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Friday, July 16, 2010

Its all about Christ

Its not about you! Its not about me!  Its all about Jesus.


In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
 The same was in the beginning with God.
 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. (John 1:1-5)  We are told by Christ that he is the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Christ. Remember that Abraham saw the day of Christ, and he rejoiced when he saw it. Moses also with that same faith saw Christ.  Christ clearly states that the prophets spoke of him. John the Baptist spoke of Christ and how that he would decrease as Christ would increase, one mightier than I, said John the baptist, that will come and whom I'm not worthy to unloose the latch on his shoe's.  So from Genesis to Revelation it speaks of Christ, coming, his death, his resurrection and return .  Its all about Christ.

Are you all about Christ?  Are you all about Christ's business?  Are you all about the love Christ? Or are you all about you???

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Is It true (Part 3)???


And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. (Luke 16:20-31)



God does not send people to hell. He sacrificed his only begotten Son, so that you and I may enter  in through the gates of heaven. There are only two choices: heaven or hell and he has left that choice to us. To be with him in eternal peace or eternal suffering in hell, the choice is our to make.



"Each time he regained heartbeat and respiration, the patient screamed, "I am in hell!" He was terrified and pleaded with me to help him. I was scared to death. . . Then I noticed a genuinely alarmed look on his face. He had a terrified look worse than the expression seen in death! This patient had a grotesque grimace expressing sheer horror! His pupils were dilated, and he was perspiring and trembling — he looked as if his hair was "on end."
Then still another strange thing happened. He said,"Don't you understand? I am in hell. . . Don't let me go back to hell!" . . .the man was serious, and it finally occurred to me that he was indeed in trouble. He was in a panic like I had never seen before.
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(Maurice Rawlings, Beyond Death's Door,(Thomas Nelson Inc., 1979) p. 3).



Let remember God tells us in Second Peter that it is not his desire for any of us to perish, for we see in Isaiah that hell was created for Lucifer not mankind. We are told that even while taking  our last breathe if we accept Christ as Lord and Savior we can be saved.  Let no one be deceived hell is real,there is either heaven or hell there is other place. denying does not make it less real.  Accepting that Christ has already paid the price so that you do not have enter hell, is all that is required for you to confess that you need Christ and that you desire to have him enter in your heart and be the head of your life.



Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Is It true (Part 2)???

Hell is it real ??? The bible says it is, How many times have I heard someone say, "A loving God wouldn't put His creatures in hell." Well I have news for you, friend, God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). Know ye not that hell was not created for man? Hell was created for the devil and his angels not for mankind. We are given a choose and we decide to believe and accept Christ as our savior and the only one who can and has paid our sin debt.

(Isa 64:6) But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.(Rom 3:10) As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one.  People often accuse God of SENDING people to hell but that is as far from the truth as you can get. God has given people a choice. He has thrown the doors of heaven wide open and shouted COME ALL. All who answer the call are welcome. But if you do not want to enter God can not force you. So, if you refuse to spend eternity with God by your own choice, it is you, not God who has determined your eternal future. So won’t you answer God’s call and spend eternity in heaven. The only thing required from you is to accept God’s gift of salvation by trusting in Christ and what he accomplished in our behalf.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Chisel time

When I say I love you (Wedding vows like you never heard before)

Side effects

Our Father's love letter to us

Is It true (Part 1)???

not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)




One of the classic problems that people bring up is: How can a God of love send anybody to Hell? Well, there are several answers to that.
One of course is that God doesn't send anyone to Hell. You send yourself there. 2 Peter  plainly speaks about God's desire is that no one go to hell. God has done everything He possibly can to keep you out of Hell and still leave you as a person with free will and not just a robot. That's the way He made us--after His image, after His likeness, the power to say “yes” or the power to say “no,” the power to reject our own Creator, and of course to take the consequences.
Sometimes you hear people say, "God wouldn't send His children to Hell." God certainly doesn't send His children to Hell because when we're His children we're in the family of God. We're born again and part of our salvation includes deliverance from judgment. We're not all children of God except through faith in Christ .  
t is folly to expect that you or I can trifle with the Lord Jesus and not have a penalty attached to it. What ridiculous thinking people have in this area! We expect penalties for doing much less. Life is just built that way.
You jump off a high building, the law of gravity will take care of you. You might say, “God is love,” all the way down, but you're still going to get splattered when you hit the bottom! You break the law of gravity, and it breaks you! You may love your little child, but if he puts his finger up on that hot burner on the gas stove or the electric stove, he's going to get burned!
Fire burns. Gravity kills. Water drowns. And you can say, "God is love, God is love, God is love," until you're blue in the face. But water will still drown you, fire will burn you, and gravity will kill you, and sin will damn you no matter how much you say about a loving God.
Bottom line repent, and you shall never taste the fires of hell nor know the pains of eternal separation from God. Don't care how you dress up a pig he is still a pig, sin is still sin. A Holly God can not allow any of us into heaven still clothed in our sin, we must be clothed in Christ Jesus his blood is the only thing that can wash away our sins.  So Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!!! Or hell shall be your new home.


Monday, July 12, 2010

Giving Thanks (For our deliverance)

In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 

We are to be thankful for everything, thankful always. And of all the things that we might be thankful for, and there are many, the primary point of giving thanks to God for him giving his only begotten son so that we would be redeemed.

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! (2 Cor 9:15)

Because of Christ's ransom, we have been taken out of the darkness into the marvelous light. We must give thanks to God for our deliverance for without him we would still be lost. He did what we could not do for ourselves.  Sin cost, Christ paid the cost for our sins, now do not be deceived and  think that because Christ paid for you sins, that you can sin all that you desire with no cost to you. Because of he paid for our sins, we are like Paul said we are bond servants.  When Christ died also did we die to sin, so do not give sin power in your life when its power was taken away. Stop letting sin back in the door after it has been locked out.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Where will you spend eternity???

If God were to appear to you and offer  you some Fatherly advice, concerning your walk with Him. What pray tell do you think he would say?

 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. (Matthew 25:30-47)

On that day it is to late to decide which master you serve, for we see in (Luke 16:13) Christ warns us about this fact and how it will not go well for any man who attempts to serve both God and his flesh.  Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (John 8:44)


Paul referred to himself as bondservant of the Lord, because he saw his only and whole purpose for being here was to do the perfect will of the Lord our God.  What about you???
God is not asking you to sell everything you own and track to some small village in Africa, he might be but not that likely. What he is asking is that we be a living breathing reflection of him to all that we meet.  Stop pondering who to give to and who not too. Trust in the Lord our God with all your heart and soul, for whatever things we do let it be done unto the Lord as if it were him you were doing it for.
For there is only one side we desire to be found on, which is the side where Christ says " well done my true and faithful servant", for then you know that race is won and your journey has ended.  ITs Time!!!          Its now that you decided where you will spend eternity, so which do you choose???

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