apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus

Himself the chief Cornerstone!

(Ephesians 2.20).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on

them, I will show you whom he is like: he is like a man building

a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and

when a flood occured, the torrent burst against that house and

could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who

has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a

house on the ground without a foundation; and the torrent burst

against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house

was great.

(Luke 6.46-49).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

revealed independently and altogether

apart from the Law, although actually it

is attested by the Law and the prophets.

(Romans 3.21).

It is truly vital to rightly understand that

this is a fallen world, our predicament in it is

indeed dire,

we are helpless, hopeless and desperate and

apart from God’s grace this world is doomed.

All we like sheep have gone astray, everyone to

his own way. There is none that does good, not one.

The heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, who

can know it? All have sinned and come short of

the glory of God. The Law and the Prophets clearly

expound the Fix we are in. St. Paul said that

there is no good in him, he could not do what he

should do and did what he should not do.

We are bound in time and space, limited in

possibility and ability.

However, we have eternity

set in our hearts as Solomon said. We know there

has to be a point to it all and we reflect on

our origin, a time when there was abundance, peace,

love and only goodness in the Garden

where Adam and Eve strolled with God in the cool

of the day.

There was a time when the

sun stood still and time stopped upon Gibeon

and the moon did not move in the valley of

Ayalon.

We know there is a future with no pain, no sorrow, no tears

and no war.

We know there is a future resurrection when the

graves will be opened and the sea will give up the

dead.

We know that there is a judgeement coming when

the Jesus Christ will judge everyone

righteously because He is the righteous Son of God

and Son of man.

He is our righteousness.

He is our redeemer. He is our future.

But, now, refers to the new order of things, to the

shape of things to come and our escape of

the desperate Fix we are in.

This is because the Kingdom has come to us.

The Kingdom is among us , because the King has come.

The King of kings and Lord of lords has come.

I saw a new heaven and a new earth, says St. John in

Revelation, for the first heaven and

the first earth are passed away.

But, now we hear the voice of God which is

heard in the Law and has also spoken by the

prophets, speaking through the Holy Spirit

and  guiding us.

But, now in these last days

God has spoken to us in the Person of His Son,

Whom He appointed Heir and lawful Owner

of all things, also by and through Whom He

created the worlds and the reaches of space

and the ages of time (He made, produced, built,

operated and arranged them in order).

He is the sole expression of the glory of God

(the Light-being, the out-raying, the radiance

of the divine) and He is the perfect imprint and

very image of God’s nature, upholding and

maintaining, guiding and propelling the

universe by His mighty word of power.

When He had by offering Himself accomplished

our cleansing of sins and riddance of guilt, He sat down

at the right hand of the divine majesty on high.

(Hebrews 1.2 & 3).

HALLELUJAH! PRAISE, HONOR, GLORY AND POWER BE UNTO JESUS WHOM THE HOLY FATHER HAS

SEATED AT HIS RIGHT! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

So I ask you not to lose heart

(not to faint or become

despondent through fear)

at what I am suffering in

your behalf.

(Rather glory in it) for

it is an honor to you.

For this reason (seeing

the greatness of this plan

by which you are built

together in Christ), I bow

my knees before the Father

of our Lord Jesus Christ,

For Whom every family in

heaven and on earth is named

(that Father from Whom all

fatherhood takes its title and

derives its name.

(Ephesians 3.13-15).

POINTS OF MEDITATION
AND PRAISE

1) We do not become discouraged

by the difficulties and adversities.

Rather we consider those as an

honor and glory in them. We know

that all things work together for good

to those who love God and are called

according to His purpose. (Romans 8.

28b).

2) Seeing the greatness of God’s plan

according to which we are now being

built together in Christ, we worship

our Heavenly Father, the Father of

our Lord Jesus Christ.

3) Our Heavenly Father is the originator

of fatherhood, motherhood and family.

We are His children in the truest sense.

HALLELUJAH! AMEN!

In Him the whole structure

is joined (bound,welded)

together harmoniously,

and it continues to rise

(grow,increase) into a

holy temple in the Lord

( a sanctuary dedicated,

consecrated and sacred

to the presence of the

Lord).

In Him ( and in fellowship

with one another) you

yourselves are being

built up (into this

structure) with the rest,

to form a fixed abode

(dwelling place) of God

in the Spirit.

(Ephesians2.21 and 22).

POINTS FOR PRAYER

1) That we reflect the

love, peace and harmony

of God.

2) That we continue to

grow in the grace and

knowledge of our Lord and

Savior Jesus Christ.

AMEN!