Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and the rest shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33
I did not include any other references to these verses that are in this writing, because I want to exhort you that you would search the Scriptures and find things that are true, Jesus' words, His promises. Don't put a time on seeking Him, let Him keep you there for as long as it takes to search His word, to ask Him to speak to you, show you, quicken you. He is merciful and has great and precious promises He longs for any willing heart to hear.
Moving:
My flesh and doubts from the enemy kept me for a long while from seeing what His will was.
But the Lord in His goodness strove with me, not letting me go, instead speaking to my heart.
When I was finally willing to receive His direction, He answered.
In a moment I knew His will.
Even so, I was not prepared for the opposition that came to follow.
The appearance by sight, looking bleak.
But standing, yet wavering a few times at advice from others, only for Him to press even more on my heart to confirm His will, GO, still standing on where I knew He was leading, no matter the opposition that may come.
There is an adversary that opposes one who is willing to walk after Christ.
Many saying to seek comfort and security, knowing this is thinking and reasoning of the world not of Christ, not godly wisdom, but worldly wisdom no matter the source or the motive and sincerity of the source.
Listen to the call Jesus puts on His followers: Does this sound like comfort and security in this world that so many think you need?
Deny yourself, take up your cross daily.
Lose your life for My sake.
Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Leave your dying father and come after Me-Follow Me and let the dead bury their dead.
There is no place for the Son of Man to rest His head-The Son of man hath not where to lay his head. If He had no place to rest His head what makes us think that we can have this and follow Him? We must bear the reproach of Him.
When He was filled with the Spirit He was led into the wilderness to be tempted. As we are many of the time.
Everyone seeking to live righteously will experience persecution and tribulation in this world.
If they persecuted Me they will also persecute you.
Do not marvel, My brethren, if the world hate you.
Go forth unto Him outside the camp to bear His reproach.
I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
Strait(difficult,narrow) is the gate, narrow(afflict,suffer,tribulation,trouble) is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. That rules out our modern day, world-loving and blending in with, cultural Christianity, now doesn't it?
Whoever shall be ashamed of Me and of My words, of him shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when he shall come in His own glory.
If we suffer with Him we shall reign with Him.
All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
If any man come to Me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple.
Counteth the cost.
These are hard sayings, yes, but search the Scriptures, THIS IS Jesus.
But if it is Him that is asking, what does it matter what possible cost there is? Where else will one go? He has the words of eternal life! He IS eternal life! What else is there to do but follow Him? Nothing in this world could compare to HIM!!
What makes us think that if the Son of Man bore these things and asked them in biblical days to do such things that we as Christians now can save our life and have Him as well. Is He not the same God today? What makes us think that real true Christianity now escapes the things Jesus said would come to him who is following Him?
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said I go unto My Father: for my Father is greater than I. If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for He hath prepared a city for them! This is so wonderful! These are the things that God is saying to those who are His!! Who continue with Him!! Who love Him!!! None of the world can even compare to this, to Him!
Moving Continued:
Leaving all for Him, where He was leading, no matter the cost.
Leaving behind any furniture (which was not much but whatever we had) and packing the car up, the rest tossing or selling.
Leaving behind family and friends.
Not sure how we will make it, not sure what He has there for us, but trusting in the Lord who is faithful.
Now here, the Lord has shown Himself FAITHFUL.
He has provided a FULLY furnished apartment completely by His free provision. The ability to show hospitality to whomever comes over.
Almost everyday He literally provides free food for us.
He has given us a family, brothers and sisters who love us dearly and are such a display of His love toward us, friends, discipleship. I LOVE our the precious family He has given us here. Everyday we are invited to fellowship, to pray, to worship, to sing hymns to the Lord, and to eat with our new family.
He has shown us what it is to truly follow Him leaving all things behind. How to seek Him.
He has delivered us from the world, and into His hands, He has received us because of His great mercies.
He is teaching us and growing us daily, breaking us, loving us, proving His faithfulness over and over again.
He has blessed us richly and abundantly, giving us joy and peace and fullness of life.
He is GREATLY to be PRAISED!!!
We can offer the sacrifices of praise! And of thanksgiving to Him who is Worthy!
