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Sokół

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Czyjeś szczęście to czasami czyjaś krzywda

Sokół feat. Andrzej Zaucha - "Pomyłka", CD: "Wojtek Sokół", 2019

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Sztos!

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“Nie wiem czemu nie chcesz przestać mi się śnić Skoro dziś nie znaczymy dla siebie nic...”

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The Better Covenant with Better Things - By Michael Zaucha

The Better Covenant with Better Things

By Michael Zaucha

In any and all comparisons between the old and new covenant, the new is better. First and foremost, the new is better because it is built upon the better, the far more superior, the once for all sacrifice of the Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. The new is better because at its foundation is the only sacrifice – for the remission of sins – that God has or ever will accept.

And now, because of the better sacrifice, the rock solid foundation of Christ Himself and what He accomplished, all who have received Christ (Jn. 1:12), all who have put on the Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 13:14), all who have been baptized into Christ Jesus (Gal. 3:27), they all have access to the better things of the new covenant (Heb.6:9)

The Better Things. The things of the new covenant are better because the old could offer only things that pertain to this world and this age. And as such, they all have termination dates and will be burnt up at the appearing of the Great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

In Christ, we have a better hope (Heb. 7:19), a hope of fulfillment that extends beyond when time shall be no longer (Rev. 10:6). And we have better promises (Heb. 8:6) – and this is the promise which He promised us, even eternal life (I Jn. 2:25). The old could never provide such a glorious promise. And we have a better country, that is an heavenly (Heb. 11:16), and in the better country, we have a better and an enduring substance (Heb. 10:34) – substance that can neither fade away or be taken away (Mt. 6:20). The most precious substance is God Himself who Himself is our exceeding great reward (Gen 15:1). And because of Christ, we know that awaits us is the obtainment of a better resurrection (Heb. 11:35) – a resurrection of life and of being with the Lord for ever, as opposed to a resurrection of damnation (Dan. 12:2; Jn. 5:29) - being “punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His power” (II Th. 1:9). All man shall partake of either one or the other of these resurrections. By the grace of God, our objective is to attain unto the better resurrection.

The Necessity of Preaching These Things. While it is true that all these better things come to us because of Jesus’ one sacrifice to God, His one acceptable offering, it is equally true that these better things need to be preached to God’s people more than once, even again and again. It is absolutely vital for us to put each other in remembrance of these better things, even though ye know them and are established in them (II Pet. 1:12).

Nothing in the words spoken by Jesus Himself or in the Apostle’s doctrine would lead anyone to assume that the wonderful works of God through Christ Jesus, and the provisions and benefits that are in Him is to be a onetime announcement to the people of God – only used to bring people into the kingdom. It is vital to proclaim these better things in order to keep them all in as well.

Therefore, it is through the proclamation of the accomplished work of Christ, and the declaration of the better things - because of what Jesus accomplished – that not only creates in God’s people a desire for them, it also intensifies the anticipation for the fullness to be realized, and strengthens them to forsake all else “for the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord” (Phil. 3:8).

The Testimony of Jesus. In the days of His flesh, Jesus began to teach His people in this vital truth. Jesus said: “abide in Me” (Jn. 15:4). Abide is a most wonderful exhortation to the people of God for it means to remain, to stay, to continue and to be stedfast where God has put you. And the gospel reveals that place to abide is where God put you: “of Him (God) are ye in Christ Jesus” (I Cor. 1:30). So the exhortation of the Lord God Himself is to stay and remain in Christ Jesus.

And there are better things to know concerning this exhortation, for with it comes the enablement to perform it. The old covenant made no provision to enable God’s people to fulfill its commands and exhortations – for it was weak through the flesh (Rom. 8:3), but the new does. And that provision is Christ Himself. Jesus continues to open this up with His word: “Abide in Me, and I in you.” The exhortation to abide in Christ is accomplished by Christ abiding in you. Jesus is saying that if you abide in Me, I’ll abide in you.

And with Jesus abiding in you – staying in you, remaining in you, continuing in you, those better promises are yours. “For all the promises in Him are ye, and in Him, amen” (II Cor. 1:20) – even the bearing of much fruit unto God.

Jesus said: “He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit (Jn. 15:5) to the glory of God. And this is good fruit that comes forth from our being joined to Christ for it came forth from the good tree which is Jesus Himself, and a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit (Mt. 7:18).

Good Fruit is to be Partaken. Now in Christ, we are partakers of God’s promise - specifically of heirship, being heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ (Eph. 3:6; Rom. 8:17). However, this does not come naturally or in our own strength. You must be qualified and enabled for this high position, and the gospel declares, in Christ, you have been.

