"Moved by the Holy Spirit

“Moved by the Holy Spirit”

First of all, you should know this:  No prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.        2 Peter 1:20-21



It was and still is that the WORD of God be just that the WORD of GOD, and NOT of man’s own thinking and understanding.  Those who penned the Word of God, did not write what they were feeling at the time, but they opened their HEARTS and MINDS to the moving of the HOLY SPIRIT.  And thus, we have THE WORD of GOD.



The human authors were CONTROLLED by the DIVINE AUTHOR of the LIVING God. And so we have the GENUINE, AUTHENTIC WORD of God.  To enlighten us, and give us the KNOWLEDGE we NEED to LIVE as our GOD intends for us to LIVE and to SERVE Him.

“Moved by the Holy Spirit”

First of all, you should know this:  No prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.        2 Peter 1:20-21



It was and still is that the WORD of God be just that the WORD of GOD, and NOT of man’s own thinking and understanding.  Those who penned the Word of God, did not write what they were feeling at the time, but they opened their HEARTS and MINDS to the moving of the HOLY SPIRIT.  And thus, we have THE WORD of GOD.



The human authors were CONTROLLED by the DIVINE AUTHOR of the LIVING God. And so we have the GENUINE, AUTHENTIC WORD of God.  To enlighten us, and give us the KNOWLEDGE we NEED to LIVE as our GOD intends for us to LIVE and to SERVE Him.



To be effective in our Christian life and calling, we, like the prophets of old, NEED to be MOVED by the SPIRIT of God.  We sometimes do things, because we feel OBLIGATED to.  Now, while being OBLIGATED is NOT a bad thing, but if it is NOT carried out in LOVE and by being MOVED by the SPIRIT of God, then it is of NO value to the WORK of God.  We are not just His Children, but we are His SERVANTS.  And our SERVICE should be carried out by our LOVE, DEVOTION, and by being MOVED by the HOLY SPIRIT.  We have HIS WORD, not MAN’S, and we SHOULD READ and STUDY His WORD, in order to be a GOOD and FAITHFUL SERVANT.  Ready to do the Kingdom’s Work.



If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you probably don’t READ or STUDY His WORD, the BIBLE.  And you NEED to KNOW that for those who are NOT a part of God’s Family, they are facing an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE.  If you want to be a part of God’s Family, and to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, you MUST BE WILLING TO TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Then CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT God’s gift of SALVATION and be MOVED by the HOLY SPIRIT to SERVE your SAVIOR and LORD, with LOVE and DEVOTION.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

ave NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you probably don’t READ or STUDY His WORD, the BIBLE.  And you NEED to KNOW that for those who are NOT a part of God’s Family, they are facing an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE.  If you want to be a part of God’s Family, and to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, you MUST BE WILLING TO TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Then CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT God’s gift of SALVATION and be MOVED by the HOLY SPIRIT to SERVE your SAVIOR and LORD, with LOVE and DEVOTION.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"Obey and Follow!"

“Obey and Follow!”

“From the time I brought your ancestors up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again, saying “Obey Me.”  But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts.  So, I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.”        Jeremiah 11:7-8



From the FALL of MAN, until NOW, mankind has followed this same scenario.  Even though this was a message from God for the Prophet Jeremiah to deliver to the nation of Israel, it is definitely applicable to ALL of mankind of today.  So to the reader, I say:  “Take HEED to what you will be reading.”



Mankind is born with a sinful nature, which means they are prone to LIVE in sin. And without Christ they are destined to pay the price for their transgressions.  God, in His infinite WISDOM and ABUNDANT MERCY has provided mankind with a plan to be able to ESCAPE the CURSES brought upon them by their DISOBEDIENCE to the ALMIGHTY GOD, and FOLLOWING the STUBBORNNESS of their EVIL HEARTS. 



The OUTCOME of being DISOBEDIENT and FOLLOWING the STUBBORNNESS of their EVIL HEART is eventually spending ALL of ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY of ESCAPING.



Many people today hear the Word of God, and REJECT His invitation to TURN AWAY FROM THEIR SINFUL LIFESTYLE and to TURN to Him.  They are being DISOBEDIENT to Him, and they would rather take their chances of FOLLOWING their own STUBBORNNESS of their EVIL HEART.  The thing about taking chances is that you will DEFINITELY PAY for the chance you take.  Because it will eventually affect your LIFE and your ETERNITY.   So, PLEASE STOP being DISOBEDIENT to God and FOLLOWING the STUBBORNNESS of your EVIL HEART, and come to God, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  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 ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and OBEY Him and FOLLOW in HIS WAYS.   You, then will ESCAPE HELL and GAIN HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, for ALL of ETERNITY.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"Justified Through Christ Jesus"

“Justified Through Christ Jesus”

“Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.  Through Him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.”        Acts 13:38-39



JUSTIFICATION:  the act in which a sinner is freed from the penalty of their sin by their FAITH in the Lord Jesus Christ, and made RIGHTEOUS before God.



