"The New Covenant says that God accepts you, loves you, favours you, accepts you not because of your performance but because of Jesus obedience and performance on your behalf. That is the New Covenant! Jesus is the superior Mediator! Where the ministry of death and condemnation finishes forever and the ministry of blessing starts forever!
The entire New Covenant can be summed up in this; Jesus is ENOUGH! All Paul's writings to Romans and Galatians can be summed up in this; Jesus plus anything equals NOTHING. Jesus plus nothing equals EVERYTHING!
The church world today is being challenged by the Spirit as to how they will align their relationship to God - a mixture of law and grace which is nothing at all or a pure atmosphere of grace of New Covenant.
I hate sin and I don't encourage sin! I hate it if it come(s) to me! I forgive it in you! As you do to me! I do not encourage sin at all! But the time you are under the most pressure to go back to the law is when you have just done something wrong! You think if I can do enough and pray enough then I may earn my way back to God! You do not earn your way back to God - Jesus already earned your way back to God! You are ALWAYS the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus! If you have just sinned don't go into gloom or condemnation then thank the Father that you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus and;
My disobedience does not disqualify Christ's obedience on my behalf!" Rob Rufus sermon excerpt from Aligning Our Allegiances For The Anointing To Flow at Full Volume Preached on Sunday 10th June 2007 - the day that two angels arrived at City Church International!
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Knowledge
"...by the time Jesus arrived to Israel - grace and the revelation to Abraham was almost completely gone. Abraham brought the key to knowledge - which is the nature of God.
What is the key to knowledge? I believe personally it is the nature of God. When the nature of God is revealed as goodness and grace - that is the key to knowledge!
…..- the revelation of the nature of God. Justification by faith that God is a good God that justifies the wicked and accepts them and loves them. That's where knowledge is! The nature of God and the revelation of God's nature is the key to knowledge. So once justification by faith came, that is when the church came out of the Dark Ages and you can trace from the Reformation advancements in science - because the religious church was wanting to put to death people that advanced in science!”
……2 Corinthians 5:9; "God was in Christ reconciling the WORLD to Himself - NOT counting MEN'S sins against them!". It didn't just say "the church's" sins against them. The world!
So we are involved with more than just sweet little churches that are happy because they are in grace. This is something that changes the globe. It is because of legalism that we have international wars, ethnic violence, religious wars.
Legalism makes people angry, harsh, mean, judgmental, full of selfish ambition, gossip, slander - you cannot trust legalists!” Rob Rufus sermon excerpt from the session "10 Ugly Faces of the Grace Hating Spirit"
- Rob Rufus
What is the key to knowledge? I believe personally it is the nature of God. When the nature of God is revealed as goodness and grace - that is the key to knowledge!
…..- the revelation of the nature of God. Justification by faith that God is a good God that justifies the wicked and accepts them and loves them. That's where knowledge is! The nature of God and the revelation of God's nature is the key to knowledge. So once justification by faith came, that is when the church came out of the Dark Ages and you can trace from the Reformation advancements in science - because the religious church was wanting to put to death people that advanced in science!”
……2 Corinthians 5:9; "God was in Christ reconciling the WORLD to Himself - NOT counting MEN'S sins against them!". It didn't just say "the church's" sins against them. The world!
So we are involved with more than just sweet little churches that are happy because they are in grace. This is something that changes the globe. It is because of legalism that we have international wars, ethnic violence, religious wars.
Legalism makes people angry, harsh, mean, judgmental, full of selfish ambition, gossip, slander - you cannot trust legalists!” Rob Rufus sermon excerpt from the session "10 Ugly Faces of the Grace Hating Spirit"
- Rob Rufus
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Silence in Arguments
And they were saying this, testing Him, in order that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down, and with His finger wrote on the ground.--John 8:6
Arguments have their roots in pride and are calculated to prove intellectual superiority, but they lack power. I have personally won arguments against those enslaved to drugs and alcohol, but they went away still slaves. I have won many arguments concerning marriage, but those couples, too, went away to visit the lawyer. I have won countless arguments with philosophers, psychologists, evolutionists, atheists, and cult leaders. They all went away to worship the image they were seeing in the mirror.
Jesus divided His dialogue with men into two categories: argument and ministry. Argument He usually avoided.Some came requesting food or power, not ministry, and from those He withdrew. Some sought to draw Him into a melee, and we find Him quietly drawing in the sand rather than heatedly presenting His point. Why? His response would have only fueled more debate with those who had a vested interest in not moving at all from their position.Jesus came to minister.If by His own Holy Spirit He was made aware that ministry was not possible, Jesus simply withdrew or refused to speak. As an Indian friend says, “The refusals of Jesus define Him!” For we do, in fact, know more about Him from His refusals than from His accomplishments. He refused the best seats, refused to make a loud noise proclaiming Himself, He refused to hurt the one who was hurting, He refused to minister spiritual truth in the power of the flesh, He refused to defend Himself, and He refused to condemn the woman caught in adultery.
Like Jesus, we must have a goal of ministry, not dialogue. When we begin to talk to our child, friend, co-worker, or pastor and realize we are standing there alone, without the power and witness of the Spirit, it is time to be quiet and draw in the dirt. If He is not ministering, then neither should we. Remember, the issue is not who listens to us, but whether we are listening to Him.
