Sweet Messages

SWEET MESSAGES

About Jesus Christ are no messages at all. EXAMPLE: I have noticed on many Christian websites that are currently available that many members of those websites post "pretty little photos with either pretty little sayings or in some of them, actual verses from scripture on their blog post. Folks, this is not serving God just because you make posts of this nature, neither is it being a disciple of Jesus Christ. Being a disciple means speaking the truth and fulfilling the Great Commission of spreading the truth as it is in Jesus Christ, not being a member of the website to post photos or occasionally making a statement.

The Family of JESUS

Mat 1:25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. This verse tells us that Mary the mother of Jesus had more children after Jesus (the firstborn) was born. Who were they? Mat 13:55,56 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? Some believe and inject into their belief that these "siblings" of Jesus were possibly children of Joseph prior to his marriage to Mary.

Nowhere in scripture does it hint that these brothers and sisters of Jesus were ever referred to as "step brothers and sisters." These were all younger than Jesus "siblings to Jesus" born to Mary after His birth. Jesus was the eldest of them all, the older brother to the four listed here and His sisters. [PLURAL]

The scripture doesn't give us the names of the sisters of Jesus only His brothers and take note here Jesus was according to the record of Matthew one of "SEVEN" children with four brothers and two sisters all by His mother Mary. Why is this important? Because Jesus is the elder brother (spiritually speaking) of all those who believe in Him and what He has done through His incarnation, life, death, and resurrection on the behalf of humanity as our substitute or our (stand-in) to pay the price we owed to God. This is why He is referred to as the "first fruit" by Paul the apostle here: Rom 11:16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. Jesus IS the first fruit (firstborn) in the family of Joseph and Mary from Nazareth who was born in Bethlehem of Judea. He is also the "firstborn" spiritually speaking of the redeemed who believe and follow Him. Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. The word "predestinate" here doesn't mean as the Calvinist teaches it that God chose some and cast off the others. The word means "pre-determined" aforetime before the world was that the Savior of the World announced in Genesis 3:15 i.e. the "Enmity" would come as the Savior of the World. This is what the word "predestinated" means in this context, that God predetermined to SAVE humanity in the Son of God.

Many Christians of today aren't aware that there are (two) Bethlehems in the land of Israel. One, the place where Jesus was born is in Judea, called Bethlehem Ephratah the other is in the NORTH country called Bethlehem Zebulun located about 32 miles due West of the Southern tip of the Sea of Galilee. This is why it was specifically stated by the prophet Micah to make it clear to those who were watching for the Savior's birth would know exactly what area of Israel to "focus on" when the time came. Mic 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

The phrase used here by Micah "whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting" tells us that this child before He was born as a "man" a human being existed from eternity past. Micah also understood the "Counsel of Peace" recorded in Zech 6:12,13. Michael would be born as a "man there called the BRANCH" and grow up [Out of His rightful place in Heaven] as a human being upon this Earth as the Savior of the World carrying the name of JESUS (both) human and divine in the single person whose name means [The ONE who IS as GOD IS.]

Zec 6:12,13 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Before the world was GOD made the provision to redeem it back to Himself through the "Counsel of Peace" where it was decided that Michael would leave His high estate and come to the (then future) fallen world as the Savior of the World with the name of JESUS. He would be born into the human race (AS the Human Race) a corporate man both human and divine together yet separate. He would be "made sin" something that He was inherently by nature NOT in order to recover the fallen race. This is how Jesus took upon Himself the "Sin of the World." 2Co 5:21 For he [The FATHER] hath made him [The SON] to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Jesus was "made" something He was NOT by nature. Although He was made sin for us, He never for a single thought or by a single act ever consented to SIN. He "bore" our transgressions as the "Godman" separate and through His adopted humanity in the incarnation. How was Jesus made sin for us? Gal 4:4,5 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Jesus was "under the law" of God Himself, susceptible to its demands that stated: 1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. Rom 4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. Since Jesus came to take away "sin" He had to function "under the law as a human" that demanded the "eternal death" of the sinner.

If the Lord of Glory was "under the law", the law He Himself made, then why does your preacher today tell you that is was "nailed to the cross" and you don't have to obey it as a Christian. Paul stated: Rom 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. Many today cannot understand the Law of God, the law that requires the "eternal death" of a disobedient sinner. It's because of that law that Jesus had to die the death that we all deserved. Can the keeping of the law save anyone? ABSOLUTELY NOT! The law of God simply identifies what SIN IS, it can never save anyone, yet it's required to be obeyed by the saved. One doesn't keep the law of God to BE SAVED, they keep it because they are SAVED.

