"The New Covenant"

 

“The New Covenant”

 

“This is the New Covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day,” says the LORD: “I will put My Laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts.  I will be their God, and they will be My People.  And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should KNOW the LORD.’  For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will KNOW Me already.  And I will NEVER again REMEMBER their sins.”              Hebrews 8:10-12

 

Throughout the Ages, God has formed COVENANTS with different individuals and also with the Nation of Israel.  The Covenant with Israel is known as the Old Covenant, which was the Law.  And the Old Testament Saints were to LIVE and WORSHIP according to the OLD COVENANT.  But the Old Covenant had many faults, mankind was not holding up their end of the Covenant and it fell short of providing SALVATION and a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP between the people and their Creator God.  Therefore, the Old Covenant’s failure was because of the SINFULNESS of the nation.  So, God PROMISED a NEW COVENANT, that WOULD be PROFITABLE for the SALVATION of not ONLY the Nation of Israel, but it would also be beneficial to ALL Christians, since the Cross. 

 

This NEW COVENANT or AGREEMENT, is UNCONDITIONAL, and the OLD CONVENANT was CONDITIONAL.  The NEW CONVENANT, whose MEDIATOR, or ADVOCATE, is the LORD JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONE and ONLY Son, who was the ONLY ONE who COULD SEAL the CONVENANT between mankind and God.  Here are some accomplishments which are provided through the New Covenant:  An inner DESIRE to OBEY God, a FIRM, CLOSE RELATIONSHIP with God, a PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of God, and FORGIVENESS of our SINS, which He will REMEMBER NO MORE.

 

This FORGIVENESS and SALVATION, can ONLY be accomplished through the CROSS of CHRIST, and the BLOOD of the NEW COVENANT.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  CONFESS your sins to Him, and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.   BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and RECEIVE, HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, as your ETERNAL HOME, and be able to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS.  So, enter into this NEW COVENANT, by doing the things above, NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and      COMING SOON!!!  

  

"A TRUSTWORTHY Saying"

 

“A TRUSTWORTHY Saying”

 

This is a trustworthy saying.  And I want you to stress these things so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good.  These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.         Titus 3:8

 

This Scripture, in the Book of Titus, is instructions from the Apostle Paul to Titus about the MOTIVATION for GODLY living by GRACE.  It was NOT by the WORKS of RIGHTEOUSNESS, which brings SALVATION, through the WASHING of REGENERATION and the RENEWING of the HOLY SPIRIT, which is SPIRIT-GENERATED and SPIRIT-POWERED. It is a CLEANSING of one’s SINS and it takes away the GUILT of one’s transgressions.  It brings a NEW LIFE that is SPIRIT-GUIDED, SPIRIT-SEALED, and SPIRIT-PROTECTED. 

 

For those who have GIVEN their HEARTS and LIVES to God and have TRUSTED in Him, they SHOULD be CAREFUL to DEVOTE themselves to GOOD WORKS, as a TESTIMONY of their SALVATION.  They are to be reminded that they too, were ONCE FOOLISH, DISOBEDIENT, DECEIVED AND ENSLAVED by ALL kinds of PASSIONS and PLEASURES, with MALICE, and even HATRED for one another. (v3) But when the KINDNESS and LOVE of GOD our SAVIOR appeared, He SAVED them, not because of the RIGHTEOUS things they had done, but because of His MERCY, through the REDEMPTIVE ACT of His Only SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  And therefore, they are JUSTIFIED by His GRACE, in order for them to become HEIRS having the HOPE of an ETERNAL LIFE, in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, and to be able to ESCAPE an ETERNAL LIFE in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS.    Have you given your HEART and LIFE to GOD?  Are you FOLLOWING this TRUSTWORTHY SAYING?

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then you are DESTINED for an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you’re there.  But because of GOD’S MERCY and GRACE, you are NOW given the OPPORTUNITY to CHANGE that DESTINY. And by the CLEANSING of your sins, YOU CAN BECOME an HEIR to ALL the GLORIES of HEAVEN.  You MUST be WILLING, though, to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS, God’s Only Son, died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for us, before God.  Then you MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and have the HOPE of an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  So, do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

"The GREAT Change"

 

“The GREAT Change”

 

Listen, I tell you a mystery:  We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed----in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.  For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be CHANGED.     1 Corinthians 15:51-52

 

The Apostle Paul explains the MYSTERY of the RESURRECTION BODY to the TRUE BELIEVERS in Corinth.  They did not understand all of what would take place concerning this GREAT EVENT, which is yet to come.  This MYSTERY is ONLY for the TRUE BELIEVERS.  The FIRST things he wanted them to know is that NOT everyone will “fall asleep” this was the term they used back in Paul’s day, which meant DEATH, NOT everyone will DIE, but we will ALL be CHANGED, this CHANGE will take place in a FLASH, in the TWINKLING or BLINK of the eye, at the LAST TRUMPET, this time is known to the TRUE BELIEVER as the RAPTURE of the CHURCH, and it refers to ONLY the BELIEVER and NOT the UNBELIEVER. 

 

This GREAT Change MUST take place because, there are two bodies, the NATURAL BODY, which comes first, then the SPIRITUAL BODY which comes last.  The NATURAL BODY, is what we have now, and it is PERISHABLE, which means that until the RAPTURE, the NATURAL BODY will face DEATH, and will be BURIED in the ground.  It will be buried in DISHONOR, but RAISED in GLORY; it is buried in WEAKNESS, and RAISED in POWER; it is BURIED a NATURAL BODY, and RAISED a SPIRITUAL BODY, which is IMPERISHABLE.  NO MORE DEATH, DISEASES, ILLNESSES or DECAY.

