What happens when we confront the depths of our shortcomings and seek salvation through the lens of Isaiah 53:5? Join us as we uncover the transformative power of Christ's suffering and its profound impact on our lives. We delve into the importance of embodying Christ-like love in our daily interactions and reflect on the inner peace and contentment that arise from seeking forgiveness and salvation. By contrasting human judgment's punitive nature with God's unconditional love and redemption, we reveal the path to a holistic, spiritually fulfilled life anchored in personal and communal faith.
In our exploration, we also tackle the spiritual repercussions of societal expectations that leave many feeling inadequate. We discuss the importance of generosity and favor, and the consequences of taking without giving back. Our conversation scrutinizes the role of punishment and salvation in one’s faith journey, emphasizing the critical nature of the Holy Spirit and adherence to the gospel in receiving divine favor. As we conclude, the focus shifts to repentance, forgiveness, and maintaining a relationship with Christ, underscoring these elements as the cornerstones of achieving true peace and contentment. Tune in to discover how embracing these principles can lead to a more enriched and spiritually aligned life.
What happens when we confront the depths of our shortcomings and seek salvation through the lens of Isaiah 53:5? Join us as we uncover the transformative power of Christ's suffering and its profound impact on our lives. We delve into the importance of embodying Christ-like love in our daily interactions and reflect on the inner peace and contentment that arise from seeking forgiveness and salvation. By contrasting human judgment's punitive nature with God's unconditional love and redemption, we reveal the path to a holistic, spiritually fulfilled life anchored in personal and communal faith.
In our exploration, we also tackle the spiritual repercussions of societal expectations that leave many feeling inadequate. We discuss the importance of generosity and favor, and the consequences of taking without giving back. Our conversation scrutinizes the role of punishment and salvation in one’s faith journey, emphasizing the critical nature of the Holy Spirit and adherence to the gospel in receiving divine favor. As we conclude, the focus shifts to repentance, forgiveness, and maintaining a relationship with Christ, underscoring these elements as the cornerstones of achieving true peace and contentment. Tune in to discover how embracing these principles can lead to a more enriched and spiritually aligned life.
But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our inequities. Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53, 5,. Good morning, good morning, come. Come, join us. You're very, very welcome. He was pierced for our transgressions, our inequities. Right, we bared them, our creator gave them to us. He was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our inequities. Right, we bared them, our Creator gave them to us. He was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our inequities.
Speaker 1:I tell everybody, and a lot of us good morning, a lot of us. We have a hard time dealing with ourselves or dealing with one another, and I said well, you could treat one another like Christ, you'd be Christ-like. We love Christ so much Back in the day that when he was here, the only thing we could come up with was to for us to crucify him, hang him on a cross and to bury him. My Lord, have mercy. This is a little extreme. So he was crushed for our inequities. Rest assured, our inequities are still crushing us. Our hearts, souls and minds are suffering. We're not having that fulfillment.
Speaker 1:The wholeness that we're seeking upon him was a chastisement that brought us peace, incarnation and salvation, chastisement. That brought us peace, incarnation and salvation. I think without it we don't exist. And it brings us peace. Excuse me, he has risen. He has risen, indeed, hallelujah. We seek glorification in that investment and it maternalizes.
Speaker 1:You ever heard anybody find your salvation? It's almost like a happy, safe haven or something. I'm trying to find my salvation. Do we need to be converted? Do we need to be forgiven, born again? I'm not quite sure. Is the testament a cup that I'm drinking from? It brought us peace and contentment. I'm at ease, I'm not worried, I'm not defiant, I'm not troubled. If you would there's so many troubles, worries and concerns. If you would, it becomes an investment. You carry it. So peace and contentment is the exact opposite. I put it within his hands, I'm fleshing it out. My external works are very, very relevant within the passion, the desires, the devotions that I have of Christ and with his wounds we are healed.
Speaker 1:And the wounds that were caused was a sense of intimate intimacy. And why do I say that? Because he found joy in knowing that I am here for you. He proclaimed it, he testified it, he walked the streets and he was trying to teach. He was a shepherd. Yes, of course he was guiding, we were seeking his counsel. Of course denying his presence was one of the greatest mistakes we've made as humanity, our fellow brothers and sisters, god's creation, being accountable for mistakes that other individuals have created in this earth.
Speaker 1:Punishment, if you would right, and that's kind of where I'm going with this one. I find it to be irrelevant that we and I say we as a church body, as a congregation, as God's creations, our fellow brothers and sisters, regardless of ethnicity, race, demographics, locations, you could even say denominational preferences Do you believe in God? Do you believe in Christ, the Father, son, the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, in some way? Yes or yes In some way shape or form? If your answer is yes, very good, then right, a sense of advancement. But I don't think punishment is a derogatory that comes from creature.
