Things are beginning to heat up in the political race for next years big Presidential election. People are choosing sides, and choosing a favorite candidate that they would like to see in the Oval Office January of 2013. Every candidate has his/her plan to save the country, fix our failing economy, and create jobs.
In the meantime, the present leader of the nation is doing everything he can to destroy the economy, and destroy the job market, why he claims to be fixing it. Everyone is wondering if there is going to be an America left by the time election season comes around.
God is the one who appoints leaders to office, and any authority the Government has comes from him. Every dictator throughout history was allowed to be in power for a season, and most of them did evil things that were against the Holy nature of God, but were allowed for a reason. NO God did approve of Hitlers mass murder of the Jews in the gas chambers, anymore than he approves of the mass murder of the unborn here in America.
God has allowed evil men to take control of the United States of America for a season, they are doing horrible things to this country, and most Americans are helpless to stop them. You and I ask why this is? Why would God allow such things to happen here in America? I think the answer is easier to find than what you think it is. Just consider how sexual immorality has become commonplace in our culture. How what once was considered wrong is now looked at as being right, and how the media is saturated with sexual images of every kind, and we sheep just sit back and take it all in.
We have become desensitized to sin! Desensitized to the point that we don't care to even raise a finger in protest anymore, we just let ourselves soak it up not realizing the danger we are putting ourselves in. The Devil knows what it takes to dumb down a culture, and destroy her from within, and he has gotten away with it, almost!
What hope is there then for America?
Surely American is on the brink of it's own destruction! The enemies are within our borders, even within our own homes, it is us, we have become our own worst enemies. Why is this you say? Because we have to some degree bought into the corruption ourselves, and allowed Satan room to work his evil, and water us down spiritually as a nation.
We have allowed the opposing religions of this world to challenge our minds and hearts for dominion. Humanism, Islam, Buddhism, and others have invaded and sought to tear down Christianity, and destroy the witness of Jesus Christ in our culture. Laws are passed that favor those who are full of hatred for the Gospel of Christ. Their places of worship have taken route in our cities, and their intentions are not as pure as they would like us to believe. Their ultimate goal is our annihilation! The death of the west, and the death of every Christian, non-Christian, and Jew who refuses to convert to Islam.
This is the system of Anti-Christ, alive and well in the world today, and growing in power everyday. It could be that America's present leadership is in place in order to take America down in order to allow the enemies of faith and freedom to overtake our country. It seems by the times that we are living in, and the signs that we are living on the verge of the coming of Jesus Christ for his Church. If that is the case, then everything is happening for a reason, and there is not much time left for men to repent, and turn to Christ before the door of the Ark of Salvation is closed!
Evil has reproduced freely in our culture at an alarming rate, as we Americans just get fatter and lazier, and farther from our Creator God. Yes we have fallen into a deep trap set for us, and the only way out is too look up, too God for a rescue. Even in Conservative circles many refuse Christ, and his way in exchange for political fix instead.
Let me make this clear to you my friend! American's Saving Grace is NOT Political! It is Spiritual!
The Bible makes it very clear that Satan has blinded the minds of the masses, so that they cannot understand the Gospel of Christ, and cannot find their way to the cross to find redemption, and forgiveness for sin.
2 Corinthians 4:4 -"Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who
don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good
News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who
is the exact likeness of God."
Let me make this clear to you, Satan wants to take your soul straight to Hell! Those who refuse Jesus Christ are his trophies! I heard a minister talking many years ago saying that he visited the medical examiners office in L.A county, California. He said the place wreaked of death as dead bodies lined the hallways, as the refrigeration rooms were too full to accommodate all of them. Many of the dead there were young people, and he stated that he heard Satan whisper in his ear, "See, these are my trophies". What a sad, and horrible thing to realize that so many die everyday without Jesus Christ, and find themselves lost in a place of virtual torment, apart from God for eternity.
Will you make yourself listen to the voice of reason? or will you turn your ears away from what could be your last chance too change? America's only hope is Jesus Christ! There is NO other way to save this nation then you and I falling on our faces before God in repentance, first for our personal sins, and then for our national sins.
We MUST cry out to God for mercy! We must recognize how we have offended him by taking him out of our schools, and out of public view. We have disgraced his Holy Name! We deserve to be slaves under a socialist dictator! We deserve to lose our liberty, and freedoms that we have used for evil instead of good. We have made a mockery of him in our churches by allowing the world to invade and change our doctrines, and replace them with socialized doctrines of demons.
We deserve nothing more than to be judged as a nation, and that is why Obama is in office. This is not the fault of white Americans, but all Americans. The heart and soul of this nation is now in moral danger. Will you begin to pray unto God for mercy? or continue in your pride and arrogance?
GOD HAVE MERCY ON HIS NATION!
Friday, October 7, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The Law, Salvation, and the Fear of the Lord
Proverbs 9:10 - "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
God exhorts each of us through his Holy Word that if we want to be wise we must first fear the Lord, the Holy and Righteous King of the universe. To fear God is to reverently respect who he is, the True and Living God!
How many times have we disrespected God, made a mockery of his Grace, and dishonored his Holy Name? How many times have we as professing Christians used his Holy name in vain, or made a fool of him by our words and actions? How many times have we trampled his amazing grace after he so graciously gave to us when we clearly deserved his wrath.
If we were to stop and truly consider just how Holy and Righteous God, our lifestyles would change, wouldn’t they. We need to realize that we are but measly human beings that deserve to burn in Hell forever, but God in his love and mercy came down and shouldered our punishment, the wrath we deserved so that we would not have to suffer the consequences of our own sin.
We go on living day in, and day out as though God is some kind of distant cosmic cousin, way out in outer space, watching us from far off. We seem to lack a true understanding of what HOLY means. God’s holiness is his absolute moral perfection that will not tolerate ANY sin in his presence, at all!
His Righteousness stands hand in hand with his Holiness, and his Justice is perfectly just in every way. Our puny minds can not really comprehend the awesomeness of God. How great and mighty he is, and how much he deserves our respect, and our worship.
Do we even understand the concept of sin? Sin is anything that violates the law of God, which is contained in what we know as the Ten Commandments. Ten laws once etched in stone, now written on the hearts of believers by the Holy Spirit of God. Ten Laws by which God will judge all of humanity by at the last judgment of the Living and the Dead!