The gospel declares: “we are made meet”- by God both qualified for and enabled to be – “partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light” (Col. 1:12). This is an eternal inheritance (Heb. 9:15) and will not be given to just any man – only His Beloved Son, and those who are made acceptable in the Beloved (Eph. 1:6); those of whom He is not ashamed to call His brethren (Heb. 2:11). To all these, it is the Father’s good pleasure to give the kingdom (Lk. 12:32).

We are partakers of the heavenly calling (Heb. 3:1), so don’t invest a lot of your time in calls to remain in the low places. Set you affections on things above, not on things on the earth (Col. 3:2).  Seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God (Col. 3:1). The saint’s calling is a high calling which not only originates in heaven, but also pertains to heaven in its fullness. Ours is a calling unto full partakement of all the promises of God in Christ Jesus with its apex of fulfillment in our being made one with the Godhead just as Jesus interceded for us (Jn. 17:20-23).

We are made partakers of Christ (Heb. 3:14), and of the Holy Ghost (Heb. 6:4), and of His (God’s) holiness (Heb. 12:20) is the gospel proclamation. To the believer in Christ Jesus, this very declaration is a strengthener and an enabler for us to continue to fight the good fight of faith and to lay hold of eternal life – that better promise. Each of us enduring to the end is vital for only those that hold the beginning of their confidence stedfast to the end shall partake in full (Heb. 3:14).

Conclusion. The provisions of the new and better covenant – full of better things - have been given to us by God to affect these very things in us. And in our partakement, we do give glory to God and acknowledge that this is the Lord’s doing: to the Only Wise God be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and for ever. Amen.

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Walk about Zion - By Michael Zaucha

Walk about Zion

By Michael Zaucha

“Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following”(Ps. 48:12-13).

The manner of the kingdom of God and of His Christ for all His followers is one of increase (Isa. 9:7), particularly in the knowledge of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ (Tit. 2:13), that we all would grow in grace and in the knowledge of Him (Eph. 1:7), that none of us would neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (II Pet. 1:8).

The Psalmist likened this pursuit of knowing the Only True God and Jesus Christ whom He hath sent as walking about Zion - doing so as to becoming more familiar with Him. And it is through the gospel that we know he was not speaking about an earth geographical familiarity, but rather of the One whom the Psalmist was truly testifying of and directing us to - the Lord Jesus Christ (Rev. 19:10).

Tell the Towers Thereof. It is surely reasonable that the Psalmist was speaking of something greater and far more effective than earthly towers for what benefit are such to the people of God today? Can such truly be a place of refuge for us in times of need, or a place where troubles are hasted away?

By the grace of God, there is such a provision for the people of God, as He promised there would be: “a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind and a covert from the tempest” (Isa. 32:2).  And that man is the Lord from heaven, our Lord Jesus Christ: "The Lord is my rock, and my fortress and my deliverer. The God of my rock, in Him will I trust: He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower and my refuge, my Savior" (II Sam. 22:2-3).

Jesus truly is such a high tower and this truth of Him is being made manifest by the church - even today - as they continue to abide in Him having this testimony of God's Christ and our High Tower: "The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth unto it and is safe" (Prov. 18:10). Jesus is a strong tower yesterday, today and for ever.

Consider the Palaces. The first and foremost consideration of the palaces is that they are the dwelling place of the king, and concerning the King of Heaven, of Jesus alone is it declared: "For in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the God Head bodily" (Col. 2:9). Everything - absolutely everything that is God is resident or dwells in the man Christ Jesus. Each and every divine quality and characteristic of God, and everything that comes from God abides and continues in Him.

This is a most powerful and glorious revelation to the believer in Christ Jesus - and must continue to be preached unto them unto their edification, exhortation and comfort - for in the man Christ Jesus, God has made all the benefits, all the blessings and all the promises accessible to the saints - in Him, in Christ Jesus our Lord! (Ps. 68:19; II Cor. 1:20; Eph. 1:3). And these provisions are of an exceeding great and everlasting magnitude.

The palaces are the place where the treasures and the riches of the king kept. And God, in putting them in the man Christ Jesus, reveals that they are not there to be viewed as museum pieces - only to be observed, but rather to be partaken of to the salvation of their souls: the riches of His goodness and forebearance and longsuffering (Rom. 2:4); the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God (Rom. 11:33); the riches of His grace (Eph. 1:7); the riches of His glory (Eph. 3:16); the riches of the full assurance of understanding (Col. 2:2).

Through Christ Jesus we do partake of these riches according to God's eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus: "For God ISmaking known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy which He had afore prepared unto glory, even us, whom He hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles" (Rom. 9:23-24).

Mark Ye Well the Bulwarks. The exhortation is to each of the people of God concerning the bulwarks of the faith: mark them well. Inscribe them deeply into your hearts and minds. Assist one another in this glorious ministry among God's people in rehearsing them one to another. Remind them of their strength and solidity and unchangeableness before the Holy, Holy, Holy God.