Speaker 1:I was listening this morning and, my Lord, they had me in BFE or Timbuktu, or I was way out in the desert searching for an oasis and I'm begging for a cup. Can somebody get me some water? I'm drying out. It was terrible. I couldn't even breathe. My goodness, of course you know I'm thanking God before I even get out of bed.
Speaker 1:But punishment cannot be a sense of acknowledgement that creature is in charge in this world. You see, this is still the world that the creator created. It was given to us, it's God given, and I can't in any way, shape or form, find myself being placed in shackles and chains or missing out from the whole person, that whole person being well, intellectual, spiritual, physical, intimacy, right, and in every aspect, in every shade, tone or color, in the sense of spectrum. So the wholesome person belongs to God. The inequity, the person that's afflicted, that's bitter, that's battered, that's bruising, that belongs to creature. I inequity, the person that's afflicted, that's bitter, that's battered, that's bruising, that belongs to creature. I would say that though, doesn't it? No, I haven't given myself to somebody else. I'm going to need to see a social security card, driver's license, including a deed to making sure you have ownership of this person. You're like whoa, hold up a second. No, no, no, I came from God, I didn't come from somebody else. Don't do that to me.
Speaker 1:So the derogatory of punishment and I reference this often can change the way that you live. Think about the statement that I gave you yesterday. Right, you make, you're a toddler, you're a little baby. Right, you could be in your single digit years and you make a mistake and the only thing that you know of, even when you're, even when life is at your very, very best. What do you want me to do now? I'm not sure. What do they want from me? Unconditional love. Love that child, that gift of God, unconditionally and be capable of being receptive to their wants and their needs. So their punishment, if you would, is a derogatory that somebody wants something from me, a creature nothing to do with God or Christ, and I'm capable or not capable of fulfilling that level of punishment. And that's what happens. That's poor. It's very, very poor. We should never be punishing one another.
Speaker 1:God didn't put us on earth to be capable of condemning or punishing, accusing or blaming. Remember unconditional love. I walk away. There is no fault, there's no excuses, and I know we use the no excuses to our advantage. There's no excuses you have to be condemned. It's just the exact opposite. There's no excuses you are forgiven.
Speaker 1:You can have an abundance of everything when, now and forever. So always put it back within his serving, always put it back within his proportion. And it's abundance of it, it's overflowing, it's more than you could ever imagine when you start taking away from it. When you start taking away from it. When you start veering away, when it becomes less passive and I'm not looking to find him in every movement, in every way, shape and form then I might be missing or I might be moving or missing out on it. You see, I find light within the life and I find life within the light. So every day, I'm not punished. If there's something that doesn't appease to me, I'm quick to say no, I'm a member of the testament. That works. Confession, forgiveness, repentance. That's my own personal devotion Rebuking, turn the other cheek, walk away.
Speaker 1:Yes, of course I'm not looking to change anybody. By the way, don't get it wrong. I'm not looking to tell you what you're doing is right or wrong, because I'm sure what you're choosing is right for you, what you've decided is right for you, because it works for you. And keep it stupid, simple or simple, stupid, I'm not sure. Maybe it's dyslexic, it's backwards, it's going all the way around. I'm not quite sure.
Speaker 1:Yes, it was the whole person, a continuation of the sense of involvement, of improvement. But we don't need to see inequity. How many of us are scorned? We're bitten that the perception that we have, the deception that we lead within, it's scorned. It's bitten Instead of seeing love, instead of finding acceptance, consent, he said no, it's best for me to find somebody else or to live in a world where I can truly advance. I'm going to continue to bother this person. I'm going to continue to define this person. I'm going to upheave them. I'm going to tell them what's right or wrong for them. Person. I'm going to upheave them. I'm going to tell them what's right or wrong for them.
Speaker 1:Most of us have that bitterness, that scorn mentality of oppression. So the way we think is already corrupted. They put darkness within the light and it changes the parts per million dramatically the flavor, the taste, the tone, the color, the way you see it. Instead of experiencing happiness and joy, you're bitter. Somebody said if I can only wake you up in the morning for two hours and I get to have my way with you each and every day, then everybody gets to be happy. I thought oh, my Lord, who made you God? And when did you start breathing? I wonder if they breathe when they're asleep. Somebody said they get an hour and a half sleep every day. Effective? No, I guess they'll get to teach themselves. Very relevant.
