Draw Close To Him

Isaiah 1:27-31




"Zion shall be redeemed with justice,
And her penitents with righteousness.
²⁸ The destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together,
And those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
²⁹ For they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees
Which you have desired;
And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens
Which you have chosen.
³⁰ For you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades,
And as a garden that has no water.
³¹ The strong shall be as tinder,
And the work of it as a spark;
Both will burn together,
And no one shall quench them."




 The United States was built on the word of God and God is going to see to it that it stands in the End.  He commands righteousness and justice for all.  We have destroyed ourselves and almost the name of America the land of the free.  God intends on having everyone of His children free and praising Him, and we are here believing everyone should praise us.  satan is doing his work on us and if we don't stand up to him, we are going to go down with him. Verses 27-28  "Zion shall be redeemed with justice, And her penitents with righteousness. ²⁸ The destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together, And those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed."  Only by walking and talking with the Lord will we be able to set ourselves free. God says, the whole world lays under the sway of satan. 
 If our dreams and desires don't coincide with God's doctrine and will, were going to be some embarrassed individuals, today and on judgment day.  We are fading mind, body, and spirit without God's word.  We are in a world that most carry their feelings and emotions on their shoulders. We must let God build us in His word and tell us who we are to Him, this will enable us to fight satan with all we've got.  God doesn't tell us to put on the whole armor for nothing.  He commands love and we must fight the good fight of faith to lay it down in our world.  Draw close to HIM.


(Romans 4:19-20)  "And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. ²⁰ He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God."


Blessings to all who draw close to God's word and give Him glory,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

Lets Give God Rest

Isaiah 1:21-26




"How the faithful city has become a harlot!
It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it,
But now murderers.
²² Your silver has become dross,
Your wine mixed with water.
²³ Your princes are rebellious,
And companions of thieves;
Everyone loves bribes,
And follows after rewards.
They do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

²⁴ Therefore the Lord says,
The Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel,
“Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries,
And take vengeance on My enemies.
²⁵ I will turn My hand against you,
And thoroughly purge away your dross,
And take away all your alloy.
²⁶ I will restore your judges as at the first,
And your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”

As I continue to speak for myself as in the earlier verses, my city of Los Angeles, looks to be a harlot.  It was probably once a time when we had better justice here.  However, as verses 21-23 says, We now mix with murderers, are money can buy us nothing, and we water down our liquors and wines, to increase our profits.  Our leaders and dignitaries refuse to bring the word of God into our system to reduce the tension.  And most all love a bribe, and are seeking after rewards against God.  True love plays no part in our hearts or minds, and we've positioned ourselves to seek fleshly desires only.  Just as we have gangs and others seeking vengeance upon one another.  God, also has an wrecking crew of Angels that's bent on having love, justice, and righteousness in God's lands.  They will also do whatever it takes to enforce it, even kill.  Verses 24-26, "Therefore the Lord says, The Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, “Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries, And take vengeance on My enemies. ²⁵ I will turn My hand against you, And thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away all your alloy. ²⁶ I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”  Only God can bring us the peace He wants, and the peace we deserve, with or without us.  (Hebrews 10:12-13)   " But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, ¹³ from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. ¹⁴ For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified."  (Acts 7:49-50)  "Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the Lord, Or what is the place of My rest? ⁵⁰ Has My hand not made all these things?"  Become a faithful city and lets give God rest.


(Hebrews 4:1-3)  "Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. ² For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. ³ For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:

“So I swore in My wrath,‘They shall not enter My rest,’”although the works were finished from the foundation of the world

(John 10:3 Amplified)  " The sheep listen to (the Shepherd's) voice and heed it; and He calls His own sheep by name and brings (leads) them out."


Blessings to all who seek rest and peace for God's world,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.

   

The Lord Has Spoken

Isaiah 1:13-20


Bring no more futile sacrifices;
Incense is an abomination to Me.
The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.
¹⁴ Your New Moons and your appointed feasts
My soul hates;
They are a trouble to Me,
I am weary of bearing them.
¹⁵ When you spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of blood.

¹⁶ “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
Cease to do evil,
¹⁷ Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Rebuke the oppressor;
Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow.

