Saturday, October 31, 2015
You don't need church you need Jesus Christ
For most professing Christians it is important to have a "good" church because they need somewhere to get married, somewhere to christen their babies and somewhere to be buried from.
All those things are not important in the kingdom of God. All that is really important is for us to have Jesus Christ, not to have a church. If we do not have Jesus Christ we are LOST.
On the other hand, if you have Jesus Christ and you follow Him and you do what He commanded, then church will REJECT you, they will persecute you. Churches will not want you. You cannot have Jesus Christ AND church. You have to decide whether you want "church" and want to be accepted in this world or whether you want to follow Jesus Christ and like Him be hated and rejected by all people, most of all by the church people who do not want nor know Jesus Christ.
Do you have Jesus Christ or do you have a church?
May Jesus bless you.
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Friday, October 30, 2015
Jesus will give you the POWER
The wages of sin is death. The soul that sins will DIE, will PERISH IN HELL, without exception. But here is the GOOD NEWS. Jesus Christ came to take away the sins of the world. He who sins is a slave to sin, but Jesus Christ sets the captives FREE. He sets the slaves FREE, those who are SLAVES TO SIN, so that they will SIN NO MORE and He forgives their past sins, so that they can live in holiness and righteousness by His POWER in them, so that they can have eternal live.
But Jesus Christ will not take our sins away from us if we love sin. If we want eternal life, if we want to be free from sin He gives us the POWER, He sets us FREE and He gives us the POWER to overcome temptation. He gives us the POWER to SIN NO MORE, to BE SAINTS, to be children of God He gives His Spirit IN us to guide us into all truth. He gives us the VICTORY if we ASK Him, if we STAY with Him, if we FIGHT against evil, He gives us the POWER to overcome.
We have to SUBMIT ourselves to Him, TURN AWAY from sin, RENOUNCE sin. HATE sin and WANT to be free, and He will set us free. Those whom the Son of God have set free will be free and free indeed, because they WANT TO, they WANT TO be children of God, they WANT eternal life, they WANT Jesus Christ, they LOVE Him, they FOLLOW Him and they OBEY Him and He EMPOWERS them to overcome.
Eternal life is for those who overcome. Do you want to overcome? Do you want eternal life? Ask Jesus, submit to Him, repent, obey Him, be baptized in water and He will give you the POWER to fight off the wiles of the devil, to resist temptation and to endure in holiness and righteousness until the very end. ASK Jesus, STAY with Him and He will give you the POWER to overcome.
May Jesus bless you.
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Thursday, October 29, 2015
God speaks in different ways
God cares for us and it is not his will that anybody perish but that all repent , come to Him and live in close relationship with Him for eternity. That is why God speaks to men, to warn them, to draw them unto Himself so that they can have LIFE and eternal life.
We read in Job 33:14.
14“Indeed God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one notices it.
15“In a dream, a vision of the night,
When sound sleep falls on men,
While they slumber in their beds,
16Then He opens the ears of men,
And seals their instruction,
17That He may turn man aside from his conduct,
And keep man from pride;
18He keeps back his soul from the pit,
And his life from passing over into Sheol.
19“Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,
And with unceasing complaint in his bones;
20So that his life loathes bread,
And his soul favorite food.
21“His flesh wastes away from sight,
And his bones which were not seen stick out.
22“Then his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.
23“If there is an angel as mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To remind a man what is right for him,
24Then let him be gracious to him, and say,
‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,
I have found a ransom’;
25Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,
Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;
26Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him,
That he may see His face with joy,
And He may restore His righteousness to man.
27“He will sing to men and say,
‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,
And it is not proper for me.
28‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,
And my life shall see the light.’
29“Behold, God does all these oftentimes with men,
30To bring back his soul from the pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life."
God speaks to us in different ways to get our attention. We cannot PATTERN or PREDICT how God will speak. He speaks to every single person in a special way, in a way that you and I will understand. It is because GOD CARES for YOU and for me. We are not just a number, we are dear to Him. He cares for us.
He will speak to you in such a way that you understand: JESUS IS CALLING ME. HE IS CALLING ME TO REPENT, TO COME UNTO HIM TO HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. But if we keep on turning away and keep on ignoring Him, there comes a day when the Spirit of God will not longer plead wit us because there comes a day that the door is closed, when we die and then it is all over. But right now the Spirit of God is speaking to you and me in various ways. Nothing happens without cause . God is in control of everything and it is His will that you and I do not perish but that we turn to Him to have LIFE.
Do you hear God speaking to you through your circumstances? Are you listening? Will you answer to the call?
May Jesus bless you.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Bible Study Church and Fellowship do not Save
Bible study, church, fellowship , religious teachings and religious activities do not save you. It is our relationship with the Living God, with Jesus Christ that CAN save us IF we FOLLOW Him.
Religious activities do not keep us safe, do not guide us into truth, do not guide us into the ways of God, they do not guide us into fruitfulness in the kingdom of God. Salvation is through KNOWING, FOLLOWING, OBEYING and SERVING the Living God, Jesus Christ. If we do not KNOW Him and if we are to in the right fellowship with Him, we cannot have salvation because Jesus Christ Himself is the One who saves. He is the One who guides us into all truth through HIS SPIRIT who dwells IN US if we KNOW Him. Jesus Christ gives of His Spirit, the Holy Spirit to live in us, to be with us, to guide us and to teach us IF we SEEK Him. If we purify ourselves of all unrighteousness and seek to obey Him, we REPENT of all wickedness, OBEY His commands and are baptized in water, then He gives of His Spirit to be WITH US, to guide us into all truth.
It is through prayer, through a SPIRITUAL ONENESS with Jesus Christ, HEARING His VOICE, following Him, that we are GUIDED into all truth, that we are SAVED from the CORRUPTION of this world.
Without that close relationship, that ONENESS with the Living God, with Jesus Christ, we do not have salvation. Only Jesus Christ can save us, keep us, teach us and make us fruitful IF we are WITH HIM and STAY with Him, if we experience Him as REAL.
We have to be focused on Him every moment, day and night and we have to live our lives to please Him, OBEY HIM. Then we become part of His kingdom. we come into UNITY with Him, we become part of the Kingdom of God and He guides our very steps, every step of the way. He guides our thoughts, He gives us LIFE. He guides us and keeps us, He teaches us His ways.
without Jesus we are LOST, Without that close relationship with Him we are DOOMED.
Do you know Jesus Christ? Do you follow Him every day? Are you focused on Him? Is your spirit ONE with His? Are you being guided by the Holy Spirit? Or are you in darkness? Are you LOST. Seek Jesus with all your heart until you find Him and He will SAVE you. He will guide you, He will teach you, He will bring you into His kingdom IF you STAY with Him and you follow Him until the very end.
May Jesus bless you.
Religious activities do not keep us safe, do not guide us into truth, do not guide us into the ways of God, they do not guide us into fruitfulness in the kingdom of God. Salvation is through KNOWING, FOLLOWING, OBEYING and SERVING the Living God, Jesus Christ. If we do not KNOW Him and if we are to in the right fellowship with Him, we cannot have salvation because Jesus Christ Himself is the One who saves. He is the One who guides us into all truth through HIS SPIRIT who dwells IN US if we KNOW Him. Jesus Christ gives of His Spirit, the Holy Spirit to live in us, to be with us, to guide us and to teach us IF we SEEK Him. If we purify ourselves of all unrighteousness and seek to obey Him, we REPENT of all wickedness, OBEY His commands and are baptized in water, then He gives of His Spirit to be WITH US, to guide us into all truth.
It is through prayer, through a SPIRITUAL ONENESS with Jesus Christ, HEARING His VOICE, following Him, that we are GUIDED into all truth, that we are SAVED from the CORRUPTION of this world.
Without that close relationship, that ONENESS with the Living God, with Jesus Christ, we do not have salvation. Only Jesus Christ can save us, keep us, teach us and make us fruitful IF we are WITH HIM and STAY with Him, if we experience Him as REAL.
We have to be focused on Him every moment, day and night and we have to live our lives to please Him, OBEY HIM. Then we become part of His kingdom. we come into UNITY with Him, we become part of the Kingdom of God and He guides our very steps, every step of the way. He guides our thoughts, He gives us LIFE. He guides us and keeps us, He teaches us His ways.
without Jesus we are LOST, Without that close relationship with Him we are DOOMED.
Do you know Jesus Christ? Do you follow Him every day? Are you focused on Him? Is your spirit ONE with His? Are you being guided by the Holy Spirit? Or are you in darkness? Are you LOST. Seek Jesus with all your heart until you find Him and He will SAVE you. He will guide you, He will teach you, He will bring you into His kingdom IF you STAY with Him and you follow Him until the very end.
May Jesus bless you.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
A Vision of the Kingdom of God
Many people say they believe in Jesus Christ but they do not know what the Kingdom of God is about. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the gospel of the kingdom of God.
We read in Luke 16:16. Jesus said:""The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; (John the Baptist), since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it."
Now why do believers not know what the kingdom of God is about?
