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How To Build Our Self-confidence

Unfortunately, when many come to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord, they don’t have much self-confidence. Often times it happens in their early childhood when parents or others are very critical of them and even express all manner of negative talk about their abilities. This often follows these dear souls into adulthood causing them monumental problems, creating self-doubt and a lack of self-confidence. Not only do they doubt their abilities, but they doubt if they can receive the full portion of a wonderful life free from a life of unrelenting pain, agony, and despair. The good news is that Jesus Christ promises to erase the past as if it never existed. Although many have heard this good news and have sincerely believed it in their hearts, yet they still struggle daily to see it manifested in their lives because their lives often feel like a never-ending Ferris wheel of ups and downs. Dear children, let’s do a deep dive into Holy Scripture and discover how we can experience the great life of self-confidence found only in Christ Jesus.

Our faith in what Christ did for us on the Cross promises us a brand-new life in Christ (II Corinthians 5:17). So, what does that brand-new life look like? It’s not just learning how to play church, it’s much deeper than that. This new life is not something we can learn on our own initiative or power. This new life is brought about in stages from one degree of glory to another through the power and grace of the indwelling Holy Spirit. There is no waiting required to receive this indwelling Spirit but comes immediately to everyone who professes Jesus Christ as Lord, believes in the Gospel message, and sincerely repents from all of their known sins. It is His job to make us into a new creation that will grow us spiritually to become the very image of Jesus Christ in all of His holiness. The one tool that the Holy Spirit uses is the inspired Word of God, the Bible, to convict us of our unrighteousness and to encourage us to put on our new lives in Christ. To put on our new life in Christ modifies our outward behavior and our every thought that passes through our minds. Dear children, to allow this Spiritual growth to take place in our lives, we must allow the old life pass away.

Allowing the old life to pass away has always been a sticking point for most of humanity. Until that happens, we will never become all that Christ wants us to be as a new creation. The Bible says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he isa new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (II Corinthians 5:17). Dear children, old things must pass away before all things become new. This is the sticking point. The moment we are born we begin to learn. We are a species that continually learns from the cradle to the grave. It is a non-ending process. Let’s begin by just concentrating on what we have previously learned, which has essentially made us who we are before we accepted Christ as our Lord. We have had many sources from our parents to our friends, and from our schools to our own research through reading and watching. Unfortunately, most of what we have learned from fallen humanity is completely different from the teachings of Jesus Christ. We have to learn to let go of all the teachings that are contrary to the doctrines and beliefs that we have in Jesus Christ. This is most difficult in a world that readily accepts the integration of the world’s teachings with God’s unchangeable truth.

We most readily see this integration of psychology, science, changing history, philosophy, and the wisdom of mankind. It’s amazing how these different disciplines have been so easily integrated into God’s all-sufficient, infallible, and unchanging truth. As long as we hold onto these worldly truths by integrating and believing them, then we will never become all that God wants us to become in Christ. At best we will only become lukewarm Christians who Christ spews out of His mouth (Revelation 3:16). The Bible says, “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue” (II Peter 1:3). All things! All things that pertain to life and godliness! That means God will give us everything we need. Most believers don’t believe that, so they try to hold on to everything that they have ever learned about life. To make this more readily acceptable, then they integrate this new knowledge with God’s truth. When we do, then we don’t spend the necessary time needed to apply only God’s truth to our lives, by doing and thinking exactly what it says. Dear children this is the first step and the lifelong process of putting on the new life in Christ.

Most people believe that they can control their behavior, if they choose to do so. On the other hand, most people don’t ever think about controlling what they think about. Simply put, they don’t really see the need. Not only is it necessary, but it is also essential to control what we think about, all the time. Our thinking can cause irrational or bad behavior (Matthew 5:28). It can lead to deep emotional and psychological problems, all of which will stunt our spiritual growth leading to unwanted consequences. Here is the miracle of our transformation in Christ, when we learn how to control our thinking then it will be much easier to allow Christ to be formed up in us to the glory of God. Mankind’s thinking or vain imaginations led to the destruction of the world by water the first time and it will lead to its destruction of the world the second time by fire. We must learn to control our thinking before a molehill turns into a mountain destroying all that we hold dear. I have preached for years that we must cast out unwanted thoughts immediately, within a millisecond, before they have a profound effect on us leading us to do things we should not do. Bad memories from as far back as childhood can come in like a flood causing us to question our abilities, experience regrets, and even allow hate to fester in our hearts. Dear children, we must learn how to control what we think about that can cause monumental emotional and psychological damage to our souls.

The Bible teaches us that the old life will pass away so that we can effectively grow up in Christ. Yet, many of God’s children are bound to the past unable to realize the beauty of their new life in Christ. They are unable to experience the bountiful life because they are still tied to the past. The key to escaping this bondage is to learn how to truly forgive others and forgive our past failures. When we do and practice the three principles of forgiveness then they will never return to our minds to haunt us, control our behavior, and cause us unsurmountable damage. Learn to cast out the unwanted thoughts, don’t discuss them with others, and don’t ever bring up these unwanted thoughts to dwell on, that question our abilities, and our unique value in the Kingdom. Dear children, when we control what we think about it will lead to a breath of fresh air allowing God to continue His spiritual growth in us to the glory of God. Our self-confidence is believing and trusting in God to make us into a beautiful new creation where old things truly pass away. We learn how to reject the false teachings from the world by casting out their psycho babel and only trust in God’s truth from the Holy Bible that gives us everything we need for life and godliness.

