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Your Word for Today

“Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost who come unto God by Him, seeing He ever lives to make intercession for them. For such an High Priest became us, Who is Holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needs not daily, as those High Priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for His Own sins, and then for the people’s: for this He did once, when He offered up Himself (Heb. 7:25-27).

The “intercession” made by Christ for us, which He does continually, is intercession for sin. Several things are said here. They are:

1. Sin is of far greater magnitude than most Believers know or understand. Without the intercession of Christ on our behalf, and on a constant basis, the best of us, whoever that might be, wouldn’t last one hour.

2. His “intercession” for us is not something that He does; it’s actually something He has already done. The very fact of His Presence at the Throne (Heb. 1:3) proclaims the fact that God the Father has accepted what Christ has done for us regarding Atonement; therefore, His Presence is all that is needed. Intercession is thereby guaranteed.

3. Every last Believer needs intercession, and continually. If someone thinks they don’t, this means they do not really understand themselves, what sin actually is, and what Christ has actually done for us at the Cross.

4. Jesus Christ is our Great High Priest; as such, He intercedes for us on the basis of a Finished Work, which means there is no danger that the intercession will not be accepted.

5. The reason for the total acceptance by God the father of such intercession is because it is all in Christ and not at all in those for whom He is interceding. All of this means that we have a perfect High Priest, “Who is Holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens.”

— Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
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Bread Crumbs “Casting Away Care”

Weariness and exhaustion can dominate the heart and mind of a believer who fails to surrender the issues of each day into the care of the Lord. From our teenage years forward we are trained to become independent individuals. This pattern for life is the exact opposite when it comes to a relationship with the Lord. As we grow and mature in God we must become ever increasingly dependent upon the Lord. As our responsibilities in life increase, the need to surrender the oversight and control of every aspect of our lives must increase as well. If we fail to walk this way, the result will be that we must take responsibility for the weight, the concern, or the burden that accompanies every area of our existence. This choice will result in a pressure upon the heart and mind that is far too heavy for us to bear. The Lord has all the strength we need for every circumstance. But His strength to accomplish, to save, to deliver, or to heal will not be released into a situation until we willingly, by faith, place it into His capable hands. So take that burden and cast it far from you and into the never failing hands of Christ. Let go and let God!

1 Peter 5:7 - Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Pastor Loren Larson
Loren Larson Ministries

 

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The Miracle of God’s Word

Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

When a wise man, which is the man who has his faith in Christ and His work at the cross alone contends with a foolish man, which is a man who says there is no God (Psalm 53:1), there is no rest. The point seen here is that whether the foolish man shows rage or if he seems pleasant while displaying laughter, there remains no rest for him as long as he rejects the gospel.

The rest for the soul of man can only come through one avenue, and that is through faith in Jesus Christ and His atoning work on the cross. Some wonder why we speak of the cross so much, but without what Christ did at Calvary, the Jesus of the Bible becomes nothing initially, daily or ever for anyone. Remember Cain. There have been billions of God haters who are in torment today in a place called hell. Some have been belligerent and raging God haters, while others seemed pleasant and upright citizens in the community who laughed their way right into eternal torment. Jesus Christ remains today to be the one and only Way to God the Father in Heaven. You can be saved today from your sins. Trust in Jesus and His work for you on the cross. He is our last and only hope!

Seeking God in His Word and experiencing Him through faith in the sacrifice of Christ!

Pastor Curtis

 

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Your Word for Today

“But now has He obtained a more excellent Ministry, by how much also He is the Mediator of a Better Covenant, which was established upon better Promises (Heb. 8:6).

“The Better Covenant” is that of Hebrews 8:10; “The Better Promises” are those of Hebrews 8:10-12.

Concerning this statement made by Paul, Wuest says, “The Book of Hebrews was written to prove the following proposition: The New Testament in Jesus’ Blood is superior to, and takes the place of, the First Covenant in animal blood. The writer has proved this to be true on the basis of pure logic and the Old Testament Scriptures. Using the logical argument that a superior workman turns out a superior product, he has shown that Messiah, the Founder of the New Testament, is better than the founders of the First Testament, who were the Prophets, Angels, Moses, Joshua, and Aaron. Therefore, the Testament He brought in is superior to, and takes the place of, theirs.”

“The Better Covenant,” which was established upon “Better Promises,” was made possible totally and entirely by the Cross. Even as the Scripture says (Heb. 8:7), the First Covenant was never meant to solve the human problem, since animal blood was woefully insufficient to do that. So, for a “Better Covenant,” based on “Better Promises,” to be brought about, God would have to become Man, live a perfect Life, never fail, not even once, thereby keeping the Law of Moses in every respect, and then go to the Cross in order to address the broken Law, which Christ did, and atone for all sin, which God the Father accepted totally and completely as full payment. The Law was, therefore, satisfied in every respect.

