Let The Redeemed of the Lord Say So #5

    Ps.107:2(Amp) says, "Let the Redeemed of the Lord say so whom He has Redeemed from the adversary." 

    Gal.3:13(Amp) says, "Christ purchased our freedom (redeeming us) from the Curse (doom) of the Law (and its condemnation) by (Himself) becoming a curse for us; for it is written (in the scriptures) cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified)."

    When we "Say so," what do we say? Can we go to what is written in the Curse and stand against it, by saying what the word says? If a disease comes to you, then can you go to God's Word, find that disease, then say, "I am Redeemed from that," expecting to be delivered from that disease? When you were a sinner, you believed Rom.10:9(Amp) which says, "Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips and  in your heart your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the Truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved" and you were saved. You received Jesus as your Lord and Savior and became a new creation in Christ. God's Word says, "Your sins and iniquities I will remember no more." Is that true? 1Cor.2:12 says, "You have now become a child of God and He has given you the Holy Spirit." Is that true?

    When God instructs us to "Say so whom the Lord has delivered from the hand of the adversary," then why wouldn't we believe and stand, repeat His Word and stand on His Word about our healing? Which part of God's Word is true and which is not true? It is all True! We haven't been taught all that the Redemption Jesus provided, so we never put our faith in this. Every believer must learn and practice saying what the Word says, so we won't believe when others say, "God doesn't do this for everyone" or "You never know what God will do." If we attended a school that never taught addition, does that take away the fact that addition works and that it works for everyone who will believe and use it?

    Paul told Timothy in 2Tim.2:15 to, "Study and show yourself approved." There were people all around who were still teaching The Law and traditions of The Law, to Christians. Timothy needed to distinguish between the Truth and the wrong things being taught. Paul wrote to the church in Gal.1:6(Amp), "I am surprised and astonished that you are so quickly turning renegade and deserting Him Who invited and called you by the Grace (unmerited favor) of Christ (the Messiah) (and that you are transferring your allegiance) to a different (even an opposition) gospel."

  Just because we haven't been taught some of these Truths of God's Word, doesn't mean they're not for us today or that they've passed away. God's Word will never pass away according to Ps.119:89(Amp) which says, "Forever, O Lord, Your Word is settled in Heaven (stands firm as the heavens)." 

   Have you noticed how in these Last Days, everything is constantly changing and what was once true, isn't true any longer? The little knowledge we gleaned will not sustain us in these times. We must study God's Word, in order to show ourselves approved before God. This doesn't mean that we're not saved or that our faith is void, but that we need to keep learning God's Word to keep us from certain things while we're still here.

    It's time we began to believe God for His Protection from things here on earth, as well receiving us into His House, when we leave here. We have work to do while we're still here on earth and need to learn to believe God will take care of us, while we work for the Kingdom. Read the scriptures quoted above and find out what we are to "Say So."

Let The Redeemed of the Lord Say So #4

     Ps.107:2(Amp) says, "Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say so, Whom He has Redeemed from the adversary."

    The Lord was speaking to a nation and to the people of that nation in 2Chron.7:14(Amp), saying, "If My people who are called by My Name will turn from their ways and seek My Face and pray; I would hear their prayer and heal their Land."  I've never understood how we read God's Word, but don't seem to take it personally. We always assume it's "for someone else." God was personally inviting us and  not just others in this nation in 2Chron.7:14. Was Jesus speaking to His followers or speaking in general, when saying, "Now you go into all the earth and preach the Gospel to every creature" in Mark16:15,17? When Jesus said, "These signs will follow those who believe," was He speaking to you or someone else? Are you a believer?

    Can you stand on God's Word or is the Prayer of Salvation the only part of it, you take personally? The Church needs to enter into this battle for our national, for the world and for ourselves and for the Glory of God. This isn't left only for preachers and pastors, but for "all who believe." When was the last time we led someone to the Lord or spend time interceding for this nation to be "One nation under God" again? When was the last time we prayed and voted for Godly leaders in our nation? Do we care that some of our leaders don't know the Lord and we're suffering under the penalty of a declining national leadership?

    The Bible is a personal letter to you from your Heavenly Father. We must each do our part according to His Word. We can give money to send large ministries to go forth and that's good. But, they probably won't come and minister to those we work with or to our neighbors. This is a personal ministry for the entire Body of Christ to do, not just a few.