Finally, understand, dear children, that there are great teachings and beautiful history in the Old Testament that give God’s children in every age a glimpse at the future and their new life in the coming Messiah, but the New Testament embraces the present teachings of Jesus Christ to lead us in our spiritual growth through the indwelling Spirit. The New Testament was written specifically to the Christian community on how to overcome their present difficulties and allow the indwelling Spirit to do His job of reminding them of everything Christ taught them. Let me encourage you to deeply digest the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John to follow the life of Christ and His powerful teachings. Then, let me encourage you to read the entire letters of the inspired Apostles. Read each of the letters entirely in one setting hearing it as the original recipients received it. When you do then you will soon discover that you are on the path that leads to total transformation in Christ becoming all that God wants you to be. In conclusion, the Bible says, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:48). Dear children, let us have self-confidence as we strive for perfection, daily.

The Gospel Presentation

We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, which explains the many difficulties that you are currently facing in your life. Well, I have good news, God has solved that problem by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who was born of a virgin to show us the way to a beautiful new life in Christ. God has dealt with all of our sins past, present, and future by having His son pay the debt for our sins. Jesus Christ willingly went to the Cross in our stead by allowing all of the world’s sins to be placed upon Him as a sacrificial Lamb. As Christ hung on the Cross, the wrath of God was poured out on Him to pay the penalty for our sins. Jesus Christ died on the Cross and was buried for three days. On the third day, Christ arose from death to life everlasting. The good news is if we believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, then we will be forgiven for all of our sins and receive the Holy Spirit. The Spirit will lead us into all truth helping us in the transformation process of putting off the old life, allowing the old sin nature to die with Christ, and then putting on our new life in Christ by being raised with Christ to everlasting life. You can accept Christ today by confessing your sins to Him through a simple prayer asking Him to forgive you and make you into a new creation filled with the Holy Spirit. If you have done that, then you have just begun the greatest journey of your life that leads to heaven and eternal life. Welcome to the Kingdom.

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Mental Ascent to Heavenly Bliss

It is the Spirit of God that helps us to make the mental ascent to heavenly bliss. Without the Spirit, it would be impossible. Without the beautiful mind created by God, it would be impossible. It’s not only possible for the followers of Jesus Christ, but also essential to maintain our sanity in a world gone mad. All the hateful rhetoric and all the horrible actions of humanity begin in the mind. As we fast approach the End of Time, Satan and the powers of darkness have taken over total control of what most people think even if they vehemently deny it. Satan wants your mind. Thoughts from the enemy come in like a flood leading humanity to think the most horrendous thoughts even if they don’t express those thoughts openly. Often those thoughts from the enemy will return again and again leading most to dwell on those thoughts for hours at a time as if they were their own thoughts. As a believer, if you are honest, you too have had to contend with these unwarranted thoughts invading your space more than you realize. Thoughts from the enemy often sneak in when you least expect them to tempt you to entertain the thought even if it’s only for a brief moment in time. Today we will talk about how to guard your thoughts so that every thought, even for the briefest amount of time, will be pleasing to God.

So, how can we as believers in Christ guard our beautiful minds from the malicious thoughts of the enemy? The simple answer is we must continuously fill our minds with righteous and heavenly thoughts every moment of every day. Yes, you can do this even while you are working in the real world which may require a great deal of concentration for efficiency and your safety. Our minds have the ability to multitask, which means we have the ability to think about one thing while concentrating on a difficult task or to do two similar tasks at the same time. Satan and the powers of darkness know this truth and are always ready to interject an unexpected thought into our minds. Yes, some of these ungodly thoughts can also come from the old sin nature. Mankind has been given beautiful minds that have the ability to control what it thinks about contrary to what the professionals of mental health or the medical profession have to say. In extreme cases, actual brain damage could seriously affect the person’s ability to form rational thoughts. On the other hand, the majority of mankind can control their thoughts, either introduced by Satan or from the old sin nature.

Typically most believers can easily differentiate the thoughts introduced by Satan and the thoughts, that come from the old sin nature. Furthermore, most believers can determine if the thoughts come from the Spirit that typically directs us on our path of righteousness and leads us in our service to the Lord. The thoughts coming from the powers of darkness are almost immediately discerned as totally unethical and opposed to the clear teachings of the Holy Scripture. These sudden thoughts can shock our sensibilities, which must be dealt with immediately by rebuking Satan and casting out the unwanted thoughts. Whereas the thoughts from the old sin nature tend to be much more subtle and easily accepted, which are absorbed into our consciousness. These thoughts are often driven by our selfishness, lust, pride, and our unwillingness to forgive others. They can be manifested in hate, anxiety, anger, and extended periods of depression. There is only one way to deal with these sinful thoughts, we must truly repent to receive the refreshing waters of forgiveness to clear our minds. Although we can rebuke the unwanted thoughts of the enemy, seek God’s forgiveness through repentance for our unethical thoughts, and even welcome the Holy Spirit, we still need to guard our every thought by determining what we think about. The Bible gives us exactly what we should be thinking about every moment of every day. Our best defense is a good offense.

