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“Find Heavenly Treasure with a soul on fire - The Ark of Covenant -Jesus”.
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I have noticed whenever we meet people and ask them how's your life going.. normally the reply comes back as good or it's ok or Not so good but somehow we are managing.
The expressions on their faces doesn't sounds good,it reflect that they are not happy with their lives and the expectation from life they had they haven't got.
This is the question which was related to their out word appearance of a Person.if the same question asked to beleivers or Christians most of the reply are same as a normal persons answers very few will reply back as “ Its God's grace”.
This is worldy manner of asking someone to what's going in their life.
If anyone asked you or you asked them “Hey how is your Spritual life going”.
Does any one?.I am pretty sure me
as well as we have never asked the other believers this thing.may be there are some godly people who speak this kind of thing but as far as I have noticed I haven't seen anybody asked me nor I have asked.
But its a true fact suppose if you ask about someone “ How about your Spritual life”.
What kind of a reply you get,the answer is somewhat like “Oh brother what to tell ,busy life came late in the night and early morning went to office ,we’ve got only Sundays so we slept late and wont be able to go to church ,but yes we do read the bible and listnes beautiful religious songs.Yes but on Christmas we never forget to go to the Church until something urgent comes up and that too also missed.
But we are in contact with God,and you know that as it is written every one needs to took up his cross so by doing this we are in front of his eyes.this is totally misconception ,is Jesus crucified for worldly things ,the pain and insult he had gone through for these worldy things ,if you are mixing Jesus crucification and the your saying that it is written that one has to put his cross with him is wrong and there is no comparison for your worldy cross and Jesus crucification.
But what about sharing the Good news The Gospel , answer is “Not possible we couldn't get time and moreover we feel shy”,but yes on Christmas when someone ask us about Jesus then we say yes on this day our Savior is born.
We go to church.and the conversation with their coligue or friend or known person is stops there and no more about what was the perpose he was born for and his teachings.
We have example of Apostle Paul who had admirable qualities was his zeal. That zeal was present before he became a Christian.
Scripture says about his zeal towards God Galatians 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
But he admonished Jews for their zeal and lack of knowledge in Romans 10:2-3 “ For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.”
Verse 3 points towards the people who are ignorant of God's righteousness but establish their own righteousness and not submit their lives to God.
Isn't it strange that how some of people who are so called Believers does not portray Christ like qualities which reflect from their behavior or their lives as the Living God's people,instead they are more interested in Worldly gossips rather than sharing the gospel.
This is I am talking about the people who are in faith and believers.
This can be expected from this worlds people who are living their lives in the worldly terms not by Heavenly God's terms, but from the people the Chosen people ,the believers ,the Followers of Christ is there any difference in Worldly people's lives or their lives ,both are same so how come they are believers or Christians ,their lives doesn't reflect the qualities of Jesus ,his teachings are not there in their lives,they pretend that they are living a Christian Life but they are not.
They are still not under his protection ,because they rather chose the world instead of God.
Because they afraid from self Denial ,because self Denial means denial of Worldly things in which they are covered from head to toe.
But these are the people who are two faced people,and what scripture says about these kind of people.
James 4:1-4 “From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Today God is looking at you ,he want to see how much zeal for God in you ,to find him to seek him and how extream for him we can go.
I know we all are living in this world where everyone is having some or the other problems in their lives and that can not be denied.but having a strong faith on God encourage us to Fight against all odds.
I have seen some of Christian families where one or more than one person are in addiction of alcohol or drugs.fightings , frustration, separation from married life.
This has become the daily routine in their lives.
For a saying they are Christians but Christ is not there in their lives.
It usually which I have noticed in the people who are born in Christian Family.even I am a born Christian but that doesnt put God's stamp on me that I am the chosen one.
My forefathers and there forefathers have came in faith and accepted Christ as their personal savior.
So when they eccepted Jesus in their lives could have been that their lives bear fruits ,the good fruits.as per my understanding that their faith was like a man who built his house on the sand,when storm came his house was broken, or in another word the seed which were fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.(Matthew 13:4-7).
But as per my understanding the faith they've came in for to be called ones, who were the branches of that fig tree but were not able to grow fruits as God was not present in their lives and so in their children.
And thase children are following the same path or tradition as their father and forefathers did.
That Jesus said. Matthew 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire”
So what we say is it the wickedness of our fathers and forefathers for which their children and third generation is bearing.
What could have been the situation or picture of this world today if my father or forefathers lives was a fruit bearing branch.
