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As a young parliamentarian, I have always believed and advocated for young people to be given their due place in policy formulation and implementation. Young people are not the leaders of tomorrow, but today. We have the dream to see positive change in our societies, and the ability to drive forward to attain our dreams.
Minister Dullas Alahapperuma says the Colombo declaration to be released at the end of the 16th World Conference on Youth to be held in Sri Lanka will be used as a global base to draw policies on youth affairs in the coming decade. All policies with regard to youths from 2015 to 2030 will be drawn according to the terms of this declaration. Hence the Minister said the conference will be of much importance both locally and internationally.
A First-Day Cover to commemorate 15th World Conference on Youth (WCY) 2014 will be launched under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the BMICH on May 7.
Sri Lankan Ambassador in Cuba Sarath Dissanayake elaborating on the theme of the World Conference on Youth 2014 " Mainstreaming Youth in the Post 2015 Development Agenda " said the conference will strive to engage participants in an inclusive dialogue aimed at strengthening the role of youth in developing, implementing and evolving a youth oriented development agenda, thus benefiting the youth and future generations.
The theme song of the National Conference on Youth 2014 composed by Bhathiya, Santhush together with a group of artistes and lyrics by Minister Dullas Alahapperuma was launched before the Journalists today at the Media Centre of the Government Information Department.
The first youth delegation participating in the World Youth Conference (WCY) arrived in Sri Lanka, Tuesday (29).
Over 103 countries have confirmed their participation for the World Conference on Youth which will be held in Colombo next month. This includes Senior Ministers and Senior Government Officials from over 40 countries, national youth delegates representing 103 States and over 300 youth delegates representing various civil society movements.
As the main highlight of the Plenary Forum at the United Nations in Vienna on 4th April 2014, ahead of the World Conference on Youth to be hosted by Sri Lanka from 6-10 May 2014., a panel discussion followed, chaired by Minister Alahapperuma, which covered the different strands of the overarching theme of the World Conference on Youth.
The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Malaysia, Ibrahim Ansar, received a three-member National Youth Council delegation from Sri Lanka on 27th March at the High Commission.
"The Commonwealth is a large group of Nations representing different national aspirations, economic systems, cultures, religions and other interests. It can be a force for good and play a significant role in addressing some of the major issues confronting the world today, such as poverty, global health and youth issues, etc." said the the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka, Dr. Palitha Kohona at the 47th Commonwealth Day Reception hosted on Monday (March 10) in New York. The reception was hosted by the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in New York in collaboration with the Permanent Missions of Malta and the United Kingdom.


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Gulliver's Travels Paperback
by Jonathan Swift
Edited by Robert DeMaria
A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and society, the Penguin Classics edition of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels is edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Demaria, Jr.Gulliver's Travels describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon.
In Lilliput he discovers a world in miniature; towering over the people and their city, he is able to view their society from the viewpoint of a god.
However, in Brobdingnag, a land of giants, tiny Gulliver himself comes under observation, exhibited as a curiosity at markets and fairs.
In Laputa, a flying island, he encounters a society of speculators and projectors who have lost all grip on everyday reality; while they plan and calculate, their country lies in ruins.
Gulliver's final voyage takes him to the land of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses whom he quickly comes to admire - in contrast to the Yahoos, filthy bestial creatures who bear a disturbing resemblance to humans.This text, based on the first edition of 1726, reproduces all the original illustrations and includes an introduction by Robert Demaria, Jr, which discusses the ways Gulliver's Travels has been interpreted since its first publication.Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was born in Dublin.
Sent to Kilkenny Grammar School when he was six, Swift later attended Trinity College, Dublin, where he received his BA degree in 1686.
He is considered the foremost prose satirist in the English language, which stemmed from his criticism of Britain's repressive colonial policies in Ireland.
Among Swift's best known works is his ironic masterpiece, 'A Modest Proposal' (1729), and his novel, Gulliver's Travels (1726).If you enjoyed Gulliver's Travels, you might like H.G.
Wells's The Time Machine, also available in Penguin Classics.'A masterwork of irony ... that contains both a dark and bitter meaning and a joyous, extraordinary creativity of imagination'Malcolm Bradbury
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Not really a review as such. I gave up in reading this book after 80 pages as i simply couldn't get into it. Yes i can see how it was a satire on politics at that time, but quite simpy it bored me.
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A Brobdingnagian work of satire.
Review by kaelirenee
Sure,the story of the big man washed up on the shore surrounded by little people is a cute story we've all seen Mickey Mouse do. But reading this book as an adult was an eye-opener. Swift's tongue is firmly planted in his cheek through the whole book and this is a great one to read aloud.
Review by jaystew
A fictional novel about a man called Gulliver that gives up on his profession as a surgeon and travels the seas. Among his adventure Gulliver runs into some trouble as well as stumbling upon many shocking lands. Gulliver comes across tiny people, giants, naive scientists, and some talking horses. A fairly funny and entertaining read that is a good story and worth reading.
Review by hemlokgang
No wonder this novel is considered a classic which has been enjoyed "in the nursery" and in the library! Jonathan Swift wrote a story in the 1700s which is absolutely timeless. On one level this is a delightful fantasy romp to imagined lands with amazing inhabitants. However, do not be deceived. This is a philosophical treatise written with tremendous wit and a profound message about the author's desire for truth, indeed his bottomless pit of want for truth. The author levels his satiric wit at the following topics and fires away: religion, travel tales, politics, sex, relationships, colonialism, capitalism, prejudice, social superficiality, prejudice, stereotypes and more. Anyone who has traveled to a culture which is vastly different from their own and reveled in the experience will likely appreciate this book, and those who have not but harbor strong opinions about those folks from another culture......well, it should be required reading! Go ahead, read it and laugh out loud, smile, wince, cringe, and love it!
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Switching from F2F to Cold Calling?
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Any EDJ vets out there switch from door knocking to just 100% cold calling after starting with the firm?
Why cold call people when you seem to be doing a good job of getting out there and meeting them face to face. .... If you are DK'ing as much as you say, you'll have plenty of people to call.
I mixed it up. Did some door knocking and cold calling. Both work. My advise would be some of both


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The FireStudio Project from Presonus is a complete computer recording solution for both the Mac and Windows based computer. The system comprises a 10 input/10 output FireWire interface with 8 Class A preamps, control software, and stereo S/PDIF input and output.Geared towards the professional project studio, live sound recording or live performance, the system provides high quality audio, along with a great deal of flexibility. The FireControl Mixer/Router software can send up to five individual mixes to different musicians during recording, allowing each band member to have a custom headphone mix. The first two inputs can be used as instrument inputs. These two channels are also fitted with dedicated sends and returns, for inserting outboard hardware processors, such as compressors or EQ. Three-segment LED input metering is available on all analog channels. The interface is bundled with the Studio One Artist DAW software for Mac OS X, and Windows and includes 20 PreSonus Native Effects plug-ins and virtual instruments and third-party loops, software and instrument sounds. 10 input/10 output FireWire audio interface 8 XMAX Class A microphone preamps with +60dB of gain and individual trim controls 8 line inputs, with two of the inputs set up for instruments 48V phantom power ... read more


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It has been a little quite here at the blog the past few days as I was out of town. We were in West Virginia visiting my husband's family. What beautiful country! We had a great time and lots of laughs. We even filmed a comical version of I Shouldn't Be Alive in the hills of West Virginia. You can check it here if you need a good chuckle. Just remember, we are one nutty family!
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Alvarado v. Bayshore Grove:
It has long been my contention that the only appropriate usage of the word "pretermit" is while playing Scrabble.
In footnote three, Judge Schwartz proves me right!
Hotel 71 v. Tutt:
Raise your hands if you believe (a) a non-moving party can be granted summary judgment; and (b) a non-moving party can be granted summary judgment without any advance notice to the party against whom summary judgment is entered.
