There are many different teachings and theories that are preached and
presented as the GOSPEL. There is only one gospel and that is the
teachings and revelation of Jesus Christ. It is His WORDS and
COMMANDMENTS, the ONLY way to have ETERNAL LIFE. They were recorded
in the 4 gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. As Jesus also said:
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them,
may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25“And
the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed
against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded
on the rock. 26“Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not
act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the
sand. 27“The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and
slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”
Matthew 7:24-27.
THERE
IS NO OTHER WAY TO HAVE ETERNAL LIFE: OBEY THE GOSPEL OF JESUS
CHRIST.
around this subject, deception that will take may believers to hell.
Many false gospels are being preached. There is only one gospel that
leads to eternal life and that is the WORDS and COMMANDMENTS of
Jesus. It is vitally important that we make sure tha4t we obey the
exact words of Jesus and do not follow one of the many false gospels
that are being preached.
Jesus Christ is the final judge of all
men and He alone will decide who will have eternal life. He
personally delivered the words of eternal life, that will save those
who obey them. The words of Jesus were recorded in the gospels,
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the red letter words, in some Bibles.
Those who reject Jesus and disregard His words are already judged.
The gospel of Jesus is the gospel of
the kingdom of God. Jesus said:” The Law and the Prophets were
proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of
God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.”
Luke 16:16. He was referring to John the Baptist. John the Baptist
came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, 2“Repent,
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 3:1. “Then
Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the district
around the Jordan; 6and
they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they
confessed their sins.” Matthew 3:5,6.
Not only did
Jesus preach the gospel of the kingdom. He subjected Himself to it.
He had no sin, but he was also baptized by John the Baptist. He
practiced what He preached and demonstrated how those who believe in
Him, should live. Jesus did nothing on His own initiative. He came to
do the will of the Father. After He was crucified and resurrected,
before He ascended to heaven, He also commanded His disciples to go
to Jerusalem and wait for the Holy Spirit, that was given on the day
of Pentecost, so that they would also, like Him, be led by the Holy
Spirit, to be able to do the will of the Father.
It is the same gospel that Peter
preached on the day of Pentecost as is written in Acts 2:38,39.
“Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be
baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your
sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39“For
the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off,
as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
Jesus said:”FOLLOW ME.” He promised
ETERNAL LIFE to those who become His sheep and follow Him. The gospel
of the kingdom of God is: RECEIVE/ACCEPT Jesus. REPENT and be
BAPTIZED. Turn from sin, sin no more, then be baptized in water, as
Jesus and His disciples were also baptized. Live your life in
obedience to the words and commandments of Jesus. For those who obey
Him, He promised the Holy Spirit, to come and dwell in them, to teach
and guide them, the very same as He was directed by the Father.
We can only FOLLOW Jesus and have
eternal life if we are BORN AGAIN of water, through water baptism,
and of Spirit, through the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Jesus said:
”My sheep hear My
voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28and
I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish;“ John
10:27,28. There is no talk of going to church, or reading the Bible,
or listening to other people, preachers etc. His sheep do not follow
strangers. We read in John10:4 “When
he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep
follow him because they know his voice. 5“A
stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because
they do not know the voice of strangers.” He gives them
eternal life because they FOLLOW HIM.
Most
professing Christians are not His sheep. They might believe in Him,
but they do not follow Him, because they are not born again, do not
know Him and therefor do not know His voice. They follow after
strangers, preachers, churches, false prophets, deceivers. They
believe they have salvation and will have eternal life, but they are
deceived, by false gospels.
Seek
Jesus for yourself. Obey the gospel of Jesus Christ. RECEIVE Him,
REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED, live according to His words and commandments.
Ask Him to baptize you in the Holy Spirit, so you can be BORN AGAIN,
KNOW HIM, HEAR HIS VOICE and follow Him. Pray, speak to Jesus. He
will speak to you, in your spirit. “Those who are being led by the
Spirit of God, they are the children of God.” Romans 8:14. They
follow Him and He gives eternal life to them.
motives, but very few have a desire to know Jesus, Himself and to be
known by Him. Jesus said some words that should scare believers and
wake them up. He said: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord,
Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will
of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22“Many will
say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your
name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many
miracles?’ 23“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never
knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE
LAWLESSNESS.’ Matthew 7:21-23.
Jesus alone, will decide who goes into
heaven and who not. He was warning that many believers who prophesied
in His name and cast out demons, and in His name performed many
miracles will not enter heaven because they practiced lawlessness,
and He never knew them. How is that possible? How is it possible to
be a believer and perform supernatural miracles in the name of Jesus
and He does not know you?
Jesus said, that if we love Him, we
will obey Him and follow Him. We read in John 14:21 “He who has My
commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves
Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose
Myself to him.”
