Holiness – My Beloved is Mine https://mybelovedismine.org Conquering Love Mon, 31 Mar 2025 01:21:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/mybelovedismine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Lamb-icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Holiness – My Beloved is Mine https://mybelovedismine.org 32 32 197569710 Come with me on an adventure https://mybelovedismine.org/come-with-me-on-an-adventure/ https://mybelovedismine.org/come-with-me-on-an-adventure/#respond Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:32:00 +0000 https://mybelovedismine.org/?p=1500 Legalism demands perfection from others. The Gospel enjoys calling others to delight with them in the holy that we experience in our journey toward God.

]]> https://mybelovedismine.org/come-with-me-on-an-adventure/feed/ 0 1500 Shades of grey https://mybelovedismine.org/shades-of-grey/ https://mybelovedismine.org/shades-of-grey/#respond Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:25:00 +0000 https://mybelovedismine.org/?p=1009 You say that you see things in shades of grey and not in black and whites . . . you have missed the point.

Well, the Kingdom of God is in vivid colors. . .

It is other. It is Holy. It is commanding. It causes you to tremble and engages the whole of who you are. It cuts soul and spirit and discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

And the Door of the Kingdom is open to those who surrender and come through faith in the worth and work of Jesus Christ.

]]> https://mybelovedismine.org/shades-of-grey/feed/ 0 1009 Polarizing views and the other https://mybelovedismine.org/polarizing-views-and-the-other/ https://mybelovedismine.org/polarizing-views-and-the-other/#respond Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:09:00 +0000 https://mybelovedismine.org/?p=1003 When it comes to theological conflicts, so many people can only see a jilted perspective on the issue. They become reactionary and polarized and full of false assumptions, even if they are right on a point. The actual truth is that truth is something totally “other”, then the jilted perspectives often presented. God’s view on this issue is “holy”. The Bible fights against the polarization of point of views and the assumptions that so many make, presents something so much more. It is our holding on to our assumptions and “our side” which are often distorted that makes the scripture unclear. And it is letting go of “our side” of the issue, and then coming humbly face to face with His heart that we find that He has for us more than we can imagine that we understand. And as a father teaches his child, He teaches us His ways. We can know what is true and what is sound theology if we are willing to lose our selves and listen to the one who is sovereign over it.

Thus says the Lord:
“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
and what is the place of my rest?
All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.

]]> https://mybelovedismine.org/polarizing-views-and-the-other/feed/ 0 1003 The Gospel is for the believer – Part 10 https://mybelovedismine.org/the-gospel-is-for-the-believer-10/ https://mybelovedismine.org/the-gospel-is-for-the-believer-10/#respond Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:50:00 +0000 https://mybelovedismine.org/?p=914 To Him alone be the glory

And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, ” Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.” – Revelation 4:9-11

This is a beautiful picture. The scripture talks about us being given crowns. Here we see the twenty-four elders casting their crowns before the throne and saying, “Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.” They cast their crowns before the Lord, because only He gets the glory. They understand what 1 Corinthians 1:30-31 says, “But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, so that, just as it is written, ‘LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD.’” Don’t miss this, they cast their crowns because they know those crowns are the work of Christ and He alone gets the glory for them. But Christ has also given them the crowns and Christ declares them to be kings and priest and this is very real as well. By His grace and by His word, this who they are. Those crowns are not just for show, they are real, and they really belong to the twenty-four elders.

When the day comes, and I am before the throne, I will be overwhelmed by how God has lavished His love on me. I will be clothed with the righteousness and honor of Christ. I will fall down before the throne and cry out, “Oh God you have lavished your love on us. How can I deserve all this, What have I done to deserve even the smallest of your favors? There is nothing good that I can bring to you. Oh to you be the glory, and honor, and power!” And He will say, “My beloved, my good and faithful servant, the one in whom I delight. You have been faithful. . .. This is yours.” How great is our God!

Additional readings:

And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary. The LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and standing before the angel. He spoke and said to those who were standing before him, saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him ” Again he said to him, “See, I have taken your iniquity away from you and will clothe you with festal robes.” – Zechariah 3:1-4

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