Sunday, January 31, 2016
Defending your Salvation
The reason why many believers defend their salvation is because they do not know Jesus Christ. They do not have salvation. Salvation is not a guarantee, it is not a possession, we don't need to defend it.
Jesus never told us to defend ourselves. If we follow Him, He will defend us. If we truly follow Jesus Christ, we do not defend ourselves, we do not defend the Bible, we do not defend our faith, we do not defend our salvation. We TESTIFY about Jesus. We tell the world why we HOPE in Jesus. We tell the world why we follow Him, why we obey Him, because HE IS REAL to us.
Many want to defend the Bible, defend their salvation, their opinion, their doctrines, their teachings. The Bible testifies about Jesus Christ, but if you do not know Jesus Christ for real then you are insecure, you have reason to doubt, and panic, be anxious, and that is why those believers are anxious, why they fight and DEFEND their salvation.
By quoting Bible scriptures they try to convince everybody that the are saved. If you follow Jesus Christ and you KNOW Him then you trust in HIM, not in what you believe. You know He is faithful and as long as you stay with Him He will guide you and He will teach you and He will keep you, He will hold your hand, but you have to follow Him.
You don't need to defend your salvation. Just stay with Jesus Christ and testify, tell the world why you are different, why you don't sin, why you don't go to the same places, why you are changed, why Jesus Christ is your Lord, because you KNOW Him.
Do you know Jesus Christ? Have you met Him? Are you following Him and do you tell the world why you follow Jesus Christ, or do you just believe that your doctrines are right, your understanding of the Bible is right and you have to PROVE your salvation? Then you don't have Jesus, dear friend. If you follow Jesus Christ you have nothing to defend. You just deny yourself every day, pick up your cross and follow Him until the very end.
May Jesus bless you.
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Saturday, January 30, 2016
Video Games & Movies Produce MURDERERS PEDOPHILES RAPISTS
Playing video games and watching TV, pornography, turns you into a murderer an adulterer and a fornicator. In the sight of God you are an adulterer if you look at a woman with lust. If you watch that TV game, if you watch that porn and in your mind you participate in that immorality you are an adulterer and you will end up in hell. The same with playing video games, even if you are pretending that you are shooting the villain. Murder is murder in the sight of God and vengeance belongs to God, not to us.
We have to keep our mind and our lives pure of sin and of evil. Jesus Christ said:"I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell." Matthew 5:28,29.
What goes on in your mind determines what you become and what you do but in the sight of God evil thoughts, hatred, malice, murder, lust, fornication, immorality is already sin that will cause you to go into hell.
We have to be pure and holy, PERFECT to enter into the kingdom of God. Without holiness no man shall see God nor enter into heaven.
May Jesus bless you.
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Friday, January 29, 2016
You NEED the Holy Spirit
It is absolutely essential for a believer to have the Holy Spirit of Christ dwelling in them. Jesus Christ, our Master, was crucified and He died, but after three days the Holy spirit raised Him from the dead. The apostle Paul writes that if that same SPIRIT that raised Christ from the dead dwells in you, then that SPIRIT, the Holy Spirit, will also quicken your mortal body, will also raise you from the dead. It is therefor vitally important that we have the Holy Spirit of Christ dwelling in us.
Jesus Christ GIVES the Holy Spirit in those who OBEY Him. He promised the Holy Spirit that will teach us and will guide us into all truth. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Christ, Christ WITH us, Christ IN US, guiding us, comforting us, encouraging us and leading us into a life that is pleasing to Him, into fruitfulness, into doing the will of God and if He dwells in us and remains with us until the very end then He will also raise us from the dead.
The Holy Spirit was promised for every one who believes in Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit was given on the day of Pentecost. The requirement for receiving the Holy Spirit is that we OBEY Jesus Christ, that we SUBMIT to Him, REPENT, and be BAPTIZED IN WATER and SEEK Him with all our heart. Seek that infilling with the Holy Spirit, Christ dwelling in us and He will baptize us in the Holy Spirit like He did to the first believers on the day of Pentecost and thereafter. They spoke in other tongues. He gave miraculous tongues by which they can speak mysteries to God and the Spirit of God can pray through them and in them. Also that the Spirit will guide them and give them power to be witnesses, to endure and do the will of God, to remain with Him and IN Him until the very end.
It is the will of Jesus Christ to let His Spirit dwell in us. It is Emmanuel, Christ in us. If we do not have the Spirit of Christ, the Holy Spirit, then we are spiritually dead. we have to be born again of water, through baptism, and of the Spirit of God, through the Holy Spirit baptism. Then we have to FOLLOW the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit must ABIDE in us, stay in us. we must RESERVE ourselves as a temple of the Holy Spirit for Him to dwell in and we have to go after Jesus every day, seek His guidance, follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit and endure with Him until the very end or else we do not have life in us.
We need the LIFE GIVING Holy Spirit of Christ. We cannot go without Him.
May Jesus bless you.
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Thursday, January 28, 2016
The Bad News and The Good News
Somebody who commented on one of my videos asked me two questions. He asked me what the Good News is and secondly whether I still sin. In order to answer him what the Good News is I first had to give him the Bad News.
The Bad News is that the WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH and if you keep on sinning you will perish, even though you believe in Jesus Christ, because no sinners will enter into the kingdom of heaven. You have to stop sinning to enter the kingdom of heaven.
The Good News is that Jesus Christ came to take away the sins of the world and that He makes us FREE from the bondage to sin. He makes us FREE FROM SIN so that we can DO the will of God.
Whether I still sin? No. Jesus Christ made me FREE FROM SIN. I am BORN AGAIN. I am a child of God. I follow Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ holds my hand and He keeps my foot from slipping. He keeps me from stumbling, but I STAY WITH HIM, because without Jesus I will not make it.
