“From Eternity to Eternity “

 “From Eternity to Eternity”

 

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

 

These are the Words of the ALMIGHTY GOD, who was informing the Nation of Israel, that from ETERNITY PAST, He was God; to ETERNITY PRESENT, He is GOD; to ETERNITY FUTURE, He WILL STILL BE, the ONE and ONLY ALMIGHTY GOD.  There is NONE LIKE HIM, there is NO OTHER god that has the POWER that HE POSSESSES.  There is NO OTHER god who can give mankind ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN.  There is NO OTHER GOD who is POWERFUL enough to SNATCH any of GOD’S CHILDREN out of His Hand. And NO OTHER god who can UNDO what GOD has DONE.  

 

The LORD JESUS CHRIST, the ONE and ONLY SON of the LIVING GOD, makes this statement: “My Sheep listen to My Voice; I know them, and they follow Me.  I give them ETERNAL LIFE, and they will NEVER PERISH.  No one can SNATCH them away from Me, for My Father has given them to Me, and He is MORE POWERFUL than ANYONE else.  No one can SNATCH them from the FATHER’S HAND.  The Father and I are ONE.”  John 10:28-30

 

There is NO OTHER WAY UNDER HEAVEN, BY WHICH MANKIND CAN BE SAVE.  God’s PLAN of SALVATION was for the JEWS and GENTILES, alike.  God GAVE His ONLY SON, JESUS, to SUFFER, BLEED and DIE, for ALL of MANKIND to be able to have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN.  Part of God’s PLAN was to GIVE JESUS as the PERFECT SACRIFICE, the SCRIPTURES tell us that; without the SHEDDING of BLOOD, there is NO FORGIVENESS of SINS.  So, God GAVE the ONLY PERFECT SACRIFICE, His Son.  And the PLAN was put into place, but GOD did NOT leave His Son in the GRAVE, for DEATH to have the VICTORY over Him and to thwart His PLAN of SALVATION for MANKIND.  So, on the third day, God brought His Son BACK TO LIFE, by RESURRECTING Him from DEATH and the GRAVE.    

 

And the PLAN of SALVATION came about.  Mankind now has the OPPORTUNITY to COME to JESUS CHRIST for the FORGIVENESS of their SINS and to be able to ESCAPE HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE once they are there.  They can have the ASSURANCE of an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS.  And NO ONE or NOTHING can SNATCH them OUT of the HAND of GOD nor His SON, JESUS CHRIST.  For NO ONE can UNDO what the ALMIGHTY GOD HAS DONE!!!  

 

In order to have this ASSURANCE, there are some things you MUST DO to receive IT.  FIRST: ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.  Then YOU MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS SUFFERED, BLED, DIED and RESURRECTED, so you might have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN and for the FORGIVENESS of YOUR SINS, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST, also, CONFESS your SINS to HIM and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING TO TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

“The “Do Nots” of Living a Christian Life “

 “The “Do Nots” of Living a Christian Life”

 

Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires.  Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin.  Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life.  So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the Glory of God.   Romans 6:12-13

 

The Apostle Paul is giving his readers the ‘DO NOTS” of LIVING the CHRISTIAN LIFE.  The first “DO NOT” tells us that we are NOT to let SIN CONTROL the WAY we LIVE.  Once a person is TRULY SAVED, they should TURN AWAY FROM their OLD SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.   

 

The second “DO NOT” tells us, “DO NOT” give in to SINFUL DESIRES.  SIN wants to RULE your way of life. It desires to INVADE EVERY PART of our being.  This is the way SATAN has of DEGRADING and DESTROYING a TRUE BELIEVER’S WITNESS.  And cause them to drift BACK into their SINFUL LIFESTYLE and LEAVING little if any CHRIST-LIKENESS in a BELIEVER'S life. 

 

The third “DO NOT” tells us, “DO NOT” let ANY part of your BODY become an INSTRUMENT of EVIL to SERVE SIN.  When a person comes to JESUS CHRIST for the FORGIVENESS of their SINS and as they RECEIVE GOD’S GIFT of SALVATION, they SHOULD become a NEW CREATION, with the OLD way of life, LEAVING and a NEW LIFE become the NORM for them.  Now, when this happens, it DOES NOT MEAN that we instantly become SINLESS.  BECAUSE we are STILL in the FLESH, we will STILL have that SINFUL NATURE.  But, since we have the HOLY SPIRIT abiding in us, we have the POWER to say; “NO” to the temptation and the ABILITY to TURN AWAY FROM IT.

