Sexually Promiscuous

Sexually Promiscuous 

I recently had an encounter on my face book with a woman who is very much a gay advocate. She promotes the lifestyle so much I thought she was their spokes woman although she is heterosexual.  For weeks she had posted a barrage of gay pictures, quotes and comments, some of which were offensive to other.  One post was of Willy Wanka with a caption of “So, God hates gays ha? I didn’t get that memo. Can you send me that memo.” 

Now I understand that I could have taken her off my face book page and been done with her. Instead, I left her on in the hope of sharing another side of this coin. When I saw the Willy Wanka post asking for the memo I sent her this: 1 Cor 6:9-10 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.The memo is pretty clear who will not inherit the kingdom of God. 

With so much gay rights legislation in the news, it is clearly dividing our country. The right and left, Christian and seculars all stand their ground on this one subject, even if they are not gay. I would like to share my Christian thoughts and concerns on the subject. 

If you read the previous bible verse it says fornicators, idolaters, adulterers and of course other behavior that God deems a sin. Let’s look at three of the sins mentioned above; adultery, fornication and homosexuality. 

Adultery

Adultery = Voluntary sexual activity between a married person and a person who is not their spouse.  If you knew a couple married for 15 years and one of them were having an affair for the past 3 years, how would you feel about that? Most people would feel shocked, angry, outraged and may even want to confront the cheater. I have heard people say, the cheating spouse deserves to be punished, should be taken to the cleaners in court, be banned from seeing the children. When the shock of the news subsides, friends and family usually comfort the spouse who was cheated on, trying to help the fractured family make sense of it all. I can tell you what doesn’t come to mind. That the cheating spouse was born to cheat, he/she was created that way, therefore this behavior is excusable and the rest of the family will have to deal with it. No, instead we think, how could this person be so selfish, thinking of just a moment of pleasure when he/she has a family, children and a spouse who is always there. When it comes to adultery, we clearly see the destruction and the sin in the sex act. If the spouse is willing, you will find in most cases the cheating spouse in therapy or marriage counseling to resolve the problem. Never does anyone say; he or she was born that way. A sin is a sin and the bible calls Adultery a sin. 

Fornication 

Fornication = Two people not married having sexual relations. We all know someone or have been this person at one time or another. What we don’t realize is God made it a sin for a good reason. When we have relations with someone, we create a tie to that person. 1 Corinthians 6:16 And don’t you realize that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? For the Scriptures say, “The two are united into one.  Not only does the bible say sex joins two people together but science has proven this as fact.  Chemicals in the brain with hormones are released to bind us to our sexual partners. Our eyes dilate, feelings change and emotions emerge. Scientific data has proven, sex ties us to a person emotional. If you’re on face book you know there are sites you can go to showing who has looked you up in the past year. I believe some of you would be surprised to know that Joe or Jane from that brief relationship you had 4 years ago is still looking you up. That’s because you created a tie by having sex just a few times. The problem lies in hurt feelings. 

These’s days you can always find a story in the news of someone being shot, stalked or abused by an old boyfriend or lover. I have heard of men complain of women stalking them after just 3 dates. 

How about S.T.D’s. Some take time to manifest symptoms and while your sewing your oats you could be passing on all kinds of nasty S.T.D’s to others. How many unwanted children come from pre-marital sex. Hundreds of babies are born every year to teens and young adults who are not equipped or ready to raise a child. Bringing up a child as a single parent isn’t the best environment either. God made marriage in the garden of Eden between a man and a woman in order for the children to get the best of both parents. When a child is raised without a mom or dad, it is difficult on the child. Seeing other children with both parents may make the single parent child wonder if they are really loved, if their other parent left because of him/her.  I am sure some of you can attest to this, maybe one parent passed away or left unexpectedly, leaving you a child of a single parent home. 

Sex comes with consequences especially if you’re not married. You are more likely to get S.T.D’s if you are not married. Secondly, you run the risk of getting pregnant. Being a single parent is a difficult lifestyle and not having the support of both parents when raising a child is hard. Both sexes bring something the other doesn’t have when it comes to raising a child. God made us to think and act differently. Having both parents in rearing a child is important. Serial dating is another problem. It can lead to violence, stalking and in some cases sexual assault. Those are some reasons why God made Fornication a sin. God wants us to live peaceably, a full life with good relationships, not sexually promiscuous lives to leave a wake of hurt and broken people along the way. 

