"To the Stubborn-Hearted"

“To the Stubborn-Hearted”

 

 

“Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, you who are now far from my righteousness.  I am bringing my righteousness near, it is not far away; and my salvation will not be delayed…”      Isaiah 46:12-13

 

This message was given to the prophet, Isaiah, for the STUBBORN-HEARTED Babylonians.  The message was from the Almighty God.  And I believe it is VERY applicable to the STUBBORN-HEARTED people today. 

 

This is the call of Almighty God to those whose hearts are cold and indifferent to Him and His ways, and who are FAR from His RIGHTEOUSNESS.   He says:  “I am bringing my RIGHTEOUSNESS near, it is NOT FAR away; and my SALVATION will NOT be delayed.” 

 

Those who are STUBBORN-HEARTED, will not be able to say that the Almighty God is unapproachable, because He is bringing near to them the ability to become RIGHTEOUS, as He is RIGHTEOUS, and His SALVATION will not be delayed.  They are WITHOUT EXCUSE. 

 

This is His plan for ALL mankind.  God has provided a way to bring His RIGHTEOUSNESS to a STUBBORN-HEARTED, SIN-LADEN, CORRUPT WORLD, through the SHED blood of His ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, who became the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE for the STUBBORN-HEARTED people who keep rejecting Him.  But one day, He will say: “That’s ENOUGH!” and will remove His invitation from their heart, and they will be FOREVER LOST!  DOOMED to spend ALL of ETERNITY in Hell, with NO escape, all because of their STUBBORN-HEART and their REJECTION of His SON.  Is this where you are headed?

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then the answer to the last question is YES!  Because of your SINFUL, STUBBORN HEART, you will spend ALL eternity in that place of TORMENT, TORTURE, PAIN and AGONY, HELL!!  However, because of God’s plan to SAVE sinful mankind, He has brought NEAR His RIGHTEOUSNESS and His SALVATION is available NOW!  If you will come to Him with a TRULY RIGHTEOUS HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him 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 get RID of your STUBBORN-HEART, and become RIGHTEOUS as He is RIGHTEOUS.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"The LORD Alone is GOD!"

“The LORD Alone is GOD!”

 

 

My people, you are my witnesses and my chosen servant.  I want you to know me, to trust me, and understand that I alone am God.  I have always been God; there can be no others.        Isaiah 43:10

 

This Scripture is part of a message that God gave to the prophet Isaiah for the nation of Israel, but is VERY applicable to the TRUE CHILDREN of the Living God, today, those who belong to Him through the adoption process, which was provided by God’s Only Begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.  Like the nation of Israel, we are His people, His witnesses, and collectively and individually His chosen servant.  He has gifted each of us with different abilities in order to SERVE Him.

 

In order to be an effective witness, there are a few things we need to possess.  (1) We need to KNOW Him, personally and intimately, and to be able to do that, will take spending some QUALITY, ALONE time with Him, studying intently about Him and His ways.   (2) We need to TRUST Him, submissively giving ourselves, TOTALLY to Him with complete abandonment in ALL that we have and ALL that we are.   (3) We need to UNDERSTAND exactly who He is.  He is GOD ALONE, there is NO other like Him, there NEVER has been nor NEVER will be.  He is the ONE and ONLY GOD.  When we come to that UNDERSTANDING, we will then be able to COMPLETELY KNOW, TRUST and UNDERSTAND that HE is the LORD GOD ALONE.

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are NOT a TRUE CHILD of His.  You are His creation, but NOT His Child, and you cannot be a witness or chosen servant until you come to Him with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him 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 become a TRUE Child, a witness and a chosen servant of the ONE and ONLY Living God.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

"Godliness with Contentment=Great Gain!"

“Godliness with Contentment = Great Gain!”

 

 

But GODLINESS with CONTENTMENT is GREAT GAIN.  For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.  But if we have food and clothing, we will be CONTENT with that.  Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.  For the LOVE of MONEY is a root of all kinds of evil.  Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.         1Timothy 6:6-10

 

The Apostle Paul was NOT condemning people who were rich, but was making a point that when people put their riches or the desires for riches ahead of God’s desires for them, they are in great danger of ruin and destruction. 

