"All of My Help Comes From the Lord"

Psalm 121

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

 

There were pilgrims that would journey to Jerusalem for Festivals. They may have song or prayed this while on this pilgrimage seeking and Trusting God’s protection and Strength. On the way to Zion, they could face many dangers seen and unseen, weather conditions or Elements, someone could possibly slip and hurt themselves, there were the dangers of robbers and other things to be concern about on their way.

 

This psalm can also be applied to us as Christians in our Pilgrimage through this life. This Journey began or begins when you Receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior by Grace through Faith obey John 3:5 and Acts 2:38.

 

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For those who are not Saved, not Born Again etc…

 

Jesus Said: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30)

 

You may be burden down, dead in trespasses and sins. Sinners are unable to keep the Law of God. The Law of God is Good and Perfect but we are sinful. People are so burdened because they had failed over and over again to keep the Law, they are guilty. We must give Jesus the full weight of all our sin; we give Him our complete and utter inability to obey God. Do you want Peace, Rest, Joy, True Love etc…?

 

The Law came by Moses but Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ

 

Jesus Christ the Son of God (God manifested in Flesh) the Lamb of God, Shed his blood, Died on the Cross for our Sins and the Sin of the World, He was Buried and Resurrected from the Dead the Third Day for our Justification. (cf. Matthew 26:28; John1:29; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Romans 4:25). (Jesus Christ deemed defeated our greatest enemies: Sin, Death and the Devil). At the Cross, God’s Love and Judgement was satisfied.

 

Sinners need to be saved, to be born again of water and the Spirit (cf. John 3:3-5). They must believe and have Faith in Jesus in what he done (His Death, Burial and Resurrection), receive Jesus the Christ as their Lord and Savior, by Grace through Faith: REPENT, get Water Baptized (immersion) in the name of Jesus Christ (invoked) for the remission of sins and receive the Holy Ghost - Speaking in Tongues as the Spirit gives the Utterance (cf. John 3:16; John 1:12; Ephesians 2:8; Acts 2:4; Acts 2:38; Acts 10:45-46a and others).

 

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Sometimes when we don't have the strength to fight, God will fight for us. We are not in this alone. Jesus Loves His Sheep. The main thing is to Trust God and not ourselves, something or someone else. All of my Help comes from the Lord. I will lift up eyes unto the hills from which cometh my help, my help cometh from the Lord that made heaven and the earth. He will keep us.

 

 

“One of the greatest challenges is to live the Christian life, not in one's own strength but in the power that God provides (John 15:5).” - By Steven J. Lawson

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

 

We have: Prayer, Praise and Worship unto God, God’s Word and the Holy Ghost- the Spirit of Jesus to help us. (we should have a Prayer Life or a Life of Prayer).

 

That is why it should not be, “I will”, But “I Yield or Submit”, to the Leading of the Spirit of God in Jesus name.

 

 

[ whatever we need Physically, Spiritually, Emotionally and Financially God is our help.]

 

 

My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in Glory by Christ Jesus. (ref. Phil.4:19).

 

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6).

 

And he (Jesus) spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; (Luke 18:1)

 

Pray without ceasing (1 Thess. 5:17).

 

– Depend and lean on God, Don’t give up or quit. Trust God our Lord Jesus. –

 

Be careful(worried) for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7).

 

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. – Isaiah 54:17.

"The Jewish foundation of the Christian Faith"

"The Shema" in which it states:

 

Deuteronomy 6:4-9. Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. (The Shema also includes Deuteronomy 11:13-21; Numbers 15:37-41).

Restated in:

 

Mark 12:29-34 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

Also alluded to by Paul:

 

in 1 Corinthians 8:6. But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

 

 

There is One Supernatural Divine Supreme Being (Person)- God who is the Father (Eternal), the Son (External) and the Holy Ghost (Internal). “Not” Three Co-Equal Persons but Three Dimensions, Realms or Manifestations of One God and Jesus Christ is the One.

 

 

Israel’s God came in, through and as Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the Almighty One True God, he is the Son of God, the Son of Man etc.….

 

 

The Gospel (Good News) of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God.

 

First the Bad News: “ALL” have SINNED and come short of the Glory of God. The wages of Sin is Death (total separation from God forever, torment and suffering in the Lake of Fire Hell – for eternity).

 

The First Sin was by Lucifer (Pride) in Heaven. The First Sin by Adam and Eve (pride and disobedience) in Earth.

“Sin” came in through Adam and Eve: it was rebellion, pride and disobedience. Sin caused death in Relationship and Fellowship with God, the Entire Creation Fell.

 

“BUT”

 

Good News (the Gospel): the “GIFT” of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord. “GRACE”.

