"Undeserved Grace"

 

“Undeserved Grace”

 

Christ sacrificed His Life’s Blood to set us free, which means our sins are now forgiven.  Christ did this because of God’s Gift of Undeserved Grace to us.  God has Great Wisdom and Understanding, and by what Christ has done, God has shown us His Own Mysterious Ways.  Then when the time is right, God will do all He has planned, and Christ will bring together everything in heaven and on earth.    Ephesians 1:7-10

 

GRACE:  Receiving blessings we don’t deserve

 

God’s UNDESERVED GRACE is the act of RECEIVING what we DO NOT DESERVE.  MANKIND is SINFUL and DISOBEDIENT in their nature, and their SINFUL, DISOBEDIENT nature MUST be ATONED for by the SHEDDING of BLOOD.  And it is the BLOOD of God’s own SON, the Lord Jesus Christ, that provides the UNDESERVED GRACE.  He was the PERFECT, BLAMELESS LAMB of the ALMIGHTY GOD, and was the ONLY ONE who could RESCUE MANKIND from their sins.  It is by His BLOOD that we are SET FREE from the SLAVERY of SIN. 

 

And because of this UNDESERVED GRACE we are FORGIVEN.  This time of year, many are SEARCHING for that PERFECT GIFT, for a loved one.  But the Lord God Almighty, didn’t have to SEARCH for the PERFECT GIFT of UNDESERVED GRACE for MANKIND, it was in the very HEART of God, from ETERNITY PAST, and will be through ETERNITY FUTURE. It was made POSSIBLE through the REDEMPTIVE ACT of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, by way of the CROSS and the GRAVE.  But the GRAVE is not the END of the result of UNDESERVED GRACE.  Because, JESUS was the VICTOR over DEATH and the GRAVE.  And that is why we have the HOPE of HEAVEN as our ETERNAL HOME.   And that is why it is UNDESERVED, there is NOTHING we can do to PROVIDE the WAY or MEANS to SECURE us an ETERNITY in HEAVEN. 

 

And because of this UNDESERVED GRACE, God has shown to us His Own mysterious ways, this mystery is a previously hidden truth unveiled by God’s revelation, and it is; when the time is right, God will do ALL He has planned, and Christ Jesus will bring together EVERYTHING in Heaven and on Earth.  Meaning, at the END of the AGES, the COMPLETION of HISTORY God will GATHER everything to Himself, and He will create a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH, and the ENTIRE NEW UNIVERSE will be UNIFIED under the Authority of the LORD JESUS CHRIST.   Are you a recipient of God’s UNDESERVED GRACE?

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then you are NOT His Child, and you are NOT a RECIPIENT of UNDESERVED GRACE, but you are headed for an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you are there.  You can change that destiny by, WILLINGLY TURNING AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle and TURNING TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESSING your sins to Him and ASKING 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.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION and UNDESERVED GRACE, and spend ALL of ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and COMING SOON!!!

 

 

 

"A Faith GUARANTEED Promise"

 

“A Faith GUARANTEED Promise”

 

 

Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham.  He is the father of us all.     Romans 4:16

 

Just what does a FAITH GUARANTEED PROMISE mean; well, I am about to enlighten you, somewhat, on this matter.  This means that the PROMISE, given to Abraham, and his offspring, that he would be heir of the world, was given because of Abraham’s RIGHTEOUSNESS, which came by his FAITH.  It is an ASSURANCE that this promise would be fulfilled.  It was NOT through the keeping of the Law that Abraham received this promise, it was because of his RIGHTEOUSNESS by FAITH.

 

Abraham did NOT WAVER in His FAITH, but BELIEVED that GOD had the POWER to do what He had PROMISED.  And that is why it was credited to Abraham as RIGHTEOUSNESS.  This accreditation was not for Abraham alone, but also for THOSE, who BELIEVE in Him who raised Jesus from the dead.  The CRITICAL QUESTION for you is:  Do you BELIEVE in GOD and His Son, JESUS CHRIST, who gave His LIFE that we might BELIEVE in God, and become RIGHTEOUS in His Sight, like ABRAHAM?  Do you BELIEVE that God has the POWER to do what He promises? 

