Such as I Have

"Such as I have give I unto thee, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!"

Act 3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.


Act 3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

Act 3:3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

Act 3:4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

Act 3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

Act 3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.



"What do you give a person that is expecting to receive something that you do not have?"



Many people today are trying to impress people by pretending they have so much, when in fact they have so little!



Trying to keep up with the "Jones" has over burdened many Christian people today. Stress is in abundance and peace of mind is out of reach for those who, instead of trusting God and being content with such as they have, they over-extend themselves through the miracle of plastic today! And then they get another piece of plastic to pay for the previous piece of plastic!



Well, there is a remedy! It's called plastic surgery. "You just take a good pair of sharp scissors and cut those little plastic cards in very small pieces." That's the first step to your recovery.



Next, when you are asked: "Plastic or Paper?" Remember this, choose the paper, the pages of the Word of God, be a doer of the Word and not a hearer only!



God's Word tells us of the consequences of our actions that ignore the Truths of the Bible. But the Bible will always show us the Way out if we are willing to humble ourselves and be willing to do what God says. Isaiah 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:





No matter how far in debt, no matter how deep in error to the Word of God you are, or how hopeless and helpless you might feel, "Rise up and Walk!"



There was a man in the above passage from Acts chapter 3 that had been dependent upon man all of his life for his help. He looked to man to carry him daily to the temple.



Now, when we think of a man going to the temple, we think of someone going to meet with God. But not so in this man's thinking. His mind was on man getting him to the temple, his mind was on man who would be coming by his way, and his mind was on what he would receive from a man to meet his need for the day.



Many today are like the man at the Beautiful Gate (Jesus is that Beautiful gate), they are content to be brought to the Beautiful Gate by the effort of others, but when they are there, they are content to sit outside of the Beautiful Gate to again receive something from those going into the Beautiful Gate!



That Beautiful gate is a type of Christ, Jesus said: "I am the Door!"



John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.



This man is like so many today, they are looking to the world for their help and so little today are looking to Christ.



Just because you are a Christian doesn't keep you out of hardships. I encourage you today if you are facing hardships or trials right now, don't make things worse by continuing to look to the world's way of fixing your problem, go to the Door! Jesus!



Acts 3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;



Most of those that were going into the temple had the same mentality that the lame man had, they were going because the inventions of man would be there.



But there was a few that God had changed, and He would use to change the lives of others for His glory!





"Just suppose, you are at the gate."



Suppose you are the man at the gate, put yourself in his place, feel his despair, feel his outlook for the next day, the next week, the next year!



What do, you want? You are the man!



What do you want somebody to give to you?



Has your mind been conditioned to only look to a natural man to meet your need?



"Some of you reading this today, you are the man! You are the woman! You are the boy! Or you are the girl that is described here in the book of Acts."



Your whole life has been a life of misery. You may have even put up a good front before others, because you just needed their help.



Listen, we need the help of others at times but we must realize that even the help of others, was a way that God was showing His mercy and grace to us!



What do we really need? "We must come in at the Door!"



A song goes like this that I heard: "Gods got a way that you can't go over....Gods got a way that you can't go under.....Gods got a way that you can't go around it....you must come in at the Door!" That Door is Jesus Christ!



"You see, when true servants of the Lord pass your way, hope will be brought your way!"



I, for a moment , will put myself in that man's place.



I find that I'm in the prime of my age but yet have no strength to do very little for myself. This really is no prime of life for me.



As long as I can remember, my life has been a struggle just to make it. But you know, there have been these people, who have come to me, and carried me to the Gate!



I stay here, I've seen many coming and going for so many years now, who are truly in the prime of their life. I've heard them talking about their financial success, I've heard them talking about the new homes that they have built. They have been going into the Beautiful Gate now for so many years. I've heard so many talk about their families and all the happiness they have. "But I sit at the gate."



But lately, after so many years, there's something going on, I don't really know, but still I sit at the gate. I'm still being carried by someone, I still have a voice, I still ask an alm, but I still sit at the gate.



Well, here I am again today, here I sit at the gate. It about the ninth hour, prayer meeting is about to start.



