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Life Is A Model Example

03 May

My wife and I were woken Sunday morning by our children with May Day gifts.  That’s right, May Day gifts.  My first ever May Day gift.

Why was it so special?  Because no one told them to do it.  It was totally out of the ordinary, unexpected, and one hundred percent was showing us love.

Nunahnunahnunahnah …… what a revelation.

Our children took the initiative, without being prompted, to show us that they love us.

Why can’t most of the human race understand that God wants his children to go out of their way to show Him that they love Him?

I could end the post right here, because that really is the point.  We are given tons of scenarios like this in our lives so we can understand things better and relate.

I know many people who consider themselves Christians who don’t put any effort into a relationship with God.  Let’s reflect on that.  How can this be if they really care about God and Christ like they say they do?

If you say you’re a baseball fan and never watch a game on television, go to the ballpark, or listen on the radio, are you really a fan?

If you say you love country music and never listen to country music, do you really love it?

Isaiah 29:13 –  13 “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.  Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.  

Mark 7:6 – 6 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:

   “‘These people honor me with their lips,
   but their hearts are far from me.

Actions speak louder than words.  Talk is cheap. 

However for those who try to make a show and has a heart that is not sincere, He is not fooled by them either.

If you love the Lord, make Him the center piece of your life.  Show Him that you love Him.

 
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The Lord Loves Righteousness.

02 May

Since I got a late posting I’ll wait to post my other one tomorrow.  Instead I’ll put down a scripture for today.

Psalm 33:5 –  5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice;
   the earth is full of his unfailing love.

Don’t ever forget that.  Our Lord loves what is right and can’t stand what is wrong.  He is the Creator, so we need to do our best everyday on living for Him that gave us life!

 
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Quote – Martin Luther

30 Apr

If the devil were wise enough and would stand by in silence and let the Gospel be preached, he would suffer less harm. For when there is no battle for the Gospel it rusts and it finds no cause and no occasion to show its vigor and power. Therefore, nothing better can befall the Gospel than that the world should fight it with force and cunning.
Martin Luther

It’s the boiling frog effect. 

You see it happen in politics a lot.  People fall asleep and don’t care and then the other side starts doing their thing.  Next election or two they get all riled up and out to vote they go.

When the Gospel got strong in the fifties people were happy and blessed.  World War II was over and they were coming out of the depression.  Things were getting good.  Then complacency stepped in as soon as the sixties started.  The devil knew that the foothold of wealth was starting and if done slow enough, people would allow their faith to slip.  Pretty soon they don’t want to rock the boat on the no God in school issue.  After that abortion comes along and gets sold in the court, because it’s better to be killed in the womb rather than possibly end up in an orphanage.

We’re getting to the point now in this country that anyone who even recognizes any God should be commended. 

That’s not what the Word of God says, and true faith isn’t determined by a vote of democracy.  God created us, the universe, everything.  That includes right and wrong.  He decides that, not popular vote.

If people seek the truth, they will find the Truth.

John 14:6 –   6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

 
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Definition – Repent

29 Apr

From the Free Dictionary.com

re·pent 1 (r -p nt )
v. re·pent·ed, re·pent·ing, re·pents
v.intr.

1. To feel remorse, contrition, or self-reproach for what one has done or failed to do; be contrite.

2. To feel such regret for past conduct as to change one’s mind regarding it: repented of intemperate behavior.

3. To make a change for the better as a result of remorse or contrition for one’s sins.

v.tr.

1. To feel regret or self-reproach for: repent one’s sins.

2. To cause to feel remorse or regret.

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The Bible tells us to turn away from our sin.  The word is repent.

The Lord doesn’t want us only to recognize and ask for forgiveness, but to make all effort to repent.

 
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Die For A Lie?

27 Apr

Who dies for a lie?  It does happen.  People blow themselves up to kill others in the name of what they think God wants.

Let’s take a look at the Twelve Disciples.

Mark 14:43-50 – 43 And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, with a great multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 44 Now His betrayer had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the One; seize Him and lead Him away safely.”
45 As soon as he had come, immediately he went up to Him and said to Him, “Rabbi, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
46 Then they laid their hands on Him and took Him. 47 And one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
48 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me? 49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”

50 Then they all forsook Him and fled.

The Lord had a purpose for them all and they were not to go through what our Lord did at that time.  Just earlier in the chapter Jesus said this.

Mark 14:27 – 27 Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written:
      ‘ I will strike the Shepherd,
      And the sheep will be scattered.

They were to later go out and spread the Word.  Each one of them did so until His death, except Judas which still took his own life that evening.  All but John, were executed for their faith.  John was persucuted constantly and the Lord had plans for him to write Revelation. 

The same men that ran the night before the crucifixion died to spread the Word of Jesus.  If they ran before, would they then die for a lie?  If they hadn’t seen Christ after the resurrection and weren’t filled with the Holy Spirit, how do they ALL find the strength to preach until their death?

I wouldn’t die for a lie.  If the evidence wasn’t overwhelming that pointed to the Bible being the Word of God, Bible Prophecy being fulfilled, seeing the behaviors on both sides being exactly biblically accurate, man had to have a Creator, etc, etc, I wouldn’t even take time to believe it let alone die for it.

But it is the truth and I would die for it.  And it is easily understood for anyone that wants to seek it.  It takes time to learn it well, but you will.  The more you seek the stronger you become, because everything around us points to the God of the Bible and His Son Jesus Christ our Savior.

 
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Who Does The Promised Land Belong To?