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, even into His ears! Psalm 18
Monday, January 17, 2011
"The Love Of The Father Is Not In him"
I knew I would write in my blog today and I ask the Lord to use it to His glory, not mine, and I was led of Him to write this. I had no idea what I would write about, but while I was on facebook I went to put in a status and this all began to flow, verse after verse and what I believe is His heart and His words, so I just changed over to type it here instead so,
Lord have mercy upon me as I write what I believe You are leading me to write, have grace upon the readers and speak to the readers soul and heart, let them come to You, be led into truth if they are without, and if any heart is deceived by the enemy have mercy and by Your grace will you carry them to humility and the ability to SEE with eyes of true faith, Jesus thank You for your cross, thank You for your redemption, for peace, for joy, for favor, for Your words that well up in me as I am led by You, thank You there is no good thing that dwells in me, that You ARE my righteousness, my Great High Priest. Give me boldness. Give grace to the reader. In sweet precious Jesus' name. Amen.
Do you love the world? The things in the world? Do you love yourself? "Not every one that saith unto Me (Jesus speaking) Lord Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord Lord have we not prophesied in Thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in Thy name done many wonderful works? and then will I (Jesus) profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity" Matthew 7:21-23. Take heed to the warning here. If you do the love the world the love of the Father is NOT in you! Many say "Lord, Lord" yet they don't truly know Christ nor the Father. If the love of the Father is not in you you cannot be Christ's, you never knew Him. Don't be deceived, "NO man come to Me(Jesus speaking), except the Father which hath sent Me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the Prophets, and they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto Me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father." John 6:44-46. "Therefore said I unto you (Jesus says unto us) that no man can come unto Me except it were given unto him of My Father."John 6:65. So if the love of the Father is not in you then you cannot have the Son, because to have the Son is to have the Father but if you love the world and things in the world His love is not in you, therefore you do not have the Father, you have not known the Father, if you have not known the Father you have not known the Son, because to get to the Father you must have the Son. "Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him, He hath put Him to grief: when thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin." Isaiah 53:10. The Father put His Son to grief and He was given as a Sacrifice once and for all for remission of sins for US. "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by Me" John 14:6. We cannot know the Father without the Son, and we cannot know the Son without the Father. They are one. Do you have the love of the Father in you? Are you doing the will of God? Will you abide forever? Examine yourself. "Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you in due time"1Peter5:6. All things are naked and open before Him, He sees and knows all things, Hebrews 4:13. "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God" Hebrews 10:31. But "he that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him and will manfiest Myself to him." John 14:21.
You cannot have BOTH, the world and the things of the world AND Jesus Christ. He WON'T allow it. "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon" Matthew 6:24. Mammon is riches, wealth. God hates a double heart, one that serves Him and wealth, it is impossible to do. So if you are convicted that this is possibly you, know that this is not only impossible to do, you are deceived by your own heart, if you are serving wealth and comfort for yourself and not losing your life but holding onto it know that you are not in fact serving the Living God as well. He asks for repentance, to turn from all else and serve Him, to turn to God from serving idols to serve the Living and True God. He will not strive with men forever, don't harden your heart to Him in the day that His Spirit is speaking to you. Leave all else and flee to Him if He is calling you out, to seek Him, go to Him! Ask Him for the faith, true faith that is a gift from Him, ask Him for grace that is also a gift of God, He will never turn away a broken and contrite heart, He opposes the proud but comes near to the lowly and humble in heart. Humble yourself before Him, in His presence is fullness of joy. Seek Him who is perfect and holy and forgiving and merciful and long-suffering and just. Ask for faith to believe, ask Him to cleanse you in the blood of Jesus Christ who has given Himself for us for the remission of sins, for the cleansing of our sinful flesh, to deliver us from hell, sin and the devil. He came to seek and save those who are lost. Is that you? Ask Him.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Do You Love The Word Of God?
Do you love the Word of God? I mean LOVE it. Do you have a hunger and a thirst for the Word of God that must be quenched by reading and spending time in it with the Lord? Is it your delight? Or is it a thing you just do in passing?
Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalm 119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
The Word of the Lord is pure and perfect. Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Psalm 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
It is exalted higher than His own name. Psalm 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
The Word of God IS Jesus. Revelation 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Is the Word of God something that you just read religiously? Maybe you read it everyday, in the midst of your other morning tasks, but never really actually open up your heart to the Living God, just reading words on a page. Or do you just open your bible at a bible study or sermon, not spending time in the Word yourself? Not letting Him come into your heart and making Him your delight and His law your delight. Examine yourself, ask Him, am I really spending time with YOU LORD or am I adding to my intellect with more facts about God or studying the Bible like it is a text book? If you are not being transformed, if Scripture is not actually being quickened to you because it is the Living Word and it should be, ask God WHY? Ask Him what is hindering this and seek Him for a true real deep relationship with the Living God who is merciful and wonderful, beyond religion, so much more beyond just intellectual assent. Anyone that comes to Him in truth He will in no wise cast them out. Be honest with Him, He already knows all things, He knows if His Word is a burden to you or if His Word is precious to you. All things are open and naked before Him, mens hearts are open to Him who knows all things, come to Him in honestly, He is pressing upon your heart if you are at all convicted by this, this is His Spirit lovingly drawing you outside the camp, to really know Him.