We read in John 3:1.
"1Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; 2this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” 3Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
4Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?” 5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6“That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7“Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8“The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Those who are not born again cannot understand the things of the Spirit of God neither can they understand the Kingdom of God. It is only if a person has been born again of water and of the Spirit of God that he has SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION - he can SEE the kingdom of God. He experiences Jesus Christ as his Lord and his Master, his KING and he SERVES Him as KING.
The scribes and the pharisees could also not understand what the kingdom of God is about and therefor they inquired of Jesus.
We read in Luke 17:20,21. "And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: (not with visible signs) 21Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you."
If Jesus Christ has become the king of your life, and you are BORN AGAIN of the Spirit of God, then you become part of the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is IN YOU and you serve Jesus Christ as LORD and He REVEALS Himself to you. He reveals His kingdom to you. You receive a VISION of the kingdom of God and He EXPLAINS and REVEALS more and more to you.
That is the only way that you can understand and SEE and ENTER the Kingdom of God. You need to be BORN AGAIN of the Spirit of God through your relationship with Jesus Christ. You need to ACCEPT Him as you Lord and your Master, SUBMIT to Him, TURN AWAY from sin and from your previous senseless existence, going after your own desires and go after Jesus. SIN NO MORE, be baptized in water for the washing off of your sin and He will FILL you with the Holy Spirit, He will BAPTIZE you with the Holy Spirit and with FIRE and you will SEE the kingdom of God. You need a VISION of the Kingdom of God, a vision that must be constantly renewed in your spirit through your relationship with Jesus Christ, being LED by His Spirit that dwells in you. You cannot learn about the kingdom of God from other people or from the Bible. You are TAUGHT about the King and His Kingdom by Jesus Christ Himself through His Spirit that dwells inside of you.
Have you received a VISION of the Kingdom of God? Can you SEE the Kingdom of God? Do you SERVE the King?
May Jesus bless you.
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Monday, October 26, 2015
You cannot PUSH Jesus Christ
Some believers think that they can go out in the name of Jesus and build big ministries, do mighty deeds. They believe that if they have the gifts of the Holy Spirit they can become famous and do great things for the kingdom of God.
The truth is that Jesus Christ is KING and He is LORD, He REIGNS. The glory and the honor belongs to Him. If we follow Jesus Christ then we go after Him, we wait on Him. If we cleanse ourselves of all unrighteousness and make ourselves available to Him then we have to wait on Him for His guidance and He will use us for His plan in His time, and in His way as it suits Him. Jesus Christ is the KING. The kingdom is His and we serve Him as KING. We ourselves are just bond-servants, we serve Him because we WANT to, because we follow HIM and do HIS will.
We can only be pleasing to Jesus if we OBEY Him, if we follow the guidance of His Spirit, WAIT on Him, GO and DO WHEN and HOW He guides us. We cannot PUSH Jesus, we cannot DIRECT Him, He does not ask our opinion or our wisdom. The wisdom and the power , the glory belongs to Him. It is only when we submit ourselves to Him and allow Him to use us as He pleases that we can be pleasing to Him.
Jesus Christ is MASTER and He is LORD and we have to serve Him as LORD to be part of His kingdom. Is Jesus Christ YOUR Lord? Do you serve Him and do you do as He commands? Do you follow His bidding?
May Jesus bless you.
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Sunday, October 25, 2015
Jesus Christ is FOR EVER
Many believers know the Bible very well because they study the Bible but they do not know Jesus Christ because they do not follow Him, they do not apply that which is written in the scriptures.
It is only when you forsake yourself, when you forsake your own means, your own thoughts and your own ideas and you cast yourself onto Jesus, you trust in Him fully, that you truly get to know Him. As long as we trust in our own understanding and we trust in our own means, we go after our own ambitions we will never get to know Jesus Christ. These Bible educated Christians can quote you many Bible verses but when the storms of life come against them their faith falls to pieces. Then they wonder whether Jesus still loves them, whether they can go back to Him. They run around and look for scripture to back up their beliefs but they are in darkness because they do not know Jesus Christ .
Jesus Christ is FOR EVER. He is faithful. whatever He promised He will do. Whatever He says, He does. He will never leave us, He will never forsake us. If you follow Jesus Christ and you are in His boat then you do not get frightened and anxious when the storms of life come against you,as long as you are with Jesus you are safe and He will never leave you nor forsake you. It is only when we stray from Him that we get into trouble that we are on dangerous ground Jesus will never reject anyone who might have strayed who might have stumbled and seriously comes back to Him
It is not about knowing your Bible it is about knowing Jesus Christ of the Bible. He is whom He said that He is. The Words that He spoke are true If you follow Jesus and you truly get to know Him you will know that He is faithful He will never leave you He will never forsake you. If your faith is based on your relationship with Jesus Christ you have a firm foundation and you will never be shaken because Jesus Christ can never be shaken.
Do you trust in your Bible or do you trust in Jesus Christ of the Bible.
May Jesus bless you.
Saturday, October 24, 2015
How to recognize a REAL Christian
There are millions of people all over the world that confess to be Christians but very few of them are really followers of Jesus Christ. Most of them are LIARS and SINNERS.
We read in 1 John 2:3-6 "By this we know that we have come to know Him, IF we keep His commandments. 4The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a LIAR, and the truth is not in him; 5but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: 6the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked."
There are many Christians who profess to be SINNERS, they say:We are all sinners. They are all sons of the devil. They are not children of God. They are not in Christ, they are in SIN, in FORNICATION, in ADULTERY, in HOMOSEXUALITY, in all the things that God hates.
They are not followers of Jesus Christ , they follow after their own lusts and after the rest of the world. They are sons of the devil, they are not children of God.
A true christian, a follower of Jesus Christ OBEYS the words of Jesus Christ, His commands as also recorded in the gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. a person who does not obey Jesus Christ is not a Christian and if he calls himself a Christian he is a LIAR and he will perish if he does not repent.
Are we truly Christians? Are we followers of Jesus Christ or are we LIARS?
May Jesus bless you.
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Friday, October 23, 2015
True Christians will suffer persecution
Jesus Christ did not promise His followers prosperity or good
fortune, He warned them that in this world they will suffer
persecution.
We read the words of Jesus in John 15:18 He said to His
disciples:“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me
before it hated you. 19“If you were of the world, the world would
love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you
out of the world, because of this the world hates you. 20“Remember
the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his
master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if
they kept My word, they will keep yours also. 21“But all these
things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not
know the One who sent Me. 22“If I had not come and spoken to them,
they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23“He who hates Me hates My Father also. 24“If I had not done
among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin;
but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.
25“But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in
their Law, ‘THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.’
If we follow Jesus Christ and we associate with Him the world will
reject us and they will hate us like they also rejected, hated and
persecuted Him.
Before Jesus was crucified He once again warned His disciples. We
read in John 16:32“Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come,
for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone;
and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. 33“These
things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the
world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the
world.”
If we follow Jesus Christ we must be blameless, pure and holy and
the world will hate us, WITHOUT CAUSE. Many professing Christians are
SINNERS like the rest of the world and they are the ones who
persecute those who follow and obey Jesus Christ, those who are LIKE
Jesus Christ, those who OBEY Him, those who live according to His
words. But we have to OVERCOME.
Jesus Christ OVERCAME, not by fighting but by doing the will of
His Father, by seeking the approval of the Father. We need to
overcome in this world of wickedness, not by fighting back, not by
doing as the world does but by living in obedience to Jesus Christ,
by being BLAMELESS, by being PURE, by SUFFERING PERSECUTION, by
turning the other cheek, by following the guidance of the Holy Spirit
and thus doing the will of God and then we will have the approval of
Jesus Christ.
We WILL suffer persecution, we will suffer tribulation if we
follow Jesus Christ, if we associate with Him. If we do not suffer
tribulation and persecution then we are not of Jesus, then we are of
the world, then we fit in with this world. But if we are of Jesus
Christ they will hate us and persecute us without reason.
Are we being persecuted for the sake of righteousness and for the
sake of obeying and following Jesus Christ? Are we of Christ? Are we
overcoming the world or are we giving in to temptation and to sin?
Are we also sinners like the rest of those who profess to be
Christians but they are not like Jesus Christ? If we are truly like
Jesus and we follow and obey Him we will not be accepted by this
world. They will hate and persecute us but we have to OVERCOME and
thus prove that we are children of God.
May Jesus bless you.
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
Meaningful Living
Many people live busy lives and they chase after their ambitions, they achieve their goals and then they reach old age and they feel that life has no meaning, it has no sense any more , and they sit around and they wait on death. Others just live meaningless lives.
The preacher wrote in Ecclesiastes 1:12 “I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. 14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. 17And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind. 18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.”
And so many people sit in their old age and they wait for the days to pass. They feel that their life has no meaning any more. The reason for that is that they never had any meaning in their lives to start with. If we follow Jesus Christ, then we have meaning to our lives right until the very end.
