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 The 3 Second Prayer That Moves Mountains While Hour Long Prayers Do Nothing

 If you've been taught that longer prayers are more powerful prayers. You've been told that God responds to persistence, that he rewards the person who prays for hours, that if you're not getting an answer, you're simply not praying hard enough, long enough, desperately enough. 

  What if that's wrong? What if, and I need you to actually sit with this, what if the length of your prayer has nothing to do with whether God answers it? 

   Jesus Christ healed a leper with 11 words. He raised a 12-year-old girl from the dead in nine words. He stopped a storm with three words. He turned water into wine without a single recorded word of prayer. And when Jesus Christ taught His disciples how to pray, the people who would one day shake the Roman Empire, the model prayer he gave them takes less than 30 seconds to say out loud. 30 seconds. But here's what's strange. Here's what nobody talks about. 

 The one time Jesus Christ prayed for hours sweating in a garden face pressed to the ground was the one prayer that on the surface appeared to go unanswered. "Father, if it's possible, let this cup pass from me." It wasn't removed. 

So, what is actually happening when a three-word prayer moves a mountain and a three-hour prayer seems to hit the  ceiling? The answer is not what most Christians think. And once you see it, once you actually understand what Jesus Christ was doing when He spoke those three words to the storm, you will never approach prayer the same way again. 

   Let God know you're ready to receive what religion never told you. We'll come back to what that word means by the end of this teaching. There is a mystery buried inside the prayer life of Jesus Christ. And for 2,000 plus years, the organized church religion has walked right past it. 

Most believers have been handed a model of prayer that looks like this. The longer, the louder, the more emotional, the more effective. 

We've been told that God is moved by volume, by tears, by the sheer accumulation of minutes spent on our knees. And there are sincere, devoted, bible-belving Christians, people who genuinely love God with everything they have, who pray for an hour every morning and still feel like their prayers bounce off the ceiling. 

They pray, they believe, they wait, and nothing moves. 

Plainly. Most believers pray out of a sense of distance as if God were far away and must be persuaded to lean down. 

 But the moment you understand that he lives in you. Prayer becomes a conversation between a son and his father, not a beggar and a king. That's the first thing you must see. 

The crisis in modern prayer is not a crisis of effort. It is a crisis of identity. Here is the core revelation. 

The reason a three-word prayer moves mountains while an hour of begging does nothing is not about the words. It is not about the time. It is about who is speaking and from what position they are speaking. 🗣️ 

  When Jesus stood in that boat and said, "Peace, be still." Three words . He was not asking. He was not petitioning. He was not trying to convince God to intervene. He was exercising dominion. He was speaking as the Son of God, the one in whom the fullness of the Godhead dwelt bodily. As apostle Paul would later write in Colossians 2:9, "For in Him dwelleth all the FULLNESS of the Godhead bodily." And here is where it gets extraordinary. 

Because that same authority, not a lesser version, not a distant echo of it, that same authority now lives inside every born again believer. The Bible says in Romans 8:15, "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, abba, father." The word abba is not the formal word for father. It is the intimate word. It is the word a small child uses when they run to their father without fear, without protocol, without distance. You are not a servant petitioning a distant king. 

 You are a child of God, a son, a daughter, a joint heir with Christ Jesus approaching the Father who is not far away, but Who dwells inside you by His Holy Spirit. That changes everything about how you pray. 

   Think about it like this. Imagine a new soldier who has just arrived on a battlefield. He has his orders. He has his rank, but he does not fully believe that his rank has any authority. So when he needs air support,  instead of calling it in with confidence and giving clear coordinates, he radios his commanding officer and spends 20 minutes explaining the situation, apologizing for the interruption and asking whether maybe if it's not too much trouble, the planes might possibly be sent. Meanwhile, the enemy advances. 

 Now, imagine a seasoned commander, same battlefield, same enemy, same radio. He gets on the frequency gives three words of command and within minutes the landscape changes. Same authority was available to both men. One understood it, one didn't. 

 That is the difference between a believer who prays from their position in Christ and a believer who prays from their feelings of unworthiness. 

 The authority doesn't change, but the one wielding it, the understanding they carry makes all the difference.

 Now, someone listening to this will immediately push back and say, "But what about persistence in prayer? Didn't Jesus tell us to pray and not faint? 

Didn't he tell the parable of the widow who kept coming before the judge? Yes, he did. And that parable is not teaching what most preachers say it teaches. Read it carefully. In Luke 18,  Jesus tells of a widow who came to an unjust judge, a man who cared nothing for God or man. She had to wear him down. She had to keep coming back. She had to persist until he gave her justice. simply to be rid of her. And then Jesus says something that is almost universally misread. He says in Luke 18:7 to 9, "And shall not God avenge his own elect which cried day and night unto him? Though he bear long with them, I tell you that he will avenge them speedily." Notice the contrast. The widow went to an unjust judge who did not care for her. But you go to a father who loves you, who has already made  provision, who is not reluctant. Jesus Christ is not saying God is like the unjust judge. He is saying God is the exact opposite. The unjust judge eventually helped because of persistence. But God your Father helps speedily because He is good. This parable was never meant to teach you to beg. It was meant to show you the difference between a God who loves you and a world that doesn't.  Noted this, the man who prays as though God must be persuaded has not yet seen the finished work of Calvary.

 Christ did not almost purchase your healing. He did not partially break the power of the enemy." He said, "It is finished." When you pray from that completed work, you are not asking God to do something. You are enforcing what  He has already done. Read those words again.You are not asking God to do something. You are enforcing what he has already done. That is the shift. That is the revolution. That is why the early church turned the world upside down and why so much of modern Christianity seems unable to move a mountain the size of a molehill. 

Look at the book of Acts. In Acts 3:6, apostle Peter stands before a man who has been lame since birth, a man begging at the gate called Beautiful. And apostle Peter says, "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I thee. In the name of  Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." Apostle Peter did not drop to his knees. 

Apostle Peter did not spend 30 minutes in intercession before speaking. He spoke directly with authority to the condition and the man leaped to his feet and walked in Acts 9:34.

Apostle Peter comes to a paralyzed man named Aneneas who had lain in bed for 8 years. 

 And apostle Peter says, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole. Arise and make thy bed." Again, no lengthy petition, no agonizing prayer, a short direct declaration in the name of Jesus. 

 Now contrast that with the average prayer meeting in the modern church. A believer stands up and says, "Lord, if it be thy will and if we are worthy enough and if we've prayed long enough, would you perhaps consider healing this person?" And then the congregation says, "Amen." And goes home wondering why nothing happened. The early church did not pray like that. They prayed like men and women who knew who they were. They prayed like people who understood that the risen Christ lived inside them and that His authority had been delegated to them and that the gates of hell itself could not stand against the church he had built. The Bible says in Matthew 1:6 1:9, 

 Jesus Christ told Peter, "And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Keys, not suggestions, not requests.

