Yesterday,
my husband and I were at Dollar Tree, which by the way, every item is now $1.25. Welcome to inflation and the New World. When we were cashing out the lady tripped over her words, looked at us and said, “I’m sorry. I’m not sure if I should say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. I don’t want to offend.” My husband and I were stunned. The lady behind her said, “Are you serious? We live in America! Merry Christmas - it is what it is!” My husband and I laughed. As we walked to the car, sadness set in. We began talking about what just happened and said, “Can you imagine caring more about pleasing man than you do about standing boldly for God?” This is what the new world has become. Self-pronouncing “Christians” who have been raised progressive - religious people who go to church, and live a life based on good works, but do not know God. Self-proclaiming “Christians” who believe the womb is not what God made - to bring forth His creation, including His Word. "Christians" who believe the womb is to be used as a woman may choose. Oh Lord, forgive me for what I did not know to be true! Oh Lord, forgive those who return to you! Or even worse, to be a person who says they are "Christian" but has never opened God’s Word. Progressive Christianity is simply the epitome of sin - being so lukewarm to believe that Jesus Christ is a bad word! Can you imagine being so delusional that you believe God made a mistake when he made the sexes - a man and a woman. America - Welcome to the new world! Welcome back to Babylon! Where humans are the center of all that is planned. America is ridden with "progressive Christians" - those who do not stand on the foundation of God. Those who twist the very Word of God! This is what the elders warned throughout the whole New Testament, and this is what I have been warning about since Jesus rescued me from the swamp, pulled me up onto the boardwalk, walked me to the tent, let me see the light and gave me a new name! I know it sounds absolutely ridiculous - but those who know God will see it is the truth! Jesus is the right hand of God. He reaches down and saves us from our sin. But that is not it! He gives us a new name, and He gives us new gifts. He gives us a job to reconcile men. In pursuit of saving souls through the gift of the written word, I have witnessed God's warning over and over again. I see it in everything verse I read and every poem I write; I saw it in Luke, Matthew, Jude and now I see it in John. John the elder said, “For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward. Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.” II John 1:7-11 America - listen up! We are called to guard our hearts! Jesus says this to the Lukewarm Church- “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’ - and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked - I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. 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. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” Revelation 3:14-22 America - it is only going to get worse. The foundation of our Christian nation is falling apart. Jesus has truly become the stumbling block. This is not new. America is finally joining Satan, the true ruler of the new world. Babylon is in the process of being rebuilt. There is no stopping it. But know this - God is sovereign and it has all been written in His Holy plan! Pick up your Bible and read all about it. People everywhere; People of ALL nations - You will have to choose! You will have to choose who you will serve! Will you choose Satan or will you choose God? Just remember this - attached to your choice is an eternal blessing or an eternal curse. The warning has been given. I have said what is true.
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The words TRUTH and LOVE
are found over and over again in the first six verses of 2 John. John wrote, “The Elder (a spirituality mature John) To the elect lady (a chosen woman of God) and her children (her chosen children) whom I LOVE in TRUTH, (In the recognition that Jesus is Lord) and not only I, but also all those who have known the TRUTH (the Son of God) because of the TRUTH which abides in us (the Holy Spirit) and will be with us forever: Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in TRUTH and LOVE (eternally attached to Him). I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in TRUTH (Some of her children truly know God) as we received commandment from the Father. And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we LOVE one another. This is LOVE - that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.” II John 1:1-6 Those who know Christ keep God’s commandments close to their hearts. And all of God’s commandments rest on these two laws, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 22:36-40 Brethren, do not be deceived by the world, and their wicked precepts and deeds. There is no such thing as universal love, for those who don’t know Christ can not truly love. They do not even know what love is. This is the truth, and I share it in love - there is a universal Church comprised of all people who believe that Jesus is Lord. They believe Jesus is the Son of God, who died on the cross as our final sacrifice to bear the guilt and pay the penalty of the sin of the world. The universal Church believes that Jesus conquered death at His resurrection. According to the second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, the universal Church came into existence on the Day of Pentecost and will be taken from the earth when the dead in Christ are resurrected. “Do not want be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.” I Thessalonians 4:13-18 Just like John, a person who is mature in the Word, I leave you this message in TRUTH and in LOVE. Also, let me just say, do not be deceived by the world. An elder is a person chosen by God, not by a person based on the precepts of man. An elder is someone who is mature in the Word, not someone who continually eats baby food. Be careful by what appears as “good” - not all works come from our Father God. To the members of the Church, I exhort you to pay attention to those who speak and live according to the TRUTH in LOVE - who is a true son of God, by living and breathing according to God’s Word. This, my friend, is an elder of God. “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Galatians 3:26-29 Believe it or not, according to scripture, a woman can be an elder, not just a man! God's Word is the TRUTH in LOVE - the foundation that I stand on! This morning in reading 1 John Chapter 5,
