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From: "James MacDonald" <webmaster@walkintheword.com>

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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:09:44 -0400

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Subject: The True One

The True One "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.' " - Revelation 3:7-8 Jesus began His letter to the church in Philadelphia with three points of self-introduction: "the holy one, the true one, [and the one] who has the key of David." In a world filled with liars, what a refuge we find in Him! Everything that He says is true. How do we know when Satan is lying? Whenever he moves his lips. How do we know when Jesus is telling the truth? Truth is all He is (see John 14:6). He cannot lie. Satan, on the other hand, is "a liar and the father of lies" (John 8:44). What a comfort to know that Jesus is "the holy one, the true one." Let's take a "grammar pause." What do you call the type of adjective spelled t-h-e? Right, the is a definite article. If you said that Jesus is a holy one or a true one - yes, there could be a lot of those. But by using the definite article - He is the holy one, the true one - Revelation 3:7 is saying something clear, specific, undisputed, and singular. There is only one Being in that category. Calling Christ "the holy one, the true one," is an awesome claim. No wonder we love Him. No wonder we adore Him. No wonder we sit on the edge of our seats to hear what He has to say. He is unlike anyone else. His words are so true! So reliable! So on target all the time. Let's take a brief look at the third claim from Jesus in Revelation 3:7: "who has the key of David." Apparently there was a steward in the king's court who kind of ran the operations, the finances, the facilities, and all of that. The steward, according to Isaiah 22:22, wore the key on his shoulder. Both literally and figuratively, this key meant access to the king. The "key of David" refers to access to the King of kings. This third claim is a picture. Who has the key to the King? Jesus Christ has the key. Jesus Christ controls access to God the Father. He is totally in charge of it. That's why He went on to say, "who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens." Jesus is not only the door; He is the key that grants us access to eternal life! WALKINTHEWORD.COM WEEKLY WALK ARCHIVES

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I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my day.
I bid farewell to old Kentucky
The place where I was born and raised.
(The place where he was born and raised)

For six long years I've been in trouble
No pleasures here on earth I found
For in this world I'm bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now.

[chorus] He has no friends to help him now

It's fare thee well my old lover
I never expect to see you again
For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad
Perhaps I'll die upon this train.

[chorus] Perhaps he'll die upon this train.

You can bury me in some deep valley
For many years where I may lay
Then you may learn to love another
While I am sleeping in my grave.

[chorus] While he is sleeping in his grave.

Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
My face you'll never see no more.
But there is one promise that is given
I'll meet you on God's golden shore.

[chorus] He'll meet you on God's golden shore.


I am a Man of Constant sorrow

HOSANNA

I see the king of glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes
The whole earth shakes

Yeeeah

I see his love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing
The people sing

[Chorus]
Hosanna
Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest [x2]

I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith

I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We're on our knees
We're on our knees

[Chorus]

Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like you have loved me

Break my heart from what breaks yours
Everything I am for your kingdoms cause
As I go from nothing to
Eternity

[Chorus x2]

Hosanna in the highest



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From: "James MacDonald" <webmaster@walkintheword.com>

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 08:10:52 -0400

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Subject: What Kind of Church Am I?

