Be Holy For I AM…1st Peter 1:16

 

..HOLY! All through out the bible we are commanded to be holy to flee worldly lust to separate ourselves from those who would love darkness rather than light. The bible is clear on these things as clear as the title of this post; God seeks holiness and is unwavering in His pursuit to get it, you cannot bargain with the God of Israel. These commandments are made with absolute clarity, and yet you still hear statements like “God is love” which is true but that’s not all He is or “once you’re saved you can never be separated from God” and “you’re going to heaven no matter what you do”. You better loose-here. The bible says in (Rom. 3:3-4) “for what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: “That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when You are judged,” and that’s just what these statements are, lies. Tell me this, what’s all this judging God’s talking about? According to you no matter what you do once your “so called saved” you’re going to haven anyway so what’s the point? Huh! You know as a baby you didn’t give up so easily on things, walking even though it was hard and you fell and bumped your head on more than one occasion, you probably choked and spit up your food but you kept eating, why not be just as resilient in the spirit; be holy for God is holy. Stop throwing in the towel every time you bump that hard head of yours, stop saying I don’t like the way salvation taste. Walking on your own two legs swallowing your own food you didn’t give up on those natural importance’s I suggest you keep trying and treat salvation with even more importance till you get you’re spiritual walk with God right, just the same. Otherwise, it looks like a form of “Deception” brought on by the Devil to help those who in my opinion don’t want to work to keep their salvation or have been so disappointed in their weakness during their walk with Christ that they would rather ignore their own conscious baring them witness to the truth which is “if while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not! For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor” (Gal. 2:17); and we know that all sinners which are transgressors “ the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” right? So what do they do instead they allow (if I build again) the devil to concoct this cockamamie illusion that no matter what they do (those things which I destroyed) they get to go to the same heaven as those willing to believe and be holy for I AM holy. You better wake up; if it were that easy the bible would be a lot shorter and filled with a lot less warning about being deceived. Take heed lest you be deceived; Paul wrote in 1^st Corinthians “Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. (You mean I can’t just run anyway I want) And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified”. Don’t become disqualified from heaven, when you do the only other eternal place for God to put you because He loves you is the place that burns, you know with fire and brimstone. We must all discipline our bodies and bring them under subjection its not easy sometimes being saved but I assure you if you take it one day at a time it is possible because all things are possible through Jesus Christ our Lord who strengthens us.

Gracious Father reign on those who’s eye’s have gazed curiously and expectantly on these precious words of life, protect all those who carry Your Word and those who search for the Truth which is Your Holy Word. Bless those who would fear not to tell people about the deceptions of our adversary. Father let your Spirit embrace every word that salvation may some how be discovered upon every line of text, that some poor soul would seek You out unto repentance. Now Father, Lord and Master I pray thee reign in me the ability to continue in courage, victory and strength. Reign in me the ambition to forge ahead and the ability to sore above all that would try and hinder me from bringing you glory, I love You my God and My Savior in Jesus Beautiful and Awesome name I pray Amen and Amen.  

 

I Know Its Weight

Is there no other way open, God, except through sorrow, pain and loss, to stamp Christ’s likeness on my soul.  Know other way, except the Cross?  Then a voice stills all my soul as stilled the waves of Galilee, “can’st thou not bear the furnace heat, if mist the flames I walk with thee? I bore the cross, I know its weight. Can’st thou follow where I lead? I’ll give thee strength, lean hard on me.

–Author unknown

 

 

 

This is a message to believers that Know matter the struggles that we face and have to endure Jesus is not only with us but knows all about them because he has overcome them victoriously.

I remember a different set of struggles I had to endure before I came to Christ. The night life was my vise y’all I mean women and alcohol were my closest friends and end the end they both left me poor blind miserable and naked. I remember waking up at my house and trying to figure out how I got there. Listening to people tell story about me of which I had no recollection, how embarrassing but did I stop nope the devil had me y’all. Sleeping around with women I barley knew not to mention putting myself you and your children in harms way driving home tore-up-from-the-floor-up, I’m sorry y’all.

