Matthew 25:32 "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:
The word of God tells us that there will be a great day of separation, a day when the wheat will be separated from the chaff, and the sheep from the goats. A day when the Lord will pay each man His due. On that day where will you find yourself standing? Will you be a one of His sheep, or will you be a goat?
The Lord says His sheep hear His voice and follow Him. there are many who haven't heard the voice of the Lord. The harvest Is truly plentiful yet the laborers are few. Now there are laborers but few are willing to go out into the gleaning fields and bring in the sheaves. The world is hungry for the truth of God's word , yet it is being fed a low gospel high sugar message designed to fatten up the leaders and leave the sheep weak and lame. Let the true laborers go into the gleaning fields and share the good news of salvation to a hungry and dying world that all might hear the voice of the true shepherd, that we all might stand on the side of the sheep and none will be goats.
In our text Jesus tells us that all nations will stand before Him and He will do the separating. This tell us that it is not about us or what we think , but it is about Jesus and what He says. Let us learn to listen to the voice of the Lord in obedience, that we might do His will and hear in that great day, well done my good and faithful servant.
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Friday, March 7, 2014
People Get Ready
Matthew 24:37 " But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."
As we come nearer to resurrection Sunday I am reminded that Jesus is coming back again. He Is not coming back to seek and save the lost, no this time He is coming for His church, a church without spot or blemish. He is coming for the prepared people to take to the place He went to prepare for them, and people we better be ready.
The word of God says, all who say Lord, Lord will not enter into the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of the Father, yet the true laborers are few. There is a popular message going around that is full of the promise of earthly riches and positions of power that has people looking for what they can get from God, and then there is a much needed message which is not so popular, it is the message of repentance, and what we can do for God. Many live their lives based on God's love for us, and don't get me wrong God do love us, but He also cannot lie. When He says the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of heaven He means it. Let us begin to live a life that shows the world our love for God by living a life that is pleasing to Him and will lead lost souls to accept His free gift of salvation.
Here in our text Jesus Is telling the people how in the days of Noah, His message was unpopular, they laughed at him and continued doing their own thing. See they had never seen rain before, so Noah message seemed like nonsense to them. Todays unpopular message seems like nonsense to the masses, but when the rains came and the door was closed it was too late to accept the message from God. People get ready, when Jesus comes back, it will be too late to accept the message from God. Salvation is real and eternity is a long time, don't reject God's word because it seems unpopular, remember narrow is the way to righteousness, so don't be so quick to follow the crowd, they could be traveling down the broad road.
As we come nearer to resurrection Sunday I am reminded that Jesus is coming back again. He Is not coming back to seek and save the lost, no this time He is coming for His church, a church without spot or blemish. He is coming for the prepared people to take to the place He went to prepare for them, and people we better be ready.
The word of God says, all who say Lord, Lord will not enter into the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of the Father, yet the true laborers are few. There is a popular message going around that is full of the promise of earthly riches and positions of power that has people looking for what they can get from God, and then there is a much needed message which is not so popular, it is the message of repentance, and what we can do for God. Many live their lives based on God's love for us, and don't get me wrong God do love us, but He also cannot lie. When He says the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of heaven He means it. Let us begin to live a life that shows the world our love for God by living a life that is pleasing to Him and will lead lost souls to accept His free gift of salvation.
Here in our text Jesus Is telling the people how in the days of Noah, His message was unpopular, they laughed at him and continued doing their own thing. See they had never seen rain before, so Noah message seemed like nonsense to them. Todays unpopular message seems like nonsense to the masses, but when the rains came and the door was closed it was too late to accept the message from God. People get ready, when Jesus comes back, it will be too late to accept the message from God. Salvation is real and eternity is a long time, don't reject God's word because it seems unpopular, remember narrow is the way to righteousness, so don't be so quick to follow the crowd, they could be traveling down the broad road.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Jesus Is Salvation
Psalm 37:39 "But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble".
