DAILY DEVOTIONAL BY IN TOUCH MINISTRIES - GRACE

Grace to Keep Going

Acts 15:7-11

As believers, we readily attribute our salvation to God’s grace, but what does “this grace in which we stand” mean to us now (Rom. 5:2)? How does it work out in everyday life, especially when we’re going through periods of trial or suffering?

1. The Lord’s grace releases His supernatural power within us so we can endure life’s hardships with a godly attitude. In fact, we’ll even be able to rejoice in what He is doing in us through the adversity.
2. Grace builds our confidence in the sovereign Lord. Nothing looks hopeless when we focus on Him instead of on our problems.
3. We discover the assurance of God’s sustaining presence as He walks with us every step of the way.
4. Because we’ve experienced His care for us, we are able to show empathy and love to others facing hard times.
5. During fiery trials, grace works to transform our character so that others can see Jesus reflected in us.

Difficulties in life are unavoidable. So we need a daily dose of God’s grace if we are to walk through trials with confidence that there is great reward on the other side. If we rely on our own strength, however, obstacles will appear insurmountable, leaving us discouraged and ready to give up.

Too often believers rely on Christ for their salvation but then try to go solo. If God’s grace was needed to save us, then logic says we would also need it for the rest of our days. Only through a continuous infusion of His sustaining power can we live a victorious Christian life.

For more biblical teaching and resources from Dr. Charles Stanley, please visitwww.intouch.org.

Used with permission from In Touch Ministries, Inc. © 2016 All Rights Reserved.

SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION BY JESUS CHRIST

First Corinthians 15:1-11

GRATITUDE

The holiday season is the perfect time to consider what you are thankful for and why. But Thanksgiving and Christmas aren’t the only times of the year to count your blessings. Finding gratitude and appreciating the small stuff in life throughout the year could positively impact your day-to-day life.

The Psalms are always a comforting place to turn to for reminders of joy and gratitude. Psalm 92:1-2 speaks about the everyday grace of gratitude: “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, To declare Your loving kindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night.”

There are many tragedies in this world, and it’s easy to lose joy and appreciation in your everyday life. Choosing gratitude is choosing to see the world with His grace. While relationships, finances and other aspects of life may change for better or for worse, God is here for better or for worse. Your ability to have and show gratitude in your daily life opens your mind, body and spirit to an abundance of positivity.

1. Gratitude is Amazing for Your Heart
As you give thanks, your mood improves and you begin to pay attention to choosing positive health behavior, from fitness to nutrition. Positive psychological attributes, such as expressing gratitude, have a direct effect on your heart health, reducing inflammation.

2. Gratitude Boosts Your Memory
Giving thanks is a big brain booster, providing an increased overall sense of wellbeing and quality. As you show gratitude, anxiety and depression risks decrease, freeing up room for your ability to focus on the most important memories and loved ones.

3. Gratitude Improves Your Sleep Quality
Having trouble catching the ZZZs? Write down what you are thankful for as you begin to feel drowsy. Researchers have discovered if you record what you’re grateful for 15 minutes before bedtime, you’ll fall asleep faster, longer and have a better sleep quality.

4. Gratitude Deepens Your Relationships
It’s about the little things your partner does for you, like feed the kids so you can sleep in. It’s in a simple phone call from an old friend you haven’t heard from in months, just to check in. Gratitude makes your relationships stronger, and that’s reinforced when you spend time writing down those little things. The simple act of jotting these little things down notes and reinforces their importance to you.

5. Gratitude Strengthens Your Immune System
Optimism is on the same positive emotion spectrum as expression of gratitude, which is linked with better immune system health. Stressed-out people who see situations with a positive light and sense of gratitude have more immune-boosting blood cells than those who are pessimistic.

6. Gratitude Boosts Joy
Giving thanks and feeling gratitude toward others reduces a variety of negative emotions, such as resentment, envy or frustration. Gratitude is strongly linked with personal wellbeing, and gratitude effectively boosts happiness and reduces feelings of sadness.

