To sin or not to sin, to follow and obey Jesus or to do as you please are your own decisions. Nobody can force you or do it for you.
If you wish to follow Jesus and have the hope of eternal life, you have to do what Jesus requires.
Jesus requires that those who wish to follow Him repent(turn away) form all sin, stop sinning, be baptized in water and live in obedience to His commands(His teachings). You have to obey what Jesus commanded, as it is also recorded in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.Those are the conditions for the hope of salvation.
If you disobey, or only partly obey Jesus Christ, you cannot follow Him and you will not have eternal life, you will not enter His kingdom. Believing in Jesus and confessing that you believe in Him, will not save you, if you do not obey Him.
Infant baptism is invalid. You have to be baptized by your own decision and your own confession of faith in Jesus, or else it is meaningless. Baptism itself does not save you, but disobeying Jesus disqualifies you for entry into heaven.
Baptism is not about the person doing the baptizing but about the person being baptized. Any fellow follower of Jesus can baptize you. It need not be a member of a church or a person ordained by a church organization.
If you want to have salvation you have to follow and obey Jesus all the way, until the end. Have you been baptized after believing in Jesus and repenting of sin?
Many people call themselves Christians but they do not associate with Jesus Christ. They associate with their church. The first thing other believers ask you, is which church you belong to. If you say that you do not belong to a church, you belong to Jesus, then they think there is something wrong with you. Then they do not associate with you. They only associate with their church and members of their church.
When you ask people about their faith in Jesus, they tell you about their church. They are Calvinist, catholics, Methodists, Baptists, Evangelicals but rarely do you meet someone who is a disciple of Jesus. Others have left the church but they are Bible believers. They believe in KJV, NAS, NIV, NLT and other English translations of the Bible. Their confession of faith is a Bible Version, not Jesus Christ. If you tell a Bible believer that you follow Jesus under guidance of the Holy Spirit, they do not associate with you.
Jesus said that if we deny Him before men, He will also deny us before His Father and the holy angels. If our association and confession of faith is a church denomination or a Bible version, then we are certainly not confessing Jesus Christ. Your church denomination or Bible version of choice does not mean anything in the kingdom of God. If we do not follow, obey and confess Jesus Christ, we are certainly not His disciples and He will also deny us entry into heaven.
Do you belong to Jesus? Do you associate with Jesus? Or do you associate with a church denomination or a Bible version?
Repentance means to change your ways, not just your mind. To repent means to turn from your wicked ways and to follow Jesus' Way.
There is only one way to have eternal life and that is to follow and obey Jesus Christ, to follow His example and to obey His commands, His words as also recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
If you accept Jesus and are born again, you will be changed, your life will immediately change. Your desires and your ways will immediately change. You will immediately stop sinning. You will immediately want to be pure and holy, pleasing to Jesus. You will immediately seek to be baptized in water, in obedience to Jesus. You will immediately earnestly desire to be baptized in the Holy Spirit and be led by the Holy Spirit. You will immediately desire to hear His voice and follow Him. You will immediately get rid of your vices, your tobacco, your alcohol, the things that you were addicted to. You will find the movies and most of the things on TV repulsive. You will immediately stop watching pornography. You will stop playing violent video games and stop watching movies, because you will seek truth, not fabels and lies.
You will not be interested in the sports games any more. You will immediately cut off adulterous relationships. You will stop fornicating. If you are born again you will be new inside, clean, pure. You will hate the sins of your past, be ashamed of them. You will change so much that your old friends and unbelieving family will reject you. They will immediately see that you have changed, you are different, you are on a different path, your ways have changed. You will not fit in with your worldly friends any more. You will not run after celebrities any more, you will go after Jesus. You will not fit into your church any more, because you will not be seeking the acceptance and recognition of people any more. You will be seeking the approval of Jesus. You will not seek the guidance and wisdom of men any more. You will seek your guidance and wisdom from Jesus alone.
Have your changed and have your ways changed, since you met Jesus? Or have you not been born again? Have you just become religious? Are you just a sinning believer that is on the same broad road to hell?
You need to change your ways and live in obedience to Jesus until the end, dear friend. If you follow the world you will end up in hell with the world.
Most Christian believers do not understand that salvation is about knowing obeying and following Jesus Christ. It is not religion, it is a relationship with the Living God.
God revealed Himself in and through Jesus Christ who took on the form of a man, to take away the sins of the world and save many from eternal damnation. Jesus saves those who believe in Him and obey His teachings as they were also recorded in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Jesus saves those who accept Him as their Lord and Master, repent, turn from their evil ways, are baptized in water and live in obedience to His teachings. He forgives their past sin, reveals Himself to them, they are born again, made new inside, and He gives His Holy Spirit in them, to teach and guide them and to be with them for ever. If they stay with Him, follow and obey Him until the end, He gives them eternal life. Those who disbelieve, reject and disobey Jesus, will perish in eternal damnation.
Most Christian believers practice religion. They do not obey and follow Him. They do not know Him. They do not have a real relationship with Him. Salvation is not about complying with a set of rules, and performing religious rituals. It is about our relationship with Jesus, obeying and following Him, staying with Him.
Our relationship with Jesus depends on our obedience to Him. If we love Him, we will obey Him and do what He commands. If we sin and disobey Him we destroy our relationship with Jesus.
