As the Church Age comes ingloriously to its end, and the things that happen afterwards come to the stage, deception will be overwhelming. The deception will be clothed with righteousness, cleverly hidden. People will give glowing testimonies of visiting God, Jesus, and Heaven. Why should we not believe this is from God? We scour the youtube entry and find no obvious error in it. Seems true.
But the Sugar and Spice message itself is wrong. Repentance and Fearing God is what the Holy Scriptures shout to us in this very time in America.
On YouTube there are so many who claim they get words from God almost daily. Really??? God's holy written Word speaks to my heart daily and I learn Truth. I am saved by Grace and given the Holy Spirit to walk the narrow path yoked up with Jesus, obeying Him by faith.
Never forget that Satan himself appears as an angel of light, and only as we abide in Jesus can we be safe.
Never forget that the skilled deceivers lead you with something true at first. Then they add a slightly questionable and debatable nugget and stretch scripture to support it, and from there they skillfully lead you away from Christ.
One couple with daughter escaped a house fire with their lives. House was totaled. Wife told me, We believe in Jesus, but husband attempted to get me into Buddhism. I told him that Buddhism is of Satan. He said, No, but I did not budge. God spared their lives. They need the real Jesus.
Monday, December 11, 2017
Monday, December 4, 2017
We all have doctrinal biases from small to great. We need to ask God to deliver us from the false.
Antinomian heresy teaches us to ignore all the scriptures that teach persecution and suffering. We can read the whole Bible and somehow skip and run by many scriptures that teach we must face persecution. It is part of our fallen nature, and we all have this hidden liability until the Lord makes us aware of it, if we have spiritual ears and eyes.
Let us look at one section of scripture that we normally skip as not pertaining to us.
Rev. 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Verse 11 shows being slain for being a Christ follower has not finished yet. It is still in our future. Those who see the truth will not be taken by surprise. Those trusting falsehood run the real risk of abandoning Christ altogether, saying, I never signed up for this.
Oh yeah! The Lord warns us that only those who endure to the end will be saved.
Let us look at one section of scripture that we normally skip as not pertaining to us.
Rev. 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Verse 11 shows being slain for being a Christ follower has not finished yet. It is still in our future. Those who see the truth will not be taken by surprise. Those trusting falsehood run the real risk of abandoning Christ altogether, saying, I never signed up for this.
Oh yeah! The Lord warns us that only those who endure to the end will be saved.
Sunday, December 3, 2017
False Teachers, Preachers and self proclaimed prophets
These false teachers take advantage of Christians who hardly know their Bibles. They teach plausible outcomes of Biblical thought, just a tad off.
Genesis 1:2 -- And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
False teachers change the word, WAS, to BECAME in order to teach a pre-Adamic world.
You are supposed to use scripture to prove scripture, but these guys justify their conclusions because they teach their lies, ever so subtly. There are no scriptures that teach a pre-Adamic world. End of story. Yes there are many questions that arise out of Genesis, but God has remained silent about that. Where He is silent, we cannot logically speculate.
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Here is another false thought that keeps popping up now and again. When Jesus was tempted in all points as a man, teachers say the temptations were real and genuine and He could have sinned, but did not.
The truth is that it was impossible for Jesus to sin because as a Man, Jesus never diverted from His Obedience to the Father, despite all of Satan's machinations. If we could know the depth and height of Jesus's sufferings while on earth, and His unflinching obedience to the Father which was tested to the maximum, we would then know what is expected of us in the testings of our own faith, and take this much more seriously than we do, because we are weak and can only overcome by Him, who never failed.
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Genesis 1:2 -- And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
False teachers change the word, WAS, to BECAME in order to teach a pre-Adamic world.
You are supposed to use scripture to prove scripture, but these guys justify their conclusions because they teach their lies, ever so subtly. There are no scriptures that teach a pre-Adamic world. End of story. Yes there are many questions that arise out of Genesis, but God has remained silent about that. Where He is silent, we cannot logically speculate.
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Here is another false thought that keeps popping up now and again. When Jesus was tempted in all points as a man, teachers say the temptations were real and genuine and He could have sinned, but did not.
The truth is that it was impossible for Jesus to sin because as a Man, Jesus never diverted from His Obedience to the Father, despite all of Satan's machinations. If we could know the depth and height of Jesus's sufferings while on earth, and His unflinching obedience to the Father which was tested to the maximum, we would then know what is expected of us in the testings of our own faith, and take this much more seriously than we do, because we are weak and can only overcome by Him, who never failed.
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Our greatest need is to be forgiven by God.
We offend Almighty God on a daily basis. He is the dreadful God, a Consuming Fire. It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the Living God, and we will all face Him in the Judgment after we die. The Bible says, It is appointed unto men once to die and after that the judgment. Which one of us can say we are pure in His sight? No one.
The first step of Repentance is admitting we have committed iniquity against our God. When we come to God for forgiveness, He shows us the breadth and height of our deep rebellion against Him. We are really and truly at odds with God. Our only hope is that He will forgive us. And we need lots of His forgiveness, because we have sinned against God all of our lives.
God is willing to forgive us, and He has provided Jesus Christ, the sacrificial Lamb of God, to give us this much needed forgiveness. The blood of Jesus Christ our Lord cleanses us from all sin. So it is of vital importance that we get with Him before we die and receive His forgiveness.
One important thing that God insists on, and perhaps it is the most important thing, is we must forgive others their trespasses against us. The Lord says if we don't forgive others, then He will not forgive us either. In what is referred to as the Lord's prayer it says: Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
We must walk in the Spirit of God to do all this. The fundamental way to hear God's voice is through His Holy Bible. We must study, meditate, and read every word that comes from God. The Word of God is powerful and living. As we read God's written Word, our spirits cry out to God in repentance and praise.
To the rebellious unbeliever this is pure foolishness, but to us who are saved, it is the power of God unto salvation.
Truly, we desperately need God's forgiveness.
“Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
3 Incline your ear, and come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
The sure mercies of David.
6 Seek the Lord while He may be found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
The first step of Repentance is admitting we have committed iniquity against our God. When we come to God for forgiveness, He shows us the breadth and height of our deep rebellion against Him. We are really and truly at odds with God. Our only hope is that He will forgive us. And we need lots of His forgiveness, because we have sinned against God all of our lives.
God is willing to forgive us, and He has provided Jesus Christ, the sacrificial Lamb of God, to give us this much needed forgiveness. The blood of Jesus Christ our Lord cleanses us from all sin. So it is of vital importance that we get with Him before we die and receive His forgiveness.
One important thing that God insists on, and perhaps it is the most important thing, is we must forgive others their trespasses against us. The Lord says if we don't forgive others, then He will not forgive us either. In what is referred to as the Lord's prayer it says: Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
We must walk in the Spirit of God to do all this. The fundamental way to hear God's voice is through His Holy Bible. We must study, meditate, and read every word that comes from God. The Word of God is powerful and living. As we read God's written Word, our spirits cry out to God in repentance and praise.
To the rebellious unbeliever this is pure foolishness, but to us who are saved, it is the power of God unto salvation.
Truly, we desperately need God's forgiveness.
“Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
3 Incline your ear, and come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
The sure mercies of David.
6 Seek the Lord while He may be found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
Monday, November 6, 2017
Men say Repentance is not necessary to receive eternal life & Plumbing
In fact they go so far to say, Repentance is not part of the gospel. That is sad. These men just don't know what being born again entails. If you are born again, you will be greatly attracted to the Bible. As you read and meditate on the Bible you see clearly that you are sinful and tend toward that way. Then these servants of the Evil One tell you that you will not be punished if you sin. Grace has now been the means to get away with sin. NO! If you are born again, you hate sin in yourself and want to be free. Jesus will help you and gently asks you to give your life over to Him. You sign up to obey the Lord. You want to obey the Lord with all your heart. If that is you, that is the work of the Holy Spirit within your heart. We see in His Bible that God wants us to examine ourselves and confess sins and attitudes we see in ourselves that displease the Lord. We look back and see that God has done mighty things in our lives; and we look forward to see the great need we still have. We see clearly that God is the One who is sanctifying us as we yield to His gentle hands. The branch in the vine does not work, but just abides there. The vine does all the work to produce fruit in the branch. We have free will and our job is to yield to the Lord. And even in this part God gives us grace and works in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure. What you find if you submit to Jesus is freedom. His yoke is easy and His burden is light, not difficult at all. Depending upon Jesus daily is a man's destiny. Of course this is knowing Him, and discoursing with Him, and walking with Him. This is the greatest life, that does not fit well on planet earth. What you will find is hardly anyone knows the Lord like you do, and you feel you hardly know the Lord as you should. But one day you discover that you actually love the Lord. Might be tiny, but it is there. God did that. This is having been born again, and this is what it is like.God is changing us making us ready for His heaven. Let us therefore by default say Yes to God always. Always.
