Romans 3: 31, “Do we nullify the Law through faith? God forbid! On the contrary, we establish the Law.” (NASB)
Jesus is the subject of the Law and meets the demands of the Law. The law was the tutor that showed us that we needed a Saviour, Galatians 3: 24- 25. The Brazen Altar of the Tabernacle, the Table of Shewbread, the Lamp Stand, and the Ark of the Covenant all pointed directly to the Lord Jesus. Matthew 5: 17- 20, Jesus told the Pharisees that He came to fulfill the Law not abolish it.

No, though we do say that the Law will not justify us, yet we do not therefore say that it was given in vain, or is of no use; no, we establish the right use of the Law, and secure its standing, by fixing it on the right basis. The Law is still of use to convince us of what is past, and to direct us for the future; though we cannot be saved by it as a covenant, yet we own it, and submit to it, as a rule in the Hand of the Mediator, subordinate to the Law of Grace; and so are so far from overthrowing that we establish the Law. (Henry)

The Law was given to show us that we need a Saviour, seeing that we are under-develop, unequipped and horribly unable to save ourselves. This is why the Jesus’ death on Calvary in called the Finished Work of the Cross, He did it all. All we have to do is exhibit child like faith.

The Lord Jesus completed the Law by living up to the strictness and bondage of it, Galatians 4: 4, 6. This is how we established the Law by exhibiting faith in Christ and Him Crucified. This is the only way a Just and Righteous God can justify sinful mankind and still be Just and Right. He laid down a plan, and we follow that plan. In the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ as our Sin Offering, our Passover Lamb, as our Sin Substitution He stood in front of the Wrath of God and took the full brute of God‘s Holy and Righteous Judgment. This is why it is called Grace; God’s Riches At Christ Expense.

Thank You for Reading Justified by Faith pt11 from Genesis 3:15

Stop trying to find reasons to get others to fall into legalism.

Look at all the people that are waiting to be ministered to.

Listen for the Word from the Lord to tell you what to say to their hurting heart.

I have gone to many social network sites and read a few post and blogs about ‘What Christmas Ain’t’ and ‘How We Christians Need to Stop Celebrating Christmas’ because blah blah blah blah blah blah.

How about if we do something radical and just out there this year? Why don’t we start reflecting the Light of the world and not slapping folk upside the head with our little denominational issues? Wouldn’t that be fun?

If I were still in the world, I would tell my children about a fat white man that has gifts for them because they have good. Instead of all the crazy religious yack-yack that Christians throw out this time of year.

I am a simply truck driver. I delivery pallet and pick up scrap pallets and wood. Every business I go to I wish them a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year. Oh yeah I forgot and a smile. See I show the world what God showed me, LOVE.

I don’t break out my Bible that I have in my bag for when I’m waiting to get loaded or unloaded. I don’t tell them the story about the First Christmas. I just give them love. Now if the Spirit tells me to say something to them I do, and then I listen to them pour their heart out and give them Who healed my heart. Not a sermon but a short and to the point word. I give their hurting soul a band-aid, and allow the Great Physician to do His Work.

I am soldier in the Army of the Lord and at this time of year I’m in the medical corps. When I got the orders that somebody is hurt on the battlefield; I go in, put a press band-aid on the wound, and get them to the Field Hospital so the real Doctors can do think job. (Yeah I watch way too much M.A.S.H.)

So why don’t we try and be the Christmas Cheer we talk about?

Merry Christmas and Have Blessed New Year.

Thank You for Reading Stop Look Listen from Genesis 3:15

Romans 3: 24, “being justified freely by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus ;”(NASB)
Justified in the Greek means we are declared ‘not guilty’ by God. Freely carries the promise that any payment presented by the sinner not only is not accepted, but nullifies that which God has given freely. Ephesians 2: 9, “not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.”(NASB)

Grace in Greek signified a favor done out of the spontaneous generosity of the heart without any expectation of return. When the Greeks exhibited grace, this favor of whatever nature was always done to one’s friend, never to an enemy. But when “Grace” comes into the New Testament, it takes an infinite leap toward, for the favor God did at Calvary was for those who hated Him. It was a favor done out of the spontaneous generosity of God’s Heart of Love with no expectation of return. There are no strings attached to Grace, as there can not be string attached to Grace. It is given gratuitously or it is not Grace. (Swaggart)

Redemption in Greek means to redeem by paying the price. There are three Greek works that mean redeem:
1) Agorazo means to buy in the slave market. (1 Corinthians 6: 20, 7: 23; 2 Peter 2:1), this carries the note that we were in the slave market or on the auction block of Satan’s slave market when the Lord Jesus bought us with His Blood.
2) Exagorazo means to buy out of the slave market. (Galatians 3:13; 4:5), now this means that the Lord Jesus brought us out, not to be sold again. We are His forever and every, Amen.
3) Lutroo means to set free by paying a price. (Titus 2: 14; 1 Peter 1: 18), when the Lord Jesus bought us His set us free, and now are free to live a life pleasing and worthy of the Price in the Power of the Holy Spirit.

