“God’s Plans”

 “God’s Plans”

 

I pray that you will be grateful to God for letting you have part in what He has promised His people in the Kingdom of Light.  God rescued us from the dark power of Satan and brought us into the Kingdom of His dear Son, who forgives our sins and sets us FREE.  Colossians 1:13-14

 

Christ Jesus is EXACTLY LIKE GOD; He is the VISIBLE image of the INVISIBLE GOD. He EXISTED before ANYTHING was CREATED and is SUPREME over ALL creation, through Him God CREATED EVERYTHING in the heavenly realms and on earth.  He made the things we CAN see and the things we CANNOT see—-such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers and authorities in the unseen world. EVERYTHING was CREATED through Him and FOR HIM.

Jesus EXISTED before ANYTHING else, and He holds ALL CREATION together. He is also the Head of the Church, which is His BODY, which is made up of the TRUE BELIEVERS.  He is the BEGINNING, supreme over ALL who rise from the dead. So, He is FIRST in EVERYTHING.

GOD was PLEASED to live FULLY in His Son.  And God was PLEASED for His Son to make PEACE by SACRIFICING HIS BLOOD on the CROSS, so that ALL beings in heaven and on earth would be brought back to GOD, to be able for them to have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN.

The GENTILES (non-Jews), used to be far from God. Our EVIL thoughts and actions made us His ENEMIES. But NOW He has RECONCILED US unto HIMSELF through the Death of CHRIST JESUS in His PHYSICAL BODY.  And as a RESULT, He has brought us into His OWN PRESENCE, and we who have come to JESUS and have REPENTED of our SINS are counted as HOLY and BLAMELESS as we stand before Him on JUDGMENT DAY without a SINGLE FAULT.

We will be able to do this BECAUSE we are NOW a part of HIS FAMILY. And will be with Him for ALL ETERNITY.  AND that is God’s PLAN for the Crown of His CREATION. You MUST RESPOND to His CALL, by COMING to Him and ADMITTING that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS, and BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFE-STYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And then ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and become a PART of His FAMILY.  Do this NOW, while you STILL CAN, He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!! Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!  Listen for His CALL and DO all the ABOVE!!!

“Dangerous Last Days”

 “Dangerous Last Days”

 

You should know this Timothy, that in the LAST DAYS there will be VERY DIFFICULT TIMES.  For people will love ONLY themselves and their money.  They will be BOASTFUL and PROUD, SCOFFING at God, DISOBEDIENT to their parents, and UNGRATEFUL, they will CONSIDER NOTHING SACRED. They will be UNLOVING and UNFORGIVING; they will SLANDER others and have NO self-control.  They will be CRUEL and HATE what is GOOD. They will BETRAY their friends; they WILL BE PUFFED UP with PRIDE and LOVE PLEASURE rather than GOD.  They will ACT religious, but they will REJECT the POWER that could make them godly.  STAY AWAY FROM PEOPLE LIKE THAT!   2ND TIMOTHY 3:1-5

Sound familiar?  The Apostle Paul wrote this in his 2ND letter to Timothy. The LAST DAYS that Paul was referring to is the time between the RESURRECTION and the RAPTURE. NOTICE that Paul is instructing Timothy of what’s to come, prior to the RAPTURE, which can happen at ANY TIME.  And Paul wanted to let, not only Timothy, but also for us to know of the SINFUL ATTITUDES that characterizes the LAST DAYS. And WE ARE LIVING in those LAST DAYS.

These LAST DAYS will be PERILOUS TIMES. People will LOVE ONLY THEMSELVES and THEIR MONEY.  They will be BOASTFUL AND PROUD, giving people the idea that they are SUPERIOR to EVERYONE ELSE. They will be PROUD, STUCK-UP, RUDE AND DISOBEDIENT. They will also be UNGRATEFUL, GODLESS, HEARTLESS and HATEFUL.  Their words will be CRUEL, and they will have NO SELF-CONTROL or PITY.

They will HATE EVERYTHING that is GOOD. They will be SNEAKY, RECKLESS, and PUFFED UP with PRIDE. And INSTEAD of LOVING GOD, they will LOVE PLEASURE. They will TRY to INFLUENCE people to SHOW themselves to be RELIGIOUS, but THEIR religion WON’T be REAL.  