Salvation is a big deal and describes the whole life of the true believer. They feel the need of being saved from self, sin, satan and the world. They trust in God for preservation, and the end there of is eternal rest and peace in the bossom of the Father. The prosperous sinner is on another track, and comes to another conclusion: he disowns all need of salvation,and considers his success to be of his own winning. But the transgressors shall be destroyed together; the end of the wicked shall be cut off.God is not with the unrighteous; they have neither safety,nor strength, nor salvation in their time of trouble.
The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord, he is in the planning of it; the providing of it; the beginning of it; the carrying on of it, and the completion of it. The believer realizes that it is not about anything he has done, but purely out of the love of God. The inward conflicts of the believer makes him know that God alone must work salvation, for we are to fickled to save ourselves. The outward temptations drive us to the fact that only God can keep us. The world's hate teaches us that greater is he that is in us, than he that is in the world.Our daily trials would crush and destroy us if it wasn't for the strength of the Lord, made perfect in our weakness. This truth that unto the Lord belongs the salvation of His saints,leads us to trust in him; excites us into believing prayer to him,and a total dependency upon Him.
All eyes turn on Jesus with looks of love; gratitude glows in every bosom, and swells in every song; now with golden harps they sound his praise;and now descending from their thrones to do him homage, they cast their crowns in one glittering heap at the feet which were nailed on Calvary. Here we learn in whose name to seek salvation, and through whose merits to hope for it; for salvation of the righteous belongs to the Lord Jesus, to him be the glory.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Salvation Is In Christ Alone
John 15:5 "I am the vine, ye are the branches; he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing."
Salvation, the wonderful gift from God. A gift so precious, God didn't leave any part of it up to us. He gave His son to be the sacrifice, His spirit to draw us, and it is by His word that we are cleaned. There is nothing about salvation that we can take credit for. We can't even come to know salvation unless the spirit of God draws us to Jesus. The only thing God left us with, is the choice, we could choose life or we could by default choose death.
Jesus says He is the vine and we are the branches, and aside from the vine the branch can do nothing, yet many walk through life staking claim to glory that belongs to God. It doesn't matter what it is that you have, what you have done, or how gifted you are ,all good and perfect gifts come from God and all the glory is due to Him. Our worship is a blessing from God, our testimony is a blessing from God, our salvation is a blessing from God, all that we have is a blessing from God.We must be careful not to get caught up on self and who we are, how saved we are, or how much we got, and make sure that all we do is bringing honor to God. If you are satisfied and God is not being glorified, chances are you are doing the wrong thing.Jesus called us to bear witness that He lives, and the best way to bear this truth is to allow Him to live through you. One of the greatest witnesses in the bible is Lazarus, he never says a word yet his witness was so strong ,the religious leaders wanted to kill him because his life glorified God, leading others to believe.
Jesus says He is the vine, it is the vine that contains all of the branches needs. Notice the branch does nothing, everything is done by the vine through the branch and for the branch. Jesus wants us to be willing branches on the vine that He might work His plan of salvation through us. Let us truly become branches on the vine and let the Lord have His way with our lives, after all it is not about us.
Salvation, the wonderful gift from God. A gift so precious, God didn't leave any part of it up to us. He gave His son to be the sacrifice, His spirit to draw us, and it is by His word that we are cleaned. There is nothing about salvation that we can take credit for. We can't even come to know salvation unless the spirit of God draws us to Jesus. The only thing God left us with, is the choice, we could choose life or we could by default choose death.
Jesus says He is the vine and we are the branches, and aside from the vine the branch can do nothing, yet many walk through life staking claim to glory that belongs to God. It doesn't matter what it is that you have, what you have done, or how gifted you are ,all good and perfect gifts come from God and all the glory is due to Him. Our worship is a blessing from God, our testimony is a blessing from God, our salvation is a blessing from God, all that we have is a blessing from God.We must be careful not to get caught up on self and who we are, how saved we are, or how much we got, and make sure that all we do is bringing honor to God. If you are satisfied and God is not being glorified, chances are you are doing the wrong thing.Jesus called us to bear witness that He lives, and the best way to bear this truth is to allow Him to live through you. One of the greatest witnesses in the bible is Lazarus, he never says a word yet his witness was so strong ,the religious leaders wanted to kill him because his life glorified God, leading others to believe.