Speaker 1:But the one who did not know and did what deserved a beating will receive a light beating Everyone to whom they entrusted much. They will demand the more. Luke 12, 48. But the one who did not know and did what deserved a beating. My goodness, think about what I'm saying and you've heard the testament of scripture right, the walk within the repentance, or the sense of devoted within my actual, tolerable external works.
Speaker 1:The one who did not know, they used to claim you're better off on not knowing about sin, being educated about it, actually accepting sin. Now, because we go through that phase. Right, we have to literally accept sin. A lot of us try to deny it and we have to actually realize no, our inequity lies within. So if our inequity lies within, we have to be capable of accepting sin. The one who did not know? So when you know about sin, when you've been educated on it, you're better off not never knowing about it and continuing to live the way that you did than knowing about it and then making those mistakes. But of course, we're not the ones to be capable of judging, condemning or punishing one another. That consent, that acceptance, that fault, no blame comes from our Creator, our Savior, possibly the Trinity, the substance. We're being guided and led, and did what deserved a beating.
Speaker 1:What type of beatings do we take in this world, besides physical, besides intimate, emotional, spiritual, economical? In every aspect, every beating and form of punishment should be a direct reference that I'm doing something wrong. But doing something wrong should directly go back to our Creator, our Savior, our Redeemer. You see, when we live in a world of institutions and these institutions don't provide God or Christ, you don't have the opportunity of saying I'm forgiven, I'm saved, I'm redeemed, now and forever. I can advance within the scripture, within the devotion, within the blood that was put in with me, the breath that was put in my lungs. Then we're missing out on something. We'll receive a light beating. Remember, you will be persecuted for believing Everyone to whom much was given. If you received a whole bunch Lord forgive me of him much will be required. So the more you ask for, the more you'll receive.
Speaker 1:I worked at a job here recently and it was a great employer. I loved the job, by the way. I really got into it. It was amazing. I really enjoyed it and I'm very thankful for what they did for me and the time that I got to spend there, and they offered quite a bit over time. You had to sign up for it. And I never did sign up for any and I never did get any.
Speaker 1:But my mentality was the more you get from them, the more that'll be required from you. And I tell you individuals and I'm not trying to like proclaim it or testify, it's not like idolatry. Hey me, I'm here, listen to what I have to say, it's not like that. But I tell you, I walk within scripture. So everyone to whom much was given, much of him, much will be required. So in some cases, the more you take, the more you expect, the more you'll be expected. And it's not like, well, maybe I should just sit right down on the ground and not do nothing, and then nothing will be ever expected of me. That's not the mentality. But there's nothing that is for free. Even salvation itself came at a very high cost. There was a very high price that was paid. So we have to be maternal in it, we have to grow within it, we have to walk within the punishment.
Speaker 1:And a relevant topic for today how many of you have accepted sin? How many of you have accepted inequity? See, you can't change it, so you just throw it up in the garbage bag and take the trash out. I think we're good to go. Hallelujah, I don't think that's how it works. I'm cleaning out my closet, I'm deleting these parts of my life, I'm divorcing the inequity, I'm saying goodbye to it, I'm putting it at ease. Yes, of course, some of us get real fancy. We toss a penny light, a little candle and a bloom goes up in the air. We're like yes, we did it, we said goodbye.
Speaker 1:And from him, to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more. So from him, to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more they need. More. It's never going to be enough. I talked about this, didn't I? Didn't I just reference this?
Speaker 1:Adolescents, scholars, the youth of the nation yes, of course, those that are inspired to learn are being punished that they're going to be demanding more and more from them, and it's never going to be enough. You always need something else from me. It's never good enough. You're not capable or happy of being who I am. You don't want to be receptive to my wants and needs, and there is no God or Christ.
Speaker 1:So the ultimate decision in your life for punishment comes down to you, doesn't it? The Holy Spirit led you astray. You get to continue to learn. You'll be suffering. You'll be suffering based off the decisions you want. I guess you got what you wanted.
Speaker 1:Very good, think about what I'm saying Trouble, worry, concern Within that you find your way back to salvation, washing in the cleansing of the heart, soul, mind, the feet, yes, of course. So punishment is a derogatory. That's first person. But yet the substance, the Trinity, which isn't on the outside, it is the internal works, mixed with the laboring of the deeds, how you manifest throughout. It continues to move you. So I think the more you demand, the more that it would be demanded for you.
Speaker 1:Is there an opposition within this entitlement? I call it entitlement because you're guaranteed it. It's written down, it's scrolled down, it's written in stone. You're guaranteed to experience this. Those that give with generosity will receive in generosity. Those that have favor for others, the needy and the poor, good example, they will be receiving in favor. So there is opposition. You can be condemned over. On this side, I'm looking to take, I'm looking to have more. I need more, more, more. And there's a battalion for those decisions. By the way, don't get me wrong. You can have and they used to talk about this, can you have life, love, prosperity, fulfillment in every way, shape or form. And the answer is yes, of course. Of course you can. You don't have to worry about it in any way. You can have a happy, balanced life.
