“A WONDERFUL Inheritance “

 “A WONDERFUL Inheritance”

 

LORD, You alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine, the land You have given me is a pleasant land. What a WONDERFUL INHERITANCE!  Psalm 16:5-6

 

I think that King David’s CONFIDENCE in the ALMIGHTY GOD, was a BIT OFF the CHARTS, so to speak.  Verse one, tells us that: David said, “Keep me SAFE O God, for I have come to YOU for REFUGE.” (V1) “You are my MASTER! Every GOOD thing I have comes from YOU.”  “LORD, You alone are MY INHERITANCE, MY CUP OF BLESSING. YOU GUARD ALL that is mine.” (V5) “The land You have given me is a PLEASANT LAND.  What a WONDERFUL INHERITANCE.” (V6).

King David’s life was RIDDLED with TROUBLES.  He lived in some ANXIOUS TIMES. His enemies were CONSTANTLY chasing him, and he brought on some pretty HEFTY troubles of his own making.  Yet still the MIGHTY HAND of the LIVING GOD was on him.  And David KNEW beyond doubt, that God would PROTECT him from his ENEMIES.  Thus, we see in verse one David’s CONFIDENCE in God: “KEEP ME SAFE, O LORD, for I have come to You for REFUGE.” King David did not go to the MIGHTY MEN of BATTLE to KEEP HIM SAFE. His TRUST and CONFIDENCE was in HIS LORD.

In verse two, we see that the ALMIGHTY GOD was his ULTIMATE JOY and TREASURE.  David declares that EVERY GOOD THING that he had came from his LORD. Is GOD your ULTIMATE JOY and TREASURE?  Are your CONFIDENCE and TRUST, SOLEY in HIM

King David ‘s DELIGHT in God grows to his DELIGHT in what GOD DELIGHTS IN; His HOLY PEOPLE, those who were IMPORTANT to GOD was IMPORTANT to DAVID.  He had GREAT JOY in KNOWING that GOD and NOT his POSSESSIONS was his TRUE INHERITANCE. And he could take REFUGE in GOD’S PRESENCE of which he was GRATEFUL for. 

TRUE BELIEVERS of JESUS are CALLED to REMAIN in CHRIST. And when they do they gain STABILITY in an UNCERTAIN life.  And the GREATER the CHALLENGES that we FACE each day, the MORE we SHOULD REMAIN in CHRIST.  However, for those who are NOT TRUE BELIEVERS, TROUBLESOME TIMES are coming and when the SPIRIT of the LIVING GOD, starts dealing with your HEART, you NEED to SURRENDER to His wooing and ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, the SON of GOD, who has already PAID the PRICE for YOUR REDEMPTION, all you MUST DO is BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for your sins 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 His WONDERFUL INHERITANCE that is WAITING for you!!  So, do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

 

“Pure Joy”

 

“Pure Joy”

 

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your FAITH develops PERSEVERANCE.  James 1:2

Do you think it’s impossible to consider your TRIALS as PURE JOY? Is this POSSIBLE to do?  Well, it MOST CERTAINLY is POSSIBLE, because WE are CHILDREN of the ALMIGHTY GOD, who LOVED us SO much, that He sent JESUS Christ, to SUFFER, BLEED and DIE for ALL our SINS. And to be able to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  Instead, He has provided HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, to be our ETERNAL DESTINY.  Now, REMEMBER, this FUTURE EVENT will begin when Jesus comes in the CLOUDS to take us to our HEAVENLY HOME.  Are you READY?

However, we MUST FACE TESTING and TRIALS, along the way. James tells us to CONSIDER it PURE JOY, WHENEVER we face TRIALS of MANY KINDS. So, how do we do that?  God wants us to be JOYFUL, because He is in the PROCESS of making us just like CHRIST. And PART of this PROCESS is for us to FOCUS on His PURPOSE for sending VARIOUS TRIALS our way. It teaches us to DEVELOP PERSEVERANCE, and to TRUST in Him for our DELIVERANCE from this part of our make-over. 

NOTICE that James, says:” WHENEVER” and NOT “IF” It’s SOMETHING that ALL of GOD’S CHILDREN MUST go through, because they MUST BE HOLY as HE is HOLY.  They MUST be STRONG in their FAITH, just LIKE JESUS. And God’s Children MUST FOCUS on the PURPOSE and NOT the PAIN of their TESTING. 