So, let’s look at a good offense available for every believer to guard our beautiful minds against every malicious attack from Satan or an unrelenting thought from the old sin nature. The biblical offense is recorded in the letter to the Philippians, chapter 4, verse 8 (please carefully read this before proceeding). This offensive measure is like entering a beautiful circular staircase reaching up to heaven. With each step, you get closer to heaven’s glory. These are the things we should all fill our minds with from being a spiritual novice with the first step of embracing all truth to the last step of embracing all praise, which enters the heights of spiritual ecstasy and heavenly bliss. Thinking “whatsoever things are true” will separate us from a world of lies, deception, propaganda, and conspiracy theories. We will only focus on the unchangeable truth that gives us the answers for all of life. We will absorb all of the infinite wisdom that will uncover the greatest mysteries of the universe. Think only about these things and not about all the new scientific discoveries and the current news stories coming at us at the speed of light. The second step up the beautiful staircase of life is to fill our minds with “whatsoever things are honest.” We have witnessed all the dishonesty in the fallen world from cheating others for financial gain to peddling products of inferior workmanship. Let our every thought be honest with others even if we must take a personal loss of both time and money. Every thought should be prefaced with, “Is this honest and does it violate the truth?”

The third step up the beautiful staircase of life is thinking “whatsoever things are just.” Let us fill our minds with justice for all, where every person should receive equal treatment contrary to their social or financial status. Let us think how we can respect every creed and color by not judging, but gently pointing out their unrighteous deeds against their Creator. The fourth step up the beautiful staircase of life is filling our every thought with “whatsoever things are pure.” Now, we are beginning to feel the winds of heavenly bliss. Our minds and thoughts are not private from the presence of our holy God. He sees everything. With this step, we aim for perfection by keeping every thought pure with no defilement from the world. Even vain imaginations would be immediately cast out. The fifth step up the beautiful staircase of life is filling our minds with “whatsoever things are lovely.” This is a most beautiful step for it opens a whole new world of seeing past the surface to recognize the hidden beauty in both the human heart and every other created thing from the amazing wildlife to the glory of nature. To use an old adage, we take time to smell the roses. We learn the secret of causing time to stop. The sixth step up the beautiful staircase of life is “whatsoever things are of good report.” This step should always bring great joy. In a world of cruelty and fault-finding against one another, let us lift up our heads and look for the good in everything. Let us fill our minds with great joy from every good report that we aggressively uncover to the glory of God.

The seventh step up the beautiful staircase of life is, “If there be any virtue” let us think long and hard on these things. Christian virtue is the crown of our transformation in Christ. It is the epitome of our newly created lives. With every new virtue, we grow closer to God allowing His bright light to shine magnificently through us to the rest of His creation. Finally, as you think about all these things you will notice there is no room to think about anything else. At the top of the staircase of life in view of heavenly bliss, we are quick to see “If there be any praise.” With every little miracle, we praise God. When we see the depth of God’s beauty in His creation, we praise God. When we realize that God has been with us every step of the way, we praise God. When God miraculously works all things together for good, we praise God. Our beautiful minds have the ability to touch the face of God through the indwelling Spirit who has been so intimately with us from the beginning. We praise God. The Spirit has helped us to jettison all the things and thoughts of the world. Then the Spirit has taken us by the hand and filled our minds with the things of God with every step on the way up the beautiful staircase of life. For those who have truly accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior and allowed the Spirit to transform their lives, then this exercise of filling their minds with the things of God as they ascend up the beautiful staircase of life will eventually experience heavenly bliss with amazing joy and peace to the glory of God.

The Gospel Presentation

We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, which explains the many difficulties that you are currently facing in your life. Well, I have good news, God has solved that problem by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who was born of a virgin to show us the way to a beautiful new life in Christ. God has dealt with all of our sins past, present, and future by having His son pay the debt for our sins. Jesus Christ willingly went to the Cross in our stead by allowing all of the world’s sins to be placed upon Him as a sacrificial Lamb. As Christ hung on the Cross, the wrath of God was poured out on Him to pay the penalty for our sins. Jesus Christ died on the Cross and was buried for three days. On the third day, Christ arose from death to life everlasting. The good news is if we believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, then we will be forgiven for all of our sins and receive the Holy Spirit. The Spirit will lead us into all truth helping us in the transformation process of putting off the old life, allowing the old sin nature to die with Christ, and then putting on our new life in Christ by being raised with Christ to everlasting life. You can accept Christ today by confessing your sins to Him through a simple prayer asking Him to forgive you and make you into a new creation filled with the Holy Spirit. If you have done that, then you have just begun the greatest journey of your life that leads to heaven and eternal life. Welcome to the Kingdom.