Jesus Christ is the only way. If we do not go with Him every day, every step of the way, we will not make it into the kingdom of Heaven. You cannot follow Jesus Christ AND still go on sinning.
Have you put your hand in the hand of Jesus Christ and are you following Him? Have you ceased from sinning and are you now doing the will of God?
May Jesus bless you.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Corporate Church is a satanic Institution
Corporate church organizations are satanically inspired. They are Antichrist. They use their power, their influence, their numbers, to achieve their own goals. They do not seek the kingdom of God nor the will of God. They progress their own benefits.
Corporate church organizations do not fit into nor form part of the kingdom of God.
God is in control of His own kingdom. As the apostle Paul also wrote in 2 Corinthians 10:3 "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ."
The kingdom of God is about OBEDIENCE to Christ, serving and obeying Jesus Christ, not going after corporate goals , after church goals. Jesus Christ is Lord and those who follow Him go after HIM, they do as He commands them and by the POWER of the Holy Spirit they destroy the works of satan because they bring people into obedience to Jesus Christ.
When we all come into obedience to Jesus Christ, we become part of His kingdom and we do His will. We become the Body of Christ. You cannot be part of a corporate body, a church, and be part of the body of Christ. You cannot serve two masters. Either you run after people and you belong to their organizations or you follow Jesus Christ, you are led by the Holy Spirit and you do the will of God and you become part of the kingdom of God that will OVERTAKE, DEMOLISH all other kingdoms.
Which kingdom do you belong to? Do you belong to a church organization or are you part of the kingdom of God? Are you led by the Holy Spirit and are you doing the will of God every day? Are you in obedience to Jesus Christ and are you bringing others into obedience to Him. That is what the kingdom of God is about. It is about obeying the King, Jesus Christ.
May Jesus bless you.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Do Not Have Communion With False Christians
The worldly unholy churches of this age bear no resemblance to the true Body of Christ. Jesus Christ is not in those churches and those churches are not part of the Body of Christ and therefor the true followers of Jesus Christ should not associate with them, should not share the Lord's Supper with them. They have nothing to do with them.
We have to separate ourselves from them and follow Jesus Christ, serve Him in utter holiness. The apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 5:9
"I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people; I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world. But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within the church? But those who are outside, God judges. REMOVE THE WICKED MAN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES."
The problem with the present day church is that the church is wicked. They confess to be SINNERS. They say "we are all sinners" and they do not intend to repent. They are UNHOLY and therefor a true follower of Jesus Christ cannot associate with them. We have to come out from among them and serve Jesus in holiness. Their preachers are immoral people, unholy, covetous, men of the world, not men of God. And therefor we have to come out from among them.
The apostle Paul also writes in 2 Corinthians 6:14
“Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,
“I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM;
AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
“Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE,” says the Lord.
“AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN;
And I will welcome you.
“And I will be a father to you,
And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,”
Says the Lord Almighty.”
They claim to be believers but by their deeds they deny Christ. They put shame on His Name. They do not follow Jesus Christ. They are unholy, unrighteous, men of the world, they are not of Jesus Christ. Have no relationship with them. Have no communion with them. Do not attend their churches. Do not go there for communion. Have communion in the church in your house. Have communion with those who truly follow Jesus Christ and do not associate with false Christians.
Be pure and be holy. Follow Jesus Christ and keep fellowship with Him. Separate yourself from them and be holy unto the Lord.
May Jesus bless you.
Monday, January 25, 2016
Do not sin AT ALL
The wrath of God comes on mankind because of SIN. If we sin we will PERISH. The penalty for sin is death. We have to STOP SINNING and BE HOLY to LIVE. It is not enough to sin less. We must not sin at all.
We read in Luke 13:1-5
"1Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2And Jesus said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate? 3“I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. 4“Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them were worse culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem? 5“I tell you, no, but UNLESS YOU REPENT, YOU WILL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH.”
We see many natural disasters happening all over the world. We see many people being killed. If we do not REPENT, we WILL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH.
May Jesus bless you.
Sunday, January 24, 2016
How to Overcome and WIN the Prize of Eternal Life
Not all those who believe in Jesus Christ will have eternal life. Eternal life is only for those who overcome the evil one, those who overcome satan, like Jesus overcame. We will only win that prize of eternal life if we fight the good fight, endure until the end and overcome like Jesus overcame evil.
If you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Master and you start following Him, you enter a war zone. You are at war with evil, you are at war with satan and you have to win him. You have to conquer, you have to overcome. You have to overcome temptation. You have to overcome the flesh. You have to overcome the forces of evil and be victorious. You have to take your stand on the side of Jesus Christ. You have to turn away from evil, stand against evil and overcome the forces of darkness because they will be coming at you. satan will want you to stumble, he will do anything to make you fall so that you do not win that prize of eternal life. He will put temptation in your way, he will put marvelous opportunities in your way to distract you from following Jesus Christ. He will do anything for you to lose that prize of eternal life. But we CAN overcome. We have to overcome if we want eternal life.
Firstly, REPENT and take a stand, take a stand against yourself. Take a stand against evil. Take a stand against anything and everything that will separate you from Jesus Christ, from anything that will prevent you from winning that prize of eternal life.
You have to do your utmost to endure with Jesus until the end to win that prize. You have to FORCE yourself to obey Jesus Christ and do His will, and do so until the very end.
satan will try his best to trip you up. So you have to make sure that you do not stumble, that you do not slip. If we keep our eyes, our focus on Jesus Christ then He will keep our foot from stumbling. He will guide us every step of the way until the very end, but without Jesus Christ we cannot do it. We cannot do it on our own . we have to go with Jesus every step of the way. Obey Him, REPENT. Be baptized in water for the washing off of your sins and then SEEK the infilling with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, that will lead you and guide you every step of the way, but you have to stay with Him. You have to stay focused on Him .
