I lift I AM up this morning because His Sovereignty surpasses all understanding so much that even when the wicked make a decision they think it’s by their authority.
Did the LORD not harden the heart of Pharaoh?
Exodus 9:12 And the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses.
Friends, my message this morning is to put on notice those who have chosen to live according to their own rules, and emotions. They have disregarded sound counsel, messages, dreams, and their past mistakes. If you look at past messages that I have posted it all leads up to this due to the hardening of the hearts of evil doers, and false Christians. Yes, I said it. False! (Not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement. 2. Uttering or declaring what is untrue: a false witness. 3. not faithful or loyal, tending to deceive or mislead; deceptive, not genuine; counterfeit, based on mistaken, erroneous, or inconsistent impressions, ideas, or facts, used as a substitute or supplement, especially temporarily: having a superficial resemblance to something that properly bears the name and not properly, accurately, or honestly made, done, or adjusted)
To be a Christian means to be like Christ. It’s not YOU attending church every week or on holidays. God does not need your false praises, or your make up days. He calls us to WORSHIP Him in Spirit and IN TRUTH, and and to live according to our own measure of Faith that he has given us Yet, what grace he has given some is discarded as words without shape, without form, without power, without truth, and without correction.
Romans 6 Amp Bible
1 What shall we say [to all this]? Should we continue in sin and practice sin as a habit so that [God’s gift of grace may increase and overflow? 2 Certainly not! How can we, the very ones who died to sin, continue to live in it any longer? 3 Or are you ignorant of the fact that all of us who have been [b]baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 We have therefore been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory and power of the Father, we too might walk habitually in newness of life [abandoning our old ways]. 5 For if we have become one with Him [permanently united] in the likeness of His death, we will also certainly be [one with Him and share fully] in the likeness of His resurrection. 6 We know that our old [c]self [our human nature without the Holy Spirit] was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin. 7 For the person who has died [with Christ] has been freed from [the power of] sin.
Have you truly become one with Christ?
Do your life, your conversations, your actions, your attitude, and your friends reflect his resurrecting power? Or are you still caring more about the world, its things and its people. So many Christians today are scarcely relating to Christ so much so, that anything in the bible is foreign to them. So many today leave the formality of the Church at the building, never grasping that the Church is them. The building is just a place we gather, not where Christ resides. Christ resides in us!
1 Corinthians 12:27
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
The depth of emptiness among the Body of Christ has caused even PTA parents to abandon their measure of Faith for acknowledgement and acceptance. Being known by GOD is not enough anymore, having one’s name written in the book of life is not enough? My LORD, I ask, “How low has your people sunk to be gratified by mere trinkets and false accolades.”
Friends,
It is time for judgement and repentance. God does not merely speak good times and blessings. He speaks about the need to be obedient, loyal, true, noble, honest, giving, merciful, forgiving, loving, encouraging, and faithful to him, and others. He requires us to minister and act as his agents on the earth. Are you doing this?
The true nature of a Christian is LOVE. Jesus himself said,
Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—when they see the love you have for each other.”-John 13:34-35 Message Bible
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
1 John 4:20
Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.
If the Love of GOD is not established in you as a Christian you are still in darkness, without fellowship or understanding, and that alone is a sin. I have met many Believers that hold ministry positions that were not grounded in love and they did more harm than good. Are you doing more harm than good? Be mindful, that those who see in the spirit and know the WORD are not fooled by your outward theatrics. We are not fooled by the Christian lingo or prayer time, or meetings. We know that your cup is empty due to your lack of LOVE. How long must you pretend? How long will you suffer?
GOD is a GOD of Love, and love is in part correction, and justice. The WORD alone is a sword that cuts away anything that is false, and exposes anything that is hidden.
God told David, "Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun." 2 Samuel 12:12
David was hand picked by God when he was a shepherd boy to be the new King of Israel and was said to be a man after God's own heart. Yet, God rendered correction and justice when David took Uriah's wife as his own and had him slayed to cover up Bathsheba pregnancy. No one is exempt.
I pray that you take heed. I pray that whole families, including mine take heed, that The LORD will not be mocked.
Psalm 50 Message Bible
Next, God calls up the wicked:
“What are you up to, quoting my laws,
talking like we are good friends?
You never answer the door when I call;
you treat my words like garbage.
If you find a thief, you make him your buddy;
adulterers are your friends of choice.
Your mouth drools filth;
lying is a serious art form with you.
You stab your own brother in the back,
rip off your little sister.
I kept a quiet patience while you did these things;
you thought I went along with your game.
I’m calling you on the carpet, now,
laying your wickedness out in plain sight.
22-23 “Time’s up for playing fast and
loose with me.
I’m ready to pass sentence,
and there’s no help in sight!
It’s the praising life that honors me.
As soon as you set your foot on the Way,
I’ll show you my salvation.”
