Tag: Are You In Need of Cleansing?

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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⁴⁰ And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And He said to Peter, ‘So, could you not watch with me one hour? ⁴¹ Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.’ ~ Matthew 26:40-41

The phrase ‘God loves me’ has become overused and has simply lost its true meaning. As the song, Chasing Cars, by Snow Patrol says:

Those Three Words
Are Said Too Much
They’re Not Enough

They may not be speaking about these three specific words, but the saying is still true. We love to justify our sin with that single phrase, ‘God loves me’ or ‘Jesus loves me.’ Yes, God loves you. Yes, Jesus loves you. But even though you are loved by God, you will still have to stand before Him on Judgment Day and give an account for your life.

Look at Peter. He was arguably Jesus’ best friend. His most beloved disciple, and yet, he’s the one Jesus calls out. Peter, James, and John were all asleep, but it was Peter that Jesus singled out. Jesus didn’t say, ‘I know you’re tired, Buddy. I’ll catch ya next time around.’ He didn’t say, ‘Don’t worry about it, Bro. I know you love me. It’s all good.’ No. Jesus called him out. He singled him out. Why? Could it be that Jesus expected more out of Peter? That Jesus expected Peter, His best friend, would stay awake? Jesus loved Peter, yet He still corrected him. He still warned him. He still disciplined him.

Why? Because He loved him. When you love someone, you correct them before it’s too late. You don’t watch them drive off the side of the cliff because they’re having fun pretending that their car is a flying car. No, you stop them. You try to correct them. You don’t just stand by and watch them kill themselves. We have to stop loving people straight into Hell. It’s time we start calling sin what it really is, SIN. We can’t keep watering down the Bible. If we don’t, it’ll lose all of its power. When you pour water on a flame, it dies down. Even if it’s hard, God gave us the Bible to follow because it is a powerful fire that helps mold us into the image of God.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Stop Watering The Flame.

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¹⁵ If you love me, you will keep my commandments. ~ John 14:15

Love is an action, not a word. You can’t love someone and mistreat them. That’s what the commandments are, God’s way of showing us how to love Him. They aren’t a rule book of what not to do. It’s a guide to know how to love God and how to love people. Therefore, if you don’t keep the commands by following your own wants and desires, you won’t enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Instead, you’ll be thrown into the Lake of Fire, in everlasting torment.

But the saving grace is that even if you committed any sin, you can still be saved. You don’t have to go to Hell. No matter what you’ve done. No matter how far you have run, God is still waiting for you to return to Him as a father waits for his wayward child to return home. The gift of salvation was already purchased for you on the cross by Jesus. All you have to do is repent and turn from your sin.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Live Your Love.

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¹³ Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. ¹⁴ For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. ~ Matthew 7:13-14

The gate that leads to destruction is wide, and many follow it. Therefore, Hell is a place that many go to. Why? Because its way is easy. Its gates are wide. You don’t have to look for it. There’s no searching needed. It’s the road we all start out on. It’s the default road.

This is why we had no chance before Christ came. Because we were all guilty of sin. None of us were innocent. But Christ came, and He made a way for us to find the narrow gate. The narrow road. That road is hard. It’s difficult. There’s obstacles and tests. There’s persecution and tribulation, but at the end of the road, there’s life everlasting. There’s eternal peace and joy like no other.

Life and death have been set before us. It’s up to us to choose. So, choose wisely. The road to death is easy, and many are on it. The road to life is hard, but God is with us through it all, and few find it. It’s never too late to find the road to life. All you have to do is accept His forgiveness.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Find The Narrow Gate.

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