Friday, January 14, 2011
True Gospel, False. Salvation. Promises Of God.
I have met the Lord God who is a jealous God, turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God by His grace. But there is a gospel that says you can worship Jesus, be saved, while at the same time you can love the world and the things in the world, you can have idols, you can live in the sins of your heart, you can receive Christ without repentance-(turning your back on sin, any and all kind of sin). This is not the true Gospel, for the Gospel of Christ Jesus calls for all men everywhere to repent(turn from their sin-even sins of the heart no one else sees) and follow Christ Jesus, the true Gospel says that you must be born again. He is a jealous God and will not allow you to worship the world, idols, other gods that are not gods at all, and at the same time worship Him. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ(Jude 1:4). God does not allow us to presume upon His grace using it to excuse and justify your sin, this is not grace. This is the grace of God, For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly righteously, and godly in this present world; looking for the blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ(Titus 2:11-13). This is true grace of the bible, it (He) equips us and gives us the power to live godly to take away sin and live in it no longer.
The Lord has been reteaching me His Word, I have gained knowledge but it was not knowledge from Him, I was not humbly reading the Word, willing to learn what He has to say. Casting aside anything that religion, teacher, traditions of men or myself has taught me before, seeking Him in humility to speak His Word alone. The Holy Spirit can teach us all things and He will. John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 1John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. I am not saying that teachers are unnecessary but instead to take what anyone teaches you from the Word and go before God yourself and humble yourself before the Lord and seek to know the answers from Him, to bring before Him what you learned and ask of Him what is the truth and is this correct? If we can only be taught by sermon, by teachers who are men, by other Christians but not be taught by God ourselves in the Scriptures, do we really have the Spirit of God dwelling in us? If we are born again then we do have the Spirit of God and He will teach us all things.
Something the Lord has really been illuminating in the Word and teaching me as I allow the Holy Spirit to reteach me things. I have been taught to believe in eternal security. But as I am reading and reading and seeking God He is bringing Scriptures to my mind that are unavoidable and my thinking on it must be altered and surrendered to Him.
Is it possible that if you were once saved, that you can fall away and not be brought back again to Christ?
I realize this is a huge controversial topic, but I really don't want to debate I just want to simply record what I believe the Lord Jesus has been showing me. Mostly I have Scripture that He has brought to me that cannot be explained away or justified which I do not want to do such either, I just want to know the truth. I have been learning that if one has a willing mind to just receive whatever the Lord wants to say or reveal He will show you truth. What He has been showing me has really brought a fear of the Lord I believe He is instilling in me that I have never had before. How many times does the Scripture testify to the fear of the Lord being a good and necessary part of walking with Him?
So, back to the question: Is it possible that if you were once saved, that you can fall away and not be brought back again to Christ? Or is there just eternal security with no conditions or questions about it? Doesn't being saved involve a continual obedience to Him or can you fall from obedience from Him and still be fine? I don't know about you but I do not want to fall short of the grace He has given me, nor do I want to overlook Scripture taking Scripture for what it simply says, not trying to make it say what I want it to say. Scripture on salvation and men's faith:
Philippians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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.
Hebrews 3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Hebrews 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end.
Hebrews 3:18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
The Israelites were hardened, because of the deceitfulness of sin, in their heart against the Lord, and because of this all but two were not able to go into the Promise Land, only two were saved, the rest were not permitted to enter into the rest of God.
Hebrews 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Hebrews 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Hebrews 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
This is why we need to ask of mercy in our time of need, because we could so easily fall into unbelief. And most are ashamed when they fall, they don't want to come to His throne room and ask, having been torn in their confidence in themselves, while all the more they need mercy in the time of need because it is by His mercy alone that we are even walking in the grace of God, in obedience in the first place. It has nothing to do with us, so how much more when we fall we come to Him for cleansing and plead the blood of Christ. We need to come to Him and ask for belief, for faith to believe, for everything we could ever need He has already given us, but to lay hold of those promises, to claim those, He is pleased by this, when we remind Him. Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Romans 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
John 15:2 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.
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.
1Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
1Corinthains 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
These next ones really gripped me with of fear of Him but an excitement as well, knowing what He is showing me, because He is a HOLY and PERFECT and JUST GOD. How jealous and protective He is toward His Son in which He poured His wrath upon for us. God is serious, He means business:
Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Hebrews 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Hebrews 10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Hebrews 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Hebrews 6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
Hebrews 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
Hebrews 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
2Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
2Peter 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Hebrews 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
1Th 3:8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
Colossians 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
There are some very strong warnings in all of these verses, and I am sure there are many many more, but I won't spend any more time writing on this, for the Word of God already recorded will speak volumes in itself, even if there had just been one verse, God's word does not go void but it shall accomplish what it sets forth to, for His glory and purpose.
Every man of God, born again, in His righteousness will fall. There is a difference between falling and falling away. If you fall as many great men of the bible did in some way or another, will you come back to Him in and plead His mercy and His sacrifice? Samson fell greatly in his weakness which was women, but the LORD in his weakness made him strong! David fell in his sin as well, but came back with tears and was a man after God's own heart, he came with repentance and God had mercy upon him and used him mightily! There are many others like this, some of which are in the hall of fame in Hebrews 11. I could recall all of the sin, but I would rather not, I think the point is made. God will use even our weaknesses if we are truly His, not as an excuse to sin or make a mockery of His name like some do, but instead to glorify Him further because there is no strength in man, none, all are weak but in Christ we are strong. He is the only strength there is, all others fail.
Proverbs 24:16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Our job is to abide in Him, stay in Him according to His grace.
He has given us so many promises, within a few short hours of spending with Him seeking Him on His promises this is some I have read. The promise of abiding under the shadow of the Almighty, He will give you the desires of your heart, He will be a faithful Refuge, a Fortress, He will deliver you, protect you, no evil will befall you, He will set you on high, He will be with you in trouble, He will establish the work of your hands, thou shalt be fed, sustained, never be suffered to be moved, preserved, with loving kindness drawn to Thee, His Father will love you, will come unto you and make His abode with you. These are all very great and precious promises. But if you look, most of His promises given to us through the Word have a condition. Some of these conditions I have found searching the Scriptures are abiding in Him, being in Him, dwelling in the secret place, delight yourself in Him, trust in Him, making Him our habitation, know His name, call upon Him, being of a contrite and broken spirit, do good, cast thy burden upon Him, call upon His Name, love Him, sing with gladness, go up to Zion, keep His words, abide in Him completely.
(1 John 2:24)(Romans 8:1)(Psalm 91)(Psalm 90)(Psalm 37)(Psalm 55)(Psalm 145)(Jeremiah 33)
This is very beautiful! He wants us to worship Him! Him alone! He is God, He must be praised and if we don't shout His praises the rocks will cry out! He is a jealous God and wants our heart, He simply wants our whole heart, worship, because He is greatly to be praised! He will have mercy on whom He will have mercy! He is with the brokenhearted and poor in spirit, with the broken He is near, the broken sinner He comes near and beckons. But the prideful hard hearted sinner He will not come near. All these conditions He asks of us all add up to one thing, simply loving Him, He is Creator and Savior, He wants our love, that is all, our heart which He fashioned anyways, so He deserves that and so much more that we could never give! His promises are so great and He is able to keep you, and keep them for those who continue til the end.
If we decide not to abide in Him, to disobey Him, and continue in this disobedience, He will strive with us for a time because He is gracious and long-suffering, but there is a point when He does give us over to a reprobate mind and we cannot come back to grace on account of the Scriptures above. Lets abide in Him! Lets put everything on the altar! Hold nothing back! Let's keep everything on the altar, surrendering fully to Him, clinging to His cross! Crucifying the deeds of the flesh! Mortifying our members, hating our life, hating all in comparison to Him! Everyday come to the cross for cleansing! Everyday be crucified with Christ, so that we may live with Him! Let us continue in Him! Let us remain steadfast in Him, in the faith! Let us run the race! Let us rejoice in tribulations and persecutions for His name's sake!
The Lord has been reteaching me His Word, I have gained knowledge but it was not knowledge from Him, I was not humbly reading the Word, willing to learn what He has to say. Casting aside anything that religion, teacher, traditions of men or myself has taught me before, seeking Him in humility to speak His Word alone. The Holy Spirit can teach us all things and He will. John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 1John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. I am not saying that teachers are unnecessary but instead to take what anyone teaches you from the Word and go before God yourself and humble yourself before the Lord and seek to know the answers from Him, to bring before Him what you learned and ask of Him what is the truth and is this correct? If we can only be taught by sermon, by teachers who are men, by other Christians but not be taught by God ourselves in the Scriptures, do we really have the Spirit of God dwelling in us? If we are born again then we do have the Spirit of God and He will teach us all things.
