Salvation is Not Easy STRIVE HARD

Salvation is not an easy
matter as so many people have been led to believe. Nobody will get
into heaven just because they believe in Jesus Christ and because
they confess His Name. Somebody asked Jesus whether those who are
being saved are few, and Jesus said: "Strive hard, for straight
is the gate and narrow is the door that leads to life and few there
be that find it. Many will try hard and not be able to enter."

We are warned that we have
to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Jesus said that if
we wish to come after Him, we must deny ourselves pick up our cross
and go after Him every day. We cannot follow after our own ways and
after the rest of the world, and then expect to end up in heaven. We
need to follow Jesus. We need to obey Him. We need to live according
to His commandments. We need to seek His voice and follow Him. We
have to do what is pleasing to Him, or else we will not enter the
kingdom of heaven. It is not an easy matter, it is a matter of
self-denial and self-sacrifice and obedience to Jesus Christ. We have
to obey His words; repent, turn away from sin, turn away from going
after your own ways, and your own desires and go after Jesus Christ.
Stop sinning, be holy, and be baptized in water for the washing off
of your sin, and then go after Jesus. Seek the baptism in the Holy
Spirit, for Him to fill you with His Holy Spirit, Who will guide you
into all truth. Without the Holy Spirit we cannot follow Jesus
Christ, but we have to seek Him. We have to seek the baptism in the
Holy Spirit.

We have to seek that
indwelling Spirit of Christ in us, and we must go after Him every
day. Seek Him with all our heart. If we seek Jesus, we will find Him.
If we seek eternal life we have to go after Jesus. There is no other
way. Nobody will just get into heaven easily. It is a struggle, it is
a walk. We have to follow Jesus Christ every day and do what is
pleasing to Him. His sheep listen to His voice and they follow Him.
If we do not have the Spirit of Christ and if we do not hear His
voice, and we do not follow Him, we do not belong to Him and we will
not enter the kingdom of heaven. Seek Jesus while you can. Follow Him
and obey Him until the very end, or else you will not have eternal
life. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Stay with
Jesus all the way until the very end.

May Jesus bless you.

Striving for the Kingdom

Salvation is about serving the King of the kingdom of Heaven, Jesus Christ, about knowing Him and serving His kingdom, right now and for the rest of our lives until we die.

If we do not accept Jesus Christ NOW and do not serve Him right now, then the day that we die He will say to us:"Go away i never knew you." If we are not interested in the kingdom of God right now then we will not be welcome in heaven the day that we die.

We have to STRIVE for the kingdom of God, we have to SERVE the King right now, that is what Jesus Christ calls us to do, to FOLLOW Him, to SERVE Him and to OBEY Him and to BUILD His kingdom. If we are not for Him  we are against Him. If we do not love Him we hate Him and we will spend eternity away from Him in HELL.

Jesus Christ will say to many people, the day that they die:"Go away I never knew you, you workers of wickedness." Many of those will be preachers, believers, people who knew the Bible, people who thought they were saved. But they were living for themselves, they were living for the pleasures of life. They were not interested in Jesus Christ, they only wanted salvation. For them there will be no place in Heaven.

If we do not FIT INTO the kingdom of Heaven right now we will FIT OUT of it for eternity.

Jesus said:"My sheep HEAR My VOICE and they FOLLOW Me." Do we HEAR His VOICE? Do we LISTEN to Him? Do we FOLLOW Him? Do we STRIVE for His kingdom? Are we building His kingdom or are we busy with our own affairs? Where will we spend eternity? Where our treasure is there our heart will be also. Where is our heart? With ourselves and the things of this world or with Jesus Christ and His kingdom?

May Jesus bless you.

Make Every Effort

We read in the gospel of Luke 13:24 that somebody asked Jesus whether those who are being saved are few. Jesus replied and said:”MAKE EVERY EFFORT to enter the narrow door because many will try hard and not be able.” Many believers say that they cannot stop sinning, they cannot obey the words of Jesus, they say they cannot be perfect as Jesus commanded. Jesus said:”Be perfect like your Father in heaven is perfect.”

How much EFFORT are we putting into following and obeying Jesus Christ? How hard are we trying? If we do not put every effort into seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness we will enter! We will not find the narrow door. How much EFFORT are we putting into following and obeying Jesus Christ? Are we putting every bit of energy, EVERY EFFORT into DOING THE WILL OF GOD? Or do we just believe that we will be saved because we believe in Jesus? Then we are living in a fool's paradise.

We have to put EVERY EFFORT into doing the will of God because many will try hard and not be able. How hard are we trying? How much effort are you putting into your relationship with Jesus Christ?

May Jesus bless you.

Jesus will not BEG or ASK anything off YOU

Jesus Christ IS God Almighty. He does not need anything and He does not ask anything off anybody. He will not beg or plead or ASK anybody to do anything for Him, HE IS GOD. Those who refuse Him, He will also refuse them.

Jesus said that:”Whoever WISHES to come after me must DENY himself, pick up his cross and come here, follow Me.” If we are not willing to SERVE Jesus and GO AFTER Him we will not have eternal life. The Spirit of God will not strive with man for ever. Jesus is giving us the OPPORTUNITY TO BE CHILDREN OF GOD, to have ETERNAL LIFE but WE HAVE TO GO AFTER HIM and we have to SERVE HIM AS LORD. We must accept Him as the MASTER of our lives and give Him the honor that is due to Him.

He must SERVE Him as LORD. He is not your buddy! He is NOT ASKING YOU to come after Him. He does not need you or me. We desperately need Him and if we do not go after Him and serve Him as Lord, He will say to us:”Go away I never know you, you workers of wickedness.” He will say to us:”When I knocked, you would not open. Now you will knock and I will not open.” Once the door is closed people will cry out and say:”Lord, Lord!” And He will say:”I don't know you where you are from.”

If you do not follow and obey Jesus and live your life to please Him right now then He will also refuse you. If you deny Jesus Christ now and refuse to follow Him then He will also certainly deny YOU. Are you following Jesus Christ and SERVING Him as LORD?

May Jesus bless you.