If you do stumble, if satan does trip you up, you have to examine yourself. Why did you stumble? Why did you fall? What did you do wrong? What must you do next time to prevent that same thing from happening? And then, REPENT, plead Jesus forgiveness but make sure that next time that the same temptation , the same pitfall comes around that you overcome. The devil might trip us up the first time but the next time we will be prepared for him.
The only way that we can endure is to stay focused on Jesus and not be distracted.
Do not allow sinful things to creep into your mind. Do not allow worldly thoughts to dominate you. Do not open the door to temptation. Do not watch TV, videos, do not play video games and games that will distract you and get your focus off Jesus because then you will be vulnerable and in your moment of weakness or inattention the devil will trip you up and you will slip and fall again. You have to stay focused on Jesus all the time. You have to be serious. Keep Jesus in your mind, on your mind. Have your mind on that prize of eternal life. Do not engage in silly talk, jokes. Do not go along with worldly friends, worldly Christians who are not serious. If you let your guard down the devil will get you and it can be fatal because you might just not get up again and follow Jesus Christ.
Remember, you have to overcome. We have to stay with Jesus until the very end. That is the only way. It is not our Bible knowledge, our fellowship, our Christian friends or our good intentions that will make us overcome. It is the dedication with which we run this race, that we go after Jesus with every ounce of power that is in us. He will never leave us. He will not forsake us, but if we open the door to the devil, if we take our eyes off Jesus then we are in danger of defeat. We have to be serious about this race. we have to be serious to overcome.
Not many will make it. They asked Jesus whether those who are being saved are few and He said:"Strive hard because many will try hard and not be able." We have to stay focused on Jesus every day always in everything that we do. we have to seek and follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit until the very end.
Remember, your enemy the devil, never sleeps, he does not slumber. He is out to get you. But we have to overcome. be wide awake, stay focused on Jesus, never let up your guard, don't let your guard down because then you will be defeated. Fight this good fight, run this race in such a way that you overcome and win the prize . That is the only way. Eternal life is for those who overcome.
May Jesus bless you.
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Your Destiny Is In Your Hand Choose Right
You and I determine our own destiny. It is in our hands. We decide, we choose. We either choose the truth or we choose lies. We either choose to sin or to live holy and righteous and we will bear the consequences of our decisions. In the end we will only have ourselves to blame if we end up at the wrong destiny.
If we reject the truth and go after lies, we will perish. If we seek the truth we will find it. The truth, the laws of God are written in our hearts, we all know right from wrong. We all have a conscience and failing all else we will be judged by our conscience. Nobody will have any excuse. We either decide to sin or to not sin. Nobody can force us. They can maybe kill us but they cannot force us to do what we do not want to do.
People who say that they cannot stop sinning are lying, they are lying to themselves but in the end they will face the truth because it was their decision to sin.
Many believers try to justify their sin. They say they cannot stop sinning, they believe lies. They believe psychology. Psychology is lies and manipulation. If you seek the truth you will find it. Choose the truth, choose to LIVE. Choose Jesus Christ and you will live. Choose Holiness, choose Righteousness and you will LIVE.
Your destiny is in your own hands. choose right.
May Jesus bless you.
Your Destiny Is In Your Hand Choose Right
You and I determine our own destiny. It is in our hands. We decide, we choose. We either choose the truth or we choose lies. We either choose to sin or to live holy and righteous and we will bear the consequences of our decisions. In the end we will only have ourselves to blame if we end up at the wrong destiny.
If we reject the truth and go after lies, we will perish. If we seek the truth we will find it. The truth, the laws of God are written in our hearts, we all know right from wrong. We all have a conscience and failing all else we will be judged by our conscience. Nobody will have any excuse. We either decide to sin or to not sin. Nobody can force us. They can maybe kill us but they cannot force us to do what we do not want to do.
People who say that they cannot stop sinning are lying, they are lying to themselves but in the end they will face the truth because it was their decision to sin.
Many believers try to justify their sin. They say they cannot stop sinning, they believe lies. They believe psychology. Psychology is lies and manipulation. If you seek the truth you will find it. Choose the truth, choose to LIVE. Choose Jesus Christ and you will live. Choose Holiness, choose Righteousness and you will LIVE.
Your destiny is in your own hands. choose right.
May Jesus bless you.
Friday, January 22, 2016
MOST Christians Believe Lies
Most Christians believe lies and that is why they will perish. They refuse to obey the truth. Jesus Christ is the WAY the LIFE and the TRUTH. The words of Jesus are the words of eternal life.
Most Christians believe that they have salvation because they believe in Jesus but they do not obey the words of Jesus Christ. Jesus said:"This is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world but men loved darkness more than Light because their deeds were evil." Jesus Christ is the Light of the World. They HATE Jesus Christ, they do not love Him, they love wickedness. They rather believe lies, they do not believe the words of Jesus. They believe various teachings and doctrines of men but they don't believe Jesus Christ. They believe that they cannot stop sinning. That is lie from satan!
You CAN stop sinning. Jesus Christ came to set the captives free. He came to take away the sins of the world. If you believe in Jesus Christ and you obey Him you WILL stop sinning, because you sin by you free will or you obey Jesus Christ by your free will. If you do not obey Jesus Christ you will perish.
