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Destroyed by the Sword
DWIGHT:
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Heb. 4:12
For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. NLT
Praise God for His Sword the Word
Dwight
Deborah-Leigh:
Lets compare the WORD of God and the TESTIMONEY of Jesus Christ.
Gods word is Spirit and life.
John 6 : 63 It is the Spirit Who gives life, He is the Life-giver; the flesh conveys no benefit whatever, there is not profit in it. The words, truths that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life.
It is present tense, direct from God to the reader, personal, not stuck in past time. Alive Now and for the NOW for those who find the words of Spirit and life.
Matt 22 ; 31,32 But as to the resurrection of the dead - have you never read what was said to you by God:32 I Am the God of Abraham,and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead but of the living!
The testimony of God in Revelations concerning His Son, is a now living testimony, that is alive in everyone and is alive in us! Some are to be destroyed and others to be witness to Christ. As Joe shows in the sequel of scriptures. Not all who call Lord Lord will be saved from the indignation and wrath of God who is opposed to hypocrisy, double standards, self aggrandisement and arrogance.
As I discover my life is also in Revelations I can begin to mark how far I have been restored to God through sharing Christs Cross. My flesh is still alive but it is becoming subjected to His Spirit of life and truth. My God and your God too is the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and this has not passed away but is accomplished in and fulfilled by Christ and is being made complete in us as we repent for our flesh and begin to live lives in deeper dependence and recognition of the life He lived (Past) the life He gives not as the world gives but as He gives and bequeaths to us in peace (present) and the life He promises in victory for those chosen to overcome (future).
AS this all becomes ONE I believe we begin to live in the moment in greater clarity and light as we pass from past present and future into His Glorious presence from where we can stand and live in right standing with God more than that of the scribes and Pharisees.
As Ray writes somewhere...It is all Christ coming to us!
Come Lord Jesus come!
It is all one! The ONE...Christ Jesus! Alive yesterday today and tomorrow the same.
Peace be to you
Arcturus :)
YellowStone:
Arcturus, I really like this: :)
AS this all becomes ONE I believe we begin to live in the moment in greater clarity and light as we pass from past present and future into His Glorious presence from where we can stand and live in right standing with God more than that of the scribes and Pharisees.
Living the moment is not "forgetting" God as many would believe today; this is just existing and not "living."
But you are so right! We can only truly begin to live in peace and harmony in right standing with God whenn God comes to the forefront of our lives. One begins to notice things otherwise never before noticed. I know I am now feeling appreciation for almost everything because I see God right here with me. God is indeed the God of the living and when one truly opens their hearts, souls and minds to him, and He comes in, the changes in ones life is staggering, not only in the eyes of oneself, but also in the eyes of others.
Appreciation and Gratitude destroy lthe strangle hold of ust and pride, which are the trademarks of carnal man. Whereas, appreciation and gratitude of and towards God for all that He has freely given us, both positive and negative, can only come from God.
Great Post Arcturus :)
Your brother in Christ,
Darren
hillsbororiver:
Isa 66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
1Th 1:6 And ye became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
1Th 1:9 For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
1Th 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
It is an amazing thing how the Sword of His Word cuts through the leaven of man made idols and doctrines giving His people the hope of His Promise to all mankind and also how His Word hardens the hearts of those who cannot bear it's Truths.
His Peace and Wisdom to you,
Joe
Deborah-Leigh:
Joe
These two scriptures come to mind from your post.
2 Cor 2 : 15 for we are the sweet fragrance of Christ which exhales unto god, discernible alike among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; 16To the latter it is an aroma wafted from death to death, a fatal odor, the smell of doom;p to the former it is an aroma from life to life, a vital fragrance, living and fresh.
Hebrews 9 : 28 Even so it is that Christ, having been offered to take upon Himself and bear as a burden the sins of many once and once for all, will appear a second time, not to carry any burden of sin nor to deal with sin, but to bring to full salvation those who are eagerly, constantly, and patiently waiting for and expecting Him.
thank you for your Scripture arousing post!
peace to you
Arcturus :)
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