If we look into the scriptures of Deuteronomy 5:9 “Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
Yes Here God is Specifically saying that do not bow down to them (the world and worldly things) as he is a jealous God and visiting the inquities of their father and children unto third generation.
So what we say the difficulties , problems in our Christian faith people are because of this or because of our fathers and forefathers iniquities, “No” we can not say that because God has forgiven our fathers and forefathers sins and also our sins through paying the price of Christ blood . because if read
Matthew 26:28 “ For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
Here Jesus has cleared that his blood is shed for many for the remission of sins.
So by saying this That we are bearing our fathers and forefathers iniquities that's why we are getting these troubles is completely unecceptable.
It's because we all have sinned Romans 3:23-24 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
We have not welcome him in our lives,he was continiuosly knocking the door of our hearts and even whispered in our ears and called us and still calling but we are so stiff-necked that we completely denied his Voice ,his calling and his knocking, because for them the priority is live a lavish life for that they can ready to go to any extreme.and indulged in Worldly desires of lust,greed,ego,self centered,selfish, unrighteous,proud, Hate , unholiness, evilness,betrey,these are just a few ones apart from this there are several others.
Fortunate are very few who heard his voice and some don't bother.
Our justification is through the God's grace,if we read Romans 3:24 “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus”.
As we look into the scriptures the we find that Jews inspite of their wickedness and sinful attitude God's anger was on them but when they repented and prayed to him accepting their sin ,God has forgiven them and where ever they went the Box of the covenant was with them always.
The scripture says in 1 Samuel 4:3 “And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.”
What is this Ark of Covenant , It was not a statue meant to represent the physical manifestation of a god. It was not a container for God,it was to be respected but not worshiped.
Instead, it was a place where God and man could meet. Both literally, as God would hover over the Ark when the priests approached it, and figuratively through the law that was kept inside.
It was having the Law ,The Ten Commandments written on stone tablets.read (deutronomy 10:2).it was the key which Israelites follow as they represented the Law and God would always be in their presence.
If we read Exodus 16:32 “And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt”.
Here my point is that when this law was with Isrelites and they obeyed it and also it was filled with omer as a rememberance that how God fed them when they were wilderness..then why we as Believers have forsaken those laws those commandments and those difficulties from God has brought us from ,we have Bible in our home but do not respect it..as the Isrelites respect the ark of the covenant and God always had his presence with them. But as we compare ourselves No respect of the word of God ,I have seen in peoples houses the Bible was kept inside a corner and filled with dust.,like nobody has opened it from centuries.
We say Jesus died for us ,Yes he died for us for our sins he paid a hefty price for that ,just to see this Just to see this insult ,Just to see how his gospel is respected ,just to see that dust on it.
The biggest Commandments of all commandments which Jesus said about Love in Matthew 22:37-39 “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
Why Jesus said this because he knew that this Love is not present in us.
I think this is the reason that Gods prence is not in their lives and that is why they are living a cursed life.
That's why Paul says in Romans 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Yes it is true if we live life through flesh we will die ,but God's presence and his Spirit in our lives we live.
And that's what can be seen in the world today ,we actually living our lives Fleshly and our hopes are only from this life we are unfortunate.
What Paul also says in 1 Corinthians 15:19 “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.”
The time has come that we need to come out of that spectre of this world in which we are like prisoners clamped with chains,We need to break that clamp.
Remember that it's written that this world and Give respect to the word of God because for us the Ark of Covenant is Jesus. How come this thing, Jews carryed the Law where ever they go ,they respect it if we read (Deutronomy 10:2 ,and Exodus 16:32) this was the key which they follow ,the ark represented the presence of God because the it reflected God’s nature and His attributes of faithfulness, holiness, and sustaining of life for those who are His own people.
The main purposes for the Ark was that of God’s being present or dwelling with His People.
There is a Symbolic meaning of Ark of the Covenant which was placed behind the Holy of Holies.Only the high priest have access to the Holy of Holies,lid of the Ark was called the Mercy Seat and pictured the Lamb of God by Whom all obtained mercy.( Read 1John 3:5),High priest sprinkled the Blood over it for remission of sins , this represents The shedding of Blood of Christ for the remission of our sins.
(Read Hebrew 10:4-11).
We have the word of God in the Form of Bible for us it is the Ark of Covenant,the Law ,we need to respect it ,Trust on it and carry it where ever we go ,and we find his presence around us ,and that's a Heavenly treasure which nobody can steal from us.
Jesus said about it ,that the kingdom of God is like a treasure if we read in Matthew 13:44.
If we look into the scriptures the day of judgement is near .
2 Peter 3:10 “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up”.
It's time to wake up from sleep.
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