“The LIGHT”

 “The LIGHT”

This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you:  GOD is LIGHT, and there is NO DARKNESS in Him at all. 1John 1:5

 

John is concluding the introduction to his letter. And now he is getting down to business: “This is the MESSAGE we heard from JESUS and NOW DECLARE to you:” John is speaking that which is TRUTH: “GOD is LIGHT” and there is NO DARKNESS in Him at ALL. And that is the MESSAGE that John wanted people to KNOW. 

John goes on to say: “So, we are lying if we say we have FELLOWSHIP with God but we continue LIVING in SPIRITUAL DARKNESS; we are NOT practicing the TRUTH.  But if we ARE LIVING in the LIGHT, then we will have FELLOWSHIP with each other and the BLOOD of JESUS, the SON of the LIVING GOD; CLEANSES us from ALL SIN.  (Vv 6-7)

However, on the backside of this declaration, John tells us: “if we say we have NOT SINNED, we are FOOLING OURSELVES, and the TRUTH is NOT in our HEARTS.  But IF we CONFESS our SINS to GOD, through the LORD JESUS CHRIST, HE can ALWAYS be TRUSTED to FORGIVE us and take away our sins. Then we can LIVE in the LIGHT. 

 Some may say they have NOT sinned, and when they do, they make GOD a LIAR, and His message is NOT in their HEARTS.  And when they SIN and CONFESS their SINS, they have an ADVOCATE who will PLEAD their case before FATHER GOD. He is JESUS CHRIST, the ONE who is TRULY RIGHTEOUS.  HE IS the SACRIFICE that ATONES for ALL the SINS of MANKIND. 

Have you come to JESUS for the SALVATION of your SOUL? Are you LIVING IN the LIGHT? To be able to LIVE in the LIGHT, you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS, who will PLEAD your case before 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 SINS and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and LIVE in the LIGHT NOT the DARK.  Do this NOW while you STILL can!!  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!! Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!! Because AFTER ALL of GOD’S CHILDREN are RAPTURED, this WICKED OLD WORLD, will be MUCH MUCH WORSE than it is NOW.

 

 

“Be WATCHFUL and READY”

 “Be WATCHFUL and READY!”

 

“So, you, too, MUST KEEP WATCH! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming. Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would KEEP WATCH and NOT allow his house to be broken into. You MUST BE READY ALL the TIME, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.  Matthew 24:42-44

We are SO close to this event, which is known as the RAPTURE, the SNATCHING AWAY of ALL TRUE BELIEVERS who belong to the Family of God.  

  In the meantime: The LORD JESUS wants the TRUE BELIEVERS to be RAPTURE READY, which includes being WATCHFUL and ALERT. I BELIEVE that the RAPTURE will take place PRIOR to the TRIBULATION period. This EVENT will be LOUD, according to 1st Thess. 4:16.  The Apostle Paul says:  “For the Lord, Himself will come down from heaven with a COMMANDING SHOUT, with the voice of the archangel, and with the TRUMPET call of GOD.”

And when that happens, then the believers who have died will rise from their graves. And the believers who are ALIVE on earth will be CAUGHT UP together in the clouds to MEET the Lord in the AIR.  And we shall be with the LORD FOREVER.

This will come UNEXPECTEDLY like a thief in the night. Let us who live in the LIGHT be CLEARHEADED, PROTECTED by the ARMOR OF FAITH and LOVE, and WEARING as our HELMET the CONFIDENCE of our SALVATION.

For God chose to SAVE US through our LORD JESUS CHRIST, NOT to POUR OUT His anger on us. Christ died for us so that, whether we are DEAD or ALIVE when He RETURNS, we can LIVE with HIM FOREVER. (1st Thess. 4:9-10)

So, to be RAPTURE READY: Jesus wants His BELIEVERS to be WATCHFUL and ALERT. He wants to FIND US BUSY sharing the LOVE of GOD to this LOST and DYING WORLD.  And we MUST BE WISE and TRUSTWORTHY until He RETURNS, (could be TODAY).

To be RAPTURE READY: You must be a TRUE BELIEVER in the LORD JESUS CHRIST, and You MUST BE DRAWN by His SPIRIT, and ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your WRETCHED SOUL from spending 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 LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and be WATCHFUL and RAPTURE READY.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can!!!  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON, COULD BE TODAY!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!  

