Tag: Our Filthiness

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Psalm 65, white as wool!

Psa 65:1-2, …A Song. Praise is awaiting You, O God, in Zion; And to You the vow shall be performed. O YOU WHO HEAR PRAYER, TO YOU ALL FLESH WILL COME.

GOD hears the prayers of all flesh, not only the Jewish nation! THE DAY IS COMING WHEN ALL PEOPLE SHALL COME TO HIS PRESENCE DURING THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF CHRIST! SOME WILL COME IN FEAR GRASPING THE SLEEVE OF A JEWISH MAN TO BRING HIM IN!

Zec 8:22-23, YES, MANY PEOPLES AND STRONG NATIONS SHALL COME TO SEEK THE LORD OF HOSTS IN JERUSALEM, AND TO PRAY BEFORE THE LORD.’ “Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘IN THOSE DAYS TEN MEN FROM EVERY LANGUAGE OF THE NATIONS SHALL GRASP THE SLEEVE OF A JEWISH MAN, SAYING, “LET US GO WITH YOU, FOR WE HAVE HEARD THAT GOD IS WITH YOU.” ‘ “

Psa 65:3, INIQUITIES PREVAIL AGAINST ME; AS FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, YOU WILL PROVIDE ATONEMENT FOR THEM. 

Sin and temptation are always present in our lives for we all fall short of the glory of GOD! YET, HE WITH HIS BLOOD HAS WASHED US AND CLEANSED US BEING MADE WHITE AS SNOW!

Isa 1:18, “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “Though your sins are like scarlet, THEY SHALL BE AS WHITE AS SNOW; Though they are red like crimson, THEY SHALL BE AS WOOL. 

Sin for us maybe easily hidden from men, but in the presence of the LORD WE WEAR OF FILTHINESS AS GARMENTS FOR ALL TO SEE!

Zec 3:4-5, Then He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, “TAKE AWAY THE FILTHY GARMENTS FROM HIM.” And to him He said, “SEE, I HAVE REMOVED YOUR INIQUITY FROM YOU, AND I WILL CLOTHE YOU WITH RICH ROBES.” AND I SAID, “LET THEM PUT A CLEAN TURBAN ON HIS HEAD.” SO THEY PUT A CLEAN TURBAN ON HIS HEAD, AND THEY PUT THE CLOTHES ON HIM. AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD STOOD BY.

Psa 65:4, Blessed is the man You choose, And cause to approach You, That he may dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Of Your holy temple.

Eph 1:4, JUST AS HE CHOSE US IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 

SEEK HIS GOODNESS, SEEK HIM FOR HE PAID A GREAT PRICE FOR YOU!

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Psalm 24, Robes of righteousness!

Psa 24:3, WHO MAY ASCEND INTO THE HILL OF THE LORD? Or WHO MAY STAND IN HIS HOLY PLACE? 

NO MAN CAN BE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND LIVE (Ex 33:20) FOR OUR SINS ARE ALWAYS BEFORE US! HE DWELLS IN UNAPPROACHABLE LIGHT (1Tim 6:16)

Psa 24:4, HE WHO HAS CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE HEART, WHO HAS NOT LIFTED UP HIS SOUL TO AN IDOL, NOR SWORN DECEITFULLY.

WELL THAT LEAVES ME OUT FOR I KNOW WHO I AM AND WHAT I’VE DONE!

Jer 17:9, “THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND DESPERATELY WICKED; WHO CAN KNOW IT?

People say “FOLLOW YOUR HEART”, without knowing that the heart is extremely wicked!

Truth is that I did follow my heart and it only led to immorality! NO ONE ON EARTH QUALIFIES TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE!

Ecc 7:20, FOR THERE IS NOT A JUST MAN ON EARTH WHO DOES GOOD AND DOES NOT SIN. 

BUT IN CHRIST WE HAVE HOPE, EVEN A PERSON LIKE ME!

1Pe 3:18, FOR CHRIST ALSO SUFFERED ONCE FOR SINS, THE JUST FOR THE UNJUST, THAT HE MIGHT BRING US TO GOD, BEING PUT TO DEATH IN THE FLESH BUT MADE ALIVE BY THE SPIRIT, 

THE MAN I WAS IS DEAD AND I’M ALIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CHRIST! NOT BECAUSE I DESERVE IT, BUT BECAUSE HE PAID THE PENALTY FOR MY SINS WITH HIS BLOOD!