Is it our desire to know Jesus, for Him
to speak to us, to disclose Himself to us? Do we want to be pleasing
to Him, be known by Him? Do we have a desire for Jesus, or only for
the things that He can give us? If we do not obey His commandments,
His words as recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, then we do not
love Him and do not know Him. If we do not have interaction with
Jesus then our relationship with Him is not real. We might know the
Bible, believe in Jesus, cast out demons, speak in tongues, prophecy
in His name, heal the sick in His name and perform many miracles. We
might travel the world, preaching, evangelizing, doing missionary
work, but if we do not absolutely obey Jesus’ commandments, live
holy, be led by Him, His Holy Spirit guiding us, then our works are
in vain, our relationship with Him is not real. You cannot be in sin
and in Christ.
The apostle Paul was driven by a desire
to know Jesus and to be known by Him. He wrote in Philippians 3:10,11
“that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the
fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; 11in
order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.” He
warned against the false Christians, Philippians 3:2 “Beware of the
dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision;”
and verse 18 “For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell
you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of
Christ, 19whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite,
and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on
earthly things.” Such people refuse to pick up their cross and
follow Jesus. They refuse to live holy in obedience to Jesus. They
are not going after Jesus, but after their lusts.
If we truly love Jesus we will not sin,
we will follow and obey Him. We read in 1 John 2:3-6 “By this we
know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4The
one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His
commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 5but
whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been
perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: 6the one who says
he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He
walked.”
There is no place for sin and
worldliness in the life of a child of God. Either your life is filled
with Jesus and a consuming desire to live holy and please Him, know
Him, hear from Him, be led and approved by Him, or you are just
religious, deceiving yourself and separated from Jesus, heading for
destruction.
What is our motive? Are we seeking
Jesus? Have we found Him? Are we getting to know Him better every
day? Do we hear from Him and are we staying close to Him. Jesus said:
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28and
I give eternal life to them,” John 10:27,28.
Are we one of His sheep who hear His
voice, are known by Him, and do we follow Him?
be concerned about and that is our relationship with Jesus. Without
Jesus we can do nothing. Without Jesus our life has no
direction or purpose and we are heading for destruction.
Jesus
said: 25“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried
about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor
for your body, as towhat you will put on. Is not life more than food,
and the body more than clothing? 26“Look at the birds of the air,
that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your
heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
27“And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his
life? 28“And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the
lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29yet I
say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself
like one of these. 30“But if God so clothes the grass of the field,
which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He
not much more clothe you? You of little faith! 31“Do not worry
then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or
‘What will we wear for clothing?’ 32“For the Gentiles eagerly
seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need
all these things. 33“But seek first His kingdom and His
righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34“So do
not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day
has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:25-34.
Most
professing Christians do not understand the kingdom of God and do not
know the King, because they never met Him. Jesus Christ is King. He
is Lord. If you have accepted Him as Lord and serve Him, He will show
you His kingdom. If you follow Him, He will take care of
you. He will guide and teach you and He will supply in all your
needs. That is why the only thing that you need to be concerned
about always, is your relationship with Jesus.
Obey His
teachings and commandments as recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John. He will come and dwell with you and will disclose Himself to
you. If you disobey Jesus and stray from Him, you are in danger of
hell fire.
Seek Jesus with all your power. Accept Him,
obey Him. Repent and be baptized as He commanded. Be holy. Sin
no more. Guard your relationship with Jesus. Stay with Him
until the end and He will give you eternal life. All that you need to
worry about is keeping your relationship with Jesus right.
May
Jesus bless you.
have to accept Jesus Christ and believe in Him to have salvation.
However many people do not understand what it means to accept or
receive Jesus..
We read in John 1:9-13 speaking about
Jesus:“ 9There was the true Light which, coming into the
world, enlightens every man. 10He was in the world, and the
world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11He
came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive
Him. 12But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to
become children of God, even to those who believe in His
name, 13who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh
nor of the will of man, but of God.”
Jesus came for the lost children of
Israel, to save them from their sins, and even though they were
expecting their Messiah they did not recognize Him, nor accept Him.
They had Him crucified and therefor salvation was extended to ALL who
believe in Jesus and accept Him.
We read in John 3:16 "For God so
loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. “
When reading these verses as published
in the English language, in the many different versions of the Bible
that are available today, readers are led to believe that you only
need to believe in Jesus and confess to accept or receive Him to have
eternal life. That is why many falsely proclaim that salvation is a
free gift from God that you just have to be willing to accept, even
though you don't want it. The true meaning of those words, to accept
and receive Jesus are much deeper and more compelling, than that
presented in modern Bible versions. The New Testament books of the
the Bible were originally written in Greek because Greek was the
universally accepted language for communication and writing around
the Mediterranean at that time. The meaning of many scriptures were
changed by the translators and Bible publishers, and so the true
meaning of many scriptures were perverted or even lost, when the
different Bible versions were written. Many phrases in the King James
Version do not reflect the message presented in the original Greek
writings. The same happened in the case of the two scriptures that I
have just read. Today, with the internet it is possible for any
person to investigate the true meaning of the scriptures even though
they have no knowledge of the Greek language. Biblehub.com presents
the original meaning of every word in the Bible if you want to
research it.