Many of today's preachers don't understand the "Law of God" it's beyond their knowledge and they read into scripture what the scripture doesn't say. EXAMPLE: They will use this scripture: Rom 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. To justify their ministry to you, that as a Christian believer that you're not under the law of God. They're telling you a lie friend! The verse simply eludes to the necessary understanding of the "Objective Gospel" of the holy birth, life, death, and resurrection of the Savior of the World when it states "justified by faith." Faith in WHAT? Faith in the accomplished work of Jesus, what He did through His redemptive work for YOU, His complete obedience to His own law. That is what "justifies YOU" nothing that you can do or will ever do in the best of your obedience adds one iota to the accomplished work of Jesus Christ.

Your obedience to God is required, but it can do nothing towards your salvation that has ALREADY been accomplished through the "the holy birth, life, death, and resurrection of the Savior of the World." He JESUS could not have been the Savior of the World apart from the Law of God. That law required the just penalty of "eternal death" for its transgression, and JESUS paid that price for you and me because the law of God demanded that it be PAID. It was the law of God that demanded the "eternal death" of Jesus Christ on the cross. THAT death which is demanded of the transgressor i.e. the sinner who rejects God and dies the physical death in that rejection, will one day be resurrected and be cast into the Lake of Fire.

QUESTION: If you as a parent were about to witness your child do something that you know would harm them. Would you just casually offer them a warning, or would you frantically "lose it" momentarily and shout out a spine chilling "STOP don't do that!"

I think you would "scream it out" to the highest capacity of lungs breath and run to their aid, that would be only human folks. However, for Jesus Christ the GODMAN He never had to do that kind of "human warning" He didn't need to. All of His warnings came in a different tone than ours do, but His love is much greater than ours so why didn't He with His understanding of the "spiritual peril" we are in ever SHOUT OUT to us. The answer is simple He was God the Son and nothing that could happen to any of His children was permanent if He deemed it to be reversed including death. Jesus Christ had "no fear" of His children ever being hurt beyond His ability to "fix them." This is why Jesus is seen as the benevolent man of God exhibiting a love for His children that we can't on the surface see unless we look for it.

Everything that might happen to His child was through His power completely reversible and He didn't have to PANIC as we humans panic when we see our children in peril or danger. For Jesus, there was nothing to fear! This doesn't mean however that He was impervious to our danger, He simply knew His children better than they knew themselves. When today's church members who practice their understanding of the "love of Jesus" their practice is usually a "phony practice" based entirely on their understanding of human love, and God doesn't love us in that kind of love. Human love is "fickle" and uncertain, it's a love tainted with sin and selfishness no matter how long one has walked with the Lord. The most devout Christian who expresses human love towards another in their "religious" walk with God is only expressing human love unless they are completely under the control of the Holy Spirit of God.

Many today believe that they are required to "love their enemies" when their enemies spit in their faces. They believe this based on these verses: Mat 5:44,45 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

How do we reconcile this with this command of Jesus to Israel with this command to Joshua?

Jos 6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. What was JESUS conveying in Matthew 5 here? The answer is found in the phrase "That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven." How could those to whom He spoke become "children" of the Father? Jesus was simply saying "you're to be likeminded as I" because now things have changed from of old, I have come to show you the truth of the love of God as the Savior of the World. I know the beginning from the end!

In old times in the days of Joshua, because I know the beginning from the end, I saw in the inhabitants of Jerico, no redeeming qualities, that they had made their choice to reject God, and therefore were unworthy of both the physical and eternal life I have to offer them. Therefore, because of their choice, they destroyed themselves in that choice at the hand of Joshua under my command. They were accounted as "irredeemable!" But now that I have come to reveal the truth of the love of God, ALL humanity in Me has a way OUT, therefore until they are deemed irredeemable by Me, you are to love them as I have loved YOU. This means that even though they may "spit in your face" love them with My love which is a "self-sacrificing AGAPE love" because you do NOT know the heart of man as I KNOW their hearts.

Jesus never was harsh in any way, nor should we be harsh, but Jesus never compromised the truth, nor should we. If your witness isn't firm in the truth as it is in Jesus Christ, then your "turning the other cheek" is a sham based on human love alone and human love is NOT the love of God folks. Christians today love with human love and even though their intentions are good it isn't loving the way God loves us. No part of any human being is salvageable enough to dwell in the presence of God, ONLY the same love that Jesus had will be acceptable to God. This is why Paul stated in 1Co 15:50-54 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

The natural state of man, his/her flesh cannot be anything other than flesh. The flesh is irredeemable, and the "human nature" is irredeemable, both "the nature and the flesh" MUST be destroyed and will be either translated or destroyed upon the arrival of Jesus Christ back to this Earth.

It's only the gift of "heavenly unconditional love" in and through Jesus Christ alone that the Christian is to express love for Jesus first and then to others. This cannot be done by or through human love.

The WATCHMAN!