What Kind of Church Am I? "But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent." - Revelation 1:12-14 What do you think Jesus Christ thinks of your church? You are probably thinking, "Well, I really like my church." Trust me on this: His standards are a little higher than ours. But you do want your church to be pleasing to the Lord, don't you? That's so much the focus of my passion when it comes to the church I pastor. But, of course we come quickly to the understanding that we can't easily change our church. We can't fix the things that we wish were different. The main thing you and I can focus on is us. That's why we need to keep asking, What kind of church am I? What kind of church am I? That's something I can work on. What if everyone prayed like me? What if everyone gave or served like me? What if everyone spoke like me? Would a congregation full of people just like me be everything God wants the church to be? What kind of church am I? Paul describes each of us in 1 Corinthians 6:19 as "a temple of the Holy Spirit," so the question is valid. The way Jesus talked to the church at Ephesus in Revelation 2 gives us two huge questions we can ask ourselves when we want to check what kind of church we are. The first question is, Am I fired up about the truth? That is how Jesus evaluates His church. Am I passionate about knowing and obeying the truth? The second question we must ask is, Have I fallen away from my first love? Christ holds this against us, not in terms of salvation, but in terms of our relationship with our Savior. Do you have a loveless orthodoxy? Do you believe right things but lack passion? Were there times when your life was more righteous. Were there times when your sacrifice for the kingdom of God was more obvious? Have you gotten too comfortable? Have you returned to selfish patterns? If so, now what should you do? The words remember, repent, and re-engage summarize Christ's instruction (see Revelation 2:5). Jesus' loving words to the Ephesian believers is His Word to each of us. WALKINTHEWORD.COM WEEKLY WALK ARCHIVES

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Discussion Question: Is eternal security Biblical?

When people come to know Christ as their Savior, they are brought into a relationship with God that guarantees their eternal security. Jude 24 declares, "To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy." God's power is able to keep the believer from falling. It is up to Him, not us, to present us before His glorious presence. Our eternal security is a result of God keeping us, not us maintaining our own salvation.

The Lord Jesus Christ proclaimed, "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand" (John 10:28-29b). Both Jesus and the Father have us firmly grasped in their hand. Who could possibly separate us from the grip of both the Father and the Son?

Ephesians 4:30 tells us that believers are "sealed for the day of redemption." If believers did not have eternal security, the sealing could not truly be unto the day of redemption, but only to the day of sinning, apostasy, or disbelief. John 3:15-16 tells us that whoever believes in Jesus Christ will "have eternal life." If a person were to be promised eternal life, but then have it taken away, it was never "eternal" to begin with. If eternal security is not true, the promises of eternal life in the Bible would be in error.

The most powerful argument for eternal security is Romans 8:38-39, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Our eternal security is based on God's love for those whom He has redeemed. Our eternal security is purchased by Christ, promised by the Father, and sealed by the Holy Spirit.

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From: "James MacDonald" <webmaster@walkintheword.com>

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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:06:25 -0400

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Subject: The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit "So when they had come together, they asked him, 'Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?' He said to them, 'It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.' " - Acts 1:6-8 Every good thing God wants to shower on your life comes through the instrumentality of the Holy Spirit. Everything. The fruit of the Spirit, understanding of God's Word, love of worship, strength in a trial, grace to forgive, compassion for the lost, comfort in heartache, boldness in witnessing, power in ministry; all of this is yours when you live the Christian life in the Spirit's power. And conversely, none of it is yours when you attempt to live the Christian life any other way. Without the Holy Spirit, God has made no other provision for you to live the Christian life. The Holy Spirit is the power. Galatians 2:20 says, "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me." There is no Christian life apart from Christ in you and Christ is only in you by His Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ told His disciples that "if I go, the Comforter will come, if I don't go, He's not coming. I have been with you," Jesus said in John 14:16, "but He will be in you." That's the promise of the Holy Spirit - not Jesus by your side talking to you, but His Holy Spirit in you, actually living out the Christian life through you. Yes, with our will we can respond obediently to what we know pleases God - like worshiping, and walking with, and working for Christ, but even in the middle of that, the power to live the Christian life is "Christ in you the hope of glory," as Colossians 1:27 says. That's why Jesus said to the disciples in Acts 1:8, "Just get in a room and wait for the Holy Spirit to come. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200." The disciples probably wanted to get a plan together for building the church. "Can't we work on the brochures?" But Jesus told them to wait for the Holy Spirit. He knew they didn't have the capacity to do anything in their own flesh/power. "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses for Me." "When you have the Holy Spirit you'll be able to do it all." The Christian life is yieldedness to the Spirit of Christ living His life in you. WALKINTHEWORD.COM WEEKLY WALK ARCHIVES

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