The TRIALS and TESTING of our lives are to make us JUST LIKE JESUS! And we can CONSIDER IT ALL JOY because we KNOW that we will LIVE FOREVER in HEAVEN, our GLORIOUS, AMAZING, ETERNAL HOME.  Are you able to say with CONFIDENCE that You will have that HEAVENLY ETERNAL HOME?  And that you will FACE those TRIALS and TESTINGS with a STRONG, STEADFAST FAITH?  You can be if you will:  COME TO JESUS and ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST. And 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 LIFE-STYLE and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and be ABLE to FACE your TRIALS with PERSEVERANCE and PURE JOY.  Do this NOW, while you STILL CAN. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!! Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

 

“JESUS, Who is He?”

 JESUS, Who is He?

“For God loved the world in this way:  He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have ETERNAL LIFE.  For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.  Anyone who believes in Him is NOT condemned, but anyone who does NOT BELIEVE is already CONDEMNED, because he has NOT believed in the NAME of the One and Only Son of God.”  John 3:16-18

Now, the question is:” Who is JESUS? Who is this man, Who canTURN WATER into WINE, HEAL the SICK, MULTIPLY FIVE barley loaves and TWO FISH into ENOUGH to feed 5,000 HUNGRY people, whoCALMED ANGRY SEAS, and brought people BACK from DEATH and the GRAVE to LIVE AGAIN?

Here are seven “I AM” statements that JESUS uses to describe exactly WHO He is:

1.        “I am the Bread of Life.”  John 6:35, as bread sustains physical life, so Christ offers and SUSTAINS SPIRITUAL LIFE

2.        “I am the Light of the World.” John 8:12 To a world lost in darkness, Christ offers Himself as a GUIDE

3.        “I am the Door of the Sheep.” John 10:7,9, Jesus PROTECTS His followers like shepherds protect their flocks from predators.

4.        “I am the Resurrection and the Life.” John 11:25, Death is NOT the FINAL word for those in Christ.

5.        “I am the Good Shepherd.” John 10:11,14, Jesus is committed to CARING and WATCHING OVER those who are His.

6.        “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life,” John 14:6, Jesus is the SOURCE of all TRUTH and KNOWLEDGE about God.

7.        “I am the True Vine,” John 15:1,5, when attached to Christ, we enable His LIFE to FLOW in and THROUGH us.  Then we will bear FRUIT that will HONOR the Father.

Now, that we see a little about WHO Jesus is. HE is the SOURCE of our SALVATION. We cannot have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, unless we BELIEVE He is WHO He CLAIMS to BE.  He is OUR REDEEMER, CONQUEROR, KING of KINGS, and LORD of LORDS, and He is COMING SOON to RAPTURE GOD’S CHILDREN from a DOOMED WORLD. 

If you have NOT GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to GOD through, His One and Only Son, the LORD JESUS CHRIST. The ONE who GAVE UP His LIFE to give us ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, and ESCAPE HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there. You are putting your ETERNITY at a GREAT PERILOUS RISK!!

 So, this is what you MUST DO to GET TO HEAVEN.  ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, 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 lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and KNOW WHO JESUS IS. Do this NOW while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

(Seven “I Am” statements are from: Thomasnelsonbibles.com)

 

“No Excuses”

 “No Excuse!”

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. Romans 1:20

Have you EVER wondered about God’s Creation. Have you EVER wondered how NATURE knows how to do what it was meant to do.  How is it that you can plant a seed and in a small amount of time it has SHOT UP out of the DIRT and there is a skinny, little GREEN SPROUT, how did that happen.  And who told it or designed it to do such a thing.  GOD did!

Who DESIGNED the DIFFERENT ANIMALS and instilled in EACH of them the INSTINCTS to SURVIVE. GOD did! WHO. How about the FISH who DESIGNED and CREATED them to be able to SWIM in WATER and NOT DROWN or how about the SUN, WHO put the SUN at just the RIGHT PLACE, so the EARTH would NOT FREEZE, or SIZZLE. GOD did!!