    Keys. When you hold the keys to a house, you do not stand outside and beg the house to open. You put the key in the lock and you turn it. 

 That is what prayer was always meant to be for the bloodbought, spiritfilled believer, not begging, not bargaining, turning the key. 

Now, here is where the teaching must go deeper because someone will say, "I understand all this in my head, but when I pray, I still feel like nothing is happening. I still feel distant. I still feel like my words are empty. And the answer to that is not to pray harder. The answer is to understand the difference between sense knowledge and revelation knowledge.  

About this distinction. Sense knowledge prays according to what the eye can see and the hand can feel, but faith prays according to what God has said. And what God has said is settled in heaven whether your feelings confirm it or not. 

You speak what God has spoken in the Bible. The truth. Facts perceived by the five senses must bow to the truth, spoken Word of God. Amen. 

Your feelings are not the thermometer of God's response. Your feelings are not the measure of whether your prayer has been heard. The Word of God is the measure. The finished work of Christ is the measure. The Bible says in Mark 1:24, "Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." Notice the tense. Believe that you receive present tense, and you shall have future tense. The believing comes before the having. The receiving in the spirit comes before the manifestation in the natural. 

This is exactly what Jesus Christ was demonstrating on that boat. When he said, "Peace, be still." He wasn't hoping the storm  would respond. He was not unsure. He spoke with the certainty of one who already knew the outcome before the words left his lips. He spoke from a place of rest, from a place of settled confidence, from a position that was already established. That is the prayer that moves mountains, not hours of desperate effort. Settled, spirit-led, identity anchored declaration.

   Imagine a lighthouse keeper in the middle of a raging sea. He does not panic when ships come near the rocks. He does not run to the edge of the cliff and scream at the waves to be calm. He turns on the light.  He does what he was positioned to do. And the ships find their way. You, believer, are a lighthouse in this world, not because of your own strength or goodness, but because the Light of the world has taken up residence inside you. 

 The Bible says in 1 John 4:4, "Greater is HE that is in you than he that is in the world." Your job is not to strain and struggle to generate spiritual power. Your job is to turn on the light, to speak what God has already spoken, to declare what His Word has already established. 

And so we come to the practical moment of this teaching because revelation without application is just information. And I believe God wants to do more than inform you today. 

The Lord wants to transform the way you pray starting right now. Here is what the begging prayer sounds like. "God, please  heal me. I know I don't deserve it. I've been struggling so long. I'm trying to have faith. If it's your will, please, please intervene. "

 Now, hear what the declaration sounds like. "Father, I thank you that by the stripes of Jesus Christ, I am healed. Your word says in 1 Peter 2:24 that he himself bore my sins in his own body on the tree. that I being dead to sins should live unto righteousness by whose stripes I was healed. I am not asking YOU to heal me. I am thanking YOU that healing was purchased at Calvary. I receive it now in the name of Jesus Christ."

 Feel the difference. Both prayers mention the same God. Both mention healing, but one comes from a beggar, while the other one comes from a son. 

Instead of saying, "Lord,  I hope you hear me." Declare, "Father, Your Word says in John 15:7, if ye abide in me and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you, I abide in you. Your words abide in me. I am asking, and I receive." Instead of saying, "I don't know if this is your will," declare the word of God. Is God's will written down? 

 And your word says in 3 John 1:2, "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." Health is your will.  Prosperity of soul is your will. I receive both by faith. Instead of saying, "I feel so far from God," declare. The Bible says in Hebrews 1:35, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. God is not far from me. He lives inside me. He is closer than my next  breath. I am not alone. I will never be alone."

It is perhaps the most important thing on prayer. ¶ The prayer of faith is not a cry of desperation. It is a calm, quiet act of a believer who knows his/her rights, knows his/her God, and knows that what God has said is more real than what his/her senses   report. A calm, quiet act. Not hours of religious effort, not emotional marathon sessions designed to convince a reluctant God. A calm, quiet act of a man or a woman who knows. That word knows is everything. The Bible says in 1 John 5:14-15, and this is the confidence that we have in HIM, that if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us. And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of HIM. 

The word confidence in the original Greek is parrésia : παρρησία. It means boldness, freedom of speech, the right to speak openly. It is the word used of a citizen who has legal standing in a courtroom.  Not a suspect who creeps in hoping for mercy, but a son of the most High God who walks in knowing that the Judge of all the earth is also His Father. You have legal standing. 

 You have the name of Jesus Christ, the name that is above every name. As apostle Paul writes in Philippians 2:9, "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name. And that name has been given to you for use in prayer. That name is not a lucky charm. It is not a religious password. It is legal authority. It is like a power of attorney. The right to act on behalf of another." With ident Jesus after his resurrection stood before his disciples and said in Matthew 28: 18-19 all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth go ye therefore all authority and then go he transferred the mission to you he transferred the authority to you the question is whether you will walk in it this is why the three-word prayer moves the mountain, not because of the shortness of the prayer, but because of the authority behind it, because of the one speaking it, because of the finished work of Christ backing every syllable. And this is why the hour long prayer of begging does nothing. 

THE STORY OF THE HERO-MODEL OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

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X. THE STORY OF THE HERO-MODEL OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

(Genesis Chapter 11-22)

 

 

From Ch. 11:27-32 we learn that Abram's father was Terah. Terah had three sons; Abram, Nahor and Haran. We do not know much about Abram's youth, but here's an interesting story about him:

Terah was a devout idol-worshipper. He built a big shrine in his house. In this shrine he kept all kinds of idols and images, and spent all his time serving them. But, Abram did not believe in idols.

One day Terah went out of the house on business. He entrusted the shrine to Abram's care. Now, while his father was out, Abram took a hammer and smashed all the idols to the ground. Then he put a piece of meat in the mouth of one of the idols, and left them as they were.

When his father returned home to this situation, he was furious beyond words. He asked Abram, “How did all these idols become like this?” Abram replied, “Soon after you went out, someone brought us meat. The idols rushed upon the meat, and a fight broke out. Do you see meat in that idol's mouth?” Terah was dumb-founded, but the whole family turned to God that day.

One day God said to Abram, “Leave this dark place of Ur, leave your home-country.” God did not tell him where, but only towards the South. Abram went in absolute obedience. This was his first obedience. To obey God in the first instance, we must leave our “home-country.” Beloved brothers and sisters, to obey God, one must leave everything! So Abram went out in obedience to God, four in the company. Himself, father, wife and nephew Lot. They found their way to Haran.

