Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Matthew 9: 37,38
My brethren in Christ across the world. You must keep praying that the Lord raise up more harvesters to reap the great bounty unto Heaven's basket. For God wants to hear the righteous prayer. The harvest is still very great and the number of harvesters are very few. But trust that the Lord thy God will and is answering our prayers. For Jesus Christ Himself has ordered us to pray for these things.
Several times before I have prayed that God through Jesus Christ raise up more harvesters so that billions of people across the world get saved through Christ. Then recently I got a message from a young man, who at only the age of 10, gave me his testimony of how he was beginning his journey with Jesus Christ. And right there I realized that God has been listening to my prayers. By seeing this young man's testimony, God was showing me that He has already started raising up harvesters for His Kingdom.
So brethren we must continue to pray and never cease. Not just praying for harvesters but also praying for everything Christ has commanded us to petition before God the Father. With faith and trust in Him God is answering our prayers. Do not lack faith or fill yourself with disbelief for that only messes things up. God wants to see you trust Him fully and then many miracles happen.
As for us current harvesters who have already been raised up b the Lord, there are always things we can do. There is always something we can do to glorify the Lord and point our fellow man in His direction. For example; American and European Christians are blessed to have easy access to the internet. The internet can be a very useful tool in spreading the gospel of God very rapidly and efficiently. There is a myriad of ways we can use the internet in spreading the Lord's words. Some of us have websites or networks where we can upload the Bible or tell others our testimony of how we came to Christ. I personally use all my old websites to share electronic Bibles in multi-languages. There are many things to do so always ask the Lord what task He has for you.
Remember the prophets of old had it harder to spread the Lord's gospel. Back then men like the John the Baptist and Simon Peter had to travel from land to land. And what we have now at the push of a button, they only had the speed of a horse and rider. So let us not take the tools God has given us for granted and use them for evil things. Let's use every instrument we have as a means to glorify God.
Some of our brethren may not have many resources at their disposal but ask the Lord what you can do for Him. Also pray that He uses you as one of the tools of His kingdom. There is one underlying commandment we must carry out and that is:
Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16: 15
Always carry faith in your heart too my brethren. Every time we fight this spiritual battle we fight it for the glory of the Lord which is in Heaven. In addition when we fight the battle, we fight it with the faith that God is going to save everyone we witness or pray to. We fight this spiritual battle with the faith that every testimony we share, every Bible we give someone, every writing of the Lord we make, every human we intercede in prayer for, or every street we preach on will help a person to become saved. And thus another individual is reaped unto the harvest basket of Heaven.
We don't want to be the only people in the Heaven. We want billions of people across the world to join us in the safety of the Lord's Kingdom and singing praises to the King of Kings with us. God Himself wants everyman to repent and follow Him. The flesh is nothing, the spirit is everything. Even when a someone dies their spirit lives on. Let us continue to work and pray so that many spirits become safe in the Lord's arms. Always know that you have a spiritual battle to fight and a spiritual war to win.
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The Christian and our Goal
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours
John 4: 35-38
If you are like me then you have been walking with the Lord a few years and are a young child in Christ. Although we may not be as experienced as the older brethren, we still have that foundation in the King of Kings, Christ Jesus.
I come shortly to tell everyone to know your true objectives. We do not fight these spiritual battles simply for material gain or rewards in Heaven. Our main concern isn't how much wealth God will give us in His kingdom. Our true and first concern should be how we can glorify the Lord in this dark world. Also know that if the Lord Christ is with you, you should be an ambassador of His Kingdom. That not only means acting like you are of the kingdom of Heaven but also trying to bring as many people unto the Lord's salvation. Imagine if every Christian did his part, we may be able to help Billions of people seek the Lord's kingdom to their souls everlasting. But know that you do not show these people the Lord Jesus Christ simply for the rewards it brings. You show these people Jesus Christ because you want to glorify God in their lives and bring them to eternal safety in God's kingdom. If we fight this spiritual war simply for rewards then we are fighting the wrong war. Know that we only deserve what God has given us. That and nothing more. If there is one reward we should seek it is knowing if we have pleased the Lord everyday and have made Him smile with what we have done.
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
Matthew 20: 1-16
So in a nutshell, these are the two big priorities in our lives. To love and glorify God above all and to help your fellow man find the Lord so that he can also be saved. Do you remember the two great commandments that Lord Jesus said to us? Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your strength and love your neighbor as yourself. This is your task at hand. Maybe if you have a talent or a gift, by all means use it to glorify the Lord and to point your fellow man into the Lord's direction. There are plenty of tasks at hand as well. Some people need to be prayed for and interceded for. Some people need to be torn from the grasps of the devil. Some people need to be healed and loved. Some of us need to petition the King of Heaven for mercy too. There is a multitude of tasks the Lord has put before us. In some cases too many to mention. But we all have a job to do and a duty to God.
Many people may not know Jesus Christ yet. Some of them may be our friends and family or even the pretty stranger you pass by on the road. Our goal should be to help them in the direction of the Lord so that they may see the Father's kingdom with us. But even though while we work, the work is still very plentiful. So I advise all other Christians to pray that God in Jesus Christ raise up more harvesters to help with the work of rescuing people to the Glory Kingdom.
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Matthew 9: 37,38
John 4: 35-38
If you are like me then you have been walking with the Lord a few years and are a young child in Christ. Although we may not be as experienced as the older brethren, we still have that foundation in the King of Kings, Christ Jesus.
I come shortly to tell everyone to know your true objectives. We do not fight these spiritual battles simply for material gain or rewards in Heaven. Our main concern isn't how much wealth God will give us in His kingdom. Our true and first concern should be how we can glorify the Lord in this dark world. Also know that if the Lord Christ is with you, you should be an ambassador of His Kingdom. That not only means acting like you are of the kingdom of Heaven but also trying to bring as many people unto the Lord's salvation. Imagine if every Christian did his part, we may be able to help Billions of people seek the Lord's kingdom to their souls everlasting. But know that you do not show these people the Lord Jesus Christ simply for the rewards it brings. You show these people Jesus Christ because you want to glorify God in their lives and bring them to eternal safety in God's kingdom. If we fight this spiritual war simply for rewards then we are fighting the wrong war. Know that we only deserve what God has given us. That and nothing more. If there is one reward we should seek it is knowing if we have pleased the Lord everyday and have made Him smile with what we have done.