    I can stand behind a pulpit and minister God's Word to you, but there are people you know, live with or work with, that I don't know and see every day. It's your responsibility to minister to those around you. The job is too big for just a handful of people to do. Even Jesus  instructed others to go on His behalf into the world. You're certainly a part of the ministry, even if you're not part of the five-fold ministry. There is truly only One Ministry and that's the Ministry of the Lord Jesus, which we all have a part to take. We've taken our eyes of the prize and began looking at the Reward. The Reward comes at the end of the finish line and the Reward is the Prize in every life.

    The same Holy Spirit Who was in John, Peter, Paul and Jesus, is the Same Holy Spirit Who lives in each of us. The Same Holy Spirit Who raised Jesus from the dead, now lives in you and still able to do what the Father sent Him to do. He only needs someone to believe that He can still do the same things He's always done and do it through you.

    The only thing we're required to do, is to believe. God didn't tell us to heal the sick, Jesus said that "These signs would follow those who believed; They would lay hands on the sick and they will recover," in Mark16:17. Do you have hands? Are you a believer? God will do the healing, when you believe, speak His Word and lay hands on the sick. We know that "God watches over His Word and is faithful to perform it." We just need to do our part. 

Let The Redeemed of the Lord Say So #3

    Ps.107:2(Amp) tells us, "Let the Redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has delivered from the hand of the adversary." Many know this scripture, along with Gal.3:13 which tells us that we've been "Delivered from the Curse of the Law" and "The Blessing is now upon us through Jesus Christ." Do we know what is in this Curse, so`that we know what to stand against?

    Just because we've been redeemed, doesn't mean the adversary will not stop his attacks against us. This why we've been instructed by the Lord to "Say so."  Satan has no right to take our children into captivity, but we must take a stand on their behalf. We have the Power of the Redemptive Blood of Jesus and the Authority in His Name, in order to stand against the adversary.  

    We have a Just and Righteous Judge Who sits on the Throne and we have an Advocate or Righteous Lawyer (Jesus) Who will stand in our defense. He is the High Priest of our confession. Do you plead according to your new creation covenant, so that Jesus pleads before your Judge? Or do you plead guilty? The plea is up to us and I want Jesus to be my defense lawyer (or Advocate).

    No person in their right mind, would go to court without a defense lawyer who tell us what to plea and make our defense. Our Heavenly Father is the Righteous and Just Judge. He will judge us in the Righteousness of the court of Heaven, by His Own Word. How do you plead? Let us Say so, who have been delivered and found innocent by the Word and the Lamb of God, declaring to the adversary, "You have no right to bring this on us."

    Confession is a very important part of our relationship with the Father. The Lord didn't put these things in His Word in order to take up space and fill in chapters. He put them there for us to know and use in our own behalf. Jesus didn't defend Himself when He was taken to trial. If He had, then He would have so perfectly defended Himself, He would have been set free. He would have used God's Word on His behalf. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus delivered Himself to God's will. In the natural, Jesus knew what His fate was. Jesus could have been delivered because He was without sin or contempt of the Law. He remained silent for us.

    The adversary knows we've been delivered from his hand, but he wants to know if we know that. He'll use every tool in his toolbox, to try confusing and condemning God's Church, so we fall into his hands. 1Pet.5:8(Amp) says, "Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for the enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring (in fierce hunger), seeking someone to seize upon and devour." 

   How can he devour those who will say God's Word concerning our Redemption? He has no legal ground to bring to pass anything in our lives that we don't relinquish to his hands? We must know our rights in God's Covenant and the Blood of our Sacrifice Lamb, Jesus. The adversary can't declare his own word on us, but must have us stand in agreement with his accusations in front of the Judge, Who is God. Do you stand on God's Word or do you agree with the adversary?

    If Jesus is my Redeemer, then I have every right to stand in the enemy's face and declare my Redemption. The Judge will always find me innocent in His Court in Heaven, by the Blood of Jesus in His Mercy Seat in the Holy of Holies. He is Righteous and through Jesus, we are found righteous and just by His Own Righteousness. How do you plead? Guilty or by the Blood? If you're redeemed, then when the adversary comes at you by something under the Curse, then you don't be afraid to say, "No, I'm Redeemed from that by the Blood of Jesus Christ my Savior." Say so.

Let The Redeemed of the Lord Say So #2

     Gal.3:13(Amp) says, "Christ purchased our freedom (redeeming us) from the Curse (doom) of the Law (and its condemnation) by (Himself) becoming a curse for us, for it is written (in the Scriptures), Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified)." There are so many things that our Lord paid for when He was made a curse for us, that we don't take advantage, as the new creation Body of Christ. We read the scriptures, but don't "study to show ourselves approved," like Paul told Timothy in 2Tim.2:15(Amp) which says, "Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing (rightly handling and skillfully teaching) the Word of Truth."