Oh good, here comes two men now, they're coming right to me. "Please give me your spare change!"



I'm the man now!



The one whom has been carried and daily laid at the gate of the temple! "Please, give me just enough to make it through today!"



But right now, I as I'm looking into the eyes of these men that have said to me: "Look on us!"



All of a sudden, I'm feeling something that I've never felt before in my whole life! Never have I sensed this feeling that I'm feeling right now! Something is about to be given unto me!



I'm hearing this man say very loudly in my hearing that he doesn't have any spare change but yet I'm not disappointed!



I'm hearing this man saying with all honesty that he doesn't have enough, just to help me make it through the day, and still I'm not disappointed by what I'm hearing!



"These men are of a different sort!"



I've been rejected before by men but I know I'm not being rejected by these this time!



I know that this time , something else has to be said to me! I know that I'm not going to be passed by!



Something has happened just recently in this city, in an upper room! The power of God has been poured out upon the people of God!



I know these are truly men of God! I still sit at the gate but I expect something today!



As I hear the words, "Silver and gold have I none", I look beyond the the disappointment of those words and I now hear these words: "but such as I have give I thee:"



"Something is about to happen to me that will for ever change my life!"



In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk!



Act 3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

Act 3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.





You, who are reading this today, don't just sit at the Gate, Jesus is right where you are! He is the Beautiful Gate! The entrance into God's Kingdom!



He, and He alone is the Door that we all must enter to be saved!



Believer in Christ, do you realize the, "such as I have", that is within you?



Eph 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Eph 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

Eph 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

Eph 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 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

Eph 1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.



Col 2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

Col 2:7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Col 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Col 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:



"What do we give?"



We give such as we have!



We give out of that which Christ has given unto us!



Out of His fulness! We are complete in Christ!



Christ is the Head of us, the Church, the Body of Christ.



We are to give Jesus to those around us!



In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.



And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up:



and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.



And he leaping up stood,



and walked,



and entered with them into the temple,



walking, and leaping, and praising God!



What a beginning! When he began to rise up and walk!



What an abundant life! He entered the Door!



Walking, and leaping, and praising God!









What do you give?



“Such as I have, give I unto thee!”



Give it all!

Wake up! Stand in the gap!

Matthew 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.


Matthew 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

Matthew 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trim their lamps.

Matthew 25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil: for our lamps are gone out.



Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.



God is about to find somebody that will stand in the gap!



God is about to hand-pick a people that are tired of the useless religious tactics that are powerless over what we are facing today!



Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.



These people of God will have incredible faith in God to be Christ in them in this society today that has gone mad!



Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria. And unto the uttermost part of the earth.



These will be endued with power by the Holy Ghost!



Hebrews 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.



Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.



Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.



These will realize that in themselves they have no power but they realize that Jesus is touched by the feeling of our infirmities! They will come boldly to the throne of grace as Jesus calls them! Jesus will be manifested through them!



God is seeking somebody to stand in the gap! Will you?

"Church! Come Back."

Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.



"Church, we must come back to looking unto Jesus!"



Matthew 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.



Jesus went out, and departed from the temple. Verse one of Matthew 24 shows us a picture of where He is today, as far as the temple.

"Jesus has departed from very much of what calls itself the church today!" Why?



Because it has compromised God's Word so as to lower the bar so low today that there is no striving to be all that which Christ said that we would be as His Church! God's True Gospel will challenge a person to change from a fleshly minded person to a "New Creation in Christ" by the Holy Spirit!" Lift of the Standard! Gods Word is the Standard!

Jesus is the Standard! Jesus said to sinner woman, neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no more.

Jesus is the Standard! Jesus said to the man that he healed. John 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

5:15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.



The Church has been influenced by the world rather than the Church by a commitment to strive to be more like Christ, it has no restraining effect on the world. It's powerless in its worldly methods and therefore has no ability to see miraculous salvation to come to the hearts of the unbeliever!



Jesus said:



Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

13:26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.



That seeker-friendly crowd is going to find itself outside of a door shut that no man can open!



Ever seeking but never finding because there's no striving to be more like Jesus!



It would rather identify with the world than be conformed to the image of Christ!



