"I Am in My Father, and You are in Me, and I am in You."

“I Am in My Father, and You are in Me, and I am in You.”

 

 

“Soon the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me.  Since I live, you also will live.  When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.  Those who accept My commandments and obey them are the ones who love Me.  And because they love Me, My Father will love them.  And I will love them and reveal Myself to each of them.”--------John 14:19-21

 

 

Jesus spoke these words to His disciples to bring them comfort and hope.  He spoke these words to them while they were in the upper room sharing a meal.  It was before the Feast of the Passover.  Jesus wanted His disciples to know that they would not be left alone, but that He would be with them.

 

He gives them HOPE right away, when He says:  “Since I live, you also will live.”  Because He conquered death by the POWER of His RESURRECTION, we, those who have trusted in Him and have given their HEART and LIFE to Him, will also LIVE. 

 

The whole act of SALVATION, the death, burial, and resurrection, was carried out by God, the Father, through Jesus Christ, His Only Begotten Son, because of the INTENSE LOVE, that God has for mankind. 

 

He exemplified that love through Jesus and His willingness to be obedient to death and to the POWER of the resurrection.  Then Jesus gives us the same HOPE that He gave His own disciples.  He tells them that when He is ‘raised to life again’ they will know that He is in the Father and they are in Him and He is in them.

 

When we accept the act of SALVATION and the COMMANDMENTS of Christ, and OBEY them then we exemplify our LOVE for Christ, and because of our LOVE for Him, the Father will LOVE us, and Christ will love us and will make Himself known to us, through the presence of the HOLY SPIRIT, who will be our STRENGTH, COMFORTER, and our HELPER and GUIDE through this life.

 

What a KIND, LOVING, COMPASSIONATE Heavenly Father we have to provide for His Children all they need till He sends His Son back to this old sin filled earth to bring His Children home. 

 

If you have never accepted His act of SALVATION, then you will not have the STRENGTH, COMFORT or HELP you need to survive this life.  You are SPIRITUALLY ALONE, and can’t experience the LOVE that God has for His Children, unless you: CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that  Jesus died for YOU, and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His act of SALVATION.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting!!!

Disobedience versus Obedience

Disobedience versus Obedience

 

 

For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many.  But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and His gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.

Yes, Adam’s one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ’s one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone.  Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners.  But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.--------Romans 5:17-19

 

 

When we were born, we were born with a sinful nature, because of Adam’s disobedience to God, when he and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden.  From the time of that first act of disobedience, sin entered into this world and it continued to increase to the point that God put into place His GREAT plan of redemption for ALL of mankind.  A plan that would restore a right relationship between mankind and Father God.

 

When Adam sinned death ruled over many, but GREATER was God’s wonderful grace and His gift of righteousness and because of His GREAT love for the Crown of His Creation, ALL who receive His grace and gift of righteousness will live in triumph over sin and death, but ONLY through this one man, Jesus Christ, and the work of His Holy Spirit in our lives, when we are OBEDIENT to His Spirit.

 

The contrast between Adam’s act of disobedience and Jesus’ act of obedience is that Adam’s disobedience brings condemnation to everyone, but Jesus’ act of obedience brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone who BELIEVES and ACCEPTS God’s gracious gifts of MERCY and GRACE which brings about a right relationship with God, through the sacrificial act of OBEDIENCE of His blessed Son, Jesus Christ.  Because of one man’s act of DISOBEDIENCE to God, many became sinners.  But because of one Man’s act of OBDIENCE many will be made righteous with God.

 

Who are you following?  Adam and his act of DISOBEDIENCE that leads to condemnation and a sentence of spending eternity in Hell, a place void of ANYTHING good, a place of misery, torment, and torture forever, without any release or way of escape.  Or are you following Jesus and His act of OBEDIENCE that leads to a right relationship with God and the privilege of spending eternity in Heaven, a place that God has prepared for His Children, where there is NO pain, misery, torment or torture, but a place where JOY UNSPEAKABLE abounds and LOVE flows like a mighty river? 

 

If you have NEVER given your HEART to Jesus, then you are following Adam’s act of DISOBEDIENCE and destined for an eternity in Hell.  However, you have the opportunity to change your act of DISOBEDIENCE to an act of OBEDIENCE and follow Christ to an eternity in Heaven. The ONLY way to do this is to:  CONFESS your sins to God and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION and enjoy a right relationship with Him.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can. Time is running out and He’s waiting!!!