Judge Ramirez, tell us who's right:
On appeal, Hotel 71 contends that the trial court erred when it granted summary judgment in favor of Tutt because Tutt had not moved for summary judgment. We agree.Ok Judge Schwartz, dissenting, you can put your hand down now.
Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510(c) provides that a summary judgment motion must "state with particularity the grounds upon which it is based" and must be served at least twenty days from the date on which the hearing is scheduled. The motion must also "specifically identify any affidavits, answers to interrogatories, admissions, depositions, and other materials as would be admissible in evidence . . . on which the movant relies."
Rule 1.510(c) prevents ambush by allowing the nonmoving party to be prepared for issues that will be argued at the summary judgment hearing. See Casa Inv. Co., v. Nestor, 8 So. 3d 1219 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009). Failure to comply with the rule deprives the opposing party "of the ability to both adequately respond and prepare for the summary judgment hearing." Id. at 1221.
Claridge H v. Claridge Hotel:
This is like studying for the Bar -- raise your hands if you think a court can grant directed verdict to the plaintiff at the close of her case, without any evidence introduced into the record by the defendant?
We find that the trial court's determination of the disputed issues in plaintiff's favor—without first giving the defendant any opportunity to present its case—was error. Numerous cases hold that a directed verdict cannot be entered until each party has an opportunity to present relevant evidence in its case in chief.(Bigfirmers, I hope you guys are billing for this.)
BTW, it took me .9 hours to prepare today's 3d DCA Watch.
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Today, Congressman Joe Donnelly applauded an announcement made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approving E15 gasoline for vehicles from model years 2001 to 2006. E15 is a blend of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol, an increase of 50 percent over the previously allowed E10. Since coming to Congress in 2007, Congressman Donnelly has promoted greater ethanol use to create jobs and boost American-made energy.
"This expansion of E15-eligible vehicles is great news for Hoosier farmers and ethanol plants," said Donnelly. "As a result of this decision, our farmers and ethanol plants will see an increase in demand for ethanol and our region will receive an economic boost. Corn grown right here in north central Indiana and processed at facilities like New Energy in South Bend and the Andersons in Clymers will play an even larger role in helping America lessen its dependence on foreign oil."
In November 2007, Congressman Donnelly signed onto a bipartisan letter to President George W. Bush requesting that EPA begin testing higher blends of ethanol in gasoline, such as E15. In April 2009, Congressman Donnelly signed onto a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson requesting that EPA approve the use of E15.
In October 2010, the EPA approved E15 for cars of model year 2007 or newer. Today's decision approved E15 for vehicles from model years 2001 to 2006. Together, this accounts for 61 percent of cars on American roads.
Source: http://donnelly.house.gov/2011/01/donnelly-backed-ethanol-boost-approved-for-more-vehicles.shtml


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Woe to those who devise iniquity and work out evil on their beds ! Micah 2
Woe to those who devise iniquity
And work out evil on their beds!
At morning light they practice it,
Because it is in the power of their hand,
They oppress and man and his house
A man and his inheritance.
God sees everything, nothing is hidden from Him. He sees the wicked and evil intentions people have for others. Hidden motives, they claim to be your friend, they say they wish you well, perhaps they are your own family members, they hug and kiss you with kind words just as Judas kissed Jesus They lie awake in the night scheming, they wake up and bring their thoughts to life. Their intention, which God see's clearly, is to take what is not theirs. In their greedy hearts, they devise plans to steal a man's inheritance and wish disaster on their family.
The bible was written to instruct us, correct us, guide us into righteousness , warn us, prepare us, convict and help us in every way. There isn't a scripture or book in the bible without God's divine hand of instruction for us.Although Micah was writing concerning Jerusalem and Samaria, there are many lessons and warnings applicable for us today. May God open your eyes to see and ears to hear and understand.
I found Micah to be fascinating and relevant for the present time- so listen carefully.
Watch out- many who call themselves brothers and sisters in Christ are NOT
There are people who secretly devise evil and wickedness against others have the sweetest words and countenance to fool you. Even more shocking, they assemble with us in our Christian house as a brother or sister in Christ, but they devise evil in their hearts. Yes! They worship God and sing his praises while they work iniquity. They may fool us, but they don't fool God. The bible says that God turns his head from them and will not hear their prayers or cries for help.
But why? Why would anyone hate the righteous?
In Proverbs 29:27, the righteous are hated, abhorred and an abomination to the wicked:
An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,
And he who is upright is the way an abomination to the wicked.
In 2 Cor 2:15-16, we are a stench of death to those who are perishing….
For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life.
Watch out! Don't think you can get away with mixing your ways and God's ways
There are wicked, unrighteous and vile people among us- in our houses of worship and our 'Christian communites'. They worship with us, pretend with their works, knowledge and words, but secretly, they are wolves in our midst. They don't truly honor and obey God. Many have made their own ways, own laws and have backslidden so far they no longer see truth. Many times they have mixed truth with lies. This isn't anything new, it's written all through scripture. In fact, in Jeremiah, 2500 years ago,the women were worshiping the Queen of Heaven and worshiping God. God continued to warn them, but they would not listen. I found it very interesting that the women refused to stop because they said since they started worshiping and praying to the queen of heaven, all was well with them – their prayers were answered. The bible tells us that when we pray to anyone or thing other than God (idol) we are actually praying to demons. So many times I've had people tell me how their prayers were answered when they prayed to a statue of their saint and their prayer was answered. Be careful! You are praying to demons and surely they like it and will do all they can to pull you further and further from God. They hate you and want to destroy your soul. Did Jesus die for nothing? We pray to God in Jesus name. You must chose between the spirit and flesh and the spirit of the world and the Spirit of God. You can't pick both.
Back to Micah 2……
As Micah, proclaims, there are those who lie awake at night devising evil as they lie on their beds, when the morning sun arises, they bring these thoughts to action because they can. They are greedy and never have enough, they are not content with what they have and they do everything they can to get more, more, more more- stepping on anyone along the way. They try to steal a man's inheritance and oppress a man and his family
However, to God's people: You wait and cling to the Lord. For the Lord is against this wickedness and is devising disaster. No longer will your enemy walk upright in their pride and haughtiness as they scheme to take your heritage and what is your blessing.
So many different thoughts to take from here on Micah…… Remember to pray for your enemies – this brings you a blessing. Also do not return insult for insult. Wait on the Lord and He will make all things right. The verses above say that God brings disaster on those of evil scheming, but He also is saddened to see the wicked perish. He patiently waits for the wicked to turn from their ways. The entire book of Revelation is chance after chance to turn back to God, but some will not and instead will turn and curse Him.
These people walk in a false spirit – a lying spirit- who falsely divines and seek diviners, sorcery, magic -and provoke God to anger, they have no inheritance in God's kingdom, it was sin punishable by death, they sell themselves to do evil instead of obeying the Lord.
If you walk in these ways, you must stop and repent. Do as the people in the New testament did and destroy everything that has to do with witchcraft, sorcery, magic and calling on the dead. DONT BE FOOLED, God is not mocked, for whatever you sow, surely you will reap. Galations 5:20 and more…
Listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit
I noticed something lately about opening my ears to hear the leading of the Holy Spirit. It's easy to fall of the track and take a wrong turn. We can so easily make excuses to do things we know we shouldn't. It's exactly how the devil worked in the garden, he mixed truth and made it seem okay- he still does that today. Often times I will want to do something or say something and Ill either know I shouldn't or I am unsure. At this point, if I begin to reason within myself why its okay and it's not a sin – sure enough – If I find myself reasoning to do something, it's something the Holy Spirit doesn't want me to do. God wants to lead you in all you do, stop to pray and ask for His direction. He will lead you.
