DISCERNMENT OF THESE LAST DAYS

FIVE NEEDED REALITIES FOR DISCERNMENT OF THESE LAST DAYS

On this first entry into the year 2020, I can think of no more appropriate message than the following wisdom provided by Brother Michael Snyder:

Amidst the increased intensity of the strangeness of this hour in history, the Bible also reveals the final weapon of the Devil. This great weapon is the Devil's fine-tuning of deception. If it were possible, the very elect would be deceived (Matthew 24:24).                  

In order to discern this age, the Christian must possess five realities of life.

First, he must be born again. The reason many professing people do not see what is happening in our day is simply that they are not born again. Jesus stated in John 3 that except a man be born again he can neither enter nor see the kingdom of God. The new birth provides spiritual sight for one to see this age.                  

Second, one must believe in the supreme authority of God's Word.                        

Third, one must also have a daily relationship with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the illuminator of God's Word. Although one certainly needs a daily relationship with Christ, it is also imperative that he have that daily relationship with the Holy Spirit to illuminate the Word of God for a spiritual sight of this age.

Fourth, one likewise must be separated from the world. If one is worldly and carnal, he automatically carries a partial blindness toward this age. This partial blindness limits spiritual sight about this age. All Christians must believe in biblical separation from the world. 

Finally, one must have a biblical victory over pride. This lack of victory is a problem for a Christian because he does not want to acknowledge when he is wrong. When one does not see spiritually, he may be afraid to acknowledge it. Nonetheless, he must let pride go when true sight is finally revealed. Just swallow the pride, and thank God, the sight came!

The world is blind to itself. Likewise, often the Christian tends to be blind to himself. When the Bible warns that we "be not deceived " (Luke 21:8), it also tells us. "Let no man deceive you" ( 2 Thessalonians 2:3 ) and to make sure that we do not "deceive ourselves " ( 1 John 1:8) H. T. Spence. From: STRAIGHTWAY PUBLICATION.

Thank-You Brother Michael. Happy New Year to all!

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INVITE HIM INTO YOUR HEART

But the fruit of the Spirit is...faithfulness.

{Gal 5:22}

We all are saved by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS CHRIST according to HOLY SCRIPTURE all for the GLORY of GOD.

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;  not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. {Eph 2:8-9, Heb 11:6}

"He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.  Whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked. {Joh 3:18, 1Jn 2:5-6}

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love. :  But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? :  For we walk by faith, not by sight—  "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. {Gal 5:6: Jas 2:20, 2Co 5:7, Gal 2:20}

And though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,  obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.

{1Pe 1:8-9

If you have not truly opened your heart to JESUS by confessing with your mouth that He is the Lord. If you believe deeply that JESUS died on an old rugged cross, was buried in a tomb, and was RAISED back to life by the mighty hand of GOD Himself. If you are in awe that JESUS ascended into heaven and is presently seated at the right hand of the Father, interceding for those who believe in Him. If all of this resonates in your very soul, INVITE HIM INTO YOUR HEART! DO IT NOW! Let the start of the year 2020 be the beginning of ETERNAL joy, peace, love, service, adoration. Let 2020 be the year of your BAPTISM by the Holy Spirit and by water. Align yourself with HIS Church, and foster eternal fellowship with your brothers and sisters in CHRIST. It is not the words of your prayers, it is the condition deep inside your heart. Ask JESUS to come in.

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THE LAMB OF GOD IN THE TEMPLE

"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.

Isa 7:14

Luk 2:22-40  And when the days for their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord   (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "EVERY firstborn MALE THAT OPENS THE WOMB SHALL BE CALLED HOLY TO THE LORD"),  and to offer a sacrifice according to what was said in the Law of the Lord, "A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS."  

And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him.  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.  And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to carry out for Him the custom of the Law,  then he took Him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,  "Now Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to depart in peace, According to Your word;  For my eyes have seen Your salvation,  Which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples,  A LIGHT OF REVELATION TO THE GENTILES, And the glory of Your people Israel."  And His father and mother were amazed at the things which were being said about Him.  And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, this Child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign to be opposed—  and a sword will pierce even your own soul—to the end that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed."  

And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,  and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers.  At that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.  

When they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth.  The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

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UNCTION

UNCTION

The Greek word Chrisma' meaning The HOLY Anointing of God on His creation.

Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.   They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.   But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. {1Jn 2:18-20}

"You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.- For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him.-- For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. {Act 10:38-Col 1:19--Joh 1:16}

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.-- As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. {Psa 23:5-1Jn 2:27}

"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.-- In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. {Joh 14:26-Rom 8:26}

We are firm and stable in our SALVATION when we recognize the changes God has made in us since we called His name and believed in our hearts that He is the Lord. We look backwards at the fleshly indulgences we once practiced, with no remorse, and see repulsion in the reflection. No longer embracing the former sinful behavior, striving constantly to follow in the foot steps of Jesus the Christ in all our present undertakings. The OLD SELF has died, and born out of our belief in Jesus, we are BORN ANEW. We are no longer the same as we once were. It is this CHANGE, this NEW beginning that marks us FOREVER as belonging to Him.   "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. { Joh 10:29}

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THE HOARY HAIRS OF AGE

Michael Snyder on the HOARY HAIRS OF AGE

Old age ought to be the most beautiful season of our life, combining all the valuable elements of our past. Old age is venerable. 

