Saturday, April 26, 2025, 05:22
Matthew 6:19-34
¶ “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
¶ “The eye is the lamp of the body;
so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.
But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.
If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
¶ “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
¶ “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink;
nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not worth much more than they?
And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
And why are you worried about clothing?
Observe how the lilies of the field grow;
they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace,
will He not much more clothe you?
You of little faith!
Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’
For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
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We are such an ungrateful people;
Calling our self Christian (Christ like) but yet striving after, gathering and storing up worldly things.
Looking on a man as being successful if he is wealthy.
Looking at the things one has in his possession as wealth.
But in reality the more we try to hold on to in this world the less we have’
Christ Jesus is very clear that our treasure is to be in heaven, for that is the only place that it is safe, and the only treasure that will mater at the end of this life.
We say we serve GOD, but yet gather worldly things we are only deceiving our self.
For as Christ Jesus has stated
“where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
I believe we all get caught up in this at times, something new grabs our attention and we have the desire to have it.
And rather than to ask Lord is this something I need, we determine in our heart and mind and then say to our selves “I need this”
And then we have one more piece of useless worldly debris laying around.
Wall our account in heaven is lacking.
And our heart is more entwined in the ways of the world.
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“No one can serve two masters;
for either he will hate the one and love the other,
or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and wealth.”
The stuff and things we own can quickly become our masters,
whether or not we are willing to admit it.
It takes up and dictates how we spent our time and what our attention is focused on.
Who do you serve, or what do you serve?
Be honest and answer the question!
A lot of, well most will say I am not worrying about things I’m just concerned.
Are you concerned about your finaces?
Are you concerned about the state of the world around you?
Definition of worry: feeling or showing worry or solicitude, anxiety or concern
Christ Jesus tells us what a true need is and that being His, living for Him not for self or worldly wants, He has taken care of our needs .
He says:
“For this reason I say to you,
do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink;
nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air,
that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns,
and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not worth much more than they?
And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
And why are you worried about clothing?
Observe how the lilies of the field grow;
they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
But if God so clothes the grass of the field,
which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace,
will He not much more clothe you?
You of little faith!
Do not worry then, saying,
‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’
For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things;
for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness,
and all these things will be added to you.
So do not worry about tomorrow;
for tomorrow will care for itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
The answer?
Have faith in Father God, have faith in Christ Jesus seek His kingdom and His righteousness.
Store up riches in heaven rather then here on earth.
Be content with what the Lord provides for you,
Stop following after the ways of the world.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul.
Here are just a few times we are told this in the word of GOD:
Deutaronamy 6:5
“You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”
Deuteronamy 11:1
“You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.”
Deutaronamy 11:13
“It shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul,
Deutaronamy 11:22
“For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and hold fast to Him,”
Deutaronamy 13:3
“you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Deutaronamy 19:9
“if you carefully observe all this commandment which I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in His ways always—then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three.”
Deutaronamy 30:6
“Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.”
Deutaronamy 30:16
“in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that the LORD your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it.”
Joshua 22:5
“Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God and walk in all His ways and keep His commandments and hold fast to Him and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Johua 23:11
“So take diligent heed to yourselves to love the LORD your God.”
YOU may say that’s all fine and good but I only read the New Testament.
If you are that person than pay attention to what Jesus had to say to you in the New Testament.
Matthew 22:37
And He said to him,
“ ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.”
Mark 12:30
“AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.”
Luke 10:27
“And he answered,
“YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”
Understand this;
You are ether serving the Lord God or you are serve the world and self.
The choice is yours and you choose every day whom you will serve.
Pray you will chose wisely.
Your eternity depends on the choices you make.
It is time for the church to wake up,
Look around the world, not in fear but in wonder, for the prophecies of the Bible are unfolding before you,
If your faith is in Christ our Lord it should not bring fear to you but joy for His word is aging showing its self to be true,
and it is looking His returning could be soon.
In the next couple days we will talk about that.
If your interested in things to come from right out of the word of GOD,
straight from the mouth of Christ Jesus Himself,
then come back.
If you would like to read ahead then go read Luke 21:10-36
Out for now
May your heart mind and soul be firmly anchored in Christ our Lord, our redemer.
Sunday, April 13, 2025, 14:31
Today is Palm Sunday
The day that over 1,800 years ago that Jesus rode in to Jerusalem On the back of a Donkey just as was prophesied many years before His birth on earth,
And the people cried out Hosanna Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD,
who is the King od Israel.