When Abram came to Haran, he halted. He stopped half-way in his journey. Beloved brothers and sisters, Abram got downhearted! How many have followed Jesus and stopped half-way? Now Abram was weak, and God wanted to train him. God also wants us to go forward and not stop half-way.

Now, when Abram halted, the Lord let his father die. Abram wept. “O God, How is it that death has taken my father? And in this foreign land?” God said, “Abram, my beloved Abram! Because you have not obeyed me fully, to follow me all the way.” Not going with God all the way has brought death to his father. God said, “Get up and go on.”

Ch. 12 vs. 1-4. “Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy,country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” When Abram heard this Word and started out, he was seventy-five years old. Beloved brothers and sisters let us never, never stop half-way. Let us go straight forward, and glorify God.

Vs. 5-8. Abram headed southwards with Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew. That's not easy! The people of the land were giants, and they were short. Moreover this was a wild country where human beings were sacrificed, even sons and wives. They were a fierce people. Abram was afraid, and his heart throbbed. Slowly he came to Sichem, to the oak tree of Moreh. There he built an altar to the Lord. God said, “Fear not, I will give this land to your children. Abram, don't be afraid of your surroundings.” Abram was assured, and he continued on his journey.

When he came to Bethel he became frightened. He built another altar and sacrificed to the Lord. The Lord comforted him further, and he went on his way. Beloved brothers and sisters, the greatest lesson is this: Whenever we are afraid, let us look only to God. The oak tree which is deeply rooted and presents a beautiful picture to the eyes is a symbol of Abram's faith. In our heavenly pilgrimage, we should also rise above our circumstances. If not, we will not obey. Elder sisters, do you hear me?

Vs. 10-12. Abram slips! Confronted by a fierce famine, Abram went down to Egypt. And he falls flat. He is overwhelmed by the circumstances. When he went down to Egypt, he no more followed the Lord. O, how many on the heavenly pilgrimage have forsaken God when their skies darkened. They also “go down to Egypt,” not following the Lord. How many meeting with evil circumstances go it alone. They trust in their own strength!

At that time Sarai's beauty was in full bloom. Abram was very fearful for this and said to Sarai, “Let us promise together. I know you are a charming lady. When the Egyptians see that you are my wife, they are sure to kill me and take you away. Let us call ourselves brother and sister."

When they came to Egypt, the Egyptians lusted after Sarai's beauty. Pharaoh's ministers talked about her before Pharaoh. Seeing she was such a charming woman, Pharaoh took her for himself. Abram wept for having left the Lord and gone on his own way. Beloved brothers and sisters, how many have gone on their own way! They drink bitterness as a result. Why is your family in such bitter unhappiness? It's because you've left the Lord. Otherwise, peace is surely yours.

Abram prayed the Lord to forgive him and the Lord listened to his repenting heart. God in a dream spoke to Pharaoh and Pharaoh got frightened. Pharaoh called Abram and said to him, “Why did you bluff that your wife is your sister?" Pharaoh returned his wife with a gift and asked him to leave. Beloved brothers and sisters, when you truly repent and get back on your heavenly course, God will forgive you.

Now Abram had become a rich man when he returned from Egypt with gold, silver and animals. This divided his attention in rurining the heavenly race. A pilgrim must give up his own plan. Beloved brothers and sisters, a self-wise man is bound to lose his way. As for me, I pray for the Lord's will in anything I do.

Ch. 13. Vs. 1-18. Here is recorded Abram's becoming a rich man after leaving Egypt, having many herds and camels. Lot also changed. Lot now left the Lord out in everything he did. His heart was bent on money and self. He could no longer stay under Abram's roof. This led to quarrels over grass feeds between Abram's servants and Lot's servants. Quarrels led to fights. When Abram heard this his heart was grieved. He called Lot to a dividing of their property. Lot's eyes were upon the world. He took leave of Abram and moved, step by step, towards Sodom. Abram's heart was grieved for Lot, but God comforted him. Beloved brothers and sisters, as followers of Jesus, you must treat money and the world as nothing. God comforted Abram and led him to the highest country. There He told him to look north, east, south, west. He said, “All the land you see I will give you and your children, forever. And I will increase your descendants as the sand.” Beloved brothers and sisters, let us never be near-sighted. Let us look to the future. Let us enlarge our vision. Now often there are also conflicts inside the Church. Pitiful! Beloved brothers and sisters, let us not look at the things we now see just in front of us.

Vs. 14-16. As Lot grew richer, he drifted farther to Sodom. He made his pile from Sodom by opening many business houses --- Lot Trading Co., Lot Groceries, Lot Travel Service, Lot Banking Corporation. He built a villa for himself.

As for Abram he kept to his old job of tending the sheep and herds in the country. He received from lofty Lot no better regard than sarcasm and ridicule --- What Jesus? What God? How foolish! Lot prided over his goods and popularity. His daughters could dance and swirl around like society birds. Lot became a tycoon. But Abram remained in the village, away from the world. He praised God all the day.

Now a war broke out between the five kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim and Bela and the four kings of Shiner, Ellasar, Elam and Goiim. The five kings were defeated by the four, who broke into their cities. Lot Company and Lot Bank crashed, and Lot Villa was burnt up. Mrs. Lot and eldest daughter were carried away. Lot wept. Beloved brothers and sisters, when Lot wept bitterly for his sins. God comforted him all the same. God sent Abram to save him.

When Abram heard of Lot's misfortune, he forgot the the past. He took 318 of his trained soldiers to go and save Sodom. He recaptured all the booty taken by the enemy, including all that belonged to Lot, even the women. All gathered to congratulate Abram, even kings, with many presents. But Abram refused them and Abram said, “Lot, do you now understand me? I won't take even one blade of grass nor one thread from you. I only pray that God's servant Melchizedek would bless me.” Abram spurned these things. What he desired was God. Beloved brothers and sisters, may you spurn money and all this world offers. Follow Jesus to the end.

