"The Gift versus the Trespass"

“The Gift versus the Trespass”

 

 

But the gift is not like the trespass.  For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!       

For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!          Romans 5:15 & 17

 

 

When Adam and Eve sinned against God, that one sin brought condemnation on ALL mankind.  When we are born, we are born with a SINFUL nature, which means we have the insatiable desire to sin.  That ONE sin of Adam and Eve brought about punishment for all mankind. 

 

But God had a plan, and His plan was to give mankind the ONE thing they needed to lift the curse of sin, depravity, and ETERNAL PUNISHMENT.  His plan was to give a SPECIAL GIFT, which would take away the curse and provide ETERNAL LIFE for ALL PEOPLE who BELIEVE and ACCEPT His SPECIAL GIFT.

 

That SPECIAL GIFT, is the gift of SALVATION, which was made possible by the SUPREME, ULTIMATE, ONCE-FOR-ALL, SACRIFICE of the Lord Jesus Christ, when He gave His LIFE by the shedding of His precious BLOOD on an old rugged cross at Calvary. 

 

When we ACCEPT His SPECIAL GIFT, we are adopted into God’s family and have an inheritance of spending ALL eternity in Heaven with God and His Son, Jesus Christ.  And one day we will live and rule as kings.  We will be a ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, and God’s CHOSEN PEOPLE. 

 

If you keep rejecting God’s SPECIAL GIFT, you will risk spending ALL your eternity in a place called Hell, the place of heartache, pain, torment, torture, and despair, with NO WAY to escape.  Are you willing to risk that?  If NOT, God may be dealing with your HEART, offering you His SPECIAL GIFT of SALVATION.  He wants you 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 SPECIAL GIFT of SALVATION, and be able to spend ALL ETERNITY in Heaven, with Him and His Son, Jesus Christ.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

 

 

"The Metamorhposis of the TRUE BELIEVER"

“The Metamorphosis of the TRUE BELIEVER”

 

 

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.        Romans 12:2

 

Do not love the world or the things in the world.  If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  For all that is in the world---the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions---is not from the Father but is from the world.  And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.                  1 John 2:15-17

 

 

This present age in which we live, is a depraved, corrupt, ungodly, sinful, evil age.  The Apostle Paul tells the TRUE BELIEVERS in Rome, to NOT be CONFORMED to this world, but be transformed by the RENEWAL of their mind.  The Apostle John says:  “Do NOT LOVE the world or the things in the world.  If ANYONE loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  For ALL that is in the World---the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions---is not from the Father but is from the world.”

 

We are drawing CLOSE to a day of reckoning.  The questions for ALL, UNBELIVERS and TRUE BELIEVERS is:  Will you be CONFORMED to this world, and be a lover of it and ALL that it offers?  Will you go to the voting booth and vote for the candidate that supports and promises to give you MORE of the DEPRAVITY, CORRUPTNESS, UNGODLINESS, and SINFULNESS, to appease your sinful, depraved, corrupt, ungodly appetite?  An appetite that will so DESTROY our nation and the very freedoms that we possess, and will utterly DESTROY the FUTURE FREEDOMS of our children and grandchildren.  

 

The desires of the flesh, partial birth abortion, (murder), homosexuality, lawlessness, corruptness, depravity of sexual desires, even with underage individuals, selfish ambition, at ANY COST, ungodliness in every form and facet of life.  This is what this poor, wretched sinful world has to offer.  The Apostle John goes on to say that: “If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is NOT in him (them).”  These are ALL part of what we will be facing if we, as TRUE BELIEVERS, don’t go and vote.  And vote what our MIND and HEART, which SHOULD be TRANSFORMED from WORLDLY DESIRES to GODLY DESIRES, is telling us to do.  BE SENSITIVE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT of the LIVING GOD, who indwells EVERY TRUE BELIEVER.

