This morning we have Pastor Wagner who is teaching on the importance of clear thinking when seeking out more of the Lord God Almighty and His holy word! Thank You Lord God for her obedience and diligence in this research as she stood with fiveamprayer last week in this search with many others that all began from a questions about the name of Jesus. Her sermon follows with the documents that she used for information so that we all have the same information and now have been made aware of what is going on! Praise His holy name that God loves us so to correct and inform us! Hallelujah! We pray that You would pour back into Pastor Wagner for her pouring out on this line this morning! Thank You God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob for covering and keeping all that pertains to her! Thank You Lord God in heaven for this word, You would not have us ignorant of satan's devices! Amen! To hear this again click here.
Oh, how I praise You Lord! You heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds. You count the number of the stars and call them all by name. Great are You, Lord, and mighty in power. Your understanding is infinite. You lift up the humble, and cast the wicked down to the ground. I praise you Lord, you who covers the heavens with clouds and prepares rain for the earth; you who makes grass to grow on mountains and gives food to beasts of the earth. Praise you Lord, the One whom I trust to heal my hurts and bind up my wounds...and provide my needs. Bless you, in Jesus' name, The Son of the Living God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Amen.
I pray that the Holy Spirit will minister to each one and meet their spiritual needs.
Mark 7:7-9, 13, 14-20, Jude 124-25,
YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT?
Jesus of Nazareth son of the Living God, took me back to when he asked Peter a simple question in John 21:17: “Do You Love Me and will you feed my sheep?
Ezekiel 33:1-7
Mark 7:7-9, 13, 14-20,
Jude 124-25,
Christmas is one of the holidays that we hold dear, it is not about the many gifts that we give. We give reverence to a false image a false god, and we teach our children throughout generation to come to do the same thing. We work hard for our money to purchase these gifts get ourselves all in a frenzy to get the gifts in time to place under the tree by Christmas eve, and we give all the honor, and homage to a Santa Claus that doesn’t even exist. If you want it to be a surprise you can still place them under the tree after they go to bed, but the babies need know who they really came from, the parents, the friends, the family members, that go out and make it happen for them.
Easter, all Easter, I am guilty of all this as well, its not about the eggs, its nor about the bunnies, I will leave this alone, you all know where I am going. I am here to warn, you can never say Fiveamprayer didn’t warn you. Time out for being lukewarm, we have to take our Lord and Savior very serious in these last times. False Image, False Teachings, False God. I am just the Watchman and I am going to do my duties and The God, of Abraham, The Issac and The Jacob has charged, commanded and given me to do.
These holidays are heart felt, and that ok, but we have to celebrate them for what they really are, to glorify our Lord and Savior , Jesus The Christ
Jesus of Nazareth, ask Peter who do you say I am?
Scriptural Definition of the word "Name"
http://www.eliyah.com/namedef.html
This will prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that the word "Name" not only means "character and reputation" but also a literal written and spoken name.
This is the definition of the Hebrew word "shem" which is translated as "name" all throughout scripture
Strong's # 8034 Shem; a primitive word an appellation, AS A MARK or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
appellation,-means the name or title by which someone is known.
As you can see from the above definition, Jesus’ name not only represents His character but is also HIS MARK! What is a mark but something that is written? The Name Jesus also is His memorial of individuality. This definition goes hand in hand with scripture:
Exodus 3:15 (KJV) 15 God also said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob--has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.
Man has set up many memorials for himself such as "The Unknown Soldier" or "The Wall" for instance. Can you imagine the punishment one would receive if someone had gone up and destroyed one of these memorials? Now if we wouldn't desecrate one of man's memorials, then why would anyone want to desecrate Yahweh's Jehovah ‘s Memorial - His Name!? They do not have the right to change or use His name in whatever capacity that they want .
Many of the problems we experience in our lives, both individually and corporately, result from a lack of clarity in our thinking about what is real, true, and Essential.
It is rare indeed to finds person who takes the time to think clearly about things. Too often our fast-paced, over-stimulated, jacked –up society simply needs to act like the rational agents created in the image and likeness of God. We can break free of the hypnotic conformity that surrounds us if we are willing to acquire the skill of intelligently listening to the thoughts that are inside our heads- and inside the heads of others in our society. These thoughts, of course, evidence themselves as decisions, which lead to actions, which lead to character formation (inward) and cultural expression (outward). With the aid of clear thinking and the impartation of wisdom from God, we can be better equipped to “rightly divide the word of truth” and thereby know the truth which as the Master has said, will set us free. John 8:32
An AXIOM, is a premise or starting point of reasoning.
