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Are You Close To God | Purify Your Heart

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James 4:8: Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.

• The double-minded Christian can never be close to God

• HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT: means there are two options that someone wants, but they can’t have both because the options conflict with each other, so they can only pick one.

• WE CAN’T EXPECT TO HAVE THE SINS THAT MAKE US FEEL GOOD AND CHRISTIANITY TOO!
• WE CAN’T HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS; YOU CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS
THIS LIFE IS ALL ABOUT CHOICES
JESUS UNDERSTANDS AND KNOWS ALL: HE HAS COMPASSION FOR US.
COMPASSION MAY BE DEFINED AS “YOUR PAIN IN MY HEART”

Psalm 145:8 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
Hebrews 4:14-16: Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.16 Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
• He was a man of sorrow, acquainted with grief.
• He understands the pain in our hearts and bodies
Isaiah 53:4-6: Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes, we are healed.6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way, and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• We don’t have to feel despised and rejected
• Bruised hurt and thrown away
• Jesus Christ paid the price for it all
Jesus also said in Matthew 11:28-30: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
• No matter what our past, present or future
• Jesus understands all that we are
• And all that we go through

Some refuse to draw near to God

Zep 3:2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

Jer 2:30: In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

All nations Draw Near to God

Isa 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.

Give your heart to Jesus today by saying this prayer:

Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me. Come into my life. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Please, help me to live for you the rest of this life. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus, I pray.
Amen.

Physical Effects of Addictions Pt 2

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THE LORD WANTS TO WORK IN OUR WHOLE BODY, NOT JUST OUR SPIRITS

1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Body – Soul – This physical body that God gave us to take care of
    • If we are sick in the body
    • We may not be able to care for our spirits
  • Spirit- is that part of us the grows and matures as we feed it

WE CAN LOOK AT ADDICTIONS AS LIKE WEEDS THAT ARE ROOTED IN OUR GARDEN
• Addictions are the ROOT of many Christians problems in
o physical (health) and spiritual health
• Addictions cause the weeds or seeds of sin in our lives
o Pull those weeds early before they get rooted in (elaborate)
o Stir up the soil of your heart with the Word of God

JESUS SAID IN THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER:

Mark 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
• Cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and lusts for other things
• Lead to addictions, AND CHOKE THE WORD
• The Word WILL NOT have the proper effect on your life

AND THE PERSON BECOMES ENSLAVED TO THAT ADDICTION
1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but is of the world.
• We see again reasons why addictions can have a dramatic effects
o In a person’s physical lives
o As well as their spiritual lives
Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
SOME REASONS FOR ADDICTIONS
Could be:
• Low self esteem
o -may think they are useless
• Could be genetic:
o Come through the family line
• Pier Pressure
THAT OLD MAN OR FLESH HAS TO BE CRUCIFIED SO THAT WE CAN RISE IN THE SPIRIT
Galatians 5:24: And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
• Affections and lusts can represent addictions in our lives

JESUS CAN HELP US DO THIS THROUGH PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE

BUT MOSTLY THROUGH INCORPORATING THE WORD OF GOD IN OUR DAILY LIVES

AND NOT ALLOW THOSE THINGS THAT  “BESET US” CHOKE THE WORD IN OUR LIVES

THE ULTIMATE ANSWER TO OUR ADDICTIONS IS JESUS CHRIST

Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

Give your heart to Jesus today by saying this prayer:


Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me. Come into my life. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Please, help me to live for you the rest of this life. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus, I pray.
Amen. 

