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You Have Eyes, but Yet You Can’t See

Psalm 119:9-19, 37

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes. With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.  I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

 

What does it mean when it says “not sin,” in the 11th verse? Not go against, not talk negative, not being a headache, not being a bother, not being anything that tells God that you are going to be a whining and complaining saint; “not going against Your ways Lord.” When you sin against the Word of God, you go against God. We don’t really see the things we do, but we don’t really understand, if we sin against God, we sin against His Word.

What is vanity in verse 37? Your lifestyle; your mind’s concepts that aren’t God like can be vanity. It does not always have to be how you perceive yourself as you look in the mirror. Do you realize that when God is telling you to behold what you see is who you are, don’t try to give your own thoughts of what you perceive it to be, but tell it like it really is. God does not want you to psychoanalyze what He is saying. You have eyes, but you can’t see what you’re looking at. You are using your own wisdom to interpret what He says. We must get in God’s brain to know what he says. Getting in God’s brain is reading His Word.

We should not be wise in our own eyes. Don’t think that you know about all things or when someone ask you anything you have the answer for it because, it will lead you down the path of self-righteousness. You use your eyes to see everything; to find the path, to send messages to record daily events for your brain to store, its like an information camera. If God gave you eyes, and you look at something, let them be led by the Spirit and anointing of God, not your flesh. Don’t look at all things from your own understanding, but look at them through the Word of God. The Spirit of God you serve is in your heart!  “Thy word have I hid in my heart…” What kind of spirit do you have? An over coming or a resistant, doubtful, unsure spirit? God wants you to open your eyes, perceive the situation with the knowledge that God can change it.

God says, if I brought you through this situation, then I will bring you through another situation. Through that situation God will teach you something. Don’t look at a situation through your own knowledge. God will give you victory over you, if you will let God order you steps. If you keep ordering your own steps God can’t help you in your walk. When you don’t see what God is trying to show you, then you become blind to the real truth, and when you become blind, the only thing you can perceive is negativity. Sin has us, and we don’t even realize. We are actually grabbing for sin. But we should say “God whatever You say, is what I’ll do.” Your trials will not be easy but Jesus’ burden is easy and His yoke is light. When you look through the eyes of flesh and not those of God, you perceive the danger instead of the victory, the trial instead of its completion. God is trying to pull you into the realms of what He will do, and you are putting Him in the realms of what you think He could do. He said we can do all things through Christ which strengthen us. He will not put anymore on us than we can bare.

Do you need something to satisfy you? We walk not by sight but by faith, so believe even when you can’t see the victory, seeing what He wants us to see and not what we want to see.

Matthew 13:1-7

The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

 

Verse 7- No foundation…when they came up for a test of the word that was in them, that they hid in their heart, it was found there was nothing in their heart! Because they didn’t not have that deep word, that word that was to the bone, they could not stand when a test came up to give an account of who and what they were.

Matthew 13:8-23

But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

 

Just like any child, God wants us to go through our tests, whatever they might be to us. He wants us to find out what we are, then we will understand what we mean to Him. Does my test have to look like your test because you’re perceiving my test to be hard? What’s a test? Anything that causes you to stress about your connection with God; what we go through to find out what God says about us.

Is your life built on a solid foundation; the mercies and love of God; are your surroundings such that they are choking you out spiritually? Are you even aware that you are being choked out; are you walking haphazardly through your walk not really getting anything out of it? Are you so locked up with things that need to come to you in a preconceived way, when they may come differently? God’s ways are not like our, His order is not like man’s.

We all know what we go through in our walk; misguided, everything not being clear, not knowing if we’re in tests…Tests are what we have to look forward to in our walk. What’s a test for me? Look at what God is trying to pull you through. Being aware of a calculus formula and not how to use it are two different things. To know what the Word of God says, and being able to apply it to your walk are two different things.

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

 

Having an understanding of the Word of God is wisdom; knowing how to apply it to your life is God’s wisdom.

 

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Conflicts of Your Christian Life

Conflicts: Things Have Changed

Conflict: A clash between hostile or opposing forces

7 Conflicts in the Christian Life

1) Christian behavior- Romans 13:1-2
“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.”

The powers that be will use these verses to get the Child of God to be obedient to them for the purpose of control. The old man wants to address a situation in the ways it wants to without using the Word of God. They watch to see how you are, to get your reaction.