 

He was indicating that GODLINESS and CONTENTMENT equals GREAT GAIN.  When we were born, we came into this world with NOTHING, and when we die we take NOTHING out of it.  Therefore, to put your WHOLE HEART and CONTINUAL HARD WORK, and when nothing else or no one else means anything to you, and you put ALL you are and ALL you have into storing up riches, you are creating an idol for yourself.  Which is definitely NOT a part of God’s plan for your life. 

 

Those who have such a tenacious desire to get rich will most likely fall into temptation and a trap with many foolish and harmful desires, which can plunge them into RUIN and DESTRUCTION.  They may not be CONTENT with what they have and desire MORE, so they will use whatever means they can to accumulate more at any cost.   Even doing things that are UNGODLY. 

 

The Scripture says: “The LOVE of money, not money itself, but the LOVE of it is a root of ALL kinds of evil.”  And those who are set on making a fortune, to the point that nothing else matters, even those who maybe believers, are in danger of being ‘PIERCED with MANY griefs. 

 

We all need money to survive in this world, however when the LOVE of MONEY becomes an obsession to the point that you will do ANYTHING to get, not just what you need, but what you WANT, then it is definitely a SIN, and you are on your way to RUIN and DESTRUCTION with MANY griefs along the way. 

 

GODLINESS and CONTENTMENT equals GREAT GAIN, because they will bring about ETERNAL RICHES, which will NOT rust, rot, or decay, but will last throughout ETERNITY.  They are the RICHES that will bring JOY, CONTENTMENT, and GREAT GAIN, but ONLY to the TRUE BELIEVER.

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are NOT a TRUE BELIEVER, and you do not have any ETERNAL RICHES stored up in Heaven, but are headed down the path to HELL, the place of pain, agony, torment, torture, and misery.  You NOW have the opportunity to come to God with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him 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 live in GODLINESS and CONTENTMENT, and begin storing up your ETERNAL RICHES in Heaven.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

 

"A Nation Gone Awry!"

“A Nation Gone Awry!”

 

They made themselves impure by their actions and were unfaithful to God. 

Many times the LORD rescued His people, but they chose to rebel against Him and sank deeper into sin.          Psalm 106:39, 43

 

This Psalm is pertaining to the Nation of Israel, throughout the history of this nation, we see a pattern or cycle that repeated itself continually.  From SIN to the CONSEQUENCES of their SIN, to REPENTANCE, to FORGIVENESS, and back to SIN again.   

 

The Scripture says that:  “They made themselves IMPURE by their actions.”  In other words, they were DISOBEDIENT and UNFAITHFUL to God.  Now we all need to take a look at our own Nation.  Have our actions caused us to be IMPURE by our DISOBEDIENCE and UNFAITHFULNESS to God? 

 

Israel, would SIN against God by being DISOBEDIENT and UNFAITHFUL to Him, and God would abandon them to the power of a heathen nation, and the heathen nation would rule over them for a period of time.  Then the Israelites would cry out to God for His help to release them from their bondage, they would REPENT, and God would FORGIVE them.  After a while they would fall back into their sins and the cycle would start all over again.  Is this the SAME pattern that our Nation could be in?  Will God allow this cycle to happen here?  I believe that we do experience certain parts of this cycle, such as:  SIN, and FORGIVENESS. We have not come under the rule of a heathen nation, yet, however, we have been threatened by our enemies.

 

Many times God has allowed our Nation to be VICTORS in the battles that we have encountered with our enemies.  But I can’t help but wonder if that will ALWAYS be the case.  This Psalm tells us that because of Israel’s rebellion against God, they SUNK DEEPER into SIN, DISOBEDIENCE and UNFAITHFULNESS to God.  Are WE in that same boat? 

 

A nation is only as STRONG and VICTORIOUS as the people that make up that nation.  God is the one who will determine the outcome of a nation’s livelihood, by the ACTIONS of the people.  If they are OBEDIENT and FAITHFUL to Him, then they will be a STRONG and VICTIORIOUS nation, but if they REBEL against Him, He will allow them to fall into the hands of the heathen nations.  What will be the outcome for our Nation?

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are a part of the DISOBEDIENT and UNFAITHFUL, and maybe a part of the demise of our beloved nation.  And the demise of your own soul, which will be to spend ALL eternity in that place called HELL, the place of ETERNAL torment, torture, agony, misery and pain.  However, God is giving you the opportunity NOW, to come to Him with a TRULY REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him 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 a part of what makes our Nation STRONG and VICTORIOUS.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

 

 

"Your Spiritual Clothes Closet!"