five verses popped out at me. For this poem, I am going to list them down and then make my comments to process them. The Lord says “whatever you ask according to My will, will be given freely to you.” So this morning I am asking the Lord to open my heart and my mind to the truth of His Word; and I pray that His truth that is revealed, will be given to every person who is reading this poem. So here goes. “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith in Jesus Christ.” I John 5:4 What comes to mind is Hebrews 11:1-3, “Now faith is the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.” I invite you take a tour of Hebrews 11, the Hall of Faith Is quite fascinating. Now let me continue on to the next verse that struck me. “For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.” I John 5:7-8 Bearing witness is an act of giving evidence to confirm the events that happened and the things that were said. In the Kingdom of Heaven, where the angels live, it’s the Holy Trinity - The Holy Spirit, Father and Son; in the World, where we humans live, it’s the Spirit, water and the blood. What comes to mind is Romans 3:23-26, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as an atonement by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His patient endurance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.” God alone is good, and it’s only through our keeping of HIS Word (Jesus Christ) that we can be grafted INTO God - our Creator who knows no sin. Which leads me into the next verse - “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.” I John 5:11-12 It truly is that simple. Jesus alone is the bridge who brings man back into relationship with our God. You see, all mankind will die. Every person who has breath will experience temporary death, but only the Children of God will go on to live eternally with Him. You see, Jesus is the Seed that was promised to us in Genesis 3:15. And it’s from this Seed that the new man will grow. Through Him, we take off the old and put on the new. Now this next verse is the one that really stumped me. Listen to this. “If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.” I John 5:16-17 I have to say, I read that verse over and over again. At first it did not make sense. I wondered to myself, "Did John say that some sin does not lead to death?" "Did John get it wrong?" Then the Holy Spirit touched my heart, and His Word was illuminated to me. I heard God say, “Yes I Am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.” Isaiah 43:25 You see, God expresses unfailing love and faithfulness. Everything He does goes back to His character. When we are covered by the blood of Christ, God's Holy Spirit comes to live inside of us. And since God has no sin, the sin of the world is not in us. And that brings me to verse number 5 - “We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.” I John 5:18 Does this mean that God's people do no wrong? No! Not at all! It just means that God's children understand the true testimony of Jesus Christ. We understand that we have been thoroughly saved through the Spirit, water and the blood, and that we have been made righteous through Jesus Christ. And because we love God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit we guard our hearts, and keep our eyes focused on Christ, the author and finisher of our faith. Because we love God, we prophecy and keep His commandments. We offer our lives as a living sacrifice by dying to self and picking up our cross. We serve God with all our hearts, and we work diligently as His watchmen. I pray this poem will be a blessing to someone else. I pray these words will touch their hearts. Dear friends,
What is love? If you had asked me this question ten years ago, I would have told you that love is a feeling that describes something or someone you are extremely fond of. I would have said that love is an affection that has no boundaries - a reciprocated kindness that is unconditional. I would have told you that love is non-judgmental, and that every truth should be accepted as the original. I would have also said that love is the truest expression of our good hearts - a desire or passion that motivates us. But now I know that love is a choice - a choice to believe God over my deceived heart; a choice to believe that Jesus was conceived by a virgin woman and God’s Holy Spirit - a sinner purified by God’s unfailing love and faithfulness in her womb. Jesus was, is and will always be the only child born into the world, who did not have a human father or an angel seed. He truly came as the Seed of God. God is faithful and good to His Word - He put enmity between Satan and the wife that He loves; between his seed and hers. God is faithful and patiently endures, as he waits for His children to grow. He is eagerly waiting for his ekklesia to become the new man that He foretold. The Seed of Christ continues to push through as the hearts of humans willingly choose to follow Jesus, by picking up their cross and dying to self. The Seed of Christ continues to grow into the Light. The new man is so beautiful! I have never seen such maturity! “The unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, is becoming the perfect man; to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” Ephesians 4:13 This is how true love continues to grow. Friends, "We should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head - Christ - from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.” Ephesians 4:14-16 “For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body - whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free - and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. For in fact the body is not one member but many.” I Corinthians 12:12-14 God is so good! Love is actually the doctrine of separation from this fallen