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
Matthew 20: 1-16
So in a nutshell, these are the two big priorities in our lives. To love and glorify God above all and to help your fellow man find the Lord so that he can also be saved. Do you remember the two great commandments that Lord Jesus said to us? Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your strength and love your neighbor as yourself. This is your task at hand. Maybe if you have a talent or a gift, by all means use it to glorify the Lord and to point your fellow man into the Lord's direction. There are plenty of tasks at hand as well. Some people need to be prayed for and interceded for. Some people need to be torn from the grasps of the devil. Some people need to be healed and loved. Some of us need to petition the King of Heaven for mercy too. There is a multitude of tasks the Lord has put before us. In some cases too many to mention. But we all have a job to do and a duty to God.
Many people may not know Jesus Christ yet. Some of them may be our friends and family or even the pretty stranger you pass by on the road. Our goal should be to help them in the direction of the Lord so that they may see the Father's kingdom with us. But even though while we work, the work is still very plentiful. So I advise all other Christians to pray that God in Jesus Christ raise up more harvesters to help with the work of rescuing people to the Glory Kingdom.
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Matthew 9: 37,38
Sunday, June 21, 2009
We beseech thee Great Lord for Mercy
We plea to thee, our great God, for Mercy in the name of Jesus Christ.
For your day is coming very soon.
We beg thee for mercy towards those who know You,
For those who have backsliden,
For those who don't know Your Name yet,
and for those who foolishly doubt.
Let no man doubt that You are Lord and let no man forget that You hold all judgment.
My Lord it is times like these when we need You the most.
Please Lord shed us mercy, shed our families and friends mercy.
We know your day is coming soon and for some it will be like a thief in the night.
Your coming will be so sudden that it can catch anyone off guard.
The doors of your ark will close very soon.
Oh please God, in the name of Jesus, show us sons of men mercy.
Although your Kingdom is glorious and your deeds perfect and loving,
We know your judgment on earth will be darkness.
This is why we pray to You, Ruler of Heaven and Earth for mercy on us all.
It is times like these when we are losing in our spiritual battles, and it is times like these when Your Book of Life is closing that we all need you the most.
It is times like these when our hearts are grieved that we, a family member, a friend, or another human may not make it that we beg You to hold us closer.
The devil laughs at our pain and inflictions, so our only hope for life and love is The Son Jesus Christ.
We are all undeserving, but please great King, show your creation mankind mercy.
Show us mercy in the days to come,
Show us mercy during our life's tribulation,
Show us mercy when we lose some battles,
Show us mercy during your Great Day of Judgment,
You are our first and last hope.
In the name of Jesus Christ, AMEN.
For your day is coming very soon.
We beg thee for mercy towards those who know You,
For those who have backsliden,
For those who don't know Your Name yet,
and for those who foolishly doubt.
Let no man doubt that You are Lord and let no man forget that You hold all judgment.
My Lord it is times like these when we need You the most.
Please Lord shed us mercy, shed our families and friends mercy.
We know your day is coming soon and for some it will be like a thief in the night.
Your coming will be so sudden that it can catch anyone off guard.
The doors of your ark will close very soon.
Oh please God, in the name of Jesus, show us sons of men mercy.
Although your Kingdom is glorious and your deeds perfect and loving,
We know your judgment on earth will be darkness.
This is why we pray to You, Ruler of Heaven and Earth for mercy on us all.
It is times like these when we are losing in our spiritual battles, and it is times like these when Your Book of Life is closing that we all need you the most.
It is times like these when our hearts are grieved that we, a family member, a friend, or another human may not make it that we beg You to hold us closer.
The devil laughs at our pain and inflictions, so our only hope for life and love is The Son Jesus Christ.
We are all undeserving, but please great King, show your creation mankind mercy.
Show us mercy in the days to come,
Show us mercy during our life's tribulation,
Show us mercy when we lose some battles,
Show us mercy during your Great Day of Judgment,
You are our first and last hope.
In the name of Jesus Christ, AMEN.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
One God in 3 Persons
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, THREE MEN stood by him: and when he saw [THEM], he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Genesis 18: 1-3
Out of all the things that leave mankind in awe and astonishment, God is the greatest of them all. His perfect will, His perfect plan, and even His creation remains a mystery to many of us. Also some of the things God even reveals to us sometimes leaves us scratching our heads. One of these things is how God is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
In the start of the Bible at the book of Genesis, we read that God speaks to Himself as “Us” or “We”. The Lord talks about Himself in plural. For example “Let US make man in OUR image.” Even the original word used for the Lord, Elohim, is a plural word. When we wonder why God would talk to Himself in a plural form, the reason is because God is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Thus the famous line in the song Holy Holy, which is “God in 3 Persons, blessed trinity”. The idea of Jesus Christ and God the Father being one, isn't just a new idea introduced in the New Testament, for Jesus Christ was always with God the Father since the start. Jesus Christ the Son was sometimes called “the Lamb who was slain before the foundation of the earth” and perhaps one of His most well known names which is “The Word of God”. But most of all, the most forward depiction of how Jesus Christ was one with God the Father comes from the first chapter of John's Gospel. It goes as this:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”
“the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us”
John 1: 1/14
Here we see in crystal clarity how Jesus Christ “The Word of God” is, from the first and last, one with God the Father. One minister claimed that to say God created man because He was lonely is a blasphemy. He continued that God had always existed in perfect fellowship with Himself, in the form of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This relationship and solid connection of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is further explained in one of the letters of the Apostles.
“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
1st John 5: 7
Yet again here is another explanation of the Elohim or God. That God is one in 3 persons. This in a way furthers the perfection of God, that God is so perfect that He has communion in Himself and needs nothing. If we look in the first book of Genesis in the Old Testament, God pays a little visit to Abraham. This meeting was so interesting because in this case, God comes to Abraham in the appearance of 3 Men. Further more, the times Abraham would beseech God during the encounter, he would address the 3 Men as he would address only one individual; ie his Lord God.
This unique nature of God as the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost exist in more that just in your face written words. There are also subtle clues placed all over the Bible that you can find too. One is told in the Gospels about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Remember how the original Hebrew language and the Torah referred to God as “Elohim”. Well when Christ was crucified, He was recorded as saying “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani”. Notice how Jesus Christ calls God just “Eloi”. The reason of this is because Jesus Christ, God the Son, is calling to the Father part of the Trinity. Thus Jesus Christ just used the singular form of Elohim, which is Eloi, or God the Father.
To some people the Good Lord existing in threes seems like a hard concept to grasp. But I ask you all to merely consider how you exist yourself. God created you and every man with a flesh, a soul, and a spirit. You have 3 parts to yourself.