John 1:12”But as many as received
Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God,” The true
meaning is: As many as have taken hold of Him, He gave the privilege
or capacity that would enable them to become children of God,
“even to those who believe in
His name, “ those who truly believed that He is the Light of
the world, God in the flesh.
“13who were born, not of blood nor of
the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” They
would become born again, by the Spirit of God, to be children of
God.”
Accepting and receiving Jesus is not
passive faith in Him, but rather requires that we embrace and lay
hold of Him, go after Him and submit ourselves to Him and His
lordship.
We read in John 3:16 "For God so
loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. “ The
phase “believes in Him” has a much deeper meaning than that
conveyed by the popular English translation. It should rather be “who
is committed to Him.”
The gospel of Jesus Christ requires
commitment, obedience and dedication to Jesus, to obey and follow Him
until the end. It is not the shallow message of easy believerism and
acceptance of a free gift of salvation that is preached in the world
today.
Most believers do not know and
understand who Jesus really is and what He requires of those who
believe in Him and hope to have eternal life. The message of Jesus
Christ has been diluted and made powerless through inadequate Bible
translations and a false gospel being preached by people who do not
know Jesus, neither do they have the Holy Spirit, so that they would
be enlightened by the truth.
The apostle Paul wrote in Colossians,
who Jesus really is and described His mighty power.
Colossians 1:15 ”He is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of all creation. 16For by Him all things were
created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all
things have been created through Him and for Him. 17He is before
all things, and in Him all things hold together. 18He is also
head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn
from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in
everything. 19For it was the Father’s good pleasure
for all the fullness to dwell in Him, 20and through Him to
reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood
of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth
or things in heaven.
21And although you were
formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil
deeds, 22yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body
through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless
and beyond reproach— 23if indeed you continue in the faith
firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of
the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation
under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.”
The CONDITION for salvation ,Paul reiterates in verse 23”if
indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast,
and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard,
which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I,
Paul, was made a minister.”
The hope of eternal life hangs on accepting Jesus Christ,
embracing Him as Lord, following and obeying His words, His gospel,
until the end. There is only One Savior, and one gospel that can save
and that is the words of Jesus Christ as also recorded in the
gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Accept Him and obey His words
and you will live. Repent and be baptized. Seek Him with all your
heart and He will give His Holy Spirit in you to teach and guide you.
If you reject Jesus and His words you have no hope of eternal life,
you will perish,
Accept Jesus today and stay with Him until the end.
I have been a serious Christian for many
years and I believed that I was saved and living a good Christian
life but on July 28, 1998 I had a heart attack and I died. I left
my body and I was on my way to Hell. I knew it was final and I was not coming back. I was not living in sin. I was baptized in water, baptized in the Holy Spirit,
speaking in tongues. To my mind and my understanding I was doing
right, living a good Christian life, but there I was, I had left my
body, I was floating on my back, being drawn down a dark black hole,
on my way to hell. I pleaded with Jesus to let me come back, but all
to no avail. Eventually I said:"Lord, let me please go
back and warn the world that Jesus is alive and hell is
real." Then Jesus allowed me
to come back. My full testimony is on my Youtubechannel
and on my website. Many people
have asked me what I was neglecting and what I was doing wrong, that
caused me to be going to hell. I was going by my own understanding of
the Bible and I was not bearing fruit for the kingdom of God.
After that Jesus taught me that I have to walk with Him and be led by
the Holy Spirit, to be able to bear fruit. Jesus said
that every branch in Him that does not bear fruit will get cut off
and burned. I was a branch and I was in Christ, born again but I was
not bearing fruit because I followed my own mind and was not led by
the Holy Spirit, and so I was being cut off.
