Never Leave You!

This will be the last message for 2010 and I wanted to reach out to those who feel alone and constantly wonder if they have been forgotten.  Everyone has a story to tell.  For the majority even Christians feel, unloved, defeated, brokenhearted, helpless, or worse without hope.


I am here to tell you today that;


GOD LOVES YOU! 


HE SEES YOU! 


HE KNOWS! 


HE IS WITH YOU! 


HE IS YOUR REFUGE!  


HE IS YOUR PROVIDER! 


GOD MAKES A WAY WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY!


In Deuteronomy God declares he will never leave you nor forsake you…


Deuteronomy 31:8 (NIV)


The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”


I find these words to be more than just comforting, God goes before you to lead you, it excited me to know that every step I take God takes and He sees me as so much more than others see.  My friend you are the same way God sees you as so much more and takes delight in the things that you do!  In Hebrews we are reminded of these very same words;


Hebrews 13:5 (MWBE)


Don’t give money a prominent place in your thoughts; realize that what you already have is priceless! He has said that he will never quit on you or abandon you!  (Joshua 1:5) That is reason enough for total and continual contentment!


Whatever the situation or circumstance that you are going through, never forget that God loves you.  He will never leave you nor forsake you.  You might be saying; but you don’t know the things I have done.  I am here to tell you God does, you are forgiven and Jesus has paid your debt!  Take comfort in knowing that the Blood of Jesus covers the Mercy Seat and God sees your sins no more! 


In the Gospel of Matthew and also in John we find the words of Jesus saying,


Matthew 28:20 (NIV)


…And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”


John 16:33 (Amplified)


I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]


God sees you as priceless!  He loves you so much that he sent his son Jesus to die for you.  Yes, when Jesus was on the cross his thoughts were of YOU!  In the Gospel of John God gives you the Spirit of Truth who lives in you and will be in you.  
   
John 14:16-20 (Amplified)


16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever-
17 The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you [constantly] and will be in you.
18 I will not leave you as orphans [comfortless, desolate, bereaved, forlorn, helpless]; I will come [back] to you.
19 Just a little while now, and the world will not see Me any more, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.
20 At that time [when that day comes] you will know [for yourselves] that I am in My Father, and you [are] in Me, and I [am] in you.


Let the Father who loves you open your eyes so that you will see when things seem unbearable, 


He is with you.  


He will comfort you.  


He will Guide you.  


He will light up your sky!


You are Blessed!  God loves you!

Check The Fruit

I have been in many circles both business and religious where the term “check the fruit” has been used.  In business this meant to see what they had accomplished, how big was their network?  What organizations were they a part of.  Are they asked to speak at functions?  In Church it was more like what kind of witness are they, do they witness?   Do they give of their time, talents, and money?  How many followers or members do they have?  How often are they asked to teach or preach? 


Let’s take a moment and see what the Word of God says when it comes to fruit.  First let’s turn to Matthew 12:33, I am going to read it from two translations in hopes to bring more understanding.  Also I want to remind you that Jesus is speaking here as a Jew to the Jews under the old covenant.   


Matthew 12:33 (KJV)


Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.


In the Amplified Bible it is translated this way;


Matthew 12:33 (Amplified Bible)


Either make the tree sound (healthy and good), and its fruit sound (healthy and good), or make the tree rotten (diseased and bad), and its fruit rotten (diseased and bad); for the tree is known and recognized and judged by its fruit.


“For the tree is known by his fruit.”  We all know that an apple tree produces apples and pear tree produces pears.  We look at the fruit to identify what the tree is.  When it comes to the believer the fruit does not determine their salvation, it is an expression of Jesus who dwells in you.  Righteousness or right standing is a gift because of the finished work of Jesus. There is nothing more or less that we as believers can do to produce what Jesus has already done. The first fruit of the spirit is Love. Rest in God and everything else comes effortlessly. Fulfilling the great commission should be this way and not considered work. It is Christ in us that produce the fruit.  In Paul’s letter Galatians 5:22-23 is where you will find these expressions, again I am going to read from both the KJV and the Amplified translation.
  
Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV)


 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.


Galatians 5:22-23 (Amplified Bible)


22 But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness,
23 Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge].


What you see here is God, “If you see me you see the Father”, it is nothing you have to strive for, since Christ is in you and you in Him the fruits are there all along, like a gift waiting to be opened and enjoyed.  The finished work of Jesus fulfilled his words in Matthew.  The tree of Life bears good fruit!  In total contrast to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the tree of life bears fruit effortlessly consistent with the life of our original design!


I will close with this, without the flow of Grace, fruit will not grow.  A person can be born again and because of wrong teaching the fruit does not manifest.  This can be explained even more in Ephesians reading from the Mirror Word translation.      


Ephesians 2:8-10 (MWBE)


8 Your salvation was a grace thing from start to finish, you had no hand in it; because it is all God's gift to you, because He believes in you.
9 If this could be accomplished through any action of yours then there would be ground for boasting, (but you did not even invent faith. It was His faith in you that made you believe in Him.)
10 We are engineered by His design, He manufactured us in Christ. (Greek, poeima, we are His poem, God finds inspired expression of Christ in us.) We are fully fit to do good. We are equipped to give attractive evidence of His likeness in us in everything we do.


Live life knowing that because of God’s Mercy and His faith in you to believe and receive the gift of righteousness that Grace and truth abounds and the fruit will manifest.  As you rest in Him it is effortless because of the expression of who He is in you.  You are good.  You are equipped to give evidence of His likeness in you.  Effortlessly…


You are Blessed… God Loves You!

The Promised Land!

What does the Promised Land mean to you?  


When I think back of the things that I have been taught and even expressed in my life, the first thing that comes to mind is the Israelites while they were in the wilderness God was with them always a cloud by day a pillar of fire by night.  God took care of them, clothed and feed them and then as they crossed over into the promised land it appeared that God was gone now they had to work.  


I remember the analogy of God has brought you out of Egypt and all your hardships and now with all of his provision you have been in the wilderness and you are on your way to crossing over into the promised land and that is where the work starts!  Now I don’t know about you but why would I want to go to a place that it appeared that God had left me and on top of that it was up to me and works to accomplish everything?  I think I would be looking at the people and saying let’s take a vote, who wants to stay?  


I am so thankful that God showed me the truth in that the Promised Land is God’s Rest!


You may ask, why do you say this or what makes you think that?  I found this answer in a lot of different ways, and to me it simply just makes since.  I did find Hebrews gives this answer more validity.  Now remember that when reading the Bible it is good to ask, who was this written to?  So of course Hebrews was written to the Jew and they had an understanding of the Old Covenant and its teachings.


Let’s turn now to Hebrews chapter 4 starting with the 4th verse;


Hebrews 4:4-11 (MWBE)


4 Scripture records the seventh day as being introduced for the prophetic celebration of God’s perfect work. What God saw satisfied his scrutiny.  (Behold, it is very good... and God rested from all his work. Gen.1:31, 2:2; God saw more than His perfect image in Adam, He also saw the Lamb and His perfect work of redemption! Rev.13:8)
5 In Psalm 95 the same seventh day metaphor is reiterated: "O, that they would enter my rest!"
6 It is clear then that the there is still an opportunity to enter into that rest which Israel failed to access because of their unbelief, even though they were the first to hear the good news of God’s intention to restore mankind to the same Sabbath that Adam and Israel had lost.
7 So, now again many years later, he points specifically to an extended opportunity when he announces in David's prophecy, "Today when hearing my voice, do not do so with a calloused heart. Be faith sensitive."
8 If Joshua, who led the new generation of Israel out of the wilderness  (where their parents perished through unbelief), had succeeded in leading them into the final Rest that God intended, David would not so many years later have referred to yet another day  (that still remains as an open invitation to mankind to enter into their rest: the living blueprint of their design. This confirms that the history of Israel was a mere shadow and prophetic type of that Promise that was yet to be fulfilled.)
9 The conclusion is clear: the original rest is still in place for God’s people.  (The people of this planet are the property of God, Ps.24:1)
10 God’s rest celebrates His finished work; whoever enters into God’s rest immediately abandons his own efforts to complement what God has already perfected.  (The language of the law is “do”; the language of grace is “done.”)
11 Let us therefore be prompt to understand and fully appropriate that rest and not fall again into the same trap that snared Israel in unbelief.