We are NO LONGER SLAVES to SIN.  But now we have the POWER to LIVE FOR the GLORY of GOD and the HONOR of our SAVIOR and LORD, JESUS CHRIST.  

 

If you are a CHRISTIAN and you have or are, drifting back into your OLD, SINFUL WAYS, remember, you NOW have the POWER to SAY NO and to TURN AWAY FROM that SINFUL LIFESTYLE.  You can be VICTORIOUS if you will CALL on GOD and tell Him what is in your HEART. If you are NOT a CHRISTIAN, then you are being controlled by SIN and you are SPIRITUALLY DEAD.  Your headed for an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  In order to CHANGE that destiny, you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your SOUL from an ETERNITY in HELL.  And to GIVE you an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.   You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS SUFFERED, BLED, and DIED for YOU, and that HE is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for YOU, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING TO TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and “DO NOT” let SIN CONTROL your LIFE.  LET the HOLY SPIRIT LEAD you, and ALL for the GLORY of GOD.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND!!!

“The GRIEVED Heart of the ALMIGHTY God”

 “The GRIEVED Heart of the ALMIGHTY God”

 

When the LORD saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time, the LORD regretted that He had mad man on the earth, and He was grieved in His Heart.   Genesis 6:5-6

 

Have you ever been so troubled about SOMETHING or SOMEONE, that it GRIEVES your HEART, or we might say it BREAKS your HEART?  This incident in Chapter six, verses five and six in the Book of Genesis, was at the time, just before Noah, the only one who found FAVOR with God, built the ARK, which God had called him to do.  Because Noah was a GODLY MAN, who was living in an UNGODLY WORLD, which was getting WORSE by the day.  And God wanted to SAVE Noah, and his ENTIRE family.  God gave Noah the INSTRUCTIONS that he MUST FOLLOW with NO DEVIATING from those INSTRUCTIONS.  If Noah VIOLATED those INSTRUCTIONS in ANY WAY, he would be in BIG TROUBLE. 

 

You see, Noah, MUST BE OBEDIENT and FOLLOW GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS to the tee.  He could NOT WAIVER, nor could he come up with what he thought to be a BETTER PLAN.  So, Noah knew that he MUST OBEY GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS if he and his family were to be SAVED from GOD’S WRATH.  

 

Noah, PREACHED to ALL the other PEOPLE, who would come to watch the building of this MASSIVE BOAT, the ARK.  But they didn’t LISTEN and REFUSED to do what Noah would tell them they MUST DO in order to be SAVED.  Instead, they went their MERRY(?) WAY.  And mankind’s WICKEDNESS became WIDESPREAD on the earth, the SCHEMING THOUGHTS of their minds was NOTHING but PURE EVIL ALL the time.  It was SO BAD that God REGRETTED or He was SORRY for even CREATING MANKIND. 

 

Now, I’ve told you this scenario, in order to tell you that the WICKEDNESS and EVIL SCHEMES of MANKIND, haven’t gone away, which you should KNOW anyway, but it, I believe, is EVERY BIT as BAD and maybe even WORSE today.  Noah and his family were SAVED from the WRATH of the ALMIGHTY GOD, because NOAH was OBEDIENT in FOLLOWING GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS.  ALL the other people PERISHED in the FLOOD, because they did NOT FOLLOW GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS. This GRIEVED the HEART of the ALMIGHTY GOD.  

 

God has INSTRUCTIONS for MANKIND to FOLLOW, in order to be SAVED from an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there. So, in order, to be OBEDIENT to GOD, and to receive His SALVATION, you MUST FOLLOW HIS INSTRUCTIONS.  You, MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who is the SON of God, and has PROVIDED the ONLY WAY to SALVATION, through His SUFFERING, DEATH, and RESURRECTION. Then you MUST BELIEVE that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And you MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and STOP GRIEVING the VERY HEART of the LIVING GOD and be ABLE to ESCAPE HIS WRATH.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!

“God’s Declaration of Sin’s Control Over Us”

“God’s Declaration of Sin’s Control Over Us”

 

The Law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature.  So, God did what the Law could not do.  He sent His Own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have.  And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving His Son as a sacrifice for our sins.  He did this so that the just requirement of the Law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.    Romans 8:3-4

 

Are you living in VICTORY or DEFEAT?  There are many who are under a FALSE ASSUMPTION, thinking they are living a life of VICTORY, when in ALL ACTUALITY they are NOT.  If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, for the SALVATION of your soul, then you are REALLY living in DEFEAT.  