If we care about our relationship with Jesus, we will be very careful not to disobey Him and not to sin. If we do sin, the only way to restore our relationship with Jesus is to repent of that sin, with remorse and contriteness, to plead His forgiveness, and to make every effort not to do the same sin again.
We have to constantly work on our relationship with Jesus and make sure that we do what is pleasing to Him in everything. The only way that we can grow our relationship with Jesus is through constantly keeping Jesus on our mind, praying, being totally dependent on Him.
In all things we must ask His guidance and obey Him. He will guide and teach us, through His Holy Spirit that He gives in those who love and obey Him.
We have to guard our relationship with Jesus above all things, because without Jesus we have no hope, no expectation. Jesus warned that He will say to many Christian believers, when they die:"Go away I never knew you, you workers of wickedness." They will be cast into damnation because they never obeyed and followed Jesus. They never had any relationship with Him. They were just religious.
How is our relationship with Jesus? Do we know obey and follow Jesus? Do we truly know Him and does He know us? Are we guarding our relationship with Jesus?
Believers foolishly like to compare themselves to the people that were written about in the Bible. They point out the mistakes and failures of historic figures and thereby attempt to justify their own sins and shortcomings. That is foolish, because we will not be judge by the lives and examples of others. We will be judged by the words and example of Jesus Christ.
We must live up to and attain to the standard of Jesus Christ to be suitable to enter heaven.
The words and commandments of Jesus are the standard, as He also said: "48There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. 49I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it."John 12:48,49.
Many believers disregard the words of Jesus and they disobey Him. They like to quote the words fo Paul and the words of other followers of Jesus. Adhering to the words of men will not save us. We have to obey the words of Jesus to have salvation.
Go and read the words of Jesus, (the red letter words in some Bibles), in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Obey those words and live according to the standard and example of Jesus Christ. how He lived. That is what is required of a born again child of God, not what Paul or anybody else said..
The words of Jesus are the words of eternal life, for those who obey Him. Those who disregard and disobey Him will perish. Jesus Christ is the only way. Follow and obey Him only, to have eternal life.
Many believers have been sold on the false rapture gospel. They believe that before the great tribulation comes on the earth, Jesus will take them to heaven so that they can escape tribulation and have a good time in heaven. Further these people believe that they only need to believe in Jesus for salvation and for this privilege of the rapture.
They are deceived.
Jesus never promised to snatch us away before trouble comes. He said He will be with us in trouble. He said that those who endure and stay with Him until the end, through tribulation, they will be saved.
These believers are cowards. They are losers. Most of them can not stop sinning. They don't want to. They want to live their lives for their own pleasure, escape tribulation and enter heaven because they believe in Jesus. That is a false belief, a false gospel.
Jesus does not call us to defeat and escapism. He calls us to action and to victory. He sets us free from the bondage of sin and He calls us to follow Him, to conquer our own flesh, to conquer sin, to conquer satan. He calls us to stand for righteousness and be His witnesses, to work for His kingdom and bring many souls to repentance and obedience to Him, so that they can overcome and be saved from hell.
Heaven is a place for overcomers, not for losers. We read repeatedly in Revelation about the rewards of those who overcove: "To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’Rev. 2:7
"He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death."Rev.2:11
" To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it."Rev.2:17
"He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS; 27AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father; 28and I will give him the morning star."Rev2:26-28.
‘He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels."Rev.3:5
"He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name." Rev.3:12.
21‘He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 22‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”Reve.3:21.
Those who do not follow and endure with Jesus until the end, will not enter His kingdom. Cowards, losers, sinners and escapists will not enter heaven.
The only way to overcome is to follow Jesus closely and stay with Him until the end. Are we following Jesus, conquering and overcoming? Will we endure with Him until the end?
No sinners will enter into heaven. Jesus Christ said you must be born again to enter heaven. You must be born again of water and the Spirit of God to be a child of God.
If you are born again, you will be like Jesus. You will not sin, you will obey His teachings and do the will of God. You will be a new person in your old body.
Just the same as Jesus died for sin to save those who believe in Him and obey Him, you will also have to die to sin and live for righteousness and holiness.
In order to be born again you have to give up your right to do you own will, you have to die to self and submit to Jesus, to follow and obey Him so that you can live for Jesus, for the rest of your life. As a token of your commitment to die to self, you need to be baptized in water, to bury the old man of sin, under the water, so that a new man is born out of the water. You have to be born of water.
If you obey Jesus, submit to Him, repent and be baptized in water He promised to baptize you in the Holy Spirit, so that you will be filled with the Spirit, born of the Spirit of God to become a child of God
You need to be born of water and of the Spirit to be born again. The water baptism is done by men, the Holy Spirit baptism is done by God so that you will be a new creation in your old physical body.
It is our obligation to live in obedience to the Holy Spirit that Jesus gives in us, to obey and follow Him, as obedient children of God that are suitable for the kingdom of heaven.
Disobedient, sinning believers will NOT enter the kingdom of heaven. They will go into hell together with all other sinners, the children of disobedience.
Have you died to sin, buried the old man, the person you used to be, in water through baptism? Have you come out of the water a new man, received the Holy Spirit? Are you a born again child of God who follows the guidance of the Holy Spirit, doing the will of God?
In times of trouble, where do we go to? Who or what do we trust in? Many Christians trust in their church, or the Bible. I have seen a Catholic lady frantically holding onto her rosary.
Holding onto and trusting in people and objects is futile. The only one who can really help us is Jesus.