“Your Spiritual Clothes Closet!”

 

 

But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these:  anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.          Colossians 3:8

 

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.         Colossians 3:12

 

There is an old saying:  “Clothes makes the man!”  So let us take inventory of our Spiritual clothes closets and see what kind of a person we are by the clothes we wear.   Verse eight tells us what our closets looked like before we gave our HEART and LIFE to Christ.  We wore garments of anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language.   The Apostle Paul tells us that we NEED to clean out our SPIRITUAL CLOSETS, and get RID of those things that we don’t NEED anymore. 

 

Instead we NEED to replace our OLD, DIRTY, FILTHY, TATTERD RAGS and replace them with BRAND NEW, SPARKLING CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES that will enhance who we REALLY are, the BORN-AGAIN, BLOOD-BOUGHT, SANCTIFIED, and RIGHTEOUS CHILD of the Living God.  Some of the clothes that SHOULD be hanging in our closets are the garments of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, along with a few others. 

 

Check out you closet and if you are a BORN-AGAIN, BLOOD-BOUGHT, SANCTIFIED, and RIGHTEOUS CHILD of the Living God, what does your closet hold?  Do you have garments of:  anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language hanging among your garments of: compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience?  If you do, you NEED to get rid of them, and DON’T give them away, burn them or trash them, because they will ruin somebody else’s life, and will ruin YOUR garments of grace.   

 

Dress like a RIGHTEOUS person, who has done away with their OLD, SINFUL lifestyle and has embraced a NEW, REDEEMED lifestyle.  Put on the NEW person that Jesus Christ has made you.  You cannot MIX and MATCH.  It is either ALL NEW, RIGHTEOUS WEAR or the SAME, OLD, SINFUL WEAR. 

It is up to you to decide.  CLEAN-OUT your CLOSET by coming to God, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him 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 receive BRAND NEW, SPARKLING CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL GARMENTS of GRACE, and get rid of your OLD, DIRTY, FILTHY, SINFUL GARMENTS.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"WARNING: The Judge is Standing at the Door!"

“WARNING:  The Judge is Standing at the Door!”

 

 

Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged.  The Judge is standing at the door!         James 5:9

 

We are living in UNCERTAIN and UNSETTLED times.  Nations against nations, citizens against the government and the government against their citizens, racial problems, unrest, families torn apart because of tensions escalating among each other, terrorist attacks that are threatening our way of life, and the dissention in churches that weakens the body of Christ, this is what the Apostle James was talking about in our passage of Scripture.  These are ALL signs that we are still here on earth and living on borrowed time.  The rapture or “catching away” of God’s Children is approaching and we must be prepared for it. 

 

James is giving us a COMMAND to follow, as God’s Children, we are to live and work together in the body of Christ.  There NEEDS to be LOVE and UNITY among the members of the body, of which we ALL are a part of.  We SHOULD support each other without ANY DISSENSION.  James tells us; “DON’T grumble against one another!”   Proverbs 6:16-19 is a list of seven things that God HATES:  These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:  A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil, A false witness who speaks lies, AND ONE WHO SOWS DISCORD AMONG BRETHREN.  This seventh one is an ABOMINATION or DISGUSTING to Him.  In other words, He REALLY HATES it when His Children are involved in such despicable acts, but when they come against each other, and GRUMBLE and COMPLAIN about one another, it is EXTREMELY DISGUSTING to Him, and there will be a price to be paid for those who are GUILTY of planting seeds of dissention among the members of the body of Christ.

 

James warns us, that if one is GUILTY, they will face certain judgment.   And since we know NOT the time of our departure from this sinful world, we need to TURN AWAY from GRUMBLING and COMPLAINING about our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, and BE ABOUT GOD’S BUSINESS, because the JUDGE STANDS AT THE DOOR!  He’s just waiting for the command from our Heavenly Father, “SON, GO GET MY CHILDREN!!  If you are guilty of GRUMBLING and COMPLAINING about others in the body of Christ, STOP IT!!!  because God is NOT HAPPY with you, and you will be held ACCOUNTABLE for it. 

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you will be GUILY of REJECTING God’s ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, the Lord Jesus Christ, the ONLY sin that will send you to HELL, the place of ETERNAL TORMENT for ALL eternity.  However God is giving you the opportunity to turn yourself around, and come to Him with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him, 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 become a part of the body of Christ that will help bring LOVE and UNITY to His body.  Do it NOW, while you still can, because the Judge is standing at the door, waiting and coming SOON!!!

