Thoughts
Have you ever thought that God has told the enemy that He knows that you will stand in the face of adversity?
That is what I have felt like the past few weeks. There is an old saying...What don't kill you makes you stronger....well....what they didn't say is that you may feel like you are being killed. Some of the things that we go through are not our fault at all. Some of it is because the enemy wants to harm you.
Jesus wasn't spared from Satan tempting Him in the desert, so I wonder why we think we are better than Jesus. What makes us today, think that we are above being tempted? I can tell you why. It is because the majority of America who CLAIM to be Christians really are not. They have bought into the idea that there really ins't any evil in the world, only the evil that we humans make for ourselves.
People have turned away from the true teaching of the Word. It comes in all kinds of ways. Like the different religions. If you believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and that he has been crucified on Calvary, died, was buried, and then rose on the 3rd day, and believe that your sins are forgiven by His shed blood, you are saved. That is it. Nothing else will get you into heaven.
Paul says that we can't EARN our salvation. James tells us that Faith without works is dead. This may seem like a contradiction but it is not. We can't BUY our way into heaven. We can't WORK our way into heaven. Jesus said that the only way to the Father is through Jesus. BUT once we accept the forgiveness of Jesus and want to live for Him, we will do the work of "preaching" the gospel. Sowing seed, watering the seed, and harvesting the seed. It may not be anyone thing we do. The works we do here will be our crowns we will receive in heaven.
If a religion tells you that you have to WORK to be one of the FEW people to get to heaven, you are being lied to. If a religion tells you that you can go to a man and tell him things, and he has the power to FORGIVE you, you are being lied to. If a religion tells you that you have to be baptized right away and that you will never loose your salvation no matter WHAT you do, you are being lied to. If a religion tells you that you have to be baptized into THAT church to be a member, you are being lied to.
This is what is wrong. People only want to hear what they WANT to hear. The Bible says that people will have tickling ears. They will only listen to what they want to hear. People don't want to feel the conviction that comes with hearing the Word when it is spoken with determination, and love.
God is not only a God of love like people want to believe. He is also a Jealous God. He don't want to send anyone to hell, and in truth He isn't, you are. If you don't trust God and want to live for Him, you are sending yourself to hell. God wants ALL of our praise and love and service. He is jealous. He says so Himself. "Thou shall have no other gods before me for I am a jealous God."
If God brings you to the troubling time, He will see you through the troubling time
That is what I have felt like the past few weeks. There is an old saying...What don't kill you makes you stronger....well....what they didn't say is that you may feel like you are being killed. Some of the things that we go through are not our fault at all. Some of it is because the enemy wants to harm you.
Jesus wasn't spared from Satan tempting Him in the desert, so I wonder why we think we are better than Jesus. What makes us today, think that we are above being tempted? I can tell you why. It is because the majority of America who CLAIM to be Christians really are not. They have bought into the idea that there really ins't any evil in the world, only the evil that we humans make for ourselves.
People have turned away from the true teaching of the Word. It comes in all kinds of ways. Like the different religions. If you believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and that he has been crucified on Calvary, died, was buried, and then rose on the 3rd day, and believe that your sins are forgiven by His shed blood, you are saved. That is it. Nothing else will get you into heaven.
Paul says that we can't EARN our salvation. James tells us that Faith without works is dead. This may seem like a contradiction but it is not. We can't BUY our way into heaven. We can't WORK our way into heaven. Jesus said that the only way to the Father is through Jesus. BUT once we accept the forgiveness of Jesus and want to live for Him, we will do the work of "preaching" the gospel. Sowing seed, watering the seed, and harvesting the seed. It may not be anyone thing we do. The works we do here will be our crowns we will receive in heaven.
If a religion tells you that you have to WORK to be one of the FEW people to get to heaven, you are being lied to. If a religion tells you that you can go to a man and tell him things, and he has the power to FORGIVE you, you are being lied to. If a religion tells you that you have to be baptized right away and that you will never loose your salvation no matter WHAT you do, you are being lied to. If a religion tells you that you have to be baptized into THAT church to be a member, you are being lied to.
This is what is wrong. People only want to hear what they WANT to hear. The Bible says that people will have tickling ears. They will only listen to what they want to hear. People don't want to feel the conviction that comes with hearing the Word when it is spoken with determination, and love.
God is not only a God of love like people want to believe. He is also a Jealous God. He don't want to send anyone to hell, and in truth He isn't, you are. If you don't trust God and want to live for Him, you are sending yourself to hell. God wants ALL of our praise and love and service. He is jealous. He says so Himself. "Thou shall have no other gods before me for I am a jealous God."
If God brings you to the troubling time, He will see you through the troubling time
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