 

He GUARATEES the PROMISE of an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS to those who by FAITH, will ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION.  In order to do that, and to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL of its HORRORS, you MUST BE WILLING TO TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO HIM, 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 YOUR SINS, and is now ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then YOU MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and be a TRUE RECIPIENT of GOD’S GUARANTEED PROMISE.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and COMING SOON!!!

"A Thankful Captive of Grace"

 

“A Thankful Captive of Grace”

 

But thank God! He has made us His Captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s Triumphal Procession. Now He uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume.     2 Corinthians 2:14

 

When a person is CONVICTED of their SINFUL CONDITION by the Holy Spirit of the Living God, and they RESPOND to the WOOING of the Spirit, by coming to the foot of the Cross of Jesus Christ, for the SALVATION of their soul. They will then become a CAPTIVE, one, who is ENSLAVED by LOVE, the LOVE of God for ALL of mankind, and for them PERSONALLY.  They too, then can be called a CAPTIVE of GRACE.  I am EXTREMELY THANKFUL ALL the TIME, to be considered a CAPTIVE of GOD’S AMAZING GRACE.  And I am ASTOUNDEDLY THANKFUL to SERVE Him. 

 

The Apostle Paul, in this letter to the TRUE BELIEVERS in CORINTH, wanted them to KNOW just what it meant to be a CAPTIVE OF GRACE.  First, of all he is THANKFUL, because in Jesus Christ, God’s Son, He LEADS them/us in TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION, a VICTORY PARADE. They were ONCE slaves to sin, but they NOW, were SLAVES or SERVANTS of the MOST HIGH GOD, and they NOW have VICTORY over SPIRITUAL DEATH and an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you are there.  In a Roman triumph processional INCENSE was diffused everywhere, and the Apostle Paul compares the SWEET FRAGANCE of the INCENSE to the KNOWLEDGE of Christ, by way of PREACHING and WITNESSING to a LOST and DYING WORLD.

 

We, the TRUE BELIEVERS, are the AROMA of Christ, this FRAGANCE is perceived differently among those who are being SAVED and among those who are PERISHING, to those who are PERISHING, we are a DREADFUL smell of DEATH and DOOM.  But to those who are being SAVED, we are a LIFE-GIVING PERFUME.  What an AWESOME TASK, and this is why I am a THANKFUL CAPTIVE of GRACE.  I am UNWORTHY on my OWN merits, but because of GOD’S AMAZING GRACE, I am HONORED to be able to SHARE the LOVE that God has for EACH ONE OF US, to this LOST and DYING WORLD, and to be HIS CAPTIVE of GRACE.   Are you His CAPTIVE of GRACE?

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then you are NOT a CAPTIVE of GRACE, but you are LOST and on your way to an ETERNITY in HELL.  In order to CHANGE that 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 died for YOU, and that He is NOW ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and be THANKFUL that you are a CAPTIVE of GRACE, SHARING HIS LOVE, and a part of the VICTORY PARADE, marching into an ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS.  So, do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and COMING SOON!!!

 

 

"Overflowing with Thankfulness"

 

“Overflowing with Thankfulness”

 

And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow Him.   Let your roots grow down into Him, and let your lives be built on Him.  Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.                 Colossians 2:6-7

 

There are MANY things for us to be THANKFUL for, and for the TRUE BELIEVER, the FIRST and MOST IMPORTANT THING is having a TRUE, RIGHTEOUS RELATIONSHIP with God and His Son the Lord Jesus Christ, the ONE and ONLY ONE who can provide that RELATIONSHIP for the TRUE BELIEVER.  He came from ALL the GLORIES of HEAVEN, to live a life of SCORN, RIDICULE, PERSECUTION, REJECTION and a SHAMELESS DEATH on the Cross of Calvary. But DEATH and the GRAVE could NOT HOLD, Him. Within three days He was RISEN from DEATH and the grave, and WALKING and TALKING to His Beloved Disciples. The ONE who GAVE His OWN LIFE to SAVE MINE and YOURS from an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you are there.  He GAVE, and ALL we have to do is to RECEIVE this PRECIOUS GIFT of SALVATION. 