Will you cry out Hosanna (save us)
Hasana to the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords
Or will you continue to strive against Him and live for yourself.?
John 12:25-26
“He who loves his life loses it,
and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me;
and where I am, there My servant will be also;
if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.”
Will you give your life to Christ and live?
Or will you hold to your life and lose it?
The choice is yours.
Psalms 118:24
This is the day which the LORD has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
John 6:40
“For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”
Except Him this day wall you still have the opportunity,
For you never know when your last breath will leave your body,
And at that time the opportunity is over and your destiny is sealed.
Think about it,
The Lord is still at the door knocking,
will you answer His call before it is to lats?
Saturday, April 12, 2025, 05:30
Revelation 3:14-22
¶ “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this:
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot.
So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.
Because you say,
“I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,”
and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,
I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich,
and white garments so that you may clothe yourself,
and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed;
and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline;
therefore be zealous and repent.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock;
if anyone hears My voice and opens the door,
I will come in to him and will dine with him,
and he with Me.
He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne,
as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Just as the Lord said to the Churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and now the Church of Laodicea;
He is saying to each of us who call Him Lord,
those who clams the name of Christian.
In case you haven’t noticed:
Every time Christ the Lord (Jesus) has stated;
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
He says Churches these letters are not just righten to one church each, or to seven churches,
these letters are righten to all Churches: the church the bride of Christ.
They are righten to All for ALL Churches to taken to heart,
to be adhered to and followed by all those who clam the name Christian. (to be Christ like)
These letters were not righten just for the people back in the day, these letters were righten for all to adhered to through time until the return of Christ for His bride,
His bride the church.
Those; the true Christians.
It is important that this section gets your utmost attention GOD does not mess around with us or His words.
And you should take this seriously.
Christ Jesus says:
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot;
I wish that you were cold or hot.
You think you can play church one or two days a week and not get judged for the other five or six.
You think you are saved because you quote the word of GOD?
if so know this you are only fooling yourself, GOD knows who you are.
You should understand by now that He knows you,
what you say, do and think,
Do you fear God?
You should!
First Corinthians 6:12 – second Corinthians 18
You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
Now in a like exchange—I speak as to children—open wide to us also.
Do not be bound together with unbelievers;
for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness,
or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Or what harmony has Christ with Belial,
or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols?
For we are the temple of the living God;
just as God said,
“I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE,”
says the Lord.
“AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN;
And I will welcome you.
And I will be a father to you,
And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,”
Says the Lord Almighty.
Rather straight forward;
we are not to take part in the evil of this world we are to be dedicated to Christ Jesus and Him alone,
Psalms 111:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments;
His praise endures forever.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 4:7
“The beginning of wisdom is:
Acquire wisdom;
And with all your acquiring, get understanding.
Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
James 1:5
But if any of you lacks wisdom,
let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach,
and it will be given to him.
But those who lack wisdom do not understand that the way they live puts them in the position of being lukewarm,
and are looking at the possibility of being spit out of the mouth of Christ Jesus, (being sent to the pit)
It would be better to be cold in the things of the Lord than to be lukewarm in the things of the Lord.
Being lukewarm deceives others and gives faults witness of Father God and Christ Jesus.
And Jesus right out says:
“so because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold,
I will spit you out of My mouth.”
Mankind thinks so highly of himself that he thinks himself rich due to the money he has, or the things he has position of,
thinking he has nothing he needs from Christ Jesus.
Not having the wisdom to know or understand they are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.
Jesus tells us how to remedy this situation in our lives:
He says, I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich,
and white garments so that you may clothe yourself,
and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed;
and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
The way to punches these items from the Lord is in His word, not only taking the time to read it but to apply His word to our lives
and to live out His instructions He has given to us in His Holy Bible.
Christ Jesus says;
those whom I love,
I reprove and discipline;
therefore be zealous and repent.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock;
if anyone hears My voice and opens the door,
I will come in to him and will dine with him,
and he with Me.
He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne,
as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Here are a few scripters that you might want to be aware of:
Psalms 119:115
Depart from me, evildoers,
That I may observe the commandments of my God.
Matthew 7:21-27
¶ “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
And then I will declare to them,
‘I never knew you;
DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them,
may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them,
will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”
Wil you be the wise and build your foundation on the rock?
