January 16, 2010 - Posted by cluke1315 - 0 Comments
Genesis 2:24 – Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.Marriage is something that was ordained by God in the Garden of Eden between Adam and Eve. God’s instructions for man (woman) then and now was to leave his father’s house and to be joined to his wife. When God created marriage in the Garden of Eden there was no other woman or man in the Garden except for Adam and Eve, but even then God instructed the man to cleave to his wife (the woman should do likewise). To cleave is to adhere, to stick fast, as by suction or glue, to carry something out without deviation.
Marriages are broken because of selfishness between one or both parties. Marriages are no longer considered sacred by unbelievers as well as in the Christian Community. If any one should be able to keep their marriages together it should be Christians. We serve a God who has instructed us, what is impossible with man is possible with God (Matthew 19:26). Some would say this scripture was just speaking about who can enter into heaven, but whatever comes against us that is to strong, to hard, impossible for us to handle. it’s a case for God to enter in.
God knows your spouse better than you would ever know them because He’s the one that created them. If we spent time praying for our spouse and our marriages, we would give God the opportunity to arise and reign in our marriages. Jesus instructed His disciples then and now to pray. Prayer keeps us connected to the Godhead and when we’re connected to the Godhead, He places us in a secret place. He will allow us to see the enemy from afar.
God has given men a mandate, The man is the authority figure in the home, the man is to be the priest of the home, the watchman, and if he’s doing what he has been mandated to do, Satan couldn’t come in and destroy the marriage the way he’s doing in the Christian arena. The husband should be the one to lead the family in prayer, the old saying “A family that prays together, stays together”.
The Bible instructs one can chase a thousands (his enemy) and two can chase ten thousand to flight. A husband and wife should be a tag team on Satan, but rather than fighting Satan, husbands and wives are fighting against each other. Too many Christians are falling into sexual sins because they aren’t praying the way Jesus has instructed us , Luke 18:1 – And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not faint. Praying doesn’t stop Satan from trying to influence you, but prayer will keep you from falling into his influence. Mark 14:38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. The reason we aren’t conquering temptation is because we’re not spending quality time with God and with our spouse.
God’s plan for marriage is one man for one woman for a lifetime.God’s pattern for marital happiness is evident when a man loves and leads his family to reverence and to love God. Marriage is work and it takes two people to build a marriage and keep it built on a solid foundation (prayer).
January 16, 2010 - Posted by cluke1315 - 0 Comments
Jesus the Son of God came to earth to bring men back to the Father. There was no other way we could be reconciled to God but through the shedding of the blood of Jesus. We can come to Jesus just as we are. We cannot save ourselves nor can we deliver or heal ourselves. Jesus died for each of us, God created all men no matter what’s their nationality. The Father must draw us to Jesus (John 6:44 – No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. When we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, believeth in our hearts and confess it with our mouths we will be saved (Romans 10:9-10 – That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteosuness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
We cannot be saved by no other name, but by the name of Jesus. Attending church will not save us, our good works will not save us. Although we may live by morals, it cannot save us. Baptism doesn’t save us, we must believe that Jesus is the Son of God. Although the Father and the Son loves us, we cannot continue to live a lifestyle that’s contrary to what God has given us to live by. We cannot live according to the word of God unless the Spirit of the Living God is living within us; that’s why the Bible instruct us, that we must be born-again of the Spirit of God – (Jesus answered Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God (John 3:5-6).
We cannot serve God in Spirit and in truth unless the Spirit of God engulfs our human spirit. ( God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4:24). When we surrender our hearts to Him completely, the Father and the Son will come in and live in our mortal bodies (Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him (John 14:23).
God has blessed us to see a new year, He has given us another chance to come up to His standards. Resolutions are good, if you keep them. This year let’s make Jesus not only our Savior, but let’s make Him Lord of our lives.
January 6, 2010 - Posted by cluke1315 - 0 Comments
2nd Peter 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Peter is talking to born-again Christians, I’m not going to say the body of believers because there are a lot people that believe there is a God, but they will not surrender their lives completely to be used by God nor will they follow the instructions God has given through the Bible. A born again Christian is one that has the Spirit of the Living God engulfing their human spirit. When we are born again, God by His Spirit empowers us with his own godly character and attributes.
According to the Bible, when we have the Spirit of God living within us, we have been made one with Him and the Son. We have been given the power to dominate the thoughts and actions that the world considers as normal. As born-again Christians we are in the world, but we’re not of the world and since we’re not of the world, we don’t suppose to be acting like the world.
Lust is dominating not only the lives of the unbeliever, but also the Christian arena. Lust is self-centerness, self-indulgent,selfish, covets, rebellion, jealousy, idolatry and the list goes on. Lust goes further than just fornication and adultery. We cannot escape the corruption of the world unless we have the Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead living within us. Attending church will not save you, baptism doesn’t save you, but through faith that Jesus is the Son of God and the willingness to submit yourself completely and totally until the Lord is the only way we may enter into the kingdom of God and the city of God.
Revelations 21:2 – And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