God Almighty has helped me twice in my life with major plumbing problems, including this latest plumbing problem: I took off the handles to my tub, replaced the cartridges, seals and springs. On the hot side I had to reuse the base of the old handle and on the cold side I had to put in a new handle. An anti-Christ plumber, nasty to me, replaced the seals and springs and cartridges. So we were back to square one only $130 dollars poorer with the same leak. Then the Lord stepped in, showed great mercy to me and now the plumbing works. What the Lord conveyed to me was that after placing the handle stem in all the way to just before putting on the actual handle, pull on the white stem sticking out to see if there is play there. If there is, then insert a washer in the stem area to effectively shorten it. I found on mine that I had to use a rubber o-ring on the old faucet handle to tighten it up. On the cold side I used nothing. Did not need it. On the cold side I did not have enough strength to push and thread the new handle assembly. When the Lord helped me, what I did not have the strength to do, God helped me push and thread the part, which I simply could not do on my own. As sure as I breathe now, God gave me real help. 2nd time in my life He aided me with plumbing. Oh the plumber was a lost man and profane and his recommendation was to either find the original handle assembly or change out the Manifest piping to change out the system. That would take some work and money, but I thank God almighty through Jesus Christ my Lord that His help ended my problem. No more work and no more money on this problem. Praise God. Plumbing alert? Public beware. Some plumbers will sell you the Empire State building in plumbing parts and cost. And how would you know if he is honest or not; he is as nice as can be. But I know plumbing, having done it so long within my 69 years plus. Plumbing is not Rocket Science but it is precise and exact. When the Plumber had done his thing and the leak was not stopped he arbitrarily said I had to replace everything in the wall. The Lord said, enough is enough and showed great mercy and help to me.
God Almighty has helped me twice in my life with major plumbing problems, including this latest plumbing problem: I took off the handles to my tub, replaced the cartridges, seals and springs. On the hot side I had to reuse the base of the old handle and on the cold side I had to put in a new handle. An anti-Christ plumber, nasty to me, replaced the seals and springs and cartridges. So we were back to square one only $130 dollars poorer with the same leak. Then the Lord stepped in, showed great mercy to me and now the plumbing works. What the Lord conveyed to me was that after placing the handle stem in all the way to just before putting on the actual handle, pull on the white stem sticking out to see if there is play there. If there is, then insert a washer in the stem area to effectively shorten it. I found on mine that I had to use a rubber o-ring on the old faucet handle to tighten it up. On the cold side I used nothing. Did not need it. On the cold side I did not have enough strength to push and thread the new handle assembly. When the Lord helped me, what I did not have the strength to do, God helped me push and thread the part, which I simply could not do on my own. As sure as I breathe now, God gave me real help. 2nd time in my life He aided me with plumbing. Oh the plumber was a lost man and profane and his recommendation was to either find the original handle assembly or change out the Manifest piping to change out the system. That would take some work and money, but I thank God almighty through Jesus Christ my Lord that His help ended my problem. No more work and no more money on this problem. Praise God. Plumbing alert? Public beware. Some plumbers will sell you the Empire State building in plumbing parts and cost. And how would you know if he is honest or not; he is as nice as can be. But I know plumbing, having done it so long within my 69 years plus. Plumbing is not Rocket Science but it is precise and exact. When the Plumber had done his thing and the leak was not stopped he arbitrarily said I had to replace everything in the wall. The Lord said, enough is enough and showed great mercy and help to me.
The Second Coming of Christ
The Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him. But the Apostle Paul gave us two markers to help us here. 2 Thes. 2:3 "Let no one deceive you
in any way. For that day will not arrive until the falling away comes first, and
the man of sin, the Anti-Christ, is revealed, the son of destruction.
What triggers the Great Falling Away is persecution that will scare the living daylights out of "Christians", and in sheer panic they'll deny Christ and will betray one another. Even those in the same family will betray their own husbands, Fathers, Mothers, brothers, and sisters in order to save their own skins. These are not true Christians who will do this, except for the true Christians who will fail, but come under conviction from the Lord and repent and be killed along with true Christians.
Famines, earthquakes, and wars will appear on a world-wide level. In order to hold on to control, governments will declare Martial Law to control everything. There goes the Constitution, personal liberties, and freedoms we now take for granted.
Isa 50:10
“Who among you fears the Lord?
Who obeys the voice of His Servant?
Who walks in darkness
And has no light?
Let him trust in the name of the Lord
And rely upon his God.
Psalms 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
We need to realize how much Jesus our Lord suffered for us on a level we can barely understand. We need to think about that, and meditate on it, and stay in God's holy Word.
What triggers the Great Falling Away is persecution that will scare the living daylights out of "Christians", and in sheer panic they'll deny Christ and will betray one another. Even those in the same family will betray their own husbands, Fathers, Mothers, brothers, and sisters in order to save their own skins. These are not true Christians who will do this, except for the true Christians who will fail, but come under conviction from the Lord and repent and be killed along with true Christians.
Famines, earthquakes, and wars will appear on a world-wide level. In order to hold on to control, governments will declare Martial Law to control everything. There goes the Constitution, personal liberties, and freedoms we now take for granted.
Isa 50:10
“Who among you fears the Lord?
Who obeys the voice of His Servant?
Who walks in darkness
And has no light?
Let him trust in the name of the Lord
And rely upon his God.
Psalms 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
We need to realize how much Jesus our Lord suffered for us on a level we can barely understand. We need to think about that, and meditate on it, and stay in God's holy Word.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Repentance is calling on God to change us from going our own way to His way.
We are naturally used to ruling our own lives, but having God rule our lives makes life holy and good. God is a loving Father to all who call upon Him.
Father, I am a mess; please forgive me my sins and change me into the way You want me to be.
Cease to do evil, learn to do good.
Jesus will help you. He is the Vine and we are the branches. Abide in Jesus that we might produce good fruit.
The Lord is waiting for you. He is not willing that anyone should perish in Hell, but that all come to Repentance toward God thru Jesus Christ our Lord.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only Beloved Son, that whosoever believes, trusts adheres to Him should not perish but have eternal life. He that has the Son of God has life, but he that has not the Son of God shall not see life. The wrath of God abides on him.
Father, I am a mess; please forgive me my sins and change me into the way You want me to be.
Cease to do evil, learn to do good.
Jesus will help you. He is the Vine and we are the branches. Abide in Jesus that we might produce good fruit.
The Lord is waiting for you. He is not willing that anyone should perish in Hell, but that all come to Repentance toward God thru Jesus Christ our Lord.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only Beloved Son, that whosoever believes, trusts adheres to Him should not perish but have eternal life. He that has the Son of God has life, but he that has not the Son of God shall not see life. The wrath of God abides on him.
Monday, October 30, 2017
“Behold, he is coming with the clouds, every eye will see him, and all peoples on earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen.
When we see Christ when He returns in the clouds with the saints and angels, we will mourn, every one of us because we will see like we have never seen before. We will know very deeply how we have not done right by Him.
So to minimize this mourning, we need to feed on God's word and allow the Holy Spirit to teach us God's ways. God will give us eyes to see the things of the Spirit of God. God will be pleased to show us things, eternal things that will thrill us in this vail of darkness called the world in which we live for now.
The Word of God is not understood without the Holy Spirit teaching us, and God is no respecter of persons. Men are respecters of persons. Men are respecters of the heresy de jour and tend to resist the Truth when it becomes uncomfortable. God is not in that. So come away and open the door Jesus is knocking on and allow Him in and sup with Him. Take His yoke upon you and learn of Him.