The Believer must understand the following:

All of this was done for you and me. It was not at all done for Heaven, for the Throne of God, for Angels, or for Himself, only for sinners. It was done so perfectly and so completely that everyone who evidences Faith in Christ and His Finished Work becomes the recipient of this “Better Covenant,” based on “Better Promises.” This is what Jesus was talking about when He said that the least Believer in the Kingdom of God was, and is, greater than John the Baptist, all because of the privileges afforded under the New Covenant (Lk. 7:28).

What a privilege we have! All because of the Cross of Christ!”

— Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
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Bread Crumbs “Contend for the Truth”

Contending for the truth is always difficult. There are so many folk compromising in the Church of Jesus Christ today that it is difficult to comprehend any difference between the contemporary Church and the people of the world. Our role in the society in which we live is to stand out as something "other," something "opposite," something “contrary” to the norms of those that walk beside us day after day. Our standards are to be those of holiness and righteousness. We are to adhere to the scriptures, the Holy, Bible, as the proper guide for life and living. We do not believe that man is intrinsically, honest, good, or pure. We do not believe that even the Born-again Spirit filled individual has the capacity to live right outside of constant help from the Holy Spirit. We should understand that our faith is only as good as the object in which we place it. While most are looking to religious methods and man made processes, we are to choose to look to Christ and Him Crucified as the only true object of faith. As someone has once stated, if you refuse to stand strong for the right thing you will be sure to fall for almost everything. Contend for the Faith!

Jude 1:3 - Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

Pastor Loren Larson
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The Miracle of God’s Word

Proverbs 29:10
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

The hateful and murderous spirit, which Jesus taught are one and the same (Matthew 5:21-22, 1 John 3:15), and that spirit always hates the upright. Now we need to know who God says the upright are. They are those who have and are trusting in Christ and His finished work, which is God’s Righteous judgment toward humanity. Those who follow judgment according to righteousness are the upright (Psalm 94:15, John 7:24), and judging according to righteousness is to judge according to God’s Word in the context of Christ and His Righteous work at Calvary.

Those who have been justified, and are walking on the path of the just, will seek the soul of the men, and will have the heart of Christ toward all men. Love, without faith in the cross, is only a worldly love full of feelings and emotions, but through the cross, God’s love can be shed abroad in our hearts (Romans 5:5), and do great and mighty things. This love is seen when we look to the cross of Christ (1 John 4:9-10).

Seeking God in His Word and experiencing Him through faith in the sacrifice of Christ!

Pastor Curtis

 

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Your Word for Today

“How much more shall the Blood of Christ, Who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the Living God? (Heb. 9:14).

There are some who claim that “The Eternal Spirit” here specified is not the Holy Spirit, but rather the personal Spirit of Christ. They conclude this because, as they say, there is no definite article, “the,” in front of “Spirit”; however, the definite article does precede “Eternal Spirit,” signifying the Holy Spirit. God the Father is referred to as “The Eternal God” (Deut. 33:27), and the Lord Jesus is also referred to as “The King Eternal” (I Tim.1:17). We also have here “The Eternal Spirit,” so-called.

The idea is this:

The Holy Spirit superintended Christ in every facet of His Life and living. It was the Holy Spirit Who decreed the Conception (Mat. 1:20). The Holy Spirit also superintended His Birth (Lk. 2:26-27) and His Childhood (Lk. 2:40). At His Water Baptism, “the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape like a Dove upon Him” (Lk. 3:22). Just before beginning His public Ministry, the Scripture says that He “was led by the Spirit into the wilderness” (Lk. 4:1).

At the beginning of His Ministry, and continuing throughout His Ministry, He said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me . . .” (Lk. 4:18). So now when it is time to die, the very purpose and reason for which He came, He would breathe out His Life only when “The Eternal Spirit” told Him to do so. He was guided, helped, strengthened, empowered, and led by the Holy Spirit in every facet of His Life and living, even at His Death.

But it didn’t stop there:

“The Spirit . . . raised up Jesus from the dead” (Rom. 8:11). Moreover, concerning His Disciples and all His followers, and for all time, just before He ascended back to Heaven, “being assembled together with them, Commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the Promise of the Father . . . For John truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence” (Acts 1:4-5).