7. Gratitude Reduces Depression
Across studies, expressing gratitude was revealed to reduce feelings of depression. This was most effective when participants chose optimistic viewpoints and reframed negative situations with positivity and gratefulness.

SEE ALSO: What the Bible Says about Giving Thanks (and Why It’s Important to Believers)

8. Gratitude Helps You Feel Peace
Do you have trouble with anxiety? Cultivating gratefulness may lessen your anxiety, especially from more chronic conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Practicing proactive coping skills and self-efficacy empowers you and relieves symptoms.

9. Gratitude Amplifies Your Career
Expressing gratitude can make you a more effective manager, assist you with networking and boost your decision-making skills. The result helps you gain headway on your career path, making your workplace an enjoyable place to be.

10. Gratitude Increases Your Productivity
Do you need to be more productive? Writing a letter to someone with gratitude or keeping a gratitude journal will increase your productivity, boosting levels of alertness, confidence, enthusiasm and determination.

Gratitude is ultimately about connection and paying attention. A gratitude practice is essential in your daily life to feel happier and more connected to the world and a higher power. Keep a gratitude journal. Try to turn complaints into positive compliments.

SEE ALSO: Why is Giving Thanks to God so Important?

See the light side of things, and appreciate the little stuff of life. Talk a walk, and appreciate how the light breaks through the stormy clouds. Take a moment to smile at your partner as he or she lets you sleep in, again. Write a letter to your mother expressing your gratitude for all she does for you now.

Negativity and bad turns or luck in life will make you lose your footing at times. It happens. Expressing gratitude is a wonderful way to stay in touch with God and those who love and support you, from morning to night.

Sarah Landrum is a freelance writer on a mission to change the world and help people live happier, more enriched lives. She is also the founder of the career and happiness site Punched Clocks. 

God Bless and Share the Gospel of Salvation by Christ Jesus

First Corinthians 15:1-11

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THE WEDDING TICKET

BELIEVE

" Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: and that he was seen of Peter, then of the Twelve....." 1 Cor.15:3-5
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God saves those who acknowledge their sins and repent (a change of mind about sin and commission of sin, a Holy God who gave us life and Holy commands, and salvation through Jesus Christ who is the only begotten Son of God and Lord and Savior)

FACTS OF IMPORTANCE

Jesus loves us. Rev.1:5. He came to earth born of a virgin, Mary; Isaiah 7:14; by the power of God the Holy Spirit, and lived a sinless life as Immanuel, God with us! Mt.1:18-25. That life He gave for us, John 10:11, and our sins He paid for by His sinless blood, Rom.5:8, on a cross of shame. 2 Cor.5:21; He was buried and rose from the dead the 3rd day.1 Cor.15:3-4. He is returning for His blessed Bride.John 14:1-3. He can come at any moment.Titus 2:12-14. Nothing can stop Him. Heb.1:13; Col.1:16 He is God The Son, Lord and Savior of all believing sinners; Rom.10:9-10, we are His sheep, His Family in the faith by the grace of Almighty God. Eph.2:8-10. And He promised us He would never leave us nor forsake us; Heb.13:5. He is IN us now by the Holy Spirit; 1 Cor.6:19 and that one FINE day He would personally come for us, Rev.22:12; and that He would complete our salvation by calling us up from the heavens above the earth to be with Him as His Bride,1 Th.4:16-17 in His Heavenly Kingdom, John 18:36 and the golden city He built for us, Rev.21:2-5, the New Jerusalem above, forever! John 14:1-3... AMEN!

NOT APPOINTED TO WRATH ( WE R GOING HOME: GOING UP  MUSIC SCORE!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv8YjKBzRUI  (VIDEO)

1 Thessalonians 5:4-5 - But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

John 8:12 - Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."

1 Peter 2:9-10 - But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

OH LORD, HOW GREAT THOU ART!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvF1rSSCaFM  (Video)

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

***IMMINENCE OF RAPTURE

Pretribulationism has historical support. From John 21:22-23:

" 22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?"

It would APPEAR that the early church viewed Christ’s return as imminent, that He could return at any moment. Otherwise, the rumor would not have persisted that Jesus would return within John’s lifetime. Imminence, is a key tenet of pretribulationism.