They hunger after POWER OVER people who are NOT of their SOCIAL or POLITICAL persuasions, much like the RELIGIOUS LEADERS of Jesus’ Day.  Paul WARNS Timothy and all of the TRUE CHILDREN of the LIVING GOD, to AVOID THESE PEOPLE!!! They will bring HEARTACHE, BRUTALITY, DESPERATION, and more UNGODLY ACTIONS upon GOD’S PEOPLE.  WE NEED TO DRAW CLOSE to OUR REFUGE and OUR STRENGTH, to HELP us until JESUS CHRIST comes back to take US, who are TRUE BELIEVERS, HOME TO BE with HIM and our HEAVENLY FATHER. 

Are YOU READY?  We know NOT when He will RETURN, but we KNOW that it will be SOON, by the SIGNS of the TIMES. You can be, if you will SURRENDER YOURSELF to GOD, through HIS ONLY SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  Here is what YOU MUST DO: When the HOLY SPIRIT of the LIVING GOD brings you under CONVICTION, and you FEEL GUILTY for your SINFUL LIFESTYLE, COME to JESUS and ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, the ONLY ONE who is WORTHY to be the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE to FREE MANKIND from an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE ONCE you are there. You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN making intercession for you before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFE-STYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and DRAW CLOSE to GOD during these LAST DAYS.  BE RAPTURE READY by; doing ALL of the ABOVE NOW while you STILL can!!! He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND.  Once ALL the TRUE BELIEVERS are GONE, there will be NOTHING but EVIL on this WRETCHED WORLD!! PLEASE SURRENDER NOW!!  This might be your FINAL OPPORTUNITY!!!

 

 

“Adam’s One Sin =Condemnation; Jesus’ One Act = Righteousness”

“Adam’s One Sin = Condemnation; Jesus’ One Act=Righteousness”

 

Because one-person disobeyed God, many became sinners.  But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.  Romans 5:19

 

EVERYONE was going to be PUNISHED because Adam SINNED, he DISOBEYED GOD. The One who CREATED HIM from the DUST of the GROUND. And yet he fell to the TEMPTATION brought on by the WOMAN that GOD had provided for Adam, Eve was to be a HELPER and a companion to Adam.

The LORD God had filled the garden with all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden.  One gave LIFE—the other gave WISDOM to know the DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT and WRONG. The LORD God put the man in the Garden of Eden as the CARETAKER, and God told Adam: “You may EAT fruit from ANY tree in the garden, except the one that has POWER for you to KNOW the DIFFERENCE between RIGHT and WRONG. If you EAT ANY FRUIT from that TREE, you will die before the day is over.” (Vv 9, 15-17).

Adam’s DISOBEDIENCE was the very FIRST SIN, the one that started it ALL. The serpent (devil), met up with Eve and ENTICED her to eat from the Tree that GOD had told them NOT TO EAT FROM, or they would DIE.  However, Eve FELL to the temptation and ate a piece of FRUIT from THAT TREE!!  Adam was with Eve at that time, and she gave him some of the fruit and HE ATE IT TOO!! They had BOTH disobeyed GOD, and they were banished from the BEAUTIFUL GARDEN that God had CREATED for them. 

So, because Adam’s one SIN brings CONDEMNATION on ALL of MANKIND, GOD gave mankind the LAW so that ALL PEOPLE COULD see HOW SINFUL they were. And as people SIN MORE and MORE, GOD’S WONDERFUL GRACE becomes MORE ABUNDANT.

Just as SIN RULES OVER ALL PEOPLE and brings them to DEATH. God’s WONDERFUL GRACE RULES INSTEAD, giving us RIGHT STANDING with GOD, which results in ETERNAL LIFE through the LORD JESUS CHRIST who GAVE HIMSELF to SUFFER, BLEED, DIE and BE RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE. SO, we can have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS and to ESCAPE HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there. 

 To be ABLE to have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with GOD, when His Spirit begins to CONVICT YOU of your SINS, you MUST COME TO CHRIST and ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST. You MUST BELIEVE that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN making intercession for you before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to HIM and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS. You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and BE OBEDIENT to GOD and SPEND YOUR ETERNITY in HEAVEN.  Do this NOW, while you STILL CAN.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

“God is TRUSTWORTHY “

 “God is TRUSTWORTHY”

 

For the honor of Your Name, O LORD, forgive my many, many sins.  Who are those who fear the LORD? He will show them the path they should choose. They will live in PROSPERITY, and their children will inherit the land.  The LORD is a Friend to those who fear Him. He teaches them His Covenant.  My eyes are ALWAYS on the LORD, for He rescues me from the traps of my enemies.  Psalm 25:11-15

Here we see David is meditating on God’s Character. David tells us that God can be TRUSTED!  He is GOOD and UPRIGHT, and what He says and does is ALWAYS RIGHT. If we would SUBMIT ourselves to Him with a MEEK SPIRIT and a CONTRITE HEART, He will TEACH us His Ways, but if we are haughty, He will be SILENT.