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Watchman on the Wall

We cannot magically turn Sodom and Gomorrah into a holy nation by electing new leaders. Wake up, dear children. We are still on the same path. The election results have not changed any hearts, it has not drawn anyone closer to the Lord. It may have driven fear into the other side. It may have given you some temporary joy and peace that things might be better, but it will not change the direction of this nation headed to the abyss unless it truly repents. As a watchman on the wall, it is his job to warn the people that they are headed to certain destruction, that they are still headed toward Armageddon, and that they will reap the consequences of a perverted nation that has turned its back on God. Nothing has changed. Abortions are still legal in most states claiming that life after conception doesn’t exist up to a certain week or month. They still teach little children, without the parent’s consent, that they can choose their own gender. They still allow perversions to be flaunted in the streets of America while people’s hearts drift further and farther away from their Holy God. Nothing has changed nor will it change until people are led to repent and trust in God exclusively. The heart must be changed and that cannot be accomplished through a political process.

Dear children, there is only one path to change, which will never be accomplished by passing new laws or enacting new policies. We only have one option. We must rediscover the path and make a concerted effort to get on it. I am not asking you to be an evangelist, but I am asking you to look at your own heart. Let us learn to look at what God wants to accomplish in our hearts through the Holy Spirit. Dear children, it starts with faith believing that God wants to make us into something special. God is not limited to what has happened to you in the past, your old beliefs, or even your propensity to sin. If you trust in God alone He can make you into a new creation filling you with His holiness, the most amazing joy, and a peace that defies understanding. He can fill you with the power of the Holy Spirit where you can actually partake of the divine nature and experience heavenly bliss in all of its glory (II Peter 1:4). If this is not already taking place in your life, then you have never got on the right path, or you have not totally believed in the Gospel message, which is the power unto salvation (Romans 1:16). Unfortunately, many have accepted Christ in their mind believing everything He did for us, but have not grown up in Christ, but have progressively become more like the fallen world.

The good news is once we stop following the world by coming out from the world, then we will be wonderfully made into a new creation and filled with God’s Spirit. Until this happens we will continue to follow all the ways of the world believing that one person by enforcing the right laws and enacting the right policies can make the world into a better place. He may force his will upon the people, but he will not truly change the hearts of humanity. He may even require obedience to your every thought and action with the help of Artificial Intelligence (the image of the beast, Revelation 13:14-15) but he will never truly change your heart. He may even promise you a golden age of prosperity and happiness, but he will never truly change the hearts of humanity. He may even promise to stop all the wars and unite humanity in a common cause to accept one another but he will not change their hearts or have the ability to make them into a new creation. Humanity’s hearts will still remain corrupt even as they outwardly demonstrate tolerance. Humanity will continue to worship and adore self as it embraces science, technology, and psychology to solve all its problems by answering all its questions about life. Humanity will continue to grow further away from what they were originally created to be. The promise of a golden age will never change their hearts, nor will they become all that they were created to be.

Dear children, we must stop trusting the world, its political leaders, and all their promises. Only God has the power to change the hearts of all humanity and usher in a golden age free from the seductive powers of the evil one. This can only be accomplished when God’s children truly come out from the world by focusing all of their thoughts only on what God desires. Every thought must be taken captive to the glory of God (II Corinthians 10:5-6). When we do, then we will immediately reject all the little advertisements, all the silliness, all the pundits or commentators, all the so-called professionals, and everything else that keeps us chasing after the ways of this world. After the mind has been emptied of all the foolishness in the world, then we must immediately fill it with the holiness of God (I Peter 1:13-16). This is only accomplished by slowly reading the Bible one book or one letter at a time in deep prayer and meditation asking God through the indwelling Spirit to help us understand and apply its truth to our lives. I always slowly read and digest the Word of God until I feel a warming in my heart, a conviction, or the still small voice of God. The more we do this the more we come out of the world allowing God through His Spirit to change us into a beautiful new creation by growing us from one degree of glory to another (II Corinthians 5:17; 3:18). The more we grow, the more the things of the world become less attractive and even more repulsive.

When we truly come out from the fallen world, then we begin to see the world with a different set of eyes. We see God’s beautiful creation in a completely different light. We cherish the sunrise and the sunset. We embrace the silence and solitude to hear the voice of God. We are being changed, but as you know not everyone is on this path. They follow every news article. They follow every post on social media. They follow the words of every popular politician. They embrace the noise of YouTube videos and every new movie that falls deeper and deeper into the pit of immortality. They follow every new scientific theory which changes like the wind, blowing in one direction, then another. They trust in the latest technology to give them the truth and every new advancement in psychology to explain the darkness in their souls. Their hearts are not being changed and they are not becoming all that Christ wants them to be. As they fall deeper into the world being led in one direction, then another their hearts are hardened against God for all the trials and tribulations in their lives.