How many times have you heard someone say; we were all born to be sexually promiscuous, or it’s in our nature to have many partners? If you are thinking of the sex addicts, they tell them to go to counseling too.  God doesn’t make rules than change the game by making you what He said not to be. He said Fornication was a sin. Therefore, He will give us the tools to over come the desire to do that thing He told you not to do. 

1 Corinthians 5:19-21 Says: The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.    

The bible calls these sins acts of the flesh. It’s our selfishness that allow our feelings to control our moral self. Today it’s ok to be out of control, cheat, lie, have sex with whomever, whenever you want, with no regard to others or anything. God says that’s feeding the flesh. Feeding the flesh is to not be in control of your desires but allowing your desires to control you. 

Homosexual Behavior 

Using PFLAG and National Dept. of Health and Services, Gay and Lesbian site, a few other sites I came up with some statistics on gay and lesbian relationships which I would like to share.

The average rate of domestic violence in traditional marriage, established by a nationwide federal government survey is less than 15% per year. Unmarried, cohabiting heterosexuals report a higher rates of violence of about 20% to 25% per year. When the same standard is applied to gay and lesbian relationships, the following evidence emerges: 48% of 43 lesbian couples, and 39% of 39 gay couples reported domestic violence. When it comes to depression more than 65% of gay and lesbians have had feelings of depression with over 50% on anti-depression medication.Thoughts of suicide are higher in gay and lesbian couples than in traditional households.  The statistics of suicide, depression, anger, S.T.D’s, domestic violence are all higher than a traditional relationship. We all have access to these numbers, then why are we pushing for homosexuals to have a lifestyle of sadness, anger, violence and fear? If this is happening all over the world then why are we not trying to help these people become whole, healthy and happy people instead of pandering to their wants (flesh desires)? Why are we not trying to get them help like we would a sex addict or a family that is broken? 

Instead our society fights to get same sex marriage legal while forcing Christian organizations to marry them when it is clearly against their religious beliefs. Forcing public schools to teach alternative lifestyle in health classes and fighting to have the same agendas taught in Christian schools. When sex is taught in schools, it is to learn about reproduction not promiscuity. There is no reproduction in the homosexual community, therefore, there is no need to teach our children homosexual lifestyle choices. That subject should be taught by parents not teachers. 

Taking away someones religious and moral freedoms to allow another group to share with the community their sexually immoral lifestyle is wrong. Not to mention we are feeding the problem not helping those who need help.

We all have seen what happens when you oppose this behavior. You are considered a hater, bigot,  an in tolerant bigot, cured at and scorned.  All that tolerance in the gay community goes out the window. They scream for tolerance but if you listen they clearly have no tolerance for other opinions. 

I have gay friends whom I care for very much. When I listen to my friends they seem so hopeless, sad and are looking for someone to save them. I decided to write this blog because I know of a man who I had countless conversations with. Countless nights spent talking, being there while he cried and fell apart. One night he decided to accept Jesus Christ and started to study. Today, three years later he is doing so much better. He was gay and although he is still working on his demons, he feels free, more calm, no longer depressed, hopeless or suicidal. He has a girl friend who he feels comfortable with and together they press on. God gives us all we need when we seek Him. He will bring the right people into our lives to help us make sense of the mess. He will find a way to make us whole again. 

God said homosexuals will not inherit his kingdom but he does give us a way to inherit his promise. All the sin, even those of fornication and adultery are forgiven in the person of Jesus Christ.  God has given His son for all of our sins and in John 3:16 He says:  For God so love the world He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.   Romans 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved—

The scriptures tell us, God loves all of us. God is our Father in heaven who created all of us. He gives us these rules so we can live a good life without sadness, depression, hate, anger, suicidal thoughts. That is why He tell us how to live, He doesn’t want to see us suffer. How do we over come them?  By first accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior. When you do this, you are opening up the door for God to work in your life, to help you come to a true understanding of His will for you. His best life for you. He will put in you the fruits of the spirit and remove the destructive desires that allow us to sin. 1 Cor 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

When we accept Jesus we are asking God to help us overcome the things most difficult for us to overcome by ourselves. He will never leave us or be separated from us. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior we are His and we will see changes for the better in our lives. 