 

If you have NOT come to God for the SALVATION of your soul, you are CONFORMED to this evil, perverted, ungodly, corrupt world, and like this world you will be swept into an eternity in Hell, UNLESS you TURN AWAY from your sinful life, 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 then be TRANSFORMED in your MIND and HEART, and come November 8^th,  PRAY and go vote, allowing the Holy Spirit to guide you.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

"The Light"

“The Light”

 

 

“You are the light of the world.  A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.  Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.  Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”          Matthew 5:14-16

 

These are the words spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ to His disciples.  He was teaching them the precepts of being a TRUE BELIEVER, this is known as the ‘Sermon on the Mount.’  He was encouraging them to be a WITNESS to all who were living in DARKNESS, which is the DARKNESS of a LOST and DYING world.

 

He tells them they are to be the LIGHT of the world.  Because the world is shrouded in DARKNESS, and the LIGHT will dispel the DARKNESS.  The LIGHT of a TRUE BELIEVER, is the Holy Spirit of the Living God that indwells EVERY TRUE BELIEVER, and helps us to let the LOVE of God SHINE in us.

 

It is the Spirit of the Living God that equips us, and instructs us to do the GOOD DEEDS or works of our Heavenly Father, so when we let His LIGHT shine through us, it will illuminate those GOOD DEEDS and others will be able to see them and GLORIFY our Heavenly Father. 

 

The Pharisees, who were spiritual leaders, had a problem with their spiritual eyesight.  So Jesus told them:  “The eye is the lamp of the body.  If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be FULL of LIGHT.  But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness.  If then the LIGHT within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” (6: 22, 23)  The Pharisees’ hearts made them slaves to greed and money.  They were FAILING in their service to God and letting their LIGHT grow dim, by hiding it, and not being OBEDIENT to their Master, God.  So the DARKNESS overcame the LIGHT, and they, themselves were living in DARKNESS.  Many may not have even possessed the LIGHT to begin with. 

 

Are you in the same situation?  Are you living in DARKNESS?   Or are you a TRUE BELIEVER, who is hiding your LIGHT and allowing the DARKNESS to creep in and overcome your LIGHT?  If you are a TRUE BELIEVER, you NEED to come to Jesus and CONFESS that thing that is causing you to hide your light, get rid of it, and TURN AWAY from it and bring your LIGHT out to dispel the DARKNESS, and let it SHINE for JESUS. 

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then you don’t possess a LIGHT, but instead you are living in the DARKNESS, and will be condemned to an ETERNITY in Hell the place of ETERNAL DARKNESS, torture, torment, agony and pain with NO WAY out.  You can come into the LIGHT and possess your own LIGHT by coming to God NOW, 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 let YOUR LIGHT shine before others that they might see your GOOD DEEDS and glorify your Heavenly Father.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

 

 

 

"TRUTH"

“TRUTH”

 

 

“You are a king then?”  Pilate asked.  “You say that I’m a king, “Jesus replied.  “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this:  to testify to the truth.  Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice. “   “What is truth?”  said Pilate.          John 18:37, 38

 

What is TRUTH?  According to Webster’s Dictionary, TRUTH is:  The quality or state of being TRUE.   The quality of being in agreement with reality or facts: correctness, honesty, sincerity.  I believe that TRUTH is also connected to TRUSTWORTHY, which means being dependable or reliable, worthy of TRUST. 

 

The opposite of TRUTH is FALSEHOOD or a LIE, which means: to make a statement or statements that one knows is FALSE, especially with intent to deceive.  A person who tells lies is called a LIAR.  Some people take offense to that title, but as the saying goes, “if the shoe fits wear it.”

 

The difference between the TRUTH and a FALSEHOOD or LIE is:  TRUTH brings about TRUSTWORTHINESS, and LYING does NOT.  TRUTH brings about HONESTY, LYING does NOT.  TRUTH brings about SINCERITY and LYING does NOT. 