 

This GREAT CHANGE MUST HAPPEN, because FLESH and BLOOD cannot INHERIT the KINGDOM of GOD, nor does the PERISHABLE inherit the IMPERISHABLE.   When this MYSTERY takes place, and the PERISHABLE clothes itself with the IMPERISHABLE, and the MORTAL with IMMORTALIATY, we will have VICTORY over DEATH and the GRAVE.  But this GREAT CHANGE can ONLY HAPPEN to YOU, if you have TRULY GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to God, and are LIVING by the SPIRIT and NOT by the FLESH.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS, God’s ONLY SON, died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and be a part of those who will experience the GREAT CHANGE, and an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  If you REJECT JESUS, and His SALVATION, you are DESTINED for an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there.  So, CHOOSE JESUS, and do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

"Who is the Worker of Iniquity?"

 

“Who is the Worker of Iniquity?”

 

…There is NO FEAR of God before his eyes.     Psalm 36:1

 

The worker of iniquity is one who has no FEAR or DREAD of the LORD GOD, they sense NO DREAD nor TERROR because of their ACTIONS of INIQUITY.  So, they CONTINUE in their WICKED behavior.  They flatter themselves too much to DETECT or HATE their sinfulness. 

 

Their words are WICKED and DECEITFUL; in other words, they are LIARS, and DECEPTIVE in their WORDS and ACTIONS.  They fail to act wisely and to do what is GOOD and PROPER.  Because they have committed themselves to a SINFUL LIFESTYLE, they develop NO inclination to REJECT the EVIL that has become their LIFESTYLE.  They devise WICKEDNESS, even while in their beds. 

 

Their ACTIONS are NEVER GOOD.  And they make NO ATTEMPT to TURN AWAY FROM their WICKED LIFESTYLE.  They CONTINUALLY REJECT God and His LOVE and His GIFT of SALVATION from their DOOMED DESTINY. And when they die, the EPITAPH on their headstone could very well read: “Here Lies A Worker of Iniquity, who has fallen!  And is in HELL with ALL its HORRORS, for ALL of ETERNITY, SEPARATED from GOD and ALL that is GOOD.”  Are you a WORKER of INIQUITY, and is this your DESTINY? 

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, by way of the CROSS, through the BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST, God’s Son, then you are a WORKER of INIQUITY, and on your way to that ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you are there.  You have the opportunity NOW, to CHANGE that DESTINY.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVE with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

 

"The Cup and the Dish"

 

“The Cup and the Dish”

 

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.   “You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.”          Matthew 23:25-26

 

These are the Words of our LORD JESUS CHRIST to the religious leaders of the day, the scribes and Pharisees.   Needless to say, Jesus was NOT HAPPY with them, nor their ways.  He called them HYPOCRITES!  A HYPOCRITE is someone, who pretends to have virtues or religious beliefs, that they really DO NOT POSSESS, one whose actions are fake, with the intentions of deceiving others into believing that they are something that they ACTUALLY are not.  Jesus used the metaphor of a CUP and DISH to reveal the TRUE CHARACTER of the religious leaders. 

 

He told them that they were concerned with the CLEANNESS of the OUTSIDE of the CUP, when the INSIDE was FILTHY and FULL of ROBBERY and SELF-INDULGENCE.  They possessed INSIDE, a STRONG CRAVING to get things, even if they had to use VIOLENCE and DECEPTION to obtain them. And SELF-INDULGENCE, or a lack of SELF-CONTROL.  In other words, their HEARTS were VERY much in NEED of a CLEANSING. 

 

Then He gives them instructions, concerning their behavior, and what they NEEDED to do to be TRULY RIGHTEOUS and CLEAN.  First, they should take measures to have a DEEP-CLEANING of their HEARTS, and TURN AWAY FROM their WICKED, SINFUL ways.  He told them that they NEEDED to CLEAN the INSIDE FIRST, and when that happened the OUTSIDE would become CLEAN ALSO.  

 

SADLY, this is TRUE of a lot of people, today.  MANY believe that their WORKS or ACTIONS makes them CLEAN in the EYES of ALMIGHTY GOD.  So, they CLEAN-UP the OUTSIDE, while the INSIDE has NEVER BEEN CLEANED.  They ONLY WAY you can be CLEANED on the inside is; you MUST COME to the CROSS of CHRIST, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS died for YOU and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and LET the PRECIOUS BLOOD of JESUS CLEANSE you from the INSIDE to the OUTSIDE.  If you have NOT done these things, then NO MATTER how GOOD you are or ALL the GOOD THINGS you do, or how many times you go to church, or how ACTIVE you

 are in church, you are still going to DIE and spend your ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you are there.  You MUST BE CLEANSED on the INSIDE, and LIVE by the SPIRIT, so that the OUTSIDE is CLEAN.  Then YOU will have an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  So, do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

 

 

"Bringing JOY, FORGIVENESS, and LOVE"

 

“Bringing JOY, FORGIVENESS and LOVE”

 

Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for I put my trust in You.  You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.      Psalm 86:4-5

 

These verses are part of a PRAYER of King David, who was seeking God’s Protection, upon him.  We see, in the preceding verses, that the King KNEW his condition, both PHYSICALLY and SPIRITUALLY, and in verse three, he asks God for MERCY because of his present conditions.

 

David, asked for God’s Hand of Protection, because as His Servant, he was FAITHFUL and TRUSTED in God.  Then he asked God to bring JOY to him because he DID TRUST in God.  He knew God was his ONLY HOPE for DELIVERANCE, PHYSICALLY and SPIRITUALLY. 

 

David KNEW that God was/is FORGIVING, GOOD, and ABOUNDING in UNFAILING LOVE to ALL who will CALL on Him.  David, also KNEW that ONLY GOD could DELIVER him from his present condition.  So, David CRIED out to God because of God’s GREATNESS, and His ABILITY to SAVE, even to his death. And God wants you to KNOW that HE is your SOURCE of DELIVERANCE, from your sinful life-style and a DESTINY of an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL it’s HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you are there.  He wants you to have TRUE JOY, just as David wanted, and God wants you to experience His FORGIVENESS and His GOODNESS, along with His ABOUNDING, UNFAILING, UNENDING, LOVE to ALL who will call out to Him. 

