS 3
Signpost Words | ‘LEGLESS?’
Highlight Verses | Colossians 3:1-7 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them. NKJV
Some Observations | The Word of God must dwell richly in Christians. This is no mean feat, and I testify that it takes immense effort. The greater demand is to then obey what we know and in the so doing, become ensamples of heavenly wonder, even saints alive on the earth. The femur of the skeletal structure of the message of the saints is this, ‘Flee the wrath to come,’ without which, the Gospel has no legs! It has disabled, for without this imploring, the ambassadors of Christ have no sinners to speak a message of coming judgement and present salvation to.
A Call To Action | Colossian’s constant call to the saint is newness of life, newness of Christian clothing, freshness of walk, frankness of conversation, firmness of conviction and fondness for all that is of heaven. Colossians makes me want to go and crawl under a rock, for its clarity of command and description of ‘normal sainthood’ shows me to still be in rags and fiddling in the dirt of this passing life. Help!
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Post by VR on Jun 28, 2016 5:44:35 GMT
| June 28th | Reading 180 of 366 | MORNING | HISTORICAL BOOKS | |BOOK 14 of 66 | 2 CHRONICLES 4,5
Signpost Words | ‘BETTER ENDINGS’
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Jerusalem ran red with the blood of innumerable sacrifices. The smell of incense and burnt offerings filled the air, the sound of trumpets, music and singing, all overwhelmed the ears, when God came and took up residence, within His new abode. What a start!
A Call To Action |
Listen, no matter how great the beginning, a greater ending is better.
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Post by VR on Jun 27, 2016 5:34:25 GMT
EVENING | PAULINE EPISTLES | BOOK 51 of 66 | COLOSSIANS 2
Signpost Words | ‘SOLID SAINTS’
Some Observations | I used to be a Gentile, without God in this world and lost. Some of my brethren used to be Jews, without God in this world and lost. Now we are Christians together, a new creation, sons of God through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, having a new country, a new city a new Jerusalem and as a the Bride of Christ, a new destiny & purpose.
A Call To Action | The great seas of Christian discovery lay before us. The solid lands of destiny await our feet. New tongues, new gifts and structures all await our filling. What then have I to do with the shadows of the past? Save that in them are seen the foundations of our future.
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