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“God is interested in growing us up and it is going to be painful”

Michael J. Weiss, Sr.

Someone should inform new believers (and probably old ones as well) that God is interested in growing us up and it is going to be painful.  The writer of Hebrews informs us that God “scourges every son whom He receives”.  What!?  That is child abuse.  A writer in Psalms says, “You Who have shown me many troubles and distresses…”

Why would God do that?

I can think of 2 reasons.  One would be that we need it for growth.  I was reading in Proverbs 17 this morning, “The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests hearts”.  We don’t like the process of getting there but we like the end result.  The word “test” in this passage means that God is in the process of refining and developing our hearts.

When we come to Jesus, we are not ok as we are any more than a new recruit off the street is ok to deploy with an U.S. Army Special Forces team.  We are accepted as we are.  We are loved, embraced, and delighted in as we are but because God loves us, He wants to grow us up into the image and character of His Son Jesus.  The Christian life is about growth and growth means change.  We grow as we walk with Jesus.  It is what happens when we engage in a relationship with Jesus through the Word and prayer daily.

We also grow when God looks at our lives and decides to work on developing us.  Pain, trials, stress, troubles, sicknesses, conflict…it goes on and on.  Without the confidence that the sovereign hand of our loving God is ruling over it we can lose hope. [Note from Michael; and that he promised never to leave us for forsake us]

Another reason would be that it expresses God’s glory.  When you are suffering, and you rejoice—God receives glory, and the world sits up and takes notice.  When life goes poorly, and you give thanks—the world sits up and takes notice.  May the Lord give us the grace to give thanks in all things.

Your brother,

David

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The Christ of God

Michael J. Weiss, Sr.

The people answered Him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever (John 12:34).

Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God (Matthew 16:16).

The Christ of God is the hope of glory, for He is the glory of our hope. The title means the anointed One, appointed of God to guard and guide the redeemed host. The rare qualities of the Christ ravish the heart, renew the mind and refresh the soul to the utmost repleteness of satisfaction, until we become complete in Him. Christ in His fairness incorporates the fullness and faithfulness of Godhead bodily. He is the Fountain of ceaseless freshness and compassionate forgiveness; He is also the Foundation of constant friendship and consistent fellowship. The Christ is eminently gracious, extremely precious and exceptionally glorious. He is the Judge of the brutish, but the Justifier of the believer. His anointing attests His kingship and affirms His priesthood, by means of which offices He regains all authority from the adversary and reigns unabatingly through the ages.

Christ is the supreme One in a special sense: He is indivisible in purpose, irresistible in integrity and invincible in strength. His ministry was governed by one superior motive. He was ever in perfect harmony with the mind of heaven, engrossed and enthralled by the Father’s will. His whole being was girded with glorious strength, He was anointed by almighty authority, robed in resolute righteousness and went into battle against the foe fully armed with the accouterments of moral valor and spiritual virtue. The enemy’s glamorous reserves of angels, principalities and powers were amassed in clamorous array to defeat Him. At the central arena of the conflict stood a brutal cross, the emblem of shame and contempt to which wicked hands had nailed Him. The amalgamated forces of evil were enlisted against Him, the power of death was in the hand of the enemy, the whole weight of infernal hatred, diabolical malice and fiendish enmity confronted Him in that crucial hour; but His armor was impenetrable. He triumphed gloriously and made a full exposure of the great adversary (Colossians 2:15), a conquest which entitled Christ to hurl the deceiver from the battlements on high (John 12:31). This Christ is our conqueror valiant in victory. His eternal triumph is attended with resurrection mastery, ascension glory and coronation majesty. The Devil is thoroughly defeated and completely vanquished.

Charles J. Rolls, The Indescribable Christ: Names and Titles of Jesus Christ: A-G (Loizeaux Brothers, 1984).

Personal Prayer:

Jesus you, the Messiah of God is the hope of glory, for you are the glory of my hope. Your title means the anointed One, appointed of God to guard and guide the redeemed host. Your rare qualities ravish my heart, renew my mind and refresh my soul to the utmost repleteness of satisfaction, until I become complete in you. Messiah Jesus your fairness incorporates the fullness and faithfulness of Godhead bodily. You are the Fountain of ceaseless freshness and compassionate forgiveness; you are also the Foundation of constant friendship and consistent fellowship. You are eminently gracious, extremely precious and exceptionally glorious. You are the Judge of the brutish, but the Justifier of the believer. Your anointing attests your Kingship and affirms your Priesthood, by means of which offices you regained all authority from the adversary and reign unabatingly through the ages.

