Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
"TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU"
Jesus said, "take my yoke upon you and learn of me. For I am meek and lowly in heart. And ye shall find rest unto our souls."
The wild stallion out on the prairie is full of the pure life which God gave to him. He snorts and wheels and runs in the strength and freedom of his own life. His great mane flies in the breeze. He is not in bondage to anything but the action of his own reflexes.
Such life is wonderful. such energy and strength is inspiring. But it does not build anything of a constructive nature in the life of man. To do that the wild stallion must be captured and put under the yoke. He must be broke so that man can ride him or drive him to the plow. No longer can he roam the prairie subject only to the impules of his own nature but he must go and come and do as the will of his master dictates.
Some Christians who have been filled with the life of God are like the wild stallion. They rejoice in the life and strength which fills them. They know what it means to be made free in Gods holy spirit. But they have not been captured and brought under the yoke of christ, therefore, their life does not build the kingdom of God. It is as useless to God as is the life of the wild stallion to man.
To such Christ is calling today. He would lasoo you and bring you into His corral where He would break you to do His Father's will so that instead of building Babylon with the life and energy God has given you, you could be used to build the kingdom of God.
Christ's yoke was simply the yoke of "doing nothing of Himself." He lived by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God. He came not to do his own will but the will of him that sent Him. Christ was in the world but not of it in the sense that He did not run His life by the action of his own mind as others about him did , but He allowed His Father in heaven to live his life in him__ to control His body by the decision of His mind. That is the yoke Christ would place upon every child of God
Will you come to Him and take His yoke upon you? Will you let God place you in Christ's body as pleases Him? Will you do as He tells you to do? Will you sweep the floor, wash the dishes, paint, or cook the food, or pray or labor as He directs? The fact that there are many fanatics gone out into word who, by their false claims and assertions , bring reproach upon this way of life does not excuse anyone for not taking upon themselves the yoke of christ. It should be self-evident to all that when anyone truly takes on the yoke of christ they will have entered into the spiritual reality of full salvation Union. They will not be a "lone wolf," exalting themselves in the spirit of the wild stallion. But they will come under the yoke of the living God's mind, where are perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgement with others who are in the same yoke.
It is easy to see that all who take on such a yoke are made "One" even as Christ and God are "One" for then no one lives to himself alone in his own mind after his will but all are one in God's mind. His will is done in them_ (earth) just as it is done in heaven.
Oh God grant that all of us may be willing to take on this yoke that we all may be made one. _ "that the world may believe."
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The wild stallion out on the prairie is full of the pure life which God gave to him. He snorts and wheels and runs in the strength and freedom of his own life. His great mane flies in the breeze. He is not in bondage to anything but the action of his own reflexes.
Such life is wonderful. such energy and strength is inspiring. But it does not build anything of a constructive nature in the life of man. To do that the wild stallion must be captured and put under the yoke. He must be broke so that man can ride him or drive him to the plow. No longer can he roam the prairie subject only to the impules of his own nature but he must go and come and do as the will of his master dictates.
Some Christians who have been filled with the life of God are like the wild stallion. They rejoice in the life and strength which fills them. They know what it means to be made free in Gods holy spirit. But they have not been captured and brought under the yoke of christ, therefore, their life does not build the kingdom of God. It is as useless to God as is the life of the wild stallion to man.
To such Christ is calling today. He would lasoo you and bring you into His corral where He would break you to do His Father's will so that instead of building Babylon with the life and energy God has given you, you could be used to build the kingdom of God.
Christ's yoke was simply the yoke of "doing nothing of Himself." He lived by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God. He came not to do his own will but the will of him that sent Him. Christ was in the world but not of it in the sense that He did not run His life by the action of his own mind as others about him did , but He allowed His Father in heaven to live his life in him__ to control His body by the decision of His mind. That is the yoke Christ would place upon every child of God
Will you come to Him and take His yoke upon you? Will you let God place you in Christ's body as pleases Him? Will you do as He tells you to do? Will you sweep the floor, wash the dishes, paint, or cook the food, or pray or labor as He directs? The fact that there are many fanatics gone out into word who, by their false claims and assertions , bring reproach upon this way of life does not excuse anyone for not taking upon themselves the yoke of christ. It should be self-evident to all that when anyone truly takes on the yoke of christ they will have entered into the spiritual reality of full salvation Union. They will not be a "lone wolf," exalting themselves in the spirit of the wild stallion. But they will come under the yoke of the living God's mind, where are perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgement with others who are in the same yoke.