world; Love is God growing in the New Man. God’s children are light, and they have been separated from the darkness through the blood of Christ, and the conviction and sanctification of His Holy Spirit. God is faithful. He is good to His Word. The New Man growing from God's Seed is in the process of stomping on Satan’s head, and withstanding the antichrist spirit as he bruises God's heel. Genesis 3:15 “He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” I John 3:7-9 Does this mean man is without sin? Of course not! Man is fallen and lives in a sinful world. But God is pure love, and In Him, there is no sin! His blood covers us from all this wrong. Without Christ, we are truly void. We are walking darkness who has no light. There is nothing good in us at all - except Christ - the Seed of God. So what do we do? We repent and turn from our evil ways. We keep our eyes focused on Christ, the author and perfecter of faith and we reflect Him. God forgives. He blots out our sin as far as the East to the West; and because he forgives us, we must forgive men. Now does that mean we should continue to walk in sin? Of course not! Those who choose to sin do not have Christ living within them at all. And yet, the Holy Spirit was sent to convict us; to teach us and to guide us into God’s righteousness. This is the sanctification process of making us holy. This is the growing season that every Christian goes through. My friends, “God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world. Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.” 1 John 4 Brothers and sisters - let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love - not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. What is love? Love is God. Love is God choosing to send His Seed into His creation to create a New Man; a New Man who will live with Him in the New Jerusalem. Inspired by 1 John 4 Dear friends,
Did you know that Catholicism is the largest religious branch of Christianity, and while its main belief is that the Bible is the inspired, error-free, revealed word of God, many Catholics believe that the Pope and his priests stand between them and God. Many Catholics also believe that they should pray to angels, and many believe Mary, the mother of Jesus, was without sin. I'm sorry to tell you that these beliefs are actually false, and they are all in opposition to what the Word of God actually says. If you don’t believe me, then I encourage you to read the Bible for yourself. We in America still have a chance - The Bible has not YET been taken away from us! There is something about tradition and ritualistic behavior that humans seem to love. There is something about feeling holy and separated that inspires humans to return over and over again. Repentance and sanctification is, in fact, the right response, we just need to be sure we are actually serving God and what His Word says, and not mere mortal men. Dear friends, Have you heard about the Word of Faith movement and their belief that grave soaking is a new trend. They believe it is possible to mantle grab - by laying across physical graves of the dead, for the purpose of “pulling out” the power of the Holy Spirit, a power that was “trapped” within the body upon the Spirit-filled person’s death. That too is totally false, and in opposition to what the Bible says! Once again, we see another spirit of the antichrist rearing its ugly head! And what about “the name it and claim it” evangelists who declare you can become rich by demanding your blessing in the name of Jesus Christ. I wonder… does God oppose the proud, or the poor? That’s sarcasm - if you could not already tell. And what about all the “teachers and prophets” that we see on TV and social media who get louder and louder as they proclaim they are a prophet of God - and then ask you for money to support their ministry. It’s absurd! I have to control the anger rising up in me! Where in the hell are all these antichrist spirits coming from? Well, the Bible tells us they are strong in the world. A prophet of God does not speak for money! The words that true prophets speak are typically pretty hard! They do it because God has told them - that they are accountable as His watchmen! There is no money involved! That is the farthest thing from a true prophets mind! The speak because God has told them to, and if they don’t they are held responsible for their sin! The words of a true prophet are all about Jesus and telling people to turn from their sin. Every word spoken goes back to original King! They speak because it has been demanded by God - when deep inside they may actually want to run! It is seldom fun! Most people get angry because true prophets are not saying what they want! Brothers and sisters in Christ, I am warning you - Be on guard! Do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Holy Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. There are many false prophets who are driven by the spirit of Deceit - and while this antichrist spirit is in direct opposition to God’s Word, it usually succeeds by moving God’s plumb line just one degree. You must pay closer attention to what God’s Word actually says! You can not believe a person just because they say or appear to be a man or woman of God. I say again - Be on guard. If someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person has the Antichrist spirit, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here. That is why we see so much opposition. The Spirit of God and the antichrist spirits are in total contradiction - one is truth and the other is deception. Deception is the process of imitating the truth; it’s the act of getting someone to believe what is false. No one wants to believe they have been duped; everyone wants to believe in their own truth. But we must get real with ourselves- because spending an eternity in hell, completely separated from God, is the end result if our heart has not been opened to receive Christ. He is the truth, the way and the life. It’s quite easy to know which Spirit is talking to you! If the person has the Spirit of God then they will acknowledge and prophesy that Jesus alone is the Christ! They will believe that Jesus is the Son of God who