 

The Apostle Paul gives us GUIDANCE as to what we should do, in order to enjoy a life that is PLEASING and ACCEPTABLE to the ALMIGHTY GOD.  He tells us that we should be ROOTED and BUILT UP in Christ Jesus. Just like a plant that has a STRONG ROOT system, which GROWS DEEP, and is STRONG and STEADFAST, and will PRODUCE a STRONG, HEALTHY PLANT.  When the TRUE BELIEVER does this, they will grow STRONG in their FAITH, and in the TRUTH that they are TAUGHT from the HOLY WORD of GOD.  And they will have the ASSURANCE of an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  This is what SHOULD cause the HEART of EVERY TRUE BELIEVER to OVERFLOW with THANKFULNESS.  This is our PERMANENT, SPIRITUAL, PROMISE of an ETERNAL HOME with FATHER GOD and His SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  Are you READY?

 

However, if you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then your ETERNAL DESTINY is an ETERNITY in HELL.  And there is NO WAY OUT, once you are there, it’s FOREVER torment and despair.  God, out of His ABUNDANT MERCY and AMAZING GRACE, has PROVIDED a WAY for you to CHANGE that 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 died for YOU, and that He is NOW ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION and let your HEART OVERFLOW with THANKFULNESS, ALL the TIME.  So, do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting, and COMING SOON!!!

"The Giving of Thanks"

 

“The Giving of Thanks”

 

Always thanking the Father.  He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to His people, who live in the light.    Colossians 1:12

 

THANKSGIVING, ONE day set aside, in which we offer THANKSGIVING to the one who prepares the meal, the one who opens their homes for the gathering of the family members, OH, yeah, we ARE SUPPOSE to THANK GOD TOO, MAYBE!  For some this is nothing more than a DAY set aside for families to get together, and PIG OUT!  OVER-EAT, GLUTTONY?

 

The Apostle Paul, says that we should, ALWAYS give THANKS to our HEAVENLY FATHER, GOD, which means, EVERYDAY, we SHOULD THANK God for His GOODNESS and His BLESSINGS.  But MOST IMPORTANT of ALL, is THANKING Him for making it possible for the TRUE BELIEVER to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you are there. And to be ABLE to GAIN an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  And for them to be able to SHARE in that INHERITANCE, which is made POSSIBLE to those who LIVE in the LIGHT of the KINGDOM of GOD, those who are TRUE BELIEVERS in God’s Son the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who SUFFERED, BLED and DIED, in order to SAVE MANKIND from an ETERNITY in HELL, and to PROVIDE an ETERNITY in HEAVEN.

 

We should give THANKS to God, EVERYDAY, for His MERCY, RESCUING US from the kingdom of darkness, and His GRACE, bringing us into the KINGDOM of LIGHT, the KINGDOM of His SON, Jesus Christ, the ONE who purchased our FREEDOM, with His OWN life, and FORGAVE ALL OUR SINS.  For the TRUE BELIEVER, those who have come to the foot of the Cross, and have ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST as their SAVIOR and LORD, EVERYDAY should be a DAY of GIVING THANKS, to the ALMIGHTY GOD and His SON.

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are probably offering THANKS ONE day, each year, for TEMPORARY things that will one day be gone, and you will be FACING a VERY BLEAK, PERMANENT situation.  You will be FACING an ETERNITY in HELL, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, unless you are 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 that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and be able to GIVE THANKS, EVERYDAY for your ETERNAL INHERITANCE, of HEAVEN, because of GOD’S ABUNDANT MERCY and His AMAZING GRACE.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and COMING SOON!!!

 

 

 

 

TRUST at ALL Times!"

 

“TRUST at ALL Times!”

 

Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our Refuge.    Psalm 62:8

 

King David was not only a GREAT KING, and WARRIOR, but he was also an ACCOMPLISHED SONG WRITER.  Many of his Psalms were sent to the Director of Music.  And this Psalm is one of his songs.  David KNEW where his STRENGTH came from, and was pretty adamant about where he placed his TRUST. 