Romans 8:37-39 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

ALL RELIGIONS DO NOT LEAD TO GOD

All religions do not lead to God only Jesus does.

I was thinking about this statement and here’s my opinion.  God created ALL things, therefore, He owns the heavens, the earth and all things.  He alone makes the rules for His creation. Other religions may believe they are good enough to enter the kingdom of God without a relationship with Jesus Christ, but according to the word of God that isn’t true. Human thought, that all religions lead to God is false and faulty. Here’s why; First, we are all sinners and need a savior, that’s were Christ comes in John 3:16 Says: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Secondly; each culture has a different idea of a good person who should be allowed to enter heaven. I am guessing most people would agree that Hitler, the 911 terrorist and others like them, would be banned from heaven. However, there are some who would argue these people were following their beliefs and should enter heaven. Because we are all sinners and do not see what God sees, we all have differing opinions of what good really is, only God can determine what is good enough to get to heaven. The awesome thing about heaven is, God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. (Ephesians 2:8-9)  This tells us our deeds don’t get us into heaven, it’s God’s grace, a gift from God. Even when you are not a good person in the eyes of the world, when you declare Jesus as your Lord and Savior you are saved. This is why it’s not our choice who enters God’s Kingdom its His choice. God knows our hearts and if we accept Jesus or not. In the bible it says John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.  God makes salvation so easy, all we need to do is accept Jesus in our hearts and things begin to happen. 

John 3:18 “He who believes in Jesus is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.  God does something else for us, He waits. Over two thousand years ago Jesus died for us, its been that long. God is waiting for all who want to believe in Christ to come to Him. 2 Peter 3:9 Says: The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. It seems as though God does things slowly, giving us time to come to know Him. He wants all to be saved. He sent His son to die for us so we can believe in Him and be saved. John 3:16. So in my opinion God is giving us ample time, a redeemer to believe in (Jesus Christ) and the bible to help us to know Him. Other religions do not believe this, they believe their good deeds will save them. As I pointed out earlier, good deeds are subjective, we do not make the rules for God’s creation and we are saved by believing in Christ as our Savior. I am believing in Jesus which I know with every fiber of my being to be the truth, way and life. If you’re having doubts about your salvation at least give God a try. You can always go back to your previous belief if it doesn’t work for you. Some one said: Try Jesus, if you don’t like Him, the devil will take you back. 

Today’s forcast; God reigns and the Son will shine. 

How to Receive Gods Blessings

How to receive God's blessings

It’s crazy that I am writing about this subject when a few years ago I was so confused about it, I could hardly understand the words on the page. I would listen to preachers preach this and no matter how hard I tried to understand the information, I just couldn’t get it. It all began with a scripture in Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. I knew what would be added to me because the verses before verse 33 tell you. However, my question was, how do I seek the kingdom and what exactly is the kingdom? Today I have the answers and I want to share what I have learned. I believe seeking first the kingdom is to understand the laws that God has set forth to enable the universe to function in an orderly manner. These laws are not just the laws of gravity, the planets orbits, the sun rising every day, but laws in which to live our lives by. 

These laws that I speak of are not of man, they are spirit filled laws. Things like our thoughts, words and actions creating our future. What we spend a lot of time cultivating we will eventually reap. Let’s look at some of this in the bible. 

Going back to the beginning when God created the world “HE SAID”....let there be light, darkness, etc. the words used every time God created something was HE SAID. These two words are very important because the bible tells us over and over God said or God spoke things into existence and God’s words are Spirit (John 6:63) and according to John they are life. Proverbs 4:20 says the words are life to those who find them and health to all their flesh. So from these few scriptures we can see, words are very important. If you have ever studied the book of Proverbs the tongue has the power of death and life, which means your words have power and they can create or destroy things. Proverbs speaks often of how important our words are, a good book to read some time. 

