Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Ten Rules For Revolutionaries
...Been reading through the book Jesus Freaks II
Thought this was very serious!!!
HOW DO I BECOME A REVOLUTIONARY?
1.
LIVE THE FIVE LOVES
Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Jesus
Matthew 22:37-40 NIV
Love your enemies, bless these who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.
Jesus
Matthew 5:44 NKJV
2.
ALWAYS GO DIRECTLY TO THE SOURCE
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
GOD
Jeremiah 29:12-13
Jesus said to his disciples: I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts away every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit. But he trims clean every branch that does produce fruit, so that it will produce even more fruit. You are already clean because of what I have said to you. Stay joined to me, and I will stay joined to you. Just as a branch cannot produce fruit unless it stays joined to the vine, you can not produce fruit unless you stay joined to me. I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I stay joined to you, then thou will produce lots of fruit. But you can not do anything without me. If you don't stay joined to me, you will be thrown away. You will be like dry branches that are gathered up and burned in a fire. Stay joined to me and let my teachings become part of you. Then you can pray for whatever you want, and your prayer will be answered. When you become fruitful disciples of men, my Father will be honored.
Jesus
John 15:1-8
3.
GET CONNECTED- YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good. Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another all the more, since you see that the Day of the Lord is coming nearer.
Hebrews 10:24-25
We will hold to the truth in love, becoming more and more in every way like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. Under his direction, the whole body is fitted together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
Paul
Ephesians 4:15-16 NLT
4.
ADOPT TRANSFORMATIONAL THINKING
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is _his good, pleasing and perfect will. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
Paul
Romans 12: 2
5.
LIVE IT , DON'T JUST SAY IT
Meanwhile, live in such a way that you are a credit to the Message of Christ. Let nothing in your conduct hang on whether I come or not. Your conduct must be the same whether I show up to see things for myself or hear of it from a distance. Stand united, singular in vision, contending for people's trust in the Message, the good news, not flinching or dodging in the slightest before the oppostion. Your courage and unity will show them what they're up against: defeat for them, victory for you_and both because of God.
Paul
Philippians 1:27-28 THE MESSAGE
6.
So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.
Paul
Galatians 6:9 TEV
7.
DON'T ACCEPT FACE VALUE
God deliberately chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose those who are powerless to shame those who are powerful.
Paul
1 Corinthians 1:27 NLT
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
Paul
1 Corinthians 3:6-9 NIV
8.
STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE
Preach the Good News. Be ready at all times, and tell people what they need to do. Tell them when they are wrong. Encourage them with great patience and careful teaching, because the time will come when people will not listen to the true teaching but will find many more teachers who please them by saying the things they want to her. They will stop listening to the truth and begin to follow false stories.
Paul
2 Timothy 4:2-4 NCV
9.
REMEMBER THE B.A.S.I.C.S.
Remember the Lords people who are in jail and be concerned for them. Don't forget those who are suffering, but imagine that you are there with them.
Hebrews 13:3
B.a.s.i.c.s. Stands for brothers and sisters in chains.
So then, rid yourselves of all evil, all lying, hypocrisy, jealousy, and evil speech. As newborn babies want milk, you should want the pure and simple teaching. By it you can grow up and be saved.
Peter
1 Peter 2:1-2 NCV
10.
"YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT... " ACCEPT IT.
'I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world."
GOD
Jeremiah 1:5 NLT
You are unique. There is no one else like you in this world; or in His body. Before you were considered and placed into your mother's womb, God had a design, a task, and a calling for you. He has gifted you, and only you can fill that destiny; therefore I implore you to follow the Divine instincts that the Father has placed within you, for this is your destiny. Discover your passion. This is your promise land for you to conquer. You can impact this world . Once you find you will take root and bud and fill the earth with Him. Dare to Be a Revolutionary!
Before His Throne
Robert
Thought this was very serious!!!
HOW DO I BECOME A REVOLUTIONARY?
