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Redeemed for His Glory’s Sake

Isaiah 53:1-8 

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.”

Even though He was tortured, accused, abused, mistreated and beaten, through all of that, the only thing that was on His mind was us. His ways are not like our ways. When we look at a situation and say, “Lord, why has this not ended yet, why don’t you cut this person off because they’ve mistreated me, I’ve been treated so badly, Lord smite them with disease and pestilence.” We say that in our heart, but the Lord wants us to know this one thing: we look at things one dimensionally, and that dimension is present tense. The Lord not only looks at the present, He looks at the future – the effect in 3D concerning everyone involved and what will be the repercussion in the future. 

We can only see in 1D. He looks at the 3rd and 4th dimensions of requests that we make upon Him. He looks at what will happen from this generation to that generation. Will it benefit His glory or your temporary emotion? 

God doesn’t just do things selfishly for an individual, it has a bearing, and an effect on others. So He will make sure that the conclusion He comes to will meet His glory, not your selfish unrighteousness. When you look at a certain situation that has transpired in your life, you look at it one way, “what will give me immediate gratification or revenge?” Making us satisfied – whereas Christ looks at it far beyond that. Because what we may say will affect someone else who may be used for His glory in the future. He has to make sure it won’t affect anything, if it does, it will result in meeting the cry of His saint as well as meeting the needs of the future saints or plans. 

As Spock from Star Trek says, “the cries of the many outway the needs of the few.” We have to learn to stop dealing with a situation or asking for something from Yeshua in a 1D mind. We have to ask for things that basically are not going to cause someone else to falter. That is why we must say, “Lord if it’s thy will let it be.” We have to make sure that it’s not about us, it’s about Him. That is why it said in the scripture: “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:3). Can we say redeemed for His glory? 

Isaiah 55:1-11

“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. 5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. 6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.”

We think in 1D, Christ thinks in 3D. He is looking and understanding the result of what is done. That is why He died upon the cross. He told you that He was dying for us, for the generations to come, those that you don’t understand. His thoughts are not like our thoughts nor His ways. He says that over again because when we make a determination about things, it’s about quick gratification for ourselves, but He looks at the present tense, future, what generation it will affect, will it cause trouble, way before you’ve ever got the thought out yourself. 

He will not do something that will cause danger, but will bring Him glory. Yeshua says that what He says has to be final. It has to meet the requirements of all that He sees. When He makes a statement, He makes a statement that spans all time. When He makes a judgement, He makes a judgement that spans all time. We only make a judgement that meets our immediate desire, immediate gratification. In other words, we’re selfish. We only care about us, because the only thing we see is us. Thank God for the grace of God, because His mercy endures forever. 

How many times have you made a determination, not worrying about the effect later on? We’ve done this without thinking about the consequences of the the future. This will immediately shut down our minds so we will feel the immediate need taken care of. The repercussions of our actions could cause someone to never know who God is, could cause someone or some family to never know the love of God. Have you ever thought about that? That’s why it’s so important that we say, “if it be Your will Lord.” 

Isaiah 55:12

“For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.”

Know this, if you don’t want to do something that is out of the will of God, make sure that you ask, “Lord if it’s thy will.” Understand that if God doesn’t get the glory, then who does? Remember, we are redeemed for His glory’s sake, in Yeshua’s Name. 

Sermon by Pastor Tony Catron

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Redeemed for His Glory’s Sake

Isaiah 53: 5-8, 55:1-12

Isaiah 53: 1-8

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?  For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.  He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.  But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

Even though He was tortured, accused abused, mistreated, beaten; and through all that the only thing that was on His mind was us. His ways are not like our ways. When we look at a situation and say Lord, why has this not ended yet, why don’t you cut this person off because they’ve mistreated me, I’ve been treated so bad, Lord smite them with disease and pestilence. We say that in our heart, but the Lord wants us to know this one thing: we look at things one dimensionally and that dimension is present tense. The Lord not only looks at the present, He looks at the future, the effect in 3D concerning everyone involved and what will be the repercussion in the future. We can only see in 1D. He looks at the 3rd and 4th dimensions of requests that we make upon Him. He looks at what will happen from this generation to that generation. Will it benefit His glory or your temporary emotion? God just doesn’t do things selfishly for an individual, it has a bearing and effect on others. So He will make sure that the conclusion He comes to will meet His glory, not your selfish unrighteousness. When you look at a certain situation that has transpired in your life, you look at it one way “what will give me my immediate gratification of revenge?” Making us satisfied. Whereas Christ looks at if far beyond that. Because what we may say will affect someone else who may be used for His glory in the future. He has to make sure it won’t effect anything, if it does, it will result in meeting the cry of His saint as well as meeting the needs of the future saints or plans. As Spock from Star Trek says “the cries of the many outway the needs of the few.” We have to learn to stop dealing with a situation or asking for something from Jesus in a 1D mind. We have to ask for things that basically are not going to cause someone else to falter. That is why we must say Lord if it’s thy will let it be. We have to make sure that it’s not about us, it’s about Him. That is why it said in the scripture: But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed, Isiaiah 53:3. Can we say redeemed for His glory?

