“The Effects of Not knowing God”

 “The Effects of Not Knowing God”

 

For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see His invisible qualities—-His Eternal Power and Divine Nature.  So, they have NO EXCUSE for NOT knowing God.  Rom. 1:20

 

People throughout the ages, knew OF God, but they REFUSED to WORSHIP Him as the ETERNAL GOD, CREATOR of ALL things, nor did they give Him the THANKSGIVING that He deserves.  Instead, their thoughts have become COMPLETE NONSENSE, and their EMPTY minds are FILLED with DARKNESS.  Believing to be WISE they become as FOOLS. 

And instead of WORSHIPING the EVERLASTING GOD, they WORSHIPED IDOLS that were made to look like PEOPLE and BIRDS and ANIMALS and REPTILES.  And their minds became DARK and CONFUSED.  They began to THINK UP FOOLISH IDEAS of what God was like. 

And as it was back then SO it is in this DAY in which WE LIVE.  In the Book of Isaiah, the fifth chapter, Isaiah, shows us what we are experiencing NOW, to some extent.  Verse twenty, says: “What SORROW for those who say that EVIL is GOOD and GOOD is EVIL, that DARK is LIGHT and LIGHT is DARK…”.  Verse twenty-one; “They take BRIBES to let the WICKED go FREE and the PUNISH the INNOCENT.”   Those who are doing such EVIL things are SEALING their OWN FATE for ALL of ETERNITY. They KNOW God’s JUSTICE, yet they CONTINUE TO DO WICKED things, and the WORST part is they ENCOURAGE OTHERS to do them also.

PLEASE, don’t be DRAWN into their EVIL WORKS, instead ACKNOWLEDGE the ALMIGHTY, EVERLASTING, COMPASSIONATE GOD, the SUPREME RULER of ALL that WAS, IS, and yet TO COME.  So, get yourself READY for the COMING of the LORD!!!

This is what you MUST DO.  You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, the ONLY SON of GOD, who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED and was RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE, in order to SAVE MANKIND from an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORROR 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 LOOK UP for YOUR REDEMPTION is NEAR!  Time is FLEETING! So, do this NOW while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

 

“Unconfessed Sin””

 “Unconfessed Sin”

 

Finally, I confessed ALL my SINS to you and stopped TRYING to HIDE my GUILT.  I said to myself, “I will CONFESS my REBELLION to the LORD.”  And You FORGAVE me!  ALL my GUILT is GONE.”  Psalm 32:5

David started this PSALM with PRAISE to an ALL-FORGIVING GOD. He begins with: “Oh, what JOY for those whose disobedience is FORGIVEN, whose SIN is put OUT of SIGHT!  Yes, what JOY for those whose record the LORD has CLEARED of GUILT, whose lives are lived in COMPLETE HONESTY!” (VV1-2)

When David failed to CONFESS his SINS of ADULTERY and MURDER, he was under a LOT of GUILT.  He KNEW what he had done, and he KNEW that he NEEDED to CONFESS it to GOD. However, David TRIED to HIDE the ADULTERY with BATHSHEBA and the MURDER of her husband URIAH.  But he could NOT, because GOD is an ALL-KNOWING, GOD and there is NOT a SOUL who can HIDE ANYTHING from HIM. 

Because of the UNCONFESSED SINS, David SUFFERED both PHYSICALLY and SPIRITUALLY.  In verses 3-4, He tells us that when he refused to CONFESS his SINS, his BODY WASTED AWAY, and he GROANED ALL day long.  DAY and NIGHT, GOD’S HAND of DISCIPLINE was HEAVY on Him.  And his STRENGTH EVAPORATED like water in the summer heat.

FINALLY, David CONFESSED ALL of his SINS, and he STOPPED TRYING to HIDE his GUILT.  He CONFESSED his REBELLION TO GOD, and GOD FORGAVE David, and his GUILT WAS GONE!!

In verses 6-7, David makes this declaration, to US, TODAY, “Therefore, let ALL the GODLY PRAY to GOD while there is still time, that they may NOT drown in the FLOODWATERS of JUDGMENT.  For YOU are my HIDING PLACE; You (God), PROTECT me from TROUBLE. And YOU SURROUND me with songs of VICTORY.  David calls on ALL BELIEVERS to RESPOND the SAME way, regarding their OWN SINS.  We should PRAY IMMEDIATELY.  We should GO to GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING our REBELLION, and DO it WITHOUT DELAY.  TIME is SHORT, JESUS is COMING SOON are you READY? 

