Pray you therefore that the Lord of the harvest would send forth labourers into His harvest. Why? Because the harvest truly is plenteous but the labourers are few. Indeed, there are multitudes of people who need to hear the gospel of Jesus. And multitudes in the valley of decision. The question is this. How can they hear the gospel of Jesus without a preacher or preach this gospel except they be sent? This is why the scriptures state, "How beautiful are the feet of them who preach the gospel of peace."
“We have heard the Macedonian call today -- send the light, send the light, there are souls to rescue, there are souls to save, send the light, send the light, the blessed gospel light and let it shine from shore, and let the glorious beam light the world for evermore."
Last year, I returned to my native land of birth Scotland. I had been away from my homeland for 57 years. The city where I was born Glasgow used to have a motto that stated, "Let Glasgow flourish by the preaching of His word and the Praising of His name." Unfortunately, the motto has been shortened to read - let Glasgow flourish. However, while in Glasgow, I had a opportunity to enter into an old place of worship which had recently been beautifully redone. Within this structure, the original motto was still prominent for one and all to see. This is important because God has said that the nation that honours Him shall prosper.
During this incredible two week visit, many doors were opened, giving me an opportunity to lead many people to the saving knowledge of our great God and only Saviour Jesus. Everywhere I went hearts were open to receive the gospel of Jesus. Freely I received this good news gospel and freely I gave! Next I travelled to a small fishing village Tarbert loch fine on the west coast of Scotland. It was where I had been evacuated because of the bombings of Clydebank during World War II. In this village I spent 10 years under the care of my dear grandmother, who every Sunday sent my sister and myself to the church of Scotland. I remember the church vividly because it was there that I always received a prize for perfect church attendance.
I went and visited that church on the Sunday morning but there were no Sunday School kids. The church had no preacher. Instead, a social worker addressed the small group. The words of the songs and hymns were gospel -- the same songs that I remember signing in days of old. Indeed, I still sing these same hymns today. Those songs impacted my young life to which I thank God. Only one thing was lacking in my early church life experience. That was the preaching of the Bread of Life -- Jesus --and the directive that one must ask God personally into their life. By the Grace of God, I was able to speak to many people, asking them to stand in the offering plate and ask God into their lives!
It was the same experience on the streets, in the stores on the quays and among the fisherman. God added to His Body those that were being saved. I travelled down the Mull of Kintyre and God opened even more doors. People seemed to appear out of nowhere. His light was shining! As the days passed, I had an opportunity in every village and town to ask people to stand in God’s offering plate and give themselves to Him with sincerity and in truth.
It is for this reason that we must pray and ask God to raise up and send labourers into His harvest field. Our world is full of people who unfortunately have never heard the glad tiding of great joy. Say these words if you are a believer. ‘Lord here I am, send me." Put in the sickle and reap. I am sowing in tears. May you reap with joy. My message to my sisters and brethren is to PREACH THE WORD! And in so doing, may the fire of the gospel light the heather again!
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness
Friday, May 20, 2011
Give Tomorrow's Children One More Chance - PART 111
Remember the song entitled, "Give tomorrow's children one more chance?"Just because the world as a collective affirms that they believe in God does not necessarily mean that they have a personal relationship with God Almighty. Indeed, throughout the ages, man has always practiced some form of religion, demonstrated in all sorts of unimaginable rituals, and shameful practices. This may explain why our preference is to assert that we are a Christian nation. After all, who would want to be called heathen?
It was the same in Bible times. Paul, an apostle of the Lord Jesus also thought that He was a God fearing man. He was very zealous in propagating his religious beliefs and upbringing in the Jewish religion. That is, until the God of his fathers met him. It is here that Paul was transformed from a zealot into a totally new person. Put in simple terms, Paul had his heart circumcised. His life was transformed, as we can see from reading the scriptures.
For example, when Paul later entered a city, he observed all sots of statues with inscriptions. One inscription read "to the unknown God." The inscription had such an impact that the words became Paul’s launching pad of inspiration to preach. Paul opens, if we follow along in the scriptures, by stating that he had observed an inscription which read - to the unknown God. Paul remarked to listeners that he was going to reveal to them this God that was unknown so that their ignorant teachings would be dispelled. What did Paul do? He preached to them about Jesus. Why would Paul preach Jesus? Because Jesus is the unseen God seen. In Jesus, all the fullness of God dwells.
If you believe in Jesus, you are believing in the same God who made the world! Jesus is the express image of God as a Son. Unlike the world's message, God is not three persons anymore than you are three persons. Those who preach that God is three persons re still in ignorance of God. They have not read the scriptures that state that if you have seen Jesus, you have likewise seen the Father. Jesus is God Himself manifest in the flesh as a Son -- the one Spirit of God in the man Jesus -- for the express purpose of reconciliation.
We are not in old covenant times. We are no longer under the law as outlined in the Old Testament. This is a new testament of God in Christ! Those who preach another message, cannot assert that they are Christian. Similarly, if they contradict the teachings of the Author of the New Testament -- that author being none other than Jesus -- they have become akin to all the landmarks of a former generational faith which our Christian believing ancestors embraced but are in ignorance as to what motivates them.
Rather than dress up and present ourselves as being squeaky clean, we need to recognize that as humans we are poor, wretched and miserable on the inside. But when we walk the talk but find it impossible to walk the walk, this is the time we need to meet Jesus. This is why God veiled Himself in a body of sin prone flesh on the outside fleshy covering, while the child within was the only begotten child of the Holy Spirit. God loves His creation so much that He created a plan of salvation. As the scriptures state, "Nothing shall separate us from the love of God being manifested in Jesus." God loves us. The question is do we love Him?
It is here that we need to come to terms with our relationship with God. Here was God purposely clothing Himself in sin prone flesh, sacrificing His pure flesh to pay for man’s redemption. God took our sin upon Himself and as a result His sinless body became sin so that we the sinner became pure in God’s eyes. Come to God in Christ and be clothed in the righteousness of Jesus. This is your call! (Acts chapter 2) God bless.
It was the same in Bible times. Paul, an apostle of the Lord Jesus also thought that He was a God fearing man. He was very zealous in propagating his religious beliefs and upbringing in the Jewish religion. That is, until the God of his fathers met him. It is here that Paul was transformed from a zealot into a totally new person. Put in simple terms, Paul had his heart circumcised. His life was transformed, as we can see from reading the scriptures.