I read the words of Jesus in Mark 8:34 "And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. 35“For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36“FOR WHAT DOES IT PROFIT A MAN TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD, AND FORFEIT HIS SOUL? 37“For what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 38“For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”
If we do not live for and with Jesus Christ every day, if we are not guided by the Holy Spirit, then there is no purpose to our lives because we are heading to destruction, our life is a dead end.
We need to follow Jesus Christ, be led by the Holy Spirit and then we will be fruitful until the very end.
The psalmist king David wrote in Psalm 92:12 “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13Those who be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14They shall still BRING FORTH FRUIT IN OLD AGE;”
If we are planted in Christ, if we are part of His kingdom, then we become more fruitful as we grow older, we become more homed and skilled to do the work that He called us to do. we become more knowledgeable, filled with the Spirit of God, if we stay with Him. we do not just wither and die, we bear fruit until the old age, until Jesus comes to take us home.
If we do not keep on bearing fruit until the very end then our life is meaningless., useless. Are we living a meaningful life? Is there purpose to our life? Are we building the kingdom of God? Without Jesus Christ we can do nothing but if we stay IN HIM every day is Jesus' day. Every day has purpose!
Do you have purpose in your life? Are you following Jesus Christ every day?
May Jesus bless you.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Who is your Lord?
If you are a born again child of God and you call yourself a Christian then Jesus Christ is your LORD and you SERVE Him as LORD. Your life is about Jesus Christ, being pleasing to Him in every thing that you do. You live your life the way that He commanded and you follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is you BOSS, your LORD, your MASTER, you live and work for Him and for His kingdom .
Most professing Christians live to please themselves. Many are their own boss or they have other bosses or lords. To some their husband is their boss or their wife, or their employer or their friends but they do not submit to Jesus Christ. Many will tell you that they do not believe in a WORKS GOSPEL, they refuse to work for the kingdom of God, they refuse to serve Jesus Christ as Lord but they serve their own lusts and they go after their own desires. They serve satan but they call themselves Christians. They are not Christians they are sons of the devil.
If we are truly children of God then Jesus Christ is Lord. Many believers do not even know whom to pray to. They do not know who their Lord is, they do not know Jesus Christ, and that is why He will say to most of them:"Go away I never knew toy, you workers of wickedness."
Do you know your LORD? Do you know His voice and do you follow Him? Jesus Christ said:"My sheep HEAR MY voice, they LISTEN and they FOLLOW ME."
Is Jesus Christ YOUR LORD? Do you listen, obey, follow and serve Him or do you have some other lords?
Are you truly a child of God? Is Jesus Christ your Lord?
May Jesus bless you.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Rejected by Jesus
Many people have been brainwashed into
believing that Jesus Christ will never reject them as long as they
confess that they believe in Him. These same people also confess and
believe that they cannot stop sinning. Sin separates us from God.
If we do not REPENT and STOP SINNING we
cannot follow Jesus Christ and we will not enter into His kingdom. We
will not get to KNOW Him and Jesus Christ will say to many believers
who believed that they were saved, He will say to them: “Go away I
never knew you, you workers of wickedness.”
They will be REJECTED.
We read in John 7:21 Jesus said:”Not
everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of
heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will
enter. 22“Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we
not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in
Your name perform many miracles?’ 23“And then I will declare to
them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE
LAWLESSNESS.’ John 7:21-24.
What is the will of God?
The apostle Peter wrote in 2 Peter
3:9-15. “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count
slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish
but FOR ALL TO COME TO REPENTANCE. But the day of the Lord will come
like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the
elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its
works will be burned up.
11Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what
sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,
12looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of
which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will
melt with intense heat! 13But according to His promise we are looking
for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.14Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, SPOTLESS AND BLAMELESS, 15and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation;”
It is the will of God that all REPENT and STOP SINNING, that they be SPOTLESS and BLAMELESS for Jesus Christ or else they will be rejected.
Are we spotless, blameless and acceptable to Jesus or will He reject us?
May Jesus bless you.
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Monday, October 19, 2015
When people reject you
Politicians, public speakers and preachers are often very careful what they say because they do not want to offend the people, they don't want to disappoint their audience and sometimes they LIE because people want to hear lies.
If we speak the truth of Jesus Christ then we will offend people. People will reject us and they will persecute us. Jesus also said things that offended the people. He said things that caused His disciples to no longer want to follow Him.
We read in John 6: 66 “As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. 67So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to go away also, do you?”
68Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life. 69And we believe and are sure that Thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.”
If we walk with Jesus and we serve Him and we speak His words then we cannot be people pleasers. We have to speak the words that Jesus tells us to speak and often people that have been with you for a long time, will be offended, they won't like what you say and they will turn against you and start persecuting you and you will find yourself alone with Jesus but with the truth.
If we are not wiling to accept rejection and if we care for the acceptance of people we cannot be disciples of Jesus Christ. We have to walk with the truth and speak the truth. If we walk with fire that fire will burn and cleanse us. It will also burn others and some will not like it.
Many people reject the truth. the truth is HARSH but if we know the truth and we accept the truth, the truth will set us free.
Jesus Christ is the WAY, the LIFE and the TRUTH. If we walk with Him and we speak His words we will offend people. We will be rejected but if we care for the approval of Jesus Christ we will not be affected by the rejection of the people.
Are we followers of Jesus Christ? Do we care for His approval or would we rather go with the LIE to be accepted by the people.
May Jesus bless you.
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Sunday, October 18, 2015
Trinity and Gender Confusion about God
There are some people who are very
confused about God. They want to describe God, put Him into a box or
into three boxes. One of these theories is the trinity theory, they
say God is three in one. Then you get some others that want to say
that God is masculine and the Holy Spirit is feminine. They do not
know God, they do not know Jesus Christ.
confused about God. They want to describe God, put Him into a box or
into three boxes. One of these theories is the trinity theory, they
say God is three in one. Then you get some others that want to say
that God is masculine and the Holy Spirit is feminine. They do not
know God, they do not know Jesus Christ.
God is SPIRIT and He reveals Himself to
those who seek Him. Those who wish to worship God must worship Him in
spirit and in truth.
those who seek Him. Those who wish to worship God must worship Him in
spirit and in truth.
God revealed Himself in Jesus Christ,
through His Spirit and He reveals Himself in and through those who
obey Him, who have received the Holy Spirit, in whom the Holy Spirit
of God dwells but God is UNDEFINABLE, INDESCRIBABLE, He is SPIRIT, we
cannot put Him into a box. These people are confused and they are
confusing other people. They try to define God through Bible
scriptures and through their own opinions, their own ideas. But if
they truly knew Jesus Christ, they would know that Jesus Christ is
GOD. He is the King of kings, and He is the Lord of lords. He is the
alpha, the omega the beginning and the end. All things were made by
Him and all things are controlled by Him. In Him all things exist
because without Jesus Christ nothing can exist that does exist.
through His Spirit and He reveals Himself in and through those who
obey Him, who have received the Holy Spirit, in whom the Holy Spirit
of God dwells but God is UNDEFINABLE, INDESCRIBABLE, He is SPIRIT, we
cannot put Him into a box. These people are confused and they are
confusing other people. They try to define God through Bible
scriptures and through their own opinions, their own ideas. But if
they truly knew Jesus Christ, they would know that Jesus Christ is
GOD. He is the King of kings, and He is the Lord of lords. He is the
alpha, the omega the beginning and the end. All things were made by
Him and all things are controlled by Him. In Him all things exist
because without Jesus Christ nothing can exist that does exist.
You only get to know Jesus Christ, the
living God for real through REVELATION. Seek Him and you will find
Him and you will not try to describe Him or to put Him into a box ,
you will BE STILL and KNOW that He is GOD. Fear Him, respect Him,
obey Him and He will reveal Himself to you and you will marvel more
and more at the indescribable God Almighty, Jesus Christ.
living God for real through REVELATION. Seek Him and you will find
Him and you will not try to describe Him or to put Him into a box ,
you will BE STILL and KNOW that He is GOD. Fear Him, respect Him,
obey Him and He will reveal Himself to you and you will marvel more
and more at the indescribable God Almighty, Jesus Christ.
May Jesus bless you.
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Saturday, October 17, 2015
The Hidden Agenda of Religion
Religion is preached and practiced
under many disguised objectives which seldom are pure.
under many disguised objectives which seldom are pure.
For the most part Christianity is
preached with ulterior motives or hidden reasons and not as most
believe to bring man into the right relationship with God.
preached with ulterior motives or hidden reasons and not as most
believe to bring man into the right relationship with God.
The objectives of churches and
religious organizations are not compatible with the kingdom of God.
religious organizations are not compatible with the kingdom of God.