 

In this Psalm, David expresses that the ALMIGHTY GOD is his REST, ROCK, REFUGE, HOPE, A MIGHTY FORTRESS, and his SALVATION.  And his DEPENDENCE was on God.  This claim came from life-time experiences.  God RESCUED David from his enemies, many times and gave him the ability to be a MIGHTY WARRIOR and KING.  Whenever David was in trouble, he CALLED upon the ALMIGHTY GOD, because he KNEW that GOD would RESCUE him and would be his SALVATION.  He also KNEW the IMPORTANCE of WHEN to put his TRUST IN GOD. 

 

David says to:  TRUST in God at ALL times, NOT ONLY when we are facing TROUBLES, but ALL the time. We NEED to TRUST Him with EVERY ASPECT of our lives.  We SHOULD POUR OUT our WHOLE HEART to Him, without ABANDONING our FAITH, but with ASSURANCE that He is ABLE to take care of EVERY and ALL needs.  For the TRUE BELIEVER, He is their REST, ROCK, REFUGE, HOPE, A MIGHTY FORTRESS, and THEIR SALVATION, and like King David, They can DEPEND on Him at ALL TIMES.  CAN YOU?

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then He is NOT your REST, ROCK, REFUGE, HOPE, A MIGHTY FORTRESS or SALVATION.  But He CAN be and WANTS to be, if you will 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, God’s Son, died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and allow Him to be your REST, ROCK, REFUGE, HOPE, A MIGHTY FORTRESS and your SALVATION, and to provide a WAY of ESCAPING HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and GAINING HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS for ALL of ETERNITY.  So, do this NOW, while you still can.   He’s waiting and COMING SOON!!!

"Righteous through Faith"

 

“Righteousness through Faith”

 

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.  What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things.  I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ.  And be found in Him not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ---the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.      Philippians 3:7-9

 

The Apostle Paul CONSIDERED his RELATIONSHIP with the LORD JESUS CHRIST, PRICELESS, and WORTH MORE than he POSSESSED or had EVER POSSESSED.  He tells us that he considers EVERYTHING a LOSS compared to KNOWING Christ Jesus, PERSONALLY.  He NO LONGER had CONFIDENCE in the FLESH, but NOW he had CONFIDENCE in JESUS CHRIST alone. 

 

Paul, CONSIDERED those things that he had GAINED in life to be nothing more than RUBBISH, in order to GAIN a RELATIONSHIP with Christ Jesus.  NOTHING else really MATTERED to him, in light of him possessing a RELATIONSHIP with JESUS CHRIST, as his SAVIOR and LORD, this SURPASSED everything he had ever gained in his JEWISH RELIGION.   

 

For those who are FOUND IN CHRIST, they are the ones who have GAINED a RELATIONSHIP with Him, because He, JESUS CHRIST, is in the TRUE BELIEVER and the TRUE BELIEVER is in HIM. It is a CRUCIAL MATTER, that the one who comes to Christ, is responding to the WORK of the HOLY SPIRIT, who draws them to CHRIST. And when they come to Him, it is not because of their SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS, but it is through the RIGHTEOUSNESS of the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  The Prophet Isaiah, writes that; …. ALL our RIGHTEOUSNESSES are like FILTHY RAGS.” (Isa. 64:6)

 

However, the RIGHTEOUSNESS that is found in CHRIST is the RIGHTEOUSNESS that we MUST POSSESS to have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the HOLY, RIGHTEOUS GOD, the ONE who holds the DESTINY of EVERYONE, in His HANDS.  If you POSSESS the RIGHTEOUSNESS of CHRIST JESUS, then you will have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with Him and will be able to stand COMPLETE IN CHRIST JESUS, through HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, and because of your FAITH in CHRIST JESUS.  If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are NOT in CHRIST JESUS, and HE is NOT in YOU.  You do NOT POSSESS His RIGHTEOUSNESS, and CANNOT have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with God, until you are 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.  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 ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and receive the RIGHTEOUSNESS of CHRIST, through FAITH in Him, and BE READY to ACCEPT an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, and to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and COMING SOON!!!