The Demise of a Nation

The Demise of a Nation

 

 

When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily.  But wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability.--------Proverbs 28:2

 

 

A nation that is plagued with moral sins and depravity, abounding in every facet of society, is bound for a fall.  

 

When man takes the natural laws of the Almighty God and twists them into his own desires, negating what God has planned and purposed for mankind, and when mankind has embraced these unnatural man-made laws,  that nation is destined to troubles and  heartaches for its people. 

 

God has laid out certain natural laws for mankind to follow and when mankind goes against what God has purposed for His creation then they are asking for TROUBLE. God WILL NOT bless that nation, but will bring condemnation upon it.  Just as He has done in the past, with all the empires that tried to rule against God’s laws and have been toppled and are no longer in existence. 

 

Is this what is going to be the future for our beloved America, because of her rejection of God and His natural laws for mankind?  People are calling things that are unnatural and sinful, natural and good.  The Bible tells us that this will happen. Thus begins the ‘moral rot’ of a great nation that no longer embraces the Word of God, but turns it into a mockery and is being led down a path of moral decay and depravity and has sold out to the devil for his evil purposes.

 

It is a frightening thing to see our beloved nation being dismantled and redone with things that are detrimental to our freedoms and to see the path that it is taking to bring this about. We must PRAY for the well-being of our nation and for STRONG, WISE, and KNOWLEDGEABLE leaders, who will be willing to turn our great nation back to its spiritual roots and to the laws that this nation was built on and thrived on for centuries. 

 

If you are one, who has rejected God’s laws and have turned your back to Him, time and time again, then you too are in for a fall.  You can change your direction and go down the right path, by:  CONFESSING your sins to God and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with all your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s waiting!!!

The Time of Judgment

The Time of Judgment

 

 

God says:  “At the time that I appoint I will judge with equity.  When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars.”  But it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.--------Psalm 75:2,3,7

 

 

There IS coming a day of reckoning.  When the Almighty Judge of this world will bring judgment and condemnation.  This passage of Scripture tells us “at the set time,” that He has appointed.  No one knows when that time will be, except the Almighty Judge, Himself.  But the important thing to keep in mind is:  IT IS COMING!

 

In this passage He states that He will judge with equity.  In other words, He will judge with fairness and justice.  Nevertheless, He WILL judge.  The wicked, those who have rejected Christ and His work on the Cross, and have been their own person, doing their own thing and leaving God out of their lives, WILL be judged for their sins and will be condemned to an eternity in the Lake of fire.

 

Those who have given their lives to Christ and accepted His work on the cross, and have sought after God and have strived to live a life that is pleasing to Almighty God and belong to the Family of God, their WORKS will be judged.  And they will spend an eternity in Heaven.

 

The Scripture tells us that it will come when the earth totters, and all its inhabitants.  I believe that this is speaking about the very end of this age, after the millennium reign of Christ.  When the devil will be judged along with all of His collaborators, and will be sentenced to an eternity in the Lake of fire with the rest of the wicked. 

 

And it is God ALONE, who is ABLE to steady the pillars of this earth, at a time of war, the likes of which has NEVER been.  A war between the King of Kings and the king of this sin-ridden world. The battle will be SWIFT and FINAL. 

 

Verse seven says: But it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another, those who He will put DOWN are those who have rejected His gift of salvation. And those He will lift UP are those who are TRULY His Children and have accepted Him and His gift of salvation.  The question is on which side are you?

 

If you have NEVER given your HEART and LIFE to Christ, then you will be put DOWN and will receive His judgment of an ETERNITY in the Lake of fire that is void of ANYTHING good, but is nothing but, heartache, turmoil, misery, torture, and pain.  However, you can be on the winning side and turn away from the doomed judgment of the wicked by:  CONFESSING your sins to God and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and be lifted up by Almighty God to an ETERNITY in Heaven.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s waiting!!!

 

 

 

Servant of the Lord or Servant of the Devil?

Servant of the Lord or Servant of the Devil?

 

 

A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone, be able to teach, and be patient with difficult people.  Gently instruct those who oppose the truth.  Perhaps God will change those people’s hearts, and they will learn the truth.  Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil’s trap.  For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants.--------2Timothy 2:24-26

 

 

As Children of God, we must also be ‘servants of God,’ able to conduct ourselves in a manner that would be pleasing and would honor Him. In Paul’s second letter to Timothy, he lays out certain guidelines for the servant of the Lord.

