“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!!!

 

 

“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!!!