 

Isaiah 55:1-11

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

We think in 1D, Christ thinks in 3D. He is looking and understanding the result of what is done. That is wy He died upon the cross, He told you that He was dying for you, for the generations to come, those that you don’t understand. His thoughts are not like our thoughts neither His ways. He says that over again because when we make a determination about things, it’s about quick gratification for ourselves, but He looks at the present tense, future, what generation it will effect, will it cause trouble, way before you’ve ever got the thought out yourself. He will not do something that will cause danger, but with bring Him glory. Jesus says what He says has to be final. It has to meet the requirement of all that He sees. When He makes a statement, He makes a statement that spans all time. When He makes a judgment, He makes a judgment that spans all time. We only make a judgment that meets our immediate desire, immediate gratification. In other words we’re selfish. We only care about us, because the only thing we see is us. Thank grace for God, because His mercy endures forever.

How many times have you made a determination, not worrying about the effect later on? We’ve done this without thinking about the consequences in the future, that will immediately shut down our minds, so we will feel the immediate need taken care of. The repercussions of our actions could cause someone to never know who God is, could cause someone or some family to never know the love of God. Have you ever thought about that? That is why its so important that we say if it be Your will Lord. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands, Isaiah 55:12.

Know this, if you don’t want to do something that is out of the will of God, make sure that you ask Lord if its thy will. Understand that if God doesn’t get the glory, then who does? Remember, we are redeemed for His glory’s sake, in Jesus Name.

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The Time of the End of the New Babylon

Isaiah 13: 1-22

The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lordof hosts mustereth the host of the battle.They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land. Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

The USA has been deemed the “New Babylon,” because of the sin and degradation of our current society. We often hear about these new things rising up such as a new type of love, or a new type of love…really anything new. The people in this country are going for it; readily accepting it. They aren’t at all concerned about their spiritual well being ect. The biggest problem, is that we don’t know where to go; we don’t know what to do, because there is no mentoring, nor anyone to give us guidance. As the Word of God says, there is a time of destruction coming.

If you know anything about old Babylon, it was a beautiful city with two rivers running through the city. Its inhabitants worshiped the Goddess Ishtar. The inhabitants were also those of the Chaldeans, which where a people group who settled in what we know today as Iraq. Babylon was located in the southern part of our modern day Iraq. Incidentally, the tower of Babel described in the Book of Genesis was within this city.

Today, the ancient city of Babylon is being rebuilt and renovated from its already existing ruins. In the above passage of scripture in Isaiah 13:19-22, it is said that when Babylon was destroyed, that it should not be inhabited again. Yet, many today are trying to reclaim the ancient city of Babylon, and restore it back to its former glory. Why? Why is this city, which the Lord destroyed, being rebuilt? For the mere fact that this city, which was destroyed and deemed by the Lord never to be inhabited again, means that those who are setting out to do so are intentionally challenging God. It is really giving credence to the world that the spirit of Babylon lives on.

Why is this so important? Because within the ancient city, anything was permissible, similarly to Sodom and Gomorrah. You can do whatever you want to fulfill your desires from money to sex. Why is this so significant? Because this attitude is what is prevalent today, in the USA.  That of self indulgence, practicing sodomy, demonic worship, etc openly. This country’s leaders present themselves as arrogant, boastful, passing laws and rules not indicative of the Word of God (which this country was based on), law based on personal emotion. People have been saying that the USA is the new Babylon. I thought this was Christian nation, founded on Biblical principals. Well the leaders of the country has said countless times that it is not a Christian nation. What we are is a melting pot of different belief, mentalities, ethnicities, mindsets, yet we are all to be together and operate as one. This nation has brought up laws that take people and bring them under control. The only way to do it is destroy the value and morals of a people,then imprison and destabilize them. They want to police this world, and bring it into a one world system or government. The stage is set for complete world domination.

There is talk about giving everyone a chip forcefully, they want to have complete control over your life, to have control over whether you can buy or sell, to have control over whether you are compliant to governmental rules, to know your heath conditions and your location or your where about, etc. Revelation 13:17.

WE ARE IN A WAR.

