God's leading lady

Struggles and hardships helps me to become dependent on God and no one else or things. Struggles and hardships forces me to trust God sovereigns ways. Struggles and hardships discipline me to his commands, it molds me and stretches me to his plan and purpose for my life. Yes, the struggles and hardships are very painful and hard to endure but without it I can never grow and become strong in God. The benefits of struggles and hardships are: * I will become stronger * I will be more faithful * I will be more patient * I will be more trustworthy * I will become more loving and understanding and compassionate to others

This world is not a Christian home. Our home is with Jesus, Heaven. We are in the world but we are not part of the world. A Christian knows that this is just a passing moment a traveler traveling through to get to his or her destination. A Christian appearance, character, and behavior can't be compare to the world system. A Christian hope, faith and destiny relies on a kingdom that is not of this world but his of God. Yes we Christian live in this world but we are not of this world, however we are the salt of the earth that helps purge and savour, we are a shinning light in a dark place, we have instilled in us a hope that the world can't give nor understand.

I believe spiritual warfare is weary because we are in a battle and the enemy is constantly and daily battering Christians with his wiles of destruction. That is why a Christian must put on the whole armor of God so they can stand against the wiles of the enemy. We must resist because any foot hold the devil can get he will run with it. Making a Christian become weak and easily turning away from our Christian walk in God. Yes I've been overcome by the enemy but God said that when the enemy comes in like a flood God would set up a stander and no weapon formed against a Christian shall prosper.

Abraham's faith-quest encourages me because he trusted God no matter what the cost. Abraham trusted God's even though the odds looked dim and the path looked narrow with no prospect, no light at the end of the tunnel in sight, Abraham stilled trusted and put his faith in God not man wisdom and knowledge but in God only. The final city will be the holy city of God that holy city Jerusalem. We will be citizens of that Kingdom of God (Heaven).

The Judeo-Christian faith differs from other religions because of their man made beliefths of Gods that have no power to heal and deliver and if you call upon any others you will not be responded to. However when any one who calls upon the name of the Lord God Almighty, God will answer and deliver that person sinner or non sinner. Noah faith was based on obedience's and out of the fear of God. My faith is based on the great love that he has for me. St JOHN 3:16 says, That God so loved the World that He gave his only begotten son and whosoever beliefth in him shall not perish but will have everlasting life. Faith grows by trusting and even though I can't trace him I trust him. Faith grows by my walk and experiences that I have with God.

Without any type of real existence of God and without any tangible knowing, Abraham stepped out in faith and trusted in an unseeing God. Abraham believed in a voice that spoked to him to leave his father and country and follow this God who would prosper him and make him a great nation in which this great faith that Abraham had would cause him and his wife Sara to have a child in their old age and father a nation of greatness. Without faith it is impossible to please God. To me faith is trusting God even though I can't see or feel I believe that God is real and that I don't question his might nor his existence but I trust and believe in him without any traces of tangible beliefth in intangible beliefth.

I am not really sure what the second element may be however trust is very important in depending on God for all your needs and wants. In the word of God it states the those who seek him will find him. Those who seek him not only will find him but will be rewarder.

Faith to me is believing and trusting God without any traceable and tangible sources to rely on. Faith helps or allows me to face challenging circumstances that I may or will face during my daily walk in the Lord. Faith also empowers me to endure these challenging moments. Faith gives me hope in knowing that God will open doors that need to be open in my life or closed in my life. Faith allows me to trust God no matter how devastating the problem I'll face may be.

Jesus came into this world without sin he was not born into sin, so he knew no sin. However he took our sins upon himself and was consider to be every attribute that was displayed upon mankind, such as a killer, adultery, theft, fornicator, idolatry, lier, blasphemer, etc. In which he accomplish his goal for you and I to attain forgiveness of sins to inherit eternal life with Him and the fFther

Perseverance is difficult in faith because as Christians we are bombarded daily with the enticements of the world. When we Christians are confronted with pressures of the world it is so easy to give up and become slack in our daily walk with Jesus, but we must continue to stay strong in the Lord by prayer and fasting and reading the word daily and keep the faith, knowing that we have a father whom we can go to and discuss and present our problems to. Perseverance builds a Christian up to endure and it builds strength, stability and character in our daily walk with Jesus. We can encourage and pray for our brother and sister by letting them known that their walk in Jesus is not along.