 

 

“The PERFECT Sacrifice”

 “The PERFECT Sacrifice”

 

So, Christ has now become the High Priest over ALL GOOD things that have come.  He has entered that GREATER; MORE PERFECT TABERNACLE in Heaven, which was NOT made by human hands and is NOT part of this created world.  Hebrews 9:11

 

Jesus Christ, the High Priest of the New Covenant, God’s Only Son, the PERFECT SACRIFICE.  He entered the PERFECT TABERNACLE in Heaven, which was NOT made with HUMAN HANDS and is NOT part of this created world.  He entered the PERFECT TABERNACLE, not with the BLOOD of goats and calves, but with HIS OWN BLOOD. He entered the MOST HOLY PLACE once for ALL time and SECURED our REDEMPTION FOREVER. 

Under the OLD SYSTEM, the BLOOD of GOATS and BULLS AND THE ashes of the HEIFER could CLEANSE the OUTSIDE. (V13 But the Blood of Christ Jesus can CLEANSE our CONSCIENCES from DEAD WORKS so we can SERVE the LIVING GOD. His BLOOD can CLEANSE us on the INSIDE; and MAKE OUR CONSCIENCE CLEAN. 

Just think how much MORE the BLOOD of CHRIST can PURIFY our consciences from SINFUL DEEDS, so we can WORSHIP the LIVING GOD. By the POWER of the ETERNAL SPIRIT, CHRIST offered HIMSELF to God as the PERFECT SACRIFICE for OUR sins. He entered into Heaven to appear before God on OUR behalf. He did NOT ENTER Heaven to offer HIMSELF AGAIN and AGAIN, like the high priest on earth who enters the MOST HOLY PLACE YEAR after YEAR with the BLOOD of an ANIMAL. 

If that had been necessary, Christ would have had to die AGAIN and AGAIN. But NOW, once for ALL time. He has appeared at the end of the ages to REMOVE SIN by His OWN DEATH as the PERFECT SACRIFICE. And just as each person is DESTINED to DIE once and after that comes the JUDGMENT, so also Christ was offered ONCE for ALL TIME as THE PERFECT SACRIFICE to take AWAY OUR SINS.  He WILL COME AGAIN, not to deal with OUR SINS, but to COMPLETE the SALVATION of the TRUE BELIEVER.  Are you READY?  Now is the TIME to SURRENDER YOUR ALL to HIM. 

To be able to be CLEANSED of YOUR SINS, and SPEND your ETERNITY in HEAVEN, this is what you MUST DO.  You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the Savior, JESUS CHRIST, who is the ONLY PERFECT SACRIFICE for our SINS.  You MUST BELIEVE that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is 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 FORGIVEN of ALL your SINS, because of the PERFECT SACRIFICE.  Do ALL the above, NOW, before it’s too LATE.  HE’S WAITING and COMING SOON!!! Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!  

 

“Throw OFF the OLD and Put On the NEW”

 “Throw OFF the OLD and Put ON the NEW”

Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from Him, throw OFF your OLD sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.  Put on your NEW nature created to be like GOD—-TRULY RIGHTEOUS and HOLY.  Ephesians 4:21-24

 

For those of you who are SAVED by the WASHING of your soul, with the BLOOD of JESUS, you have received a new wardrobe, and you MUST THROW OFF the OLD wardrobe in order to PUT ON the NEW wardrobe. And when your INSIDE is spankingly CLEAN, you will want YOUR OUTSIDE to MATCH. 

Now how do we go about this transition? The SPIRIT OF our MINDS MUST RENEW us. This has to happen because our LIFESTYLE is CONTROLLED BY OUR MINDS. The MAIN thing is to TAKE OFF the OLD and PUT ON THE new by the RENEWAL of the spirit of our minds.  A TRUE CHRISTIAN MUST NOT GO BACK to the world view we have had before CHRIST came into our hearts. 