Jesus Christ is the bridge of God
Everyone has to understand why Jesus Christ the Son is so important when we want to get in touch with God. Jesus Christ's name in prophecy was Emmanuel, which means “God with us”. Jesus Christ was the very bridge of God to earth for us humans. So goes the saying “The Son is the way and the truth and the life. No one comes through the Father except through the Son”. Jesus Christ said during His time on earth, that if you have seen Him then you have seen the Father as well. If there ever was a part of the Trinity of God which bridged the huge gap between man and the Lord, it was in fact Jesus Christ.
One important thing to remember is that everything the Father God did was inevitably for the glory of the Son. And everything the Son Jesus Christ did was inevitably for the glory of the Father God. Jesus Christ suffered agony until death for the sake of being obedient to His Father God. God the Father also brought Jesus Christ out of death and did not let Him see destruction. Because Jesus Christ triumphed over death, sin, and the world, God has given Jesus Christ the dominion and judgment. As Jesus Christ sits at the right hand of the Father, Jesus also now holds the scepter of judgment because He is perfect. The Son has overcome all and triumphed over all thus it is imperative that we come to the Son if we want to go to the Father. Likewise all the things we do in life should be toward the glory of the Son. In the end the big question will be, “What have we done for the Son Jesus Christ? For to Him has He been given heir over all.”
Which brings me to another important thing to say. We cannot pretend to worship God and not know His Son Jesus Christ. It is impossible. I'm sure it also bothers the Lord how so many beliefs talk about God, but at the same time they forget to mention Jesus Christ the Son. We must NEVER think that a prayer, speech, sermon, or talk about God is complete without Jesus Christ in the picture. God is forgiving, yes, but we have to understand the reason God is forgiving is because of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ and His sacrifice is what is blocking the Lord's wrath from punishing us for our sins. There is nothing we can do to appease God for our evils, only Jesus Christ can do that. Because Jesus Christ died for all sin He is the only one worthy to show Himself before the Father. So if we want to come to God, we must do so through the Son Jesus Christ.
Finally brethren, Jesus Christ was the one who paved the way for us all. Many praises to Him for His great deeds. As He set the narrow path for us, we should follow it as He did. So let us live holy as Christ lived holy. He is the perfect and only example of how to be and how to act. No matter how difficult things may seem to grasp, we must still trust the Lord. We must say that “even if I can't understand everything you do, O' Lord, I still trust in you no matter what”. Thank the Lord through Jesus Christ and to Him be all the glory.
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds;
Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on High:
Being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Hebrews 1: 1-4
Genesis 18: 1-3
Out of all the things that leave mankind in awe and astonishment, God is the greatest of them all. His perfect will, His perfect plan, and even His creation remains a mystery to many of us. Also some of the things God even reveals to us sometimes leaves us scratching our heads. One of these things is how God is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
In the start of the Bible at the book of Genesis, we read that God speaks to Himself as “Us” or “We”. The Lord talks about Himself in plural. For example “Let US make man in OUR image.” Even the original word used for the Lord, Elohim, is a plural word. When we wonder why God would talk to Himself in a plural form, the reason is because God is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Thus the famous line in the song Holy Holy, which is “God in 3 Persons, blessed trinity”. The idea of Jesus Christ and God the Father being one, isn't just a new idea introduced in the New Testament, for Jesus Christ was always with God the Father since the start. Jesus Christ the Son was sometimes called “the Lamb who was slain before the foundation of the earth” and perhaps one of His most well known names which is “The Word of God”. But most of all, the most forward depiction of how Jesus Christ was one with God the Father comes from the first chapter of John's Gospel. It goes as this:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”
“the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us”
John 1: 1/14
Here we see in crystal clarity how Jesus Christ “The Word of God” is, from the first and last, one with God the Father. One minister claimed that to say God created man because He was lonely is a blasphemy. He continued that God had always existed in perfect fellowship with Himself, in the form of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This relationship and solid connection of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is further explained in one of the letters of the Apostles.
“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
1st John 5: 7
Yet again here is another explanation of the Elohim or God. That God is one in 3 persons. This in a way furthers the perfection of God, that God is so perfect that He has communion in Himself and needs nothing. If we look in the first book of Genesis in the Old Testament, God pays a little visit to Abraham. This meeting was so interesting because in this case, God comes to Abraham in the appearance of 3 Men. Further more, the times Abraham would beseech God during the encounter, he would address the 3 Men as he would address only one individual; ie his Lord God.
This unique nature of God as the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost exist in more that just in your face written words. There are also subtle clues placed all over the Bible that you can find too. One is told in the Gospels about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Remember how the original Hebrew language and the Torah referred to God as “Elohim”. Well when Christ was crucified, He was recorded as saying “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani”. Notice how Jesus Christ calls God just “Eloi”. The reason of this is because Jesus Christ, God the Son, is calling to the Father part of the Trinity. Thus Jesus Christ just used the singular form of Elohim, which is Eloi, or God the Father.
To some people the Good Lord existing in threes seems like a hard concept to grasp. But I ask you all to merely consider how you exist yourself. God created you and every man with a flesh, a soul, and a spirit. You have 3 parts to yourself.
Jesus Christ is the bridge of God
Everyone has to understand why Jesus Christ the Son is so important when we want to get in touch with God. Jesus Christ's name in prophecy was Emmanuel, which means “God with us”. Jesus Christ was the very bridge of God to earth for us humans. So goes the saying “The Son is the way and the truth and the life. No one comes through the Father except through the Son”. Jesus Christ said during His time on earth, that if you have seen Him then you have seen the Father as well. If there ever was a part of the Trinity of God which bridged the huge gap between man and the Lord, it was in fact Jesus Christ.
One important thing to remember is that everything the Father God did was inevitably for the glory of the Son. And everything the Son Jesus Christ did was inevitably for the glory of the Father God. Jesus Christ suffered agony until death for the sake of being obedient to His Father God. God the Father also brought Jesus Christ out of death and did not let Him see destruction. Because Jesus Christ triumphed over death, sin, and the world, God has given Jesus Christ the dominion and judgment. As Jesus Christ sits at the right hand of the Father, Jesus also now holds the scepter of judgment because He is perfect. The Son has overcome all and triumphed over all thus it is imperative that we come to the Son if we want to go to the Father. Likewise all the things we do in life should be toward the glory of the Son. In the end the big question will be, “What have we done for the Son Jesus Christ? For to Him has He been given heir over all.”