As the world cries out in agony they attempt to explain away the horrific consequences of their sins by blaming Mother Nature, global warming, unprovoked wars, and natural disasters. As the watchman on the wall, things will not get any better for the world until they fall down before Christ and repent of all their sins. Things will not get any better in the world until they turn from the world (Revelation 18:4-5). Things will not get any better in the world until they allow the Holy Spirit to make them into a new creation, growing them from one degree of glory to another. Dear children, start putting off the old life and putting on the new life today (Ephesians 4:22-24) or experience the full brunt of the plagues and woes falling upon unrepentant humanity from the hand of God. Dear children, the days will only get hotter as the sun brings forth more intense forest fires engulfing entire cities and scorching mankind (Revelation 16:8-9). Unexplained viruses and diseases will be unleashed upon the world creating one pandemic after another (Revelation 16:2). The pollution will continue to grow in the seas interrupting the sea lanes and killing scores of sea life (Revelation 16:3). Even with mankind’s intervention the fresh water from the rivers to our water supply will be tainted bringing forth alarming diseases and death (Revelation 16:4-7). Yet, with all the final bowls of God’s wrath humanity refuses to repent (Revelation 16:11).

Finally, the kingdom of the beast or the final Antichrist will see his entire nation engulfed in spiritual darkness with increased lawlessness, violence, and every known perversion (Revelation 16:10-11). The eventual fall of Babylon will be horrific as the kings from the East will gather their forces together by uniting their countries with a common goal of destroying the West (Revelation 16:12-16). Even as the world faces Armageddon, God’s beloved children who have come out from the world allowing God through the Spirit to grow them spiritually from one degree of glory to another will be shielded from the full brunt of His righteous wrath (I Thessalonians 5:1-11). They may suffer but they will not be defeated or overcome. They may suffer but the joy of their salvation will reside in their hearts. They may suffer but they will not be destroyed. God’s children will continue to shine forth with the light of God’s glory shining forth from their faces. As the world weeps, God’s children will have a peace that defies understanding. Nothing will destroy the magnificent love they have for the risen Lord looking for every opportunity to share the simple Gospel printed below the prayer. As a watchman on the wall, you have been warned of the approaching final bows of God’s wrath. Holy Father, please help your beloved children to stand firm.

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Subject: “Thank You for Your Chastisement”

Good morning Heavenly Father. We have learned over the years, dear Lord, that believers don’t talk much about being rebuked or chastened by you. They typically cast the blame on the devil or another poor soul. Occasionally they may even cast the blame on themselves referring to it as simply an accident or fate. Rarely have we heard, or seen believers fall down before you in repentance seeking your forgiveness acknowledging that it was your rebuke or chastisement that had brought them to their senses. Although we are certain that your plagues and woes are meant for fallen humanity, we do acknowledge that we will still reap the consequences of our sins. We also acknowledge that as a loving Father, you do rebuke or chasten us to keep us from falling deeper into our sins and their unavoidable consequences. Thank you, Father, for your great love for us, your beloved children. We pray that all of your beloved children will be enthusiastic and repent of their secret sins or their favorite sins that they are unwilling to give up. Please Lord, convict us of our unrighteousness. We pray this in the blessed Name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent” (Revelation 3:19).

The Gospel Presentation

We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, which explains the many difficulties that you are currently facing in your life. Well, I have good news, God has solved that problem by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who was born of a virgin to show us the way to a beautiful new life in Christ. God has dealt with all of our sins past, present, and future by having His son pay the debt for our sins. Jesus Christ willingly went to the Cross in our stead by allowing all of the world’s sins to be placed upon Him as a sacrificial Lamb. As Christ hung on the Cross, the wrath of God was poured out on Him to pay the penalty for our sins. Jesus Christ died on the Cross and was buried for three days. On the third day, Christ arose from death to life everlasting. The good news is if we believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, then we will be forgiven for all of our sins and receive the Holy Spirit. The Spirit will lead us into all truth helping us in the transformation process of putting off the old life, allowing the old sin nature to die with Christ, and then putting on our new life in Christ by being raised with Christ to everlasting life. You can accept Christ today by confessing your sins to Him through a simple prayer asking Him to forgive you and make you into a new creation filled with the Holy Spirit. If you have done that, then you have just begun the greatest journey of your life that leads to heaven and eternal life. Welcome to the Kingdom.

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There’s Power to Stand Firm

We are all facing unprecedented times with the next election in the United States looming closer and closer. There is a lot of apprehension as to which candidate will be elected and the formidable consequences facing all of humanity. Most Christians rely on whatever power they have to stand firm and not be led astray by the great deception. Unfortunately, many are relying on their own choices to determine their best course of action. The good news is that God has given us great power to stand firm on His truth alone and not be swayed by the world’s teaching, much of it manipulated by the powers of darkness under the cloak of religious morality. Yes, we all see the great daggers cast at the other political party; one claiming the other side is the “enemy within” essentially destroying everything Christ stands for and the other claiming the other side is on the dangerous path of “fascism.” Now, some on the right are going so far as claiming the other politician is the Antichrist as they fear the worsening depravity will bring us to the precipice of Armageddon. We must not be swayed by every political hyperbole or fine-sounding argument. Let’s examine everything with a sound mind. Last week we wrote about “Seeing Through A Glass Darkly” returning to the source and interpreting Scripture properly, today we will talk about the great power given to us to stand firm on the truth we have received.