Something the Lord has really been illuminating in the Word and teaching me as I allow the Holy Spirit to reteach me things. I have been taught to believe in eternal security. But as I am reading and reading and seeking God He is bringing Scriptures to my mind that are unavoidable and my thinking on it must be altered and surrendered to Him.
Is it possible that if you were once saved, that you can fall away and not be brought back again to Christ?
I realize this is a huge controversial topic, but I really don't want to debate I just want to simply record what I believe the Lord Jesus has been showing me. Mostly I have Scripture that He has brought to me that cannot be explained away or justified which I do not want to do such either, I just want to know the truth. I have been learning that if one has a willing mind to just receive whatever the Lord wants to say or reveal He will show you truth. What He has been showing me has really brought a fear of the Lord I believe He is instilling in me that I have never had before. How many times does the Scripture testify to the fear of the Lord being a good and necessary part of walking with Him?
So, back to the question: Is it possible that if you were once saved, that you can fall away and not be brought back again to Christ? Or is there just eternal security with no conditions or questions about it? Doesn't being saved involve a continual obedience to Him or can you fall from obedience from Him and still be fine? I don't know about you but I do not want to fall short of the grace He has given me, nor do I want to overlook Scripture taking Scripture for what it simply says, not trying to make it say what I want it to say. Scripture on salvation and men's faith:
Philippians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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.
Hebrews 3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Hebrews 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end.
Hebrews 3:18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
The Israelites were hardened, because of the deceitfulness of sin, in their heart against the Lord, and because of this all but two were not able to go into the Promise Land, only two were saved, the rest were not permitted to enter into the rest of God.
Hebrews 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Hebrews 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Hebrews 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
This is why we need to ask of mercy in our time of need, because we could so easily fall into unbelief. And most are ashamed when they fall, they don't want to come to His throne room and ask, having been torn in their confidence in themselves, while all the more they need mercy in the time of need because it is by His mercy alone that we are even walking in the grace of God, in obedience in the first place. It has nothing to do with us, so how much more when we fall we come to Him for cleansing and plead the blood of Christ. We need to come to Him and ask for belief, for faith to believe, for everything we could ever need He has already given us, but to lay hold of those promises, to claim those, He is pleased by this, when we remind Him. Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Romans 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
John 15:2 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.
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.
1Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
1Corinthains 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
These next ones really gripped me with of fear of Him but an excitement as well, knowing what He is showing me, because He is a HOLY and PERFECT and JUST GOD. How jealous and protective He is toward His Son in which He poured His wrath upon for us. God is serious, He means business:
Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Hebrews 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Hebrews 10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Hebrews 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Hebrews 6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
Hebrews 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
Hebrews 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
2Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
2Peter 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Hebrews 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
1Th 3:8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
Colossians 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
There are some very strong warnings in all of these verses, and I am sure there are many many more, but I won't spend any more time writing on this, for the Word of God already recorded will speak volumes in itself, even if there had just been one verse, God's word does not go void but it shall accomplish what it sets forth to, for His glory and purpose.
Every man of God, born again, in His righteousness will fall. There is a difference between falling and falling away. If you fall as many great men of the bible did in some way or another, will you come back to Him in and plead His mercy and His sacrifice? Samson fell greatly in his weakness which was women, but the LORD in his weakness made him strong! David fell in his sin as well, but came back with tears and was a man after God's own heart, he came with repentance and God had mercy upon him and used him mightily! There are many others like this, some of which are in the hall of fame in Hebrews 11. I could recall all of the sin, but I would rather not, I think the point is made. God will use even our weaknesses if we are truly His, not as an excuse to sin or make a mockery of His name like some do, but instead to glorify Him further because there is no strength in man, none, all are weak but in Christ we are strong. He is the only strength there is, all others fail.
Proverbs 24:16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Our job is to abide in Him, stay in Him according to His grace.
He has given us so many promises, within a few short hours of spending with Him seeking Him on His promises this is some I have read. The promise of abiding under the shadow of the Almighty, He will give you the desires of your heart, He will be a faithful Refuge, a Fortress, He will deliver you, protect you, no evil will befall you, He will set you on high, He will be with you in trouble, He will establish the work of your hands, thou shalt be fed, sustained, never be suffered to be moved, preserved, with loving kindness drawn to Thee, His Father will love you, will come unto you and make His abode with you. These are all very great and precious promises. But if you look, most of His promises given to us through the Word have a condition. Some of these conditions I have found searching the Scriptures are abiding in Him, being in Him, dwelling in the secret place, delight yourself in Him, trust in Him, making Him our habitation, know His name, call upon Him, being of a contrite and broken spirit, do good, cast thy burden upon Him, call upon His Name, love Him, sing with gladness, go up to Zion, keep His words, abide in Him completely.