Church organizations use the Bible and
the name of Jesus Christ to build their own organizations, their own
empires, to control and manipulate and exploit believers for their
own benefit which always involves money, wealth and power. Believers
become the slaves and victims of religious witchcraft because they
are led to believe that their service and support of these religious
organizations will ensure their eternal salvation. All of this is
WITCHCRAFT, LIES and DECEPTION because the believers do NOT get
closer to God and they have no guarantee of eternal salvation.
the name of Jesus Christ to build their own organizations, their own
empires, to control and manipulate and exploit believers for their
own benefit which always involves money, wealth and power. Believers
become the slaves and victims of religious witchcraft because they
are led to believe that their service and support of these religious
organizations will ensure their eternal salvation. All of this is
WITCHCRAFT, LIES and DECEPTION because the believers do NOT get
closer to God and they have no guarantee of eternal salvation.
Believers themselves, become victims of
religion because they are seeking for an EASY entrance into paradise
and a guarantee of eternal salvation. They are not seeking the truth.
They want a cheap insurance policy and therefor they embrace and
believe the lies of the church organizations. People hate the truth
and they love lies. That is why churches and religious organizations
are so powerful, financially and politically. Religious organizations
instigate religious wars and believers think they are doing God a
service by persecuting and destroying their fellow man who was also
created by God. Instead of coming closer to God they become self
righteous evil religious zealots that destroy God's creation, instead
of becoming children of God they become religious demons.
religion because they are seeking for an EASY entrance into paradise
and a guarantee of eternal salvation. They are not seeking the truth.
They want a cheap insurance policy and therefor they embrace and
believe the lies of the church organizations. People hate the truth
and they love lies. That is why churches and religious organizations
are so powerful, financially and politically. Religious organizations
instigate religious wars and believers think they are doing God a
service by persecuting and destroying their fellow man who was also
created by God. Instead of coming closer to God they become self
righteous evil religious zealots that destroy God's creation, instead
of becoming children of God they become religious demons.
Religious scholars think that by
studying the Bible they will gain salvation, whereas Jesus warned the
religious pharisees, the Bible teachers of the time, He said:” You
search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal
life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to
come to Me so that you may have life. “ John 5:39,40. They
never get to KNOW Jesus Christ. They perish IN THEIR SINS
studying the Bible they will gain salvation, whereas Jesus warned the
religious pharisees, the Bible teachers of the time, He said:” You
search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal
life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to
come to Me so that you may have life. “ John 5:39,40. They
never get to KNOW Jesus Christ. They perish IN THEIR SINS
Jesus Christ came to reconcile man with
God, to bring us into relationship with HIM, to KNOW Him and to be
UNITED with Him, to be BORN AGAIN and to become children of God, He
came to REDEEM for Himself a people who are PURE, RIGHTEOUS AND HOLY
and who live daily in communion with Him, people FILLED with the
Spirit of God who follow His guidance and serve the kingdom of God.
God, to bring us into relationship with HIM, to KNOW Him and to be
UNITED with Him, to be BORN AGAIN and to become children of God, He
came to REDEEM for Himself a people who are PURE, RIGHTEOUS AND HOLY
and who live daily in communion with Him, people FILLED with the
Spirit of God who follow His guidance and serve the kingdom of God.
Religion is in DIRECT OPPOSITION to the
kingdom of God.
kingdom of God.
Jesus Christ said:”My sheep HEAR my
VOICE and I KNOW them and they FOLLOW Me.” John 10:27
VOICE and I KNOW them and they FOLLOW Me.” John 10:27
I want to ask you dear friend, is this
TRUE of YOU?
TRUE of YOU?
Do YOU know His VOICE and do you FOLLOW
Jesus Christ?
Jesus Christ?
Is He REAL and ALIVE to you? Or are you
just practicing religion and you do not know Jesus Christ for REAL?
just practicing religion and you do not know Jesus Christ for REAL?
If you have not come to know Jesus
Christ for REAL your religion is in VAIN and it cannot save you.
Christ for REAL your religion is in VAIN and it cannot save you.
May Jesus bless you.
Friday, October 16, 2015
Righteous Men are NOT Sinners
Righteous
people do their utmost to not fall into sin, to not stumble but to be
utterly righteous, pure and holy. Sinners don't care about sin and
about righteousness. Many professing Christians are sinners but the
unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God.
people do their utmost to not fall into sin, to not stumble but to be
utterly righteous, pure and holy. Sinners don't care about sin and
about righteousness. Many professing Christians are sinners but the
unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God.
We
read the words of Paul in 1 Corinthians 6:9 “ 9Or do you not
know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not
be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10nor thieves, nor the covetous,
nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom
of God. 11Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you
were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ and in the Spirit of our God.”
read the words of Paul in 1 Corinthians 6:9 “ 9Or do you not
know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not
be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10nor thieves, nor the covetous,
nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom
of God. 11Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you
were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ and in the Spirit of our God.”
If
we REPENT and turn away from our wicked ways and commit to follow and
obey Jesus Christ then He forgives our past sins and He justifies us
but then we have to live as Jesus Christ commanded. it must be our
WAY OF LIVING, righteousness, holiness and obedience to the commands
of Jesus Christ, His words as also recorded in the gospels, Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John. Jesus Christ is the LIGHT of the world and if
we accept Him as our Lord and Master and we obey His words He gives
the Holy Spirit in us to guide us into all truth. The Holy Spirit
lights our way and we walk in the LIGHT of the Spirit of God.
we REPENT and turn away from our wicked ways and commit to follow and
obey Jesus Christ then He forgives our past sins and He justifies us
but then we have to live as Jesus Christ commanded. it must be our
WAY OF LIVING, righteousness, holiness and obedience to the commands
of Jesus Christ, His words as also recorded in the gospels, Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John. Jesus Christ is the LIGHT of the world and if
we accept Him as our Lord and Master and we obey His words He gives
the Holy Spirit in us to guide us into all truth. The Holy Spirit
lights our way and we walk in the LIGHT of the Spirit of God.
The
apostle John wrote in 1 John 1:7 "but if we walk in the Light as
He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and
the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say
that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not
in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to
forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If
we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is
not in us."
apostle John wrote in 1 John 1:7 "but if we walk in the Light as
He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and
the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say
that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not
in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to
forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If
we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is
not in us."
Once
we have repented we cease from sinning, we obey Jesus Christ and we
SIN NO MORE. We stay away from unholiness, unrighteousness and we
walk in the LIGHT. If we walk in the LIGHT of Jesus Christ, then we
will be pure and holy. I read the words of Jesus Christ in John 3:19
we have repented we cease from sinning, we obey Jesus Christ and we
SIN NO MORE. We stay away from unholiness, unrighteousness and we
walk in the LIGHT. If we walk in the LIGHT of Jesus Christ, then we
will be pure and holy. I read the words of Jesus Christ in John 3:19
“This
is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men
loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were
evil. 20“For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does
not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21“But
he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may
be manifested as having been wrought in God.”
is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men
loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were
evil. 20“For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does
not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21“But
he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may
be manifested as having been wrought in God.”
Those
who love darkness who love sin, they hate the LIGHT, they do not come
to the LIGHT. They walk in darkness and that is why they SIN. That is
why they are unrighteous.
who love darkness who love sin, they hate the LIGHT, they do not come
to the LIGHT. They walk in darkness and that is why they SIN. That is
why they are unrighteous.
If
we walk in the LIGHT then we will be disciplined and corrected and we
will accept the discipline and correction, we will mend our ways so
that we can be suitable for the kingdom of God. If we reject the
discipline and correction then we will perish. we will get CUT OFF
and BURNED.
we walk in the LIGHT then we will be disciplined and corrected and we
will accept the discipline and correction, we will mend our ways so
that we can be suitable for the kingdom of God. If we reject the
discipline and correction then we will perish. we will get CUT OFF
and BURNED.
I
read the words of Jesus in 1 John 15:1
read the words of Jesus in 1 John 15:1
“I
am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2“Every
branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and
every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may
bear more fruit. 3“You are already clean because of the word
which I have spoken to you. 4“Abide in Me, and I in you. As
the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine,
so neither can you unless you abide in Me. 5“I am
the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he
bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. 6“If
anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries
up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are
burned.”
am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2“Every
branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and
every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may
bear more fruit. 3“You are already clean because of the word
which I have spoken to you. 4“Abide in Me, and I in you. As
the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine,
so neither can you unless you abide in Me. 5“I am
the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he
bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. 6“If
anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries
up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are
burned.”
Many
believers were once saved, they once followed Jesus Christ but then
they turned away and they went back to sin, they are not bearing
fruit and if they do not repent of their evil ways and live
righteously and holy they will get cut off and burned.
believers were once saved, they once followed Jesus Christ but then
they turned away and they went back to sin, they are not bearing
fruit and if they do not repent of their evil ways and live
righteously and holy they will get cut off and burned.
Righteous
men may stumble and that is why Jesus prunes them, He corrects them,
He disciplines them and they accept that discipline and correction.
They mend their ways so that they can be pure and holy and acceptable
to Him. Jesus Christ is coming for a pure bride. If we are
unrighteous and we do not submit ourselves to Him so that He can
cleanse us, purify us, so that we can be PERFECT, pleasing to Him,
then we will get cut off and burned. We will be rejected, we will not
be suitable for the kingdom of God.
men may stumble and that is why Jesus prunes them, He corrects them,
He disciplines them and they accept that discipline and correction.