 

In order to be able to have these EXPERIENCES, and to have the HOPE of an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, you MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS, God’s ONLY SON, SUFFERED, BLED and DIED, for YOU, and that He is NOW ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and EXPERIENCE HIS: JOY, FORGIVENESS, GOODNESS, and His ABOUNDING, UNFAILING, UNENDING LOVE, throughout your ETERNITY in HEAVEN.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

"The Grieved Heart"

 

“The Grieved Heart”

 

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of mankind was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of their heart was only evil continually.  And the LORD was sorry that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was grieved in His Heart.       Genesis 6:5-6

 

In verse three of this chapter, we are told that the LORD said; “My Spirit shall NOT ALWAYS strive with mankind.” Meaning that after some period of time God would remove His Spirit from STRIVING in CALLING people to REPENTANCE and RIGHTEOUSNESS under the preaching of Enoch and Noah.  However, they were given a span of one hundred-twenty years to RESPOND to the CALL, which was the number of years until the GREAT FLOOD.  Mankind, THEN and NOW, have been given AMPLE opportunity to RESPOND to the GOSPEL MESSAGE.  The WARNING still stands:  GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT will NOT always STRIVE with MANKIND.  This could be YOUR last opportunity!

 

Our focus verse, though, tells us that GOD saw that the WICKEDNESS of MANKIND was GREAT in the earth, and that EVERY intent of the thoughts of their HEART was EVIL CONTINUALLY.  I wonder what the LORD GOD must think about the SPIRITUAL CONDITION of the EARTH, today. And the ATTITUDES of mankind towards that condition.  It MUST be a WRETCHED, HORRID STENCH in His Nostrils.  Verse six tells us that the LORD was SORRY that He had made MANKIND, and that He was GRIEVED in His HEART.  How BAD the SIN must have been to EVOKE such a feeling for the ALMIGHTY, COMPASSIONATE, MERCIFUL, GRACIOUS GOD.  And how BAD the SIN is TODAY, with ALL the CORRUPTION, WICKEDNESS, DECEPTION, GREED, and HATRED, which for many are their NORMAL ways of living.

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, and you are LIVING in DISOBEDIENCE, REBELLION, and maybe even PROCRASTINATION, in COMING to Him, to be FORGIVEN, through His SON, JESUS CHRIST, who BLED and DIED for YOUR FORGIVENESS, then you are facing an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you are there.  REMEMBER, GOD’S SPIRIT will NOT ALWAYS STRIVE with MANKIND, and NOW is YOUR WARNING. The time is QUICKLY COMING when your opportunity will not be presented to you again.  You MUST NOT DELAY:  YOU MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS CHRIST, died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE, in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and DON’T GRIEVE GOD’S HEART, but bring JOY to His HEART, by ACCEPTING an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  So, do this NOW, while you still can.  It MIGHT BE your LAST OPPORTUNITY.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

 

 

 

 

 

"The Champion"

 

“The Champion”

 

“The LORD will march out like a Champion, like a Warrior He will stir up His zeal; with a shout He will raise the battle cry and will triumph over His enemies.      Isaiah 42:13

 

This passage of Scripture is PROPHETIC in nature.  It is a CALL to PRAISE for the SERVANT-MESSIAH, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Son of the Lord God Almighty.  He is the ONLY ONE capable of SETTING mankind FREE from their sins and from an ETERNAL DESTINY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after they are there.  He is our SACRIFICAL LAMB, the One who gave His LIFE, so that we might have an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS. 

 

In verses 10-12 we see an EXHORTATION of the Prophet Isaiah, to the whole world, to SING a NEW SONG and to PRAISE the SERVANT-MESSIAH, JESUS, from the ENDS of the EARTH.  We are to SHOUT from the MOUNTAINTOPS, how GREAT is our GOD!! And MIGHTY to SAVE a LOST and DYING, DOOMED WORLD that is ENGULFED in SIN, DEPRAVITY, CORRUPTION, and ALL manner of WICKEDNESS. 

 

Our verse, today is part of the SECOND COMING PROPHECY.  Jesus began the fulfillment of this prophecy during His Lifetime, but the COMPLETION of the FULFILLMENT will come sometime in the FUTURE, and when that time comes, He will march out like a CHAMPION, like a MIGHTY WARRIOR He will STIR UP His ZEAL or FIERCENESS; with a SHOUT He will raise the BATTLE CRY, and will TRIUMPH over His ENEMIES!!!  I am so GLAD that I am on the WINNING TEAM, and my CHAMPION, JESUS CHRIST will LEAD us to VICTORY!!  Are you on the WINNING TEAM? 

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then you are on the LOSING TEAM, who are destined for an ETERNITY in HELL, but it is NOT too LATE to get on the WINNING TEAM.  This is what you MUST DO, there is NO OTHER WAY:  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and SHOUT it from the MOUNTAINTOPS, that JESUS CHRIST, is your SAVIOR, LORD, and your CHAMPION, and will provide you with an ETERNAL HOME in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS!  So, do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

 

 

"The TRUE CHARACTER of a Nation"

 

“The TRUE Character of a Nation”

 

No one calls for justice, nor does ANY plead for truth.  They trust in empty words and speak lies; they conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.    Isaiah 59:4

 

Does this verse sound like what we are EXPERIENCING NOW?  

 

Four years ago, MANY of us had HOPE for our beloved country, and for four years we EXPERIENCED what it could be like to live in a country that was MORE JUST in its dealings and its laws.  It WAS a nation that we could be PROUD of, and felt SAFE and SECURE with our FREEDOM to PURSUE the AMERICAN DREAM.  We were PROSPEROUS and THRIVING, and once again the MOST POWERFUL NATION on the face of the earth.  But there are SOME who are NOT so inclined to go in that direction, AND have taken over through TRUSTING in EMPTY WORDS and SPEAKING LIES.  They CONCEIVE EVIL and bring forth INIQUITY. 