Jesus says He is the vine, it is the vine that contains all of the branches needs. Notice the branch does nothing, everything is done by the vine through the branch and for the branch. Jesus wants us to be willing branches on the vine that He might work His plan of salvation through us. Let us truly become branches on the vine and let the Lord have His way with our lives, after all it is not about us.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
He Got Up!
Matthew 28:6 "He Is not here: For he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay".
Go and tell is the command to every man and woman who has discovered the power of Christ. It is through the sharing of this good new that we have the power to change the world. We must tell people that the resurrection brings regeneration into the lives of those who are spiritually dead, through the power of the Holy Spirit, bringing about a new birth, changing one from the inside out. This is the basis for the Church's witness to the world. Every believer can share this certainty with confidence.Of course, a great controversy has always surrounded the Resurrection. The Jewish priest paid the guards to deny what happened that day, and there are still millions of People who deny the resurrection, in word and in deed. Sometime we don't live like he rose with all power, we don't trust that he overcame the world and all it's temptations, and thus harms our witness to the world. A witness is one who tells what he or she knows as a certainty. You can only witness that which you have seen or experienced.
The resurrection is the basis for hope in the Christian faith. The women who came to the tomb expected to find death. Instead, they met an angel who told them that Jesus had risen. Belief that Jesus rose is the key to the completion of his promise that we will rise also. Believers can also experience resurrection power in their lives. Without this assurance, Paul said," we are of all men most miserable". The first witnesses were commanded to go and tell the disciples then later tell the world. Go and tell remains the command for believers today who have discovered the wonder of the risen Christ in their lives.
Go and tell is the command to every man and woman who has discovered the power of Christ. It is through the sharing of this good new that we have the power to change the world. We must tell people that the resurrection brings regeneration into the lives of those who are spiritually dead, through the power of the Holy Spirit, bringing about a new birth, changing one from the inside out. This is the basis for the Church's witness to the world. Every believer can share this certainty with confidence.Of course, a great controversy has always surrounded the Resurrection. The Jewish priest paid the guards to deny what happened that day, and there are still millions of People who deny the resurrection, in word and in deed. Sometime we don't live like he rose with all power, we don't trust that he overcame the world and all it's temptations, and thus harms our witness to the world. A witness is one who tells what he or she knows as a certainty. You can only witness that which you have seen or experienced.
Countless people who have been touched and changed by meeting the living Jesus provide undeniable evidence of the resurrection. The way they live their life is their witness that he rose ,and rose with all power.The first disciples were commanded to be witness, and each of us whose lives have been changed by the resurrection must invite those who need Him to know Him. The Resurrection's reality gives hope to a needy world and gives all who truly believes the power to change the world. He Got Up!
Monday, March 3, 2014
Whosoever Included You
Acts 13:26 "Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent".
Paul and Barnabas first preached the gospel to the seed of Abraham, but they contradicted and blasphemed, and therefore, in verse 46, we see that they now were proclaiming the good news to the Gentiles. Let all heed to this warning, let us not refuse the gospel and find it taken away from us. Now is the acceptable day of salvation; when you hear his voice harden not your hearts." To you is the word of this salvation sent".
What is the word of this salvation? It is the testimony that Jesus is the promised Savior. The word which promises forgiveness to all who exhibit repentance of sin, and have faith in the Lord Jesus. In a word it is the proclamation of perfect salvation, through the risen Lord. It is a word, as being spoken by God, and as being his present utterance even at this moment. It is a word which reveals"the word", Jesus the living word of God. It is a word of salvation; for it declares, describes, presents and presses home salvation. It is a word sent for the Gospel dispensation, it is a mission of mercy from God, the gospel message, Jesus the Messiah, and the Holy Ghost himself is sent to work salvation among men. Will you decidedly and honestly refuse it? Will you delay your acceptance of this Free gift? Will you play the hypocrite and pretend to receive it, while in your heart you reject it. Will you be a temporary convert, or will you accept the word of salvation with delight? When He said whosoever that included you.