Arguments have their roots in pride and are calculated to prove intellectual superiority, but they lack power. I have personally won arguments against those enslaved to drugs and alcohol, but they went away still slaves. I have won many arguments concerning marriage, but those couples, too, went away to visit the lawyer. I have won countless arguments with philosophers, psychologists, evolutionists, atheists, and cult leaders. They all went away to worship the image they were seeing in the mirror.
Jesus divided His dialogue with men into two categories: argument and ministry. Argument He usually avoided.Some came requesting food or power, not ministry, and from those He withdrew. Some sought to draw Him into a melee, and we find Him quietly drawing in the sand rather than heatedly presenting His point. Why? His response would have only fueled more debate with those who had a vested interest in not moving at all from their position.Jesus came to minister.If by His own Holy Spirit He was made aware that ministry was not possible, Jesus simply withdrew or refused to speak. As an Indian friend says, “The refusals of Jesus define Him!” For we do, in fact, know more about Him from His refusals than from His accomplishments. He refused the best seats, refused to make a loud noise proclaiming Himself, He refused to hurt the one who was hurting, He refused to minister spiritual truth in the power of the flesh, He refused to defend Himself, and He refused to condemn the woman caught in adultery.
Like Jesus, we must have a goal of ministry, not dialogue. When we begin to talk to our child, friend, co-worker, or pastor and realize we are standing there alone, without the power and witness of the Spirit, it is time to be quiet and draw in the dirt. If He is not ministering, then neither should we. Remember, the issue is not who listens to us, but whether we are listening to Him.
Wonder
For God so loved the world, that he gave His only
begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16
Tell me what it means to perish, and enable me to
grasp the thought of a life that is eternal. Measure
for me the abyss of man's wickedness and guilt dur-
ing all the ages of his black and hateful history, that
I may realize in some degree what that world is
which God loved. Then, pausing for a moment in
wonder at the thought that such a world could be
loved at all, hasten on to speak of love that gave the
Son. And when you have enabled me to know this
love which cannot be known, for it passes knowledge,
press on still and tell me of the sacrifice by which it
has measured and proved itself--His Son, His Only-
begotten Son.
And when you have achieved this, I turn again to the
words of Christ, and I read that it was GOD who so
loved the world, and I crave to know Who and What
God is. When I come to know that it was GOD who
loved, that GOD was the giver, and GOD's Son the
gift, I stand as a wondering worshipper in the pre-
sence of the Infinite, and confess that such knowledge
is too high for me.
- Sir Robert Anderson
begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16
Tell me what it means to perish, and enable me to
grasp the thought of a life that is eternal. Measure
for me the abyss of man's wickedness and guilt dur-
ing all the ages of his black and hateful history, that
I may realize in some degree what that world is
which God loved. Then, pausing for a moment in
wonder at the thought that such a world could be
loved at all, hasten on to speak of love that gave the
Son. And when you have enabled me to know this
love which cannot be known, for it passes knowledge,
press on still and tell me of the sacrifice by which it
has measured and proved itself--His Son, His Only-
begotten Son.
And when you have achieved this, I turn again to the
words of Christ, and I read that it was GOD who so
loved the world, and I crave to know Who and What
God is. When I come to know that it was GOD who
loved, that GOD was the giver, and GOD's Son the
gift, I stand as a wondering worshipper in the pre-
sence of the Infinite, and confess that such knowledge
is too high for me.
- Sir Robert Anderson
Forgetting What is Behind
...One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and
straining toward what is ahead, I press toward
the goal to win the prize for which God has called
me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Phil 3:13-14
It is never wise to live in the past. There are, indeed,
some uses of our past which are helpful, which bring
blessing. We should remember past mercies, that we
may have confidence in new needs or trials in the
future. We should remember past comforts, that there
may be stars in our sky when night comes again.
But while there are these true uses of memory, we
should guard against living in the past. We should
draw out our life's inspirations not from memory, but
from hope; not from what is gone, but from what is yet
to come. Forgetting the things which are behind, we
should reach forward to those things which are before.
To live in the past is to, perhaps, lose hope for
the future. Jesus said He could "do nothing because of
their unbelief. " It is especially difficult when one faces
loss. We become grounded, turkeys instead of eagles.
Our eyes should be on the goal...to win the prize for
which God has called me heavenward. Paul wrote
these words from prison while facing death.
straining toward what is ahead, I press toward
the goal to win the prize for which God has called
me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Phil 3:13-14
It is never wise to live in the past. There are, indeed,
some uses of our past which are helpful, which bring
blessing. We should remember past mercies, that we
may have confidence in new needs or trials in the
future. We should remember past comforts, that there
may be stars in our sky when night comes again.
But while there are these true uses of memory, we
should guard against living in the past. We should
draw out our life's inspirations not from memory, but
from hope; not from what is gone, but from what is yet
to come. Forgetting the things which are behind, we
should reach forward to those things which are before.
To live in the past is to, perhaps, lose hope for
the future. Jesus said He could "do nothing because of
their unbelief. " It is especially difficult when one faces
loss. We become grounded, turkeys instead of eagles.
Our eyes should be on the goal...to win the prize for
which God has called me heavenward. Paul wrote
these words from prison while facing death.
Friday, March 2, 2018
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