HEAVENLY INCLINED...: WEDNESDAY'S WISDOM: TO FEAR THE LORD, OUR *GOD*!!!

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...

WEDNESDAY'S WISDOM: TO FEAR THE LORD, OUR GOD!!!

ISAIAH 29: 13-16...

13/ The Lord said: Since this people draws near with words only and honors me with their lips alone, though their hearts are far from me, And their reverence for me has become routine observance of the precepts of men,

14/ Therefore I will again deal with this people in surprising and wondrous fashion: The wisdom of its wise men shall perish and the understanding of its prudent men be hid.

15/ Woe to those who would hide their plans too deep for the LORD! Who work in the dark, saying, "Who sees us, or who knows us?"

16/ Your perversity is as though the potter were taken to be the clay: As though what is made should say of its maker, "He made me not!" Or the vessel should say of the potter, "He does not understand."

There are MANY BIBLE references to fearing *GOD*! Fear is the beginning of reverence, the beginning of humility, and, the evidence of our LOVE for HIM! Many are teaching that fearing *GOD* is wrong, but then, WHY so many references to fearing HIM, and, truly, how could one NOT fear HIM???

Fear of THE LORD, opens up to understanding HIS WILL, and, HIS detesting of sin! We begin to SEE what is sin, and, WHY it is against HIM, and, the spirit! Fear of HIM opens up to obedient, moral, ethical, and, virtued conduct; that, FITTING of HIS Children!!!

ALL of *GOD'S* favoured, FEARED HIM, trembled before HIM, and, submitted, willingly, out of LOVE, gratitude, and, respect, unto HIM, from Noah, to Peter!!

People tell me that we can have illicit sex, partake in promisicuity, extramartial affairs, heavy partying, abuse of drugs, and, alcohol, and, much more, and, NOT invoke HIS wrath, while yet, being saved! Really? I DON'T bite into this at all! Of course, if someone is ignorant, and, doesn't KNOW HIM, or HIS WILL, and, repents, then, HE WILL forgive them, but, for those who KNOW THE TRUTH, and, continue to do what is evil in HIS sight, there IS a price too heavy for me to want to bear!!!

The WHOLE BIBLE speaks of the ways we are to be, and, NONE of them allow for such behaviours! People REALLY NEED to read, and, read, and, read, until they FIND THE TRUTH! Sure, it seems awesome that the Cleric tells you that you can live anyway you want, and, be safe! But, doesn't that just seem too good to be true? Never forget, things that seem too good to be true, generally are, and, never forget, the deceiver is very busy in these times, because FEAR OF THE LORD is NOT in place!!!

It doesn't make a bit of sense to me, that I can take a VOW to serve *GOD*, with all of my heart, and, turn around, and, do things I KNOW are against HIS WILL! It doesn't make sense to me, at all, that there is a wide spread trend, teaching people that they can be anything their carnal, egocentric being leads them to be, and, remain in GRACE! Have these people really studied THE WORD? There IS symbolism, and, other such in THE WORD, but, it is pretty cut, and, dry, right to the point, and, does NOT allow for the pride, passions, lusts, greed, and, other behaviours of the flesh, to have it's own way, except if they have decided against being one with *GOD*!!!

2 PETER 3: 3 & 10-18...

3/ Know this first of all, that in the last days scoffers will come (to) scoff, living according to their own desires
10/ But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar and the elements will be dissolved by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be found out.

11/ Since everything is to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought (you) to be, conducting yourselves in holiness and devotion,

12/ waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved in flames and the elements melted by fire.

13/ But according to his promise we await new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

14/ Therefore, beloved, since you await these things, be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him, at peace.

15/ And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, also wrote to you,

16/ speaking of these things as he does in all his letters. In them there are some things hard to understand that the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, just as they do the other scriptures.

17/ Therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, be on your guard not to be led into the error of the unprincipled and to fall from your own stability.

18/ But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and to the day of eternity. (Amen.)

The second coming of Christ and the judgment of the world are the doctrinal bases for the moral exhortation to readiness through vigilance and a virtuous life; cf Matthew 24:42, 50-51; Luke 12:40; 1 Thes 5:1-11; Jude 1:20-21.

We are taught to be READY for that day, in diverse ways, such as, our FAITH is to be honed to perfection, our spirits OUGHT to be improved, and, matured, and, we OUGHT to be bearing good fruit, while radiating HIS GLORY, through all we think, do, and, say!!!

Nope! I CANNOT accept the words of humanity that tries to convince me that I can be any evidence of carnality, because I AM OF SPIRIT, IN THE NAME OF CHRIST JESUS, OUR LORD, and, SAVIOUR! PRAISE HIS HOLINESS, and, WORSHIP HIM, accordingly!!!

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