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En GEDI Intercessors SERMON POSTS RELEVANT TO THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD

10/21/2023

SPURGEON: GOD'S MULTIPLICATION TABLE

Trust in the Lord, ye ones and twos; for He will be in the midst of you if you are gathered in His name.

"A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time."
(Isaiah 60:22)

Works for the Lord often begin on a small scale, and they are none the worse for this. Feebleness educates faith, brings God near, and wins glory for His name.
Prize promises of increase!
Mustard seed is the smallest among seeds, and yet it becomes a treelike plant, with branches which lodge the birds of heaven. We may begin with one, and that "a little one," and yet it will "become a thousand." The Lord is great at the multiplication table.
How often did He say to His lone servant, "I will multiply thee!"

Trust in the Lord, ye ones and twos; for He will be in the midst of you if you are gathered in His name.

"A small one."
What can be more despicable in the eyes of those who count heads and weigh forces!
Yet this is the nucleus of a great nation. Only one star shines out at first in the evening, but soon the sky is crowded with countless lights.
Nor need we think the prospect of increase to be remote, for the promise is, "I Jehovah will hasten it in his time."
There will be no premature haste, like that which we see at excited meetings; it will be all in due time, but yet there will be no delay.
When the Lord hastens, His speed is glorious.

C. H. Spurgeon

10/19/2023

HABAKKUK'S GUITAR RIFF

"Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments."

(Habakkuk 3:17-19)

10/18/2023

THE CHRISTIAN CULTURAL CLIMATE OF MARTIN LUTHER

"Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem."
(Chapter 2, Vs. 1)

Paul taught justification by faith in Christ Jesus, without the deeds of the Law. He reported this to the disciples at Antioch. Among the disciples were some that had been brought up in the ancient customs of the Jews.
These rose against Paul in quick indignation, accusing him of propagating a gospel of lawlessness.
Great dissension followed.
Paul and Barnabas stood up for the truth. They testified: "wherever we preached to the Gentiles, the Holy Ghost came upon those who received the Word. This happened everywhere. We preached not circumcision, we did not require observance of the Law. We preached faith in Jesus Christ. At our preaching of faith, God gave to the hearers the Holy Ghost." From this fact Paul and Barnabas inferred that the Holy Ghost approved the faith of the Gentiles without the Law and circumcision.
If the faith of the Gentiles had not pleased the Holy Ghost, He would not have manifested His presence in the uncircumcised hearers of the Word.
Unconvinced, the Jews fiercely opposed Paul, asserting that the Law ought to be kept and that the Gentiles ought to be circumcised, or else they could not be saved.
When we consider the obstinacy with which Romanists cling to their traditions, we can very well understand the zealous devotion of the Jews for the Law.
After all, they had received the Law from God. We can understand how impossible it was for recent converts from Judaism suddenly to break with the Law. For that matter, God did bear with them, as He bore with the infirmity of Israel when the people halted between two religions. Was not God patient with us also while we were blindfolded by the papacy?

(This holds true for all religious systems, including those that pray for an Anointing which already indwells their heart. GDM)

God is longsuffering and full of mercy. But we dare not abuse the patience of the Lord. We dare no longer continue in error now that the truth has been revealed in the Gospel. The opponents of Paul had his own example to prefer against him. Paul had circumcised Timothy. Paul defended his action on the ground that he had circumcised Timothy, not from compulsion, but from Christian love, lest the weak in faith should be offended. His opponents would not accept Paul's explanation.
When Paul saw that the quarrel was getting out of hand he obeyed the direction of God and left for Jerusalem, there to confer with the other apostles. He did this not for his own sake, but for the sake of the people."

Martin Luther
(Commentary on Galatians in American Talk, Graebner - Galatians 2)

(The manifest Person of the Holy Spirit is God's most reliable Witness. GDM)

10/16/2023

A PRAYER FOR THOSE TAKEN AS PRISONERS

"Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved."
(Psalm 80:17-19)

10/06/2023

PAUL DIDN'T STRUT THE MIND OF CHRIST
(New Living Translation)

1) When I first came to you, dear brothers and sisters, (a) I didn’t use lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God’s secret plan. (b)
2) For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified.
3) I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling.
4) And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit.
5) I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God.
6) Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten.
7) No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God (c)—his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began.
8) But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord.
9) That is what the Scriptures mean when they say,

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard,

and no mind has imagined

what God has prepared

for those who love him.” (d)

10) But (e) it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets.
11) No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit.
12) And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.
13) When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths. (f)
14) But people who aren’t spiritual (g) can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.
15) Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others.
16) For,

“Who can know the LORD’s thoughts?

Who knows enough to teach him?” (h)

But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.

Footnotes:
a2:1a Greek brothers.
b2:1b Greek God’s mystery; other manuscripts read God’s testimony.
c2:7 Greek But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery.
d2:9 Isa 64:4.
e2:10 Some manuscripts read For.
f2:13 Or explaining spiritual truths in spiritual language, or explaining spiritual truths to spiritual people.
g2:14 Or who don’t have the Spirit; or who have only physical life.
h2:16 Isa 40:13 (Greek version).

10/04/2023

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLARA!
🙂💓🙏

09/27/2023

WEIGHTIER WORDS - SLOW TO SPEAK

The more Eternal the Words the weightier they are - slow to speak.

09/26/2023

Noticed that someone saddled social settings with Daughter's Day.
These are the principal Daughters I hold before God praying that they walk with God always, hearing His Voice.
Maria Key Caleigh McBride Laurelle Casteel Natalie McBride Morgan Sotelo Angeline Joy Mcbride
May the Holy Spirit make alive the Faith OF Jesus in each of your hearts.
By It you can overcome anything.
YOU ARE IMMENSELY LOVED.
🙂💞🙏🙏🙏

09/23/2023

COMPLAINING OR LAMENTING?

The essential difference between complaining and lamenting:

Lamenting is an expression of deep grief.

Complaining is an expression of annoyance.

What is Lament?

"A lament is a prayer expressing sorrow, pain, or confusion. Lament should be the chief way Christians process grief in God's presence."
Jun 13, 2022

"A lament is a prayer expressing sorrow, pain, or confusion. Lament should be the chief way Christians process grief in God's presence. Because many Christians have grown up in churches which always look on the bright side, lament can be jarring."
Jun 13, 2022

Comments

The upward look is Quickened from within - "strengthened with all might in the inner man" - it is NOT a put on demeanor designed to cover up grief or sorrows.

Note Ephesians 3:16 in the KJV:

"That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man."

IT'S GROSS THEOLOGICAL ERROR TO PROMOTE A PHONY PLATFORM PERSONA IN AN ATTEMPT TO ALLEVIATE THE GRIEF IN THE PEW.

IT'S INSIPID SALT THAT IRRITATES THE WOUNDED SOUL.

It's VAGUE.

ONLY GOD'S FAITH CAN OVERCOME THE WORLD, NOT SOME MUSTERED EMOTION.

GDM

09/23/2023

HAPPY 39TH BIRTHDAY Mark McBride MARK KELSEY!
🙂💓🙏

My Dad, Doyle McBride at the gravesite of Samuel Morris (Prince Kabu).
09/16/2023

My Dad, Doyle McBride at the gravesite of Samuel Morris (Prince Kabu).

09/16/2023

CONTEMPLATING DEEPER INSIGHTS FROM THE MOVIE "DUMB & DUMBER"

My definition of overthinking.

GDM

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