1.
LIVE THE FIVE LOVES
Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Jesus
Matthew 22:37-40 NIV
Love your enemies, bless these who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.
Jesus
Matthew 5:44 NKJV
2.
ALWAYS GO DIRECTLY TO THE SOURCE
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
GOD
Jeremiah 29:12-13
Jesus said to his disciples: I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts away every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit. But he trims clean every branch that does produce fruit, so that it will produce even more fruit. You are already clean because of what I have said to you. Stay joined to me, and I will stay joined to you. Just as a branch cannot produce fruit unless it stays joined to the vine, you can not produce fruit unless you stay joined to me. I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I stay joined to you, then thou will produce lots of fruit. But you can not do anything without me. If you don't stay joined to me, you will be thrown away. You will be like dry branches that are gathered up and burned in a fire. Stay joined to me and let my teachings become part of you. Then you can pray for whatever you want, and your prayer will be answered. When you become fruitful disciples of men, my Father will be honored.
Jesus
John 15:1-8
3.
GET CONNECTED- YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good. Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another all the more, since you see that the Day of the Lord is coming nearer.
Hebrews 10:24-25
We will hold to the truth in love, becoming more and more in every way like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. Under his direction, the whole body is fitted together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
Paul
Ephesians 4:15-16 NLT
4.
ADOPT TRANSFORMATIONAL THINKING
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is _his good, pleasing and perfect will. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
Paul
Romans 12: 2
5.
LIVE IT , DON'T JUST SAY IT
Meanwhile, live in such a way that you are a credit to the Message of Christ. Let nothing in your conduct hang on whether I come or not. Your conduct must be the same whether I show up to see things for myself or hear of it from a distance. Stand united, singular in vision, contending for people's trust in the Message, the good news, not flinching or dodging in the slightest before the oppostion. Your courage and unity will show them what they're up against: defeat for them, victory for you_and both because of God.
Paul
Philippians 1:27-28 THE MESSAGE
6.
So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.
Paul
Galatians 6:9 TEV
7.
DON'T ACCEPT FACE VALUE
God deliberately chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose those who are powerless to shame those who are powerful.
Paul
1 Corinthians 1:27 NLT
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
Paul
1 Corinthians 3:6-9 NIV
8.
STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE
Preach the Good News. Be ready at all times, and tell people what they need to do. Tell them when they are wrong. Encourage them with great patience and careful teaching, because the time will come when people will not listen to the true teaching but will find many more teachers who please them by saying the things they want to her. They will stop listening to the truth and begin to follow false stories.
Paul
2 Timothy 4:2-4 NCV
9.
REMEMBER THE B.A.S.I.C.S.
Remember the Lords people who are in jail and be concerned for them. Don't forget those who are suffering, but imagine that you are there with them.
Hebrews 13:3
B.a.s.i.c.s. Stands for brothers and sisters in chains.
So then, rid yourselves of all evil, all lying, hypocrisy, jealousy, and evil speech. As newborn babies want milk, you should want the pure and simple teaching. By it you can grow up and be saved.
Peter
1 Peter 2:1-2 NCV
10.
"YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT... " ACCEPT IT.
'I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world."
GOD
Jeremiah 1:5 NLT
You are unique. There is no one else like you in this world; or in His body. Before you were considered and placed into your mother's womb, God had a design, a task, and a calling for you. He has gifted you, and only you can fill that destiny; therefore I implore you to follow the Divine instincts that the Father has placed within you, for this is your destiny. Discover your passion. This is your promise land for you to conquer. You can impact this world . Once you find you will take root and bud and fill the earth with Him. Dare to Be a Revolutionary!