I believe that the author is relating to the sins of our flesh sins that we willfully continue to manifest daily. When we sin willfully and show no remorse we are portraying apostasy sins. We have committed ourselves to ways that are against our faith and truth in Jesus Christ, we have gone astray and have refused our salvation that was dearly paid by Jesus Christ.

We are children of God, and as a Christan we are supposed to support one another and lift up one another, pray over the burdens we endure, because we are the body of Christ and if one member is going astray we are to encourage the brethren back into the fold. I believe forsaking the fellowship with one another a Christan will becomes distance and will tend to shy away from the body of Christ. Getting involved with the church ministries and activities will allow a Christian to interact and share their Christian experiences.

The Veil of the Tabernacle was the place were the saints of God will come to worship. The Tabernacle also was consider to be the place were God would communicate with man. The Veil was no longer needed to be used by the high priest as the mediator to go before God to bring a sacrifice of washing away their sins, however Jesus is the go between or the mediator and the sacrificial lamb for all mankind sins to be forgiven. The new and living way is through Jesus who shed his blood for all mankind for the remission of their sins. Man no longer can be wash and cleanse by the sacrifice of goats and bulls daily, now their sins are forgiven by one shedding of blood and forgiven only one time. this is the new way. Our access to God is call living because this living way is were a child of God can go before the Father freely, without having a go between or a veil which keeps a child of God from having that one -on -one relationship with the Father, where you and I can come before the Father boldly and with confidence knowing that we have a God who understands, cares, and is touch by our infirmities.

Jesus share our weakness by taking upon himself our sins, which he did on the cross. Jesus was tempted in every aspect that a human could face yet he did not commit sin. Jesus still suffered the same fate of temptation as mankind but the difference was he did not sin his temptation was not easier as you and I since he had to bear our sins upon himself and he took them to calvary by dying on the cross for you and I. Jesus was tempted as much as we where tempted and every temptation we are faced with Jesus was faced with the same. Jesus came to earth as a man bearing our infirmities and knowing every sinful thought that we go through, but he did not fulfill any sinful act. I John 4:2-3 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God and this is that spirit of antichrist where of ye have heart that it should come and even now already is it in the world, so this scripture confirms to us that Jesus was a man who came in the flesh who experience the same fleshly desires as you and I, in which he can sympathize with our temptations and weakness with all mankind but he didn't sin. However we were born into sin and Jesus came as a man to redeemed us from sin by his precious blood.

When a Christian comes before the Throne of Grace a Christian will obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. The promises are mercy and grace. Through our High Priest Jesus who is our mediator and advocater who is touch by our infirmities allows and enable us to go before the Father and obtain the promises of mercy and grace.

A Christian becomes mature in God's word by reading the word of God daily which is the strong meat, and by applying Gods word upon your heart and mind. I go to the word to gain maturity, the scriptures states in Ephesians 6: 10-18 Finally my bretheren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God that ye may able able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities against powers against the rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness in high places. wherefore take unto you the armor of God, that ye may be able to with stand in the evil day, and have done all, to stand. Stand thereof having your lions girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness, and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Above all taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayers all supplication in the spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. So this is what I try to do daily, believing in the word of God and trusted his word that he has given me which allows me to grow strong in him.

The blood of bulls and goats only appease but could not wash away the sins of man forever because the blood of animals could not wash away sins for an eternal redemption only through the blood of Jesus Christ could the sins of mankind be forgiven and be able to have eternal salvation and redemption. The New Covenant atoned for all mankind sins from the Old Covenant to eternity.