I could go on and on about GOD’S CREATION. But you understand that EVERYTHING that we HAVE, SEE, HEAR, and TOUCH was CREATED by the ALMIGHTY, ETERNAL GOD. The ONLY ONE who COULD and DID carry out such a MONUMENTAL TASK.

NO ONE has EVER SEEN GOD, but EVERY MOMENT we spend on this earth we SEE the EFFECTS of GOD’S INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES, which is HIS ETERNAL POWER and DIVINE NATURE. We may not be able to SEE God, Himself, but we CERTAINLY SEE His POWER and His NATURE AT WORK, in US, in our SURROUNDINGS and even in the AIR we BREATHE. We cannot SEE the WIND, but we sure enough feel it.

The Apostle Paul, in the Book of Romans, believes that people SUPPRESS the KNOWLEDGE of GOD. And he tells us of ONE reason for God condemning humankind. People have SOME truth about God, but they REJECT IT. 

Through EVERYTHING God made, humankind can CLEARLY SEE His INVISIBLE QUALITIES—His ETERNAL POWER and DIVINE NATURE.  So, they have NO EXCUSE for NOT KNOWING GOD.  Is this your situation, maybe you DON’T BELIEVE in GOD at ALL, well He LOVES YOU, and He REALLY wants YOU to become a part of His FAMILY NOW.  TIME is SHORT, and your opportunity to BELIEVE, CONFESS, and REPENT, to secure your ETERNAL DESTINY, depends on whether YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP with GOD through His SON, JESUS CHRIST, who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, AND was RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE in order for us to have a RELATIONSHIP with God. 

So, YOU have that OPPORTUNITY NOW, to BELIEVE that GOD is ALIVE and WELL and to COME to JESUS with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your SINS to Him and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS. If you haven’t done this, you are WITHOUT EXCUSE and will be JUDGED by GOD to spend your ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  So, PLEASE, do this NOW while you STILL CAN. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

“Victory In History”

 “Victory In History”

Even when we were God’s enemies, He made peace with us, because His Son died for us.  Yet something even greater than friendship is ours. Now that we are at peace with God, we will be SAVED by the life of His Son, the LORD Jesus Christ. Romans 5:10

If the DEATH of God’s Son makes us RECONCILED to GOD, and our SALVATION, made POSSIBLE through the RESURRECTION, then how much MORE will we be SAVED by His LIFE?

Jesus did NOT STAY DEAD. He is VERY MUCH ALIVE right NOW. And He is interceding for us, to give us VICTORY over the POWER of SIN and its CONSEQUENCES. “Therefore, He is ABLE, ONCE and FOREVER to intercede with GOD on OUR BEHALF.” (Heb. 7:25) Think about it, if JESUS could take you from HELL to HEAVEN by DYING, what can He do for us by LIVING, which is even MORE exciting.

Yet there are many believers who have ACCEPTED the SAVING DEATH of Jesus Christ and do NOT yet UNDERSTAND nor do they ACCESS His SAVING LIFE, which allows us to have VICTORY in HISTORY. Do you have that VICTORY? Or are you wondering what will happen next, within the CONCEPT of LIVING for JESUS and having a TRUE RELATIONSHIP with GOD. And being able to have VICTORY in HISTORY?

You can KNOW for SURE what will happen NEXT.  However, you MUST BELONG to GOD’S FAMILY and here is what you do to secure a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with Him. Come to JESUS and ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONLY SON, who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and was RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE. 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 have VICTORY in HISTORY. Do this NOW, while you STILL can. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

“The Tongue: SMALL but POWERFUL”

 “The Tongue: SMALL but POWERFUL”

 

Consider what a GREAT forest is set on fire by a SMALL spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It CORRUPTS the WHOLE person, sets the WHOLE course of their life on fire, and is itself set on FIRE by HELL.  James 3:5-6

 

The human tongue, a SMALL thing, but like the SMALL SPARK that has the ability to SET a WHOLE FOREST on FIRE, so, in like manner is the tongue it can BOASTS of GREAT BENEFICIAL THINGS, things that can ENCOURAGE others. However, the NEGATIVE part, is it has the POWER to bring ALL KINDS of EVILNESS to others, and RUIN RELATIONSHIPS, in MARRIAGES, between FAMILY MEMBERS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, and LONGTIME FRIENDS.