Messiah Jesus you are the supreme One in a special sense: you are indivisible in purpose, irresistible in integrity and invincible in strength. Your ministry is governed by one superior motive. You are always in perfect harmony with the mind of heaven, engrossed and enthralled by the Father’s will. Your whole being is girded with glorious strength, anointed by almighty authority, robed in resolute righteousness and you go into battle against the foe fully armed with the accouterments of moral valor and spiritual virtue. The enemy’s glamorous reserves of angels, principalities and powers were amassed in clamorous array to defeat you. At the central arena of the conflict stood a brutal cross, the emblem of shame and contempt to which wicked hands had nailed you. The amalgamated forces of evil were enlisted against you, the power of death was in the hand of the enemy, the whole weight of infernal hatred, diabolical malice and fiendish enmity confronted you Messiah Jesus in that crucial hour; but your armor was impenetrable. You triumphed gloriously and made a full exposure of the great adversary (Colossians 2:15), a conquest which entitled you to hurl the deceiver from the battlements on high (John 12:31). Messiah Jesus you are my conqueror valiant in victory. Your eternal triumph is attended with resurrection mastery, ascension glory and coronation majesty. The Devil is thoroughly defeated and completely vanquished.

Note: The English word Christ means Messiah. I prefer to use Messiah, using it helps me better remember that Jesus is Father God’s Sent and Anointed One. 

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The Chosen of God

Michael J. Weiss, Sr.

From Charles J. Rolls, The Indescribable Christ: Names and Titles of Jesus Christ: A-G

And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let Him save himself, if He be Christ, the chosen of God (Luke 23:35).

My servant whom I have chosen (Isaiah 43:10).

Jesus Christ is assuredly preferred above all by the very heart of the eternal God; for He is distinguished beyond all others in the heaven of glory and is pre-eminently desirable because of His holiness in grace and goodness. This same Chosen of God is the One in whom we have been chosen for eternal companionship. What an honor! (John 15:16) To be thus initiated into such an association is one of the inestimable privileges of our relationship in the Beloved. Jesus Christ is God’s Elect, the stateliest of the sanctified, in whom the Father’s soul delighteth because He can never fail in fulfilling the eternal purpose and glorifies the immortal Majesty in all things (Isaiah 42:1).

Jesus Christ is the Chosen of God because of His comely character, because of His charming countenance, because of His changeless constancy, because of His crowning capability and by virtue of His complete conformity in discharging every obligation to do the will and work of God. What an object for our heart’s affection is this unmatched, unequaled, unexcelled chosen of God? We should take particular notice of the sacred simplicity, stately sublimity and the sterling sincerity that characterized all His actions.

The affection of the Father had a perfect object in His Chosen and therefore He had no need to choose us; but we are nevertheless chosen in Him who is the Chosen of God, which reality is according to the good pleasure of His will. God is inconceivably pleased with His Chosen, because His and God’s blended interests form the essence of mutual harmony and their agreement is the very soul of affectionate accord and abounding amity. Herein we approach the fathomless mystery of Godhead and comprehend in some small degree the perfect consciousness of prevailing calm which abides the ages.

All resources are revealed in a Person, whether they be the realities of goodness, the riches of grace, the rays of glory or the rarest of gifts. All reach us through the Chosen of God. No spiritual blessing comes to us by blind chance but by divine choice. We are chosen in Him before the foundation of the world, we are called in Him, justified in Him and blessed in Him with all spiritual blessings (Ephesians 1:3–7). These stupendous verities magnify the amazing mystery of reconciliation which was wrought by one infinitely blessed. Who could doubt acceptance with God in One so acceptable? No one who selects the Savior as Surety and Substitute will ever regret the step taken. God rests in Him, in Him I rest, even “My servant whom I have chosen” (Isaiah 43:10).

 Charles J. Rolls, The Indescribable Christ: Names and Titles of Jesus Christ: A-G (Loizeaux Brothers, 1984).

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The Counselor

Michael J. Weiss, Sr.

“Who has encompassed the Spirit of Yahweh, Or as His counselor has informed Him? With whom did He take counsel and who gave Him understanding? And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge and made Him know the way of understanding? (Isaiah 40:13–14).”