¹⁸ “Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.
¹⁹ If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
²⁰ But if you refuse and rebel,
You shall be devoured by the sword”;
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

God wants His children to come together in one mind, one heart, and one spirit.  Our world and most churches are doing their own routines, and it must stop.  We are letting spirits cling to us, that are telling us it is alright to act this way or that way.  God asks, that we not become like an wave in the sea, tossing to and fro, believing we will be blessed by our actions.  We all bleed red, the same red blood that Christ shed for us, that we might pick up our crosses and fight the good fight of faith to love all.  (Romans 13:8)  "Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law."  If God is saying, this is all we owe one another as brothers and sisters in Christ, why are we taking His words out of context, stealing, killing, and destroying each other, some in the name of God?  God is love and we must impart that love on Him and one another, if we want Him to draw near.  Verse 14 says, He is weary of bearing our self-centered attitudes, rituals, and prayers.  Verse 15 says, Our hands are full of blood.  We can't go on believing we can figure out peace without God.  He says, He is the vine and we are His branches, and without Him we can do nothing.  It is He and satan who operate our world and it is a war going on between the two of them as I speak.  We must choose whom we will serve, either love or hate.  God is love and He tells how to operate in that love 24/7.  It is up to us to turn from every evil way, that hinders us from connecting to God.  Verse 19-20 says, If we are willing and obedient, we shall eat the good of the land; But if we refuse and rebel, we shall be devoured by His word.  The Lord has Spoken.  

(Matthew 15:8-9)  "‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.  And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”

Blessings to all who obey the words of God,

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst. 

Love DAD

Isaiah 1:7-12


"Your country is desolate,
Your cities are burned with fire;
Strangers devour your land in your presence;
And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
⁸ So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard,
As a hut in a garden of cucumbers,
As a besieged city.
⁹ Unless the Lord of hosts
Had left to us a very small remnant,
We would have become like Sodom,
We would have been made like Gomorrah.

¹⁰ Hear the word of the Lord,
You rulers of Sodom;
Give ear to the law of our God,
You people of Gomorrah:
¹¹ “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle.
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
Or of lambs or goats.

¹² “When you come to appear before Me,
Who has required this from your hand,
To trample My courts?"

I can only speak for myself, in what I've witnessed and what I believe God is trying to get across to our ancestors here in this scripture.  I was born in Los Angeles Ca. 1964.  I grew up in a city that I could see prospering in my teens and I loved it.  However, I must remember, I wasn't raised or taught what God really stood for.  I was being raised in what my parents and world thought good and evil stood for.  I've come to learn and only by the grace of God, is that, He has an entirely different out look for His world than what the masses or not believe it to be.  Los Angeles was a vibrant city spreading what I thought to be sincere love.  Then the drugs came in and satan played his hand on all, and the aftermath today is heartbreaking.  I also believe the acts we played upon one another during these horrific times, God is punishing us by earthquakes and fires etc.  The city was broken down, and all are coming today to stake their claim.  God bless them.  A besieged city, L.A.  And without the true word of God, my city won't see that kind of love again.  Righteousness and justice for all must prevail from us.  A sincere love for God and man must shine through, this is what God calls for and what He stands for.  He says, His throne has been established in heaven and earth is His footstool.  He also says, His kingdom rules over all kingdoms.  We can't examine our world and God too.  He is our world, is what He wants us to understand and all that is in it.  Only love for God can take you through your day and journey.  Love DAD.

(Philippians 3:9-11)... ^"and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; ¹⁰ that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, ¹¹ if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead."

Blessings to all who really love DAD, He loves you,

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.      

Turn To His Book

Isaiah 1:2-6


Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth!
For the Lord has spoken:
“I have nourished and brought up children,
And they have rebelled against Me;
³ The ox knows its owner
And the donkey its master’s crib;
But Israel does not know,
My people do not consider.”

⁴ Alas, sinful nation,
A people laden with iniquity,
A brood of evildoers,
Children who are corrupters!
They have forsaken the Lord,
They have provoked to anger
The Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away backward.

⁵ Why should you be stricken again?
You will revolt more and more.
The whole head is sick,
And the whole heart faints.
⁶ From the sole of the foot even to the head,
There is no soundness in it,
But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores;
They have not been closed or bound up,
Or soothed with ointment.