Now the defeated four kings wanted to take revenge. Fear gripped Abram, but God assured him, “I am your shield. I will give you everything.” Abram replied, “But I have no son. What's the use of all these?” God said to Abram, “Lift up your head to the skies and look at the stars. I will give you children like the stars.” Though Abram was old, he believed and he was counted righteous. Nevertheless, he could not but keep within himself a little doubting. So, God gave him proof, “Take for Me a three-year-old cow and a three-year-old she-goat, one three-year-old ram, a turtle dove and a young pigeon. Cut each one in two.” Abram obeyed, and knelt down to pray. Suddenly fire came down from heaven. That day God made a covenant with Abram. God said again, “The day will come when your descendants will be taken into slavery, but I will save them from Egypt to Canaan.” Abram believed! Wonderful! Let me tell you, God will open a way for me into all the world, and I believe. Though I am a speck before Him, He is almighty. He can do the impossible. Now wasn't Abram wonderful in having given up everything around him to come and trust in God? But he had no son, and he became anxious. He thought of taking another wife, seeing how pretty Hagar his servant girl was. He did not ask the Lord when he married her, though it was Sarai's plan for him to have a son. But when a person does anything without the Lord, he will get into the soup. When Hagar bore him a son she despised her mistress. Quarrels now rocked the family. Beloved brothers and sisters, one taking things into one's own hands is sure to fail. A quarrelling family is worse than hell; Abram regretted. God told him to send Hagar away and he obeyed. Let us also follow Jesus to the end.

Ch. 17. Now Abram was 99 years old. He was dissatified with the old way of life. He put to death the old man in him. He lived a new life. He made a covenant with God through circumcision, separating unto holiness. God changed his name to Abraham, i.e. Father of many nations. Sarai became Sarah. God said, “Next year I will give Sarah a son. I will bless her and she will be a mother of many nations.” Abraham did not believe. He said in his heart, “A 100-year-old man. Can he beget a son? How can?” Nevertheless, he clung to God's Word.

Ch.18. Here we see the depraved depths of sin and pollution into which said, Sodom and Gomorrah were sunk. Lot lolled luxuriously on.

God decided to destroy the two cities and God told Abraham. Abraham was very worried, so he knelt and prayed, “O God! Would you destroy that city if there are fifty righteous men in it?” God said, “If there are fifty righteous, I will for their sake pardon the place.” He prayed again, “If forty-five righteous? Thirty righteous?” God said, “If there are so many, I will not destroy it. And I will not destroy it if there are only ten righteous.” Beloved brothers and sisters, God treasures ten righteous souls more than anything. Everything is vanity. Souls are most precious. God loves the souls of the righteous. Beloved brothers and sisters, God regards the souls of ten righteous men more precious than the whole world. So does He regard Amoy and Kulangsu's ten righteous souls today. For Abraham's sake He saved Lot, and with Lot only two daughters. Mrs. Lot who lingered behind to take a last look at the world was turned into a pillar of salt. Sodom and Gomorrah perished in flames. God showed Abraham that the world was all vanity. God had trained him many years so that he would give up every whit of materialism.

Now, the next year saw the birth of a son, Isaac, when Abraham was 100 years.

Ch. 22. God had led Abraham step to step to treasure His Word, to treasure the value of righteous souls. Now he must needs put him to another test, even his faith.

Isaac was a handsome, lovable son, the darling of Abraham's soul. How should a son of a 100-year-old father be not beloved? As Isaac grew up, he was a gentle character, at the beck and call of his father. Abraham loved him, like “carrying a pearl in the pan of his palm.” Isaac had become his idol, occupying his thoughts more than God. Isaac took the place of God.

One day God said to Abraham, “Take your son, your only begotten son, your beloved son, to Moriah, to the mountain of my appointment, and there sacrifice him to me.” Beloved brothers and sisters, Abraham burst into tears! But though he understood not, he obeyed: The Lord's will be done.

The next day, before it dawned, Abraham got up. Silently, lest Sarah should know, he took Isaac and two servants, and off they went to Moriah.

A lovable son of thirteen left with his father Abraham in the mirky darkness of dawn. As they went along. Abraham's heart ached with every step. That night they stayed at an inn. Abraham told his two servants to sleep in the hall, while he and his son slept inside the room.

Abraham spent a sleepless night. He knelt before God and cried, “O God, I can't understand this. He is a lovable boy of thirteen. Nevertheless, not my will, but Thine be done.” Isaac woke up afraid. “Father,” he said, “How are you? Father, why are you awake?” Abraham replied, “My son, sleep on!” Abraham pleaded with the Lord, “O God! Let this bitter cup be removed from me. Only let Thy will be done.”

As they continued their journey the next day, his heart weighed heavier still. This heaviness wore on into the third day, which made Abraham even more restless throughout the night. As he now stroked Isaac's head and gazed on his gentle, handsome face, he groaned, “O God! Why did You deceive me? Did You not promise me many children like the stars? But why do you want to take away my only begotten, darling son? Why? Yet, I trust in You.” As he gazed for the last time on his son so soon to leave this world, he wept.

The morning of the third day saw the four of them plod on to their destination. Abraham told the two servants to wait at the foot of the hill. Isaac now carried the wood, and step by step father and son climbed the hill. Frightened, Isaac asked his father, “Father, everything is ready. But where's the lamb?” Stabbed to the heart, Abraham said, “My son, God can prepare it for us.”

On the top of Mt. Moriah, Abraham held lsaac's hand, and said, “My little darling. You are the lamb! God wants me to offer you a sacrifice.” Isaac replied, “Father, May the Lord's will be done!” So Abraham tied his darling, 13-year-old son and made him kneel over the wood. With eyes upon his son he called to heaven, “O God, I praise Thee, I obey Thee! I love you above everything.” Now, to Isaac he said, “My son, I love you, but I have to carry out God's will...... As he painfully raised the knife to kill his son, suddenly a voice called out, “Abraham, Abraham.” Abraham answered, “Here I am.” God said to him, “Do not hurt your son. Now I know you love Me. You love Me more than all, even more than your only begotten son!” Beloved brothers and sisters, today God is still seeking, seeking for you. On Moriah God had found Abraham. Beloved brothers and sisters, on Mt. Moriah, there was one who had offered his only begotten son to God.

Abraham looked up when he heard the voice, and lo! in the thicket there came the bleatings of a lamb. God said, “Offer this lamb to Me. Abraham took that lamb and offered it a burnt offering, its blood in the place of his son. This lamb's blood saved Abraham's children and children's children. Who is the Lamb? O, He is our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God. He walked after God for 33 years. Finally he gave His precious body a sacrifice for the whole world, to save all mankind. On Golgotha God sacrificed His Son for Abraham's children. Beloved brothers and sisters. Do you know what the Cross means? Beloved brothers and sisters, do you love Jesus above everything? Abraham was victorious! He became the Father of all ages. He loved the Lord over everything. Beloved brothers and sisters, who in Amoy and Kulangsu loves God more than everything else? May the Holy Spirit pour out His power to move us to love Jesus Christ to the end.

 

THEME SONG

All to Jesus I surrender,

All to Him I freely give;

I will ever love and trust Him,

In His presence daily live:

  I surrender all, I surrender all.

All to Thee, my blessed Saviour,

I surrender all.

