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Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

And pray for us too, that God may open a door for our

message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ,

for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly,

as I should. Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders,

make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation

be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may

know how to answer everyone.

(Colossians 4.2-6).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed

your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but

you had no opportunity to show it. I am not saying this because

I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the

circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what

it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content

in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether

living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through Him Who

gives me strength.

(Philippians 4.10 -13).

HALELLUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

Behave yourselves wisely (living prudently and with discretion)

in your relation with those of the outside world  making the very

most of the time and seizing (buying up) the opportunity.

(Colossians 4.5).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

THE GREAT REST

“And it shall be in that day that the Root of Jesse

shall stand as a signal for the peoples,

of Him shall the nations inquire and seek knowledge,

and His dwelling shall be glory

(His rest glorious)!”

(Isaiah 11.10).

“Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still holds

and is offered today, let us fear to distrust it

lest any of you should come short of reaching it.

For indeed we have had the glad tidings (The Best News Ever)

proclaimed to us just as truly as they (the Israelites of old

did when the good news of deliverance from bondage came

to them), but the message they heard did not

benefit them, because it was not mixed with faith

(with the absolute trust and confidence in God’s

power, wisdom and goodness) by those who heard it,

neither were they united in faith with the ones

(Joshua and Caleb) who heard (did believe).

For we who have believed ( trusted in and relied on God)

do enter that rest in accordance with His declaration that

those who did not believe should not enter when He said,

As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest;

and this He said although (His works had been completed and

prepared and waiting for all who would believe) from the

foundation of the world.

For in a certain place He has said this about the seventh day:

And God rested on the seventh day from all His works.

And they forfeited their part in it, for in this passage He said,

They shall not enter My rest.

Seeing that the promise remains over (from past times) for

some to enter that rest, and that those who formerly were

given the  good news about it and the opportunity,

failed to seize it and did not enter because of

disobedience,

Again He sets a definite day, Today, and gives another

opportunity of securing that rest, saying through

David after so long a time in the words already quoted,

Today, if you would hear His voice and when you

hear it, do not harden your hearts.

This mention of a rest was not a reference to their

entering into Canaan. For if Joshua had given them rest,

He (God) would not speak afterward about another day.

So then, there is still awaiting a full and complete

Sabbath-rest reserved for the true people of God;

For he who has entered God’s rest also has ceased

from the (weariness and pain) of human labors,

just as God rested from  those labors peculiarly

His own.

Let us therefore be zealous and exert ourselves and

strive diligently to enter that rest (of God,

to know and experience it for ourselves), that no

one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief

and disobedience (into which those in the wilderness fell).

For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power

(making it active, operative, energizing and

effective); it is sharper than any two-edged sword,

penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of

life and spirit, and of joints and marrow, exposing

and sifting, analyzing and judging the very thoughts

and purposes of the heart.

And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight,

but all things are open and exposed, naked

and defenseless to the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do.

Inasmuch as we have a High Priest Who has already ascended

and passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,

let us hold fast our confession.

For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand

and sympathize with our weaknesses and infirmities and

liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been

tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning.

Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near

 to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor

to us sinners), that we may receive mercy (for our failures)

and find grace to help in time for every need.”

(Hebrews 4.1-16).

“All things have been entrusted and delivered to Me by my

Father, and no one fully knows the Son except the Father

and no one fully knows the Father except the Son and

anyone to whom the Son makes Him known.

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and

overburdened, and I will cause you

to rest.

Take my yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle and

humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls

For my yoke is wholesome and My burden is light and easy to be

borne.”

(Matthew 11.27-30).

THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

THE NATURE OF SIN

What then do we conclude?

Is the Law identical with sin?

Certainly not! Nevertheless,

if it had not been for the Law,

I would not have recognized

sin. For instance I would not

have known about covetousness

if the Law had not said, You should

not covet and have an evil desire.

But sin, finding an opportunity, to

express itself got a hold on me and

provoked forbidden desires such as

lust and covetousness. For without

the Law sin is inactive.

Once I was alive, but quite apart from

the Law. But when the commandment

came, sin came alive and I died.

And the very legal ordinance which was

designed to bring life actually proved

death.

For sin, seizing the opportunity from the

commandment, beguiled me and using it

as a weapon, killed me.

The Law therefore is holy, and the

commandment is holy, just and good.

Romans 7.7-12).

Consider the following:

1) The Law is just, holy and good.

2) The problem is with human

sinful nature.

3) Sinful nature is enticed and

entrapped by the allure of sin.

4) Sin ends in death.

5) This is a vicious cycle which

is at work on those unaware

of the Law also.

6) The notion of sin or taboo is

pervasive in every society and

every human heart.

( More on this in Romans 2.14 and 15).

7) The Law proscribes what is taboo

in God’s sight and regulates human behavior.

However, the root cause of sinful behavior,

the violation of taboo, is wrong thinking due

to sinful nature.

Right action is predicated on right thinking.

A new mind based on spiritual rebirth is required.

Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ grants this to us.

He paid our sin debt in full. We can be reborn of

the water and the Spirit. This is how we enter the

Kingdom of God, become a new creation in Him and live

forever with Him, the Father and the Holy Spirit.

WE THANK YOU FOREVER LORD JESUS!

HALLELUJAH!