May God give us grace and mercy to see with spiritual eyes and choose this, and want this.
So to minimize this mourning, we need to feed on God's word and allow the Holy Spirit to teach us God's ways. God will give us eyes to see the things of the Spirit of God. God will be pleased to show us things, eternal things that will thrill us in this vail of darkness called the world in which we live for now.
The Word of God is not understood without the Holy Spirit teaching us, and God is no respecter of persons. Men are respecters of persons. Men are respecters of the heresy de jour and tend to resist the Truth when it becomes uncomfortable. God is not in that. So come away and open the door Jesus is knocking on and allow Him in and sup with Him. Take His yoke upon you and learn of Him.
May God give us grace and mercy to see with spiritual eyes and choose this, and want this.
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Antinomian Grace is more deadly than I realized.
If you believe in Christ, but believe you don't have to obey Him even though His yoke and burden are light and even though He suffered infinitely for you, what will stop you from receiving the mark of the Beast?
The pressure to receive the mark of the Beast will be enormous. Satan does not play, neither does he have a shred of compassion. He hates all humans, but especially those who follow Christ Jesus. When the test comes to serve Satan or get your head chopped off, the Bible says the Many will worship the Beast and the Few will not.
There is a famous so-called Bible teacher that teaches you can still repent after receiving the mark of the Beast. He is saying you can compromise and still be saved if you repent. The Bible says something totally different:
Revelation 14:9-11
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
When you receive the mark, you will become so deceived that repentance will not be in your heart b/c strong demonic deception will accompany the mark. Do not, whatever you do, take the mark. God forbid. Eternal mistake; you cannot repent once you receive the mark.
The pressure to receive the mark of the Beast will be enormous. Satan does not play, neither does he have a shred of compassion. He hates all humans, but especially those who follow Christ Jesus. When the test comes to serve Satan or get your head chopped off, the Bible says the Many will worship the Beast and the Few will not.
There is a famous so-called Bible teacher that teaches you can still repent after receiving the mark of the Beast. He is saying you can compromise and still be saved if you repent. The Bible says something totally different:
Revelation 14:9-11
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
The
same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out
without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be
tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels,
and in the presence of the Lamb:
And
the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they
have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and
whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
When you receive the mark, you will become so deceived that repentance will not be in your heart b/c strong demonic deception will accompany the mark. Do not, whatever you do, take the mark. God forbid. Eternal mistake; you cannot repent once you receive the mark.
I implore you to stay true to Jesus Christ our Lord. Since we all have to die, we'd better choose to die rightly. If you take the mark of the beast, you will die wrongly and go to Hell forever and ever and ever and ever and ever... but you will still die.
Help me to die rightly Jesus. You are my help. I give thanks to you. I know some, perhaps many say we should encourage and not give such harsh or unbelievable words. Being justified by faith has a corresponding biblical walk attached to it, and frankly some dark warnings if we don't. I terrifically do not want bad things to happen to people. God is mighty, all mighty, a consuming fire, a dreadful God. It is a terrifying thing to fall into His hands. His understanding is off the charts, unknowable unless He reveals. He has revealed a lot to us. He is lovely, faithful, kind, merciful but woe to us who take His grace and excuse our sin. We need to fear God and depart from iniquity for our own good.
Principally we need to love God, to continue loving God.
Principally we need to love God, to continue loving God.
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Will the anti-christ ride in on the white horse of Islam?
Will a benign form of Islam take over the United States one day soon? Benign at first until it is established. Then it will turn deadly toward the only true resistance left: True followers of Jesus Christ.
Something will change in these United States, and religious freedom will be ended. Even one of our past U.S. presidents said we are not a Christian nation. It is not truly religion that will end, but just the hated gospel of Jesus Christ. They will pass laws that effectively make following Christ illegal.
We are spoiled. Since when has the gospel of Jesus Christ been accepted by the world, really!
The Anti-Christ will come and as we get closer they will "legally" shut down all witness for Jesus Christ. Are we wimps that draw back in panic, or do we walk in the Spirit and obey Jesus Christ?
Something will change in these United States, and religious freedom will be ended. Even one of our past U.S. presidents said we are not a Christian nation. It is not truly religion that will end, but just the hated gospel of Jesus Christ. They will pass laws that effectively make following Christ illegal.
We are spoiled. Since when has the gospel of Jesus Christ been accepted by the world, really!
The Anti-Christ will come and as we get closer they will "legally" shut down all witness for Jesus Christ. Are we wimps that draw back in panic, or do we walk in the Spirit and obey Jesus Christ?
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Many run around thinking they are saved because they accepted Jesus Christ one day in the past, and they believe grace excuses sin, and so continue sinning.
Repentance is a revolution. It is an overwhelming wrenching away from the power of the flesh and its overpowering lust by the ability of God working His Sanctification into us. Repentance is ceasing sin, by GRACE. Period. I was this, but now I am that, by the grace of God. I was a sinner, but now I am following Jesus, feeding on his Bible daily, and examining myself daily, determined to keep doing that to the very end, by the grace of God..
We SO-CALLED "Christians" worship idols instead of the Lord: Idols of money; idols of entertainment, idols of success, idols of rising the corporate ladder, and many other temporary things of this life, that mean nothing after we die, BUT IN THIS LIFE WE ELEVATE THINGS ABOVE GOD.
These worldly things have no value in eternity. None. So why do we spend so much time worshiping this stuff? "I don't worship this stuff!, you say. Oh yeah? How much time do we spend on this "stuff"? How much time do we spend praying, reading the bible, handing out gospels of John as the Lord leads? How much time do we spend watching TV, go to movies and events.
God's grace does not excuse sin. Antinomian grace cancels sin so we don't have to worry when we sin. We have a fee ticket to sin. The grace of God gives us this freedom. This false grace leads to Hell. The grace of God is power to abandon sin, not to excuse it.
Don't you hear the Word of God?
Titus 2:11-14 WE ARE TRAINED BY SAVING GRACE
11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.
The narrow gate is narrow, and the path is difficult. We are to yoke up with Jesus and stay with Him forever. When we slip up and sin in some fashion, we confess it and repent of it by His power. Period. This is what a real Christian does by the grace of God. He hates sin and wants nothing to do with it, but he never forgets he still has a flesh nature. Keeps him humble, AND DEPENDENT ON GOD.
BEWARE! SATAN always presents temptation to sin as something desirable. Stay in God's word and sin will appear to you awful, as it really is.
We SO-CALLED "Christians" worship idols instead of the Lord: Idols of money; idols of entertainment, idols of success, idols of rising the corporate ladder, and many other temporary things of this life, that mean nothing after we die, BUT IN THIS LIFE WE ELEVATE THINGS ABOVE GOD.
These worldly things have no value in eternity. None. So why do we spend so much time worshiping this stuff? "I don't worship this stuff!, you say. Oh yeah? How much time do we spend on this "stuff"? How much time do we spend praying, reading the bible, handing out gospels of John as the Lord leads? How much time do we spend watching TV, go to movies and events.
God's grace does not excuse sin. Antinomian grace cancels sin so we don't have to worry when we sin. We have a fee ticket to sin. The grace of God gives us this freedom. This false grace leads to Hell. The grace of God is power to abandon sin, not to excuse it.
Don't you hear the Word of God?
Titus 2:11-14 WE ARE TRAINED BY SAVING GRACE
11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.
The narrow gate is narrow, and the path is difficult. We are to yoke up with Jesus and stay with Him forever. When we slip up and sin in some fashion, we confess it and repent of it by His power. Period. This is what a real Christian does by the grace of God. He hates sin and wants nothing to do with it, but he never forgets he still has a flesh nature. Keeps him humble, AND DEPENDENT ON GOD.
BEWARE! SATAN always presents temptation to sin as something desirable. Stay in God's word and sin will appear to you awful, as it really is.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
God has overwhelming power and displays almighty longsuffering, the halllmark of the only True Living God, not willing that any perish.
But we have free will and we must make choices, for Jesus, for His atoning sacrifice, for the narrow gate, for the narrow path, for examining ourselves before Him, for repenting, for yielding to our Lord.