SEE THE MAN COMING: RAPTURE BEFORE TRIBULATION (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C9dFmhwqEc

WE LOOK DAILY AND SERVE FOR HIS GLORY

Titus 2:13-14
13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

THE CHURCH AGE ( GOSPEL OF GRACE)

Dispensation of grace:

Throughout the Bible, God deals with different groups of people in different ways. In order to fully understand how God deals with each group, we need to first discuss one of the most important concepts in the study of prophetic Scripture - the doctrine of dispensations. A dispensationalist believes that God treats different groups of people differently at different times in history. In other words, He has different sets of rules for different times and different people groups. Paul taught about the "dispensation of grace" in Ephesians:

Ephesians 2:4-9 - But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Ephesians 3:1-7 - For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles - if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.

It is clear in the passages above that God dealt with Israel differently under the Law than how He deals with the Church under the "dispensation of grace," which is a time in human history where God has chosen to pour out His mercy and grace without the burden of the Law. The "dispensation of grace" began at the cross, where the "dispensation of the Law" ended:

Colossians 2:13-14 -

And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

At the beginning of the "Dispensation of Grace," God's focus shifted to the Church after Israel rejected Christ. In a future dispensation, God will again shift His focus back to Israel:

Romans 9:22-26 - What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? As He says also in Hosea: "I will call them My people, who were not My people, and her beloved, who was not beloved." "And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' There they shall be called sons of the living God."

Christ reconciled and sanctified the Church BY HIS BODY BLOOD AND SINLESS LIFE:

Hebrews 13:12 - Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

1 John 1:7 - ...the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Ephesians 5:25-27 - Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

Philippians 3:9 - ...not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith.

The blood of Christ reconciled and sanctified the Church, making the Church righteous before God under the "dispensation of grace." During the previous "dispensation of the Law," Israel had to sacrifice to atone for their iniquity until Jesus died on the cross (Isaiah 53), but Israel rejected Jesus as their Messiah and will go through a period of judgment before they corporately accept Christ's work of atonement and ALL these "Saints and elect " of ISRAEL will form the New Israel of "priests" to serve God worldwide in the 1000 year reign of Jesus on earth.

GOD WILL JUDGE THE WORLD IN WRATH: THE NEXT DISPENSATION

God will turn back to Israel during a dispensation of judgment and wrath ("The time of Jacobs Trouble" last 3 1/2 years of 7 year world judgments (Great Tribulation) by God and most horrific for Israel):

Jeremiah 30 - Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it. 'For it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord of hosts, 'That I will break his yoke from your neck, and will burst your bonds; foreigners shall no more enslave them. But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for them. 'Therefore do not fear, O My servant Jacob,' says the Lord, 'Nor be dismayed, O Israel; for behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet, and no one shall make him afraid. For I am with you,' says the Lord, 'to save you; though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a complete end of you. But I will correct you in justice, and will not let you go altogether unpunished.'

There has not yet been a dispensation characterized by God's judgement, though God has judged nations in all dispensations. As shown throughout the Old Testament, God first chastises nations through "tribulations," such as drought, famine, and the sword to bring them to repentance (Deuteronomy 11). When chastisement doesn't work, God turns the people over to their reprobate minds (Romans 1). ( SEEM FAMILIAR USA?) When the nation's iniquity is complete, God pours out His wrath, destroying and removing the people from the land to cleanse it (Genesis 15:16, Jeremiah 25:12). This pattern can be found across the dispensations in both the Old and New Testament and for people who are under and not under the Law of Moses (Leviticus 18, 20, Romans 1). However, during the 7-year Tribulation God will not judge separate nations, He will judge the world. Thus, the "dispensation of judgment" is a period of GLOBAL judgment.

CONCLUSION OF JUDGMENTS

THAT "TERRIBLE" LAST DAY OF GREAT TRIBULATION

Zechariah 12:9-15
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

Chaim, least

                                                 

CAN ONE REALLY REST IN PEACE WITHOUT THE PRINCE OF PEACE? FIND OUT! (RIP) A MUST READ

Evangelist Idaline Joelle.