2) Sin. Do you wrestle with sin? It is a conflict with your spiritual walk. Sin comes in all types of ways. Sin is always present.

3) To live holy or not to live holy:

James 3:1-18, James 4:1-17, Romans 13:14, Romans 6:1

4) Flesh and the Spirit – Romans 8, John 1:13

5) The voice of Jesus Christ – Sometimes we think our own voices are the voice of Jesus. But, when He truly speaks to you, you will know assuredly. “And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.” John 10:4-5. Also see Matthew 16:17, John 10:27

6) Lust – This goes beyond sex. The lust to do evil, head games, lust to sin. Lust, money and power cause men to fall. For women,  love, financial ability, and outer appearance cause them to fall. Lust not, want not, need not. How many are lusting after Jesus? Ephesians 2:3

7) To pray or not to pray- We should know when to pray and what to prayer about and wait for God to answer. Matthew 6:7. David was a man after Gods own heart. His heart was genuine when he asked for forgiveness. We need to do the same.

These conflicts are just normally against the child of God, a part from personal conflicts. Whatever we go through, seek the answers from God, fall on your knees, fall on your face, humble yourself. He is the only hope in our Christian walk.

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Where Do We Go From Here

Romans 12:1-12, 2 Corinthians 7:1-7, 1 Thessalonians 5, Ephesians 4:1-5

On this day, May the 23, where do you stand in Christ? Do you know your purpose, or God’s will  for your life? Have you taken the time to look back to see where you came from? Are you making preparation to not allow your past to become your future? Do you want to go back with him? Do you want to go through the tribulation period of Daniels 70 weeks?

1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

How long shall you deny the move of God upon your soul? How long shall you fight against the same old mess that bound you before? If God be God serve Him, but if your God is Mammon (The Aramaic word for riches, personified by Jesus as a false god) than serve it. There are many demigods. Listed in the resources tab on our website are a listed of gods spoken of in the Bible, that are still active in peoples lives today. Under different names, products; these gods are known as the gods of old.  The word of God tells us how long halt you between two opinions? The bible tells us concerning our salvation that there is no name under heaven by which we must be saved except at the name of Jesus (Acts 4:12).

Acts 2:38
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

People in faith, religion, and belief systems have watered down Christ or Yeshua in Hebrew, thereby taking away his validity, power and authority to govern the actions of men. It is their way of of not being held response and accountable for their sins. Its what we call their excuse not to serve God.

John 14:1-3
Let not your heart be troubled:ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions:if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

John 15:7
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

The biggest question that we need to ask: are we in Him? If we’re not in him:
John 15:6
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

You may be asking, how do I know if I am in Him or not? He mentions in the same chapter of John to know whether you are in him: John 15:1-2 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away:and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

The fruit is not melons nor mangoes nor bananas nor oranges in a basket, because you can get those anywhere; you can get organic fruit from whole foods. But its talking about the result of the hope that is in you testifying the word to those who would listen, changing their lives through the word of God. You can not talk to anyone and them not come to the word of God through your ministering. If you are in him you will love doing this. To know him is to love him and to love him is to serve him. So if Christ abides in you, then he will direct your path to the will he has for you to bring increase in the body. There is a certain excitement that goes when you witness about the hope and love in you for Christ. We need to understand that it is not about us, financial gain, having fun as the world does, but about delivering the Word of God to save men’s souls from themselves and from hell. I say again, once the word has been given to you what are you doing with it? He doesn’t want us to be zealous, but its for every man to recon to himself that he understands the word fully. We are to study to rightly divide the word of truth.

Just going around with a smile on your face saying you love the Lord and are excited about God is not telling someone you are saved. You have to show the people by the life, by your actions and walk. This will tell people if you are a child of God. In these days the word Christian has become synonymous with an evil things. They are trying in this society to eliminate the effectiveness more of being a Christian. True Children of God are Belivers, who walk by faith, not sight. The presence of God is forever in a Child of God’s life. He said he’d never leave nor for sake you. Sometimes it seems hard when we go through tests and trials and we want him to hold our hand non stop all the way through. When you were in school and it was time to take a test did your teacher stand beside you and give all the answers? In order for you to learn you have to go through on your own, but have faith the the resulting are going to be in your favor. Some people say its a faith walk; its more its a life walk.

That concludes this Sabbath day service. For those who have any questions kindly leave information at the end of the page. Next week we will do an end times study  on the Shemitah and the tribulation period.