PS. 51
What we do know is this is King David’s prayer of repentance… He has been found in sin… He is exposed to all… His sin is ever before him… But David says something in this prayer that has always stood out to me… To me this defines David as to who he really was… This one thing only… This one small passage among many… And I must say, I believe that where this is in every one of our lives defines us as to who we are and who we become and where we end…
That one verse…
Ps 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. KJV
Surely, I understand that without the previous verses of repentance its certain that we don’t see the result of eleven… However, the 11th verse gives me reason as to why we see David repent in the first place… The 11th verse is the motivating factor of David’s desire, his prayer, and everything that David is, and was and what David becomes…
David was king… David of course was rich… David had it all… He was increased with silver, gold, every precious jewel… David had respect to his throne… He had name and reputation… By David’s position as king even the surrounding Kings gave tribute through monies, resources, and vast amount of treasure was given to King David…
David had family… David had those he loved… David here in this setting has wives and children… Yet, in David’s sin the one request that David asked of his God is found in this verse eleven… Don’t take thy spirit from me…
I see David really saying, God I have sinned against you and whatever means of punishment, whatever means of reaping that must come to my life… The one thing that David requested that he may have, that he may keep was, don’t take away your Holy Spirit from me…
The question that all will answer with their life is how important is HIS SPIRIT to me??? How important is his spirit to you??? In your house of worship if you have one, how often is this preached??? How often is this heard??? How often is this stressed to the congregation… Answer??? Only as often as we see the importance of the SPIRIT OF GOD…
How important is the SPIRIT OF GOD TO David??? David in his choosing said, it was the most important… And let us not forget, David had much to lose… Yet, look at what was most important to him…
In the place of David, what or who; do you choose???
Monday, April 24, 2017
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Liberties That Are Not Mine
LIBERTIES—We get independence… Yet, in the Christian life what does that mean??? Liberty to do as I please… Liberty without rules; without regulation, without oversight; without accountability???
Marriage; we all know this comes with demands, vows, commitments… Where is liberty, independence within a marriage??? We all know there is no going outside of marriage as GOD has so wonderfully defined…
In the Christian life… Paul said this…
1 Cor 6:20 For ye are bought with a price : therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. KJV
1 Cor 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? KJV
I place them intentionally out of order for the sake of ending with the question that Paul answered in verse 20…
But the question; know ye not that your body is not your own??? This is the born again… This is GOD’S… He has given you HIS Holy Ghost… Meaning you have been bought with a price…
Where then is your so called religious liberties???
Jesus said… If you love me keep my commandments…
What does this mean??? Several translations read… (BE YE IMITATORS OF ME; AS I)… ETC…
To follow Paul is more than I often think than we know… To walk as he walked… Go as he did… Believe as, practice as, to do as he did…
Again to follow Paul as he commanded I ask, where is my liberty or liberties??? Where is my independence??? Where was Paul’s??? If Timothy were here to answer for him, I think that he would answer (I HAVE NONE)…
1 Tim 4:11 These things command and teach.
12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. KJV
Pretty good set of rules there… Paul gave at this discourse; Notice that each one is a command…
I wonder if Timothy ever thought; hey Brother Paul how about a little leeway???
How about a little room to breathe here???
Hey Brother Paul, what about my religious liberty???
Don’t you think that you may be infringing on my rights there???
Or here’s a good one; I think Brother Paul we ought a do it this way; my way…
Paul I hear; “if your gonna follow Christ you must follow me…”
I just wonder today in 2017 if we ever stop to think if we are indeed following Christ… Following Timothy??? Following the elders that came before us??? Following and walking in their anointing… Enjoying what they prayed down to us… What they incurred to get us where we are… Like the command given to each tribe of Israel to make a memorial of stones… I hear the question of the next generation… What meaneth these stones???
I believe what I hear by way too many is… (WHAT ABOUT MY LIBERTYS??? WHAT ABOUT MY INDEPENDENCE??? WHAT ABOUT DOING IT HOW I THINK THAT IT OUGHTA BE DONE??? THOSE THINGS ARE IN THE PAST; GET WITH THE FUTURE… YOU’LL NEVER WIN THE WORLD WITH RIGIDITY…)
Its recorded of Moses to those who were to follow him; Joshua and the children of GOD…
Deut 29:12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
13 That he may establish thee today for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: KJV
Hmmmm… I cant help but ask, who could that be that wasn’t with them that day??? Oh, yea the future… The generations to come…
What does the writer of Hebrews tell us??? (MUCH THE SAME)…
Heb 13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. KJV
Heb 13:7 Appreciate your pastoral leaders who gave you the Word of God. Take a good look at the way they live, and let their faithfulness instruct you, as well as their truthfulness. There should be a consistency that runs through us all. THE MESSAGE:
This is past tense in verse 7… What this means is if you listen for the quiet voices… The voices of the past you can hear them… Voices from the graves of the elders… What are you doing with what we gave you???
