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Date: Thursday, August 06, 2015
Chapters: Isaiah 52-56
Message Title: God's Thoughts
Hello My Friend,
Sin, it's a word the world shuns, but even they know that some things are just wrong to do. No one is proud of sinful behavior, in fact, the reason so many people get caught up in drugs and other addictions is because of sinful behavior. Sin does not just separate us from God, it separates us from everyone else as well, and that is why God does not look to our own righteousness as a means for our salvation. We simply cannot do enough good to keep ourselves from the punishments we face from sin. “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” - Romans 3:10,20,23.
Since sin is the one thing that keeps us from truly enjoying the life that God has given us and separates us from God and everyone else, it's imperative that God would come up with a way that we would be set free from it. Now, God could have chosen any way to set a body and soul free from the bondage of sin, but He chose a man, not just any man, a man that would be His Son, a servant. Through Isaiah, God describes His Son.
“Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.” - Isaiah 53:1-3,8-10.
There is one thing that all people living in sin avoid, that is Jesus, you cannot look at Jesus or anyone who walks with Him and not feel shame and guilt over sin. God sent Jesus to be the offering that would set a body and soul free from sin once and for all. Jesus took the punishment that we all deserve for our sins, and it pleased God that He gave His life to save our lives. Now, Jesus could have at any time forsaken His calling to be that sacrifice, He could have chosen not to give His life for a bunch of stubborn, self centered, sinful people, but He did it anyway. Jesus gave His life so that we can truly be set free from the bondage and punishments that follows sin. “Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” - Hebrews 4:14-16.
We are reminded that God made each and every one of us, and while sin separates us from Him, His Holy One reunites us because of His mercy. “For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.” - Isaiah 54:5-8,17.
Their righteousness is of me, when we believe in Christ and accept Him as the payment for our sin debt, God no longer sees a stubborn, self centered, sinner, He sees His Son, and His righteousness. It is His righteousness that keeps us from being forsaken by God, it is His righteousness that redeems us and sets us free from the bondage of sin. Oh, we will have to endure some chastening for sin, but it will not last, God's mercy will never leave those who come to Christ. “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” - 1 John 1:8-10.
Since God sees things differently, naturally the flesh is not going to see eye to eye on the way He handles some things. Fear not, our Maker, Redeemer, the only and only, Jesus Christ, is here. While we may have to endure some suffering here on earth for sin, it will not last, because God's mercy endures. “Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” - Isaiah 55:3,6-9.
My thoughts are not your thoughts, God has much more in store for us than we think, we just are not always willing to wait for God to show them to us. Seek the LORD while He may be found, that is an understatement. The more corrupt our nations get the harder it is going to see Christ, and let me tell you, Christians who are just living the way they please with no thoughts on what it is doing, better step it up because we are the only hope there is left in this world. If the world cannot see Christ in us then why would they see the need for Him to be in their lives, especially if we are living more wicked lives than they are. God's mercy keeps the saved saved even when they are not living right, but until they return to Him they will continue to suffer.
“Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.” - 1 Peter 4:16-19.
Today's Prayer: God, While I do not understand all Your ways, I do understand that You reveal things to us as we are ready to know them, and you have a reason and purpose for everything You do and allow. I am going to be short and simple today, all I ask is for Your Power, give me Your Power God. Give me Your power. It is only through Your power that I can even get up in the morning. Give me Your power in every area of my life, give me Your power to endure all the challenges that You place before me, and the ones I bring about myself. I love You, Lord and ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Date: Thursday, August 06, 2015
Chapters: Isaiah 52-56
Message Title: God's Thoughts
Hello My Friend,
Sin, it's a word the world shuns, but even they know that some things are just wrong to do. No one is proud of sinful behavior, in fact, the reason so many people get caught up in drugs and other addictions is because of sinful behavior. Sin does not just separate us from God, it separates us from everyone else as well, and that is why God does not look to our own righteousness as a means for our salvation. We simply cannot do enough good to keep ourselves from the punishments we face from sin. “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” - Romans 3:10,20,23.
Since sin is the one thing that keeps us from truly enjoying the life that God has given us and separates us from God and everyone else, it's imperative that God would come up with a way that we would be set free from it. Now, God could have chosen any way to set a body and soul free from the bondage of sin, but He chose a man, not just any man, a man that would be His Son, a servant. Through Isaiah, God describes His Son.
“Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.” - Isaiah 53:1-3,8-10.
There is one thing that all people living in sin avoid, that is Jesus, you cannot look at Jesus or anyone who walks with Him and not feel shame and guilt over sin. God sent Jesus to be the offering that would set a body and soul free from sin once and for all. Jesus took the punishment that we all deserve for our sins, and it pleased God that He gave His life to save our lives. Now, Jesus could have at any time forsaken His calling to be that sacrifice, He could have chosen not to give His life for a bunch of stubborn, self centered, sinful people, but He did it anyway. Jesus gave His life so that we can truly be set free from the bondage and punishments that follows sin. “Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” - Hebrews 4:14-16.
We are reminded that God made each and every one of us, and while sin separates us from Him, His Holy One reunites us because of His mercy. “For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.” - Isaiah 54:5-8,17.
Their righteousness is of me, when we believe in Christ and accept Him as the payment for our sin debt, God no longer sees a stubborn, self centered, sinner, He sees His Son, and His righteousness. It is His righteousness that keeps us from being forsaken by God, it is His righteousness that redeems us and sets us free from the bondage of sin. Oh, we will have to endure some chastening for sin, but it will not last, God's mercy will never leave those who come to Christ. “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” - 1 John 1:8-10.
Since God sees things differently, naturally the flesh is not going to see eye to eye on the way He handles some things. Fear not, our Maker, Redeemer, the only and only, Jesus Christ, is here. While we may have to endure some suffering here on earth for sin, it will not last, because God's mercy endures. “Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” - Isaiah 55:3,6-9.
My thoughts are not your thoughts, God has much more in store for us than we think, we just are not always willing to wait for God to show them to us. Seek the LORD while He may be found, that is an understatement. The more corrupt our nations get the harder it is going to see Christ, and let me tell you, Christians who are just living the way they please with no thoughts on what it is doing, better step it up because we are the only hope there is left in this world. If the world cannot see Christ in us then why would they see the need for Him to be in their lives, especially if we are living more wicked lives than they are. God's mercy keeps the saved saved even when they are not living right, but until they return to Him they will continue to suffer.
“Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.” - 1 Peter 4:16-19.
Today's Prayer: God, While I do not understand all Your ways, I do understand that You reveal things to us as we are ready to know them, and you have a reason and purpose for everything You do and allow. I am going to be short and simple today, all I ask is for Your Power, give me Your Power God. Give me Your power. It is only through Your power that I can even get up in the morning. Give me Your power in every area of my life, give me Your power to endure all the challenges that You place before me, and the ones I bring about myself. I love You, Lord and ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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