For example, when Paul later entered a city, he observed all sots of statues with inscriptions. One inscription read "to the unknown God." The inscription had such an impact that the words became Paul’s launching pad of inspiration to preach. Paul opens, if we follow along in the scriptures, by stating that he had observed an inscription which read - to the unknown God. Paul remarked to listeners that he was going to reveal to them this God that was unknown so that their ignorant teachings would be dispelled. What did Paul do? He preached to them about Jesus. Why would Paul preach Jesus? Because Jesus is the unseen God seen. In Jesus, all the fullness of God dwells.
If you believe in Jesus, you are believing in the same God who made the world! Jesus is the express image of God as a Son. Unlike the world's message, God is not three persons anymore than you are three persons. Those who preach that God is three persons re still in ignorance of God. They have not read the scriptures that state that if you have seen Jesus, you have likewise seen the Father. Jesus is God Himself manifest in the flesh as a Son -- the one Spirit of God in the man Jesus -- for the express purpose of reconciliation.
We are not in old covenant times. We are no longer under the law as outlined in the Old Testament. This is a new testament of God in Christ! Those who preach another message, cannot assert that they are Christian. Similarly, if they contradict the teachings of the Author of the New Testament -- that author being none other than Jesus -- they have become akin to all the landmarks of a former generational faith which our Christian believing ancestors embraced but are in ignorance as to what motivates them.
Rather than dress up and present ourselves as being squeaky clean, we need to recognize that as humans we are poor, wretched and miserable on the inside. But when we walk the talk but find it impossible to walk the walk, this is the time we need to meet Jesus. This is why God veiled Himself in a body of sin prone flesh on the outside fleshy covering, while the child within was the only begotten child of the Holy Spirit. God loves His creation so much that He created a plan of salvation. As the scriptures state, "Nothing shall separate us from the love of God being manifested in Jesus." God loves us. The question is do we love Him?
It is here that we need to come to terms with our relationship with God. Here was God purposely clothing Himself in sin prone flesh, sacrificing His pure flesh to pay for man’s redemption. God took our sin upon Himself and as a result His sinless body became sin so that we the sinner became pure in God’s eyes. Come to God in Christ and be clothed in the righteousness of Jesus. This is your call! (Acts chapter 2) God bless.
Baptized Believers in His Name -- In the Name of Jesus - PART 110
According to the Biblical scriptures, the Church is His body. We are the body of Christ. We are His bones. We are His flesh. We are the temple in which He is pleased to dwell. We are the people called by His name (the Jesus people). The early believers continued steadfastly in the teachings of the Spirit of God, which they in turn delivered to us. As the scriptures state, "For another foundation can no man lay other than that which has been laid." This is the apostles' foundation with Jesus Himself being the chief cornerstone.
Further, Jesus said this is My church and the gates (teachings of hell) shall not prevail against it. The holy Spirit of Jesus Himself will lead and guide believers into all truth. As it is written, believers will all be taught of God. Christ alone is the Head of His Church (body). In essence then, this church is not a two headed church. This foundation verifies yet again that there is only one mediator between God and man. That is, the man Jesus the Christ who is the only begotten Son of the Spirit of God. It is in this body that all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily. This makes God alone the Father and Mother of the man Jesus.
Was Mary the mother of God? Of course not. Mary was a surrogate mother of the Son of God. Does Mary intercede on our behalf? Again, no. Mary said that her spirit rejoiced in "God her Saviour." Can a believer be more blessed than Mary? Indeed, yes. As the scriptures state, more blessed are they that hear the Word of God and do it. Blessed much more than the womb that bore me! Who is Jesus' mother and father then? They that hear the Word of God and do it. Is anyone infallible? No. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. There is none righteous, No not one.
But the good news is that whosoever sins that you remit, they are remitted. Whosoever sins that you retain, they are retained. When Jesus bore our sins on a tree, He allowed the people -- sinners -- to call upon Jesus so that they would receive forgiveness and remission of sin. But the apostolic message did not end there. In this context, other questions are asked. Am I really baptized if I am baptized in the name of the father, son, and holy spirit?
As outlined in earlier posts, these are relationship titles with no applicable name attached. By being baptized in the titles and not the name of Jesus, one is substituting man’s rendition of Matthew chapter 28:19 without including the practical applicability. How did the apostles baptize? How were all new believers baptized in the Bible? Note here that the apostles did follow Jesus' instructions when they baptized believers in His name -- in the precious name of the Lord Jesus!
It is the same when, during communion, countless congregations of people are told that the wafer or bread and the wine are miraculously transformed into the blood and body of Christ. Would I be committing an unforgivable sin if I participate? We would if we did not acknowledge that Jesus sacrificed Himself once and for all so that we could be saved. As such, there is no longer a need for churches to offer a repeat performance. Jesus made the sacrifice. And it was Jesus Himself that said on the cross -- It is finished. The sacrificial death of Jesus is present tense.
Moreover, there is only one high priest. That is Jesus, who is a high priest forever after the order of Melchisedec. Is the new testament a continuation of the old covenant? No. The new testament is a testament between one party. This one relationship is between God who is Spirit and between God Himself as a Son. Grace testament. Whereas the old covenant was between two parties -- a covenant of life and death -- the new testament is about grace! This is why the scriptures ask new believers to search the scriptures so that they will know and understand the plan of salvation.
What were the first believers told to do? The first 3000 people who believed in Jesus repented and were baptized into the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of sin, and as a consequence, received the gift of the Holy Ghost. For further details, please read through Acts chapter two.
Ask our Lord God and Saviour to open your eyes for understanding. Stand in the offering plate.
Further, Jesus said this is My church and the gates (teachings of hell) shall not prevail against it. The holy Spirit of Jesus Himself will lead and guide believers into all truth. As it is written, believers will all be taught of God. Christ alone is the Head of His Church (body). In essence then, this church is not a two headed church. This foundation verifies yet again that there is only one mediator between God and man. That is, the man Jesus the Christ who is the only begotten Son of the Spirit of God. It is in this body that all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily. This makes God alone the Father and Mother of the man Jesus.