Many times in my life I was desperate and called on Jesus. He heard my prayer and answered. Jesus never fails. He delivers, helps and saves those who trust in Him and call on Him.
There is a separation taking place between those who are evil at heart and those who seek the truth.
The apostle John foretold this in Revelation 22: 11“Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy.”
12“Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done. 13“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city. 15Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying."
The Christian churches have been infiltrated by satan. Most churches have become worldly institutions that preach fables. We read about them in Jude 1:4 "For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed — ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master
and Lord, Jesus Christ."
If we want to enter the kingdom of heaven we have to separate ourselves from false Christians, purify ourselves of all evil and follow Jesus in holiness.
Those who follow Jesus are a small flock. They hear His voice and they do what is pleasing to Him. They do not fit in with main stream Christianity.
The unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God. We read 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? 15Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
16Or 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.
17“Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE,” says the Lord.
“AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN;
And I will welcome you.
18“And I will be a father to you,
And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,”
Says the Lord Almighty."
Sadly many of those who call themselves believers are not followers of Jesus. They call themselves Christians but they are false. They are not children of God.
Separate yourself from them and follow Jesus. Come out from among them and Jesus will accept you. Purify yourself, stop sinning, obey Jesus, be baptized in water, be filled with the Holy Spirit, follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit and you will be pleasing to Jesus.
Many people claim to be Born Again but obviously they are not Children of God because they are SINNERS.
We read in 1 John 3:9 "No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God."
If you are a Born Again Child of God you do not sin, you are like your Father, you do as Jesus did. He did not sin while walking on this earth. He showed us the way, He gave us the example of how to live and He told us what do do.
Jesus did not leave us to our own devices, He did not write a manual. He instructed His disciples, who recorded many of His words in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. He also gives His Holy Spirit to be in and with those who accept and obey Him, those who wish to follow Him, who repent and are baptized in water, as He commanded. The Holy Spirit will remind them of the words that Jesus taught, will teach and guide them in all truth and will reveal to them things to come.
A Born Again Child of God lives like Jesus. He follows the guidance of the Holy Spirit and DOES NOT practice sin.
If a believer is still a sinner, he is not born again, he is not a child of God, as we read in 1 John 3:4-10 "4Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 5You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin. 6No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. 7Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; 8the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. 9No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother."
Have you been Born Again? Have you repented and been baptized in water? Have you received the baptism in the Holy Spirit and are you following His guidance? Have you stopped practicing sin and are you bearing fruit for the kingdom of God?. Is it obvious from your fruit, whether you are a child of God or not.
There are many people who say that they BELIEVE IN JESUS, that they are Christians. But there is no fruit of REPENTANCE in their lives. They are exactly the same as the world. They haven't changed. What does REPENTANCE MEAN my friend? Repentance means that you DON'T SIN ANY MORE. It doesn't mean that I am sorry and I have done it again and o man I am a sinner and I am going to do it again, No! It means, I don't go there no more. I am not a smoker any more, I am not a fornicator any more, I am not an adulterer any more. I FOLLOW JESUS, I have TURNED AWAY from that. I am not serving me any more, I serve Jesus. I don't walk after my own mind and the desires of my flesh. I follow Christ. That is what repentance means my friends.
We read in Matthew about John the Baptist when he preached the coming of the Kingdom of God, of Jesus Christ coming. Then many people came to be baptized and amongst them were the RELIGIOUS PEOPLE of the day, they also came. They also wanted to be baptized, just to have a security, an insurance. Like many people today, they got to have a Church,
they got to belong to a Church. They just want, you know the insurance. It is not going to pay out my friend. Like many insurances, most insurances don't pay out.
Your Church is a bad insurance. The only true insurance is REPENTANCE. So these people also came to John the baptist to be baptized. Because they wanted this, just to make sure, you know. They also wanted to be baptized just in case. What did John the Baptist say to them? We read in Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Saducees, these are of religious people, coming for baptism. He said to them,”You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bring forth fruit in keeping with your repentance and do not suppose to say that you can say to
yourselves, we have Abraham as our father, for I say to you that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. And the axe is already laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear fruit, is cut down, and thrown in the fire.”
My friends, we need to grow fruit, we need to produce fruit of repentance. FRUIT OF REPENTANCE MEANS, that everybody can see, Johnny is not the same guy any more. He is CHANGED. He don't curse any more, he doesn't go to these places, he doesn't drink. He doesn't listen to dirty jokes, he got rid of his television. He is not interested, he is interested in ONE THING, IN JESUS CHRIST. He is not interested in the insurance of Church any more because he found out that those guys are just selling insurance. They themselves don't know Jesus, because they are sinners. Their preacher tells them from the pulpit that they are all sinners. Because they are sinners. Johnny has changed, he is not going to that church any more. HE IS FOLLOWING JESUS! He has changed, he is a new man. He has become a CHILD OF GOD, he does not sin any more. He is not scared to testify for Jesus, he tells every body, that Jesus has came into his life, and has changed him, has delivered him, from all those vices. He is now a SON of GOD. He tells every body, he warns them, he is concerned about them, because they are going to HELL. He's got the LOVE OF CHRIST in him That is REPENTANCE my friend, that is showing the FRUIT OF REPENTANCE, it is when you become HOLY. And you WALK WITH GOD. You are not concerned about yourself any more, about self realization, about ME. You become concerned about Jesus, about the Kingdom of God. Because my friend, every tree, every branch, that does not bear fruit, will be cut off. Jesus said that, He said every branch in Me, that does not bear fruit, will be cut off. And the axe is already lying at the root of the tree. Is the axe lying at your root my friend? Are you bearing fruit? Are you BEARING FRUIT OF REPENTANCE or have you just bought some insurance? You just say I BELIEVE IN JESUS and that is where it stops. Because the devil also believes in Jesus and he SHUDDERS. Do you SHUDDER like satan, he is scared my friend. satan shudders, because he knows, he knows what is waiting for him. He knows he is going into HELL, into the pit. But he also wants to take you along, that is why he is telling you a nice story. He says don't worry, God don't care man, You got the insurance, you got a church, you know those guys, the pastor says my brother, God bless you. But you know what, you don't know God.
