“A Royal Heir”

 “A Royal Heir”

 

He saved us—not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His Mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.   Titus 3:5

 

NOBODY can EARN their SALVATION by doing GOOD WORKS, WORKS of RIGHTEOUSNESS.  Even though you may be the MOST HELPFUL, SWEETEST, COMPASSIONATE, and LOVING person to EVER be born.  ALL of these ATTRIBUTES are very good to have.  But that will not give you SALVATION.  No matter how HELPFUL or SWEET you may be.  The ONLY WAY is through the SHED BLOOD of GOD’S ONLY SON, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE the SIN-DRENCHED, WRETCHED PEOPLE of this WORLD.  Jesus, SUFFERED, BLED, and DIED to SAVE ALL of MANKIND from their SINS and from an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE once they are there. 

So, we see that to receive SALVATION, a person MUST ADMIT that they are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.  Then we see the BEGINNING of REGENERATION, also known as REBIRTH.  And to become at PART of GOD’S ROYAL FAMILY, the act of REGENERATION MUST BE DONE! 

The process continues:  1.  ADMIT, 2. BELIEVE, 3.  CONFESS.  Let’s look at the second part of the process, which is to BELIEVE, 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 CONFESS ALL of your SINS before God 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.  And you MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and be ADOPTED into His FAMILY by the CLEANSING of YOUR HEART, with the BLOOD of JESUS, which WASHES AWAY all YOUR SINS.  This is carried out by the WORK of the HOLY SPIRIT, which then INDWELLS the NEWLY REGENERATED PERSON, and the SPIRIT then begins the GROOMING of the NEW ROYAL HEIR.

Many will REJECT this GIFT of SALVATION, because of their UNBELIEF.  And they will NOT INHERIT the KINGDOM of HEAVEN as their ETERNAL HOME, but their ETERNITY will be SPENT in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS.  And they will PERISH.  Please, don’t let this be YOUR PLIGHT.  Do the STEPS of REGENERATION with a SINCERE HEART and become one of GOD’S ROYAL HEIRS.  You CAN’T do it on your OWN BEHALF, you MUST be WASHED in the blood and be REBORN into the FAMILY of GOD.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

“Our Refuge”

“Our Refuge”

 

O my people, trust in Him at all times.  Pour out your heart to Him, for God is our Refuge.  Psalm 62:8

 

Whenever you are having troubled times and are facing more extreme times, who do you go to for HELP?  Maybe, your PARENTS, an AUNT or UNCLE, a BROTHER or SISTER, or a close friend?  Well, David gives us some EXCELLENT ADVICE: “TRUST in GOD at ALL TIMES!!  Then he tells us to POUR OUT our HEART to HIM, because He IS our REFUGE.”

A REFUGE is a SHELTER, PROTECTION, OR SAFETY from our enemies. From those who want to MAR or DESTROY our CHRISTIAN WITNESS, or to bring DISGRACE to us, by trying to TRASH our CHRISTIAN IMAGE before others.  So, David says we are to TRUST in GOD at ALL times. 

In other words, when we are being ridiculed for our CHRISTIAN WALK, we SHOULD take the problem to GOD FIRST.  And we should then POUR OUT our HEART to Him.  Like David, we SHOULD TRUST Him at ALL TIMES, because He is our ONLY HOPE for DELIVERANCE. And He wants to be our SOURCE of SAFETY, our ROCK and our SALVATION. 

There will be times when God will NOT just make it ALL go AWAY.  But He PROMISES us that HE will NEVER LEAVE nor FORSAKE us.    He WILL see us THROUGH to the end.  And will offer His GUIDANCE and PROTECTION when needed.  And this is BECAUSE He is our ROCK and our REFUGE. 

David says, “Let ALL that I am WAIT QUIETLY before GOD, for my HOPE is in Him.  He ALONE is my ROCK and my SALVATION, my FORTRESS, where I WILL NEVER BE SHAKEN. My VICTORY and HONOR come from GOD ALONE.”  Is this the type of RELATIONSHIP you have with GOD?  If not, it SHOULD BE!  He will NOT intervene unless you COME to HIM and ASK for His HELP.

The FIRST thing that you MUST DO, in order to have God be your REFUGE and ROCK, is to ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S ONLY SON, who gave His Life to SAVE our 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.  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 TRUST in HIM at ALL TIMES because He is YOUR ONLY HOPE.  Let Him be YOUR REFUGE in TROUBLED TIMES.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!! 

 

“The Storms”

 “The Storms”

 

“Anyone who listens to My teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a home on solid rock.  Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.  But anyone who hears My teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.  When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”   Matthew 7: 24-27

 

These Scriptures, (24-27) are the LAST of the FOUR WARNINGS that Jesus told those who were listening to His Sermon on the Mount of Olives.  And they deal with OBEDIENCE. He tells them that ANYONE who LISTENS and OBEYS His TEACHING and FOLLOWS it, they are WISE. 

The example was: “Anybody who BUILDS a home on SOLID ROCK is WISE to do so.  Because through the RAINS that come in TORRENTS and the FLOODWATERS rise and the WINDS BEAT AGAINST the house, it WON’T COLLAPSE because it is built on BEDROCK.