Was Mary the mother of God? Of course not. Mary was a surrogate mother of the Son of God. Does Mary intercede on our behalf? Again, no. Mary said that her spirit rejoiced in "God her Saviour." Can a believer be more blessed than Mary? Indeed, yes. As the scriptures state, more blessed are they that hear the Word of God and do it. Blessed much more than the womb that bore me! Who is Jesus' mother and father then? They that hear the Word of God and do it. Is anyone infallible? No. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. There is none righteous, No not one.
But the good news is that whosoever sins that you remit, they are remitted. Whosoever sins that you retain, they are retained. When Jesus bore our sins on a tree, He allowed the people -- sinners -- to call upon Jesus so that they would receive forgiveness and remission of sin. But the apostolic message did not end there. In this context, other questions are asked. Am I really baptized if I am baptized in the name of the father, son, and holy spirit?
As outlined in earlier posts, these are relationship titles with no applicable name attached. By being baptized in the titles and not the name of Jesus, one is substituting man’s rendition of Matthew chapter 28:19 without including the practical applicability. How did the apostles baptize? How were all new believers baptized in the Bible? Note here that the apostles did follow Jesus' instructions when they baptized believers in His name -- in the precious name of the Lord Jesus!
It is the same when, during communion, countless congregations of people are told that the wafer or bread and the wine are miraculously transformed into the blood and body of Christ. Would I be committing an unforgivable sin if I participate? We would if we did not acknowledge that Jesus sacrificed Himself once and for all so that we could be saved. As such, there is no longer a need for churches to offer a repeat performance. Jesus made the sacrifice. And it was Jesus Himself that said on the cross -- It is finished. The sacrificial death of Jesus is present tense.
Moreover, there is only one high priest. That is Jesus, who is a high priest forever after the order of Melchisedec. Is the new testament a continuation of the old covenant? No. The new testament is a testament between one party. This one relationship is between God who is Spirit and between God Himself as a Son. Grace testament. Whereas the old covenant was between two parties -- a covenant of life and death -- the new testament is about grace! This is why the scriptures ask new believers to search the scriptures so that they will know and understand the plan of salvation.
What were the first believers told to do? The first 3000 people who believed in Jesus repented and were baptized into the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of sin, and as a consequence, received the gift of the Holy Ghost. For further details, please read through Acts chapter two.
Ask our Lord God and Saviour to open your eyes for understanding. Stand in the offering plate.
The Lord is my Shepherd - PART 109
The heavens shall depart as a scroll. Sounds like a repeat performance of the mindset of earth’s former inhabitants when they said let us build a tower that reaches into heaven. In this latter example, that purposed collective mindset did not get off the ground. In actual fact that short-term vision was brought to nought. Why? Because, as the scriptures describe, man in his fallen rebellious state will never inherit the creation that God has created expressly for those individuals that love him! So what happened when man tried to build a tower that reached into the heavens. God confused the languages of man retarding man to confusion. Instead of one common language, God scattered the inhabitants around the world, giving them a diverse range of languages in which to build their society.
Today, there are similar endeavours being planned by earth's inhabitants. This time, technology that promotes the use of one computer language is again attempting to build a tower that reaches into the heavens. This is consistent with the scriptures, that speaks of man saying that they will accomplish this feat, solely by their own doing. There is no mention that man will do this 'if God permits.' If we take this perspective one step further, shall the created ask the creator why have you made us this way? Is man so determined to do things their way with the 'my way or, the highway' attitude that they have forgotten God. Certainly God has an answer to this attitude. As the scriptures state, "Thou fool. Today your soul will be required of me." But this is not the message God wants humankind to adopt. Indeed, God’s plan is a plan of redemption. God is not desirous that any man should perish. Rather, God wants all humans to be fruitful and to multiply and in so doing replenish the earth.
Still, the heavens are departing like a scroll. Gradually, we are perusing the heavens, seeing the vast expanses of God in created form (the invisible Spirit of God now being materialised). We peer through a darkened glass at the majestic world beyond, desirous to explore beyond the boundaries. And in this context, man will be set over the works of God’s hands. However, it will not be Adam’s fallen sinful race who will be the inhabitants. Why not? Because as the scriptures declare, Adam’s fallen race are doomed to a place that was never prepared for them to spend eternity. That place is what we call Hell.
Although it was a prepared place for the devil and his rebellious demons, Hell was never made to accommodate man. It was for the enemies of God who were all cast out of heaven. During this period, there was war in heaven that eventually led to Satan and his hordes being cast down to the planet earth. It is at this time that a voice was heard saying, “Woe to the inhabitants of the earth for Satan has come down as a raging and a roaring lion, seeking to devour earth’s inhabitants."
Admittedly, Satan is on a home run, pursuing all God believing persons according to his own agenda. Satan and his demonic followers cannot procreate so Satan and his demonic hordes are actively endeavouring to hitch a ride in man who can procreate. By so doing the devil's 'God-denying' message is spread throughout the universe.
But the good news is that God is over all. His weapons of warfare are not carnal instruments. God’s Word remains all powerful and God’s Word is much sharper than any two edged sword. God has said that His Spirit will not always strive with man. Even so, God is patient and long suffering. He wants to save people! God’s redemptive plan was that He Himself as a Son would die at a place called Calvary, to redeem man from Adam's curse.
This is why Jesus said as part of His last words, “It is finished." As a consequence, you and I can be born again into the Kingdom of God. There is no need to perish. Christ has died once and for all for our sins. Repent and be baptised into Jesus!
Today, there are similar endeavours being planned by earth's inhabitants. This time, technology that promotes the use of one computer language is again attempting to build a tower that reaches into the heavens. This is consistent with the scriptures, that speaks of man saying that they will accomplish this feat, solely by their own doing. There is no mention that man will do this 'if God permits.' If we take this perspective one step further, shall the created ask the creator why have you made us this way? Is man so determined to do things their way with the 'my way or, the highway' attitude that they have forgotten God. Certainly God has an answer to this attitude. As the scriptures state, "Thou fool. Today your soul will be required of me." But this is not the message God wants humankind to adopt. Indeed, God’s plan is a plan of redemption. God is not desirous that any man should perish. Rather, God wants all humans to be fruitful and to multiply and in so doing replenish the earth.