Speaker 1:There's individuals that are very capable of money and capable of giving and blessing others, but there is unfortunate events to ones that can't and the ones that don't, lord forgive me. So we need to be reminded of it. And if we're giving in favor, we'll be receiving in favor. But if we're only taking or I've took, I've took from these individuals, I'm taking this back, I need it, it's mine the more will be respected from us. How so? Very often we stumble, we fall in our personal, including our professional, lives, and we're pointing the finger. It's always somebody else's fault. I'm putting the blame on you. No, I'm not happy with the decisions I made as an individual. But who can be accountable for the decisions you made?
Speaker 1:And if the derogatory of that presence is true, within the footprints and the impressions that you're leaving on earth as it's scorned, or as it's the pearly white gates, the yellow brick road, if you would, then punishment is also first-handed to you. It comes from you, it's a derogatory from you. Try denying his presence within your heart, soul and mind and you might be punished. You shall only have one Lord, by the way. Let us be reminded of it. So demanding more might not be the restitution that we're looking for, but you can ask and receive. Seek and ye shall find. Lord, help me, come, come and receive me. That my needs, my dearest wants and needs my heart, my soul, what I seek and yearn for, that you're capable of providing it for me, and I think that that's relevant in this sense of punishment.
Speaker 1:Inflaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 2 Thessalonians 1.8. Inflaming fire burned alive In opposition. I'm on fire for Christ. At this moment I can't get nothing else. I'm breathing it, I'm sleeping it, I'm eating it. He is the restitution of my life. Inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God. Infliction, inflicting it's affliction right. Vengeance belongs to who? To God and those who do not know God. You'll be receiving an equity for the same score and measure you use with others. It'll be the same score and measure that'll be used on you and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Speaker 1:That's a tough one, isn't it? They say, the gospel, the truth, will set you free. It's enlightening, it's happy, it's joyful. We can pronounce it, we can proclaim it, we can be happy about the decisions that are being made. But if it's derogatory in that sense and it upheaves us, it defines us and it doesn't provide so statement, then we have to figure out what we're going to do and how we're going to have that peace and that contentment, because our Lord Jesus is the reason that we're forgiven now and forever.
Speaker 1:If you should and if you shall deny Christ's presence within your life, you're no longer forgiven now or forever. Should it be somebody else's cost and expense? Relative topic for discussion. I decided to go somewhere today and God and Christ weren't being offered. I gave them consent to be in my life. Well, you should rebuke, you should repent, you should walk away, turn the other cheek. You don't have to confine in them if it doesn't work.
Speaker 1:Sometimes our punishment is no more than the notion of derogatory that we're denying the presence of him, the healing, saving power of our Savior, of our Redeemer, and that's a tough one. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might. 2 Thessalonians 1.9. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, burning alive, the flesh being burned away. The second coming we referenced it right Will suffer the punishment If we honor a living God and Christ is alive within us and the Holy Spirit is the enactment that guides us and leads us.
Speaker 1:Is there opposition? There's a dying God. You've chosen life, you've chosen death. You've chosen to be righteous, you've chosen to be evil. You seek heaven, you're seeking hell, and it's an eternal conquest. Every investment I'm storing, the treasures I'm invested in it. If I give a little bit more on the evil side today, I might be invested in it the following day. I go a little bit more to being blessed, to being redeemed, to being sanctified, glorified in that nature and nurture mindset than it advances away from the presence of the Lord.
Speaker 1:Where does he exist? Within you, in thought, word and deed, heart, soul, mind, body and spirit. I think that his presence is clear within us the body, the temple, the synagogue, the focal point yes, of course, denying him is not capable. And the glory of his might? Geez, I mean. We're not weak, we've not fallen asleep, we don't need to be spiritually awakened. His might is forever lasting, not condemning. You're not punished because he's alive. The commandments, the laws, the scripture, right, the actual walk that's tolerable within your life. It's not punishment, it's a blessing to be alive.
Speaker 1:Somebody once introduced Christianity to me years and years ago, and they told me. They said it's a privilege, by the way, for you to be invited into his kingdom, for you to be united with him, the creator and giver of life. They said I feel fairly bad telling you this, but there's so many of us that carelessly wander this world and we have no clue who he is. We have no clue and we're not interested in learning, we don't want to invest, we're not capable of walking within that light. It's not something that can provide for us, for we can't provide for Him.