If you KNOW GOD my friend, if you KNOW JESUS CHRIST, you BEAR FRUIT of REPENTANCE. Then this life is not interesting to you anymore, all that is interesting to you, is PLEASING JESUS CHRIST. Is testifying for Him, telling the world, to REPENT. Say my friend you got to repent, you are on your way to hell. There is only ONE WAY and that is JESUS CHRIST. You want to see your friends in HELL? You want to go to hell my friend? You got to bear fruit of repentance, you got to show them the way. You know who the WAY is? JESUS CHRIST. And if Jesus is in you my friend,
you will bear fruit of repentance. Many people say Jesus is in them, but they bear the fruit of the devil my friends. What fruit do you bear? Are you bearing fruit of repentance? Are you a child of God? Or are you by profession a child of the devil, because you keep on sinning. You do the works of your father, satan. Have you REPENTED? Are you a SON OF GOD? Can you only talk about Jesus. Are you on a new course? Have you changed direction? Can everybody see it in you, does Christ speak through you and in you? Does He live in you? Or are you still a SINNER?
REPENT my friend and BEAR FRUIT OF REPENTANCE, unless the tree gets CUT off. Because the axe is already lying at the root of the tree.
Salvation is not about the Bible. It is about your relationship with Jesus Christ, the Living God; knowing, obeying and following Him.
Only Jesus Christ can give you eternal life. Jesus Christ alone is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Jesus reveals Himself to those who seek the way to heaven, who seek truth and who seek eternal life.
Most Christian believers do not know Jesus. They are just religious. They believe in the Bible and they believe the doctrines and teachings of men. Many do religious practices, They go to church, listen to the teachings of preachers and have fellowship with other like minded people who also do not know Jesus. They all belong to the same
church denomination because they believe the doctrines of the church. They believe that they belong to the right group with the right beliefs. They feel themselves superior to those who do not belong to their group but still, they do not know nor follow Jesus. There are thousands of church denominations that have different beliefs, but they all believe they are right, they are only deceived hypocrites on the broad way to destruction.
Many study the Bible because they think that their knowledge of the scriptures will help them to get into heaven, but they do not obey the words of Jesus (the red letter words in some Bibles), as recorded in the Bible, in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
The only way to have eternal life is to know Jesus, to obey and follow Him. The only way to meet Jesus is to humble yourself before Him, on your knees and to pray, seek Him with all your heart. Obey the gospel of Jesus, repent, turn away from sin and from going after your own ways. Turn to Jesus, plead Him forgiveness for your past sins, stop sinning, sin no more, be holy, be baptized in water as He commanded. He will make you new inside and take away the guilt of your past sin.
You must be born again to enter the kingdom of heaven, you must become a child of God. Jesus gives you the new birth in your spirit, when you obey Him, repent and are baptized in water. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit if you stay with Him. His Spirit, the Holy Spirit will come and dwell in you to teach and guide you in all things so that you can follow Jesus and do what is pleasing to Him.
It is all about your relationship with Jesus. you have to seek Him and stay with Him. Other people cannot help you. You must walk with Jesus every day. It is a lonely road, but it is the only road. Not many are willing to follow and obey Jesus. That is why not many are His true followers, children of God, who do the will of God.
In the Bible we read the testimonies of those who walked with Jesus, who heard Him speak and who followed Him, His disciples. They became the apostles who wrote the books of the New Testament, John, Peter, James and Paul, among others. Their testimonies were recorded to encourage the readers to follow and obey Jesus as they did. It is good to read but we have to follow Jesus ourselves and have our own relationship with Him. We have to know Him through His revelation of Himself to us. We have to know and follow Jesus.
Do you know Jesus? Do you obey and follow Him? Seek Him today and you will find Him. Follow and obey Him, stay with Him until the end. Without Jesus we have no hope of salvation.
God has written His laws in the hearts of all men. We all have a conscience. We all know right from wrong.
God will judge all men according to their deeds. There will be no exception. Those who repent, turn from their evil ways and obey the voice of God speaking in their heart, will find mercy. To those who seek the truth God will reveal Himself in Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit convicts the whole world of sin, righteousness and judgment, but few listen and take heed and that is why they will perish. People are evil. They accept and go after evil. They listen to demons and reject the voice of their own conscience as well as the conviction of the Holy Spirit. On judgment day they will have two witnesses testifying against them, their own conscience and the Holy Spirit.
If we obey our conscience, we will do good, not evil. If we obey the Holy Spirit of God and seek the Truth, the Holy Spirit will reveal Jesus to us and He will guide us into all truth.