The Law that Moses carried down from that mountain on stone tablets was the absolute written moral standards of a Holy God! The knowledge of this Holy God is written on the subconscious mind of every person, so that no one has an excuse on judgment day. Yes, even wicked, evil men who vehemently deny the existence of God have the knowledge of God imprinted on their subconscious’s. The believer has the Law of God written on their hearts and minds by the Holy Spirit.
God and His Law are inseparable! God is the Judge of all mankind, and bound to his law. The just judge of all eternity will render his judgment with all fairness and equity, no one will escape his judgment no matter who they are. God’s law is perfect, an picture of absolute morality, righteousness, and holiness. How then should we men who fear God live? In reverence, purity, and holiness before God, that’s how!
Men who gleefully wallow in their sin and corruption cannot stand to look at the Law of God because it causes them to be convicted of their sin. This is why we have seen the Ten Commandments removed from our schools, and other public places. The ungodly do not like to be reminded of their sinfulness, they tend to become irate when confronted with the Law of God, for it pricks their conscious minds, like a big needle stick, it causes them pain because they know inside they are guilty before God.
The world watched as men removed a large stone monument from a courthouse in Alabama because people could not stand too see the monument as they came and went from the building. Simply seeing a representation of the Law of God makes them squirm, they are uncomfortable all of a sudden, and are conscious of their sinfulness. So the only remedy they can find is to remove it from view, but they are still under the Law of God, and still just as guilty before God.
If a states that he does not believe in the law of gravity, and too demonstrate his utter stupidity, the man jumps off of a ten story building. Does his stating that he does not believe in the law of gravity change the outcome of his jump? Not at all! He still goes splat of the sidewalk below regardless of what he claims to believe. As it is with God and his Law. A man may state that he does not believe in God, or the Law of God, but that will not change the outcome one bit. He/she will still stand before God someday and be judged according to the very Law of God they claimed not to believe in.
Why did God give us his law? What does the Law do? The Law of God has two basic jobs it does. Number one it shows men that they have sinned before God, and secondly it closes the mouths of those who are trying to justify their sin.
Romans 3:19-20 “Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.”
The Law of God brings the consciousness of sin!
The Law of God is a teacher that brings us too Christ, leading us to repentance, and faith that justifies us before God. It’s through faith that we are saved by the Grace of God. It is the law that leads to conversion of the soul, and changed heart and life.
Galatians 3:24 - “So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.”
Psalm 19:7 - “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul:….”
There is NO Fear of God until a person is exposed to the Law of God. Once exposed to the Law of God, the Law brings with it the knowledge of sin, and with it the fear of the Lord that cause the conversion of the soul, or a person to repent and receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Using the Law of God correctly we pass over a persons intellect, and go straight for their conscious where the Spirit of God works to bring about repentance in their lives.
The law brings with it the knowledge of God’s wrath upon the ungodly. The law results in the punishment of all who violate it, without exception, except for those justified by faith in Christ.
Romans 4:15 - “for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.”
If there were no law of any kind to adhere too, a person could not be held accountable for breaking it, but the law does exist, and mankind has broken it. Breaking the Law of God results in punishment just as breaking the Laws of men results in punishment. Some may argue that because they do not believe in God, or the Bible that they then are not accountable. Oh Contraire! Yes they are accountable because they are under the Law of God whether they like it or not, God still exists, and so does his Law.
Remember what the Scripture say’s!
Roman’s 1:20 - “For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.”
Professing Atheists claim that God does not exist, but their subconscious minds bear witness otherwise. Men have the free will given them by God to reject the Lord Jesus Christ if they please, but with that rejection comes the wrath of God for their sin because God’s law still stands in judgment over them.
Our society has lost the essence of the fear (respect) for God and his Word that used to exist in our culture. Therefore we as a society are doomed to suffer the consequences of allowing evil to reign in the place of righteousness.
A great American wrote many years ago that a Word of God should permeate every city and town, or else sinful and evil literature would surely take it’s place. America’s founding fathers knew the value of the Bible, the Law of God, and the effect it has on a nation. The Word of God, and the fear of God are sustaining forces that America needs desperately in order to preserve her as a nation.
Without God, His Law, and the Bible - America is doomed to self destruction!
Why should we then expect God to save America when we have allowed him to be trampled, and removed from the important places within our society? Why should God not just sit back and laugh at us as this nation, and it’s people crumble into oblivion?
Proverbs 1:26-29 “I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes, When your dread comes like a storm, And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me, Because they hated Knowledge, And did not choose the fear of the LORD.
Consider the scene at the Calvary, there are two thieves crucified on either side of Jesus, who deserve the punishment are getting. One mocks the Savior, the other cries out for forgiveness for his sins, and Jesus responds to him with love even though his body is full of terrible suffering. You noticed the one thief yells at the other one “Do you not even fear God?” One man believed and was spared eternal torment, the other died and went into eternal darkness apart from God.
Luke 23:40-41 - “But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”
Let us fear the true the living God! Let us learn to use the Law of God to lead others into the righteous fear of God, so that they may be saved from the wrath of God that is coming upon all men who have rejected the free gift of God. Let us pray then for the salvation of those who are lost, even those who hate us as Christ instructed us too do.
Let us always reverence (fear) God, and live grace filled lives so that others will be drawn to the Christ who died for them, who showed his love to us all when we were all still sinners in need of saving.
Let us always use the Law of God the way Jesus used it to bring conviction upon the sin sick souls of the lost, so that they might see their lost condition, and desire the cure God offers them.
God exhorts each of us through his Holy Word that if we want to be wise we must first fear the Lord, the Holy and Righteous King of the universe. To fear God is to reverently respect who he is, the True and Living God!
How many times have we disrespected God, made a mockery of his Grace, and dishonored his Holy Name? How many times have we as professing Christians used his Holy name in vain, or made a fool of him by our words and actions? How many times have we trampled his amazing grace after he so graciously gave to us when we clearly deserved his wrath.
If we were to stop and truly consider just how Holy and Righteous God, our lifestyles would change, wouldn’t they. We need to realize that we are but measly human beings that deserve to burn in Hell forever, but God in his love and mercy came down and shouldered our punishment, the wrath we deserved so that we would not have to suffer the consequences of our own sin.
We go on living day in, and day out as though God is some kind of distant cosmic cousin, way out in outer space, watching us from far off. We seem to lack a true understanding of what HOLY means. God’s holiness is his absolute moral perfection that will not tolerate ANY sin in his presence, at all!