 

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 Background: Diseases of the venous system are widespread disorders sometimes associated with modern civilisation and are among the major concerns of social and occupational medicine. This study was carried out to compare the efficacy (oedema reduction) and safety of compression stockings class Il and dried horse chestnut seed extract (HCSE, 50 mg aescin, twice daily). 

Methods: Equivalence of both therapies was examined in a novel hierarchical statistical design in 240 patients with chronic venous insufficiency. Patients were treated over a period of 12 weeks in a randomised, partially blinded, placebo-controlled, parallel study design. 

Findings: Lower leg volume of the more severely affected limb decreased on average by 43.8 mL (n= 95) with HCSE and 46.7 mL (n =99) with compression therapy, while it increased by 9.8 mL with placebo (n = 46) after 12 weeks therapy for the intention-to-treat group (95% CI: HCSE:21.1-66.4; compression: 30.4-63.0; placebo: 40.0-20.4). Significant oedema reductions were achieved by HCSE (p =0.005) and compression (p =0.002) compared to placebo, and the two therapies were shown to be equivalent (p =0.001); in this design, however, compression could not be proven as standard with regard to oedema reduction in the statistical test procedure. Both HCSE and compression therapy were well tolerated and no serious treatment-related events were reported. 

This seed outperforms and swelling in the leg, is Aesculus Hippocastanum.  AESCULUS  HIPPOCASTANUM 

Efficacy, routine effectiveness, and safety of horsechestnut seed extract in the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and large observational studies 

Abstract 

Safe and effective oral therapies for chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) would provide an important alternative to mechanical compression treatment. Several narrative reviews and one systematic review have summarized the efficacy of horse chestnut seed extract (HCSE), but to our knowledge no systematic review has included data from both randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and large-scale observational studies regarding outcomes as well as adverse events. Using a systematic literature search, we identified 13 RCTs of CVI (1,051 patients) and 3 observational studies (10,725 patients) that met our inclusion criteria. Examined outcomes were leg volume, ankle and calf circumference, edema, pain, sensation of tension, swelling, leg fatigue/heaviness, calf cramps, and itching. Random and fixed effect models were used to pool outcomes and adverse events separately for RCTs and observational studies. Overall, the RCTs indicated that HCSE improved symptoms in patients with CVI. Compared to placebo, HCSE reduced leg volume by 46.4 ml (95% CI, 11.3-81.4 ml) and increased the likelihood of improvement in leg pain 4.1-fold (95% CI, 0.98-16.8). Similarly, improvement probabilities were increased 1.5-fold (95% CI,1.2-1.9) for edema and 1.7-fold (95% CI, 0.01-3.0) for  itching. There was insufficient evidence to  demonstrate HCSE's effect on leg  fatigue/heaviness or calf cramps. Observational  studies showed significant effectiveness regarding  pain, edema, and leg fatigue/heaviness. No severe adverse events were reported, and HCSE did not significantly increase mild adverse events. Based on meta-analysis 

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BioMed Research International 

Antioxidant Activity and Total Phenolic and Flavonoid Content of Various Solvent Extracts from In Vivo and In Vitro Grown Trifolium pratense L. (Red Clover) 

Abstract 

In the present study the extracts of in vivo and in vitro grown plants as well as callus tissue of red clover were tested for their antioxidant activities, using different extraction solvent and different antioxidant assays. The total flavonoid and phenolic contents as well as extraction yield of the extracts were also investigated to determine their correlation with the antioxidant activity of the extracts. Among all the tested extracts the highest amounts of total phenolic and total flavonoids content were found in methanol extract of in vivo grown plants. The antioxidant activity of tested samples followed the order in vivo plant extract> callus extract> in vitro extract. The highest reducing power, 2,2-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS) radical scavenging, and chelating power were found in methanol extracts of in vivo grown red clover, while the chloroform fraction of in vivo grown plants showed the highest 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging, superoxide anion radical scavenging and hydrogen peroxide scavenging compared to the other tested extracts. A significant correlation was found between the antioxidant activity of extracts and their total ... ~ BioMed Research International.

Plant called Trifolium Pratense. 

  TRIFOLIUM   PRATENSE  

Centella Asiatica Extract.

  CENTELLA ASIATICA 

now confirm its ability to 

NIH 

National Library of Medicine National Center for Biotechnology Information 

Pharmacological Review on Centella asiatica: A Potential Herbal Cure-all 

Abstract 

In recent times, focus on plant research has increased all over the world. Centella asiatica is an important medicinal herb that is widely used in the orient and is becoming popular in the West. Triterpenoid, saponins, the primary constituents of Centella asiatica are mainly believed to be responsible for its wide therapeutic actions. Apart from wound healing, the herb is recommended for the treatment of various skin conditions such as leprosy, lupus, varicose ulcers, eczema, psoriasis, diarrhoea, fever;, amenorrhea, diseases of the female genitourinary tract and also for relieving anxiety and improving cognition. The present review attempts to provide comprehensive information on pharmacology, mechanisms of action, various preclinical and clinical studies, safety precautions and current research prospects of the herb. At the same time, studies to evaluate the likelihood of interactions with drugs and herbs on simultaneous use, which is imperative for optimal and safe utilization of the herb, are discussed. 

Keywords: Centella asiatica, description, herb-drug interactions, pharmacology of Centella asiatica, preclinical and clinical studies, side effects, therapeutic uses

llex paraguayensis 

 ILEX PARAGUAYENSIS 

Recent scientific research

ELSEVIER

International Immunopharmacology 

Volume 36, July 2016, Pages 165-172 

The anti-inflammatory effect of Ilex paraguariensis A. St. Hil (Mate) in a murine model of pleurisy 

Ana Beatriz Gobbo Luz, Carlos Henrique Blum da Silva, Marcus Vinicius P.S. Nascimento , Bruno Matheus de Campos Facchin  ,Tânia Silvia Fröde  , Flávio Henrique Reginatto , Bruna Baratto ,   Eduardo Monguilhott Dalmarco .

Gallium Aparine 

 GALIUM APARINE 

 is now clinically proven doesn't just reduce sweIling.

Aesculus Hippocastanum 

Trifolium Pratense 

Centella Asiatica 

llex Paraguariensis 

Galium Aparine 

extracts of alI five nutrients of this edema-flushing formula we added Burdock root, Purple Cone Flower,    

and Olive Leaf Extract, Ginger Root 🫚 ,

RED ROOT POWDER 

STILLIRIGIA EXTRACT 

and Stillirigia Extract.