 

In our Scriptures, Pilate is questioning Jesus about His deity.  He asked Jesus if He was King of the Jews.  Jesus answered Pilate by saying that His kingdom was not of this world.  To which Pilate replies with:  “You are a king then?”  Pilate being the scheming, clever person that he was, did not BELIEVE that Jesus was a TRUE KING, and was trying to get Jesus to say that He was, so that in Pilate’s depraved mind, he might be able to catch Jesus in a LIE, but Jesus, KNEW Pilate’s intentions and came back with:  “You say that I’m a king.”  “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this:  to testify to the TRUTH.  Everyone who is of the TRUTH listens to My voice.”  To which Pilate replied, with sarcasm, I suppose.  “What is TRUTH? “

 

Some people are habitual liars, which means that they lie so much that they can’t distinguish the TRUTH from a LIE.  Here lately, we have heard from one of our candidates for the Presidency of the United States, and Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces, MANY, MANY substantiated LIES, about classified e-mails, the murder of four of our national HEROES in Benghazi, and many of her policies, which she wishes to inflict upon the citizens of this Nation.  TRUST ME, this did NOT come from the voice of our Lord.  He says that everyone who is of the TRUTH LISTENS to His voice.  As God’s TRUE CHILDREN, we have an OBLIGATION to uphold His statutes and laws.  So when we go to vote, we MUST ask ourselves, TRUTHFULLY, should we vote for someone who has this problem, to lead our nation, to determine the future for our children and grandchildren, an individual, who supports late term abortions, the murder of tiny babies, by sucking their brains out, while they are still alive.  GOD HAVE MERCY ON OUR POOR WRETCHED, SINFUL, CORRUPT, LOST nation.  WE NEED to be PRAYING, PRAYING AND PRAYING!!!

 

If you are going along that same path, and have rejected God’s gift of SALVATION, then your fate is the same as this nation.  You will be DOOMED to spend ALL eternity in Hell, the place of torment, torture, heartache, and despair, with NO way of escape.  But God is giving you the opportunity to TURN away from your SINFUL life 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 live a life of TRUTH, HONESTY, SINCERITY, and TRUSTWORTHINESS, with the HOPE of Heaven.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

 

"No Open Borders!"

“No Open Borders!”

 

 

All these people were still living by faith when they died.  They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.  People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.  If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.  Instead, they were longing for a better country---a heavenly one.  Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.          Hebrews 11:13-16

 

One of the candidates that is running for President of the United States, who is the Democratic nominee, has an agenda to open our borders and allow ten million immigrants to enter our nation during her first term in office.  There has been the acknowledgment that there is NOT sufficient vetting available for this influx of people.  So the citizens of the United States are put at a GREAT RISK.  We will not be able to really know WHO these people are. 

 

This will be in addition to the already eleven million immigrants that are already here, and to whom she wants to give amnesty to within her first 100 days in office.   What will that do to our Nation and to our way of life?

 

The author of the Book of Hebrews, whom I believe is the Apostle Paul, in this section of his letter to the Hebrews, tells them of the FAITH of some of their ancestors, and he tells that they were still living by FAITH when they died, not having received the things promised, but only saw and welcomed them from a distance.  They felt they were foreigners and strangers on earth. 

 

People with this mindset are looking for a country of their own.  Longing for a better county, a heavenly one.  And because of their FAITH, God is NOT ashamed of them, and has a city prepared for them, HEAVEN! 

 

HEAVEN, the ETERNAL HOME, of ALL of God’s TRUE CHILDREN.  Heaven does NOT have an OPEN BORDER policy.  It is a place prepared for ONLY those who have become a part of God’s family through adoption, by coming to Him through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  It is not for those who want to have a better life by ill-gotten gains, or for those who have come wanting to live there, but not wanting to come through Jesus.  You can’t come, even if you have family or friends who are there.  ONLY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.

 

You are WELCOMED with OPEN ARMS, if you come with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to God, 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 the LEGAL way, the ONLY WAY, through the SHED BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST.  Do it NOW, while you still can He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!                                         

 

 

"Living By Faith!"

“Living By Faith!”

 

 

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.  The life I now live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.        Galatians 2:20

 

When a person comes to Jesus Christ for the SALVATION of their soul, they MUST be willing to put to death their old, wretched, sinful self, and to LIVE BY FAITH in the Son of God.  This is what the Apostle Paul meant, when he said:  “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.”