Note what the writer of Hebrews follows up with verse 8…
8 For Jesus doesn't change — yesterday, today, tomorrow, he's always totally himself.
All because of what??? You to say I’m free, I have freedoms, I have liberties… (like the spirit of the age; “it’s my rights…”
Wake up and smell the coffee friend… You not free; you’re in bondage… You’re in bondage to them that have walked before you… You’re in bondage to those voices of the past… The voices of the elders… Those from the grave are speaking; are you hearing???
One would do well to remember; It’s not your church; it’s GOD’S… (Acts 20:28)
Marriage; we all know this comes with demands, vows, commitments… Where is liberty, independence within a marriage??? We all know there is no going outside of marriage as GOD has so wonderfully defined…
In the Christian life… Paul said this…
1 Cor 6:20 For ye are bought with a price : therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. KJV
1 Cor 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? KJV
I place them intentionally out of order for the sake of ending with the question that Paul answered in verse 20…
But the question; know ye not that your body is not your own??? This is the born again… This is GOD’S… He has given you HIS Holy Ghost… Meaning you have been bought with a price…
Where then is your so called religious liberties???
Jesus said… If you love me keep my commandments…
- Where again is your liberty???
- Where again is your independence???
- Where is the room for selfish agendas???
What does this mean??? Several translations read… (BE YE IMITATORS OF ME; AS I)… ETC…
To follow Paul is more than I often think than we know… To walk as he walked… Go as he did… Believe as, practice as, to do as he did…
Again to follow Paul as he commanded I ask, where is my liberty or liberties??? Where is my independence??? Where was Paul’s??? If Timothy were here to answer for him, I think that he would answer (I HAVE NONE)…
1 Tim 4:11 These things command and teach.
12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. KJV
Pretty good set of rules there… Paul gave at this discourse; Notice that each one is a command…
I wonder if Timothy ever thought; hey Brother Paul how about a little leeway???
How about a little room to breathe here???
Hey Brother Paul, what about my religious liberty???
Don’t you think that you may be infringing on my rights there???
Or here’s a good one; I think Brother Paul we ought a do it this way; my way…
Paul I hear; “if your gonna follow Christ you must follow me…”
I just wonder today in 2017 if we ever stop to think if we are indeed following Christ… Following Timothy??? Following the elders that came before us??? Following and walking in their anointing… Enjoying what they prayed down to us… What they incurred to get us where we are… Like the command given to each tribe of Israel to make a memorial of stones… I hear the question of the next generation… What meaneth these stones???
I believe what I hear by way too many is… (WHAT ABOUT MY LIBERTYS??? WHAT ABOUT MY INDEPENDENCE??? WHAT ABOUT DOING IT HOW I THINK THAT IT OUGHTA BE DONE??? THOSE THINGS ARE IN THE PAST; GET WITH THE FUTURE… YOU’LL NEVER WIN THE WORLD WITH RIGIDITY…)
Its recorded of Moses to those who were to follow him; Joshua and the children of GOD…
Deut 29:12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
13 That he may establish thee today for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- I just wonder if they ever considered that what they had was due to a covenant that was made with them in mind… Yet, made without them being present… No input… No vote… No consideration of religious liberties or their agendas or independence in mind…
14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: KJV
Hmmmm… I cant help but ask, who could that be that wasn’t with them that day??? Oh, yea the future… The generations to come…
- Would someone just tell me as the some of you go off to embrace your new found hope/ your new found liberty/ and independence that with an honest heart can truly say (Paul, I am following you as you followed Christ)…
What does the writer of Hebrews tell us??? (MUCH THE SAME)…
Heb 13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. KJV
Heb 13:7 Appreciate your pastoral leaders who gave you the Word of God. Take a good look at the way they live, and let their faithfulness instruct you, as well as their truthfulness. There should be a consistency that runs through us all. THE MESSAGE:
This is past tense in verse 7… What this means is if you listen for the quiet voices… The voices of the past you can hear them… Voices from the graves of the elders… What are you doing with what we gave you???
Note what the writer of Hebrews follows up with verse 8…
8 For Jesus doesn't change — yesterday, today, tomorrow, he's always totally himself.
- If He doesn’t change; why are you???
All because of what??? You to say I’m free, I have freedoms, I have liberties… (like the spirit of the age; “it’s my rights…”
Wake up and smell the coffee friend… You not free; you’re in bondage… You’re in bondage to them that have walked before you… You’re in bondage to those voices of the past… The voices of the elders… Those from the grave are speaking; are you hearing???
One would do well to remember; It’s not your church; it’s GOD’S… (Acts 20:28)
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