{"id":15022,"date":"2016-12-08T09:50:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T14:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=15022"},"modified":"2016-12-09T10:14:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T15:14:15","slug":"the-impartial-power-of-god-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=15022","title":{"rendered":"The Impartial Power of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YD6fvzGIBfQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Note &#8220;hineni&#8221; in the song means &#8220;here I am&#8221; in Hebrew<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>By one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. \u2014Hebrews 10:14<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We trample the blood of the Son of God underfoot if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins. The only reason for the forgiveness of our sins by God, and the infinite depth of His promise to forget them, is the death of Jesus Christ. Our repentance is merely the result of our personal realization of the atonement by the Cross of Christ, which He has provided for us. \u201c\u2026Christ Jesus\u2026became for us wisdom from God\u2014 and righteousness and sanctification and redemption\u2026\u201d (1 Corinthians 1:30). Once we realize that Christ has become all this for us, the limitless joy of God begins in us. And wherever the joy of God is not present, the death sentence is still in effect.<\/p>\n<p>No matter who or what we are, God restores us to right standing with Himself only by means of the death of Jesus Christ. God does this, not because Jesus pleads with Him to do so but because He died. It cannot be earned, just accepted. All the pleading for salvation which deliberately ignores the Cross of Christ is useless. It is knocking at a door other than the one which Jesus has already opened. We protest by saying, \u201cBut I don\u2019t want to come that way. It is too humiliating to be received as a sinner.\u201d God\u2019s response, through Peter, is, \u201c\u2026 there is no other name\u2026by which we must be saved\u201d (Acts 4:12). What at first appears to be heartlessness on God\u2019s part is actually the true expression of His heart. There is unlimited entrance His way. \u201cIn Him we have redemption through His blood\u2026\u201d (Ephesians 1:7). To identify with the death of Jesus Christ means that we must die to everything that was never a part of Him.<\/p>\n<p>God is just in saving bad people only as He makes them good. Our Lord does not pretend we are all right when we are all wrong. The atonement by the Cross of Christ is the propitiation God uses to make unholy people holy.<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Journal DJR<br \/>\nGood Morning Lord,<br \/>\nThat first song is a little out of the genre that we&#8217;ve been picking from. I ran across it yesterday and couldn&#8217;t get it out of my head&#8230; so, since you are shaking things up in us, Here it is. It is from Leonard Cohen&#8217;s last album, published a few days before he died last month at 90. He had a long and varied career as he searched for, and lost, and found his faith. (&#8220;hineni&#8221; is Hebrew for &#8220;here I am&#8221;). You&#8217;ve shown us that you are Love and you are Good,&#8230; all the time. Even in the dark valleys, as well as the brilliant mountaintops of life. So here it is. About as dark as it gets, musically, but yet retaining hope.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m including this last song, his most famous, to balance the first one, which could be seen as too dark.<\/p>\n<p><em>You worry too much. You don&#8217;t need to provide the balance. I am the ultimate balance. You are learning that. Leonard&#8217;s song part of the balance. But it&#8217;s not your job. It just is. And I reveal it to all my children at different times and in different ways. Balance is best discovered rather than taught or preached. When you encounter a person in a very dark valley or you are in one yourself, preaching and solution peddling is of little value. Remember Job and his &#8220;comforters&#8221; Rather, just be with them and be with Me. It&#8217;s OK to go thru dark times like this. Remember many of David&#8217;s psalms started this way &#8230;but they always ended remembering my goodness and saying like Leonard Cohen, &#8220;I&#8217;m ready, My Lord.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>OK, I was going to ask you about the title line of the song. Could You want it Darker? Or is that just Cohen&#8217;s view from a dark place? Is he speaking to you or to his listeners? Saying, You want it darker?<\/p>\n<p><em>You mentioned David and the dark times he went thru. Realize that he could only write the psalms you love after experiencing those dark times. Simply put, the mountain peaks are on the other side of the valley. There are no non stop flights from peak to peak that avoid all valleys. Remember to take my peace with you on the journey. It is provided and paid for. When you walk in it, even the valleys are not so dark. Consider Paul, who wrote a lot of your Bible from a pretty dark prison cell. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> &#8220;I am leaving you with a gift&#8211;peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don&#8217;t be troubled or afraid. John 14:27<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I notice you didn&#8217;t answer my question. At least not exactly. Come to think of it, you rarely answer in the way I want when I ask it. But by the time I ponder your Non Answer&#8230; I have my answer.<\/p>\n<p><em>I just don&#8217;t fit in your binary boxes. I won&#8217;t give you a black and white answer just because you ask a black and white question. Remember <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,&#8221; says the LORD. &#8220;And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. Isaiah 55:8<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I knew that. Sorry. I mean, I&#8217;m learning that.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the words of Leonard Cohen&#8217;s You Want It Darker. Followed by his most famous song, Hallelujah.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You Want It Darker&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you are the dealer, I&#8217;m out of the game<br \/>\nIf you are the healer, it means I&#8217;m broken and lame<br \/>\nIf thine is the glory then mine must be the shame<br \/>\nYou want it darker<br \/>\nWe kill the flame<\/p>\n<p>Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name<br \/>\nVilified, crucified, in the human frame<br \/>\nA million candles burning for the help that never came<br \/>\nYou want it darker<\/p>\n<p>Hineni, hineni<br \/>\nI&#8217;m ready, my lord<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lover in the story<br \/>\nBut the story&#8217;s still the same<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a lullaby for suffering<br \/>\nAnd a paradox to blame<br \/>\nBut it&#8217;s written in the scriptures<br \/>\nAnd it&#8217;s not some idle claim<br \/>\nYou want it darker<br \/>\nWe kill the flame<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re lining up the prisoners<br \/>\nAnd the guards are taking aim<br \/>\nI struggled with some demons<br \/>\nThey were middle class and tame<br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t know I had permission to murder and to maim<br \/>\nYou want it darker<\/p>\n<p>Hineni, hineni<br \/>\nI&#8217;m ready, my lord<\/p>\n<p>Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name<br \/>\nVilified, crucified, in the human frame<br \/>\nA million candles burning for the love that never came<br \/>\nYou want it darker<br \/>\nWe kill the flame<\/p>\n<p>If you are the dealer, let me out of the game<br \/>\nIf you are the healer, I&#8217;m broken and lame<br \/>\nIf thine is the glory, mine must be the shame<br \/>\nYou want it darker<\/p>\n<p>Hineni, hineni<br \/>\nHineni, hineni<br \/>\nI&#8217;m ready, my lord<\/p>\n<p>Hineni<br \/>\nHineni, hineni<br \/>\nHineni<\/p>\n<p>Maybe one of the best lines in that one is &#8220;a broken Hallelujah&#8221; that can only be sung from a darker place. Talking and walking in all this darkness&#8230; I&#8217;m just going to stick close to you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>Now you&#8217;re getting it!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gQEGSar9V_k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note &#8220;hineni&#8221; in the song means &#8220;here I am&#8221; in Hebrew By one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. \u2014Hebrews 10:14 We trample the blood of the Son of God underfoot if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins. 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