My faith? Well, its a personal thing...

This blog is part 1 of 3 parts.
1) My faith - its a personal thing...
2) I Don't Know...(part 1)
3) I Don't Know...(part 2)

So here is the beginning of this 3 part blog.

I was reading a little bit of the life of David.
And reading between the Psalms which David mostly wrote
and the book of Chronicles and kept coming up with words
of 'saved' and 'salvation' or 'delivered'.

Reading many chapters and verses like this one:

1 Chronicles 16:23
Sing to the LORD, all the earth;
proclaim his salvation day after day

and focused on the part 'proclaim His salvation day
after day'

And the HOLY SPIRIT said to me: "David's idea of
salvation and your idea of salvation are 2 DIFFERENT THINGS!"

I was stunned for a couple of moments, thinking about
what I just heard.

And started thinking about 'Salvation' and 'Saviour'
because David wasn't thinking about GOD saving him in the way
of, David's sins were forgiven and that he was
going to heaven when he died.

Being a covenant keeping Jew, he knew that his
sins were covered (by proper sacrifices accepted
by the LORD) and knew that he was 'safe' when he
died (no fear recorded in Old Testament saints
nearing death). They knew they were destined
to be in Abraham's bosom. Job said (who spoke
and lived before David) even though I die, in
my flesh I will see GOD. Job 19:26

David would already know what Abraham, and Moses said.

He wasn't thinking that his sins were forgiven and
that he was on his way to heaven (although he was
for sure forgiven and on his way to heaven.)

What David was talking about and what the entire
Bible is talking about, is the truth that the LORD
is a personal SAVIOUR!

A deliverer, a daily - every need personal SAVIOUR.

When you see HIM daily provide, heal, 'come through'
you can proclaim HIS SALVATION day after day!

We realize that:

Yes, HE forgives ALL your sin
Yes, HE makes a place for you, with HIM when you die
But one that is personal.
One that carries your trouble and delivers you from them.

All your troubles, all your fears.

Psalm 34:4
I sought the LORD, and he heard me,
and delivered me from all my fears.

The LORD then spoke to me and said; "Do you think HE
is a incomplete Savior? or Part-Time Saviour?

Until you realize everything is by GRACE alone (and you
are unfit in and of yourselves by doing anything to make
you right before GOD).

Everything comes to you by GRACE (God's love to you
though undeserving that you and I are).

Then the next step is FAITH, to see HIM as a personal GOD, one
that is 'with you in trouble'.

He is not a 'far away' GOD, not knowing your situation.
see Romans 10:5-10
HE is close, with you, in you!

HE does all this, because HE wants to be part of your/HIS life!

Like what kind of mother/father would not want anything to
do with their children's success or trouble?

In a good marriage, does the wife want nothing to do
with the 'ups' and 'downs' of her husbands life?

Wouldn't mother do whatever she could to protect, feed,
provide, love, nurture, her baby?

That is where the LORD is trying to get his kids to understand.
HE is a present GOD, ready to deliver, ready to save!

A daily GOD, one that comes with fresh manna everyday.
Can you trust HIM to see you through your troubles of today only?

Psalm 91:15
He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be
with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

2 Corinthians 1:4
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can
comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves
have received from God.

This is the 'key' to great faith its knowing your deliverer!

Please read the next (2) posts "I Don't Know" Part 1 & Part 2
in connection with this post to get my complete thought on this topic.

I Don't Know...(part 1)
I Don't Know...(part 2)

A Church History Lesson (you've never heard before)

This is a quote by Rev. Sam Pascoe.

Its a short history of the CHURCH and it goes like this:

Christianity started in Palestine as a fellowship,
it moved to Greece and became a philosophy,
it moved to Italy and became an institution,
it moved to Europe and became their culture,
it came to America and became an enterprise.

All Church is, is a by product, an overflow of believers
in fellowship with each other and their LORD!

The thought goes then, that if it has become an enterprise
(a business) but we know from scripture its really a body.

Any body that is a business is a prostitute.
The Old testament is 'chock full' of references GOD
uses to Israel of entering into prostitution. The entire
story of Hosea and his prostitute wife Gomer shows GOD's
relentless love for HIS own to enter into a love rest with
their GOD.

The Jews continually (as we do, them as our examples) fall
into spiritual prostitution.

We've exchanged our access 'to Abundant Life' for selling
sermons and teaching and give and receving tithes. Huge
'christian' businesses, doing their business just like the world.

What is highly esteemed in men's eyes,
is detestible in the eyes of GOD! Luke 16:15

Then this scripture takes on deeper meaning:

1 Corinthians 6:15
Do you not know that your bodies are members of
Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ
and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

JESUS Multiplies Food (another miracle) for Children in Uganda

We know that JESUS fed the 5,000 and 4,000 with a few loaves and fish.

These 2 JESUS stories, have a message of GRACE to them, which LORD willing will
share at a later date.

But here was a recent feeding miracle again.

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