STUDIES FROM BRETHREN IN CHRIST

10/24/2021 ~ Mirror Mirror

🔮   MirrorAM1.mp3 (33m 29s)           MirrorAM2.mp3 (30m 51s)      Mirror.pptx Darkness has no reflection. Self-awareness is the bridge to identity. As in water face reflects face, So a man's heart reveals the man. ~ Proverbs 27:19 One cannot see self if busy blaming others for situations dealt. The bottom of a heart divulges the deepest of desires. For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. ~ 2nd Corinthians 4:6 All have been touched with life’s presence. Without knowledge of God, social wisdom evaporates, and the chaos of disharmony curses all. God has given us the light to see and it is an individual choice to follow Him or the whims of man. Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. ... ~ 2nd Corinthians 13:5 One could have a broken faith by not adhering to the principles which have been delivered by God. Rather people use humanistic unholy reasoning, excusing actions in self denial. We all have been afflicted and done wrong, however, this does change the order He calls out for under His creation. Concentration is often found difficult when purging the lower impulses of desire where lust has destroyed so many relationships of spirit. Trust is to lust as vinegar is to water. Spirit holds a depth unequaled. ... Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? ... ~ Romans 6:1-4 To begin true life is to arrive at His Grace   Continue   in sin?                     G   r a c e                 Walk in   Newness of Life                      Baptized into Christ Jesus                      ⭝       Die to sin I n t o H i s D e a t h       ⭜ Raised from the dead ⮍ Buried with Him through Baptism Baptism unites us in His sacrifice of life, to shield us from the wrath that is to come upon all sin. Knowledge of His forgiveness lifts a spirit closer to knowing God and His desire for us to walk in the goodness of life. "... Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, ..." ~ Luke 21:34-36 Endurance is a matter of living, and though all carry the weights of breathing, in the flesh, if one surrenders willingly to wickedness, the spiritual shield one needs for God's salvation plan is dropped, and one will bear alone what is unbearable; eternal death. ... to us shame of face, as it is this day-to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness ... ~ Daniel 9:7 To realize the shame of sin frees a soul from the guilty verdict, to a stance of regret, where repentance turns a contrite heart back to God, and the true purpose of living flourishes. "O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You." ~ Daniel 9:8 Sin is a shadow land event. Truth shines in the light, so often covered by the darkness, where soul’s choose to scheme upon each other. It is a devourous world where evil has nothing tender, and greed’s lust tramples the innocence of our child's heart. They do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness; Now their own deeds have surrounded them; They are before My face. ~ Hosea 7:2 All is naked before God, and if we neglect to keep this knowledge Holy, the avalanche of evil comes upon a people, resulting with the tragic despair of hopelessness. What we ask for either defiles us or cleanses us. True purpose can not be achieved without free dreams in God’s own light. ... now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. ~ 1st Corinthians 13:11-12 To take notice of the self, and mistakes of love and hate, in pursuit of truth, reveals the sigh of a mature soul. "But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, ..." ~ Luke 15:17-19 Coming to yourself is that epiphany moment where God is God, and we are all but mere men. Arrogance has always dug holes where emptiness fills what is left over. ... put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, ... ~ Ephesians 4:21-24 Growth is part of livings continual rise to see   If taught truth by Jesus:          ⮡  Put off your former conduct                              ↓              The old corrupt man                          ⭩    ⭨   Be renewed in the spirit of your mind            ⮡  Put on the new man                 ⮡  Created according to God                      ☆ in true righteousness                               😇 and holiness Coming to the word of God comes with blessings untold where truth unlocks a heart. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. ~ 1st Corinthians 15:48-49 Marvelous is His truth where souls become the song of life rising from the dust. "Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God." ~ Matthew 5:8 Undeniable is the peace love holds in an unbroken heart believing in the promise of His stars ascending. ... when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. ~ 1st John 3:2-3 Hope is something seen ahead where the past has been left behind. True value is found in what one does today for tomorrow. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. ~ Romans 8:18 Vision has no expression to paint the love waiting for those faithful hearts hoping in His spoken truths. ... if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. ... ~ James 1:22-25 One must see His truth as a special revelation calling a soul to action in the presence of God Himself. ... we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image ... ~ 2nd Corinthians 3:17-18 Freedom is a gift of God to be recreated in His image. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, ... ~ Romans 12:2 Heavenly truths do just that, transform us into creatures of God thankful for His offering of eternal life. As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness. ~ Psalms 17:15 To be a child of God has no greater value. Coming honestly to God reveals the true self ● The heart of one reveals the person ● Test: One must know Christ is in you or disqualified ● Baptized in Christ we should walk in newness of life ● Pray to be counted worthy at His appearing ● Shame on all the faces of unfaithfulness ● All the wickedness man is before the face of God ● To see clearly one sees self for as one is ● Coming to yourself is an act of humbling truth ● Put off the old man and put on the new man ● Sufferings now cannot compare to glory ahead ● Forgetting God’s word only deceives awareness ● Seeing God’s glory transforms us into His image ● Be transformed by the renewing of your mind Deep self-reflection brings a heart back to God. Darkness has nothing that comes after.