 

When we come to Him for our SALVATION, we receive His Holy Spirit, who takes up residency in us.  It is through the working of His Spirit that we are ABLE to LIVE BY FAITH in Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God.  That is why it is SO important that we YIELD ourselves to the Spirit, and allow Him TOTAL access and control in EVERY PART of our lives.

 

It is IMPOSSIBLE to LIVE BY FAITH on our own capabilities, because we are in the flesh, we sin, and that is why we need to be crucified with Christ, and strive to overcome our iniquities and shortcomings by allowing the Holy Spirit COMPLETE control of our mind, mouth and heart.  Then we are made RIGHTEOUS and SANCTIFIED before Almighty God.

 

Jesus Christ gave Himself to die for us in order for us to be able to LIVE for Him.  It is the least we can do to show our LOVE for Him.  If you have not put to death your old, wretched, sinful life, but believe you are His TRUE CHILD, you might want to check your SALVATION, was it a mind thing or a TRUE REPENTANT HEART THING.  Did 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 did you ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION?  If NOT, you are NOT His TRUE CHILD, and you are on your way to an eternity in Hell.   

 

However, you can CHANGE that NOW, by doing the above, and CRUCIFY your old, wretched, sinful life and allow the Holy Spirit control of ALL of your life, so that you are capable of “LIVING BY FAITH!” for the One who died for YOU.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"The Return"

“The Return”

 

 

Those the Lord has rescued will return.  They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting Joy will crown their heads.  Gladness and Joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.       Isaiah 51:11

 

This was a message from the Prophet Isaiah to the nation of Israel concerning a new exodus back into Zion with God’s blessings.  However, as I read this passage of Scripture, my mind went to when Christ returns to earth the SECOND TIME, not the rapture, but the SECOND COMING, when He will set up His kingdom on earth or maybe even when the NEW HEAVENS and NEW EARTH will be established

 

He will return with those He has REDEEMED, and I’m sure there will be SINGING and PRAISING with EVERLASTING JOY, and SORROW and SIGHING will flee away.  What a time that will be.  It is beyond our comprehension.  But it will be AWESOME to say the least.  This is the future of the Church of Jesus Christ, those He has redeemed, those who have come to Him for the SALVATION of their soul.   

 

However, for those who have continually rejected the invitation of God to ACCEPT Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord, they will be spending an ETERNITY in HELL, the place of perpetual torment, torture, agony, pain, heartache and despair, the likes of which mankind cannot comprehend. 

 

There is very little time left for those who are NOT of the REDEEMED, to come to Jesus, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING their sins to Him and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL their HEART that Jesus died for THEM, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for them, before God, then ACCEPTING His gift of SALVATION, and being a part of the REDEEMED, who will RETURN to a NEW EARTH, after the rapture, with Jesus Christ for an ETERNITY of SINGING and PRAISING the ONE who is WORTHY.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"Our Body---A Living Sacrifice!"

“Our Body---A Living Sacrifice!”

 

 

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.  Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.          Romans 12:1-2

 

When one comes to Jesus Christ, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, that individual SHOULD be willing to present their body to Him as a “LIVING SACRIFICE.”  Unlike the Old Testament sacrifice, the body of a TRUE BELIEVER is ALIVE, and represents the totality of that individual’s life and activities, which means that a TRUE BELIEVER’S WHOLE life be led by God’s Holy Spirit, who is indwelling them.

 

When the TRUE BELIEVER is LED by the Holy Spirit their “LIVING SACRIFICE” is HOLY and ACCEPTABLE to God, which invokes their “spiritual worship.” They are offering their WHOLE life to ALMIGHTY God as a “LIVING SACRIFICE,” which becomes a SACRED service. 

 

The Apostle Paul, then commands the TRUE BELIEVER, to NOT be conformed to this world, this EVIL age in which we live.  But to be TRANSFORMED by the RENEWING of their mind.  This is like a “metamorphosis” of sorts, which is and can ONLY be done by the work of the Holy Spirit who abides in the HEART of the TRUE BELIEVER.  It is a TOTAL change from the inside out.