OH, WHAT JOY to KNOW that YOUR SINS and GUILT have been CLEARED, ERASED, GONE, as FAR as the EAST is from the WEST.  GOD is FAITHFUL and JUST to FORGIVE us of ALL our SINS. 

If YOU have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God through, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, this is what you MUST DO:  ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, who is GOD’S ONLY SON, He SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and was RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE.  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 MISS spending ALL ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY TO ESCAPE once you are there and SPEND your ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Do this NOW, while you STILL CAN.  HE’S WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

 

“The Wrath of God”

“The Wrath of God”

 

God’s anger is revealed from heaven against all the sin and evil of the people whose evil ways prevent the truth from being known.  God punishes them, because what can be known about God is plain to them for God Himself made it plain.   Romans 1:18-19

Ever since the Creation of the World, God has made His POWER and His DEVINE NATURE CLEARLY SEEN; they are observed in the things He has created.  So those who suppress the TRUTH from being known by their WICKEDNESS, have NO EXCUSE for NOT knowing God.

They KNEW GOD but they chose NOT to worship Him as GOD, the CREATOR, the ONE and ONLY ONE, who was ALL POWERFUL and possessed a DEVINE NATURE.  And with their OWN FOOLISHNESS, they conjured up FOOLISH IDEAS of what THEY thought He was like.  And as a result, their minds became DARK and CONFUSED. And CLAIMING to be WISE, they became as UTTER FOOLS.  And they began WORSHIPING IDOLS.

 So, God ABANDONED them to do WHATEVER their SHAMEFUL, WICKED, PERVERTED, minds DESIRED.  As a result, they did VILE and DEGRADING things with each other’s bodies. They worshiped and served the things God CREATED instead of the CREATOR, Himself, who is WORTHY of ETERNAL PRAISE!!

We know that God, in His JUSTICE, will PUNISH ANYONE who REBELS AGAINST HIM and the LORD JESUS CHRIST, His ONLY SON, who GAVE His Life to SAVE MANKIND from their WICKED, DEPRAVED HEARTS.  BUT there will be GLORY, HONOR, and PEACE from GOD for ALL who will come to JESUS, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, and SEEKING a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the ALMIGHTY GOD. 

We live in a very WICKED, DEPRAVED WORLD, and those who are practicing a WICKED, PERVERTED LIFE-STYLE, will one day FACE an ANGRY GOD, who will pass ETERNAL JUDGMENT upon them and SENTENCE them to an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once they are there.  That DAY is FAST APPROACHING, are YOU READY to FACE the ONE who has your ETERNAL DESTINY in His Hands?

In order to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL and GAIN an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, this is what you MUST DO; ADMIT that you are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS, the ONLY ONE who can SAVE YOU.  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 ENJOY spending an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, experiencing TRUE LOVE PEACE and JOY.  Do this NOW while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

“Living For Christ”

“Living For Christ”

 

Christ’s Love controls us.  Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.  He died for everyone so that those who receive His NEW LIFE will no longer live for themselves.  Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.  2 Corinthians 5:14-15

The Apostle Paul tells us in verse sixteen, that ANYONE who BELONGS to Christ becomes a NEW PERSON. The OLD life is GONE; and a NEW LIFE has BEGUN. It is a LIFE that the ALMIGHTY GOD has PREPARED for those who will ACCEPT the PRECIOUS GIFT of His ONLY SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST. 

The ONE who DIED for EVERYONE, in order to GIVE those who will receive the LORD JESUS CHRIST as their PERSONAL SAVIOR and LORD and will TURN AWAY FROM their OLD LIFESTYLE and FOLLOW CHRIST, and will NO LONGER LIVE for THEMSELVES, but they will LIVE for CHRIST. 

All of this is the way that God RECONCILED the WORLD to Himself.  No longer COUNTING PEOPLE’S SINS AGAINST them. And PREPARING the NEW LIFE, one that will last ALL of ETERNITY, for those who will ACCEPT GOD’S INVITATION to FORSAKE their OLD LIFESTYLE, and to become a part of HIS FAMILY and LIVING FOR CHRIST.   And God has given US the TASK of RECONCILING people to Him.   This TASK is given to GOD’S CHILDREN because we are His AMBASSADORS.  We REPRESENT the KING of KINGS and the LORD or LORDS.

Have YOU come to the LORD JESUS to be RECONCILED to God?  You MUST COME to CHRIST JESUS, and you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR. 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 LIVE for CHRIST and become an AMBASSADOR for CHRIST.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!                              Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!