Most of us are familiar with Timothy who was appointed by the Apostle Paul to oversee the church in his day.  Timothy faced a similar situation where he was confronted with many different opinions from very strong-willed men attempting to cast him in one direction, and then another. Let’s explore the counsel given to him by the Apostle, which would be very applicable to our present day. His first counsel was to remember the gift of God, which is the Holy Spirit. How often do those living in our day forget the gift of the Holy Spirit. They forget that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit that lives within us every moment of every day. They have forgotten the many powerful Spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit, allowing them to lie dormant rather than using them. They forget that there is great power in the Holy Spirit to overcome ever obstacle. They forget that the gift of the Spirit was given to us to lead us into all truth. They forget that He is the seal of our redemption, so the Apostle counsels Timothy and us to rekindle the gift of the Holy Spirit within us. When we do it will open doors that we had never known existed. It will show us power that’s beyond anything in the known world.

So, how do we rekindle the fire of the Holy Spirit, the greatest gift ever given to humanity? We can no longer be timid or shy. We must be bold. We must let the whole world know, which begins with our family and friends, that we are a chosen vessel of God to proclaim His goodness to a wayward world. When we rekindle the flame the whole world around us will notice that there is a difference about us. They will see the light shining forth from our face. We will no longer be ashamed of the Gospel but look for every opportunity to share it with whoever we come into contact with from the least to the greatest. We will stop immediately to pray with everyone needing it, even if they don’t know it. We can no longer be secret Christians in our present world, but we must be very visible Christians of the Cross always ready to speak in the name of Christ. Dear children, this will rekindle the fire that will give us the greatest power known to mankind. Until we rekindle the fire by stepping out in faith, unashamedly, we will never see the power. Until we rekindle the fire we will be tossed about by every wind of doctrine and of little use to the Kingdom of God. Until we rekindle the fire we will never become all that God wants us to be in Christ Jesus.

The counsel continues, and the Bible says, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (II Timothy 1:7). They say that the days of uncertainty bring forth the greatest fear. Each candidate has brought forth the greatest fears of electing the other candidate from Nazism to the horrific increase of perversions equaling Sodom and Gomorrah. Even without the election fear has captured the hearts of humanity from the threat of nuclear war to the increase of catastrophic weather patterns, and from increasing lawlessness to global pandemics. Christians are told to fear not but to embrace the power given to us by the Holy Spirit. This power allows us to see beyond the present moment to a time of peace and tranquility. It allows us to see the power of God working in our lives causing all things to work together for the best by opening doors and establishing new priorities. In the power of God, we are no longer locked into the moment but can transcend time and space. Furthermore, we have access to all the Spiritual gifts allowing God to bestow the appropriate Spiritual gift to fulfill His will and destiny for that very moment in time. We are no longer held captive by the ways of the world being tossed in one direction, and then another. On the other hand, we follow Christ in the Spirit, which establishes our destiny to the glory of God.

Once we access this power as believers in Christ we are immediately separated from the world of hate, unforgiveness, and all the emotional trauma associated with it. The power of God puts an amazing love into our hearts completely different from the fallen world. We learn to look at the hearts of others in all their pain and agony. We look well beyond their outward behavior to the child within. Our love is never about getting but giving all that we have to bring them to the foot of the Cross to receive Christ’s tender love. There is great power in our self-giving agape love that can bring the worst sinners to their knees. This love looks well beyond all the arguments and all their various opinions to joyfully share the truth in the power of love. As true believers in Christ we have also been given the power of a sound mind, which is an anomaly in the modern world. As the fallen world continues to add traditions by adding mankind’s interpretations of the truth it grows further and further away from the simple truth. Our sound mind never changes because of the gale force winds of every new opinion. It is not rattled by all the changes in a fallen world, saying one thing, and then another. On the other hand, our sound mind focuses only on becoming all the Christ wants us to be, which allows us to see the eternal depth and dimension of every truth that never changes. Moreover, a sound mind is not taken captive by every emotional and psychological problem plaguing fallen humanity, but it trust in God’s truth alone for all life and godliness (II Peter 1:3-4).

Finally, to him who overcomes Christ will give to eat of the hidden manna (Revelation 2:17). This is a glorious promise to every true believer who has not fallen captive to the world being led in one direction, then in another. Their feet are planted on solid ground allowing Christ to grow them from one degree of glory to another. This manna is the same heavenly food that fed God’s children in the wilderness. We will go through many difficult times as the unrepentant world receives the consequences of its many sins. Although we will be shielded from the horrific consequences, we will still be slightly affected but never destroyed or overcome. We will stand firm continuously partaking of our hidden manna giving us constant encouragement and confidence to face another day. We will never give up on this life no matter how difficult it becomes. As the fallen world continues to cry out in agony and despair we will rejoice in the Spirit and the knowledge that God has not turned His back on us but is going through the same trials and tribulations with us. Unfortunately, it will make no difference who wins the election because mankind’s heart will not change unless He surrenders to Christ alone. The world will continue to get worse falling deeper and deeper into the pit of depravity as we enter the Great Tribulation. On the other hand, God’s beloved children will continue to become more like Christ every day demonstrating the power of the Spirit in love and a sound mind standing firm in the power of God. Our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness. On Christ the solid rock we stand.