2Co 5:17, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, HE IS A NEW CREATION; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Psa 24:5, HE SHALL RECEIVE BLESSING FROM THE LORD, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM THE GOD OF HIS SALVATION.

Isa 61:10, I WILL GREATLY REJOICE IN THE LORD, MY SOUL SHALL BE JOYFUL IN MY GOD; FOR HE HAS CLOTHED ME WITH THE GARMENTS OF SALVATION, HE HAS COVERED ME WITH THE ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS….

HE has taken my filthy clothing and clothed me with HIS righteousness!  ONLY IN CHRIST IS MAN ABLE TO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER! GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD!

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Psalm 5, the heart of man!

Psa 5:1-3, … GIVE EAR TO MY WORDS, O LORD, CONSIDER MY MEDITATION. GIVE HEED TO THE VOICE OF MY CRY, MY KING AND MY GOD, FOR TO YOU I WILL PRAY. MY VOICE YOU SHALL HEAR IN THE MORNING, O LORD; IN THE MORNING I WILL DIRECT IT TO YOU, AND I WILL LOOK UP. 

EVERY MORNING DAVID ROSE UP TO PRAY TO GOD, TO GIVE HIM THE BEST OF THE DAY! JESUS DID THE SAME! DO WE?

Mar 1:35-36, NOW IN THE MORNING, HAVING RISEN A LONG WHILE BEFORE DAYLIGHT, HE WENT OUT AND DEPARTED TO A SOLITARY PLACE; AND THERE HE PRAYED. And Simon and those who were with Him searched for Him.

WHILE JESUS WAS PRAYING PETER AND THE OTHERS WERE SNORING! PRAYER TO JESUS WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HIS PHYSICAL NEEDS!  BUT IN CONTRAST VERSES 4-6!

Psa 5:4-6, FOR YOU ARE NOT A GOD WHO TAKES PLEASURE IN WICKEDNESS, NOR SHALL EVIL DWELL WITH YOU. THE BOASTFUL SHALL NOT STAND IN YOUR SIGHT; YOU HATE ALL WORKERS OF INIQUITY. YOU SHALL DESTROY THOSE WHO SPEAK FALSEHOOD; THE LORD ABHORS THE BLOODTHIRSTY AND DECEITFUL MAN.

As we draw closer to HIM we can clearly see man’s depravity! GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE; THAT IS HIS NATURE! YET SCRIPTURES SAYS THE LORD HATES 7 THINGS!

Pro 6:16-19, These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A PROUD LOOK, A LYING TONGUE, HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD, A HEART THAT DEVISES WICKED PLANS, FEET THAT ARE SWIFT IN RUNNING TO EVIL, A FALSE WITNESS WHO SPEAKS LIES, And ONE WHO SOWS DISCORD AMONG BRETHREN.

The sad reality is this is found in ALL MEN AND WOMEN! No one is exempt from this truth! BUT HE CAN TRANSFORM OUR HEARTS AND MIND; EVEN THE HARDEN PERSON!

Eze 36:26, I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART and PUT A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN YOU; I WILL TAKE THE HEART OF STONE OUT OF YOUR FLESH AND GIVE YOU A HEART OF FLESH.

1Pe 3:12, FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE ON THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ARE OPEN TO THEIR PRAYERS; BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THOSE WHO DO EVIL.” 

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Psalm 1, our choice in life!

Psa 1:1, BLESSED IS THE MAN Who walks NOT in the counsel of the ungodly, NOR stands in the path of sinners, NOR sits in the seat of the scornful;

We all have a choice in life whether to walk in the ways of man or in the way of GOD! There are only two paths to take! Choose wisely!

Pro 14:12, THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN, BUT ITS END IS THE WAY OF DEATH.

Psa 1:2, BUT HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD, AND IN HIS LAW HE MEDITATES DAY AND NIGHT.

WE HAVE ALL HEARD THIS SAYING “LIFE IS SHORT, SO ENJOY IT”, BUT THE LORD SAYS “ETERNITY IS LONG PREPARE FOR IT”! GET TO KNOW YOUR CREATOR; FOR IN KNOWING HIM COMES TRUE PROSPERITY!