They mend their ways so that they can be pure and holy and acceptable
to Him. Jesus Christ is coming for a pure bride. If we are
unrighteous and we do not submit ourselves to Him so that He can
cleanse us, purify us, so that we can be PERFECT, pleasing to Him,
then we will get cut off and burned. We will be rejected, we will not
be suitable for the kingdom of God.
Are
we RIGHTEOUS and holy, living in obedience to Jesus Christ or are we
SINNERS?
we RIGHTEOUS and holy, living in obedience to Jesus Christ or are we
SINNERS?
May
Jesus bless you.
Jesus bless you.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Grace ONLY for those who STOP SINNING
On judgment day there will be no mercy
for believers who did not repent and stop sinning, who did not obey
the gospel of Jesus Christ, who refused to be baptized in water and
who did not live holy and righteously.
for believers who did not repent and stop sinning, who did not obey
the gospel of Jesus Christ, who refused to be baptized in water and
who did not live holy and righteously.
Many believers think that they can go
on sinning and that the grace of God will cover their sins. The
apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 6:9 “Or do you not know that
the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor homosexuals,10nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of
God.”
on sinning and that the grace of God will cover their sins. The
apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 6:9 “Or do you not know that
the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor homosexuals,10nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of
God.”
The grace of God gives forgiveness to
those who REPENT and who OBEY Jesus Christ.
those who REPENT and who OBEY Jesus Christ.
The apostle Paul further wrote in Titus
2:11 “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all
men, 12instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires
and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present
age, 13looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the
glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, 14who gave
Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify
for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.”
2:11 “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all
men, 12instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires
and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present
age, 13looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the
glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, 14who gave
Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify
for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.”
Are we PURE and HOLY, RIGHTEOUS? Are we
living in obedience to Jesus Christ? Are we suitable for the kingdom
of God. There will be NO MERCY for those who did not stop sinning,
for those who did not obey Jesus Christ.
living in obedience to Jesus Christ? Are we suitable for the kingdom
of God. There will be NO MERCY for those who did not stop sinning,
for those who did not obey Jesus Christ.
May Jesus bless you.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Real Christians do not sin
Many people believe in
Jesus Christ but not many follow Him. Not many of the believers are
TRUE Christians, REAL Christians. A real Christian, a true follower
of Jesus Christ does not SIN, they are SAINTS, they have been set
free from sin.
Jesus Christ but not many follow Him. Not many of the believers are
TRUE Christians, REAL Christians. A real Christian, a true follower
of Jesus Christ does not SIN, they are SAINTS, they have been set
free from sin.
Jesus Christ came to take
away the sins of the world and those whom the Son of God has set free
will be FREE and free indeed. They will be FREE FROM SIN . Jesus said
that he who sins is a slave to sin. We cannot serve two masters,
either we serve sin which leads to death or Jesus Christ sets us free
and we serve Him; we become SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS.
away the sins of the world and those whom the Son of God has set free
will be FREE and free indeed. They will be FREE FROM SIN . Jesus said
that he who sins is a slave to sin. We cannot serve two masters,
either we serve sin which leads to death or Jesus Christ sets us free
and we serve Him; we become SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS.
There were some Jews that
also believed in Jesus Christ and we read in John 8:31.
“So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believedalso believed in Jesus Christ and we read in John 8:31.
Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly
disciples of Mine; 32and you will know the truth, and the truth
will make you free.” 33They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s
descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it
that You say, ‘You will become free’?”
34Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you,
everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. “
They were SINNERS, yet they believed that they were
free but because they were sinners they were slaves and Jesus was
telling them that if they remain IN HIS WORDS (IN OBEDIENCE TO HIM),
then they will become free, FREE FROM SIN.
35“The slave does not remain in the house forever;
the son does remain forever. 36“So if the Son makes you free,
you will be free indeed.37“I know that you are Abraham’s
descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in
you. 38“I speak the things which I have seen with My Father;
therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father.”
39They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our
father.” Jesus said to them, “If you are Abraham’s children, do
the deeds of Abraham. 40“But as it is, you are seeking to kill
Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this
Abraham did not do. 41“You are doing the deeds of your
father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we
have one Father: God.” 42Jesus said to them, “If God were
your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come
from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent
Me. 43“Why do you not understand what I am saying? It
is because you cannot hear My word. 44“You are
of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of
your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand
in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a
lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and
the father of lies. 45“But because I speak the truth, you do
not believe Me. 46“Which one of you convicts Me of sin?
If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? 47“He who is of
God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not
hear them,because you are not of God.”
Sin is the issue. Many believers do not want to stop
sinning. They say they cannot stop sinning. It is because they are
slaves to sin. They do not belong to Jesus Christ, they are OWNED BY
THE DEVIL. If Jesus Christ has set us free then we will be FREE from
the dominion of sin and we will be servants of God. We cannot serve
God and sin.
The apostle Paul wrote in Romans 6:12 ”Therefore do
not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its
lusts, 13and do not go on presenting the members of your body to
sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present
yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your
members as INSTRUMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS to God. 14For
sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under
grace.”
The grace of God through Jesus Christ SETS US FREE
from the dominion of sin so that we can walk in righteousness.
Verse15 “What then? Shall we sin because we are not
under law but under grace? May it never be! 16Do you not know
that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for
obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin
resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? 17But
thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became
obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were
committed, 18and having been freed from sin, you became slaves
of righteousness. 19I am speaking in human terms because of the
weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as
slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting
in further lawlessness, so now present your members as
slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.”
If we present our bodies to Christ to do His will, it
will result in sanctification which will bring us eternal life.
Verse 20 “For when you were slaves of sin, you were
free in regard to righteousness. 21Therefore what benefit were
you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For
the outcome of those things is death. 22But now having been
freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit,
resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life. 23For
the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
The issue is SIN. Those who sin are of the devil,
they are owned by the devil. Those whom Jesus Christ has set free,
those who truly believe in Him, the REAL CHRISTIANS, that are SAINTS,
they SIN NO MORE. They do the will of God. They live in purity,
righteousness and holiness because they have become SLAVES TO
RIGHTEOUSNESS. They have one Lord and Master, Jesus Christ and they
do His will. Those who sin are slaves to sin and they belong to
satan. Who do you belong to? Do you sin? Or are you a REAL Christian,
a real follower of Jesus Christ?
May Jesus bless you.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Prayer and REVELATION
Our relationship with Jesus Christ is
through PRAYER and REVELATION, not through Bible study and fellowship
with other believers. We need to be IN FELLOWSHIP with Jesus Christ.
We need to seek Him in prayer, EARNESTLY seek Him until He reveals
Himself to us and we have to keep on seeking Him and we have to keep
on seeking Him in prayer. Our relationship is through prayer, waiting
on Him, living IN THE SPIRIT, living in relationship with Jesus
Christ.
through PRAYER and REVELATION, not through Bible study and fellowship
with other believers. We need to be IN FELLOWSHIP with Jesus Christ.
We need to seek Him in prayer, EARNESTLY seek Him until He reveals
Himself to us and we have to keep on seeking Him and we have to keep
on seeking Him in prayer. Our relationship is through prayer, waiting
on Him, living IN THE SPIRIT, living in relationship with Jesus
Christ.
You will not find Jesus Christ in the
Bible. YES, go and read the Bible, go and read the words of Jesus
Christ as recorded in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John but
then START PRAYING, WAITING on the Lord, OBEY what you have read.
Many people keep on reading and reading and they never come to the
knowledge of the truth because they think that their relationship
with Jesus Christ consists of playing church, and studying the Bible,
listening to the videos of other people and being in fellowship with
other so-called believers.
Bible. YES, go and read the Bible, go and read the words of Jesus
Christ as recorded in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John but
then START PRAYING, WAITING on the Lord, OBEY what you have read.
Many people keep on reading and reading and they never come to the
knowledge of the truth because they think that their relationship
with Jesus Christ consists of playing church, and studying the Bible,
listening to the videos of other people and being in fellowship with
other so-called believers.
Dear friends, it is our relationship
with Jesus Christ that matters. We have to seek HIM, seek Him in
prayer. Seek Him with all your heart and He will reveal Himself to
you. You will not find Him anywhere else but on your knees. You have
to worship Him in spirit and in truth and stay focused on Him every
moment of your life. You have to live your life to be pleasing to
Jesus. Keep your mind on Him. Let Him fill your mind and the Holy
Spirit will guide you, but if you keep on seeking for Jesus in other
places, with other people, you will not find Him.
with Jesus Christ that matters. We have to seek HIM, seek Him in
prayer. Seek Him with all your heart and He will reveal Himself to
you. You will not find Him anywhere else but on your knees. You have
to worship Him in spirit and in truth and stay focused on Him every
moment of your life. You have to live your life to be pleasing to
Jesus. Keep your mind on Him. Let Him fill your mind and the Holy
Spirit will guide you, but if you keep on seeking for Jesus in other
places, with other people, you will not find Him.