We read in Micah 6:8 "He has told you, O
man, what is good; And what does
the LORD require of you But to do
justice, to love kindness, And to
walk humbly with your God?" We
read the scriptures and we often do not know how to practically apply
them, how to walk with God. In the
first place we have to TURN TO GOD, seek His way, not our way. God’s
way is Jesus Christ, OBEYING, LISTENING TO, AND FOLLOWING Him. The
only way to have eternal life is to believe in Jesus and therefore to
follow Him. How do we obey Jesus in the first place? Repent,
turn from sin, stop sinning altogether, sin no more, do not sin. "Do
justice, love kindness." Repent, turn from following your
own desires, lusts and ambitions. Make it your ambition to be holy
and pleasing to God. Make it your ambition to do the will of God and
live a life that is pleasing to Him. Be baptized in water for the
forgiveness of your sin as Jesus commanded. Live your life in
obedience to the teachings and commands of Jesus, as they were
also recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. If you do not
take these first steps and obey the teachings and commandments of
Jesus, you cannot follow Jesus, you cannot walk with Him and you
do not have the hope of eternal life. Going
to church, reading the Bible, paying tithes, fellowship with other
Christians, preaching, casting out demons, speaking in tongues,
building churches, doing religious things, all of those things
that many Christians do ARE ALL IN VAIN if you do not obey His words,
repent and be baptized and then FOLLOW Him. I
want to remind you that Jesus said: 21“Not everyone who says to Me,
‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does
the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22“Many will say
to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name,
and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many
miracles?’ 23“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew
you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’ Matthew
7:21-23. Jesus was talking to believers. Unbelievers do not prophesy
in the name of Jesus, neither do they cast out demons or perform
miracles. Jesus was saying that those who PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS are
not known by Him. Many
Christians today are living in sin. They say they are under grace,
not under law, but they PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS. Guess what? Jesus will
say to them: ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE
LAWLESSNESS.’ Without holiness no man shall see God. Those
Christians are not walking with God, they are following satan,
many of them preachers and respected pastors with huge ministries and
churches, who speak in tongues, prophesy, cast out demons, heal
the sick and perform miracles in the name of Jesus. They are
doing all those things but they are not living holy, therefor they
have no communion with Jesus. Their fruit is bad because they are
living in sin and not bringing others to repentance and holiness.
The foundation of our walk with Jesus is
OBEDIENCE to His Teachings and commandments and HOLINESS. Without
those we will not progress in our walk with Him. In short: Repent and
be baptized, and be holy. Set yourself aside for Jesus,
dedicate your life to Him, seek Him in prayer, and He willDISCLOSE
Himself to you. Jesus said:” “He
who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and
he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and
will disclose Myself to him.”John14:21.If
we demonstrate to Jesus our love for Him through our obedience to
His commandments, He will reveal Himself to us. He will come
and dwell in us. He will give His Holy Spirit in us to be with us
and GUIDE us, so that we can FOLLOW Himand
WALK WITH HIM.
You cannot followJesus
in “blind faith"like
so many claim to do. “Faith comes
from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ” Romans
10:17. You need to HEAR from Jesus to be able to FOLLOW Him and
DO what He requires of you. Jesus said: "My sheep
hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;”John10:27.The
apostle Paul wrote in Romans 8:14 “For
all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of
God.”You have to be one of His
sheep, who HEAR His VOICE, LISTEN and
FOLLOW Him. He speaks through His Spirit, the Holy Spirit,
that He gives in those who OBEY Him.
You have to go after Jesus to have eternal
life. You have to follow Him.You have
to seek and obey His guidance.You
have to seek His approval.
Why was I on my way to hell even though,
by my understanding and by accepted Christian standards I was
a good Christian? I was still the Boss of my life. I lived
to please ME. I had to dedicatemy
life to Jesus, repent from my plans, ambitions and desires and
become a SHEEP, a disciple who follows Him, hears from Him and
does what He wants me to do. I had to become a servant of the kingdom
of God andserve the Lord, Jesus
Christ.
I had to repent, turn from my opinion,
insight and understanding and learn from Jesus what He wanted me
to understand. The Bible took on new meaning for me. I was reading it
with fresh eyes and a new mind. My mind had to be renewed,
reformatted, by listening to Jesus, following the guidance of
the Holy Spirit. Years of indoctrinationfrom
listening to other “Christians” had to
be wiped off and retaught, replaced with TRUTH. What I have learned
is not to trust in my own understanding or what I previously
learned or experienced, but to LISTEN to the Master's VOICE,
trust, obey and follow Him.Never
ASSUME. Always ask and follow His guidance. Do not trust in your
own understanding, neither ask the opinion of others, even if
they are also disciples of Jesus. Follow and obey Jesus even if
you are the only one that goes in the direction that He sends
you.Jesus will guide you, but
you have to FOLLOW and keep following Him until the end.
Without faith it is impossible to please
God. You cannot follow Jesus if you do not absolutely trust
Him. You only get to truly know Him if you WALK WITH HIM.
Do you understand what I am telling you?
Are you ready to WALK WITH JESUS and do what God requires
of you, dear friend. It is a narrow lonely road and only
few are on it, but it is the only road that leads to eternal life.
Jesus said:"The Law and the
Prophets were proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel of
the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way
into it. “Luke 16:16. What did John the Baptist preach? We read in
Mark 1:4,5 “John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a
baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.5And all the
country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of
Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River,
confessing their sins.”
We read in Matthew 3:5-12 “Then Jerusalem was going out to him,
and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan; 6and they
were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed
their sins.