 

Whether you are LIVING in VICTORY or DEFEAT, is determined by TWO LAWS, the LAW of SIN or the LAW of the SPIRIT of GOD.  If you are an UNBELIEVER, one who has NOT given their HEART and LIFE to GOD, and are LIVING in the FLESH or in SIN, then you are LIVING in DEFEAT.  But the TRUE BELIEVER who LIVES and FOLLOWS the LAW of the SPIRIT, is ACTUALLY LIVING in VICTORY.  They have VICTORY over SIN and the GRAVE.  The Law of the SPIRIT, goes far above the Law of SIN.  In the previous verses of this chapter, the Apostle Paul, talked about the Law of MOSES, and some believe that if you KEEP the LAWS of MOSES, you will be RIGHT with God.  But that is NOT TRUE, first of all, you cannot KEEP ALL the LAWS of MOSES, if you tried to.  Because, if you try TO, you’ll find that you have broken one or MORE of the Laws in the process.  

 

Since the LAW of MOSES was inadequate to bring SALVATION to FALLEN MANKIND, God DECLARED an END to SIN’S CONTROL over us by GIVING His ONLY SON as a SACRIFICE for our sins.  It doesn’t matter how INFLUENTIAL, WELL-LIKED, SUCCESSFUL, or WEALTHY, you are, nor what an OUTSTANDING, HONEST person you are, if you have NOT GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to GOD, by coming through the BLOOD of JESUS, you are LIVING in DEFEAT with a DEFEATED ETERNAL LIFE, in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there, facing you.  

 

However, you have the OPPORTUNITY, NOW to TURN AWAY FROM your DEFEATED, SINFUL LIFE, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  This is what you MUST DO:  ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who died for the SALVATION of your SOUL.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and RESURRECTED to provide you a WAY to BE RIGHT with GOD.  When JESUS BECAME the ONCE FOR ALL SACRIFICE for ALL MANKIND GOD DECLARED AN END to SIN’S CONTROL over US.  And we can have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the ALMIGHTY GOD.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to LIVE by the SPIRIT, and NOT by the FLESH.  Then you MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and STOP LIVING A DEFEATED LIFESTYLE and START LIVING a VICTORIOUS LIFE in CHRIST JESUS. This is GOD’S DECLARATION OF the END OF SIN’S CONTROL over US.  Do this NOW, while you STILL CAN.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!   Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!

  

 

  

“Eager Hope”

 “Eager Hope”

 

For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.  And we Believers also groan even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering.  We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as His Adopted Children.  Including the NEW BODIES, He has promised us.   Romans 8:23-24

 

The Apostle Paul, in his letter to the True Believers in Rome, speaks of the EAGER HOPE of the TRUE BELIEVERS, in verses 18-30, and of the FUTURE GLORY of the ones who have been ADOPTED into the Family of God. We like Paul, and the other BELIEVERS, are EAGERLY WAITING for the TIME when GOD says to His Son, JESUS; “Son, it is TIME, Go get My Children, Your REWARD.” 

 

But NOTICE that in the twenty-third verse, the Apostle Paul tells us that not only God’s Children are EAGERLY AWAITING the RETURN of JESUS and the CHANGES that will be made.  We, the TRUE BELIEVERS are GROANING within and EAGERLY WAITING for the REDEMPTION of our EARTHLY BODIES.  The difficulties we experience NOW, PALE GREATLY in COMPARISON with the NEW LIFE we have been EAGERLY WAITING and HOPING for.  Paul also gives the analogy that creation is groaning with pains like the pains in childbirth and are continuing even up to the PRESENT DAY.  

 

We, Believers, are groaning also, even though we have the HOLY SPIRIT abiding in us as a FORETASTE of the FUTURE GLORY.  We SO LOOK FORWARD with a GREAT EAGER HOPE for the DAY when our bodies will become NEW and FREE from SIN and SUFFERING.  And when we will RECEIVE our FULL RIGHTS as God’s ADOPTED CHILDREN, and when our REDEMPTION is COMPLETED.  Are YOU EAGERLY WAITING or FEARFUL of the mere THOUGHT of it happening?

