February 2017 "Dearly Beloved" Articles
Dearly Beloved 2/28/17 "Whose Your Daddy?"
Whose Your Daddy?
Dearly beloved, God describes Who He is to us in His Word. He uses various names and titles to describe Who He is to us.
He reveals Himself by many names in the Old Testament from Creator, to the God of His People, to the Redemptive names He ascribes to Himself, the Almighty, the God Who will become Who He will become, and many others.
Read more ...Dearly Beloved 2/27/17 "SOGWAPS!"
SOGWAPS!
Good morning you son of God with power, you saint, you beloved of God!
Since we communicate with words, God communicated to us with His Word. His Word is trustworthy and reliable. If we want to know His will we can go to His Word and learn what it is.
Our Father never works at cross purposes with His Word. His Word reveals His will, purposes, desires, His counsel and heart. It reveals His thinking to us; His mind.
Read more ...Dearly Beloved 2/25/17 "Spiritual Perception"
Spiritual Perception
How does our Heavenly Father perceive us, dearly beloved? Does He see us according to the flesh? No, He says since we have His spirit born in us that we are no longer in the flesh, but in the spirit. He says that we don't even know Christ after the flesh any longer.
Read more ...Dearly Beloved 2/14/17 "A True Movement of God"
A True Movement of God
Have you ever considered how the Lord Jesus Christ ministered in the First Century? What was important in is ministry? He ministered to individuals. He won one at a time for the most part. He demonstrated what was important to His Father: the heart of the individual.
Read more ...Dearly Beloved 2/12/17 "True Mental Health"
True Mental Health
Dearly beloved, you are not only saved for eternal life, your Father and the Lord is with you and for you in all you do. Believe it and stop entertaining thoughts that are otherwise. Be renewed in your thinking and believing: we walk by believing, not by sight.
Sometimes our emotions overwhelm us. The Lord Jesus was tempted in all points as we are but he did not faint in his mind. He felt pain, hurt, sorrow, and was challenged to faint as we are.
Read more ...Dearly Beloved 2/11/17 "God's Provision in Christ"
God's Provision in Christ
Dearly beloved, Moses was given two things for Israel: the Law and the Tabernacle. The law exposed the awfulness of sin, while the tabernacle showed Israel God’s way out for the guilty who had broken His holy law.
The law exposed their utter depravity and the corruption of sin. It condemned man because of sin and showed him how helpless he was to remedy his condition and save himself.
Read more ...Dearly Beloved 2/10/17 "Fulness of Joy"
Fullness of Joy
Dearly beloved, the more we understand the Word of God concerning Christ, what he accomplished for us, and who we are in him, the more our lives will be filled with the fullness of joy that is only possible through him.
In the Tabernacle and later in the Temple, a veil separated the entrance into the Holy of Holies which contained the Ark of the Covenant.
Read more ...Dearly Beloved 2/9/17 "The Father and His Family"
The Father and His Family
Dearly beloved, E.W. Kenyon wrote, “The whole plan of redemption is: First, the Father God’s dream for a family. Second, Redemption from a sin catastrophe. Third, the dream coming true. Fourth, the family home, the new heavens and the new earth. Christianity is not a religion; it is a family, a Father and His children.”
That sums it all up, doesn’t it?
Read more ...Dearly Beloved 2/7/17 "The Power of One"
The Power of One
Dearly beloved, too many of God’s children do not the power of one.
There is ONE God, the Father. He created one universe, and the one heaven and earth in which we live. Each one of us is His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus. Every believer in Christ is one new man.
Read more ...Dearly Beloved 2/5/17 "Our Super Bowl"
Our Super Bowl
Our Father only works for our good dearly beloved.
He determined ahead of time that He would call us in Christ, justify us in Christ, and glorify us together with him.
What shall we say to such Divine favor? Our Father will freely give us all things with Christ!
Read more ...Dearly Beloved 2/5/17 "Framed in Hope"
Framed in Hope
God called us to obtain the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ by the gospel concerning His Son. He even raised Jesus from the dead to validate the truth of the gospel! His grace is staggering, isn’t it? It will take our Father the ages to come to show the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
Read more ...Dearly Beloved 2/4/17 "Desperate?"
Desperate?
Dearly beloved of God, it seems that when people’s circumstances are desperate or hopeless, they will try just about anything to obtain God’s help. Some will plead with Him, others will bargain with Him, and some will even sacrifice to curry His favor. Maybe you have been at that point in your life; I have.
Read more ...Dearly Beloved 2/2/17 "Unspeakable Grace"
Unspeakable Grace
Let’s talk grace dearly beloved. Our Father justified us freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus!
Our attorney not only got us acquitted of the sin, the death, and the condemnation that Adam brought upon us, he absolved us of all guilt from it! Now we stand before God. in Christ, as righteous, without any sense of sin, guilt, or condemnation.
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