The house represents a PERSON who has HEARD Jesus’ WORDS, and the ROCK represents JESUS and His WORDS.  So, the PERSON who HEARS and OBEYS the WORDS of JESUS is WISE. And when the STORMS of this LIFE come, and they WILL. The WISE PERSON will SURVIVE and be SAFE, because of his SOLID ROCK FOUNDATION, the TEACHINGS of JESUS CHRIST. 

However, the PERSON who has HEARD Jesus’ WORDS, and REFUSES to OBEY them is FOOLISH. They are like the HOUSE that is BUILT on the SAND.  Because when those RAINS come in TORRENTS and the FLOODWATERS rise and the WINDS BEAT AGAINST the house, it WILL COLLAPSE because its FOUNDATION is SAND. And it will NOT SURVIVE, nor will it be SAFE.  What is YOUR FOUNDATION BUILT ON?

Now, the STORMS of this LIFE might be, FINANCIAL, MEDICAL, MARITAL, EMPLOYMENT, FOOD, HOUSING etc.  How are you handling these STORMS?  Are you OBEDIENT to the WORDS of JESUS CHRIST, or are you REBELLING against His TEACHINGS, and BEING DISOBEDIENT? 

If you want STABILITY in your life and be able to make it through the STORMS of LIFE, you NEED the STRONG FOUNDATION of the WORD of GOD.  You NEED to READ and STUDY it. Then APPLY it to your life.  If NOT, you WILL COLLAPSE with a CRASH.  So, this is what you MUST DO to have that STRONG FOUNDATION.

You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your SOUL. You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died to save your SOUL from an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there.  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 be READY to FACE the STORM.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!   Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

“The One and Only Way”

 “The One and Only Way”

 

“Jesus told Thomas.  “I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE. NO ONE can come to the Father except through Me.  John 14:6

 

This was another point in time, where Jesus was trying to bring His Disciples some HOPE and COMFORT about His going to His Father’s House.  He told them that when EVERYTHING was READY, He would RETURN and get them, so they could ALWAYS be with Him.  And He added; “You KNOW the WAY to where I am going.”

Then His statements prompted, Thomas, one of His Disciples to question Jesus about His statement.  Thomas said: “No, we don’t KNOW, Lord, we have NO IDEA where you are going, so how can we KNOW the WAY?”  And this was Jesus’ REPLY: “Thomas, I AM, the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE.  NO ONE can come to the FATHER except through ME.”

This is the SIXTH “I AM” claim in the Gospel of John.  Jesus told the Disciples, “I AM the WAY, He’s NOT one of the ways, HE IS the WAY, and HE IS NOT ONLY TRUE, but He IS the TRUTH.  TRUTH is MANIFESTED in JESUS CHRIST, as is ETERNAL LIFE.  You can NOT have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, without having the SHED BLOOD of the LORD JESUS CHRIST CLEANSE your WRETCHED, SINFUL HEART. 

You can NOT PAY your WAY into HEAVEN, you can NOT FORCE your WAY into HEAVEN, you can NOT REASON your WAY into HEAVEN, you can NOT WORK your WAY into HEAVEN, the ONLY WAY is through JESUS CHRIST. 

If you BELIEVE that there are MANY WAYS into HEAVEN, then you are SO WRONG! The LORD JESUS CHRIST tells us that HE IS THE WAY, and NO ONE can COME to the FATHER EXCEPT BY HIM.  And my dear friends, that is the WORD of the LIVING GOD. 

If YOU have been thinking that you could get to HEAVEN by BEING GOOD, you are SO WRONG.  YOU may be the BEST, KINDEST person in the world, but WITHOUT JESUS, your destiny is an ETERNITY in HELL with all its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  So, in order to CHANGE that DESTINY, you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your SOUL.  And 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.  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 it by GOING the ONE and ONLY WAY.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

“Strength and Deliverance”

 “Strength and Deliverance”

 

Love the LORD, all you godly ones!  For the LORD protects those who are loyal to Him, but He harshly punishes the arrogant.  So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD!  Psalm 31:23-24

 

This is one of David’s psalms, it is a psalm of EXHORTATION and PRAISE.  He is EXHORTING his fellow WORSHIPERS to LOVE GOD.  When a person TRULY LOVES the LORD GOD, ALMIGHTY, they are OBEDIENT to His WILL and WAYS, as stated in His HOLY WORD (Bible).   They are LOYAL or STEADFAST, in their RELATIONSHIP with Almighty God, Maker of HEAVEN and EARTH, and ALL that is in it.

They SHOULD put their HOPE in the LORD and His Only Son, the LORD JESUS CHRIST. The ONLY ONE who could FREE people from their SINS and SHORTCOMINGS. He is the ONLY HOPE we have for an ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS. And to be ABLE to ESCAPE HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there.  This is TRULY a MIRACLE of God’s GRACE for ALL of MANKIND, IF they will only ACCEPT IT!!!