The Bible says in John: 3:16:18: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

According to John: 3:18, those who do not believe in Jesus Christ are already condemned; whether you say rest in peace or not, no one will ever rest in peace after death without first accepting the Prince of Peace as their Lord and Saviour before death. Selah.
(See also: John: 3:36, 1 John:5:12)

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‎LET‬ HIM OR HER KNOW THE PRINCE OF PEACE FIRST, BEFORE YOU SAY: REST IN PEACE.” Selah

Isaiah: 48:22 says: There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. Selah

‪#NO‬ ONE WILL EVER REST IN PEACE AFTER DEATH, WITHOUT FIRST ACCEPTING THE PRINCE OF PEACE BEFORE DEATH!

‪#You‬ can have 5 private Jets, and 100 brand new cars, but if you die without Jesus Christ, you will go straight to hell fire for everlasting to everlasting to everlasting and to everlasting! Selah

‪‎#Jesus‬ Christ says: in Mark: 9:44: ""Where their worm dieth NOT, and the FIRE is NOT QUENCHED."" Selah! Selah! Selah!

In Mark: 8:36:37: Jesus Christ is asking you these solemn questions:

1.For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

2. Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Again in Matthew:16:26 Jesus Christ is asking you these solemn questions:

1. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

2. Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Selah

#But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. (Isaiah: 57:20:21)

The Bible says: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah: 9: 6

Jesus Christ said in John: 14:27: Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

#YOU CANNOT REST IN PEACE AFTER DEATH, IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE THE PRINCE OF PEACE BEFORE DEATH. ~ Selah

‪#Only‬ he or she whose mind is stayed on the Lord God is kept in Perfect Peace~ Isaiah: 26:3. Selah

‪#Philippians‬: 4:7 says: And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

‪#‎The‬ Psalmist said: Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. Psalm: 119:165.

Do you have the Prince of Peace?

#The Psalmist said in Psalm: 116:15: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Selah

‪#‎Not‬ the death of the wicked, for the Lord knows that the wicked shall be turned into hell. Psalm: 9:17. Selah

‪‬ #Can one really rest in Peace Without the Prince of Peace? NO!

‪#Without‬ first accepting the Prince of Peace as your Lord and Saviour while alive on earth, you cannot and will not rest in Peace or have rest of any kind after death.

(See: Isaiah: 57:20:21, Revelation: 14:11)

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? John: 11:25:26

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Revelation: 20:10

Do You Have The Son? DO YOU HAVE JESUS CHRIST?

‪#In‬ order for one to rest in peace after death, he or she must FIRST accept the Prince of peace (Jesus Christ) as his or her personal Lord and Saviour before death, without first accepting the Prince of Peace before death; no one will ever have peace, or rest in peace after death. Selah!

1 John: 5:11:12: says: And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

‪#‎#Even‬ if you say: REST IN PEACE; HE OR SHE WILL NEVER REST IN PEACE WITHOUT JESUS CHRIST! Selah.

(See: John: 3:3; 3:7; 14:6; 11:25:26; 1 John: 5:12, Revelation: 14:11; 20:10)

Jesus Christ says : I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John: 14:6

I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. John: 10:9

Words of Jesus: Then said Jesus unto them again, verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
John: 10:7:8

#For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1Timothy: 2:5

#JESUS CHRIST IS LORD! NOT Allah. Selah

Should you say: I have Muhammad. Well, you may as well go straight to hell fire, and wait for some more Muslims to join you in hell fire.

#THE SON! THE SON! THE SON! HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS EVERLASTING LIFE!!!

‪‎#DO‬ YOU HAVE THE SON? DO YOU HAVE THE PRINCE OF PEACE?

#Only he or she whose mind is stayed on the Lord God will rest in Perfect Peace~ Isaiah: 26:3. Selah.

#The Bible says: For He (Jesus Christ) is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us. Ephesians: 2:14

DO YOU HAVE THE PRINCE OF PEACE?