7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for
baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to
flee from the wrath to come? 8“Therefore bear fruit in keeping
with repentance;9and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves,
‘We have Abraham for our father’; for I say to you that from
these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham. 10“The
axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree
that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
11“As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He
who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove
His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and
fire. 12“His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will
thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat
into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
It is the very same gospel that Peter preached on the day of
Pentecost. We read in Acts 2:38,39 “ 38Peter said to
them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus
Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit. 39“For the promise is for you and
your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our
God will call to Himself.”
That is the gospel, the gospel that saves “ a baptism of
repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” Those who obey the gospel
receive from Jesus confirmation of His acceptance; He baptizes them
in the Holy Spirit.
Jesus commanded His disciples in Mark 16:15-18 “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. 17“These signs will accompany
those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they
will speak with new tongues; 18they will pick up serpents, and
if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them;
they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
What is the Gospel?: “Repent, and be baptized in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
Have you obeyed the gospel of Jesus Christ? Have you repented and
been baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of
your sin?
about what the Bible says, because that is what they have been
taught. That is what is real to them. What really matters is what
Jesus says, what He said and what He is saying today.
Many things are written in the Bible.
The Bible is a book of many words but the only words that lead to
eternal life are the words of Jesus, the words that He spoke as they
were also recorded in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the
Red Letter words, in some Bibles.
The only way to have eternal life is to
obey Jesus, to do what He commanded and taught.
Jesus Christ is the Word of God, not
the Bible, as so many wrongly believe. The words of Jesus are harsh
and therefor they are rejected by men. At one stage the followers of
Jesus were offended at His words, of what He said. “Because of this
many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him
anymore. So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to go
away also, do you?” Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom
shall we go? You have words of eternal life.” John 6:66-68.
Jesus has the words of eternal life,
not the rest of the Bible. The Jews rejected Jesus, they were the
pharisees, teachers of the Law of Moses, the Torah. They rejected the
words of Jesus and therefor He said to them:”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.
Even so today, Christians are busy with
Bible study because they think that if they do Bible study they will
have eternal life, but they reject and disobey the words of Jesus
that are also recorded in their Bibles.
If we come to Jesus, He will reveal
Himself to us. If we obey His words, His commands, we will be born
again and become children of God who hear His voice, who know Him and
follow Him. Obey Jesus, repent, stop sinning, be baptized in water,
be holy, seek Him with all your heart and He will reveal Himself to
you. He will speak to you, teach and guide you and if you stay with
Him, every day, until the end, He will give you eternal life.
Jesus said:”My sheep hear My voice,
and I know them, and they follow Me; 28and I give eternal life
to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out
of My hand. “John 10:27 What is Jesus saying to you today? Do
you know Him? Do you go after Him? Do you hear His voice and do you
follow Him? Are you one of His sheep?
the kingdom of God is coming. Those who are born-again SEE His
kingdom. They HEAR His VOICE and they SERVE Him. They are the
children of God, the sons of God. They are SONS and DAUGHTERS of the
Kingdom of God.
The Lord will spew the luke-warm church
out of His mouth. He will destroy the worldly churches and their
leadership will be plucked out. Jesus said:“Every plant that My
Heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its
roots.”Matthew15:13.
This is what the Lord says:”Their
churches will be taken from them. Their leadership will be exposed
for the deceivers that they are. Many will be removed, they will be
cut off, they will die. They did not warn the lost. Even though they
knew the truth they did not speak it. They twisted the truth and lied
to the people. They led them astray. They preached their own thoughts
and spoke what the people wanted to hear. They have enriched
themselves and did not fight for the oppressed, they did not fight
for innocent babies being slaughtered in the mother's womb. They
blessed those who make war and kill the innocent and they fought
against those who speak the truth. They persecuted and slandered My
servants whom I have appointed. They have desecrated My Name by their
fornication with the world. They have profaned the Holy place. The
time of their judgment has come. They will be stripped and cut off.
Many will run around in desperation
because their lying leaders are no more, those in whom they have
trusted and chose to follow, because they loved lies. Many will die
of heart failure. They will be fear struck because the false
prophecies and lies of their leaders have not come true. They will
curse Me, the living God, but they themselves chose lies above Me.
They put their trust in themselves and in fallible men but they
rejected Me. They will die in their sins because they followed the
doctrines of men, rather than to obey My words.”
“My kingdom will be established.
Truth and righteousness will be established. I am coming to render to
each one according to their deeds, good or bad. Many will be taken
out. Wake up and seek Me, while you can. Turn from wickedness, repent
and obey My words or you will perish.”
There is a false teaching being preached and believed by many, that because of Jesus dying on the cross, all those who profess to believe in Him will be saved. That is not the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is a lie.
Jesus Christ is the only way. The only way to have eternal life is to obey Jesus Christ. Believing in Jesus, means to believe who He is and therefor to obey Him, His commands, His teachings as they were also recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Faith without action is dead. If we do not obey Jesus our faith is worthless.
