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The Name of the Lord.

What is in a Name? Who a person really is, their character, their faults, their strengths. What do you have left after someone has left the land of the living, only their Name. The memory of that person is remembered through the mention of their name!

God has left us his Name, What a Blessed Name it is, Jesus= Salvation!

Thank God Jesus Has Sent us the Holy Ghost too!

Whoever calls on that name will be saved, that name heals, delivers, cleanses, and is HIGHLY Exalted!   Let us exalt his name together!

Praise his Name, Praise Jesus!

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Names of God

Works of the Flesh: part 14 : Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, Fornication, Uncleanness, Lasciviousness, Idolatry, Witchcraft, Hatred, Variance, Emulations, Wrath, Strife, Envyings, Seditions..."

SEDITIONS

The word “sedition” can be defined as dissension, insurrection, resistance or rebellion against the established governmental authority. The Gospels record that Pilate desired to release Jesus when he was imprisoned, but the crowd desired that he release Barabbas, a man guilty of sedition. A man known for insurrection and rebellion was chosen for freedom over a man who was an example of peace.

“And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison)” (Luke 23:18, 19).

“And he released unto them him that for sedi­tion and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will” (Luke 23:25).

It should be noted that in the secular world those guilty of sedition would be charged and tried for rioting or even perhaps treason. When sedition is created in the church, it often appears that those guilty of it are not punished. Often people will incite sedition under the pretext of defending the gospel by leading those who follow them out of what they label as spiritual misconduct.

The early church had to deal with sedition. Paul warned about people who enter into the midst of the saints to destroy the flock. These people generally seek to create controversy and in the process to elevate themselves to a position of leadership, drawing people away from the church to follow them. Often individuals will cause sedition when they are not satisfied with the governmental authority, whether it is secular or religious. These individuals desire to have their own way and when things do not agree with their own goals and they cannot change the authority or leadership, they resort to sedition. The scriptures reveal that those who are involved in sedition will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them” (Acts 20:29, 30).

The Bible bears record of several examples of sedition. One example of the spirit of sedition is seen in the account of the rebellion staged by Korah against Moses and Aaron. Numbers, chapter 16, records the rebellious actions of Korah and his companions, Dathan, Abiram and On. Korah wanted to assume the authority God had given Moses. Korah was jealous of Moses because he was also a Levite and he felt he could do the same work Moses was doing by virtue of being of the same tribe. None of the reasons and motives Korah had for his rebellion were justified. God will punish those who engage in sedition as evidenced by the fate Korah and those who followed him suffered for challenging the God-given authority of Moses and Aaron.

“Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, Sons of Reuben, took men: And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congre­gation, men of renown: And they gathered them­selves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even tomorrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit (Hell), and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation” (Num 16:1-5, 25, 26; 3 1-33).

God has always been angry at rebellion and those who participate in it. Rebellion is sedition which results in destruction. Samuel told Saul that rebellion was as evil as the sin of witchcraft. God rejected Saul as king of His people, Israel, because of his rebellion against God’s will.

“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubborn­ness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also re­jected thee from being king” (1 Sam. 15:23).

The Scriptures indicate that sedition and rebellion manifests the desire for self-exaltation. Those who participate in sedition despise government unless they are the ones doing the governing. Rebellion against the Word of God will always result in God’s wrath on those who are guilty of the insurrection.

“He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah” (Psa. 66:7). “God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land” (Psa. 68:6).

If you have never accepted or if you have fallen away from Jesus Christ here are three steps you need to take to be saved:

You must admit you are a sinner, confess your sin to Jesus, repent (turn from all you know is wrong), ask Jesus to come in your heart, and begin to follow Jesus by reading and obeying his word and go to a bible believing church that teaches his word. And tell someone what Christ Jesus Has Done For You (Rev 12:10)  

May God through Christ bless you!

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Servants Unto Holiness: God's Call Will Never Take You Where His Grace Will Not Keep You!

SERVANTS UNTO HOLINESS

The Psalmist wrote, “...Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, forever” (Psa. 93:5). For His “house” or Church, to be holy, its members must be holy. In order to live a holy life, one must be set free from sin, and free from the law in its penal aspect. True Biblical freedom is not freedom to do as one pleases. Rather, it is freedom NOT to do as the flesh pleases. When one is in bondage, he must serve his taskmaster. The sinner’s taskmaster is Satan. “...the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free” (Gal. 5:1) is true liberty to serve the God who loves us and who is worthy of our praise and obedience. The graces of justification and sanctification sets us free to honor God through holiness of life. Actually, we become partakers of HIS holiness (Heb. 12:10):

“...partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption. that is in the world through lust” (2 Pet. 1:4).

It is written, “Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord thy God am holy” (Lev. 19:2); also, “Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God” (Lev. 20:7). The Lord does not command the impossible: and what He commands, He requires.

 “For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness” (1 Thess. 4:7).

I. FREE FROM SIN (Rom. 6:18, 19,20,22)

We have seen that sanctification makes one free from sin. This frees us to become servants of righteousness; freedom to live a holy life. The religious world’s current lust for “freedom” and “liberty of conscience” is a corruption of true Biblical freedom, Paul asks (6:16), “Know ye not, that to whom [or whomsoever] ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servant ye are to whom ye obey; whether [servants] of sin unto death, or [servants] of obedience unto righteousness?” Before justification, we were the servants of sin. Before sanctification, in justification we were free from the guilt of our personal sin, but not its power in the Adamic nature. Without sanctification we were in a dangerous measure, still servants of the inbred sin nature-bond-slaves to the old man-the Adamic nature. But, as Paul says (6:17), “God be thanked” that when we obey from the heart that “form of doctrine,” the doctrine of entire sanctification, Satan loses his prey, and the freed slave is at liberty to wholly serve Another-his great Emancipator! Yes, Paul, “GOD BE THANKED!”