–If you find yourself reasoning and arguing with yourself about whether or not to do or not do something – you might be trying to argue for your own desires and not God's.–
Learn a spiritual lesson :
As we read these verses, there's a spiritual battle lesson in this. Just as people deceive and scheme disaster against you, there are spiritual authorities in high places that have the same plan of defeat for you – to rob you of your inheritance of a child of God. These spirits want to destroy your life and your joy, filling us with wrong thoughts of fear, worry, anxiety, defeat and lies. YOU must stand up in this battle with the Word of God as your hope and your anchor (Your Sword). God will fight for you, He will strengthen you and He will send His warring angels to fight for you. However, you must not be a coward. Understand who you are in Christ, Your authority in Him and the Power of the Holy Spirit in you. Let that truth strengthen you.
No weapon formed against you shall Prosper
No wicked words or curses risen up against you shall prosper
This is your true and trustworthy heritage in the Lord
You belong to a Great a mighty God
A Great Warrior is He
Well, I planned to write more on the amazing finds on Malachi, but it seems I took off with this verse from Micah2:1-4 . Learn a lesson from it historically, spiritually and literally in your lifee:
Woe to those who devise iniquity,
And work out evil on their beds!
At morning light they practice it,
Because it is in the power of their hand.
They covet fields and take them by violence,
Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.
Therefore thus says the Lord:
"Behold, against this family I am devising disaster,
From which you cannot remove your necks;
Nor shall you walk haughtily,
For this is an evil time.
In that day one shall take up a proverb against you,
And lament with a bitter lamentation, saying:
'We are utterly destroyed!
He has changed the heritage of my people;
How He has removed it from me!
To a turncoat He has divided our fields.
The Basis for Truth
"What is truth?" Pilate asked. With this he went out again to the Jews and said, "I find no basis for a charge against Him." – (John 18:38)
Pontius Pilate was no different from much of the world at large today. He believed truth was relative to whatever the majority of people agreed to, or whatever helped to advance his own political or personal agenda. "When there is no basis for truth, there is no basis for moral right and wrong. Justice becomes whatever works or whatever helps those in power. In Jesus and His Word we have a standard for truth and for our moral behavior." – (NIV footnotes for John 18:38)
Without Jesus, we become a society that slips further and further in our own moral decay. Countless examples are present in the Old Testament of kings who ceased to follow God's way. For each of the kings that did evil in the sight of the Lord, warnings and prophesies were presented. If the warnings were not heeded, destruction surely followed. May we be a people pursuing His path of truth. Jesus is the truth and the light, and in Him there is no darkness. Let us fix our eyes on the Author and finisher of our faith, so that we may run our race with endurance.
found in the Lord's Word;
receive nothing else,
as truth to be heard.
For all must agree,
with what the Lord says;
for if it does not,
the words are not His.
Invest in learning,
the biblical facts;
be wise and weary,
of twisted attacks.
There's only one right,
it's following Christ;
He opened the way,
with His sacrifice.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You that You are the Truth, the Life and the Way. Thank You that we can come to You, and You have made the way for us to enter into an eternal relationship with You. Jesus, thank You for Your sacrifice on the cross for our sins, and for demonstrating Your power as You defeated death. Thank You that You grant the very same power to dwell in each of us when we choose to trust in You. Thank You for Your Word. Thank You that we have access to the truth and can study and learn more of who You are and what You ask of us. Forgive us for not investing in Your word, or not quieting ourselves before You to allow You to speak that which You want us to hear. Teach us, instruct us, and lead us in every area of our lives. May we go forth as we grow in our knowledge and understanding of You and the truth, and may we love others as You so lavishly love us. Let those who are looking, come to know the Truth. Be exalted, Lord God, in everything we do today. Amen.
© Shannon Elizabeth Moreno and Revelations in Writing, May 2011 – present.
Father, I thank You that You have heard me. – Johm 11:41
Thought for the Day
44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
The Valley of Blessing via Days of Praise
"And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day." (2 Chronicles 20:26)
The name Berachah means "blessing," and the people of Judah surely had much reason to bless the Lord. The armies of the Moabites and Ammonites, and many others, had invaded their land, and King Jehoshaphat had no forces sufficient to oppose them.
But Jehoshaphat had already led his people back to the Lord, and now he prayed for their deliverance, acknowledging that the Lord was "God in heaven . . . so that none is able to withstand thee." Therefore God replied, through the prophet Jahaziel, that "the battle is not yours, but God's . . . stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD" (2 Chronicles 20:6, 15, 17). God then set the invading armies against each other, until all were slain, and God's people were delivered without even lifting a sword. No wonder the people "blessed the LORD"!
The Hebrew word berachah ("blessing") is used some 68 times in the Old Testament, the first being God's promise to Abraham when he followed the Lord: "And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing" (Genesis 12:2). God's promise to Abraham has been abundantly kept, though there is much more to come. We, like the people in the valley of Berachah, have much for which to bless the Lord, for we also have seen the salvation of God: "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing" (Revelation 5:12).
Therefore, "bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name" (Psalm 103:1). HMM
Thought for the Day
"It is an odd rule of the kingdom of God that when we try to get big, we always get smaller by the moment. God is jealous of His glory and will not allow anyone to share it with Him. The effort to appear great will bring the displeasure of God upon us and effectively prevent us from achieving the greatness after which we pant." A.W.Tozer
Their voice goes out into all the earth (Psalm 19)
There was this thread in the weave of Psalm Nineteen. I pulled on it.
This is what happened.
David, King of Judah, wrote Psalm Nineteen.
He wrote about the way creation clearly and constantly reveals the glory of God.
He wrote about the way the sun reaches into every part of the world with its light and warmth.
He wrote about the Law of the LORD, the Word of God (that the sun is like); the way it revives our lives and brings us wisdom and joy and light for living (not only light to see our way but it puts a sparkle in our eye as well); the way it adds taste to our lives (a rare taste – as rare as truly sweet things were in David's world); the way it is 'sure' and 'true', reliable and certain and lasts forever.
Whenever he thought about God's Word, His Law, in this way, it started David talking to himself and then to the LORD. (Not a bad thing.)
"I am not like that," David would think to himself and then he would say to the LORD,
"Even when I try to keep your Law I fail LORD, but sometimes I fail even without trying; I fail unawares until you reveal it to me. I hate that!
"Who is up to this Lord? Forgive me, please, when I sin unawares."
"Forgive me too when I sin on dead set purpose just because I want what I want, when I want it. 'Can't a king do whatever he pleases, LORD?'
"Please; keep me from those sorts of temptations LORD. Deliver me from the evil I may do LORD; let alone the evil others may do to me.
"Because then and only then, when you forgive me, will I be truly innocent and blameless in your sight.
"And now look; there's this as well. You have made me a King over Judah, your people LORD; you have made me a shepherd over your sheep.
"I am glad you still speak so clearly to them through your creation; please open their eyes to see you and their ears to hear your still, small voice of wisdom, love and redeeming grace.
"But I know you expect any King that you anoint with your Spirit to be a shepherd and guide to your people himself.
"I know you expect me to be their teacher and their example, LORD. Oh, LORD; me?
O LORD; when I do dare to open my mouth to speak to them about you; or I dare to write another song about you (they seem to like my songs; your songs LORD. Thanks.); whenever I try to express your great faithfulness, love and grace to them, this is my prayer;
"May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer".
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"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." (Romans 1:16)
The great theme of "salvation" (Greek soteria, Hebrew yeshua) is prominent in both Old and New Testaments. It basically means "deliverance" and can be used for local and specific "deliverances" from perils, as well as for the eternal deliverance of one's soul. In the latter sense, it is used for deliverance from the penalty of sin, from the power of sin in daily life, and from the very presence of sin in the future life.
Salvation, of course, is found only through the Lord Jesus Christ, whose very coming into the world was to "save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). The name Jesus means "salvation." In fact, His name really was Yeshua, the word which often is translated "salvation" in the Old Testament. Devout Simeon, after waiting for many years, took the infant Jesus in his arms, exclaiming by the Spirit, "Mine eyes have seen thy salvation" (Luke 2:30).