This is God's desire, but He won't force us. We are desperately weak and we need His help, His grace, His strength, His Holy Spirit to do this. All we have to do is yield our sorry carcass' before Him and depend on Him for it all. As we humble ourselves before Almighty Father He will have mercy on us through Jesus Christ our Lord and give us supernatural strength and help.
Satan has mounted an all out war to destroy faith, so do not be surprised by the evil unbelieving doubts that try to get in. Read the Book of Daniel.
The trial of our faith is necessary to prepare us for what is coming down the road here in America. The season of liberty, freedom and peace, well, ... what could change the season to uncertainty, lack of peace, rumors of war, robberies, mayhem and then dictatorship?
In John 15 and 16 Jesus warned us not to be soon shaken by events but to hang in there in faith.
We must grow up and believe God despite feelings, for we live by faith, not by feelings. Feed on the Word of God and facing life will be easier because faith will be strong. You want strong faith, then feed on God's holy Word. This is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.
This is God's desire, but He won't force us. We are desperately weak and we need His help, His grace, His strength, His Holy Spirit to do this. All we have to do is yield our sorry carcass' before Him and depend on Him for it all. As we humble ourselves before Almighty Father He will have mercy on us through Jesus Christ our Lord and give us supernatural strength and help.
Satan has mounted an all out war to destroy faith, so do not be surprised by the evil unbelieving doubts that try to get in. Read the Book of Daniel.
The trial of our faith is necessary to prepare us for what is coming down the road here in America. The season of liberty, freedom and peace, well, ... what could change the season to uncertainty, lack of peace, rumors of war, robberies, mayhem and then dictatorship?
In John 15 and 16 Jesus warned us not to be soon shaken by events but to hang in there in faith.
We must grow up and believe God despite feelings, for we live by faith, not by feelings. Feed on the Word of God and facing life will be easier because faith will be strong. You want strong faith, then feed on God's holy Word. This is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.
When asked how the end will be, Jesus stressed Beware, Do Not Be Deceived.
Deception and increasing Lawlessness will be overwhelming. Knowing the Word of God is absolutely necessary. It is crucial.
There is a man who gives dire warnings to America. He said we were to rend our hearts and not our garments. This man got my rapt attention, until he slipped. He gives himself off as a prophet, but the mark of a real prophet of God is accuracy of the message. Here is where he slipped. He had a dream about the resurrection and he said it would happen before the Tribulation. Warning!!! Revelation chapter 20 in God's Holy Word tells us the first resurrection happens when Christ comes back again after the Tribulation. So that makes this man's dream false. His whole basis of claiming to be a prophet is based on the abundance of his dreams. If they were from God these dreams must agree with the Word of God. Period. Since this dream is false, the man flunked God's test.
Revelation 20
4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They[a] had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.
There is a man who gives dire warnings to America. He said we were to rend our hearts and not our garments. This man got my rapt attention, until he slipped. He gives himself off as a prophet, but the mark of a real prophet of God is accuracy of the message. Here is where he slipped. He had a dream about the resurrection and he said it would happen before the Tribulation. Warning!!! Revelation chapter 20 in God's Holy Word tells us the first resurrection happens when Christ comes back again after the Tribulation. So that makes this man's dream false. His whole basis of claiming to be a prophet is based on the abundance of his dreams. If they were from God these dreams must agree with the Word of God. Period. Since this dream is false, the man flunked God's test.
Revelation 20
4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They[a] had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.
Friday, May 5, 2017
Hyper Grace leads many Christians to Hell.
Read the entire chapter of John 15 and take it to heart. Loyalty to God in meekness, daily depending on God is all over the Bible. In the day of Judgment many will say. Lord, Lord we did this and we did that in your Name, and He will say, Depart from Me; I never knew you.
That has to be the most terrifying thing we can ever hear in judgment. Before we die, and get there, we need to Repent and take up His yoke and walk with Him obediently by the grace of God and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit.
Matt. 7:21-23.“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.
That has to be the most terrifying thing we can ever hear in judgment. Before we die, and get there, we need to Repent and take up His yoke and walk with Him obediently by the grace of God and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit.
Matt. 7:21-23.“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.
Friday, April 28, 2017
Which English Bible Version is best?
The difference between the Greek Manuscripts is so slight, and no cardinal doctrine is missing in any of the versions. Understand that no English Bible is exactly, exactly 100 % correct, but accurate enough, and so much so, that God holds us accountable to read it. Just like God held His children accountable to read the Septuagint when Greek was the current world language, and the Septuagint was the Word of God. Then the Latin version became the Bible of choice. I also read the Bible in Spanish. I might say what is extremely important is that the Holy Spirit be the teacher. Just ask the Lord to teach you the Bible and He will. I love it when God teaches me His Word.
Now I have been on a long journey to find an English version that I can have confidence in. When I first came to Jesus, my Bible was the KJV back in 1966. Since then, through a plethora of versions, I have come a long ways in understanding which Bible should be my main English Bible. I am greatly interested in the manuscripts from which our English Bibles come from, and wanted to find a Bible version accurate to the original languages.
Alas I am still looking. Several times I thought I found it, but nope. Not even some interlinear's.
I think I have found the best Bible: The World English Bible.
Now I have been on a long journey to find an English version that I can have confidence in. When I first came to Jesus, my Bible was the KJV back in 1966. Since then, through a plethora of versions, I have come a long ways in understanding which Bible should be my main English Bible. I am greatly interested in the manuscripts from which our English Bibles come from, and wanted to find a Bible version accurate to the original languages.
Alas I am still looking. Several times I thought I found it, but nope. Not even some interlinear's.
I think I have found the best Bible: The World English Bible.
Monday, April 17, 2017
The many names of the Wicked One
The Wicked One, the Serpent, the Dragon, the Tempter, the Deceiver, the Father of Lies, Lucifer. No doubt he has more names than these. How not, he is the great Deceiver.
He is the author of all cults and false religions, and is insanely evil. While feigning righteousness, love and truth, he uses all these to ensnare his victims into greater and greater evil.
Lucifer has a host of angels who serve him out of fear. Some of the Dragon's angels are mighty and powerful and some are lesser in stature and power but all are filthy unclean spirits bent on leading men to Hell. They all fear Satan and would not dare disobey him. There is no love and a certain knowing of the Lake of fire that awaits all of them.
Lucifer also has a whole host of human beings who obey him also. These are divided into two groups. The first group are those who follow the Serpent unknowingly and don't realize their danger. They are deceived and deceive others. The other group follows the Tempter willingly, but don't realize the danger, thinking they will have power and riches..Satan sells sinful merchandise and we buy it, to our doom.There are many who made pacts with the devil. like a ten year contract for example, or even a fifty year contract for power, riches and fame, but once the contract has reached its last day you die. Many others have purchased merchandise from Satan to better their lives and don't even realize they have signed a contract with the devil. Only one way to cancel these contracts; you must repent.
Make no mistake, Lucifer, Satan, the Devil hates your guts. He will trick you into something seemingly harmless to make it easier to lead you into something harmful.
He confuses your mind so you no longer know what is up and what is down. Good and evil gets murky. Evil eventually becomes good. This why we must judge ourselves daily and walk in the Light of the Lord. Satan can trick the best of us, if we get away from the Light. We need to stay humble and meek before our God.
Back in the days of LSD, that Deceiver tricked a human devotee in Berkeley California on Telegraph Avenue to fly out of an upper story window. He sincerely believed he could fly. Reality caved his head in when he hit the cement. His fantasy of flight was not real.. He is dead, awaiting judgment in Hades, under punishment.
There is no other name but Jesus that can deliver us from the penalty and the power of sin. Truly believe in Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Then stay hooked up with Jesus forever. Learn from Him. Feed on God's Word. Be reading the Bible daily. We are in a warfare. The world, the flesh and the devil are relentless enemies, but greater is He that is within us, than he that is in the world. If we walk in the Spirit, we will not fulfill the desires of the flesh. Be filled with the Spirit.
He is the author of all cults and false religions, and is insanely evil. While feigning righteousness, love and truth, he uses all these to ensnare his victims into greater and greater evil.