His Righteousness stands hand in hand with his Holiness, and his Justice is perfectly just in every way. Our puny minds can not really comprehend the awesomeness of God. How great and mighty he is, and how much he deserves our respect, and our worship.
Do we even understand the concept of sin? Sin is anything that violates the law of God, which is contained in what we know as the Ten Commandments. Ten laws once etched in stone, now written on the hearts of believers by the Holy Spirit of God. Ten Laws by which God will judge all of humanity by at the last judgment of the Living and the Dead!
The Law that Moses carried down from that mountain on stone tablets was the absolute written moral standards of a Holy God! The knowledge of this Holy God is written on the subconscious mind of every person, so that no one has an excuse on judgment day. Yes, even wicked, evil men who vehemently deny the existence of God have the knowledge of God imprinted on their subconscious’s. The believer has the Law of God written on their hearts and minds by the Holy Spirit.
God and His Law are inseparable! God is the Judge of all mankind, and bound to his law. The just judge of all eternity will render his judgment with all fairness and equity, no one will escape his judgment no matter who they are. God’s law is perfect, an picture of absolute morality, righteousness, and holiness. How then should we men who fear God live? In reverence, purity, and holiness before God, that’s how!
Men who gleefully wallow in their sin and corruption cannot stand to look at the Law of God because it causes them to be convicted of their sin. This is why we have seen the Ten Commandments removed from our schools, and other public places. The ungodly do not like to be reminded of their sinfulness, they tend to become irate when confronted with the Law of God, for it pricks their conscious minds, like a big needle stick, it causes them pain because they know inside they are guilty before God.
The world watched as men removed a large stone monument from a courthouse in Alabama because people could not stand too see the monument as they came and went from the building. Simply seeing a representation of the Law of God makes them squirm, they are uncomfortable all of a sudden, and are conscious of their sinfulness. So the only remedy they can find is to remove it from view, but they are still under the Law of God, and still just as guilty before God.
If a states that he does not believe in the law of gravity, and too demonstrate his utter stupidity, the man jumps off of a ten story building. Does his stating that he does not believe in the law of gravity change the outcome of his jump? Not at all! He still goes splat of the sidewalk below regardless of what he claims to believe. As it is with God and his Law. A man may state that he does not believe in God, or the Law of God, but that will not change the outcome one bit. He/she will still stand before God someday and be judged according to the very Law of God they claimed not to believe in.
Why did God give us his law? What does the Law do? The Law of God has two basic jobs it does. Number one it shows men that they have sinned before God, and secondly it closes the mouths of those who are trying to justify their sin.
Romans 3:19-20 “Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.”
The Law of God brings the consciousness of sin!
The Law of God is a teacher that brings us too Christ, leading us to repentance, and faith that justifies us before God. It’s through faith that we are saved by the Grace of God. It is the law that leads to conversion of the soul, and changed heart and life.
Galatians 3:24 - “So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.”
Psalm 19:7 - “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul:….”
There is NO Fear of God until a person is exposed to the Law of God. Once exposed to the Law of God, the Law brings with it the knowledge of sin, and with it the fear of the Lord that cause the conversion of the soul, or a person to repent and receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Using the Law of God correctly we pass over a persons intellect, and go straight for their conscious where the Spirit of God works to bring about repentance in their lives.
The law brings with it the knowledge of God’s wrath upon the ungodly. The law results in the punishment of all who violate it, without exception, except for those justified by faith in Christ.
Romans 4:15 - “for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.”
If there were no law of any kind to adhere too, a person could not be held accountable for breaking it, but the law does exist, and mankind has broken it. Breaking the Law of God results in punishment just as breaking the Laws of men results in punishment. Some may argue that because they do not believe in God, or the Bible that they then are not accountable. Oh Contraire! Yes they are accountable because they are under the Law of God whether they like it or not, God still exists, and so does his Law.
Remember what the Scripture say’s!
Roman’s 1:20 - “For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.”
Professing Atheists claim that God does not exist, but their subconscious minds bear witness otherwise. Men have the free will given them by God to reject the Lord Jesus Christ if they please, but with that rejection comes the wrath of God for their sin because God’s law still stands in judgment over them.
Our society has lost the essence of the fear (respect) for God and his Word that used to exist in our culture. Therefore we as a society are doomed to suffer the consequences of allowing evil to reign in the place of righteousness.
A great American wrote many years ago that a Word of God should permeate every city and town, or else sinful and evil literature would surely take it’s place. America’s founding fathers knew the value of the Bible, the Law of God, and the effect it has on a nation. The Word of God, and the fear of God are sustaining forces that America needs desperately in order to preserve her as a nation.
Without God, His Law, and the Bible - America is doomed to self destruction!
Why should we then expect God to save America when we have allowed him to be trampled, and removed from the important places within our society? Why should God not just sit back and laugh at us as this nation, and it’s people crumble into oblivion?
Proverbs 1:26-29 “I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes, When your dread comes like a storm, And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me, Because they hated Knowledge, And did not choose the fear of the LORD.
Consider the scene at the Calvary, there are two thieves crucified on either side of Jesus, who deserve the punishment are getting. One mocks the Savior, the other cries out for forgiveness for his sins, and Jesus responds to him with love even though his body is full of terrible suffering. You noticed the one thief yells at the other one “Do you not even fear God?” One man believed and was spared eternal torment, the other died and went into eternal darkness apart from God.
Luke 23:40-41 - “But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”
Let us fear the true the living God! Let us learn to use the Law of God to lead others into the righteous fear of God, so that they may be saved from the wrath of God that is coming upon all men who have rejected the free gift of God. Let us pray then for the salvation of those who are lost, even those who hate us as Christ instructed us too do.
Let us always reverence (fear) God, and live grace filled lives so that others will be drawn to the Christ who died for them, who showed his love to us all when we were all still sinners in need of saving.
Let us always use the Law of God the way Jesus used it to bring conviction upon the sin sick souls of the lost, so that they might see their lost condition, and desire the cure God offers them.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
HELL? YES!
In this age of so-called enlightenment, many have turned away from the sound doctrine taught in Scripture, and have reinvented their own version of scripture to fit their own apostate beliefs. I’ve heard comments from by many dealing with the subject of Hell, people don’t want to believe in an eternal place of punishment because it’s not a pleasant subject, but they all want to believe in heaven.