To put on the NEW SELF will require a NEW WAY of THINKING or a RENEWED MIND. And REMEMBER: We MUST THROW OFF the OLD SELF and PUT ON the NEW SELF.  We can ONLY DO THIS when we have a TRUE REPENTANT HEART and a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the LORD JESUS, and His FATHER the HOLY GOD of the Universe, the ONE who GAVE HIS LIFE to SAVE OUR SOULS.   To provide for us a NEW BODY and A NEW MIND, to have the MIND OF CHRIST JESUS.   I dare say that will not happen in this LIFE, but in the LIFE to come, when our SALVATION is COMPLETE!  And EVERYTHING will be made BRAND NEW!

Have you RECEIVED the NEW WARDROBE? The ONLY WAY to receive it is COME to JESUS for the SALVATION of your SOUL.  Here is what you MUST DO to obtain that NEW LIFE.  You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS, and 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 be ABLE to THROW OFF the OLD WARDROBE, and PUT ON the NEW WARDROBE, that has GOD’S Seal of Approval. And receive a RENEWED MIND. 

Do this NOW, while you STILL can!!! He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!! Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!   

From Death to Life”

 “From Death to Life”

“Truly I tell you, anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.”  John 5:24

 

Our scripture are the words of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, the SON of the LIVING GOD.  The question that some may have in their mind is: “How can one ESCAPE DIVINE JUDGMENT on SIN?”  And Jesus gives us the answer: “Anyone who hears My Word and believes Him who sent Me has ETERNAL LIFE.”  

However, there are some things that MUST TAKE PLACE.  FIRST: Jesus tells us that ANYONE who BELIEVES in Him is NOT condemned, but ANYONE who does NOT BELIEVE is already CONDEMNED, because they do NOT BELIEVE in the NAME of the ONE and ONLY SON of GOD. (3:18) JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY to an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN. And we who have ACCEPTED Him as our SAVIOR and LORD are NOT JUDGED for our SINS, because they are ALL FORGIVEN, PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE SINS, are WIPED CLEAN by the PRECIOUS BLOOD of CHRIST JESUS, our LORD. And they will NOT COME under JUDGMENT but has PASSED from DEATH to LIFE.

Those who have BELIEVED and ACCEPTED JESUS as SAVIOR and LORD, SHOULD be doing GOOD WORKS, because they have the HOLY SPIRIT living in them, and HE is RIGHTEOUS and HOLY, and since He is in them then they SHOULD do the things that the SPIRIT directs them to do.  In the Gospel of James 2:20, it tells us that FAITH without WORKS is USELESS.

However, those who have done WICKED THINGS will be JUDGED and CONDEMNED. They follow their father, the devil and carry out his EVIL DEEDS. They will end up in their ETERNAL HOME, HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, ONCE they are there.

Those who have BELIEVED, FOLLOWED, and have ACCEPTED JESUS as their SAVIOR and LORD will be RESURRECTED to a LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  So, where is your FINAL DESTINATION??

To be able to ESCAPE HELL, you MUST 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 experience a RESURRECTION of LIFE, ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN.  Do this NOW while you STILL can!!  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!  It COULD BE TODAY!!!

 

“The Law of Sin and Death vs The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ”

 “The Law of Sin and Death vs The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ’

 

The trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin. I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good.  So, I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.  Romans 7:14-17

 

The Apostle Paul is describing the TWO principles that lives within a TRUE BELIEVER.  One being the principle of SIN and DEATH. The other one is the principle of the Spirit of Life in Christ.  Two natures dwelling within the Child of God. 

When we are born, we are born with a SINFUL NATURE, this NATURE is with the TRUE BELIEVER until we are UNITED with the LORD JESUS CHRIST. And when they come to JESUS for their SALVATION, they receive the SPIRIT of LIFE in CHRIST.  So, the TRUE BELIEVER has TWO PRINCIPLES indwelling them; the principle of SIN and DEATH, and the principle of the SPIRIT of LIFE in CHRIST. 

SALVATION does NOT mean that God takes away the SINFUL NATURE, it remains opposed to the Spirit that now resides in the believer.  This means that the Christian STILL has the ability to SIN, but NOW they have an APPETITE for HOLINESS.  The availability to SIN is STILL there, BUT the DESIRE is NOT, because the BELIEVER is a NEW CREATION and they have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the RIGHTEOUS GOD. 