Getting back to the Kingdom, this is one rule of the kingdom, to watch our words. If we begin to seek first the kingdom we will find the rules to the kingdom. God is bound by His word. Romans 3:4 Let God be true but every man a liar, that you may be justified in Your words.   Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? The bible tells us God does not lie so every thing that comes out of God’s mouth is important. There are rules that He has established that can be found in the bible.  These rules are the key to a successful life on this planet. Your job is to seek them out. 

When God gave man dominion over the earth in Genesis and man sinned, God did not take back his gift of dominion over the earth. Man, in his infinite stupidity, transferred his authority to Satan when he sinned. God had to find a man to take back dominion over the earth and redeem us from the curse. How did God do this? He spoke it into existence through His people and profits. Isaiah 7 told of the coming of Christ, how He would be the savior and be born of a virgin. Once again God, thru man, spoke the future into existence. We need to learn the rules of the kingdom so we can operate within the kingdom boundaries and then things will work every time. 

Take gravity for example: We know the laws of gravity; if we drop something we can be certain it will fall to the ground and possibly break. How many times have you dropped a glass and blamed God because it broke?  You know how gravity works and knew it would break, it would be crazy to blame God.  But, so many people blame God for their  bad finances, poor health, failing marriage or family dissension . It’s not God’s fault these things are happening. People just haven’t taken the time to understand God’s laws on these subjects. Just like we have learned the laws of gravity we must learn the laws of marriage, prosperity and good health God has set before us. When we seek the kingdom we learn the rules to overcoming problems. We are able to work with the kingdom to manifest the good life God intended for you to have. 

God promised us healing and in 1 Peter 2:24 “by his wounds you have been healed.” Isaiah 53:5 .....And by His stripes we are healed. 

God speaks of prosperity 2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. and if someone says this is speaking of spiritual poverty I have to say they are wrong or a liar. When in the entire bible have you ever read or known Jesus Christ to be spiritually poor? NEVER.  But in Matt 8:20 and in Luke 9:58 it says but the son of man has no place to lay His head. That was Jesus speaking about Himself. 

There are dozens of scriptures concerning healing, prosperity and family. Here are a few:  PROSPERITY: John 10:10  I have come that they may have life, and have it more abundantly. Prov 13:22 but the weath of the sinner is stored up for the righteous. Deut 28:3 You will be blessed in the city & blessed shall you be in the country blessed shall be your baskets and kneeding bowls. Gal 3:13 tells us that we have all the blessings (NOT THE CURSES) that Abraham had. so it would be of great help to go back and read Deut 28. Isa 48:17 I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way you should go. Others are: James 4-You have not because you ask not.  Philip 4:19 My God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 

Healing scriptures just look in the gossip's there are dozens of healing stories and promises of healing. Take a note of this, not once did Jesus pray or beg His Heavenly Father to heal someone. He just said you are healed and it was done. He knew the kingdom authority God gave Him and Jesus left us with that, same authority. Jesus said in John 14:11 whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.  Now we all know Jesus healed the sick, made the blind see, the lame walk and raised the dead and he just said, we too will do these things if we believe in Him. 

All the answers you’ll ever need are right in the bible. All you have to do is seek the Kingdom (search your scriptures). Get a concordance look up a word like healing and then read all the scriptures on that topic. When one really hits you meditate on it during the day. You will be amazed how God will give you a revelation as to what you can do about your problem. Soon you will understand how God speaks to you and helps you with your problems. 

Joshua 1:8 tell us: (NLT) Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.

If we meditate on God’s word day and night we will prosper and succeed in ALL we do!!

KINGDOM AUTHORITY 1

KINGDOM AUTHORITY

People of this world are obsessed with power. The bible reveals a power that isn’t from this world. It’s kingdom authority the same power unleashed when God raised Jesus Christ from the grave,swells inside believers. (Romans 8:11) Good news to believers, this power is available to all who trust and believe in God’s word. Most Christians never experience this Dunamis (power for performing miracles).  They live in darkness and defeated because they don’t know the secret of Kingdom Authority. The enemy tries to keep you from this amazing power God has given us as an inheritance. I am here to tell you how to unleash this power in your life.  