    One of the things we've been redeemed from that is dear to my heart (and your's too), is found in Deut.28:32(Amp) which says, "Your sons and daughters shall be given to another people and your eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all the day, and there shall be no power in your hands to prevent it." As a father, grandfather and great grandfather, one of the most fervent times I spend in prayer, is for my family. 

    The culture of our nation (and the world) has changed so much, and I never had to deal with the things our kids are facing. I see and hear so many pitfalls in front of my family, that are difficult to explain. My consolation comes from Jesus' Words in Luke10:2(Amp), where He says, "The harvest indeed is abundant (there is much ripe grain), but the farmhands are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to sent out laborers into His harvest." Even though my family doesn't always pay attention to what I say, I know that "God's Word is a Seed that will produce according to kind." The corn seed doesn't know how, but will grow up into the full corn in the ear. I put faith in God's Word and won't be swayed by things that my natural eyes see. I'm standing on God's Truth for all my family.

    There's a laborer out there and God know who it is. The laborer will water that seed into the harvest is complete. As the redeemed of the Lord, I will say, "My children and family will not go into captivity to another people" and "I stand on the fullness of my Redeeming Lamb of God and not in fear." I pray for a laborer and the guidance of the Holy Spirit to put the right laborer in their path. 

    There are so many voices in today's world that try pulling people away from God and the words we've told them throughout the years. We can trust that the things we told them about salvation and the Lord Jesus Christ will bring a harvest, because "God watches over His Word to perform it," according to Jer.1:12. God loves them even more than we do. We must stand against the lies of the enemy and as the redeemed of the Lord, we must say so. We must confess that, "My family will not go into captivity, because Jesus has redeemed me from that on the cross."

    We must use God's Word against sickness and disease that would come up on us through the Curse. I don't wait to get sick, before I say so about my redemption. God's Word says, the Lord has redeemed us from the hand of the adversary," according to Ps.107:2.  Why not stand on your healing while you're well, instead of waiting until the adversary makes you sick? We must stand on the Blessing and against the Curse, in our daily walk with the Lord.

    We must keep our eyes on Jesus and His Promises to us, instead of the things going around us. Most of our parents probably never thought we'd be saved, but they prayed and allowed God to perform His Perfect work. The Seed of of the Word was only a Seed, but took root and became a sprout. Then it became an ear and brought forth corn in that ear and the fullness of the seed became a harvest.

    Find out what we've been redeemed from in the Curse and then say so, like the Lord has instructed. Don't be fearful or dismayed and definitely stop saying, "It's not working." The Word of God always works. Look at the heavens, earth and the cosmos and see if they're doing anything other than what God told us to do. If we're going to say anything, then let's say it as the redeemed of the Lord, like God instructs us to do.

Let The Redeemed of the Lord Say So #1

    Ps.107:2(Amp) tells us, "Let the Redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has delivered from the hand of the adversary." 

    Many Christians don't seem to understand what the above scripture is saying to us. As the New Testament Church, we are the Redeemed of the Lord.  Gal.3:13(Amp) says, "Christ purchased our freedom (redeeming us) from the Curse (doom) of the Law (and it's condemnation) by (Himself) becoming a curse for us, For it is written (in the scriptures), Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified)." Deut.21:14(Amp) says, "To the end that through (their receiving) Christ Jesus, the Blessing (promised) to Abraham might come up on the Gentiles; so that we through faith might all receive (the realization of the Promise of the Holy Spirit)."

    The Promise God made to Abraham and his Seed, was the Promise of the Holy Spirit. Jesus was the Seed and this was the Promise that God made. It wasn't just receiving of the Holy Spirit on The Day of Pentecost the speaking in new tongues, like many believe. The Promise of the Holy Spirit is the "fullness" of Jesus Himself.  Gal.3:16-17(Amp) says, "Now the Promises (covenants,agreements) were decreed and made to Abraham and his Seed (his Offspring, his Heirs); He (God) does not say, And to his seeds (descendants,heirs) as if referring to many persons, but unto Your Seed (Your Descendant, Your Heir), obviously referring to One Individual (Who is none other) than Christ (the Messiah)."

    We're no longer under the Law, but under Grace. Jesus said in Matt.9:17-18(Amp), "Do not think that I have come to do away with or undo, but to complete and fulfill them. For truly I tell you, Until the sky and earth pass away and perish, not one smallest letter nor one little book (identifying certain Hebrew letters) will pass from the Law until all things (it foreshadows) are completed."