God has revealed Himself to mankind in many ways, through our conscience, through creation, through nature, He has spoken through holy men and prophets. He revealed Himself through Jesus Christ, who did many miracles, was rejected, crucified, and resurrected to die no more. The dealings of God with man were recorded by men and were included in the Bible, that is freely available to most of the world. God also gave His Holy Spirit to convict the whole world, and guide those who seek the truth, into the whole truth.
Most people are evil and selfish. They seek their own desires at all cost and reject the truth. That is why they will be condemned and cast into eternal punishment and torment in damnation.
Jesus Christ is the only way, life and truth and the Holy Spirit will reveal Jesus to us if we seek the truth. Nobody will have any excuse on judgment day.
Today is the day of salvation. Seek Jesus today. Repent from all evil, stop sinning and obey the words of Jesus as recorded in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Repent and be baptized as Jesus commanded, seek Him with all your heart and He will give His Holy Spirit in you to teach and guide you into all truth. Obey Him and stay with Him until the end, then you will do right and He will give you eternal life.
To follow Jesus is not easy. To follow Jesus where He leads you often seams impossible, because Jesus leads you into and through the impossible. Without Jesus you cannot go where He leads you and you cannot do what He tells you to do, because without Jesus we can do nothing.
To follow Jesus requires faith and endurance. If you follow Jesus you must expect resistance, rejection and closed doors but if you stay with Jesus you will overcome. You will conquer and succeed and the glory will go to Jesus, because it will be obvious to all that without Jesus your could not have done it.
If you do not stay with Jesus you will fail and not be suitable for His kingdom because He said that: “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” Luke 9:62.
Even when Jesus sends you and guides you the road will often seam impossible. You will come up against closed doors, but if you call on Jesus, pray and stay with Him, He will make a way. Never give up. It is written:"BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH; AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM."Hebrews 10:38.
Press on, endure, follow Jesus until the end, never give up, or you will fail and not be fit for the kingdom of Heaven
Start your day right. When you wake up, thank Jesus for the new day and for His blessings, name them. Then ask Him to fill your mind. Stay aware of Jesus all day. You will not sin, you will experience His joy and peace.
May Jesus bless you.
Many Christian believers are fast asleep. They believe lies, the doctrines of men. They have been lulled asleep by lying preachers. They go back to church every Sunday to be tranquilized into fruitlessness by their pastors. They are not bearing fruit for the kingdom of heaven because they are not witnessing for Jesus. They are useless for the kingdom of God.
Salvation is about following Jesus, day by day, being led by the Holy Spirit, doing the will of God. It is not about going to church and having fellowship with other believers. It is not about taking others to church. It is about taking them to Jesus, making disciples of Jesus, encouraging them to endure with Jesus until the end..
The gospel of Jesus Christ, His words, as recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, is about, turning from sin, turning from our own ways, repenting and following Jesus EVERY DAY, being in close relationship with Him. We can only witness for Jesus if we know Him, through our relationship with Him. We can only bear fruit for the kingdom of God and bring glory to Jesus if we stay with Him.
The whole world is paranoid about education, studies and qualifications. Christians are paranoid about Bible study, but they are not concerned about knowing and following Jesus, about having and being led by the Holy Spirit.
Jesus gives the Holy Spirit in those who obey Him, repent, are baptized in water and who seek Him with all their heart. The Holy Spirit will guide us into all truth, will teach us all things.
A tree is known by it's fruit. If we are not fruitful witnesses of Jesus and for Jesus, then we are not of Him. If we do not obey His words, live holiness and righteousness, sin no more, then we are not grafted into the True Vine, Jesus Christ.
Those who are led by the Spirit of God, they are the children of God. If we do not have the Spirit of Christ, we do not belong to Him. If we are led by the Holy Spirit, we will be Light, not darkness, we will be saints, not sinners.
Can the world see that we are different? Can the world see Jesus in us? If not, we are only fooling ourselves.
All things are possible with Jesus, but without Jesus we can do nothing. Many professing Christians say that they cannot stop sinning. That is because they are not with Jesus.
The apostle Paul wrote:"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength." Philippians 4:13.
Jesus requires of us that we repent, stop sinning, be holy, follow Him, and bear fruit in order to have eternal life.
"His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 4Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins." 2 Peter1:3-9.
The words and commandments of Jesus, His requirements of those who follow Him, as also recorded in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, are clear and precise. Those who disobey Jesus will perish. His words are impossible to keep, for those who do not trust in Him and stay with Him, but those who stay with Jesus can overcome. They can do everything that He requires of them.
Are you overcoming? Have you repented, stopped sinning and are you living in obedience to Jesus. Are you fruitful, multiplying, bringing other souls to Jesus. Are you living in victory because you are following Jesus and staying with Him?
Christians are human, just like all other people. Jesus cam to this earth as a man, in a human body, the same as we have. Although He was the Son of God, He had no super powers, He felt pain and was subjected to the same weakness and temptation as we are. When you become a born again child of God, you are still human, and just like other people, you are subject to the same threats and physical limitations. You can also get sick like other people.
Does Jesus heal all sickness of Christians that ask Him for healing? No. Can Jesus heal all? Yes.
Why does He not heal them? Only He knows, and He can reveal it to us, if we ask Him and He wants to reveal it to us.
Nothing happens in the life of a child of God, that God does not permit. He directs our footsteps, He cares for us, and the devil cannot touch us or do more to us than God permits. Jesus will also not allow us to be tempted above what we can endure.