Lucifer has a host of angels who serve him out of fear. Some of the Dragon's angels are mighty and powerful and some are lesser in stature and power but all are filthy unclean spirits bent on leading men to Hell. They all fear Satan and would not dare disobey him. There is no love and a certain knowing of the Lake of fire that awaits all of them.
Lucifer also has a whole host of human beings who obey him also. These are divided into two groups. The first group are those who follow the Serpent unknowingly and don't realize their danger. They are deceived and deceive others. The other group follows the Tempter willingly, but don't realize the danger, thinking they will have power and riches..Satan sells sinful merchandise and we buy it, to our doom.There are many who made pacts with the devil. like a ten year contract for example, or even a fifty year contract for power, riches and fame, but once the contract has reached its last day you die. Many others have purchased merchandise from Satan to better their lives and don't even realize they have signed a contract with the devil. Only one way to cancel these contracts; you must repent.
Make no mistake, Lucifer, Satan, the Devil hates your guts. He will trick you into something seemingly harmless to make it easier to lead you into something harmful.
He confuses your mind so you no longer know what is up and what is down. Good and evil gets murky. Evil eventually becomes good. This why we must judge ourselves daily and walk in the Light of the Lord. Satan can trick the best of us, if we get away from the Light. We need to stay humble and meek before our God.
Back in the days of LSD, that Deceiver tricked a human devotee in Berkeley California on Telegraph Avenue to fly out of an upper story window. He sincerely believed he could fly. Reality caved his head in when he hit the cement. His fantasy of flight was not real.. He is dead, awaiting judgment in Hades, under punishment.
There is no other name but Jesus that can deliver us from the penalty and the power of sin. Truly believe in Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Then stay hooked up with Jesus forever. Learn from Him. Feed on God's Word. Be reading the Bible daily. We are in a warfare. The world, the flesh and the devil are relentless enemies, but greater is He that is within us, than he that is in the world. If we walk in the Spirit, we will not fulfill the desires of the flesh. Be filled with the Spirit.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
When we come to Jesus; why Repentance is so vital
There are Christians who have in their past committed heinous sins, and they have grabbed onto hyper-grace to cover their sins, but have not repented from their sin.
Jesus is waiting with such great patience for us to repent. 2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
When John the Baptist preached repentance, the people confessed their sins as part of that repentance. And God forgave them. John was the fore-runner for Christ. He produced a repentant people ready to receive their Messiah. When Jesus came, He preached, "Repent and believe the Gospel."
We must own up to our sin before God and if possible, to those we've sinned against, and turn from it. We must break clean from the power of darkness, and turn from it, and turn to God, to live for Him.
A young Jewish man grew up in a Jewish neighborhood. He went through schools that were Jewish. Everything he knew was Jewish. One day he received the Jewish Messiah Jesus (Yeshua). Then came the big day of his baptism in front of his Jewish neighbors. This was death to self big time, but he got baptized in the name of Jesus Christ despite the pressure by his Jewish neighbors and culture.
Whatever death we must face in total repentance from our sin we must do it.
Jesus is waiting with such great patience for us to repent. 2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
When John the Baptist preached repentance, the people confessed their sins as part of that repentance. And God forgave them. John was the fore-runner for Christ. He produced a repentant people ready to receive their Messiah. When Jesus came, He preached, "Repent and believe the Gospel."
We must own up to our sin before God and if possible, to those we've sinned against, and turn from it. We must break clean from the power of darkness, and turn from it, and turn to God, to live for Him.
A young Jewish man grew up in a Jewish neighborhood. He went through schools that were Jewish. Everything he knew was Jewish. One day he received the Jewish Messiah Jesus (Yeshua). Then came the big day of his baptism in front of his Jewish neighbors. This was death to self big time, but he got baptized in the name of Jesus Christ despite the pressure by his Jewish neighbors and culture.
Whatever death we must face in total repentance from our sin we must do it.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
What Grace is NOT
Grace does not make sin acceptable. Sin is deadly no matter who commits it. The Soul that sins shall die, no matter who commits it. Let everyone who names the name of Christ, DEPART from iniquity.
I was praying for a "christian" man. I told the Lord that there is something wrong with him. I did not know what it was, but definitely something is wrong with the man. Then it came to me. Pornography.
Now this man counseled with a Pastor and was helped a lot, he says, but this Pastor follows false teachers. I am afraid that this pastor made him feel safe in his sin.
God is not willing that anyone perish but that all come to REPENTANCE.
Now I am quite acquainted with the weakness of the flesh and its power over people. Jesus our Lord is an expert on this because He knows all men and knows what is in them.
In order to Repent, you must be ready to Repent. Are you sure? If you still love your sin and don't want to give it ALL up, then you do not want to Repent.
But if you mean business with God and realize that this pet sin will take you into Hell, and you desperately want to be set free, there is good news: Jesus Christ.
Make Jesus your Lord as best you know at this moment, and ask God to make it real. You are turning from sin to Jesus. Next begin to let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly. That means you read God's holy Word every single day. Talk to Jesus about everything. Everything. Ask questions; He will answer in His own way. You are justified by faith in Jesus Christ. Now the Just shall live by faith on the Narrow Road that is very difficult and very narrow to our flesh. But now you are yoked up with Jesus. He will be with you on this road. He will guide you, warn you, and be your all knowing caretaker.
Now the devil will not like this at all and will try to tempt you off the narrow road and get you back on the wide road to Hell. He'll try to sell you appealing merchandise, to snag you.
If you slip, get back up and confess this to Jesus. 1 John 1:7-2:2, and keep following Jesus
As you walk with God, He will put a new heart into you that hates sin. Be sensitive to the Holy Spirit because there are churches and ministers who secretly serve another spirit and not the Holy Spirit. They are actually serving the devil, and they will make you feel comfortable in your sin. Get away from them. The only safety eternally, is to stay abiding in Jesus and confessing any deviation as we become aware of it. We are in a warfare. They that live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution from one level to another.
Pray: Lord give me eyes to see, ears to hear, and a heart that understands. Amen. We must stay loyal to Jesus all our lives, and staying in His Word puts the right thoughts and attitudes in our minds. Be patient when the Lord perfects you when it hurts. It is for His glory and our good. Remember we came to Jesus as undone sinners. He is not going to leave us like that. The whole process of Sanctification is God changing us so that we will be holy when we enter His presence. Thank God for the blood of Jesus.The blood makes it all possible. Stay loyal.
I was praying for a "christian" man. I told the Lord that there is something wrong with him. I did not know what it was, but definitely something is wrong with the man. Then it came to me. Pornography.
Now this man counseled with a Pastor and was helped a lot, he says, but this Pastor follows false teachers. I am afraid that this pastor made him feel safe in his sin.
God is not willing that anyone perish but that all come to REPENTANCE.
Now I am quite acquainted with the weakness of the flesh and its power over people. Jesus our Lord is an expert on this because He knows all men and knows what is in them.
In order to Repent, you must be ready to Repent. Are you sure? If you still love your sin and don't want to give it ALL up, then you do not want to Repent.
But if you mean business with God and realize that this pet sin will take you into Hell, and you desperately want to be set free, there is good news: Jesus Christ.
Make Jesus your Lord as best you know at this moment, and ask God to make it real. You are turning from sin to Jesus. Next begin to let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly. That means you read God's holy Word every single day. Talk to Jesus about everything. Everything. Ask questions; He will answer in His own way. You are justified by faith in Jesus Christ. Now the Just shall live by faith on the Narrow Road that is very difficult and very narrow to our flesh. But now you are yoked up with Jesus. He will be with you on this road. He will guide you, warn you, and be your all knowing caretaker.
Now the devil will not like this at all and will try to tempt you off the narrow road and get you back on the wide road to Hell. He'll try to sell you appealing merchandise, to snag you.
If you slip, get back up and confess this to Jesus. 1 John 1:7-2:2, and keep following Jesus
As you walk with God, He will put a new heart into you that hates sin. Be sensitive to the Holy Spirit because there are churches and ministers who secretly serve another spirit and not the Holy Spirit. They are actually serving the devil, and they will make you feel comfortable in your sin. Get away from them. The only safety eternally, is to stay abiding in Jesus and confessing any deviation as we become aware of it. We are in a warfare. They that live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution from one level to another.