came in a real body to save the world from fallen sin. They will believe Jesus is the final sacrifice, and they will believe that the blood of Christ alone is what redeems us and reconciles us back to God. They will not believe that a pope or a priest stands between them and God; they will know that Jesus alone is the bridge. They will understand that the Holy Spirit is not contained, but has been in existence since the beginning of time. They will believe that Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s Law, and they will believe what the prophets foretold about the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. Brothers and sisters - If you belong to God then you are His child. Rest assure that the war for your soul has already been won. You can know without a doubt that you will live with God in the New Jerusalem, and Jesus is the King of that Kingdom! The Holy Spirit who lives in God’s children is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. The Antichrist spirit will die as soon as God makes the command. The antichrist spirit has only one purpose - to divide sinful men from those who belong to God. You must know - The people who belong to this world, speak from the world’s viewpoint, and the world listens to them. They are the ones who do not acknowledge Jesus as their Lord. Pray for them. For they literally are "a stray." They are doomed for destruction if they do not turn from their evil ways. But those who belong to God, listen to these poems. They hear the praise that comes through the prose. And they hum along to the hymns and the songs. The deceived walk to a different kind of beat. They walk in blindness, following the spirit of deceit and entertain the desires of their own hearts - for the human heart is the most deceitful of all; and when the deceived are called by God - “Sleeper - It is time to wake up!” they ignore His command and keep blindly marching on. My heart breaks - to see so many people living in deception; so many people think know the truth - but they do not. This is how I know who is my brother and sister in Christ- They repent for being so blind and so wrong. They give all the credit back to God, and they can not remove Jesus from their tongue! You can see the Holy Spirit shining intensely from their heart. They do not live for this life, but for His Kingdom. They do not worry or become overly anxious, because they know the Spirit of Truth stomps out the spirit of deception, each and every time! All we have to do is respond, when God commands, “Sleeper - it is time to wake up!” Be on guard - There are many false prophets among us. Take what I say and stand it against the Word of God! Inspired by 1 John 4:1-6 Hey you -
I have a question for you. Which Savior Do You Choose? We, as Christians, are told to love - to love one another and to love God. And at the same time, we, as Christians, are told to hate - to hate evil and what stems from it. So which do you do? Do you love the sinner or do you hate the sin that lives within him? Is everyone good? Are you? If it is true that our world is fallen, and if the human heart is the most deceitful of all; if mankind is purely evil then how in the world do we love at all? Are we even capable? How is possible for that which is wrong, to love one another and do what is good? How is that which is in opposition to God even know how to please the Lord? What should we think when the Apostle John says, “Do not love this world nor the things it offers to you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions.” How can we love when we are born into sin? How can we win when our world is fallen? And what in the world is the world anyway? Is the world a physical thing? Is it the earth and everyone in it? Is it the globe - all the water and the land? Is the world the stars and the moon, the universe and all it includes? Is it the cosmos where God is contained? Is it the earth that houses man? Is the world an age that is slowly gliding away? Is it the passing of time until Jesus comes back? Is it a state of mind or a satanic attack? What in the world is the world anyway? I don’t know the answer to these crazy questions but I do know that I love God. I do know that this world “is fading away, along with everything that people crave.” I do know that I want to please God and I do believe that one day I will kneel before Him at the foot of His throne and my Lord and my Savior will be my Judge. I do know that I will spend the rest of eternity delighting in Him. I do know that Jesus is my King, regardless of what earthly presidents and human priests may think. I do know that Jesus is my Savior, and that without His life-giving blood there be no "me." I do know that I love people despite the demons that infect them. I do know that is is okay to put healthy boundaries. I do know that I love myself despite my sinful heart. I do know that God loves me despite my insecurities. I do know that Jesus IS the only begotten Son of God, and it’s only through His self-sacrificing love that God can love a sinner like "me." I also know there is a condition to being a Child of God - I must choose Him more than I choose myself. I must lay down the desires of my heart; pick up my own cross and die to self. I must show the same kind of love that God himself has poured out. I must forgive others because God has forgive me. I must keep my eyes focused on Jesus, the author and perfecter of my faith. Because of the joy that is waiting for me. I am sure that I can endure. and disregard my cross's shame because of the power of the Holy Spirit. I can hold on to Jesus and not give up, because my struggle is not against the flesh and blood the opposes me, but against the rulers and authorities of this world that opposes God. The definition of the world, in Holy Spirit terms, is anything that denies Christ and is blasphemous to God's Holy Spirit. I am good and I have the power to love only because the blood of Jesus covers me. What about you? Which Savior Do You Choose? Do you believe in Jesus or do you trust in yourself? Yesterday I wrote a poem called