 

The very first thing that he instructs the servant of the Lord to do is to NOT be quarrelsome, but to be kind to EVERYONE.  This is something that most people struggle with, but thanks be to God, for the work of the Holy Spirit that indwells us, we can accomplish this by allowing Him to work in us and to set our own nature aside so He can do what is required of us.

 

Paul’s instructions are that we should be able to TEACH, and be PATIENT with difficult people.  Now I know you are thinking; “that’s impossible to do!”  But again, when we allow the Holy Spirit to work in and through us we are able to do WHATEVER God wants us to do. Because when we are submissive to His Spirit, we are allowing the Holy Spirit to CONTROL our nature, and we take on the attributes of our Heavenly Father. 

 

Paul also says that we should GENTLY instruct those who oppose the TRUTH. When we are witnessing to people who are NOT saved and who are intent on ignoring God’s TRUTH, we should again ALLOW the Holy Spirit to work through us to be able to GENTLY instruct them and perhaps change their hearts to being receptive to the TRUTH and maybe they will come to their senses and be able to free themselves from the devil’s trap and his plans for them to be his servant.

 

If you have NEVER given your HEART and LIFE to the Lord, then you are one of those people who are trapped by the devil and you are doing whatever he desires for you to do, which makes you his servant, and the devil and his servants are destined for an eternity in Hell, which is void of ANYTHING good.  It is a place of torment, torture, misery, and suffering, the likes of which mankind could never imagine.  But you NOW have the opportunity to have yourself freed from the devil’s trap and to leave his servitude and destiny, by:  CONFESSING your sins to God and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION and enter His service and become a servant for the Lord.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s waiting!!!

 

 

 

Understanding God's Commands

Understanding God’s Commands

 

 

 

Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding so that I can learn Your commands.--------Psalm 119: 73

 

 

These are the words of David, the well-known king of Israel, who is considered to be a man after God’s own heart.  Even though he was known for his mighty acts of valor and bravery on the battlefield, he was also known by his FAITHFULNESS and his TRUST in the Almighty God, who equipped David to do all that he accomplished for God’s chosen people.

 

In this passage of Scripture, we see that David, even though having the fame that he had, knew that he was created by God, for God’s purposes.  So he humbles himself, before the Almighty, to plea for UNDERSTANDING and SENSE to KNOW and FOLLOW God’s commands. 

 

It seems to me that this is a lesson we, as God’s Children, can benefit from.  We are expected to LEARN and KNOW what God expects of us, so we can be able to FOLLOW Him and accomplish His will, for each of us, in our own life.   But sadly to say some, unlike King David, some don’t seek God for UNDERSTANDING and SENSE to KNOW and FOLLOW His commands.  Some seem to think that when they become a Christian, they automatically have the UNDERSTANDING and SENSE to be able to KNOW and FOLLOW His commands. But it is through studying the Word of God, the Bible, and growing in the Word, through attending a Bible-believing, Bible-preaching, Church. 

 

It would be like expecting a newborn baby to automatically have the UNDERSTANDING and SENSE to KNOW how to walk, which of course, is absurd, and so is expecting a Christian to UNDERSTAND and have the SENSE to KNOW and FOLLOW God’s commands, when they don’t even KNOW what those commands are.  So it only goes to reason, that we NEED to seek God for His direction and to show us His commands and then to give us UNDERSTANDING and the SENSE we need to be able to KNOW and to FOLLOW His commands.   It would make living the Christian life a whole lot better and more pleasing to the ONE who created us for His purposes.

 

If you have NEVER given your HEART and LIFE to God then you can’t seek Him for UNDERSTANDING His commands, until you FIRST come to Him for His free gift of SALVATION, and you do that by:  CONFESSING your sins to Him and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION and seek Him for UNDERSTANDING and SENSE to be able to KNOW and FOLLOW  His commands.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s waiting!!!

  

 

 

Real Eternal Security

Real Eternal Security

 

 

“From eternity to eternity I am God.  No one can snatch anyone out of My hand.  No one can undo what I have done.”--------Isaiah 43:13

 

No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.--------Romans 8:39

 

In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of His glory.--------Ephesians 1:13-14

 

I know that Isaiah was speaking to Israel when he penned those words, but I believe that it is applicable to God’s Children, those whom have been adopted into His family and have the privilege to call Him, Abba, Father.  I believe that the words of the Apostle Paul, in Romans 8:35-39, to the Roman believers, confirms the passage in Isaiah, which were the words that Holy God spoke to His prophet.