Pray: Lord give me eyes to see, ears to hear, and a heart that understands. Amen. We must stay loyal to Jesus all our lives, and staying in His Word puts the right thoughts and attitudes in our minds. Be patient when the Lord perfects you when it hurts. It is for His glory and our good. Remember we came to Jesus as undone sinners. He is not going to leave us like that. The whole process of Sanctification is God changing us so that we will be holy when we enter His presence. Thank God for the blood of Jesus.The blood makes it all possible. Stay loyal.
Friday, March 17, 2017
Lordship salvation
Someone asked me if Jesus must be Lord to be saved. My answer was, He is Lord.
The somber truth is we cannot overcome sin without submitting in obedience to the Lord Jesus.
Satan often tries to steer us into pride of life. That is a stepping stone to other wickednesses. Satan will bring us to great wickedness of the flesh step by step, comfortably. Repent of pride. Get rid of Satan's stepping stone.
We are saved by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is where our trust is. We are not saved by the HAVE TO's.
However, there are a few restrictions for the child of God, like no sexual immorality, no eating meat sacrificed to idols, no eating meat from strangled animals: from the Jerusalem Council. The Apostle John tells us to not love the world because that will crowd out the love of God. .
Sports and movies can be stumbling blocks to walking in the Spirit. They can easily turn our hearts if they become important. They can become idols of the heart. Not good.
And here is the THING. It doesn't matter what other Christians do, Follow Jesus.
Now I steer away from movies, sports and stuff I used to love. Why? I don't want to fall away from Jesus. I have zero trust in my flesh. Zero. I want to stay wherever Jesus wants me. I am wanting to always remain in His love. So when I get on shaky ground of loving stuff of this world, or letting self ambition sneak in, I run back to Jesus. I recognize the danger and repent.
In the West we tend to think Salvation is kind of academic. We believe the facts of the gospel and tend not to nurture our personal relationship with the Lord Jesus. But our relationship to Jesus is illustrated by being yoked up with Jesus and being the branch that remains in the Vine. So Salvation is a personal relationship with the Lord that only the Holy Spirit can produce. You must be born again by the Spirit and by His Word.
The great Apostasy that is here and keeps coming will lead people to Hell. Eternal life IS Jesus Christ. Eternal life is IN Jesus alone. We must cling to Jesus our Lord, and not forsake Him.
Now here is a big one: Do we love our own lives more that we love Jesus? While we were sinners, Jesus loved us more than He loved His own life. God went to an extreme measure to save us. Think on that. We owe Jesus our lives. And that is the Truth.
The somber truth is we cannot overcome sin without submitting in obedience to the Lord Jesus.
Satan often tries to steer us into pride of life. That is a stepping stone to other wickednesses. Satan will bring us to great wickedness of the flesh step by step, comfortably. Repent of pride. Get rid of Satan's stepping stone.
We are saved by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is where our trust is. We are not saved by the HAVE TO's.
However, there are a few restrictions for the child of God, like no sexual immorality, no eating meat sacrificed to idols, no eating meat from strangled animals: from the Jerusalem Council. The Apostle John tells us to not love the world because that will crowd out the love of God. .
Sports and movies can be stumbling blocks to walking in the Spirit. They can easily turn our hearts if they become important. They can become idols of the heart. Not good.
And here is the THING. It doesn't matter what other Christians do, Follow Jesus.
Now I steer away from movies, sports and stuff I used to love. Why? I don't want to fall away from Jesus. I have zero trust in my flesh. Zero. I want to stay wherever Jesus wants me. I am wanting to always remain in His love. So when I get on shaky ground of loving stuff of this world, or letting self ambition sneak in, I run back to Jesus. I recognize the danger and repent.
In the West we tend to think Salvation is kind of academic. We believe the facts of the gospel and tend not to nurture our personal relationship with the Lord Jesus. But our relationship to Jesus is illustrated by being yoked up with Jesus and being the branch that remains in the Vine. So Salvation is a personal relationship with the Lord that only the Holy Spirit can produce. You must be born again by the Spirit and by His Word.
The great Apostasy that is here and keeps coming will lead people to Hell. Eternal life IS Jesus Christ. Eternal life is IN Jesus alone. We must cling to Jesus our Lord, and not forsake Him.
Now here is a big one: Do we love our own lives more that we love Jesus? While we were sinners, Jesus loved us more than He loved His own life. God went to an extreme measure to save us. Think on that. We owe Jesus our lives. And that is the Truth.
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Many say, God is through with America; don't even pray for her.
No doubt America is full of evil, and of people in power bent on following Satan. God still gives us rain. Spring is springing up. I don't know exactly what God's timetable concerning America is, but one thing is for sure: Persecution against the true believers in Jesus Christ will be arising from one degree to another.
God has shown America mercy by having Donald Trump be the president. This has put a little hold on the Luciferian agenda, which is greatly upset to be slowed down like this. They are doing everything and anything to stop him.
Once the Luciferians get their way, it will be full steam ahead. They are the demonic crowd who hate true born again followers of Jesus.
We need to buck up and be Men, as it were. We need to humbly be fearless in front of the world. Pray as God leads. And if you can pray in tongues, then do so.
I was talking to an atheist. He said, "I cannot accept a God who can just throw four trillion people into Hell. I prayed to the Lord about this and God gave me this: The trillions of earth can easily call on God.
So it is not God preventing them, but their sin, which they love. Jesus said, Unless we repent we will all likewise perish. The lake of fire is the destination for unrepentant sinners.
Should be my destination, but for the love of Christ, and His mercy, and His grace.
It is that great love of Jesus for us that should stir us to loyal service to our King.
One of my besetting sins is an attitude of anger when God allows stuff that I cannot stand. Oh, I endure and endure and endure but somewhere that rebellious attitude arises from my flesh. I can say, like Job, Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. And even mean it. Yet if the fire gets hot enough, I get mad. I repent of course and get back with God, but that wickedness is in me.
After all we have been brainwashed with the false teaching that God will always send the cavalry in to rescue us before the persecution comes. Jesus says that He has warned us of the coming persecution so we won't stumble when it comes.
We need to be ready to die, when the Lord calls for it. It may come in an unexpected way. We need to rest in the Lord always and cling to Him, so it won't surprise us.
God has shown America mercy by having Donald Trump be the president. This has put a little hold on the Luciferian agenda, which is greatly upset to be slowed down like this. They are doing everything and anything to stop him.
Once the Luciferians get their way, it will be full steam ahead. They are the demonic crowd who hate true born again followers of Jesus.
We need to buck up and be Men, as it were. We need to humbly be fearless in front of the world. Pray as God leads. And if you can pray in tongues, then do so.
I was talking to an atheist. He said, "I cannot accept a God who can just throw four trillion people into Hell. I prayed to the Lord about this and God gave me this: The trillions of earth can easily call on God.
So it is not God preventing them, but their sin, which they love. Jesus said, Unless we repent we will all likewise perish. The lake of fire is the destination for unrepentant sinners.
Should be my destination, but for the love of Christ, and His mercy, and His grace.
It is that great love of Jesus for us that should stir us to loyal service to our King.
One of my besetting sins is an attitude of anger when God allows stuff that I cannot stand. Oh, I endure and endure and endure but somewhere that rebellious attitude arises from my flesh. I can say, like Job, Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. And even mean it. Yet if the fire gets hot enough, I get mad. I repent of course and get back with God, but that wickedness is in me.
After all we have been brainwashed with the false teaching that God will always send the cavalry in to rescue us before the persecution comes. Jesus says that He has warned us of the coming persecution so we won't stumble when it comes.
We need to be ready to die, when the Lord calls for it. It may come in an unexpected way. We need to rest in the Lord always and cling to Him, so it won't surprise us.
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
We are living in the end times of the Laodicean Church Age according to Revelation 3:14-22
In Paul's second letter to the Thessalonians, he corrected a misunderstanding they had about the Rapture. He stressed that the gathering of the saints would not take place until 1) the Apostasy -- the great Falling Away occurs, and 2) The Evil one, the Antichrist comes on the scene. Also Paul makes it clear that the gathering of the saints happens when Jesus comes back in flaming fire.
2 Thes. 1:4-12
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
This is the full blown second coming of Jesus Christ, and not some secret Rapture. Nothing secret about this.