Christ Jesus bought us in the slave market of sin with His Precious Blood, we don’t want to think of our selves as slaves to sin but as a sinner we were being control by Satan who played on our lusts. To make it plan; the devil sees that we like to drink so he tells us that there is nothing wrong with drinking with friends. But what he doesn’t tell us is that years latter when we want to stop, we can’t because now we are bound and the ’Happy Hour’ is over.

And as a sinner we have no power to stop. How many 12 step programs do we have to go through before it dawns on us that all of our will power will do is keep us going back to step one. But when we put our faith in Christ and Him Crucified we now have the Power for on High to stop because we have been bought with the Precious Blood of Jesus. This gives the Power of the Spirit of Liberty latitude to move on our behalf. So now that thing which we struggled with for years is removed in the twinkling of an eye. This help from the ‘Helper’, John 16: 7, is called Grace.

The Price of Redemption is so sufficient that when Jesus said “It is finished.”, John 19: 30, in effect God was saying “It is enough.”

Thank You for Reading Justified by Faith Pt4 from Genesis 3:15

Philemon 18, is to me a notable quotable, because it stands out as what Christ did for us. He paid a debt that we could not pay. He paid the Sin Debt that we owed to GOD. And He gave us His Right Standing so that we could stand before the Throne of God. Now we know why, but did we accept it? Do we go to God in prayer as a sinner saved by Grace or do we go to God in prayer as the Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus? Sometimes I find myself going to God with the Boldness of Christ and sometimes I go in the Meekness of Jesus. The different is what I want. Sometimes I just want to thank and praise Him, sometimes I just want to talk, and other times I need something.

Reading Philemon has put a whole new perceptive on my approaching to the Throne of God. Paul makes the same request but in varies voices. Between verses 8 through 22 he goes from being an old man in jail, the one that brought the Gospel to Philemon and a father of this little lost slave boy. Paul could have very easily said, “Take Onesimus back, don’t do anything to him I have already handled him Myself. He is now a Christians so treat him accordingly, or you will have Me; The Great Apostle Paul, to answer to. And you know you don’t want to answer to Me, do you?” But like a concern parent and friend in Christ he calls on the Christian Love that Philemon has, which he, Paul, has heard of all the way in Rome.

Can any of us forgive those who have wronged us? We denied the Sovereignty of the LORD GOD with our living outside of His Perfect Will but Jesus on the cross of Calvary said, “Forget them, for they know not what they do.” Can we forgive the driver that cut us off in traffic, an associates for talking a little rough to us, our love ones for being ‘themselves’, or ourselves for not being more Christ-like as we are still growing into the Knowledge of Godliness?

Now here’s the part that you probably weren’t expecting. We are Onesimus, Paul is Christ, and Philemon is GOD. We are the run-away slaves that did the hurt to the Master and we ran smack into the arms of Jesus, who tells us to take this Blood-soaked letter to the Master of all, and tells the Master to treat us like one of the Family because we have been made whole and fit for eternal perfect service.

This is Justification by Faith in the raw. All Onesimus had to do was to take the letter to Philemon because the work had been done by Paul. But if Onesimus would have tried to work this out himself he would have been severely punished for his disobedience and treachery. This is why we can not even think about trying to work out our salvation, especially when it has already been done for us all we have to do is have the faith to take the letter to God, which He is waiting for and the only thing that He accept as Righteousness.

Now will we humble ourselves enough to take to this Letter to the Master or will you keep living like run away slaves with the hounds on your heels?

Thank You for Reading On My Account from Genesis 3:15

The Holy Spirit spoke to my heart while reading The Acts of the Apostles, that He wanted my generation and the one behind me in His Church. Meaning: He wants all the resources that we are putting towards the building of a secular system with a churchlike look to stop, immediately. And build a church based on the Message of the Cross without any pervious or distortion. God wants the gospel preached that will sweeps in the lost souls and builds the saints. Now I can take this Word and go from church to church, state to state and get a following of millions. But there is one small flaw, this is not new. This is what God wanted from the beginning. But if you are too lazy to read, you would think I got a new revelation from up on high. And if I had two or three of the ‘elders’ with name recognition, there would be no stopping me.