The bulwarks are sure and stedfast because God Himself has laid them in place: “thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation” (Isa. 28:16). It was the Apostle Peter who revealed that God was speaking of His Christ when the Apostle, quoting the prophet Isaiah, opened up this text of Scripture concerning Jesus: “ and he that believeth on Him (Jesus) shall not be confounded” (I Pet. 2:6).

Mark these bulwarks well: “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures” (I Cor. 15:3). A most powerful enabler of God’s people by which they draw nigh unto God. Even though Jesus is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (Rev. 5:6, 13:8), there is no sign of aging or deterioration upon this mighty bulwark. There are no cracks, no breeches at all, no, not even the smallest of beginnings upon it.

And next to it is laid another: “now once in the end of the world hath He (Jesus) appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself” (Heb. 9:26), and another, “to the praise and glory of His grace, wherein He (God) hath made us accepted in the Beloved” (Eph. 1:6), and still another “and ye are complete in Him” (Col. 2:10).

Let your faith take hold of the many strong and sure bulwarks of Zion revealed in the Scripture, for you will soon become aware that you are compassed about by them all, to the glory of God and His Christ, and to obtainment of your salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory (II Tim. 2:10). Continue to consider them in your good fight of faith knowing – as the song writer penned – speaking of God and His Christ, “a bulwark never failing” (Martin Luther). Amen.

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“The Father Which Sent Me” (Part 1) By Michael Zaucha

“The Father Which Sent Me”

  (Part 1)

  By Michael Zaucha

  “Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on Me, believeth not on Me, but on Him that sent Me. And he thatseeth Me seeth Him that sent Me.  I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on Meshould not abide in darkness.  And if any man hear My words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.  He that rejecteth Me, and receiveth not My words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.  For I have not spoken of Myself; but the Father which sent Me, He gave Me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.  And I know that His commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto Me, so I speak” (Jn. 12:44-50).

  Unto those to whom Jesus cried aloud these wonderful words of life in those last few days before He would give His life a ransom for many (Mt. 20:28), much of God would be made known. These were previously hidden things, things that pertaineth to the only true God, things that men by their own ingenuity and strength are not able to find and know, but He that is in the bosom of the Father is faithful to declare Him (Jn. 1:18), unto the fulfillment of the command of God, that we should not abide in darkness of the knowledge of God, but walk in the light of life (Jn. 8:12), even life everlasting.

  Behold Our God.  In considering Christ Jesus, the One sent by God, the solid foundation from which all else would be built upon and flow perfectly unto fulfillment begins with the Sender: “Him that sent Me” is Jesus’ main revelation. “The Father which sent Me” is not only Jesus’ main emphasis, but He is also the One Jesus would continue to bring men’s minds and hearts unto.

  And there is good reason for that because the Sender who gave Jesus a commandment also made a promise as well - you might say God confirmed His command with a promise of fulfillment – “and this is the promise that He promised us, even eternal life” (I Jn. 2:25).  The command and promise of eternal life is declared with purpose, God’s own purpose - that the promise be received by man. Therefore, it is God Himself who truly is at the forefront. Yea, He is also the rear guard, even the One that is over all.

  That we would have strong confidence in Him, the God who commanded everlasting life also reveals that He is able to perform what He has promised. Therefore, from the very beginning of the record, the Holy Spirit would begin to teach men about God, that they might know that God is The Almighty God (Gen. 17:1), and there is none else; there is no god beside Me (Isa. 45:5). The record is the showing forth of the truth of God. God would manifest this truth concerning Himself from the beginning. The creation would evidence this truth about God Himself, for it was to the void and the darkness, that the command or the word of God would be sounded forth: “Let there be light; and there was light” (Gen. 1:3), in all its intrinsic properties of speed, of color, of reflection.

  God had commanded the light to shine out of darkness according to the council of His own will (Eph. 1:11), purposefully, according to His purpose, and it was so. The Apostle would reveal even more of the creation and of the Almighty God who created it when he said that not only was light created then, but also “the worlds” – plural - not only those that are seen, because there are other worlds that are not seen by the eye of flesh – these “worlds were framed by the word of God” as well.  Moreover, the Apostle continues, the “things which are seen” – the moon, the stars, the sun, the earth, all formed by the word of God – “were not made of things which do appear” (Heb. 11:3). In other words, these things spoken of did not exist before God had commanded them into existence. And they were not the result of reconstruction, but of creation. “For He spake, and it was done. He commanded and it stood fast” (Ps. 33:9).

  There is still more the Holy Spirit wants God’s people to know of the only true God who gave a commandment: Thus saith the Lord: “I will work and who shall let it” is the challenge that would go forth, as if there were any who might contest with Almighty God (Isa. 43:13). Who shall hinder, stay, reverse or change the purposed effect for which God Almighty has spoken? Who shall be able to cause to cease the effect that those words which I the Lord have declared? Who indeed shall let it?