 

 

Broken and Wounded Spirit

Broken and Wounded Spirit

September 27, 2021 No Comments

A broken heart or spirit may be caused by rejection, abuse, betrayal, tragic circumstances, or by God’s judgment. Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord

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Pestilence and Faithlessness

Pestilence and Faithlessness

September 12, 2021 No Comments

Faithlessness:  Abandoning of a commitment to the Lord,  disowning him, wandering from the truth, and becoming entangled with the world. Faithlessness warnings 2Ti 2:12-13

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Acts and Gospel Boldness

September 6, 2021 No Comments

https://youtu.be/YD8LRxsFCuQ Holy Boldness – Confidence and Courage when approaching God and other people. Approaching God with Boldness Heb 10:19–22 Also see: Ge 18:27; Ge 18:31

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Arise Faint in Heart

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WE KEEP PRESSING FORWARD AND NOT FAINT.
FAINT: TO QUIT, LOSE HEART, GROW WEARY AND TIRED WITH WEARINESS AND EXHAUSTION.
DON’T QUIT! DON’T Give up.
THOUGH WE MAY THINK WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR ROPE, WE ARE NEVER AT THE END OF HOPE.
JESUS ENCOURAGED THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS TO “FAINT NOT”
Rev 2:2-3: I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars: 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Ecclesiasticus 24:24: Faint not to be strong in the Lord; that he may confirm you, cleave unto him: for the Lord Almighty is God alone, and beside him, there is no other Saviour.”

WE WILL NOT FAINT WHEN OUR CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IS IN GOD AND NOT OURSELVES OR ANYONE ELSE
2 Samuel 22: 7 David said In my distress I called upon the Lord and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.


DAVID WAS A MAN THAT PUT HIS CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD:

DAVID wrote PSALM 36:
WHICH SPEAKS OF THE FAITHFULNESS AND MERCY OF GOD
Psalm 36: 5 Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
• In contrast to our weakness and frailty
o God’s mercy and Faithfulness is limitless and unchanging
o The Lord never forgets, never fails, and never falters
o He is stable, steadfast, unwavering, and dependable
6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man, and beast.7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore, the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house, and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Give your heart to Jesus today by saying this prayer:

Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me. Come into my life. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Please, help me to live for you the rest of this life. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus, I pray.
Amen.

Light In The Darkness

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JESUS IS COMING!

EXAMINE OUR WAYS TO SEE IF ANYTHING WE ARE DOING IS GRIEVING THE HOLY SPIRIT
Ephesians 4:30: And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

IF HE IS THE BRIDEGROOM, WHO IS HIS BRIDE?
Matthew 25:1-13: 25 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Matthew 5:15-16 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
• Our light will not shine if we have no oil in our lamps
• We are responsible for our own oil. Not anyone else.
• You got to desire the Oil of God
o The things of the Spirit

Exodus 27:20: And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
• Is your anointing to live for Jesus fading
• Get back in the Word of God
• Fight your way back
• Get prayer

CHRISTIANS LIGHTS WILL NOT SHINE IF THEIR LIVES ARE FILLED WITH SIN:
1 Thess. 5.4-8: 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

MATTHEW 25: 3-4:
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps
FOOLISH VIRGINS WERE FALSE PROFESSORS NO OIL IN THEIR LAMPS
• THE LAMP OF PROFESSION WAS IN THEIR HANDS BUT IT WAS NOT IN THEIR HEARTS
• THEY PROFESSED BUT DIDN’T POSSESS

Eze 33:31-32: And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. Vs 32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

MATTHEW 25: VS 4-7
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps
• Day by day, make sure there is oil in your lamp
o and the wick is trimmed
• MAKE SURE THAT WICK IS DRAWING OIL AND MAKING FIRE
• Make sure that wick doesn’t get the ways of the world on
o Carbon build-up on the wick makes smoke inside the lamp
o Makes the Light dull
o Sometimes that light will go out
Make sure YOUR OWN LAMP stays trimmed properly
• Get right with the Lord now; Don’t wait
• There will be no time to make it right when He comes
KEEP LAMPS TRIMMED AND BRIGHT BY STAYING AWAY FROM SIN
Titus 2:11-12 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB
Revelation 19:6-9:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

Give your heart to Jesus today by saying this prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me. Come into my life. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Please, help me to live for you the rest of this life. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus, I pray.
Amen.