NO SECRET PLACE; NO PUBLIC POWER

 NO SECRET PLACE 

NO PUBLIC POWER 

THE SECRET TO SPENDING MORE TIME WITH GOD 

 

The truth about the "Secret Place" 

How Jesus accessed hidden spiritual resources 

Why intimacy with God produces public authority 

How to rebuild your private fellowship with the Father 

This is not religion. 

This is the legal reality of the New Creation.

The Wonderful Name of Jesus: How He Obtained lt (Inherited, Bestowed, Conquered)

There is a name that commands the absolute, undivided attention of every being in the unseen universe. Most believers use this name as a religious "amen"- a punctuation mark to signal the talking is over. 

But one preacher reveals a staggering legal secret in The Wonderful Name of Jesus: Jesus obtained His Name through three specific legal avenues. 

HOW JESUS CHRIST GOT HIS NAME: 

1. INHERITED - Hebrews 1:4: He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they." By right of birth, nature, and eternal lineage, the NAME that belongs to the Father, YAHWEH, belongs to the Son, YAHSUA, . This is not a title given to an employee - it's a nature shared with a Child. 

2. BESTOWED - Philippians 2:9-10: "God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name." After Jesus fulfilled the work of Redemption, the Father officially bestowed the Name as a reward. This was the Public Investiture-the Father saying to the universe, "This Name carries My full Power of Attorney." 

3. CONQUERED - Colossians 2:15: "Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly." Jesus won His Name through legal conquest. He descended into the strongholds of darkness, stripped Satan of authority, took the keys of death and hell (Revelation 1:18), and was awarded the Name above every name as a BattleTrophy. 

WHY THE NAME WAS GIVEN TO YOU: 

Romans 8:17 - You are a joint-heir with Christ. You didn't fight the battle, but you get to use the authority of the Victor. This is your Power of Attorney-the Check signed by the Blood that you present to the bank of Heaven. 

The Holy Spirit is the Administrator. When you command sickness to leave in the Name of Jesus, the Spirit enforces that command. He doesn't look at your worthiness -He looks at the Name. 

Mental Assent admires the Name. Revelation Faith USES the Name. 

 Key Scriptures: Hebrews 1:4 ; Philippians 2:7, 2:9-10; John 1:14 ;1 Timothy 2:5 ; Colossians 2:15 ; Revelation 1:18 ; Romans 8:17, 8:21; John 3:8 ; Matthew 8:9 ; 2 Corinthians 5:17 

🗣️: "I HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO THE NAME OF JESUS"

Saint of God , The Secret Lies In Your Spirit Consciousness.

... trying to see if it works. But if you say, "In the name of Jesus, I command this body to be whole." You are operating in the law of the new creation. You are authorizing the master workman to do his job. You are giving the Holy Spirit the legal material he needs to change your ...

... the fullness of the revelation from Genesis to Revelation, all the 66 books of the Bible, this wonderful Old Testament and New Testament, as Jesus said, any scribe who can take out of his treasure, what is old, what is new. And that's where, brothers and sisters, apostle Paul is talking about this here. 

God has revealed to us by His Spirit the spiritual things are all the things of God. 

 For we for what man know the things of man say the spirit of man which is in him. Okay. Manly wisdom is take you somewhere. But he also the things of God knoweth no man but the spirit of God. 

Now we have received not the spirit of the world but the spirit ...

... submersion of his consciousness his consciousness submerge me my consciousness then Jesus said I am in the Father and the Father in me l and my Father I'm not my own Father l am my Father I'm in the Father because Father's consciousness in me my consciousness in the Father, Father 's consciousness in me, my consciousness is Father and with that I have divine wisdom, divine knowledge, divine understanding what to do, how to do, when to do, where to do with the fear recognizing the Father. I always recognize my God, Jesus recognize the Father all the time. Not my will, your will. Recognizing initially Lucifer began to think with HIM, and then he began to think about HIM, think about God. Want to be worshipped as God. Hence his downfall, became Satan.  That's the religion of a method, a program, think about God and think about yourself and then the super ... past the super prophet becomes the kind of a superman to facilitate things and collect your money. 

 That's not what God designed for you. 

 God designed you and me to become a royal priesthood. A peculiar people, a holy nation, a chosen generation. 1:55:58 Every one of us, we are equal as far as we are called the sons of the living God.  So with that divine consciousness,  with that divine consciousness which already inbuilt The fear, divine fear, fear of God. My I have wisdom. Like apostle Paul says, we don't speak the wisdom of man, but we speak the wisdom of God. We speak the wisdom of God.  1 Corinthians chapter 2. 

 Beautiful. He presents it. He said we speak the wisdom of God. Chapter two.

 So brothers and sisters, the anointing, the unction, the anointing, the unction that God has given for you and for me , brings me divine wisdom, divine knowledge, divine understanding. And it brings me that I'm accountable to God.  I'm responsible. The anointing comes to the children of God, the sons and daughters of God and the servants of God. And the accounting anointing is a responsibility with accountability.  I have to return to God what he has given to me. Use it. Well, use it and enhance it and give it back to God what God has given to me. 

 So when, brothers and sisters, with the fear of God that all my activation, my imagination, my visualization, my actualization, my thinking, my living, my walk, I walk with God. And that's why, brothers and sisters, when you come to the transaction as per Colossians chapter 1 , verse 13 ...

Colossians 1:13 states that God has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son. This verse emphasizes the transition from spiritual darkness to the light of Christ.

...where you're completely separated, sanctified and you are continuously in HIM and He is in you and you are thinking with HIM and the glory of God is manifested.  preparation of you and me for the transfiguration. 

 Let's pray. 🙏🏽 Wonderful Holy Father, we are indeed thankful to you for your grace and this wonderful moment. I present these people who listen to my message. This is not my message. 

 with great preparedness, divine anction and the holy anointing. What you have used my lips, my mouth, my tongue to present the truth to these people to receive it. Let it go in all his power to the chosen seed of God. Let them receive it in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Bless you and have wonderful week ahead in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

FORGIVEN & HEALED

 Healing and Pardon (Isaiah 33:24) 

Isaiah 33:24 promises that no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick,” and that the people dwelling there will be forgiven their iniquity.  This verse depicts a future state of perfect physical health and spiritual cleansing for God's people, often interpreted as a prophecy fulfilled in the Messiah’s reign or the eternal state.