"The Instrument of Wickedness or the Instrument of Righteousness?"

“The Instrument of Wickedness or the Instrument of Righteousness?”

 

 

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.  Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to Him as an instrument of righteousness.       Romans 6:12-13

 

In this part of the Apostle Paul’s letter, to the believers in Rome, he is encouraging them to NOT let sin CONTROL their MORTAL bodies, so that they are OBEDIENT to its evil desires.  In their OLD life, sin reigned or controlled their MORTAL bodies.  Paul’s phrase; “mortal body” indicates the fact that they were allowing sin to REIGN or CONTROL a dying, decaying body, which would cause them to obey its evil desires.  Why would they want to be CONTROLLED by a sinful, dying, decaying body?

 

He goes on to say; “Do NOT offer ANY part of yourself to sin, as an INSTRUMENT of WICKEDNESS.”  In other words, GET RID of the SIN in your life, and don’t LET it use ANY PART of you as an INSTRUMENT of WICKEDNESS, BUT instead, OFFER yourself to God, and act as those who have been brought from spiritual death to SPIRITUAL LIFE.  The difference is: Spiritual death means spending ALL of ETERNITY in Hell, the place of spiritual torment without any relief.   SPIRITUAL LIFE is spending ALL of ETERNITY in Heaven, the place of ETERNAL peace, joy, love and bliss that is beyond belief.

 

Paul is encouraging the believers to offer EVERY part of themselves to the Almighty God as an INSTRUMENT of RIGHTEOUSNESS.  He implores them to let go of their past sins and to PRESS ON toward their NEW life in Christ Jesus.  To be OBEDIENT to the Holy Spirit, and allow God’s Spirit to use them as INSTRUMENTS of RIGHTEOUSNESS, which will bring them into HOLINESS, and allow them to reap the benefits of SPIRITUAL LIFE, instead of spiritual death.

 

So which are you?  An INSTRUMENT of WICKEDNESS or an INSTRUMENT of RIGHTEOUSNESS?  If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are allowing sin to reign in your life and are being used as an INSTRUMENT of WICKEDNESS, and obeying sins evil desires.  However, you NOW have the opportunity to come to God with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him 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 become His INSTRUMENT of RIGHTEOUSNESS, and receive His gift of SPIRITUAL LIFE in Heaven for ALL ETERNITY.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

 

"Restore Us, O God!"

“Restore Us, O God!”

 

 

Restore us, God; look on us with favor, and we will be saved.       Psalm 80:3

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.        Psalm 33:12

 

 

The nation we once embraced, and protected with the blood of our spouses, children, parents and siblings, is teetering on a precarious precipice, and the question is; are we so close to the edge that we have no HOPE of being rescued from the certain demise of a ONCE great nation?

 

The answer lies in both of the above Scriptures.  “Restore us, God; look on us with favor, and we will be saved.”  The Psalmist is imploring to the Lord God Almighty, to RESTORE their people and to look on them with favor, and with ASSURANCE they, state:  and we WILL be SAVED.  

 

With our Nation in the condition it is in NOW, could we implore upon the Almighty God to RESTORE us and to LOOK on us with FAVOR?  I believe this is a prayer we need to pray, however this Nation NEEDS to have a RESTORATION of its FAITH and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the Almighty God, before we approach Him for the purpose of being RESTORED and SAVED.

 

Neither Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton can bring the RESTORATION, we need, without the DIVINE INTERVENTION of the HOLY, RIGHTEOUS GOD.  And we will not get the RESTORATION, until this nation as a whole comes to GOD with REPENTENCE for all the years of sin, depravity, wickedness, perversions of every conceivable nature, and PLEADS for the FORGIVENESS on an UNGODLY NATION, which is DESPERATELY NEEDED.  Then can the God of the Universe LOOK on us with favor, and save our land. 

 

Psalm 33:12, says:  “BLESSED is the nation whose God is the Lord.”  We CANNOT receive God’s blessings, because our Nation has become UNGODLY and He is NOT the Lord of the land.  Until we RETURN to Him, and seek His face, we, like many other nations, will face certain destruction.

