Gospilled Minute #132
I love the LORD and have been calling upon His Name for nearly 32 years because He heard me when I cried out to Him as a young 18-year-old man, weighed down by the sorrows and troubles of the world. At the time, much of the pain of hell I experienced was self-inflicted, but the LORD delivered my soul nonetheless. Therefore, by His grace, I will continue to call upon Him for the remainder of my days.
Psalms 116:1 KJV I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
Psalms 116:2 KJV Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Psalms 116:3 KJV The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 116:4 KJV Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Psalms 116:5 KJV Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
Psalms 116:6 KJV The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
Talk before the LORD is meaningless without the walk.
Psalms 116:9 KJV I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
No one drinks from the cup of salvation without calling upon the Name of the LORD.
Psalms 116:13 KJV I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
Romans 10:13 KJV For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
I am a servant and soldier of Christ, now and forever.
Psalms 116:14 KJV I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
Psalms 116:16 KJV O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
Death is but a bridge to God.
Psalms 116:15 KJV Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
O Christian, consider where such courts abide.
Psalms 116:19 KJV In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Galatians 4:26 KJV But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
The covenant of salvation in Christ is an eternal vow. If people take this vow seriously, they will also take their other vows seriously, including their marriage vows.
Psalms 116:18 KJV I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
The words of the preacher are often dismissed as ignorant and judgmental, until the hurt and damage come. Personally, I prefer smooth and peaceful sailing whenever possible.
Acts 27:9 KJV Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,
Acts 27:10 KJV And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
Acts 27:11 KJV Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
The sailors learned the purpose of their pain.
Acts 27:21 KJV But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
Acts 27:22 KJV And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
Acts 27:23 KJV For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
Acts 27:24 KJV Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
Acts 27:25 KJV Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
The ship, my friends, is Jesus Christ.
Acts 27:31 KJV Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
How do you know who the people of God are? Jesus Christ walks among them and leads them.
Leviticus 26:11 KJV And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
Leviticus 26:12 KJV And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Too many Christians ignore the "Israel," who are not God's people, while the Word of God does not.
Leviticus 26:14 KJV But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
Leviticus 26:15 KJV And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
Leviticus 26:16 KJV I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Leviticus 26:17 KJV And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
Leviticus 26:18 KJV And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
Leviticus 26:19 KJV And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
Leviticus 26:20 KJV And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
Leviticus 26:21 KJV And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
Leviticus 26:22 KJV I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
Leviticus 26:23 KJV And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
Leviticus 26:24 KJV Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:25 KJV And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Leviticus 26:26 KJV And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
Leviticus 26:27 KJV And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
Leviticus 26:28 KJV Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:29 KJV And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Leviticus 26:30 KJV And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
Leviticus 26:31 KJV And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
Leviticus 26:32 KJV And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
Leviticus 26:33 KJV And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
Leviticus 26:34 KJV Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
Leviticus 26:35 KJV As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
Leviticus 26:36 KJV And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Leviticus 26:37 KJV And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
Leviticus 26:38 KJV And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
Leviticus 26:39 KJV And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
The everlasting covenant of forgiveness through Jesus Christ has always been conditioned on God's gift of faith, received with a humble heart, confession, and repentance. All other covenants, including the land, are conditioned upon this truth.
Leviticus 26:40 KJV If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
Leviticus 26:41 KJV And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
Leviticus 26:42 KJV Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
The watchman saw a lion that preceded the downfall of Babylon. I know of one lion that devours, one who is among the gods cast to the ground. I also know of the Lion who destroys Babylon and its gods. I believe this watchman saw Jesus Christ, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
Isaiah 21:6 KJV For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
Isaiah 21:8 KJV And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
Isaiah 21:9 KJV And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
Revelation 5:5 KJV And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Exodus 15:3 KJV The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
Father, may we be faithful to warn others about the Judgment to come. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