People have to come to the realization that it is not what they can do to be like Jesus, it is not even asking the question, what would Jesus do?  It is participating in what Christ is in you.  Jesus is your Sabbath-Rest!  

In Psalms you can see it described this way:

Psalm 71:3 (KJV)

3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

This is my interpretation of this verse; 

Jesus you are my Tabernacle, where I find Rest, your finished work is my Salvation, In Christ I dwell. 

God has always declared man's rest to be in him, and his love to be the only real happiness of the soul; and faith in his promises, through his Son, to be the only way of entering that rest. 


In closing I want to read this passage that I used in an earlier message.  I believe it relates to this one as well and bears repeating;


Matthew 11:28-30 (The Message)


 28-30 "Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."


So enter into the Promised Land that God has for you, enter into God’s Rest!


God loves you!

The Prince of Peace!

Yesterday I spent part of the day getting out the decorations so my home will soon be transformed and to add to it we had our first snow fall so in many ways you could definitely say it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas.  Today’s message could be considered a Christmas message and though I celebrate Christ daily the birth of Jesus is a joyous occasion reminding us of the greatest gift of all. The message spoken by the angels at the time of his birth was of peace.


If you would, turn in your Bibles to the Gospel of Luke chapter 2 starting with the 13th verse:


Luke 2:13-14 (KJV)


13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.


And on earth peace! When you think of this what comes to mind? 


At the time of creation God created man and placed him in the Garden of Eden.  A place that today would be described as the ultimate vacation get away full of peace and tranquility.  A place where in the cool of the day you can walk and talk with God and fellowship with Him the way is was meant to be.   For Adam the only thing that he had to do to stay was to not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  We all know the story he did eat and was escorted out of the Garden.  His life of true peace was gone, sin and death reigned.  The world was now definitely not the way God meant it to be.


But God had a plan, aren’t you glad God had a plan?  Praise God, I am!


In Romans 5:19 (Amplified Bible) we read:


For just as by one man's disobedience (failing to hear, heedlessness, and carelessness) the many were constituted sinners, so by one Man's obedience the many will be constituted righteous (made acceptable to God, brought into right standing with Him).


What one man Adam gave away, another man Jesus will take back, a hero, a deliverer.


In Isaiah 9:6 Jesus is described this way:  


For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 


What does peace mean to you?  Some might say no more wars, others might say no more struggles, while others say being carefree.  You might even say I want this peace in my life, but how do I get it? In:


John 16:31-33 (Amplified Bible)


31 Jesus answered them, Do you now believe? [Do you believe it at last?]
32 But take notice, the hour is coming, and it has arrived, when you will all be dispersed and scattered, every man to his own home, leaving Me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
33 I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]


So what does that mean? To the unbeliever, I say believe.  Can it really be that simple?  Yes!  As a believer you could probably say that I know that the birth of Jesus was to bring peace back into the world.  I know that Jesus lived, died, resurrected and will return.  I know he did it all for me, but you need to understand I don’t have this peace you are talking about.  


