Can two walk as one, has been my theme and looks like it will continue to be so. Today I will be looking at GOD's knowledge on His called out ones, you know those who walk as being One with Him as in the beginning. These people by no means stand out in the crowd in fact they for the most part are not even known to any one. They do all things with the LORD and GOD the Father of spirits blessings in righteousness. They are the true anointed ones who live with transparence on earth because they do nothing to draw attention to themselves. They pray is the LORD directs and their results are known by all because they with the LORD intercede for mankind against the works of darkness and its accompanying evils. Now for Pastor Hoekstra and his teaching on Grace and Moses the man of GOD of renown. Then making use of the ESV translation and with the LORD's help and directions I will look at GOD's knowledge of His Saints.
"Moses' Parents Acting Courageously, by Faith"
"By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's command." (Hebrews 11:23)
"Our present study reveals another strategic illustration of the extensive consequences of walking by faith. Fear is one of the major threats to living as GOD intends. Faith in GOD brings the courage that is needed to overcome fear. Moses' parents are outstanding examples of acting courageously, by faith.
Moses' parents ("Amram . . . Jochebed" — Exodus 6:20) faced a dreadful dilemma. Jochebed had just given birth to Moses. Pharoah, who was fearful of the rapidly growing slave population, had previously ordered the death of all male Jewish newborns. "The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives . . . and he said, 'When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live' " (Exodus 1:15-16). However, the midwives had faith in the LORD and spared the male babies at birth. "The midwives feared GOD, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive" (Exodus 1:17). Proving that the Spirit of GOD was both among them and in them as an active being.
Moses' parents had a similar, courageous faith in GOD. "By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents . . . and they were not afraid of the king's command." Nevertheless, their baby was still in danger, since Pharoah had also commanded all the Egyptians to destroy any male babies that they might discover. "Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, 'Every son who is born you shall cast into the river' " (Exodus 1:22). When they could no longer effectively hide Moses, Jochebed put him in a simple ark in a place where he might be rescued. "When she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank" (Exodus 2:3). GOD honored the faith of these courageous parents, allowing the Pharoah's daughter to discover Moses' floating basket and to respond with mercy. "And when she had opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him" (Exodus 2:6).
Moses' parents courageously risked their lives in order to do that which would be pleasing to GOD. Their action was based upon their faith in GOD. Whenever necessary, we too can act courageously, if we rely upon our great GOD. "In GOD I have put my trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?" (Psalm 56:11).
GOD's Knowledge of the Saint's, saint's are known,
In Times of Trouble,
Nahum 1:2-8 "The LORD is a jealous and avenging GOD; the LORD is avenging and wrathful; the LORD takes vengeance on His adversaries and keeps wrath for His enemies. The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet. He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; He dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither; the bloom of Lebanon withers. The mountains quake before Him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before Him, the world and all who dwell in it. Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the heat of His anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken into pieces by Him. The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows those who take refuge in Him. But with an overflowing flood He will make a complete end of the adversaries, and will pursue His enemies into darkness."
At every day Tasks,
John 1:43-51 "The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow Me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of Whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!" Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of GOD! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these." And He said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of GOD ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
Their Individual Names,
John 10:1-10 (Jesus is speaking) "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear His voice, and He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When He has brought out all His own, He goes before them, and the sheep follow Him, for they know His voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what He was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."
Intimate Acquaintanceship,
John 10:11-18 (Jesus is speaking) "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep (this restricts to a few those who are called out from among them, these He owns, they walk as One). He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know My own and My own know Me, just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from Me, I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father."
True Love Recognized,
1Corithians 8:1-3 and Galatians 4:8-11 "Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." This "knowledge" puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves GOD, he is known by GOD."
Galatians 4:8-11 "Formerly, when you did not know GOD, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know GOD, or rather to be known by GOD, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? You observe days and months and seasons and years! I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain."
The Sure Foundation of Christian Hope,
2Timothy 2:14-19 "Remind them of these things, and charge them before GOD not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. Do your best to present yourself to GOD as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, and their talk [false words] will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some. For GOD's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The LORD knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."
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