Jesus Christ First Coming was to take away the sins of the world, Jesus did this through his suffering on the cross, shedding his blood for all mankind and dying on the cross. Jesus Christ second coming will be for him having the keys of death and hell and him having dominion of all power under heaven and earth. Jesus Christ will come back as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The Jews were believing that Jesus would come as a King not as a servant, who would destroy their enemy the Roman dictatorship over them completely and that he would rule and reign on earth with all power as a King. Isaiah 53 doesn't fit the Jews description of Jesus being a King because Jesus came here on earth as a lowly servant. Isaiah 53: 1-5, 7 NIV Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men. a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised and we esteemed him not. Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. (7) He was oppressed and afflicted yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. This is not the way the Jews expected him to come on earth as a suffering servant, they wanted and believed that he would come as a King in royal appeal and great mighty soldiers behind him with power to destroy, kill and conquer.

Jesus is our mediator because he paid the sacrificial price that was set by God and the only way a person can come before the Father is through Jesus Christ our Mediator. Jesus is the true ransom the sacrificial Lamb for all mankind to experience, the joy of knowing that Jesus paid a price that no man could pay in full.

In what way does Christ's sacrifice of himself cleanse the conscience in a way the the animal sacrifices of the Old Covenant could not? Jesus who knew no sins took sin upon himself and experience and felt all of the pain and suffering that comes along with sin. No animal sacrifices was able to do this for mankind only the blood of Jesus Christ could cleanse the conscience and wash away every sin the was done.

The meaning of redemption is proclaiming the forgiveness for past sins and escape from eternal damnation. The sacrificial price was Jesus who died on the cross shedding his blood for our salvation. Once a person is redeem and forgiven for their sins he can have this confidence that his salvation is sealed by God. A person redemption is sealed by the blood of Jesus who die on the cross and paid in full that sacrificial price. Titus 1:2 states, In hope of eternal life which God that cannot lie promise before the world began. Ephesians 1!3 In whom ye also trusted after that ye heard the world of truth the gospel of your salvation in whom also after that ye believed ye were sealed with the HOLY SPIRIT of promise. 2 Corinthians 1:22 Who hath also sealed us and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

External sacrificial regulations could not completely cleanse a person from their sins, however Jesus who shed his blood could only cleanse sins and make whiter than snow. Jesus blood that washes us and cleanse us from unrighteousness,that can perfect the conscience. God stated that he can't abide in sin however our mediator, advocate and high priest Jesus Christ took our place on that cross, appeasing the sacrificial price that we could not pay which enable and allow us to come before the Father boldly and to make our petition known before God. The only thing that is necessary for person to do is to come before the Father boldly and to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour and confess that you are a sinner and need forgiveness and that you believe that Jesus die on the cross bearing all your sins and shedding his blood for your redemption and salvation.

The Old Covenant didn't provide forgiveness for intentional active rebellious sin against God. Yes the New Covenant does provide forgiveness of sin. The requirement of forgiveness to be granted is to repent of your rebellious ways and accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour.

Today the indwelling of the Holy Ghost is what keeps a Christian today to fulfill their walk in Christ, in which Jesus stated or prophesied that the Holy Ghost will come. Jesus stated in John 14:26 "But the Comforter whom the Holy Ghost, when the Father will send in my name he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. So the Holy Ghost keeps a Christian faithful to God's word because it gives you the power to walk faithfully. I believe the writer point is that every believer can't fulfill their Christian walk without being filled with the Holy Ghost which is our comforter and keeper.

Why did the old covenant fail? What are the primary promises of the New Covenant as prophesied in Jeremiah 31:31-34. The old covenant failed because the covenant of God or laws were not instilled into their heart and mind. The old covenant was applied upon stone tablets and made into laws. The Holy Ghost helps believers today to live out the new covenant. The old covenant couldn't wash all of the sins that mankind encounter however, by the blood of Jesus that washes all sins is the only way that a true believer can be cleansed and this is why the new covenant have been fulfilled by the blood of the Lamb who is Jesus our Lord and Saviour. The primary promises the the New Covenant is that God will place his new covenant into the minds and hearts of every believer.