The Lord is telling them, and us, that since the Cross, which has made it all possible, the Holy Spirit can abide in the hearts and lives of all Believers, and will, in fact, do so, exactly as He abode in the heart and life of Jesus in His earthly Ministry.

What a privilege!

Exactly as He promised, He sent the Holy Spirit back, and did so in a completely new dimension. It is recorded in the Second Chapter of Acts.

If there is any great mistake the Church makes, it is undervaluing the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit, the Church is no more than any other earthly club or gathering. But with the Holy Spirit, the Church becomes a living dynamo.

There is nothing more dangerous than a Church which can function without the Holy Spirit. While there might be great religious activity, there is nothing truly done for the Lord. Sadly, that’s the state of the far greater majority of the modern Church.

If Jesus needed the Holy Spirit, and the evidence is overwhelming that He did, then we, most definitely, also need the Holy Spirit!”

— Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
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Bread Crumbs “Sin’s Provision”

It saddens me to say that many in the church world have developed the theology that God takes a mild view of sin. Just because God is merciful, just because God is kind, just because God is long-suffering, this doesn't mean He's okay with wrongdoing. Let me be very clear. God never condones sin! On the other hand we find the truth that God has placed at our disposal the answer for both the penalty of sin and the power of sin. He loved us so much, and despised the ravages of sin to such a degree, that He sacrificed His only begotten Son. This was an enormous price to pay, but it was the only price acceptable by which God might deal with the problem of human sin. Therefore, every single believer is to depart from all manner of iniquity. The power of sin over the believer has been broken by Calvary, but we must access the availability of God’s overcoming power daily by faith. The Holy Spirit will always work on our behalf against sin when our faith is placed in Christ and Him Crucified. God will not make an exception to your sin, but He has made provision for victory over sin.

Isaiah 53:6 - All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Pastor Loren Larson
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The Miracle of God’s Word

Proverbs 29:11
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

Always remembering the fool is the one who says in his heart, “There is no God” (Psalm 53:1), but also the child of God is warned not to walk as a fool (Ephesians 5:15), which means the possibility is there, and definitely takes place when one moves his faith from Christ and His atoning work at the cross. The fool speaks all of his mind, and boasts in his ability to do so, and many times ends his comments with, “At least I’m honest and open.” Wow!!

God says that a wise man does not speak all his mind, but keeps his thoughts to himself until he has evaluated everything according to God’s Righteousness (John 7:24), then he speaks wisdom into the situation. Never forget that all the treasures of God’s wisdom are only found in Christ through faith in His sacrificial work at Calvary (1 Corinthians 2:7-8, Colossians 2:3-4). You don’t have to waste another day, much less months and years if you will come back to the cross today.

Seeking God in His Word and experiencing Him through faith in the sacrifice of Christ!

Pastor Curtis

 

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Your Word for Today

“But this Man, after He had offered One Sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the Right Hand of God; From henceforth expecting till His enemies be made His footstool. For by one Offering He has perfected forever them who are Sanctified (Heb. 10:12-14).

Sin is the problem, whether it’s an unbeliever or a Believer. The Cross is the only answer for sin. There is no other!

When Jesus died on the Cross, He atoned for all sin and all sins, past, present, and future, at least for those who will believe (Jn. 3:16). In other words, He addressed not only the effect of sin, but also its cause. To be sure, the “One Sacrifice,” which spoke of Christ offering Himself, was enough. It will never have to be repeated, because it was totally sufficient to accomplish the task.

That Christ presently has “sat down on the Right Hand of God” tells us that the work was complete, absolute, total, will never need to be repeated, and was accepted fully by God the Father. In other words, the effect was perfect because the Sacrifice was Perfect; the Sacrifice was Christ.

There is only one way that a proper Sanctification can take place in the heart and life of the Believer and have an ongoing positive effect. That way is by the Believer placing his Faith and trust exclusively in the “One Offering of Christ,” even as Hebrews 10:14 proclaims. As stated, the Cross is the only Sacrifice for sins.

When the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul gave instructions as to how this Sanctification was to be carried out, i.e., how the Believer could have perpetual victory over the world, the flesh, and the Devil, He took the Believer straight to the Cross (Rom. 6:3-5). There He tells the Believer that the same way he got in (was converted) is the same way he stays in. It is by making the Cross of Christ the Object of one’s Faith, and maintaining one’s Faith in the Cross of Christ. This, and this alone, is the manner of Sanctification.

Unfortunately, the modern Church has accepted, and is accepting, almost anything and everything that one might think or suggest in place of the Cross. But no matter how religious these other efforts might be, and no matter that the far greater majority of the modern Church accepts them, there will be no positive effect regarding Sanctification.