It is easy to see that all who take on such a yoke are made "One" even as Christ and God are "One" for then no one lives to himself alone in his own mind after his will but all are one in God's mind. His will is done in them_ (earth) just as it is done in heaven.
Oh God grant that all of us may be willing to take on this yoke that we all may be made one. _ "that the world may believe."
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Funerals their cause and purpose.
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but, what the Lord saith, that will I speak?
There is a way that seems right unto man, but, the end thereof are the ways of death, The death sentence passed on to humanity was because of disobedience to God.
There is a way that seems right unto man, but, the end thereof are the ways of death, The death sentence passed on to humanity was because of disobedience to God.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
God's Plan of Salvation
God's desire since the fall of man into sin has been to deliver him from such a condition. For a man to be in sin,simple means that his life -- his physical and spiritual body is not under the the control and direction of God's mind and will "He is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. He goes about to establish his own righteousness and has not submitted himself unto the righteousness of God by faith. This means that he controls or attempts to control his life and physical body by the decisions of his own mind, He is not subject to God's will or action in and thru him. He says, " We will go into a certain city and buy and sell and get gain, whereas he ought to say if the LORD WILLS we will do this and that. In his own mind or will he is a sinner, He misses the mark of God's righteousness He comes short of the glory of God , and death is the result of his actions.
Jesus came into this world to show and to lead us into righteousness which is a way of escape, He had a physical body ,same as ours, by reason of his physical birth, which was under the control of the decisions of his own mind. But He refused to control His life and physical body in that way. He said, "I do nothing of myself. The Father that dewelleth in me He doeth the workes." In other words His life and the movements of His body did not reveal the decisions of His own mind, but revealed the will of Him that sent Him." In that way He was truly, "God manifest in the flesh," for He did not manifest His own will or the decisions of His own mind but rather the will and decisions of His Father in heaven.
Christ demonstrated to and for the whole world--every intelligent being-- that a person could be in this world and yet not be "OF IT" __not be conformed to the world _which neans not to control your life and the movements of your physical body by the control of your own mind and others do.
The Apostle Paul said , "I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, wholly, acceptable unto God_(present your bodies to be controlled by God's mind and will instead of your own. This is acceptable unto God) which is your reasonable service__(It is not reasonable for you to control your own body by the decisions of your own mind in an attempt to serve God when He stands ready to accept the responsibility of controlling your body as you present it to Him for such service.) And be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind__(Our minds need to be renewed in surrender to God's mind). That ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God."
Jesus came into this world to show and to lead us into righteousness which is a way of escape, He had a physical body ,same as ours, by reason of his physical birth, which was under the control of the decisions of his own mind. But He refused to control His life and physical body in that way. He said, "I do nothing of myself. The Father that dewelleth in me He doeth the workes." In other words His life and the movements of His body did not reveal the decisions of His own mind, but revealed the will of Him that sent Him." In that way He was truly, "God manifest in the flesh," for He did not manifest His own will or the decisions of His own mind but rather the will and decisions of His Father in heaven.
Christ demonstrated to and for the whole world--every intelligent being-- that a person could be in this world and yet not be "OF IT" __not be conformed to the world _which neans not to control your life and the movements of your physical body by the control of your own mind and others do.
The Apostle Paul said , "I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, wholly, acceptable unto God_(present your bodies to be controlled by God's mind and will instead of your own. This is acceptable unto God) which is your reasonable service__(It is not reasonable for you to control your own body by the decisions of your own mind in an attempt to serve God when He stands ready to accept the responsibility of controlling your body as you present it to Him for such service.) And be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind__(Our minds need to be renewed in surrender to God's mind). That ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God."
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