Jos 1:8, This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. FOR THEN YOU WILL MAKE YOUR WAY PROSPEROUS, AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS. 

Psa 1:3, HE SHALL BE LIKE A TREE PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF WATER, THAT BRINGS FORTH ITS FRUIT IN ITS SEASON, WHOSE LEAF ALSO SHALL NOT WITHER; AND WHATEVER HE DOES SHALL PROSPER.

Psa 92:12, THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL FLOURISH LIKE A PALM TREE, HE SHALL GROW LIKE A CEDAR IN LEBANON. 

As Christians we know that were sinners saved by grace; calling us righteous makes no sense! BUT IN HIS EYES WE ARE! HE HAS WASHED US FROM OUR IMPURITIES AND CLOTHED US WITH HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS NOT OURS!

Isa 61:10  I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, My soul shall be joyful in my God; FOR HE HAS CLOTHED ME WITH THE GARMENTS OF SALVATION, HE HAS COVERED ME WITH THE ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 

THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO LIFE AND IT’S FOUND IN OUR LORD AND SAVIOR CHRIST JESUS! CHOOSE WISELY!

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Job 25, Righteous before GOD?

Job 25:1-3, THEN BILDAD the Shuhite answered and said “DOMINION AND FEAR BELONG TO HIM; He makes peace in His high places. IS THERE ANY NUMBER TO HIS ARMIES? Upon whom does His light not rise?

THE GREATNESS OF GOD IS UNDENIABLE, AND HIS ARMIES ARE WITHOUT NUMBER IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFEAT! Bildad is now just repeating what everyone has already agreed to! GOD IS GREAT!

Psa 99:1-3, THE LORD REIGNS; Let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; Let the earth be moved! THE LORD IS GREAT in Zion, AND HE IS HIGH ABOVE ALL THE PEOPLES. LET THEM PRAISE YOUR GREAT AND AWESOME NAME—HE IS HOLY.

Job 25:4, HOW THEN CAN MAN BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD? OR HOW CAN HE BE PURE WHO IS BORN OF A WOMAN? 

Again, Bildad thinks Job is saying that he is righteous and sinless before GOD! Job agrees with this and in fact he has already stated that!

Job 9:1-2, Then Job answered and said: “Truly I know it is so, BUT HOW CAN A MAN BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD?

THESE, SO CALLED FRIENDS, ARE OUT OF ARGUMENTS, AND IN FACT THIS CHAPTER IS THE LAST OF THEIR WORDS! BUT TO ANSWER JOB AND BILDAD; HOW CAN A MAN BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD!

1Cor 6:9-11, Do you not know that the unrighteous WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD? DO NOT BE DECEIVED. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. AND SUCH WERE SOME OF YOU. BUT YOU WERE WASHED, BUT YOU WERE SANCTIFIED, BUT YOU WERE JUSTIFIED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS AND BY THE SPIRIT OF OUR GOD.

IT IS ONLY THROUGH JESUS THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE; FOR ALL HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF HIS GLORY! THERE IS NOT ONE THAT DOES GOOD, BUT THROUGH HIS BLOOD WE ARE HEALED, AND THE CHARGES AGAINST US DROPPED!

Rom 8:33, WHO SHALL BRING A CHARGE AGAINST GOD’S ELECT? IT IS GOD WHO JUSTIFIES. 

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Job 15, Drinking iniquity like water!

Job 15:1-3, 5, Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: “Should a wise man answer with EMPTY KNOWLEDGE… Should he reason with UNPROFITABLE TALK, Or by SPEECHES WITH WHICH HE CAN DO NO GOOD?… YOUR OWN MOUTH CONDEMNS YOU, AND NOT I; YES, YOUR OWN LIPS TESTIFY AGAINST YOU. 

JOB, YOUR NOT CONVINCING ANYONE; STOP WITH THIS USELESS TALK! ADMIT YOUR SIN!

Job 15:11, ARE THE CONSOLATIONS OF GOD TOO SMALL FOR YOU, AND THE WORD SPOKEN GENTLY WITH YOU? 

Job consider, the LORD has taken everything from you, AND HE HAS SENT US TO YOU, THAT WE MAY COUNCIL YOU WITH GENTLE WORDS? Eliphaz believe that they, his friends, were the consolation of GOD! Wow!