We are in a war against ourselves. Its not a war with Satan. He is already defeated. He already knows where he is going. We are fighting our own reality, a mindsets to believe or not to believe in God and his son Jesus. We are fighting the understanding that “if I believe in God and Jesus, then the bible view of  of this world is real, where do I go from here? If I don’t believe in God  and Jesus then I’m living in a false perception and reality in this world. A lot of people in this world has lost there perception of reality, they basing their understanding of the reality in this world and mindset, because of the tradition,rituals,propaganda,and lies that leads to controlling the masses. CONTROL. ” which is form of witchcraft “Certain individuals in this world, want control over God’s creation.  As in the case of ( GMO’s) Genetically Modified Organisms or Genetically manipulated Organisms in other words, the God created DNA “with are the building blocks for life” (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) and they are manipulating the original blue print of God, so they came claim ownership of man through their man made patents and  to have ownership of all they have manipulated they want to make Genetically Modified Humans (GMHs). These are their goals. Once you can make a GMH, that human does not belong to God anymore. That is why if you take the mark into your body, you are no longer God’s, you belong to Satan, the devil. You are no longer what God created in the beginning.  When you stared are now genetically modified and the property of the modifier.

It is Babylon all over again. We are dumbed down, to make us subservient so that we could be controlled. However, God says that if His people who are called by His name, would humble themselves and pray, He would hear them. But if you are wired by the “powers that be,” you are told what to do, how to do it and block your mind to God.

We have fallen asleep, gone astray, and become as Romans while we were in Rome. We have look to many times of what we have, then looking to who we are. Its time now that the Children of God begin to stand up for what they believe, and whom they say their serve, for what is right, real, and what is faith in our Lord Jesus (Yeshua).

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We are Who we Serve

Happy Sabbath to all! A day of rest, that is surely needed among the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives. Praise and worship this morning was nice and set the tone for us to hear what God has in store for us.

“We are Who we Serve: But I invite you to abundant life” is our topic today out of Isaiah chapters 53, 54, and 55. Are you tired and there seems to be no peace in your spirit? Things just feel out of balance? No fulfillment in your life, in your being? Looking for love that makes your life complete, alive and at peace? That will quiet those quiet moments? A peace not as men call it, but a peace that will hug you when your down and out, or when you feel like your not even worth being alive? A peace when your mind has so many conflicts. Too many decisions so many questions. There is a peace, a peace that passes all understanding.

Isaiah 53:1-12, 55:1-13
Isaiah 53:5- “but he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” The word chastisement means to punish bodily. In the greek its spelled PAIDEUO meaning to train children. The word stripes means strokes or blows with a hammer, the mark or print of blows in the skin. Iniquities means wickedness or wicked acts.

All this was done to him for us. He suffered all the pain, crying and headaches that we would have had to experience, and experienced for Himself on our behalf. Because He suffered for us, we should not have to struggle. All we have to do is live for Him. We lack faith, when we don’t see an opportunity for faith, we should sill have faith. Its hard these days to really hold on to something that we can’t see, because we want to do it our way. Thats why the word says lean not to your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path. We have to stop questioning His motives.

Isaiah 54:4-17
“Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood anymore. For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called” 4-5.

The name Christianity has become synonymous with fanatical, uncaring, unloving, vengeful people. The name Christian really turns people off today. So how will we be able to invite  people to Christ; how are we going to overcome that stigmatism of Christianity that the world sees? In some ways we try to defend being a Christian. The term really means Christ like. When the world sees Christians (or people posing as being Christ like) acting a certain way, they say if this is the way God is, I don’t want to be a part of that God. Majority of times its a male who is seeing and saying these things. Even in the church, there are mostly all women in the church. If you see men, you’ll see them as musicians, a few deacons, a few ministers, security, or janitor. But in the actual service, you’ll see few, the church is full of women, which is not bad its a blessing. But God wants to bring men to cause that oneness to be there. So it leads you to the point; what are we doing to recover the whole family, the men to the house of God? We teach our women and children. Even in Isaiah 54:13 “And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.” We need to walk boldly in the words of God as a true Child of God, I don’t’ use the term Christian, but Child of God. We need to let men know that God needs them, young and old alike. So you need to welcome them to a life in God, showing them that they are needed and loved by God. In Isaiah 54:17 “no weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.” There is power in this verse for both men and women.

God is not so much concerned about your money or clothing or food to eat or money you may have to give. Isaiah 55:3, 6,7 “incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his ways, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” This is not being told to men. When a church has a strong men foundation it makes for a strong ministry.

In conclusion, we need to begin to not talk like the church, but walk like the chruch. No matter what comes against us remember this “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, for whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord which made heaven and earth” Psalm 121.

If you have questions concerning what we’ve talked about today, comment below or email us ataocministries@yahoo.com.