Yet, the TONGUE can bring GOOD NEWS, PLEASANT GREETINGS, SOOTHING WORDS. It can tell the TRUTH; it can bring PRAYING, SINGING and PRAISING the LORD for ALL His GOODNESS. And since MOST SINS are originated by SPEECH, the TONGUE is the VERY WORLD of INIQUITY. 

It sets on FIRE the WHOLE COURSE of one’s life and is itself set on fire by HELL. It can KILL a ministry, by RUMORS, SLANDER, and INNUENDOES. It indeed is a FORCE within ITSELF.

So, we know that ANIMALS of every species can be TAMED.  There are MANY AMAZING things that ANIMAL TRAINERS have done. But NO ONE CAN TAME the TONGUE. THE only SUCCESSFUL TONGUE-TAMER is GOD. REMEMBER:  Whatever is INSIDE will COME OUT. What WE can do is, to BE FILLED with SCRIPTURE and the HOLY SPIRIT.  And KEEP that WILD and RESTLESS thing called the TONGUE under CONTROL. 

In order to be FILLED with the SCRIPTURE, AND GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT.  You MUST GIVE your HEART and LIFE to GOD through His Son, JESUS CHRIST, the one who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your SOUL, through His DEATH on the CROSS and His RESURRECTION. You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE, 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 FILL yourself with SCRIPTURE (Bible) and CONTROL YOUR TONGUE!!!

Do The Above, while YOU STILL CAN. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!                         Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

“The Worth of Your Soul”

 “The Worth of Your Soul”

 

“What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet loses his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? Matthew 16:26

Is it worth it, for a man to use his SOUL as a BARGAINING tool. Something he might GIVE-UP to GAIN GREAT WEALTH, and CLOUT in a world, in which a man’s SOUL is NOT EVEN worth the WORLD’S WEALTH. It means NOTHING TO the WORLD for a person to SACRIFICE their SOUL to GAIN WEAlTH, something that will NOT LAST, and LOSE SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS that are ETERNAL, and brings PEACE that MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING.

Jesus told His Disciples: “If anyone wants to FOLLOW after Me, let him DENY HIMSELF, take up his cross and FOLLOW Me.” (V24) In other words, You MUST BE WILLING to SAY NO to SELF, in order to EXPERIENCE the LORDSHIP and PROVISIONS of CHRIST on earth. And to PROTECT your SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS.

The SON OF MAN is going to COME in His Father’s Glory, with His Angels, and then He will REWARD each person, who has DENIED SELF for the CAUSE of CHRIST, according to what they have done for the CAUSE of CHRIST here on earth. Are YOU READY?

This is what you MUST DO to get READY, for we know NOT when our LORD and SAVIOR will return. 1.  ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the ONE who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED and RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE, so WE might be able to have SALVATION. 2.  You MUST BELIEVE that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE in Heaven making intercession for US before GOD. 3. You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK HIM for His FORGIVENESS. 4. You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. 5. You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and DENY YOURSELF, take-up your CROSS and FOLLOW CHRIST.

Are you WILLING to RISK LOSING your SOUL, and SPENDING your ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there? Or are you going to TURN AWAY from the WORLDLY DESIRES and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART and SPEND your ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS?

You MUST DO numbers 1-5 above to RECEIVE an ETERNITY in HEAVEN. DO this NOW while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

“Obedience Motivated by Love”

 “Obedience Motivated by Love”

 

But by FAITH we EAGERLY await through the Spirit the RIGHTEOUSNESS for which we HOPE.    Galatians 5:5

 

The Galatians were being deceptively taught to obtain their OWN righteousness by OBEDIENCE to the LAW, which is the WORK of the FLESH. However, the Apostle Paul insisted that JUSTIFICATION ONLY comes by FAITH in JESUS CHRIST, God’s Only Son.

It was by FAITH that the APOSTLE PAUL, himself, along with other fellow believers EAGERLY AWAITED the BLESSED HOPE of RIGHTEOUSNESS.  Our SALVATION is NOT GIVEN to US because of what we do or have done, but it solely rests upon our OBEDIENCE by FAITH and NOT of OURSELVES.  And brought to us through the HOLY SPIRIT of the LIVING GOD, the One who sent His BELOVED SON to SUFFER, BLEED, and DIE, then RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE.

