Comments on: More Than I Am http://skipmoen.com/2009/07/30/more-than-i-am-2/ Recovering the intent of God's Scriptures, one Hebrew or Greek word at a time. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:27:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mary http://skipmoen.com/2009/07/30/more-than-i-am-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2534 Mary Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:14:56 +0000 http://skipmoen.com/?p=2264#comment-2534 I apologize for the typos. I was at work while trying to compose this and...so it goes. Hope you will forgive the rushed attempt to convey my thoughts. Mary I apologize for the typos. I was at work while trying to compose this and…so it goes. Hope you will forgive the rushed attempt to convey my thoughts.
Mary

]]> By: Mary http://skipmoen.com/2009/07/30/more-than-i-am-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2521 Mary Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:50:18 +0000 http://skipmoen.com/?p=2264#comment-2521 How timely this is! When I left our mid-week meeting last night, I was fuming. Imagine that, leaving "church" in such a state! The pastor had asked the SS teacher of one of the adult classes to speak in his absence. As he spoke about the wonderful miracle Elisha performed to keep the widow woman's home and remaining family together, he related the vessels as believers who need to be full of oil. This much is true. THEN came the age old misunderstanding of "ole time religion". He stated repeatedly how we must "keep our vessels clean because the Holy Ghost cannot dwell in an unclean vessel." His reinforced his point by telling how we should come tochurch more, pray more...in essence do more! And so the battle rages on, propelling us to do "things" that are not necessarily Kingdom oriented. I understand this, however, the legalist that lies within will take this concept and distort it and place us in bondage or strengthen the chains. If this teaching is not fully explained we will forever be "working out our won salvation" through works. Our freedom was purchased at the cross! Our cleansing was accomplished at the cross! We have no competence except through the Lord Jesus and because we acknowledged, believed and spoke our unconditional confession of this, He then came to indwell us. This was NOT the result of cleansing ourselves, it was the work of God. Our part is to submit our will to His daily and He continues to keep us from falling and He continues to pick us up as we, once again, submit our will to His and get up and continue in THE WAY according to HIS Word and not our own understanding. We present ourselves to Him because we have heard Him summon us to come into His courts with Thanksgiving, Honor and Praise. We say we are not worth but He says whom I have called clean let NO MAN call unclean. He says you have but little strength, BUT through my Son, you can do everything I have called you to do! FREEDOM, INDEED. FREE TO LIVE FOR HIM AND HIS PURPOSES! HALLELUJAH, WHAT A SAVIOR!! How timely this is! When I left our mid-week meeting last night, I was fuming. Imagine that, leaving “church” in such a state! The pastor had asked the SS teacher of one of the adult classes to speak in his absence. As he spoke about the wonderful miracle Elisha performed to keep the widow woman’s home and remaining family together, he related the vessels as believers who need to be full of oil. This much is true. THEN came the age old misunderstanding of “ole time religion”. He stated repeatedly how we must “keep our vessels clean because the Holy Ghost cannot dwell in an unclean vessel.” His reinforced his point by telling how we should come tochurch more, pray more…in essence do more! And so the battle rages on, propelling us to do “things” that are not necessarily Kingdom oriented. I understand this, however, the legalist that lies within will take this concept and distort it and place us in bondage or strengthen the chains. If this teaching is not fully explained we will forever be “working out our won salvation” through works.
Our freedom was purchased at the cross! Our cleansing was accomplished at the cross! We have no competence except through the Lord Jesus and because we acknowledged, believed and spoke our unconditional confession of this, He then came to indwell us. This was NOT the result of cleansing ourselves, it was the work of God. Our part is to submit our will to His daily and He continues to keep us from falling and He continues to pick us up as we, once again, submit our will to His and get up and continue in THE WAY according to HIS Word and not our own understanding.
We present ourselves to Him because we have heard Him summon us to come into His courts with Thanksgiving, Honor and Praise. We say we are not worth but He says whom I have called clean let NO MAN call unclean. He says you have but little strength, BUT through my Son, you can do everything I have called you to do!
FREEDOM, INDEED. FREE TO LIVE FOR HIM AND HIS PURPOSES! HALLELUJAH, WHAT A SAVIOR!!