 

SALVATION is a HEART thing, which is the beginning of the TRANSFORMATION process.  We cannot be a “LIVING SACRIFICE,” apart from the SALVATION experience, which makes us HOLY and ACCEPTABLE to HOLY God.  

 

Have you experienced the SALVATION part of the TRANSFORMATION process?  If NOT, you are facing an ETERNITY separated from God and ALL that is GOOD and PERFECT.  However, God is giving you the opportunity to come to Him, NOW, and become a TRUE BELIEVER.  You do that by coming 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 “LIVING SACRIFICE” to Him, and be TRANSFORMED into a HOLY and ACCEPTABLE, TRUE BELIEVER.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

 

 

"Having Sight, yet Being Blind"

“Having Sight, yet Being Blind”

 

 

Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”        John 9:39

 

This verse does NOT contradict, John 12:47, when Jesus said, “For I did NOT come to judge the world, but to save the world.”  Jesus’ main mission was to provide a WAY for people to be delivered or set FREE from their sins.  However, He also has the authority to pronounce decisions on the ungodly as a judge would do. 

 

But the one thing I feel God wants us to see NOW, is the fact that sinful mankind, who might have physical sight, can still be BLIND spiritually.  There is NOTHING more that Satan would like, than to have people to be spiritually BLIND, and to remain that way.  The more people that Satan can dupe and keep BLINDED to God’s ways, and His love, the more people he can take to Hell with him for ALL ETERNITY.   A person who is spiritually BLIND has NO HOPE.  They are BLINDED to the ways of God and to the will of God. 

 

It is the will of the ALMIGHTY God, that ALL mankind, EVERYWHERE, come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, for He sent His Son into the world, to save the world.  That they might receive their SPIRITUAL SIGHT and be delivered from the BLINDNESS of their UNBELIEF.

 

Are you living in spiritual BLINDNESS?  You can be delivered from your spiritual BLINDNESS, by coming to the Light of the world, the Lord Jesus Christ, 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 your SPIRITUAL SIGHT, and HOPE for an ETERNITY with God, and His Son, Jesus Christ.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

 

"Hope and Despair"

“Hope and Despair”

 

 

He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.  He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive Him.  Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God---children not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.  John 1:10-13.

 

To me these verses of Scripture give HOPE and DESPAIR in the very same context.  The Lord Jesus Christ, the Word, was with God from the very beginning, because the Word, Jesus, was God, and through Him ALL things were created, as a matter of fact, without Him nothing was created that has been created.  (v1).

 

Though He created the world, the world did not recognize Him, and much of the world still refuses to RECOGNIZE or ACKNOWLEDGE Jesus Christ.  He came to His own people, the Jewish Nation of Israel, and even they refused to RECOGNIZE or RECEIVE Him.  Much of the Nation of Israel like the rest of the world, still REFUSES to RECOGNIZE Jesus as the Messiah, or the Son of the Living God.  This is the DESPAIR that is upon this sin-sick, wretched, depraved, and DOOMED world, the REJECTION of Jesus Christ, the ONLY source of SALVATION for a lost and dying world.  A lost people who are dying, and will face condemnation and the sentence of an ETERNITY in Hell, at the hands of a RIGHTEOUS and HOLY JUDGE

 

Yet to ALL who did and will receive Him, those who BELIEVED and will BELIEVE in Him, today, He gives the ability to become the Children of God.  This is the ONLY WAY to receive Jesus Christ and to become a part of God’s Holy Family, who will inherit ALL the glories of Heaven, and be able to live with Christ and the Heavenly Father throughout ALL ETERNITY.  This is the HOPE that is offered to ANYONE who will BELIEVE, with ALL their HEART in His name and RECEIVE Him as their SAVIOR and Lord.