The theme of salvation is "so great" (Hebrews 2:3), it embraces many major doctrines of Scripture. As a very sketchy summary, one may note that it includes the doctrines of atonement (Leviticus 17:11); ofsubstitution (Isaiah 53:5); of imputation (Romans 4:6-8); propitiation(1 John 2:2); redemption (1 Peter 1:18); remission (Acts 10:43);justification (Romans 3:28); adoption (Ephesians 1:5); reconciliation(Romans 5:10-11); regeneration (Titus 3:5); sanctification (Hebrews 10:9-10); and glorification (Romans 8:30). When a person is saved, the blessings implied in every one of these great doctrines of salvation become his, whether Jew or Gentile, whether found in Old Testament prophecy or New Testament fulfillment. No wonder Paul was not ashamed of this great gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ, and neither should we be! HMM
The Lord is my Light and my Salvation
This is an interesting way to think about "hiding God's word" in our heart – and why it is such an important activity. It comes from the blog "Singing in Babylon" – a good one which explores the Psalms, and how we, who are living in "Babylon" as it were, can be encouraged by this ancient book of poetry/song. Enjoy!
'My heart says of you, "Seek his face!" Your face, LORD, I will seek.' Psalm 27:8.
Is it just a prejudice that comes with living in the 21st century that I have such difficulty thinking of David, living 3000 years ago, as a man so acutely self-aware in the presence of his LORD?
Even with the differences between us on a cultural level (David never drove a car or wore a suit and tie; he never had a 'Facebook' page or 'blogged' a single line, and his taste in music was so 'Old Testament') the similarity in his songs with what goes on in my heart when I am confronted by God amazes as well as comforts me. Threatened with powerful enemies, this man whom the LORD described as one 'after my own heart' could look within himself, into his heart and find the way to meet trials courageously day after day of his troubled life.
'I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you,' wrote the author of Psalm 119, who may certainly have been David even though it is not credited to him in its title.
When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh (this hasn't happened yet and I am grateful) when an army besieges me (again, not so far) or when enemies attack me (there are enemies and there are enemies, so maybe) and I look within myself, into my heart for answers what will I find there; what will I hear my heart saying to me as it thumps at 160 beats to the bar?
If I have hidden God's word in my heart, if I have hoarded it up, honored it and protected it from the various assaults the world and my own sinful self make on it day by day then, by the Grace of God, I may hear my heart say, "Seek his face!"
Of course, as a Christian, my inner experience of the Word of God is the presence of the Spirit of God come to reveal Christ in me and to be my comforter through all my days or even until 'the end of the age'.
So, even through a fog of doubts and sinful disregard, by Grace, I still may hear his voice telling me what I most need to hear, "Seek his face!"
How can I be sure that I will be able to say, as David did in the face of suffering, 'I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.'?
Because it will be when I look into his face that I will always see his glory and his goodness.
'For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.'
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Do you ever shake your head in bewilderment at God's people in Old Testament days? Despite many blessings, including God's faithfulness and the repeated demonstration of His power and redeeming love, they refused to share the glory and knowledge of their merciful God with the peoples about them. Instead they chose to turn away from the true & living God to pursue the gods and lifestyle of the culture around them. How could they do this? (we ask!) I know I have thought this way in the past, but perhaps we need to examine ourselves here in 2012, as God's blessed people.
Consider these words from David Platt: "God blesses His people with extravagant grace, so they might extend His extravagant glory to all peoples on the earth. This basic, fundamental truth permeates Scripture from beginning to end. . . (yet) we live in a church culture that has a dangerous tendency to disconnect the grace of God from the glory of God. Our hearts resonate with the idea of enjoying God's grace. We bask in sermons, conferences and books that exalt a grace centering on us. And while the wonder of grace is worthy of our attention, if that grace is disconnected from its purpose, the sad result is a self-centred Christianity that bypasses the heart of God." ("Radical" by David Platt (2010), p69-70).
Ouch! Basking in conferences, sermons and books! (That's me.) So have we also been keeping God's blessings to ourselves? In our modern (western) world we have freedoms and luxuries unimaginable in past eras. Consider our education, our health, our homes, our families, our incomes. Are we using them to make ourselves comfortable or to spread the extravagant glory and grace of God to all peoples? Do we use our technology, our maturity in Christ, our education and knowledge of the Bible to bless others? Our blessings are given that we might bless others – this was the essence of God's promises to Abraham (that all the world would be blessed through Father Abraham's great nation). Let's not be content to sit on our blessings – particularly the blessing of salvation. Unlike those OT people, we have the gracious gift of the Holy Spirit at work in us, moulding and shaping us to be more like Christ and giving us the desire to serve Him. Pray that we would not be content with self-centred Christianity. . . let's not keep the blessings to ourselves.
Jeremiah 31:33 – "But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day," says the Lord. "I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people." (NLT)
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Zac Poonen : Brokenness
I thank God for the liberty I've had these last two days. And I've felt that where I have liberty, this means there are responsive hearts open to the voice of the Holy Spirit.
I want to read a verse first in James, chapter 4, verse 5. It says, "Do you think the scripture speaks to no purpose? He (that is God) jealously desires the spirit which He has made to dwell in us." When God made man, He breathed into him and made Him a living soul. And man became a trinity – spirit, soul and body, we read in 1 Thessalonians 5:23. It's referring to that spirit, in this verse, that spirit that He made to dwell within us; He jealously desires that. That means, it's like a husband jealously desires the love of his wife, so that she loves no one else – our heavenly bridegroom jealously desires the spirit within us.
In speaking here about the previous verse about adulteresses, who are friendly with the world. And it's in that context he says this. If that woman loves another man, she's an adulteress. An unmarried woman is in a different position. She's not committing adultery against a man, because she's not married to a man. One who is not married to Christ, cannot be an adulteress; the heathen, the godless people. They're not adulteresses. They're married to the world, they're faithful to the world, they're married to money, and they are faithful to their "husband". But when one claims to be married to Christ, and then has other loves – then he or she is an adulteress. And it's in that context that the Holy Spirit says, "He jealously desires that spirit within us," that it might be exclusively His. When someone asks Jesus, "What was the greatest commandment?" He said, "The greatest commandment was to love God with all our heart, soul, strength and mind." And when I love God with all my heart, how can there be place in my heart for anyone else? It's not possible. And that's the first commandment. No one can say he is a disciple of Jesus, if he hasn't come to this place. I find the trouble with Christianity every place I've been is that people have trusted in Jesus, but they have not become disciples. They've not understood, that to be a disciple one must hate father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, possessions, and one's own life. What does that mean? It means that in my heart there is no place for all these…because if I love God with all my heart, there is no place in my heart, for father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, possessions or my own self, and it's interests and it's reputation and prestige and all these things. And Jesus said to his disciples that they were to go into all the world and make disciples – bring people to this place. Where they have no place in their heart for their father, or mother, or wife, or children, or brothers, or sisters, or their possessions, or their own dignity, or prestige, or reputation. Then you've made them disciples. And when people make converts, it's like making the legs of the table. And you make another convert, and you make another set of legs. Think of a carpentry shop, with thousands of legs, and no completed table. That's the condition of a lot of churches. Here and there you see one completed table, one disciple. And does this mean that we will not respect our parents or love our wives? I've discovered that when we make people disciples and they love God with all their heart and do what Jesus said, that there is no place for any of these in their heart, they respect and honor their parents more.