 

We are facing PERILOUS TIMES, because as our verse says:  NO ONE calls for JUSTICE nor do they PLEAD for the TRUTH.  We are going to FACE HEARTACHE and DESPAIR, because as a nation and a people, our SINS have separated us from GOD and because of these SINS, God has hidden His Face from us, and will not HEAR us, as long as we harbor those SINS in our hearts. 

 

JUSTICE is turned back, and RIGHTEOUSNESS stands afar off; for TRUTH is FALLEN in the STREET, and EQUITY cannot enter.  So, TRUTH fails, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. (vv14-15) Is this the future for our Nation?  Is it the future for mankind? 

 

The answer is:  GOD, ONLY GOD can HELP our NATION and US as a PEOPLE, because we are INCAPABLE of SAVING ourselves.  ONLY GOD can FORGIVE US of our sins, and CHANGE HEARTS.  Are you one who has not given your HEART and LIFE to GOD?  Are you facing an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you are there?  You can change your DESTINY by, WILLINGLY TURNING AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURNING TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART that JESUS, God’s ONLY SON, died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and do NOT SEPARATE yourself from GOD, because of your sins.  And receive HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS as your ETERNAL HOME. And PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, for our beloved nation.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

"VICTORY that OVERCOMES the World!"

 

“VICTORY that OVERCOMES the World!”

 

For everyone born of God overcomes the world.  This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.  Who is it that overcomes the world?  Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.      1 John 5:4-5

 

We live in a VERY wicked, depraved, sin-laden world.  A world that offers the TRUE CHILD of the LIVING GOD, nothing but heartache, sadness, and despair, BUT we have the POWER inside of us to OVERCOME this WORLD and ALL its EVILNESS.  The KEY to being and OVERCOMER and having VICTORY is to TURN AWAY FROM the TEMPTATIONS that we face, and to TURN to GOD, with an OBEDIENT HEART, and having a sensitivity to the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD which indwells ALL TRUE BELIEVERS. 

 

The Christian life is a PROGRESSIVE life-style, and as the TRUE BELIEVER matures in their Christian life they gain more and more of a VICTORIOUS LIFE and they become an OVERCOMER of WORLDLY things that HINDER their PRODUCTIVITY as a TRUE CHILD of GOD.  This VICTORIOUS life-style enhances and STRENGTHENS our FAITH more and more. 

 

In order to become and OVERCOMER, you MUST be one who BELIEVES that JESUS is the SON of GOD, and is OUR ONLY HOPE for an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS and to be able to ESCAPE HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you are there.

 

So, are you living a VICTORIOUS LIFE, as one who has OVERCOME the World?   And are you GROWING and MATURING in your RELATIONSHIP with God, through His Son, JESUS?  Are you CONCERNED about where you will spend your ETERNITY?  You can LIVE a VICTORIOUS LIFE as an OVERCOMER, and have HEAVEN as your ETERNAL DESTINATION, if you will TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVE that JESUS is the SON of GOD, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION and have VICTORY that OVERCOMES the WORLD.   Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!! 

"God is FAITHFUL!"

 

“God is FAITHFUL!”

 

Pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not everyone has faith.  But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.                                2 Thessalonians 3:2-3

 

This is a PRAYER REQUEST from the Apostle Paul and his missionary friends to the Church in Thessalonica for their SAFETY and PROTECTION from the WICKED and EVIL people, who were NOT of the FAITH, but they were DISTURBINGLY UNRIGHTEOUS, and were out to make TROUBLE for Paul and the MINISTRY of the GOSPEL of JESUS CHRIST.  They were definitely ENEMIES of the CROSS, and all it represented.

 

Paul gave the BELIEVERS in Thessalonica some ENCOURAGEMENT concerning God’s FAITHFULNESS.  He wanted them to KNOW and BELIEVE that GOD is FAITHFUL in EVERY situation.  1^st Thessalonians 5:24 tells us that God is FAITHFUL in our SALVATION:  The One who calls you is FAITHFUL, and He will do it.   In 1^st Corinthians 10:13 God is FAITHFUL when we are TEMPTED:  No TEMPTATION has overtaken you except what is common to mankind.  And GOD is FAITHFUL; He will Not let you be TEMPTED beyond what you can bear.  But when you are TEMPTED, He will provide a way out so that you can endure it.  In SUFFERING, 1^st Peter 4:19, tells us: Those who SUFFER according to God’s Will should commit themselves to their FAITHFUL CREATOR and CONTINUE to do good.  And the Words of JESUS CHRIST, to God, concerning the welfare of His Disciples, in the Gospel of John 17:15:  “My Prayer is NOT that you take them out of the world, but that You protect them from the evil one (Satan).”  JESUS KNEW first-hand of GOD’S FAITHFULNESS, especially in His ABILITY to PROTECT His Own Children, from the evil one.  

 

These are some reasons for the TRUE BELIEVER of today, to KNOW that GOD is FAITHFUL in ALL SITUATIONS.  And I believe that we are going to face situations that will TEST our FAITH, beyond what we have had to face in the past.  So, we NEED to TRUST GOD’S FAITHFULNESS, and STAND FIRM in our FAITH, BELIEVING that GOD IS FAITHFUL in EVERY SITUATION, even when there seems to be NO WAY, God WILL MAKE a WAY, because HE is FAITHFUL!!!

 

Do you KNOW this GOD, who is FAITHFUL in EVERY situation?  Have you given your HEART and LIFE to Him?  If NOT, He cannot be FAITHFUL to you, because YOU are NOT His CHILD, and He has NO RELATIONSHIP with you.  In order for you to experience God’s FAITHFULNESS, and to

have a TRUE RELATIONSHIP with Him, you MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS, God’s ONLY SON, died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION and TRUST GOD’S FAITHFULNESS, to provide you with an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, and to be able to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS.  So, do ALL the above, NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

"The Spring of Living Water"

 

“The Spring of Living Water”

 

“My People have committed two sins:  They have forsaken Me, the Spring of Living Water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.”     Jeremiah 2:13

 

Israel’s two sins are:  First, they ABANDONED GOD, their Spring of Living Water, and chose to worship FALSE IDOLS.  In this verse of Scripture, God gave the Prophet Jeremiah, this scenario, using the metaphors of springs of living water, and cisterns that were manmade and UNRELIABLE.  The SPRING of LIVING WATER represented God, and the CISTERNS represented the USELESS, UNRELIABLE FALSE GODS. 