Which brings me to another important thing to say. We cannot pretend to worship God and not know His Son Jesus Christ. It is impossible. I'm sure it also bothers the Lord how so many beliefs talk about God, but at the same time they forget to mention Jesus Christ the Son. We must NEVER think that a prayer, speech, sermon, or talk about God is complete without Jesus Christ in the picture. God is forgiving, yes, but we have to understand the reason God is forgiving is because of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ and His sacrifice is what is blocking the Lord's wrath from punishing us for our sins. There is nothing we can do to appease God for our evils, only Jesus Christ can do that. Because Jesus Christ died for all sin He is the only one worthy to show Himself before the Father. So if we want to come to God, we must do so through the Son Jesus Christ.
Finally brethren, Jesus Christ was the one who paved the way for us all. Many praises to Him for His great deeds. As He set the narrow path for us, we should follow it as He did. So let us live holy as Christ lived holy. He is the perfect and only example of how to be and how to act. No matter how difficult things may seem to grasp, we must still trust the Lord. We must say that “even if I can't understand everything you do, O' Lord, I still trust in you no matter what”. Thank the Lord through Jesus Christ and to Him be all the glory.
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds;
Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on High:
Being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Hebrews 1: 1-4
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Am I doing this for God or for eternal safety?
For what reason am I following the Lord? For what reason are we following the Lord? Immediately in everyone's mind there pops up two reasons: “For the love and glory of God” or “so I don't go to hell”. I asked myself this very question and I thought on it. Ask yourself this question as well. For a person who is just doing things for their eternal survival doesn't look like someone who really loves God. In the end they aren't doing things just for the love and respect of the Lord but they are just actually doing it for themselves. Sometimes deep inside they appear to actually like the worldly lusts but is just afraid of going to hell for them. Jesus Christ said “whoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, but he who shall lose his life for My sake shall find it everlasting”.
When I pondered about the question I looked into my life. I remembered both walking closely in the world and then walking closely with God. And then I asked myself; “Who would I rather be glorious in?”. Immediately the answer was God. I might have been a combination of God's wisdom showing me what the world was like or me seeing the world firsthand, but I knew who I'd rather be rich in.
What about the World?
Let's tally it all up for a minute, when we were in the world and indulging in the evils of it, what did it bring us? For most of us, it was just a bunch of quick fixes that ended up making us feel trapped in something. This is called “the Pleasures of the World”. We would do these evils for the urge but then we felt this ever tightening nose around our neck that binded us to that evil. Remember how miserable we felt those days waking up or those nights at home. When problems arose, all we had was that quick fix which wouldn't solve anything except bring us deeper in despair. Then came the torture of the inevitable. There came the knowledge that no matter how much we indulged in this sin, to help us forget our troubles, the eventual troubles wouldn't go away. It was like squeezing water from a rock. It's almost as if we would cling to our sin, thinking it would save us from our trouble, when in reality it only held us in place while our trouble came to crush us. During our walk with the world and the pleasures thereof, all we got as a result was anxiety, panic, and depression. The world was really like a trip to Vegas. You came in happy, confident and couldn't wait to indulge in it. But by the time you left, you were tired, lost, and broke!
Then there are some of us who used to have the world's wealth or “the Riches of the World”. Some of us had mounds of money, but eventually that money came to own us instead. We had to work so hard for it, we had to trick our way to it, or we had to put aside everything for the making of it. There were some who couldn't spend time with their loved ones because they were always in and out trying to get the cash. Worst of all there were some of us who got the money illegally. When we did illegal acts to get the money we lost our soul to being evil men who hated God and his fellow man for the sake of riches. We became filthy rich (that pun was very much intended). Most of all, we missed out on the beauty God wanted to show us, because we were worshiping our money instead. Pretty soon the means we got the money, whether legally or illegally, dominated our thinking and our lives. We no longer cared about family and friends. We only cared about how to get our next bundle of cash and then how to keep our bundle of cash. Our eyes were fixated on our money like a magnet. Thus money became the god of our lives. The riches of the world enslaved us just like the pleasures of the world did. And like the pleasures of the world, the riches of the world offered it's own anxieties. So if the person who worshiped their fortune, were to suddenly lose it, they would also sink into despair. Once you got it, you had to worry about keeping it too. So everyone remember when you harvested in the world which fades away. Remember how it gave you back nothing in the end, and how it didn't save you from anything. Having everything...yet we are poor. That is what it's like to be of the world. When you are in the world, there is only one place to go...and that's down.
Still don't believe me? Let's look at some prominent people in the world, then apply some of the stuff I mentioned above to their life. Look at some celebrities for example. They make millions of dollars and have plenty of fame, but what goes on behind the scenes from stuff we don't see. Britney Spears is rich, she owns mansions, she has lots of fans, but look at how the world is treating her in the end. She can't breath without someone flashing pictures of her even in privacy. The entire news sticks in her private matters between her husband and family. People out for a buck take advantage of her and take pictures of her in bad situations. Now everyone is calling her crazy because she sometimes wants to break down from all the stresses that chain her down. Look at some political leaders. Yeah they hold a lot of power in the world, yet what is their life really like in secret? They all have to be apart of dark fraternities that make their entire lives devoted to the orders of underground institutions. If they don't comply, they get killed off or have their name slandered. And when they are forced to do something that they didn't want to do, they get blamed by the entire population. However these are just examples of even the greatest amongst the world still gets everything taken from them. The world gives nothing freely, it only takes everything from you in the end.
God however was always good
Now let's take a look at God. When we came to God most of us were broken from the world. We saw how the world left us with nothing but addictions, debts, anger, betrayal and everything else under the sun. At that moment we came to God remember how it felt as if a warm blanket was thrown over you while you were freezing cold.
That day we came unto the Lord, we felt great! For the first time all of our troubles blew away with the wind. We knew that no matter how shaky this world was going to get, God was always going to shield us from it. For the first time, we actually had a friend who would listen to and understand everything that we couldn't talk about with others! This is what God was to us. He was the ultimate friend, protector, lover, champion, helper, strengthener, and listener. It was amazing. Finding Lord Jesus Christ was beyond our most fantastic dreams. And even still, the Lord had more and more to show us! To the person reading this, didn't you feel it too with Jesus Christ? You know you did!
Do you recollect, my friend, how when we came to Jesus Christ and challenged the previously unchallengeable? I know that when Christ placed the Holy Spirit in me, I overcame and challenged everything that feared me in the past. I saw strength build inside of me that I never seen before. I was stronger, better, and bolder. All of this came from God. It was His Spirit that nurtured me and allowed me to buckle chains of steel.