and the inhabitant shall not say I am sick the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity Isaiah 33:24 healing and pardon a sermon delivered on Lord's Day this whole chapter was a gracious message from God to a people who were in extremis ( This Latin phrase often means "at the point of death," and also "in an extreme situation." Literally, in extremis is "in the farthest reaches." ) they were made to drink the foulest dregs of Sorrow through the invasion of the Assyrians the highways were waste the Wayfarer ceased the Earth mourned and languished Lebanon was ashamed and heed down Sharon was like a Wilderness and Bashan and Carmel shook off their fruits then did God Arise when the worst had come to the worst he laid bare his arm and brought Deliverance for his people is not this a general rule with God is it not a truth fraught with Comfort to any of you whose day has darken down into a Sevenfold midnight when nothing else is left you God remains and God Appears when all your own strength fails you your strength shall be to sit still while God arises into your arm every morning your salvation in the time of trouble l would encourage all who are in spiritual distress to gather Hope from this chapter since it is addressed to Zion in her sore Affliction if it be really so that the joys and blessings which are described in the passage before us come to a people who are driven to the last extremity why should not such blessings come to you we have often noted how the Lord Delights to look upon the poor and needy and comes with sunder to those who are in distress it is the way of the Lord to look in pity upon those who are cast down lift up your heart to him and cry unto him out of the depth let your prayer rise to his throne out of the low dungeon expect that he will be very pitiful and will have compassion upon you in your misery Jerusalem was on the brink of Destruction when the Lord answered the prayer of Hezekiah and smote the vast host of Assyria the Peril of Jerusalem serves as a dark background to bring out the brightness of my text the city might have been destroyed by pestilence through its sins but the Lord saith the inhabitant shall not say I am sick the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity the great result of God's gracious dealings with his afflicted people is that they glorify his holy name observe how in this chapter God Is Spoken of as being exalted for he dwelleth on High he is called The Glorious Lord truly our Lord never appear more glorious than in the eyes of those who are brought low and humbled in their own esteem their distresses out of which they are graciously delivered call upon them to exalt their saviour they hear a voice saying oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful Works to the children of men for he hath broken the gates of brass and cut the bars of iron instead our God get little praise in this Fair World which is a masterpiece of his skill for man refuses to adore creation ought to make our voices ring out Perpetual Psalms for it is full of Wonders Providence ought also to keep us always making music upon an instrument of 10 strings but alas we yield our praises to inferior workers we are ever backward  and slow in the Praises of the Lord will a man rob God yet do we rob him of his glory and so he brings us into Straits that he may display the Majesty of his grace and the Infinity of his power in rescuing us then are we moved to astonishment and adoration then we burst forth into a song as we abundantly utter the memory of his great goodness at sight of his amazing love we magnify the Lord and ask others to Magnify Him with us that we may exalt his name together this is as it should be let it be so now oh you that have tasted of the Lord's Rich Grace in The Hour of trouble praise him at this good hour let the Hallelujah of your soul go up to him in the courts of the Lord's house if you cannot speak out your praise Let it wait for God in Zion and unto him let the vow be performed Let Your expressive silence mean the praise which you cannot sound forth with your   tongue the Holy Spirit who maketh intercession in us with groanings that cannot be uttered will also put into us   Praises inexpressible by words as we saw in the reading of this chapter the prophet seems to take Wing as he  proceeds he rises from note to note as if like David he said lift up the  strain he makes each note more high more sweet more loud than those which preceded it for he sings unto Him that doeth great things for His people the climax is in this verse the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity one of the highest notes of Praise which we can ever raise unto God is that which tells of pardoning love note the opening of the 103rd Psalm bless the Lord oh my soul who forgive all thine iniquities who heal all thy diseases our text is another form of that verse the inhabitant shall not say I am sick the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity healing and  forgiveness are placed in happy conjunction and both bestowed on the Lord's people when they look not for them I shall speak upon our text thus if the Holy Spirit will help me first there is such a thing as present forgiveness the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity secondly with this forgiveness there comes the removal of the consequences of sin the there comes the removal of the consequences of sin the inhabitant shall not say I am sick and thirdly this makes a remarkable change in the language of the favored people the inhabitant shall not say I am sick they shall be so greatly blessed that their language shall lose its complaining tone they shall no longer sigh and lament they shall now have other things to talk about than their own infirmities and sufferings the inhabitant shall not say I am sick the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity first then beloved I introduce to you a topic upon which I am sure you have no question but still it may do you good to be confirmed in the acknowledged truth there is such a thing as the present forgiveness of sin the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity there must be a present conscious enjoyable pardon of sin else there would be no joy in the world for thoughtful Minds to the Thoughtless and careless there might be a flash in the pan a noisy mirth as the crackling of thorns under a pot but to the penitent to the serious to the careful where could there be a spark of Joy if sin were Unforgiven when we once begin to feel what sin is to discern its true nature and to understand the just punishment which must follow upon it we cannot rest under its condemnation though God should give us dainties from day today and clothe us in scarlet and fine linen and set us among the princes of the earth we should be restless we should be wretched as long as Sin preyed upon our heart sin this casts Darkness upon the sun eclipsing its Meridian light sin is the blast which Withers all the flowers of Life sin is the gall of bitterness a drop of it would turn an ocean of pleasure into wormwood sin would again blight Paradise could it be restored yeah it would turn Heaven into hell could it enter there sin is a burden which an awakened conscience cannot bear it crushes the spirit into the dust and threatens further to Bear it down even to the lowest hell but when sin is pardoned then our hymn which we have just now been singing leaps joyfully to our lips now oh joy my sins are pardoned is not this a necessary ingredient in that overflowing cup which the Lord puts to the lips of his redeemed ones therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through Jesus Christ Our Lord but without that justification there can be no peace and no enjoyment of Life Believers are spoken of as a blessed people who joy in God they bidden to Rejoice ever more the Apostle saith rejoice in the lord always and again I say rejoice such rejoicing would be impossible if sin were not pardoned and therefore we conclude that sin may be pardoned that it may be pardoned now and that we may know it if forgiveness is essential to a state of mind which we are exalted to exhibit then forgiveness may be enjoyed at this present hour further dear Brethren there must be forgiveness of sin else the main motive and Fountain of Love would be dried up forgiveness begets gratitude gratitude creates love and love brings forth Holiness she that wash the Saviour's feet with tears and wipe them with the hairs of her head would she have done it if she had not loved much because she felt that much had been forgiven her the Motive Power of action to a believing Man lies hard by the realization that God for Christ's sake had forgiven his iniquities when I see my Lord his own self bearing my sins in his own body on the tree and blotting out my faults   forever by his death then my spirit glows with love my eyes stream with tears my heart dedicates itself wholly to Jesus and my life begins to show the effect of my inward emotion sin forgiven leads to sin forsaken is it not so doubt whether you are forgiven and what can you do can you preach a gospel which