II. FREE FROM THE LAW (Rom. 7:1,6)

Paul relates sin to the law many times in his epistle to the Romans. Chapter 7 is said to deal with freedom from the law. Here he begins by using an analogous illustration of death and the law. This thought advances from freedom from sin.

Since sin takes advantage (occasion) of the law to deceive, sin loses its power when we are made free from the law by accepting God’s grace by faith to save us and to direct our lives. Paul’s analogy is complex, but the essence of it is that since Christ died for us, we as believers also die with Him. We have died to the law “by the body of Christ,” or by Christ’s death in the body God prepared for Him to offer as the great eternal Sacrifice for sin. By His resurrection, and ours with Him, we are free from the old relationship to the law, and free to be joined to Christ in the new relations.

In using this analogy, Paul’s words also apply to remarriage, whether so intended or not. The death of a companion frees the other to remarry, but only death grants this freedom. Unfaithfulness to the marriage relationship is pointedly ruled out. If either remarries while the other is living, the one who remarries commits adultery. Since God says, “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” sin is the verdict, and “spiritual death” is the sentence.

III. THE WRETCHEDNESS OF THE UNSANCTIFIED (Rom. 7:11-14)

This seems to be the convenient and appropriate place to consider the much-debated passage in Romans 7:7-14, a passage which has suffered endless conjecture and supposition at the hands of those who reject sanctification as an instantaneous work of grace. It is clear that Paul was relating his personal spiritual situation while sin was taking its advantage by use of the law to deceive him. Here he both defends the law in its rightful place, and shows how its misuse “slew” him. He explains, or confesses, that the law eventually served God’s intended purpose by showing him his sin’s exceeding sinfulness. Apparently, the commandment that the law used to convict his heart and mind was, “Thou shalt not covet” (7:7). (For other individuals, other commandments may serve God’s purpose). Paul was made to understand the futility of law-obedience when his heart lusted to do otherwise. Thus, the law showed its power to convince of sin, but its weakness in being unable to render perfect heart-obedience. In so doing, it pointed to Christ, who had the power to justify and sanctify (Gal. 3:22-24). Therefore, he concluded that the law itself was holy, just, and good, and had actually served him well—to convict, but not to save.

(Note: We must remember that the “law” goes beyond the Mosaic code, back to the eternal principles of God which infinitely preceded Sinai, and which will never change.)

Seeing that the law had revealed the exceeding sinfulness of sin, he realized that the law was actually spiritual in its intent. It was himself that was carnal while in that state. He discovered that he had been sold into slavery, with sin as his taskmaster.

The vacillating experience of verses 15 through 23  began before Paul was justified, but perhaps more after he was justified but not yet sanctified. He may have been born again, but not cleansed (1 John 1:9). He may have been undergoing the struggle of the flesh and the Spirit described in Galatians 5:17. At any rate, the answer to his concluding question is clear: “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” The answer-”…Jesus Christ our Lord.” This indicates that he had found the solution in and through Him  “...who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness [justification], and sanctification, and redemption” (1 Cor. 1:30).

IV. FRUIT UNTO HOLINESS (Rom. 6:18-22)

Reverting to the earlier subject of freedom from the corrupt nature, we observe the fruit of this deliverance, “...Righteousness unto holiness” (v. 19); “...fruit unto holiness” (v. 22). Holiness is the fruit of sanctification. Sanctification is freedom from inbred sin, and there is no sin in holiness. The holy life is a separated life, carrying the admonition to “...cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God” (See 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 and 7:1).

V. DOING THE WILL OF GOD (1 Thess. 4:3,4; Heb. 13:12, 13).

A. Living the “Experience”: Sanctification is “the will of God” (v. 3) because it enables the sanctified one to live in “...holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord” (Heb. 12:14). The sanctified individual will “abstain from fornication” in all of its forms. He will responsibly be in charge of his “vessel,” soul and body, conducting himself honorably. He will not indulge in “the lust of concupiscence [strong, abnormal passion of lust].” He will not engage in fraudulence; he will avoid all “uncleanness,” and will respond to his call to holiness.

“For the grace or God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world” (Titus 2:11, 12).

B. Following the Great Example: Though Jesus needed no personal sanctification, He became our Example by leading the way and shedding the blood necessary for our cleansing. In this, He fulfilled that relevant portion of the law as our great High Priest. (See Numbers 19:1-10.) Perhaps it should be noted that the Church is “a kingdom of priests” (Exo. 19:6) and “a royal priesthood” (1 Pet. 2:9), and therefore all should be sanctified. “Let us go forth therefore unto him without [outside] the camp, bearing his reproach.”

If you have never accepted or if you have fallen away from Jesus Christ here are three steps you need to take to be saved:

You must admit you are a sinner, confess your sin to Jesus, repent (turn from all you know is wrong), ask Jesus to come in your heart, and begin to follow Jesus by reading and obeying his word and go to a bible believing church that teaches his word. And tell someone what Christ Jesus Has Done For You (Rev 12:10)  

May God through Christ bless you!

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