The Lord likened His kingdom to a mustard seed that grew. When you first came to Christ my friend that seed was just in sprout. When His time comes, it will be as a fully grown tree. So if you and me rejoiced when we saw this tree just in sprout, imagine when we see it become a tree (The full Kingdom of Heaven). Meditate on this my friends.
Imagine those knight and barbarian posters from the 80s. They usually depicted this muscular triumphant warrior standing on a mountain peak with his sword raised on high. While his sword was raised up, bolts of lighting would strike it and empower it from the heavens. This is what it is like to be in the Lord. This is what I felt when I was in the Lord; utter empowerment---fearlessness where there was once fear. These are improvements the world has never given us. The Lord supplied you with spiritual armor to stand against the devils tricks, but the world never gave you any such protection. If we turn our back on the Lord, we turn our back on the most beautiful glorious thing we will ever bear witness to.
Another thing that came to me is that the Lord's kingdom, both the 1000 year and New Jerusalem, is how life is supposed to be like. What we live in now is the world's alternative life filled with war, hatred and perversity. But you can only wonder what will it be like in the Lord's Kingdom when you see things for what they should be like. Obviously things of God will be greater than things of the world. And also will mentalities pleasing to God be more superior than mentalities of the world. Meditate on this....
If ever any of you feel like going back into the world, I want you to remember how enslaved you felt before. Remember how its pleasures only made you feel a high for a minute and then dragged you down into pain and hell. Also remember how much glory the Lord showed you when you first came to Him and how much more He wants to share with you.
What we do for Jesus Christ and His glory will be the part of us that lasts eternally. Everything of the world won't go on for long. But God who is eternal and the things of His glory thereof will last beyond time. That is the part of us that will go on for eternity; the Christ with us. Let us rejoice with this news. Let us be happy that all that glory, safety, strength, love and peace you felt when you came to Him will last permanently. And that all those beautiful things which God is, shall always be eternal. Now the next time you ask yourself the question “Am I doing this for God's glory or for my own eternal safety?”, I want you to look back and remember your walk with both. Most of all remember which one was the one who actually saved you. So answer it truthfully and don't just say it thinking you can fool the Lord. Let your works reflect the one you really love. God is not a child who can be fooled with an empty shell. God bless you and keep you.
When I pondered about the question I looked into my life. I remembered both walking closely in the world and then walking closely with God. And then I asked myself; “Who would I rather be glorious in?”. Immediately the answer was God. I might have been a combination of God's wisdom showing me what the world was like or me seeing the world firsthand, but I knew who I'd rather be rich in.
What about the World?
Let's tally it all up for a minute, when we were in the world and indulging in the evils of it, what did it bring us? For most of us, it was just a bunch of quick fixes that ended up making us feel trapped in something. This is called “the Pleasures of the World”. We would do these evils for the urge but then we felt this ever tightening nose around our neck that binded us to that evil. Remember how miserable we felt those days waking up or those nights at home. When problems arose, all we had was that quick fix which wouldn't solve anything except bring us deeper in despair. Then came the torture of the inevitable. There came the knowledge that no matter how much we indulged in this sin, to help us forget our troubles, the eventual troubles wouldn't go away. It was like squeezing water from a rock. It's almost as if we would cling to our sin, thinking it would save us from our trouble, when in reality it only held us in place while our trouble came to crush us. During our walk with the world and the pleasures thereof, all we got as a result was anxiety, panic, and depression. The world was really like a trip to Vegas. You came in happy, confident and couldn't wait to indulge in it. But by the time you left, you were tired, lost, and broke!
Then there are some of us who used to have the world's wealth or “the Riches of the World”. Some of us had mounds of money, but eventually that money came to own us instead. We had to work so hard for it, we had to trick our way to it, or we had to put aside everything for the making of it. There were some who couldn't spend time with their loved ones because they were always in and out trying to get the cash. Worst of all there were some of us who got the money illegally. When we did illegal acts to get the money we lost our soul to being evil men who hated God and his fellow man for the sake of riches. We became filthy rich (that pun was very much intended). Most of all, we missed out on the beauty God wanted to show us, because we were worshiping our money instead. Pretty soon the means we got the money, whether legally or illegally, dominated our thinking and our lives. We no longer cared about family and friends. We only cared about how to get our next bundle of cash and then how to keep our bundle of cash. Our eyes were fixated on our money like a magnet. Thus money became the god of our lives. The riches of the world enslaved us just like the pleasures of the world did. And like the pleasures of the world, the riches of the world offered it's own anxieties. So if the person who worshiped their fortune, were to suddenly lose it, they would also sink into despair. Once you got it, you had to worry about keeping it too. So everyone remember when you harvested in the world which fades away. Remember how it gave you back nothing in the end, and how it didn't save you from anything. Having everything...yet we are poor. That is what it's like to be of the world. When you are in the world, there is only one place to go...and that's down.
Still don't believe me? Let's look at some prominent people in the world, then apply some of the stuff I mentioned above to their life. Look at some celebrities for example. They make millions of dollars and have plenty of fame, but what goes on behind the scenes from stuff we don't see. Britney Spears is rich, she owns mansions, she has lots of fans, but look at how the world is treating her in the end. She can't breath without someone flashing pictures of her even in privacy. The entire news sticks in her private matters between her husband and family. People out for a buck take advantage of her and take pictures of her in bad situations. Now everyone is calling her crazy because she sometimes wants to break down from all the stresses that chain her down. Look at some political leaders. Yeah they hold a lot of power in the world, yet what is their life really like in secret? They all have to be apart of dark fraternities that make their entire lives devoted to the orders of underground institutions. If they don't comply, they get killed off or have their name slandered. And when they are forced to do something that they didn't want to do, they get blamed by the entire population. However these are just examples of even the greatest amongst the world still gets everything taken from them. The world gives nothing freely, it only takes everything from you in the end.
God however was always good
Now let's take a look at God. When we came to God most of us were broken from the world. We saw how the world left us with nothing but addictions, debts, anger, betrayal and everything else under the sun. At that moment we came to God remember how it felt as if a warm blanket was thrown over you while you were freezing cold.
That day we came unto the Lord, we felt great! For the first time all of our troubles blew away with the wind. We knew that no matter how shaky this world was going to get, God was always going to shield us from it. For the first time, we actually had a friend who would listen to and understand everything that we couldn't talk about with others! This is what God was to us. He was the ultimate friend, protector, lover, champion, helper, strengthener, and listener. It was amazing. Finding Lord Jesus Christ was beyond our most fantastic dreams. And even still, the Lord had more and more to show us! To the person reading this, didn't you feel it too with Jesus Christ? You know you did!