 

If you are a TRUE BELIEVER of the LIVING GOD, then you NEED to be PRAYING EVERY DAY for a NATIONWIDE revival to break out and spread across the land we love and hold dear to our hearts. 

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God then you NEED to do that NOW.  Because you are a part of the hold-up on God’s blessings on our nation. You NEED to come to Him with a TRULY REPENTANT HEART, and CONFESS your sins to Him 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 a part of the RESTORATION of our nation.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"The Unshakeable Kingdom!"

“The Unshakeable Kingdom!”

 

 

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us hold on to grace.  By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.          Hebrews 12:28-29

 

 

We are NOW living in a world that is being SHAKEN from the SINFUL deeds of mankind.  We are shaken with:  THE THREAT OF WAR, LAWLESSNESS, HATRED, AN ECONOMIC EARTHQUAKE, and in general the DEPRAVITY OF MANKIND.  But there is HOPE, IF you are a TRUE BELIEVER of the ONLY AWESOME, ALMIGHTY GOD, who is the CREATOR, of EVERYTHING, including this POOR, WRETCHED, SHAKEN world. 

 

The writer of Hebrews, tells us that we, who are TRUE BELIEVERS, are receiving a KINGDOM that CANNOT be shaken.  A Kingdom, that is NOT of this WORLD, and we NEED to “hold on to grace,” which will lead us in our ACCEPTABLE SERVICE and WORSHIP to the ALMIGHTY GOD, which SHOULD be done with REVERENCE and AWE.

 

To depart from this ACCEPTABLE FORM of SERVICE and WORSHIP, for the TRUE BELIEVER, is ‘playing with fire.’  Because our God is a CONSUMING FIRE, who will bring retribution to the believer that is not SERVING and WORSHIPPING in an ACCEPTABLE manner.

 

What an AWESOME BLESSING, it is to KNOW and RECEIVE that UNSHAKEABLE KINGDOM. It is the BLESSED HOPE for the TRUE BELIEVER, but for the UNBELIEVER, there is NO HOPE!  The UNBELIEVER is headed for another SHAKEN world, called HELL, the place of torment, torture, pain, agony and despair for ALL of eternity, with NO ESCAPE, however the Living God is NOW offering you the opportunity to come to Him with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him 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 receive the BLESSED HOPE of an UNSHAKEABLE KINGDOM.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

“God’s Case against United States!”

 

 

Hear the word of the Lord, people of Israel, for the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land:  There is no truth, no faithful love, and no knowledge of God in the land!  Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.          Hosea 4:1-2

Rebels are deeply involved in slaughter; I will be a punishment for all of them.        Hosea 5:2

 

 This was a message from God to the nation of Israel, but it is applicable to the United States.  God has a case AGAINST the inhabitants of the USA, just as He did against Israel.  There is very little truth, or faithful love being practiced among the inhabitants of this land.  There is very little knowledge of God in the land.  For the most part the people of this land practice the immorality of their leader, Satan, who has them blinded to their sins.

“Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.” Sure sounds exactly like what we are experiencing now. The “cursing” does not refer to bad language, but actually bringing a curse on someone.  Such as the chant of some protest groups, in Baton Rouge they were chanting; “Dead Cops Now,” which in all actuality is placing a curse on them.

 

Lying, this is a HUGE problem here, and probably world-wide. We even have a person running for the highest office in our land who has been caught by Congress and affirmed to be lying by the FBI. 

 

Murder, this is the most grievous sin that has entered the heart of mankind, and in the last couple of months, we, as a nation, have seen the horrendous effects of such a horrible wrong-doing  perpetrated by mankind on mankind. 

 

Stealing, this sin is connected to the sin of covetousness, desiring and TAKING what does NOT belong to you. Sometimes it can lead to destruction of personal property, and even to bodily harm or murder.

 

And adultery, which affects, in most cases, whole families.  All these things are RAMPANT, in our Nation.  And one act of bloodshed has followed another, every day, somewhere in our Nation.  Those who participate in such grievous acts are considered ‘REBELS,’ and God says:  “I WILL BE A PUNISHMENT FOR ALL OF THEM.”   “It is a FEARFUL thing to fall into the hands of the Living God!”     Hebrews 10:31

 

Are you in danger of falling into the hands of the Living God, because you have not given your HEART and LIFE to Him, and may be practicing some of these sins, which will bring a GUILTY sentence to you on the Day of Judgment, and you will be condemned to spend ALL eternity in Hell?  You can change that sentence and verdict, by coming to the Living God with a TRULY REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him 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 let your lawyer, King Jesus, change your sentence from GUILTY to INNOCENT.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

 

 

"Being Led By Lawless People!"