 

“Redemption” [God made a promise in the form of a curse on the Serpent, the seed of a Woman would crush his head and in doing so, he would crush his heel. This is promise of a Savior and a Redeemer, that would be for God’s image bearers- Humans and the entire creation. This seed promise was heightened in the promise and covenant to Abraham, that in his seed all the nations of the earth would be blessed,

 

“The Gospel” was preached to Abraham?”

 

[The Gospel God Preached to Abraham in the beginning (This is “the End” of the Gospel). God told the End (the Goal) in the Beginning, That All Nations of the Earth would be blessed in Abraham’s Seed (which is Jesus Christ).]

 

And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. (Genesis 22:18)

 

Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. (Acts 3:25).

 

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. (Galatians 3:8).

 

 

The promise seed came down through Isaac, Jacob, Judah, King David. Jesus Christ the seed(son) of the Woman, the seed (son) of Abraham, the son of David, the Son of Man, the Son of God (God manifested in Flesh) the Lamb of God, Shed his blood, Died on the Cross for our Sins and the Sin of the World, He was Buried and Resurrected from the Dead the Third Day for our Justification (cf. Matthew 26:28; John1:29; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Romans 4:25). (Jesus Christ deemed defeated our greatest enemies: Sin, Death and the Devil). At the Cross, God’s Love and Judgement was satisfied.

Paul said the Gospel is the death, burial and resurrection of Christ (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4). The Death, Burial and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ (This is “the Provision” of the Gospel).

 

 

Sinners need to be saved, to be born again of water and the Spirit (cf. John3:3-5). they must believe and have Faith in Jesus in what he done, receive him as their Lord and Savior, by Grace through Faith: Repent, get water baptized (immersion) in the name of Jesus Christ (invoked) for the remission of sins and receive the Holy Ghost - speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives the Utterance (cf. John 3:16; John 1:12; Ephesians 2:8; Acts 2:4; Acts 2:38; Acts 10:45-46a and others). To be Disciples of Jesus Christ walk in Holiness, the Truth, Love and Faith.

 

Acts 2:38 Peter on the day of Pentecost said: Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (This is “the Application” of the Gospel).

 

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Acts 2:39 (above)

 

That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Galatians 3:14

 

And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:29

[Some Material Influenced by teachings of Bishop Chester M. Wright and Elder Johnny James]

God's Kingdom and Glorious Future - Isaiah 35:1-10

The Enemy wants to destroy the Evidence

Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. 10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; 11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. (John 12:9-11).

 

In Chapter 11 Lazarus became sick and died. Jesus who is the Resurrection and Life, raised Lazarus from the Dead after he had been dead for 4 days and stinking. (Ref. Read John chapter 11:1-45).

 

There are two types of people: they who receive and believe on Jesus or those who don’t and reject him.

 

Nothing so enrages the adversaries of Jesus Christ as the enlargement of his kingdom and the sight of the number of believers daily increasing. This provokes the devil’s wrath, and demons rage.

 

The enemy wants to demolish the initial evidence of speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. If People don’t receive the Holy Ghost they don’t have any power to be witnesses of Jesus Christ. This power is not only to proclaim with our mouths the Gospel of Jesus Christ and his Kingdom but also the power to Worship God in your lifestyle in the beauty of holiness. After the initial evidence, there is a second evidence that follows, the fruit of the Spirit, the second validates the first but the first is to be expected by Grace through faith according to the Scriptures.

 

Three scriptures that seem to validate the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.

 

Acts 2:4- And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with tongues as the Spirit gives the utterance.

 

Acts 10:45-46 (And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

 

Paul in Acts 19:5-6 (When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

 

This fourth one just let us know that those who believe speak with new tongues.

 

Mark 16 and these signs shall follow them that believe in my name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues. Jesus said those that believe will speak with new tongues.

 

As Christians, we are to be lights of the world and the salt of the earth. The enemy; the devil will do everything he can to keep us from bringing glory to Jesus Christ. We need to impact our communities, jobs, families for the Kingdom of God, where people can see our good works and glorify our Father which is in heaven.

 

The devil wants to destroy the evidence or the testimony of the Work of Jesus Christ in our life through sin (lying, gossip, anger, cussing, pornography, drunkenness and others) fulfilling the lust of the flesh, eyes etc. Therefore, by Grace through Faith we need to Confess and Repent quickly as possible, and receive God’s forgiveness,  get back on the paths of Holiness so we don’t let the enemies cause us to hinder someone from Seeing Jesus Christ through us.

 

We should not give place to the devil. Don’t let him get a foothold or stronghold in your mind, or your attitude. Attitude is very, very important.