We are called for Jesus' purpose. We have to live for Him and subject ourselves to Him in all things. We have to trust, follow and obey Him in all circumstances, in sickness and in good health, in good and bad times.
We must always ask Jesus for His guidance and His will to be done. Jesus can speak to us through sickness also. That is why we must pray and ask Him to show us why we are sick. He will show us and give us understanding, maybe not immediately, but if we trust Him and stay with Him, we will learn. Our sickness may be caused by many things, including self inflicted reasons, like bad eating habits, misusing our bodies or nutritional deficiencies.
We must always first go to Jesus, pray and ask Him to show us. We can ask Him to heal us, or give us direction as to what we should do. I once had terrible pain in my shoulder that lasted for months. I could not lift my arm above my shoulder and I could not sleep on it ether. I prayed and that night I dreamed that I was eating jello (gelatine). I started using gelatine and in a few days my shoulder pain disappeared. I had a nutritional deficiency. Many times I was sick, I prayed and Jesus healed me.
Twenty years ago, I died of a heart attack. I left my body was on my way to hell and pleaded with Jesus to let me come back to life. He let me come back to be His witness and He taught me that we have to bear fruit or else we will get cut off and burned. Last year I became very sick and was diagnosed with rectal cancer. I went through many surgeries, had sepsis, was unconscious for a month in ICU, died twice and was resuscitated, went through chemo and radiation, followed by more surgery, enduring much pain, but I had the opportunity to witness to many whom I would otherwise never have met. The doctors and medical staff marvel when I walk into the hospital, they say that me being alive is a miracle and that God has a purpose for me.
Is it wrong to go to the doctor? No it is not a sin to go to the doctor, but where do you go first? To Jesus or to the doctor? In whom do you trust? Jesus knows. We have to bear fruit for Jesus and the kingdom of God, or else we are useless. Like seed growing in good soil, we must multiply, or else we are worthless for the kingdom of God. We must be disciples and make disciples of Jesus through our testimony in words and in deeds.
The question that needs to be answered is: Do we only trust in Jesus when we prosper and when we are in good health? Do we stay with Him when life turns on us, when we lose everything, when we are sick? Jesus will never leave us, nor forsake us, even in our struggles, disappointments, trials and tribulations but we will be tested whether we are faithful to Him.
We have many examples of people who remained faithful to God in the Bible; Job, David and the prophets to name a few.
Sickness and eventually death, are part of life, but the questions to be answered are : Will we remain faithful to Jesus until the end? Will we bear fruit for the kingdom of God, even in old age? Are we like a tree, planted by the water stream, that bears fruit in and out of season? Are we faithful children of God, followers of Jesus?
Many Christians are very confident that they will go to heaven when they die, but the majority will be very disappointed when they stand before Jesus and He says to them:"Go away I never knew you, you workers of iniquity."
Our deeds will determine our destiny. It is only when we obey Jesus that we get to know Him, because then He reveals Himself to us. The only way to have salvation is to obey and follow Jesus, His words, His commands, the gospel of Jesus Christ, as recorded in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Those are the words of salvation to those who obey them. Those who disobey Jesus will perish, even if they believe in Him. Those who keep on sinning will end up in hell.
Jesus commands us to repent, turn from sin and evil, live holy and righteous, be baptized in water and follow Him. Those who do not believe and therefor do not obey Jesus, will be condemned. They will be disappointed when Jesus sends them to hell.
Many Christians have never repented, neither been baptized in water. They live in sin and sin every day without remorse. Their deeds are evil and therefor they will be disappointed when they end up in hell. They have been told that they only need to believe in Jesus to have salvation. That is a lie.
Jesus said that every branch in Him, every born again believer who has become a child of God, who does not bear good fruit, will get cut off and burned. We have to be holy, obey Jesus, sin no more, but live for Him, be light in darkness and thus bring glory to Him.
Do you know Jesus? Have you repented and stopped sinning? Have you been baptized in water? Do you obey and follow Jesus every day? Are your deeds pleasing to Jesus?
Do not be deceived. Obey Jesus and do as He commanded. Follow Him every day or else you will be disappointed.
The past year has been the most difficult year in my life, but I am so thankful to Jesus for so many blessings and for Him keeping me alive to be His witness.
Last year this time I was very sick and getting more sick by the day. I was in constant pain and could not sleep. I was praying and trusting Jesus for healing but the sickness just got worse. In November 2017 I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and I had colostomy surgery.
The surgeon made a mess, which led to emergency surgery and caused sepsis. I was unconsious for a month in ICU, during which time I died twice and had to be resuscitated. Few people expected me to survive. Many prayed for me and my wife held on to Jesus, believing that I would come out of there. I was having seizures and after Christmas a doctor stepped in and changed my medication. She believed I was allegic to the medication. My condition improved and in January I went home. I had lost more than 40 pounds, was weak, could not even brush my teeth. My wife took care of me, of my wounds also. I had huge open wounds on my abdomen. I was permanently connected to a vacuum pump and in constant pain. In all this time nothing was done to treat the colorectal cancer. I had to heal up and physically recover before anything could be done to treat the cancer.