MEEKNESS is NOT WEAKNESS; it is POWER UNDER CONTROL.  We can TRUST GOD TO guide those who OBEY His Word. The WILLINGNESS to OBEY is the FIRST STEP toward spiritual understanding.

We can TRUST GOD to be MERCIFUL and GRACIOUS to those who REPENT, but WE MUST WALK in the fear of the LORD.  God will instruct us in the way that has been CHOSEN for us. Knowing that the Lord has a plan for our lives, and that this plan being the VERY BEST for us SHOULD give us GREAT JOY and CONFIDENCE as we SEEK His WILL for our individual life.

According to God’s Covenant; those who OBEY will receive His PROVISION and PROTECTION, and there will be BLESSING also for the NEXT GENERATIONS of the family. If we will LOVE HIM, FEAR HIM and OBEY HIS WORD, He will draw near to us and share His PLANS with us. 

As we WALK WITH THE LORD IN THE LIGHT OF HIS WORD,” we will develop a CLOSE FELLOWSHIP with Him and can BETTER UNDERSTAND HIS WAYS. The LORD CAN BE TRUSTED to HELP us; and when He helps us, He does it in MERCY and TRUTH.  Are YOU walking in the LIGHT of His WORD?  If you are NOT, you CAN BE, IF you will do the following instructions.

First, God’s HOLY SPIRIT MUST DRAW you to the LORD JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONLY SON, who GAVE HIS LIFE to SAVE our SOULS from an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there.  You MUST then ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.  You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE in Heaven making intercession for YOU before GOD.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS. You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM YOUR SINFUL LIFE-STYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and TRUST HIM with EVERYTHING.  HE’S MORE than ABLE!! So, DO this NOW while you STILL CAN. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

“ The One TRUE God”

“The One TRUE God”

 

We know that God’s Children do NOT make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely and the evil one cannot touch them.  We know that we are Children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.  1st John 5:18-19

This Scripture is NOT indicating that CHRISTIANS are SINLESS. In chapter 3:5-6 of 1st John, it tells us that IF we truly know Jesus and that He takes away our sins, and there is NO SIN in Him then ANYONE who continues to LIVE in Him will NOT sin. But anyone who KEEPS on SINNING does NOT know Him or UNDERSTANDS who He is.

Those who have been born into God’s Family do NOT make a PRACTICE of SINNING, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.

We KNOW that the SON of GOD has come, and He has GIVEN us UNDERSTANDING so that we can KNOW the TRUE LIVING GOD, and HE is ETERNAL LIFE.  WE must KEEP AWAY FROM ANYTHING that might take GOD’S PLACE in our HEARTS. 

Where do YOU stand with the SON of ALMIGHTY GOD, who takes AWAY ALL SINS of ALL MANKIND?  If you BELIEVE that He DIED for YOU, why would you KEEP ON SINNING and REJECTING His FATHER’S Invitation to COME to JESUS for the SALVATION of YOUR SOUL? You are at RISK of spending YOUR ETERNAL LIFE in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there. 

However, God, in His INFINITE MERCY and AMAZING GRACE is NOW giving YOU the OPPORTUNITY to: ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE in Heaven making intercession for YOU before GOD.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS. You MUST Be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and STOP the CONTINUAL SINNING.   Just let me add:  We ALL SIN and NEED to CONFESS our SINS.  What is MEANT here, is LIVING IN CONTINUAL, HABITUAL, SIN and NOT HAVING A TRUE REPENTANT HEART, to the point of becoming a TRUE CHILD of the LIVING GOD.  So, do the above, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Because He is WAITING and COMING SOON. Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!

“How to Live According to You WORD of GOD”

 “How to Live According to the WORD of GOD”

 

I have treasured Your Word in my heart so that I may not SIN against You.  Psalm 119:11

 

How can a person stay PURE? The answer is: by KEEPING IT according to God’s Word.  And by SEEKING GOD with ALL our hearts, and for us NOT to WANDER from God’s Commands. And to TREASURE His Word in our heart. So, we might NOT SIN AGAINST God.