God Himself is called the Ancient of Days, and He commanded the children of Israel to show reverence to the old, to rise before the hoary head, and to honor the face of the old man. "Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear God: I am the LORD." Leviticus 19:32.  

Now the character is matured. The results of our experience, of our thought and information, have been winnowed, and have formed themselves into a condensed treasury of terse and lucid wisdom. Old age is venerable, because it reminds us of eternity. 

Childhood and youth, and even manhood, remind us of the rapid flight of Time. In them we look forward to the quiet years of our old age. But when old age has actually come, we look forward to eternity. 

Soon will the aged man be ushered into the eternal world, and be initiated into its mysteries. In youth and manhood there is also constant change and activity. The quiet and calmness of old age brings before us the everlasting, unchanging Present. 

Scripture does not conceal the infirmities and troubles of old age. Its gloomy aspects are brought before us with graphic power in the last chapter of Ecclesiastes. Scripture does not deny that in one view we say of our last years, "I have no pleasure in them."  But how full and glorious is Scripture's description of the perennial youth, peace, strength, and joy of God's children!  

In the very psalm which describes man as a frail flower of the field, David praises the Lord, who renews our youth as the eagle. God is the God of the aged. Even to old age, to hoar hairs, will I carry you; I will bear; I will deliver you. Isaiah 46:4. 

We are also told, "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon." Psalm 92:12. The apostle Paul confesses that our old man perishes visibly and daily; but he adds, the inner man is renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16. 

So then, for the inner man there is no old age, no decay, no downward descent. Lift up the head, for your redemption is neigh old man, and be glad. 

~Adolph Saphir From : Our life-day.

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HOW DID THEY MISS HIM??

HOW DID THEY MISS HIM?

The title of this message should probably be "HOW DID WE ALL MISS HIM?"

The HIM is of course Jesus the Christ, The Messiah, the Savior, the King of Kings, Mighty God. There are recorded well over one hundred names in Holy Scripture that identifies the presence and doings of HE who we would come to know as Our LORD, our Savior, Jesus of Nazareth. From the first verse of Genesis to the birth of a son to a virgin by Holy seed, this birth was predicted with uncanny accuracy all through out the Old Testament.

Even in the New Testament, the first words of the Gospel of John paints the unmistakable picture of His presence from before the foundations of the earth;   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. Joh 1:1-3

Did you know that the more of the Bible you know, the more you know that you don't know? It is that very process that keeps us coming back again and again for more LIGHT, thirsty for more knowledge of the Majesty that is JESUS.

It is a truism that the Jew pictured a warrior in their mind when contemplating the arrival of the Messiah. Warriors like Abraham, Moses, Joshua, David. Their mental image might well have been of a handsome, muscular, dashing man-of-war riding on a white steed, fully dressed in battle armor and carrying a two-edged sword on his side; in order to terminate all the enemies of the Jew.

Examples of our times might be someone like John Wayne or Charlton Heston. Instead, the man who would be King arrived in Jerusalem riding on a donkey, peaceful, gentle, meek, and mild. All those who missed HIM were victimized by their own minds and carnal imaginations.

Grab your Bible, beloved, and travel the road of discovery and prophesy of the coming of the Lord of Lords, Jesus the Christ:

WOULD BE THE SEED OF A WOMAN: Gen 3:15  And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel." FULFILLMENT: Gal 4:4  But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law[The virgin birth]

WILL DESCEND FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH: Gen 49:10  "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

FULFILLMENT: Luk 3:33  the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah

BORN OF A VIRGIN: Isa 7:14  "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.

FULFILLMENT: Mat 1:18  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

HIS REJECTION BY THE JEWS: Isa 53:3  He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

FULFILLMENT: Joh 1:11  He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

Exercise your Bible Page Turning Muscles and read, in the context, these passages and verses. Read the cited verse, then read the verses before and after. Read the entire chapter of Isaiah Chapter 53.

Your Bible is filled to the brim with the direct prophesy of Jesus our Lord. Blow the dust off of your Bible. Discover the Holy Scripture coming alive and speaking to you. Ask yourself then; HOW DID WE EVER MISS HIM?

God's mighty blessings be upon you and your families as you study the WORD, Amen.

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THE DAWN OF SALVATION

For a child will be born to us,...His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

[Isa 9:6]

"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!

Deu 6:4

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  (2)  He was in the beginning with God.  (3)  All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.  (4)  In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.  (5)  The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.   And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.   "I and the Father are one." [Joh 1:1-5, Joh 1:14, Joh 10:30]

Philip *said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."  (9)  Jesus *said to him, "Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?   "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."   Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am."

[Joh 14:8-9, Rev 1:8, Joh 8:58]

For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,  (10)  and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority. [Col 2:9-10]

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Col 1:17

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