He Knows Our Thoughts!

He knows Our Thoughts!

Let us read Isaiah 66 verse 18,

" For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come and see My glory. "

The Lord our God declares that He knows our every thought and action, the implications of this scripture is tremendous!

It implies that nothing that we do or think is hidden before the Lord!

It also testifies that the Lord is a righteous judge, you may ask, "How does it imply that?"

Well picture this, there is a man on trial for murder, the man on trial had killed his best friend, while they were on a hunting trip.

The lawyer of the accused claims that the defendant is not guilty, for he shot his friend accidently, the lawyer then brings several convincing proofs to prove his defense.

The jury, all agree that the man is not guilty and they now await the judge's decision.

Everything points that the accused is innocent, but suddenly the judge says, "He is guilty."

The entire courtroom is shocked and the jury say to the judge, " On what grounds, the defendant has given more than enough evidence to prove his position?"

The judge smiles and say, "On these grounds, the defendant had hate and evil intention in his heart for his best friend."

The jury is confused and ask the judge, " How do you know this?"

The judge replies, " I can read his thoughts, in fact I know everyone of his thoughts, I know for certain that he has thought this in his heart."

Sounds quite fanciful right? You may say, no one can read someone's thoughts.

Well let us see, let us read Mark 2 verse 7 and 8,

"Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?

But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, "Why do you reason about these things in your heart?"

God is our final judge and we will have to stand before Him one day and give account of our lives to Him, for it is appointed unto man to live once and then the judgment.

God knows our every thought and action, that is why He is a just judge, for He knows our very intention, which is hidden from the eyes of men.

He is able to judge not only our actions, but our very thoughts.

This is a profound thing to think, He knows your thoughts at this very moment.

The question we should ask ourselves is whether our thoughts and actions are pure before God?

Do we honor God with our thoughts and actions or do we dishonor him?

Ask yourself that question, "Do I honor God with my thoughts?"

It is written in Psalm 94 verse 11,

" The Lord knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile"

He knows that those who live for themselves will think futile thoughts, thoughts that are useless or unacceptable before the Lord.

God declares that we (as believers) have the Mind of Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 2 verse 16)

Since we have the mind of Christ, can we think any thoughts we want to think?

Of course not, to have Christ's mind, is to think as He thinks, but how did Christ think?

Now to think as one thinks, we must meditate on what they meditate on.

Phillipians 4 verse 8 says,

"Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy- meditate on these things"

These are the things we are commanded to meditate on, all these things are found in the Word of God, so we must meditate on the Word of God, we must only allow good thoughts into our minds, that which is approved by God's Word, that which does not transgress His holy laws.

But you may say, "But I can't help it, bad thoughts come into my mind."

Well, do you allow those thoughts to remain in your mind?

The Bible commands us to cast out everything that is contradictory to the Word of God, to cast out everything that sets itself higher than the Word of God, in order to be obedient to Christ (1 Corinthians 10 verse 5).

We must cast these thoughts out in Jesus's name believing and not trust in our own strength.

We cannot allow evil thoughts into our mind, for it is written in Proverbs (KJV) , that as a man thinks it, so he is.

So what you think is what you are!

We must repent of evil thoughts and strive to think good thoughts, that bring honor to the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

Remember your thoughts influence your actions, that is what "as a man thinks it, so he is" means.

Strive to think God Honoring thoughts!

(Please note that all scriptural quotations are from the New King James Version, except the last one, which is from the Old King James Version)

Wake up to Righteousness

Wake up to Righteousness!

Let us read 1 Corinthians 15 verse 34, it goes as follows:

" Awake to righteousness, and do not sin, for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. (NKJV)"

This passage is a very interesting passage in the Bible. The Apostle Paul had written this letter to the Church of Corinth, he was rebuking them at this point of the letter, he rebuked them for considering that the resurrection of the dead was untrue.

He warned them in verse 33 that they should watch the company they keep, for this bad company would corrupt their faith in Jesus Christ.

Certain people had led the Church of Corinth astray, these people were in the church and had caused some confusion, concerning the resurrection of the dead (verse 12).