 Some people come to Christ because they know they should they’ve been look ‘in and when they finally found the truth they did what they were suppose to do they yielded to the word of God submitted themselves and were saved according to the Apostles Doctrine. Others of us, came kick ‘in and screaming, battered and bruised. I had to loose all those things I thought I loved before I could finally see what was right in front of me the whole time, Christ’s out stretched Arms. I lost house, money, great jobs, car I’m talk ‘in bout a drop top convertible y’all, I lost it all. That was only to realize that it wasn’t me that had stuff, it was stuff that had me.  “Know servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other, you can not serve God and money”. (Luke 16:13) I hated God with out even knowing it but I loved the night life and was loyal to it every weekend, loyal to the bottle every night. I thank God for saving me; I thank God who is my Lord and Savior. Only He could do it

(Isaiah 63:5) for me y’all and He can do it for you too.

After yielding to the Apostles Doctrine I have fortified my life in Christ and promise to serve Him by serving you how bout that you got your own personal servant to tell you the good news (The Gospel).

Bare with me Paul said in 1st Corinthians vs.19 “For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more;” that’s all I want to do win y’all to Christ before it too late, he goes on to say that “to the Jew he became as a Jew to win the Jew, to those who were under the law as under the law that I might win those who are under the law”. It goes on further but you get the point. People use this scripture as a reason to sin and wreak havoc on the witness of the Church. This does not mean that as the sinners are so shall I be to win them. It simply means that Paul having been a sinner was able to meet people where they were and tell them about the goodness of Jesus Christ. Like I’m doing now, I know what its like to be a drunk and want to stop but you can’t. I know what its like to gamble your money away or throw it away same difference and want to stop but can’t. I feel your pain, and I’m here to tell you this new life that I have is beautiful but it’s not just for me its for you too. I’m not special so much as that I can be saved and you can’t His arms are open to you too. Why not embrace Him, why not give Jesus a try, you tried everything else? All He wants to do is save you.

These are the last days I know you can see that something is terribly wrong in our society and its worse than it’s ever been the only comparison is that the bible says that it would be like the days of lot before the great and terrible Day of the Lord. That Day is now. I witness to a young man and I liken the statement Jesus made that you’re either with me or against me to the analogy of the people in the matrix. If you have not been unplugged (Baptized in the name of Jesus for the remission of you’re sins and received the gift of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives utterance according to Acts 2:38 and Acts 2:4) then you are a trafficker for the enemy period, and any traffic for the enemy is against God period. Romans 1:20 begins to let you know you are with out excuse you know to do right you just won’t do it and in the end its going to cost you more than you can bare. Your soul is eternal, you can claim to not believe in God if you want to, and die in your sins like a fool. Or you can take heed. It’s always been up to you every man is responsible for his own destiny.

 

The devil uses a religious platform which is to say he takes the truth and perverts it with in the Church. This is the scripture in which I want to deal with people hold on to this because it allows them to straddle the fence, if you will; but that’s exactly where the devil is having target practice and at that altitude he’s not missing. The scripture simply states that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9) people love to profess this scripture, if you believe I have a million dollars for you because I said so (that’s faith) you better come get it (that’s works). Faith with out works is dead (James 2:17).  You confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, (that’s faith) you shall be saved (that’s works) and it consist of being baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Spirit of God gives you the utterance. I love all y’all in Jesus name but if y’all don’t catch on quick you’re going to be left behind and the two saddest words in the English languages are too late.

Lord Jesus You ever live to make intersession for your children I ask that, that intersession be made for me as I make intersession on behave of those who’s eye’s gaze upon these pages but still do not understand. Reign on them that understanding that you live to see them saved. Those who are down trotting by the darkness of the devil and his host of demonic forces; because you are greater than they, wiser and have already triumphed over them putting them to and open shame. Cast them out and off of my readers Lord that they might make a sound decision before its too late. Reign on the minds of those who think its too late already let them know there’s still time and that there is no sin to great for you to wash away. Beat back the hand of the enemy in their homes, in their schools, on their jobs give them peace and direct there steps to you O’ my Lord. Reign on the paths they take, Lord keep them safe till they can get to Your House of Salvation, dear God reign down your power. Now, Lord reign in me the stability to do all that I need to, the ability to be a good husband to my wife, a good father to my children and most of all a good son to my Father who is Jesus the Christ. Reign Lord let it Reign.

