"Noah Found Grace"

"But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD." (Genesis 6:8)

 

So may you and I today!  The Living Bible says, "But Noah was a pleasure to the Lord."  I can think of no higher realization in life. 

 

Yesterday, reading the first five chapters of Genesis, I noticed how particularly "simple" the declarations of the Word of God.  God just spoke and breathed into the, "void," the, "formless and empty...darkness," and here you have it, the universe, our solar system, life-----------you, me.  Then Jesus, the One, "by whom also he made the worlds," Jesus, by Whom, "were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers," Jesus, by Whom, "all things were created," made two people who eventually thought they knew better than the Creator; and, after being put out of fellowship for their rebellion, encountered a, "flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life."  Sin will still bring us to that, "flaming sword," today.  Some time later they had two sons who fought over who was the most spiritual; one killed the other (nothing has changed).  The curse on the one is still evident today, still engaged in city building.  The third son was in the lineage of The Coming One.  Then we see Enoch, who lived a short life and just vanished, "for God took him" (What a great exit from this sin-sick world). 

 

Today, our text speaks of Noah, the grace-finder, also in the ancestry of King Jesus.  No fanfare in the Bible, just declarations of, "the way it is."  For me, nothing left to say but, "Unto Him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.  Amen."

 

Father, in Jesus' Name, I know I have a choice as to whom and what I believe.  I choose You and Your "In the beginning...Breathed" Word.  Amen.

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Hebrews 12:2

Only, "By Faith We Understand"

"In the beginning God created....By faith we understand that...."

(Genesis 1:1 & Hebrews 11:3)

 

It's the third quarter of 2010.  "In the beginning God," and, "In the beginning was the Word."  That's all you and I need to know.  If we know this and believe this and live on this, life will be okay, maybe not all you desire it to be, but it will be all the Father in the Son Jesus created it to be.  "In the beginning," means He started it all; and at the end of the Bible, He declares, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last."  And just a little frosting here, "underneath are the Everlasting Arms!"  Jesus Christ, Who is, "God with us," started all "this" and He will end all "this."  He created you and me.  It was His desire for us to be here.  And even though we were born, "in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation," we now, "having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible through the word of God," are privileged to, "live together with (and in) Him."  And this, "Word of God," Jesus Christ, is He who, "lives and abides forever...." 

 

Our text also asserts something which Followers of Jesus Christ must constantly remember and walk in.  I can only believe that, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth," and I can only state with absolute certainty everything I have just written, when I do so, "By faith...by the word of God...."-- not the "scientific method."  If you listen to the reasoning of this present world system, your faith will die, because, "....God made foolish the wisdom of this world".  For a moment, just listen to the pundits, the politicians, and water cooler philosophers, liberal and conservative alike, and then hear the Word of God, "....All the remnant...shall know whose words will stand, Mine or theirs."   

 

Father, in Jesus' Name, because I want to, "having done all to stand," I embrace only Your Words.  Amen.

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When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

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Hebrews 12:2

"Your Kingdom...Your Power"

"They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom, and talk of Your power....Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom...."  (Psalm 145:11, 13a) 

 

Some Christians' main interests are political, social, moral, familial, religious, or philosophical.  This is not Biblical, nor is it in the "natural order" of the created universe.  We were created for the Living Triune God, to walk with Him and in Him, and He in us.  Ideas and talk of the aforementioned aspects of a people group are only valid as they relate to and, "speak of the glory of [Christ's] kingdom (the, 'everlasting Kingdom'), and talk of[Christ's] power," as in, "Thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever."  This is our "call" and our command, "commission."  The way many religious folk speak of political, social, and "the moral fiber" of nations are agenda motivated, prejudiced by their gender, culture, and/or ethnicity.  

 

According to Strong's, we can translate verse 13, "Your kingdom is a kingdom of 'eternity,' a kingdom 'time out of mind.'"  The whole of Psalm 145 expresses the central message of the Bible, "Your Kingdom" (see John 3), and a, "Your power."  The "salvation message," which evangelicalism has so centralized, is the result of, "Your power."  Romans one says, "the Gospel of Christ...is the power of God to (into, concerning) salvation."  

 

I guarantee you that if people's loyalty is limited to their own thematic preferences, a "gospel" of their own "tweaking," they will experience only disappointment, bitterness, even fear.  But there is a realm of life into which you and I as Followers of Jesus Christ were born, "to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God...."  Notice, "incorruptible... undefiled...does not fade away, reserved...kept by the power of God."  Such "absurd" claims can only be made with truth in, "a kingdom 'time out of mind,'" the, "Kingdom of Our Lord and of His Christ," the Kingdom of which you and I are invited to, "speak," and, "talk." 

 

Father, in Jesus' Name, "Your Kingdom is [my] Kingdom."  Amen.

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The, "Strike," of the Righteous is, "as Excellent Oil"

"Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness.  And let him rebuke me; it shall be as excellent oil; let my head not refuse it.  For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked." (Psalm 141:5)

 

The psalmist here declares his loyalty to righteousness, and his hatred of wickedness.  In the previous Psalm, he said, "Do I not hate them with perfect hatred?"  I do not need to say the old, all too often cliche, "we hate the sin, but not the sinner."  Of course, but even though that's often said, the result of a Believer's hatred of evil equates with hatred of evil people.  We just simply need to get over the demon controlled "political correctness" dominating modern Christendom.  A Follower of Jesus Christ, "is against the deeds of the wicked." 

 

Truth is, we are all evil without the covering, cleansing Blood of Jesus Christ.  Yes, let he, "who is without sin among you cast the first stone," but the "stones" of judgment will be cast; let there be no doubt about it.  The psalmist hatred of sin and loyalty to righteousness came from the Holy Spirit, emissary of the Holy Trinity.  Righteousness and wickedness is the distinction between the Follower of Jesus and the follower of Satan.  The last command of the Bible says, "Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile; let him who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy."

Derek Prince once said of this passage that if a person has chosen the life of sin, i.e., refusing a life of obedience to Jesus Christ, "You might as well live it up, because you don't have long."

 

The word to those of us who, "follow the Lamb wherever He goes," is, "Let him who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy."

 

Father, in Jesus' Name, in Your grace, help me to, "continue," in that which is pleasing to You.  Amen. Read about the 850 Rabbis who are opposed to Obama's latest Supreme Court pick; also, the thousands of US troops surrounding Iran: www.apf327.blogspot.com When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"Looking Unto Jesus" Hebrews 12:2