 

The assurance to those who have TRULY given their HEARTS and LIVES to Christ, should put to rest the question of eternal security, once we have been adopted into God’s family.  When we have TRULY accepted God’s gift of salvation and believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, we then are ‘sealed’ with the promised Holy Spirit, who is our guarantee of our inheritance, our eternal destination------Heaven, to live for ALL eternity with God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit and ALL the rest of God’s Family! 

 

NO POWER, to include Satan can snatch us from God’s ALMIGHTY HANDS we are safe in His STRONG arms and NO ONE can undo what He has done to SECURE His Children, there is NO WAY they can change the price that was paid on Calvary for the REDEMPTION of mankind’s soul.  

 

What a promise to His Children, to whom His love was demonstrated, by the crucifixion and resurrection of His ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, our Lord Jesus Christ.  Who is MORE than worthy of ALL our HONOR and PRAISE.

 

If you have NEVER TRULY given your HEART and LIFE to Jesus, then you have NOT been adopted into God’s Family and you don’t have the guarantee of Heaven.  But you are on your way to that place of torment, torture, pain, agony, and misery for ALL eternity.  You have the opportunity NOW to change your destination by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of Salvation and have your redemption sealed with the HOLY SPIRIT.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s waiting!!!

 

 

 

 

Born Again?

Born Again?

 

 

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.  Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.  …No one has ever gone to heaven and returned.  But the Son of Man has come down from heaven.”---------John 3:3, 5, 6, 13

 

 

The Apostle John is speaking about Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee, who had come to speak with Jesus one evening, to inquire about how a person could enter the Kingdom of God.

Jesus tells Nicodemus that he must be ‘born again’ and if he is not ‘born again’ he will not see the Kingdom of God.  Nicodemus doesn’t understand what Jesus means so he asks “What do You mean?”  “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?”

Then Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.  Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.”   Jesus was saying to Nicodemus that, a person has to experience a physical birth in order to be able to then experience a spiritual birth.  No human can produce a spiritual birth, ONLY the Holy Spirit of God can give us spiritual birth. 

 

He also tells Nicodemus that, “No one has ever gone to heaven and returned.  But the Son of Man has come down from heaven.”  Now I know this topic is somewhat controversial, because of all the books and the hype that has been made over people dying and going to heaven, then returning to their earthly life.  I don’t know what they experienced or believe they experienced, but I personally believe what the Word of God says about Jesus’ words to Nicodemus:  “NO ONE has EVER gone to heaven and returned.”   Except for Jesus, himself.   And that the ONLY way to see the Kingdom of God is to be born again.

 

In order for a person to go to heaven, they MUST be born a second time, but the second birth is birth from the Holy Spirit, a spiritual birth, that happens when the Holy Spirit comes to indwell us at the time we receive God’s gift of salvation, then we have been ‘born again’, we have then experienced the second birth.  And we not only will see the Kingdom of God, but we will be a part of the Kingdom. 

 

If you have NEVER experienced the ‘second birth’ you have the opportunity to do so NOW, by:  CONFESSING your sins to God and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and the opportunity to see the Kingdom of God and to be a part of that Kingdom.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s waiting!!!

 

Who Knows God's Thoughts and Ways?

Who Knows God’s Thoughts and Ways?

 

 

Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge!  How impossible it is for us to understand His decisions and His ways!

For who can know the Lord’s thoughts?  Who knows enough to give Him advice?

And who has given Him so much that He needs to pay it back? 

For everything comes from Him and exists by His power and is intended for His glory.  All glory to Him forever!  Amen.--------Romans 11:33-36

 

 

It is amazing to me, how some people think they know the mind of God.  I have heard, time and time again that, “If God was a loving God why would He allow this to happen?”  Well, God is a loving God and we don’t know God’s thoughts or understand His ways, but it is up to us to accept by faith that He is LOVING and COMPASSIONATE.  If He wasn’t, a lot of people wouldn’t still be here, with more time to get themselves right with Him. 