Still, the heavens are departing like a scroll. Gradually, we are perusing the heavens, seeing the vast expanses of God in created form (the invisible Spirit of God now being materialised). We peer through a darkened glass at the majestic world beyond, desirous to explore beyond the boundaries. And in this context, man will be set over the works of God’s hands. However, it will not be Adam’s fallen sinful race who will be the inhabitants. Why not? Because as the scriptures declare, Adam’s fallen race are doomed to a place that was never prepared for them to spend eternity. That place is what we call Hell.
Although it was a prepared place for the devil and his rebellious demons, Hell was never made to accommodate man. It was for the enemies of God who were all cast out of heaven. During this period, there was war in heaven that eventually led to Satan and his hordes being cast down to the planet earth. It is at this time that a voice was heard saying, “Woe to the inhabitants of the earth for Satan has come down as a raging and a roaring lion, seeking to devour earth’s inhabitants."
Admittedly, Satan is on a home run, pursuing all God believing persons according to his own agenda. Satan and his demonic followers cannot procreate so Satan and his demonic hordes are actively endeavouring to hitch a ride in man who can procreate. By so doing the devil's 'God-denying' message is spread throughout the universe.
But the good news is that God is over all. His weapons of warfare are not carnal instruments. God’s Word remains all powerful and God’s Word is much sharper than any two edged sword. God has said that His Spirit will not always strive with man. Even so, God is patient and long suffering. He wants to save people! God’s redemptive plan was that He Himself as a Son would die at a place called Calvary, to redeem man from Adam's curse.
This is why Jesus said as part of His last words, “It is finished." As a consequence, you and I can be born again into the Kingdom of God. There is no need to perish. Christ has died once and for all for our sins. Repent and be baptised into Jesus!
Monday, May 16, 2011
Start Believing Today -- God Will Enable You - PART 107
Church is not made of wood, hay, stubble, brick or concrete construct, or for that matter, any other such material. Neither does traditional religious paraphernalia have anything to do with worshipping. All of these ceremonial add-ons are man made inventions. Indeed, in many ways, these additional forms of worship are an effort on the part of some religious folks to appease their conscience. They simply cannot entertain the thought that God is not amused by their inability to accept the salvation message as God intended. In fact, God has said to these religious stakeholders ... "Away with this. My soul has no pleasure in your ceremonies nor in your sacrifices." In so doing, the Lord has once again reinforced that the true worshippers will worship Him in Spirit and truth.
Consider the above example from a different viewpoint. If, from the day of our birth, we were held as prisoners of sin and often curtailed to generational habits, we would not have the foggiest idea nor even a notion of escaping to something? We would be lost. And even if we did recognize that there is more to life, what would that something that we were searching for be?
Fly me to the moon? Swing upon a star? Well, in reality we got to the moon. And technologically, we advanced (or at least we think we have). Was it the fulfillment of prophesy that man would accomplish the moon walk prior to the coming of the Lord that provides the foundation for this "something" objective. After all, according to the scriptures, man did walk on the moon and the moon was turned into blood before the coming of the Lord. Or, is this one of the birth pains of those who are in this earthly womb? Certainly, references such as the sun will be heated up seven times should be an indication of the prophesies that are being fulfilled. In fact, we may be there already. How many times do we hear, "Don’t stay out too long with your sunscreen."
At the same time, there is not only a great forsaking of God’s word in the midst of the lands but a famine. In this example, we are there. As it was in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah so shall it also be in the last days - the scriptures declare. We are there too. Men as lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God. And the religious world thinking that by killing people who are not of their own religious persuasion that they are doing God a service. We are there. But there is more.
"Peace - peace" is the chant even when, as the scriptures suggest, there is no peace to be found in this world. Trying to make peace at the end of a gun and burning Bibles that talk of the prince of Peace only lead to further conclusions that yes oh yes ... we are deep in trouble. Further, men have begun calling light darkness and darkness light. If light offends to the point where we are walking on the street called Broadway, we are there. Certainly, our oceans are empty. While many search for answers, the question remains -- is it possible to deplete such a vast sea of a harvest that we did not plant? What happened to the idea of giving tomorrow's children one more chance? We are there.
So, if, at the end of the day, you were told that your time is up and your life over, what would your life have been worth? Are you acquainted with your creator and your only saviour? You won't find the message of salvation among the religious ceremony. Where you will find it is in the scriptures. The Bible states to search the scriptures so that you will know of Him. We will continue later on this subject and its meaning. However, in the meantime prepare to meet our wonderful God Jesus!
Consider the above example from a different viewpoint. If, from the day of our birth, we were held as prisoners of sin and often curtailed to generational habits, we would not have the foggiest idea nor even a notion of escaping to something? We would be lost. And even if we did recognize that there is more to life, what would that something that we were searching for be?
Fly me to the moon? Swing upon a star? Well, in reality we got to the moon. And technologically, we advanced (or at least we think we have). Was it the fulfillment of prophesy that man would accomplish the moon walk prior to the coming of the Lord that provides the foundation for this "something" objective. After all, according to the scriptures, man did walk on the moon and the moon was turned into blood before the coming of the Lord. Or, is this one of the birth pains of those who are in this earthly womb? Certainly, references such as the sun will be heated up seven times should be an indication of the prophesies that are being fulfilled. In fact, we may be there already. How many times do we hear, "Don’t stay out too long with your sunscreen."
At the same time, there is not only a great forsaking of God’s word in the midst of the lands but a famine. In this example, we are there. As it was in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah so shall it also be in the last days - the scriptures declare. We are there too. Men as lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God. And the religious world thinking that by killing people who are not of their own religious persuasion that they are doing God a service. We are there. But there is more.
"Peace - peace" is the chant even when, as the scriptures suggest, there is no peace to be found in this world. Trying to make peace at the end of a gun and burning Bibles that talk of the prince of Peace only lead to further conclusions that yes oh yes ... we are deep in trouble. Further, men have begun calling light darkness and darkness light. If light offends to the point where we are walking on the street called Broadway, we are there. Certainly, our oceans are empty. While many search for answers, the question remains -- is it possible to deplete such a vast sea of a harvest that we did not plant? What happened to the idea of giving tomorrow's children one more chance? We are there.