Thinking about Thinking…. Mentanoia- generally means “changing your mind” (the noun form) or “thinking differently” (in the verb form). Since it represents an “afterthought”. A change of direction is implied, and that change ultimately begins with how we think and what we regard as truth.
Jesus of Nazareth earthly ministry began with the message, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:15) these two verbs (repent, believe) are in the imperative mood. We are commanded to repent , to “change our thinking” and to believe the message of the gospel. Trusting in Jesus of Nazareth is the most important (worthy deed) of the Scriptures. This implies, among other things, that there is an “ethic of belief,” or a moral imperative to accept the truth and reject error in the realm of the spiritual. God holds us responsible for what we think and believe (Acts 17:30-31).
Imperative mood- used to form commands or requests. is used to demand or require that an action be performed.
If God holds us responsible to repent and believe the truth of the gospel, He must have made it possible for us to do so. And indeed God has created us in His image and likeness so that we are able to discern Spiritual truth. He created us with a logical sense (rationality) as well as a moral sense (conscience) so that we can apprehend (understand or perceive) order and find meaning in the universe He created. All our knowledge. (accepts this as true before it has been proven.)
Whenever we make deductions in our thinking (comparing things) we rely on logic. We have an natural intellectual and moral “compass” that points us to God. I am saying to you since we all necessarily must think in order to live, we should value clear thinking. Now this should be obvious enough, though we often make various error and misjudgments because we devalue the effort required to carefully think through a question.. “A great many of us think we are thinking when we are really rearranging our prejudices.” “When it come to questions about the gospel, God regards such carelessness to be blameworthy. Again, the LORD holds us accountable for what we think and believe, especially when it comes to the reality and mission of His Son.
The truth about God is always available to us , if we are willing to look for it. The Divine Light that was created before the sun and the stars represents God’s immanent presence that “lights up” all of creation- including our minds (Gen, 1:3)
The witness of God’s truth is foundational to all of our thinking as well. If we regress far enough in a chain of reasoning, we will always encounter first principles, intuitions, a starting point of reasoning, and Perceptions of the laws of thought. This is how language works, or rather, how our mind necessarily discovers truth about reality. God created the mind so that true thinking is possible.
“For the fruit of light is found in all that Is good and right and true” Eph. 5:9.
Therefore “whatever is true…think on these things” (Phil. 4:8). The Source of all truth is God. We are all accountable to Him for our lives, and the irresistible testimony of logic reveals His design and order of reality….
Jesus of Nazareth the son of the Living God, said, “the Spirit of Truth…will bear witness about me” (John 15:26). Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice” (John 18:37). Heaven and earth shall “ pass away,” but the words of Jesus of Nazareth the Son of the living God will never pass away(Matt. 24:35), The life of Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God Embodies the truth of God (John 14:6). We are responsible to walk in the Spirit of truth and to reject what is false (I John 4:6). We have a moral and Spiritual duty to think clearly and not abuse our minds. (Phil.4:8; Rom 12:2). God Himself helps us to do this:” I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, someone “called to one’s side”), to be with you forever, even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him: (John 14:16-17), God gives us the Spirit of Truth so that we can know the truth about His salvation and to “discern what is the will of God, what is good , acceptable, and perfect” (Rom. 12:2). Truth is connected to memory in our personal histories. The Spirit of Truth brings to remembrance the words of Yeshua to our hearts (John 14:26).
Followers of Jesus of Nazareth are commanded to love the truth and to think clearly about their faith. People perish because “they refuse the love the truth and so be saved” (2 Thess. 2:10-12). Therefore we see that the issue of truth is central to salvation itself… The war is simply a battle for truth. If we accept false ideas about the nature of realty, we will live in a state of weakness and fear, even if our reasoning otherwise seems sound.
Because false teachers abound in the world, each of us is obligated to test the thinking of others to see if they are truly children of God (1 John 4:1). We must test truth claims. When confronted by false teaching, we are called to “earnestly contend for” the truth of the faith (Jude 1:3). That’s the response to untruth. On the other hand we are commanded to “always be ready” to provide a reason for the hope that is within us (1 Pet 3:5). That’s the call to be a witness to the truth…
Moreover, we are explicitly commanded to ask God for heavenly wisdom (James 1:5), This is not a wisdom of this age, it is doomed to pass away ( 1 Cor. 2:6-7)
“What does the LORD require of you but to do justice (Micah 6:8) We have to be aware that there is a God and 2. We are not Him… 3. It is the practice of “knowing before whom you stand” and living our life in light of this fundamental truth.