Isa 5:21, WOE TO THOSE WHO ARE WISE IN THEIR OWN EYES, AND PRUDENT IN THEIR OWN SIGHT! 

Job 15:14-16, “WHAT IS MAN, THAT HE COULD BE PURE? … If God puts no trust in His saints, And the heavens are not pure in His sight, HOW MUCH LESS MAN, WHO IS ABOMINABLE AND FILTHY, WHO DRINKS INIQUITY LIKE WATER!

Job never said that he was perfect, he admitted to his iniquities as a young man

Job 13:26, For You write bitter things against me, AND MAKE ME INHERIT THE INIQUITIES OF MY YOUTH.

Eliphaz was speaking truth, it just didn’t apply to Job! LIKE A THIRSTY MAN DRINKING WATER, WE DRINK INIQUITY, SIN, AS IF WE WERE DEPENDANT ON IT TO SURVIVE! WOW!

Rom 3:23, FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, 

Psa 130:3-4, IF YOU, LORD, SHOULD MARK INIQUITIES, O LORD, WHO COULD STAND? BUT THERE IS FORGIVENESS WITH YOU, THAT YOU MAY BE FEARED.

WE ALL DO FOOLISH THINGS, AND NO ONE IS RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD! BUT IN HIM WE FIND FORGIVENESS!

Psa 25:11, For Your name’s sake, O LORD, PARDON MY INIQUITY, FOR IT IS GREAT. 

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Job 14, a tree has more hope than man?

Job 14:1-3, “MAN WHO IS BORN OF WOMAN IS OF FEW DAYS AND FULL OF TROUBLE. He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue. AND DO YOU OPEN YOUR EYES ON SUCH A ONE , AND BRING ME TO JUDGMENT WITH YOURSELF?

Job is saying, man is sinful from his youth; not one can be found that is perfect! Will YOU judge me according to my imperfection?  

Psa 51:5, Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. 

Job 14:4, WHO CAN BRING A CLEAN THING OUT OF AN UNCLEAN? NO ONE!

Rom 5:17, FOR IF BY THE ONE MAN’S OFFENSE (Adam) death reigned through the one, much more THOSE WHO RECEIVE ABUNDANCE OF GRACE AND OF THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL REIGN IN LIFE THROUGH THE ONE, JESUS CHRIST.

WHO CAN MAKE MAN CLEAN? ONLY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST ARE WE MADE CLEAN; IT’S A GIFT FROM GOD FOR HE SHED HIS OWN BLOOD TO COVER OUR SINS!

Eph 1:7-8, IN HIM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS, ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS GRACE WHICH HE MADE TO ABOUND TOWARD US IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE,

Job 14:7, 10, “FOR THERE IS HOPE FOR A TREE, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease…. BUT MAN DIES AND IS LAID AWAY; INDEED HE BREATHES HIS LAST AND WHERE IS HE?

Remember, Job is speaking in complete agony, not just physical but also in his heart and mind! He appears to say, “A TREE HAS MORE HOPE OF COMING BACK TO LIFE THAN MAN?”  YET, job says this!

Job 19:25-27, For I know that MY REDEEMER LIVES, And He shall stand at last on the earth; AND AFTER MY SKIN IS DESTROYED, THIS I KNOW, THAT IN MY FLESH I SHALL SEE GOD, WHOM I SHALL SEE FOR MYSELF, AND MY EYES SHALL BEHOLD, AND NOT ANOTHER. HOW MY HEART YEARNS WITHIN ME!

In desperation a man or woman may contradict themselves, because they are grieving much more than they are thinking! JOB KNOWS THAT HIS REDEEMER LIVES AND WITH HIS EYES HE SHALL SEE JESUS STANDING ON THE EARTH! DO YOU KNOW THIS?

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Job 10, Judging ourselves!

Job 10:2, I WILL SAY TO GOD, ‘DO NOT CONDEMN ME; SHOW ME WHY YOU CONTEND WITH ME.

WHY? Why is this happening to me? What have I done to deserve this? THIS IS ALWAYS GOOD TO DO! RATHER THAN BLAMING OTHERS FOR OUR SITUATION, TAKE A LOOK INSIDE AND JUDGE YOURSELF, AND CHANGE THAT WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED! I WOULD RATHER JUDGE MYSELF THAN BE CONDEMNED WITH THE WORLD BY THE LORD!