If you run after the teachings of people, after psychology and the twisted interpretations of the teachings of Peter and Paul and the other apostle then you will perish. The words of Jesus Christ are the words of eternal life. They are recorded in the gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, OBEY them. Repent, stop sinning, be baptized in water , be holy, be righteous, seek the baptism in the Holy Spirit and follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit, but if you do not stop sinning you will not receive the Holy Spirit.
Nobody will have any excuse. The laws of God are written in our hearts, we know right from wrong. The unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God. If you keep on sinning you have no relationship with God even if you believe that you are saved.
Salvation is through obeying Jesus Christ. Obey the TRUTH. Obey Jesus Christ and follow Him. Do what He commanded and you will live. But if you keep on believing and obeying lies you will perish. Wake up and believe the truth. Believe and obey Jesus Christ and you will live.
May Jesus bless you
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Thursday, January 21, 2016
The Mystery of Church
There is only ONE true CHURCH, the Body of Christ but there are many faker churches that are controlled by men. The true Body of Christ only has one Head and that is Jesus Christ. Every member of the true Body of Christ is led by the Head, Jesus Christ. They are the Ekklesia, the Called Out Assembly. The are scattered all over the world and they have ONE thing in common, they love and follow Jesus Christ. The are PERMEATED by one Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ and they follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
That is the TRUE CHURCH. The false churches are headed and controlled by men. The false churches are divided against each other and they cause division. They are divided against Jesus Christ. The have their own various objectives, that is all about themselves, their own existence. The true Body of Christ, the Ekklesia, those individuals who follow Jesus Christ and who meet all over the world, in houses, two or three, small groups as the Holy Spirit brings them together, they seek the will of God.
The true Body of Christ, the Ekklesia, the Called out Assembly only has one objective, one focus, and that is Jesus Christ, to serve Him and to do His will.
You cannot serve two masters. Either you serve Jesus Christ and you become part of His kingdom or you devote yourself to others and then you are divided, you are against the kingdom of God. Whom do you belong to? Do you belong to Jesus Christ and His kingdom or are you part of some other scattered kingdoms.
May Jesus bless you.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The Church in Your House
The world has been brainwashed to belong to a church and to go to church, but that is not the way that it was from the beginning. The first followers of Jesus Christ met in houses.
In his letters Paul wrote to the CHURCH IN YOUR HOUSE. We read that in the book of Romans and also in the letter to Philemon. The first believers met in houses and that is the way it is supposed to be. Jesus said:"Where two or three meet in My Name there I will be in your midst."
We have to serve Jesus IN OUR HOUSE. We have to baptize those who come to Jesus IN OUR HOUSE or wherever there is enough water to baptize them. We must have the Lord's supper IN OUR HOUSE. We must serve Jesus Christ IN OUR HOUSE.
Many serve the TV, they serve the devil. There is no place for Jesus in their house. If you do not serve Jesus in your house and do not teach your children in your house, do not expect anybody else to do it. It all starts in your house. Start serving Jesus IN YOUR HOUSE.
You don't need to go to a "church." You don't need to belong to a "church." You have to serve Jesus FULL TIME in your house or else you are just a fake Christian, you are not a true follower of Jesus Christ. If Jesus is not the LORD of your house then you are not a child of God and then you do not serve Him, you have no part in Him. Start serving Jesus IN YOUR HOUSE.
May Jesus bless you.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Where is Jesus Christ?
Where is Jesus Christ? The whole world wants to see Jesus Christ, Christians want to see Him. They want to see Him in bodily form. They draw pictures, paint pictures of Jesus Christ, from their imagination but they do not find Him because they do not know Him.
Jesus Christ is SPIRIT and He LIVES in those who are BORN AGAIN. The MYSTERY OF ALL AGES is Christ in YOU, if you are born again. Then you become the BODY OF CHRIST. Your hands are His hands, your feet are His feet, your voice His voice, you DO the works of Christ because Christ lives in you and the world sees Jesus Christ in HIS BODY, those who are born again, the BODY OF CHRIST.
If Jesus lives in you and me then we will do His WORKS but if satan lives in us then we will do the works of satan. Are we doing the works of Christ or are we doing the works of the devil?
The apostle Paul wrote in Romans 8:11: "If that same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwell in you then that same Spirit will also quicken your mortal body," He will also raise you from the dead. You will be the LIVING BODY OF CHRIST.
Have you found Jesus Christ? Have you accepted Him? Does He dwell in you? Are you doing His works? Can the world see Jesus Christ in you and in me?
May Jesus bless you.
Monday, January 18, 2016
The MYSTERY of the TRUE CHRISTIAN
Those who are born again of the Spirit of God have a wisdom and an understanding in them that this world cannot understand. It is not wisdom or knowledge that is taught but it is wisdom that imparted in them. That is the MYSTERY of Jesus Christ.
Those who are born again of the Spirit of God have Jesus Christ living IN them. It is not their own wisdom. It is not wisdom acquired from reading, from studying the Bible, from listening to other people. It is Jesus Christ dwelling inside of them. The Holy Spirit of Christ teaches us all things IF we are led by the Holy Spirit.
Paul wrote that those who are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God, They have WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING that surpasses that which can be found in this world because they are taught of God. Jesus Christ dwells IN them.
Are you born of the Spirit of God. Does the wisdom of Christ dwell in you? Without Jesus Christ we can do nothing. Without Jesus we are lost.
May Jesus bless you.
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Sunday, January 17, 2016
Prayer that is pleasing to God
Jesus Christ taught us how to pray prayers that are pleasing to God. We have to pray for His kingdom to come and for His will to be done here on earth as it is in heaven. Jesus commanded that we seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and then all the other things will be added to us.
People are concerned about themselves, about their own desires, the things that they want but they are not concerned about the kingdom of God and that is why their prayers are not answered.