Paul says that he has discovered this principle of life—- that when he wants to do what is RIGHT, he inevitably does what is WRONG. (V21)  It is his DESIRE to DO what is GOOD. But there is another power within him that is at war with his mind. This power makes him a slave to the sin that is STILL within him. In chapter six, the believer gains VICTORY over the evil things of the flesh, that is, they cease to do EVIL DELIBERATELY.

What it all boils down to is: We CANNOT fulfill the RIGHTEOUSNESS of the LAW by our OWN strength; the SPIRIT fulfills it in US by HIS POWER.  We can be VICTORIOUS over SIN by ALLOWING the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD to be in CONTROL of our ENTIRE BEING.  For in our FLESH there is NO GOOD thing.  The law of sin and death is counteracted by the law of the SPIRIT of LIFE in CHRIST JESUS.  Do YOU have the SPIRIT of LIFE in CHRIST JESUS?

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to Christ Jesus, then you do NOT have His SPIRIT in you, and you DO NOT have VICTORY over SIN. Which means that you do NOT belong to Him and You are headed for an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  God has PREPARED a WAY for mankind to have an ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS. And that WAY is COMING to JESUS CHRIST and ADMITTING that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your SOUL.  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 WALK BY the SPIRIT of LIFE in CHRIST and NOT in SIN and DEATH.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!! PERILOUS TIMES are COMING!!!

“Don’t Be Hasty or Impulsive Before God”

 “Don’t Be Hasty or Impulsive Before God”

 

Do not be HASTY to speak, and do not be IMPULSIVE to make a speech before God.God is in Heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be FEW.  Ecc.5:2

 

When we, the Children of the LIVING GOD, wants or needs to talk to our Heavenly Father. We MUST COME TO HIM in REVERENCE, and OBEDIENCE, because He IS the CREATOR of the UNIVERSE and ALL things that have been created, were created by Him, to include ALL of MANKIND and ALL of NATURE. HE is WORTHY of our RESPECT and our OBEDIENCE.

When we come into His PRESENCE, we should NOT be HASTY with the BUSINESS we have with Him, we SHOULD keep in MIND that He is GOD and we are NOT.  We should NOT ENTER His presence with an IMPULSIVE ATTITUDE.  We NEED to REMEMBER that He is the ALMIGHTY GOD, ALL-KNOWING, ALL- POWERFUL, and EVERYWHERE at the SAME TIME!! 

We NEED to LET OUR WORDS BE FEW, which is a REMINDER that FOOLS DO a LOT of TALKING and most of it is of NO IMPORTANCE. And if we go to church to TELL GOD WHAT TO DO, then that attitude makes US the FOOL.  We NEED TO TRUST God and NOT try to IMPRESS HIM by TELLING HIM what we believe is the RIGHT thing to do, after all, He’s in HEAVEN and WE’ RE on EARTH.  HE CREATED MANKIND, WE did NOT CREATE GOD!!!

Listen, your brain does NOT have as MUCH to offer HIM, as you MIGHT think. Be WISE and QUICK to HEAR HIS DIVINE PERSPECTIVE and SLOW to SPEAK your MIND.  THINK about this YOU have TWO EARS and ONE MOUTH.  Maybe GOD wants US to LISTEN MORE and SPEAK LESS!! UNLESS, WE ARE WORSHIPPING HIM and His BELOVED SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

IF you are NOT a CHILD of the LIVING GOD, then you probably DON’T come OFTEN into His PRESENCE, if at all. And if that is the case, then YOU NEED the SAVIOR (JESUS), who is the ONLY WAY to RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, and the ability to ESCAPE an ETERNAL LIFE IN HELL, with All it’s HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE ONCE YOU ARE THERE. 

To do this YOU MUST ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS, who PAID in FULL for your SOUL to be SAVED and on its WAY to a place called HEAVEN. You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JEUS 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 His Gift of SALVATION and COME INTO HIS PRESENCE with a HUMBLE, CONTRITE HEART that is FULL of LOVE and OBEDIENCE for ALMIGHTY GOD, our LOVING, COMPASSIONATE, POWERFUL GOD.  DO the above, WHILE you STILL CAN!!!  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!