1 Corinthians 1:27-29 KJV
It's not the man; it's not the church; it's not the book; it's not the movie, its Jesus!
"no flesh should glory in His presence"
Who is being exalted?
Most of the men and women of God have no name. You've not heard of them. They have no mansions. They trust God to meet their needs.
“and things which are despised, hath God chosen”
“The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.” Matthew 22:2-10 KJV
The wedding feast is at hand and the hall is being filled with those found in the highways; the discarded, the dirty, the broken!
"no flesh should glory in His presence"
When you are the chief of sinners, and God reaches down, pulls you up out of the gutter, and cleans you up, then He and He alone gets the glory!
It wasn't a designated class, a self-help book, a group following a tried and true remedy, a special diet, a fad or fast, it was God and only God! The only thing we bring is submission of our will to His! It's about obedience to His Word! It's coming to the end of ourselves, having tried everything the world had to offer, failing, and then surrendering! I remember the day I said, "okay God I've messed up, such as it is, whatever is left of this misspent life, it's Yours!"
Total Surrender, there's no other way! Anything less is you; not Him!
If you do it, then you retain the glory! If the book did it, the diet, the doctor, the class, then that's what we brag on; we recommend; to which we give the glory!
When we surrender and submit, and without even asking we are changed/healed - He and He alone gets the glory!
Yesterday, a young woman gave her testimony of what God has done in her life/marriage since she surrendered. After service, a younger woman came up to me and said, "I too want to surrender!"
My response? "Glory to God!"
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 KJV
Giving God ALL the glory!!!
Even so - MARANATHA!
From 4/4/16
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