No sinners will go into heaven. Jesus came to take away the sins of the world. He takes away the guilt of the sin, of those who accept and obey Him, repent, stop sinning and are baptized in water. They are cleansed of their sin, but then they have to SIN NO MORE. If they return to sin, they will perish. The wages of sin is death.
Those who believe in Jesus must live according to His teachings. They have to do good, bear good fruit. If they do not bear good fruit, they will get cut off and burned, they will end up in hell. We can only bear good fruit if we obey Jesus and stay with Him. If we love Him, we will obey Him and He will come and dwell in us, with us. He will give His Holy Spirit in us to guide and teach us, but we must obey Him, stay with Him, until the end.
Those who sin and those who do not bear good fruit will not enter heaven. What you do will determine whether you go into heaven or into hell. The apostle Paul wrote in Romans 2:6 "God, 6who WILL RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS: 7to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; 8but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation. 9There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek, 10but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11For there is no partiality with God."
Obey the truth. Obey Jesus Christ and DO as He commanded, and you will live.
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 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.
What is your testimony?
Why do you believe in Jesus Christ? Is it because you have read about
Him in the Bible? Is it because you have been brought up as a
Christian? Why do you believe in Jesus? Have you met Jesus Christ
and is He real to you, because if you don't know Jesus for real and
if you do not follow and obey Him, then your faith in Jesus Christ is
not real, and it cannot save you?
If you have met Jesus then
you will have a testimony. If you have truly believed in Jesus and
you obeyed Him, you repented and you were baptized in water, and you
sought Him with all your power, then Jesus would have revealed
Himself to you and you would have known Him for real, not just
because of what other people told you, but because you know Jesus for
real, for yourself. You will have a testimony.
If you don't have a
testimony of Jesus then your faith is not real. Why do you believe in
Jesus Christ? I believe in Jesus because He revealed Himself to me as
real, as God Almighty. I have many testimonies of Jesus in my life.
When I was sick and I prayed and He healed me, when I was in a big
trouble, and I prayed He answered my prayers, and He brought me out
of my predicament. I was addicted to tobacco, smoking, and Jesus
delivered me, He set me free. I was a sinner but Jesus Christ made me
new inside. I'm not a sinner anymore, I'm a child of God. Now I walk
in His ways I do His will. He made me free from the desire for sin
and for the things of the world. I am born again because Jesus Christ
has put His Spirit in me. I hear His voice. He speaks to me. Jesus
Christ has delivered me countless times. I used to be a pilot. I flew
my own airplane. many times I was in big trouble and I could have
lost my life, but Jesus delivered me countless times. I have so many
testimonies of Jesus Christ, where He answered my prayers, where He
disciplined me, when He spoke to me, where He warned me. Almost 20
years ago I had a heart attack and I died and I thought I was a good
Christian, but I found myself on my way to hell.
Jesus had mercy on me
because I pleaded and I asked Him to let me come back to warn the
world that Jesus is alive and hell is real. Jesus allowed me to come
back to come and witness for Him. I am where I am because Jesus sent
me here. I'm doing what I am doing because I obey Him. I do it in
obedience to Him. Every day I'm on the internet and I give the
message that He gives to me to speak. If He does not give me a
message, I've got nothing to say. Jesus sends me to speak to people.
He reveals new things to me. He explains things to me. He teaches me
and He guides me. He provides in all my needs. I have a testimony of
Jesus Christ.
If we do not have a living
testimony of Jesus then our relationship with them cannot be real.
Jesus will say to many people on the day that they die:"Go away
I never knew you you workers of wickedness." Many of them once
met Jesus they thought they were saved. Maybe they said a sinner's
prayer, maybe they followed Him for a while and then they left Him,
but they did not stay with Him. We need to have a living testimony
every day, of our relationship with Jesus Christ. If we don't have
that testimony, then we don't know Jesus, then our relationship with
them is not real, and our faith cannot save us. We read in the Book
of Revelations, that they overcame by the blood of the Lamb and by
the word of their testimony. Have we got a testimony of Jesus Christ?
Is He real to us? Are we following Him every day? Can we talk about
Jesus, because we know Him for real? Do we have a living testimony of
Jesus Christ? May Jesus bless you.
The question is often asked: Which things will cause you to end up in hell? Whether watching TV or doing certain things will cause you to end up in hell. The truth is that all sin will cause us to end up in hell, but not only sin. What will cause you to end up in hell is if you do not follow Jesus Christ. Jesus said: "Follow Me."
Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life. He is the only way to salvation. We have to follow Him to have salvation. If we do not follow Him, we will end up in hell. If we follow our own mind, our own desires, and if we follow other people, and if we do what we please, we will certainly end up in hell. The only way to have eternal life is to obey and follow Jesus Christ. I speak from experience. Almost twenty years ago, I had a heart attack and I died. I found myself on my way to hell. I pleaded with Jesus to let me come back come and warn the world that Jesus is alive and hell is real." I was a Christian. I had repented. I had been baptized in water. I had received the baptism in the Holy Spirit and I speak in tongues. By my understanding, and what I knew about salvation, I believed that I was saved and that if I would die I would go to heaven, but I found myself on my way to hell.
