WHAT DOES A PILGRIM WEAR ON THE JOURNEY?

WHAT DOES A PILGRIM WEAR 

ON THE JOURNEY?

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            THE APPROPRIATE THINGS 

                                TO WEAR FOR THE JOURNEY
                                                     AND

 WHERE MY RESOURCE
 FOR SUPPLY IS FOUND

BEARDED IRIS 

Matthew  6.28 - 34

And why take ye thought for raiment? 

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?  Therefore take no thought, saying,  What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?  or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?  For after all these things do the Gentiles seek: for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.   Take therefore no thought about tomorrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.  Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. 

The apparel that I wear for my Journey
is given to me by God.

Jesus gave us His Model Prayer in
Matthew 6.9 - 14
Our Father who art in heaven, 
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day 
our daily bread,
And forgive us our debts 
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power,
and the glory
forever.

First of all,
as a Believer in the Lord Jesus Christ
I am told in the Bible 
that as a Pilgrim bound for the Promised Land,
I am 
CLOTHED IN HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.

The standing which I have before 
the GOD OF THE UNIVERSE 
is none other than that of 
a son with all the Inherited Rights.

Jesus is my Kinsman - Redeemer.
For JESUS is His name.  Matthew 1.21 
 When Joseph learned of Mary's pregnancy, 
he was troubled.   He was BETROTHED TO HER. 
  This meant that - in the Jewish law - he would 
have to divorce her, for in the sight of that 
law, they were MARRIED LEGALLY.
He did not know what to do.

Scripture tells us [Matthew 1:19-24] that Joseph was 

a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.  At this point, he sleeps on the problem.  In the night, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David,  fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS [Y'SHUA]: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,  Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.  Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife.   And knew her not until sh had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

             

            This is very important to me as a 

Believer in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.    

His name means  SAVIOR, REDEEMER, 

and that is the same as MESSIAH - the ANOINTED ONE - 

Mary's little boy Y'shua was God living among us.       

  When Jesus died on the cross it was for me.

         HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS WAS CREDITED TO 

               MY ACCOUNT 

                Each of us has to  CLAIM THAT RIGHT.

               John 1.12   But as many as received him, 

to them gave he power to become the sons of God,

 even to them that believe on his name John 1.13 

which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, 

nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1.14 

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,

 (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only 

begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

             II Corinthians 5.20, 21 declares

             Now then

we are ambassadors for Christ,

 as though

  God did beseech you by us: 

we pray you, in Christ's stead ,

 be ye reconciled to God

 for he hath made him

           to be sin for us who knew no sin, 

that we might 

           be made the righteousness of God in Him.

                   NOW THAT WE ARE 

                           CLOTHED IN HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS

                   WE MUST REMEMBER  

                             WHAT WE HAVE PUT ON   

                              USE THE SPIRITUAL ARMOR GIVEN US

                                CONSIDER THE "OLD MAN" AS DEAD

          

Romans 6.11

Likewise, reckon ye 
also yourselves
to be dead indeed unto sin, 
but 
alive unto God
 through Jesus Christ our Lord.

              

                         My hope is built on nothing less                             Than Jesus' blood and righteousness ...                           I dare not trust the sweetest frame...                           But wholly lean on Jesus' name.                                               On Christ the solid rock I stand                                               All other ground is sinking sand !                                                All other ground is sinking sand !                          When darkness veils His lovely face,                           I rest on His unchanging grace,                           In every high and stormy gale                              My anchor holds within the veil.                                                        His oath, His covenant, His blood support me                                  in the whelming flood,                              When all around my soul gives way,                              He then is all my hope and stay.
                             When He shall come with trumpet sound,                              Oh may I then in Him be found...                               Dressed in His righteousness alone,                               Faultless to stand before His throne.                                                               On Christ the solid rock I stand                                               All other ground is sinking sand !                                                All other ground is sinking sand !

Ephesians 6 will be the subject of my
next post -  This gives us the 
SPIRITUAL ARMOR
for you and I as Pilgrims 
bound for our Home in Heaven.

Psalm 1. verse 5,6
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand 
in the judgment, nor sinners
in the congregation of the righteous
for the LORD knoweth the way of 
the righteous: but the way 
of the ungodly shall perish. 

Thinking this out helps
when the stress of living
falls into our lives.
Each of us need to thing out
with a clear conscience
how to cope
and how to do
what one MUST DO, God helping me.

Philippians 4.13
I can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me.

Philippians 4.19 
But my God shall supply all your need 
according to his riches in glory 
by Christ Jesus.

Romans 12.1,2 
I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by 
the mercies of God that ye present 
your bodies
a living sacrifice, 
holy,
acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service.
And be not conformed
to this world; but be ye transformed
by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove 
what is that good and acceptable, and perfect,
will of God.

AS THE ROSES BLOOM AND FADE

GOD'S WORD ENDURES FOREVER

THOSE WHO LEAN ON JESUS' NAME

HAVE THE HOPE

OF ARRIVING SAFELY HOME

WITH HIM.