Before His Throne
Robert
Monday, February 1, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The Call of God
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, IITimothy 1:9
Many of us have the misunderstanding that there are certain ones in the body of Christ that are ministers;and there exist a dichotomy of clergy and laity; Actually this distinction came about in the 2nd century ad.,by Bishop Clement, which is Romish in nature. In 1st Peter 2:5 the entire church, not a building but the members in particular are called a holy priesthood. In 1st Peter 2:16 we are called servants, which is also translated as bondslaves,and ministers. Each member is a minister, and has a measure or portion of Christ to minister. The Bible says in Ephesians 4:16 from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part,maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. Every member ministers to the building up or edification of the body!
IITimothy 1:9 say's that when Jesus Christ saved you He also called you. You are called of God to be a minister, and every child of God has a gift
to use for the glory of God. See Romans 12:3-8. This happened before you were born and before the world was created. You were called,elected to eternal life and given a holy calling or task for the Lord. Glory to God
What about the so called "Five-fold ministry?" The doma gifts are not separate from the rest of the priesthood we are a nation, and in any given locality there are a body of priest. We are not talking about charismata gifts. The gifts referred to as the five-fold ministry are given by Christ to equip the body of Christ, with each member functioning in his or her given charismata allotted by Jesus Christ. Refer to Ephesians chapter 4:8-15.
These Ephesian equipping gifts are for the building up of the temple of God; placing one living stone upon the other until we stand in the full stature of Christ.
Many of us have the misunderstanding that there are certain ones in the body of Christ that are ministers;and there exist a dichotomy of clergy and laity; Actually this distinction came about in the 2nd century ad.,by Bishop Clement, which is Romish in nature. In 1st Peter 2:5 the entire church, not a building but the members in particular are called a holy priesthood. In 1st Peter 2:16 we are called servants, which is also translated as bondslaves,and ministers. Each member is a minister, and has a measure or portion of Christ to minister. The Bible says in Ephesians 4:16 from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part,maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. Every member ministers to the building up or edification of the body!
IITimothy 1:9 say's that when Jesus Christ saved you He also called you. You are called of God to be a minister, and every child of God has a gift
to use for the glory of God. See Romans 12:3-8. This happened before you were born and before the world was created. You were called,elected to eternal life and given a holy calling or task for the Lord. Glory to God
What about the so called "Five-fold ministry?" The doma gifts are not separate from the rest of the priesthood we are a nation, and in any given locality there are a body of priest. We are not talking about charismata gifts. The gifts referred to as the five-fold ministry are given by Christ to equip the body of Christ, with each member functioning in his or her given charismata allotted by Jesus Christ. Refer to Ephesians chapter 4:8-15.
These Ephesian equipping gifts are for the building up of the temple of God; placing one living stone upon the other until we stand in the full stature of Christ.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Spiritual Life
1st Peter 1:23,
For you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is through the living and abiding word of God. NASV.
Here the Apostle Peter is writing to New Jewish believers that have been scattered because of persecutions. In the first verse of the same chapter he refers to these new christians as aliens, because they were strangers in the regions of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia; Some no doubt were also gentiles.
Peter says that "they have been born again". Our Savior Jesus Christ used the same expression when talking to the Pharisee Nicodemus as they were talking about spiritual matters in St. John 3:3. "Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Of course the man referred to that must be born again is what Peter calls in 1Pet.3:3 " the hidden man of the heart." The man that we cannot see with our physical eyes. He is hidden because he is clothed with a body of flesh. This is the real person, who is made of spirit; so we are speaking in connection with a spiritual rebirth, called being born again.
It does not come by the will of man, or any physical agency of man. He can't produce it. It comes by God through the agency of the Word, which here Peter says is "imperishable." Not only is it imperishable, it is living. It is a living seed. A living word. Why? Because as a seed it has the life of God in it. Just like an apple seed will produce an apple tree, because that's the life that it carries. Once a person is born again, he or she carries the very life of God in him or herself! Here in this passage the metaphor, "seed " is used in relation to Divine Life. Peter continues, with other metaphors which relate to spiritual truths. For example, milk in chapter 2 verse 2 for growth, and Living Stone and living stones which relate to building the habitation or superstructure of God.