G75 agōnizomai ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee

From G73; to struggle, literally (to compete for a prize), figuratively (to contend with an adversary), or generally (to endeavor to accomplish something): - fight, labor fervently, strive.



Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

"Strive to enter in!"



Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.



"Strive to enter in!"

To struggle for the prize, to contend with the adversary!



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. Romans 12:1-2



G75 agōnizomai ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee

From G73; to struggle, literally (to compete for a prize), figuratively (to contend with an adversary), or generally (to endeavor to accomplish something): - fight, labor fervently, strive.

This word strive means to agonizes over!

Strive to enter in! Don't be denied by that which opposes you!

Remember, as we strive to enter in, JESUS said that He would be with us as we desire to follow His commandments.



Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,



Rom 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.



1Corianthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.



Yes! There is love and mercy in Christ today, but as His Church we are commanded that we: "Love not the world, neither the things of the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 John 2:15



Jesus went out and departed out of the temple and His disciples showed Him the buildings of the temple.



1Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.



"The Disciples showed Jesus the buildings of the temple."

Jesus wasn't impressed or excited about the buildings of the temple!

Jesus isn't impressed by the buildings of the temple!

Jesus is never impressed by what man is building. He is impressed by what He is building! (Upon this rock, I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it!)

Jesus isn't concerned by the buildings of the temple. He's concerned with the temple of the "Living God!"

In Matthew 24, Jesus went out and departed from the things that were made with man's hands.

He will go out and depart from His temple today that continues to build with fleshly, worldly attractions.



"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." 1 Corinthians 6:19-20



We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses!

Let us lay aside, put off the old nature!

Lay aside every weight!

Lay aside the sin of compromise of what Gods Word teaches us as Believers!

Repent of the compromise and purpose in your heart that you will run with patience the race that is set before you!



God’s peace shall rule your heart!



John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.

14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.



If I love God, I will keep Gods Word!



If a man love Me, Jesus said, he will keep My words.

If a man that loves Me and keeps My word because he loves Me, My Father will love him and Jesus and the Father will come and live with him!

A man that doesn't love Jesus will not keep His word!

A man that doesn't keep Gods word will not have Jesus and the Father living with him!

No Comforter will come to the man that doesn't love Jesus!

No man will be taught of God that doesn't love God!

He will not remember what things God has taught because he doesn't love God and God doesn't teach the unsaved to be religious. They learned all of that on their own!

But thank God! A man can know God by loving God, by keeping Gods word, and being a doer of the Word!

That man’s heart won't be troubled in these last days.That man will have the peace that Jesus said: "I give unto you!"

That man has a hold of Gods word and will never be afraid!



1Jn 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.





Come back to prayer to God!

Come back to God’s Word!

Come back to doing God’s Word!

Come back to where you are willing to forsake all for Christ Jesus!



Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.



Church, come back to “Looking unto Jesus!”

Heart Attack

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?     Acts 2:37

"Where are the "sent ones" that have the same Gospel that Peter preached?"

Where is the "message" gone that cause sharp pain to the heart of man that causes him to know that there's something terrible wrong with him and he needs immediate attention?

Most of the "sent ones" today have become "bent ones".
They have bent the message to become attractive enough so that the message has lost the piercing of the Holy Spirit.

"When a person is having a heart attack, he has a sharp pain, sweats, panic sets in, and if he's not given the help he needs, he probably won't make it!"

The first thing Peter said to those that had been pricked by the message from God.    "Repent!"

• A message from God brought by a faithful messenger will cause sharp conviction!
• Peter has just been through the greatest test of his faith and has denied his Lord that he said he was willing to die with.
• But Jesus said: "Satan desires to have you but I have prayed for you that your faith in God does not fail!"

That first message that Peter preached to those that were crying out was a message of repentance!

"That message needs to be preached today by men walking holy before the Lord and on their faces before Christ to be given the power to touch those under their hearing of this "Gospel".

There will be a "Heart Attack" but their is immediate and sufficient  attention when we repent!

"God gives us a new heart!"

Which One is Neighbor to Him?

And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his rainment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion on him.

And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and sat set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?



And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.