  These where not rhetorical questions left unanswered for God Himself would answer them unto ministering to our confidence and hope. The answer would be soon coming that all might know this of Almighty God, and it would be demonstrated thru the mightiest of the earthly kings.  Nebuchadnezzar, the head of gold in his vision, the mightiest of earthly heathen kings, was humbled before God by a word spoken by God: “to thee it is spoken; the kingdom is departed from thee” (Dan. 4:31). And for the next seven years the mightiest of the kings of the earth was taught of God in the fields of animals. In his humiliation before God, he was given to know the truth about God, and to declare the answer for us concerning the Most High: “none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, what doest Thou?” (Dan. 4:35).

  Once the commandment of the Almighty goes forth, it cannot be countermanded, overridden or stopped by any created personality be they in heaven, or on the earth or under the earth – be they principality or power or angelic being. “His hand is stretched out, who shall turn it back?” (Isa. 14:27). There are none is the resounding word of truth.

  So let these words of truth sink down into your ears concerning the very person of Almighty God, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our God and Father, especially as we now consider the command and the promise of everlasting life, because the knowledge of these wonderful revelations of God will strengthen trust in the believer in God and in His Beloved Son, to an enduring and perseverance, even to the end. For that which God has commanded, He is able to perform (Rom. 4:21).

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“Behold, God is My Helper” (Ps. 54:4) - By Michael Zaucha

“Behold, God is My Helper”

(Ps. 54:4)

By Michael Zaucha 

“The Lord GOD hath opened Mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave Myback to the smiters, and My cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not My face from shame and spitting.  For the Lord GOD will help Me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. He is near that justifieth Me” (Isa. 50:5-8).

The text of Scripture reveals much about God and of His Christ, and all that He would have to endure in order to accomplish that for which the Father sent Him – to obtain eternal redemption for us (He. 9:12). But in seeing God’s faithfulness to His Beloved Son, those that are in Christ Jesus and abiding in Him are given hope in His God and our God, in His Father and our Father (Jn.20:17).

Christ’s Exaltation-the Showing of God’s Faithfulness. What awfulness of suffering and shame Jesus must endure in order to accomplish that which He was sent for:  to taste death in its full embodiment - for every man (Heb. 2:9). Yet, God’s willing, suffering Servant, our Lord Jesus Christ, endured the cross, despised the shame, and endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself (Heb. 2:2-3) according to the will of His Father.

Having been shamed, humiliated, beaten, mocked and hung on the cross –dying – as all manner of men and rulers passed by the Lord’s Christ “and they that passed by reviled Him, wagging their heads, And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, andbuildest it in three days, save Thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking Him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He be the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him.  He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him: for He said, I am the Son of God” (Mt. 27:39-43).

From all the earthly appearances, it  looked as if God had forsaken His Beloved Son that day, but that vain imagination was cast down to the ground forever when God raised Jesus from the dead, received Him into glory, and set Him down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens (Heb. 8:1)

God is My Helper. In all His afflictions which He would be required to endure, Jesus was strengthened with might in the knowledge of His Heavenly Father and the promises made to Him. “He is near” was our Savior’s testimony even in the time of His agony. The Apostle Paul affirmed this to be the truth declaring: “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them” (II Cor. 5:19).      

The knowledge that Lord God will help Me was the Lamb of God’s sole trust. With His face like flint trust in His God and in the promise made Him, like Moses His illustrious predecessor and type, “He endured as seeing Him who is invisible” (Heb. 11:27) relying fully on His promised care and nearness.

And so, as the mocking and spittings were cast upon Him, yet Jesus opened not His mouth (Isa. 53:7), but rather “committed Himself to (God) that judgeth righteously” (I Pet. 2:23), trusting that in due time He would not be ashamed anymore, for God would indeed help Him, justifying Him all that He did according to the will and purpose of God.

And this God did when He raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory (I Pet. 1:21), “Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come” (Eph. 1:21). With a promise that all His adversaries and enemies would be dealt with even forever and ever: “The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at My right hand, until I make Thineenemies Thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of Thy strength out of Zion: rule Thou in the midst of Thine enemies” (Ps. 110:1-2).

Hope in God. The One who became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross (Phil. 2:8), has a word of exhortation and good hope unto His people, to those who are suffering affliction, and trial and persecution for His names’ sake; for all who are engaged in fighting the good fight of faith (I Tim. 6:12); for all who are mortifying the deeds of the body (Rom. 8:13): “let Him trust in the Name of the Lord; and stay upon His God” (Isa. 50:10).

Take hold of the promise, and be certain of it, for He that promised is faithful (Heb. 10:23): “For He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me” (Heb. 13:5-6). Amen.