 

So the question that I pose to you today is:  “Are you LIVING with HOPE? Or are you LIVING with DESPAIR?  If you are LIVING with DESPAIR, and DOOMED to face the judgment of your sins, and the condemnation of your soul, and to be sentenced to an ETERNITY in Hell.  You are NOW given the opportunity to TURN AWAY and LEAVE your life of DESPAIR and to RECEIVE your adoption into the Family of God, and to LIVE in HOPE for an ETERNITY in Heaven.  You do that 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 start LIVING with HOPE for an ETERNITY in Heaven.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"The Defilement of a Person!

“The Defilement of a Person”

 

 

But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.   For out of the heart come evil thoughts---murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.   These are what defile a person…            Matthew 15-20a

 

 

The defilement of a person does not come from the outside, but from what is in the HEART.  A person’s MOUTH tells of that person’s mindset, and you can pretty much tell a lot about a person when they open their mouth and speak. 

 

Out of their MOUTH comes the true essence of the HEART.  And the HEART is DECEITFUL above ALL things and beyond cure.  Who can understand it?  (Jer. 17:9)   The Lord searches the heart and examines the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct. (v10).   

 

So since it is the things that come out of a person’ s mouth, which indicates the content of their HEART, that defiles a person, it must be the HEART of mankind that is EVIL, WICKED, CONIVING, SCHEMING, and DEPRAVED.  Because the EVIL THOUGHTS, MURDER, ADULTERY, SEXUAL IMMORALITY, THEFT, FALSE TESTIMONY (lying), and SLANDER, among other corrupt, depraved, and evil doings, brings DEFILEMENT to a person. 

 

When a person comes to Christ for their SALVATION, the process begins in the HEART, and from the HEART to the MOUTH, and SALVATION has come.  Romans 10:10 says:  “For it is with your HEART that you believe and are justified, and it is with your MOUTH that you profess your FAITH and are SAVED.  

 

If you declare with your MOUTH, “Jesus is LORD,” and believe in your HEART that God raised Him from the dead, you will be SAVED.  This is a promise from God’s Holy Word.  When you are given the invitation from the Holy Spirit of God to come to Christ for the SALVATION of your soul.  You must be WILLING to come to Him with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART and TURN AWAY from your sinful deeds. Then with your MOUTH, CONFESS your sins to Him, asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVEING, with 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 HOPE of Heaven for all eternity.  We are facing UNCERTAIN, UNNERVING times, some of us BELIEVE that the RETURN of Jesus Christ is IMMENIENT, it COULD happen ANY DAY.  Are you READY??  You can be if you do this NOW, while you still have time.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!

 

 

 

 

"Our ONLY Hope!"

“Our ONLY Hope!”

 

 

We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.  In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His holy name.  May Your unfailing love be with us Lord, even as we put our hope in You.         Psalm 33:20-22

 

We are facing UNCERTAIN times, with the outcome of the election for the highest office in the land.  The looming results that will alter our lifestyle, such as the appointments to the Supreme Court, immigration, taxes, AFFORDABLE healthcare, the economy, the security of our nation, etc., but for the TRUE BELIEVER, the most vital thing; our RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES.  As TRUE BELIEVERS we SHOULD be, and NEED to be in CONSTANT contact with our ONLY HOPE, God, our Heavenly Father, we do that by PRAYING CONSISTENTLY, and SEEKING His GUIDANCE.

 

While we WAIT on His timing, we NEED to wait in HOPE, because He is our HELP and our SHIELD in EVERY situation.  He is the ANSWER for this MOST UNPRECEDENTED time in the history of this nation.  He is our PROCTECTOR during the PERILOUS times we are facing.  I believe with ALL my HEART that whatever happens, HE IS IN CONTROL, and we CAN and SHOULD TRUST in His holy name.  I believe that we are VERY CLOSE to the end of this age, and it could be that the NEXT climatic event facing this old, wretched, sin-laden, world is the RAPTURE of the TRUE BELIEVERS of Jesus Christ.  Are you READY?

 

PLEASE VOTE, and VOTE your CONVICTIONS.  Make it a matter of PRAYER, and seek God’s guidance.  He is our ONLY HOPE!  Our HELP and our SHIELD.  TRUST in His HOLY NAME, the NAME of JESUS CHRIST, His Only Begotten Son, the HOPE of our SALVATION. 