So, if, at the end of the day, you were told that your time is up and your life over, what would your life have been worth? Are you acquainted with your creator and your only saviour? You won't find the message of salvation among the religious ceremony. Where you will find it is in the scriptures. The Bible states to search the scriptures so that you will know of Him. We will continue later on this subject and its meaning. However, in the meantime prepare to meet our wonderful God Jesus!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
We Are Complete in Him - PART 106
I am anxious that you should understand that Christ is the Head of every man. I Corinthians chapter 11 verse 7 states, "For a man ought not to cover his head (veiled), forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God." Man represents the likeness, image and supremacy of God. Every man praying, prophesying or preaching with his head covered dishonours his head. He disgraces his head. He dishonours Him who is his head.
Does not even nature itself teach us that if a man has long hair, it is a shame to him? This is a natural irreversible principle illustrated by natural law to all generations, that it is degrading for a man to wear long hair. Nature simply teaches by illustration making a man to have thinning hair or he simply goes bald.
On the other hand, every woman who prays or prophesiess with her head uncovered dishonours her head. Eve was taken from Adam to be loved of him and to be cared for by him, inasmuch as she is a helpmate. Both together ought to function as one flesh. A woman’s long hair by nature is a glory to her. Nature provided a covering of long hair which is a glory to her. There is no need to cover her natural covering with another material covering unless her hair has been shorn. Then she ought to materially cover her short hair.
These ordinances are delivered to us so that we, both male and female can respond by saying. "Be it so done in me according to your word." We observe that the aforementioned ordinances are discarded by most today. However, by mankind’s non compliance, the Word of God is not rendered irrelevant. Each person will still stand before his or her creator and give an account to Him as to their stance. Let God be true and all those who oppose these truths bear their own burden.
God has sent His Word for the healing and restoration of a fallen race. As such, His Word is coming to you so that you can decide. This short presentation hopefully asserts that God is a God of order. We might say there is a pecking order which, when maintained as God’s plan, we the created, now redeemed children of God, can willingly bow the knee to our great God who is one Spirit. The Spirit of the Holy One. God is the master mind, and He has made Himself known in created form as Jesus. His only begotten Son (not Begat, Begotten) of the Holy Spirit. He purchased us at Calvary redeeming us, by and through the sacrifice of Himself. Once and only once was He sacrificed. ONLY ONCE. We are complete in Him!
In verse 3, we read that the Spirit of God is the Head of the Man Christ Jesus (I must be about my Father’s business). And Christ is the head of man (if any man be in Christ Jesus he is a new creation). And man is the head of the woman (Adam was first formed then Eve). All of these things originate from God. Peace to all in Jesus!
Does not even nature itself teach us that if a man has long hair, it is a shame to him? This is a natural irreversible principle illustrated by natural law to all generations, that it is degrading for a man to wear long hair. Nature simply teaches by illustration making a man to have thinning hair or he simply goes bald.
On the other hand, every woman who prays or prophesiess with her head uncovered dishonours her head. Eve was taken from Adam to be loved of him and to be cared for by him, inasmuch as she is a helpmate. Both together ought to function as one flesh. A woman’s long hair by nature is a glory to her. Nature provided a covering of long hair which is a glory to her. There is no need to cover her natural covering with another material covering unless her hair has been shorn. Then she ought to materially cover her short hair.
These ordinances are delivered to us so that we, both male and female can respond by saying. "Be it so done in me according to your word." We observe that the aforementioned ordinances are discarded by most today. However, by mankind’s non compliance, the Word of God is not rendered irrelevant. Each person will still stand before his or her creator and give an account to Him as to their stance. Let God be true and all those who oppose these truths bear their own burden.
God has sent His Word for the healing and restoration of a fallen race. As such, His Word is coming to you so that you can decide. This short presentation hopefully asserts that God is a God of order. We might say there is a pecking order which, when maintained as God’s plan, we the created, now redeemed children of God, can willingly bow the knee to our great God who is one Spirit. The Spirit of the Holy One. God is the master mind, and He has made Himself known in created form as Jesus. His only begotten Son (not Begat, Begotten) of the Holy Spirit. He purchased us at Calvary redeeming us, by and through the sacrifice of Himself. Once and only once was He sacrificed. ONLY ONCE. We are complete in Him!
In verse 3, we read that the Spirit of God is the Head of the Man Christ Jesus (I must be about my Father’s business). And Christ is the head of man (if any man be in Christ Jesus he is a new creation). And man is the head of the woman (Adam was first formed then Eve). All of these things originate from God. Peace to all in Jesus!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Accept the Gift of God - PART 105
I must be about my Fathers' business. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit into the womb of a young virgin girl named Mary. Mary was a surrogate mother and yet she was a virgin. She herself did not grasp what was revealed by an angel of God to her. That is, she was now with child of the Holy Spirit. In this capacity, she was to bring forth a Son. The child conceived within her was without father, without mother and without decent. The child was to be named Jesus.
His title Immanuel is interpreted as God with us. This child has neither beginning of days or end of life. Mary ponders these things in her heart. When Joseph, her espoused husband had it revealed to Him that this was the Lord’s doing, and that Mary had not been unfaithful to him, Joseph had a change of heart. It may be fair to surmise that when Mary told Joseph about her pregnancy, his initial reaction was that the engagement was over. But Joseph being a just man did not immediately hang out his dirty laundry for all to view. Rather he was going to exit from the promiscuous life that he initially surmised. Joseph was willingly going to depart quietly from her life without making a scene. It is here that the Angel appeared to Joseph saying, "Fear not to take to you and your wife Mary for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit."
Conceived of the Holy Spirit, this child / man calling God His Father. God visiting His creation, veiling Himself in flesh in fashion similar to His creation. Unheard of. How can these things be? The very one who made the world was in the world. To man, it seemed impossible but nothing is impossible for God. Remember God had a plan from the beginning. Humankind is part of God's plan. But we are not the composer!
God was and is pure humanity. After all, God is the cause. He allows good and evil. This is not to suggest God has a desire that you become a recipient of the wages of evil. You and I have a choice. Still, some of us walk into pitfalls. Like Adam and Eve, our fore parents who saw that the fruit looked good and went for it even though God had forewarned them that the day they ate of that tree they would surely die. Well, they figured they knew better than God. As a result here we are. From the day that we took our first breath we received a death sentence.
One man and woman your ancestral parents left us with a bumpy life. Some even appear to inherit a more torturous passage of life than others. So what is our situation? Is it altogether hopeless? Indeed, it is. The tides of life are rolling in and we cannot reverse it, try as we may. Instead, we just go deeper and deeper into sin. This is why God became a man to make a way of escape. He did so simply because God loves you and me. He created us, not as puppets but as individuals with choices. What will our individual response be?