The Bible say’s in 2 Timothy 4:3 “For a time will come when they will not listen to wholesome teaching, but to gratify their own evil desires will surround themselves with teachers who teach to gratify their own evil desires, because their ears are itching so to be tickled,”
In many churches they preach about how God is only about love, and kindness. People have forgotten that above all else, God is Holy, and intolerant of sin. Therefore, those who reject the true Gospel of Christ, will never enter into the Kingdom of God.
People say, that’s not fair! How could a loving God throw anyone into a place of eternal torment? In God’s perspective, it is perfectly fair however, because he has given every person a lifetime here on earth to make a decision on where you want to spend eternity, Smoking, or Non-Smoking!
Were living in a day in ago prophesied about in Scripture, where men no longer will tolerate sound Biblical doctrine, nor will they repent, and seek the true Messiah. Pluralism, Universalism, and other heretical doctrines have crept into Christian churches. Some pastors have fallen for a batch of lies, and are now leading many down the wide road to Hell teaching things that are contrary to the Word of God. Questioning the very core of the Gospel message, and causing many others to believe the same lies.
There are those within our churches in America that now teach that people from other faiths can gain access to heaven, even without Christ, or his Blood. That friends is pure heresy! These that teach such heresy need to be harshly dealt with They are telling people that a Jesus will save everyone, even those who never accept him as their Savior. There is a preacher of a very large mega-church in Texas that will NOT preach about sin, or Hell because these two topics are negative, and in his opinion may turn people off (Joel Osteen).
Rob Bell Pastor of a large evangelical church is Grandville Michigan, recently published a book entitled "Love Wins" in which he questions several key areas of Christian doctrine, namely the subject of Hell. Bell draws out his idea that "Jesus came to save us from God" and he basically says that even people who end up in Hell will have the opportunity to accept Christ, and maybe get out of Hell. He also states in his book that Jesus has a plan to redeem all people regardless of what they believe in this life. These teachings are not consistent with the Scripture, or with any Bible doctrine for that matter.
What is Hell anyway? according to Scripture it's a place of torment where the souls of people go who reject Jesus as their Savior. We see an example given in Scripture of a rich man who died, and found himself in Hell.
Luke 16:23-24 'In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. “And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’
So Hell is very hot with real fire, and non-stop torment, and there is no relief of any kind. What else are we told in this passage?
Luke 16:26 - "And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us."
There is a chasm, or a great canyon between the place where God's people were held in peace and comfort, while the rich man was roasting in the flames of Hell. Hell had at least two separate compartments in it, one was for evil men to be tormented in, and the other was for the souls of the Old Testament saints to live in for a time. When Christ died the Scripture tells us that he descended into Hell, and retrieved the souls of the Old Testament saints that were kept safe in Abraham's bosom.
We see that Hell is only a temporary home for the unregenerate souls, that a more permanent place in forthcoming, as we are shown in Revelation.
Revelation 20:13-15 - "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."
The dead are resurrected one last time unto eternal judgment, and we see that even Hell (Hades), and death itself is cast into a much greater place of torment for all of eternity. We also see that individuals are cast into this horrible place of eternal separation as well, why you ask? Because they did not accept their pardon from God for their sin, and so they are not justified by Christ, and cannot enter the Holy place reserved for those who have trusted Jesus Christ as Savior.
Here is an explanation of the Gospel of Christ, and an invitation to receive the free gift of eternal life that only Christ can give you.
You must receive Yeshua (Jesus) as your Messiah to be freely justified by faith in order to enter heaven. God poured out the wrath he was saving for you on His precious Son Jesus at Calvary, Christ endured it all on our behalf, you must believe this is true and accept Him as Lord and Savior. If you refuse God’s free offer, one of these day’s find yourself in Hell, it will be all your fault, not his. Ask yourself this question; can I really afford to risk my eternal soul?
What is your soul really worth anyway? What could you possibly offer God in payment for your eternal soul? The answer is: NADA! NOTHING! There is nothing you or I can give, or do for God in order to secure our way to heaven. There are churches and whole denominations that teach good works unto salvation, but that is NOT what God teaches us in His Holy Word. The Holy Scripture clearly teaches that all that is required to secure a man’s Salvation is simple faith, faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross, nothing more, and nothing less.
It is your choice to make, and it is all based upon your own decision to believe and respond to the Gospel message, or not. It will be based upon what you did in your life with Jesus Christ, whether you choose him as personal Lord and Savior, or you did not, and if you did not then you will experience the mighty wrath of a Holy God all by yourself, there will be no place to run, and no place for you to hide.
Dear Friend, Christ alone shouldered all of God’s wrath against you and I at the cross, he was the ultimate sacrificial lamb, sacrificed once and for all your behalf. God’s Son still waits for you today with his arms open wide, he wants to hug you and welcome you into God’s family even today. Why do you wait? Why do you fail to respond to such a great expression of love? Receive him today!
The Bible say’s in 2 Timothy 4:3 “For a time will come when they will not listen to wholesome teaching, but to gratify their own evil desires will surround themselves with teachers who teach to gratify their own evil desires, because their ears are itching so to be tickled,”
In many churches they preach about how God is only about love, and kindness. People have forgotten that above all else, God is Holy, and intolerant of sin. Therefore, those who reject the true Gospel of Christ, will never enter into the Kingdom of God.
People say, that’s not fair! How could a loving God throw anyone into a place of eternal torment? In God’s perspective, it is perfectly fair however, because he has given every person a lifetime here on earth to make a decision on where you want to spend eternity, Smoking, or Non-Smoking!
Were living in a day in ago prophesied about in Scripture, where men no longer will tolerate sound Biblical doctrine, nor will they repent, and seek the true Messiah. Pluralism, Universalism, and other heretical doctrines have crept into Christian churches. Some pastors have fallen for a batch of lies, and are now leading many down the wide road to Hell teaching things that are contrary to the Word of God. Questioning the very core of the Gospel message, and causing many others to believe the same lies.
There are those within our churches in America that now teach that people from other faiths can gain access to heaven, even without Christ, or his Blood. That friends is pure heresy! These that teach such heresy need to be harshly dealt with They are telling people that a Jesus will save everyone, even those who never accept him as their Savior. There is a preacher of a very large mega-church in Texas that will NOT preach about sin, or Hell because these two topics are negative, and in his opinion may turn people off (Joel Osteen).