Do you recollect, my friend, how when we came to Jesus Christ and challenged the previously unchallengeable? I know that when Christ placed the Holy Spirit in me, I overcame and challenged everything that feared me in the past. I saw strength build inside of me that I never seen before. I was stronger, better, and bolder. All of this came from God. It was His Spirit that nurtured me and allowed me to buckle chains of steel.
The Lord likened His kingdom to a mustard seed that grew. When you first came to Christ my friend that seed was just in sprout. When His time comes, it will be as a fully grown tree. So if you and me rejoiced when we saw this tree just in sprout, imagine when we see it become a tree (The full Kingdom of Heaven). Meditate on this my friends.
Imagine those knight and barbarian posters from the 80s. They usually depicted this muscular triumphant warrior standing on a mountain peak with his sword raised on high. While his sword was raised up, bolts of lighting would strike it and empower it from the heavens. This is what it is like to be in the Lord. This is what I felt when I was in the Lord; utter empowerment---fearlessness where there was once fear. These are improvements the world has never given us. The Lord supplied you with spiritual armor to stand against the devils tricks, but the world never gave you any such protection. If we turn our back on the Lord, we turn our back on the most beautiful glorious thing we will ever bear witness to.
Another thing that came to me is that the Lord's kingdom, both the 1000 year and New Jerusalem, is how life is supposed to be like. What we live in now is the world's alternative life filled with war, hatred and perversity. But you can only wonder what will it be like in the Lord's Kingdom when you see things for what they should be like. Obviously things of God will be greater than things of the world. And also will mentalities pleasing to God be more superior than mentalities of the world. Meditate on this....
If ever any of you feel like going back into the world, I want you to remember how enslaved you felt before. Remember how its pleasures only made you feel a high for a minute and then dragged you down into pain and hell. Also remember how much glory the Lord showed you when you first came to Him and how much more He wants to share with you.
What we do for Jesus Christ and His glory will be the part of us that lasts eternally. Everything of the world won't go on for long. But God who is eternal and the things of His glory thereof will last beyond time. That is the part of us that will go on for eternity; the Christ with us. Let us rejoice with this news. Let us be happy that all that glory, safety, strength, love and peace you felt when you came to Him will last permanently. And that all those beautiful things which God is, shall always be eternal. Now the next time you ask yourself the question “Am I doing this for God's glory or for my own eternal safety?”, I want you to look back and remember your walk with both. Most of all remember which one was the one who actually saved you. So answer it truthfully and don't just say it thinking you can fool the Lord. Let your works reflect the one you really love. God is not a child who can be fooled with an empty shell. God bless you and keep you.
Friday, May 22, 2009
You were born to display the Lord's Glory
In my upcoming testimony I briefly talk about how I survived, untouched, a horrible accident when I was a baby. Well recently I read several messages from the Lord which talked about how difficult it was to enter into His kingdom. Further more I read closely how there are only 2 ways to go....up or down. The Lord said it plainly that not everyone who will cry “Lord, Lord” will enter into the Kingdom. He will tell many in the day “Go away, I never knew you.” My heart broke hearing these things. I felt that I didn't have what it took to be one of the Lord's true children. And even if I was, what about my friends and family who did not yet know Christ? Even though this was during a time when I was eradicating all strongholds of sin from my life, I still sank into a deep sorrow. I wondered what if my deepest nightmare actually was going to happen. What if Christ said to me to depart from Him because I was with blemish? What if I never really knew Him because I don't hear Him talking to me as He talked to Moses or the other prophets? This makes me extremely uncomfortable to discuss and it churns me inside to even think about. And now that we are heading into the year of judgment it all seems like it's all or nothing.
Needless to say there were times when I would go to sleep totally broken, demoralized, hurt and depressed over the news. I would find myself saying “Why couldn't I have just died as a baby?!” or “I just wish I wasn't born at all”. I thought if I was going to go to hell because I wasn't a saint, then why couldn't I have just died in that accident which I survived as a baby.
That's when the Lord revealed to me that I was born to glorify His name. He put me and you on this dark world for a mission. We have a duty to Him. The path is narrow and there are few who find it, but to those who find the narrow path, they have a mission from the Lord. We don't realize how important we are. The Lord said in His book “You didn't chose me, I chose you.” God chose me and He chose you for something special. This world is deceived by the enemy and itself and the Lord needs shining lights to show this dark world the truth. That's where us, the elect come in. Jesus Christ dictated that the harvest is plenty but the harvesters are very few. He was foretelling us about the great gathering we need to do for the kingdom of Heaven.
If you were destined for hell then the Lord would have never selected you in the first place! You chosen to be an ambassador of the Lord's Kingdom before you were even born! So there is no time to curl up in a ball and wonder if we are going to be thrown into hell. There are people out there who don't know the Lord yet and we have to intercede for them. We have to spread the truth and stand in the gap for those who don't know the Lord yet. We have to petition for the Lord to turn back those who have back-slided. The Lord set you up as a light to the world---a lampstand of sorts. The world may not read a Bible, but they will read you. They will see you and you will be a testament for the Kingdom of Heaven. Thus make your works reflective of the Lord's domain. We are in this fight not just for ourselves but for our friends and family, and yea even strangers. When we make ourselves pure and a living sacrifice unto God, He sees us as a reason to shed mercy on others around us. When we intercede and pray that God turns the hearts of our friends and family who do not know Christ, God starts to take action on it. So when we start praying or fasting or interceding on someone's behalf, the Lord sees it and sheds mercy on the people we pray for. Think for a minute...what if that person you are interceding or praying for is your wife or girlfriend who never knew Christ. Or maybe that person you are praying for is your parents who were atheists or a friend who is a satanist. God said if he found 10 righteous men in Sodom and Gomorrah He would have spared the entire city.
No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead,
he puts it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.
Luke 8:16
Now I'm not saying that we can give salvation, because only the Holy Spirit can save people or turn their hearts unto the Lord. But we can pray that God saves people, we can intercede on their behalf, we can ask the Lord to turn their heart, and we can tell them about Jesus Christ. Now since the Lord chose you to be His servant of heaven, you have to bear fruit. The brethren bear fruit in a variety of ways. I used to think that the only way to bear fruit was by street preaching or being a missionary in another country. But the Lord showed me there was a variety of ways I could display the glory of the Lord to others around me. Just talking about Him or sharing the Lord with others is a great way to bear fruit. Recently I signed up for Xanga, Livejournal, and Bloggers because I had many writings about the Lord that I wanted to share with people. You guys out there can do the same thing. Read and talk about a scripture and how it helped you in your life. Post your testimony of how you came to Jesus Christ. You will find that many times your testimony can serve as encouragement to others who are coming to Christ. For all of you brethren who have video cameras, you can upload your testimony to youtube or other video sites where people can watch you confess the Lord before them! Jesus also said, “He who confesses me before man, I will also confess before my Father and the angels.”