A Title Wave of Deception

My wife took me out for dinner and a movie for father’s day us and another couple from our church we had a really nice time.  Happy father’s day to all you dads out there making ends meet the best way you know how; some of you may be cooks, police officer some may work in hospital or in the Mayors office as an aid or hay you may even be the Mayor or whatever maybe you’re a drug dealer I don’t know, but you get the point. What ever your job title is, be it chef, incumbent or dead beat that’s not your name; which brings me to this weeks blog post “A Title Wave of Deception”, note the spelling of the word title not tidal.

Curiously enough Father, Son and Holy Ghost aren’t the only title’s people trip over on their way to salvation. They also think that the title given to Jesus is some how His last name hence He is called Jesus Christ instead of Jesus the Christ. Christ means Messiah or Savior which are His descriptions, for He is the Messiah,” we have found the Messiah” (John 1:41) He is our Savior, “to God our Savior, (Jude: 25). If you follow the flow of these scriptures seems like God and the Savior are One and the Same. This is fortified by other scriptures, (Isaiah 42:8 ) “I am the Lord that is My name, and My glory I will not give to another.” Wonder what glory he’s talking about, all of it but especially the glory of being the Savior of His creation.  If we follow the flow of these scriptures like the Bible says precept upon precept, Line upon line here a little there a little (Isaiah 28:10) then it becomes clear that Father is another one of God’s titles and God is our Savior and neither is Salvation (derived from the root word Savior) in any other name, what name son or holy Ghost. No those are titles, the Name is Jesus. This is the name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost.

 Let me bring it a little closer there’s only one doctrine, right? One Lord, One faith, one Baptism (Ephesians 4:5), it can’t be Buddhism, Islamic, Hinduism, Confucianism, Methodist, Baptist, Taoism or any thing other than the Doctrine God gave, (Acts 2:48 ) That doctrine was given to the Apostles. In Matthew 28:19 why does Jesus tell His disciples to go therefore making disciple of all nations, baptizing them in these titles, Father, Son and Holy Ghost? Because Jesus spent the better part of three years teaching the apostles who He was and though there were others in the bible who claim to know who He was no one had the understanding that his Apostles had. That’s why when Jesus did ascend on high they did exactly what he said they baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost and that name is,,, come on I know you know that’s right Jesus. Jesus is the Father, Jesus is the Son and Jesus is the Holy Ghost. Fortify this with the scripture that reads, “for he has given him a name above every name that at the name of (that’s right) Jesus every knee should bow of those in heaven, on the earth and of those under the earth. (Phili. 2:9-10) The enemy try’s to use this as a stumbling block; truth is if you really want to be saved you won’t let anything stop you, period.

 My wife and I watched a movie last night based on an old radio serial called “The Shadow”. It stared Alec Baldwin as the Shadow. There was a catchy line in this move it went something like this; “who knows the evil that lurks in the hearts of men, the shadow knows”. That’s just the enemy glorifying himself as usual he’s the shadow in men’s hearts and its man’s choice to love that darkness rather than the light. Only God can see into man’s heart to know what’s really there and He has said that mans deeds are evil (John 3:19). When you love drinking, gambling, fornicating, stealing and lying just to name a few, you love evil deeds. When you love those things more than what God told you to do in order to save your eternal soul then you got a real problem my friend, I mean a real problem. It’s those who are tired of the hoopla, those who are ready and willing to do whatever it takes to know the God who gave them life and the only one who can set them free. The name of this blog is “A title wave of deception” truth is the enemy is the one the bible calls the deceiver. Deception needs two major components, one; the deceiver and two; the deceived. In these scenarios can you spot which is which? People say they want to loose weight, stop drinking, stop smoking, and stop lying to one another. They say they want to go to church more, read the bible more, blog more spend more time with their children but We never do, why? Is it because we’ve been deceived or is it because we simply choose not to? We are our own worst enemy. The desires that we have for things we say we want simply have no ambition to feed them. Get ambitious about your soul it’s the most important thing to you it’s yours and yours alone and whether you believe it or not its eternal it’s going to last forever. People dedicate sometimes more than half their natural lives to things that won’t matter in the end while disregarding the cry made continually every day, every week, every month and year their soul weakly, faintly crying out saying save us save us before its to late . My pastor tells us all the time that the two saddest words in the English language are too late. Please don’t let it be said to late there still time to make your calling and election sure, I love you all in the Savors wonderful matchless name, Jesus. Reign on those whose eyes may see these words but they do not understand, give them this understanding and cause them to be saved, before it’s too late in Jesus name Amen.