They love their wives far more then they would if they loved their wives without loving Christ with all their hearts. The human love is dependent upon response. I love a brother, he loves me. If he's good to me, I'm good to him. And you love your wife – she responds. Divine love is not like that. Divine love is different from human love in this one way – that it requires no response. God loves – and even if there is no response, he continues to love. So when a man loves his wife, more than he loves Jesus Christ, there are going to be times in his life when his love for his wife will cool, and not be as fervent and warm as at one time. There will be ups and downs, depending on the response of the wife. But when a man loves Jesus Christ with all his heart and there is no place in his heart for his father, mother, wife or anyone, he will love his wife steadfastly. He will never, never be bitter against his wife, 365 days of the year. He'll obey that commandment, it says in Colossians 3, "Husbands, be not bitter against your wife," because he's filled his heart, with a love for God. That's what it means to be a disciple. When someone says that they were hurt by what someone else said, that's because they love themselves. The one who loves Jesus with all his heart can never be hurt! By anything anyone does; by anything anyone says! By anything anyone doesn't do or does not say! It makes no difference. He overcomes, because he loves Jesus with all his heart. And this is why God allows various circumstances and situations in our life, to remove from our heart the love of other things and people which pollutes our heart, and which prevents us from being disciples. He seeks to break us and make us weak, through circumstances and situations, so that we become small. When we come to Christ and we receive Him as our Savior; all of us are big people. And the work of the Holy Spirit is to reduce us. To bring us down to zero. That's God's way. And I believe that's the most difficult thing that He finds to do with most believers. It was easy for Him to create the universe – He could speak a word and it was created. And it was easy for Him to make that spoiled earth in Genesis, chapter 1. It was all with a spoken word. And even to forgive a man's sins; it's the work of a moment. A person comes to Him and the Lord speaks the word, "Your sins are forgiven." But to break that man or woman, so that he is weak in himself, and depends on Christ for his strength, that takes years – even for Almighty God. But until God can do that work in us, the full measure of his power cannot be released through us. It's like the ointment that was inside the alabaster vial, when that woman brought it into the house. There was a tremendous, a very powerful perfume. It says that perfume cost 300 denari. One denari was the wages for one day. So 300 denari, if you exclude the holidays, is the wages for one year. How much do you earn in one year? That was the cost of that perfume. But no one could get the scent of it in that whole house, until that vial was broken. When it was broken! It says the whole house was filled with the odor of that ointment.
And I believe it's like that. Many of us have received Christ; perhaps most of us here. That valuable expensive perfume is inside this earthen vial. But the scent doesn't come forth because the man is not broken. The woman is not broken. That is what God seeks to do with us, to break that strength of man, which is within us. I think of Moses in the Old Testament. He was such a capable man. So gifted – there he was – Pharaoh's palace, trained in the best academies in Egypt. Powerful, capable – and he had a desire to serve God! And he was willing to identify himself. The Bible says, he thought the Israelites would recognize that he was the one chosen to deliver them. But he wasn't ready. He was too strong. He was too full of the knowledge that he had acquired in Egypt. And God had to take him forty years, into the wilderness and teach him something else, to be broken – to have no confidence in himself. He put him in difficult circumstances. He had to live in his father-in-law's house. Have you ever lived in your father-in-law's house? And had to work for your father-in-law, for one year? It can be pretty humiliating. And he had to work for forty years. That's enough to break any man.
God did that with Jacob many years earlier. He kept him for twenty years at his father-in-law's, and broke him. God's ways are different, but God has to arrange circumstances in our life where our strength is broken. I've seen many, many believers. They are so gifted, just like Moses, so full of knowledge of the Bible. You brothers and sisters I presume have listened to all those hundreds of messages. What a lot of knowledge you have. What is there in the Bible you don't know? You know everything. You need more knowledge? I don't think so. You can listen to those messages. All the knowledge is there. But with all that knowledge my brothers and sisters, if God doesn't succeed in breaking you, I'll tell you, you'll waste your earthly lives. Yes, you can do a certain amount of good. A lot of people will do a certain amount of good, but God's full purpose, can be fulfilled only when He succeeds in breaking a person. Whether it takes twenty years or forty years or sixty years; I pray that you'll be broken. A broken man is a tremendous vessel of weapon in God's hands against the enemy. That's the most difficult thing God has to do. You can know when you're broken. You won't feel hurt when people say things or do things. You don't feel it, because you're broken. You don't feel insulted, you don't weep any tears for yourself. Jesus never shed tears for himself. He was a broken person. Do you know that when we break bread, we're not just admiring the death of Jesus, or appreciating the death of Jesus, that bread, which is broken – we break and eat it ourselves! What am I saying? I'm saying, "Lord, like you were broken on earth, I want to be broken." If I don't want to be broken, when the bread comes to me, I should admire it and pass it on. That's all. But I don't admire it and pass it on, I take part in it. I'm not just admiring the brokenness of Jesus. I'm saying, "Lord, I want to go that way."
There are two spirits operating in the world. Only two. One is the spirit of Lucifer, the other is the spirit of Jesus Christ. And they work in two totally different ways. Right from the beginning, the spirit of Lucifer was one that wanted to exalt itself. He wasn't happy with all that God had given him. He was filled with pride at his beauty, his knowledge, his wisdom, his ability. And he wanted to go up – and that was the origin of sin. Sin came through a created being, wanting to go up, above others. Wanting to exalt himself, and have others underneath him. If sin came that way, salvation had to come the opposite way. That one who was equal with God, gave up that equality and came down. Never forget, all of your life, these are the two spirits operating throughout the world – the spirit of Lucifer – always wanting to go up, and the Spirit of Jesus Christ, who wanted to come down. And it wasn't enough that He became a man, it says He became like a slave. It was the jobs of slaves in those days to wash people's feet. And that was the place He took at the end of His life! Always underneath. He came below everybody, so that He could serve everyone. He identified himself with the least, lowest. He became nothing. To demonstrate to us the way God manifests His life. And the glory of God was seen so beautifully through Him! Because He was nothing in Himself! To be humble like Jesus means to be nothing, so that God can be everything. Jesus lived on earth, allowing His Father to be everything in Him. The Holy Spirit had full possession of his spirit. He never loved his mother more than God. He said, "Who is my mother, who is my brother?" That's what we're to say today: "Who is my wife, children, brothers, sisters…..these who hear the Word of God and do it." And he took that place of nothingness. And the Spirit of God could work freely through Him. And He's given us an example! And these two spirits are working all of the time! Even in the church! Anything – whenever you are tempted, to exalt yourself above another brother, identify that spirit. Why did Jesus say, "Don't be called Rabbi, or Father, or any title…." Why do people want titles today? Reverend, Pastor, Doctor, Right Reverend…. It's all with a purpose, to say, "I'm a little above you…." It's right in the church! This spirit! Always I want to show I'm a little better than you. I can pray better than you, I can preach better than you…..Look at the results of my ministry – see what God has done? I'm a little better than you. See how I've brought up my children? Look at them – godly; better than you. You don't see the spirit of Lucifer in all these things. That's the problem. We think God is delighted, because we've got knowledge, we've got a ministry, we've got a godly family, we've got so many things. But underneath it all, it's a self-congratulation, there's a feeling I've done it, I've made it, I've followed the laws, I've kept God's Word, and here I am…. And God's all the time trying to break us, He's trying to make us small, He's trying to make us nothing. And that's what hinders the manifestation of His glory. We're not willing to be broken. That was the problem with Moses. He was so capable. Just like many of us – we're gifted, able. And God says, "You're not fit. You're not fit for my work. If I use you, you'll get the glory."
I've seen through the years how God has lifted up people, used people who are not esteemed in the eyes of man. Paul says to the Corinthians, "You know your calling. Not many of you are noble, or wise.. God has chosen the foolish things, God has chosen the weak things, God has chosen the things that are despised so that those things which are big, may be brought to naught so that finally no man will be able to boast in God's presence. God's ultimate goal, my brothers and sisters is that no one will be able to boast in his presence. No man will be able to stand in heaven and say, "I did this." And if that thought is in us, that's what hinders God from fulfilling His purpose through us. And that's why Paul had to remind the Corinthians, "What have you got that you didn't receive? Can you think of anything? Everything is a result of God having given it to you.