]]> By: Tim http://skipmoen.com/2009/07/30/more-than-i-am-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2518 Tim Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:20:58 +0000 http://skipmoen.com/?p=2264#comment-2518 Freedom=sacrafice Freedom=sacrafice

]]> By: Drew http://skipmoen.com/2009/07/30/more-than-i-am-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2517 Drew Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:52:46 +0000 http://skipmoen.com/?p=2264#comment-2517 Ahmein! The reality of the theoretical as you elegantly state Skip is that we no longer do what we were incapable of stopping on our own ... destructive sinful behavior. Personally ... I tried on my own for years but as we find out .... it ain't happening without Yeshua! At the end of the day this is the witness to the Gospel Of Truth & Light .... IT's awesome power! There is nothing abstract about it when we get down to the matter. Our transformation ... our freedom .... is our living testimony! And Carl ... yes indeed brother .... Our JUBILEE is coming ... and soon we shall cross over the Yarden into our inheritance! ELOHIM IS A GOOD MASTER! Praise HIS Holy Name! Ahmein!

The reality of the theoretical as you elegantly state Skip is that we no longer do what we were incapable of stopping on our own … destructive sinful behavior. Personally … I tried on my own for years but as we find out …. it ain’t happening without Yeshua!

At the end of the day this is the witness to the Gospel Of Truth & Light …. IT’s awesome power! There is nothing abstract about it when we get down to the matter. Our transformation … our freedom …. is our living testimony!

And Carl … yes indeed brother …. Our JUBILEE is coming … and soon we shall cross over the Yarden into our inheritance!

ELOHIM IS A GOOD MASTER! Praise HIS Holy Name!

]]> By: carl roberts http://skipmoen.com/2009/07/30/more-than-i-am-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2516 carl roberts Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:29:14 +0000 http://skipmoen.com/?p=2264#comment-2516 In a word.. Yes! Or "today's" better word..Amen! The song of the soul set free!! (google this song title if you have time..) This is life! This is liberty! This is love! As David said, (Psalm 32)-"How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered!" Why is this such a happy state? Why is this such a "blessed" condition? Because as today's verse states.. "you shall be "free indeed." Free from what? 1.)-Free from the penalty of sin. (For the wages of sin is death- Romans 6.23) And death is separation. Separation from life. Separation from love. Separation from holiness. Separation from the Father (who is holy.) Separation from the community. Separation from the family of G-d. A life lived alone (here) and a life lived alone (in eternity, in the "blackness of darkness" according to the book of Jude. 2.) Free from the "power" of sin. Free from the dominion or authority of sin. No longer a slave to sin! (Romans chapter 6). 3.) And of course.. the best is yet to come! One day (and soon!) we will be free from the presence of sin.. Won't that be a Hallelujah morning! How we need to celebrate the liberty we have in the LORD Jesus. For those who know Him, He is and has become unto us our Source, our Supply, our Savior, our Succour, our Strength, and that is just for starters! On this side of Jordan we are only given a glimpse of glory.. I really don't think we would be able to contain in these finite brains of ours the scope of all our Father has prepared for us in the ages to come. We have seen and known, He is a G-d of creativity, of variety,of wonders and of surprises! We join with David to say with great thanksgiving and praise.. "the LORD is my Shepherd.. I shall not want." "They who seek the LORD shall not be in want of any good thing." Today, I will serve my LORD with gladness..I will come before His presence with singing..I will be thankful unto Him and bless His name.. for the LORD is good.. In a word.. Yes! Or “today’s” better word..Amen! The song of the soul set free!! (google this song title if you have time..) This is life! This is liberty! This is love! As David said, (Psalm 32)-”How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered!” Why is this such a happy state? Why is this such a “blessed” condition? Because as today’s verse states.. “you shall be “free indeed.” Free from what? 1.)-Free from the penalty of sin. (For the wages of sin is death- Romans 6.23) And death is separation. Separation from life. Separation from love. Separation from holiness. Separation from the Father (who is holy.) Separation from the community. Separation from the family of G-d. A life lived alone (here) and a life lived alone (in eternity, in the “blackness of darkness” according to the book of Jude. 2.) Free from the “power” of sin. Free from the dominion or authority of sin. No longer a slave to sin! (Romans chapter 6). 3.) And of course.. the best is yet to come! One day (and soon!) we will be free from the presence of sin.. Won’t that be a Hallelujah morning! How we need to celebrate the liberty we have in the LORD Jesus. For those who know Him, He is and has become unto us our Source, our Supply, our Savior, our Succour, our Strength, and that is just for starters! On this side of Jordan we are only given a glimpse of glory.. I really don’t think we would be able to contain in these finite brains of ours the scope of all our Father has prepared for us in the ages to come. We have seen and known, He is a G-d of creativity, of variety,of wonders and of surprises! We join with David to say with great thanksgiving and praise.. “the LORD is my Shepherd.. I shall not want.” “They who seek the LORD shall not be in want of any good thing.” Today, I will serve my LORD with gladness..I will come before His presence with singing..I will be thankful unto Him and bless His name.. for the LORD is good..

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