Deuteronomy 30:19 says:  I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; Sounds like we have a choice here, life or death, blessings or cursing. God tells us choose life. There is a wall of separation between the blessings and curses, it’s our job to choose and to cultivate our choices. Now cultivating our choices is how we receive our blessings. I am going to give you 5 things to get you  on the road to receiving the blessings God has promised to His believers.

1. Study your scriptures = Reading your bible will give you an understanding of what  blessings God has for you and begin to bring you under Kingdom Authority. John 14:26 tells us: But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.  If you don’t know your bible how will the Holy Spirit be able to help you or bring to your remembrance what God has promised or asked of you.  So your first assignment is to study the word, know what God says about your life. Ask God in prayer to open your eyes to His truths.  
2. Prayer = Prayer is the communication between you and your Heavenly Father. God is not your bubble gum machine to call upon whenever you need a favor or want something. God is your Heavenly Father who wishes to have a loving relationship with you. When you pray give Him praise and thanks for all you have. Ask Him questions when you’re confused or need help. He is there to help. Then take a moment to be still, and know that I am God; says (Psalms 46:10). When you take the time after prayer to be still, you will begin to recognize the still small voice of God inside you. You will know it’s Him and begin to understand His ways. This too will begin bringing you under Kingdom Authority. 
3. Meditation = Meditation is amazing. Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this. (2 TIM 2:7)   My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises. (Ps 119:148)  There are dozens of scriptures about meditation. I have found when I meditate on a certain scripture I become more knowledgeable about that subject and have more wisdom or insight as to what to do and how to go forward in my life. When we begin to understand God’s ways and not man’s ways we realize He does things differently than we do. His ways, when we obey Him protect us, open us up to Him and His blessings. That is being under Kingdom Authority.  
4. Read scriptures that apply to your situation = 2 Timothy 3:16 tells us: All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. Whatever problem, situation or question you might have the bible has the answer. If you are having a financial issue look up bunches of scriptures about prosperity. Read them, then choose which ones speak to you and meditate on those. Your answer will be there. I will give you an example. I didn’t know what to do about work. I could open a business or I could go work for someone else. I was afraid if I started a business I would fail. I prayed about it and then God brought a scripture to mind Genesis 30 beginning in verse 25 Jacob was working for his father-in-law Laban, who was not a fair guy, Jacob was tired of his father-in-law cheating him when Laban asked Jacob to stay and continue working for him. Then God gave Jacob an idea to prosper. Jacob prospered so much he finely left Laban. Take the time to read the story its a good one. That story came to my mind, and as I meditated on it, marketing ideas for my business began to flow. A little while later I began a successful business. Reading the scriptures that apply to my situation, praying and meditating on it help me succeed. 
5. Keep your thoughts and tongue in check = Your tongue has the power of life and death and those who love it will eat it’s fruits Prov 18:21. What you think and speak are very important. You can bless your situation or curse it just by your words and thoughts. Luke 6:45 (NLV)  What you say flows from what is in your heart. What you say comes from your heart the bible says. Your thoughts, your mouth and your heart must be on the same page in order to prosper in all areas of your life. You could be saying you are blessed and thinking you are poor, unhealthy or have a bad marriage. You must believe what you speak and if you are going to speak negative things keep your mouth shut. Remember your tongue has the power of life and death. I wanted to make more money so I went to my bible and looked up scriptures  that made me believe God would prosper me. One of those was (Deuteronomy 8:18) God "gives (us) power to get wealth."  I meditated on this and a few other scriptures then proceeded to take my check book out of my purse. I held it in my hands and said the following; “In Jesus name I bless you according to the blessings God has told me in His word. I am financially blessed and my checking account receives more money than bills”. Amen. Two hours later I was blessed with an unexpected $60~. Your thought and words have great power. Choose them wisely. 

Let’s review:

1. Study your scriptures
2. Pray 
3. Meditate on the word
4. Read the scripture that apply to your situation 
5. Keep your thoughts and tongue in check

When you apply what the bible tells us to do study, pray, meditate, understand, and get it in your head and heart you are under kingdom authority. Things begin to work. This is the beginning of learning about kingdom authority. If you start with these 5 steps I know you will begin to see a difference in your life and relationship with Jesus Christ. 