“Is Jesus Discrepant?” In that poem I posed the question, Do we choose Jesus or do we choose God’s Laws? What I have learned from digging into the Word, is this question is not as easy as it sounds. It's really not about "this" OR "that" - the answer actually lies in acknowledging both. Let me explain. Jesus said, “Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will disappear until its purpose is achieved.” In essence I believe Jesus is saying exactly what He said! He came because He is the Lamb of God. “So if you ignore the least commandment and teach others to do the same, you will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven.” There is a price to be paid for living as YOU want following the desires of your flesh. “But anyone who obeys God’s laws and teaches them will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.” The reward in Heaven for living for God is much to be gained. Then Jesus said, “But I warn you - unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!” Matthew 5:17-20 The truth is a person can try to follow Gods laws, but they will always fall short because people are full of sin and live in a corrupt world. That is why Jesus came. He came to be the final living sacrifice for all of mankind. The Perfect Lamb offered His life to accomplish the purpose of God - which is to reconcile men and bring us back into relationship with Him. You see, the laws of God are His commands, and He wrote them in stone so they would not be forgotten, but man could not uphold them. The Laws of God that were given to Moses can actually be categorized into two sections: 1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind; and 2. Love your neighbor as yourself. “All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments, and we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments.” Matthew 22:40 You see, We obey not because we are trying to be prefect, but we obey because we trust that God is a good father, and we believe that He knows what is best for His children. There is no human being, born from human or satanic seed, that is perfect. No one has been able to completely follow the commands of God, not even the most religious or devout person. There is no pope or priest or king that has been able to accomplish what only the Son of God could do. Jesus was born not merely a man. He is, in fact, the promised Seed of God. He was sent by God to be the sacrificial Lamb, and He will return as the Lion to collect His harvest and set up His millennial kingdom. Revelation 20:1-6 "Therefore, if someone claims to know God, but doesn’t obey His commandments, then that person is a liar and they do not have the truth living inside them.” 1 John 2:3-4 Jesus said to his disciples, “I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” John 13:34-35 John imitated Jesus and said to his friends, “I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment - to love one another - is the same message you have already heard. Yet it is also new.” You see, God’s commands have always been the same. That is because God is not progressive. His Word does not change! Those who love God are children of the Light, and where there is light, darkness does not exist. I am writing to you who are God’s children because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus; I am writing to you who are mature in the faith because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning; I am writing to you who are young in the faith because you have won your battle with the evil one. 1 John 2:7-14 IT IS ALREADY FINISHED! I recently heard a Muslim evangelist
share with a Christian listener numerous Bible verses that appeared to be highly discrepant. The Muslim man appeared highly intelligent, and the Christian man appeared to be totally absorbed by what the Muslim man said. I could see the doubt that began to show on the Christian man's face when the Muslim man brought up foolish inconsistencies in the Word of God. It appeared like the Christian man’s faith began to wane. If I did not know the Word of the Lord and had not read His book end to end, over and and over again; if I had not been given vision and dreams that line up perfectly to God’s Holy Spirit; if I had not experienced the Hand of Jesus pulling me out of the pit and lifting me up to place me on the boardwalk; if I had not seen Jesus with my own eyes opening the door of the heavenly divide, then I also may have fallen for that Muslim man’s total bullshit! You see, one of the ways that man deceives himself, is that he believes he is smarter than God! The Muslim man appeared so proud that he was able to twist the Word of God. Unfortunately, there are many people who actually believe that God’s Word is full of lies. They like to dig deep into the scripture so they can pull out the knots of what scripture says. But what they do not understand is that if their hearts are hard and resistant to God, then the truth of the Word will not be opened to them. Just like the Muslim evangelist, they may think that God did not know what He was doing when He wrote the Holy Bible. They may think the Bible was written by foolish men who wrote down the words all by themselves. They may think that certain verses are in opposition, but it’s only because they have not been given spiritual eyes to see what the Word says. Most of God’s Word is read between the lines, and the Holy Spirit serves as our guide. Take for instance Matthew Chapter 5 and compare it to 2 John. Some would say the laws were worthless, because Jesus himself came to fulfill it. Others would say God’s laws were good because they help us to live according to His plan. So the question is - Is Jesus discrepant? Is Jesus tripping over His own Word? Are the prophets making most of it up? Do we choose Jesus or the Law? Jesus said, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:17-20 If that is true, then why does John say, “My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.” 2 John 1-3 Well, to know the answer one has to read on. There is so much clarity in what comes next. John also says, “And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments. If someone claims, “I know God,” but does not obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth. But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.” 