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SO WHEN JESUS HAD
RECEIVED THE SOUR WINE, HE SAID, "IT IS FINISHED"...AND BOWING HIS HEAD
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A LIFE BUILT OUT OF RUIN
(Jesus
dealt with the flesh at the Cross)
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There is no meaning to life on earth without 'the cross
of the Christ' being the foundation and theme. Unless we
go willingly to the cross (as he/Jesus did for us)
laying down our lives for him who died for us we continue to
live loving the things of this life and pampering the flesh.
Forever thinking that our joy, peace, fulfillment and place
in this life is 'out there somewhere' waiting for us
to find it, the old trial and error job, certainly
degenerated thinking, the exact way I lived and operated
pre-sainthood. I had more jobs than feeds and every position
miserably missed the target that Almighty God/Jesus the
Christ had prepared for me before I was born of a
woman.......Job 14:1.
At the cross we miraculously find us, fulfillment, our
call/lot in this life and most of all we find a real live
present-day relationship with our maker/Jesus the
Christ-Almighty God.....click.
The nearest we shall ever get to 'the cross' of the
Christ, his death, burial and resurrection power is to walk
in the sin destroying light of his infallible
word/doctrine.....Romans 8:13, 14.
The (temporary ruination) of the Christ made for the
building up of broken down sinful lives unto the ultimate in
establishing, which is salvation to the uttermost. You can
build your life on intellect, family reputation, earthly
inheritance or a family business and still remain empty,
unfulfilled and lost. Or you may have some sort of security
within these walls but the truth is, there is only one
rock....and he said ...'it is finished'!.....click.
'It is finished' relates to and concerns your entire
life...spirit, soul and body and let me add, all that
concerns you or me today, it is finished, dealt with,
attended to and sorted....in the Christ, through the Christ
and by the Christ, that is if you do what he says in his
word/doctrine...neat hey. A real one stop eternal life
shop, the price is your known sin.
No man, woman or youth tries to obey Jesus (that is a lie
and a cop-out) you either decide to do what he says or
you don't. You either will to or not and if you will...he
will empower you to do what he wants you to do. The
mutilation of 'Romans 7:19' can go on no longer, at
least not while there is such script as.... 1 Corinthians
10:12, Romans 6:18-23......click.
Psychology may provide a soft pillow for the unrepentant,
insubordinate and the self-deceived as does twisted
doctrines such as 'salvation by election/alias unable to
forfeit ones salvation but 'the cross' can only ever
provide a soul with 'salvation to the uttermost'. Obedience
to the Christ's Doctrine is in fact our cross, picking up
our cross and this alone enables us to follow the rejected
Messiah.
When we willingly and lovingly decide (within our heart
of hearts) to do this we are automatically empowered by
our almighty God/Yahweh to carry out all messianic tasks
laid before us....all because 'it is finished'.
To say otherwise is to say....it is not finished or part
finished or worse it hasn't started and he/Jesus hasn't even
bothered to consider your trials. Maybe even a more sad
situation would be the Jewish (unsaved Judaic Jew) slant on
life up to now/2009, which is 'Messiah has not yet come'....click.
Therefore, how can we be expected to live a holy life,
perfect/obedient in his sight, so let's just get religious,
get the robes out, the incense, the flags, icons, relics and
try our best, after all, we all make mistakes. Mistakes are
unconscious but wilful-ongoing-unrepented sin is
damnable......2 Thessalonians 1:8....Selah. A
glorious life was built for the holy remnant out of his
temporary ruin, he rose again.
PS....Repent, make Jesus the Christ (your God) number
one in your life and reap eternal accommodation in
utopia/heaven/ the third heaven, I'll finish there for
now....Selah
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Pastor Paul Sheehan |
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| 30.08.2009 |
http://www.fireandhammer.com |
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