Know this: If what you are hearing or saying doesn’t line up with the bible, go back and find out what the bible says, then change your course to line up with God’s word and come into kingdom authority. This is just 1 of at least 3 blogs about kingdom authority. I hope it helps. 

What is the Good News

What Is The Good News Of God

Today I want to talk about the Good News. You always here religious people talking about the good news of God’s Kingdom but do you really know what it means for your life?

When I was a child I would hear this fraise in church, the good news. This confused me as to what the good news really was. From my understanding, even into adulthood, the good news was that Jesus died for me. The problem I had with this so called good news was the teaching I was hearing was in addition to keeping the commandments written in Exodus 20 and in Deuteronomy chapter 10. To add more confusion to an already confusing topic, James 2:10 says: (NLV) For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God’s laws. So if you tell a lie white, black blue, big or small you have just broken all the commandments. 

Tell me how many of you have NEVER lied. God is serious about His commandments and they are all equally with consequence. With this in mind I just couldn’t wrap this good news thing around my head. I thought, “big deal Jesus died for me what did He do for me, I still have to follow the commandments or I will perish”. 

I clung to this thought for years and every time I heard someone talk about the good news I though, HA what good news we are still under the law. I was so frustrated with God. I would occasionally ask Him what good news and how are you going to help me out of this constant sinful nature? I got nothing, no answers to those prayers. 

Then one day I had all I could take with the struggles in my life. I yelled to God, “You really hate us don’t you.” Every step is a challenge and life stinks. I was done I sat down and decided to lose myself in a movie. I turned on the TV to find a pastor talking about the GOOD NEWS he called it GRACE. I thought oh my God not another crazy pastor talking about something that doesn’t exist. For some strange reason I sat and listened to him and thirty minutes later, after hearing what he had to say he invited all who were watching to say a quick prayer and become born again.  That very day in July I became born again and my journey with the GOD of this universe, the GOD who created all things began. Today I am going to share some of what Pastor Joseph Prince of New Creation Church in Singapore (yes Singapore) said, in my own words of course. He is a much better speaker and writer than I.  

Now remember my big question was if Jesus died for us and we still have to follow the letter of the law (10 Commandments) than what purpose did Jesus Christ die for. The first thing I heard was Galatians 2:21 which says: “I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.” What this verse is saying is, if we have right standing with God through following the law (10 Commandments) then Jesus died in vain for nothing. Just what I was thinking.   I thought now I am getting some where on this Good News subject. Then I heard Galatians 5:4 - You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. This is telling us if we try to be justified by the law we have fallen from grace, and Grace is a person the person of Jesus Christ. To put it another way, every time we try to be self righteous we fall from grace or we are no longer in fellowship with Christ. I finely heard something that made sense. It seemed so confusing that God would have His only son die for my sins but on the other hand continues having me justify myself by following the law. Continuing on in Galatians in chapter 3 it says:

Galatians 3:23-25 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. 24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. So before faith came we were under the law, the law being our teacher but when “Faith” came which was Jesus Christ and died for us we became justified by faith by Christ. So this is telling us Jesus died for us. No longer are we under the law but we are to be under the new covenant of Grace. 

Galatians 2:15-16 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 16 knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. We are not justified (made righteous) in the sight of God through the law but by the blood of the lamb, Jesus Christ. Just as the Jews in Egypt were saved by sprinkling blood on the doorposts before the angel of death arrived, so too are we saved if we choose to follow Jesus Christ. 

Now the question was how do I become saved? Oh that Joseph Prince he had all the answers that day. In John 3 it says: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.Well now another question. I had many questions answered that day in July. How do I become born again? Romans 10:9 if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  Just say it and believe and you will be saved. Sounds simple right, then why are people not believing or doing it. We do have something to do, we need to stay in faith.

Ephesians 2:8-10 Tells us: For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. God has freely given us salvation through Jesus Christ, not through our works.  All we have to do is believe; have Faith. 

