Showing posts with label Christianity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christianity. Show all posts

Friday, December 4, 2015

People Of The World: There Is HOPE In JESUS CHRIST!

Brethren in Christ: there are many things going on in the World and a lot of despair and hopeless in the hearts of people.

If we are not abiding and LIVING in the Spirit of Christ, the Devil sure is planning to deceive the whole world by playing the "peacemaker" as the Antichrist.


Lately, I have felt the Lord has put it on my heart to remind and tell people of the HOPE there is in CHRIST.

Many people may "know about" Jesus as some kind of important "historical figure", "religious teacher" or "mythical figure without giving Him due Credence; and so the people in the world cannot know the TRUE JESUS that is revealed in HIS WORD: in the King James Version Holy Bible.


People need to know NOT to put "their trust in man": money fails the people, government fails the people, politicians fail the people, court justices fail the people, education fails the people, hospitals fail the people, law enforcement fails the people and RELIGION fails the people...

What else is there to this LIFE?

ONLY GOD is the ANSWER!

It's time for people to know and LEARN of the REAL GOD revealed in HIS WORD and the wonderful gift of ETERNAL LIFE by His HOLY SPIRIT and FORGIVENESS OF SIN He gives people by trusting on His Son, Lord JESUS CHRIST to be SAVED.

Once any unbelieving sinner trusts on the Lord Jesus Christ there whole lives are COMPLETELY CHANGED! They are a "new creation"; a new man!

The way they see the world, experience life; even their physical health may change for the better!

There is FULLNESS OF LIFE and MEANING when one comes to know GOD and what HE ALWAYS DOES AND WANTS TO DO IN ONE'S LIFE!

Everywhere I look I see DECAY and CORRUPTION in all facet of life and human experience: endless warring and military conflict across the world; crooks in government, mass shootings, crime epidemics, economic depression and failure, decay of quality education, decay of society, community and the family; rampant apostasy and lukewarm Christian churches going astray after ungodly lusts and worldliness... Distrust, hatred, depression and despair of the future among everyday people walking the streets (especially in the younger generations like in my generation the "millennials"...) in all manner of groups and crowds... I can sense an ugly aura of ROT in society and coldness of people's hearts towards their fellow man... People dying on the streets. I see it too vividly - UNCENSORED and RAW... Decay of normal social skills, face-to-face communication and lack of learning essential life skills in young adults like myself and even in older adults who may have gone through hardships in life.

Everything just seems as it's said, so "f'-d up" that where would anyone know where to begin to "save this fallen world"?

Well, the answer is simply LORD JESUS CHRIST!

It's not our mission to "save the world" because the world HAS ALREADY BEEN SAVED by the SAVIOUR of the world who is CHRIST JESUS! The world just needs to know Him and the REAL HIM of His WORD and LIVE and DO ACCORDINGLY to HIS WILL.

GOD. GOD. GOD. GOD. GOD. GOD. GOD. GOD. GOD. GOD. GOD. GOD. GOD. GOD.

We must TURN TO HIM to SAVE US from all our FAILURES AND MISTAKES! Only HE CAN FIX this!

Though some may say "God can't fix this"; my question is if God can't fix it, who else could? No one else is doing any better.

It's HATRED, REJECTION, OSTRACIZATION, ISOLATION, LONLINESS, DESPAIR and LACK OF LOVE AND CARING than oftentimes is "background causes" for why people lash out and go into the killing sprees we see and hear about on the television news broadcasts.

As fallen man in this fallen world, the human heart is BORN EVIL. PURE EVIL! There is NO GOOD in man apart from the Goodness of God expressed in man!

When his time is come, the Man of Sin himself will manifest the PURE EVIL that is MAN! 

ONLY GOD ALMIGHTY, LORD JESUS CHRIST is PURE LOVE!

The Antichrist is the antithesis of the Lord Jesus Christ in every way: pure evil.