 

Israel possessed NATURAL SPRINGS, which were REFRESHING, RELIABLE SOURCES of WATER.  However, these CISTERNS were pits that had been dug into the rock and covered with plaster.  They were used to collect rainwater which was BRACKISH, UNPLEASANT and DISTASTEFUL. Not only that, they were very UNRELIABLE, because they were CRACKED, and could NOT HOLD the WATER.  And this was the SECOND SIN, they TURNED AWAY FROM GOD, the SPRING of LIVING WATER.  The ONE they could DEPEND ON, their LIFE-GIVING SOURCE. 

 

This SCENARIO is what many are living today. All over the world, many are TURNING AWAY FROM GOD and His LIVING WATER, and they are REPLACING Him with THINGS that are UNRELIABLE, and FALLIBLE when it comes to giving what is NEEDED to obtain ETERNAL LIFE, which is made possible, ONLY through the RELIABLE, LIFE-GIVING WATER, which is JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S ONLY SON, who suffered, bled and DIED in OUR place, so that we MIGHT have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN. Sometimes, things are NOT what they FIRST appear to be.  So, don’t RISK your ETERNITY in HEAVEN, by TURNING AWAY FROM GOD and His SON, who is the LIVING WATER, and TURNING TO something that is NOT going to PROVIDE you with an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, but will give you an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you are there.

 

In order for you to RECEIVE an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, you MUST COME to this SPRING of LIVING WATER, (God) with a WILLINGNESS to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and let Him be your SOURCE of LIVING WATER, providing you with an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  So, do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

 

 

"Firm in the Faith"

 

“Firm in the Faith”

 

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.  Do everything in love.         1 Corinthians 16:13-14

 

The words of this verse seem to resonate throughout the Word of God, in many different parts of the Bible, and is used to ENCOURAGE the BODY of BELIEVERS, as to their frame of mind and the attitude of their HEART, especially when they are facing difficult times or UNCERTAIN TIMES.  I believe that God has led me to this Scripture to HELP us REALIZE the POWER and POSSIBILITIES we have to be ABLE to PERSERVERE and to NOT GIVE UP, in our SERVICE to Him.

 

First, we are to BE ON GUARD, or to be ALERT, WATCHFUL, CAUTIOUS, VIGILANT, and OBSERVANT of the things happening around us.  We are to be OPEN-EYED, and aware of our environment.  We are to NOT be SLUGGISH and UNAWARE of the situations we find ourselves in.  And when we seem OVERWHELMED, with the situation we can DEPEND on God to get us through, because we are ON GUARD, and not caught OFF GUARD, and vulnerable to Satan’s tactics.

Next, we are to STAND FIRM in the FAITH. We are NOT to WAVER in our FAITH in the ALMIGHTY GOD, but we are to be STEADFAST, and SURE of what we BELIEVE.  We are to be FIRM in our PURPOSE as a BELIEVER.  We are to be UNWAVERING, and FIRMLY ESTABLISHED in our FAITH in God, and PLACING our TRUST TOTALLY in Him alone.   He is our REDEEMER, ROCK, REFUGE, and our STRONG and MIGHTY TOWER, in Him we TRUST.

 

We SHOULD be COURAGEOUS and STRONG.  I believe we, as ALMIGHTY GOD’S People are facing some VERY difficult days ahead of us.  And IF we are able to face these difficult times, we are going to have to be COURAGEOUS and STRONG in our FAITH in God.  In order to be COURAGEOUS and STRONG, we NEED to be PRAYER WARRIORS, and ALWAYS be in an ATTITUDE of PRAYER.  We NEED to put ON the FULL ARMOR of GOD, so that when the day of evil comes, we will be able to stand our ground, and after we have done EVERYTHING to STAND, we SHOULD STAND FIRM in our FAITH, being FULLY CLOTHED with the ARMOR of the ALMIGHTY GOD.  (Ephesians 6:10-17) And in EVERYTHING you do, DO IT IN LOVE, ESPECIALLY the LOVE you have for the LORD GOD and His Son, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, the REDEEMER of ALL mankind.

 

 

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God you are already affected by Satan’s tactics, and on your way to an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  This is NOT what GOD wants for you.  It is HIS desire that NO ONE PERISHES in HELL, but that ALL would come to REPENTANCE, and spend their ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  In order to do that you MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION and STAND FIRM in your FAITH, by being COURAGEOUS and STRONG, and doing EVERYTHING in LOVE.   Do these things NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

 

"To Those with Fearful Hearts"

 

“To Those with Fearful Hearts”

 

Say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, He will come with divine retribution He will come to save you.”     Isaiah 35:4

 

We are living in UNCERTAIN TIMES, with a new form of government on the horizon, some call it SOCIALISM, and some dare to call it COMMUNISM.  Either way, it is a TOTALLY DIFFERENT way of life from what we are used to.  And it puts FEAR into our HEARTS, to know that we are facing a life-style that will be DETRIMENTAL to the FREEDOMS we have ENJOYED in the PAST.  For sure we are facing TROUBLED TIMES.  This thirty-fifth chapter is a message from God, and was given to the Prophet Isaiah, for the Nation of Israel, it refers to the Millennial Kingdom, and this verse, I believe was directed to the Exiles, returning to Israel, those who had suffered at the hands of their oppressors.   This message was to bring PEACE and JOY to their HEARTS. It was meant to give them ENCOURAGEMENT.  And I believe that it can and SHOULD do the same for ALL of God’s Children, no matter, where you might be or what you may be facing.  He is ABLE and He will deliver us from not ONLY our SINS, but from the WICKED who bring OPPRESSION and HEARTACHE on God’s Children.