This JUSTIFICATION clears the sinner of EVERY charge against them, and they can rest ASSURED of this, because of the SUBSTITUTIONARY WORK of the Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary.  He PAID the PRICE to acquit the guilty sinner. 



When mankind is born, they are born with a SINFUL NATURE, and when they reach the age of accountability, they have a CHOICE to make.  They can go the Way of the Cross, and SALVATION, or the way of Satan and end up with an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY of ESCAPING. 



There is ONLY ONE WAY, to ESCAPE HELL, and that is through FAITH and ACCEPTANCE of the LORD JESUS CHRIST as your SAVIOR and LORD.  There is NO OTHER WAY to be JUSTIFIED and made RIGHTEOUS with your CREATOR.  Keeping the Law of Moses, (Ten Commandments), won’t bring you JUSTIFICATION, it will only bring you CONDEMNATION.  Just being a really GOOD PERSON won’t do it, nor will giving MONEY to the church.  You can’t BUY, LIE, or CRY your way into HEAVEN.  You MUST TRULY GIVE your HEART and LIFE to God.



You MUST COME to Him, willing to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and come with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING, 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 ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION and be JUSTIFIED before Him, through FAITH in JESUS CHRIST, the LORD. And receive an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"The Greatest Transformation"

“The Greatest Transformation”

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into His image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.                       2 Corinthians 3:18

Who, by the power that enables Him to bring everything under His control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like His glorious body.       Philippians 3:21



 Glory:  Splendor; magnificent



We all, at some time or another are NOT happy with our appearance, and we wish we could have a BETTER HAIR DAY, or somehow get rid of the BAGS UNDER THE EYES, or LOSE A FEW POUNDS, etc.  You know what I’m getting at.  We just are NOT satisfied with what we look like or feel like.  Well, I want you to know, that if you’re a TRUE BELIEVER, a TRUE CHILD OF GOD, then you have GOOD NEWS coming your way.



The glory that was evident on Moses’ face was a DIMINISHING-RADIANCE, when he came down off the mountain, after having been with the Lord God, the GLORY was so MAGNIFIED, and INTENSILY BRIGHT that Moses veiled his face whenever he spoke to the Nation of Israel, after he had been with the Lord God Almighty.  Was this due to the fact that Moses considered the people to be UNWORTHY to see the DIMINISHING-RADIANCE of God on his face and veiled his face as an indication of their hardness of heart?  This is a strong possibility.



However, in the case of those who are the TRUE CHILDREN of GOD, by the way of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, their faces are UNVEILED, which is done ONLY by the Holy Spirit. And they are being EVER-INCREASINGLY TRANSFORMED from GLORY TO GLORY.  WE, who are the TRUE CHILDREN of GOD, are being made in the IMAGE of HIS SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  Who by the POWER that enables Him to bring EVERYTHING under His control, will GLORIOUSLY TRANSFORM our LOWLY BODIES into PERFECT, GLORIFIED BODIES, like the PERFECT GLORIOUS BODY of our SAVIOR and LORD, Jesus Christ.  So, we are EAGERLY AWAITING His return from Heaven.  Are you?



If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are NOT being TRANSFORMED into a PERFECTLY GLORIOUS BODY, and will NOT have an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS. Instead, you will spend ALL of your ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE.  Unless, of course, you CHANGE your DESTINY.  To do that, you MUST BE WILLING TO TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Then CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  And ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION and receive the GREATEST TRANSFORMATION, ever known to mankind.  Do this NOW while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"Spiritual Commitments"

“Spiritual Commitments”

“ Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and to cling to Him and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”       Joshua 22:5

 

As TRUE BELIEVERS of the Almighty God, we have certain mandates that we MUST FOLLOW in OBEDIENCE to Him.  These are known as: “Spiritual Commitments”.  A COMMITMENT is: a PROMISE or PLEDGE to do something.  So as God’s TRUE CHILDREN, who have been adopted into His family, through the DEATH and RESURRECTION of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONE and ONLY Son, for the SALVATION of ALL mankind.  We have certain SPIRITUAL COMMITMENTS that we MUST CARRY OUT. 



The Scripture we will use today, is a Charge of Joshua to his returning soldiers, who will be returning to their own tribes, from battle.  It is a reminder of their ‘SPIRITUAL COMMITMENTS”, which, if they CONTINUE in OBEDIENCE to these SPIRITUAL COMMITMENTS, they will CONTINUE to RECEIVE GOD’S BLESSINGS. 