 

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. (Rev. 12:11).

 

They trusted and had Faith in Jesus Christ's blood that was shed for the forgiveness of sin and to reconcile us unto God in salvation. Therefore, the accuser of the brethren-the devil have nothing to stand on against them or us, when the Blood of Jesus is applied. It is because of what Jesus done, they have a testimony. He delivered us from the bondage and penalty of sin, by Grace through Faith: we repented Got water baptized in the name of Jesus Christ and filled with the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives the utterance. We were born again to see and enter the Kingdom of God.

 

(Notice in John 12:42-43: Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.) (Compare these believers and the Christians in Rev. 12:11).

 

The ones in Rev. 12:11. They were faithful and devoted to Jesus Christ even in a world engulfed by demons they were faithful no matter what was going on around them, no matter how consumed the world was with the lust of the eye, the flesh and the pride of life. No matter how others was caught up in the flesh, the devil and the world by the Grace of God they stayed faithful to God. When they sinned, they did not waddle in it but confessed and repented and got up by the power of the Holy Ghost in the name of Jesus Christ. He that endureth to the end shall be saved we are overcomers; we are more than conquerors through God that loves us.

 

He took some of us out of the pimp house to the church house. He took us out of the gutter most and took us to the utter most. He took us out of loss and dead situations. We were hopeless, down in the dumps, low as low could be. Like Lazarus he was dead and began to stink. We were so filthy and dead in trespasses and sins and unclean and unattractive to many according to society’s standards. “But” God who was rich in mercy quicken us alive when we were born again.

 

The resurrection and life raised him (Lazarus) from that hopeless place, told them to loose him and let him go. Jesus said Lazarus come forth. Notice In John chapter 12 verse 2 we see Lazarus siting at the table with Jesus. My God! before he was in a tomb and now, he eating at the table with the King. He was numbered with the dead and lifeless but now he is sitting with the eternal life- Jesus.

 

Now we are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. We are heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ Jesus. To the praise of the glory of His Grace wherein he made us accepted in the Beloved. We are adopted into the family of God. We are sons of God in Christ Jesus. Thank You, Lord. Kingdom Christians, we are not ashamed to let the world know and we declare War against the enemy by the Holy Ghost, the Word of God, Prayer, Praise and Worship unto God in the name of Jesus Christ.

The Kingdom of God

“The Kingdom of God is basically the rule of God. It is God’s reign, the divine sovereignty in action. God’s reign, however, is manifested in several realms, and the Gospels speak of entering into the Kingdom of God both today and tomorrow. God’s reign manifests itself both in the future and in the present and thereby creates both a future realm and a present realm in which men may experience the blessings of His reign. The Kingdom of God is, then, the realization of God’s will and the enjoyment of the accompanying blessings. However, it is a clear teaching of the New Testament that God’s will is not to be perfectly realized in this age. Central in Biblical Theology is the doctrine of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.” – Dr. George E. Ladd

 

You must be born again to see and enter the Kingdom of God (ref. John 3:3-5). A sinner must believe that Jesus Christ the Son of God (God manifested in the Flesh- an Authentic Man without sin), the Lamb of God shed his blood died on the Cross for our Sins and the Sin of the World, was Buried and Resurrected from the Dead the Third day for our justification. Then they are to Receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior by Grace through Faith: Repent, get water baptized (immersion) in the name of Jesus Christ  (invoked) for the remission of sins and receive the Holy Ghost with the initial sign of Speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives the Utterance. Then live a Live full of and led by the Holy Ghost and the Word of God – the Bible. (Ref. Read 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Ephesians 2:8; Acts 2:38-39; Acts 10:45-46a and others)

 

For the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. (Ref. Romans 14:17)

 

Kingdom Christians we are to implement the Kingdom of God in everyday life, we are to bear forth the Fruits of the Kingdom of God and the Fruit of the Spirit (cf. Matthew 21:43 - Jesus speaking to the religious leaders of Israel; Gal. 5:22-24). This is only done through abiding in Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ abiding in us. This is to abide in His words and His words abide in us- {I believe this is by way of the Holy Ghost, the Word of God- the Bible, Praise, Worship, Prayer and Fellowship with other Kingdom Christians}.

 

Kingdom Christians: We are to submit to God's glory reflecting in us, through us and out from us to the world liked angled mirrors. We are God's image bearers. We are by Grace through Faith via the Holy Ghost in the name of our Lord, Savior and King Jesus Christ reflect out to the world: Love, the Truth, Justice, Forgiveness, Holiness, Righteousness, Faith in God, Creativity and the Glory and Praises back unto God.