If we submit to Jesus and we pray and ask Him for His kingdom to come, for His will to be done in our lives, then we will see the hand of God moving in our life. The reason why people's prayers are not answered is because they are selfish.
Start praying for the kingdom of God, start praying for souls. Start praying for the will of God to be done and you will see the hand of God moving in your life and in the lives of people around you.
May Jesus bless you.
Saturday, January 16, 2016
The Road Ahead
When I look back on my life I remember many mistakes that I made. The biggest mistake that I made was not following Jesus Christ. I knew Jesus from very young but many times I strayed. I went after my own desires, I followed after other people, I listened to other people and then every time I ran into trouble.
But Jesus never left me. He brought me back to Him. I am thankful for all the times that Jesus fetched me back because, like a sheep, I strayed. I went my own way. What is important is not the road along which we came but where we go from now onwards, the road ahead. There is only one way that leads to life and that is to follow Jesus Christ until the very end. We have all strayed, we have all made mistakes, we have all followed our own mind and listened to other people but the only way that leads to eternal life is to follow Jesus Christ. If we keep on going stray then our life might end while we are on the stray.
The only way to make sure that we end up in the kingdom of God is to be serious and never stray again. Stay with Jesus Christ until the very end.
May Jesus bless you.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
We WERE All Once SINNERS
Those of us who follow Jesus Christ were also once sinners, but now we do not sin any more. We do not do the same things, we do not go the same places. We now follow Jesus Christ and we live in righteousness and in holiness. In everything we want to be blameless before our Lord and Master. we are ashamed of those things that we once did and we don't even talk about them. Our focus is on Jesus and on doing His will. Many people believe in Jesus but very few follow and obey Him. If we want eternal life we have to go after Jesus. we have to turn away from sin and from the things of the world and from our previous lifestyle of sin and self-gratification. We have to deny ourselves every day, pick up our cross and go after Jesus. We have to listen to the guidance of His Holy Spirit speaking in us, and DO His will. You cannot go on sinning and being a sinner and also be a follower of Jesus Christ.
All those who follow Jesus Christ WERE once sinners but they SIN NO MORE. Now they follow Him and they walk in His ways. Are you still a sinner or are you following Jesus Christ?
May Jesus bless you.
Thursday, January 14, 2016
The cost of salvation
Salvation is not for free and if we want eternal life in Christ Jesus we will have to pay the price. Jesus Christ paid the price and He overcame and all those who follow Jesus Christ will also have to pay the price and overcome. Jesus Christ did not do it all for you and for me. He showed us the way and we have to follow and obey Him. Jesus Christ came to do the will of the Father and He showed us the WAY. He left us the commands of the Father and He sent us the Holy Spirit to guide us into the will of the Father so that if we overcome then we can also win that prize of eternal life. Jesus Christ clearly explained that if we want to follow Him we have to deny ourselves every day, pick up our cross and follow Him. If we follow Jesus Christ we will pay a price every day. Every day we will have to rather OBEY Jesus, DO what He commanded than to do what we want to do, our own feelings, our own ambitions, every day. We will have to give in to the will of God, in everything, every day until the very end. We will be rejected, hated and persecuted by this world if we obey Jesus and do the will of God.
The words that Jesus spoke and that He left for us, the gospel of Christ as recorded in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were not His own words. They were the words and the commands of the Father, and He kept those words, He OBEYED those words. He followed those commands until the very end. He left us those words and He sent us the Holy Spirit to remind us of His commands so that we will do His will. He sent us the Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth, into doing His will but we have to pay the price. we have to OBEY Him. We have to give up ourselves, sacrifice ourselves, our own will, our own feelings, our own desires, our own plans, our own opinions and obey the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ did not do it ALL for you and me. We have to walk the path, we have to follow Him until the very end. Are you walking that path? Are you following Jesus Christ? Many are deceived , they think that Jesus Christ did it all for them and they must just believe in Jesus and they can continue in sin. They are deceived.
If we do not obey Jesus and do as He commanded, repent, be baptized in water, be filled with the Holy Spirit and follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit every day until the very end , if we do not endure with Him until the end we will not enter the kingdom of Heaven. We will not win the prize if we do not pay the cost. Are we paying that cost every day? Are we following Jesus Christ?
May Jesus bless you.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
The Big Mistake Most Christians Make
Many people hear the gospel of Jesus Christ and they believe, they respond and they accept Jesus Christ, they commit to follow Him for the rest of their lives and they are touched by the power of God. The experience the peace and the joy that Jesus Christ gives to those who accept Him.
Many of them are immediately delivered from addictions and from bondage, from sin. They experience the joy of salvation, but these people do not stay with Jesus Christ, they become religious, they become church members and Bible scholars . They seek the fellowship of other Christians and the acceptance of men and they turn away from Jesus Christ. They do not keep their promise and very soon they go back to their sin. They become entangled again and the end of this people is worse than the beginning because they get into worse sin, they get into worse bondage. It is all because they have turned away from Jesus Christ, they became distracted.
Without Jesus Christ we can do nothing. Without Jesus Christ there is no life, there is no peace, there is no hope. These people lose Jesus Christ, they become slaves to sin again and then when they want to turn back to Jesus satan starts preaching to them, starts quoting them Bible verses. The devil tells them that Jesus Christ doesn't want them any more, that they have overstepped the mark, he quotes them passages like Hebrews 6:4 onwards:"For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. 7For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; 8but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned."