REPENT and be BAPTIZED, OBEY the words
of Jesus Christ, SEEK Him with all your heart and He will baptize you
in the Holy Spirit. Stay FOCUSED on Him, stay TUNED IN to His Spirit
and He will reveal Himself to you. SEEK Jesus in PRAYER and WAIT on
Him for REVELATION and He will reveal Himself to you IF you are
SERIOUS. Draw closer to Him and He will draw closer to you.
of Jesus Christ, SEEK Him with all your heart and He will baptize you
in the Holy Spirit. Stay FOCUSED on Him, stay TUNED IN to His Spirit
and He will reveal Himself to you. SEEK Jesus in PRAYER and WAIT on
Him for REVELATION and He will reveal Himself to you IF you are
SERIOUS. Draw closer to Him and He will draw closer to you.
May Jesus bless you.
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Monday, October 12, 2015
Intellectualism DEFIES the Holy Spirit
The world has high regard for
intellectuals, people with qualifications, people who have studied,
people with doctors degrees. The very same with believers, they have
high regard for preachers with doctor's degrees in divinity, people
who have studied the Bible, who have been to Bible school. They
regard them as qualified to be preachers but academic qualifications
and Bible knowledge has never saved anybody and will not save
anybody. we need to have knowledge of Jesus Christ, we need to know
Him personally.
intellectuals, people with qualifications, people who have studied,
people with doctors degrees. The very same with believers, they have
high regard for preachers with doctor's degrees in divinity, people
who have studied the Bible, who have been to Bible school. They
regard them as qualified to be preachers but academic qualifications
and Bible knowledge has never saved anybody and will not save
anybody. we need to have knowledge of Jesus Christ, we need to know
Him personally.
the disciples of Jesus Christ knew Him
personally and those who followed Him also knew Him by His Spirit.
The apostle Paul was an intellectual, He was a Pharisee who knew the
scriptures well but he did not know Jesus Christ. He persecuted Jesus
Christ (His followers) and it was only after he met Jesus Christ on
the Damascus road and he had REVELATION from Jesus Christ, it was
only after that, that he knew Him and the message that the apostle
Paul preached was not from the scriptures. The message that he taught
he received directly from the Lord Jesus Christ, not from anybody
else.
personally and those who followed Him also knew Him by His Spirit.
The apostle Paul was an intellectual, He was a Pharisee who knew the
scriptures well but he did not know Jesus Christ. He persecuted Jesus
Christ (His followers) and it was only after he met Jesus Christ on
the Damascus road and he had REVELATION from Jesus Christ, it was
only after that, that he knew Him and the message that the apostle
Paul preached was not from the scriptures. The message that he taught
he received directly from the Lord Jesus Christ, not from anybody
else.
Paul wrote in Galatians 1: 11" For
I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached
by me is not according to man. 12For I neither received it from
man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a
revelation of Jesus Christ.
I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached
by me is not according to man. 12For I neither received it from
man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a
revelation of Jesus Christ.
13For
you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to
persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy
it; 14and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my
contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for
my ancestral traditions. 15But when God, who had set me
apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His
grace, was pleased 16to reveal His Son in me so that I might
preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with
flesh and blood, 17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who
were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once
more to Damascus.
you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to
persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy
it; 14and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my
contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for
my ancestral traditions. 15But when God, who had set me
apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His
grace, was pleased 16to reveal His Son in me so that I might
preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with
flesh and blood, 17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who
were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once
more to Damascus.
18Then three years later I went
up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas(Peter), and stayed
with him fifteen days. 19But I did not see any other of the
apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.”
up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas(Peter), and stayed
with him fifteen days. 19But I did not see any other of the
apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.”
Paul did not go to Bible school, he was
not taught and coached by those disciples who walked with Jesus
Christ. After he met Jesus Christ he was taught by the Holy Spirit.
He was taught through revelation by Jesus Christ Himself and that is
why the gospel that Paul preached was not by the Book. Paul wrote
many books after He had revelation from Jesus Christ. People are sold
on the Bible, they are sold on academics and the academic
intellectuals defy the Holy Spirit of God. They have taken the key of
knowledge away from the people because they pretend to know
everything about God and the kingdom of God because they have studied
and they know the scriptures, but they do not know Jesus Christ. They
never had a revelation from Jesus Christ, they have no TESTIMONY of
Jesus Christ .
not taught and coached by those disciples who walked with Jesus
Christ. After he met Jesus Christ he was taught by the Holy Spirit.
He was taught through revelation by Jesus Christ Himself and that is
why the gospel that Paul preached was not by the Book. Paul wrote
many books after He had revelation from Jesus Christ. People are sold
on the Bible, they are sold on academics and the academic
intellectuals defy the Holy Spirit of God. They have taken the key of
knowledge away from the people because they pretend to know
everything about God and the kingdom of God because they have studied
and they know the scriptures, but they do not know Jesus Christ. They
never had a revelation from Jesus Christ, they have no TESTIMONY of
Jesus Christ .
Paul had a testimony of Jesus Christ
and wherever he went he told the world about Jesus Christ. What he
told them he had heard and learned from Jesus Christ. We can only be
disciples of Jesus Christ if we have had REVELATION from Him, if we
are led by the Holy Spirit of God. Bible study and Bible School does
not qualify you to be a disciple or a follower of Jesus Christ. If
you do not KNOW Jesus Christ you cannot follow Him and He will say
to many so-called preachers and Bible students, Bible preachers and
Bible teachers, He will say to them:"Go away i never knew you."
They have no knowledge of God. all they know is what they have read
in the scriptures but they don't know God, they don't know Jesus
Christ. To them He is not REAL and He is not ALIVE. If we do not know
Jesus Christ for real then we cannot have salvation. Salvation is
KNOWING Jesus Christ the Living God for REAL. If we seek Him we find
him. He will reveal Himself to us if we humble ourselves before Him
and we draw closer to Him.He will reveal Himself to us and we will
know Him for real.
and wherever he went he told the world about Jesus Christ. What he
told them he had heard and learned from Jesus Christ. We can only be
disciples of Jesus Christ if we have had REVELATION from Him, if we
are led by the Holy Spirit of God. Bible study and Bible School does
not qualify you to be a disciple or a follower of Jesus Christ. If
you do not KNOW Jesus Christ you cannot follow Him and He will say
to many so-called preachers and Bible students, Bible preachers and
Bible teachers, He will say to them:"Go away i never knew you."
They have no knowledge of God. all they know is what they have read
in the scriptures but they don't know God, they don't know Jesus
Christ. To them He is not REAL and He is not ALIVE. If we do not know
Jesus Christ for real then we cannot have salvation. Salvation is
KNOWING Jesus Christ the Living God for REAL. If we seek Him we find
him. He will reveal Himself to us if we humble ourselves before Him
and we draw closer to Him.He will reveal Himself to us and we will
know Him for real.
You do not get to know Jesus Christ
from Bible study or from listening to other people, watching their
videos, listening to their TV programs, reading their little books.
You get to know Jess Christ when you seek Him with all your heart,
you humble yourself before Him and He will reveal Himself to you. He
IS the Living God, He is ALIVE. He is not history, He is the Lord God
Almighty.
from Bible study or from listening to other people, watching their
videos, listening to their TV programs, reading their little books.
You get to know Jess Christ when you seek Him with all your heart,
you humble yourself before Him and He will reveal Himself to you. He
IS the Living God, He is ALIVE. He is not history, He is the Lord God
Almighty.
Seek Jesus with all your heart and you
will find Him. Ask Him and He will reveal Himself to you but BE
SERIOUS, seek Him with all your heart and you will find Him. Do not
be impressed by the intellectuals, by those with the book knowledge,
those who know the Bible, those who teach the Bible. They might know
the Bible but they don't know Jesus Christ. Get yo know Jesus Christ
for REAL and you will have a TESTIMONY, you will KNOW that He is REAL
and He is ALIVE and you will BELIEVE because you KNOW Him. He will be
REAL to you. Have you met Jesus Christ? Is He REAL to you?
will find Him. Ask Him and He will reveal Himself to you but BE
SERIOUS, seek Him with all your heart and you will find Him. Do not
be impressed by the intellectuals, by those with the book knowledge,
those who know the Bible, those who teach the Bible. They might know
the Bible but they don't know Jesus Christ. Get yo know Jesus Christ
for REAL and you will have a TESTIMONY, you will KNOW that He is REAL
and He is ALIVE and you will BELIEVE because you KNOW Him. He will be
REAL to you. Have you met Jesus Christ? Is He REAL to you?
May Jesus bless you.
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Sunday, October 11, 2015
Why HEAR from God?
Many believers want to HEAR from God, they want to HEAR the voice of Jesus Christ but they do not want to follow Him.
What is the SENSE then in hearing from Him? His SHEEP listen to His VOICE and they FOLLOW Him. They are the ones who are part of His kingdom. They want to serve Him. They WANT to do His will.