(the words of GOD)
Or will you be the foolish and build your foundation on the sand?
(the world and its ways)
Will you choose to be turned away when Christ our Lord retunes for His Church?
Or will you hear the words enter in My good and faithful servant.
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Will you answer the knock at the door of your heart?
The door of your soul?
Jesus is waiting for you to answer His call,
but He will not wait forever,
His return is inevitable He is coming back just as He said He would.
Will you be ready for Him?
Or be found lukewarm and wanting?
This choice is yours to make,
no one can make it for you.
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Matthew 25:1-13
¶ “Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent.
For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them,
but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps.
Now while the bridegroom was delaying,
they all got drowsy and began to sleep.
But at midnight there was a shout,
‘Behold, the bridegroom!
Come out to meet him.’
Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.
The foolish said to the prudent,
‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
But the prudent answered,
‘No, there will not be enough for us and you too;
go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’
And while they were going away to make the purchase,
the bridegroom came,
and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast;
and the door was shut.
Later the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.’
But he answered, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’
Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.”
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Think about it.
But not for too long He is returning as a thief in the night no one knows when their last breath will be,
but after that last breath is eternity.
And your eternity will be either spent in the presence of the everlasting GOD of creation or in the pit of damnation.
Your choice.
Chose ye this day whom you will serve.
It could be your last.
Build your foundation on the rock of Christ, trimmed your lamps, fill your lamp and flask
The way to do this is to not just know the word of GOD but to live it,
to be saturated with it,
to as the world would say
“be so heavenly minded that you are of no earthly good”
1Timothy 4:6-10
¶ In pointing out these things to the brethren,
you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus,
constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following.
But have nothing to do with worldly fables fit only for old women.
On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness;
for bodily discipline is only of little profit,
but godliness is profitable for all things,
since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
It is a trustworthy statement deserving full acceptance.
For it is for this we labor and strive,
because we have fixed our hope on the living God,
who is the Savior of all men,
especially of believers.
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
as for me and my house, we choose to serve the LORD.
Will you?
Friday, April 11, 2025, 11:42
Revelation 3:7-13
¶ “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David,
who opens and no one will shut,
and who shuts and no one opens, says this:
I know your deeds.
Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power,
and have kept My word,
and have not denied My name.
Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan,
who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie,
I will make them come and bow down at your feet,
and make them know that I have loved you.
Because you have kept the word of My perseverance,
I also will keep you from the hour of testing,
that hour which is about to come upon the whole world,
to test those who dwell on the earth.
I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
He who overcomes,
I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God,
and he will not go out from it anymore;
and I will write on him the name of My God,
and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem,
which comes down out of heaven from My God,
and My new name.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Just as the Lord said to the Churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira and Sardis and what He is now saying to the Church of Philadelphia He is saying to each of us who call Him Lord, those who clams the name of Christian.
Christ Jesus tells us aging:
I know your deeds;
He knows what we do,
what we say
and even what we think.
As for what we do:
I have found 18 times that GOD says “I am with you”
Here is one example;
Matthew 28:20
Jesus tells His disciples
“I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
( if you go by the title of Christian, does that not make you a disciple of Christ? )
As for what we say:
In Matthew 5 speaks of the commandments of Father GOD and brings them from just actions to thoughts,
Hers as an example:
Matthew 5:21-22
¶ “You have heard that the ancients were told,
‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.’
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court;
and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court;
and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
And aging We were told by GOD
“I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
If He is with us always, do you not think He knows what we say?
As for thoughts:
In Matthew 5:27
¶ “You have heard that it was said,
‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY’;
but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
He knows our thoughts whether they are good or evil
He tells us straight out
“I know your deeds”.
You can not hide your actions, speech nor your thoughts from GOD.
GOD has put a path before each of us that we are to take through this life,
He is that one who opens and closes doors.
We are the ones who look for the window,
to ether access what He has closed from us,
or to exit the path He has set before us.
The Lord will not breck out will,
if we will to sin against Him and His word,
eventual He will allow you to experience your own desires.
That you may turn back to Him.
It is said of mankind
Isaa 56: 11
They have all turned to their own way,
Each one to his unjust gain
Remember this
Ezekial 33:17
“Yet your fellow citizens say,
‘The way of the Lord is not right,'
when it is their own way that is not right.”