Jesus Said, " Preach the gospel to every creature." But you might ask, shall it be offered to those who crucified him, offered to the soldier who stuck him in his side. Yes, Jesus wants the gospel preach to everyone; the man who put the crown of thorns on Christ head, needs to know that their is a crown of life for him if he repents. He who stuck Christ in the side, into his very heart, he needs to know there is a nearer way to the heart of the savior. No matter how bad we might think the person is, Jesus shed just as much blood for the least of them as he did the greatest of them, and they deserve to hear the gospel and be saved."Christ came to seek and save that which was lost".Proclaim salvation to all, it is the Lord's will.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Forgive Our Trespass
Joel 2:12"Therefore also now saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning:"
Let us gather all we can, and bring them into the house of the Lord; and cry unto the Lord "spare thy people O Lord and "Forgive us for we no not what we do. Let us come together, all the people, and hear what thus saith the Lord; for the Lord says "Turn to me".
There are many of us who are lost, going the wrong way, doing the wrong thing, following the wrong leaders, and traveling on the wrong road. Many traveling on the broad road, yet Jesus said narrow is the way. God is telling us to turn, turn from our wicked ways, turn and turn loose. Let go of the world and grab hold of the things is heaven. Don't just turn your head giving the appearance of change, you know walking different but still going in the same direction. Let us turn our hearts with weeping and mourning, rent our hearts like it greatly grieves our souls to have sinned against God, rent our hearts, as we desire to never do it again. Rent our heart not our garments, make this an inward commitment and not an outward show. Rent our hearts, and turn to God with fasting, not the commitment of doing without meat for a day ,but the commitment of doing without sin for a lifetime, as Jesus told the lady go and sin no more. Crucify the old man and ways, walk in a newness of life. Turn and fast, as to fasten to him, and fasten on him, like Jacob holding on to the angel, and refusing to let Go, as our blessing are in holding on to God. Grab on to him with true devotion and loyalty, hold fast weeping for the wrong we have done to him, and the shame sin has brought to us, his beautiful bride. Hold on and wait for our change to come.
Let us truly turn back to God, truly repent and become an accurate reflection of the one whose name we bear. Walk that we might truly lead a lost and dying world, to the salvation of the Lord. Lead in truth, teach in honesty, and reprove in love, for our Fathers' desire is that none shall parish. Reach out in love to save the souls Christ died for. Let us come back to God that we might lead others to the salvation of the Lord.....
Let us gather all we can, and bring them into the house of the Lord; and cry unto the Lord "spare thy people O Lord and "Forgive us for we no not what we do. Let us come together, all the people, and hear what thus saith the Lord; for the Lord says "Turn to me".
There are many of us who are lost, going the wrong way, doing the wrong thing, following the wrong leaders, and traveling on the wrong road. Many traveling on the broad road, yet Jesus said narrow is the way. God is telling us to turn, turn from our wicked ways, turn and turn loose. Let go of the world and grab hold of the things is heaven. Don't just turn your head giving the appearance of change, you know walking different but still going in the same direction. Let us turn our hearts with weeping and mourning, rent our hearts like it greatly grieves our souls to have sinned against God, rent our hearts, as we desire to never do it again. Rent our heart not our garments, make this an inward commitment and not an outward show. Rent our hearts, and turn to God with fasting, not the commitment of doing without meat for a day ,but the commitment of doing without sin for a lifetime, as Jesus told the lady go and sin no more. Crucify the old man and ways, walk in a newness of life. Turn and fast, as to fasten to him, and fasten on him, like Jacob holding on to the angel, and refusing to let Go, as our blessing are in holding on to God. Grab on to him with true devotion and loyalty, hold fast weeping for the wrong we have done to him, and the shame sin has brought to us, his beautiful bride. Hold on and wait for our change to come.
Let us truly turn back to God, truly repent and become an accurate reflection of the one whose name we bear. Walk that we might truly lead a lost and dying world, to the salvation of the Lord. Lead in truth, teach in honesty, and reprove in love, for our Fathers' desire is that none shall parish. Reach out in love to save the souls Christ died for. Let us come back to God that we might lead others to the salvation of the Lord.....
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