1Corinthians 15:56-57 Tells us: The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

The strength of sin is the law. I am not saying the law is bad. The law is perfectly, perfect in its entirety. However, we as sinful humans cannot keep the law. It took Jesus Christ to come down to earth, keeping ALL the law as an unblemished sacrifice for our sins to release us from the law. 

Romans 6 says: For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. It says for the wages of sin is death. Now if you go back to the old testament Exodus 12 it speaks about the lamb and what type of lamb the Israelites should use for the pass-over. The sacrifice for the Israelites was an UNBLEMISHED lamb and the blood of that unblemished lamb was to be put on the door posts so when the angel of death came they would be passed over. This is a representation of Jesus Christ our Sacrificial Lamb when he went to the cross. We as sinful people could never die for our own sins because we are not without blemish we are sinful. The old testament has many examples of sacrifices that were to be unblemished as a sin offering which, as I mentioned before is a shadow or representation of our Savior Jesus Christ. We as sinful humans would never be able to die for our own sins. It took an unblemished lamb to come down to earth, be a perfect man, willfully give His life for all of our sins knowing, He was the unblemished lamb that would save us all. No need for the law just a need for Jesus as our savior and a relationship with our God, our Savior Jesus Christ. 

I hope this helps those who had questions about the Good News. I am going to keep talking on this subject as there is so much more to talk about and so many more scriptures to reveal.

Know this: You are saved through Grace and grace is a person, Jesus Christ.

Jesus the only Satisfactory Sacrifice

Jesus the only Satisfactory Sacrifice

I will give you 5 words and 5 scriptures to prove the statement that Jesus is the only Satisfactory Sacrifice we have. 

Eternal = Hebrews 5:9-10 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, (vs10) called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,

Jesus is perfect and he became the author of eternal salvation 

Complete =  Hebrews 9:11-15  But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

Bulls, goats, sheep, calves could only supply the children of Israel with a temporal sacrifice for their sins, but Jesus did it once and for all times allowing us to receive eternal life. 

Undeserved = Romans 5:8-9 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

Even though we were undeserving sinners, Christ died for us and showed us mercy so we can be justified by His blood. 

Reliable = Romans 11:29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Once you accept the gift God has given of eternal life through his son Jesus Christ. God will not take that gift back it is His word is always reliable. 

Entrusted = 2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.

We are entrusted to Jesus Christ and His word never fails. 

Jesus is our Eternal salvation, He is a Complete sacrifice not like bulls or lamb which are temporal, He sacrificed His life for us even though we were Undeserving, He is Reliable and His word is never taken back, and last but not least we can entrust Jesus with our lives and all that is in them. He will never fail us. AMEN. 

Your Words & Thoughts Curse or Blessing

YOUR WORDS AND THOUGHTS CURSE OR BLESSING

I want to share an amazing revelation I received from God concerning the way we think and speak in todays society. As I was mediating on Ephesians 6 about the Whole Armor of God, something struck me to be very interesting. In Chapter 6 and verse 17 of Ephesians (I use the New King James Version) it says: And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. As I meditated on this particular verse I noticed the sword of the spirit which is God’s word and the helmet of salvation really work together; let me explain.  The helmet represents us paying close attention to our thoughts. If we constantly have bad or disparaging thoughts we soon begin to believe those thoughts and act on them. In Matthew 6 beginning in verse 9 we have the Lord’s Prayer. But have you ever really stopped to meditate on the prayer. One of the lines of the prayer says; “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven”. Giving a bit of attention to this particular line, do you think it’s God’s will for us to constantly be thinking bad thoughts, thoughts of despair, anger, hate, suicide, depression or lack? I have to believe Adam and Eve before the fall did not think anything like we do today. Those thoughts come directly from the Enemy and other evil spirits. That is why God tells us in Ephesians to put on the helmet of Salvation to guard our thoughts. We also need to know our bibles. Romans 10:17 says; So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. We need to know the word of God so when we do hear it, we know it’s God’s divine word speaking to us. What did Jesus do when He was in the wilderness and Satan came to tempt Him?  He quoted scripture, Jesus didn’t hold a 30 minute conversation with the devil, He quoted the word of God and every time Satan left. This is what we need to do to get rid of the temptations and bad thoughts in our lives. We need to guard our thoughts and know our bibles in order to do battle as Ephesians 6:12-13 says; We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. As I continued in this thought process of Ephesians it occurred to me, this goes beyond our thoughts, this also incorporates our speech, what we say out loud and what we believe in our heart.  