If we turn away from Jesus Christ and if we are fruitless then we are close to being cursed, close to being burned, but we have to go back to Jesus Christ. We have to repent and turn away from our wicked ways. Most Christians never turn back, They continue in their wicked ways and many of them try to justify their sin with Bible verses. They believe that once saved is always saved. But Jesus Christ said that if we do not bear good fruit we will get cut off and burned. Do not let the devil lie to you and prevent you from going back to Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is our only hope for eternal life. There is also no such thing as "once saved always saved." It is only those who endure with Jesus Christ and stay with Him , who follow Him until the very end, it is only they who will be saved. We need His fellowship, we need His approval, not the approval of other people, not the acceptance of other Christians. We need to be pleasing to Jesus Christ. we need to follow Him, obey Him and stay with Him until the very end.
If you have fallen away from Jesus Christ, if you are backslidden, if you have gone back to your previous lifestyle, to sin, REPENT, get back to Jesus Christ and live your life to please Him, SIN NO MORE and Jesus Christ will accept you. Bear fruit in keeping with repentance and you will experience His fellowship and His approval. Get back to Jesus, don't wait!
May Jesus bless you.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
STAYING in Shape
If we accept Jesus Christ and we are born again of the Spirit of God then we have to be changed into the likeness of Jesus Christ. If we OBEY Jesus and we follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit He will change us into His likeness but we have to submit to the Holy Spirit. He will GUIDE us, He will TEACH us, He will FORM us and He will MAKE us, He will DISCIPLINE us and He He will SHAPE us so that we become LIKE Jesus Christ, so that we can be IN Christ and Christ can be IN US.
We have to change . we have to get into shape for the kingdom of Heaven and then we have to stay in shape, we have to go after Jesus and SUBMIT ourselves to Him, let Him have His way with us because if we turn away from Jesus and we become conformed to the world then we fit out of the kingdom of God, we become CASTAWAYS and we are not suitable for the kingdom of Heaven.
We have to stay in shape. we have to stay IN CHRIST to be able to enter into the kingdom of Heaven.
Have we been transformed into His likeness through our obedience to Him, through walking with Him day by day? Are we staying in shape because if we do not stay in shape we will not be suitable for His kingdom and He will say to us:" Go away I never knew you, you workers of wickedness."
Are we staying in shape? Are we staying with Jesus? Are we following the guidance of the Holy Spirit? Are we pleasing to our Master?
May Jesus bless you.
Monday, January 11, 2016
Starting is Easy
To start following Jesus Christ is easy but to endure with Jesus until the very end is very difficult and very few people do it. If we truly love Jesus Christ we will OBEY Him.
We will pay a price to follow Jesus Christ. It is not always easy. The further you go, the more difficult it becomes and most people drop out. They stop following Jesus Christ. Many become religious but very few stay focused on Jesus Christ. Very few go with Jesus all the way. Very few are willing to OBEY Him. Very few are willing to be baptized in water and even fewer want His guidance. They don't want His interference in their lives, they want to live their own lives.
If we want to have eternal life we have to follow Jesus Christ until the end. we have to deny ourselves, pick up our cross every day and follow Him through all circumstances. Jesus Christ is faithful. He will never leave us, He will never forsake us but if we turn away from Him and go our own way we then we will lose Him. Only those who endure with Jesus until the end, only those who are faithful until the very end, only they will have the prize of eternal life.
Are we running the race with endurance? Will we stay with Jesus Christ until the very end?
May Jesus bless you.
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Sunday, January 10, 2016
Why many believers lose the WAY
Many believers who once knew Jesus Christ lose their way because they start listening to other people and they trust in their own understanding. They read books and they listen to so-called men of God, people who set themselves up as authorities.
We have to follow Jesus Christ. He alone is the WAY, He alone is the TRUTH. If we start going after people and follow our own mind, our own understanding then we lose Jesus Christ, we lose the WAY and we will perish.
We have to ask Jesus Christ GUIDANCE and UNDERSTANDING, we have to TRUST Him and stay with Him all the way. Without Jesus we are LOST. Without Jesus we will perish. All we need is Jesus Christ and if we do not trust Him and we do not follow Him we will lose our way.
Trust in Jesus, ask His guidance, stay with Him and He will keep you from stumbling, He will keep your foot from slipping. He will guide you into all truth.
May Jesus bless you.
Saturday, January 9, 2016
Christian Slaves in the Land of the Free
Jesus Christ sent me to the Land of the Free but there I discovered many Christian Slaves, Slaves to Sin. Jesus Christ said that he who sins is a slave to sin.
Every day I come across professing Christians who say that they CANNOT STOP SINNING, the are SLAVES TO SIN. If the son of God has set you free you will be FREE and FREE INDEED. If you are a slave to sin then you do not know Jesus Christ, then you are not born again, you are DOOMED and you will PERISH.
You need to STOP SINNING, you need to be set free from your bondage to sin, your bondage to the things of the world, your love for the world and you have to love Jesus Christ more than anything else or else those things hold you CAPTIVE and they will drag you DOWN, they will cause you to end up in HELL.
Have you met Jesus Christ? Has He changed you inside? Are you BORN AGAIN? Are you a new creature? Are you truly born again of the Spirit of God? Are you FREE FROM SIN?
Jesus Christ came to set the captives free, to make them FREE FROM THE BONDAGE OF SIN so that they can do the will of the Father. Are you a slave to sin or have you become a slave to righteousness? Are you following Jesus Christ?
May Jesus bless you.
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Friday, January 8, 2016
No Thirst No Fill No Holy Spirit
Jesus Christ promised the Holy Spirit to those who believe in Him and who obey Him, streams of living water that will flow from their innermost man. But very few people thirst for these streams of living water. Very few believers have a desire for Jesus Christ. Many want the baptism in the Holy Spirit and the gift of speaking in tongues as a token, an assurance, a guarantee of salvation, but they do not want Jesus Christ. and that is why they do not receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit because Jesus knows their intention, He knows their heart. They just want the gift, they don't want the Giver and once they have the gift they think that they have an assurance of salvation and they can go back to the world and go back to their own desires, because they believe that they are saved and they are going to heaven.