    We're no longer under the Law, but under Grace. This doesn't mean that we can live any way we please, without consequences. We're under two Laws only, according to Matt.22:36-40(Amp) where Jesus' follower asks, "Teacher, which kind of commandment is great and important (the principal kind) in the Law? Some commandments are light-which are heavy? And He (Jesus) replied unto him; You shall love the Lord they God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect). This is the great (most important, principal) and first commandment. And a second one is like it; You shall love your neighbor as you do yourself. These two commandments sum up and upon them depend all the Law and the prophets."

    We've been given a new Law, which is the Law of Love. It must be fulfilled by God's Grace and our love for Him, which has been shed abroad in our heart by the Holy Spirit. Rom.5:5(Amp) tells us, "Therefor, we have been now Redeemed from the Law through His Redeeming power, and have come into a new covenant and a new being through Jesus." Jesus fulfilled the Law and if we're in Him, then we've perfectly fulfilled the Law in Him and are out from the Curse of the Law.

     We no longer make sacrifices of goats and bulls and we no longer live under condemnation, because in Jesus, we have fulfilled the Law in the eyes of God. We are Redeemed from the Curse of the Law. We should read about the Blessing in Deut.28:1-14 and then read further about the things we tolerated under the Curse. We should read further and begin quoting scriptures, saying, "I am Redeemed from the Curse of the Law. Hallelujah, Amen!"

One On One #34

     I'm writing this blog to thank the American people for their prayers, hope, faith and determination. Thank you for trusting the Lord on behalf of America. We stand one on One with the Father and one on one in unity for our country. I'm certain that there are many who are disappointed with the election results. I bet he Philistines were disappointed too, when David chased them home with the head of their champion. God has a way of "being God" when it comes to His Word and His covenant.

    This isn't the time to back up or back off in prayer and faith for President Elect Trump and our nation. Jesus told His followers to "occupy" until He returns. This term means to advance in the army. We are at war for the salvation and the hearts of millions of people, as well as the stability of our nation. God's Word never tells us to surrender to anyone or anything, other than Him. Letting the Lord fight the battle, doesn't mean we're to sit down and await the rapture. We're to stand fast on God's Word and He always wins. Rom.4:3(Amp) tells us that "Abraham hoped on in faith that God could and would perform that which He Promised."

    Before there was an America, our first and greatest American was a man of God. George Washington prayed and dedicated our nation to God, at his inaugural speech saying, "You will be our God and we will be Your people." That covenant still is in the heart of God. The enemy has tried to turn the hearts of people away from God, using all the things of the world. God's Word though, is "forever settled in Heaven" and His Kingdom rules over all, according to Ps.119:87.

    As we thank God for His intervention in the saving of America, remember the war isn't over but just renewed. We must pray for God to give wisdom to Donald Trump and to protect him and his family. After fasting in the wilderness for forty days in Luke4, satan tried to tempt Jesus offering all the kingdom of this world. Jesus is our Redemption and these things have already been delivered into God's children again. 

    Thank you for joining with the rest of God's children in one on One time with the Lord. God bless you.

One On One Lesson #33

    It doesn't matter what others think about Jesus and His Heart towards humanity. It only matters what you think and perceive about Him. We've recently reviewed the stories of "The lady with the issue of blood" and "Blind Bartimaeous" from Mark 5 and 10. Note though, that neither have an infirmity or are blind. No one else in these chapters received anything else from Jesus, even though Jesus came through their town and knew or thought they knew Who He was.

    Bartimaeous was blind and couldn't attend the meetings where Jesus spoke. He apparently had no one to help lead him to those meetings and they were quite a travel to get to. When he heard that Jesus was near, his HOPE was made full at that time. He HEARD and believed that Jesus was indeed a Miracle Worker and he put FAITH in what he'd heard. When he realized Jesus was in his presence, the hope that Bartimaeous had swelled up and he began crying out for Jesus. Mark10:49(Amp) tells us that, "Jesus stopped and said to call Bartimaeous."

    Was Bartimaeous the only one in the crowd who needed healing? We don't know, but Heb.11:1(Amp) tells us that, "Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things we HOPE for; being the proof of things we do not see, and the conviction of their reality; faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses." The man had heard and hoped for his sight and upon realizing that his hope was right in front of him, he was not going to be denied. We don't read about any other person being healed in this passage.

    The same was true about the woman with the issue of blood. She was considered unclean in the eyes of the Mosaic Law, so she had no right to go hear Jesus preach. She still heard about Him and when He was almost within reach, she was not going to be denied. When she touched Jesus, Jesus stopped and asked, "Who touched Me?" in Mark5:31(Amp). His disciples kept saying to Jesus, "You see the crowd pressing hard against you from all sides, and You ask, Who touched Me?"

