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³ Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to His holy people. ⁴ I say this because some ungodly people have wormed their way into your churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. ~ Jude 1:3-4^NLT

From the time of Jude to now, nothing has changed. The Church has been infiltrated by those who lead us astray due to our lack of knowledge of the Scripture. The Church, all of us, can no longer quote Scripture in defense of our beliefs as the First Church could. They studied Scripture. The Bereans even fact-checked Paul, the greatest apostle who ever lived, but us today, we accept the watered-down Gospel because we truly don’t know any better.

If we could grasp the love of God and how His grace truly works, then we wouldn’t use His love as an excuse for us and others to sin. We’d understand that there is a need for a healthy amount of fear, just as a child should have a healthy fear of their parents. God doesn’t just give us free passes for sin because of grace. He took our sin upon Himself so that He could pay our debt and we could be forgiven. Don’t abuse grace, and don’t allow others to believe they can abuse grace, either.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Defend His Grace.

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⁴ You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. ~ James 4:4

If we are so busy making the world our friend, we lose the time we should spend in friendship with our true friend, Jesus Christ. The friend who sticks closer than a brother. But Christians tend to let political correctness prevent them from making a stand. They chose to be quiet about things that ensure life and the things that cause death.

The world is not concerned about your soul. The world is not concerned with where you will spend eternity. The world is not concerned with whether or not you are prepared to meet your maker. They march to the beat of a different drum. So, no matter how hard you try, you will never be in step with the world as long as you are a Christian. It is a completely different rhythm, as different as a 3/4 beat is from a 4/4 beat. The two will never be in harmony.

So, judge for yourself, consider which is more profitable, to be a friend of the world or to be a friend of God.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Be A Friend of God.

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¹¹ Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. ¹² For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. ¹³ But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, ¹⁴ for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, ‘Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.’ ~ Ephesians 5:11–14

We are instructed not to take part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather, we must expose them. The weak watered-down teachings and lukewarm theology of the Church have caused so many to stray from the faith. The world has perverted the definition of love. No longer is love about protecting the soul of others; instead, it’s about protecting the feelings of others. We are ‘loving’ people straight into Hell.

Love isn’t saying ‘God hates —–’ and expecting people to change. Neither is it saying ‘God loves everyone’ so no one has to change. Love is correcting the sin while still loving the sinner. It’s bringing to light the difference between right and wrong. When we expose the darkness to the light, it has nothing to do but flee.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Make the Darkness Visible in Light.

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³¹ It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. ~ Hebrews 10:31

All you who destroy the earth. All you who plot evil against Christians. All you who deceive the citizens of the world through flattery. God is not asleep, for He neither slumbers nor sleeps, but His eye is ever watchful and is always on the righteous, and He knows the way of the sinner. They shall not escape.

You who spread a net for someone else’s feet, how will your feet be kept from falling into the same trap?

This is your opportunity. Today is the day of salvation; tomorrow is promised to no man. Remember, the Lake of Fire is hot, and eternity is a long, long time. Choose your side wisely.

I’m telling you. You do not want to be caught on the wrong side when Jesus returns with His rewards in His hand. Good or bad, His rewards are with Him. Because Pay Back is No Beach Trip.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Choose Salvation Today.

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²⁴ And the king commanded, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces. ~ Daniel 6:24

King Darius commanded that the same men who had come into agreement to falsely accuse Daniel were to be thrown into the lions’ den. The same judgment that they laid out for Daniel was now theirs. But not just theirs alone, but their wives and their children as well.

Whatever you sow, that you shall also reap. There’s no way around it. Pay back ain’t no beach trip. It will cause you all you have and all you care about. You cannot mess with the children of God without offending God. But it’s never too late to repent. It’s never too late to come back to God, regardless of what you’ve done. God will forgive you, but only if you repent.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Repent For Forgiveness.

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¹⁷ A friend loves at all times,  and a brother is born for adversity. ~ Proverbs 17:17

A friend will stick by you when times are easy, but as soon as things become difficult, a friend will abandon you. They won’t be there for you. But when times are hard, a brother (or sister) will be there for you. They’ll fight for you and with you. A friend may be there when times are good, but what happens when things get hard? When the good times are over? They bail.

Jesus starts out as our friend, but as soon as adversity comes our way, He is still there. Why? Because He is now birthed into a brother. Jesus is waiting to grow His relationship with you. All you have to do is spend time with Him. Pray, worship, read your Bible, seek His face. Jesus may be everyone’s friend, but unless you seek Him out, how can He become your brother?

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Seek Your Brother.

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¹⁹ I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, ²⁰ loving the Lord your God, obeying His voice and holding fast to Him, for He is your life and length of days… ~ Deuteronomy 30:19-20a

God has set before each one of us the choice of life or death. Blessing or cursing. He desperately wants us to choose life and blessings. I’ve met so many people who say when I ask them if they believe in God? They are like, “Yes, of course. I am a Christian. I’m a member of so and so church.”

The problem is, they are not living the life. They will drop the F-bomb like no tomorrow, or they are wreaking of alcohol. They don’t know the first thing about Scripture or what it says about holiness and righteousness. What I’m saying is, there is a right way to live and a wrong way to live. Choose the right way.

Just to believe that there is a God or that God exists is not enough. There is so much more.

LORD God, please help me to seek the Truth. Help me to seek the right way to live my life that I might not just love You in word or speech, but in action. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.

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¹³ Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. ~ Hebrews 4:13

Nothing escapes the attention of God. He knows:

• • All of our ways
  • All of our thoughts
  • All of our motives
  • He knows where we are and what we are doing

God asks a rhetorical question in Jeremiah 23:24, can a man hide from God so that He cannot find him? The answer is no! No one can hide anything from God. Everything is open and laid bare before Him, and He weighs all of our words, all of our acts, and all of our thoughts in the balance, and He ponders or considers all of our ways.

He is a great God. Loving and kind. Merciful and forgiving, but we have to be obedient to His word and all His commands. Don’t be fooled into thinking that all you need to do is know who He is, and then you go your merry way, and God goes His, and you all will meet up again in a favorable way at the judgment.

It doesn’t work like that. You can’t keep secrets from God. You can’t hide your sin in a dark corner, your closet, or even under your bed. God sees everything. Repent and sin no more, that you might live.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Reveal Your Guilt.

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^7a For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: ~ Proverbs 23:7a

Believing in God isn’t enough to save your soul. Even demonic entities believe in God, but it doesn’t save them. There is more. Much more. You must change your inside. You must clean the inside of the dish, not just the out.

• • The way you talk
  • The way you act
  • Even the way you think
  • The things you imagine or fantasize about

These things have to change. You can’t continue in the same old way that God found you. You come as you are, but you can’t leave as you came. Change is necessary.

As the Chinese philosopher said:

Watch your thoughts, they become your words
Watch your words, they become your action
Watch your actions, they become your habits
Watch your habits, they become your character
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny

Lao Tzu

So, how do you do that? As Paul said, we take every thought and word captive to the obedience of Christ. In other words, you change your thoughts. Only you can control what you think about. Only you can control the words that come out of your mouth. Only you can decide to make a change. So, I beseech you all to train your thoughts and then your words to the obedience of Christ. Because from your thoughts and words comes who you are. So, make a conscious effort to control your thoughts and your words, thus controlling your actions and destiny.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Take Control.

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