BORN to SAVE

 Isaiah 9:2

King James Version

2 The people that walked in darkness 

have seen a great light: 

they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, 

upon them hath the light shined.

How do you celebrate the birth of JESUS?

With family, with pomp, or simplicity?

Do you really know what His birth means?

I can't thank GOD enough for making me born again.

Only through that have I received His SPIRIT.

Who teaches me about JESUS, and Scripture.

As the years advance, I advance in simplicity, too.

Only because JESUS lived a simple life.

Why should I live any other life, if I'm His follower?

I focus on His commands, which the four gospels teach.

He never called attention to His power.

But the Old Testament did.

Through this prophecy:

Isaiah 9:5-6

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5 For every battle of the warrior 

is with confused noise, 

and garments rolled in blood; 

but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

6 For unto us a child is born, 

unto us a son is given: 

and the government shall be upon his shoulder: 

and his name shall be called Wonderful, 

Counsellor, The mighty God, 

The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Even the LORD's childhood, adulthood, death, and ministry, were prophesied.

Isaiah 53:2-12

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2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, 

and as a root out of a dry ground: 

he hath no form nor comeliness; 

and when we shall see him, 

there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3 He is despised and rejected of men; 

a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: 

and we hid as it were our faces from him; 

he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, 

and carried our sorrows: 

yet we did esteem him stricken, 

smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, 

he was bruised for our iniquities: 

the chastisement of our peace was upon him; 

and with his stripes we are healed.

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; 

we have turned every one to his own way; 

and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed,

 and he was afflicted, 

yet he opened not his mouth: 

he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, 

and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, 

so he openeth not his mouth.

8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: 

and who shall declare his generation? 

for he was cut off out of the land of the living: 

for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

9 And he made his grave with the wicked, 

and with the rich in his death; 

because he had done no violence, 

neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; 

he hath put him to grief: 

when thou shalt make his soul 

an offering for sin, 

he shall see his seed, 

he shall prolong his days, 

and the pleasure of the Lord 

shall prosper in his hand.

11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, 

and shall be satisfied: 

by his knowledge shall my righteous servant 

justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

12 Therefore will I divide him a portion 

with the great, 

and he shall divide the spoil 

with the strong; 

because he hath poured out his soul unto death: 

and he was numbered with the transgressors; 

and he bare the sin of many, 

and made intercession for the transgressors.

JESUS declares how GOD loves, and what He was born for:

John 3:16-17

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16 For God so loved the world, 

that he gave his only begotten Son, 

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, 

but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world 

to condemn the world; 

but that the world through him 

might be saved.

He died on the CROSS, that we may live.

Upon that CROSS, He defeated death, and the devil.

That's why He calls us to be born again, so we may understand.

John 3:5-7

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5 Jesus answered, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 

Ye must be born again.

JESUS taught us how to live, love, and glorify GOD.

He called our attention to the URGENCY of the times.

He told us what to do:

Mark 1:15

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15 And saying, 

The time is fulfilled, 

and the kingdom of God is at hand: 

repent ye, 

and believe the gospel.

And when His time has come to sit at the right hand of GOD, He left us the HOLY SPIRIT.

That we may not feel orphaned.

The born again receives instruction from SPIRIT every single moment.

It's how we got to write 111 blogs, and 24 books.

All in honor of the LORD JESUS.

And for the GLORY of GOD.

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FAITHFULNESS of JESUS

Hebrews 10:23

King James Version

23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith 

without wavering; 

(for he is faithful that promised;)

What is the "faithfulness" of JESUS?

What does "faithfulness" mean?

Who was JESUS faithful to?

Why was He faithful?

What can we learn from the LORD?

Here's what the HOLY SPIRIT taught me:

JESUS is the epitome of PERFECT faithfulness.

JESUS is the pattern for PERFECT obedience.

JESUS is the model for PERFECT love.

JESUS tells us how He obeys GOD:

John 6:37

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37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; 

and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

John 6:38

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38 For I came down from heaven, 

not to do mine own will, 

but the will of him that sent me.

John 6:39

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39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, 

that of all which he hath given me 

I should lose nothing, 

but should raise it up again at the last day.

John 6:40

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40 And this is the will of him that sent me, 

that every one which seeth the Son, 

and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: 

and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:57-58

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57 As the living Father hath sent me, 

and I live by the Father: 

so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: 

not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: 

he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

John 8:16-18

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16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: 

for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.

17 It is also written in your law, 

that the testimony of two men is true.

18 I am one that bear witness of myself, 

and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

John 8:26-27

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26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: 

but he that sent me is true; 

and I speak to the world those things 

which I have heard of him.