Many believers want to use God for their own purposes. They want to counsel God about THEIR lives. The kingdom of God is not about you and me. The kingdom of God is about the KING, Jesus Christ, doing His will.
We have to SEEK His kingdom, His righteousness. We have to be interested in the kingdom of God. It is not about us. If we are SERIOUS about following Jesus Christ and we SEEK His approval, if we WANT to know what we have to do to serve Him, then we will HEAR FROM Him.
The prophet Habakkuk was such a man. I read from Habakkuk 2:1
“1I will stand on my guard post And station myself on the rampart; And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me, And how I may reply when I am reproved. 2Then the LORD answered me and said, “Record the vision And inscribe it on tablets, That the one who reads it may run.”
The prophet was a servant of God, therefore he waited on God to hear what God would say to him, for him to serve God.
Jesus Christ wants to reveal Himself to us. He WANTS to teach us. He WANTS to give us understanding and knowledge about His kingdom, about what He is doing and that which He has called us for but we have to ASK Him. We have to SEEK His kingdom. The only way to learn about the kingdom of God is to follow Jesus and to wait on Him, to seek His kingdom. He wants to impart knowledge to us The prophet Habakkuk writes further in verse 14:
“For the earth will be filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD,
As the waters cover the sea."
That is how much Jesus Christ wants to reveal Himself to those who seek Him so that the knowledge of Christ, the knowledge of God might cover the earth like the waters cover the sea. But very few are interested in the kingdom of God. Very few are interested in serving and obeying Jesus Christ.
Do YOU want to HEAR from Jesus Christ? Then become one of His sheep! Become one of His servants. Submit yourself to Jesus Christ. Serve Him as Lord and He will teach you. He will reveal Himself to you. He will speak to you and you will HEAR His voice, but we have to SEEK Him and be SERIOUS about Him and His kingdom or else in the end we will perish.
May Jesus bless you.
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Saturday, October 10, 2015
The true gospel has FEW followers
There are many gospels being preached in the world today. There are popular gospels, grace gospels, super grace gospel but the true gospel of Jesus Christ has very few followers.
The true gospel of Jesus Christ is the only one that saves but it is not preached in churches today. If the gospel of Jesus Christ was preached in churches they would be burned down, closed, their members would be persecuted, they would be outlawed, rejected, because the gospel of Jesus Christ is a gruesome gospel. It is not a popular gospel. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the WORDS that Jesus delivered to us as they are also recorded in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Very few people are willing to follow and obey Jesus Christ.
If you truly believe the gospel of Jesus Christ and you obey Him, you go after Him and you do as He commanded then you will be persecuted, you will be rejected, even by your own family, by your friends. Most of the time you will find yourself on your own because if you follow Jesus Christ you will be rejected and persecuted like He was rejected and persecuted.
Jesus Christ said that His followers will be hated by all men, just like He was hated. What they did to Him they will also do to you, if you follow Jesus Christ.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is not easy. it is the narrow straight road that leads to eternal life. It is the ONLY way to enter the kingdom of God.
Are you willing to STEP OUT and follow Jesus Christ? Are you willing to be persecuted and rejected like Jesus Christ? Will you go after the truth and follow Jesus Christ or would you rather go with lies and the acceptance of men?
Very few will follow the gospel of Jesus Christ.
May Jesus bless you.
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Friday, October 9, 2015
Testing your Salvation Security
Many believers are self-assured and confident of their salvation, they believe that they have a guarantee of salvation because they believe in Jesus Christ.
Those who walk with Jesus and follow Him closely are not so confident because they know that moment by moment we must live up to His standard to be fit to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Those who walk close to Jesus, who follow Him KNOW that they must ask Him to evaluate them. They must ask HIM to TEST them and to CONFIRM them and to tell them whether He is pleased with their performance.
The psalmist, king David wrote in Psalm 139:23
"23Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
24And see if there be any hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way."
We cannot be confident of ourselves, we need to continuously receive feedback from Jesus Christ whether He is pleased with us because He is the IMPARTIAL judge. He does not take sides. He has one standard of righteousness and obedience and we have to live up to His standard because He will judge His people. We read the words of Peter in 1 Peter 4:17
"17For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18AND IF IT IS WITH DIFFICULTY THAT THE RIGHTEOUS IS SAVED, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE GODLESS MAN AND THE SINNER?"
It is with difficulty that the righteous man will be saved and that is why Peter says: AND IF IT IS WITH DIFFICULTY THAT THE RIGHTEOUS IS SAVED, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE GODLESS MAN AND THE SINNER?" We cannot make it into the kingdom of heaven without Jesus Christ.
We cannot go by our own evaluation of ourselves. We must not compare ourselves with ourselves and with other Christians. We must ask Jesus Christ to TEST us, TRY us and EVALUATE us so that we can correct ourselves and do what is pleasing to Him.
Jesus Christ is our advocate right now but the moment that we die He will become the Judge. Right now we can ask Him to correct us, to test us, try us, evaluate us, discipline us but once we die it is too late because then we stand before Him in judgment as Jesus Christ also warned.
I read from Matthew 5:25
"Make friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. "
Jesus Christ will impartially judge all men. It is destined for man to die once and thereafter to face judgment. Right now we have the opportunity to correct ourselves, to prepare and STAY PREPARED. Right now Jesus Christ is our advocate but when we die it will be too late.
Humble yourself before Jesus Christ and ask HIM to tell you how secure your salvation is, whether He is pleased with you. Stay with Him until the very end because it is only those who stay with Jesus until the end and do what is pleasing to Him that will be fit to enter the kingdom of heaven. Make sure of your relationship with Jesus Christ right now while you have the opportunity. Tomorrow might be for ever too late.
May Jesus bless you.
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Thursday, October 8, 2015
Sinners are wicked at heart you cannot change them
Sinners are wicked at heart and that is why they cannot enter the kingdom of God. Many professing Christians are sinners. You cannot change them because their nature is to be wicked.
The only way that we can enter the kingdom of God is, we have to be born again BUT before you can be born again you have to renounce your old nature of sin, you have to turn your back on that which you were. You have to accept Jesus Christ and His conditions for salvation. He requires that we be righteous and holy and we have to renounce sin, turn away form sin, REPENT and put on the NEW NATURE, the nature of Jesus Christ. SIN NO MORE.
Many believers are wicked at heart, they are SINNERS. They are like a hog, like a pig. You can wash a hog but when he sees mud he dives right into it again because he loves the flth. You cannot change a sinner.
A sinner can be born again IF he wants to, IF he accepts Jesus Christ but he has to put his old nature behind him. He has to reject sin. he has to reject the way that he was and he has to embrace Jesus Christ and go after Him. He has to SEEK to be pleasing to Jesus. We will all be tempted in various ways but if we do not love righteousness and love Jesus Christ then we will fall into temptation.
We have to stand against temptation because we love Jesus and we want to be pleasing to Him. But if we still love sin and the pleasures of sin then at heart we are wicked, we are filthy.
You cannot change a sinner. A sinner is wicked at heart. You need a NEW HEART. if you want to enter the kingdom of God, ASK Jesus to give you a NEW HEART to make you NEW INSIDE to be a child of God but you first have to renounce, reject sin, reject the old nature before you can put on the new nature.
Seek to please Jesus, not your old friends. Do not seek to be acceptable to the world because then you will fall back into the filth and wickedness. Seek holiness, seek righteousness, seek the kingdom of God with all that is in you. stand against temptation and endure with Jesus Christ until the very end.
Keep yourself pure and holy and acceptable to Jesus. If you allow yourself to be covered in filth you are not suitable for the kingdom of God. If you allow the thought of sin and wickedness and the desires of this world to enter you, you will FALL to the wiles of the devil. Reject satan, reject wickedness and SEEK to be pleasing to Jesus Christ. Put on the new nature, become a child of God or else you will perish. No sinners will enter into the kingdom of God. Separate yourself unto God. Purify yourself, cleanse yourself of all sin and unrighteousness and you will be acceptable to Jesus Christ .
May Jesus bless you.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Missing the mark
Many believers think that they have found salvation but they have only found religion, because they do not know Jesus Christ.
Salvation is knowing, following and obeying Jesus Christ until the very end and never turning back to your previous life style of sin and self gratification.
If your relationship with Jesus Christ comprises of Bible study, church and fellowship with other Christians and rambling off some meaningless prayers every night, then you do not know Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is REAL and ALIVE. Salvation is KNOWING Jesus Christ and Him knowing you.
His sheep LISTEN to His voice and they FOLLOW Him
They are led by the Holy Spirit. Their relationship is with Jesus Christ, not with other people, not with other Christians. They only care about their relationship with Jesus Christ and they follow Him.
Most believers will be terribly disappointed when they stand before Jesus Christ and He says to them:”Go away I never knew you, you workers of wickedness.”
Do you know Jesus Christ and does He know you?
Have you received the Holy Spirit and do you follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit?
What will Jesus Christ say to you when you stand before Him?