(1 John 2:24)(Romans 8:1)(Psalm 91)(Psalm 90)(Psalm 37)(Psalm 55)(Psalm 145)(Jeremiah 33)
This is very beautiful! He wants us to worship Him! Him alone! He is God, He must be praised and if we don't shout His praises the rocks will cry out! He is a jealous God and wants our heart, He simply wants our whole heart, worship, because He is greatly to be praised! He will have mercy on whom He will have mercy! He is with the brokenhearted and poor in spirit, with the broken He is near, the broken sinner He comes near and beckons. But the prideful hard hearted sinner He will not come near. All these conditions He asks of us all add up to one thing, simply loving Him, He is Creator and Savior, He wants our love, that is all, our heart which He fashioned anyways, so He deserves that and so much more that we could never give! His promises are so great and He is able to keep you, and keep them for those who continue til the end.
If we decide not to abide in Him, to disobey Him, and continue in this disobedience, He will strive with us for a time because He is gracious and long-suffering, but there is a point when He does give us over to a reprobate mind and we cannot come back to grace on account of the Scriptures above. Lets abide in Him! Lets put everything on the altar! Hold nothing back! Let's keep everything on the altar, surrendering fully to Him, clinging to His cross! Crucifying the deeds of the flesh! Mortifying our members, hating our life, hating all in comparison to Him! Everyday come to the cross for cleansing! Everyday be crucified with Christ, so that we may live with Him! Let us continue in Him! Let us remain steadfast in Him, in the faith! Let us run the race! Let us rejoice in tribulations and persecutions for His name's sake!
Monday, January 10, 2011
If Our Heart Condemn Us
So over the years my heart has condemned me constantly and I would run to this verse particularly and read 1 John 3:20 which says "For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things." I had thought that this verse meant, my heart that condemns me as I read the Scripture much of the time and just in general, but God is greater than my feeble heart that condemned me, meaning my heart might do so, but God does not condemn me at all and if I am condemned that it doesn't matter because God can see that I am not condemned. But the other day when one of my brothers mentioned this verse (not even explaining it at all, he just simply quoted the verse, I don't even remember what he was talking about) my eyes were opened as to what this verse really meant! In the past I had never been able to justify myself with it if I were to read this verse in context with those verses around it, I had to take it as a separate verse out of context. BECAUSE, if you read it in context it says as the whole...
"My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us."-1 John 3:18-24
The understanding that I have received on this from the Lord as He has quickened it to my heart is this. That if our heart condemns us, God who is even greater than our own heart that would seek to justify itself, knows all things, He knows our hearts so much better than we ever could know our heart. So if we see condemnation how much more Him that sees all things sees our condemnation in full. It follows by saying BELOVED, IF OUR HEART CONDEMN US NOT THEN WE HAVE CONFIDENCE TOWARD GOD. If our heart is confirmed and we are washed and our conscience sprinkled and cleansed then our hearts will be assured before Him, they will not condemn us but we will have confidence because of His grace to come to Him. If it were to mean that we might feel condemned but we are not (like I thought in the past) then beforehand it would not say if we are of the truth we shall assure our hearts before Him, (you cannot assure your heart before Him if you are condemned) as well as afterward saying if our hearts condemn us NOT then we have confidence toward God!
If we are justified and saved and cleansed by Him then the Word will not condemn us, our hearts will not condemn us! His Spirit will testify with ours that we are His, He will give us assurance rather than condemnation. But if our heart condemns us, don't ignore this warning from the conscience the Lord has given you, be honest with God! Maybe you have confessed Christ but don't hesitate to examine your heart. If you feel condemned, this is judgment and your heart is telling you where you are really at with God. No amount of men can uncondemn you, only God, though you can receive false assurance from men, a false peace, to let the condemnation subside for a while, but why stay where you are if this is true of you? He has let you see this for a reason, tell Him! Be honest with yourself, with God, don't let your pride convince you to remain as so. Plead with Him for mercy! Seek Him in humbleness of heart, seeking to be justified and assured before Him by the Blood of the Lamb, for justification, for mercy and grace, for assurance rather than condemnation!! Ask Him to show you what following Christ really looks like in your heart and outside practically. If your heart is burning reading this, take it to heart, don't take my word but bring it before Him. Ask Him to reveal Himself to you, be honest with Him, ask Him to show you and reveal to you where your heart really is with Him. He knows all things. He is merciful and gracious, He dwells in heaven as well as with the brokenhearted (Psalm 34:18), with the contrite in spirit, if you come to Him He will in no wise cast you out (John 6)! Seek Him, for Christ Jesus to give you true belief and true cleansing for your soul! He desires for no one to perish but all to come to salvation. He created you. He knows you better than you could imagine knowing yourself.