Receive the Prince of Peace whilst alive, so that you can rest in peace after death by praying the salvation prayer with meaning in your heart: Heavenly Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I thank you because you love me. Jesus Christ, I believe in my heart that you are the son of God and that you died for me, so that my sins can be forgiven. And I believe that you were raised from the dead, so that I may be justified. Right now, I ask you to come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour. I confess you now as my Lord. Thank you because I am NOW born again and a brand new person and that I will one day be with you in heaven. In Jesus’ name I pray Amen!

If you prayed with meaning in your heart congratulations, you are NOW a child of God, and your name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life.

(Read: John: 1:12:13, Luke: 10:20, Revelation: 20:15, Galatians: 3:26; Galatians: 4:7)

‪#‎#Words‬ of Jesus Christ in: 15:22: ""If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.""

#Remember‬ to ALWAYS SHARE God's word, and win souls into His marvellous Kingdom.

#Everyone‬ you meet with today on your way out, greet him or her, and say to him or her: JESUS LOVES YOU.

#‎#Make‬ it your aim to win ONE SOUL every Month into God's marvellous Kingdom.

‪#James‬: 1:22 says: But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

‪#BE‬ A SOUL WINNER! MAKE HEAVEN REJOICE! DO NOT BE A
HEARER ONLY, BE A DOER OF GOD'S WORD!!! Selah
(See: Luke: 15:7; 15:10)

#THE WISEST CHRISTIANS ON PLANET EARTH ARE SOUL WINNERS. Selah (See: Proverbs: 11:30, Daniel: 12:3)

‪##ONE‬ BILLION SOULS FOR CHRIST JESUS! GO NOW!

#ONE SOUL AT A TIME. GO NOW!

#GOING TO HELL IS NOT AN ACCIDENT, IT IS A CHOICE!!!

#MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE WHILE YOU ARE STILL ALIVE, IT WILL BE ETERNALLY TOO LATE TO CHOOSE ONCE IN THE LAKE OF FIRE. Selah.

Have a wonderful Week. You are Blessed and Loved

SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION BY CHRIST JESUS TODAY

First Corinthians 15:1-11

GRACE WON ON CALVARY!!!

TRIBULATION SAINTS VIDEOS

I happen to like their videos so I share them with you but it's up to you to choose what to believe.  Now, I don't necessarily agree with their thoughts and opinions and nor do they ever claim to be prophets!  However, I am happy that Trump was elected president but I hear too many people who talk about him like he's our Savior.  I assure you he is not.  Please be careful that you do not put your faith and trust in him but rather in Christ Jesus and Our Father in Heaven.  God appointed Trump for a reason and we must wait to find out for what purpose!  It is up to us as a nation to repent and turn back to God, NO government official can do that but we can!  BEWARE AND BE NOT DECEIVED BY ANY MAN!  I pray Trump does make us a beacon of light to Christ Jesus again but like someone told me, if you don't see His Light, YOU BE THE LIGHT!

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God Bless and Now is the Day to Share the Gospel of Salvation of Christ Jesus!

First Corinthians 15:1-11

Romans 3:23

John 3:16-17

Ephesians 2:8-9

Romans 6:23

CLUES TO THE MYSTERY OF BABYLON, THE GREAT BY STAN ARNEY!

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Christian Mini-Sermons/Sermons  -  Nov 8, 2016

Clues TO The Mystery Babylon, The Great

Revelation 17:1, 3a, 5, 9, 15, 18

THEN, One OF The Seven (7) Angels, Who HAD The Seven Bowls CAME AND TALKED WITH Me (John), SAYING TO Me, “COME, I WILL SHOW YOU The JUDGMENT OF The Great Harlot, Who SITS ON Many Waters.” So, He (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angel) CARRIED Me (John) AWAY, IN The Spirit, INTO The WILDERNESS (Wasteland OR Desert). And ON Her Forehead A Name WAS Written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. “Here IS The MIND, Which Has Wisdom: The Seven (7) Heads ARE Seven (7) Mountains ON Which The Woman SITS.” Then He SAID TO Me (John), “The Waters Which YOU SAW, WHERE The Harlot SITS, ARE Peoples, Multitudes, Nations, AND Tongues. AND The Woman Whom YOU SAW IS That Great City, Which REIGNS OVER The Kings of The Earth.”