The Apostle Paul tied all this together with a double-knotted rope. “If a man or an angel preaches another gospel let them be anathema.” And he repeated, “Let them be anathema.” With the second knot he added, “I am not seeking the favor of men but for God Who called me, period.”, verses 8-10. The Apostle is using strong language not just to drive home his point but to wake the reader up on how serious the gospel is. God will not accept us without the remission of our sins. The only way ours are forgiven are when Christ Jesus places our sins under the mercy seatwith His Blood sprinkle on top. If you really read and study this epistle you will find that Paul is talking to them as if they know better. Chapter 3 verses 1-3, the Apostle Paul talks to them like their father Paul, “Have you lose your divine minds? How did you in such a short time forget Jesus Christ, you know the One they crucified for your sins? Who’s lies have you been listening to? Tell me their names! Are you crazy! Have you lose your divine minds? Listen, the same way you got saved, is the same way you stay saved, period.

Galatians is a green switch, bare-legged whipping from a loving father to children that know better. Galatians is also for us that know better. Christ did the work and finished it, that’s why it’s called ‘The Finished Work of The Cross’. Jesus did all the work and just like any labor intensive work, you don’t sit down until you’re finished, right? Where is our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ right now?
To Be Continued

Thank You for Reading Another Christ Pt3 from Genesis 3:15

Justification by Faith and Reconciliation to God through the Finished Work of the Cross are the two major doctrines of Christianity. Romans 3: 21-31 explains the Doctrines of Justification By Faith and Romans 5 details the Doctrine of Reconciliation. Reconciliation happens once we have been justified. Justified means we have been found in right standing with God and are acquitted of all charges as a sinner. Believe it or not, once you understand these doctrines your Christian Walk can begin. Yes, these are deep but no deeper than knowing about you favorite sports team and their stats. You read about your favorite movie and television star and know about their ins and out of their life or knowing about you favorite singer and who they are sleeping with and all the words they sing. You took your time to focus on them, take the same time and focus on the Lord Jesus. Or doesn’t He deserve your time?

Now if you already have some gospel in you but the mentioning of these two doctrines caught you off guard then you have another Christ. If you think your righteousness comes from your works then you have another Christ. If you think God is some cosmic sugar daddy waiting for you to call on the name of Jesus so He can work for you then you have another Christ. If you think the Bible is a magic lamp and Jesus is the Jeanie then you definitely have another Christ. First off, GOD is the creator and God all by Himself. He breathed one time into Adam’s nostrils and all mankind has been going off that one mighty breath, every since. The Lord Jesus is God the creator and our Saviour because of His Atoning Work of the Cross. The Holy Spirit is so powerful that we can not blasphemy against Him, period. Now with all that said you don’t need a library full of books, all you need is the Bible and the Holy Spirit, Who is the inspired author, to help you understand its meaning.

The chief and main reason why we are so easily turned from the meaning of the Bible is because we won’t take the time and read. We would rather read other books written by high profile men and women of God. Thinking they have a lock on getting revelations from God. The same way God can talk to them He can talk to us. All we have to do is to be ready and sensitive to the Voice of God. There are not that many new revelations out there but there the old ones wrapped-up in a new package. But if you don’t read the Word you will think it’s new.
To Be Continued

Thank You for Reading Another Christ Pt2 from Genesis 3:15

Galatians 1: 6-10
Galatians was written to a young church that had been convinced by Judaizers that keeping the Laws of Moses was the only way to be a true Christian. This is a lie from the pit of Hell. The Lord Jesus said Himself, “ Ye must be born-again.” The Lord’s Death on the Cross exhausted the Law. First, we must understand that the idea of Salvation is to stand Justification and Righteousness before a thrice Holy God. All the Law can and did was to show us that we are sinners, period. In fact, Grace is at a higher standard than the Law. Law says, “Do not kill.” Grace says, “Love the one that does not love you.” Example: An officer of the law on the side of a highway with the posted speed limit 65 mph has a radar gun. They allow everybody doing 70 mph grace but pulls the one vehicle doing 72 mph. Why? The officer of the law has the reason but doesn’t need one, the speed limit is 65 mph. They can pull you or I over for doing 66 mph, they have the law behind them. Now here’s grace, you see the officer and you know your speed was about 70 mph and if you get one more ticket your rates will go through the roof. You have just been Saved By Grace.