  Whenever the word “counselor” is used in Scripture the fact of creation stands in close proximity (see Isaiah 40:26; also, Romans 11:34, 36). Whatever the Counselor determines is done and none can revoke His decision or rescind His decree. 

Make the following your prayer to Jesus the Counselor

  All the divine ordinances pertaining to the sun, stars, seas, and seasons are controlled and coordinated by the counsel of your omnipotence Counselor Jesus. You are both Generator and governor of all the great features and forces of the entire universe. You are the Counselor who asked the Patriarch Job if he were competent enough to bind the sweet influences of Pleiades or to lose the bands of Orion (Job 38:31). According to astronomical estimates Pleiades is three thousand billion miles away from the sun and yet this constellation controls the whole of our solar system. Whose counsel, other than yours Jesus, is authoritative enough to ordain ordinances that will operate such majestic constellation over the range of these gigantic distances with meticulous precision?

  As this same Counselor Jesus, you communicated to the prophets a clear, concise account of future events, which you call prophecy. You commissioned Isaiah to issue a challenge to human counselors to forecast the future or to foreordain things to come. Isaiah returned with the report that he failed to find a single one who could do it (Isaiah 41:22, 23, 28). In contrast with this impotence stands your divine omnipotence, “Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things which have not been done. Saying, ‘My counsel will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’, Calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of My counsel from a far country. Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have formed it, surely, I will do it.” (Isaiah 46:10, 11). Jesus you are the only Counselor who has communicated to man a complete record of the ages from the commencement to the consummation.

  You also asked Isaiah to announce the names of collaborators, if there were any, with whom you took counsel in order to ask for advice and aid in your administration; but Isaiah could not submit one solitary name (Isaiah 40:13, 14). Since I am incapable of coining or changing a single decree in your divine purpose, or of constructing or correcting one solitary sentence of your revealed will; since I am incompetent to create and control either planet or comet or determine its orbit, why don’t I acknowledge and adore you Messiah Jesus as the wonderful Counselor, and wholly yield my life to your will, which you prove to be good, acceptable and perfect? (Compare Romans 11:33–36 with Romans 12:1, 2).

    No one else possesses a greater and fuller claim or better title than you Jesus to counsel me. You are altogether entitled to do so because you are the all-wise Creator and also because you submitted to a cruel cross in order to redeem and reconcile. Jesus you are abundantly entitled to counsel me because you are the only One who conquered death and the Devil and defeated the powers of darkness. You are admirably entitled to counsel me because as Heir of all things you alone bear the qualifications to confer heirship; you alone maintain my right to inherit an incorruptible estate by continually making intercession for me. Jesus, you are assuredly entitled to counsel me because of your care under all conditions; you have secured the cancellation of my sins and comfort me in times of sorrow. “With Your counsel You will lead me, And afterward take me in glory.” (Psalm 73:24)

We edited Charles “The Counselor” to be a personal prayer. Charles J. Rolls, The Indescribable Christ: Names and Titles of Jesus Christ: A-G (Loizeaux Brothers, 1984).

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The Chiefest Among Ten Thousand

Michael J. Weiss, Sr.

My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand (Song of Solomon 5:10).

When King David, in an hour of national emergency, determined to lead his army in battle against Absalom and his rebels, his own loyal followers vigorously protested, saying, “Thou shalt not go forth … thou art worth ten thousand of us” (2 Samuel 18:3). If it were possible for us to muster a group of ten thousand worthies, including the greatest leaders, potentates, celebrities, principalities, governors, dignitaries, supervisors, legislators, presidents, emperors, kings, princes, lords, and rulers, we should find that the one of chiefest dignity, noblest rank and fairest countenance of all would be our blessed Lord and beloved Savior, Messiah JesusJesus Christ (Ephesians 1:21).

No mortal can with Him compare,

Among the sons of men,

Fairer is He than all the fair

That fill the heavenly train.

Messiah JesusChrist is more winsome than any language can possibly convey. The tongues of men and of angels falter when attempting to describe the transporting sight of a transfigured Savior, such as overwhelmed the three disciples on the mount. We need to be stirred to a state of rapture, fired with a burning heart to a degree of holy ecstasy, so that our souls can mount up with wings as eagles to behold in the highest and holiest the Chiefest among Ten Thousand. Lord, reveal Thyself that we may behold Thy beauty in the sanctuary with its dignity and glory, until our enraptured hearts burst forth into songs of adoring gratitude, and we bless Thy holy Name in ceaseless praise.

