Spreading the Saving Grace of Christ Jesus. Giving God the glory in all circumstances and allowing Him to transform lives and hearts through the atoning work on the Cross. "For we are saved by grace through faith...Ephesians 2:8-9. Love and praise Him with all your heart, mind, strength and soul. Love thy neighbor as thyself and these are the 2 greatest commandments. For even Christ Jesus came not to be served but to serve and sacrifice.
One of the greatest misunderstandings I have found about the Love of God is the idea that it is loving and supportive of religion as long as its my religion!
Let’s be clear – religion is man’s attempt to control God or to see God in a way that excludes others. Grace is dancing in the Light and Love of God and allowing others to dance with unconditional Love for what they call dancing!
“But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.” – Matthew 3:7-8
John the Baptist had no difficulty saying what needed to be said and no one will ever accuse a man who lived on locust and wild honey as being weak. He called people out and he called them to repent – but wait – they were following the law – what did they need to repent from?
Is it possible that a person can be religiously wise and spiritually stupid?
Repentance is turning from the idea that you could do Anything to save yourself, turning from the concept that your works have any value and switching to seeing God as Love instead of God as an effort based self-improvement program! Repentance is the idea that Love Is the hallmark and the path to Being like God!
Repentance therefore is not so much about what you do but the motive of the heart, the reason behind the doing with this in mind – is it being done out of True Love and Compassion?
If not then you are just a clanging cymbal polished with filthy rags and Not resting in the Truth of He Who finished making you Whole on the cross!
Want to know and see the Goodness of God? Look at what He Is, what He seeks from you and how much He desperately wants to see us in the Light of His Freedom!
What Is God? “God Is Love”
What He seeks from you? “Love one another”
How does He want to see us in the Light of His Freedom? “while we were yet enemies Christ died for us”
"If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left: (Genesis 13:9)
As soon as you begin to live the life of faith in God, fascinating and physically gratifying possibilities will open up before you. These things are yours by right, but if you are living the life of faith you will exercise your right to waive your rights, and let God make your choice for you. God sometimes allows you to get into a place of testing where your own welfare would be the appropriate thing to consider, if you were not living the life of faith. But if you are, you will joyfully waive your right and allow God to make your choice for you. This is the discipline God uses to transform the natural into the spiritual through obedience to His voice. Whenever our right becomes the guiding factor of our lives, it dulls our lives, it dulls our spiritual insight. The greatest enemy of the life of faith in God is not sin, but good choices which are not quite good enough. The good is always the enemy of the best. In this passage, it would seem that the wisest thing in the world for Abram to do would be to choose. It was his right, and the people around him would consider him a fool for not choosing. Many of us do not continue to grow spiritually because we prefer to choose on the basis of our rights, instead of relying on God to make the choice for us. We have to learn to walk according to the standard which has its eyes focused on God. And God says to us, as He did to Abram, " . . . walk before Me . . . " (Genesis 17:1).
"Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned." Romans 5:12 "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of salvation is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23 "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
"Moreover, brethern, I declare to you the Gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you --- unless you believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and the He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures." First Corinthians 15:1-4 "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." John 3:17 "He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." John 3:36 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." "John 3:16" "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name." John 1:12
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God. Not of works (nor deeds) lest anyone should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9 "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me." Revelation 3:20 "But what does it say? 'The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart' (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth that the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10:8-10 "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in Heaven." Matthew 10:32 "And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe n the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. 1 John 5:11-13 Accept this free gift and you will be....
"Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned." Romans 5:12 "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of salvation is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23 "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
"Moreover, brethern, I declare to you the Gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you --- unless you believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and the He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures." First Corinthians 15:1-4 "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." John 3:17 "He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." John 3:36 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." "John 3:16" "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name." John 1:12
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God. Not of works (nor deeds) lest anyone should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9 "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me." Revelation 3:20 "But what does it say? 'The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart' (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth that the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10:8-10 "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in Heaven." Matthew 10:32 "And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe n the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. 1 John 5:11-13 Accept this free gift and you will be....
The Acts of the Apostles - A Transitional Book After the Ascension into Heaven
Jesus' last recorded words have come to be known as the Great Commission: "Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea (Jews), and in Samaria (Gentiles), and unto the uttermost part of the earth" (1:8). The Book of Acts, written by Luke, is the story of the men and women who took that commission seriously and began to spread the news of a risen Savior to the most remote corners of the known world. Each section of the book (1-7; 8-12; 13-28) focuses on a particular audience, a key personality, and a significant phase in the expansion of the Gospel of the message. As the second volume in a two-part work by Luke, this book probably had no separate title. But all available Greek manuscripts designate it by the title Praxeis, "Acts," or by an expanded title like "The Acts of the Apostles." Praxeis was commonly used in Greek literature to summarize the accomplishments of outstanding men. While the Apostles are mentioned collectively at several points, this book really records the acts of Peter (1-12) and of Paul (13-28).