When the apostle Paul, we read in 2Corinthians in chapter 12, was in danger. Even the apostle Paul; now if any of us sit here, and think, "Well, we don't need this, we've heard this, we're beyond all this…" Well, "let him who thinks he stands, take heed, lest he fall." I want to tell you, the apostle Paul was in danger of being influenced and lead by the spirit of Lucifer. It says that. 2 Corinthians12, he says, "to keep me from exalting myself…" You say, "Paul, were you in danger of exalting yourself? You who had such a revelation of Jesus?" He says, "Yes." I love the honesty of this man. He was a humble man, 'til the end of his life. He knew he could fall away. He knew he was in danger of being puffed up because God had used him, God had given him revelation. God had given him, used him to write scripture, to raise the dead, to establish churches… He was the greatest apostle of his time! He'd been caught up to the third heaven! And he was in danger of exalting himself. The better it goes with us, the better it goes with our ministry, and our business and our families, the more we are in danger of exalting ourselves. Do you think a family who's got one or two godless children who are out in the world is in danger of exalting themselves? They're on their face. They know they're nothing. They know they've failed. Do you think a man whose business is having problems all the time and is in financial difficulty is in danger of exalting himself? No. He's on his face. They're in danger when everything's going well! When everything's going well with our business, with our family, with our life… we're healthy, we're strong, we've got knowledge, we're in a good church, we're living a comfortable Christian life. That's when we're in danger of exalting ourselves. That's when we're in danger of the spirit of Lucifer, lifting us up and our not even knowing it! And God is all the time trying to break us, so that that life within us can be released. Jesus said "if a grain of wheat does not fall into the ground and die, it will not bring forth much fruit, it will remain alone."
This is the way that the Lord has shown for us in the new covenant. To fall into the ground, everyday. To be unseen, unknown. Like that grain of wheat under the ground, trampled on by men, misunderstood, rejected, despised by men. Living quietly before God's face, that grain of wheat puts it's roots into the ground. No one sees it, only God. Men walk over it – doesn't matter. But it's putting roots into the ground and it brings forth fruit for God. This is true Christianity as Jesus taught us. And that's what He's seeking to, with all of our lives, and all the different circumstances He arranges for us – the difficult circumstances: the health problems, the financial problems, the difficulties with our children, the rebellion in our home; are all designed by Him, to bring us on our face before Him, so that we become nothing, so that He can reduce us, so that He can release His power through us. For we read, it's when the rock was smitten, that the waters began to flow; it is the will of God that rivers of living water could flow through us in many directions.
When I was a young Christian, I knew the Word, I was in a good church, I knew my sins were forgiven, I was baptized in water and was regular in fellowship and I was, I mean, externally anyway, I was trying to live a clean life. But one thing was missing in my life – Power. I knew that. I had the answers, I had the theology, but I didn't have power. And the assembly I went to, they taught me that "you got everything when you were born-again." So they convinced my mind that I got everything when I was born again, but when I looked at my life, it didn't look as if I'd got everything. And I came to that scripture which said, "He who believes in me, out of his innermost being will flow rivers of living water." I didn't feel my life was like that. I felt so often, my life was dry. And if I wanted to get something out to bless others it was like… I don't know whether you've seen hand pumps – we have hand pumps in some places in India; it's a pump connected to a well and you pump and pump and water comes out. That's how it was with my life. It certainly wasn't a river. And I began to seek God. I said, "Lord, you said if anyone believes in you, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water." This He spoke about the Holy Spirit who was not yet given. It was going to come on the day of Pentecost. He's speaking about that outpouring of the Holy Spirit, which when a man receives it will be like rivers of living water flowing out through him. And I was very young, I didn't know what to do. The church I was in didn't believe in such things. I heard of a Pentecostal church – never been there, didn't know what these things were. And I went there. There the pastor told me to repeat something and there was a lot of noise and all that, and I watched their lives and I didn't see much in them that drew me to Christ and I came back. I'm not criticizing them, I don't want to criticize anyone or judge anyone, I'm just saying that what I saw those days there didn't draw me to Jesus. I came back to my room, and I said, "Lord, that's not what I want. I'm not looking for noise, I want what Peter, James and John got on the day of Pentecost. That's what I want." Real Power. Jesus said, "When the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you shall receive power. You shall be my witnesses." Not power that comes out of my own ability, my temperament, my knowledge. I didn't have that. I was a shy, reserved type of person. I knew if I got power, I could serve God. Knowledge alone was not enough. Understanding was not enough. Theological correctness was not enough. I want to say to you my brothers and sisters, you probably have a lot of knowledge, your doctrines are all correct; but if you don't have the power of the Holy Spirit, you'll never be able to fulfill God's full purposes.
And as I sought God alone, because I was disappointed with what I went looking for; God showed me how Jesus received power when He was baptized by John the Baptist in the River Jordan. He was already a holy person when he was 25, 26. He was holy when He was 1, 2, 3, 4…..and yet we read in the River Jordan, He who was the Son of God, He who had never committed a sin in His life; He was holier than any of us sitting here, any of us. He who had perfect fellowship with the Father for 30 years. When He walked on earth as a man, it says, "As He went into the river, it says in Luke chapter 3, he prayed…" It doesn't say that in the Matthew 3 version, but it says in Luke 3, you read that, it says, "As He was baptized, He prayed." And it doesn't tell us there what He prayed for. But we can find out. Because Jesus' prayers were always answered immediately. That's how we know what He prayed for. He prayed for something. But it says, "As He came up out of the waters the Holy Spirit came upon Him." And He didn't become holier, his 31st year was not holier than his 29th year, but He began to serve the Father with an anointing that was not there before. Now He could do the things the Father wanted Him to do. I want you to turn to Acts 10:38 which says what happened when the Holy Spirit came upon Jesus. You see I say this because, to me Jesus Christ is my example. He's my substitute who died on the cross and He's my example. My examples are not found in Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity, when I looked for the baptism or the power of the anointing of the Holy Spirit; it's found in Jesus. And it says, "God anointed Him, you know Jesus of Nazareth, God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power." And what was the result of God anointing Him with the Holy Spirit and with power? He went about doing good! Rivers of living water started flowing out through Him! He was blessing people. The words that came out of His mouth blessed people, helped them, corrected them, lifted them up and where people were under the grip of Satan, he delivered them! Delivered those who were oppressed by the devil. We are surrounded by people who are oppressed by the devil. Perhaps you have children in your families who are gripped by the devil. That rebellion that you see in your son or daughter – that's the devil! Rebellion came from Satan! He was the first person who rebelled in this universe against authority! All rebellion is from Lucifer, from the devil. And there is someone perhaps in your home or in your locality under the grip of Satan. How are we going to help them? Well, if you don't want to help them, you just want to live a little holy life by ourselves, then we can forget about this. If Jesus, if all He was interested in was living a holy life on earth, He did not need this anointing. He lived for 30 years, he could have lived another 30 years without this. But He came to help others, and it says, "When the Spirit came upon Him with power, He delivered people, because God was with Him." God was with Him, and He set people free.