These SPIRITUAL COMMITMENTS are very APPLICABLE to us today, these are some things that we SHOULD be doing.  We SHOULD OBEY the COMMANDMENT of MOSES:  to LOVE the Lord God with ALL our HEART, and to WALK or LIVE in ALL His ways, and to KEEP His COMMANDMENTS, to CLING or HOLD ON to Him, and to SERVE Him with ALL our HEART and with ALL our SOUL. 



Whenever, we are SLACK in any of these COMMITMENTS, we RISK losing ANY of GOD’S BLESSINGS, and we become WEAK and VULNERABLE to false teachings.  We stifle our SPIRITUAL GROWTH, and become OPEN PREY to the wiles of the devil.



If you have NOT GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are NOT FOLLOWING the SPIRITUAL COMMITMENTS, which indicate that you are LOST in your sins and are headed for an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE. However, God, in His INFINITE MERCY and AMAZING GRACE, has provided a WAY for you to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL.  To do this, you MUST BE WILLING TO TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU, and is now ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and KEEP your SPIRITUAL COMMITMENTS to Him, and spend your ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"Good Works and Sound Doctrine"

“Good Works and Sound Doctrine”

This is a trustworthy saying.  And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good.  These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.        Titus 3:8



TRUSTWORTHY: Dependable, reliable



This is the instructions of the Apostle Paul to Titus, concerning God’s grace as motivation for GODLY LIVING.  And Paul starts off, with the statement: “This is a TRUSTWORTHY saying.” Meaning that it was a RELEABLE statement.  One that Titus COULD and SHOULD STRESS to those who TRULY BELIEVE in God and His AMAZING GRACE, which is provided by the LORD JESUS CHRIST, through His DEATH on the cross, and His RESURRECTION from DEATH and the GRAVE. 



The SOUND DOCTRINE, is that SALVATION, comes from God’s GRACE and NOT from mankind’s RIGHTEOUSNESS.  It is NOT from anything that we have done, but it comes from three aspects of God’s GRACE, which are:  KINDNESS, LOVE, and MERCY, all of which are attributes of the ALMIGHTY GOD.



Out of God’s KINDNESS, we are able to experience God’s LOVE, which provides MERCY, meaning we will NOT RECEIVE what we DESERVE, which is ETERNAL LIFE in HELL, because of our sinfulness, but because of God’s GRACE, we are able to RECEIVE what we DON’T DESERVE, which is ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS. This transformation SHOULD prompt us to do GOOD WORKS for our LORD. 



In other words, we are NOT SAVED by our GOOD WORKS, but we do GOOD WORKS, because WE ARE SAVED.  If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE, TOTALLY to God, and maybe you think you will get to HEAVEN because you are a GOOD PERSON, who does a lot of GOOD WORKS.  You are SO WRONG, and will end up spending your ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE.  In order to CHANGE your DESTINY, you MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Then CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS CHRIST died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT His gift of TRUE SALVATION, and receive this SOUND DOCTRINE and do GOOD WORKS for the LORD.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"A Prosperous New Year"

“A Prosperous New Year”

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My loving eye on you.       Psalm 32:8



We, all are hoping for a PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.  A lot of the outcome of that HOPE will depend on what we allow the Holy Spirit of the Living God to do IN and THROUGH us.   Psalm 25:12, tells us that for those who FEAR, this doesn’t mean to be afraid, but it means to RESPECT God, He will INSTRUCT them in the ways they SHOULD CHOOSE.  The CHOICE is ours for the making, but He is WILLING to GUIDE us in our DECISIONS.  We could save ourselves a lot of HEARTACHE, and REGRET, if we would ALLOW Him to INSTRUCT us in our CHOICES.



When we SUBMIT to the INSTRUCTION of God’s Spirit, we gain WISDOM, which gives us LIFE.  The writer of Proverbs 4:13 tells us to “Hold on to INSTRUCTION and do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.”  Proverbs 13:13, says: “Whoever scorns INSTRUCTION will pay for it, but whoever respects a COMMAND is REWARDED.”



For the UNBELIEVER, those who have NOT given their HEART and LIFE to God, they are REJECTING the INSTRUCTION of God concerning their ETERNAL DESTINY.  It is the HOPE that God will grant them REPENTANCE of their sins, and give them KNOWLEDGE of His TRUTH, and that they might come to their senses and be able to ESCAPE the devil’s trap, which will lead them to an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE.  To avoid this scenario, you MUST TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him, and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS. You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS died for YOU, and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and His INSTRUCTIONS.  It is RELEVANT to your ETERNAL DESTINY.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!