Rob Bell Pastor of a large evangelical church is Grandville Michigan, recently published a book entitled "Love Wins" in which he questions several key areas of Christian doctrine, namely the subject of Hell. Bell draws out his idea that "Jesus came to save us from God" and he basically says that even people who end up in Hell will have the opportunity to accept Christ, and maybe get out of Hell. He also states in his book that Jesus has a plan to redeem all people regardless of what they believe in this life. These teachings are not consistent with the Scripture, or with any Bible doctrine for that matter.
What is Hell anyway? according to Scripture it's a place of torment where the souls of people go who reject Jesus as their Savior. We see an example given in Scripture of a rich man who died, and found himself in Hell.
Luke 16:23-24 'In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. “And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’
So Hell is very hot with real fire, and non-stop torment, and there is no relief of any kind. What else are we told in this passage?
Luke 16:26 - "And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us."
There is a chasm, or a great canyon between the place where God's people were held in peace and comfort, while the rich man was roasting in the flames of Hell. Hell had at least two separate compartments in it, one was for evil men to be tormented in, and the other was for the souls of the Old Testament saints to live in for a time. When Christ died the Scripture tells us that he descended into Hell, and retrieved the souls of the Old Testament saints that were kept safe in Abraham's bosom.
We see that Hell is only a temporary home for the unregenerate souls, that a more permanent place in forthcoming, as we are shown in Revelation.
Revelation 20:13-15 - "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."
The dead are resurrected one last time unto eternal judgment, and we see that even Hell (Hades), and death itself is cast into a much greater place of torment for all of eternity. We also see that individuals are cast into this horrible place of eternal separation as well, why you ask? Because they did not accept their pardon from God for their sin, and so they are not justified by Christ, and cannot enter the Holy place reserved for those who have trusted Jesus Christ as Savior.
Here is an explanation of the Gospel of Christ, and an invitation to receive the free gift of eternal life that only Christ can give you.
You must receive Yeshua (Jesus) as your Messiah to be freely justified by faith in order to enter heaven. God poured out the wrath he was saving for you on His precious Son Jesus at Calvary, Christ endured it all on our behalf, you must believe this is true and accept Him as Lord and Savior. If you refuse God’s free offer, one of these day’s find yourself in Hell, it will be all your fault, not his. Ask yourself this question; can I really afford to risk my eternal soul?
What is your soul really worth anyway? What could you possibly offer God in payment for your eternal soul? The answer is: NADA! NOTHING! There is nothing you or I can give, or do for God in order to secure our way to heaven. There are churches and whole denominations that teach good works unto salvation, but that is NOT what God teaches us in His Holy Word. The Holy Scripture clearly teaches that all that is required to secure a man’s Salvation is simple faith, faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross, nothing more, and nothing less.
It is your choice to make, and it is all based upon your own decision to believe and respond to the Gospel message, or not. It will be based upon what you did in your life with Jesus Christ, whether you choose him as personal Lord and Savior, or you did not, and if you did not then you will experience the mighty wrath of a Holy God all by yourself, there will be no place to run, and no place for you to hide.
Dear Friend, Christ alone shouldered all of God’s wrath against you and I at the cross, he was the ultimate sacrificial lamb, sacrificed once and for all your behalf. God’s Son still waits for you today with his arms open wide, he wants to hug you and welcome you into God’s family even today. Why do you wait? Why do you fail to respond to such a great expression of love? Receive him today!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Tear your Hearts, and not your Garment’s
The Lord calls us through his Holy Word to come humbly before him, having declared a Holy fast he beckons us to cry out to him!
Joel 1:14 Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the Lord.
He is looking at America for those who will be faithful to him, even to the death. Just as he searched the whole earth and found Noah a man of Righteousness, and chose so spare him from the terrible wrath of a Holy God, so today he searches for those whose hearts are broken before him, and are willing to count the cost.
Ezekiel 22:30-31 - "I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none." So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord."
God does not want outward show, but an inward signs of repentance!
It starts with within the heart of a man/woman. Outward signs such as the tearing of clothing, sitting in ashes, or the beating of ones physical body serve only for an outward show. God desires for us to have change within ourselves that only he can give us. We cannot change ourselves, he must do the changing, we must allow him full access.
Joel 2:12-13 - Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping and mourning ; And rend your heart and not your garments." Now return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in loving kindness And relenting of evil.
God does not want outward signs, but inward change, not sacrifice, but obedience!
Psalms 51:16-17 - You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
God want us to fall on our faces before him in true heart-felt repentance for our personal and national sins. What are those sins you ask?
We stood by as evolution was forced into our school systems., and God was forced out.
We stood by as abortion (genocide) on demand was legalized, and millions of innocent babies slaughtered for profit. Very few went out into the streets and spoke up on their behalf.
We have elected corrupt and ungodly men into high political office, and now we are being railroaded as a nation into non existence.
We stood by and allowed the ungodly to get away with using the media and the schools to proselytize their false religion of humanism/secularism to our children, turning many of them away from the faith they were taught by their parents.
Most of all for we allowed the Word of God to be watered down, and thrown out of so many of America’s churches, and replaced with feel-good theology, and a Marxist social gospel that can not save even one soul from Hell!
We allowed ourselves to become lukewarm and indifferent to the things of God, so we no longer desire the deeper things of God, but we are comfortable just skimming the surface of the faith, instead of digging in and becoming strong in the Spirit!
The Church of Christ should be a Spiritual force to be reckoned with, instead it is a door mat to be trampled upon! A nation to be invaded by Satanic minions of darkness whose intentions are to destroy her witness once and for all!
The ONE Bulwark that stands between Individual Liberty and slavery to a corrupt Communist system, is Christianity, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
The enemies of faith and freedom know that if they can destroy Christianity in the west, they can rule the USA and re-make her into a 21st century iron curtain nation. You and I will either get real serious with God NOW! or we will fall victim to the socialist death machine!
I wonder what you will do?? I wonder what America will do??
If this message quickens your spirit take it and proclaim it from sea to shining sea until every American has heard the message!
God Save America!
Joel 1:14 Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the Lord.
He is looking at America for those who will be faithful to him, even to the death. Just as he searched the whole earth and found Noah a man of Righteousness, and chose so spare him from the terrible wrath of a Holy God, so today he searches for those whose hearts are broken before him, and are willing to count the cost.
Ezekiel 22:30-31 - "I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none." So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord."
God does not want outward show, but an inward signs of repentance!
