🏳️‍🌈✝️ God anoints those He calls to do His Good Work

Anointed to be like Jesus 

Rainbow Pastor David

11/25/2017

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"To preach deliverance to the captives." Luke 4:18

Did you ever have one of those bracelets, rings or bumper stickers on your care with the letters WWJD? Everyone in the "CHRISTIAN WORLD" knew those letters to be short for "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO", reminding them to live their lives every day like Jesus would. Gay Christian Recording Artist Ray Boltz asks us to look beyond "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO" and ask ourselves "WHO WOULD JESUS LOVE". Puts a totally different spin on WWJD making us look at from a deeper spiritual view. Too many people in the EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN WORLD have actually lost site of JESUS ACTUALLY LOVED, even what JESUS did for that matter. Listen to the song as you continue reading and ask yourself are you truly doing what JESUS wants you to do and are you loving like JESUS loved?

 

 RAY BOLTZ

None but Jesus can give deliverance to captives. Real liberty comes from Christ alone.  It is a liberty righteously bestowed; for the Son, who is Heir of all things, has a right to make men free.

The saints honour the justice of God, which now secures their salvation. It is a liberty which has been dearly purchased. Christ speaks it by his power, but he bought it by His blood. He makes you free, but it is by His own bonds.

You are set free, because he bare your burden for you: you are set at liberty, because He has suffered in your place. But, though dearly purchased, He freely gives it.

Jesus asks nothing of us as a preparation for this liberty. He finds us sitting in sackcloth and ashes like the king of Nineveh {Jonah 3:6}, and bids us put on the beautiful array of freedom; He saves us just as we are, and all without our help or merit {Philippians 3:9, Titus 3:5}. 

When Jesus sets free, the liberty is perpetually entailed; no chains can bind again.

Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, everyone who practices sin habitually is a slave of sin.  Now the slave does not remain in a household forever; the son [of the master] does remain forever.  So if the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably free.  John 8:34-36

Let the Master say to me, "Captive, I have delivered thee," and it is done forever. Satan may plot to enslave us, but if the Lord be on our side, whom shall we fear? Psalm 27:1 

The world, with its temptations, may seek to ensnare us, but mightier is he who is for us than all they who be against us. 

 Little children (believers, dear ones), you are of God and you belong to Him and have [already] overcome them [the agents of the antichrist]; because He who is in you is greater than he (Satan) who is in the world [of sinful mankind]. 1 John 4:4 

The machinations of our own deceitful hearts may harass and annoy us, but he who hath begun the good work in us will carry it on and perfect it to the end. Philippians 1:6

The foes of God and the enemies of man may gather their hosts together, and come with concentrated fury against us, but if God acquitteth, who is he that condemneth? Not more free is the eagle which mounts to his rocky eyrie, and afterwards out soars the clouds, than the soul which Christ hath delivered. If we are no more under the law, but free from its curse, let our liberty be practically exhibited in our serving God with gratitude and delight. "I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds." "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" Psalms 116:16

As men and women of God we should be asking ourselves everyday if we are walking in the right attitude like Jesus. I see and hear too many "Evangelical" Christians quoting and misquoting the Word of God all the time. It is up to each of us to -

"Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15

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 I am going to share with you a little snippet from Where True Love Is by Suzaane DeWitt Hall 
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Let me give you the examples of what Jesus did from the awesome new book "Where True Love Is".

Because here's what Jesus did:

• He stopped injustice to the marginalized.
• He HEALED.
• He taught gently, through stories and parables.
• He broke down barriers between those of opposing social positions, cultures and ideals.
• He excoriated two groups only: the money changers who EXTORTED the faithful, and the scribes and Pharisees who TWISTED God's instructions and kept people from the LOVE of GOD.
• He died rather than fight.
• He beseeched God for oneness among His followers. 

What HE DIDN'T do was USE scripture as a CUDGEL; rather, He PROCLAIMED woe to those who did.

As you ponder what you need to do in order to love like Jesus, let me admonish you to declare the name of Jesus like David did against Goliath.

Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted. 1 Samuel 17:45

Have a blessed weekend,

Rainbow Pastor David