Series
2.8.17 - #229
August
17, 2004
God
has magnified his mercy, and I have found grace in his sight.
I should have died in my sins. Hell should have been my lot,
but he allowed my soul to live. I purpose not to look back at
the world, for there is nothing there but the lust of the eyes,
the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. I will not love
the world, neither the things that are in the world. If I love
the world, the love of the Father is not in me. The world will
pass away and the lust thereof, but he that doeth the will of
God abides forever. The world hated him before it hated me.
If men hate me, then they are of the world and not of the truth.
If I were of the world, the world would love its own, but because
I am not of the world, it hates me. He has chosen me out of
the world; therefore, the world hates me. I am not greater than
my Lord. If they persecuted him, they will also persecute me.
If they have not kept his sayings, I cannot expect them to keep
mine. They are doing all these things to me because of his name's
sake because they know not him that sent me. His sheep hear
his voice. They are not his sheep, therefore, they reject the
voice of God and the Rhema word.
Jesus
has sent me to speak on his behalf. If he had not sent me and
I had not spoken Rhema in their ears, then they had no sin,
but now they have no cloak for their sin. He that hates me,
hates him also. He sent me to bear witness of the truth, and
they refused me. I have done what he sent me to do. The truth
has been preached, and the grace that he desired to give them
has been prophesied. I do not think more highly of myself because
he has used me. Through the grace that has been given me, I
accept a right mind, and by the mercies of God, I present my
body a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is
my reasonable service. I choose not to be conformed to this
world but to be transformed by the renewing of my mind, that
I prove what is that good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.
I shall continue prophesying according to the proportion of
faith. I am determined to show mercy with cheerfulness and to
allow my love to flow without dissimulation. I will be kindly
affectionate to others with brotherly kindness, in honor, preferring
one another.
The
Lord separated me from my mother's womb, and now he separates
me unto himself for these last days. I come aside from the noise
of brethren and listen to the call of grace. He will reveal
himself in me and those who follow me that I may preach Jesus
among the people of the world. I cease conferring with flesh
and blood, and I come and reason with God. He will make me a
mighty fisher of men. If I go in the path of men, I will miss
the outpouring of his spirit upon the hungry and the thirsty.
Many people have not heard the Rhema from my mouth because men
have alienated me from the people in my fellowship. He will
send me in another direction that the multitudes that he has
chosen to hear the Rhema word will be blessed by the words of
his mouth. He is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith
he has loved me, even when I was dead in sins, has quickened
me together with Christ. He saved me by grace, raised me up
together, and made me sit together in heavenly places in Christ
Jesus, that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding
riches of his grace in his kindness toward me through Christ.
It is by grace that we are saved through faith and that not
of ourselves. It is the gift of God, not of works lest any man
should boast.
I
purpose to beware, that I am not entangled in legalism in these
last days. I will beware of making things sin that God has not
made sin, for where there is no law, there is no transgression.
I will reap the wrath of God on myself and those who follow
me because I will make faith void and the promise of none effect.
I remember, that the promise that Abraham should be the heir
of the world, was not to him or to his seed through the law
but through the righteousness of faith. If they that are of
the law be heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of
none effect because the law works wrath, for where no law is,
there is no transgression. I hear his words. He makes me free
from the legalities of men. I have not won many souls because
of this entanglement with things that he has not made sin. A
little leaven leavens the whole lump. I am laying aside my pride,
and I come and walk with him by faith. He will show me new pathways
of liberty.
Hebrews
10:22 - 23
Let
us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies
washed with pure water. Let
us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering;
(for he is faithful that promised;)
Ephesians
2:8-9
For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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