27 They understood not 

that he spake to them of the Father.

John 8:28

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28 Then said Jesus unto them, 

When ye have lifted up the Son of man, 

then shall ye know that I am he, 

and that I do nothing of myself; 

but as my Father hath taught me, 

I speak these things.

John 8:29

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29 And he that sent me is with me: 

the Father hath not left me alone; 

for I do always those things that please him.

John 8:38

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38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: 

and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

John 8:40

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40 But now ye seek to kill me, 

a man that hath told you the truth, 

which I have heard of God: 

this did not Abraham.

John 8:42

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42 Jesus said unto them, 

If God were your Father, ye would love me: 

for I proceeded forth and came from God; 

neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

John 8:49-50

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49 Jesus answered, 

I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, 

and ye do dishonour me.

50 And I seek not mine own glory: 

there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

John 8:55

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55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: 

and if I should say, I know him not, 

I shall be a liar like unto you: 

but I know him, and keep his saying.

John 12:27

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27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? 

Father, save me from this hour: 

but for this cause came I unto this hour.

John 12:44-45

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44 Jesus cried and said, 

He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, 

but on him that sent me.

45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

John 12:44-50

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48 He that rejecteth me, 

and receiveth not my words, 

hath one that judgeth him: 

the word that I have spoken, 

the same shall judge him in the last day.

49 For I have not spoken of myself; 

but the Father which sent me, 

he gave me a commandment, what I should say, 

and what I should speak.

50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: 

whatsoever I speak therefore, 

even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

John 17:4

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4 I have glorified thee on the earth: 

I have finished the work 

which thou gavest me to do.

John 17:6

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6 I have manifested thy name unto the men 

which thou gavest me out of the world: 

thine they were, and thou gavest them me; 

and they have kept thy word.

John 17:7-8

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7 Now they have known 

that all things whatsoever thou hast given me 

are of thee.

8 For I have given unto them the words 

which thou gavest me; 

and they have received them, 

and have known surely that I came out from thee, 

and they have believed that thou didst send me.

John 17:12

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12 While I was with them in the world, 

I kept them in thy name: 

those that thou gavest me I have kept, 

and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; 

that the scripture might be fulfilled.

John 17:14

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14 I have given them thy word; 

and the world hath hated them, 

because they are not of the world, 

even as I am not of the world.

John 17:19-21

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19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, 

that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

20 Neither pray I for these alone, 

but for them also which shall believe on me 

through their word;

21 That they all may be one; 

as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, 

that they also may be one in us: 

that the world may believe 

that thou hast sent me.

John 17:22

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22 And the glory which thou gavest me 

I have given them; 

that they may be one, even as we are one:

John 17:23

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23 I in them, and thou in me, 

that they may be made perfect in one; 

and that the world may know 

that thou hast sent me, 

and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

John 17:24

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24 Father, I will that they also, 

whom thou hast given me, 

be with me where I am; 

that they may behold my glory, 

which thou hast given me: 

for thou lovedst me 

before the foundation of the world.

John 17:25-26

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25 O righteous Father, 

the world hath not known thee: 

but I have known thee, 

and these have known that thou hast sent me.

26 And I have declared unto them thy name, 

and will declare it: 

that the love wherewith thou hast loved me 

may be in them, and I in them.

John the Baptist tells us of JESUS' faithfulness:

John 3:31-32

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31 He that cometh from above is above all: 

he that is of the earth is earthly, 

and speaketh of the earth: 

he that cometh from heaven is above all.

32 And what he hath seen and heard, 

that he testifieth; 

and no man receiveth his testimony.

The LORD's faithfulness is PURE obedience to the FATHER.

Even unto the end.

Luke 23:46

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46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, 

he said, 

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: 

and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

Philippians 2:8

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8 And being found in fashion as a man, 

he humbled himself, 

and became obedient unto death, 

even the death of the cross.

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URIM and THUMMIM

 Exodus 28:30

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30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment 

the Urim and the Thummim; 

and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, 

when he goeth in before the Lord: 

and Aaron shall bear the judgment 

of the children of Israel upon his heart 

before the Lord continually.

In the course of researching about the significance of the tribe of Benjamin, we found another mystery.

All because SPIRIT led us to the "stone" of Benjamin.

Which happened to be one of the stones on the "breastplate of judgment".

Worn by Aaron, the priest, and brother of Moses.

Which GOD commanded His priest to wear.

The breastplate was to have 12 precious stones.

Each, representing a tribe of Israel.

Then, we were intrigued by "Urim" and "Thummim". 

The verse above says these are supposed to be put "in" the breastplate of judgment.

It didn't say "on", so that further intrigued us.

"Urim" means "flames, lights".