Meeked Stallion

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Matthew 5:5: BLESSED ARE THE MEEK FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH

WHAT IS MEEKNESS

  • It sounds like weakness.
  • But meekness is Power under control

MEEKNESS: MEANS NOT EASILY PROVOKED. SUFFERS INJURIES AND HURTS WITHOUT A DESIRE FOR REVENGE.

EXAMPLE OF MEEKNESS: BACK IN THE DAY, A WILD STALLION BROUGHT DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS, HAD TO BE BROKEN

THE HORSE HAD TO BE BROKEN OR “MEEKED” TO READY FOR A RIDER.

  • SOME WERE USED FOR PULLING WAGONS
  • SOME WERE USED IN RACES

BUT THE BEST HORSES WERE RETAINED FOR WARFARE

THESE HORSES COULD

  • RESPOND TO THE SLIGHTEST NUDGE OF THE RIDER
  • GALLOP AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND STOP AT THE SLIGHTEST WORD
  • WERE NOT FRIGHTENED BY ARROWS, SPEARS, OR TORCHES

THESE MEEKED HORSES WERE POWER UNDER CONTROL

TO BE MEEKED WAS TO BE TAKEN FROM A STATE OF WILD REBELLION
• AND BROUGHT TO LOYALTY AND DEPENDENT UPON, ONE’S MASTER
JESUS HAS HAD TO GET A HOLD OF SOME OF US WILD STALLIONS
• HE Took us from wild rebellion
• And wants us to be completely loyal
• And dependent on Him
• Change us our attitudes
• So we can be used by Him

MEEKNESS IS ALSO CONNECTED TO RESTORATION

When something is restored: “restore” as to bring back to or put back something to a former or original state

MEEKNESS IS CONSIDERING OTHER ABOVE OURSELVES

  • So many sitting on pews across the world
  • Right in the Body of Christ
  • Need restoring
  • WE NEED MORE MEEKNESS IN THE PEWS
  • OF CHURCH OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

Galatians 6:1: Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

JESUS restored us to God through His Meekness

  • should gently restore someone who is in sin
  • considering thyself
  • anyone one of us can fall into sin
  • says ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness;

MEEKNESS LETS GOD HANDLE THINGS/ TAKES ITS HANDS OFF OF THE SITUATION
Psalm 46:10. Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
• Jesus can fix it, while we make things worse
Psalms 147:6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

MEEKNESS CAUSES US TO BE TEACHABLE AND OPEN TO CORRECTION
Ps 25: 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way
Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

JESUS OUR PERFECT EXAMPLE OF MEEKNESS
Is 53:7: He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep, before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth

Give your heart to Jesus today by saying this prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me. Come into my life. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Please, help me to live for you the rest of this life. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus, I pray.
Amen.

Pure In Heart

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THE MOST IMPORTANT “ATTITUDE” WHEN THE LORD IS TEACHING US ANYTHING IS TO HAVE A PURE HEART:
MATT 5:3-12 ARE OUR CHRISTIAN ATTITUDES
I WILL REFER TO ONE OF the BEATITUDES ON THE SERMON OF THE MOUNT
MATT 5: 8 BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART: FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD.

BE ABLE TO HEAR AND SEE THROUGH THE EYES OF GOD
1 Samuel 16:6-7: 6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him .7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
• The scales need to come off our eyes, heart, and mind
• This is part of our renewal process
• We cooperate with the Lord
• When the scales come off, we can see the truth

HAVE SPIRITUAL EARS
We get those through hearing the Word of God
Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
• Hearing through spiritual ears
• There is something called spiritual deafness
• Can cause us not to have faith
• We can command spiritual deafness off our spiritual ears
Matt 11:15: He that hath ears to hear let him hear
• Hear what the Spirit is saying
• Not what we think we should hear
Matt 13:16: But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears for they hear
• When we see and hear the way God does,
• we will have a burden to intercede

The Body of Christ Needs Intercessors – The Lord is calling Intercessor He can trust and  that have a Pure Heart. 

Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

Intercession– is basically as Ezekiel 22:30 says – make up the hedge, and stand in the gap (DEFINITION FROM DICTIONARY

  • To expose oneself for the protection of something
  • To make a defense against an attacking danger
  • To take the place of a fallen defender or supporter

JESUS IS THE GREATEST INTERCESSOR – HE IS OUR EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW
Hebrews 1:3” Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high
Romans 8:34: Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.”
HE INTERCEDED FOR –STOOD IN THE GAP FOR ALL OF MANKIND
Isaiah 53:12: Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
• His death was not an accident
• Jesus willingly came
• “pour out his soul unto death.”
• Most important: made intercession for the transgressors
• Transgressors: The criminal, delinquent, felon, evildoer, reprobate

THIS IS WHERE WE NEED THAT CHANGE OF HEART

“Bare the sin of many” and made intercession for the transgressors. (people that everyone hates and judges)

  • He saw things that way his Father saw them
  • That’s how we have to be

LIVE FOR JESUS AND SEEK TO HAVE A PURE HEART

MATT 5: 8 BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART: FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD.

Give your heart to Jesus today by saying this prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me. Come into my life. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Please, help me to live for you the rest of this life. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus, I pray.
Amen.

Unity In Jesus

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Unity in Jesus

AND IN JOHN CHAPTER 17: VS 11 AND VS 20-23
• VS 11 JESUS PRAYED THAT WE WOULD BE ONE JUST AS HE AND THE FATHER ARE ONE
John 17:11: And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
• Christians may belong to different fellowships,
• but we all belong to the Lord
• and to each other.

John 17:20-23: Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

  • Jesus was also praying for ones that would become Christians
  • Jesus is praying that His people experience a spiritual unity
  • that is like the oneness of the Father and the Son.
  • Jesus wants His Church to increase and grow
  • That those that come into the faith can also be one in Christ

Vs. 23: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

  • It is all about Jesus
  • How is the World going to know that Jesus is real
  • What the lost world can see in a Christian is what they will believe about God.
  • The gift of God through Jesus Christ is for “Whosoever will”

Revelation 22:17: And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will let him take the water of life freely.

  • Whosoever will accept that Blood Sacrifice of Jesus Christ belongs the Jesus

THE APOSTLE PAUL INSPIRES BELIEVERS WORK “TOGETHER”

Eph 2:5–6, &vs 22.: Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: vs. 22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

THE UNITY OF THE BODY OF CHRIST IN

Eph 4:4–6: There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

  • We are encouraged to be united in our faith.
  • So if we are of the Faith of God
  • No matter where we go on this earth
  • If that fellowship is of the faith, we won’t be outcast
  • It should not matter what race, nationality, or how you look
  • We are accepted in the beloved of God

THE WORK OF THE CHURCH IS TO MAKE DISCIPLES

Remember Jesus said in John 17:20-21: Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

  • How a person looks on the outside does not matter
  • What race or nationality they are
  • What language they speak
  • How good or how bad they are

THEY ARE CANDIDATES TO RECEIVE THE GIFT OF SALVATION

JESUS IS COMING BACK FOR A BRIDE WHO IS WITHOUT SPOT OR WRINKLE.

  • The fact that men will be in that number
  • Shows that this will not be an earthly Bride
  • We are talking about a Heavenly supernatural Bride
  • Consisting of men, women, and children
  • All types, shapes, sizes, and colors

ALL PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT THEIR STATUS IN LIFE ARE EQUAL IN GOD’S EYES

LOVE: THE SUPREME COMMAND OF BELIEVERS IS TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

  • We are to love one another just as Jesus has loved us

“A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another”Jn.13:34-35.

“This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you” Jn.15:12.

Jesus loves us all today.

