02/24/2013

  • T&M IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO LAY ASIDE EVERY UNNECESSARY WEIGHT

    Wherefore seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight...Heb 12:1

    What is it that keeps hindering you from living a life of obedience? Do you struggle with a particular sin, habit, or fear that keeps you from running your race of faith the way you ought? If so, you probably already know what it is, and I'd guess that you've already prayed, prayed, and prayed for victory in overcoming that problem because you really do want to please Yahvah.

    Even now and then, we all tolerate things in our lives that make it  difficult for us to please Yahvah. And when we know we're not pleasing Yahvah, we typically aren't happy with ourselves either. This is one reason that Heb 12:1 tells us  to "...lay aside ever weight..."

    The word lay "aside" are taken from the Greek word apotithimi, a compound of the word apo and tithimi. As we noted on Jan 6th the word apo means away and the word tithimi means to place or to lay something down. When these two words are compounded together, it gives a picturde of someone who is laying something down while at the same and to push it far away and beyond reach. Thus, this word implies a deliberate decision to make a permanent of attitude and behavior.

    Removing wrong attitudes and actions from our lives will not occur accidentally. We must decide to change--to remove, to lay aside, and to put away attitudes and actions that don't please Yahvah and adversely affect our walk of faith.

    Hebrews 12:1 refers to these incorrect attitudes and actions as "weights." The word "weight" is from the Greek word ogkos--a word that describes a burden or something so heavy and cumbersome that it impedes a runner from running  his race as he should.

    The Holy ghost is urging you and me to take a good look at our lives and then remove everything that weighs us down and keeps us from a life of obedience. We must  be honest with ourselves and with Yahvah.

    Do you have a habit or a wrong attitude that binds you/ Are you plagued by a fear that weighs you down and keeps you from fulfilling you potential in Messiah? Make a rock-solid, quality decision today to grab hold of those unnecessary burdens and remove, lay aside, and permanently put them way from your life.

    PRAYER: YAHVAH, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ON MY SIDE AND THAT YOU WANT TO HELP ME. SO TODAY I'M ASKING YOU TO HELP ME LAY ASIDE THE ATTITUDES, NEGATIVE THOUGHT PATTERNS AND BAD HABITS THAT KEEP PULLINGT ME BACK DOWN INTO MISERABLE DEFEAT. I'M EXHAUSTED FROM TRYING TO LIVE FOR YOU WHILE DRAGGING ALONG THESE OLD WEIGHS BEHIND ME AT THE SAME TIME. I NEED TO DROP THEM BEHIND! SO TODAY I AM ASKING YOU TO HELP ME MAKE THE BREAK. HELP ME MAKE THIS DAY I OERMANENTLY DROP ALL THE UNNECCESSARY WEIGHTS THAT HINDER ME AND WALK AWAY FROM THEM FOREVER! Bro. Doc

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  • @HUMOR_ME_NOW If He condoned sin, this means that Yahvahosha shedding His blood for the sins of the world would have been a waste. But one thing I am glad of Bro. Frank, if we mess up on something, he never brings the past back up. We get more changes then we ever should have. Unlike humans whom might bring up your past long after they should have forgotten it. Bro. Doc

  • Good Morning, Pastor. I guess if the weight is overeating then it is really a weight in more ways than one.

    God took some things away at the point of being born again. I learned in time that I was changed, but sadly not perfect. Of course there were endless sermons about how doing certain things was killing our Christian life. This promoted self-effort and the let's play church game.

    I finally realized that while God does not condon sin in Believers, he did not require some kind of immediate perfection. He just started knocking down my weakness and faults---progressive sanctification?  He is still working on my and His mercy and grace is amazing.

    It is kind of interesting to see how it works.  Of course, Heb. 12 says that God will slap us around if we not shape up to His nudging to behave better. Paul even said, I think 1 Cor. 11 that God would kill us and takes home if we loused up the Communion service.  So God, is no one to mess with.  I had one hospital stay of 3 weeks where He definitely got my attention.

    Loved your lesson--thanks

    frank

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