Unfortunately, there are always a few "bad apples" amongst the children of God, they claim to be saved, but cannot fully accept the Gospel as presented in The Bible.

These "bad apples" always have some area of the Bible that they overlook, they could believe that certain parts of the Bible does not apply to the church of Jesus Christ or that they are above certain commands of God.

They most times overlook that area of the Bible, because they commit sin in that respective area, they refuse to give up this sin, but they still want to be seen as the children of God. They so to say, cover their eyes, that they would not see the full truth of Jesus Christ.

God says in the book of James, that he who keeps the whole law, yet falls of at one point is a law breaker and guilty of sin(James 2 verse 10 and 11).

We as children of Jesus Christ, cannot afford to close our eyes to certain parts of the Bible.

Our lives have to be in full subjection to Jesus Christ!

When we reject any part of God's Word, we claim that God is a liar, that His Holy Spirit has made a mistake, that we as imperfect, fallen human beings know what is God's Will and what is not!

Foolish people, do you not know that Jesus Christ has written these commandments that we may obey them, that we would abide in Him, through obedience that comes from faith!

These laws are written to protect us from sin and it's fruit!

God says to His children, wake up!, Wake up to righteousness and do not sin!

Obey the Word of God in it's fullness and you shall be blessed by the Father himself!

Are we as the people of God asleep?

Ask yourself this question, "Am I asleep to God's Word and voice in my life?"

The Church of Corinth were asleep to the voice of God and to the Word of God, they did not seek the Truth in God's Word, no, they sought the Truth, with the wisdom of man.

Faith says that their is a God, that their is a reward or punishment for our every action.

The wisdom of man is foolishness in the sight of God!

We are called to listen to God's Word and to His voice, we must not try to judge with our finite wisdom, whether the Eternal Word of God is true or not.

We are called to be Doers of the Word, not judges of the Word.

Jesus is the final Judge and He will judge by the Word of God, the Word of God does not need to be proved to be true, but it is true, for God himself has uttered the Words of the Bible and it is impossible for God to lie (Titus 1 verse 2)!

We must judge ourselves against the faultless Word of God, it is our standard and it can only be fulfilled through Jesus Christ.

We must keep our lives spotless before Jesus, for He has kept His life spotless before His and Our Father in Heaven!

Are we asleep to the voice of God?

Do we even hear His voice, it's says in Isaiah that our Sins have separated us from God.

Does your sins block out the voice of the Lord?

It is the most dangerous place to be in, when one sleeps, he has no conscience awareness of what is going on around him.

Christ is to come soon and woe unto us if we are found asleep at His return, we must be awake, for Jesus has said in Matthew, Watch and pray!

Be wide awake friends, make sure that every area of your life is right with God, never get comfortable and fall asleep, for we will pay with our lives if we do!

"Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober! (1 Thessalonians 5 verse 6)(NKJV) "

These are the words of the Jesus Christ through His apostle, the apostle Paul. He speaks these words to us, the children of God, we must watch and be sober.

We must not be drunk with the sin of this fallen world, for a man who is drunk, knows no danger, he believes that he is invincible, that there is nothing that can harm him.

When we are sinning, we are spiritually drunk, we act as if our Lord is not returning to judge us, so we take no care, to watch our lives, we allow sin to dwell in our lives.

This my friends, is far to great a price to pay, to be asleep, when our Lord returns, to wake up to the sound of judgment day, to then realize that your heart is not right with God, but it is too late, for nothing can be changed on that day, for the time of grace has expired.

Our time to repent is now, while we have the chance, we have no idea how long we have left to live, we could die at anytime, so we must watch our lives closely.

We must comb our lives, with the spiritual fine comb, to take out all the filth in our lives.

This is impossible, if you refuse to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit, for He will guide us in truth, not our own spirit, but God's Spirit.

Jesus says," Today if you hear my voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion (Hebrews 4 verse 7) "

Be not a fool, change your life through Jesus Christ, be wide awake and sober, be ready to meet our God or we will face eternal flames!