25 Apr

Genesis 13:  – 14 The LORD said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west. 15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. 17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.”

Nowhere in the Koran does it say the Jews don’t belong in the land they possess.  As we read in Genesis, God promised Abraham the land for his offspring.  There is no mention of Jerusalem in the Koran and it even states that Moses was told the land was for the Jews.

So how do we get to where Israel’s neighbors all want to annihilate all that live there and some even all the Jews on the planet?

That’s the way Satan works.  He prompted Hitler and others in the past to try and do the same thing.

Why?

Because he knows bible prophecy.  He knows his fate.  If someone told you that you were going to die in a plane wreck and you want to avoid it, what’s the first thing you do?  You don’t ride in any planes.

The devil hates the Jews, because God’s promises are being fulfilled.  Satan hates the Church because it reminds him of the defeat he suffered and we are Christ’s bride.  The devil doesn’t like anything that reminds him of the Lord.

One last rough go of it for the Jews in the Tribulation (because they still don’t recognize their true Messiah until the end of it), but they are there to stay.

Most of the liberal news media doesn’t teach this, what a shocker huh?  Biblically, I wonder which side they’re on?  

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Quote – Keith Green

23 Apr

All roads lead to the judgment seat of Christ.
Keith Green

This is a very important fact that most believers forget today.

Romans 14:10-12 – 10 You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. 11 It is written:
   “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
   every tongue will confess to God.’”
 12 So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

2 Corinthians 5:10 – 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

Salvation is a gift.  Your sins are forgiven.  However, the walk and relationship will still be evaluated.

The Judgment Throne for the unsaved and the Bema Seat for those who are.

We need to live for the Lord.  Salvation is not a get out of jail free card.

 
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The Passover Lamb

22 Apr

Yes it is that time of the year.  It is almost Resurrection Day.  The church has named it Easter, but the total significance of it was that God sent His one and only Son (one and only) to die for our transgressions once and for all.

Back in Exodus the Jewish people were told by the Lord to slay the lamb and paint the doorpost with its blood.  When they angel of death came looking to take the first born, death passed over that household.  They were covered by the blood.

However, like many things, it was symbolic of the ultimate Passover Lamb that was to come.

Luke 22:15 – 15 And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

The Jews were getting ready to celebrate the ceremonial feast soon, but this particular year, the true Lamb, whose blood is sufficient to cover all that have sinned, was preparing Himself.

John 1:29 – 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

God was preparing the way for salvation from the very beginning.  Only the blood of God could wash away the sins of the world.

That’s the reason Jesus is the only way to the Father.  The blood is the only thing powerful enough to wash away our sins.  It’s not our good intention or good works.

Good intention or good works are as effective of washing away our sins as using dirt to clean a white tee-shirt that is covered in dried tar.

The reason man gets upset about the idea of there being only one way, God’s way, is because man has to have it his way.  Just more rebellion in another area.

Take this weekend and really focus on the great gift that was given about 1980 years ago.  There is no way to know all that our Lord had to go through on our behalf, but we know that it was the most loving thing He could do.

If you haven’t accepted Jesus as Savior and King, I have put a page over to the right column that will help you do so now.

Thank you Jesus and thank you God!  Thank you Holy Spirit for always being there.

 
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Quote – A W Tozer

16 Apr

The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.
A W Tozer

How important is the Word of God?  Three times when the devil tempted Jesus, He said, “It is written.” 

Also to pick and choose what one wants in the bible is worth nothing.  It’s like picking a couple of things in your job description and not doing the others.  The Word of God is our manual to get back to being the type of person that we are supposed to be before the fall happened.

It’s easy to pick a couple of things that come naturally to us.  Even people who don’t know the Lord can do that.

Use the Word of God as a living manuscript that helps guide you towards a closer relationship with the Lord.

 
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Would Hitler Be Happy In Heaven?

11 Apr

Many people believe everyone would be happy in Heaven.  How could anyone who was such a murderer and of God’s chosen people at that, who exalted himself and craved the power ever be happy in Heaven?

We take for granted that everyone would be happy in Heaven. 

Hell has been created for God’s creatures that have rejected Him.  That’s why hell was even created.

Anyone who only wants to serve themselves and not God will not be happy in Heaven.  If I went to a place where they only had opera all day, I would not be happy.  If I went to a place where I had to witness people being severely whipped for no reason, I would not be happy.  If I had to go and watch a horror movie marathon, I would not be happy.

Heaven is for those who love the Lord.  Anyone who is curious at all and wants to seek truth will find Him.  Why wouldn’t someone seek God?  Cause they’re busy.

Busy doing what?  Living for themselves and not seeking the Creator at all.  If you’re not seeking the Creator, you either believe the lie that there is no God, or you don’t care to take the time to seek Him. 

There is no excuse come judgment or accounting time.

As humans are we arrogant?  Oh yeah, we’re arrogant.  We know what’s right, just ask us.  Because the only thing that matters to most people is if it’s right for us.

What we should be concerned about is if it’s right in God’s eyes.  How does the King feel about it?

The truth is people not seeking God or wanting God, will not be happy in a place where God is the center.  Will they enjoy hell?

Revelation 20:10 – 10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

No parties according to that verse.  No it’s a place of torment.  Would it be heaven for everyone who thirsts for righteousness and love if the unrepentant Hitler types of history we’re in there?  Not that I could imagine.

God can’t make people love Him.  God can’t make people serve Him.  We make that choice or not.

Heaven however, is for those who love the Lord.

 
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