 

We are living in the LAST DAYS, and ONE DAY ALL TRUE BELIEVERS, will leave this WRETCHED OLD, SINFUL WORLD, with ALL the SUFFERING and SIN increasing.  Then will come a very BAD time, known as the TRIBULATION PERIOD.  MANY will SUFFER and DIE because the WRATH of GOD will be poured out UPON the WORLD at this TIME.    If you don’t believe me, just READ the BIBLE in the BOOK of REVELATION.   It’s NOT TOO LATE to TURN AWAY FROM your SINS and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Admit that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONLY SON, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE you from an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and have that EAGER HOPE and ANTICIPATION of JESUS’ RETURN, because HE IS COMING BACK!!  Do this NOW while you STILL CAN. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

 

“God’s Glorious Grace”

“God’s Glorious Grace”

 

So, we praise God for the Glorious Grace He has poured out on us who belong to His Dear Son.  He is so rich in kindness and grace that He purchased our freedom with the blood of His Son and forgave our sins.    Ephesians 1:6-7

 

REMEMBER:  GRACE is receiving what we don’t deserve, UNDESERVED GRACE

 

The ALMIGHTY GOD, Creator of the EARTH and EVERYTHING and EVERYBODY on the EARTH.  God, with His FOREKNOWLEDGE, knew from BEFORE CREATION, that MANKIND would SIN, and would NEED a SAVIOR, in order to have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with Him.  When God Created mankind, one of the things that He desired and STILL DESIRES is having FELLOWSHIP with them, but when Adam and Eve sinned by being DISOBEDIENT to GOD, it changed EVERYTHING, and MANKIND was then BORN with a SINFUL NATURE.  And SIN of EVERY FORM and DEGREE entered the LIFE-STYLE of the Human Race.  

 

BUT GOD, with His INFINITE WISDOM, had a PLAN ready, even before He Made the World.  Part of that PLAN was to provide a PERFECT, HOLY SACRIFICE that would be SUFFICIENT enough to CLEANSE mankind from the STAIN and STENCH of a SINFUL HEART.  And that SACRIFICE was His ONLY SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED and was RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE.  This PLAN gave MANKIND the ability to have FORGIVENESS of their SINS and to be ABLE to have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the ALMIGHTY GOD. And those who BELONG to JESUS, would be ADOPTED into GOD’S HOLY FAMILY.  This was part of His GLORIOUS GRACE.  

 

This PLAN was for JEWS and GENTILES ALIKE.  The Plan was that the JEWS would take the GOOD NEWS that JESUS CHRIST can SAVE mankind FROM their SINS, and make them a part of GOD’S HOLY FAMILY, but the Jews, did NOT want any part of GOD’S PLAN for the SALVATION of ANYONE, to include especially, GENTILES, (non Jews).  Nevertheless, this DID NOT STOP the PLAN of SALVATION to SPREAD ALL OVER the WORLD.  

 

So, mankind can COME TO CHRIST for the FORGIVENESS of THEIR SINS, be a PART of GOD’S FAMILY, and RECEIVE an INHERITANCE, and SPEND ALL of ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS.  IF you have NOT GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to JESUS, you can DO IT NOW.  This is what you NEED to DO: ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, and BELIEVE that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God. Then CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINS, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and become a PART of His Holy Family, ALL of this and SO MUCH MORE.  This is GOD’S GLORIOUS GRACE!  So, do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!! 

“Living the REAL Life”

“Living the REAL Life”

 

Think about the things of Heaven, not the things of earth.  For you died to this life, and your REAL life is hidden with Christ in God.  And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in ALL His Glory.     Colossians 3:2-4

 

This LIFE we are living here on earth is a TEMPORARY LIFE, and the Apostle Paul thought it NECESSARY for the CHILDREN of the LIVING GOD, to FOCUS or CONCENTRATE on the ETERNAL THINGS and NOT the TEMPORAL things.  Paul knew that as long as mankind dwells on this earth, they will be subject to earthly things, but he is encouraging his readers to NOT let the things of the world, the temporal things take precedence over the things of Heaven, the ETERNAL things. 

 

 Paul was indicating that LIFE in this world would be BETTER if it is LIVED through the POWER of the RESURRECTED, GLORIFIED JESUS CHRIST, a POWER that is FAR BEYOND any POWER on EARTH.  These EARTHLY THINGS are of a MORAL NATURE, such as:  SEXUAL IMMORALITY, IMPURITY, LUST, EVIL DESIRE, AND GREED, which is IDOLATRY. They are NOT the PHYSICAL things.  EVERY PHYSICAL thing God created is GOOD, including the BODY.