Revelation 18:1-2, 4-5, 8, 11-13

AFTER THESE THINGS, I (John) SAW Another Angel COMING DOWN FROM Heaven, Having GREAT AUTHORITY, AND The Earth WAS ILLUMINATED WITH His GLORY. AND He CRIED MIGHTILY WITH A LOUD VOICE, SAYING, “Babylon The Great IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN, AND Has BECOME A Dwelling Place OF Demons, A Prison FOR EVERY FOUL Spirit, AND A Cage FOR EVERY UNCLEAN AND Hated Bird!” AND I (John) HEARD Another VOICE FROM Heaven SAYING, “COME OUT OF Her, My People, Lest YOU SHARE IN Her sins, AND Lest YOU RECEIVE OF Her Plagues. FOR Her sins Have REACHED TO Heaven, AND GOD (GOD Almighty) Has REMEMBERED Her Iniquities. Therefore, Her PLAGUES WILL COME IN ONE (1) DAY, Death AND Mourning AND Famine. AND She WILL BE UTTERLY BURNED WITH FIRE, FOR STRONG IS The LORD GOD (GOD Almighty), WHO JUDGES Her.”

“And The Merchants of The Earth Will Weep AND Mourn OVER Her (Babylon, The Great), For NO ONE Buys Their (The Merchants) Merchandise ANYMORE:

Merchandise OF Gold and Silver, Precious Stones and Pearls, Fine Linen and Purple, Silk and Scarlet, Every Kind of Citron Wood, Every Kind of Object of Ivory, Every Kind of Object of Most Precious Wood, Bronze, Iron, and Marble; and Cinnamon and Incense, Fragrant Oil and Frankincense, Wine and Oil, Fine Flour and Wheat, Cattle and Sheep, Horses and Chariots, and BODIES AND SOULS OF Men.”

Fellow Believers, Did YOU Notice The Last Two Items OF Merchandise? YES, YOU Read That Correctly, The BODIES AND SOULS OF Men (Mankind – Male and Female), SLAVERY!

Revelation 18:19-21, 23c-24

“They Threw Dust ON Their Heads AND Cried Out, Weeping AND Wailing, AND Saying, ‘ALAS, ALAS, That Great City, IN Which All, Who Had Ships ON The Sea, BECAME Rich BY Her Wealth! FOR IN One (1) HOUR, She IS MADE DESOLATE.’ Rejoice OVER Her, O Heaven, AND YOU Holy Apostles AND Prophets, FOR GOD (GOD Almighty) Has AVENGED YOU ON Her!” THEN, A MIGHTY Angel TOOK UP A STONE, LIKE A Great Millstone AND THREW IT INTO The Sea, SAYING, “Thus WITH Violence The Great City Babylon Shall BE THROWN DOWN, AND Shall NOT BE FOUND ANYMORE. FOR Your Merchants WERE The Great Men of The Earth, FOR BY Your Sorcery, All The Nations WERE DECEIVED. And IN Her WAS FOUND The Blood OF Prophets (GOD Almighty’s Holy Prophets) AND Saints (Believers), AND OF ALL Who WERE SLAIN ON The Earth.”

So, Fellow Believers, Who IS The Great Harlot, Who Sits On Many Waters? Well, I pray These Scriptures (above) GIVE YOU, The Clues NEEDED TO SOLVE THIS Mystery.

[See: Revelation 17:1-18, Revelation 18:1-24, and Revelation 19:1-10, for more clues]

Cities Around The World, Which Claim TO BE Built ON Seven Hills: Staten Island, New York (USA); Ammon, Jordan; Jerusalem, Israel; Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Tehran, Iran; Athens, Greece; Istanbul, Turkey; Moscow, Russia; and Rome, Italy; to name just a few notables.