There is nothing more miserable than a Christian living a life that falls short of victory. That’s not the way it ought to be. There should be victory, and on a perpetual basis. If the Believer will look exclusively to Christ and His Finished Work, and continue to do so, to be certain, the Holy Spirit will get it done (Rom. 6:1-14).

Concerning this, the Scripture boldly says: “Whereof the Holy Spirit also is a witness to us” (Heb. 10:15).

To have the witness of man is one thing, but to have the witness of the Holy Spirit is something else altogether. The Holy Spirit has just put His seal of approval on the things we have just taught.

There is victory in the Cross of Christ, and there is victory only in the Cross of Christ!“

— Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
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Bread Crumbs “Faith on the Run”

It is absolutely amazing how quickly a Christian can move from the status of a great victory to the state of despondency and despair. We should understand that immediately following any spiritual victory there will come an increased effort of the powers of darkness to discourage and offend. The devil works through lies that seem plausible, even while the shout of victory is still on our lips. So beware and be ready for the onslaught of the enemy after a great blessing. This truth is illustrated convincingly in the life of Elijah. After succeeding magnificently on Mount Carmel, after proving the prophets of Bail as powerless charlatans, and after leading Israel back to the one true living God, his life is threatened by Queen Jezebel. Instead of believing God, Elijah takes off running. He winds up living in a cave where God comes to him and asks, ”what are you doing here?” Elijah recognizes his mistake and returns to Israel to finish what God had started through him. If you ever find yourself driven by fear and hiding out in a cave, understand that this is not where God desires you to be. It’s time to leave that cave of despair, step back out in faith, and do what God has called you to do!

1 Kings 19:9 - And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

Pastor Loren Larson
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The Miracle of God’s Word

Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

If we are serving a ruler who is lying, which is what hearkening to lies is referring to, then we are wicked ourselves as we follow the liar. Now a lie is a lie even if I am not aware of it being a lie. Deception defined is, “I don’t know that I don’t know, but I think I do.”

Imagine the minister who refuses to, or does not know to, minister the message of the cross as God’s answer for all aspects of salvation and provision. If we open God’s Word and proclaim that God works through any other faith than faith in the cross, we lie, and cause those who follow our ministries to sow to the flesh and follow after wickedness. This happens while many are seduced into thinking they are actually following the Lord (Titus 1:16). The only way to avoid the lie is to know and cling to the Truth of God’s Word, which is what He has said in the context of Jesus Christ and His sacrificial work at Calvary. Be sober, and aware of how, and what you are hearing. When we grow weary of hearing about the work of Christ at Calvary, there are more than enough ministers who wait to scratch that fleshly itch. Keep fighting this good fight of faith, for faith can never lose!

Seeking God in His Word and experiencing Him through faith in the sacrifice of Christ!

Pastor Curtis

 

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Your Word for Today

“Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the Elders obtained a good report (Heb. 11:1-2).

Having proved from the Scriptures that the “rest” and “the good things” of the New Covenant are secured and held by faith, the Holy Spirit now illustrates the activities of faith. Verse 1 is not a definition of faith, but a declaration of its action. It makes Promises present and real and unseen things visible.

So the Promises respecting Canaan were real to Abraham and to Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, though they were wanderers, and all died without getting them. Similarly, Abel saw the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world; Enoch saw his Divine companion; Noah saw the coming Flood; Abraham saw the city which has foundations; Moses saw Him Who is invisible; women saw “a better resurrection,” and they all saw the “better thing” which God provided for them.

By faith Abel — by faith Enoch — by faith Noah. These three Patriarchs illustrate Worship, Walk, and Witness; and, Salvation, Consecration, and Condemnation. This is faith in action upon the path of Faith. Verse 4 proclaims Abel offering to God “a more excellent Sacrifice than Cain.” It was a lamb. Here was a lamb for one man; in Exodus 12, a lamb for a family; in Leviticus 16, a lamb for a nation; and in John 1:29, a lamb for the whole world.

Going to Verse 7, the human race, we find, owes its existence to the fact that one man, Noah, was “moved with fear.” As a factor in Salvation, fear is decried at the present day, and only love is declared to be the true Gospel. Enoch predicted the Wrath of God, i.e., the Flood (Jude, Vs. 14). Society laughed; Noah trembled.

Looking at Verses 25 through 27, we find that Moses chose the slave driver’s lash rather than Egypt’s crown. Thus, he forsook the throne of Egypt, and, in so doing, braved the anger of the king, who must have been much incensed that a royal prince should degrade the imperial throne and family by such a decision.

