Isaiah 58 Ministries
June 19, 2014
Pastor: Leah Svensson
Scriptures: 2 Timothy: 4:2-5, John 8:31-32, 1 Peter 5:8, John 8:42-44, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Hebrews 10:13-22, 1 Peter 1:13-23, Mark 16:19-20, Galatians 6:18-20, 15-18
Itching Ears
You show me a man; I beseech you to show me your writing,
For such is the true measure of a man: what he thinks, how he abides his time,
in a place wherein no one can see, hear, or look inside. The mind is Satan’s prize, but a strong
rooted one is a fruit of the vine. (vine: Jesus)
As of late I have been reading Mark and over and over. I’ve been thinking not the same, not the same, healed in Jesus name, not the same. We identify with the world of which we come – we can relate, but not assimilate.
We are not here to satisfy sultry, sinful ears that hear, but to release that burden of fear – so they can hold their Lord dear: cleave to Him steadfast, to dry the tears. All has been made clear.
Therefore, when you hear that
sermon, when you hear that preacher speak, that must be where he and Christ
meet.
2
Timothy 4
2 Preach the word; be instant in
season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and
doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they
will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to
themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their
ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
5 But watch thou in all things,
endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy
ministry.
We have all heard of “what a tangled web
we weave when we first practice to deceive (lie).”
Peter said the Gospel is the Power of God
unto salvation. Ye shall hear the truth,
and the truth shall set you free. We can all visualize a fly in a spider web or
a web bungee pickup bed cover.
They restrict,
they constrain, things in the world, non-Godly parents, public schools,
college, the government, the church even, their lies are retained in this
vein. All contribute to this web of
lies.
Now, the web I see is one where
babies are comforted by Jesus in the womb, only to be born into a web, to be
born into the matrix.
John
8:31-32
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews
which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples
indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free.
Jesus said you shall know the truth
and the truth shall set you free. Now
that must mean that there are a whole lot of lies out there!
1
Peter 5:8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because
your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may
devour:
John
8:42-44
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were
your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither
came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my
speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil,
and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh
a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
In a world of change,
industrialization, computerization, Jesus is the only road that leads to
truth. Truth is peace, stabilization,
finding one’s level through God in this world.
God, His Word, His world or creation and conception thereof, never
changes.
The devil, his lies, his change, his “progress,” His slavery CHANGES! We seek money to keep up with the changes, to stay current with the times albeit cars, clothes, jobs, investments, college degrees, it goes on and on.
In God we are free from change. Under God truly the “buck stops here!” No more money, no changes. The change is made in a righteous man or
woman bearing fruits worthy of repentance.
Freedom is repentance from sins.
Therefore, we guard with all due
diligence this truth, this self-evident creation (of us under God). Sin and the devil = death, but to give one’s
own life for Me, and you shall save it.
God does not need a church. God
does not need luxurious dining halls.
He
needs us to love Him and Him only.
The
world has broken, wreaked havoc, and destroyed sanctity, purity, from provision
to the marriage bed.
Webs have been cast in our heads,
and Jesus and His road to peace and sound mind delivers us from this stead, all
the while we are tenderly tucked away in our beds.
1
Corinthians 6:19-20
19 What? know ye not that your body
is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye
are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Hebrews
10:13-22
13 From henceforth expecting till
his enemies be made his footstool.
14 For by one offering he hath
perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a
witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the covenant that I will
make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their
hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities
will I remember no more.
18 Now where remission of these is,
there is no more offering for sin.
19 Having therefore, brethren,
boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and living way, which he
hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21 And having an high priest over
the house of God;
22 Let us draw near with a true
heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
1
Peter 1:13-23
13 Wherefore gird up the loins of
your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought
unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
14 As obedient children, not
fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you
is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written, Be ye
holy; for I am holy.
17 And if ye call on the Father, who
without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time
of your sojourning here in fear:
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were
not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain
conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of
Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Who verily was foreordained
before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for
you,
21 Who by him do believe in God,
that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope
might be in God.
22 Seeing ye have purified your
souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the
brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
23 Being born again, not of
corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and
abideth for ever.
truth is always the same: the
world (God’s vision thereof) does not change – Sin stays the same (image
changes, but…) – WE CHANGE!
When you see me, when you see
Justin, you see change. That is what He
wants for everybody, to be a healed, healthy, whole-being.
To preach to the sin is to “feed the
need:” slavery, the captivity, but those who are free are free indeed!
To preach to the sin is to uncover
guarded hearts to rape, pillage, and steal, for money and greed, not to heal.
Yokes are broken to their pain and
suffering, not the need to feel.
Red pill, blue pill, light,
darkness, soft, or hard (hearted), peace, confusion, strength in God, or
Satan's weakness.
Mark 16:19-20
19 So then after the Lord had spoken
unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20 And they went forth, and preached
every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs
following. Amen.
Preaching goes hand in hand with the
Lord. The truth is preached, the Lord
confirming it later, setting them free.
Galatians
6:18-20, 15-18
8 For he that soweth to his flesh
shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of
the Spirit reap life everlasting.
9 And let us not be weary in well
doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
10 As we have therefore opportunity,
let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of
faith.
15 For in Christ Jesus neither
circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
16 And as many as walk according to
this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
17 From henceforth let no man
trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