“Being Led By Lawless People!”

 

 

Therefore, dear friends, since you know this in advance, be on your guard, so that you are not led away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own stability.  But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  To Him be glory both now and to the day of eternity.  Amen.          2Peter 3:17-18

 

Our beloved nation is in SERIOUS trouble, we have exchanged MORALS for IMMORALITY, LIFE for DEATH, LOVE for HATRED, CARING for UNCARING, and MANY RIGHTS for ALL KINDS of WRONGS.  We have elected people into our highest offices in the land, on the basis of attributes that are FAR from their QUALIFICATIONS.  And NOW, this is what we REAP, because of what is SOWN. 

 

The Apostle Peter, WARNS the people, concerning being led by “LAWLESS” people, who are people that are not following the rule of the LAWS of God, instead they are following their own SELFISH desires and ambitions, believing that they are ABOVE the LAW, and are leading others down a DANGEROUS, TREACHEROUS, path of DESTRUCTION.  Peter says: “Since you KNOW this in ADVANCE” meaning that they have been FOREWARNED and are WITHOUT EXCUSE!  They should be on GUARD and ALERT to the WAYS of such LAWLESSNESS, and flee from them.  He also WARNS them to remain STABLE in their FAITH. 

 

When mankind FOLLOWS the LAWS of God, a nation is STRENGTHENED, and PROSPEROUS, but the nation that is LED by the LAWLESS people are DOOMED to DESTRUCTION.  Throughout the history of mankind we have seen this played out many times and KNOW that it is TRUE.  Just look at the demise of the ROMAN EMPIRE, who was led by people of a LAWLESS NATURE, who disregarded the LAWS of God and followed their own SELFISH DESIRES and AMBITIONS.  Where is it TODAY?  It doesn’t exist.   Is that the future of our ONCE GREAT Nation?  I PRAY NOT. 

 

In a few months, the FUTURE of our nation will be in the HANDS of the PEOPLE.  BE CAREFUL, who you FOLLOW, INVESTIGATE, PRAY, SEEK GOD’S DIRECTION! 

 

The conclusion of Peter’s letter says GROW in the GRACE and KNOWLEDGE of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  And following God’s LAWS is what is going to SAVE our Nation.  If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you can’t follow His laws very well, until you do.  You can do that by:  Coming to Him with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART and CONFESSING your sins to Him 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, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION and become a FOLLOWER of God’s laws, and bring GLORY to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"The Marks of Jesus"

“The Marks of Jesus”

 

 

From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.          Galatians 6:17

 

The Apostle Paul and his messages had been scrutinized by the Judaizes.  I believe Paul was kind of tired of their rhetoric and persecution.  He asked that the trouble they were causing come to an end.

 

Paul offered a final proof of his credentials, the MARKS of Jesus, like the brands that were put on cattle and slaves.  He was referring to the scars that he bore on his body caused by the persecution because of His relationship with Jesus Christ. 

 

Many of Paul’s scars were on the flesh, caused by physical torture, but he also was persecuted in his spirit by the verbal abuse that he confronted continually.  These MARKS were the brand he wore that identified him as a SLAVE for Jesus. 

 

We aren’t tortured or persecuted, like some might be in other areas of the world, and may not carry the scars physically, but we may carry the SPIRITUAL SCARS from being persecuted verbally for our faith.  If we will, like the Apostle Paul, stand STEADFAST in our FAITH, and proudly bear those MARKS of Jesus, and be STRONG and COURAGEOUS!  God will richly reward us for our PERSERVERANCE.

 

If you have not given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you do NOT have the MARKS of Jesus, instead you are bearing the MARKS or BRAND of Satan, and will end up in Hell, the place of torment, torture, pain, agony and misery for all eternity.  However, you have the opportunity to be BRANDED for Jesus, and receive eternal life in Heaven NOW, by:  Coming to God with a TRULY REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him 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 proudly bear the MARKS of Jesus.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

 

"Who Knows the Mind of God?"

“Who Knows the Mind of God?”