1 John 2:1-6 Jesus fulfilled every one of God’s commandments AND He believed every prophet for what they said. Jesus loved man despite their sin, so much so that He came to die for them. Jesus ate with sinners and submitted to kings; He showed compassion for those possessed by demons. Jesus did not hide away in caves. Jesus settled storms and walked on the waves. Jesus loved Mary Magdalene, and the Gentile woman who came to the well. Jesus took the stones from the attackers hands, not with force or power, but through His words and the conviction that comes from the Holy Spirit. Jesus overturned tables when money was being exchanged in His Father’s House. Jesus went in and Jesus went out. Jesus taught God’s Word to anyone who would listen. Jesus healed lepers, conversed with tax collectors, and made men who fished fishermen of humans. Jesus died to self so that others could live. My friends - The Word of God is the sword of His Spirit! “The Word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.” Hebrews 4:12-13 Brethren - Do not let anyone shake you! There are millions of false prophets walking among us! It’s not just other religions that do this. There are so many people with hard hearts like the Muslim evangelist. There is so much twisted truth that has even infected the “church!” If anyone tells you that a priest is needed, because they are good and you are not - that they alone can stand between you and God, then they are a liar, and fit into the category of a false prophet! Do not believe them! There is no such thing as worshipping a man. There is no such thing as humans worshipping angels. For goodness sake - Read Hebrews; but first prepare your heart to hear from God. Come to His altar and lay your life down. Repent for the things that you have done wrong, and choose for yourself who you want to serve. JESUS IS NOT DISCREPANT! JESUS IS THE REASON YOU STILL HAVE BREATH! Brothers and Sisters in Christ -
Did you not hear, “GOD IS LIGHT!” If we are a true reflection of Him, then we naturally shine! The time is NOW - we must rise and shine! There is no hiding it. In Him, nothing Is dim! In Him, there is no darkness at all!” It’s never been about God's children adhering to the world. It’s about us being separated from sin! You see, “In the beginning the Spirit of God hovered in the darkness, over the surface of deep and dark waters. Then God spoke and said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God manifested His goodness into the night. With His voice, He created the morning star. Father, Son and Spirt - all in One. "In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” John 1:1-5 “Imitate God in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God. Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people. Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes - these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God. You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him. Don’t participate in the things these people do. For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! For this light within you produces only what is good & right & true. Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them. It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. But their evil intentions will be exposed when the light shines on them, for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light” too. Ephesians 5:1-14 God is light, and God is good! “God made Christ, who never knew sin, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 If we say that we have no sin, then we deceive ourselves, and we have not truth. Not one of us good. Every person born into this world is full of sin, even when we think we are good - we are not! Brothers and sisters, It is so important to remember “We are all infected - impure with sin. Even when we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags to our Creator and King! Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind.” Without Christ, we are only chaff! Without His blood covering, we will be burned! Isaiah 64:6 Brothers and sisters, God’s beloved ones - Do you think there ever existed a human being that is purely good? A human being void of sin? There is no such thing! And that is what the Law of Moses was to prove! The Law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by our faith. Galatians 3:24 God himself became human form to bring his light into the world. Jesus is the light of the world. Whoever follows him does not walk in darkness, but has the light of life. John 8:12 “God has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.” Colossians 1:13 Friends, Without God’s blood, we would not be saved. Without Jesus, there is nothing good in us at all! We would be walking mirrors of the dark, bent and demented and forever stiff-necked. God is light, and God is good! He knows us better than we know ourselves. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, then we are lying to ourselves and do not practice the truth. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. We are just fakes. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of His Son, Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin. The blood of Christ covers our blemishes and spots. The blood of Christ is the only gift we have ever needed. He is the only blood sacrifice that makes us right. When we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. With the Lord’s authority I say this to you - Live no longer as non-believers do, for they are hopelessly confused. Live as though you know the truth! Brothers and sisters in Christ, It is time to throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God - truly righteous and holy. So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body. Don’t sin by letting anger control you - for anger gives a foothold to the devil. If you are a thief, quit stealing. Instead, use your hands for good hard work, and then give generously to others in need. Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to others. And do not bring sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he has identified you as his own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:17-32 Bright and morning stars - It is time to RISE and SHINE! I can not believe it!
