Fill The Lamp

This race must be run with patience and perseverance. There will be a need of patience to encounter the difficulties that lie in our way, of perseverance to resist all temptations to desist or turn aside. 

There is no stagnant life in the Kingdom. Either you grow and produce a blessing, or you deteriorate and descend into a curse. Be warned my Listeners. 

"The faithful were stoned, sawn in two, killed by the sword, clothed only in sheepskins and goatskins; they were penniless, afflicted, and tormented .   The world was not worthy of these saints. They wandered across deserts, crossed mountains, and lived in the caves, cracks, and crevasses of the earth." Hey 11:36-37

And all the people who belong to this world worshiped the beast . They are the ones whose names were not written in the Book of Life that belongs to the Lamb who was slaughtered before the world was made. Rev 13:8  

This is great news! Christ is returning to rescue those he’s saved and to claim his church solely for himself. For those who eagerly await Jesus, sweet salvation is coming.

What God is saying is, that if You were the only individual on planet earth, He would have come down from Heaven to redeem you. This is not about Religion. It is a Personal Relationship with Jesus Christ .

You see folks what we Must understand as Followers of Christ is, He, Jesus is the High Priest for His Bride and when we, “Fully Surrender,” and die to self, Christ will take up residents’ in us.  Read Gal 2:20; We are Vessels that He inhabits to reach the people that will bring Him Glory

According to Stephen, those who reject Jesus are following the same path as the people who rejected Moses and then followed idols. Such a strong message strikes a nerve, and Stephen becomes the first martyr of the church because of it.

Proverbs 19:15 "  Laziness casts one into a deep sleep , and an idle person will suffer hunger"   Matt 5:6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For, they shall be filled ."  My friends , Surrender is not Surrender until you’re Surrendered. Then and only then will the fruit of Surrender be evident to bring Glory to God . 

Drifting. Neglecting. Letting slip . This is the opposite of perseverance. The opposite of hanging in there over the long haul.

We find Jesus there. His deity, His glory, a Creator, Heir of all things, superior to all things, and Savior. If you knew nothing more about Him than you found in chapters 1-2, you would know abundant.  

Prayer is the breath of the spiritual man, and is nothing other than the sound of the Spirit of God in him; and such prayer cannot fail of success.   You see when we Pray to God this is communion with Him. God loves His bride to talk with Him.  

People store truths in their brains but never put them to use . For James, the only good religion is religion lived out every day.   My friends the Lord is returning for His bride that is without Spot or Wrinkle

Therefore, it would be a sin of omission for us not to care for the needy. In fact, this is how Jesus explains it at the end of Matthew 25 whereas people were cast into hell, not because of what they did, but because of what they didn’t do

God describes His relationship with His people like a marriage, and when His people forsake Him in sin, it is a picture of spiritual unfaithfulness or adultery.   The more we are conformed to the pattern of this world, living like this world and loving this world, the more we betray our God and cheat on Him.  

You see, you don’t get this wisdom from intellectual effort of practical experience as much as you get it from being with God.  A kind of wisdom, a Godly wisdom, see’s things from an eternal perspective that only comes from God .  We must go to Him constantly in prayer and in the Word, crying out to Him in order to receive His wisdom. 

The question is Not. What is this wisdom?  But who is this Wisdom?  1st Corinth 1:24 says that Christ is the wisdom of God. Similarly, 1st Corinth 1:30 says that Christ became wisdom for us. As our substitute on the cross, our foolish words and their consequences were all imputed to Him, and His righteous words, His wisdom, was imputed to us

Words are so important , not only because they can be used in many ways but also because they can be used in many evil ways Be sure to subscribe to the podcast.   fillthelamp@yahoo.com

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When Christ gives you spiritual birth, He gives you spiritual life, a life that is Radically different and a life that bears Fruit .  John 15:14, “You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.”

So, here we are in Chapter 2:15-17 . People who. Fail to help Poverty Stricken Fellow Believers are in fact not saved.  People who claim to be Christians but fail to help brothers and sisters that are destitute and hungry are in fact not saved.

“So live your life in such a way that acknowledges that one day you will be judged . But the law that judges also gives freedom,   although you can’t expect to be shown mercy if you refuse to show mercy . But hear this: mercy always wins against judgment!”  James 2:12,13

Having God’s Word inscribed on your heart, the Word comes alive within your soul and spirit to the point where you can’t sit still or shut up.  It reminds me of Jeremiah 20:9 . “ But when I tell myself, I’ll never mention Your name or speak for You again , it’s no use. The Word of God burns in my heart ; it is like fire in my bones, I try to hold it all in, but I cannot.”

If you put yourself on a pedestal , thinking you have become a role model in all things religious, but you can’t control your mouth, then think again. Your mouth exposes your heart, and your religion is useless.   James 1:26

My friends “The Word is Jesus” and the Word saves us and we need the Word daily .  Now don’t miss this next part as the language here is so powerful, emphasizing how we are “NOT” saved by working but by receiving the Word, and how that Word planted in us then moves us into action.