Once my wounds had healed up and I had gained strength I went into radiation and chemo, 28 regimens. I was severely burned and had to recover for 6 weeks before extensive surgery was done in June 2018. It was a 7 hour operation during which the cancerous tumor was removed, my rectum and gallbladder were removed. Plastic surgery was done to reconstruct the area where the tumor was removed and huge hernias on my abdomen, caused by the first botched surgeries, were repaired. Muscle was taken from my left thigh and routed into my pelvis.
I have been recovering from this last surgery and I still have a drainage pipe. I have all along been in pain and had to use pain medication to be able to function. It has been a long uphill battle and I still have a long way to go. There were many days I did not feel to get out of bed, but my wife faithfully nursed, fed, encouraged and helped me, prayed with and for me, day and night. She never gave up, never stopped looking after me. Even now, she is tending to the drainage cavity and pipe in my rear. I cannot do it. I cannot reach nor see there. I am not allowed to lift things, and my wife is doing everything for me, driving the car also.
There were times that I wondered if I will ever be without pain again. Today was the seventh day that I did not take pain medication in many months.
I thank Jesus that I am so much better. I thank Jesus for His many blessings. I thank Him that I am alive to witness for Him. I thank Him for a wonderful wife that He gave me, who has stood by me all the way. I thank Jesus for the road He has taken me along, through pain and suffering, but He was with me every step of the way. I thank Him that I could testify to many people whom I would otherwise not have met, doctors, nurses and hospital personnel. I thank Jesus for providing for us in every way, for brothers and sisters who prayed for us and supported us financially and still do. May Jesus bless you all and reward you, both now and in heaven. I thank Jesus that throughout I was able to keep on witnessing and making videos, testifying for Him. Even though for the most part I have not been able to sit, He gave me the words and enabled me to be His witness. He gave me the power to endure even through the pain.
Jesus is wonderful. His ways are wonderful. All His ways are loving kindness. It is wonderful to walk with Jesus. That is how you get to know Him, trust Him and experience Him. That is why I have a testimony that Jesus is alive. Three times in my life I have died and Jesus brought me back to life to be His witness.
Jesus could have healed me of cancer, without going through all that I went through, but He did not. He had a purpose, to be served and He knows best. I thank and praise Him. We have to follow Jesus and endure with Him all the way until the end.
All the glory and honor and praise to Jesus alone. Without Jesus, we can do nothing.
Many believers have never found Jesus. They do not know Him. There is only one way to find Jesus, and that is to humble yourself before Him on your knees and to pray, cry out to Jesus until you find Him.
It is written: "You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13.
Have you found Jesus? Is He real to you?
If you are serious you will search Him with all your heart, and you will find Him.
Often we don't know what to pray. Some people want to be prescriptive in their prayers. They want to tell God what must be done and how it has to be done, and then they are disappointed when things do not happen as they expected them to do.
Jesus taught His disciples the perfect prayer:"Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done." Nothing can be more perfect that God's will. Jesus came to do the will of the Father, and we should have the same desire if we are born again children of God.
Many Christian believers were never Born Again. Some were Born Again, but they never started following Jesus. Others spiritually died. Only those who follow Jesus until the end will be saved.
Jesus told this parable:" “Behold, the sower went out to sow; 4and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. 5“Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. 6“But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7“Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out. 8“And others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. 9“He who has ears, let him hear.”Matthew 13:3-8.
Then Jesus explained the meaning of the parable:“When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road. 20“The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away. 22“And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 23“And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”Matthew 13:19-23.
Many hear the gospel of Jesus Christ and do not understand it. Here I have to say that many also hear a false gospel, that is not the
gospel of the kingdom. The true gospel is the words of Jesus as recorded in the gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. In short, Jesus says:" FOLLOW ME, Repent, turn from your evil ways, stop sinning, ACCEPT and OBEY My teachings, be baptized in water, seek me with all your heart and I will reveal Myself to you. I will teach and guide you and give you eternal life if you stay with Me until the end.".
Many do not understand this message, they are fooled into believing the false Grace Gospel, Once Saved Always Saved and other false gospels.
Others hear the true gospel but they are not willing to pay the price of following Jesus. When persecution and rejection comes they fall away.
Others go after wealth and the pleasures of the world and they are UNFRUITFUL. They are the typical Church Christian, outwardly very religious and proper but they are fruitless. They do not produce fruit for the kingdom of God. They are also the fruitless branches, with beautiful leaves, but no fruit, that get cut off and burned.
It is only those who bear fruit for the kingdom of God that are acceptable to Jesus, those who multiply. They become followers, disciples of Jesus, and they make other followers of Jesus, through their testimony. They do not take them to church, they take them to Jesus. They are disciples and they make disciples, Seed that does not grow and multiply is useless.
If you are not Born Again, changed into the likeness of Jesus, a saint, that does not sin but follows Jesus and makes other followers, disciples of Jesus, then you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Are you truly Born Again, Following Jesus and making other followers of Jesus? Are you fruitful and multiplying?
May Jesus bless you.
Jesus Christ is alive and hell is real. I am here to introduce you to Jesus Christ so that you can know Him, follow Him and have eternal life. Subscribe to my channel to learn more about Jesus.
You do not gain understanding from Bible study. Most professing Christians do not even know WHO Jesus is. If they did they would obey and follow Him.
Jesus said to the pharisees:“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; 40and you are UNWILLING TO COME TO ME so that you may have life."John 5:39.
The Jewish pharisees, just like many "Christians" today, were seeking the scriptures but they rejected Jesus, they were looking for a reason to kill Him.