So, what really matters is FAITH —a CONTINUAL TRUST in JESUS CHRIST that is expressed through LOVE and OBEDIENCE. That is the ONLY WAY we can EAGERLY WAIT for OUR HOPE of RIGHTEOUSNESS.  Which will come about throughout the earth during the MILLENNIAL REIGN of the LORD JESUS CHRIST.   Are YOU EAGERLY AWAITING the RETURN of the LORD JESUS CHRIST?

When you feel a tugging on your HEART-STRINGS, and you are feeling REALLY BAD about your LIFE-STYLE, FEELING GUILTY.  It could very well be the HOLY SPIRIT of God bringing CONVICTION on your HEART and letting YOU KNOW that it is TIME to GIVE your HEART and LIFE to GOD, through His Son, JESUS, BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!  This is what YOU MUST DO to be RAPTURE READY. First, 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.  Then ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, because; It is by GRACE you are SAVED, through FAITH—and this is NOT from yourself, it is the GIFT of GOD, NOT by WORKS, so that no one can BOAST.  (Ephesians 2:8-9) We know NOT when Christ will RETURN to get His PEOPLE, the TRUE BELIEVERS, so, do the above NOW while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!! Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

“Keep On Walking”

 “Keep On Walking”

 

“I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will NOT carry out the desire of the flesh.”  Gal. 5:16

The Apostle Paul, is encouraging the readers to LIVE in FREEDOM, serving one another in LOVE, and LOVING each other as yourself. The ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLE for SPIRITUAL VICTORY, GETTING the MOST OUT of your SPIRITUAL LIFE in CHRIST, and bringing the MOST BENEFIT to other believers, REQUIRES the TRUE BELIEVER to WALK BY THE SPIRIT.  In other words, PLEASING GOD over PLEASING SELF.  Then you will NOT CARRY OUT the DESIRE of the FLESH. 

The FLESH and the SPIRIT are two different orbs. There is NO WAY to USE the FLESH to LIVE SPIRITUALLY.   When the Scripture talks about WALKING by the SPIRIT, it’s really talking about the way we LIVE our lives. And when they say “CARRYING OUT the DESIRE of the FLESH” means to LIVE LIFE according to a SINFUL HUMAN POINT of VIEW.

To “WALK by the SPIRIT” is to FIND God’s View on a matter, and DECIDE to ACT on the DIVINE PERSPECTIVE, then DEPEND on the HOLY SPIRIT to enable your OBEDIENCE. It does NOT mean that you REST while the SPIRIT does ALL the WORK.  We are called to WALK while TRUSTING in the SPIRIT’S EMPOWERMENT.  REMEMBER:  “WALKING,” in the SCRIPTURE MEANS; The way we LIVE our LIVES.

What are we showing others when we profess to be a CHRISTIAN, but our WALK or the WAY we LIVE is different from what we profess? You CANNOT USE the FLESH to LIVE SPIRITUALLY.  If you are living this way, PLEASE KNOW: You cannot FOOL GOD, He KNOWS EVERYTHING!!  ESPECIALLY the CONDITION of your HEART. 

I BELIEVE that we are LIVING in the LAST DAYS, and you MUST GIVE your HEART and LIFE to GOD by COMING to Him, through His ONLY SON, JESUS, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your SINFUL SOUL. And was TORTURED, BLED, DIED and RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE. So that ALL might be SAVED from their SINS.  And that they would NOT be CONDEMNED to an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once they are there. 

To be ABLE to ESCAPE HELL, You MUST be CONVICTED of your SINS, and ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS, 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 WALK in the SPIRIT and NOT the FLESH and KEEP ON WALKING by the SPIRIT, because the LORD JESUS is COMING SOON to get ALL of those who BELONG to GOD.  So, do the ABOVE with a SINCERE and CONTRITE HEART. Secure your PLACE in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!! IT COULD BE TODAY!!!

“A Clean and Humble Heart”

 “A Clean and Humble Heart”

 

God, create a CLEAN heart for me and RENEW a STEADFAST spirit within me.  The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit.  God, You will not despise a BROKEN and HUMBLED HEART.   Psalm 51:10,17

These verses are part of a prayer of King David, who was SEEKING a CLEAN HEART and a RENEWED SPIRIT that was STEADFAST, from the ALMIGHTY GOD.  It was composed by David, after a visit from the Prophet Nathan who had confronted the King concerning David’s ADULTERY with Bathsheba and the MURDER of her husband. Which was what caused David to cry out to God for REPENTANCE.

