“One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the King for a friend” (PV 22:11)

To have a pure heart it means to have a heart like Jesus! To speak with grace it means to speak like Jesus! It means to speak the Word of God with anointing and power. I am not saying you must preach to everybody. Even a whisper of a counsel, if you speak it with grace it will change the heart of the listener. To speak with grace it means to have a heart and a tongue filled with the Holy Spirit. You shall speak the right word at the right time with the right tone. The devil will hate you because of your grace words. God will bless you because of the same words. You shall speak wisdom, gentleness, kindness, joy, peace, strength, comfort, encouragement and loving rebuke. You shall ‘minister grace’. You shall direct the hearer to Christ, to the Cross! You shall speak good holy words that fit the need! Jesus will be your friend. People in need shall listen to you and see Christ in you. Your life, words and actions, shall glorify God!

This evening Jesus says to me: “My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely” (SS2:14). Thank You Savior, Lord, Healer, Lover and Friend! Receive all of Your glory!

There are many people who testify that since they came to Father’s House Bible Church, God has blessed them with spiritual and material blessings beyond what words can say. This evening I received a note from a sister who is so grateful to God. She got married in our church. They now have two children. They just built their first house. Her husband and herself are very happy. As you read her testimony, tap from the anointing of blessings overflow. Have faith in God. Serve God the best way you can. Then God will reward you beyond your dreams! For He is faithful! Thank You Lord Jesus!

“Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.” (Mt 26:64)

This is the encounter between our Lord and the High Priest Caiaphas. It happened just hours before the Cross. Please read and meditate upon this scripture, for it is what the Lord said to him. Immediately Jesus said these words, the reaction of the High Priest was crazy. He accused the Lord of blasphemy and asked that He should die. This tells us that our Lord died because of His testimony, because of the truth, because of the Word of God. The lie seated on the throne killed the truth standing before it. What did Jesus say to warrant His death? Let’s take this scripture and analyze it word by word. Let’s imagine the scene. The Lord stands before Caiaphas who is seated on his seat as a High Priest. He is the religious judge of Israel. Initially Jesus kept silent. But then He spoke the words in verse 64. To make it easier to understand it, I will try to paraphrase the words of the Lord… I pray that the Holy Spirit helps you to see the glory, the grace, the humility, the wisdom, the beauty and the power of the Lord Jesus Christ even in this terrible situation, standing face to face with the man who sentenced Him to death.

“I am before you, High Priest Caiaphas. It is clear that you are blind to who I am. My Father has not opened your eyes to see Me. You are blind to My grace and to My glory. But I tell you that one day, you shall see Me as I Am, the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Then you, and all the ones who pierced Me, shall weep like one weeps for the death of an only son. For what your eyes will see then, will only bring you bitter sorrow and tormenting regret.

You are seated on your high chair. You make me stand before you, bound like a common prisoner, like a slave, wanting me to defend Myself before you. Let it be so for now… but I tell you that one day things shall be reversed… I shall be the One seated on My Throne and you shall stand before Me. Your very life will depend on my word. It will be too late to beg that day. A man without mercy shall receive no mercy. By rejecting Me now, you reject your only hope of eternal life.

I stand before you weak and vulnerable. That is why you feel confident that you can kill me. I want to show you that the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength. I am here on behalf of love and truth.  I am here to lay down My life so that My friends can live. High Priest Caiaphas, no man can kill me. I lay down My life of My own accord. I also have the power to take it up again. On the third day I shall rise to the glory of the Father. No man or devil can stop My resurrection. For now I am weak… But one day things shall be reversed. I shall be seated at the right hand of the Power of God who is My Father.

I am alone now. My friends are weak and ran away and I am not willing to call the angels for My defense. For the will of God and the purpose of My death must be accomplished. I have to go to the Cross alone. Salvation of souls must be purchased by Me alone. No man can help Me now. This is My work alone. This is My glory alone. But one day, you shall see Me coming back with the clouds of heaven, with the entourage of millions of saints and the innumerable companies of angels. But for now, let it be so. Love must pay the price with Blood. For love is as strong as death. My suffering shall end in glory. My story shall be told and retold, in heaven and on earth, how the Lamb of God loved and died for the sake of love. That shall be the sound of a new song. For now, I am the only One who hears it…but one day millions shall sing it in a choir that will make heaven rejoice… That is the everlasting spring of all true worship. He who has ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches…”