Certainly, we do not need a repeat performance of Adam and Eve. For the choice now is much weightier than the original choice. This time it involves where you and I will spend eternity. Remember this message. God is not willing that you or I should perish to a lost eternity. He visited us and a result of that visit we can now come directly to Him. Our sorry situation reversed when God arrived on the scene with the express purpose to undo our plight.
Adam along with Eve (Adam willingly and Eve duped) sinned and brought death and isolation from fellowship with God. The Spirit of God who indwelt the man Jesus the Christ was going to offer His sinless, yet prone to sin body, by crucifixion at Calvary. Your choice now can reverse the condemnation that sin allotted to us. Jesus - God with us - Child of God’s Holy Spirit took all of our sin onto Himself. Accept the Gift of God. It's free.
His title Immanuel is interpreted as God with us. This child has neither beginning of days or end of life. Mary ponders these things in her heart. When Joseph, her espoused husband had it revealed to Him that this was the Lord’s doing, and that Mary had not been unfaithful to him, Joseph had a change of heart. It may be fair to surmise that when Mary told Joseph about her pregnancy, his initial reaction was that the engagement was over. But Joseph being a just man did not immediately hang out his dirty laundry for all to view. Rather he was going to exit from the promiscuous life that he initially surmised. Joseph was willingly going to depart quietly from her life without making a scene. It is here that the Angel appeared to Joseph saying, "Fear not to take to you and your wife Mary for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit."
Conceived of the Holy Spirit, this child / man calling God His Father. God visiting His creation, veiling Himself in flesh in fashion similar to His creation. Unheard of. How can these things be? The very one who made the world was in the world. To man, it seemed impossible but nothing is impossible for God. Remember God had a plan from the beginning. Humankind is part of God's plan. But we are not the composer!
God was and is pure humanity. After all, God is the cause. He allows good and evil. This is not to suggest God has a desire that you become a recipient of the wages of evil. You and I have a choice. Still, some of us walk into pitfalls. Like Adam and Eve, our fore parents who saw that the fruit looked good and went for it even though God had forewarned them that the day they ate of that tree they would surely die. Well, they figured they knew better than God. As a result here we are. From the day that we took our first breath we received a death sentence.
One man and woman your ancestral parents left us with a bumpy life. Some even appear to inherit a more torturous passage of life than others. So what is our situation? Is it altogether hopeless? Indeed, it is. The tides of life are rolling in and we cannot reverse it, try as we may. Instead, we just go deeper and deeper into sin. This is why God became a man to make a way of escape. He did so simply because God loves you and me. He created us, not as puppets but as individuals with choices. What will our individual response be?
Certainly, we do not need a repeat performance of Adam and Eve. For the choice now is much weightier than the original choice. This time it involves where you and I will spend eternity. Remember this message. God is not willing that you or I should perish to a lost eternity. He visited us and a result of that visit we can now come directly to Him. Our sorry situation reversed when God arrived on the scene with the express purpose to undo our plight.
Adam along with Eve (Adam willingly and Eve duped) sinned and brought death and isolation from fellowship with God. The Spirit of God who indwelt the man Jesus the Christ was going to offer His sinless, yet prone to sin body, by crucifixion at Calvary. Your choice now can reverse the condemnation that sin allotted to us. Jesus - God with us - Child of God’s Holy Spirit took all of our sin onto Himself. Accept the Gift of God. It's free.
Jesus Paid Our Debt in Full - PART 104
God who is now attired in a body of sin prone flesh went about delivering a message that the first Adam should have embraced. If Adam had embraced God’s words of instruction, then all of his descendants would have been spared tears, agonies, pains, sickness, and death. But man was in free fall. Not evolving. No sir. Man was descending into a pit. Man was created by God for God. Man without friendly fellowship with God is empty, just like the earth before God took it upon Himself to furnish it. Prior to God stepping in to furnish the earth it is said that the earth was without form and void. In the beginning, Adam was alone in the garden. It was God who observed that Adam was lonely. It was also God who made a companion for Adam, a woman to dwell with him. The woman was made of his own flesh.
Just as in the early days of Adam and Eve, God knows what we have need of even before we ask. Why? Because God is a good God. Indeed, God has a plan for man. As the scriptures state, eye has not seen, neither has ear heard of the things that God has in store for man. But we also need to understand God's plan of salvation.
God who is Spirit descends into mans’ hopeless situation by preparing a natural body for Himself. This body was to be born of a young virgin girl named Mary. The life that was to indwell that body was not a seed from Adam’s fallen sinful race. The reason for this is that Adam sinned. From this point on, we inherited his fallen nature. But the life that was to indwell in Mary's body was to be a life conceived by the Holy Spirit of God. A Spiritual Life of God Himself as a Son. Jesus - God with us, appearing as a man for indeed He was a man in all respects. He was born as a man. God was going to sacrifice His own sinless body. By so doing, God is purchasing back to Himself His own creation as if they had never sinned. In other words, one man’s sin condemned us. One man’s righteousness redeems us.
It is in this context that Jesus willingly sacrificed Himself for us. There is no more sacrifice for sin. Our debt has been paid in full. The Gift of God is eternal life. Whosoever will call upon the name of the Lord Jesus shall be saved. Sin still lies at the door of your life. Choose life. In so doing, God will put your life back on track. God wants to make a new creation in you. God is going to walk up and down inside of you, fellowshipping with you, and making you a whole new person. You will be cleansed by the Blood of God’s Holy Spirit’s blood that flowed in Jesus veins. His blood was shed for us. It is for this reason that we are free. You are now the Temple of God, in which He is pleased to dwell. Christ in You.
Stand in the Offering Plate. Be baptised into Jesus death and be filled with His Spirit! God bless you as you cut the cord with this fallen adamic sin cursed race!
Just as in the early days of Adam and Eve, God knows what we have need of even before we ask. Why? Because God is a good God. Indeed, God has a plan for man. As the scriptures state, eye has not seen, neither has ear heard of the things that God has in store for man. But we also need to understand God's plan of salvation.