1Cor 11:31-32, FOR IF WE WOULD JUDGE OURSELVES, WE WOULD NOT BE JUDGED. BUT WHEN WE ARE JUDGED, WE ARE CHASTENED BY THE LORD, THAT WE MAY NOT BE CONDEMNED WITH THE WORLD.

Job 10:3-4, Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, THAT YOU SHOULD DESPISE THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS, And smile on the counsel of the wicked? DO YOU HAVE EYES OF FLESH? OR DO YOU SEE AS MAN SEES?

Again, Job blames GOD, because he doesn’t know that it is satan who is causing all of this!

The eyes of the LORD are not limited like ours!

Pro 15:3, THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE IN EVERY PLACE, KEEPING WATCH ON THE EVIL AND THE GOOD. 

Job 10:20-21, Are not my days few? CEASE! LEAVE ME ALONE, that I may take a little comfort, BEFORE I GO TO THE PLACE FROM WHICH I SHALL NOT RETURN, TO THE LAND OF DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH

Psa 39:13, Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more.”

King David felt the same thing as Job, please leave me alone that I may die in peace! Complete desperation of Job, wanting to die!  BUT, HIS UNDERSTANDING IS WRONG IN LIGHT OF THE SCRIPTURES! FOR THE BELIEVER, DEATH HAS BEEN ABOLISHED BY THE LORD JESUS! LIFE DOESN’T END WHEN WE DIE HERE ON EARTH! IT’S JUST THE START!

2Ti 1:10, BUT HAS NOW BEEN REVEALED BY THE APPEARING OF OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, WHO HAS ABOLISHED DEATH AND BROUGHT LIFE AND IMMORTALITY TO LIGHT THROUGH THE GOSPEL, 

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Job 9, How do you answer GOD?

Job 9:1-2, Then Job answered and said: “TRULY I KNOW IT IS SO, BUT HOW CAN A MAN BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD?

Truly being righteous before GOD is impossible for man to ever achieve!

Psa 143:2 NLT, DON’T PUT YOUR SERVANT ON TRIAL, FOR NO ONE IS INNOCENT BEFORE YOU. 

Heb 10:14, FOR BY ONE OFFERING HE HAS PERFECTED FOREVER THOSE WHO ARE BEING SANCTIFIED. 

ONLY THROUGH FAITH IN OUR LORD JESUS DOES ONE FINDS RIGHTEOUSNESS BEFORE GOD! NOT OURS BUT HIS!

Job 9:7-8, HE COMMANDS THE SUN, AND IT DOES NOT RISE; HE SEALS OFF THE STARS; HE ALONE SPREADS OUT THE HEAVENS, AND TREADS ON THE WAVES OF THE SEA;

JOB KNOWS THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD; FOR ONLY GOD CAN WALK ON WATER!

Joh 6:19, So when they had rowed about three or four miles, THEY SAW JESUS WALKING ON THE SEA AND DRAWING NEAR THE BOAT; and they were afraid. 

Job 9:20,32, THOUGH I WERE RIGHTEOUS, MY OWN MOUTH WOULD CONDEMN ME; THOUGH I WERE BLAMELESS, IT WOULD PROVE ME PERVERSE…. “FOR HE IS NOT A MAN, AS I AM, THAT I MAY ANSWER HIM, AND THAT WE SHOULD GO TO COURT TOGETHER.

Job wants his day in court before GOD, but how do you answer GOD; how does one prove himself innocent before GOD? ALL WE CAN DO IS STAND IN HIS PRESENCE WEARING OUR FILTHY, SIN STAINED, CLOTHING! (Zec 3:3)

Job 9:33, NOR IS THERE ANY MEDIATOR BETWEEN US, WHO MAY LAY HIS HAND ON US BOTH.

Job is wrong here! For we do have a mediator between GOD and man, and HIS NAME IS JESUS, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD! PUT YOUR TRUST IN HIM FOR HE COVERED OUR SIN WITH HIS BLOOD! THANK YOU LORD!

1Ti 2:5-6, FOR THERE IS ONE GOD AND ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MEN, THE MAN CHRIST JESUS, WHO GAVE HIMSELF A RANSOM FOR ALL…