MAJESTY: sovereign power, authority, or dignity; also : the Person of a sovereign--used as a title 2 : GRANDEUR, SPLENDOR (Websters)

I always liked this song. If we could only see just how majestic Christ is, we would know just how "unmajestic", and sinful, we really are. And we should recognize the greatness of the Lord, and how vile we are, if we read, prayerfully study, and meditate upon the Holy Scriptures. And when we know, and experience this truth, then the forgiveness, and grace of God, will be even more overwhelming then we ever thought possible. God's love for us, personally, will be magnified exceedingly. And this in turn will cause us to love Him, and live by trusting in Him, and not ourselves.

"Forever I am changed by Your love,
In the presence of Your Majesty."

"There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us." 1 John 4:18-19


"Here I am humbled by Your Majesty,
Covered by Your grace oh Friend.
Here I am knowing I'm a sinful man,
Covered by the blood of the Lamb.
And now I've found the greatest love of all is mine,
Since You laid down Your life,
The greatest sacrifice."

An unknown brother in the Lord singing a Keith Green song, which I enjoyed.

A simple song with heartfelt words from Keith Green, sang very well i thought by Jason Jacobs, whom I know nothing about. He does have an unusual testimony of Christ saving him [ http://www.youtube.com/user/jasonlonjacobs ].
And he seems to have a good community church which he attends in Ohio.






"My eyes are dry
My faith is old
My heart is hard
My prayers are cold
And I know how I ought to be
Alive to You and dead to me

But what can be done
For an old heart like mine
Soften it up
With oil and wine
The oil is You, Your Spirit of love
Please wash me anew
With the wine of Your Blood" -Keith Green

"American Tune" A good tune from an American.

Here's a song writer I enjoy. His words come from his heart. And he is quite talented in writing music and melodies; playing a guitar; and has a great singing voice.

Not completely sure what he means in this song, but a couple lyrics seem to suggest our liberty can slip away here in America.
Funny, that this song may be prophetic, if that was his meaning that is.

I was thinking how bad it has become in our nation, in so many ways. And perhaps one day the American memorials and statues, --which really stood for God's grace, and our liberty, and gratefulness for God's grace--, will be nothing, and have no meaning. And that's alright. Because Christ will still be Christ. He is what life is all about. And His Church is what is foremost in Jesus' heart, not America.

And yet, I love being an American, and I am thankful for having a nation with so many good principles, and a good history, (not without its flaws and sins of course). America's foundation was, and is, the Word of God. Not so much in our generation. We have left the Bible for the most part, and "dumbed" it's truth down, so that Human wisdom is sovereign. Well, that's how I see it. And that's what this song by Paul Simon made me think of. Kind of bad, I know. But it's my blog.

Any how, I like to ramble a bit. And so I did. Enjoy Paul Simon, if you like his style of music, that is.

Lord bless all who visit, and may the Lord Jesus Christ be your Savior and God. If He isn't then you need to repent, and trust Him, and you may feel convicted at first, and that's not a bad feeling, and then "the kindness of God will lead you to repentance" (Romans 2:24): The kindness of God which gave His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, for rebels like us (John 3:16).
Trust in His death on the Cross for your forgiveness of sin.
Your sin has no way of being forgiven other than Christ's death.
And believe that he rose from the dead three days later, and bow your heart to Him as the one true God, Savior, and Lord of all.
And you will be shown mercy; be forgiven; become righteous in Christ; and you shall become a child of the living God.



"Still, when I think of the
road we're traveling on
I wonder what's gone wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong
....
And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was crying
....
Oh, and it's alright, it's all right, it's all right
You can't be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest
That's all I'm trying to get some rest"

Paul said, " Whoever perverts the Gospel, let them be accursed,"; including himself. He also wished he could be accursed for his Jewish brothers .

[Giovanni Paolo Panini: Paul preaching]

The Gospel is the truth that Christ became a curse for us, who are cursed under God's wrath, without hope, and very deserving of judgment.
I don't believe most people know this, nor the depth of the Gospel. And true, the Gospel is the simple truth of Christ's death and resurrection, however, it also is infinitely deep, with a fullness of joy that we need to read about, study, and meditate upon. We will gain strength if we do, in order to fight the good fight of faith. For our foe in this world is strong and crafty. He comes as an angel of light, and the prince of darkness of the air. He is defeated by Christ, and yet he remains in this age to tempt us, and hinder us. And if we are not clothed in Christ, and his armour, then we will be devoured by the evil one and his hosts.

Here's a video I like a lot. James White is debating Fr. Mitchell Pacwa on the Scriptures, and this is his final statement. Father Pacwa is a Cathoilc priest, whom I have watched over the years quite a bit. His way of communicating is excellent, and he says some good things. However, he does teach a false gospel of works + grace = salvation, which is the Roman Catholic teaching. In fact, Rome condemns the Gospel of Grace alone, through faith in Christ alone, which is what I believe, and what the Reformers stood upon.

"the tax collector, ..., would not lift up his eyes to heaven,...saying ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ this man went to his house justtified."

"Every day I find it most healthy to my own soul to try to walk as a saint, but in order to do so, I must continually come to Christ as a sinner. I would seek to be perfect, I would strain after every virtue and forsake every false way, but still, as to my standing before God, I find it happiest to sit where I sat when I first looked to Jesus, on the rock of His works, having nothing to do with my own righteousness, but only with His. Depend on it: the happiest way of living is to live as a poor sinner and as nothing at all, having Jesus Christ as all in all. You may have all your growths in sanctification, all your progress in graces, all the development of your virtues that you will; but still I do earnestly pray you never to put any of these where Christ should be. If you have begun in Christ, then finish in Christ. If you have begun in the flesh and then go on in the flesh, we know what the sure result will be. But if you have begun with Jesus Christ as your Alpha, let Him be your Omega. I pray you never think you are rising when you get above this, for it is not rising, but slipping downwards to your ruin." -Charles Haddon Spurgeon

There is this debate within the Church which goes like this: One says, "I am a sinner saved by grace, until I die." The other says, "I am no longer a sinner, but righteous, and a saint."
Actually both of these claims are truth of God's Word. I lean toward calling myself a sinner justified by Christ alone. And yet there are times when I need to let others know I am a saint as much as Peter and Paul are saints. Not that I have had God's grace as effective as the Apostle's, but the truth that i am a saint of God is crystal clear in Scripture, and we can take great comfort in knowing nothing can take away our being a saint of the Lord. We are eternally set apart by Christ Jesus, and His Father, for the glory of His grace, and because He loved us with an everlasting love (Jeremiah 31:3).

I also agree with Luther who taught us from the Scripture that we are: Simul Justus Et Peccator, which means: "Righteous and at the same time a sinner."

So I am encouraged by Pastor Spurgeon's teaching here. And exhorted as well. For there are times when our flesh makes us think we are spiritually above others with a false humility.

As Spurgeon says: "..the happiest way of living is to live as a poor sinner and as nothing at all, having Jesus Christ as all in all." And I would add-- well knowing we are a saint clothed in the grace and mercy of our Savior from head to toe.