Fellowship, The Lord my Teacher Teaching His Word To me
Oh, how do I ever put into words all of the things that have been going on. The Lord has been completely and overwhelmingly faithful to us, asking us to "GO" He has come through with provision for us, with friends and family, with so many things, showing us so much about Himself! HE IS FAITHFUL AND GOOD. HE IS JEHOVAH-JIREH. Coming here I found out that a few of the girls here, dear sisters, were praying for babies! LOL. (There are...four? five... married couples in the body of believers here) so they were expecting one of them to become pregnant in answer to that prayer and desire, but instead He brought us in :). We have lots of babysitters, which I did not expect, I thought before coming, I don't think that I would trust anyone really with watching my baby, but in the Lord's discernment I know that I know I can trust these precious sisters here more than almost anyone. We are barely home these days too :) because we have great brothers and sisters in the Lord here that like to spend hours upon hours with us and seeking the Lord together. It has been such an encouragement, exhortation and such a great fulfilling time, we are blessed beyond measure! Exhorting each other daily for the days are evil. The church of Arlington has been an unbelievable testimony of our Savior's love, praise the Lord He is greatly to be praised and to have mercy upon men and dwell with and in them. In word and deed, in life I see of them this (not of their own accord but of the mercy and grace of our Lord)... "This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."-John 15:12,13. "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."-Galatians 6:2.
Some of what the Lord was teaching me this morning, first just reading Hebrews 11. Some things that stood out as I asked the Holy Spirit to teach me. Enoch's testimony: that he pleased God. Oh how I desire this to be my testimony as well. No great explanation or story of what Enoch had done but simply that he walked with God! And he pleased God!! But without faith it is impossible to please Him. Abraham obeyed. Trust and obey, there is no other way, he simply obeyed the Living God even when God asked of him HIS OWN SON! Who in their right mind would hear of what Abraham was going to do and counsel him that this was right and he should do this, no one! BUT GOD still asked this of him and HE OBEYED! THEN GOD PROVIDED HIMSELF A LAMB!! :)))) He sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Oh, how I long for this City. Sara judged Him faithful who had promised. When we see with eyes of faith that God IS faithful we are able to obey and believe His promises. These all died in the faith, not having received the promises, but having sent them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. But now they desire a better country, that is an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: For if they were of the world God would be ashamed to be called their God, He would have no such thing for He is holy! for He hath prepared for them a city. He that had received the promises offered up His only begotten son, accounting that God was able to raise him up. Total trust in God, despite what it appeared to be by sight, instead by faith! By faith Jacob, when he was a dying blessed both the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning upon the top of his staff. This is so precious! He WORSHIPED, not even in his strength of any sort, he did not have any confidence in the flesh, for God touched his hip and it came out of socket and he still needing his staff, God had broken him so that he may not boast in anything but the Lord. Though he had a disability He still all the more worshiped Him who is faithful! Moses was not afraid. There was much to fear by sight for Moses yet he feared not, just as the Lord commanded so many times in His Word, DO NOT FEAR. Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt. Egypt is one in the same with the world, in which we are to forsake as Moses did.
Who is the One who gives faith? God! So it's really a memorial to all thing things that He did! Since He is the giver of faith, we must ask Him for faith. I believer, Lord help my unbelief we might ask of Him. It's beautiful.
So in all of this I read, how can one be partaking in the things of the world, while walking with God, which requires forsaking all and a walk of faith, not sight, when all this world offers is seen by sight? When Jesus was filled with the Spirit He was drove into the wilderness and there Satan tempted Him with the things of the world, in which of course our perfect Savior resisted all temptation and remained perfect. But what was it that the enemy used to tempt Him? The world. Then how can we have one foot in the world and one foot in the kingdom? God is perfect and holy, He will not accept anyone who loves the world or the things in the world, only those who are made perfect in Christ. By grace He gives us the ability to live a life of godliness to abstain from worldly lusts, He has given us all we need in life in godliness to be pleasing to Him. How can one love the world and the things in it, the lust of the flesh, lust of the eye, and pride of life, and at the same time love God?! This is impossible!