"Thummim" means "perfections".

Christian Answers says:

"What the “Urim and Thummim” were cannot be determined with any certainty. All we certainly know is that they were a certain divinely-given means by which God imparted, through the high priest, direction and counsel to Israel when these were needed. The method by which this was done can be only a matter of mere conjecture."

That source also gave these verses:

Leviticus 8:6-8

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6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, 

and washed them with water.

7 And he put upon him the coat, 

and girded him with the girdle, 

and clothed him with the robe, 

and put the ephod upon him, 

and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, 

and bound it unto him therewith.

8 And he put the breastplate upon him: 

also he put in the breastplate 

the Urim and the Thummim.

Numbers 27:18-21

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18 And the Lord said unto Moses, 

Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, 

a man in whom is the spirit, 

and lay thine hand upon him;

19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, 

and before all the congregation; 

and give him a charge in their sight.

20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, 

that all the congregation of the children of Israel 

may be obedient.

21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, 

who shall ask counsel for him 

after the judgment of Urim before the Lord: 

at his word shall they go out, 

and at his word they shall come in, 

both he, and all the children of Israel with him, 

even all the congregation.

Deuteronomy 33:8

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8 And of Levi he said, 

Let thy Thummim and thy Urim 

be with thy holy one, 

whom thou didst prove at Massah, 

and with whom thou didst strive 

at the waters of Meribah;

1 Samuel 28:6

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6 And when Saul enquired of the Lord, 

the Lord answered him not, 

neither by dreams, 

nor by Urim, 

nor by prophets.

Ezra 2:61-63

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61 And of the children of the priests: 

the children of Habaiah, 

the children of Koz, 

the children of Barzillai; 

which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai 

the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

62 These sought their register among those 

that were reckoned by genealogy, 

but they were not found: 

therefore were they, 

as polluted, put from the priesthood.

63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, 

that they should not eat of the most holy things, 

till there stood up a priest 

with Urim and with Thummim.

From the verses, we gather that the Urim and Thummim has something to do with getting an answer from GOD.

We're not sure if they're objects.

But definitely, something "holy", from the LORD, by the LORD, of the LORD.

One day, SPIRIT will tell me more.

If it be GOD's will.

For now, I focus on this:

1 Corinthians 4:1-2

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4 Let a man so account of us,

as of the ministers of Christ, 

and stewards of the mysteries of God.

2 Moreover it is required in stewards, 

that a man be found faithful.

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KNOW these THINGS

 Ephesians 1:19

King James Version

19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power 

to us-ward who believe, 

according to the working of his mighty power,

What does GOD do?

What is He capable of?

What are His purposes?

In consonance with the title of this blog, "The GOD things", we found three particular things:

A "light" thing:

Isaiah 49:6-7

King James Version

6 And he said, 

It is a light thing 

that thou shouldest be my servant 

to raise up the tribes of Jacob, 

and to restore the preserved of Israel: 

I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, 

that thou mayest be my salvation 

unto the end of the earth.

7 Thus saith the Lord, 

the Redeemer of Israel, 

and his Holy One, 

to him whom man despiseth, 

to him whom the nation abhorreth, 

to a servant of rulers, 

Kings shall see and arise, 

princes also shall worship, 

because of the Lord that is faithful, 

and the Holy One of Israel, 

and he shall choose thee.

A "fearful" thing:

Hebrews 10:30-31

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30 For we know him that hath said, 

Vengeance belongeth unto me, 

I will recompense, 

saith the Lord. 

And again, 

The Lord shall judge his people.

31 It is a fearful thing 

to fall into the hands of the living God.

A "righteous" thing:

2 Thessalonians 1:6-8

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6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God 

to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, 

when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven 

with his mighty angels,

8 In flaming fire 

taking vengeance on them that know not God, 

and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

We need to meditate upon these verses.

That we may know GOD's love, and wrath.

The "light" thing refers to His sending of JESUS for salvation.

The "fearful" thing refers to GOD's vengeance for judgment.

The "righteous" thing refers to "compensation" for believers.

We pray that you be born again.

A true believe, and seeker, of GOD's TRUTH.

Only a born again can rightfully understand GOD's WORD.

For we have the HOLY SPIRIT to teach us EVERY word in Scripture.

That we may remember, and understand, the LORD's commands.

It is a WONDERFUL thing to be BORN AGAIN!

All these things I couldn't have known, if not for SPIRIT.

All these things I couldn't have organized, if not for His guidance.

All these I would have missed, if not for GOD's GRACE.

Such is GOD's love, for believers.

And those who comb His Scripture daily.

With the objective we get GOD's WORD right.

In these end times, we have no help, but SPIRIT.

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