Genesis 6:8-9 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, AND HE WALKED WITH GOD.
When we are "in the spirit" we walk with God. Eceryday, all day holding His hand. Walking through life with Him. When we do what "we "want, we pull away from Him. I imagine my three year old snatching her hand from me and running in the wrong direction toward danger. (Like the street)
A constant state. day by day, hour by hour. step by step by step.
Nehemiah's wall: The sin and rebllion of God's people ultimately leaves them defenseless.
John 10:10 The enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy.
1 Cor 7:23 - You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. Jesus bought and paid for us we belong to Him.
Babylon: The tower of babel-
God's Command: Scatter over the earth (Gen 9:1)
Babylonians: build a tower, make a name for themselves and not scatter (Gen11:4)
God scatters them over the whole earth. (Gen 11:8)
God gets what God wants.
Isaiah 46: 9-11 - 9 Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.
10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.
11 From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do.
People have visions of us, the new prophets the standard God has raised, with blood under our eyes. This is Jesus' blood and it is war paint.
Our only hope of resisiting the deep indoctrination of worldliness is our DELIBERATE TRAINING IN GODLINESS, WHICH IS BIBLE STUDY, we won't be successful without it.
Tutor me Jesus, teach me to win.
God is building a bridge composed of scripture. God is the preacher. We are the congregation. The gospel is the good news of God's blessing on mankind. Every person, angel, demon - those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth will bow at the name of Jesus and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the Father. What a vision! That is all it will take is the mention of His name.
God's promise is this: " I Will." anything God does, satan attempts to counterfeit.
Isaiah 14: 12-14 - 12 How you have fallen from heaven,
O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
13 You said in your heart,
"I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High."
(See Ezekiel 28 too)
All sin is born from the words " I will"
Obedience is found in the words "Thy Will"
Jesus was the sacrifice. God provided the Lamb. God did it all. It has NOTHING to do with us and EVERYTHING to do with God. God provided the lamb. God gave the only son that He had. God did not provide a sacrifice "for "us he provided one "instead "of us. You receive it with humility and gratitude on your knees. When God provided the lamb for Abraham instead of Isaac it says he looked up and saw the ram caught in the trees. There are no trees "up" on a mountain. Abraham looked up because when God called to him he had fallen on His face. Abraham NEVER wavered in his belief that God could perform His promise. (Romans 4:20-22) and it was credited to him as righteousness.
Resolve - to make clear or understandable, to decide, to find an answer to.
But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. Daniel 1: 8
To resolve must be practiced every single day. Doesn't mean you won't be tested and tempted. If the decision to be Jesus' disciple were easy it wouldn't take resolve. godliness is never accidental. Neither is victory coincidental. They come from daily resolve. Consistency.
The lifeblood of integrity is becoming the same person no matter where we are - no matter who's around.
Integrity (Latin) entire- wholeness/completeness. complete - undivided.
Intedgrity not only calls us to live inside-out, it keeps the outside from coming in. Consistency in our walk and in our talk becomes a transportable cloak of protection around us, going anywhere we go. - Beth Moore
Daniel 1:17 - To these four young men GOD GAVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.
Whatever Babylon (our culture) teaches us - God interprets for us. We read the language of our culture with the lens of God. We retain a God-centered worldview so that ultimately the world may view our God.
RESOLVE Day in, Day out. Step by Step by Step. We will do it on purpose or we won't do it at all. God's warning to Cain never seemed more corporate -Sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you. - Gen 4:7
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