Revelation 3:10

Because YOU (Believers) Have KEPT My (Jesus Christ’s) COMMAND TO Persevere, I (Jesus Christ) ALSO Will KEEP YOU (Believers) FROM The HOUR OF TRIAL (The Great Tribulation), Which Shall COME UPON The Whole World (Satan’s World), TO TEST Those (Unbelievers) Who Dwell ON The Earth.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

For The LORD (Jesus Christ), Himself, WILL DESCEND FROM Heaven, WITH A SHOUT, WITH The VOICE of an Archangel, AND WITH The TRUMPET OF GOD (GOD Almighty). And The Dead IN Christ (Dead Believers) WILL RISE First. THEN We (Living Believers) WHO ARE ALIVE and REMAIN, Shall BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER, WITH Them (The Dead IN Christ), IN The Clouds, TO MEET The LORD (Jesus Christ) IN The AIR. And Thus We (Believers) Shall ALWAYS BE WITH The LORD (Jesus Christ).

The Being Caught Up Together May Occur IN The Next Millisecond, So, There IS NO Time TO Waste, GET OUT There, Show YOU Care, AND Share The Gospel OF Jesus Christ.

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John 3:16-17

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CONFORMED TO HIS+ IMAGE - PATIENCE IN BABYLONG BY I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL JESUS CHRIST

Are we developing CHRIST-centered patience

or

“Our-Political-Rights”-centered

activism ?

 ?  ?  ?

But let patience have her perfect work,

that ye may be

perfect and entire (Complete),

wanting/lacking nothing.

James 1:4

 

PATIENCE , the virtue , is  frightening. It literally means “to stay under.”  We think of it as endurance.  The endurance , however, is measured ONLY WHEN WE ARE UNDER A SEVERE TESTING. 

 

Notice that the Apostle James exhorts us “to LET” (allow)patience to have her perfect work.  We are NOT to hinder The LORD’S work of perfecting our lives because we do not “like” these hard, unpleasant, hurtful experiences and events HE+ calls us to endure. 

And ye shall be hated of all men

for My+ Name’s sake.

But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

In your patience possess ye your souls.

And when ye shall see Jerusalem

compassed with armies,

then know that the desolation

thereof is nigh..

Luke 21: 17 – 20

 

Here, The LORD JESUS commends PATIENCE to us in the midst of HATRED when His+ Followers are being hounded and hated by all sectors of society … the public, the government,  and the religious alike. We will not have a friend except JESUS. There will be NO PLACE of SAFETY except by His+ side.

 

How close is this event ?

 

Ask the Persecuted Christians in North Korea, in the Sudan, in Vietnam, in Thailand, in Iran, in Iraq, Syria etc. It is worldwide and coming to all lands. That is a Scriptural promise no-one likes to “claim.” 

 

There will not be PEACE under Mr. Trump … at least, not for serious-minded Christians.  There will ONLY be a “new world order” agenda. Note that Mr. Kissinger is one of his “consultants,”  along with others in the CFR club.  

 

We do NOT JOIN ourselves to the “popular-rights” crowd. We do not become unequally-yoked with political movements and social rights activities. That would put us with strange bed-fellows.

Instead … 

Serious-Minded Christians join ourselves to CHRIST, Who+ is the Eternal Word of the FATHER. We receive from His+ hand what HE+ has ordained. HE+ places some in dire straights.

HE+ places some in terrible persecution. HE+ does this so that we might bear WITNESS TO HIM+  — in the WORST OF PLACES, to the WORST ELEMENTS OF SOCIETY — in this grossly blemished, unrighteous Civilization.

 

And not only so,

but we glory in tribulations also:

 

knowing that

tribulation worketh patience;

Romans 5:3

 

It appears the ONLY way to develop CHRIST-centered PATIENCE  is in tribulation… TRUE tribulation ( i.e., not a flat tire or a burned supper.)

 

So that we ourselves glory in you

in the churches of GOD

for your patience and faith

 

in all your persecutions

and tribulations

that ye endure:

2 Thessalonians 1:4

 

PATIENCE, it seems, is tied unfailingly to persecution. Injury gained BECAUSE of following CHRIST JESUS. Loss sustained because of holding fast to His+ Truth. Sorrow endured because of faithfulness to His+ Word.

 

For ye have need of patience,

that,

after ye have done the will of GOD,

ye might receive the promise.

