Stephen Monari

5 anni

All who have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb have been made new creatures in Christ. As such, here is what we think and what we do:

WHAT WE THINK
What We Focus On
Colossians 3:1-4
1 Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.
What Our Perspective is Regarding Sin
Colossians 3:5-7
5 Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
6 For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience,
7 and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.

WHAT WE DO
What We Put Off
Colossians 3:8-9
8 But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.
9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices
What We Put On
Colossians 3:10-14
10 and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him--
11 a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.
12 So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;
13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.
14 Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.
What Other Important Things We Do
Colossians 3:15-17
15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
17 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

5 anni

Oh, How He Loves You and Me
Oh, how He loves you and me, Oh how He loves you and me.
He gave his life, what more could he give?
Oh, how He loves you; Oh, how he loves me;
Oh, how he loves you and me.

Jesus to Calvary did go, His love for sinners to show.
What He did there brought hope from despair.
Oh, how He loves you; Oh, how he loves me;
Oh, how he loves you and me.

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Call on the Lord Jesus Christ and He will save you,
not on the basis of your merit or goodness,
but on the basis of His mercy and grace, demonstrated by His death on the cross and His resurrection.

For “WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.
Romans 10:13

5 anni

Habakkuk - The Condition of the USA is much like that of Judah:
2 How long, O LORD, will I call for help,
And You will not hear?
I cry out to You, “Violence!”
Yet You do not save.
3 Why do You make me see iniquity,
And cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes, destruction and violence are before me;
Strife exists and contention arises.
4 Therefore the law is ignored
And justice is never upheld.
For the wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore justice comes out perverted.
The prophet laments to the Lord in prayer. He calls on the Lord for help; to free him from the trouble God has shown him regarding Judah’s sin. Habbakuk has had this burden and called on the Lord for a long period of time, but until the verses that follow this passage, he had not heard from the Lord and questions God, “I call (on You) for help, and You will not hear?”
There is no doubt, Judah’s condition is grave. It has become wicked and evil because it had forsaken the Lord. The condition of the USA today is much like that of Judah. There is violence, iniquity, wickedness, destruction, strife, and contention. The law is ignored, even by our leaders. Justice is rarely ever upheld and is perverted. And the wicked are coming after the righteous.
The Lord seems to have removed His blessings from America, as our first president, George Washington warned on his day of inauguration:
"The propitious smiles of heaven cannot be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right that heaven itself has ordained.” – George Washington
It looks very much like, "the smiles of heaven” are being removed from this land, because the people have disregarded the Lord’s "the eternal rules of order and right."
Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, and declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, as a nation that has done righteousness and has not forsaken the ordinance of their God.
Isaiah 58:1-2a
We have forsaken the ordinance of God as a nation. We have turned our backs on God. Look at the godlessness and immorality of this county.
God’s strong desire is salvation and greater are His compassions than His judgments. God is patient and merciful, even in His warnings, even amidst His holy judgment. God is calling this nation back to Himself. What must we do to respond to the Lord’s call to return to Him? It starts with His people; His church; believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, because we have the greater responsibility. We must return to Christ. We must repent of our sins. We must repent first and be purely devoted to Him, then we must lead the nation in returning to God.
America's only hope is to repent and return to the Lord!

5 anni

1 John 5:5
Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?