God who is Spirit descends into mans’ hopeless situation by preparing a natural body for Himself. This body was to be born of a young virgin girl named Mary. The life that was to indwell that body was not a seed from Adam’s fallen sinful race. The reason for this is that Adam sinned. From this point on, we inherited his fallen nature. But the life that was to indwell in Mary's body was to be a life conceived by the Holy Spirit of God. A Spiritual Life of God Himself as a Son. Jesus - God with us, appearing as a man for indeed He was a man in all respects. He was born as a man. God was going to sacrifice His own sinless body. By so doing, God is purchasing back to Himself His own creation as if they had never sinned. In other words, one man’s sin condemned us. One man’s righteousness redeems us.
It is in this context that Jesus willingly sacrificed Himself for us. There is no more sacrifice for sin. Our debt has been paid in full. The Gift of God is eternal life. Whosoever will call upon the name of the Lord Jesus shall be saved. Sin still lies at the door of your life. Choose life. In so doing, God will put your life back on track. God wants to make a new creation in you. God is going to walk up and down inside of you, fellowshipping with you, and making you a whole new person. You will be cleansed by the Blood of God’s Holy Spirit’s blood that flowed in Jesus veins. His blood was shed for us. It is for this reason that we are free. You are now the Temple of God, in which He is pleased to dwell. Christ in You.
Stand in the Offering Plate. Be baptised into Jesus death and be filled with His Spirit! God bless you as you cut the cord with this fallen adamic sin cursed race!
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Created in the Image of God - PART 103
Our Father which art in Heaven. God fathered all things, even the life bearing seed that brought forth our very being. God’s wisdom created you and I but we are much more than an outward shell. For God breathed into man the breath of life. As a consequence, man became a living soul. But sin got in the way. So the plan of God seems to have been put on hold. However, this is the outcome only as man viewed it. But not with God. For with God there are no surprises.
God knows all things. It was like an intentional blip in order for God's intentional plan to be manifest down through the ages. Just as a woman cannot bear all her children at once, so is God’s plan. Over time the earth would be furnished with people. His created family made in His likeness and image. God’s plan was to create a natural world that is the exact expression of the spiritual world. The unseen world, to be manifest in form, all of its inhabitants sinless. God Himself in form is to be the One Head of this creation. Recall that Jesus said to Phillip, "He that has seen Me, has seen the Father." For Jesus is the Spiritual Word of God veiled in Adam's prone to sin flesh.
Eve was taken from Adam. Both were referred to in the scriptures as being one flesh(Adams flesh). So it is with the Word of God. That same Word that was with God now comes forth from God. It is not a different word, but the very same word. It is the same word that had created all things. This coming forth of the Word of God from the loins of God. We call Him the Second Adam, who is the Lord Himself. This Spiritual Word was in God’s redemptive plan to be veiled in flesh, clothed in fashion like the first created Adam, and restricted to all the frailties of Adam’s sinful flesh. This veil, or covering, He had received from / in the womb of Mary’s sinful flesh. That holy being that shall be born through you Mary shall be called the Son of God. God manifest in the flesh as a created fleshly Son. All the Fullness of the Godhead which is the Spiritual Word of God did dwell within that sinful flesh.
The Seed Word of God now veiled in flesh in the form of sinful man. God’s plan to redeem man by the sacrifice of Jesus' veil of prone to sin flesh body, taken from Mary’s generational sinful flesh, which flesh although prone to sin, did not yield to sin. His prone to sin flesh was tempted in all points, like as we are, yet without sin. For inside that body did dwell the very Seed of God Himself, which Seed is the Spiritual Word of God.
In Ephesians, we read that a man ought to love his wife as his own body, for indeed she is his flesh. Again in Ephesians, this love affair, is an illustration of the love of Christ for the Church. God in created form having the breath of God indwelling but now as a result of sin His creation is no longer capable of demonstrating God’s likeness. For we are / were created in the image of God, an earthly image, but inwardly, living souls. We were created for a purpose and that purpose was to be an earthly expression of God. We were deceived by God’s would be usurper. We became exposed to and enticed by Satan’s plan to derail God’s agenda. For God had planned that man who was the express image of Himself in created form would be set over the very works of God’s own Hands.
God’s plan is on track. It is time to board the love train for many have never heard the gospel message. This is God’s invitation to you today. It is time to get on board. “Stand in the Offering Plate." God bless!
God knows all things. It was like an intentional blip in order for God's intentional plan to be manifest down through the ages. Just as a woman cannot bear all her children at once, so is God’s plan. Over time the earth would be furnished with people. His created family made in His likeness and image. God’s plan was to create a natural world that is the exact expression of the spiritual world. The unseen world, to be manifest in form, all of its inhabitants sinless. God Himself in form is to be the One Head of this creation. Recall that Jesus said to Phillip, "He that has seen Me, has seen the Father." For Jesus is the Spiritual Word of God veiled in Adam's prone to sin flesh.
Eve was taken from Adam. Both were referred to in the scriptures as being one flesh(Adams flesh). So it is with the Word of God. That same Word that was with God now comes forth from God. It is not a different word, but the very same word. It is the same word that had created all things. This coming forth of the Word of God from the loins of God. We call Him the Second Adam, who is the Lord Himself. This Spiritual Word was in God’s redemptive plan to be veiled in flesh, clothed in fashion like the first created Adam, and restricted to all the frailties of Adam’s sinful flesh. This veil, or covering, He had received from / in the womb of Mary’s sinful flesh. That holy being that shall be born through you Mary shall be called the Son of God. God manifest in the flesh as a created fleshly Son. All the Fullness of the Godhead which is the Spiritual Word of God did dwell within that sinful flesh.
The Seed Word of God now veiled in flesh in the form of sinful man. God’s plan to redeem man by the sacrifice of Jesus' veil of prone to sin flesh body, taken from Mary’s generational sinful flesh, which flesh although prone to sin, did not yield to sin. His prone to sin flesh was tempted in all points, like as we are, yet without sin. For inside that body did dwell the very Seed of God Himself, which Seed is the Spiritual Word of God.
In Ephesians, we read that a man ought to love his wife as his own body, for indeed she is his flesh. Again in Ephesians, this love affair, is an illustration of the love of Christ for the Church. God in created form having the breath of God indwelling but now as a result of sin His creation is no longer capable of demonstrating God’s likeness. For we are / were created in the image of God, an earthly image, but inwardly, living souls. We were created for a purpose and that purpose was to be an earthly expression of God. We were deceived by God’s would be usurper. We became exposed to and enticed by Satan’s plan to derail God’s agenda. For God had planned that man who was the express image of Himself in created form would be set over the very works of God’s own Hands.