has not brought you pardon can you go into the Sunday School to try and bring little children to a Christ who has not forgiven you your sins but understand that through the one great sacrifice your iniquities are forever pardoned and then you must love the great sacrifice and You Must Praise the Lord who gave him to die for your sins is not this the song of the perfected unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood unto him be glory forever and ever there must be a consciousness of forgiveness or our lives will be limp we weak purposeless it must be so that sin can be pardoned and that we can know it else we should be always in bondage through fear of death in what jeopardy should we stand every hour since we might at once sink into hell the prospect of death how terrible would it be to us if sin still accused us unto God many of us now contemplate the approach of death with a calm quiet patient of Hope as our years advance we are not distressed with the thought that the time of our departure draws daily nearer this world is not our rest and we do not desire to live always we anticipate the hour when we shall our body with our charge laid down and cease at once to work and live but how could this be if we enjoyed no sense of Pardon sin it has been my intense Delight to be with many members of this church in the hour of their departure and I have invariably found them rejoicing in hope I have sometimes heard them sing and I have joined in their Holy hymn more often I have heard their steady calm a vowel of their joy in the prospect of being forever with the Lord but how could this have been if sin had not been pardoned is not this true which we sing if sin be pardoned I'm secure death hath no sting beside the law gives sin its damning power but Christ my Ransom died the sting of death is sin and you cannot take away the sting of death if sin be not taken away there could be no looking forward with expectancy if there were no Acceptance in Christ it would be impossible to be in a strait as apostle Paul was when he said for I am in a strait between to having a desire to depart and to be with Christ which is far better to be willing to be offered up and joyfully to say the time of my departure is at hand would be utterly impossible if Believers did not know and know of a certainty that their sins are all forgiven once we cried wash me and I shall be whiter than snow we were not in error in that prayer and now that we have been washed and have heard our Master say ye are clean every wit we are not  deluded we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom we have received the atonement we say at this hour oh Lord I will praise thee though thou was angry with me thine anger is turned away and thou comfort  me has not the Lord declared I even I am he that bloat out thy transgressions for my own sake and will not remember thy sins yes great Lord it is even so there is forgiveness with thee that thou mayest be feared there is a city whose inhabitants are forgiven their iniquities blessed be the Lord who passeth by the trespasses of his people once more there must be forgiveness for else the whole system of Grace would be a dead letter and its glorious privileges would be mere shells without a kernel where would be salvation itself without pardon how could we be saved from our sins if not forgiven what glorious gospel could there be if sin could not be cancelled we read of our Lord Jesus Christ that to as many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God even to them that believe on his name but how can we be Sons under  condemnation how shall I reckon myself to be a beloved child if my Father is still my judge and holds over me the Sword of Justice thy sins which are many are forgiven thee is necessary before the spirit of adoption can enter to make us cry Abba Father there is certainly no possibility of acceptance or justification while sin is unforgiven I have shown you already that there is no motive to seek sanctification if we are hopelessly condemned for sin what is even the gift of Christ himself if he does not put away our sin the whole of the blessings of the Gospel seem to me to have lost their charm unless first of all there is cleansing from all iniquity let us now bend our thoughts to a consideration of this great blessing as it is treated of in this chapter it is plainly promised in the text the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity nor is this a lone word the like is often declared I will not occupy your time by quoting the many passages of scripture in which the pardon of sin is expressly promised is it not in the Covenant I will forgive their iniquity and I will remember their sin no more he that believeth is Justified from all things from which he could not be justified by the law of Moses  my pardon is a promised blessing it is God's prerogative to forgive and he Delights to exercise it he saith expressly I will pardon them whom I reserve he hath pardoned he doth pardon he will pardon so stands the Covenant of Love if we wish to obtain this free pardon it will be granted an answer to prayer read the second verse Oh Lord be gracious unto us this is short but full there is sound Doctrine in that cry the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity is a suitable answer to that petition if you want pardon of him who is waiting to be gracious seek it it is to be had without money and without price by the man who wil stretch out his empty hand to take it it is all of Grace if thou wil have it God God is ready to Grant it in answer to thy  humble cry where sin abounded Grace doth much more abound the Lord Jesus is exalted on high to give repentance and remission of sins if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins go to your knees and see if the Lord will not be gracious unto you pardon is given in connection with the ex exaltation of God read the fifth verse the Lord is exalted he does not Grant this forgiveness until we begin to recognize that he is a great God and a savior we must see that he is great in his Justice and we must bow in penitence and honor that Justice and then we must get some thought of the greatness of his love in giving his son to die that he might justly forgive us the greatness of our Lord's compassion in passing by iniquity transgression and sin must be confessed or we shall never find pardon friend thou will never get Mercy for thy great Sin from a little God he must be a great God to thee or thou will never receive the great Mercy thou needed thou must learn to say of him  who is a god like unto thee that pardon and passed by transgression low thoughts of God create doubts of Pardon and doubt holds Us in bondage under sin but High thoughts of God beget hope in the soul and hope leads to confidence and confidence brings Assurance of forgiveness God grants pardon when men are humbled see the seventh verse their Valiant ones shall cry without the ambassadors of Peace shall weep bitterly crying and weeping are good preparations for pardon in the dust of self-abasement is the place for Hope Jeremiah saith of The Afflicted he put his mouth in the dust if so be there may be hope God never pardons the proud he knows them a far off and has enough of them at a distance with the humble and contrite he dwells delighting to hear them honor his Lord by bemoaning their breaches of it when thou sayest God be merciful to me a sinner though thou dare not lift up thine eyes to Heaven The Eyes Of Heaven look down on thee Thou shalt go to thine house Justified if in God's house thou has confessed thyself to be condemned God grants this pardon also when the heart is searched read the 14th verse the sinners in Zion are afraid fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire when we begin to examine ourselves to fear because of sin and to turn from all hypocrisy then the Lord will accept us there must be a laying aside of all insincerity a dealing with God in truth before the gracious God can put away our iniquity sincerity is is indispensable to Mercy how can the Lord be other than a devouring fire to hypocrites God will also pardon us when he is acknowledged to be our ruler and Lord look at the 22nd verse the Lord is our judge the Lord is our lawgiver the Lord is our King will thou have God to Reign Over thee if so he will forgive thee but if thou wil continue to Rebel his wrath shall abide upon thee how can thou receive the kiss of love if thou Dost not give the kiss of Allegiance kiss the son lest he be angry accept his Rule and he will accept thy prayer we must love his law or we cannot be discharged from its curse be willing to obey and he is ready to forgive he will also forgive us when we put our trust in him read the last Clause of the 2 second verse he will save us Faith must look for salvation from the Lord alone and then salvation will come to it oh how I wish that some poor heart here present would cry this morning he will save me I will take him to be my king and my lawgiver and I will believe for myself that he will save me it is that touch of personal faith which brinas peace to the the soul if thou will not