Jesus Christ will FILL us, He will give in us streams of living water if we THIRST and if we SEEK Him. People just want to say a simple prayer and then they want to receive the Holy Spirit. If you do not THIRST and if you do not SEEK and if you do not HUNGER for Jesus Christ then you will receive nothing.
Jesus said:"blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness because they will be satisfied." If we do not HUNGER and THIRST for Jesus Christ, for His fellowship, for Him Himself we will not receive anything.
Do you hunger and do you thirst for Jesus Christ? Have you been satisfied? Has Jesus given you those rivers of Living Water that flow through you and that spring up into eternal life? Do you have the Holy Spirit of Christ in you?
May Jesus bless you.
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Thursday, January 7, 2016
Come and Drink of that Water
Jesus Christ promised something miraculously wonderful to those who believe in Him, but most believers do not have that which Jesus promised. Jesus promised that rivers of living water would flow through those who believe in Him .
We read in John 7:37 Jesus said:“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” 39But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified."
Jesus Christ promised the Holy Spirit to those who believe in Him, rivers of living water flowing through them, the Spirit of God in them, teaching them, guiding them, lighting up the world around them, but most believers do not have that Spirit. They do not have that LIVING WATER flowing through them because they are not thirsty, they are not thirsty for the TRUTH. They have no desire for Jesus Christ. Most believers just want security of salvation, they want a ticket to heaven, they don't want to go to hell. They want to live like the world, they want to live in sin, they want to enjoy the pleasures of sin and that is why they have DEATH in them, they don't have life and thy cannot give life. They do not have that life flowing through them.
Have you got that life flowing through you, that Spirit of Christ in you? Are you thirsty for that Living Water?
Jesus Christ invites you. If you are thirsty, COME TO HIM and He will put in you, RIVERS OF LIVING WATER that spring up into eternal life. Do you have that living water?
May Jesus bless you.
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Lost Conscience Lost God
The world has lost it's conscience. People lie, they steal, they fornicate, they kill their own babies (abortion), the kill other people and they do not feel a thing, they don't care because the world has lost God. It has turned it's beck on God.
God wrote His laws in our heart. He gave each and every one of us a conscience. He speaks to us in out heart.
We all know right from wrong. The wages of sin is death. If we ignore our conscience then we are already judged by God. We are already convicted, we are GUILTY because God knows and He sees everything. We will all be judged by our conscience. Many have lost their conscience.
Christians think that if they just believe in Jesus Christ and carry on sinning, ignoring the voice of the Holy Spirit of God speaking in them, they think that they will have salvation, but they have lost God. They ignore Him, they do not LISTEN.
God is speaking to everybody, each of us. None of us will have an excuse when we stand before Jesus Christ in judgment. We all know right from wrong. God has put it in us. He is speaking to us all the time.
Jesus said:"My sheep HEAR My voice. They LISTEN and they follow Me." Are we His sheep? Do we LISTEN to His voice speaking to us? Are we living in holiness and righteousness? Do we OBEY His voice speaking in our conscience? Or are we like the rest?
Do we go to war, murder other people and justify our SIN and our WICKEDNESS with Bible verses?
God has one standard. It is written in our hearts and we will be judged by His standard. are we LISTENING? Do we OBEY? Or have we LOST God?
May Jesus bless you.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016
When God Speaks
Jesus Christ is Lord. His sheep listen to His voice and they follow Him. Jesus says:"Follow Me," and He promises eternal life to those who follow Him, who accept Him as their Lord and their Master and who GO AFTER HIM. Those who OBEY Him, He gives them the Holy Spirit to teach and to guide them . He speaks and they LISTEN.
Many people want to know when God speaks. God speaks when it pleases Him. He speaks about those things that are important to HIM. Many believers think that Jesus Christ is their buddy, that they can sit down and have conversation with Him. Jesus Christ is not your buddy, He is not your equal, He is GOD. We serve HIM. The kingdom of God is not about you or me. It is about the King, Jesus Christ, about HIS WILL, about HIS PLAN, about HIS PURPOSE and we have to submit ourselves to Him. We have to come before Him in reverence, in respect, as servants who serve their Master.
We have to WAIT on Him until it pleases Him to speak to us. Jesus Christ is LORD. Many believers do not understand that. They do not know Jesus Christ, but those who humble themselves before Him , who SERVE Him as their KING, they hear His voice, He speaks to them. He teaches them and He guides them, they are His friends, they wait on HIM.
You cannot force Jesus Christ to speak to you. You cannot manipulate Him. You cannot buy His favor. You have to serve Him as Lord and Master. He knows what we need and He will supply in every need. Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, seek HIS WILL and all the other things will be added unto you. Serve Him as LORD.
May Jesus bless you.
Monday, January 4, 2016
The Winners and the Sinners
Most professing Christians are losers, they are SINNERS, they are poor performers. They cannot do anything right. They confess that they cannot even stop sinning. If they were to drive their cars like they follow Jesus Christ, they will all get killed. They will make poor athletes because they will never run a race, all they can offer is excuses. They say:"We are not perfect" and they give up before they even start.
The are not even trying to follow Jesus Christ. They will tell you that "We all stumble," they are professional stumblers.
With that attitude they will end up in hell because if you want to follow Jesus Christ and enter into His kingdom you have to be PERFECT, you have to be a PERFORMER. You have to run the race in such a way that you are going to win. You cannot just take time out. You have to deny yourself every day, pick up your cross and follow Jesus Christ. You have to motivate yourself. You have to keep going for the goal which is the approval of Jesus Christ.