Satan was once an angel of God as Lucifer; his original nature was good, but turned evil when his pride lifted his heart to think he could be "God's Equal" in Heaven... The Devil, Satan, evil as he is, is NOT pure evil because he was once holy and good as an holy angel of light.


Nevertheless, despite all the death, evil and sin in the world; the One HOPE for this world came down to earth 2,000+years ago in the small village in Bethlehem, Israel and lives on inside the souls of people who have put their FAITH on Him.

It's up to US believers, CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH GOD to abide in all of our individual callings from our Lord and gather together in the churches to do HIS WILL.

No church is perfect or every will be but as Christians we are given commandment by our Lord to fellowship with each other no matter what we believe.

God will LEAD US in HIS DIRECTION and there's no "saving the world on our part" because HE IS THE SAVIOUR. We just OBEY and DO, DO His Will in our lives on an individual basis in addition to collectively as the Church Body.

God-willing, HOPE may indeed be the continuing MESSAGE the Lord has put on my heart to share with the world in these Last Days. HOPE: because this is the coming END of this world as we know it and the coming of GOD'S ETERNAL KINGDOM here on earth in Christ's Millennial Reign and in the Creation of a New Heaven and a New Earth.

The people of the world must LOOK TO JESUS and not the problems of this life to end. Because JESUS is the Past, Present and our FUTURE!

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

You Are Who God Always Wanted You To Be

God created us EXACTLY the way He wanted us to be.

Think back to who you were as a "little child".

The natural behaviours, actions, interests and abilities you naturally-possessed in your childhood are the gifts God has given you to accomplish His Purpose for you in this earthly world and the world to come in His Eternal Kingdom.

As a child I was always an imaginative, creative "daydreamer" of vivid imagination and creativity. I could see visions of beautiful worlds and creations. I was also a "wanderer" and "traveler of the wilderness". I would go for long walks of exploration in the woods and outdoors.

I liked hiking, walking all around the land exploring... I liked the good outdoors. I remember sharpening the end of a stick with a knife to make my own "spear" to "go hunting" as a little kid even.

I loved making new friends, going on adventures, endlessly traveling but always being stable and returning home to familiar territory when I got tired.

I liked eating and trying out new things. I was an artist of life. I have a natural talent, passion and interest for writing of all literary works especially in storytelling and adventure.

Whatever your natural inclinations, the key as an adult is to find work that aligns to your own natural aptitude so you are most fulfilled and can make a living for yourself and family as you follow God's Will in your life.

I remember in my elementary and middle school years I would walk around a lot of my friends and fellow students like a "lil' preacher man' as my momma calls me and say something in my naïve and ignorant childhood days "You need to be SAVED!" and I would place my hands on top of my peers' heads and literally pray over them and although I was really being silly and maybe even acting "in vain" (I sincerely meant to pray for my peers) and I now realize I was unconsciously doing what the Lord would have always have me to in my life... Kind of like how the Lord predestined the great Old Testament prophet Samuel to be as he grew up in his early childhood... Now it's making sense.

You see, I always wondered about Jesus, God and the Bible with vague but "personable" curiosity in my childhood days because I "intellectually" understood Who He was but I never really understood HIM until my later teens when the Lord brought me into His Ministry at age 19. I just vaguely "wondered" about Who Jesus really was besides what they say on T.V. or what the movies portrayed of Him; but I never really sought the Lord in the Word because it was "too much reading" for my childhood mind to fathom, lol. I was always a 'lil' preacher man" since birth; my mom has the pictures showing me with the pose and temperament of a "lil' pastor" as a child. I always had "It" but I never understood "It" until the Lord lifted my veil as I got older; hint-by-hint... leading up to this point since after really "being busy for the Lord" since last year 2014 up to this point I'm actually on Google+, Facebook and Twitter... He's Leading...

The natural skills and abilities God has put inside you since before birth IS WHAT HE USES TO ACCOMPLISH HIS WILL FOR YOU IN LIFE.

We should all reexamine ourselves and lives from the origin of who we were as "children".