I was not a sinner. I was a serious a child of God. I knew the voice of Jesus. I was serious about my salvation but not serious enough, because I did not realize at that stage, that what Jesus requires of us is absolute obedience. He requires discipleship. He says:"Follow Me." Before you can follow Jesus, you have to repent. You have to turn away from your own ways, you have to stop sinning, you have to commit to submit yourself to Jesus and serve Him as Lord, and to follow Him because He is the only way. You have to repent and be baptized as He commanded. You have to seek Him with all your heart. You have to seek the baptism in the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ dwelling in you. You have to seek to hear His voice and you must listen to Him. You have to go after Him. You have to follow Him every day until the very end. Jesus warned:"He said:"Strait is the gate and narrow is the door that leads to life and few there be that find it." We have to make every effort every day of our lives to go after Jesus and to follow Him. If we don't do that we will end up in hell.
The only way to have salvation is to follow Jesus Christ every day until the very end. We have to seek His will, seek His guidance, follow His guidance and obey Him when He speaks to us. We have to do what He tells us to do. Jesus Christ has to be the Lord of our life, or else we are not part of His kingdom, we are not submitted to Him. If we do not have that close relationship with Jesus where we follow Him every day, hear His voice, follow Him and go after Him, live for His kingdom, then we cannot be part of His kingdom. Then He will say to us when we die, He will say to us:"Go away, I never knew you you workers of wickedness." Many will say:"Lord I repented, I stopped sinning. I was not a sinner." They will say:"Lord I was baptized in water and I went to church and I was very active in the church." Many will say: "I had my own church and I made many converts, I built a big church." Jesus will say:"You never brought them to Me, because you did not know Me. You were busy with your own little church, your own kingdom. You were practicing your own religion." There are thousands of different churches with different doctrines all over the world. They are busy with religion. They are not following Jesus Christ. They are building their own little kingdoms, and they think they are saved but they do not follow nor obey Jesus Christ, and they are on their way to hell. They think that because they know the Bible and they live according to their insight of the scriptures that they have eternal life, but the only way to have life is to follow Jesus, to know His voice, to hear Him, to listen to Him and to do what He commands you to do; and you have to do that because you love Him, because you want to follow Him, not because you are scared of going to hell.
Many people just want security of salvation. They don't want Jesus Christ. They don't want to follow nor obey Him. They continue in their sin. Many of them just love the world more than Jesus. They'd rather watch TV or go to the ballgame or to their own little hobbies, than to spend time with Jesus. They have no relationship with Him. To follow Jesus is not a part-time thing. Either Jesus is your life and you live for Him and for His kingdom every day of your life, or you are just not interested in Him, and He will say to you:"Go away I never knew you." Many believe they are saved, but they've got no time for Jesus. They will stand before Him and say:"Lord Jesus I'm here now," and He will say to them:"What do you want to do with Me now? Why do you want to come into My place now? Why do you want to come into heaven now, when you had no desire for me? For all of your life you were busy with your own things. What makes you think that there is a space, a place, an inheritance for you in My kingdom, when you had no interest in Me or in the kingdom of heaven?"
Most Christian believers will have a terrible bad surprise when they stand before Jesus and He turns them away. The only way to have salvation is to know follow and obey Jesus Christ, to love Him and to serve Him as Lord until the very end. There is no other way, Jesus Christ is the way. All other ways lead to damnation. If you do not follow Jesus Christ every day, submit to Him and obey Him then you will certainly end up in hell. Jesus Christ is the way. Follow Him, obey Him and endure with Him until the very end.
From the fullness of the
heart speaks the mouth, and a tree is known by its fruit. If we have
the Spirit of Jesus Christ in us then we will bear good fruit. The
question is what are we full of. Are we full of hatred, hypocrisy,
animosity, or are we full of the love of Jesus Christ? Are we
producing the fruit of the Holy Spirit? If we are not producing the
fruit then obviously we are filled with the wrong things, then we are
not filled with the Holy Spirit, we are not filled with Jesus. Many
people claim to be saved but they do not bear fruit. If we do not
bear fruit for the kingdom of God, then the kingdom of God is not in
us, and Jesus Christ is not in us.
We have to examine
ourselves and see which road we are on. If we are walking with Jesus
then we will do the works of Jesus, but if we're not producing the
fruit and if that which comes from our mouth, from our deeds, does
not glorify Jesus Christ, then we are not in Christ. We have to ask
ourselves:"Are we in Christ?" There is no condemnation for
those who are in Christ, but if we are not in Christ we are in danger
of hellfire, we are in danger of ending up in hell.
