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By Karen Yvette Harris-Stokes
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There are many people whose lording the facts of the Cross, but if the truth be known, we must look what the LORD provided in commissioning us to preach the Gospel. As Jesus said: My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.
"'Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them. "'For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. So we have many who claim the roles of shepherds and close the books of the Prophets and also the Law, saying we are no longer under the Law of Moses, and the LORD has fulfilled everything for us and we don't need a thing. For them it is easy to revert to the old ways, and to stop the natural flow of the Spirit. The truth is this: Seek first the kingdom of GOD and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you. The main ingredient is this: Mankind shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that comes out of the mouth of GOD. Living through faith requires the sensitivity and the ability to over come through hearing the WORD of GOD, and acting on His intentions for you. out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.
"Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."
As the LORD is the Holy Father Only Son, who paid the price for the world the Holy Father loved. We have the opportunity to see His Glory and know His work is not done in vain. Amen
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Amen
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. So you must be circumcise in the flesh first, so that the Holy Spirit can enter. It is not an easy process for anyone here, but it is natural for the LORD, because He is the master surgeon. Many are the troubles of the world, but those who are willing to place themselves on the altar of the Living GOD, will be circumcised in His way. Be circumcised in the way of life and know the LORD is the only salvation sent to us.
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