HEAVENLY INCLINED...: FORBIDDEN FRUITS...

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...

FORBIDDEN FRUITS...

Feel justified, go right ahead, feel justified in all you think, do, or say, regardless if it is NOT of THE WILL of *GOD*! Live your life as if it were your own, regardless if it belongs to HIM! Don't worry about what WILL come, just do whatever you desire! Go ahead, pick from that tree, the fruits you cannot resist, regardless that it is forbidden BY THE LORD! Relinquish the only hold you have on your soul, for what pleases you now, regardless of HIS GENIUS plan to make sure your soul is safe in transition from here to eternity.

Go ahead, follow the masses, and be exalted in the now for doing so, regardless that the enemy, like the Pied Piper is at the lead...

Don't bother to read THE WORD, and find THE TRUTH of HIS WILL for our lives, after all, millions are preaching that you CAN have it all; the world, and *GOD*; go ahead, listen to, and live for the world, regardless that it is slated for the DAY OF THE LORD!!!

1 THESSALONIANS 5: 3 (JEREMIAH 6: 14; ISAIAH 30: 10; JEREMIAH 14: 13; EZEKIEL 13: 10; EZEKIEL 13: 16; MICAH 3: 5; and other such cross references)...
When people are saying, "Peace and security," then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Humanize THE *GODHEAD* by imagining that HIS WILL is flexible, and changes with each generation, each circumstance, each condition, regardless that HE has said that HIS WORD endures forever, and IS alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart (HEBREWS 4: 12)...

It is ALL ABOUT LOVE OF HIM, and regard for the soul, the spirit which BELONGS to HIM, which yes, HE did give us the option of HONOURING, or throwing away! CHRIST, our LORD said, which I refer to often, in JOHN 14:15...
"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
Does this imply that we can live as we like???

We HAVE the ability to OVERCOME the world, THROUGH HIM, as we work through our salvation with fear, and trembling! Fear, and trembling as we realize that the enemy is ever near, and that our LORD IS the final JUDGE of our every thought, action, and reaction...

I fear for so many of this world, as it seems that the forbidden fruits hold that much deceptive power OVER the PRINCIPLES of HIS WILL, while those being tempted, act as if time were theirs! As SURE as ARE HIS promises for the FAITHFUL, are HIS promises for the unfaithful!!!

HEED THE LORD, HIS LOVE, HIS WILL, WAYS, and WORD; it is IMPERATIVE to the future of our TRUTH! Let us PRAY, PRAY, and PRAY, and let us THINK before we approach what is NOT of HIM!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2013

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Lynda said...: CHRIST JESUS DIED for our sins, YES HE DID, but not as an invitation to continue in sin, though there are sins we cannot avoid, instead to have a change of heart TOWARDS sin, that we THINK OF HIM BEFORE we do (We DIED WITH HIM to sin, taking OFF the old self, and putting on the new self)!!! HE GAVE US THE LIGHT OF THE WAY OF THE TRUTH to FOLLOW in thought, action, and reaction, KEEPING TO HIM, and running the GOOD race to VICTORY! HE GAVE US HIS example to take up, which IS TO DO THE WILL OF *GOD* OVER what is of the world...; June 27, 2013 at 9:48 AM