God’s plan is on track. It is time to board the love train for many have never heard the gospel message. This is God’s invitation to you today. It is time to get on board. “Stand in the Offering Plate." God bless!
Monday, May 2, 2011
His Wonderful Handiwork - PART 102
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Jesus was nailed to the cross for you and me. Indeed, on the cross crucified it was for me that He died. He was nailed to the cross for me. Jesus said, that if He were to be lifted up (crucified) He would draw all men to Him.
The message to note is that God is love. And truly has He loved. As such, we ought to love Him too and trust in His redeeming love. Yes, He sought us, and He bought us with His own redeeming blood. This God who loved us so much is Spirit, filling the heavens and the earth. As the scriptures state, it is in God that we live and move, and in God we have our very being.
Indeed, God created us in the image of Himself as a Son. In fact Adam was perfect before God. In the garden, God made them male and female, complete with seed within themselves. As a consequence, Adam and Eve (male and female) were capable of procreating. The seed life was given to them of God. So in effect, we plant the seed which is God given. Then we wait nine months for the harvest.
It is then that we receive our beautiful offspring derived from the seed which God imparted. The seed was clothed in the womb, bearing feature semblance to their parental guardians, who lovingly shield and protect their God given offspring until maturity. At maturity, the offspring desire to spread their wings, adventurously stepping into the un-chartered waters of life. The offspring in reality were the product of the life given seed imparted by God into His creation.
Yes, God fathered everyone of us regardless. Why? Because God had a plan. The dilemma that emerged is that plan seemingly went askew. Or so we thought. But in actuality, the plan was on the right track. God was laying out the plan which He alone scripted. As the scriptures outline, the plan gradually rolls out from generation to generation. The earth being the womb in which the plan of God would be brought to maturity.
The analogy that comes to mind is a child in the womb, tended by motherly love. The child is growing within the womb. Each child born into this world starts with a blank slate of a brain. Each individual brain requiring to be introduced into care, nurture and admonition of the Lord whose seed the offspring really were. We were all born into a world which displays God in a created form. We are to be the inhabitants of this God created world.
Still, we are in a rebellious sin cursed body and if left, we shall never inhabit this world. God simply would never allow it. (we die ) yet in this fallen state God allows us to be introduced to His wonderful handiworks. He does so while at the same time we are distracted and pulled upon by some others to deny God.
They plant thoughts and deeds pedaling to us that dumb matter created by itself all of this wisdom. Remember the scriptures that state, "The fool has said in his heart there is no God. " And the world by worldly wisdom cannot bear the pain of how little they know in comparison to the manifest wisdom of God’s displayed wisdom. So God’s plan marches on until the plan unfolds a little further. The unveiling of the wisdom of the child in the womb of the earth progresses.
Although the child's progress in the womb of the earth seems to be stonewalled by religion, wars and anti God rhetoric producing premature birth pains and even abortions of truth sending another generation into hopelessness, God is not willing that any should perish. However, we are so gullible, so programmed, we fall for it all the time, Even when the stop sign reads, "Taste and see that God is good." It is time! Get in on God’s plan the seed within you cries out for God.
God is the Father of Spirits. You are a Spirit being in a flesh covered body. Cut the cord with the world. Be Still and Know that I AM God. Stand in the Offering Plate. God Bless!
The message to note is that God is love. And truly has He loved. As such, we ought to love Him too and trust in His redeeming love. Yes, He sought us, and He bought us with His own redeeming blood. This God who loved us so much is Spirit, filling the heavens and the earth. As the scriptures state, it is in God that we live and move, and in God we have our very being.
Indeed, God created us in the image of Himself as a Son. In fact Adam was perfect before God. In the garden, God made them male and female, complete with seed within themselves. As a consequence, Adam and Eve (male and female) were capable of procreating. The seed life was given to them of God. So in effect, we plant the seed which is God given. Then we wait nine months for the harvest.
It is then that we receive our beautiful offspring derived from the seed which God imparted. The seed was clothed in the womb, bearing feature semblance to their parental guardians, who lovingly shield and protect their God given offspring until maturity. At maturity, the offspring desire to spread their wings, adventurously stepping into the un-chartered waters of life. The offspring in reality were the product of the life given seed imparted by God into His creation.
Yes, God fathered everyone of us regardless. Why? Because God had a plan. The dilemma that emerged is that plan seemingly went askew. Or so we thought. But in actuality, the plan was on the right track. God was laying out the plan which He alone scripted. As the scriptures outline, the plan gradually rolls out from generation to generation. The earth being the womb in which the plan of God would be brought to maturity.
The analogy that comes to mind is a child in the womb, tended by motherly love. The child is growing within the womb. Each child born into this world starts with a blank slate of a brain. Each individual brain requiring to be introduced into care, nurture and admonition of the Lord whose seed the offspring really were. We were all born into a world which displays God in a created form. We are to be the inhabitants of this God created world.
Still, we are in a rebellious sin cursed body and if left, we shall never inhabit this world. God simply would never allow it. (we die ) yet in this fallen state God allows us to be introduced to His wonderful handiworks. He does so while at the same time we are distracted and pulled upon by some others to deny God.
They plant thoughts and deeds pedaling to us that dumb matter created by itself all of this wisdom. Remember the scriptures that state, "The fool has said in his heart there is no God. " And the world by worldly wisdom cannot bear the pain of how little they know in comparison to the manifest wisdom of God’s displayed wisdom. So God’s plan marches on until the plan unfolds a little further. The unveiling of the wisdom of the child in the womb of the earth progresses.
Although the child's progress in the womb of the earth seems to be stonewalled by religion, wars and anti God rhetoric producing premature birth pains and even abortions of truth sending another generation into hopelessness, God is not willing that any should perish. However, we are so gullible, so programmed, we fall for it all the time, Even when the stop sign reads, "Taste and see that God is good." It is time! Get in on God’s plan the seed within you cries out for God.
God is the Father of Spirits. You are a Spirit being in a flesh covered body. Cut the cord with the world. Be Still and Know that I AM God. Stand in the Offering Plate. God Bless!
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