GREENE STREET LETTERS: Freedom

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Freedom

Psalm 107:20

He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.

The Word?

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us....Jesus!

In the beginning was the Word and the Word was God and the Word was with God.....the mystery of the trinity.

For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword....the Bible.

SO in Psalm 107 which one did God send.....?

Jesus?

The complete God....? Father, Son and Holy Spirit?

The written Word?

The answer? YES! ALL of them.

We are blessed to have the complete Holy Spirit of God at work in us daily. Unlike those in the Old Testament who did not receive the fullness of the Spirit, we have been given the comforter to lead us, teach us, speak to us the truth of God daily.

The Bible....
Yes, we are blessed to have a written copy of the truth of God. I don't argue over "did we get all the books for our Bible or are there others out there we don't know about?" I take by faith the Bible I have as being complete. If God had wanted the others in the cannon of Scripture, He would have placed them there. To me, when others seek out what they perceive as the "lost" books of Scripture, they are operating from the notion that got the woman in trouble back in the garden of Eden. You know where the serpent told her to "Eat this and your eyes will be open and you will be like God." Behind that subtle message was the thought that "God has hidden some stuff from you that He really doesn't want you to know. Eat this fruit and it will be made evident to you because you will operate on the same level as God." I trust God for the Bible that I have.

The Trinity....

Jesus lives to intercede for me (Hebrews 7:25).

Holy Spirit is interceding for me (Romans 8:27)

Who is Jesus and the Holy Spirit interceding to?
God the Father.

It's like this prayer circle that goes on 24/7 between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

When I place my prayers in this circle, I join in .

When my prayers are in line with the Father's heart, then He moves on them.

When my prayers are simply full of "ME" and my own fleshly desires, God chunks them to the side and says, "Try again."

This salvation......

This new relationship I have been brought into with God truly is a new life of freedom.

Not freedom to do what I want to do...

But freedom to do what I ought to do.

God has granted me freedom from the presence of sin.

God has granted me freedom from the power of sin.

And God has granted me freedom from the penalty of sin.

By His word, I am healed....

God on you.....

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Looking At The World Through Cracked Lens

As ol' Paul wrote in his Corinthian letters.."We see in part and we know in part." Now what piece of this bit of wisdom do we not get? I wish to not run around acting and trying to be some sort of Biblical G00-Ru (I meant to spell it wrong). Or a sage of sages.

I simply want to be able to communicate some of what God has given to me. Why? Do I think what I get is better than what you may have received from Him? Nope. But I do think encouragement comes when we share our daily story of struggle and victory in an effort to encourage each other.

Thanks for letting me share.

Time to soldier on..

mbb

Our Statement of Faith

We believe that God is the eternal king. He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power and love. From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit equal in power and glory. we believe that God created mankind in His image, male and female, for relationship with Himself and to govern the earth. Under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth. Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation. Creation now experiences the consequences and effects of Adam's original sin. Human beings are born into sin, subject to God's judgment of death and captive to Satan's kingdom of darkness. We believe that Jesus, God's Son, was sent to this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary, fully God and fully man in one person. He is humanity as God intended us to be. Jesus was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit, ushering in God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Jesus' atoning death on the cross took God's judgment for sin which we deserved as law-breakers. Jesus' resurrection and ascent back to heaven opened the door for those who received salvation to begin a relationship with God.

Little Nets Into Deep Waters

Fishing nets were designed for one purpose only. To catch fish. Nets are no good if they stay on the boat. Nets serve no purpose if they are never used. I think maybe God sees us this way. We are all created for a purpose (by the way, the creator gets to define what our purpose is). Any other use besides the one we were created for does us no good. But when the creator places His hands upon us, casting us out into those scary, dark places with deep waters, it is then we can see the reality of our purpose. He knew there would be a catch waiting for us. I think I will be the net God has called me to be.

The Twelve Steps

As a community of people in recovery, we affirm that our higher power is Jesus Christ. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. Just as God told the children of Israel He was going to give them a promised land, He has revealed to us that He desires to give us a "Promised Life." When Israel got to the promised land, God instructed them to go and in a possess it, fight for it and claim it. In recovery, the 12 Steps are the directions given to us on how to fight, possess and claim this promised life.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Freedom

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