Speaker 1:So it's a blessing, by the way, it's a privilege, if you don't mind me saying, of getting to learn who your Creator, savior, redeemer is, so that he can provide for you, so that you can learn him, because once you learn from him, you don't have anything to worry about, you can be fulfilled in heart, soul, mind and thought, word and deed. You can become that whole person, and I think that each of us, we want that type of love, we want that type of acknowledgement. We want that type of sustainment and fulfillment in our hearts, our souls, our minds, in our professional, including our personal lives, but we don't have whole person. We're incapable of taking it there. We talk about it in thought and theory and reason, we reference it, we mean very well, we mean very well, but we're not capable of actually exceeding or confining within what he's given us. You see, what we receive is a blessing, even when it's inequity, and his works are all of good works.
Speaker 1:So punishment must not belong to God, but if it does, you are forgiven, you are saved, you are redeemed. Think about the walk of life that you've chosen. It must be his. It better be about God, or I'm not willing to talk about it. Very good reference. I'm turning the cheek here, cold shoulder.
Speaker 1:And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. Hebrews 12, 5. Have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as son? Remember thy father. Very good, the creator, yes, himself. That addresses you. Remember you are a child of the most high, so very, very righteous. You're capable of stumbling and falling. And yes, yes, indeed, you are forgiven, you are forgiven, hallelujah.
Speaker 1:My son, do not regret lightly the discipline of the Lord. It's nothing to take to heart. You can continue to advance. Seek Him each and every day. Don't be weary in your trials and your tribulations and don't grow weak. Make sure that you rest the heart, soul and mind.
Speaker 1:By the way, when they start taking rest away from you, it can be a derogatory that is very, very upheaven. Nor be weary when reproved by him. We seek his acceptance, but often we don't find those answers. We know it's within his time, we know it's within his testament and we can continue to advance. So punishment is the derogatory of denying his presence within the blood, within the life, the footprint, the impression within the consensual basis that I am blameless, I'm living a life of no fault and it doesn't come at a cost and expense of anybody or anybody else or any institution for me to be alive. So very, very, very true.
Speaker 1:Well, lord, forgive me, let me wrap this up in prayer. Our graciously heavenly Father in Christ, our Savior, redeemer, with strength, guidance, knowledge, wisdom, passion, integrity, devotion, let us not be punished, condemned, but rather let us be redeemed, let us be forgiven, let us joy and happiness and prosperity flow into our lives. As we continue to give to you. Let us be reminded that that score and measure that we use on ourselves is the same score and measure that will be used on others. The same score and measure we use on others will be the same score and measure that we use on ourselves. To love our neighbors as ourselves. To love our enemies, if you would. I'm also going to remind you that we don't have enemies, that if you shall be an enemy of mine, you're an enemy of God, for he is my creator, he is my savior and I'm not the one to make decisions. He's the one to make decisions.
Speaker 1:Remind us to turn the other cheek, to rebuke, to walk away, to confess, forgive, repent and to not make decisions on one another's. It's not our spot, our jurisdiction, our sense of notoriety, a God-given privilege that we have the right or the disability, the handicap, to be capable of judging and condemning others. Remind us of privacy and intimacy. Within our own personal exploration of discovery, we can find your good works and good deeds, within every nature and with every milestone and every mindset. With love, with compassion and grace, continue to guide us and search for our wants and our needs as we seek that wholesome person of devotion within you, so that we can be defined, redeemed, saved and born again and we can say goodbye to punishment. In the name of the Father, son, holy Spirit and Christ, our Savior's name, we pray. Be sure to follow Facebook, instagram, twitter, check out the social media feeds. Thank you for listening, thank you for your contributions and thank you for your donations. Your contributions to Life for Death Ministries goes a very long ways. Don't forget about the GoFundMe page raising money to build a church.
Speaker 1:It sounds like Tennessee, but it's so hit and miss. From day to day. I'm getting ready to embark on a new journey, possibly a new mission. I'm turning over a new leaf, a new page. Myself, I didn't have a choice, lord forgive me. I'll be keeping you updated on that, letting you know what's going, what's coming and how it's going to be going Every day. By the way, don't be the punisher. Be the receiver, be the redeemer. Be the one that's capable of saying, yes, you're forgiven. Be the one that's capable of lending that hand. I'm going to lift you up off the ground. I'm going to give to you the way God would give to me, and don't question it. By the way, if it don't work, no fault, no blame. Walk away. If it works, hallelujah. And if it don't work, find something that works for you. Thank you for listening, thank you for your contribution and thank you for being a valued part of Life for Death Ministries. God be with you. Have a very, very blessed day.