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you have NO HOPE for the days that lie ahead nor for the ETERNAL destination of your sinful soul and will face certain judgment and condemnation.  However, because of God’s UNFAILING LOVE, AMAZING GRACE and ABUNDANT MERCY, you have 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 let Him be your HOPE, HELP and SHIELD for the days ahead.   Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"The Word"

“The Word”

 

 

But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s Word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.  By the same Word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the Day of Judgment and destruction of the ungodly.            2 Peter 3:5, 7

 

In the Apostle Peter’s second letter to the TRUE BELIEVERS of his day, he addressed the problems with the false teachers who were bent on leading people away from the TRUE doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ and His return.  The false teachers in this chapter are referred to as “scoffers” who, following their own evil desires, try to discount the return of Christ, saying:  “Where is this coming He promised?  Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” (V4)

 

Then the Apostle Peter reminds the TRUE BELIEVER of the POWER of God’s WORD, saying that these scoffers DELIBERATELY FORGOT that by God’s WORD the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water, and the world was DESTROYED by God’s WORD and by water.

One important fact:  The “WORLD” meant the inhabitants of the earth, and not the planet itself.  The planet was not completely destroyed, only the inhabitants, except for Noah, his family and two of each species of wildlife. 

 

And God is holding the earth in reserve until the time when He will DESTROY the earth by the power of His WORD, and by FIRE.  The Day of the Lord includes the TRIBULATION, the MILLENIUM, and the GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT, where UNGODLY MANKIND, will be JUDGED and thrown into the Lake of Fire, this is their Day of Judgment and destruction.  Will this be your destiny?   

 

Then the heavens and earth will be destroyed by fire. All of this will be carried out by the POWER of God’s WORD.  Just as this earth was created by God’s WORD, it will be destroyed by His WORD.

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God then you are in danger of being cast into the Lake of Fire, but God in His AMAZING GRACE and ABUNDANT MERCY is offering you a WAY of escape by coming 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 be SAVED by the blood of Jesus, and by the POWER of God’s WORD.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

 

 

 

 

"The Wicked, The Righteous, and God!"

“The Wicked, The Righteous, and God!”

 

 

The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.  But the Lord has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.  He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the Lord our God will destroy them.         Psalm 94:21-23

 

It seems that we are living in a “WORLD of LAWLESSNESS,” a world where wrong doing has become the norm and RIGHTEOUS LIVING has become a THREAT to society.  There is something TRAGICALLY wrong with this scenario.  But I believe that we are living in the last days, and are seeing biblical prophecy unfolding before our very eyes. 

 

In 2Thessalonians 2:7, the Apostle Paul is telling the believers in Thessalonica that:  “the secret power of lawlessness is already at work;” and if Paul felt that way in his day, I wonder what he would think about today.  In 1 Timothy 1:8-9, Paul tells Timothy that:  “we know that the law is good if one uses it properly.  We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for the lawbreakers and rebels.”  Amazing how we see just the opposite happening NOW, the lawbreakers are allowed to break the laws and the law enforcement officers are told to ‘stand down’ and do nothing.  (i.e. Riots, looting, arson, and murders).    

 

We have one running for the highest office in our land, who has openly stated their support for an organization that upholds the LAWLESS behavior of those who break the law.  And yet a righteous person is NOT allowed to run their OWN business the way they feel God would have them run it. “The wicked band together against the righteous.”

 

But the righteous can take heart, because, the Lord is our FORTRESS, and God is our ROCK and our REFUGE.  There is SOON coming a day when He will repay them, the wicked, for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness.  God’s judgment is coming, and the time is NOW, to get things RIGHT with Him. 

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to Him, you will be considered among the wicked, and will face JUDGMENT at the hands of the RIGHTEOUS JUDGE.  However, He is giving you the opportunity NOW, 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 become His RIGHTEOUS CHILD, and TRUST Him as your FORTRESS, ROCK, and REFUGE.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"Holding Unswervingly to the Hope We Profess!"