(Titus 2:11-12) "For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people.  And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures.  We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God."  Verse 2 says, "Hear, O heavens, and give ear O earth!  For the Lord has spoken:  I have nourished and brought up children, and they rebel against Me."  God says, He has given us breath and life, and still we haven't taken the time to know Him.  Until we form a love in our heart we'll never learn God or do His will.  God says all through His word, it is not about us, but about Him.  He says His name should be continually coming out of our mouths from sun up to sun down.  It is only because of His enormous love that He hasn't let satan or He Himself destroy us. (Psalm 50:22-23)  "Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, And there be none to deliver: ²³ Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; And to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God.”  We're turning around in circles looking for pleasures in all the wrong places.  We continually go from agony to pain, back to agony.  God says we are sick from head to toe, and our wounds, bruises, and putrefying sores have not been closed or soothed with ointment from His love.  The bible says the longer we run from His truth and our ordained missions the more corrupt we'll become toward one another.  Let God shower us with His love, signs, wonders, and miracles.  Turn to His Book.

(Proverbs 3:5-6)  "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; ⁶ In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths."

(John 17:20-23)  "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; ²¹ that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. ²² And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: ²³ I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me."

Blessings to you and our Lord as we gather together as one,

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.

 

Live Life

Romans 6:20-23


 "For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. ²¹ What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. ²² But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. ²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."


When our ancestors here in the bible became aware of what pleased God, they became ashamed of their past acts.  Again, we have a God to please and no matter how weak the flesh is, our minds are more powerful.  Whatever the mind says the body will follow, as long as we believe we're serving a living God.  God will not come down and do anything, that He knows the powerful blood can do that runs through us.  (Romans 10:6-8)  "But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) ⁷ or, “‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). ⁸ But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach)."  (Galatians 6:7-9)  "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. ⁸ For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. ⁹ And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart."  It's a lot at stake here, peace on earth and life everlasting.  God says in Revelations 21, there will be no cowards in heaven etc.  We must pick up our crosses and bear the enemy's adversity, to show ourselves approved to God.  Everyday we are to be striving for excellence, baring fruits that lead to holiness and righteousness.  (Romans 8:1-6)  "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. ² For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. ³ For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ⁵ For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. ⁶ For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace."  Slaves of God seek peace and live life.


(Psalms 35:27 Amplified)  "Let those who favor my righteous cause and have pleasure in My uprightness shout for joy and be glad and say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, Who takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servants."


Blessings to all who live life for Our Lord,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst. 

Slaves For Holiness

Romans 6:15-19




"What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! ¹⁶ Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? ¹⁷ But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. ¹⁸ And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. ¹⁹ I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness."


It is one or the other the scripture tells.  Verse 16, We are either slaves leading to righteousness, or slaves leading to death.  God represents living life for righteousness and justice, which will lead us into our inheritance.  satan represents fleshly pleasing, immoral minds, and things leading to physical death.  God heals, delivers, and prospers from glory to glory.  satan walks around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may steal, kill and destroy.  We are either slaves to God who commands obedience and peace, or satan, who is for war and death.  Our world is completely broken today by what the word of God says and commands.  We His children have not grown up biblically in the mind to the God who runs this planet.  We are playing with spirits, principals, and principalities in the heavenly realm, that has us killing one another mind, body, and spirit.  Verse 17, but God be thanked that though our ancestors were slaves to sin, and obeyed from the heart a form of doctrine, that they were set free from by the dying and raising of Jesus Christ.  We too must now take on the doctrine of the word of God, to conquer and set ourselves free.  Father God says, His Son did it, and so can we.  (Philippians 4:13)  " I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."  Verse18-19 says, And since we have been set free, we are to now be slaves of righteousness, showing God that we can humble ourselves and learn to be like our Brother and King.  We are to submit and humble to God as Jesus did, killing our flesh daily.  Paul says, he speaks in human terms because of the weakness of our flesh.  There have been movies made where we've seen slaves being obedient to their masters.  It is now our turn to seriously get down on our knees and repent for forgiveness.  Always remember, a inheritance comes along with this obedience.  Become slaves for holiness.   


(Hebrews 12:3)  "For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. ⁴ You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin."


Blessings to all who die to sin and live for Christ,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.