Also, that God SHOULD BE PRAISED; and we should be TAUGHT God’s Statutes (laws). We SHOULD PROCLAIM ALL the regulations He has given us. We should FELLOWSHIP with Him and GLORIFY Him in all that we SAY and DO. We SHOULD spend TIME in God’s WORD and MEDITATE on it.  The HOLY SPIRIT enables us to do this as we YIELD to Him. We MUST SPEND TIME in the Word and TREASURE IT in our HEART. 

VICTORY OVER SIN is NOT because of OUR PROMISES to the LORD, but it is His PROMISES to US. I AM so HAPPY about that. We have a habit, at times of NOT KEEPING our promises.  We MUST LIVE according to God’s Word, which means “CULTIVATING a HEART for GOD” and to be able to have VICTORY over SIN.

We NEED a THANKFUL HEART, and a TEACHABLE SPIRIT that ENABLES us to LEARN from God. Our blessing does NOT COME from HEARING the Word but in DOING it. “But don’t just LISTEN to God’s Word. You MUST DO what it SAYS. Otherwise, you are fooling yourselves.” (James 1-22).

Some believe that if you LISTEN or READ the WORD of God without DOING what we are SUPPOSED to do ACCORDING TO the WORD, we are OK with God.  But that is something the Devil would want us to BELIEVE.  REMEMBER: FAITH without WORKS is DEAD. “What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of FAITH save anyone”. Faith by itself is NOT ENOUGH.  Unless it PRODUCES GOOD DEEDS, it is DEAD and USELESS.” (James 2:14,17) Do you possess a DEAD and USELESS FAITH?

To be able to have a LIVE and ACTIVE FAITH, You NEED a LIVE and ACTIVE RELATIONSHIP with the LIVE and ACTIVE GOD.  And the WAY to do that is through the wooing of the HOLY SPIRIT, and then when that happens, You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.    You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you before GOD.  You MUST CONFESS YOUR SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and LIVE ACCORDING to THE WORD of the LIVING GOD.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!! 

 

 

“God is Our REFUGE “

 “God is Our REFUGE”

 

O My people, TRUST in HIM always. Pour out your HEART to Him, for GOD is our REFUGE. Ps 62:8

This is one of many psalms that King David penned, and it tells us of David’s FAITH and HOPE that he speaks of in this particular Psalm.  The King tells us that he WAITS QUIETLY before God because he KNOWS that his VICTORY comes from the ALMIGHTY God. David confesses that God alone is his ROCK, FORTRESS and SALVATION.  And because of that he will NEVER BE SHAKEN.  (Vv 1-2)

David’s situation was not good; he takes note of the serious situation he has encountered, in verses three and four: “So many enemies against one man —-all of them trying to KILL me.  To them I’m just a broken-down wall or a tottering fence. They plan to topple me from my high position.  They delight in telling lies about me. They PRAISE me to my face but CURSE me in their HEARTS.” 

And then David repeats his words, with which he began this Psalm: “Let ALL that I am WAIT QUIETLY before GOD, for my HOPE is in Him.  He ALONE is my ROCK and my SALVATION, my FORTRESS where I will NOT be SHAKEN. My VICTORY and HONOR come from God alone. He is my REFUGE, A ROCK where NO ENEMY can reach me.” (Vv5-7) 

Then with CONFIDENCE, David gives a word of advice:  “O My People, TRUST in HIM always. Pour out your HEART to Him, for GOD is our REFUGE.”  Is God YOUR REFUGE?

If you have NOT GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to GOD for your SALVATION through the SHED BLOOD of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONLY SON, then you cannot proclaim that God is YOUR REFUGE, ROCK, HOPE, or your SALVATION. Because, PLAIN and SIMPLE He IS NOT.  In order for Him to become your REFUGE, ROCK, FORTRESS, HOPE and SALVATION, You MUST BE DRAWN to Him and you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, the SON of the LIVING GOD.  You MUST BELIEVE that JESUS DIED for you and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN making intercession for YOU before GOD.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS. You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFE-STYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and with CONFIDENCE, like DAVID, PROCLAIM that GOD ALONE is your ROCK, SALVATION, FORTRESS, and your REFUGE.  Do this NOW while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!