10/18/2024
ng us ready for that great day and there’s an urgency to do so quickly. Christ returning is imminent .We are closer than when we first begun. WAKE FROM OUR SLUMBER UNDERSTANDING THE PRESENT TIME , BECAUSE OUR SALVATION IS NEARER NOW THAN WHEN WE 1ST BEGUN-ROMANS :11.
We got a work to do ‘’I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work John 9;24 we got work to do .man stay awake in vain.
*FOOLISHNESS DON’T GET HIS WORK DONE !
Ephesians 5;16 see then that ye walk circumspectly , not as fools , but as wise , redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Give up foolery redeem –reclaiming , time managers , stewards use time wisely , make time count. Do not waste any more time on vain [useless work} –those who are 2nd to none work in the power of the Spirit ,Shout effectiveness –
{useless}The phrase "Except the LORD builds" is from Psalms 127. It means that without God's guidance and blessing, human efforts are in vain12.
Except the Lord build the house , the laborer labors is vain,
There’s vain work that’s useless and it’s unacceptable work .
2 Timothy 2;20 but in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and clay and some to honor and to dishonor 21of a man therefore purge himself from these , he shall be vessel unto honor , sanctified and meet for the masters use and prepared for every good work.[suitable , fit competent , skillful.]
I heard our Bishops heart , he admonished the jurisdiction to be ’’ apt and prepared . apt= greek word pronounced kat ta diose to teach , qualified ,fitted.
Purge youthful lust, put away childish things –the mandate is ‘Up , Highier , Maturing, level up .
In order for us to be Second to none , there has to be a purging so that our work is not in vain [useless] .Purge of all that’s useless .
Can God use you unedited?uncut ,as is ,prepare for publication
Edit-go after or behind and do clean up , correct grammatical , remove dross and clarify
2 Timothy 2:20-21 Purge so we may be vessels of honor, meat, fit for the masters use.
Make ourselves a purge from these list
Thought ; This week ‘’a big purge is required for vessels of honor –purging =purging of his church purge old leaven that we may be a new lump .
Yeast –both dormant and active –had yeast infection-priest at the tabernacle in Shiloh where the ark of the covenant was kepte housed .They were wicked and Eli their Father tolerable 1 Sam.2;12 scoundrels who had no regard for the Lord.these sons sin was very great , corrupt in the sight of the Lord and treatedthe Lord offrinfg with contempt .Eli heard about all his sons wer doing and prostution , sleping with women.Elis rebuke meant nothing to his sons,
But the boy Samuel who was dedicated to the Lord verse 26 continued to grow in staue and in favor with the Lorf and withmen.
Samuel dedication kept him on Gods radar.
1 Corinthians 5:7 Unfit vessels –Eli and sons =lack dedication, lack uninterrupted holy communion.
1Cornithians 5:7cleanse of guilt and sin , remove impurities , clear , if a man therefore purge himself from these , he will be a vessel of honor , sanctified and meet for the masters use and prepared unto every good work.
Malachi 3;3 he will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver .he will purify the sons of Levi {THOSE WHO FORMERLY HELD HIGH PRIEST STATUS }and purge them[us] as gold and silver ,that they [I ] may offer to the Lord in righteousness an offering of righteousness [work that’s acceptable, worship ]
Take away iniquity and purge sin hot coal of the altar touch our lips ------Wash away the fiflth of daughters of Zion and purge
Thoroughly purge away the dross purge the deeds of the old man
Leaven active 0r inactive –wont remain inactive long.
Leaven that’s dominant waiting to leaven the lump –purge
leaven is in –it will activate ,spread and leaven the whole lump
pulpit pupetters calling the shots rather than following and encouraging the lead of the holy ghost
beating those who are fed -forbidden the oxygen who are strong to labor ,forbidden from threading the corn.
Theres bleating of sheep and lowering of oxen1 Samuel 15:14 what is the bleating I hear my ears
Healthy baaa’s from those who did not wander but were driven of men/What is the lowering of oxen I hear
God is not deaf ;
A big purge from all that’s grievous /purge All that quenches the spirit
Gaze rather than glance Christ is our come up go to jesses house anoint the king I ordained
Some things are repulsive to God and unacceptable. ‘he’s calling us on unacceptable
If I were your governor you would render better .Bring me no more vain oblations;
if you going to worship , do so in spirit and truth .offer what is acceptable in my sight .this contemporary mindset of getting a raise out of flesh , your piping and harping disgust and repulse me. that’s for flesh God says I’m underwhelmed by it.
BRING ME NO MORE VAIN OBLATIONS ,YOUR NEW MOONS SPOECIAL CALLING OF ASSEMBLIES AWAY WITH THEY ARE UTTERLY REUPLSIVE ;THEY WEARY ME TO BARE
Beloved –all OUR MOST SOLEMN ASSEMBLY ‘’HOLY CONVOCATION REQUIRES SANCTIFIED PEOPLE, CONSECRATION IS MORE THAN A WEEKLY PRAYER .
God does not merely tell his people off, his purpose is warning of pending judgment, his purpose is repentance , its restorative .
Get rid of idolatry judgment and restoration, your monuments –you made yourself the idol, object of your worship.
Divine warning the lord is denouncing hypocritical religious acts [vain oblations]
Obedience will bring forgiveness and restored blessings, continued disobedience result in destruction.
God’s word instructs us to enter his gates with thanksgiving and enter his courts with praise ‘’treading =to trample, to crush with feet, not thread
Who require at your hand to offer to me blemished, Isaiah 1;10 speak to rulers who were not ruling well-to what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices, I’m full of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beast and I delight not in the blood of bullocks , lambs or he goats .
A lot of our religious practices are not appealing to the God , they are repulsive
When you appear before me who required it at your hand to thread my courts -.
Thread courts is the opposite of entering the courts reverently, humbly with authentic praise …
Thread courts –ill reverent, half -hearted , not withal , not in spirit and truth ,
There neither male nor female [in spite of gender whether masculine or feminine man ,its purity of spirit can put one from Nazareth, with no pedigree, small village barely on the map in volume of the books on his radar,
Mary purity of spirit –many daughters have done well but you have excel them all.
Women who are
ref.Read Luke 1:26-35
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel de 26 And in the sixth of the month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph of the house of David and the virgin's name was Mary.
Mary history start -Mary Jesus from a small Jewish village-no place is too small or remote for God when he has you on his radar……. one can overlook you when the Heavenly Father’s all seeing eyes are upon you. Jesus was rejected of his townsmen but chosen of God. Stop concerning self with being the people’s choice. When one is his choice, it’s just so! You have not chosen me, I have chosen you!!!!
History of Nazareth- Nazareth was predominately a gentile population and contemptible and nothing good was expected to come out of Nazareth ‘’but God! A woman of Nazareth was not expected to bear nothing good especially not the promised Messiah. John 1:46 can anything good come out of Nazareth {dn leathers projects , hillcrest, new edition ,your street Nazareth was small, insignificant , a rural town , full of poverty and struggles were taxed excessive by the Romans however Mary blessed and highly favored among women {pretty major} .
Somebody who’s been found faithful to God ,