 

The first thing, that God wants us to do is to “BE STRONG, and DO NOT FEAR!”  This was the message God gave to Joshua, when he took Moses’ place: “Have I not commanded you?  “BE STRONG and COURAGEOUS.  DO NOT be AFRAID; do NOT be DISCOURAGED, for the LORD your GOD will be with you WHEREVER you go.”  (Joshua 1:9) And the TRUE BELIEVER of today, has that same message to hang on to. 

 

Whenever we NEED GOD, which is ALL the TIME, we can KNOW that He will be FAITHFUL to us, and will DELIVER us from this OPPRESSIVE, WICKED, DEPRAVED and DOOMED WORLD.  And ONE DAY He will come with VENGEANCE, JUDGMENT and RETRIBUTION.  For the WICKED and UNREPENTANT souls, there will be the RETRIBUTION of PUNISHMENTS and for the REDEEMED of GOD, there will be the RETRIBUTION of REWARDS.

 

 If you have NOT TRULY given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are one of those WICKED, UNREPENTANT SOULS, who are DESTINED for an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you are there.  In order to change that DESTINY, you MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and “BE STRONG, DO NOT FEAR, for GOD is with YOU, and He will DELIVER YOU!”  So, do the above, NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

 

"God's Love and Faithfulness"

 

“God’s Love and Faithfulness”

 

Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through fear of the LORD evil is avoided.     Proverbs 16:6

 

God’s UNFAILING LOVE, is STRONG and DEEP enough to provide ATONEMENT for ALL the sins of ALL mankind, from ETERNITY PAST to ETERNITY FUTURE.  John 3:16 is a GREAT example of this ATONING LOVE: “For GOD so LOVED the WORLD that He gave His One and Only SON, that WHOEVER believes in Him shall NOT perish but have ETERNAL LIFE.”  Because of God’s UNFAILING LOVE, Jesus came to SAVE MANKIND, and He came NOT to CONDEMN, but to SAVE this CORRUPT, LOST, DYING, WORLD from their sins.  He did that through becoming the SACRIFICAL LAMB, and laying down His LIFE on an old rugged cross, and allowing to be CRUCIFIED, He DIED, in order for MANKIND to receive ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  And this is GOD’S UNFAILING LOVE.  A LOVE that has NO END, NO CONDITIONS, just a PURE, DEEP, STRONG, ABIDING, UNFAILING LOVE that comes from the HEART of GOD.

 

His FAITHFULNESS was ESTABLISHED in Heaven itself.  It has NO BOUNDARIES; His GREAT LOVE reaches to the heavens and His FAITHFULNESS reaches the skies.  (Ps.57:10) His FAITHFULNESS continues through ALL generations.  “If we CONFESS our sins, God is FAITHFUL and JUST and will FORGIVE us our sins and PURIFY us from ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.”  (1 John 1:9) When we come to GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, and CONFESS our SINS to Him, He will FORGIVE our sins, and He is FAITHFUL to give us an ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS.  And we SHOULD NOT CONTINUE in SIN, but AVOID EVIL and OVERCOME TEMPTATION, by having a FEAR of the LORD, this means to RECOGNIZE Him and His ATTRIBUTES, having a REVERANCE for His NAME, TRUSTING, OBEYING, SERVING, and WORSHIPING Him as the ALMIGHTY GOD.    Have you come to Him, with a REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him, and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART that JESUS died for YOU? 

 

Have you ACCEPTED His Gift of SALVATION? And is your ETERNAL DESTINY HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS or HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE after you are there?  If you have NOT done ALL of the ABOVE, then I’m sorry to say that your ETERNAL DESTINY is HELL.  SO why NOT do these things and be ASSURED of HEAVEN as your ETERNAL HOME, made possible because of GOD’S LOVE and FAITHFULNESS towards YOU!  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

"A LIVING Sacrifice, the Instrument of RIGHTEOUSNESS"

 

“A LIVING Sacrifice, the Instrument of RIGHTEOUSNESS”

 

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s Mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God---this is your true and proper worship.  Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.  Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s Will is---His Good, Pleasing and Perfect Will.         Romans 12:1-2

 

This was VALUABLE information from the Apostle Paul to the BELIEVERS in Rome.  He STRESSED the importance of OFFERING to the ALMIGHY GOD, their body as a LIVING SACRIFICE, because of GOD’S MERCY on them and in view of ALL that God had done for them. So, as the PROPER and TRUE form of WORSHIP, they should OFFER their BODIES as LIVING SACRIFICES. This type of WORSHIP is PLEASING and ACCEPTABLE to the RIGHTEOUS and HOLY GOD.

 

What is a LIVING SACRIFICE?  A LIVING SACRIFICE is one, who is TOTALLY CONTROLLED, and YIELDED to the ALMIGHTY GOD as an INSTRUMENT of RIGHTEOUSNESS.  They are NOT to imitate the behavior and customs of this world.  Do not have an outer expression that does NOT reflect what is REALLY in your HEART.  Like using certain words or even the HOLY SCRIPTURES to help advance your cause, and MASQUERADING as something that you are NOT.  It’s like trying to make people believe that you are a RIGHTEOUS person, when in all ACTUALITY you are an UNREPENTANT SOUL, who is LOST and on their way to an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE.   This is TRULLY NOT a PLEASING nor ACCEPTABLE form of WORSHIP to the ALMIGHTY GOD. 

 

In order to become a LIVING SACRIFICE---an INSTRUMENT of RIGHTEOUSNESS, which is PLEASING AND ACCEPTABLE to GOD, you MUST HAVE a REPENTANT HEART, and allow God to TRANSFORM you into a NEW PERSON, by the RENEWING of your MIND, changing the way you think.  This is accomplished by the Work of the HOLY SPIRIT, who will CHANGE our way of THINKING, through a CONSISTENT STUDY of GOD’S HOLY WORD, so that we might KNOW God’s Will, and be PLEASING and ACCEPTABLE to Him. 

