Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Psalm 104:4
In all the world, there remains one thing better.
In the history of man, one thing has escaped them all.
Despite the rule of tyrants, despite the schemes of men, despite the ways of wickedness, freedom always wins.
Your light, Oh, Lord, fills my soul. Your truth, permeates my being.
Lord, it is good to praise you, it is pleasant to meditate upon you.
My soul is consumed with longing for you. In the watches of the night, the day, I long for you. When can I go up to meditate upon you?
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Luke 10:42
For Mary chose the one thing that was needful, simply to be at your feet. She filled her mind with your thoughts, her soul with your presence, and her life with your good things.
Of all the patterns of the Old Testament, one of the greatest is the Tabernacle of Moses.
Moses, a prophet of God, was given its design upon the mountain, and told to build everything according to the Pattern He had seen there.
Of its physical elements, there were several major elements, and possibly more than listed here.
There were materials for the posts, curtains, drapes, and altars. There were dimensions (lengths and widths). There were counts (number of posts, pillars, etc). There was furniture (the altars and tables). There were their utensils (shovels, rakes, censers, etc). There was its orientation (which way it faced). There was its layout, with three chambers, each further in.
In addition, there were its gates, how it was to be consecrated, packed up, transported, and set up again, and the way that the priests related to these.
In one meeting, upon a riverbank, Old met New. One was fulfilled, and one was just beginning. He must increase, and I must. He must become greater, and I must become less.
For, the law and the prophets were until John, and since that time, men were forcefully entering the Kingdom with violence (Luke 16:16).
The old system was to be replaced, and it was the New that mattered now. The law was given through Moses, Grace and Truth came through Jesus Christ (John 1:17).
Jeremiah the prophet wrote this oracle:
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Jeremiah 31:31-34
I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
John 15:1-11
If we abide in Him, we can bear His fruit. It is only in the place of His Spirit.
Consider the place of His Presence. Some call it living in Him, some call it abiding, some call it practicing His Presence, but those who stay within the flame pay a price to do so.
For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, so that no man may boast before God. But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, so that, just as it is written, LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD.
1 Corinthians 1:26-31
For everything of man must be recognized as of no value, for all flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. The grass withers and the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people are like grass. The grass withers and the flower fades, but the Word of our God stands forever (Isaiah 40:5-7). Every word of God is sure. It is tested and tried in the furnace. Every word is refined as by fire, tested in the fire seven times.
The Gospel is not of this realm, it is of another. The Kingdom is not of this world, but of Heaven. The Word of Faith is not the word of man, but it is Spirit!
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God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.
Genesis 1:28
This is the first command of the Bible. God told man to fill the Earth, and rule over it. Man was created to be a servant, to serve the will of God under His authority, and to have sovereignty over all the Earth.
In the fall, this image got corrupted. Man’s image became broken, corrupted, and he could only rule with what was in his heart. What originally was designed to be a ruler ship out of a pure and upright heart has turned, over the centuries has time and again demonstrated man’s corruption.
And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.
Matthew 21:22
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1 KJV). It is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (NAS). Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see (NIV).
Faith is God’s standard to reject the status quo, to step Beyond what society tells you is right and wrong and to listen to God’s standard. Faith in God and in Christ is what causes division.
Luke 16:16
“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
Music from “Ancient Cry” by Chris Harvey (www.chrisharvey.org).
What is one of the simplest ways to teach faith? The Beatitudes.
Right here, the Teacher demonstrates one of the simplest ways. As small as it is, it can grow to be the largest of all “garden plants”.
Take any dire situation you have as a Christian. Take any lack, or any shortage, any place where your feel worn thin, and pressed hard. Everyone encounters these, and even Jesus said that we would experience storms, even when we were built upon the rock.
Most Happy are those who are poor in Spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 5:3
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