Christ Jesus is G.O.D, i.e., He is The Great Only Deity (G.O.D).
Is He your G.O.D?
Psalm 95:3 (KJV)
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Psalm 86:10 (KJV)
10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
Colossians 2:9 (NIV)
9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,
The Bible says that the lust of the flesh and of the eyes and the pride of life are of this world (i.e., of this environment) (1 John 2:16), but for all who believe in Christ Jesus, their citizenship is of heaven and not of this world (Philippians 3:20). Yet, we succumb to the pleasures and pressures of this world (environment) and we willfully disobey, sinning against our Creator God, who made us in His image, to be upright in His sight. The Psalmist states that the word of God, when it is hidden in one’s heart, protects that person from sinning against God (Psalm 119:11).
The word of God, when it is hidden in our heart, is the Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) in our life, that keeps us from conforming to the patterns of this world (environment) but transforms us by renewing our minds.
Psalm 119:11 (KJV)
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Gentile Lady: O Lord, Son of David; Have mercy on me as my daughter is vexed with a devil.
Gentle Lord: I am sent unto the lost sheep (of Israel)! Is it right to take that which belongs to the children (of Israel) and toss it to the dogs (gentiles)
Gentile Lady: Don’t the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from the master’s table? I am D.O.G (Depending On God), THE MASTER to toss a crumb of saving grace so that the evil that vexes my daughter may no longer be.
Gentle Lord: Great is your faith, woman. Be it unto thee as thou will.
A few hundred years earlier
Giant: Am I a dog that you must come after me with sticks?
Young man: I come in the Name of the living God, whom you have defied. I am D.O.G. (Depending On God) to deliver you into my hands and today, He will.
Giant: Cursed are you. Come to me and I will give you to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the fields.
Young man: From The MASTER’s table today, will fall the crumb of Salvation for the fearing lost sheep of Israel, and you, the evil giant that vexes the sheep, shall no longer be. I am Depending On God (D.O.G.)
Matthew 15:22-28 (KJV)
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
1 Samuel 17: 42-47 (KJV)
42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands.
Emperor Nero: I have heard of this new sect that call themselves “Christ-Ones”
Tacitus: Yes my lord, they are turning the world upside down. They are being perceived as being threats to the Roman empire.
Emperor Nero: What do they believe in?
Tacitus: C.I.A. my lord.
Emperor Nero: C.I.A?
Tacitus: Yes my lord, they believe that the Jewish carpenter who claimed to be the Son of God, the messiah – “Christ Is Alive.” This is their faith, but it is not a dead faith, my lord. Their faith that C.I.A. makes them C.I.A. as well, my lord.
Emperor Nero: I don’t understand.
Tacitus: It is like this, my lord. The faith of the Christians that Christ Is Alive (C.I.A) makes them Christians In Action (C.I.A). They are willing to give their lives for their faith and no lion, wild beasts, or threat of being burnt alive, beheading or even crucifixion will waver their faith that Christ Is Alive. They exercise their faith in action (works), my lord.
1 Corinthians 15:11-14 (KJV)
11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
James 2:17 (KJV)
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works [action], is dead, being alone.
Master: You must learn to teach!
Apprentice: What must I learn, master?
Master: The needed skill
Apprentice: and what is that, master?
Master: B.A.S.I.C. Warfare
Apprentice: B.A.S.I.C? What is that, master?
Master: Being A Soldier In Christ (B.A.S.I.C)
Apprentice: I don’t understand, master. What does that mean?
Master: Enlist, not Entangle!
Apprentice: I still don’t understand, master.
Master: My son, don’t get caught up (entangled) with the affairs of this world, but fight to please The One, named Jesus Christ (The COMMANDER-in-CHIEF) who has chosen (enlisted) you into His army. Fight by submitting first to the Commander-in-Chief and put on His whole armor, buckled in Truth wearing the belt of Truth, guarding your heart with the breastplate of Righteousness, ready to defend His message of Peace wearing the right shoes, and blocking the fiery darts of evil one with the Shield of Faith, ever cognizant in your mind of His Salvation protected by His helmet and fight with His Sword which is His word. This my son, is B.A.S.I.C. warfare; This my son is what it means to “Being A Soldier In Christ.”
Apprentice: I now understand, master.
Master: Now then that you have learned, you must now teach. Don’t forget – “Enlist, not Entangle”
2 Timothy 2:2-4 (KJV)
2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen [enlisted] him to be a soldier.
Place: In a prison (possibly dungeon)
Predicament: In chains, awaiting execution
Poise: Persistent Calm and Cheerfulness
Prescription: A.B.C – Always Be Cheerful (in the Lord).
Paul, a bond servant of Jesus Christ in chains writes and counsels that we ought not to be controlled by our circumstances, no matter how dire the situation may seem, instead we ought to Always Be Cheerful (A.B.C) in the Lord (Philippians 4:4).
Philippians 4:4 (KJV)
4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
Disciples: Lord, Teach us to Pray
Jesus: When ye pray, ye shall pray in this manner … Ye shall Praise, Repent, Ask and Yield (P.R.A.Y)
(Matthew 6:9-13)
Praise:
Hallowed be the Name of our Father in heaven; for thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever.
Repent:
Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us
Ask:
Give us this day our daily bread; Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one
Yield:
Thy kingdom Come, Thy will be done (on earth as it is in heaven)
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