   The only other account in this chapter,  was about Jairus, who was believing for his daughter's healing. Was Jesus' healing for every person there or was it for those who believed? Some might say, "God doesn't heal everyone." Healing was for those who by faith, had hope and Jesus was moved by their faith and hope. They received accordingly. We can't let hope pass us by, when we're in a position to have a miracle in our lives. Rom.4:21(Amp) tells us that, "Abraham hope against hope and was strong in faith and was fully satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty to keep His Word and do what He had Promised."

    When we hope against hope, it means that things in the natural seem hopeless. Abraham placed his hope in the Promise, until faith brought it to pass in his life. When the doctors tell you that it's hopeless, you still have hope in God's Word that His Promises, "By Jesus' stripes we are healed" and "All of God's Promises are Yes and Amen to the Glory of God." 2Cor.1:20(Amp) says, "For as many as are the Promises of God, they all find their Yes Answer in Him, Christ. For this reason we also utter the Amen (So be it) to God through Him (in His Person and by His Agency) to the Glory of God."

One On One #ge

     We hear so many differing thoughts about what is true and what isn't true about God's Word. We don't come out and say, "I think God's Word isn't true," but we might think that. Anyone who calls themselves a Christian, would not say, "I think God is a liar" or "God's Word isn't true." We might though use more subtle words by saying, "That's passed away, that's only for certain people, that was only for the early Church and the apostles, you never know what God might do, or that might not be God's will."

    Ps.119:89(Amp) says, "Forever, O Lord, Your Word is settled in Heaven (stands firm as the heavens)." Jer.1:12(Amp) says, "Then said the Lord to me, You have seen well, for I am alert and active, watching over My Word to perform it." Jesus tells us in Luke21;33(Amp), "The sky and the earth (the universe, the world) will pass away, but My Words will not pass away." These are only a few scriptures that show the faithfulness of God's Word and His Promises. Paul was questioned about the validity of God's Words in Rom.3:4(Amp), where he answered, "By no means! Let God be found true though every human being is false and a liar, as it is written, That you may be justified and shown to be upright in what you say, and prevail when you are judged by sinful men."

     Many struggle with Rom.3:10(Amp) which says, "None is righteous, just and truthful and upright and conscientious, no, not one. No one understands (no one intelligently discerns or comprehends); no one seeks out God.We need to continue reading Verses22-24, which says, "Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance of Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and it is meant for all who believe for there is no difference [between Jew and Gentile] Since all have sinned and are fallen short of the honor and glory which God bestows and receives. All have been made justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His Free Grace (His unmerited favor and mercy) through the Redemption which is provided in Christ Jesus."

    We mostly misunderstand righteousness, because of our personal failures and shortcomings. We must keep our faith in Jesus, Who has no shortcomings and failures. I would much rather walk with God based on Jesus' success, instead of my own ability to be righteous. I don't need to get born-again every time I fall short in my walk with God. We can rely on God's Word to keep me and His mercy to keep me, through the Redemption in Jesus.

   We don't purposely set out to sin, but we're still learning and growing in God's knowledge and His Grace of Who He has called us to be. When we're born, both physically and spiritually, we don't walk in the knowledge of adulthood. We don't throw children away, because their diapers need changed or their bottle is empty, because we know they will learn. We know too that love and grace will bring them into maturity.

    Let's take God at His Word and stop trying to change His Word, in order to match our inefficiencies. When we see another believer fall sick, we can't disregard Is.53:5(Amp) which says, "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement (needful to obtain) peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes (that wounded) Him we are healed and made whole." Even if we're currently sick, we must determine in our hearts what we will believe and stand on it.

    Don't fall under condemnation because you've missed it. Get back into God's Word, until it's more true than anything else. We, the Body of Christ, were never called to surrender to anything but Jesus. If we continue to fight, then we will win, because we're already over-comers in Him. Let's look unto the "Author and Finisher of our faith," because His faith is now our faith too. Find hope in God's Word until it pushes out hopelessness. Is it easy? Not always, but it worked when you called upon Him when you were dead in trespass and sin. Didn't it? God's Word tells us in Eph.2:6(Amp), "And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together (giving us joint seating with Him) in the Heavenly sphere (by virtue of our being) in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One)."

    God's Word will help us learn to function as citizens of Heaven and walk as His sons and daughters here on earth. We don't grow up instantly, but 2Cor.3:18(Amp) we "Go from glory to glory and from faith to faith." Don't get discouraged and become content where you are, because God has so much more for you to experience in Him, while we're on this earth. Paul encourages believers in Heb.12:1(Amp) to "Run the race, keep the faith and finish the course, endure until the end."