 

 

For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them?  In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.  What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.          1Corinthians 2:11-12

 

Our SALVATION was PLANNED by Father God and CARRIED out by Jesus, His Son, then APPLIED to us by God’s Spirit, who was sent by the Son, Jesus, and It is this Spirit, who comes and indwells us, and gives us the wisdom we NEED to understand the blessings of our SALVATION.

 

Nobody can know the thoughts of another except their own spirit.  And NO ONE knows the thoughts of Almighty God except the Holy Spirit of God.  The Spirit of God has come to live in the HEART of mankind at the time of conversion.   And a purpose for His coming is to ENLIGHTEN the Child of God concerning the aspects of their SALVATION.

 

The Spirit of God is the ONLY one who KNOWS the thoughts of God, therefore He is the ONLY one who KNOWS the mind of God.  And because He knows the mind of God, He is able to help us understand facts about our SALVATION and to give us a DEEPER understanding of our Heavenly Father and His DEEP, ABIDING LOVE  for ALL mankind. 

 

We gain WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, and UNDERSTANDING, from the Holy Spirit, He is our TEACHER, COMFORTER, CONSTANT COMPANION and GUIDE through this life, and when we are SENSITIVE, OBEDIENT and SUBMISSIVE to Him, He will give us ALL we NEED to KNOW concerning what God has planned for His Children.

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are NOT His Child, and you do NOT possess His Spirit and you can NOT UNDERSTAND the FULL meaning of SALVATION.  You possess the spirit of this wretched, old, sin-laden world and are destined to spend ALL eternity in Hell.  However, God is NOW giving you the opportunity to come to Him with a TRULY REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him 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 Spirit, and let His Spirit ENLIGHTEN you about the facts concerning your SALVATION.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"The Tongue, A Restless Evil"

“The Tongue, A Restless Evil”

 

With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.  Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing.  My brothers and sisters, this should not be.  Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?  My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs?  Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.         James 3:9-11

 

In verse six, we are told that the tongue is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body.  It corrupts the WHOLE body, sets the WHOLE course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 

 

In verse eight, it tells us that, no human being can tame the tongue.  It is a RESTLESS EVIL, full of deadly poison.  And yet we use this RESTLESS EVIL to both PRAISE and CURSE.  We will PRAISE God then turn around and CURSE the Crown of His Creation.  The Apostle James, asks: “Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?”  Or “can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs?  Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.” 

 

How then can we CONTROL, CORRALL and CLEANSE this little spark that can set the WHOLE body, and the WHOLE course of one’s life on fire, by the flames of hell?”  The tongue MUST NOT be the instrument of inconstancy.  We NEED to allow the Holy Spirit, which indwells us to CONTROL, CORRALL and CLEANSE the tongue.  When we allow the Holy Spirit free reign in our lives, He will be in CONTROL of EVERY PART of us.  It is the Holy Spirit that evokes us to PRAISE God, but it is the sinful nature, which we are born with, that causes us to CURSE our fellow human beings, and when we allow our sinful nature to CONTROL us we are headed for TROUBLE. 

 

James, uses an illustration of nature, with the examples of getting both fresh water and salt water from the same spring, and a fig tree that bears olives or a grapevine that bears figs this cannot be.  Yet we allow PRAISING and CURSING to come from the same place, our mouths, this SHOULD NOT be.  When we do this we are CONTAMINATING our PRAISE, and it is UNACCEPTABLE to God.  We MUST ALLOW the HOLY SPIRIT to be in CONTROL and to CORRALL and CLEANSE OUR TONGUES before we try to offer up our PRAISE to God, the HOLY, RIGHTEOUS, ONE, to whom is WORTHY of ALL PRAISE. 

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God then you are being CONTROLLED by your sinful nature, and are allowing your tongue, the RESTLESS EVIL, to set the WHOLE course of your life on fire, and you are destined to spend ALL eternity in Hell, the place where the flames of torture, torment, pain and agony will NEVER be quenched.  However, you have the opportunity NOW, to come to GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART and CONFESS your sins to Him 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 let His HOLY SPIRIT CONTROL your tongue and to set your WHOLE course of life toward Heaven.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

"Without Excuse!"

“Without Excuse!”

 

 

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.  For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities---His eternal power and divine nature---have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.        Romans 1:18-20

 

The Almighty God is HOLY and RIGHTEOUS, and He despises ALL the godlessness and wickedness of the people, He created.  He HATES the sin, but LOVES the sinner and it is because of the rebellious nature of mankind that God‘s wrath was being and will be revealed from Heaven. 

