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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Abraham offers Isaac


Genesis 22:1-17

In this story of Abraham and Isaac we could see that Abraham's faith was tested. Did Abraham love Isaac more then he loved the Lord?



And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

9And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

The Sacrifice Averted

11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
 
The Greatest Commandment

Deuteronomy 5:7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

Matthew 22: 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38This is the first and great commandment. 39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

If we lost focus on the plans of God, like reading your word, praying, doing whatever  the Lord  has assigned your job skill to be etc, we displease the Lord, ether you will find yourself outside looking, in that what you had before, or God will try you with fire of trials to bring you to your knees to pray yourself to reverence him.

No trials are pleasing to anyone, but if it keeps you closer to the Lord Jesus Christ its better in the faith then falling short of the glory of God, and going to hell.

I Peter 1:17  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:     

God cannot be tempted with evil

James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

The Evil comes from the hand of Satan.

Job 1:11-12 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. 12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

Job 2:5-7 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. 6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 

Covetousness

Strong desire to have that which belongs to another. It is considered to be a very grievous offense in Scripture. The tenth commandment forbids coveting anything that belongs to a neighbor, including his house, his wife, his servants, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to him ( Exod 20:17 ). Jesus listed covetousness or greed along with many of the sins from within, including adultery, theft, and murder, which make a person unclean ( Mr 7:22 ). Paul reminded the Ephesians that greed or covetousness is equated with immorality and impurity, so that these must be put away (Eph 5:3 ). A covetous or greedy person is an idolator (Eph 5:5 ) and covetousness is idolatry ( Col 3:5 ). James warns that people kill and covet because they cannot have what they want ( Eph 4:2 ).
 
Pastor Rolando Ramos

Sunday, April 17, 2016

God's promise to his servants


Isaiah 40:28-31

What a privilege it is to have the Lord watching over your life, and managing it, to assure you the comfort, and joy that will bring peace, and happiness for the rest of your life.

28. Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
To the true believers in Christ, Jesus. We, must understand that boot camp will become a lifetime experience of trials Why?

I Peter 4:12-13 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy  

After enduring the test of your faith through manifold temptation you now have increase your abilities to recognize the reverse opposite of God that comes from Satan.   
James 1:2-4 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Once saved through Jesus Christ our lord, and washed in the precious blood of the  Jesus Christ. You are marked as a target for Satan, "the Devil". You are definitely not a bouquet of flowers when you invade the handy work of Satan. Because you are marked by the blood of the lamb of God, Jesus Christ. Jesus is pure Godliness, and true holiness, and Satan is evil, full of deceit, evil mischief, and he is the father of lies.

John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Becoming a Christian is a life time commitment to remain in the borders of a Godly life style, If you do, the Lord will provide all your needs while we are in this world.

Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

If you look back at the faithful servants of God. The Lord was with those servants. For example: The 3 Hebrew boys, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace. Daniel Chapter 3. King David and the Philistines Giant Goliath I Samuel 17:40-54 And there are many more, and still to this day there are great faithful servants trusting God in all that they do, and God has proven himself to us. "Praise God"    

If you service the Lord who could ever stand against the Creator of mankind, and the earthly works of god's hands, and knows all things.

Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?  

The Lord is reminding us that it's not easy living in this world as a Christian, but the reward will be eternal life with God in heaven.         

 John 16:33  These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.  
 
Pastor Rolando Ramos

Monday, April 11, 2016

The answer of the tongue


Proverbs Chapter 16

The tongue is a very powerful member of the body. The month can bring joy or, sadness to the hearing. The bible tells us, that the tongue is so powerful that it is a member of the body that is hard to control.

James 3:5-8 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

When we have the proper ingredients from the Lord being taught from the teaching of the word of God, we speak of the proper words that comes from the Lord. For the Lord is the word of God.  John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  

Proverbs 16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

If we think that we are much more intelligent than the God the Father and, the son Jesus Christ our Lord, think again? In the beginning of time man has tried to exceed the wisdom of God, and man has failed every time.

I Corinthians 1:21 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

In this world people use the tongue to change the course of God's plan by using a form of theory and, science and study, but not spiritually seen, but carnally seen.

Romans 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

If we look through the eyes and, the hearing of man theory. We find nothing but limitation and, unanswered questions. We find ourselves deeply troubled in the flesh, in turn, having a harder time finding the Lord in your life. Break yourself of pride, and be not ashamed to speaking clearly in righteousness, and Holiness once you have surrender your life in repentance to the Lord Jesus Christ and you will find peace. Romans 10:9-10 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.           

Proverbs 16:2  All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

We may walk the talk in labor, and get, what we call; getting brownie points with God. But we are not speaking what really moves us, like Jesus drives us, then our words are penny worth.    

Proverbs 14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Proverbs 16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Is curse words? bad words? you know, a filthy month, bad for spiritual health?  absolutely! would  God speak this way? No, you are an example as a good witness to others that are sinners living the life to please the Lord. A sinner when they see you in anger for some reason or another. You may be on the phone with someone, and you may be in some heated argument then sinner that maybe around to witness this may provoke you finish your conversation to retaliate to win. This is the devil doing, doing his job to get you unsanctified.

 Colossians 3:8  But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 

Proverbs 16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
 
Pastor Rolando Ramos

Sunday, April 3, 2016

The Joy of the Lord


The fulfillment of our life is the joy of the Lord. In the life of sin, in a temporal world it's the lust of the flesh; in which it will pass away, but the life of a Christian there awaits eternal joy that is not of this world, but spiritual, and it feels great!

I Peter 1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:   

In this scripture we see that man is only on the earth temporal. Obviously, most things have an expired date in this world. The Lord tells us that we need to find peace with the Lord, and this will give you strength and joy.

Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

St John 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

If you are a sinner, and have not giving your whole life to Jesus Christ you will need to understand what type of Love the Lord Jesus Christ possess.

John 14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.    

The word of God also states, that if you love the world more you can't love the Father (God), because the Father is not of this world nether can he be, because he is holy.  

 I John 2:15-16 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

I Peter 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

So, If we love the world, and the things that are in the world, how will we find the un-comparable love that the Lord Jesus Christ possess.   

Understand, becoming a true believer in Jesus Christ is a life time commitment. The benefit will be; The Joy of the Lord will result in the best adviser, best consoler, best healer, and a love that will never change. The reward, when the waiting time ends, and the Lord returns to take us home we will be with the Lord forever, Praise be to God.

What I hear from the month of sinners are,

1. Am not ready to commit my life to Christ

2.One day I will go to your church one day,

3. I'm a Christian they say, but they are not living the life to please God, but there belly, and they know it deep inside.

Philippians 3:19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Isaiah 12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.   

It's time to stop waiting, today is the time of Salvation, and begin the joy you've been missing, the joy of the Lord will be your strength.   
 
Pastor Rolando Ramos