 

The person, who does not wish to be a LIVING SACRIFICE, an INSTRUMENT of RIGHTEOUSNESS, is DOOMED, because of their UNREPENTANT HEART, and REJECTION of GOD and His SON, JESUS CHRIST, who SUFFERED, BLED, and DIED for ALL of MANKIND, in order, for them to be able to have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, and to ESCAPE an ETERNAL LIFE in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after they are there.  They MUST be WILLING to become a LIVING SACRIFICE, an INSTRUMENT of RIGHTEOUSNESS, by WILLINGLY TURNING AWAY FROM their sinful life-style, and TURNING TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS their sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING, with ALL their HEART, that JESUS died for THEM, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for them, before God.  They MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and become a LIVING SACRIFICE, AN INSTRUMENT of RIGHTEOUSNESS, that is PLEASING and ACCEPTABLE to GOD. And they NEED to do this NOW, while they still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

 

 

"Preparation for the Millennial Kingdom"

“Preparation for the Millennial Kingdom”

 

The scoffer will be gone, the arrogant will disappear, and those who plot evil will be killed.  Those who convict the innocent by their false testimony will disappear.  A similar fate awaits those who use trickery to pervert justice, and who tell lies to destroy the innocent.              Isaiah 29:20-21

 

I believe that the Word of God gives us a pretty concise picture of what the Last Days will be like.  That time when the Church of the Living God is RAPTURED, and TRIBULATION TIME, for the UNREPENTANT SINNER is over.  Our Scripture in the twenty-ninth Chapter of the Book of Isaiah, the Prophet of God, reminds me of the NATURE of the last four years, in which, we have suffered through the UNNECESSAY PERSECUTION of a number of INNOCENT people, who were drug through a plenary of FALSE TESTIMONY.  Because of a DESPICABLE desire to PERVERT JUSTICE, and tell LIES in order to DESTROY the INNOCENT.  Sound familiar?

 

But when the PROPER time comes for the RAPTURE, the TRIBULATION, and the MILLENNIUM, each period of time will be carried out just like God intends it to be.  The scoffer will be GONE, the ARROGANT will DISAPPEAR, and those who plot evil will be KILLED.  Those who have CONSPIRED to CONVICT the innocent will DISAPPEAR, along with those who use TRICKERY to PERVERT JUSTICE and the LIAR, who set out to DESTROY the INNOCENT. 

 

I believe that the stage is being set, for such a time as this.  The mindset of many, WORLDWIDE, is quickly developing OPPOSITION against ANYTHING that is of a GODLY nature, or is FAIR and JUST.  And God’s JUDGMENT is COMING upon ALL who REJECT Him and His LAWS.  God is the God of JUSTICE, and when JUSTICE is DONE, it brings JOY to the RIGHTEOUS, but TERROR to EVILDOERS.  Are you PREPARED for the RAPTURE, and the MILLENNIUM or are you PREPARING for the TRIBULATION and the JUDGMENT of the ALMIGHTY GOD? 

 

If you have NOT TRULY given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are PREPARING for the TRIBULATION and JUDGMENT, where you will be CONDEMNED to an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you are there.  In order to be PREPARED for the RAPTURE and the MILLENNIAL REIGN of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, and an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, you MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BELIEVE that JESUS, God’s ONLY SON, died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and BE PREPARED for the RAPTURE, and the MILLENNIUM REGIN of the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  

"A RIGHT Relationship"

 

“A RIGHT Relationship”

 

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.    Romans 5:18

 

People thrive on having RELATIONSHIPS, with each other, for instance, we want a RELATIONSHIP with parents, spouses, relatives, and friends.  However, some of those RELATIONSHIPS may be FLAWED, because of the CONDITION of one’s HEART.  Some RELATIONSHIPS may prove to be DANGEROUS, and DETRIMENTAL to one’s ETERNAL DESTINY.  So, we MUST approach RELATIONSHIPS cautiously, and with the proper HEART, and KNOWLEDGE of WHO we want a RELATIONSHIP with.  There are GOOD RELATIONSHIPS and there are BAD RELATIONSHIPS, so, we NEED to KNOW about how to PROTECT our well-being, and our ETERNAL DESTINY. 

 

When God created mankind, He created them with the desire to have RELATIONSHIPS with each other. And when the FIRST HUMAN that He Created, ADAM, sinned, it brought CONDEMNATION on EVERYONE.  ALL HUMANS are born with a SINFUL nature.  And the HOLY, RIGHTEOUS GOD of ALL CREATION, wanted to have a RELATIONSHIP with His CREATION, but because of MANKIND’S SIN, it was IMPOSSIBLE, so GOD sent a SAVIOR, His ONE and ONLY SON, to die for ALL the SINS of ALL MANKIND, and this ONE RIGHTEOUS ACT brings to US the POSSIBILITY of having a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP, with GOD.  This RIGHTEOUS ACT of SALVATION, brings with it a NEW LIFE for ALL who will ACCEPT it.  In order to ACCEPT this RIGHT RELATIONSHIP, there are some things you MUST DO and MUST NOT DO:  Anyone who WANDERS AWAY from this teaching has NO RELATIONSHIP with GOD.  But anyone who REMAINS in the teaching of Christ HAS a RELATIONSHIP with BOTH the Father and the Son.      (2 John 1:9)

 

In order to have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the ALMIGHTY GOD, you MUST give your HEART and LIFE to Him, and to do that you MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS, God’s Son, died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and REJOICE in your WONDERFUL NEW RELATIONSHIP with GOD, because of that ONE RIGHTEOUS ACT of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, who has insured you an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, and to be ABLE to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS.  So, do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!! 

 

 

 

"Wisdom from God"

 

“Wisdom from God”

 

It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us Wisdom from God---that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.     1 Corinthians 1:30

 

Because of God’s WISE PLAN of SALVATION, we have become UNITED with Christ Jesus, who is the WISDOM from GOD, that through Christ we can KNOW GOD more, and possess an intimate relationship with Him, which means we have RIGHTEOUSNESS with God, through Jesus Christ. 