The Book of Genesis - Information on the Book of the Beginning of the Word of God
The first part of Genesis focuses on the beginning and spread of sin in the world and culminates in the devastating flood in the days of Noah. The second part of the book focuses on God's dealings with one man, Abraham, through whom God promises to bring salvation and blessing to the world. Abraham and his descendants learn firsthand that it is always safe to trust the Lord in times of famine and feasting, blessing and bondage. From Abraham...to Issac...to Jacob...to Jospeph...God's promises begin to come to fruitition in a great nation possessing a great land.
Genesis is a Greek word meaning "origin," "source," "generation," or "beginning." The original Hebrew title Bereshith means "In the Beginning." The literary structure of Genesis is clear and is built around eleven separate units, each including the word generations in the phrase "These are the generations" or "The book of generations": (1) Introduction to the Geneaologies (1:1-23); (2) Heaven and Earth (2:4-4:26); (3) Adam (5:1-6:8); (4) Noah (6:9-9:29); (5) Sons of Noah (10:1-11:9); (6) Shem (11:10-26); (7) Terah (11:27-25:11); (8) Ishmael (25:12-18); (9) Issac (25:19-35:29) (10) Esau (36:1-37:1); (11) Jacob (37:25-50:26).
I'm sharing these videos not to scare you as they aren't fear-mongering as many are use to seeing. These are stories about what is going on in the world as far as wars, weather, UFOs, and many other real-time occurrences in the world today. Some will even be about dreams and visions. The ones I share are the ones that may vastly differ but at the end, the message is all the same.
Let me also say a few things. One, I am not saying we are in the end times NOR am I saying we are not. God hasn't revealed that to me nor do I think He will. What I strongly feel I told me...yes, God speaks to me but I not audibly. Well, maybe a few times but more on that later. We may not be in the end times BUT...we should live as if we are. In fact, we only know we have right now, this very minute to accept the saving grace of Jesus Christ. It's free and easy. You won't come to Him intellectually. Your mind is an enmity to God. Faith is trust and belief in things unseen and unknown. It's not hard. Everybody has faith in something or someone unseen.
For example, we have faith that if we paid our bill and there are no outages, if we turn on our electrical appliances, most will come on, if not all. We can't see electricity but we trust it works. It does! If not, we KNOW we either forgot to pay the bill or the "thing" that didn't work is broken. Not too difficult, right?
We all know that George Washington was born and became the first president of the United States of America. How? We weren't alive then and we sure can't talk to him now. He's dead and buried. How do we know? Because there is sufficient information in books written by men who were eyewitnesses to his life. No one doubts his existence or most of what's written about him. There's legends, like the cherry tree and throwing a silver dollar across a river, but we believe that most of what we hear is true. He's a man. How many people died or lived their lives in fear of telling about his life? Probably none! I feel pretty safe in saying that.
However, when it comes to Christ Jesus and the Bible, people just cannot believe it's true. Do you honestly think these men and women were less intelligent than us? I say the opposite is more likely to be true. After all, they had to read books, memorize things, use very rudimentary tools, yet they not only managed to survive but thrive. Babylon is still known today as THE richest and greatest empire that ever existed. The accuracy of the book of Daniel has been examined because it is so right than many felt he had to have written it after the fall of Babylon. The good news, it passed the test of time.
Jesus Christ's disciples, except for John, were all killed for spreading the Gospel of Christ Jesus. They devoted their entire lives in terror to get the news out to the world. The early church consisted of Jews. How many people do you know that is that willing to die for a lie? Not many! The Bible is still the most sold and most unread book of all times. It is also the most misunderstood.
Do you understand every book YOU read? No! Does that mean just because you don't understand physics or astronomy that what the writers say is false? No! So why do you think these men who wrote the Bible lied? They didn't. It's that simple. There's so much proof of the Bible and when read correctly, science doesn't disprove it. In fact, it actually upholds it. Evolution of fish to man or slime to man has been proven false over and over. Get over it. Even many scientists are saying we had to have had an intelligent designer, they just fall short of saying Creator Yawhey God!
The plan of salvation is at the bottom of this blog. Read it, trust it and accept it. You don't have to change, God will change YOU and it will be fantastic. Not perfect but so much better than what you have without Him. Anyone who thinks that being a follower of Jesus Christ is slavery has never had a real encounter with Him. It's 100% liberty. Free of guilt, hate, anger and being happy with what you have. Sin is slavery. Money is slavery. Christ Jesus is freedom. Try it! You will be pleasantly surprised! God bless all. I hope you'll at least watch some of the videos to see the truth of what's going on and how the Bible foretold it. You want proof, watch and see. God bless you all!
