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Isaiah 55 was about christ..christ was the word sir. Reading it in its entirety that becomes clear. “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. 3 Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David. 4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples. 5 Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations you do not know will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor.” 6 Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. 8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. 12 You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper, and instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for the Lord’s renown, for an everlasting sign, that will endure forever.”
Romans 12:1-2 I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, your reasonable religious service. 2Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may determine what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God. Please understand that worship was never supposed to be only standing in church singing and listening to teaching. Yes those things are important but doing the good works set out by christ is even more so.
He said in John 17 that we are to be one as the Father and He are one. We are not all the same person in a different form sir. And neither is christ. Christ is the son who emptied himself to come to us to offer forgiveness by dying on the cross. God is in all through all and above all. The Father is spirit and must be worshipped in spirit and truth. It was through his only begotten son that all things were made sir. Not as a creature. But in equality with God. Not God in a different form. Phillipians 2:3-11 Do nothing from selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility regard others as more important than yourselves. 4None of you should look out for your own interests, but for the interests of others. 5aLet the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, 6who, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be exploited, 7but emptied himself by taking the form of a servant and being born in the likeness of men. 8And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9Therefore God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every other name, 10so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father
Amen! Seeing my Identity in Christ set me free many years ago! It is so freeing; and the beautiful Word of God being preached, is helping to remove bondages of which we're unaware. As a Good Father, He continues the cleansing of His People... including me! 🤗🙏🏾❤️
Truth! Just walked through a place where it took effort to praise God in song. When made "effort" or gave a "sacrifice" of praise; the sweet Presence of the Lord became palpable again!🙏🏾❤️
Thank you, Pastor Ron, for another beautiful sermon - you're always so well prepared!! It's very evident that you spend MUCH time in the written Word...and in prayer!! Blessings!! 💙
Praise God! Listening to this again...just as impactful tonight as it was this morning. Holy Spirit confirmed everything again; from the prayer room; the praise and this wonderful Message. Bless you Elder David.🙏🏾❤️