May Jesus bless you.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Believer's Arrogance
Many so-called Christians believe that they have salvation and that they can speak judgment over non-believers. Many street preachers have that attitude. They speak to other people as though they themselves are God, as though they can bring judgment on the world.
If we truly follow Jesus Christ and we are His disciples then we will be humble and know that nobody has any guarantee of salvation. We must each work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. There is no guarantee. Nobody can boast and say that they have a ticket to heaven.
We have to follow and obey Jesus Christ and stay with Him until the very end. We have to endure with Him to win the prize of eternal life. Jesus warned that many will strive hard to find the narrow door and not be able.
It is arrogant to boast about your salvation before you have won that final prize of eternal life. We will only know when we get to the end of the line and Jesus approves of us.
Let us not boast before the time but let us serve Jesus Christ in such a way that in the end He will be pleased with us and welcome us into His kingdom and say to us:"Well done faithful servant, enter into the rest of your Master."
May Jesus bless you.
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Monday, October 5, 2015
Sinners Prayer Shallow Insincere Commitment
Many people believe that they are Christians, they believe that they are saved after reciting a "sinners prayer" after somebody and making a shallow, insincere commitment to follow Jesus Christ.
There are many versions of the "sinners prayer." One of the famous ones is the Billy Graham sinners prayer. It goes like this:
"Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. In Your Name.
Amen."
Another version is this one:
"Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be"
After repeating these lines, after somebody else people are told that they are saved and now they are going to heaven, they have security of salvation. They walk away and they believe they are saved as long as they attend church and they believe, they think that they will have eternal life but they forget that in reading these lines they made promises to God which they never keep. They go on living like the rest of the world, they do not REPENT, they do not turn away from sin. They do not obey Jesus Christ, be baptized in water, they do not serve Him as Lord and Master. They just believe that they are saved because they repeated these lines after somebody. They never meant it in their hearts and they never kept their side of the bargain, of that which they promised God to do. Can that save us? Certainly not. It is just a meaningless repetition of words. We will not have salvation if we do not obey Jesus Christ and if we have made promises to God we have to keep them because God does not tolerate fools! It is foolish to make promises to God and not keep them. He will hold it against you because you have LIED IN ADVANCE and you have added to your sin. Only those who REPENT, turn away from their previous lifestyle of sin and of serving themselves, who GO AFTER Jesus Christ and obey Him, be baptized in water, OBEY His words, live in holiness and righteousness, it is only they that will have salvation.
It is only those who get into a real relationship with Jesus Christ, who SEEK the baptism in the Holy Spirit and are filled with the Holy Spirit and follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit, who TRULY get to KNOW Jesus Christ, only they will be saved.
There is no quick easy contractual formula that you can apply to have salvation. You have to KNOW, FOLLOW and OBEY Jesus Christ until the very end or else you will perish.
Keep your promises to Jesus Christ, place Him on the throne of your life. Serve and obey Him as LORD until the end or else you will not be part of His kingdom and you will perish.
May Jesus bless you.
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Sunday, October 4, 2015
Meaningless Prayer
Many people pray meaningless prayers. Some pray to gods that do not exist. Some Christian believers do not believe when they pray to God. Their prayers are just a meaningless repetition of words. They just pray the same prayers over and over like they have been taught since they were little. To them God is not real.
If we do not go to God with faith in our hearts and if we do not pray with MEANING, KNOWING that our prayers are heard , if we do not mean what we say, what we pray, then they are just empty words lost into the air. And that is how many people do pray, hoping that they be heard but they do not really believe that God is hearing or that He will answer their prayers.
If we go to God in prayer we have to be serious and we have to pray with meaning knowing that He answers those who EARNESTLY pray with a serious heart. If we do not believe that God is hearing our prayer and that He will answer and we do not expect an answer then our prayer is futile, meaningless, senseless. but if we go to Him with a serious heart and we pray earnestly then He will answer our prayer.
Many people ask for the baptism in the Holy Spirit but they are not serious. It is just like they are taking a chance. They are just saying:"Lord please fill me with the Holy Spirit." If we do not earnestly EXPECTANTLY pray we will not get an answer, we will not get what we asked for and God will not reveal Himself to us. We have to pray from our heart with all that is in us, reaching out to Him in our spirit and He will answer us.
Those who go to God must believe that He IS and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. They pray with meaning and they receive an answer. Do not pray meaningless prayers. Pray with all your heart and with meaning, and Jesus Christ will answer your prayers.
May Jesus bless you.
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Saturday, October 3, 2015
Overcomers and Losers
Not all believers will make it into the kingdom of heaven, only those who OVERCOME. The losers will be eternally disappointed. They will end up in damnation.
We read in the book of Revelation about those who overcame. They overcame by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony and they loved not their lives until death. Those were the ones who denied themselves and followed Jesus Christ , The overcame because they had a testimony. They followed Jesus Christ, they sought the kingdom of God, they sought the WILL of God and they followed Jesus Christ every day until the very end.
Not many believers will make it into the kingdom of heaven, only those who OVERCOME, those who overcome themselves, their own desires, the pressures of the world, the desires of the flesh and submit themselves to Jesus Christ, who follow and obey Him until the very end.
Are we overcoming in this world of temptation, sin, wickedness? Are we focused on Jesus Christ and striving for that prize, eternal life, that is reserved for those who overcome? If we are not overcoming it is because we are not IN CHRIST, we are not WITH Jesus, because He will never leave us and He will never forsake us but if we leave Him and we go on our own we will certainly be losers.
Are we overcoming? Are we doing the will of God?
May Jesus bless you.
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Friday, October 2, 2015
My offering to Jesus Christ
God is so good to us that if we love Him we will want to give back to Him. Many people say that they can not give God anything, but the apostle Paul said differently. I read from Romans 12:1 "Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."
My sacrifice to Jesus Christ is MYSELF, my life, my body, my time, my everything I give to Jesus. I want to live FOR Him.
What Jesus requires of us is OBEDIENCE. Many people just want to give money or make an offering but He requires UTTER OBEDIENCE.
God appointed Saul as King over Israel but Saul followed his own mind and then God took him away as king over Israel, He rejected him. We read the words of the prophet Samuel in 1 Samuel 15:22. "Samuel said,
“Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
As in obeying the voice of the LORD?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
23“For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,
He has also rejected you from being king.”
If we present ourselves to Jesus Christ as His servants, if we present ourselves as an offering to Him, we have to OBEY Him as we also read in verse 22:
“Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the LORD?”
I have learned that what God requires of us is to LISTEN and OBEY Him and not follow our own mind. Many people follow their own minds. I also wanted to serve Jesus as I thought best, MY WAY, but that was not pleasing to Him. I got cut off.
I died of a heart attack but He gave me a second chance and He taught me UNDERSTANDING. Every branch in Him that does not bear fruit will get cut off and burned. I used to follow my own mind. Now I present myself as an offering to Jesus to do HIS WILL. I WAIT on Him, I LISTEN and I OBEY. I do what He tells me to do because that is the only way that we can be FRUITFUL in the kingdom of God. That is the only sacrifice that is acceptable to God. Not that we give Him sacrifices and offerings to our own liking but that we present ourselves and LISTEN, OBEY and DO His will.
My offering to Jesus Christ is ME, MYSELF to do HIS WILL, that which is pleasing to Him.
May Jesus bless you.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
The Lord is MY Shepherd
1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
I am one of His sheep. I listen to His voice and he guides me
every day.
I follow Him and He supplies in all my needs
2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth
me beside the still waters. 3He restoreth my soul;
I have found LIFE and peace in Jesus Christ. Even though the whole
world around me is in turmoil I have great peace that passes all
understanding. May soul rests in Him, I live in His presence.
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
He teaches and guides me. He disciplines me and teaches me
righteousness and obedience. I strayed in the past but He disciplined
and corrected me. He is righteous and holy and does not tolerate
disobedience. I have learned His ways and now I stay close to Him.
4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art with
me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.
Jesus sometimes guides me through dangerous places. For some time
we lived on a remote farm in a country where farmers are murdered
every day. We did not even have any weapons to defend ourselves but
Jesus guarded us. One night He showed me a huge angel on a horse
guarding the entrance to the farm. We did not live in fear because He
keeps watch over us.
5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine
enemies; Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth
over.
I have many enemies who who hate, curse and despise me but I have
the honor of sitting at the table of my Lord. He feeds me with the
Bread of Life every day., “Man shall not live from bread alone, but
from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God”. He speaks to
me every day. He shares His secret counsel with me. He fills me with
joy, His Spirit dwells in me.
6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my
life; and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
I am part of the Kingdom of God. I
enjoy the favor of my Lord every day of my life and He will welcome
me into His house when I am done here on earth.
enjoy the favor of my Lord every day of my life and He will welcome
me into His house when I am done here on earth.
Is Jesus Christ your Shepherd? Are you
one of His sheep? Do you hear His voice and follow Him every day? Are
you part of the kingdom of God?
one of His sheep? Do you hear His voice and follow Him every day? Are
you part of the kingdom of God?
May Jesus bless you
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