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.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
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.
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