 

The Bible tells us about God’s nature and His attributes, but NOBODY knows His thoughts or ways.  We can’t possibly put ourselves on the same level as God.  His ways or NOT our ways and His thoughts are NOT our thoughts.  Since He is an ALL-KNOWING, ALL-POWERFUL, and EVERYWHERE at the SAMETIME God we NEED to TRUST His thoughts and ways, because He KNOWS the big picture.  He KNOWS what is BEST for us when we don’t realize what is lying ahead of us that would change our destiny. 

 

God is in control, He is not taken by surprise, He doesn’t pace and wring His hands wondering what is coming next.  He KNOWS and He KNEW before the creation of this earth.  Why He allows things to happen the way they do is beyond our comprehension, because we can’t see the BIG picture.  But we can TRUST the One, who has SEEN and KNOWS ALL things.  And He sure doesn’t need the advice of mankind. 

 

EVERYTHING that exists comes from Him and is intended for His glory!  EVERYTHING good that we have or have had or hope to have comes by His power, and is given to us by His mercy and grace, because He is a LOVING FATHER, who wants to provide for His Children.  The BEST that He has provided for mankind has been the ADOPTION of mankind into His family.  This is done through the death, burial and resurrection of His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ.  The ONLY ONE worthy to carry out this act of sacrifice for ALL mankind.

 

If you have NEVER accepted His offer of adoption into His family, you can come to Him now and  start the adoption process by:  CONFESSING your sins to Him and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s waiting!!!

 

 

 

Are You Ready?

Are You Ready?

 

 

God wants everyone to be saved and to know the whole truth, which is,

 There is only one God, and Christ Jesus is the only one who can bring us to God.  Jesus was truly human, and He gave Himself to rescue all of us. 

God showed us this at the right time.---------1Timothy 2:4-6

 

 

Jesus is coming SOON!!  Are you ready?  For a Child of God this is GOOD NEWS!  It’s an event that ALL of God’s Children are looking forward to with bated breath.  There is ONLY one way that you can prepare for this CLIMATIC EVENT.  And Paul’s letter to Timothy tells us that way.

 

First of all, the Apostle Paul tells us that, “God wants EVERYONE to be saved and to know the whole truth,”  and John 3:16 tells us basically the same thing:  “For God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.”  This has been the plan of God for mankind from the very beginning.  

 

Now Satan would like nothing better than for the human race to believe that there are many diverse ways to receive eternal life in Heaven.  He would like nothing better than to convince a person that they can talk, buy, work or go in on someone else’s coat-tails, any way other than the ONLY way that God has planned.  He has and is still deceiving people today into thinking that if you just live a “good” life you are guaranteed an eternity in Heaven.  He is the great deceiver and is out to take as many people away from God and lead them down the same path that he, himself is on, the path to an eternity in Hell.

 

The Scripture tells us that, “there is only one God, and Christ Jesus is the only one who can bring us to God.”  And He did this by being the SUPREME SACRIFICE and becoming a man, He GAVE His life so WE could have eternal life in Heaven.  There is no other way, than coming to the cross and being cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ, the ONLY WAY to God.

 

If you have NEVER come to the cross and been cleansed by the precious shed blood of Jesus.  You can do it NOW, by:  CONFESSING your sins to God and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and that He is the ONLY WAY to have access to God and eternal life in Heaven, and that Jesus is ALIVE, in Heaven making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, so you too will be ready to go when Jesus returns for God’s Children.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s waiting!!!

 

 

 

 

"God's Marvelous Workmanship"

“God’s Marvelous Workmanship”

 

 

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.  Thank You for making me so wonderfully complex!  Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.  You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.  You saw me before I was born.  Every day of my life was recorded in Your book.  Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.--------Psalm 139:13-16

 

 

What an AMAZING Creator!  The One who created LIFE, human life, and what an INCREDIBLE creation that is!  The Psalmist says we are ‘wonderfully complex.’  Have you ever thought about the human body and how each part works?  If you haven’t you need to meditate on this MARVELOUS WORKMANSHIP of Almighty God.  The One who gives LIFE and the ONLY One who SHOULD take Life. 

 

Only our God could and did create such a magnificent part of creation.  Isn’t it AWESOME to realize that He actually watched us being formed and woven together, and saw us before we were born.  He KNEW us before ANYBODY else knew us. 

 

Not only did He KNOW us, He recorded EVERY DAY of our life in His book and EVERY MOMENT was laid out before a single day had passed.  His plans for us were made before we took our first breath outside of the womb.  However, some have rejected God’s plan for their life, when they have rejected Him. They have gone their own way and done their own thing, disregarding God’s plans. 