David was concerned about his sins of ADULTERY, and MURDER that might cause God to REMOVE His ROYAL CALLING upon David. And David did NOT WANT to lose God’s Calling and His EMPOWERMENT on his life. He asked God to RETURN to Him the JOY of his SALVATION, that he might TURN other SINNERS AWAY FROM their SINS and that they might TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART in FAITH and OBEDIENCE. 

David called on God to DELIVER him from the GUILT of his sins, David promised God that he would PUBLICLY give GOD ABUNDANT PRAISE. Because he KNEW that God does NOT want mere EXTERNAL WORSHIP and PRAISE, but God wants a TRUE, FAITHFUL, HUMBLE HEART that is TRULY BROKEN over PERSONAL SINS. 

There are many UNBELIEVERS, who think they can HIDE their PERSONAL SINS from the ALMIGHTY GOD. But that is NOT TRUE, because God is ALL KNOWING. And He has the ABILITY to KNOW what you are going to do, way before you do it.

TRUE WORSHIP means that a CASUAL RELATIONSHIP with SIN will KEEP you from EXPERIENCING an AUTHENTIC WORSHIP of God.  And a TRUE WORSHIP of GOD REQUIRES that we GIVE OURSELVES TOTALLY to GOD, without reserve.  It’s ALL or NONE!!

If you are a TRUE CHILD of the LIVING GOD, you SHOULD be SERVING and WORSHIPING Him with a CLEAN and HUMBLE HEART.  If YOU have not given your HEART and LIFE to GOD. This is what YOU MUST DO:  ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONLY SON, who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and RESURRECTED, to SAVE the LOST from their SINS, and to SAVE them 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. And then ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, with a CLEAN and HUMBLE HEART.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

“From Darkness into Light”

 “From Darkness into Light”

 

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.   John 1:5

I, for one, do NOT like the DARKNESS, because it is the absence of LIGHT. And can cause stumbling and falling, physically, and you can end up with BROKEN BONES or worse injuries.  However, on the SPIRITUAL SIDE, which we will be talking about. It may cause irrefutable ETERNAL consequences, which will depend on the CRUCIAL DECISIONS that ARE made during one’s lifetime on earth.

Jesus Christ, God’s Only Son, in Him was LIFE, and the LIFE that was in JESUS was to be a LIGHT for people.  JESUS, the LIGHT of the WORLD, is the SALVATION of mankind and the ONLY HOPE of DELIVERANCE. King David said: “The LORD is my LIGHT and my SALVATION, so why should I be afraid?” (Ps. 27:1) Jesus, the LIGHT, is a figure for HOLINESS, REVELATION, and TRUTH.

“If we say we have fellowship with GOD but go on LIVING in SPIRITUAL DARKNESS; we are NOT practicing the TRUTH. But if we are LIVING in the LIGHT, as God is in the LIGHT, then we have FELLOWSHIP with each other, and the BLOOD of JESUS, His SON, CLEANSES US from ALL our sin.”  (1John1:6,7)

Are YOU LIVING in the LIGHT, JESUS CHRIST? If NOT, then you are living in SPIRITUAL DARKNESS, the REALM of SATAN, DEMONS, and UNBELIEVERS.  A place and lifestyle that will send you into DEEP DARKNESS and DESPAIR, a place called HELL, and once you are there, you are there for ALL of ETERNITY and NO WAY to ESCAPE. 

But if you will be willing to TURN AWAY FROM your SINS and BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He was RESURRECTED from the GRAVE, and is in Heaven, making intercession for you before God.  And if you CONFESS your SINS to Him, He is FAITHFUL and JUST to FORGIVE you of your SINS. And will PROVIDE you with ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS. 

If you will LIVE in the LIGHT, as God is in the LIGHT, then you will be able to have FELLOWSHIP with God and others who have come to CHRIST and is now part of the FAMILY of God. And you will be CLEANSED from ALL SIN. So, come OUT of the DARKNESS and into His GLORIOUS LIGHT. Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!

Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

“How to Have Closeness with God”

 “How to Have Closeness with God”

 

If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t OBEY God’s commandments, that person is a LIAR and is NOT living in the TRUTH.   1John 2:4

This letter of John’s was written to BELIEVERS, and, like the TRUE BELIEVER of today, they wanted to have a CLOSE relationship with God. So, HOW do we go about obtaining the CLOSE, DEEPENING, RELATIONSHIP with the ALMIGHTY GOD?

OBEDIENCE ROOTED in LOVE, is the ANSWER for a relationship that is LONG-LASTING, and DEEPENING with God. And the WAY to that kind of RELATIONSHIP is ONLY AVAILABLE through the LORD JESUS CHRIST. God’s ONLY SON, who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and RESURRECTED with VICTORY over DEATH and the GRAVE. And by ACCEPTING Him as YOUR SAVIOR and LORD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, you CAN HAVE just such a RELATIONSHIP. 

The phrase, “To KNOW HIM” is a reference to an INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP, and NOT JUSTIFICATION, remember John’s readers ARE BELIEVERS. And we can be SURE that we KNOW HIM if we OBEY His COMMANDMENTS (V3). The TRUE BELIEVER is SAVED BY GRACE and GRACE does not do away with the COMMANDMENTS of God, but it gives you the ABILITY to GROW in LOVE. When this happens, your KNOWLEDGE of a CLOSENESS with GOD will DEFINITELY INCREASE.   Are YOU SURE that you have a LONG-LASTING, DEEP, INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP with God and Jesus Christ?

Here’s what you MUST DO to OBTAIN SUCH a RELATIONSHIP.  You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, 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 and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and have that CLOSE, DEEPENING, INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP with GOD and His Son. And be ABLE to spend your ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS. And ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there. 

So, do the instructions above, NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!

“Take A Stand”

“Take A Stand”

 

Who will protect me from the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers?  Unless the LORD had helped me, I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, “I am slipping!”  But Your UNFAILING LOVE, O LORD, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, Your comfort gave me RENEWED HOPE and CHEER.     Psalm 94:16-19

 

The Psalmist, sounds STRESSED over his SURROUNDINGS.  In the beginning verses, we see that the Psalmist is CALLING OUT to God, the DIVINE JUDGE of the earth to UNLEASH His VENGEANCE so that he might end the PROUD celebrations of the WICKED.  The Psalmist WONDERED HOW LONG would it be before God would SET ALL THINGS RIGHT.  (V3)

The interesting thing to KEEP in MIND is that the CONCERNS of GOD’S PEOPLE, TODAY, are the SAME as the CONCERNS of His People in the PAST.  The EVIL THINGS that are HAPPENING JUSTIFIES GOD’S DIVINE JUDGMENT. Their OUTRAGEOUS ACTIONS, show that they have convinced THEMSELVES that God does NOT SEE nor does He PAY ATTENTION to them.  And they are in for a RUDE AWAKENING, under those assumptions. They could NOT be MORE WRONG!! 

The TRUE BELIEVERS of TODAY find COMFORT in KNOWING that GOD USES the WICKED to FULFILL His PLANS.  The LORD GOD will NOT REJECT His PEOPLE; He will NOT ABANDON His SPECIAL POSSESSION. He will PROTECT and STAND UP for them against evildoers. And JUDGMENT WILL again be FOUNDED on JUSTICE, and those who have VIRTUOUS HEARTS will PURSUE it. 

The Psalmist CRIED OUT:  “I am SLIPPING!” But God’s UNFAILING LOVE SUPPORTED him. And when the DOUBTS COME you can DEPEND on GOD’S COMFORT to produce a RENEWED HOPE and JOY UNSPEAKABLE. 

JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONLY SON, came to earth and took a STAND for EACH PERSON who will TAKE a STAND for HIM, by ADMITTING that they are SINNERS in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS, who GAVE His life to SAVE their SOUL from an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE once they are there.  They MUST BELIEVE, with ALL their HEART that JESUS DIED for them, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven making intercession for them, before God. They MUST CONFESS their SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS. They MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM their SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. They must ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and TAKE A STAND for GOD and His Son, JESUS CHRIST.  So, if you have NOT come to JESUS for your SALVATION, you will be DESTINED for an ETERNITY in HELL.  UNLESS you DO what is above.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!