Hebrews 10:36

 

PROMISES — to be received — are connected to doing the Will of GOD.  In order to do the Will of GOD, though, we must OF NECESSITY develop PATIENCE  during  persecution and tribulation.

 

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about

with so great a cloud of witnesses,

let us lay aside every weight,

and the sin

which doth so easily beset us,

and let us run with patience

the race that is set before us…

Hebrews 12:1

 

There is a race tailor-made for each one of us. It will touch the “sore” spots in our hearts.  Our particular race will reveal our weaknesses and weights and faults that have warped our character, warped our faith. 

 

What are we to do

to rid ourselves of these warpings ?

 

We are to RUN anyway. We are not to flinch and fling ourselves away from the race-track that Our LORD has assigned for our particular life-run. We are not to join a “people’s-rights” movement and campaign for a lessening of the distresses.  We are to STAY FOCUSED ON THE RACE-TRACK which HE+ has ordained. 

 

Here is how we WIN that race:

 

Looking unto JESUS

the AUTHOR+ and FINISHER+ of our faith;

WHO+ for the joy

that was set before HIM+

 

endured the cross,

despising the shame,

and is set down

at the right hand

of the throne of GOD.

 

For consider HIM+ that endured

such contradiction of sinners against Himself+,

lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

 

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,

striving against sin.

 Hebrews 12: 2-4

 

Our Race is to be won on our knees.  We win as we DRAW CLOSER to CHRIST.  HE+ will direct our prayers against the evil forces and our prayers WILL PREVAIL …. if HE+ is truly directing them and not our own voice. 

Yes, we need to gird our loins to suffer. However, the kingdom of darkness is going to feel the heat of the Suffering Saints’ prayers !

The Prophet Daniel tells us this:  in the midst of a TERRIBLE on-slaught against GOD’S people, they will be strong and DO EXPLOITS!

[ The exact word “exploits” is not in the Hebrew, but the meaning involves ACCOMPLISHING MUCH. See Hebrews 11:32.]

 

May we humble ourselves, forsaking the ways and means of the world. Let us diligently cast aside values and ideologies that are CONTRARY TO CHRIST. Every Follower of JESUS in every society in every country MUST DO THE SAME. 

 

All of our various societies and governments — tribal, democratic, and all those in-between — are all run by fallen men. The fallen nature of man ALWAYS co-operates closely with the ideologies of satan.

 

The business of our fallen societies and governments does NOT CONCERN the Followers of JESUS.  We have a totally different nature and our Kingdom has NOT YET been established, in Power and Glory upon the earth.  ( But,  that IS COMING! )

 

We are passing through our respective lands and tribes for one purpose only: to turn the hearts of fallen man to Our Heavenly FATHER and to HIS Glorious SON+ JESUS CHRIST. We are to rescue fallen men … all who are willing to be rescued … for the sake of Our LORD JESUS CHRIST. 

 

Let us therefore  be about

OUR  FATHER’S BUSINESS+ …

and leave the fallen world’s activities

to fallen men.

+  +  +

 And at that time shall Michael stand up,

the great prince which

stands for the children of your people:

 

and there shall be a time of trouble,

such as never was since there was a nation

even to that same time:

 

and at that time

Thy+ People shall be delivered,

every one that shall be found

written in The Book.

 

And many of them that sleep

in the dust of the earth shall awake,

some to everlasting life,

and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

 

And they that be Wise

shall shine as the brightness of the firmament;

and they that turn many to Righteousness

as the stars for ever and ever.

Daniel 12: 1-3

 

In The Name of GOD,

YHWH ELOHIM Almighty,

 and  YHWH ADONAI+

HIS only begotten, Eternal SON+.

And YHWH RUACH ha KADOSH

HIS Eternal SPIRIT.

 

AMEN + + +

God bless you all and much love in Christ Jesus. Spread the Gospel of Salvation NOW in First Corinthians 15:1-11. It is our Great Commission. Grace...and GRACE ALONE through the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He alone is our salvation. Just TRUST AND BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD! It's that simple. He loves YOU!