The Lord your GOD opens the doors we should go through and closes the ones we should not enter,
Him being the creator don’t you think He knows what doors good for you?
And what doors will lead to your destruction?
Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, Jesus tells us:
Because you have kept the word of My perseverance,
( have adhering to the course of action I have set before you )
I also will keep you from the hour of testing,
that hour which is about to come upon the whole world,
to test those who dwell on the earth.
And aging we are told:
I am coming quickly;
hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
And if you hold fast and overcomes the evil that is around you,
He will make you a pillar in the temple of His God,
He will write on you the name of His God,
and the name of the city of His God,
and His new name.
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Take the door the Lord your God has opened for you
and do not mess with the doors He has shut.
Hold on to the truth from the word of GOD and obey them,
For He knows who you are.
i will leave you with this:
Isaiah 55:6-9
¶ Seek the LORD while He may be found;
Call upon Him while He is near.
Let the wicked forsake his way
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the LORD,
And He will have compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.”
Think about it
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
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Thursday, April 10, 2025, 06:00
Revelation 3:1-6
¶ “To the angel of the church in Sardis write:
He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this:
“I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.
Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die;
for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.
So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent.
Therefore if you do not wake up,
I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments;
and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.
He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments;
and I will not erase his name from the book of life,
and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Just as the Lord said to the Churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum and Thyatira and what He is now saying to the Church of Sardis He is saying to each of us who call Him Lord, those who clams the name of Christian.
Christ Jesus knows each of us He know our deeds,
He knows our name,
that we are physically alive,
and He also knows those who use the title of Christian who are dead,
dead in spirit,
alive in worldly knowledge,
willingly excepting participating and practicing it ways,
but dead to His ways,
you may be able to talk bible, to sound godly,
to sound wise to the world,
but are dead to the reality of the world of GOD.
Dead to Godly wisdom and understanding.
We are told to ask God for wisdom and that He is willing to generously give to those who ask in faith.
Colossians 1:9-14
¶ For this reason also, since the day we heard of it,
we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all
spiritual wisdom and understanding,
so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord,
to please Him in all respects,
bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might,
for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience;
joyously giving thanks to the Father,
who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.
For He rescued us from the domain of darkness,
and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
James 1:2-12
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
And let endurance have its perfect result,
so that you may be perfect and complete,
lacking in nothing.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,
who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
But he must ask in faith without any doubting,
for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea,
driven and tossed by the wind.
For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;
and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.
For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass;
and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed;
so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.
Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial;
for once he has been approved,
he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
We are told:
Wake up,
strengthen the things that remain,
which were about to die;
for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.
To remember what we have received and heard;
and keep it to hold fast to it,
to repent of our sin (our lack of dedication to know the Lord and His ways).
Christ forewarns us if we do not wake up,
He will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
Matthew 24:36
“But of that day and hour no one knows,
not even the angels of heaven,
nor the Son, but the Father alone.
With this in mind we should at all times be expecting the return of the Lord, Continuously living our lives in the manner that is acceptable before Father God.
Romans 3:22-26
the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe;
for there is no distinction;
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith.
This was to demonstrate His righteousness,
because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;
for the demonstration,
I say, of His righteousness at the present time,
so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
By repenting (that is to confess your short comings, then turning from what you believe in the world and turning to the word of GOD for your instruction and direction)
Asking the Lord Christ Jesus for forgiveness;
Your soiled garments can be changed for white.
Through repentance you can be made worthy and clothed in white.
“He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments;
and I will not erase his name from the book of life through repentance (turning from the world to Christ) Christ Jesus says;
“I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels”.
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Christ Jesus is the only one who can erase one’s name from the book of life,
And this will be dune to those who do not repent and follow after Him.
Don’t you think it would be a grand idea to turn from the world and turn to Him,
To seek His face,
to be made worthy.
If you do not know Christ Jesus as your Lord all you have to do is with a honest heart ask.
Ask to be forgiven, confess Him as your Lord and savior.
Ask for His wisdom and understanding,
pick up the Bible and reed the books of Matthew, John, Revelation learn of His love for you and of His free gift of redemption.
Ask, talk with Jesus except His forgiveness and let His spirit teach you the ways of the Lord.
If you are a believer in and a follower of Christ Jesus
take what you know of the Lord and His word the Bible
and apply it in your life,
turn and walk (no run) away from the world and its ways and walk in the way of the Lord.
you can not serve two masters.
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”