Please join me in prayer,

 Subject: “Making the Right Choice on Election Day”

Good morning Heavenly Father. Oh Lord, let me pray a prayer for the upcoming Election Day that you would give your beloved children great discernment. We desire to follow your lead especially in this particular election and at this point in prophetic history. We pray that your children will look beyond the lies and misinformation that’s being peddled by most of the major networks. We pray that they would even look beyond the fake smiles and the happy face to look inwardly to how she hatefully treated her own staff. We pray that you will cause them to look much deeper than what lies on the surface and would discern the leader who would lead this country on a path of righteousness. Who would lead our country to cherish all life by saving the unborn, and teaching only the truth to our children, giving them liberty to worship you, and respecting the marriage estate between one man and one woman. Let them not be blinded by the rhetoric of socialism that would keep the elite in power and make everyone else poor. We know if they humbly seek your guidance then you will lead them to make the right choice. We pray this in the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

“But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil” (Hebrews 5:14).

The Gospel Presentation

We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, which explains the many difficulties that you are currently facing in your life. Well, I have good news, God has solved that problem by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who was born of a virgin to show us the way to a beautiful new life in Christ. God has dealt with all of our sins past, present, and future by having His son pay the debt for our sins. Jesus Christ willingly went to the Cross in our stead by allowing all of the world’s sins to be placed upon Him as a sacrificial Lamb. As Christ hung on the Cross, the wrath of God was poured out on Him to pay the penalty for our sins. Jesus Christ died on the Cross and was buried for three days. On the third day, Christ arose from death to life everlasting. The good news is if we believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, then we will be forgiven for all of our sins and receive the Holy Spirit. The Spirit will lead us into all truth helping us in the transformation process of putting off the old life, allowing the old sin nature to die with Christ, and then putting on our new life in Christ by being raised with Christ to everlasting life. You can accept Christ today by confessing your sins to Him through a simple prayer asking Him to forgive you and make you into a new creation filled with the Holy Spirit. If you have done that, then you have just begun the greatest journey of your life that leads to heaven and eternal life. Welcome to the Kingdom.

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Seeing Through a Glass Darkly

If I could describe the world today with one word it would be an “enigma” (something difficult to understand). Everyone is trying to figure out everything from the latest prophecy to the latest conspiracy theory, and from the latest church doctrine to the latest tradition. The war is raging on social media and in the halls of Congress dividing the nation not between a few political parties but between every human being. If that’s not bad enough the war is raging in the Churches and between the growing number of denominations or sects. The whole world is seeing through a glass darkly. They look, they read, they try to figure things out and they simply don’t understand. People have read the entire Bible, and they still don’t understand. Everything seems like an anomaly, like the shifting sands of the Sahara Desert. As we fast approach the End, we no longer have time to try and figure out things on our own and develop our own little favorite doctrines at the exclusion of others. We don’t have time to seek after our favorite prophecies and sliced up sermons on the internet or social media. Simply put, we are out of time.

We only have one option. We must return to the source and do it quickly. As I wrote in my previous article, Jesus is knocking at the door. We must open the door and enter into the new life that He has predestined for us. Only then after we have seen the risen Lord face-to-face can we no longer see a poor reflection through a mirror or darkly colored glass (I Corinthians 13:12). Today we will take this to the next level where most of His children have not yet entered. Unfortunately, many are Christians in name only, holding tightly to their favorite doctrines, and traditions instead of trusting in Christ alone to make everything clear. The whole Bible was written by men that were inspired by the Holy Spirit opening windows to an unseen world and allowing us to fathom things that seem unnatural to the carnal mind. Only the Holy Spirit can open up the Bible allowing humanity to see its original and deeper truths. Years ago when preaching the Gospel in Russia I was confronted by an individual who said that he would accept Christ, but the Bible was too difficult to understand. After explaining to him that everything would be clear after accepting Christ, he later gave an exhilarating testimony before the Church that Christ made everything crystal clear once he surrendered to Christ as Lord. Even the best commentaries, foot notes, and cross references will typically only show one man’s interpretation. Dear children, it’s essential that we go to the original source while we still have time.

