Today, amidst liars, repeat winds and schemes
Repeated and repeated and not believed, a spring of hope, a hint of healing .... came multiple reports on Social Media that this is the real end of the world. Angry God is going to walk upon this wicked and vile planet. So, you know, Social Media, it must be true. It painted a picture.
What is this picture?
Oh, this is a scene from the movie, Cowboys and Aliens! Tucker Carlson says this is a wild time. And evidently, from reading Social Media, people are, 'creeped out.'
Movie, "The Darkest Hour"
What are we fighting?
For the Victory in Jesus Christ.
Against fear. Love to encompass and enfold hearts. A kinder and more merciful life. Without the cruelty of false labels and injustice. To live seeing goodness.
I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our Home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone. At any rate, that is what we are going to try.
We shall go on to the end.
We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land, and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalog of human crime. That is our policy.
You ask, what is our aim?
I can answer in one word:
VICTORY
It is victory, victory at all costs,
victory in spite of all terror,
Victory.
Acts 2:1-21
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. 6 And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.
And they were amazed and astonished
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. 6 And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.
And they were amazed and astonished
Saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
8 And how is it
that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians
—We hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”
And all were amazed and perplexed,
saying to one another,
“What does this mean?”
But others mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.”
14 But Peter, standing with the eleven
But others mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.”
14 But Peter, standing with the eleven
Lifted up his voice and addressed them:
“Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. 15 For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day [9 A.M.] 16 But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:
17 “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams;
18 even on my male servants [bondservants] and female servants
in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;
20 the sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
17 “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams;
18 even on my male servants [bondservants] and female servants
in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;
20 the sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
Before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.
And it shall come to pass that everyone
who calls upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved.’
An entire Church in Scotland suddenly could speak in different languages in the late 1800s.
We see language seen as a gift of God's to communicate. God said this:
1 Corinthians 13:8
Love never fails.
But where there are prophecies, they will cease;
where there are tongues, they will be stilled;
where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
We see John gives us prophecy, the burdens of the Church rise and fall.
Exactly parallel in Scripture repeats and shows human error again and again.
The Kings of Israel were told not to run after foreign gods. God said there are gods in the Psalms and we are told there are such powers. The Kings, including Solomon, quickly fell into error, seeking other gods to answer prayer.
Why did the gift of Tongues largely cease?
History meets Faith.
Why did the gift of Tongues largely cease?
John was telling us why tongues would cease.
It's the Trust of Faith, Hope and Love creating relationship.
Wonder is for believers. Jesus feeds us, He is the Bread of Life. Jesus is Living Water. Wonders do not cease for believers, yet this is the detail, the relationship is the key.
I recall and repeat modern-day events of people, priests, speaking in Arabic, not knowing Arabic, proclaiming Jesus is the Son of God. And belief happens.
Wonders are created to begin relationships.
Relationship with Jesus sustains and deepens us, in Jesus.
No one can solve the swirls and winds in another human being.
We can trust God is in charge. He has His Wonders and His Plan is always accomplished.
In ways, God understands. He has the whole world in His Hands. The Universe is upheld by His Word. God is not worried.
God does not worry. Not when Hitler is rising, France is falling and England is about to be invaded.
God did not worry in 1348 AD when Pope Clement V abandoned the Vatican and moved to Avignon, France. The Vatican was collapsing, and the Pope sought political strength for safety. History was made recently when Pope Benedict was the first pope in 600 years to resign from office in February 2013. Tides rise and fall.
God did not feel that man ended communism in so many countries, merely by millions of people holding hands across communist bloc nations. God knew an Act of God, is His.
Jesus knew intimately, and lovingly, to weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice. Because the Glory and the Victory, the Shelter of Love is His.
“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.”
― Abraham Lincoln
†
The Direction of our thoughts
is important.
Abba, Father,
To know Scripture is to see
Jesus as the exact representative
of You.
Ephesians 3:11-12
This was according to the eternal purpose
that He has realized
in Christ Jesus our Lord,
in Whom
we have boldness and access
with confidence
through our faith
in Him.
God gives us His Promise
He is with us to the end of the age
Matthew 28:16-20
Until the Whole World Knows
Jesus is going to send out His People
to spread the good news to all the world
and that same commission is extended to us as well
Dwell in us, Father,
we ask in the Name of Jesus.
Cloth us in today and always
in Your Kingdom,
Your Power and Glory.
Dwell in the ones we Love
Cover them in the Love and Name
of Jesus Christ.
Help us to seek You first.
And, in Jesus Christ, we will finish well.
Thanksgiving
for hearing (please)
and health!
We ask You, Father, in the Name of Jesus.
And in Jesus - this Hope,
Faith and Love - we will rise up believing Jesus.
Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves †
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