How do we acquire clear thinking:
***God must be the first principle of our thinking or else we will become deceived, regardless of the formal validity of our reasoning. There is a difference between soundness and validity, and if we do not begin with truth, our thinking will be impaired, even if we accidentally make conclusion or judgment that turns out to be true.
Genuine repentance implies that we will change our thinking in order to be transformed by God’s truth. The follower of The Messiah “cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth” (2 cor, 13:8).
Prayer:
May God help us all to think clearly and turn our thoughts to Him. May He protect us from the vanity of a darkened mind and from all distractions that attempt to seduce us away from Him. May the LORD give us the purity of heart to do His will in the truth. Amen
These are just some of the Islamic billboards appearing throughtout Orlando area
READ: MATTHEW 10:35-34
32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn
“‘a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
Muslim billboard campaign that declares Jesus a 'prophet of Islam' causes outrage
A provocative billboard advertising campaign launched by an Australian Muslim group claiming that Jesus was a prophet of Islam has outraged Christians in Sydney.
The group, Mypeace, says its aim is to inform, not to offend, with Islamic awareness campaign, featuring four different slogans.
But one Catholic bishop said the assertions - made on roadside hoardings - are 'a direct assault on Christian beliefs'.
Outrage: One of many Muslim-erected billboards that have infuriated Christians
Read:Matthew 16:13-16New International Version (NIV)
Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
Here is the article that Deacon Troy was reading from regarding the interfaith prayer at a Catholic Church in Colorado this last February...
Februaru 27th Catholic prayer service for peace draws interfaith worshippers
By Wayne Laugesen
*SHEIKH Karim Abuzaid, an imam (prayer leader) of the Denver Islamic Center, addresses worshippers
gathered at Our Lady of Loreto Catholic Church in Foxfield the evening of Feb. 24 during a prayer service that drew interfaith worshippers to pray for peace in the Middle East.
(Matthew 10:32-35)
FOXFIELD, Colo.—An Islamic imam stood in front of the Blessed Sacrament, and beneath a large hanging crucifix that holds a relic of the True Cross, to chant a portion of Sourat Maryam—the 19th chapter of the Quran, which tells the Islamic version of the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus.
The imam wasn’t there to symbolize the tensions that are notorious for separating Christians and Muslims. He, among others, presented a message of unity and peace and a pleading to the one and only God that peace might prevail in the Middle East.
The imam’s recitation was part of a two-hour-plus Feb. 23 prayer service for peace in Syria that brought local Islamic leaders, priests, an Antiochian Orthodox priest and a Jewish professor from Denver University together at Our Lady of Loreto Catholic Church.
Sheikh Karim Abuzaid, of the Denver Islamic Center, hugged Msgr. Edward Buelt, pastor of Our Lady of Loreto, and other clerics who gathered together in the lobby of the church in advance of the liturgy.
“This is how it should always be,” Sheikh Karim told the Denver Catholic Register, moments before the prayer service began. “My religion is one of peace, and we must work together and pray together toward peace throughout the world.
Though Sheikh Karim and other Muslims at the service do not worship Jesus as their lord and savior, they were comfortable in an environment of Catholics who do.
“We love Jesus,” Sheikh Karim said. “I cannot be a Muslim without believing in Jesus and loving him. To us, he is a messenger to help us inherit the everlasting paradise.”
About 80 worshippers, mostly Catholics, participated in prayers that were chanted and spoken in English, Hebrew, Latin, Arabic and Eastern Syriac (liturgical language of the East Syrian rite).
Father Andre Mahanna, pastor of St. Rafka Maronite Church—an Eastern Catholic parish in full communion with Rome—wrote many of the night’s songs and performed an acappella version of “Ave Maria” so powerful it brought some in the assembly to tears. Father Mahanna grew up in Lebanon, south of Syria, and told of hiding in a cave with his family for 60 days as a child when the Syrian Army invaded Lebanon.
Talks by Father Mahanna and others, after music and prayers, defined the theme of the night as “mercy and reconciliation.”
“The true victim of these wars are them (children),” said Father Mahanna, pointing at six robed children who stood as altar servers throughout the service, which did not consist of Mass.
The prayer service came in the midst of recent escalations in the Syrian uprising, a civil war of clashes between armed rebels and the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The conflict began in March of 2011, when demonstrators took to the streets after the government arrested and allegedly tortured 15 schoolchildren for writing anti-government graffiti on a wall. Peaceful protests turned violent after the Syrian Army opened fire on protesters, killing four.
None at the prayer service wanted to talk about politics of the war, or whether the United States should get involved. They had no interest in taking sides regarding the complicated issues motivating the war. They only wanted to pray for peace.
