“GOD Knows the Human Heart”

 “GOD Knows the Human Heart”

The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked.  Who really knows how bad it is?  Jeremiah 17:9

 

We live in very WICKED times. I have never heard of such EVIL things happening that are so PREVALENT in our TIME and SOCIETY.  These things are SO BAD that people don’t want to HEAR or KNOW what is happening.  They want to be like the OSTRICH and stick their heads in the sand.  These things are a REVELATION of HOW PERVERTED a lot of people's minds are and how DECEITFUL and DESPERATELY WICKED they have become.

Who REALLY knows how bad it is?  In verse ten, God says that He SEARCHES ALL HEARTS and EXAMINES the MINDS.  We can believe that God KNOWS ALL THINGS, even our DESIRES and our THOUGHTS before we, ourselves KNOW what they are.  He is ALL KNOWING, meaning that; you cannot HIDE ANYTHING from Him.  So, don’t try!

David tells us in Psalm 139, that God is EVERYWHERE.  David says to GOD: “If I ascend to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.”   So, you are already GUILTY!  And you will receive your JUST REWARDS, which you will receive according to what God deems you DESERVE.   

“But BLESSED are those who TRUST in the LORD and have made the LORD their HOPE and CONFIDENCE.” (v7) Have you done this or are you one who the LORD says: “CURSED are those who put their TRUST in mere humans, who rely on HUMAN strength and TURN their HEARTS AWAY from the LORD.” (V5)

GOOD NEWS:  You can be one of the BLESSED if you will ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, the ONLY SON of the LIVING GOD. Who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED and was RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE in order to provide you with ETERNAL LIFE in Heaven.  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 TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFE-STYLE and TURN to GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and BE BLESSED and NOT CURSED with an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  So, do this NOW, PLEASE, while you STILL CAN.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!

“LISTEN:This is What the LORD Says”

 “LISTEN: This is What the LORD Says”

 

“I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at My word.  But those who choose their own ways—delighting in their detestable sins—will not have their offerings accepted” Isaiah 66: 2b,3a

 

Isaiah’s final call to FAITHFULNESS and the DISAPPROVAL of hypocrisy is appropriate for the Israelites who could READ Isaiah’s ENTIRE message and yet REJECT their God were to be left ALONE, because they chose their OWN ways and they DELIGHTED in their DETESTABLE SINS.  And because of their UNFAITHFULNESS to GOD and their HYPOCRISY, God would choose their PUNISHMENT.

However, God tells us that He will BLESS those who have HUMBLE and CONTRITE HEARTS.  Those who RECOGNIZES and RESPECTS His SOVEREIGNTY, and who will FOLLOW His WORD.  And God wanted them to be OBEDIENT to His WORD, especially if they were to ENJOY His BLESSINGS. 

For those who desired to FOLLOW their OWN ways and REJECT GOD, they would FACE JUDGMENT, because their SACRIFICES, RITUALS and WORSHIP were nothing more than EXTERNAL.  In their HEARTS, they were EVIL and PERVERTED. And that is WHY God will bring HARSH JUDGMENT upon them. 

There is COMING a time when the MERCY and GRACE of GOD will END.  And those who have REJECTED HIM and His SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST and have decided to go their OWN WAYS and DO their OWN THINGS will be JUDGED and SENTENCED to an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once they are there.  So, which group are you a part of?  The ONES who are BLESSED or those who will be HARSHLY JUDGED?

You MUST SINCERELY, TRUTHFULLY, and GENUINELY come to God, through His Son, the LORD JESUS, and you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who SACRIFICED His LIFE for YOU to be ABLE to have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  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 STOP PROFESSING to belong to Him, when YOU REALLY aren’t POSSESSING His SALVATION.  If that is the case, you are running out of time, because God’s MERCY and GRACE will SOON END. So, ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST as YOUR SAVIOR and LORD, NOW, while you STILL can.  JESUS is WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

“God’s Promised Rest”

 “God’s Promised Rest”

 

God’s promise of entering His rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it.   Hebrews 4:1

 

The Children of Israel had wondered for FORTY years in the wilderness and when they reached the PROMISED LAND, a land of MILK and HONEY.  The UNFAITHFUL and DISOBEDIENT Israelites didn’t miss out on Heaven, but they missed out on the PROMISED LAND.  The REST that God has PROMISED is; the COOPERATION in and ENJOYMENT of His PLANNED BLESSINGS.