Most professing Christians will not make it in this life neither will they make it into the kingdom of heaven because they cannot do anything RIGHT. They do not WANT TO. They are not interested, they are too lazy. They are useless citizens, they are compromisers, they are not fit for the kingdom of heaven.
You have to be DETERMINED if you want to follow Jesus Christ. You have to be willing to go all the way every day. You cannot be a quitter and follow Jesus Christ. Quitters will not follow Jesus, quitters will not enter the kingdom of heaven. You have to be serious and determined.
Whoever puts his hand to the plow and looks back is not fit for the kingdom of God. Jesus Christ will not beg you to follow Him. He will not beg you to stop sinning but if you are not pure and holy and if you do not obey Him and go with Him all the way you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. He will say to you:"Go away I never knew you, you worker of wickedness."
You have to endure with Jesus Christ until the end to win the prize of eternal life. Are you a WINNER or are you a SINNER?
May Jesus bless you.
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Sunday, January 3, 2016
What the Spirit says
God has never abandoned mankind, He has never stopped speaking to mankind. Through the ages He has spoken in many ways. He spoke to people, who listened, He spoke to prophets whom He sent to warn the people to repent. He also sent Jesus Christ to redeem mankind, reconcile man with Him, to draw man unto Him.
Jesus Christ did not leave us as orphans, He did not leave us on our own without direction. He sent the Holy Spirit to guide us and to teach us. He is speaking to us through His Spirit.
The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment. He speaks to us in our spirit, but very few care to LISTEN.
Jesus said:"My sheep LISTEN to My voice and they follow Me." His sheep listen to His Spirit, the Holy Spirit who guides them into all truth. But very few people listen to the Holy Spirit.
God planted His laws in our heart, and His Holy Spirit speaks to us in our spirit, in our conscience. He has not abandoned us, but people do not want to listen to the Holy Spirit. They follow their own mind, they listen to other people and that is why they are in darkness.
If you want to know the TRUTH, start LISTENING, listening to the Spirit of God speaking to you, and He will guide you into all truth. He will tell you all things, if you only LISTEN. Draw closer to Jesus and He will draw closer to you. Start listening and you will hear Him speaking to you.
May Jesus bless you.
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Saturday, January 2, 2016
Jesus Christ Will Cut You OFF
Many Christian believers recklessly keep on living wickedly, living in sin and they do not take the words of Jesus Christ seriously. Jesus warned that every branch in Him that does not bear good fruit will get cut off and burned. Jesus Christ warned many times that we must bear good fruit. He came to a fig tree and when He did not find fruit on it He cursed it and it withered.
He also spoke to us in a parable as recorded in Luke 13. “A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any. 7“And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’ 8“And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; 9and if it bears fruit next year,fine; but if not, cut it down.’”
Jesus Christ requires of us that we bear fruit of righteousness, holiness, and that we be witnesses for Him, that we bring glory to Him by our DEEDS, by how we live and by what we do. But if we do not bear good fruit, if we do not obey Him, stop sinning, live holy and do as he commanded, He will CUT US OFF!
Jesus cut me off. In 1998 I had a heart attack and I died because I was not bearing fruit. I was full of Bible knowledge and my own wisdom. I was a hypocrite, outwardly pious but there was no fruit. I was not an active witness for Jesus Christ. I was not going after Him. He cut me off and I died but He gave me a chance to come back and warn the world that Jesus is ALIVE, HELL IS REAL and if you do not bear fruit, Jesus Christ Himself will CUT YOU OFF. Why must you go on taking up space and profess to be a Christian but you are not bearing the right fruit. Jesus Christ will cut you off!
This year, will you bear fruit? Or will Jesus cut you off because He finds no fruit on you?
May Jesus bless you.
Friday, January 1, 2016
The Complacent Church
The true church, the Body of Christ, is those people who have repented, who have stopped sinning, who have been baptized in water and who have been baptized in the Holy Spirit. But many of the true church are COMPLACENT, they are fast asleep.
Jesus Christ gave us the parable of the five foolish virgins as is recorded in Matthew 25. Those five virgins together with the five prudent virgins were all PURE, HOLY, they were not sinners, they were truly members of the Body of Christ but the five foolish virgins did not have extra oil in their lamps.
What is that EXTRA OIL? Those five foolish virgins were not led by the Holy Spirit, they did not follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit. They did not know the voice of the Master and therefor when the cry went out:"There comes the Bridegroom, go out to meet Him," they did not have the EXTRA OIL. Many of those who have truly come to know Jesus Christ and have received the baptism in the Holy Spirit, who have the Holy Spirit, many of those are complacent. They believe that they are saved and sealed and they can sit back and just wait for the coming of the Bridegroom. They are fast asleep but they do not realize that they do not have EXTRA OIL. they do not know the Master's voice.
And what did He say to those foolish virgins when they came and knocked on that door? He said:"I do not know you where you are from."
The complacent church that is fast asleep believes that they are saved and sealed but Jesus Christ is saying to them:"I do not know you."
Are we AWAKE? Are we working for the kingdom of God? Are we led by the Spirit of God? Are we following the guidance of the Holy Spirit and doing the will of God? Or have we become complacent? Do we believe in our salvation while we do not know nor follow the VOICE of the Master? Are we AWAKE? Are we WORKING for the King, for the kingdom of God, or are we complacent fast asleep with NO EXTRA OIL in our lamps?
Jesus Christ is Coming. Are you ready? Do you have that EXTRA OIL in your lamp?
May Jesus bless you.
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