We are not called to impress people. We are called to help them. We're called to deliver them. And what the Lord showed me at that time was that the Spirit came upon Jesus when He allowed John to baptize Him, to put Him in the water, and this is the word that came to my heart from God, that that baptism of Jesus, He was symbolically accepting death himself. He was symbolically saying, "I am willing for other people to push me down and crucify me. I'll accept it." And I remember very clearly 35 years ago, the Lord spoke to my heart and said, "If you will walk this way, you will always have my power upon your life. But the day you think you've come to the place where you no longer need to walk this way, my power will depart from your life." I've never forgotten it. I want to walk this way all my life. The way of death, to this proud, wretched, self-life that I've inherited from Adam. Death to it. That which elevates me above other human beings. That which makes me think that I am better than my brother or sister. That which makes me happy that everything is okay with me and my family and judges other people when things are not right with them. That it's quicker to judge than to have compassion on a brother who is struggling or suffering. That's a life of Adam. We think because we've kept the laws and we've done everything right, it's gone well with us, and we don't realize there's an air of pride about us, there's a strength about us, which God is seeking to break. And around us is suffering humanity, perhaps in our own church. People who feel inferior to us because we give them that air of accomplishment and superiority and awe them with our Bible knowledge and so many other things, giving them the impression of someone very spiritual. Yes, God had to break Paul. And so He gave Him a "thorn in the flesh", we read in 2 Corinthians 12. It's a very interesting passage in 2 Corinthians 12:7, "Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations for this reason, twice in that verse he says- to keep me from exalting myself," What was he exalting himself? What was he in danger of spiritual pride for? What was the cause of that spiritual pride? Success in the spiritual realm. It wasn't success in business. It wasn't success in scientific research. It was success, spiritually in his life. That's the most dangerous pride of all! Spiritual pride. Because it's gone well with us. It's gone well with our ministry. We haven't fallen like other preachers. No one in our family is unconverted like some of the other homes, praise God! But these things have a tendency to bring in us a certain air – I mean, we don't consciously talk about these things, but there's a little air of it which a spiritual man can discern. God sees it. It's the air of, "see how good it is". And it's not the spirit of Jesus Christ. It's not the spirit that draws sinners to Himself. It's the spirit that draws holy Pharisees like ourselves, to us. And it's very easy my brothers and sisters for a church to become a bunch of holy Pharisees. We're very thankful that it's gone so well with us, our doctrine is alright, and look at those poor sinners and look at those other people who are still struggling sitting out there. "Well if they followed the laws like we did, it will go well with them." Jesus never came like that. And we won't be like that either if we are broken. God wants to break us. Humble us. And He tries so many times, but we don't allow Him. He won't force it. It took forty years for Him to break Moses. But what a difference when he was broken. When he was forty years old, strong, capable – he thought he could deliver Israel, and it says with his fist he hammered one Egyptian and killed him. Moses must have been a very strong man, to kill a man with a blow. And he thought, I can deliver the Israelites. Well how long do you think it would have taken him to kill all the Egyptians, one by one like that? That would have taken many years. God took him out in the wilderness and broke him. Make him an old man, leaning on a cane and this mighty orator, he's looked after sheep for so long, he can't even speak now. And the Lord says, "I want you to go back and be the leader of the Israelites and speak to them." And he says, "Lord, I can't speak." And he's not acting humble, he feels really incapable, he says, "Please send somebody else." And again he says, "Please send somebody else, I'm not capable." That's the type of man, whom God is looking for. The man who really feels, "Lord, I'm not the man. I'm not capable, I'm nothing, I'm no one." And who really feels that. It's a dangerous thing to have success in our ministry. We may not have fallen into adultery like other preachers, or run after money like other preachers, but it's something worse than adultery and making money in the name of Christ. To be proud, to think I am someone, to sit back and congratulate myself and think that, and "See what God has done". I think of that time when Nebuchadnezzar looked out at Babylon, which he had built, and he said, "My, see what I've built." That spirit is found in a lot of Christians. Something they have accomplished. It may be a ministry they have accomplished. That is their Babylon. It may be a person they've brought to Christ or a lot of people they brought to Christ, or people they've delivered from demons, or whatever it is. It may be going up to the third heaven like Paul. God had to give them a "thorn in the flesh". And it's called here a "messenger of Satan". Now we would think that if a messenger has come from Satan, God would definitely deliver us from it. But no. God can use these messengers of Satan. And he was struggling. And he prayed three times, "Lord, take it away." And the Lord said, "No, because I have to make you weak." And it says here, we are talking about this power, it says in verse 9, "The Lord said to me, my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in your weakness." The weaker you are, the more my power can be released through you. The more you are broken, the more those rivers of living water will go through you. If you want just to have people admire you because you're a great spiritual, holy person, well…that's another thing. But if you want rivers of living water to go that you can help those weak people, those struggling people, those people out there discouraged, depressed, that you can help them, then you've got to be broken. You've got to realize you are nothing. Therefore I have to give you this. If Paul was conscious of this, whatever it was, everyday. He hasn't told us what it is, it could be anything. Sometimes it could be a person, who is a constant thorn. A person never seems to be free from it. There are husbands who have wives like that. A "thorn in the flesh". Wives who have husbands like that. A "thorn in the flesh". A messenger of Satan. Harassing them. Troubling them. They pray. Nothing seems to happen. Well, you must continue to pray, of course, but meanwhile, listen to this word: The Lord says, "My grace is sufficient for you. In your weakness, my power can be manifest." You who are in that condition. You look at somebody else's home and you say, "How happy they are. Husband and wife and children, all happy and following the Lord. But it's not so with me. Here I have this difficult family situation." You know brother, sister; God's power can be released through you. Perhaps more, than from that happy family. Because you're broken. If you allow God to break you, if you have no complaints; you say, "Lord, I'm only a vessel, you shape me as you like. I'm not jealous of that other person. You're the potter. You've the right to take a lump of clay and make it a beautiful vessel and one like me not so beautiful. That's your choice. I've no choice. I've no complaints. I'm not in competition with anybody. I'm not here to show that I'm more spiritual or a better person, or my family's better or my life is better or my preaching is better, No! Let me be the last! Let me be the least! Lord, let Christ be seen through me. Let people be drawn to Jesus, when they see my life. You're jealous for my spirit. My spirit must be fervently in love with Jesus." What a tremendous privilege, if you can allow God to break you and humble you. God had to do that with Paul and he says, "Once I realized this, he says, I stopped complaining about this thorn."
Have you stopped complaining about whatever thorn you have in your life? I want to tell you this brothers and sisters. God doesn't treat all His children alike. Now I'm not saying He's partial. But He treats them in the measure they respond to His workings. That's what I mean. He will do the same for you that He did for another. But if that other person yielded more to the potter, God will be able to make a better vessel through Him, than you. So that's what I mean when I say God's not able to do the same thing through every one. God's trying to break you. You know the potter picks out the clay and there's a hard clump in it – he wants to use it but it doesn't break, and he has to put it aside. If when difficulties come into your life, instead of seeing the Sovereign hand of God, who has allowed that, you say, "This man did it", or, "That woman is the cause of my problem", or, this person or the other person, and you don't see – it's not people. It's Almighty God who is trying to humble you. Almighty God trying to break you so that power can be released through you, so that rivers of living water can go through your life! I thank God for the many, many situations in my life where He has broken me, humbled me…. Are you bothered that people call you bad names? "Oh, how terrible" you say, "what people said about me". You know what Jesus said? He said in Matthew chapter 10, verse 25, "If they have called the Master of the head of the house, Beelzebub, how much more (Beelzebub means the "prince of devils") how much more, the members of His household." Are you a member of His household? Has anybody called you a prince of devils? Jesus said here. Are you greater than the head? How many of you would say that you're greater than Jesus? Greater than the head of the home. Jesus said, "If they call the head of the home, Beelzebub, how much more the members of his household?" And when people call you such names, you're not to feel sorry for yourself – oh no! Jesus said, "When they say all kinds of evil against you, that's the one time you should be jumping for joy! He said, "Leap for joy" There's one place that Jesus said you are permitted to jump for joy, and that is when people are saying something evil about you, because that is to break you! It's to make you nothing! You know the names people have called me? In the last thirty years, "devil", "son-of-a-devil", "spirit-of-the-devil", the whole trinity, and "antichrist", "terrorist", "false-teacher", "heretic", "Diotrephes", "cult-leader". I'm a member of Jesus' household. And I say, "Well, Lord, I know I need these "thorns in the flesh". If I don't get them. I'll be puffed up. I thank you.
Cults have taken me to court and sued me for exposing them. Okay. Jesus was dragged to court, I have to go there. I have to be humbled. I have to be humiliated. I need to be broken, I need to become small, so that, Paul says, "The power of Christ may rest upon me." That's the way to God's power. " When I am weak, then I am strong." You know why we don't get victory over many sins? We think, "Oh, I'm so weak." I've heard people say, "Oh, Brother Zac, I'm such a weak person, I just lose my temper like anything, I get angry and I yell and I can't control my tongue; I'm weak." I say, "Brother, sister, whoever it is, you're not weak, you're strong. That's why." Think of a person lying in a hospital bed, sick. Cursing the nurses and the doctors and the food's not good enough, the treatment is not good enough; the next day he gets a bit weaker, and he's not shouting so loudly. Next day he gets still weaker. He's still complaining, but not so much. Then the time comes when he's got tubes in his nose and mouth and everywhere and he stops complaining altogether. When did he stop complaining? When he was weak? Or when he was strong? When he was weak. When he was strong – there he was angry, giving his opinion about everything under the sun. It's when you're strong you've got an opinion about everything. You've got an answer for everything, you got an opinion for everything…. Complaints – this is not right, this is not up to the mark, this is not good enough! It's not because you're weak. You're strong. And God is trying to make you weak. And when you become weak, you get victory.