Well brother, I know exactly what you are saying, I have been there, and I have the T-shirt to prove it!  The problem is most people when they read the above passage they agree with what they relate to, thinking about tribulation, trials, distress, and frustration and they miss it.  Jesus said, “Be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world!”  Today it could be said this way, “Be happy, I took care of it for you!”  Be confident in knowing that yes there will be storms raging all around you but know you can rest in knowing that Jesus has rebuked the storms and continually says “Peace be still!” 


As we move forward in this Christmas season, remember the reason for the season, the birth of love given out of love for everyone because of the love of the Father! Let us also remember the gift of peace that Jesus gave to each and everyone of us before he proclaimed, “It is finished”.   


John 14:27 (Amplified Bible)


Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]


Throughout His life before and after His resurrection Jesus constantly spoke of peace.  So today go in peace knowing that Jesus wants you to have a peaceful life and that He wants that peace to abundantly abound in your life.  Go and tell others of this peace that passes all understanding and let them know that Jesus is “The Prince of Peace”!


I close today with this passage found in;


Philippians 4:6-7 (Amplified Bible)


6 Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. 
7 And God's peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.


Remember the reason for the season, Merry Christmas!


God loves you!

How Do You See God?

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This is the question I have for you today.  How do you see God?  Some might see God as ruthless and mean casting judgment on everything that they do.  What is unfortunate is that most churches today have reinforced this picture of God by proclaiming from the pulpit that when some huge tragedy happens that God caused it to happen to change people of their evil and wicked ways.  Or to make it more personal when things aren’t going right in your own life, you get asked what did you do to grieve God and cause this to happen?  You can call it brain washing, deception, I call it being mislead.  

This misconception can rob you of the very heart of God.  Once you see God for who He truly is you will find a relationship that is so liberating that I can promise you, your life will never be the same.

Jesus said in the Gospel of John “To see me is to see the Father”.  If this is the case how then do you see Jesus?  Some see him as the little baby lying in a manger, some see him as a prophet, in answering the question that Jesus asked himself Peter said, “You are the Christ!”  The Bible also says that Jesus went about doing good… for God was with Him. John the Baptist in the Gospel of John sees Jesus this way;

John 1:29 (Amplified Bible)

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, Look! There is the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world!

If you could take everything that Jesus did and continues to do and put it all into one word that word would have to be “LOVE”.  “To see me is to see the Father”

God Is Love!

In 1 John 4:7-10 (The Message) we find God described this way;

7-10 My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is love—so you can't know him if you don't love. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they've done to our relationship with God.

I would like to take the time to read 1 Corinthians 13, it is known as the love chapter in the New Testament and is taught many times with the concept of how we should love each other and though this is true because of God’s love in us, I want to take the time to read it and let it give you the description of God’s love for you.  Read it this way in verses 3-10 replace the word Love with God. 

1 Corinthians 13 (The Message)

The Way of Love

1 If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. 

2 If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm nothing. 

3-7 If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without (God) love. 

   Love (God) never gives up. 

   Love (God) cares more for others than for self. 

   Love (God) doesn't want what it doesn't have. 

   Love (God) doesn't strut, 

   (God) Doesn't have a swelled head, 

   (God) Doesn't force itself on others, 

   (God) Isn't always "me first," 

   (God) Doesn't fly off the handle, 

   (God) Doesn't keep score of the sins of others, 

   (God) Doesn't revel when others grovel, 

   (God) Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, 

   (God) Puts up with anything, 

   (God) Trusts God always, 

   (God) Always looks for the best, 

   (God) Never looks back, 

   But keeps going to the end.

8-10 Love (God) never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.

11 When I was an infant at my mother's breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good.

12 We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! 

13 But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

Does this change or help reinforce how you see God? I hope so!

In Ephesians 1:3-6 (The Message) God is described to be the God of Glory

3-6 How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.

Love is who God is and once you are able to take hold of this your whole life will change.  Jesus says it this way in; 

Matthew 11:28-30 (The Message)

 28-30 "Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."

I will close with this, keep your eyes on Jesus, and believe that what He has is yours.  

