King James Version
7 Ask,
and it shall be given you;
seek,
and ye shall find;
knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth;
and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
It may be soon, or it may take a while.
It may even take forever.
This thing about wanting to really know everything about the LORD.
Of wanting Him to be the CENTER of your LIFE.
Of wanting to know His TRUTH, for the world doesn't offer you any.
There are many confusing, contradictory, cacophonic voices in the world.
But with GOD, there is only steadiness.
And certainty.
You only need to look into the BIBLE, and you'll realize that.
Psalm 119:130
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130 The entrance of thy words giveth light;
it giveth understanding unto the simple.
You will know stories of His love, mercy, longsuffering, commands, and prophecies.
And you will know of man's short-term memory, and ungrateful heart, subject to the wind and whims of the world.
And your heart will go out to God, at how patient and loving He is.
Of how He never gives up on us, or on Israel, His chosen nation.
For, by this nation, all of us will know His GLORY.
As when Moses beseeched the LORD:
Exodus 33:18
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18 And he said,
I beseech thee,
shew me thy glory.
And GOD answered:
Exodus 33:19-20
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19 And he said,
I will make all my goodness pass before thee,
and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee;
and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious,
and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
20 And he said,
Thou canst not see my face:
for there shall no man see me,
and live.
But, through JESUS, we know GOD's GLORY.
We finally have an IMAGE of GOD.
2 Corinthians 4:6
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6 For God,
who commanded the light to shine out of darkness,
hath shined in our hearts,
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God
in the face of Jesus Christ.
The day you truly seek the LORD, setting aside things of the world, is the day the LORD will finally come upon you.
It's ALL or nothing, for God.
He is not a side show.
HE IS THE MAIN EVENT.
God is a jealous GOD, and hates idolatry.
When you really seek God, in all humility, and sincerity, you will SURELY drop all abominations unto GOD.
You will implore He helps you do so.
You will desire to be taught.
You will aspire to SERVE GOD alone.
To reach this stage in your life, you must truly be disillusioned with self, and the world.
You must be so sick of yourself, and your ways.
You will want to know TRUTH.
You will want to be taught THINGS of GOD.
You will want to know EVERYTHING about GOD.
You will want to live a CHRIST-filled existence.
You cannot stand your old ways anymore.
You cannot bear to be part of the world's ways.
You will want REAL CHANGE.
You only care to KNOW the ONE, TRUE GOD.
The GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
The FATHER that the LORD JESUS speaks of.
And prepare to be astounded when the FATHER sends His SON, and SPIRIT, to teach you.
Then all the days of your life, from thereon, will only be GOD.
Are you prepared to do so?
What other choice is there, but GOD?
What can fill your heart, but GOD?
It took me FIVE months of heart preparation, before the LORD made me born again in 6 September 2019.
It took another FOUR months of studying the Bible, before JESUS led me to focusing on His imminent RAPTURE.
It took these last 25 months, as born again, to EVENTUALLY be shown the CROSS I needed to carry, each day, if I was to be the LORD's disciple.
Luke 9:23
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23 And he said to them all,
If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself,
and take up his cross daily,
and follow me.
And that cross constantly sears my soul with pain, for the past 25 days.
I only manage to bear up, through JESUS, the WORD of GOD.
Philippians 4:13
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13 I can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me.
Let our hearts be truly for GOD.
For discipleship will test the MERITS of our SOUL.
You will know yourself if you want to go through the HOLY SPIRIT's FIRE, honing you in GOD's WORD.
Matthew 3:11
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11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance.
but he that cometh after me is mightier than I,
whose shoes I am not worthy to bear:
he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost,
and with fire:
For when you carry your cross, and receive honing from the SPIRIT, you can only call upon JESUS, for strength.
There is no other SOURCE of STRENGTH, PEACE, LOVE, JOY, COMFORT, COURAGE, and CLARITY.
You will need JESUS, every step of the way.
And you will carry that cross, as JESUS carried His.
Would you be ready for such a task?
To rend your heart, before GOD?
So He may have His way with your heart?
Are you prepared to do so?
Joel 2:13
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13 And rend your heart,
and not your garments,
and turn unto the Lord your God:
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger,
and of great kindness,
and repenteth him of the evil.
It takes REAL LOVE for JESUS, to do so.
It takes REAL DESIRE to want to know HIS TRUTH.
You will be shattered in so many pieces.
Your life, in this world, may seem to unravel.
From many things that will test your FAITH.
JESUS prayed for the SPIRIT of GOD, to perfect us.
That we may be WORTHY of GOD.
Colossians 1:10
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10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord
unto all pleasing,
being fruitful in every good work,
and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Thus, the BAPTISM of "FIRE".
John 16:8-11
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8 And when he is come,
he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness,
and of judgment:
9 Of sin,
because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness,
because I go to my Father,
and ye see me no more;
11 Of judgment,
because the prince of this world is judged.
Our old beliefs may be shattered.
Our lives may be shattered from pain.
But GOD holds the GLUE.
His SON holds everything up.
Our SALVATION lies in the LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Colossians 1:17
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17 And he is before all things,
and by him all things consist.
Hebrews 1:1-4
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1 God,
who at sundry times and in divers manners
spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son,
whom he hath appointed heir of all things,
by whom also he made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of his glory,
and the express image of his person,
and upholding all things by the word of his power,
when he had by himself purged our sins,
sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
4 Being made so much better than the angels,
as he hath by inheritance
obtained a more excellent name than they.
Colossians 1:12-20
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12 Giving thanks unto the Father,
which hath made us meet
to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,
and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In whom we have redemption through his blood,
even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created,
that are in heaven,
and that are in earth,
visible and invisible,
whether they be thrones,
or dominions,
or principalities,
or powers:
all things were created by him,
and for him:
17 And he is before all things,
and by him all things consist.
18 And he is the head of the body,
the church:
who is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead;
that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20 And,
having made peace through the blood of his cross,
by him to reconcile all things unto himself;
by him,
I say,
whether they be things in earth,
or things in heaven.
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