So you and I have much fruit to bear for the Lord. With the technology we have today, we have more opportunities to glorify God than ever before. And as we bear fruit and bring glory to God before men, then we will see how we are in fact chosen by God. A lot of people are counting on you and me. The Lord is counting on you to do His will. Your friends and family who don't know Christ are counting on you to pray for them. Don't let them all down. There is no time to start feeling sorry for ourselves. We HAVE to fight this fight!
"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit" (John 15:16).
Needless to say there were times when I would go to sleep totally broken, demoralized, hurt and depressed over the news. I would find myself saying “Why couldn't I have just died as a baby?!” or “I just wish I wasn't born at all”. I thought if I was going to go to hell because I wasn't a saint, then why couldn't I have just died in that accident which I survived as a baby.
That's when the Lord revealed to me that I was born to glorify His name. He put me and you on this dark world for a mission. We have a duty to Him. The path is narrow and there are few who find it, but to those who find the narrow path, they have a mission from the Lord. We don't realize how important we are. The Lord said in His book “You didn't chose me, I chose you.” God chose me and He chose you for something special. This world is deceived by the enemy and itself and the Lord needs shining lights to show this dark world the truth. That's where us, the elect come in. Jesus Christ dictated that the harvest is plenty but the harvesters are very few. He was foretelling us about the great gathering we need to do for the kingdom of Heaven.
If you were destined for hell then the Lord would have never selected you in the first place! You chosen to be an ambassador of the Lord's Kingdom before you were even born! So there is no time to curl up in a ball and wonder if we are going to be thrown into hell. There are people out there who don't know the Lord yet and we have to intercede for them. We have to spread the truth and stand in the gap for those who don't know the Lord yet. We have to petition for the Lord to turn back those who have back-slided. The Lord set you up as a light to the world---a lampstand of sorts. The world may not read a Bible, but they will read you. They will see you and you will be a testament for the Kingdom of Heaven. Thus make your works reflective of the Lord's domain. We are in this fight not just for ourselves but for our friends and family, and yea even strangers. When we make ourselves pure and a living sacrifice unto God, He sees us as a reason to shed mercy on others around us. When we intercede and pray that God turns the hearts of our friends and family who do not know Christ, God starts to take action on it. So when we start praying or fasting or interceding on someone's behalf, the Lord sees it and sheds mercy on the people we pray for. Think for a minute...what if that person you are interceding or praying for is your wife or girlfriend who never knew Christ. Or maybe that person you are praying for is your parents who were atheists or a friend who is a satanist. God said if he found 10 righteous men in Sodom and Gomorrah He would have spared the entire city.
No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead,
he puts it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.
Luke 8:16
Now I'm not saying that we can give salvation, because only the Holy Spirit can save people or turn their hearts unto the Lord. But we can pray that God saves people, we can intercede on their behalf, we can ask the Lord to turn their heart, and we can tell them about Jesus Christ. Now since the Lord chose you to be His servant of heaven, you have to bear fruit. The brethren bear fruit in a variety of ways. I used to think that the only way to bear fruit was by street preaching or being a missionary in another country. But the Lord showed me there was a variety of ways I could display the glory of the Lord to others around me. Just talking about Him or sharing the Lord with others is a great way to bear fruit. Recently I signed up for Xanga, Livejournal, and Bloggers because I had many writings about the Lord that I wanted to share with people. You guys out there can do the same thing. Read and talk about a scripture and how it helped you in your life. Post your testimony of how you came to Jesus Christ. You will find that many times your testimony can serve as encouragement to others who are coming to Christ. For all of you brethren who have video cameras, you can upload your testimony to youtube or other video sites where people can watch you confess the Lord before them! Jesus also said, “He who confesses me before man, I will also confess before my Father and the angels.”
So you and I have much fruit to bear for the Lord. With the technology we have today, we have more opportunities to glorify God than ever before. And as we bear fruit and bring glory to God before men, then we will see how we are in fact chosen by God. A lot of people are counting on you and me. The Lord is counting on you to do His will. Your friends and family who don't know Christ are counting on you to pray for them. Don't let them all down. There is no time to start feeling sorry for ourselves. We HAVE to fight this fight!
"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit" (John 15:16).
Monday, May 11, 2009
We do not deserve anything except eternal destruction
My friends today I discuss something that really disturbs and hurts me a lot. The human race deserves nothing from God except hell itself. We can never be good enough to think that we have earned anything from the Lord. We can never have done enough good deeds or behaved nice enough or have gone to church enough to be saved from hell. The only reason mankind has a chance, despite our filth, to make it into the kingdom of heaven is because of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the only one who deserves anything because He is the only one who triumphed over all without the slightest blemish. And even while He stood on earth, He never exalted Himself before His Father in Heaven. Instead He asked that His Father's will be done instead of His own. Jesus Christ was the only person in history to live without any evil inside of Him and yet still be punished for all the evils we have done.
Nothing impure or with the slightest sin can enter into the kingdom of God. Any one sin makes a person fit for only hell. We have to understand that God is a perfect being. He is flawless and it seems absurd that something filthy or dirty should be able to come into contact with something so clean. I myself am thousands of dollars in debt from college and the Lord said to owe no one the slightest farthing. So right there I deserve hell for being in so deep in debt and disobeying God. God is the very definition of what is good or holy. What man sees as good is actually just evil. And it makes sense to when you consider that God is omnipotent and knows what is best for everything---anywhere.
Even though I call myself a Christian I might still go to hell just as much as any atheist or satanist. What makes me so special? How am I any more deserving of the Lord's mercy as the guy across the street or on the other side of the world? There is no guarantee that I am destined for Heaven. Mary K. Baxter said that when she was dealt a vision of hell, she saw many Christians there. Even if the Lord promised me that I would be in His kingdom, would we really want to know? Would we really want to know so that we may prop our feet up on the desk and relax? Would we really want to know so that we show no thought or pray for people who are going to hell? I personally ask that the Lord breaks my heart and makes me fearful of Him so that I may never relax or stop showing mercy to others. I pray that I am always kept on my toes so that I may constantly reform myself and that many others join me in the Lord's kingdom. But I will not know until the day I die. Jesus Christ is the bouncer at the door and if He doesn't like the way you appear to Him, He won't let you inside His Kingdom. I can say I know Jesus Christ all I wants, but what counts in the end is if He knows me.