If you feel the Lord tugging at your heart: or you once knew the Lord and went away from HIM. Just say this prayer, Dear Lord Jesus,

Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me of all my sins and come into my heart and life. I give you my body, soul, and spirit. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Please, help me to live for you the rest of this life. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Trust in God

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Trust in God

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. Heb 13:8
This is a time when many are giving up on God and unbelievers are turning a cold shoulder
• May be due to what is going on in the world
• Or what may be going in your personal life
• But the Bible says God is the same, yesterday, today and forever
• Though this world is changing Jesus will never change

Jeremiah 17:5-10: Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
• Vs. 5 starts by saying we can’t make humanity our strength
• Because when we do “our heart departeth from the Lord
Psalm 118:8-9: It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.9It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
John 15:4 – Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
That verse in Jeremiah 15:5 also says: “When we trust in humanity, our heart departeth from the Lord.”
• We did some teaching on the Heart
• We found out that the Heart can deceive us
Vs.9-10 in Jeremiah 17 says The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
• We don’t even know our hearts
• But Jesus does
• He searches the heart and mind and knows how to reward each person
• If we want to know what our hearts are like, we must read the Word and let
the Spirit of God teach us.

Back in Jeremiah 17:6 says
Says: If we put our trust in humanity: “we shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.”
• Heath – is a shrub
• We will be like a plant in the dessert
o Undernourished
o No water –stay close to the Word of God
 Not drinking spiritual water, we will die from dehydration
• Or our physical health will suffer
 “That verse says “but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness
o To avoid drying up and dying spiritually stay close to the Bible and Spirit of God
o So that we can have faith and receive the blessings of God
WE HAVE THE WORD OF GOD TO KEEP US FULLY SPIRITUALLY HYDRATED
Psalm 119:105: Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:103: How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psalm 119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth forever

WE CAN SEE MORE OF THE FRUIT OF WORD OF GOD
John 15:16: Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
• The Lord in his infinite found us when we were lost
• As we dwell in His Love and Word, we will bring forth fruit
Matthew 3:7-8, and vs. 10 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?8 Bring forth; therefore, fruits meet for repentance: vs. 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
• For over four hundred years, the nation had not heard the voice of a prophet.
• John came along and preached repentance
• repent means “to change one’s mind and act on that change.”
• More than regret or remorse; he wanted “fruits meet for repentance.”
• That means evidence of a changed mind and a changed life.
LET’S STAY IN A REPENTANT HEART AND CLOSE TO JESUS

Give your heart to Jesus today by saying this prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me. Come into my life. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Please, help me to live for you the rest of this life. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus, I pray.
Amen.

Wrath of God

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MATT 24 : War, Famine, Pestilence, Earthquakes, Tribulation, Sorrow, Persecution Suffering for Christ’s sake, Apostasy, Betrayal, Hatred, False Prophets, Deceivers, Backsliding, Love Growing Cold

THE BIBLE SHOWS THAT THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WORLD PROVOKES GOD WRATH
That’s why we continue to pray: make sure we are right with God personally
• Then Seek God’s face for our immediate and extended families
• People around us that we come in contact with
• Whatever and whoever the Lord lays on our hearts
• Nobody knows the exact occurrence of the Rapture
• But we can look around and see the signs and seasons

THE JUDGMENT OF GOD SHOWN IN :
John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
• God’s wrath was revealed in the past, is shown in the present, and will be revealed in the future.

GOD’S WRATH REVEALED IN THE PRESENT:
Romans 1:24: 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Romans 1:26: For this cause, God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Romans 1:28: 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
GOD’S WRATH REVEALED IN THE FUTURE
John 15:6 – If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.
Luke 12:5 – But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Revelation 20:15 – And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
GOD HATH SHOWN HIS LOVE TOWARD US 
• He made way for humanity when not deserved
The Divine Wrath of God towards sin was upon Jesus Christ
• He became the propitiation (satisfaction, atonement, resolution) for our sins
Romans 3:25: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God
Romans 5:8: 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 3:23 … For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Eph 2:1: And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

JESUS TELLS ABOUT REMAINING WATCHFUL FOR HIS COMING
Matthew 24:37-39: Jesus said: But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
The Bible says there is nothing new under the sun
Ecclesiastes 1:9: 9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Give your heart to Jesus today by saying this prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me. Come into my life. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Please, help me to live for you the rest of this life. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus, I pray.
Amen.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16