The Scripture says that Moses, “Through Faith he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the Blood, lest He Who destroyed the firstborn should touch them” (Heb. 11:28).

The Blood of Christ, we find here, is precious to Faith, but the Doctrine of the Atonement is offensive to the self-righteous moralist. While Providence placed Moses in the court of Pharaoh, faith caused him to forsake it. Thus, faith as a motive produced the effect which Providence prepared. Providence governs circumstances; faith governs conduct.

The faith that did not fear the wrath of Pharaoh feared the Wrath of God. By the sprinkling of the Blood, Moses acknowledged that he was as much the object of the just judgment of God as was Pharaoh himself. There was no moral difference between them. Both were sinners. Neither of them was innocent. Both stood under the sentence of death; and, being guilty, both merited it. However, the faith that sprinkled the blood, and the unbelief that refused its shelter in the form of Pharaoh, fixed this great gulf between the two men.

Moses balanced the best of the world with the shame of Christ, and deliberately chose the latter. He saw its future wealth. However, he could see it only in Christ and the Cross, of which the Passover was a symbol!

The Cross helps one to see one’s self, to see this world as it really is, and, above all, to see the Promises of God as they really are!“

— Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
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Bread Crumbs “Let There Be Thanksgiving”

I will forever sing a song of thanksgiving to my Lord! For all the mercy that He has extended towards me, even during the times when my ignorant and rebellious heart refused to yield to His will and His way. He has never been unfaithful, though I have wandered far down the winding path of doubt and unbelief. He has always extended grace which I never worked for, earned, or deserved. His plan of redemption reached way down into the pit of my despair and set my feet on a rock that will not be moved by time, circumstances, or even failure. He has shown me His love even when I have shown Him my back. He has set my feet in a large room and made my life joyous. His Spirit, ever present within me, provides the power I need to live holy. His word is a lamp unto my feet and safely guides me over every rocky precipice that I encounter on life's journey. He sent His only begotten Son to die on a cruel cross so that all these benefits might be mine. Oh come, let us magnify the Lord together! Let us forever praise His holy name!

Psalm 34:3 - O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Pastor Loren Larson

 

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The Miracle of God’s Word

Proverbs 29:13
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.

If there is light for the poor or for the deceitful man, which is the man who oppresses, it will be from the Lord. The Lord gives Light through one avenue, and that is through faith in Jesus Christ, who is our Light (John 8:12). Jesus taught that whosoever follows Him will not walk in darkness, but will have the Light of Life, yet let us not forget there is NO WAY to follow Jesus without denying ourselves, taking up our cross (Faith in His work at the cross), and following Him daily (Luke 9:23).

Jesus is the Light (John 8:12), and God’s Word is the Light (Psalm 119:105), yet also the Lamb of God is the Light (Revelation 21:23). Jesus as the slain Lamb is the Light of God’s Word. The Lord has offered the lost and dark world Light through the giving of His Son, Jesus Christ, on the cross of Calvary. Believe upon Him and walk in His Light, for there alone does He walk (1 John 1:7).

Seeking God in His Word and experiencing Him through faith in the sacrifice of Christ!

Pastor Curtis

 

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Your Word for Today

“For whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives. If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not? But if you be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are you bastards, and not sons (Heb. 12:6-8).

In these extremely informative Passages, several things are here seen:

1. The words, “chasten” and “chastisement,” do not carry the idea of punishment, but rather of corrective measures, which drive the person to the Lord, with the Holy Spirit then correcting the situation, which He Alone can do.

2. The problem is sin, even as the problem always is sin (Heb. 12:4). To be sure, the Holy Spirit will not rest until the problem is solved, ever how long it takes, and ever how severe the chastening has to be.

3. The Believer is not to despise “the chastening of the Lord,” but rather understand its necessity.

4. Every single true Believer is loved by the Lord. That means that every single true Believer experiences chastening from the Lord. There has never been one, and never will be one, who doesn’t need such chastening.

5. In the chastening process, which will never end until either we die or the Lord comes, we may be assured that the Lord is dealing with us, not as sinners, but as “sons.” So that means that the chastening is always guarded by love.

6. If one claims the Lord, and there never seems to be any chastisement, that’s a perfect sign that the person is really not saved. The Holy Spirit is blunt in his assessments. These people are “bastards, and not sons.”

7. All of this is being done “for our profit, that we might be partakers of His Holiness” (Heb. 12:10).

8. Admittedly, chastening is not joyous, but rather grievous; however, we can rest assured that it will ultimately “yield the peaceable fruit of Righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby” (Heb. 12:11).“

— Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
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