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For you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is through the living and abiding word of God. NASV.
Here the Apostle Peter is writing to New Jewish believers that have been scattered because of persecutions. In the first verse of the same chapter he refers to these new christians as aliens, because they were strangers in the regions of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia; Some no doubt were also gentiles.
Peter says that "they have been born again". Our Savior Jesus Christ used the same expression when talking to the Pharisee Nicodemus as they were talking about spiritual matters in St. John 3:3. "Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Of course the man referred to that must be born again is what Peter calls in 1Pet.3:3 " the hidden man of the heart." The man that we cannot see with our physical eyes. He is hidden because he is clothed with a body of flesh. This is the real person, who is made of spirit; so we are speaking in connection with a spiritual rebirth, called being born again.
It does not come by the will of man, or any physical agency of man. He can't produce it. It comes by God through the agency of the Word, which here Peter says is "imperishable." Not only is it imperishable, it is living. It is a living seed. A living word. Why? Because as a seed it has the life of God in it. Just like an apple seed will produce an apple tree, because that's the life that it carries. Once a person is born again, he or she carries the very life of God in him or herself! Here in this passage the metaphor, "seed " is used in relation to Divine Life. Peter continues, with other metaphors which relate to spiritual truths. For example, milk in chapter 2 verse 2 for growth, and Living Stone and living stones which relate to building the habitation or superstructure of God.
For more indepth teachings request by email.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Following Christ , continued
The problem that we have today with us christians, particularly in the United States of America, is that we are practicing christianity without discipleship! We have gotten so caught up with our church programs, that first of all we forgot what the church is! We are the body of Jesus Christ; a living organism, not an instituion. We must simply be the church. Our Lord Jesus Christ say's in Matthew 16:24,25, "If anyone wishes to come after me,let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me, 25, For whoever wishes to save his life shall loose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake shall find it. NAS version. Ladies and gentlemen we are not following an organization we are suppose to be following ardently a living person. The person is none other than GOD who came in the person of our savior Jesus Christ, who for our sin, and sinfully wicked ways, was beaten, and that severely, then nailed to a cross, head lascerated with a crown of thorns, then pierced in His side with a Roman spear. Because of His everlasting love, Jesus suffered humiliation, the horrendous death by crucifixion, all for us, for anyone who would believe on His name. Then because He was the Son of GOD, death could not hold Him. The Apostle Peter quotes the psalmist David, in his address to diasporic jews who were at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2, verses 26,and 27. " therefore my heart was glad and my tongue exulted; Moreover my flesh also will abide in hope; Because 'Thou wilt not abandon my soul to Hades (Hell), Nor allow Thy Holy One to undergo decay." NAS. This Jesus whom we serve was brought back to life. This is the One who was, and is, and is to come, The Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the begining and the end!!! Praise GOD !!! He alone is the One we are suppose to be following. Note that to follow Jesus is to be a disciple. What is a disciple you ask? Why, a disciple is one who with discipline follows, learns, and imitates his master (teacher), and in this case his Lord. In Matthew 16:24, Jesus says 3 things one must do if he is going to be a disciple : 1. deny himself, 2. take up his cross, 3. follow Me. It's all about Jesus Christ, not us. What we must do is to deny ourselves of our selfwill or as I like to say, our selfish will; what we want, what we think, and what we feel is not the issue here. Like John the Baptist said " we must decrease and He (Jesus) must increase. We must willfully take up our cross, until we take it up we cannot truly follow Christ. In order for us to receive grace we must experience the cross, and the only way that grace can be appropriated is through the cross. And without this, As singer and songwriter Matthew West says "we are just going through the motions". Notice it's not someone else's cross. What is our cross? It's where our will and GOD's will cross. There you will find your cross! After finding out what your cross is, then you must follow Jesus Christ; and that is daily, then and only then my beloved, are you a true disciple. Following Christ part 2
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