Proverbs 18:21 says; Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs is telling us, our words are so powerful there is life and death in them. If we look at Genesis chapter 1 we see that the entire creation came forth by God speaking it into existence. The words “Then God Said” were used more than 8 times in chapter 1. God said and life was there, now that’s a powerful word. We too have that ability to say things and create our future. Luke 6:45 says;  A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. The words, “brings forth” means to manifest or create. So as his heart believes his mouth speaks and while he is speaking over and over his beliefs, he begins to create his future. We need to think right thoughts before we speak out loud. Do you want to create lack by saying words like: Money comes in and goes right back out for bills. Or, we can’t afford that right now. Money doesn’t grow on trees. That is out of my reach. I feel horrible. The pain is always there or I’m always getting that cold or flu. STOP saying those things. Just because you feel that way or your circumstances aren’t looking as bright as you might think, don’t say anything negative, instead say something positive. Such as: I am getting better, that pain is less and I feel good. I am abundant and prosperous. I have all it takes to be a prosperous person. Thank you LORD for my prosperity and good health. Say positive things and know God has already sent your healing, prosperity, a good mate, a child or whatever it is you are hoping for. 

Proverbs 18 tells us, A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul. Some times it might be a good idea to be silent while we weigh our words and thoughts so we don’t continually say things we don’t care to live later. Let me explain.

Our words create our future let’s take a child for example. How many people today are in prison because their parents, a teacher or someone they may have looked up to told them they would never amount to anything, they are stupid, useless, no good. The criminology research counsel said that in 2009 over 86% of inmates in prison came from disparaging and dysfunctional families and conditions. Words can create prosperous, kind, loving, caring people or they can also create angry, destructive, hate filled people, it just depends on what they constantly hear. 

The enemy wants your tongue because he knows James 3:5 is correct when it says :  Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!

Have you ever been to a family gathering when the whole family gathers. The holidays are a good example of one of these gatherings. Aunt Wanda decides to bring up an old subject that you just know will send half the family into world war 3. There she goes, opening her mouth and the family gathering has turned into the next family war. One little kindling from aunt Wanda just started a forest fire just like James 3 points out. This makes the enemy happy having so many people fighting about nothing. Instead they could be encouraging each other but that won’t happen now. Just because of 1 word from one person. Words matter. They can also go in a positive way and I have an example of that in my own life. 

One summer I was thanking God for an unexpected $5,000~ in the mail. Every morning I would go out side and thank God for that $5,000~. When my husband and I got in the Jeep I would raise my hands to the sky (top was off) and thank God for that money. One  afternoon I received a phone call from my old job which I hadn’t worked at for over six years. It was a friend there and she said she had a surprise for me from Jim my old boss. She said it’s a check for $5000~ dollars. He just hit a big oil well and wanted to share the wealth by giving me this check so I could go on an amazing vacation. I was happy and told her I would come down on Monday to pick it up, (it was Friday). She said you don’t sound too excited, I replied, I am excited but I have been in Faith and been speaking the words aloud to God for this exact amount and now here it is. My words created my harvest. Words matter, pay attention to what you are about to say, make sure you want to create that reality in your life. Because as the bible says; Death and life are in the power of the tongue. 

One last thought before I end, lets look at John the Baptists parents for a moment. In Luke 1 the bible speaks of the birth announcement of John the Baptist. His mother surely believed the angel who shared the good news with her. However when Gabrial the angel told Zacharias the news he did not believe. So in Luke 1: 20 the angel told Zacharias “you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time.”  The angel made Zacharias mute until after the baby was born because he didn’t want Zacharias to speak his doubt. Words have the power to create, the power of death and life, the power to know a fool or a wise man. Take your time, think before you speak, you want to create an amazing future.