“Holding Unswervingly to the Hope We Profess!”

 

 

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.  And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.        Hebrews 10:23-25

 

The writer of the book of Hebrews, which I believe to be the Apostle Paul, is urging the TRUE BELIEVERS to HOLD UNSWERVINGLY to the HOPE they PROFESS.  It is believed that the Church that he was writing to might have been facing persecution, and there was an URGENT need for concern and warning for the TRUE BELIEVERS to stand STRONG in their FAITH and NOT to waiver.

 

Paul was not only concerned for their welfare, but for their FAITH in GOD and His promises.  There is STRENGTH in numbers, and Paul encouraged the TRUE BELIEVERS to find ways to encourage each other to carry out love and good deeds, and to not give up meeting together---and all the more as they saw the Day, the RETURN of Christ, approaching. 

 

Friends, I fear we are facing some of the most PERILOUS times for the TRUE BELIEVERS that we have ever faced, in the history of our nation.  The elections are quickly approaching, and word is out of one of our candidate’s feelings towards the Catholics and the Evangelicals, and also her view concerning the beliefs of the Christians in regard to abortion, suggesting that they denounce their belief of the right to life, even to the point of making it a law.   PEOPLE, WAKE-UP, OUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS are eroding and we are going to lose our rights to WORSHIP and SERVE God the way He has intended us to do, if we don’t take a stand and VOTE our CONVICTIONS.  We as God’s Children must be TRUE and FAITHFUL to His laws.   We must draw CLOSE to Him and seek His face. HE IS OUR ONLY HOPE.

 

If you have not given your HEART and LIFE to Him, then you are a part of His enemies.  You do not belong to His family, but are living a sinful life, in a sinful world.  One, in which, God will bring JUDGMENT and a RAGING FIRE that will consume His enemies. (v. 27)   It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God.  But He is giving you the opportunity NOW, 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 become a TRUE BELIEVER, HELPING to PROTECT our RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

 

"A Single Seed"

“A Single Seed”

 

 

“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed.  But if it dies, it produces many seeds.  Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. “        John 12:24-25

 

These words of Jesus are examples of a believer and an unbeliever.  A True Believer is like the kernel of wheat that falls to the ground and dies, and if it dies, by being planted into the ground, it will produce MANY seeds. 

 

A True Believer must die to SELF, to their old ways and mindset.  When they come to Christ for their SALVATION, they must be willing to TURN AWAY or REPENT from their sinful ways and to  hate their old way of life, and die to their OLD SELF and to be raised to a NEW LIFE, in Christ, one which will be a witness to others.  In other words, they will produce “MANY SEEDS”, they will be instrumental in adding to the Family of God, which is their mandate.  They will be concerned about the things of Christ and not the things of their old, sinful life, before they came to Him.

 

An unbeliever is one who LOVES their sinful life and embraces all that it entails.  They are a threat to the SALVATION of others, who are searching, unknowingly, for their SALVATION, and eternal life in Heaven.  

 

This life on earth is TEMPORARY and one day SOON it will end.  Then the question that a person needs to deal with NOW is:  “Where will I spend eternity?”  My dear friends, there IS a LIFE after death.  For the TRUE BELIEVER, those who have given their HEART and LIFE to God, it will be an eternity in Heaven, with Father God, and His Son Jesus Christ.  For the unbeliever, it will be an eternity in Hell, the place of TORMENT, TORTURE, HEARTACHE, AGONY and DESPAIR for ALL ETERNITY, with NO WAY of escape. 

 

If you believe that there is NO AFTERLIFE, then you are sadly mistaken, and if you believe that I am the one that is mistaken, then think of this:  What if YOU are wrong?  If you are wrong you are in BIG TROUBLE, IF I am wrong, and I’m NOT, I have lost NOTHING, but YOU, being WRONG have LOST EVERYTHING. 

You don’t have to lose anything, just 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 be that SINGLE SEED, which has died to its old sinful self, and is planted in Jesus Christ, and that produces MANY SEEDS for the Family of God.  Come to Him NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!