Live your life knowing that God loves you and remember the words from Paul in:

1 Thessalonians 5:9- 11 (The Message)

 9-11 God didn't set us up for an angry rejection but for salvation by our Master, Jesus Christ. He died for us, a death that triggered life. Whether we're awake with the living or asleep with the dead, we're alive with him! So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you'll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind. I know you're already doing this; just keep on doing it.

Jesus said, “To see me is to see the Father”

God Loves You!

No Condemnation

Today I am going to talk about a subject that is so important and most of the time misunderstood.  The subject is no condemnation.  What does that mean to you?  Hopefully we can come to a clearer understanding as we go through this teaching.


What has brought this subject to be more real to me lately is when God got my attention about it to the extent that it felt like God walked up behind me and popped me in the head.  All I had done was make a statement under my breath about a pastor that said something that I did not agree with.  Sounds simple enough, but immediately the Holy Spirit said to me; “I do not condemn them, why do you?”  This was like a wake up call! 


A friend of mine made this statement; “My thought processes no longer facilitate condemnation, what a happy way to live...”  This makes so much since, but the question is; how do we get to that point? 


In John we are told a story that I would think everyone is familiar with, if you are not that is okay, I am reading in the 8th chapter starting in verse 3;


John 8:3-12 (KJV)
 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.


In verse 10, Jesus asked where are those thine accusers?  Who were the accusers Jesus was talking about?  I see three if not possibly four.  Right away most would say the scribes and Pharisees.  Today who would that be?  The first accuser that comes to my mind is satan.  So you might ask, so are you saying the scribes and Pharisees were of satan?  No, what I am saying is, that today if anyone, (believer and non-believer) condemns another they are being like a puppet on a string being used by satan to divide the brethren.  The tool being used here in this passage is the law that was given to Moses.  Unfortunately today this tool even though it has been fulfilled by what Jesus did for us is still being used today.  Even by those who say they believe in the Grace message.  I believe what God has revealed to me is that when it comes to Grace strive to be as gracious as He is in dealing in these matters.  Be like Christ, stoop down, take a deep breath, act like you don’t even hear the accusations, if you have to respond, give yourself a minute to think about what your response will be.  The second accuser that comes to mind is the woman.  Self condemnation to me is of the worst kind, it is a killer, it is the #1 cause for suicide and another tool used by satan to make you think that this is how others see you including God.  The third accuser is one I just touched on and that is thinking that God is an accuser, that because of all your failures and shortcomings you are afraid of God and feel unworthy.  Nothing could be any farther from the truth, but I can promise you satan will do his best to get you to believe it. 

Don’t’!  I am here to tell you it is a lie! God is not accusing you, satan is!  In Romans we read;


Romans 8:1 (KJV)
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.


This is such a liberating verse but the problem that I have found among believers is that they grab hold of the personal concept of the verse and leave out the fact that it also pertains to the way they should deal with others as well.  The word condemnation is defined, the act of condemning, the state of being condemned.  The word condemn means, to judge. I want you to hear this if you do not hear anything else that I am saying God is not mad at you. God does not judge you. Because of the finished work of Jesus, God does not believe what satan says about you. God loves you!


To bring this to a close let’s turn to;


Isaiah 54:8-10 (KJV)
 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.


What Isaiah is talking about here is Jesus and the covenant that God made with him on our account.  He said just like the covenant that I made with Noah that I will not flood the earth again and then gave us a rainbow to remember what was said.  Here God makes covenant with Jesus and says “My favor is on thee, I will no more be angry, or judge thee, I will always love you, this covenant of peace cannot be taken away.”  Because of this covenant God made with Jesus for those who believe in him there is no condemnation!  As God gave the rainbow as a sign of remembrance, the blood of Jesus is a sign to all that believes and because of the Blood there is no condemnation.  


Jesus says, to all of us today, “Neither do I condemn thee.” 


God loves You!