In His Love and In His Service,
Pastor Aisha Laws
Did the LORD not harden the heart of Pharaoh?
Exodus 9:12 And the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses.
Friends, my message this morning is to put on notice those who have chosen to live according to their own rules, and emotions. They have disregarded sound counsel, messages, dreams, and their past mistakes. If you look at past messages that I have posted it all leads up to this due to the hardening of the hearts of evil doers, and false Christians. Yes, I said it. False! (Not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement. 2. Uttering or declaring what is untrue: a false witness. 3. not faithful or loyal, tending to deceive or mislead; deceptive, not genuine; counterfeit, based on mistaken, erroneous, or inconsistent impressions, ideas, or facts, used as a substitute or supplement, especially temporarily: having a superficial resemblance to something that properly bears the name and not properly, accurately, or honestly made, done, or adjusted)
To be a Christian means to be like Christ. It’s not YOU attending church every week or on holidays. God does not need your false praises, or your make up days. He calls us to WORSHIP Him in Spirit and IN TRUTH, and and to live according to our own measure of Faith that he has given us Yet, what grace he has given some is discarded as words without shape, without form, without power, without truth, and without correction.
Romans 6 Amp Bible
1 What shall we say [to all this]? Should we continue in sin and practice sin as a habit so that [God’s gift of grace may increase and overflow? 2 Certainly not! How can we, the very ones who died to sin, continue to live in it any longer? 3 Or are you ignorant of the fact that all of us who have been [b]baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 We have therefore been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory and power of the Father, we too might walk habitually in newness of life [abandoning our old ways]. 5 For if we have become one with Him [permanently united] in the likeness of His death, we will also certainly be [one with Him and share fully] in the likeness of His resurrection. 6 We know that our old [c]self [our human nature without the Holy Spirit] was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin. 7 For the person who has died [with Christ] has been freed from [the power of] sin.
Have you truly become one with Christ?
Do your life, your conversations, your actions, your attitude, and your friends reflect his resurrecting power? Or are you still caring more about the world, its things and its people. So many Christians today are scarcely relating to Christ so much so, that anything in the bible is foreign to them. So many today leave the formality of the Church at the building, never grasping that the Church is them. The building is just a place we gather, not where Christ resides. Christ resides in us!
1 Corinthians 12:27
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
The depth of emptiness among the Body of Christ has caused even PTA parents to abandon their measure of Faith for acknowledgement and acceptance. Being known by GOD is not enough anymore, having one’s name written in the book of life is not enough? My LORD, I ask, “How low has your people sunk to be gratified by mere trinkets and false accolades.”
Friends,
It is time for judgement and repentance. God does not merely speak good times and blessings. He speaks about the need to be obedient, loyal, true, noble, honest, giving, merciful, forgiving, loving, encouraging, and faithful to him, and others. He requires us to minister and act as his agents on the earth. Are you doing this?
The true nature of a Christian is LOVE. Jesus himself said,
Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—when they see the love you have for each other.”-John 13:34-35 Message Bible
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
1 John 4:20
Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.
If the Love of GOD is not established in you as a Christian you are still in darkness, without fellowship or understanding, and that alone is a sin. I have met many Believers that hold ministry positions that were not grounded in love and they did more harm than good. Are you doing more harm than good? Be mindful, that those who see in the spirit and know the WORD are not fooled by your outward theatrics. We are not fooled by the Christian lingo or prayer time, or meetings. We know that your cup is empty due to your lack of LOVE. How long must you pretend? How long will you suffer?
GOD is a GOD of Love, and love is in part correction, and justice. The WORD alone is a sword that cuts away anything that is false, and exposes anything that is hidden.
God told David, "Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun." 2 Samuel 12:12
David was hand picked by God when he was a shepherd boy to be the new King of Israel and was said to be a man after God's own heart. Yet, God rendered correction and justice when David took Uriah's wife as his own and had him slayed to cover up Bathsheba pregnancy. No one is exempt.
I pray that you take heed. I pray that whole families, including mine take heed, that The LORD will not be mocked.
Psalm 50 Message Bible
Next, God calls up the wicked:
“What are you up to, quoting my laws,
talking like we are good friends?
You never answer the door when I call;
you treat my words like garbage.
If you find a thief, you make him your buddy;
adulterers are your friends of choice.
Your mouth drools filth;
lying is a serious art form with you.
You stab your own brother in the back,
rip off your little sister.
I kept a quiet patience while you did these things;
you thought I went along with your game.
I’m calling you on the carpet, now,
laying your wickedness out in plain sight.
22-23 “Time’s up for playing fast and
loose with me.
I’m ready to pass sentence,
and there’s no help in sight!
It’s the praising life that honors me.
As soon as you set your foot on the Way,
I’ll show you my salvation.”
In His Love and In His Service,
Pastor Aisha Laws