We must empty ourselves of
that which is evil and invite Jesus Christ into our life, invite Hs
spirit to dwell in us and then we will produce the works of the
Spirit, we will produce good fruit and thereby show that we are
children of God.
You are not what you
believe that you are. You are what you were born and you are what you
do. If you were born a man or a woman that is what you will be. You
can mutilate yourself to try and change your outward appearance, or
your physical, but you will not change what you are. Many people
believe that they are saved because they believe in Jesus, but they
do not follow nor obey Jesus Christ.
If you sin, you are a
sinner. If you lie, you are a liar. if you steal you are a thief. If
you follow Jesus Christ and you do what He commands you to do and
then you are a saint, you're a child of God. You are what you. If you
sin you are not a child of God, you're a child of the devil. A child
of God does not sin. A person who is saved from sin stays away from
sin, he does not practice sin, he obeys Jesus Christ. If you believe
that Jesus Christ is Lord then you will obey Him, you will do as He
commanded; you will repent and be baptized in water, you will go
after Jesus and you will live according to His words, in obedience to
His commands, as recorded in the Gospels also, Matthew, Mark Luke and
John. But if you disregard and disobey Jesus Christ then you do not
believe in Him. You might just believe that you are saved and that
you're going to heaven but you believe a lie, because you're on your
way to hell.
If you want to enter the
kingdom of God and have eternal life you have to obey and follow
Jesus Christ. If you do not follow Jesus you will end up in hell,
then you are not a Christian, you are not a child of God. You are
what you do, and if you do not live the truth and you're only
deceiving yourself and the truth will catch up with you sooner or
later. Those who love and live lies will end up in hell. If you
believe the truth, the truth will set you free, because you will walk
in truth, you will live in truth; but if you love lies and you live
lies your will perish. Do you love the truth? Do you love Jesus
Christ? Do you follow and obey Him? Do you do as He commanded, or do
you just believe a lie.
Obey Jesus Christ and
thereby prove that you truly believe in Him. Faith without works is
dead, it cannot save you. Believe in Jesus and do as He commanded,
follow Him and obey Him until the very end and you will live.
Jesus said that whoever wishes to come after Him must deny himself, pick up his cross every day and follow Him. Many believers want to know what it means to deny yourself. The most important person in the life of every human is himself, his own preservation, his own comfort, his own ambitions, his own opinion, everything about himself; and Jesus says that if we wish to come after Him we must say no to self. We must deny our self our own rights, our own pleasures, our own opinion and we must submit ourselves to Jesus. We must live for Him for His kingdom, for His approval.
The most important person in your life is then no longer you, but Jesus and that is why he taught us to pray:"Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done." It is no longer my will be done, but it is God's will to be done. Unless we are willing to deny our self, to say no to our self, and live to please Jesus, to make Him the most important person in our life, then we cannot be His disciple, we cannot follow Him, we cannot please Him and we cannot enter his kingdom. That is the price, the cost of discipleship. We must say no to ourselves and yes to Jesus. We must deny ourselves and serve Jesus Christ.
We often do not know what to say when we pray., but Jesus gives the Holy Spirit to guide us in all things. We must just ask Him to guide us in the words to say, what we need to pray.
Ask Jesus to put in your mind that which is according to the will of God, His will, His purpose, and He will put into your mind the words that are pleasing to Him, that which you require, that which you really need, so that you can pray according to the will of God and that your prayers may be answered.
Without Jesus we can do nothing, but we need to submit ourselves to Him, humble ourselves before Him and ask, and He will help us. He will help us in all things, if we just ask Him.
If we need wisdom, if we need words to pray, if we need direction, all we need to do is ask Jesus and He will freely give it to us.
The true born again followers of Jesus Christ avoid sin at all cost, because they know that sin separates them from Jesus Christ. The false Christians avoid the true followers of Jesus because they are shown off as fakes, because they are not walking in the Light, they live in sin; they all confess to be sinners. The false Christians say they are all sinners, they cannot stop sinning.
We read the words of Jesus in John 3:19“This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. 20“For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21“But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”
The fake Christians are always defending their sinfulness, their sinful nature. They hate holiness, they hate the true followers of Jesus who follow Him in truth and righteousness, because they hate the Light. They will not come to the Light, they defend their darkness, because they are compromisers, they are part of this world. They are walking in darkness.
If we follow Jesus Christ we will avoid sin at all cost. We will obey Jesus Christ at all cost and we will be perfect as He commanded us to be perfect in obedience to Him.
Are we true followers of Jesus Christ? Do we walk in holiness? are we concerned about our relationship with Jesus? Do we stay in the Light? Or are we like those fake Christians who quote Bible verses to justify their sinfulness?
A fake false sinning Christian can be walking around quoting Bible verses but he cannot be following Jesus, because if you follow Jesus you will SIN NO MORE. Are we following Jesus and are we walking in the Light?
May Jesus bless you.