Messiah JesusChrist is chiefest in the comeliness of His personality, in the winsomeness of His character, in the sweetness of His disposition and in the loveliness of His divine nature. No one is more acceptable in graciousness of manner, or more affable in affectionate kindness than this blessed and only potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords. Our Superior is also chiefest in praise, power and perfection; for His is the purest of the holy, the strongest of the mighty and the brightest of the resplendent. He is chiefest as Creator of adoring angels, as Possessor of amazing world, as Maker of astounding stars and as Designer of abiding glories.

What then shall we render to the Lord for His benefits and blessings? Shall we bring an offering of metal or money, fruits or fabrics, gems or gifts? Why, all such things are perishables. What does He regard most from His redeemed ones? The heart’s love and loyalty, the mind’s admiration and worship and the will’s submission with self-abnegating service. These attitudes and activities are of more value to Him than all the mass of material things we may bring.

The more we contemplate Him the loftier and lovelier He becomes, until His personal attributes expand into a whole world of worthiness, a paradise of perfections, a constellation of comeliness and a galaxy of glory. Amazing thought, that He should condescend to bear our sin, our shame and our dishonor (Psalm 69:19).1

1  Charles J. Rolls, The Indescribable Christ: Names and Titles of Jesus Christ: A-G (Loizeaux Brothers, 1984).

Make this your personal prayer:

If it were possible to muster a group of ten thousand worthies, including the greatest leaders, potentates, celebrities, principalities, governors, dignitaries, supervisors, legislators, presidents, emperors, kings, princes, lords, and rulers, I would find that the one of chiefest dignity, noblest rank, and fairest countenance of all would be you Jesus, my blessed Lord, beloved Savior, and Messiah. (Ephesians 1:21).

No mortal can with you compare,

Among the sons of men,

Fairer are you than all the fair

That fill the heavenly train.

Messiah Jesus you are more cheerful and lighthearted than any language can possibly convey. The tongues of men and of angel’s falter when attempting to describe the transporting sight of you as my transfigured Savior, such as overwhelmed the three disciples on the mount. Help me be stirred to a state of rapture, fired with a burning heart to a degree of holy ecstasy, so that my soul can mount up with wings as eagles to behold in the highest and holiest the Chiefest among Ten Thousand. Lord, reveal yourself that I may behold your beauty in the sanctuary with its dignity and glory, until my enraptured heart bursts forth into songs of adoring gratitude, and bless your holy Name in ceaseless praise.

Messiah Jesus you are chiefest in graciousness of personality, in cheerful childlike character, in sweetness of disposition and in loveliness of divine nature. No one is more acceptable in graciousness of manner, or more affable in affectionate kindness than you the blessed and only potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords. As my Superior you are also chiefest in praise, power, and perfection; for you are the purest of the holy, the strongest of the mighty and the brightest of the resplendent. Jesus you are chiefest as Creator of adoring angels, as Possessor of amazing world, as Maker of astounding stars and as Designer of abiding glories.

What then shall I render to you for your benefits and blessings? Shall I bring an offering of metal or money, fruits or fabrics, gems or gifts? Why, all such things are perishables. What do you regard most from me a redeemed one? My heart’s love and loyalty, my mind’s admiration and worship and my will’s submission with self-sacrificing service. These attitudes and activities are of more value to you than all the mass of material things I may bring.The more I contemplate you Jesus the loftier and lovelier you become, until your personal attributes expand into a whole world of worthiness, a paradise of perfections, a constellation of comeliness and a galaxy of glory. It amazes me that you should condescend to bear my sin, my shame, and my dishonor (Psalm 69:19).

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I am Alpha and Omega (Revelation 22:13)

Michael J. Weiss, Sr.

As we Americans celebrate our independence, shall we say our beginning, today, July 4th, 2023, let us consider Jesus who has provided for our greatest freedom and who has not beginning or end.

“Other than you Jesus, no person exists who is in possession of titles and designations beginning with every letter of the alphabet, and no one can truthfully say that your names are merely incidentals casually coined. Every title you bear Messiah Jesus is wisely selected with a set purpose in view, and the profound accumulation of so many such, which rank highest in renown, vouch for that famous unchallengeable declaration made in your Word that a name is given to you, ‘which is above every name’ (Philippians 2:9). No other person, so manifoldly potential in capacity and so many-sided in practical ability, exists.”