It starts with within the heart of a man/woman. Outward signs such as the tearing of clothing, sitting in ashes, or the beating of ones physical body serve only for an outward show. God desires for us to have change within ourselves that only he can give us. We cannot change ourselves, he must do the changing, we must allow him full access.
Joel 2:12-13 - Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping and mourning ; And rend your heart and not your garments." Now return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in loving kindness And relenting of evil.
God does not want outward signs, but inward change, not sacrifice, but obedience!
Psalms 51:16-17 - You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
God want us to fall on our faces before him in true heart-felt repentance for our personal and national sins. What are those sins you ask?
We stood by as evolution was forced into our school systems., and God was forced out.
We stood by as abortion (genocide) on demand was legalized, and millions of innocent babies slaughtered for profit. Very few went out into the streets and spoke up on their behalf.
We have elected corrupt and ungodly men into high political office, and now we are being railroaded as a nation into non existence.
We stood by and allowed the ungodly to get away with using the media and the schools to proselytize their false religion of humanism/secularism to our children, turning many of them away from the faith they were taught by their parents.
Most of all for we allowed the Word of God to be watered down, and thrown out of so many of America’s churches, and replaced with feel-good theology, and a Marxist social gospel that can not save even one soul from Hell!
We allowed ourselves to become lukewarm and indifferent to the things of God, so we no longer desire the deeper things of God, but we are comfortable just skimming the surface of the faith, instead of digging in and becoming strong in the Spirit!
The Church of Christ should be a Spiritual force to be reckoned with, instead it is a door mat to be trampled upon! A nation to be invaded by Satanic minions of darkness whose intentions are to destroy her witness once and for all!
The ONE Bulwark that stands between Individual Liberty and slavery to a corrupt Communist system, is Christianity, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
The enemies of faith and freedom know that if they can destroy Christianity in the west, they can rule the USA and re-make her into a 21st century iron curtain nation. You and I will either get real serious with God NOW! or we will fall victim to the socialist death machine!
I wonder what you will do?? I wonder what America will do??
If this message quickens your spirit take it and proclaim it from sea to shining sea until every American has heard the message!
God Save America!
America is Living on Borrowed Time
America is living on borrowed time!
Just as this nation survives on borrowed money, that will some day have to be paid back, or else. Therefore, the United States of America is living on borrowed time that soon will run out and the great society that once stood as a beacon of light to the world will crumble helplessly into a pile of rubble.
Once this nation stood upon the truth of the Gospel of Christ, the Word of God was used to teach little children to read in our public schools, now the Bible is considered a book of hate, and is banned from the classroom.
So help us God, the only reason we have not fallen in complete ruin already is because a true remnant of the Church of Jesus Christ is alive and well in America. This remnant stay’s true to the Word of God, pursues God and his Holiness, and prays to God for revival to come to America.
Still America is living on borrowed time, hanging by a thread of the Grace of Almighty the One. America, God has been patient with you, he has allowed you to remain a great nation, but now his patience has run thin, and he is allowing you to destroy yourself from within.
God has allowed the power of Anti-Christ to seize the highest offices in your land. Ungodly men and woman plot your very destruction. You are manipulated from atop your own nations skyscrapers, from the crafty minds of Madison Avenue, and your nations capital.
What HOPE do you have now America?
The doomsday clock continues to click out the minutes until your destruction comes, and when it comes it will be swift, and will paralyze your entire nation, and total panic will ensue. The citizens of America will not know what to do when their TV’s, cell phones, and computers no longer operate. You means of communication will be cut off, and all it takes is one E-bomb to drop and knock out our communications grid, and our power grid.
How fragile our world really is?
That one bomb could take out a large portion of our lives, and leave us in a state of panic! How horrible it will be for those who place their trust in the things of this world, while rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ, who bought them with a very high price, himself !
How terrifying it will be for those who trust the internet, instead of trusting God!
Yes, America is living on borrowed time!
Jonathan Edwards put it so powerfully in his famous sermon entitled “Sinners in the hands of an Angry God” Where he very graphically describes how a man walks over a thin covering, over the very pit of Hell, with the flames nipping at his heels, yet he is unaware that of what is happening to him. He has no idea that the only thing holding him up is the sheer pleasure (grace) of God. “At any moment” Edwards states, God could decide to let go, and the man would fall into the very flames of Hell itself.
America, you hang by a small thread, one that could break at any moment, you as a nation would fall into what would seem like Hell, and you will not know how to save yourselves. Your whole way of life will have disappeared before your eyes. Your money will sit in the bank, and you will not have access to it because the computers are down, your food will begin to run out, and clean drinking water will become scarce.
LOOK AMERICA! Look at what you have placed your faith in, LOOK!
SEE! SEE how quickly everything you trust on a daily basis can fall to ruin before your eyes!
A fallible and fragile system designed and built by fallible and faulty men! What you hold in your hand today will NOT last, but I know something that will last. I know a sure foundation that does not rely on the electrical and communication grids to operate! I know the one who created the world, the entire universe is his, and at his command.
Thy IPOD shall someday die!
Nevertheless, those who place their faith in Jesus Christ shall never die, but shall have everlasting life. This is what God declares is his Word!
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 lines of communication with God are not affected by the high tech weapons of men, nor can they be jammed by the military, or the CIA. When you whole world falls apart, and it seems there is nothing left to hold onto, believe me God is still there to hold onto. If tomorrow, we were to wake up with no electricity, no internet, no cell phone, no ipod, etc.
I tell you the truth; those who trust Christ have something solid too hold onto too, what do you have?
America, your only hope is Jesus Christ! He alone can save you! He alone can rescue this nation! He alone died on the cross for our sins, and was raised from the dead! LOOK AMERICA!
LOOK! Look unto Jesus Christ, your ONLY HOPE! Your ONLY Salvation! He who brings real CHANGE by his transforming power! He want’s to change you today, too transform you life into something good, something worthwhile that will count for eternity. God wants to call you friend. He wants you to seek him while he can still be found.
America may be living on borrowed time, but God’s people are not. They are supported by an invisible hand that grips them tightly, and securely. What is supporting you today?
We pray that America may be spared her judgment for a time, but we know it is inevitable. Lord God there are so many more in our society that do not know you as Lord and Savior, help us your people to be ever vigilant in our fight to rescue souls from the darkness. In Jesus Holy Name, AMEN!
Just as this nation survives on borrowed money, that will some day have to be paid back, or else. Therefore, the United States of America is living on borrowed time that soon will run out and the great society that once stood as a beacon of light to the world will crumble helplessly into a pile of rubble.
