HEAVENLY INCLINED...: CHRIST TRAVELS TO JERUSALEM...

Thanksgiving for the LORD's Favor

Psalms 138 (A Psalm of David)
1/ I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2/ I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
3/ In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
4/ All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
5/ Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
6/ Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
7/ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
8/ The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me:
thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands... AMEN!!!

One CANNOT earn GRACE, it is HIS own ESSENCE; a gift, still, IF one claims to be IN HIS GRACE, we ARE to, or, OUGHT to, be reflections of that GRACE! 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1, tells us not to take HIS GRACE in vain! This means, living in LOVE, morality, ethics, virtue, righteousness, and, spiritual improvement, TOWARDS, spiritual maturity, WHILE, visibly BEING as LIGHTS, beaming OF *GOD*, beckoning the world, TO THE LIGHT! Righteousness MEANS, conduct in conformity with *GOD'S* WILL, and, "Be HOLY because I AM HOLY!", therefore, indicating that knowledge, wisdom, and, effort, DO, apply TO the righteous!!! NEVER forget, we were grafted in, and, if we do not bear fruit, as a dead branch, we will be pruned out, just as were, the natural branches!!!

We are not saved by works, instead, works PROVE HIM in us: they identify HIS own...

IF I claim ONENESS with *GOD*, through CHRIST JESUS, I am DEAD TO THE WORLD, THUS, LIVING as HIM, which is, hopefully, witnessed IN, and, THROUGH, my every thought, action, and, reaction; MEANING, I am, THROUGH CONSCIOUS application OF THE WORD, HIS COMMANDS, HIS WILL, REFLECTING righteousness, not, merely, FAITH! I become, the TRULY FRUITFUL branch, of THE VINE, the TRUE member of THE BODY/THE CHURCH, CHRIST JESUS, and, TESTIFY, then, GLORIFY, BOLDLY, BY my thoughts, actions, and, reactions, HIS name, because, HE IS WORTHY, and, IN HIS LOVE, has SHOWN me, how I OUGHT to exist, to which, I eagerly, adapt, and, comply!!!

MATTHEW 5:48...
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect

1 PETER 1:14-16...
14/ Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance
15/ but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct,
16/ for it is written, "Be holy because I (am) holy."

ROMANS 12:2...
Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

Conduct, in conformity to *GOD'S* WILL, marks the righteous; it is NOT because of guilt, or, ancient Laws, but, because of LOVE; LOVE for *GOD*, self, then, others! CHRIST JESUS gave us Commandments to live by, of which, the first is to LOVE *GOD*, with all of your mind, heart, and, soul; the second is, to LOVE one another!

LOVE COMPELS us to LIVE IN HIM, through conduct which conforms to *GOD*; in other words, morality, ethics, doing good, and, being good, and, ever striving to improve the spirit! It is about REFLECTING THE TRUTH, for ALL to bear witness to, FOR, and, TO HIS GLORY, RADIANTLY SHINING OF HIS POWER, GRACE, and, MERCIES!!!

It IS ALL ABOUT LOVE, baby, all about LOVE!!!

MATTHEW 4: 17...From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

JOHN 14:15..."If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

NOTE: I do not intend to preach, rather to reach; to stir up, awaken, to inspire, and, bring forth, in discussion, that which is, perhaps, dormantly existing in the heart of hearts, thus, little, or, no, sugar coatings, just THE WORD of *GOD*, the TRUTH, along with some of my thoughts. And truth is, I am reminding myself always, as I practice these reminders, in the best of my abilities, and capacities, while RELYING on THE LORD to lead me on that narrow PATH---> MATTHEW 7: 14: "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it... TO *GOD* BE ALL GLORY...

CHRIST TRAVELS TO JERUSALEM...

After intense teachings, to the multitudes of people following HIM, in the Galilee area, and, Judea, CHRIST began HIS journey to Jerusalem, to face what no Man, willingly, had ever endured (MATTHEW 19)...

Even though HE IS *GOD*, the coming events affected HIM, which, were overcome BY a NEED to fulfill the WILL of the FATHER of CREATION, through, the greatest act/GIFT of LOVE, ever known...

CHRIST JESUS was lessons in action; showing us HOW to endure in FAITH, FOR the LOVE, and, GLORY of *GOD*, in fulfillment OF HIS WILL!!!

Through HIS actions, and, reactions, CHRIST, our LORD, and, SAVIOUR, taught the world, never faltering, becoming corrupted, never wavering, nor, becoming consumed with the direness of what HAS to be, according TO the purpose of *GOD'S* WILL!!!

You see, while HE, CERTAINLY, had the emotional makeup of Man, HE had that which, DIMINISHES the probability of becoming lost IN the effects of those emotions, such as fear, anger, and so forth, that, hinder most of humanity; the WILL of *GOD* AS HIS enabler, as HIS inspiration, as HIS empowerment, as HIS strength TO fulfill, that, necessary TO DIVINITY! HE could have, at ANY time, withdrawn from the task at hand, BUT, LOVE PROVIDED the steadfast courage, and, vision, to carry through, to the bitter, though, GLORIOUS end! HE LOVES *GOD* that much, and, HE LOVES us, that much, and, we would be wise to learn from the deep intensity, OF HIS LOVE!!!

Humanity cannot go through one day, without dissension, discord, anger, frustration, and, all outside of LOVE, even THOUGH, the Commandments HE left us, were to LOVE *GOD* with ALL of our beings, and, to LOVE one another, as HE has LOVED us!!!

NEVER forget that, IN LOVE, LIES ALL which is, WHOLESOME, and, GOOD; the POWER of the HEAVENS-enrichment, endowment, enabling, empowerment, encouragement, and, on the favours go! LOVE IS A POSITIVE FORCE OF BENEVOLENCE, FOR, and, TOWARDS ALL in existence, while, TRULY, marking the heirs of THE KINGDOM of *GOD*!!!

1 CORINTHIANS 13...
1/ If I speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal.
2/ And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.
3/ If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.

4/ Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated,
5/ it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
6/ it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
7/ It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8/ Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.

9/ For we know partially and we prophesy partially,
10/ but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
11/ When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things.
12/ At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.
13/ So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Even if we are not perfect in LOVE, the effort to LOVE, IS imperative, and SURELY, LEADS us, ever TOWARDS perfection in LOVE!!!

AMEN!!! And, PRAISE THE LORD, our *GOD*, our SAVIOUR, our DELIVERER, ALL of the time, ALL in CREATION!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2012
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