We will all admit that we live in a world of mass confusion with everyone either adopting or developing their own unique beliefs. Some say that they got their beliefs through the detailed study of ancient authors, popular commentators, and even in-depth research of the Bible by looking at the original meaning of each word. Others say that they got their beliefs from their Church doctrines and its traditions. Others say that they have constructed their beliefs from the many visions and dreams that they have had or received from others. Others say that they have developed their beliefs from the many popular preachers and prophets in our day. Others say that they developed their beliefs from following the popular postings and video clips on social media. Some have even said that they have developed their beliefs by receiving communication directly from the Holy Spirit. Finally, we have people continually pulling from all of the above sources making their own choices on what to believe; what to keep and what to cast out. Well, we also know that Satan is an author of confusion. Simply put, Satan doesn’t care what you believe; he says everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion. That’s the world we live in as we fast approach the Last Days.

As humanity continues to develop and adhere to their own unique beliefs, then the division between the people continues to grow at an alarming rate. These divisions can quickly turn into violent altercations and even civil war pitting one side against another. There is no greater time than to have God’s beloved children to be united in the truth and stop developing their own unique beliefs, of which many conflict with God’s unchanging word. There is no greater time to understand the context of what was going on with God’s children at the time during the writing of the Bible. We must always ask what it meant to the original recipients and what questions or problems were being addressed at the time. Only then can we ask what it means to us now. Don’t worry, Jesus Christ took care of that little problem by sending every believer the Comforter to understand all of the truth written in His anointed Word, the Bible (John 14:15-31). Just don’t forget the Comforter or the Holy Spirit will also keep the truth in its original context. Moreover, He will never contradict the Word of God or allow humanity to explain the truth away by saying it’s no longer applicable in our day, which we mainly see in the use of Spiritual Gifts. Simply put, the Holy Spirit will lead you to understand the meaning of what it meant then and how to apply it to our lives now.

The key to understanding or interpreting the Holy Bible for our day is understanding that it was written primarily, especially in the New Testament, to help new believers to put off the old life and put on the new life in Christ. The Bible is not meant to be your little Genie in the Bible. On the other hand, as we allow the Holy Spirit to transform us into a new creation by following His does and don’ts of the new life, then we will in time always know the right direction or the right thing to do (II Corinthians 5:17). Furthermore, the more we are transformed in Christ, the more we will be able to hear His still small voice by giving us specific guidance or bringing a Scripture text to our minds that was previously written on our hearts. Now, here is the wonder of our transformation in Christ, as a new creation we will be given eyes to see, to see the great war being waged against humanity, and how God’s children have been given insight on how to stand firm only believing in one truth. We must allow God through the Holy Spirit to develop our belief system from the truth in the Bible. The truth in the Bible is all sufficient, it’s immutable and it is exclusive. We can study all the great biblical doctrines from the past two thousand years, but they must never be allowed to change the truth by adding to it or subtracting from it. Only the truth will be used by the Holy Spirit to grow us from one degree of glory to another until we reach perfection at the conclusion of our journey on Earth.

We must aim for perfection every moment of every day and the one thing that can help us, is to embrace the power and majesty of love. Without true self-giving, agape, love we will never reach perfection, nor will we be assured that we are truly on the right path. Godly love will open windows that we never knew existed showing us the wonder and majesty of God’s perfect timing, His amazing blessings, and His tremendous power to perform miracles beyond our wildest imagination. So, why is this so important to meet the risen Christ face-to-face and be filled with the Holy Spirit? Because without Christ uniting His people together in one truth, then they will be susceptible to the greatest deception to ever ascend upon planet Earth. In the Last Days, Satan and the powers of darkness will proclaim that they can solve all the problems facing humanity. He will proclaim that the divisions are destroying the world, and the only solution is unity of thought among all of its citizens. This unity of thought will be required by the image of the beast in the form of Artificial Intelligence (Revelation 13:15). If believers are not grounded in what they believe, then they will be easily led astray believing that they are making the world into a better place for everyone. However, those who reject the new beliefs will be killed. I pray that all of God’s children will be transformed into the perfect image of Christ, which is our only sure defense of the coming deception. Remember, transformation is only possible if we come face-to-face with Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit, so that we can know and understand the truth; a truth that will help us stand firm against the deception and the wiles of the devil. Amen, we no longer see through a glass darkly.

The Gospel Presentation

We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, which explains the many difficulties that you are currently facing in your life. Well, I have good news, God has solved that problem by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who was born of a virgin to show us the way to a beautiful new life in Christ. God has dealt with all of our sins past, present, and future by having His son pay the debt for our sins. Jesus Christ willingly went to the Cross in our stead by allowing all of the world’s sins to be placed upon Him as a sacrificial Lamb. As Christ hung on the Cross, the wrath of God was poured out on Him to pay the penalty for our sins. Jesus Christ died on the Cross and was buried for three days. On the third day, Christ arose from death to life everlasting. The good news is if we believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, then we will be forgiven for all of our sins and receive the Holy Spirit. The Spirit will lead us into all truth helping us in the transformation process of putting off the old life, allowing the old sin nature to die with Christ, and then putting on our new life in Christ by being raised with Christ to everlasting life. You can accept Christ today by confessing your sins to Him through a simple prayer asking Him to forgive you and make you into a new creation filled with the Holy Spirit. If you have done that, then you have just begun the greatest journey of your life that leads to heaven and eternal life. Welcome to the Kingdom.

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