If the followers of Christ in the bible did not enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season but instead forsook Egypt, why is it that "christians" now think enjoying the pleasures of sin and eternal life can both be theirs? Eternal life is with the Person who hates the world, who hates and cannot excuse sin! Eternal life IS a Person! The Lord Jesus Christ! How can you lay hold of the world and lay hold of Jesus all at once? You cannot! What profit is there if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? (Matthew 16:24-28) This implies that gaining any of the worlds goods or worldliness is wicked, or it would not cause you to lose your own soul if you gain it! The world is crucified unto me! (Galatians 6:14). Be not conformed to this world! (Romans 12:2). Love not the world, if any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him! (1 John 2:15-17)
I am learning what the Lord hates, what the Lord loves, who He truly is in His perfect holiness, how He is greatly to be feared! How He is greatly to be adored! He is showing me not just on paper like reading the bible as a text book but He instead of merciful enough to quicken His Word to my heart, to show me these things in the heart bringing me to surrender all things on the altar to Him for He is worthy to be praised!!! He is a merciful God but is also just and cannot overlook sin. (Exodus 34:5-8) "And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there and proclaimed the NAME OF THE LORD. And the LORD passed by before him and PROCLAIMED, THE LORD, THE LORD GOD, merciful, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and open the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. And Moses made haste and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped."
Yes Jesus paid for all of our sins, and cleansed us from all sin, yet we cannot still remain in them, we are made new. If we are His. "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9) "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God." (1 John 3:9)
Friday, January 7, 2011
Lose Your Life To Find It
Matthew 16:24-27 "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works."
What would you trade for your own soul? A bowl of pottage like Esau in Genesis 25? For riches like the certain ruler in Luke 18:19? To please men instead of God in which Galatians 1:10 speaks of? To appear righteous before man like the Pharisees? This is in vain since Jesus warns in Matthew 5:20 that if your righteousness does not exceed Pharisees and Scribes who appear perfect before men you will not inherit the Kingdom. For fornication? For idolatry? For adultery? For abuse? For stealing? For covetousness? For drinking? For extortions? (1 Corinthians 6) All these things can steal the kingdom of God away from you if you so choose.
Don't be afraid of conviction! If God convicts your soul in the Scripture, AMEN! Don't ignore it! His Spirit is revealing to your heart something. This is a privilege for your heart to be soft to the point of having conviction! You cannot change your own heart, confess that. If you see sin, confess that! To the One who can make you clean! Jesus has paid the price, He voluntarily went to the cross just to set you free! To forgive you for your sins! Matthew 4:16-17 "The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Repent, turn from your sin, turn your eyes to the Son. Seek Him, plead with Him the blood He shed on the cross! Seek deliverance. Be convicted. Be desperate! Seek the Living Lord to reveal Himself to you! Seek the Scriptures, read, ask God for honesty of heart, to reveal you your sin, to by grace through faith forgive you and set you free! Only He can stir in your heart repentance and grant you such. Only He can save!
John 12:25 "He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal."
Matthew 10:16-22 "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved."
Matthew 10: 31-33 "Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Philippians 3:3 "For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh."
Romans 8:13 "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live."
Psalm 101: 3 "I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me."
I realize those things that I have been blogging about lately are not easy to swallow, nor are they pleasing to the flesh. They are opposed by many, but they are in fact what I believe the Lord has been putting on my heart to record. They are straight out of the Bible, the Word of God, unrevised, no sugar coating, straight up what God, what Jesus says, what He calls His disciples to, what through the Spirit is more than possible. The Spirit gives life, but the flesh brings death. I desire to write on those things that last, those things which God has made that cannot be removed. The only things worth thinking on, that our conversation may be in heaven and not on this earth. Setting our minds on things about, on Him, and He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him, He is eternal life.
Not many preach those things that Jesus preached and still does preach in Spirit. He is not a coward, He is not afraid, He doesn't know fear, He gives truth in boldness, He is a Great High Priest, Warrior, Prince of Peace, Mighty God, He is strength and comfort, He is bold and will boldly declare His Word through any who will receive Him in truth. He says to lose your life, to hate your life, and that you will be hated, to set no wicked thing before your eyes. To set Him before your eyes. What do you set before your eyes? To have zero confidence in your flesh, but to be filled and led by His Spirit. To know in your flesh no good thing dwells, but in the Spirit you can kill the flesh and it's deeds. And by this you may have Life. Why meddle in those things which are of no value, that would take your eyes off of Christ and put them on vain things that will pass away at any hour the Father chooses? Why settle for pottage when a great feast is standing by? Why desire to be something in this world, to desire to be well liked rather than to please the Living God? Why have any confidence in our accomplishments, glory in our own works, putting eyes on self which is soon to be gone? Our life is but a vapor, but He will never fade, there is no end to Him. By losing your life to Him you will gain eternal life.
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