HEAVENLY INCLINED...: ONE *GOD*, ONE TRUTH, ONE WILL, ONE WAY!!!

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...

ONE GOD, ONE TRUTH, ONE WILL, ONE WAY!!!

Some say that those who teach morality are wrong, so then, those who allow for amorality are right?
Some say that those who teach modesty are wrong, so then, those who allow arrogance are right?
Some say that those who teach virtues are wrong, so then, those who allow vices are right?
Some say that anyone who TRIES to improve the spirit is wrong, yah, let's remain in the depravity of our minds all the days of our lives---

It is written that he who DOES THE WILL OF THE FATHER is HIS Brother, Sister, and Mother, and these live forever (MARK 3: 35; 1 JOHN 2: 17). What is the WILL OF *GOD*? Does anyone know? It IS THE WILL OF *GOD*, that HE BE ACCEPTED as 'I AM', FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT, and that HIS own TURN to HIM from themselves, which involves LOVE for HIM, fear of HIM, reverence of HIM, obedience to HIM, and the taking off of the old self, and putting on the new, WHICH OF COURSE, cannot be done on our own, INSTEAD THROUGH HIM, and HIS WILL! HE requires that we acknowledge sin, repent of it, which is to have a change of heart towards it, and SEE it for the destructive negativity it is, and to align to HIM! HE HOPES for ALL HIS own to return to HIM, but with free will, and the heavy shroud of the world obscuring TRUTH, only the TRUE will manage to submit to HIS yoke, which is HIS WILL! HIS WILL is that we SEE that our TRUE selves are NOT of this world, and that we are NOT bound to our worldly ways, INSTEAD, we are spirit, and full of *GOD*, and *GODLY* WAYS, which lie dormant beneath deception, lies, and the falsehoods of the world...

The things of the world may be desired and possessed for the uses and purposes which God intended, and they are to be used by his grace, and to his glory; but believers must not seek or value them for those purposes to which sin abuses them.

The world draws the heart from God; and the more the love of the world prevails, the more the love of God decays. The things of the world are classed according to the three ruling inclinations of depraved nature.
1. The lust of the flesh, of the body: wrong desires of the heart, the appetite of indulging all things that excite and inflame sensual pleasures.
2. The lust of the eyes: the eyes are delighted with riches and rich possessions; this is the lust of covetousness.
3. The pride of life: a vain man craves the grandeur and pomp of a vain-glorious life; this includes thirst after honour and applause.

The things of the world quickly fade and die away; desire itself will ere long fail and cease, but holy affection is not like the lust that passes away. The love of God shall never fail.

Many vain efforts have been made to evade the force of this passage by limitations, distinctions, or exceptions. Many have tried to show how far we may be carnally-minded, and love the world; but the plain meaning of these verses cannot easily be mistaken. Unless this victory over the world is begun in the heart, a man has no root in himself, but will fall away, or at most remain an unfruitful professor. Yet these vanities are so alluring to the corruption in our hearts, that without constant watching and prayer, we cannot escape the world, or obtain victory over the god and prince of it.

CHRIST JESUS EXEMPLIFIED HIS WILL as HE lived on this Earth, thereby, LEAVING us a model to pattern our lives after, and so, HE IS the VISION of LIGHT through the blindness of darkness! It is HIM we should study, learn, know, and strive to imitate! THE WHOLE BIBLE comes to LIFE IN CHRIST, for HE IS THE WORD, the LIVING, ETERNAL WORD, and all therein, IS for our safety, our good, our benefit, and our arrival to HIS PROMISES!!!

I try with all my strength to FOLLOW CHRIST, to KNOW HIS WILL, to adapt to HIS WAYS, to have exclusive eyes, and ears, hunger, and thirst for HIM OVER all else, that I am not rocked back, and forth, to and fro, on the oceans of human precepts, decrees, and perceptions...

It isn't easy living in the age of too much information and discerning that which most benefits us in our relationship with THE LORD, because that which comes by way of the world, CAN make great sense, and instantly cause the waves to toss us about a bit. Every possible angle, every feasible debate, every imagined synopsis is constantly being presented to allure, distract, confuse, and utterly thrash us around...

There are discussions about every single thought in THE WORD, about every single aspect within every single thought, and so forth; it is enough to make heads spin, which is exactly what the enemy, that well-versed, intelligent, cunning deviser intends! NEVER forget, the enemy IS in the midst, yes even in the chambers of the Sanctuary, FOR the purpose of shaking lose the stability of THE LORD'S own; FOR the purpose of causing the balance of the WORSHIP of *GOD* to tilt towards the negative darkness; FOR the purpose of helping along distraction, dissension, dismay, discouragement, and on it goes...

REMEDY? REMAIN IN THE WORD: FOLLOW CHRIST! Don't follow people, don't follow popular Doctrines, FOLLOW CHRIST! THE BIBLE is a SUPERNATURAL TOOL designed per individual, and for the whole of those of THE FAITH! THE WORD works via THE HOLY SPIRIT in each of HIS own; it is ALIVE, it is POWERFUL, it teaches, admonishes, leads, and perfects!!!

I BELIEVE it makes much more sense to, with THE HOLY SPIRIT, discern HIS WORD, than to spend hours, weeks, months, even years discerning the endless human perceptions of HIS WORD, and I BELIEVE that HE SPEAKS to EACH through THE WORD, which is more frequent with increased desire, and dedication TO SEEKING HIS WILL!!!

As I have said repeatedly, it IS about LOVE! IN LOVE I AIM to GIVE TO HIM the TRUTH I KNOW I WAS CREATED IN, as I bit, by bit, take off the layers of what is NOT of HIM, and NOT my TRUE being! I PUT ON HIS WILL, and take OFF the filthy garments, or shrouds the world placed on me, which HINDER my TRUE being, and KEEP me distanced from THE LORD, HIS WILL, and HIS WAYS! It ISN'T for show, it ISN'T to follow the rules, or ancient laws, it IS FOR HIS GLORY, and for my overall, present, and eternal, well-being! HIS WILL IS THE RIGHT WAY, and this I KNOW AFTER the fact of existing in the wrong ways of the world! Perhaps for people like me, who knew hell first, then were rescued, it is different, because we have experienced much of all which is wrong, and FIND that NONE of it was/is worthy of our time, effort, or anything else, and SO, we SEEK, and desire NOW, to EXPERIENCE IN FULL what is right, just, and good, UNDERSTANDING that all else is as smoke, now you see it, now you don't!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2014
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BLESS THE LORD, PRAISE HIM ALWAYS, WORSHIP HIS HOLINESS, REJOICE IN HIS LOVING PLAN, and CARE for us, THANK HIM, and BE GRATEFUL, SEEK HIM and FIND HIM, and HONOUR HIM with BEING the kind of companion WORTHY OF HIM! GLORIFY HIM, EXALT HIM, and SHINE OF HIM for the darkness to bear witness to....