The persecuted saints were waiting for verses 7 & 8. When Jesus comes back we we will first see Him in the sky before He descends down to the Mount of Olives . When He appears in the sky, just before He descends to earth in flaming fire, is when the Rapture will take place. This agrees with
Matthew 24
26 Wherefore
if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth:
behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
We are at the end of the Laodicean church age. The Apostasy from the TRUTH OF JESUS CHRIST has already taken place. The only thing lacking are the laws that will be created to make it illegal to believe in the TRANSCENDENT Jesus Christ. You will be forced to believe in the cosmic christ within you, which is a false christ.
Before that happens we have been given by the grace of God a bit of a respite before full persecution against true believers begins. This is not the time to play on the wide road to destruction, but time to hear the knock of Jesus on the church door and to open it and sup with Him. Rev. 3:20-22
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
2 Thes. 1:4-12
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
This is the full blown second coming of Jesus Christ, and not some secret Rapture. Nothing secret about this.
The persecuted saints were waiting for verses 7 & 8. When Jesus comes back we we will first see Him in the sky before He descends down to the Mount of Olives . When He appears in the sky, just before He descends to earth in flaming fire, is when the Rapture will take place. This agrees with
Matthew 24
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
2 Thes. 2:-12
2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That
ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor
by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
We are at the end of the Laodicean church age. The Apostasy from the TRUTH OF JESUS CHRIST has already taken place. The only thing lacking are the laws that will be created to make it illegal to believe in the TRANSCENDENT Jesus Christ. You will be forced to believe in the cosmic christ within you, which is a false christ.
Before that happens we have been given by the grace of God a bit of a respite before full persecution against true believers begins. This is not the time to play on the wide road to destruction, but time to hear the knock of Jesus on the church door and to open it and sup with Him. Rev. 3:20-22
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Persecution is very close in the U.S.
The unprecedented resistance to the Trump presidency is fueled by the Anti-Christ spirit. It is vicious and violent. The presidency of Donald Trump is a respite from the anti-Christ one world agenda, but they won't be stopped. A one world government will happen, because God says so in His Word. However, God has given His children a respite by His grace. We need to seek the Lord and do God's will in this time. For the time is short. They want to kill Trump and we need to pray for his protection.
The Luciferian Cabal, our secret government, will stop at nothing. Once they get Trump out of the way, they will come on like a flood to wipe out righteousness, and us. But actually we must remember that our warfare is spiritual and not of this world. Oh it is people that will kill us for sure, but they are controlled by the evil one. Laws will change. Righteousness will be outlawed. Christ followers will be hated and counted as evil. That will be a new normal in this country and in the world.
God is SOVEREIGN. By His great power He controls the outcome in minute detail despite our free will that has ruined everything, and is intent on evil. God does not use strings to control us like a marionette. God has cut the strings and by His great power still will have His will done. Those who are for God will be with God. Those who are against God will be away from God in outer darkness in the Lake of Fire.Their time in the sun will be short even if they win for a tiny season, by God's permission. Satan was totally blind-sided by the death of Jesus Christ. God fooled him big time. And in the end God will fool them all big time.But God is not fooling them, they don't want anything to do with God and are very ignorant, and that is how they will be fooled.
Dear Lord, we need your help to overcome our reticence in proclaiming your name. You are the Vine and we are the branches. Help us to proclaim Jesus in this present evil world. Amen. Yes Lord; we need your help to do this. We can't do this on our own. Help us to please You Lord. Amen. I know the Lord will help us.
The Luciferian Cabal, our secret government, will stop at nothing. Once they get Trump out of the way, they will come on like a flood to wipe out righteousness, and us. But actually we must remember that our warfare is spiritual and not of this world. Oh it is people that will kill us for sure, but they are controlled by the evil one. Laws will change. Righteousness will be outlawed. Christ followers will be hated and counted as evil. That will be a new normal in this country and in the world.
God is SOVEREIGN. By His great power He controls the outcome in minute detail despite our free will that has ruined everything, and is intent on evil. God does not use strings to control us like a marionette. God has cut the strings and by His great power still will have His will done. Those who are for God will be with God. Those who are against God will be away from God in outer darkness in the Lake of Fire.Their time in the sun will be short even if they win for a tiny season, by God's permission. Satan was totally blind-sided by the death of Jesus Christ. God fooled him big time. And in the end God will fool them all big time.But God is not fooling them, they don't want anything to do with God and are very ignorant, and that is how they will be fooled.
Dear Lord, we need your help to overcome our reticence in proclaiming your name. You are the Vine and we are the branches. Help us to proclaim Jesus in this present evil world. Amen. Yes Lord; we need your help to do this. We can't do this on our own. Help us to please You Lord. Amen. I know the Lord will help us.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
God's love trumps it all; it is so great
Now while God is busy molding us into the image of His dear Son, it will certainly not feel like God loves us. The devil knows we have a tendency to want to "feel" God's love all the time. So when we are in God's wood shed, we are not going to "feel" God's love at all. When we are in our potter's hand, we are not going to feel swell either. Job was a very great man. The devil threw everything at him, but he stayed faithful to God. Job is our pattern to stay faithful to God who loves us. And how did He demonstrate that love? Jesus died for our sins. For God so very loved the world, that He gave us His only beloved Son for our sins, that whosoever trusts and adheres to Him, has eternal life and shell not perish.
Who is the one who adheres to Jesus? The one who is a filthy sinner and wants desperately to be changed and set free, so he adheres to Jesus. He yokes up with Jesus. He walks with Jesus. Daily in the Word, the Bible, daily praying, daily yielding. He knows he is too weak to make it on his own. He clings to Jesus. He knows that eternal life is in the Son.
Who are the ones who have token beliefs in Jesus and live their own lives, but don't walk with Jesus? Most "Christians". That is fatal because they actually think they are saved.
God is not mocked. If we disregard His great love, after His patience has run out, and after they ignore his Servants He has sent to them, He lets them go into sin and they die and go to hell.
The Lord says, Choose life; why will you die?
God can prove His great love for us and we disregard it to our own peril. If only people could wake up they would fly to Jesus. May God squeeze them to at least call on
God.
Who is the one who adheres to Jesus? The one who is a filthy sinner and wants desperately to be changed and set free, so he adheres to Jesus. He yokes up with Jesus. He walks with Jesus. Daily in the Word, the Bible, daily praying, daily yielding. He knows he is too weak to make it on his own. He clings to Jesus. He knows that eternal life is in the Son.
Who are the ones who have token beliefs in Jesus and live their own lives, but don't walk with Jesus? Most "Christians". That is fatal because they actually think they are saved.
God is not mocked. If we disregard His great love, after His patience has run out, and after they ignore his Servants He has sent to them, He lets them go into sin and they die and go to hell.
The Lord says, Choose life; why will you die?
God can prove His great love for us and we disregard it to our own peril. If only people could wake up they would fly to Jesus. May God squeeze them to at least call on
God.
Monday, February 20, 2017
Sin is the ruin of a family, a city, a nation, but especially a church.
There is only one way to overcome the power of sin, and that is to yield one's life absolutely to Jesus Christ. Then the Holy Spirit can work on you to deliver you from the lust of the flesh, AND THE WIDE PATH TO DESTRUCTION.
We must abide in Jesus. There is no other way to become fruitful in Jesus. We must walk with Jesus, yoked up with Him.
Carefully read 1 Peter 1:2
2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:
Elect: Chosen of God.
Sanctification of the Holy Spirit: For obedience to Jesus Christ, and for the sprinkling of His blood.
Apparently most of have never read this according to the way they live. They are on the wide path to destruction. At the judgement they will say, B,b but Lord I was taught once saved always saved. Jesus will say, Depart from Me you lawless one; I never knew you.
The true gospel: Repent, believe the Gospel, follow Jesus.
You have to acknowledge your sin before God, and then go to God in that guilty state. God will meet you and show you Jesus. Jesus forgives you. The Holy Spirit enters to sanctify you. This is a process, walking the Narrow Path. We yoke up with Jesus and walk together on the Narrow path. God desires to change us to be exactly like His Son. The process is filled with pain, joy, sadness, gladness, but always with the caring loving hands of God guiding our lives.