Yesterday morning I finished my last poem from the Book of Jude. In that poem I wrote, “The Holy Spirit has illuminated the Word in such a way that I have also touched, tasted and heard.” This morning while praying to God, and asking Him what to write on, He brought to mind the letter of 1 John. It does not surprise me because in the New Year of 2022 I am starting a deep study on the Revelation of Jesus according to John. I struggled a bit and said, “Lord are you sure? Should I be reading John’s gospel instead of 1 John?” Everything in me said “No. Not right now.” That is how I heard. So - with confirmation, I opened my Book, and eagerly approached 1 John Chapter 1. And this is when I was stunned. It should not surprise me because that is what God does. He always keeps us in awe! The Title that is given to 1 John Chapter 1 is “What Was Heard, Seen and Touched.” How could it be the same words that I just wrote the days before? I dropped my jaw! I am telling you - Nothing in life is better than this! The more I dig in, and the more that I pray, the more that I listen - the more of the Gift of the Holy Spirit! God is so good! “We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.” Proverbs 16:9 I love when I ask Him what He wants me to minister on next, and He gives me the answer to my request! I know - I should not doubt! I should be used to it by now, but I am not! When the Holy Spirit reveals I’m always perplexed! I am always left in awe! How in the world do I matter that much? How in the world does the Creator of the Universe love a sinner like me who constantly lets Him down? Then I believe. My faith is strong! It truly is my spiritual gift! I believe in what God’s Word says, “I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.” Proverbs 8:17 I stand on the Word of God - even when I feel like a fool myself! Jesus said to his disciples, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you (his disciples- his friends). For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened; If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone; If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” Luke 11:9-11,13 You see, a true ministry - one that serves the Lord - is fully dependent on Father God. It can not come from ourselves. We are not good, but He is! I have come to the realization that my ministry is NOT in building a building, or making a statue of gold - my ministry is simple - it’s expressing God’s heart - which means crushing mine. I am a grape that is constantly crushed. Every time I try to build a statue of gold, the Lord puts His foot down and makes me die to self! And it always hurts! He makes me swallow my pride and give up the desires of my selfish heart. Sometimes I can be like the Israelites. Freed from bondage, yet still complaining. It’s the slave mentality, I surely know it! Over 400 years in Egypt, being told over and over again that they were worthless! How could they ever believe that they were worthy? How could they ever believe what God promised? They were stuck in the slave mentality. The term is called Learned helplessness. Escaping was possible, but they did not believe it was so. But just like them, the chosen and called, God continues to work on me. His promise is more than my deceitful belief. Crushed In Spirit, Dying to Self, Letting go and giving it to God - This is how I learn. He gives me rope to hang on. Being last instead of first - this is devout. This is when the gift of the Holy Spirit is poured out. I know I am not the only one because grapes are bunched - they do not grow alone. A puffed up grape will only explode when he is acting all on his own. That is not good! The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.” Galatians 5:22-26 Brethren, Let us show love. I pour out to you the words of John, “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life - the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us - that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.” I John 1:1-4 Jesus is always the reason, Despite the season. |
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