This is what Paul is telling the Christians at Galatia and us, for that matter. Paul was amazed that they forgot this simple fact. Now are you ready, Paul would be livid to see us, the Church of NOW. I mean we actually have the Bible, we can get it in King James Version, New King James Version, American Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible, New International Version, etc. We have the internet with the Bible at our finger tips. We have commentaries written by men and women of God that give the Word is the simplest form. And we still have the nerve not to know about the Message of the Cross. Yes, the Bible is the story of the Cross; the story of a slay lamb for the sins of mankind. From the Fall of Adam and Eve the Bible is a slow and beautiful build to that day they crucified my Jesus. If I might be so bold as to say the Bible and the Christians belief system can be summed up in about 25 to 26 words Galatia 1: 4, it just depends of what version you have.
To Be Continued

Thank You for Reading Another Christ Pt1 from Genesis 3:15

We have our many doctrines and denominations and with all of our many rituals, ceremonies, and terminologies, we expect the world to think of us as one, which is called The Church. Oh yeah, don’t forget to pay your tithe, ten percent of your gross income, to the Church. Seriously, that’s a lot to absorb, and it’s all hinges on John 3: 16, “ For GOD so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”NASB. This comes from a book written by men that were ‘inspired’ by the Holy Spirit of God.

Well yes, all of this would seem far fetched if the evidences weren’t so dramatic. Untold numbers of people and their lives radically changed for the better. I am talking about hundreds of billions of people that are willing to testify to the goodness of God, through the working of the Holy Spirit with just a little bit of faith in Christ & Him Crucified. And about that book, a beautiful story about redemption in the belief of a LAMB sacrificed for sinful mankind’s deeds against a Righteous, Just, and Loving GOD. The Bible is the Word of God telling us; I Love You.

Come on seriously, this is what we believe? Just think for about a minute, get pass the holy-rollers church services, all the tears, all the hours of praying, studying the Bible, and all the conferences and revivals to get a fresh word from on High. I know for me, if God came in the form of flesh like mine and went through all they say He did for me to have GOD accept me into His Presence. So that when I die I will be able to see thank you face to face. But while I am alive, I will live thank you. Yes my life is in service to Christ Jesus will be my thanking Him, Roman 12: 1. Because if the story is correct once I exhibit faith in what He did at Calvary was for me, than GOD doesn’t see all the sinning I did. He sees all the righteousness of Jesus Christ. And what I want my God to see is nothing but the Blood of Jesus. So yeah, that’s what I believe, what about you?

Thank You for Reading What We Believe Pt2 from Genesis 3:15

I was thinking about all that is going on in my life. So many times I have said, “I give up.” and “It’s not worth it.” Now I am just dealing with my small problems, when I stop to see all that the LORD has done for me, I get teary eyed. Without going into details, God is good.

We must always have Christ on the brain, we must always have the crucifixion on our hearts, and we must always keep Heaven as our goal because just when we think that we have overcome a big challenge in life, here comes another one.

The Lord Jesus had how many angels waiting for Him to say the word? The Lord said, ‘Let Thy will, not my will be done.” And to top it all off He didn’t have to do it. But thank GOD He did.

With all that we are going through, it can’t compare to the Hell that Christ went through for us. So the next time I am going through I hope I can stay in the fire long enough to give God the Glory for all that He had done for me, and not cry like a baby with a new tooth. Because all that crying means nothing to the tooth, but it’s going come through tears and all. And then I can use it for MEAT.

Thank You for Reading Baby Teeth from Genesis 3:15

My Beloved, we are dry, dusty bones. How much life are we living without Jesus? Back in the days, strapped w/ a .357 magnum, high as a mink coat, drinking like a fish, & running the streets; I was looking for a grave to die in, yeah I wasn’t asking for it, but I was acting like it. You don’t have to be this mean, but you do have this in you. My dry bones are on you & yours are on mine, scattered & exposed for the entire world to see. But the only One that truly cares is God, John 3:16 is not just a Bible quotable, it is the straight truth from on HIGH. Please understand that only the Agape Love of God the Father and Jesus the Son can bring us back to life or just give us life.

While Jesus was on the cross, He look through time & said, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” You might thing He was just talking about the ones that were disrespect Him, but he was talking about me & you. God deals w/ our future, man deals w/ the present, & the devil deals w/ our past. Ezekiel 37: 4&9, God said, “Prophesy unto the bones…/ Prophesy unto the wind…” Live that prophesy, feel the Holy Spirit, Live! Get out this death, no I’m not talking about HipHop, I’m talking about that Sin Nature lifestyle. That’s older than HipHop, Rock N Roll, Jazz, & Gospel Music; you can not serve two masters. You can’t serve two masters, I’ve tried it, it can’t be done, and you will go crazy, insane. God will give you a sense of what you are doing. Please I beg of you don’t fall in to the mind state that you can beat the system.

Verse 14 states very firmly, God shall put His Spirit into us & put us in our own land. What can be better than that? But then again what would you expect from Our Heavenly Father that laid down His deity to save a wretch like we.

Thank You for Reading Is HipHop Our Valley Of Dry Bones Pt3 from Genesis 3:15