This is the mark of a true Christian: They walk with God. There are many ups and downs because we are in a warfare. The devil, the world and even our own flesh war against us. Jesus expects us to overcome. You have to overcome to get to heaven.
You cannot do this in your own strength, but you learn to do this by the Spirit of the Lord, as He works on you, sanctifying you, making you holy.
Now without holiness/sanctification no one will see the Lord. By the grace of God we overcome, daily. Only those who endure in faith until the end will be saved.
That is why we yield our lives, lock, stock and barrel, to Jesus. Without Him none of this is possible. Only by Jesus can our evil hearts be changed.
Repent of not reading the Bible, the very words of God. Do not be deceived. Feed on God's word. Youtube is not God's word. Facebook is not God's word. Stuff from Man is not God's word. Do you know how to discern a false prophet?
If a dream or a vision or a voice is not from God, then the dream, vision and voice is false. If God did not send that prophet, that Prophet is false.
If on Youtube some person reports their dreams, visions and voices, The question is DID GOD SEND THEM?
We must abide in Jesus. There is no other way to become fruitful in Jesus. We must walk with Jesus, yoked up with Him.
Carefully read 1 Peter 1:2
2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:
Elect: Chosen of God.
Sanctification of the Holy Spirit: For obedience to Jesus Christ, and for the sprinkling of His blood.
Apparently most of have never read this according to the way they live. They are on the wide path to destruction. At the judgement they will say, B,b but Lord I was taught once saved always saved. Jesus will say, Depart from Me you lawless one; I never knew you.
The true gospel: Repent, believe the Gospel, follow Jesus.
You have to acknowledge your sin before God, and then go to God in that guilty state. God will meet you and show you Jesus. Jesus forgives you. The Holy Spirit enters to sanctify you. This is a process, walking the Narrow Path. We yoke up with Jesus and walk together on the Narrow path. God desires to change us to be exactly like His Son. The process is filled with pain, joy, sadness, gladness, but always with the caring loving hands of God guiding our lives.
This is the mark of a true Christian: They walk with God. There are many ups and downs because we are in a warfare. The devil, the world and even our own flesh war against us. Jesus expects us to overcome. You have to overcome to get to heaven.
You cannot do this in your own strength, but you learn to do this by the Spirit of the Lord, as He works on you, sanctifying you, making you holy.
Now without holiness/sanctification no one will see the Lord. By the grace of God we overcome, daily. Only those who endure in faith until the end will be saved.
That is why we yield our lives, lock, stock and barrel, to Jesus. Without Him none of this is possible. Only by Jesus can our evil hearts be changed.
Repent of not reading the Bible, the very words of God. Do not be deceived. Feed on God's word. Youtube is not God's word. Facebook is not God's word. Stuff from Man is not God's word. Do you know how to discern a false prophet?
If a dream or a vision or a voice is not from God, then the dream, vision and voice is false. If God did not send that prophet, that Prophet is false.
If on Youtube some person reports their dreams, visions and voices, The question is DID GOD SEND THEM?
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Make sure you are truly saved
Since the beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, men have distorted the Grace of God to make it mean freedom to sin.They say Christ died for our sins: past, present and future, and that means God cannot judge us for the sins He already judged in Christ. So if we sin, it is already covered. Once you are saved, you are always saved no matter how sinfully you live.
Some try to assert that there is no free will. They do that so they can pretend they have no responsibility toward God. God does it all. We are "scott free".
Others like this definition of Repentance: A change of mind. They like that because they don't have to repent. Change of mind without change of heart without change of direction is no repentance at all.
Repentance is revealed in the Old Testament. Repentance meant to turn from sin and turn to God.
The Commands of God prove we have free will, and forces us to choose to obey God, or to disobey Him.
God gave Adam a command: Don't eat the fruit of the tree of good and evil, or you will die the death. Adam ate in total disobedience. The choice he made was fatal, just like God warned him. Just like God warns us.
Repent and repentance is stated about 47 times in the New Testament.
Jesus said, Unless you repent, you will also perish. He said, Repent and believe the Gospel.
Repent means to see your own sin and to turn away from it to Christ to forgive, save, and deliver you from the power of it. You yoke up with Jesus forever. You yield to His Lordship. Because only in Him can we overcome the sin that so easily entraps us. Jesus can free us from sexual immorality, from drugs, from hatred, from unforgiveness, from vaunting ourselves, from lusting after riches and everything to do with the Lust of this world.
Show me one scripture that says it is OK to keep sinning after coming to Christ, and I will show you the entire Bible that says you are dead wrong.
Gal 5: 19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders,[d] drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Walk with Jesus on the Narrow Path. These are the true children of God who walk in the Spirit. This is eternal life, to know You, the Only true God and Jesus Christ whom You sent.
Some try to assert that there is no free will. They do that so they can pretend they have no responsibility toward God. God does it all. We are "scott free".
Others like this definition of Repentance: A change of mind. They like that because they don't have to repent. Change of mind without change of heart without change of direction is no repentance at all.
Repentance is revealed in the Old Testament. Repentance meant to turn from sin and turn to God.
The Commands of God prove we have free will, and forces us to choose to obey God, or to disobey Him.
God gave Adam a command: Don't eat the fruit of the tree of good and evil, or you will die the death. Adam ate in total disobedience. The choice he made was fatal, just like God warned him. Just like God warns us.
Repent and repentance is stated about 47 times in the New Testament.
Jesus said, Unless you repent, you will also perish. He said, Repent and believe the Gospel.
Repent means to see your own sin and to turn away from it to Christ to forgive, save, and deliver you from the power of it. You yoke up with Jesus forever. You yield to His Lordship. Because only in Him can we overcome the sin that so easily entraps us. Jesus can free us from sexual immorality, from drugs, from hatred, from unforgiveness, from vaunting ourselves, from lusting after riches and everything to do with the Lust of this world.
Show me one scripture that says it is OK to keep sinning after coming to Christ, and I will show you the entire Bible that says you are dead wrong.
Gal 5: 19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders,[d] drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Walk with Jesus on the Narrow Path. These are the true children of God who walk in the Spirit. This is eternal life, to know You, the Only true God and Jesus Christ whom You sent.
Saturday, February 18, 2017
Eternal Security is IN Jesus Christ
The Bible has no scripture supporting future sins not yet committed, as being forgiven already. It goes under the mantra of Once Saved; Always Saved.
When I was a young man, this issue of whether I could lose my salvation caused me much consternation. Both sides had their favorite scriptures to support their side. I was never convinced in my heart by either argument. My heart still was in turmoil. What it all boiled down to was I had to know the answer from God Himself.
So one day when I could not stand it any longer, I called out to God at the top of my lungs. I said, God, I need to know the truth, the real truth. I prayed with all my might. I told the Lord if I could lose my salvation, and that was the truth, then that is what I want to hear. But I then said, if that were true, then there would be no more hope.
I had prayed with all my force. Afterward, I was spent and just sat there.
Suddenly, God dropped two scriptures into my mind. Blink, blink.
First,
For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Then,
When I was a young man, this issue of whether I could lose my salvation caused me much consternation. Both sides had their favorite scriptures to support their side. I was never convinced in my heart by either argument. My heart still was in turmoil. What it all boiled down to was I had to know the answer from God Himself.
So one day when I could not stand it any longer, I called out to God at the top of my lungs. I said, God, I need to know the truth, the real truth. I prayed with all my might. I told the Lord if I could lose my salvation, and that was the truth, then that is what I want to hear. But I then said, if that were true, then there would be no more hope.
I had prayed with all my force. Afterward, I was spent and just sat there.
Suddenly, God dropped two scriptures into my mind. Blink, blink.
First,
For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Then,
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
I knew these were in the Bible but I had no idea where. So I got my concordance out and found them:
Psalm 94:14
1 Cor. 11:31,32
After that I had peace in my heart; the turmoil was over. His faithfulness was in cement. I rested in that. There is a Psalm I pray a lot: Lord, search me, and know me, and see if there is any wicked way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting. The Holy Spirit within gives me desires to please the Lord. And I examine myself daily by the grace of God and by the liberty of the Holy Spirit and by the light of the holy scriptures.
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