Once this nation stood upon the truth of the Gospel of Christ, the Word of God was used to teach little children to read in our public schools, now the Bible is considered a book of hate, and is banned from the classroom.
So help us God, the only reason we have not fallen in complete ruin already is because a true remnant of the Church of Jesus Christ is alive and well in America. This remnant stay’s true to the Word of God, pursues God and his Holiness, and prays to God for revival to come to America.
Still America is living on borrowed time, hanging by a thread of the Grace of Almighty the One. America, God has been patient with you, he has allowed you to remain a great nation, but now his patience has run thin, and he is allowing you to destroy yourself from within.
God has allowed the power of Anti-Christ to seize the highest offices in your land. Ungodly men and woman plot your very destruction. You are manipulated from atop your own nations skyscrapers, from the crafty minds of Madison Avenue, and your nations capital.
What HOPE do you have now America?
The doomsday clock continues to click out the minutes until your destruction comes, and when it comes it will be swift, and will paralyze your entire nation, and total panic will ensue. The citizens of America will not know what to do when their TV’s, cell phones, and computers no longer operate. You means of communication will be cut off, and all it takes is one E-bomb to drop and knock out our communications grid, and our power grid.
How fragile our world really is?
That one bomb could take out a large portion of our lives, and leave us in a state of panic! How horrible it will be for those who place their trust in the things of this world, while rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ, who bought them with a very high price, himself !
How terrifying it will be for those who trust the internet, instead of trusting God!
Yes, America is living on borrowed time!
Jonathan Edwards put it so powerfully in his famous sermon entitled “Sinners in the hands of an Angry God” Where he very graphically describes how a man walks over a thin covering, over the very pit of Hell, with the flames nipping at his heels, yet he is unaware that of what is happening to him. He has no idea that the only thing holding him up is the sheer pleasure (grace) of God. “At any moment” Edwards states, God could decide to let go, and the man would fall into the very flames of Hell itself.
America, you hang by a small thread, one that could break at any moment, you as a nation would fall into what would seem like Hell, and you will not know how to save yourselves. Your whole way of life will have disappeared before your eyes. Your money will sit in the bank, and you will not have access to it because the computers are down, your food will begin to run out, and clean drinking water will become scarce.
LOOK AMERICA! Look at what you have placed your faith in, LOOK!
SEE! SEE how quickly everything you trust on a daily basis can fall to ruin before your eyes!
A fallible and fragile system designed and built by fallible and faulty men! What you hold in your hand today will NOT last, but I know something that will last. I know a sure foundation that does not rely on the electrical and communication grids to operate! I know the one who created the world, the entire universe is his, and at his command.
Thy IPOD shall someday die!
Nevertheless, those who place their faith in Jesus Christ shall never die, but shall have everlasting life. This is what God declares is his Word!
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 lines of communication with God are not affected by the high tech weapons of men, nor can they be jammed by the military, or the CIA. When you whole world falls apart, and it seems there is nothing left to hold onto, believe me God is still there to hold onto. If tomorrow, we were to wake up with no electricity, no internet, no cell phone, no ipod, etc.
I tell you the truth; those who trust Christ have something solid too hold onto too, what do you have?
America, your only hope is Jesus Christ! He alone can save you! He alone can rescue this nation! He alone died on the cross for our sins, and was raised from the dead! LOOK AMERICA!
LOOK! Look unto Jesus Christ, your ONLY HOPE! Your ONLY Salvation! He who brings real CHANGE by his transforming power! He want’s to change you today, too transform you life into something good, something worthwhile that will count for eternity. God wants to call you friend. He wants you to seek him while he can still be found.
America may be living on borrowed time, but God’s people are not. They are supported by an invisible hand that grips them tightly, and securely. What is supporting you today?
We pray that America may be spared her judgment for a time, but we know it is inevitable. Lord God there are so many more in our society that do not know you as Lord and Savior, help us your people to be ever vigilant in our fight to rescue souls from the darkness. In Jesus Holy Name, AMEN!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
The Light and Transforming Power of God
Our founding fathers desired that every citizen would be beholden to the Almighty, and that every home should have a Bible and a Newspaper in it too help ensure that every citizen was well schooled in morality, and religion. These two things would strengthen every home, village, town, and the whole nation.
The principles of God as laid forth in the pages of the Holy Scriptures, are the principles that make a nation free and strong. Our founding fathers knew this to be a fact, and took every precaution they could to insure that this was so. As the nation grew, those who has no respect for Biblical morality, or Christianity crept in, and began to work to undermine the foundation laid by our founding fathers.
“Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens as well” - Noah Webster Nov 22, 1820
The men who founded America knew that if the teachings of the Scripture did not permeate each and every city, and town. That it would not be long before evil literature found it’s way into the hearts and minds of the citizens, and chaos would indeed ensue. These men knew that the Gospel of Jesus Christ had great power to transform this nation, and to keep it cleansed from all forms of licentiousness. For the Power of the Gospel of Christ works in a man’s heart and soul, transforming him/her from the inside out, making him a new creation that longs to do good works, that better all of society instead of tearing it down.
Not like the religions of this world that seek to convert by lethal force, with the sharp bloody blade of hate, but the Gospel of Christ transforms lives with the love, and power of God. This is a foreign concept to those who are motivated by vial hate, and seek to murder those who will not accept their religion whether it be Islam, Humanism, etc. Those who know not the Savior are motivated by a Satanic power to wipe out Christianity by any means possible. They do not understand the value that Christianity brings into society, they see it as a threat that must be done away with.
America as a nation has fallen into the abyss because so many of our citizens are not good Christians, but rather they are pagans who refuse to turn from their sin and serve the one true Lord and Master, Jesus Christ.
Their minds have been programmed by infidels in places of higher learning, where the truth of God has been shut out, so that evil may have free reign. How can anyone who is a follower of Jesus Christ attend these cathedrals of paganism, these colleges, and universities run by haters of God.
Even Christians have fallen prey to the commercialization, and overwhelming materialism of this modern day culture. Lulled to sleep in the arms of entertainment, and modern conveniences. They live busy, fast paced lives where they barely have time to catch a deep breath. Often God plays a very small role in their lives, where he ought to play a very large role.
God help us all!