The only person worthy is Jesus Christ. Even though I try not to sin everyday I still manage to do that. For example before I went to type this very blog I stopped to have lunch. Right there I have sinned in the eyes of God because I sought out my own fulfillment before God's. So I don't walk the streets looking down on people going “tsk tsk that person is going to hell because he's like that or this person is going to fall because he's doing this”. I wouldn't even dare think of such a thing, because all of us are in need of Jesus Christ. Who am I to pass judgment on anyone? For I am not God nor am I totally perfect like Jesus Christ. Instead I pray that all of us make it into the Lord's kingdom. I pray that Jesus rescue us all, from all religions and peoples. I pray that people who have angered or hurt me make it into heaven all the same. And for people who have ever been kind to me then I hope their mansion in heaven is doubled when they see it. But this will only happen with Jesus Christ. All I can do as a mortal imperfect man is to pray for others.
Do any of you remember back in school when you saw that beautiful woman or handsome man? And you knew that you didn't have a chance with them because they were the most popular, the most smartest, the richest or the most athletic person in school. Well this is God. He's this all powerful being that is spotless and pure. And we are just these flawed and temporary creatures that He has made. I'm not saying this for the purpose of being humble; rather it is just pure logic. If you made a pile of mud and it asked to dwell inside your cleaned house, would you do it? No you wouldn't. But God was willing to sacrifice Himself so that these piles of mud would be clean enough to enter His house.
We are all undeserving of the white robes of Christ, that is why I thank Him and praise Him for His sacrifice where He suffered for it. Understand that those white robes He will clothe us in was brought at a very very high price. He had to bleed and agonize for them. He didn't have to do it, because He was totally perfect...yet He did. And He didn't just do it for us Christians, but He did it for every single person across the globe. I know that many people say in their heart, “oh God owes me for this” or “or God is suppose to reward me for what I did here” or “God should give me that for me being like this”. I say again, we do NOT deserve ANYTHING. The only reason we get something is because of Jesus Christ.
God will have mercy on who He wants. For some people have only one chance to repent and others have multiple. We are not to understand or to know God's master plan. But one thing are to do is to trust Him. It is good that God does not let us know His master plan or who is to be saved or not. For if we did, we may become less mindful of His glory and perfection. Let us serve God; the very source of goodness and perfection and let us feel honored by it. For the air I breath, I am grateful to God for it.
Nothing impure or with the slightest sin can enter into the kingdom of God. Any one sin makes a person fit for only hell. We have to understand that God is a perfect being. He is flawless and it seems absurd that something filthy or dirty should be able to come into contact with something so clean. I myself am thousands of dollars in debt from college and the Lord said to owe no one the slightest farthing. So right there I deserve hell for being in so deep in debt and disobeying God. God is the very definition of what is good or holy. What man sees as good is actually just evil. And it makes sense to when you consider that God is omnipotent and knows what is best for everything---anywhere.
Even though I call myself a Christian I might still go to hell just as much as any atheist or satanist. What makes me so special? How am I any more deserving of the Lord's mercy as the guy across the street or on the other side of the world? There is no guarantee that I am destined for Heaven. Mary K. Baxter said that when she was dealt a vision of hell, she saw many Christians there. Even if the Lord promised me that I would be in His kingdom, would we really want to know? Would we really want to know so that we may prop our feet up on the desk and relax? Would we really want to know so that we show no thought or pray for people who are going to hell? I personally ask that the Lord breaks my heart and makes me fearful of Him so that I may never relax or stop showing mercy to others. I pray that I am always kept on my toes so that I may constantly reform myself and that many others join me in the Lord's kingdom. But I will not know until the day I die. Jesus Christ is the bouncer at the door and if He doesn't like the way you appear to Him, He won't let you inside His Kingdom. I can say I know Jesus Christ all I wants, but what counts in the end is if He knows me.
The only person worthy is Jesus Christ. Even though I try not to sin everyday I still manage to do that. For example before I went to type this very blog I stopped to have lunch. Right there I have sinned in the eyes of God because I sought out my own fulfillment before God's. So I don't walk the streets looking down on people going “tsk tsk that person is going to hell because he's like that or this person is going to fall because he's doing this”. I wouldn't even dare think of such a thing, because all of us are in need of Jesus Christ. Who am I to pass judgment on anyone? For I am not God nor am I totally perfect like Jesus Christ. Instead I pray that all of us make it into the Lord's kingdom. I pray that Jesus rescue us all, from all religions and peoples. I pray that people who have angered or hurt me make it into heaven all the same. And for people who have ever been kind to me then I hope their mansion in heaven is doubled when they see it. But this will only happen with Jesus Christ. All I can do as a mortal imperfect man is to pray for others.
Do any of you remember back in school when you saw that beautiful woman or handsome man? And you knew that you didn't have a chance with them because they were the most popular, the most smartest, the richest or the most athletic person in school. Well this is God. He's this all powerful being that is spotless and pure. And we are just these flawed and temporary creatures that He has made. I'm not saying this for the purpose of being humble; rather it is just pure logic. If you made a pile of mud and it asked to dwell inside your cleaned house, would you do it? No you wouldn't. But God was willing to sacrifice Himself so that these piles of mud would be clean enough to enter His house.
We are all undeserving of the white robes of Christ, that is why I thank Him and praise Him for His sacrifice where He suffered for it. Understand that those white robes He will clothe us in was brought at a very very high price. He had to bleed and agonize for them. He didn't have to do it, because He was totally perfect...yet He did. And He didn't just do it for us Christians, but He did it for every single person across the globe. I know that many people say in their heart, “oh God owes me for this” or “or God is suppose to reward me for what I did here” or “God should give me that for me being like this”. I say again, we do NOT deserve ANYTHING. The only reason we get something is because of Jesus Christ.
God will have mercy on who He wants. For some people have only one chance to repent and others have multiple. We are not to understand or to know God's master plan. But one thing are to do is to trust Him. It is good that God does not let us know His master plan or who is to be saved or not. For if we did, we may become less mindful of His glory and perfection. Let us serve God; the very source of goodness and perfection and let us feel honored by it. For the air I breath, I am grateful to God for it.
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