 

The Apostle Paul was writing to the Christians in Rome, concerning the condemnation upon the sinful, pagan world.  The sinful, wicked people who were suppressing the truth with their godlessness and wickedness were going to come under the condemnation of an ANGRY God.

 

All that may be known about God is PLAIN to them, because He has made it PLAIN to them through ALL of His creation.  His invisible qualities---His ETERNAL POWER and DIVINE NATURE--- is made evident to mankind.  God’s creation is SOOO evident of His POWER and NATURE, when you look around you and see the clouds that produce the rain, the trees that provides the oxygen we breathe, the food we eat, and so much more AMAZING things that are here to help sustain us.  We KNOW there has to be a creator, but KNOWING and HONORING Him are two different things.  This was the message that Paul was telling the Christians in Rome. 

 

People KNEW of God, but they refused to HONOR Him with their OBEDIENCE and chose to live in their godlessness and wickedness, and ignore the ONE who holds ALL THINGS in His hands. 

 

And so it is today, people are living in their godlessness and wickedness and ignoring the very existence of ALMIGHTY GOD.  Oh, they KNOW of Him, but they DON’T KNOW Him.  They have NOT come to Him, ACKNOWLEDGING Him with a TRULY REPENTANT HEART, seeking His FORGIVENESS, but are living in their own sinful, corrupt, depraved, godless, wicked world, and they will stand before Him one day, WITHOUT EXCUSE, and will spend an ETERNITY in HELL, the place of torment, torture, heartache and despair.

Are you part of those people who KNOW OF GOD, but don’t really KNOW GOD?  If you have NEVER come to Him with a TRULY REPENTANT HEART, seeking His FORGIVENESS, then you are a part of the godless, wicked, sinful people.  However, God is giving you the opportunity NOW to turn away from your godlessness and wickedness, and to turn TO Him.  You do that by:  CONFESSING your sins to Him 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 NOT just KNOWING OF Him, but KNOW Him PERSONALLY.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"The Old Convenant versus The New Covenant"

“The Old Covenant versus The New Covenant”

 

 

Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said:  “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me; with burnt offerings and sin offerings You were not pleased.  Then I said, ‘Here I am---it is written about Me in the scroll---I have come to do Your will, My God.’ ” First He said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire nor were You pleased with them”---though they were offered in accordance with the law.  Then He said, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.”  He sets aside the first to establish the second.  And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.          Hebrews 10:5-10

 

God saw that the Old Covenant with all of its sacrifices and offerings was not accomplishing what it was meant to do for the purpose of the SALVATION of mankind.  They were bringing their burnt offerings and sin offerings, but their sins were still a stench in the nostrils of Almighty God.  The words of Jesus tells us that God was NOT pleased with those sacrifices.  There had to be a more PERFECT sacrifice for the REDEMPTION of mankind.  Thus Jesus Christ steps up and said; ‘Here I am---it is written about Me in the scroll---I have come to do Your will, My God.’  Jesus offered Himself to be the PERFECT sacrifice, in order to do the PERFECT will of His Heavenly Father.  

 

 “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire nor were You pleased with them”----though they were offered in accordance with the law.  Then He said, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.”  The author of Hebrews expounds the words that he had just quoted, maybe to stress the point that the Old Covenant was NOT producing the results that were needed to please God.   He then adds:  He sets aside the first to establish the second, meaning that the Old Covenant sacrifices  were set aside because they did NOT satisfy God, and thus was replaced with the New Covenant, being the broken body, and the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, which was PLEASING to God for the REDEMPTION of mankind. 

 

God’s will was established, through the New Covenant, and through that will we have been made holy through the PERFECT sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, ONCE for ALL.  The SALVATION of mankind was completed through the SACRIFICE of Jesus Christ, and NOTHING more needs to be done, it is a ONCE for ALL sacrifice.  Christ does not have to be put to death over and over again.  ‘IT IS FINISHED!” 

Now the work of Jesus Christ is complete.  However it is up to mankind, INDIVIDUALLY and PERSONALLY to RECEIVE the gift of SALVATION.  If you have not come to God with a TRULY REPENTANT HEART for the SALVATION of your soul, you can do it NOW by:  CONFESSING your sins to Him 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 made holy through the PERFECT sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ ONCE for ALL.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!