****“Wherever two or more are gathered, Jesus is there,” said Msgr. Buelt, before the service began. “So we are absolutely, 100 percent guaranteed that Jesus will be with us tonight to hear our prayers.”
Msgr. Buelt said the prayer service would also help improve awareness among Catholics and others of the dangers facing innocent people, Christians and others, caught in the Syrian conflict.
“We are in danger of losing the Christian community in the Middle East,” Msgr. Buelt said. As Catholics, non-Catholic Christians, Muslims and Jews all worship the same God, Msgr. Buelt said it is time we start focusing on our mutual heavenly Father rather than political and philosophical differences that get people killed.
Our Lady of Loreto has a disproportionately high number of members who are either from Syria or have close ties to the country. Among them is prominent Denver businessman Joseph Sekrieh, owner of Denver’s famous Vollmer’s Bakery, who grew up Catholic in Syria and worries today about the majority of his family who remain there. Sekrieh emigrated from a small Christian region of Syria at age 18 to attend college in Iowa.
“Nearly my whole family is over there,” Sekrieh told the Register. “My brothers, my mom, my sisters, my nephews and my cousins. I thank God I am still able to make contact and talk to them, but I am very worried.”
Sekrieh’s good friend Shaul Gabbay, professor of international studies at the University of Denver, attended the prayer service and delivered a prayer in Hebrew about the exhaustion of the righteous, who are tried by suffering. The prayer service fell on Purim, a Jewish holiday that celebrates the deliverance of Jewish people in the Persian Empire from a plot by King Ahasuerus to kill them.
“The whole notion of Purim is that the Jewish people were saved, and we are praying for just that type of miracle tonight,” Gabbay said before the prayer service.
Few observers of the Syrian conflict believe the Assad regime can last much longer, which worries Gabbay.
“Christians are at least sheltered by the current Assad regime,” Gabbay said.
Christians make up about 10 percent of Syria’s population of 22 million. A broad spectrum of geopolitical experts fear they may eventually end up in the crossfire of rival Islamic groups, as has been the plight of Christians in Iraq.
Imam Ibrahim Kazarooni, of Boulder, spoke to the assembly and explained that we should not blame legitimate differences in religious beliefs for atrocities in the Middle East. It’s not about a chosen race and a non-chosen race, Kazarooni explained. It’s about extremism.
“Everyone must stand up to challenge the extremists in their communities,” Kazarooni said, relating that he knows of extremists among Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and other religions and cultures. “These people are about
either/or,” Kazarooni said. “It’s my way or the highway. You are 100 percent with me or 100 percent against me.
“The crisis in Syria has created its own moral imperative, which obligates all of us … ethically and morally, not only to pray for peace but to work as hard as possible for peace in Syria and the rest of the Middle East. … Extremists separate us all, one by one.”
Father Mahanna closed by imploring: “God is the nucleus of our existence on earth,” and said that humanity “commits suicide” by marginalizing God.
http://www.archden.org/index.cfm/ID/9935
We seal this prayer in the precious blood of Jesus of Nazareth, the only Begotten of the Heavenly Father and by the Holy Spirit: We are the word of the Living God! Seek Him with clear thinking and keep seeking Him diligently! That is how you will find Him, the Lord God Almighty, Yahweh, our Father which art in heaven!
Welcome to the overflow...
We have to know who we are talking to. Look in the Bible, both our Lord God in heaven and Jesus Christ of Nazareth gave more detail to their names. This is not as simple as God and Jesus. Looking at the article alone shows how the name has been taken and many will be deceived by not bothering to look further to know and designate who they worship. The God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob--see there is no confusion there--everyone knows which God you speak of! We know that Yahshua is the Christ, the Messiah the only begotten of our heavenly Father--more details than just Jesus. Seek, learn, find and stand in a position of correction with this revelation! Don't let this be a question that goes unanswered. Thank You God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob for having Malika bring us this question. When you pull the string on a lie it all unravels. Not only that there was so much revealed and still being revealed from one little ole question. First the name then who is the real Savior? How do you grow if you are not able to ask questions and reason with one another? Thank you for all that were in research and prayer during this process--look at the power of one accord! A group of people all pulling in the same direction can get much done with one mind and a heart to work--Nehemiah 4:6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. So no matter the appearance of how you may look to others--how to you look to you? Do you see the Lord God in you rising up for such a time as this? Are you looking to please your Father in heaven or men on earth? Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Thank You the Lord God for how You always show up on this line meeting us here and pouring out Your Spirit and knowledge, wisdom on us! Hallelujah praise His holy, righteous name that is above every name! The God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the Messiah and the Holy Spirit we pray, amen!
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