 

Then, we are to be STRONG and COURAGEOUS. Being STRONG in the MIDST of TROUBLE is DIFFICULT. But it is NOT IMPOSSIBLE, if you will TRUST and OBEY GOD, your HEAVENLY FATHER, who LOVES US, SO MUCH, that He WILLINGLY SACRIFICED His SON to SAVE a WRETCH like ME and YOU.  So, we can be COURAGEOUS in ALL things.  NO MATTER how BIG or HARD, we have a POWERFUL, ALMIGHTY GOD who is FULL of MERCY and GRACE towards us, even while we are STILL SINNERS.  And because He is MERCIFUL and FULL of GRACE, we are ABLE to have STRENGTH and DELIVERANCE.  Do YOU?

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you DON’T have a RELATIONSHIP with Him. And your DESTINY will be an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS.  And NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there.  If you will ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your SOUL. That IS STRENGTH and DELIVERANCE.  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 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 STRENGTH and DELIVERANCE from your SINS.  Do this NOW, while you STIL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

“The Millennial Feast”

“The Millennial Feast”

 

In Jerusalem, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will spread a wonderful feast for all the people of the world.  It will be a delicious banquet with clear, well aged wine and choice meat.  Isaiah 25:6

 

WOW! I have never heard of this GREAT CElEBRATION, until NOW, when the Holy Spirit led me to this Scripture.  I have researched and found that this is NOT the MARRIAGE SUPPER of the LAMB, which will take place before the MILLENNIAL Kingdom is established.  This FEAST is in TRIUMPH of God’s VICTORY over His Enemies.   It is the GREAT MESSIANIC BANQUET that is depicted as a LAVISH BANQUET for ALL of God’s People.

And What a time that will be! God will REMOVE the CLOUD of GLOOM, and the SHADOW of DEATH that hangs over the earth.  He will SWALLOW UP DEATH FOREVER!  The SOVEREIGN LORD will WIPE AWAY ALL tears.  He will REMOVE FOREVER ALL INSULTS and MOCKERY against His LAND and PEOPLE.  The LORD has SPOKEN!!  (VV 7-8)

In that day the PEOPLE will PROCLAIM: “THIS IS OUR GOD!  We TRUSTED in Him and He SAVED US!  This is the LORD, in whom WE TRUSTED.  Let US REJOICE in the SALVATION He brings!”  Now, we have something else to LOOK FORWARD to.  But this GREAT FEAST is ONLY for those who are GOD’S PEOPLE.  Yes, it is the JEWISH PEOPLE, but it ALSO INCLUDES the GENTILES who have GIVEN their HEARTS and LIVES to GOD and are a PART of His FAMILY or PEOPLE. 

So, the question is: Have YOU given your HEART and LIFE to God, are you a part of His FAMILY?  Did you ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST as your SAVIOR and LORD?  If your answer is NO, then YOU are DESTINED for an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there.  Now, you have the OPPORTUNITY to CHANGE that ETERNAL DESTINY BY:  ADMITTING that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST who gave His LIFE to SAVE your SINFUL SOUL from this DOOMED DESTINY.  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 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 TRUST in HIM.  Then you can LOOK FORWARD to CELEBRATE at the MILLENNIAL FEAST.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.   He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

 

“The World’s Sin”

 “The World’s Sin”

 

And when the Spirit comes, He will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s Righteousness, and of the coming Judgment.   The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in Me.  Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see Me no more.   John 16:8-10

 

 Jesus told His Disciples, the twelve men that was an IMPORTANT PART of His Ministry, what the Holy Spirit would be doing, after He went back to Father God.  One thing that He told them was: “I will send you the Advocate—the Spirit of Truth.  He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about Me.  And you MUST also testify about Me because you have been with Me from the beginning of My Ministry.” (Jn. 15:23-25)

Now, Jesus describes to His Disciples the WORK of the HOLY SPIRIT. The first thing Jesus told them was that when the Spirit came, He would take up residence within the BELIEVERS.  The Holy Spirit’s Ministry is to expose and prove wrong the world and its sin.  The Spirit will expose the world’s GUILT of putting Jesus Christ to DEATH, and for SIN in general.  I believe that the WORST SIN of ALL is UNBELIEF, which is the PRIMARY SIN of this WRETCHED WORLD, because ALL other SIN begins with UNBELIEF.

 In order to obtain RIGHTEOUSNESS, you MUST BELIEVE in the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Remember:  RIGHTEOUSNESS is having a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the ALMIGHTY GOD, which is IMPOSSIBLE if you do NOT BELIEVE in HIM or His SON.  The SIN of UNBELIEF will send a person to an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  And to be a LOVER of the WORLD, but NOT A LOVER of GOD, will bring you CONDEMNATION and JUDGEMENT.  The ruler of this world, SATAN, has been JUDGED, and if the ruler is JUDGED, the WORLD is ALSO INVOLVED in this JUDGMENT.  So, are YOU an UNBELIEVER, who’s DESTINY is an ETERNAL LIFE in HELL?

If you are an UNBELIEVER, you STILL have the OPPORTUNITY to CHANGE that.  And this is what you MUST DO.  First, ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Then 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 be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and the THINGS of the WORLD.  And then, ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and RECEIVE an 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!!!