 

And then we can possess HOLINESS, or SANCTIFICATION, which is the action of making something to be MORALLY RIGHT. And setting them apart for God’s service.  It is a PURIFICATION process, which is ONLY possible through the SUPREME SACRIFICE of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, and is part of God’s WISE PLAN of SALVATION. 

 

And we have REDEMPTION or FREEDOM from our WRETCHED SINS, because we have been REDEEMED by the PRECIOUS BLOOD of God’s ONE and ONLY SON, the SACRIFICAL LAMB, that takes away ALL the SINS of ALL MANKIND, PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE sins from which we are SEPARATED FROM as far as the EAST is from the WEST, and GOD will REMEMBER then NO MORE.  This is POSSIBLE because of the WISDOM from GOD, which is the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

 

And through this WISE PLAN of SALVATION, we can have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Is this your DESTINY?  It is NOT, if you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD.  Your DESTINY is an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY of ESCAPE, after you are there.  But you can RECEIVE WISDOM from GOD, by TURNING AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURNING TO GOD, 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 that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.   You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and the Wisdom from GOD, who is the LORD JESUS, and be made RIGHTEOUS, HOLY, and REDEEMED, with HEAVEN as your ETERNAL HOME.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

 

"Depend on God!"

 

“Depend on God!”

 

My salvation and my honor depend on God; He is my Mighty Rock, My Refuge.  Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our Refuge.     Psalm 62:7-8

 

This Psalm is a DAVIDIC PSALM, a Psalm written by King David, it seems that David was hounded by his opposition, and the ONLY way for him to be delivered from the hands of his DECEITFUL ENEMIES, was to DEPEND on GOD!  The LORD GOD, who was David’s ONLY HOPE.

 

 And in these verses, we see David AFFIRMS that his SALVATION and HONOR DEPENDS on GOD, Who is David’s MIGHTY ROCK, his SAFETY, his REFUGE, the SHELTER of his PROTECTION.  Because of God’s innumerable DELIVERANCES for David, David was SAVED from being CRUSHED by his enemies.  Sometimes, in a TRUE BELIEVER’S life they feel CRUSHED by SATAN’S CRUEL BLOWS, and it seems as though there is NO RELIEF in sight, but David wants ALL the SAINTS of God to KNOW that they too have a MIGHTY ROCK and a STRONG REFUGE in the ALMIGHTY GOD.

 

So, he URGES the TRUE BELIEVER, in verse eight, to TRUST in GOD at ALL TIMES, and to POUR OUT their HEART to Him, because GOD is their REFUGE.  He KNOWS exactly what they NEED, and will SUPPLY it, if they will CRY OUT to Him with ALL THEIR HEART, SOUL and MIND.  They can TRUST in Him and DEPEND on Him, He’ll be there, waiting for them to come to Him.  And like David, their SALVATION and HONOR DEPEND on GOD.

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then I MUST tell you that He is NOT your ROCK and REFUGE, but He is your JUDGE, and will bring CONDEMNATION upon you, if you are CONTINUALLY REJECTING His gift of SALVATION, through the SHED BLOOD of His ONLY SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who gave His LIFE so you could have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, and for you to be ABLE to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS.  In order to do that, you MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN to GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then you MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and DEPEND on HIM for your SALVATION and for your HONOR.  And spend ALL of your ETERNITY in HEAVEN.  Do this NOW, while you still can.   He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!! 

 

"The Protection of the TRUE Child of God"

 

“The Protection of the TRUE Child of God”

 

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

 

It is the CHARACTER of the TRUE CHILD of GOD, to NOT CONTINUE or to NOT PRACTICE sinning.  We, who are the TRUE CHILDREN of GOD, are NOT TOTALLY SINLESS, but it SHOULD be the DESIRE of EVERY TRUE CHILD of GOD to be OBEDIENT to GOD and His Laws.  And to PLEASE Him with our life-style.  This means that we SHOULD be DILIGENT in LIVING BY FAITH and NOT by the FLESH.  And we are ABLE to NOT CONTINUALLY PRACTICE SINNING, because of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who PROTECTS and SECURELY HOLDS us, and the evil one CANNOT touch us.  We are PROTECTED by JESUS.

 

It is DIFFICULT to live a NEW LIFE, in this WICKED, PERVERTED, CORRUPT WORLD, that is controlled by Satan.  But it is NOT IMPOSSIBLE, because Jesus has sent the HOLY SPIRIT to be our COUNSELOR and our GUIDE.  All we need to do is SURRENDER to Him and allow Him to WORK through us.  By the POWER of the ALMIGHTY GOD, we can be MORE than CONQUERORS, because we belong to Him.  And being BORN of GOD, gives us the PROTECTION of His POWER, and those who are NOT BORN of GOD are under the POWER of the evil one, who will lead the UNBELIEVER to an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after they are there. 

 

To PROCLAIM you are of the FAMILY of GOD, doesn’t necessarily mean that you actually are.  You must TRULY POSSESS the TRUE CHARACTER of a CHILD of GOD, through your LOVE and PERSERVANCE.  And STRIVING to LIVE by FAITH, under the PROTECTION of the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  In John 17:12, 15, Jesus was speaking to God concerning His Disciples: “While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave Me.  None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.  My prayer is not that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one.”   Jesus loves us SO MUCH that He GAVE His Life, so that MANKIND might have EVERLASTING LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  And by His SACRIFICE we are brought into the FAMILY of GOD, as His CHILDREN, who are PROTECTED by the BLOOD of JESUS and to be with the FATHER GOD and HIS SON in HEAVEN, our ETERNAL HOME.  Do you have this PROTECTION?

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, and are LIVING by the FLESH, under the INFLUENCE of the evil one, who is leading you to an ETERNITY in HELL and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there, you do NOT have the PROTECTION of The ALMIGHTY GOD.  But it is His desire that you would be able to POSSESS His PROTECTION, by WILLINGLY TURNING AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURNING TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  CONFESSING your sins to Him, and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION and His PROTECTION against the evil one, and spend your ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  So, do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!