Very few professing Christians follow Jesus. Most of them are just religious, Bible believers, church clique members, hypocrites, sinners. They lack understanding. They are always studying the Bible "always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." 2 Timothy3:7. They do not understand WHO Jesus is and therefor they do not follow, obey and know Him. They despise and shun Him. They are arrogant, spiritually blind and deaf because THEY DO NOT SEEK THE TRUTH, they will die in their sins .
To those who seek the truth, Jesus reveals the truth, as Jesus explained it to His disciples also:"10As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables. 11And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables, 12so that WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE, AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN.” Mark 4:10.
The apostle John wrote: "And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life."1John5:20. Those who seek the truth, find it, they find Jesus and they follow and obey Him, because they UNDERSTAND that Jesus alone is the Way, the TRUTH and the LIFE. They become His disciples, His servants who serve Him day and night.
Have you found the TRUTH? Have you found Jesus, or are you seeking for eternal life in the Bible? Seek the TRUTH. Humble yourself before Jesus in prayer. Ask Jesus to open your spiritual eyes and ears and give you UNDERSTANDING. Then you will understand all things, because Jesus will give you understanding. Without Jesus we can do nothing.
May Jesus bless you.
Jesus Christ is alive and hell is real. I am here to introduce you to Jesus Christ so that you can know Him, follow Him and have eternal life. Subscribe to my channel to learn more about Jesus.
You don't need to do anything, to end up in hell, but you have to TAKE ACTION to be saved from hell. You have to turn from your own ways and follow Jesus, His Way. He alone is the Way, the Truth and the Life.
Many people have been deceived into believing that you only need to believe in Jesus and confess that you believe in Him to be saved. That is NOT TRUE. If you truly believe in Jesus you have to obey and follow Him, or else your confession of faith is just a false statement.
Jesus said:"If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me."Matthew 16:24.
Salvation is not about Bible study, church and religious practices, it is about taking ACTION and following Jesus.
Jesus is ALIVE and He REVEALS Himself as real to those who believe in Him AND obey His words, TAKE ACTION, do as He commanded. You have to REPENT, turn from being a self serving sinner and become a disciple, a follower of Jesus Christ.
Go on your knees, pray, speak to Jesus, commit yourself to Him to follow and obey Him. Ask Him to forgive your past sin and ask Him to make you NEW inside, Born Again, to be a child of God. You have to be serious and pray from your heart, meaning it, then Jesus will accept you, make you New inside, Born Again to be His follower. You will experience joy and peace like never in your life. Jesus gives PEACE that passes all understanding. You will KNOW that Jesus is Alive, He will be REAL to you.
Then you have to TAKE ACTION, stop sinning. You will immediately feel conviction in your heart if you even think about sinning. Obey that conviction. It is the Holy Spirit, speaking in your spirit, guiding you into righteousness, guiding you into the Ways of Jesus. If you disobey Him the peace of Jesus will leave you and you will feel darkness and fear coming over you, the fear of God. Immediately TAKE ACTION, REPENT, ask Jesus' forgiveness and His peace will return. Do not go back to the same sin, because then you demonstrate that you are not serious. If you are not serious, you will not be forgiven and that sin will stay between you and Jesus. Weed out all sin in your life and be holy, sin no more. Respond to and obey the conviction of the Holy Spirit and you will stay in His peace. Read and live by the words of Jesus as they are recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Those are the words of eternal life for those who obey them.
Be baptized in water for the washing off of your sin and as a testimony of you becoming a follower of Jesus. Jesus commanded His disciples:"Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16“He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned."Mark 16:15,16. You MUST be baptized in water if you want to follow Jesus. If you don't, you cannot follow Jesus and be His disciple. We have to follow Him ALL the way.
Always pray, speak to Jesus, listen, be sensitive to the conviction of the Holy Spirit speaking in your heart and respond, obey. He will guide you into His ways. Pray all day, even in your mind while going about your daily activities. Seek a closer walk with Jesus all the time. Jesus promised to give His Holy Spirit in those who seek and follow Him. He promised to Baptize them in the Holy Spirit. He will come and live IN them and guide them. Earnestly seek the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Ask Jesus to FILL you with His Spirit so that you will experience Him all the time and be led by Him. We read in Romans 8:14 "Those who are being led by the Spirit, they are the sons(children) of God." You must be led by the Holy Spirit, to be able to follow Jesus and have eternal life. If you do not follow and obey Him you will not enter heaven.
We have to follow Jesus all our life, until the end. If we stray and go our own way, we will end up in hell. We have to stay with Jesus all the way. It is a life of TAKING ACTION, following and obeying Jesus every day, living for Him, obeying Him, not living for ourselves and the selfish pleasures of sin, and desires of the flesh. We have to DENY ourselves those pleasures every day, stay with our commitment (pick up our cross) and follow Jesus all the way, until the end.
Our lives must be about Jesus, living for Him, in obedience to Him, doing what He commanded, being led by the Holy Spirit, going where He sends us, doing what He tells us to do. We must be His witnesses and bear fruit for His kingdom, the kingdom of heaven, and we can only do that if we TAKE ACTION, every day. listen, obey and follow Jesus. He will guide and teach us. He will speak to us, but we have to STtAY WITH Him. Without Jesus we can do nothing.
Jesus is the only way. Are you taking ACTION, every day, following and obeying Jesus? Are you TAKING ACTION?