For there must be good reason why God Almighty, Lord Jesus Christ referred to us as "children" in the spirit. God knows who we were created to be and are in His Image even though we all have fallen short in sin and do not fully understand the spiritual "real world" around us when can't see in our natural eye. God knows us in eternity since before and after the world began. We only discover "glimpses" who God always knew us to be as we reflect over the course of our lives.

I pray the Lord gives you the Guidance you need in PRAYER and REFLECTION as you REALIZE who you are in the Body of Christ and can walk faithfully conquering life for Christ for His Glory and to help BUILD up HIS KINGDOM OF SOULS! God's Currency is measured in SOULS of people; not material. We must remember to REACH OUT to people with the GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST and the WORD OF GOD in these LAST DAYS!

DO or DIE!

This is IT!

After the Rapture it's all over what we "could have done for Jesus" and what's left is "what we did for Jesus" if anything.

I pray we are ALL faithful, soulwinning servants of the Lord who have won MANY souls over to the Lord before our departure from this world. Amen.

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Ever-Learning But Failing To Come To The Acknowledgement Of The TRUTH?

The following excerpt passage down below was my email reply to my sociology college professor I sent regarding his "faith" in something more than the interworking of human society back in 2013 when I attended Skagit Valley Community College.
 
I emailed him previously about the "deeper" issues concerning mankind such as humanity's SIN NATURE.
 
Although, he replied in good spirit he seemed to disregard my inquiry into the "corruption of mankind" as "religious matters" and not supported by factual "scientific proof" and therefore not relevant enough to look further into.
 
I pray for this elder man's SALVATION IN JESUS CHRIST and to know the true WISDOM and KNOWLEDGE that is only found in God Almighty, LORD JESUS CHRIST!
 
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~Thanks for the reply!
(Long letter, read whenever you have time.......)

I agree with your premise, however, I must say in addition to these human "issues" there is a much deeper conflict within the human condition besides the corruption of humanity's flawed constructions (i.e. the institutions, social groups of community, etc.). It is not something "material" or "physical" that can be fully observed in a scientific method - it's a "spiritual" conflict in the human condition.

Say, with all our knowledge, data and information this hasn't necessary changed our world for the better. Petty human vices like greed, jealousy and selfishness run rampant in any man-constructed thing - this is what always gets in the way of fulfilling, say, the "ideal type". Our flawed humanity prevents the greatest possible outcome provided by our knowledge and data.

Humanity is on a different plane than mere animals; we have higher thoughts of processing, can overcome our base instincts, learn wisdom and attain higher levels of consciousness and understandings as we go through live and age. "Sin" as is called humanity's "offenses" in the Christian bible attests to our flawed nature and how this causes our various moods in life and gives us a way to repent (through Jesus Christ) and baptism in His Name so that we live a life of Truth & Meaning and can overcome our human vices as above.

I am fully aware of how "religious" responses to "real" phenomenon can be "subjective" and I wasn't always "sure" and devoted to Faith until recently rather. I am a skeptic in all things I am presented with, but part of being a skeptic is accepting new information once it has passed your "test screenings". And it has for me, many times. Faith cannot be measured by logical means - that's the whole thing that Faith is not about. It's about "believing" in something whether your have "proof" or not that it exists. It's a practice which has meaning throughout life even if it doesn't have a measurable extent.

I've looked and speculated a lot, but the time came for me to believe after it was proven to me  without a benefit of a doubt (though I still doubt in times of anxiety) - it's not a "coincidence" that I've lived this far given how much things I've experienced in my life thus far..Something or Someone has literally been guiding me in the actions I've taken.

Though I wouldn't call the "Buddha" (Siddhartha Gautama) and "Jesus Christ" "mythical" (since there's historical evidence out there that proves both were "real" individuals that existed), I suppose it's say to say that the "religious" side of them can be a "subjective" practice. However, a distinction must be made between religious "churchianity" than the true spirituality of the faith.

I'm not the kind to go out of my way to convince you otherwise or insult you for different beliefs, but I'm curious: Are you agnostic or atheist? Do you have a faith or not?