 

I believe that we miss out on a lot of blessings when we thwart the plans that God has for us and when we leave Him completely out of our decision-making.  We need to remember that He is the GIVER and SUSTAINER of life and He has plans for EVERY person that was, is, or ever has been born. 

 

He wants to be a BIG part of our life.  But we, a lot of times, don’t want Him to be, and He won’t push Himself upon us, but He gives each of us a choice to accept Him or reject Him.  Woe, to those who decide to reject Him, because their life and destiny will be of their own doing and their eternity will be determined by the choices they have made.

 

Are you in control of your own life, making decisions and completely leaving God out of EVERY part of your life?  Have you rejected Him and His plans for your life?  If your answer to these questions is YES, then you are headed for an eternity full of misery, pain, heartache, torment, and torture, all because of the choices you have made.  But you have the opportunity to make the RIGHT choice by:  CONFESSING your sins to God and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION and His plans for your life and eternity.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s waiting!!!

Hiding From God, Are You?

Hiding From God, Are You?

 

 

I can never escape from Your Spirit!  I can never get away from Your presence!  I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night---but even in darkness I cannot hide from You.  To You the night shines as bright as day.  Darkness and light are the same to You.--------Psalm 139:7,11&12

 

 

Our God has many different attributes.  One of those attributes is that He is omnipresent, which means that He is: present in ALL places at the SAME time. And having this ability means that wherever you go there He is.  You cannot escape His presence.

 

If you climbed the highest mountain and hid in the deepest, darkest cave, He would be right there with you.  Or if you could dive into the deepest, remotest part of the vast oceans, He would be right there with you.  No matter where you go or how hard you try you cannot hide from Him. 

 

Now to the Child of God this news can be a little bittersweet, because to know that He is always with us and we are always in His presence can give us consolation in our times of despair or need.  But when we have sinned or when we are in the process of sinning, we should come under conviction and remorse for our behavior and should repent immediately.  And all of the conviction and remorse comes from the Holy Spirit of God that is indwelling us, therefore we are CONTINUELY in His presence.

 

Have you ever noticed that a lot of sin is done in the cloak of darkness?  Because people don’t want anyone to know what they are doing.  They think if it is dark enough, the darkness will hide their indiscretion, and to some extent it might be hidden to the human eye.  But NOT to the eye of Almighty God, because to God there is NO darkness.  The Psalmist says:  “I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night-----but even in darkness I cannot hide from You.  To You the night shines as bright as day.  Darkness and light are the same to You.”   So you see that trying to hide yourself or your actions in the cloak of darkness is impossible to the ONLY one that can bring eternal damnation to your soul, the one who you should really be concerned about knowing what you are up to, because He sees and knows everything you see, think and do.   YOU CANNOT HIDE FROM GOD!!!

 

If you have never given your HEART and LIFE to God, and are trying to hide yourself and your sins from Him.  STOP IT!!!  You can’t do it.  But you can change your destination from an eternity in Hell to an eternity in Heaven, by:  CONFESSING your sins to God and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION and come out of the darkness and into His glorious light.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s waiting!!!

We Harvest What We Plant!

We Harvest Whatever We Plant!

 

 

Don’t be misled---you cannot mock the justice of God.  You will always harvest what you plant.  Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature.  But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.--------Galatians 6:7-8

 

 

Some people think that if they are “saved,” that it gives them a license to sin.  Because their sin is forgiven anyway so what does it matter.  They believe they can live any way they want and God will look the other way and still pour out His blessings upon them.  Well I mean to tell them that “God’s righteousness will not be ‘mocked’.  They better check their salvation and make sure that they gave God their HEART and not just their MIND. 

 

A TRUE, BONIFIDE CHILD OF THE LIVING GOD, will not WANT to sin.  Their desire will be to please God and not themselves.  This passage of God’s Word says:  “Those who live only to their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature.  A person who lives only according to their lustful, selfish, sinful desires will reap whatever they plant.  They cannot continue to live in sin and expect God to look the other way and then reward them for living according to their flesh.  He would never put His Only Begotten Son through the horrible pain and agony of that old rugged cross to give anyone the license to sin.  Repentance is the ‘turning away’ from our sins and ‘turning to’ God.  It’s NOT staying in our sin and continuing to practice sin, and to have the audacity to flaunt it in God’s face.  When a person lives like that their fruit is not conducive to the TRUE Fruit of the Spirit.  So they are destined to reap what unconfessed sin brings about in the harvest of their life, DECAY and DEATH.