 

However, having a PHYSICAL BODY gives opportunity for the WORKS of the FLESH (the MORAL) to surface.  Paul warned about setting your affections on these EARTHLY THINGS and perverting the PURPOSE that God has for them.  When a person comes to Christ for their SALVATION, the moment they are SAVED they DIE to the EVIL of the FLESH, the SIN NATURE.  And they become SECURE and SAFE in CHRIST.  Then the HEAVENLY THINGS should become the MAJOR FOCUS.  

 

When CHRIST APPEARS at the RAPTURE, the TRUE BELIEVERS will appear with Him and will be GLORIFIED. The Apostle John put it this way: We know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.” (1 John 3:2).   And this is the REAL LIFE, an ETERNAL LIFE that will NEVER DIE or FADE AWAY but will spend ALL of ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS!!  So, FOCUS your ATTENTION UPWARD to HEAVEN, and FORWARD to His RETURN in the CLOUDS.  ARE YOU READY??

 

This is what you MUST DO to be READY:  You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who GAVE His Life to SAVE your SOUL from an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY TO ESCAPE, once you are there. You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to HIM and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS. And you MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your WORLDLY, SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION and LIVE A REAL LIFE, that will LAST THROUGH ALL ETERNITY, in HEAVEN with the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND.  

“The Three Witnesses”

 “The Three Witnesses”

 

Jesus Christ was revealed as God’s Son by His Baptism in water and by shedding His Blood on the cross—not by water only but by water and blood.  And the Spirit, who is Truth, confirms it with His testimony.  So, we have these three Witnesses —the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood—and all three agree.    1 John 5:6-8

 

John is telling us that there are THREE WITNESSES to the legitimacy that JESUS CHRIST is TRULY the SON of the LIVING GOD.  Those Witnesses are the WATER, the BLOOD, and the Spirit.  Unusual WITNESSES, to SAY the LEAST, but ONE THING is for SURE you cannot ARGUE the TESTIMONY of the THREE.  They were all PRESENT during JESUS’ BAPTISM, (water), the CRUCIFIXION (blood) and the SPIRIT of GOD, Who is the THIRD PERSON of the HOLY TRINITY.

 

Now, the question is do you BELIEVE what God says?  At His BAPTISM, JESUS was IMMERSED into the water, and when He came up out of the water the heavens were opened, and the SPIRIT of God descended as a DOVE, lighting on the Head of JESUS, and a VOICE out of the heavens said, “This is My Beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.”  

 

Let’s look at the BLOOD of JESUS, how could the BLOOD of JESUS testify to the validity of His identity as the SON of GOD, the MESSIAH?  According to the Word of God, in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 27, verses 50-54, it tells us that Jesus shouted out and released His spirit.  At that moment the curtain in the Sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.  The earth SHOOK, ROCKS SPLIT APART, and TOMBS OPENED and MANY BODIES of the SAINTS who had fallen asleep (died), were RAISED from the dead.  And they came OUT OF the TOMBS after His Resurrection, entered the Holy City, and APPEARED to MANY.  A Roman officer and other soldiers at the crucifixion were terrified by the earthquake and all that had happened.  They said, “This Man TRULY was the SON of GOD!” Plenty of EVIDENCE pointing to the fact that JESUS shed His OWN BLOOD for the REDEMPTION of ALL mankind.  

 

Now, how does the SPIRIT of GOD, present a VALID TESTIMONY?  The Spirit’s witness was magnified by the HISTORICAL FACTS that were intertwined in the WATER and the BLOOD.  Both the BAPTISM and CRUCIFIXION of JESUS are TRUTHFUL HISTORICAL FACTS.  Therefore, we can see that ALL THREE WITNESSES are in AGREEMENT concerning the AUTHENTICITY of the DEITY of the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  REMEMBER:  The work of the Holy Spirit is CONFIRMING on the INSIDE what GOD does on the OUTSIDE. 

 

Do YOU BELIEVE what GOD says?  Do YOU KNOW GOD and His SON, JESUS?  COULD YOU be a WITNESS for JESUS?  If you have NOT GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then you wouldn’t make a very VALID WITNESS.  And your ETERNAL FUTURE is in JEOPARDY, unless you COME to JESUS, with it in your HEART to SEEK His FORGIVENESS and become a part of His FAMILY.  To do that you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS the ONE and ONLY SON of the ALMIGHTY GOD.  The ONE who GAVE HIS LIFE to SAVE your SOUL from AN ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  You MUST BELIEVE that JESUS shed His BLOOD and DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for YOU, before GOD.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.   Then you MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and become a STRONG WITNESS for JESUS, and spend your ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Do this NOW, while you STILL CAN.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  DON’T be LEFT BEHIND!!!