I've had atheistic/agnostic thoughts in my early to mid teens and still have them occasionally but what turned me away from them wasn't the harsh reality or life or denial of mortality - I wanted more meaning and inspiration to live. With atheism I could just see no moral judgment for actions. You would just die and be the end of it, so what really mattered...Family? I suppose if one has one that's good but if not, what of those without? (P.S. I have a family in case you have "those" thoughts!)

Life is more than pre-described notions of living based of man's flawed character. Something created everything and though some call it the "Big Bang" and whatnot I learned towards the idea of "Intelligent Design". Where did consciousness, knowledge and very "existence" come from? This source can have many names but it's usually summarized in the three-letter form: GOD. God is a the eternal, Almighty spiritual entity; he encompasses everything and everyone. He's not seen; this could be described as "Nothingness" but He is There.

I really understand the connection behind human evolution theory and where we are today. It definitely makes more "objective" sense than the story of Genesis in the bible. In many ways I think our continual creation stemmed from human evolution than Adam & Eve. They are both conflicting perspectives though their may be some truth in it both ways.

But the main theme of the Holy Bible (however you view it) is about the wickedness of man as in prone-corruption and how this manifests as "sin". "Sin" is the spiritual equivalent of a "crime offense" that tarnishes the soul. Because all human beings, (from the "Curse" in Genesis) are born "sinful", uncleaned, we are in danger of being punished for our unrepented sins. Through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, we are given a Bridge to be accepted by God through Jesus Christ's holy sacrifice to be cleansed off sin by accepting him as our Lord & Savior AND being baptized ("reborn") in His Name to live a "proper" (meaning good "moral") life. Developing a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Beyond that, anything else is "religion" and that's NOT what the root of Christianity is. Christianity at its core is about Repentance, Faith and Devotion to the ONE TRUE GOD and living a righteous life according His words in the Holy Bible. Most of what you see by "religion" nowadays is "churchianity" which is simply subjective, inauthentic "ritualism" (as you could call it) that is now genuine to the Faith; just a vacuum people use for their own purposes.

I can't really change your mind (and that wasn't my primary purpose) you've lived much longer than I have and so have more experiences to recall and affirm your beliefs but one thing I understand from all this is "Logic" is a very limited way of understanding and discovering our world. In life, we can't always make hard decisions by practical logic; sometimes in certain situations we can only take a chance and hope things work out our way. That's called Faith. Sometimes the outcome is confused with "luck" but I know better. If you get through things or have favorable things happen to you at your benefit when you least expect it; it's not really a coincidence - it's a blessing.

Dr. M., it's always good to question things to discern truth, reality and facts. Evidence. But at the end of it, what's the total sum goal? To prove or disprove? When information or experience comes to the contrary of your suspicions do you accept it as it is or how you wished it would be? Would you accept new information that changes your point of view if it has been proven false?

Now that's more of a "personal" thing, but when new knowledge OR experience has proven my old perspectives wrong, false, misleading or inaccurate I take on the truth that is the truth regardless of my ideas/opinions.

Someday (soon) I hope you take the idea of "spirituality" as a credible source. For it is. Our physical world is but one dimension and how can we be "certain" that "spirituality" is not a different level or dimension of reality that we aren't able to "actively" observe? If there's one recurring theme in Life it's that it is Big, Mysterious and Complex with things we don't and may never understand. Not everything can and will be explained or measured. Nor does that mean it doesn't exist based on "our" human limitations. Perhaps life is experienced on different levels for different life forms? We will ever know? Who knows? But all I can say is I consider everything with a measure of merit until proven otherwise and that even what's proven "wrong" may not be "wrong" based on a different system.

I won't lie. I really wish you do come to know our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ and His Truth, Light and Love. Maybe you will maybe you won't. It's your decision. However, I challenge you to take a different approach beyond "logical analysis" and see if something "different" is revealed. Time to change the "lens" so-to-speak.


~Jed