Infidels work hard to hard to silence the witness of Christ in our culture, spreading licentious literature everywhere they can, drowning our society in ungodliness of every kind, and doing what they can to stand in the way of the transforming Gospel of Christ. They have invaded the church, liberalizing it, making a mockery out of the message of Christ, and preaching a socialist doctrine that is from the pit of Hell itself!
The infidels, and devils alike fear the Gospel of Christ, for they know it’s power to transform lives, and transform entire nations, and they shake in fear of it as there hatred of Christ and the Gospel grows even stronger.
They use our legal system to persecute God’s people, to create laws that are in direct conflict with the will of our founders. They willfully deny our nations Christian heritage, and seek to replace it with a secularized, false heritage. These people are plainly fooling themselves, as their judgment draws even closer. For God will not be mocked, and every man apart from Christ will reap what he has sown.
The Scripture Declares in 2 Cor. 4:4 “Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.”
Many people can’t see the light of God because of their eye’s are blinded by the Devil, and they cannot understand the message of the Gospel because the Devil has plugged their ears as well. If they could just see the truth, and hear the Gospel, their lives would be changed forever, as many other lives have been miraculously changed by the power of God.
I have seen firsthand lives that are radically changed because the light of the Gospel was allowed to shine into them. People who were once slaves to sin, and death, not are alive unto Christ. People who were trapped in drugs, and alcohol usage, now are saved and free from the chains of oppression forever. People who have come out of homosexuality, and other sexual addictions, who are now free, and are passionately in love with Jesus, for their lives have been transformed by God!
Christianity is NOT a useless religion as most religions of this world are. It is a real faith, founded upon the very real person of Jesus the Christ, the true Messiah who came to earth, and died for us all. Christianity is motivated by the unconditional love of God that changes lives by the transforming power of the Gospel.
The Bible declares to us that when the glorious light of the Gospel shines in, the darkness is gone! This is REAL people!
The Bible also declares that once we all were dead in our sins, literal slaves to the devil himself, but once Christ sets a man/woman free, they are no longer enslaved to sin, but become free in Christ.
John 8:36 - “If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free”
When the transforming power of God gets a foothold in a persons life, they are transformed by God from a slave of sin, too a friend of God. Who would not desire to be transformed from darkness to light? Who honestly wants to spend all their earthly days wallowing in the filth and degradation of sin? Wouldn't you rather be set free from the chains of sin that are holding you down? There is freedom is Christ that the world cannot understand because they are lost, and their minds have been blinded by Satan.
There is no apology being given here, not one. I will not apologize for speaking the truth of God’s Word, no matter who it offends, for we are told in Scripture that the Gospel in offensive to those who are perishing, rotting in their sins, and on their way to the lake of fire for all of eternity. Those who act so proud of their sin cannot smell the stench of it, because Satan has plugged their noses so they cannot smell it. He has placed blinders on their eye's so they cannot see the light of the transforming Gospel of Christ shining brightly. He has plugged their ears with wax, so too speak, so they cannot hear the message that would otherwise save their souls.
Too those who insist that there is such a thing as a ‘Gay Christian’, who continue to live in sin, while claiming to follow Jesus, let me say this, you are fooling yourselves, only pretending too follow Jesus, for anyone who is truly converted, and follows Jesus has been transformed in their way of living, and thinking. Their behavior is being modified by God everyday. They are being sanctified, changed into the very likeness of Jesus Christ, as they surrender to him on a daily basis, and allow him the freedom too work within them.
A true follower produces the fruit of the spirit, he/she is filled with unexplainable joy that the world can’t understand. They have a burning desire inside too read the Word of God, and to Worship God with their entire being, and to tell others about the transforming light and power of God! These are some of the marks of a true Christian.
Many church going Christians today lack these things, they do not exuburate the Joy of the Lord as they ought too, they do not study their Bibles as they ought too, and so on. Makes one wonder if our churches are not filled with masses of people who are not transformed by God as they think they are?
It is true, the Light of God, and the Power of the Gospel transforms as no other faith can do. My God changes lives! Gives people a hope, and a future! Transforms sinners into saints! Cleans people up from the inside out! Delivers people from addictions! That is what the Transforming Power of God can do!
Dear Friend, are you searching for God? Are you hungry for real change in your life? Do you desire to experience the transforming power of God in your life? Read on then!
We have all broken God’s laws, His commandments, and all of us at one point were lost without Jesus, and had our backs turned away from him. You see we all are guilty of breaking God’s laws simply for telling even a little while lie, or stealing an ink pen from work. Taking the name of God or Jesus and using it as a cuss word, or bi-word, God calls that blasphemy, and it’s NO joke.
How about having sexual thoughts about another individual, have you ever done that?
That’s called LUST! God say’s that doing such a thing makes each one of us an adulterer at heart. Jesus even likened hating someone the same as murdering them, and that’s no laughing matter. See we have all sinned, broken the laws of God, and deserve to be punished for it.
But God in his mercy and love sent Jesus to die for us all. He took our punishment on the cross so that we don’t have to suffer in Hell for all of eternity. God purchased a pardon for each of us, he wants to set you free today!
The Bible states in Romans 10:13 - “... For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. ...
You must be sincere, and honest with God in regards to your need for him. God calls you to repent, to agree with him that you have broken his laws, and deserve just punishment for it. Repentance leads us to confession. Simply confess to God that you sincerely believe that Jesus Christ took your place on the cross, that you believe the message of the Gospel that God raised Jesus from the dead on the third day.
In all seriousness, ask God for your pardon. Thank him for sending Jesus to die for you. Thank him for his transforming power, and just begin to praise him in your own words. God will being from that point forward to transform you into the very likeness of Jesus, to make you a holy person that God wants us all too be. The light has shown into your life now, go tell someone you know what you have just done, don’t worry about negative reactions, just tell someone “I just accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior”
John 1:12 “ However, to all who received him, those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,
I won’t lie to you. Life won’t get any easier, in fact it’s gonna get harder because the Devil is gonna hit you with everything he can to discourage you, and sidetrack you in your Christian walk. True followers of Christ have the power of God within them to withstand the darts of Satan, so just pray to God for help, and His Grace. Get into a Bible preaching church where the Gospel in preached without excuse! Tell them you just accepted Christ and you wish to be discipled. If they cannot help you find a church that will, and you will grow in your faith.
Get into a small group, men’s or women’s Bible study group, get connected to other believers who care, and will help you grow in Christ.
May God add his blessing to the preaching of his Awesome Holy Word! AMEN!
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