“In majesty of power, in dignity of grace, in beauty of virtue and in eternity of love, you are without compare Messiah Jesus. The expansive orbit of your incorruptible glory never diminishes, the high tide of your imperial authority never recedes, and the floodlight of your immortal loveliness never declines. Age cannot palsy your perennial power, nor can the throes of time terminate your thoughtful tenderness. The years cannot compel you to yield your youthful vigor, nor can the centuries circumscribe your complete control. Duration cannot disintegrate your dominion, nor can millenniums mutilate your matchless majesty or mar your mercy.”

“What a glorious luster environs your abiding love Jesus! What a gorgeous miter engraces your attractive brow! What a gracious scepter engages your almighty hand! What a generous nature expresses your heavenly mind! Yet, withal, the tender touches of your wondrous grace and the silken sympathies of your plenteous mercy are dispensed alike to all; for you are no respecter of persons.”

“Can any one of us, or all our capacities combined, ever expect to fully comprehend you, Gods Messiah? How profitable it is to pause a moment and muse on your regal majesty and royal meekness. How edifying it is to think for a while on your replete might and resplendent mercy. How delightful the exercise to contemplate for a time your renowned merit and resourceful ministry. Each of these features surpasses in value and virtue the noblest estimates of the most venerable minds. Appraisers and valuators are altogether out of place in this domain; for the only suitable attitude is reverent worship.”

“When we attentively consider you Jesus, behold, your bountiful blessings are without boundary, your ocean-wide sufficiency is without trace of a shore, your lustrous lovingkindness is without limit, your care and considerateness are without circumference and the fervor of your fragrant faithfulness is free from all faction or friction, formality, or frustration. No artist, musician or poet can make you perfect. If we attempt to portray your obvious qualities and virtues using earthly analogies, we will need to utilize thousands of them. Should we venture to present your vocations and virtues even partially, we should require a whole host of types, symbols, memorials, images, and figures of speech to depict the range of your renown and to voice the riches of your resource within the visible realm, to say nothing of those functions which remain unrevealed. No other known Leader is so admirable, no other Ruler is so adaptable, no other Deliverer is so acceptable, no other Helper is so accessible, and no other Lover is so adorable as you are, Jesus Gods Messiah.”

 Charles J. Rolls, The Indescribable Christ: Names and Titles of Jesus Christ: A-G (Loizeaux Brothers, 1984). (Reworded into a personal prayer by J3 Khai Restoration Ministries)

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“The Builder of the Temple”

Michael J. Weiss, Sr.

“Behold the man whose name is The Branch … and He shall build the temple of Yahwehthe Lord (Zechariah 6:12; also Matthew 16:18; Ephesians 2:20–22).”

“The temple that was rebuilt by the remnant that returned to Jerusalem from Babylon was but a temporary structure. The five significant features that had been identified with Solomon’s temple were withheld. God did not write afresh the tables of the law, nor permit a new ark of the covenant to be made. He withheld from its precincts the divine oracle, the holy fire and also the Shekinah glory. However, He promised a greater Builder and a greater Glory, One who would far surpass in workmanship any of the structures erected by man. Living stones cut from the quarries of human nature and polished to excellence and perfection by the Spirit of God were to be built by Him into a holy temple in Yahwehthe Lord. The temple Christ builds is constructed from perfected lives, every stone bearing evidence of the character and nature of the Builder Himself. The inter-relationship of redemption is to be centered in eternal fellowship. The dedication of this temple when completed will mark the brightest and most blessed day that ever dawned; for it ushers in a reconstituted kingdom (Zechariah 6:13), a reconfirmed victory (14:4) and a regenerated world (14:9). Then we shall rightly adore the Builder for His wisdom, will and work, while angels wonder and worship (Ephesians 3:10).”

 Charles J. Rolls, The Indescribable Christ: Names and Titles of Jesus Christ: A-G (Loizeaux Brothers, 1984).

“Eternal Fellowship,” communion, relationship is the crux of the Gospel!!! Jesus says, “This is eternal life, that they might know you, the one true God, and him (Jesus himself) who you have sent. (Jn 17:3)”