 

However, those who live to please the Spirit of the Living God will harvest everlasting life.  Because their desire is to live for God and not for their own selfish, sinful, lustful desires.  When a TRUE Child of God sins, they are convicted of their sin and should confess their sin to God with a TRUE REPENTANT heart.  They will strive to LIVE for Him and NOT for themselves.  They will learn His ways and STRIVE to live according to His precepts.  They are not, by any means perfect, but their TRUE REPENTANCE and the work of the Holy Spirit within them will lead them to a harvest of eternal life with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

 

What is your harvest looking like?  Have you been living according to your own lustful, sinful, selfish life, thinking that God has given you a license to sin and will bless you in spite of your willingness to live after the flesh?  You are MISLED, because God is NOT MOCKED and you are treading on very thin ice.  But you are given an opportunity to REPENT and REAP a harvest of eternal life, in Heaven with God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.  You can do this by:  CONFESSING your sins to God and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s waiting!!!

 

 

 

The Best Pathway

The Best Pathway

 

 

The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.  I will advise you and watch over you.”--------Psalm 32:8

 

 

In the day in which we live there are so many pathways for us to take some are pathways that will lead us into a good, spiritual realm that is filled with things that will enhance our Christian walk and will refresh our spiritual life, so that we might be able to continue our journey to our ultimate destination.

 

Some pathways though, will lead us into darkness, and an evil realm that is filled with things that will entice us to sin and destroy our Christian witness, that is if we are a Christian, but if you are NOT a Christian, then taking one of these paths will lead you ultimately to a destination, that is a dead end with no way out and is full of torment, torture, misery, pain, heartache, and hatred.  A place that is void of anything that is good, loving, peaceful, and you will be separated from God for all eternity with no hope at all.

 

The Lord says, “I will guide you along the BEST pathway for your life.”  When we TRUST God with EVERY aspect of our life.  He is there ready and willing to be our guide and to lead us, advise us and watch over us every step of the way, until we reach our Heavenly Home.

 

Those who decide to leave God out of their lives and to take their own pathways are at HIGH risk of ending up on the pathway that leads to TOTAL and ULTIMATE destruction of their lives and the eternal damnation of their souls.  So the question is:  “What will you do? “  Trust God and follow His guidance, or trust yourself and follow your own way.   Remember that God is ALL KNOWING, which means He knows what lies ahead on each pathway and you don’t. 

 

You have the opportunity to change your pathway to your ultimate destination, by:  CONFESSING your sins to God and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for you and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and TRUST God as your guide and let Him lead you down the BEST pathway for your life.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s waiting!!!

 

Clothe Yourself With Christ!

Clothe Yourself With Christ!

 

 

Since God chose you to be the holy people He loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.  Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you.  Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.  Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.--------Colossians 3:12-14

 

 

God chose us, His Children, to be His holy people, because of His great love for us (Ephesians 1:4).  And therefore we MUST put on or clothe ourselves with the following attributes:  tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, all of which are the attributes of God. 

 

Then we are to ‘make allowance for each other’s faults, and to forgive anyone who offends us.’  Now this is not an easy thing for us to do, because we are in the flesh and we tend to lean towards doing the things of the flesh, which would be to lose our patience with those who are at fault and to want to take revenge against those who have offended us.  However, we are reminded that the Lord forgave us, so we MUST forgive others.

 

If we take the title of “Christian,” which means:  “Christ-like” then we MUST clothe ourselves with:  Forgiveness, tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.   And above all, we MUST clothe ourselves with LOVE, which binds us together in PERFECT harmony and unity.  Then we become a STRONG, UNIFIED force that is able to overcome the forces of evil, through the work of the Holy Spirit, when we surrender our whole being to Him. 

 

If you have NEVER given your HEART and LIFE to Jesus, then it would be extremely hard for you to clothe yourself with:  Forgiveness, tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.  And you are exactly who Satan wants you to be:  Unforgiving, unmerciful, unkind, proud and arrogant, harsh, and impatient with hate being the motivation for your actions.  But, you can change and become the person God wants you to be, by:  CONFESSING your sins to God and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of Salvation and clothe yourself with, forgiveness, tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience that is all motivated by LOVE.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s waiting!!!