I think of Lazarus. When Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he really loved him. In fact, they didn't even say Lazarus was sick, the message they sent Him was, "Lord the one you love is sick." They knew He'd understand. And it says, "When He heard that Lazarus was sick, he decided not to go there for sometime." What was He waiting for? Spiritually, I see the application like this: Jesus wanted to manifest the tremendous resurrection power in that home in Bethany. But it could not be manifested as long as Lazarus was strong. He was sick, but he could still speak, he could complain about, perhaps Mary and Martha not taking care of him properly, or not providing, you know people can be very grumpy when they are sick, very demanding. And then gradually, Lazarus becomes weaker, and Jesus is still waiting. He still doesn't go. Finally, he can hardly move his head, but he can still move his little finger perhaps, and Jesus says, "He's still got some strength left in him." Finally, he comes to the place where he can move nothing. He's dead. And just to make sure, He waits another four days. He says, "Now we can go. Now this man has got no strength left." And He raised him up. Do you get the message for yourself? You're waiting for the Lord to come. You're praying, praying, and the Lord says, "No, I'm not coming." Do you know what He's waiting for? He's waiting for you to become weak. You want a ministry? You want to do this, you want to show you can do this, that and the other. The Lord will wait. Oh, you can do so many things in your own strength, sure! There are thousands and thousands of preachers going out there preaching in there own abilities, not in the mighty power of the Holy Spirit. So the Lord waits. He waits 'til we become nothing.
You see in the gospel of John, chapter 21, the apostle Peter, had been a failure as an apostle. Three times he denied the Lord and he said, "Well, I can't be an apostle anymore, that's finished. But there's one thing I can do – that's fishing." So he says in John 21, "I'm going fishing." And some others go with him and the Lord says, "Okay, go. Let's see what you get." And he discovers, with all his attempts, he gets nothing. He tries and he fails, he tries and he fails. I don't know what time they went out, maybe six o'clock in the evening? Ten o'clock, twelve o'clock, two o'clock in the morning. Not one fish. And finally, he comes to a zero point. "Lord, I'm a failure, even as a fisherman." And that moment, the Lord comes. "Just cast your net on the right side." And he never caught such a catch in his whole life! What was the Lord waiting for? The same thing the Lord's waiting for in your life. You know why he's allowed all those failures? Many people have asked me, "Brother, why is it, it takes so long to get victory? I try, I'm sincere, again I fall, again I fall." You see, you're not weak enough. God wants you to fall, fall, fall, fall and fall and fall and fall, 'til you say, "Lord, I cannot make it." If you got victory too soon, you would look down on others who were defeated. You would be proud of your victory. That would be a counterfeit holiness. Genuine victory, genuine holiness is that which does not despise any sinner. It does not despise a backslider. It does not look down on another believer in the church. Does not exalt itself for victory – recognizes "I could never have made it, it was God's grace; even today it is God's grace that keeps me." That's the message, even in that story of Jesus filling the boat with fish. That's how he fills us with the Holy Spirit, and makes rivers come out through us.
I believe that God is seeking to break us. I think of the, you've heard of the Atom bomb. That small little thing called an atom, which is so small you can't even see it in a microscope, which God created. When it is split, when it is broken, there's such tremendous power released. They use it to give electricity to a whole city! And it's like a message, God is saying through that. It doesn't matter how small you are or how weak you are, you can be like an atom. If you will let me break you, all the strength of yourself and all the pride in your beauty and the pride in your Bible knowledge and the pride in your holiness, or whatever it is, if you will let me break you, that you recognize yourself to be nothing, and allow me to completely possess your spirit, that you have no more interest in your making money, or becoming big in the world or being accepted in the church! And it's enough for you that I am satisfied with your life! If I can break you and make you small, tremendous power can be released through your life. Just think, my brothers and sisters if all of us, allowed God to break us and we never complained today against the circumstances God allows in our life to break us, and say, "Lord, that's you. I'm willing to be broken. I'm willing to let somebody crucify me. Because I believe, that from it there will be a resurrection." If we die with Him, we shall live with Him. Jesus surrendered himself to the death of the cross, God raised Him up! That's the way of power. It's the way of life. May God help us to go that way, all our days. Let's bow before God. There is no need for a single person to go away from this room discouraged tonight. God is one who understands your situation completely. He's not looking for the capable, and those who have done everything right, and never made a mistake and accomplished things and have got knowledge and ability. He's not looking for such! He's looking for the weak! He's looking for the foolish. He's looking for those who are despised by others in the church. He's looking for those who say, "Lord, so many things wrong in my life." He's waiting for you to submit to Him. And say, "Lord, break me. I humble myself. I want to keep my conscience absolutely clear. I want to be broken. All the pride, whether it's pride in natural qualities or abilities or spiritual qualities or abilities, Lord break me, humble me, help me to realize that I am less than the least of all the saints! That apart from the grace of God, I'm nothing! Forgive me Lord for the pride, for the spiritual pride that's polluted my soul! I want to walk the way Jesus walked. All my days. I want to be broken! So that the power of God's Spirit can be released through my life."
The Word of God comes to lift us up and set us free. Go forth, with the Spirit of Faith, in the Love of God, that surrounds you, that desires to bless you far beyond what you've ever experienced so far. He doesn't want your life to be dry. He wants it to be fresh. Allow Him to break you….everyday. And leave it to Him to decide, when He's going to set you free from those pressing circumstances. Leave it to Him. Say, "Lord, you know how long I need to be under these pressing circumstances, to be broken, crushed, so that your fragrance can come forth through my life."
"Heavenly Father, I pray that there will be a change in many lives from this day. A real, permanent change. Not an emotional, superficial, shallow thing. But a real deep breaking. Lord, have mercy on us. Help us, break us, let your power be released through us we pray. That people in this church can be blessed through us, that people around in the community can be blessed, from our midst, rivers of living water can flow in many directions. We humbly ask in Jesus' name. Amen.


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Re: The Pericope de Adultera and Greek Lectionary influence
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- [Warning! This is getting off-topic. Please continue elsewhere.]Daniel,Rage and anarchy which result in the ARBITRARY taking of life do not constitute LEGAL RIGHT/PRIVILEDGE nor does the argumenta ex silentia of any legal consequences from the proper legal authorities (Roman) pertaining thereunto counteract a rebuttal from your perspective re this historical reality. Historical inaccuracies are one sure tell-tell sign that the text does not establish itself as the word of God and therfore non canonical.Malcolm______________Re: The Pericope de Adultera and Greek Lectionary influence
Malcomb wrote:
<< One final note, the pericope presupposes that the Jews of Jesus'
ministry on earth had the authority to kill. This [is refuted]
elsewhere in the Gospel narrative.>>
There are a couple of problems with this assertion.
1) The text specifically says that this was a setup by the Scribes
and/or Pharisees. It should have been a lose/lose proposition for
Jesus: if he said "stone her," he would be in trouble with the Romans
for instigating a lynching, as alluded to in 18:31. If he said "free
her," he would be seen as "soft on crime" and loose popular support.
They did not, of course, forsee the third option, which made them out
to be the losers instead. But no authority under ROMAN law to execute
was ever claimed; only under MOSAIC law.
2) Lynchings by stoning did in fact occur during that era, as seen by
the examples of Stephen in Acts 7 and James in the History of
Daniel Buck
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