This PROMISED REST has been announced to US, (those who are God’s Children), and it is a part of our INHERITANCE. So, don’t RISK FALLING SHORT of your INHERITANCE.  If you are a TRUE CHILD of the LIVING GOD and are SERIOUS about LIVING a GODLY LIFE, you WILL face CHALLENGES and TRIALS.  And the GODLIER you become, you will more than likely face more of those CHALLENGES and TRIALS. 

The temptation will be to “go along” with your present environment, just to EASE the PRESSURE you may encounter.  But in doing that, you will FAIL to be a PARTAKER with JESUS CHRIST and even though you WILL NOT LOSE your SALVATION, you will LOSE rewards and the PLANS that He has for you in His KINGDOM. 

New Life in Christ brings the END of SIN’S DOMINION over you.  It insures God’s Children a PERMANENT ETERNAL REST in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Are you a Child of God, and EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES and TRIALS  that hang over you like a DARK CLOUD?  Just KEEP remembering :  The BEST is yet to COME. Don’t SQUANDER your ETERNAL INHERITANCE, and MISS OUT on your REWARDS and that PROMISED REST in HEAVEN.

However, if you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, through the SHED BLOOD of  His ONLY SON, the LORD JESUS, the ONE who REDEEMS MANKIND from their sins.  And will PROVIDE GOD’S PROMISED REST in HEAVEN, then you will NOT have ANY ETERNAL REST, but you will have a LOT of ETERNAL UNREST without any RELIEF.  This is what you MUST DO to ESCAPE an ETERNAL UNREST in HELL , with all its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there.   You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S SON, 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 SINS and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and EXPERIENCE His PROMISED REST throughout ETERNITY.  Do this NOW while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

“NOTHING Is Hidden from God”

 “NOTHING Is Hidden from God”

 

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.  And there is NO creature hidden from His sight, but ALL things are NAKED and OPEN to the eyes of Him to whom we MUST give account.  Hebrews 4:12-13

There are some people who believe that if someone is a MEMBER of a local church, they will be let into Heaven.  Or maybe if they are KIND and do GOOD DEEDS for others, that too will usher them right into the very presence of God for ALL of ETERNITY.  So, these people do what they pretty much want to do.  After all, they don’t hurt anyone, nor do they do ANYTHING WRONG against the LAW. 

But do they KNOW what the WORD of GOD says about what makes a person a CHRISTIAN? Or do they KNOW how to LIVE their LIVES as TRUE CHILDREN of the LIVING GOD?  It is very DOUBTFUL they KNOW or even want to KNOW.  Sometimes, people are so set in their ways that they don’t want ANY kind of CHANGES.  And they are CONTENT to live like the WORLD. After all it is EASIER than TRYING to LIVE how the BIBLE teaches and ENCOURAGES us to live. 

It is ONLY the WORD of God that REVEALS what is CARNAL (worldly), and what is SPIRITUAL.  It DISCERNS what the MOTIVES of the THOUGHTS and the HEART are.  And it’s like a TWO-EDGED SWORD, it pierces to the DIVISION of SOUL and SPIRIT, and of JOINTS and MARROW. It is the LIVING, and the POWER FUL Word of God. 

It EXPOSES ALL mankind.  It lays us NAKED and OPEN to the EYES of Him to whom WE MUST give an ACCOUNT.  You cannot HIDE a THING or THOUGHT that you have done, it is ALL open and laid BARE before Him. 

So, if you are one who CLAIMS that you are a TRUE CHILD of the LIVING GOD, but you have NOT COME through the SHED BLOOD of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, the ONLY SON of the ALMIGHTY GOD.  The One who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED and was RAISED from DEATH and the GRAVE to REDEEM mankind from an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE once YOU are there.  You are just as GUILTY as those who have NO THOUGHT or DESIRE to be anything but LIVING a life that is CONTROLLED by the devil and have NO DESIRE to have a RELATIONSHIP with GOD or His Son. 

In order to CHANGE your DESTINY, you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  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 LIFE-STYLE and TURN to GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION.  And READ and STUDY the WORD of GOD, and LIVE according to it.  REMEMBER:  YOU CANNOT HIDE FROM GOD!! He SEES and KNOWS it ALL!!!  So, do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!