Thursday, December 26, 2013

Savior or Self?

Heb 12:26  Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
Heb 12:27  And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Heb 12:28  Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
Heb 12:29  For our God is a consuming fire.

Heb 12:27  And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

'Whose voice'- a voice speaks.
'And this word'- what a voice says.

And this word, ONCE MORE- SIGNIFIES the REMOVING of those things that are SHAKEN.

When did this word remove shaken things in the past?

Psa_18:7  Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

Psa 46:6  The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Psa 46:7  The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psa 46:8  Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

God's word is powerful, so incredibly powerful. The world could end at His word. One word from our Creator we could be blotted out of existence.  The power is there, the power ruled by love which cannot blot us out because Christ sacrificed Himself to save us from ourselves.

There are many things that can be shaken, many things that can be removed, but there are things that CANNOT be shaken and those things will remain.

God's love cannot be shaken. God's law cannot be shaken.  Evil will be shaken and all the things attached to evil, all things that are a result of evil will be removed.

Satan- once Lucifer- a covering cherub took one third of the heavenly angels with Him, not by force but by lies and deception. He deceived the angels and they chose to follow him over their Creator, God. Yes, the heavens will be shaken…

Heb 12:26  Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

Everything will be shaken and for a final time and only the things that CANNOT be shaken will remain.  Only the things that are GOD'S will remain.

Our Savior, our Mediator, the One who stands between us and God is the One we MUST cling to! Our lives, our allegiance must be to our SAVIOR.

Savior or self.

Savior or self.

This is truly what we decide between.

We can be shaken, we can be removed if we are not God's, if Christ is not in us, if we are not known by Christ, and the way we are known, the way He is in us, the way we are God's is by choosing to let self DIE and choosing DAILY to let self die, not yielding to self, but yielding to God. Willing to strive against sin, strive unto blood, resist unto blood knowing we are battling self.  All the powers of Satan will encourage us to not resist sin, not to resist ourselves. All the powers of Satan will convince us that sin is good, and good is sin, so our conscience will be quiet.  Please, Lord, let our conscience never be silenced by our giving into Satan's deceptions. Live in us! Let us live in You. Let us be YOURS always!  Guide us, help us, teach us, love us!

Let us choose YOU, our SAVIOR, over ourselves.

All by YOUR GRACE, YOUR LOVE! Let us be Yours so we will not be removed, not be shaken.

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