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³³ Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.” ³⁴ Think carefully about what is right and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all. ~ 1 Corinthians 15:33–34

Even though God is merciful, gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, He still punishes the guilty and does not just let them go free. So, don’t let anyone tell you that you can live and do whatever you want because their god will never send anyone to hell.

People who say such things do not know the one true God. They think they know God, but to their own shame, they do not! Because everyone will be called to give an account of all, they’ve said and done. Don’t be confused because God blesses the righteous and the wicked alike. He will let both the moral and immoral dwell together on this earth until the time of the Judgment, and then He will separate them.

On that day, it won’t matter how much good you’ve done. It won’t matter how much evil you’ve done. It won’t matter if you were an upstanding citizen or a useless street bum. The only thing that will matter on that day is whether or not you followed Christ while on this earth. All other things will be irrelevant when the LORD separates mankind between believers and nonbelievers. Between actual followers of Christ and those who just speak of Him.

Don’t let the Day of Judgment hold you in fear or catch you unawares. Prepare for this day in Christ Jesus so that you won’t fear the Judgment. So that you will be able to stand before the LORD in full confidence of who He is and who you are in Him.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Don’t Fear That Day.

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Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. ~ 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Paul said the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God. Then he made a list of offenses that were separated by the word “neither.” Did you notice that? I believe by inserting the word “neither,” he was making a distinction between the wicked and someone else. So why did he make a distinction? What exactly did he mean by that?

I believe when he referred to the wicked, it was those who openly and outrightly rejected Jesus, so to be sure, he said not only those who will not enter in but those who may believe, who may call them Christians, who break down the church door every Sunday. In other words, those who disguise themselves as sheep yet still indulge in then he listed a string of offenses, including Sexual immorality, Idolaters, Adulterers, Male prostitutes, Homosexual offenders, Thieves, Greedy, Drunkards, Slanderers, and Swindlers.

And then there are those who claim holiness and love for God yet throw their lot in with those who support, celebrate, and encourage this kind of wickedness against God. Let me suggest something to you, if you support it, vote for it, or deny it when you know it is going on, you are a part of it, and you are just as guilty. According to Scripture, Christians are not even to eat with those who say they are Christians, yet willfully do all these disgraces against God. They even support the shedding of innocent blood, something that God hates totally and will swiftly bring His judgment.

Everything you do in this life will have a consequence in the next. Whether the consequence is good or bad will be determined by your actions. Don’t let something that seems important now keep you from an eternity of peace and joy with your Creator because, in eternity, it won’t matter.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Flee Sin.

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³⁸ Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in Him.” ~ John 18:38

Pilate was confused about the meaning of Truth, at least knowing how to recognize it. He lived in a time when the pagan gods were worshipped as truth. Their world was centered around religion, but they were still bound up in their sins. Today, we are in the same dilemma as Pilate. We’re living in a society where we’re constantly trying to get to the bottom of Pilate’s question, what is Truth?

Today’s society is hard-pressed against answering this question. We no longer seek Truth, but instead, we now only want our own truth. Jesus said He is the Truth. Jesus said that the Truth will set us free. Right now, we no longer seek the Truth because we no longer want to be free. In our society, we’ve normalized slavery. Slavery to darkness. Slavery to lies. Slavery to sin. Why? Because in the darkness, we don’t have to change. We don’t have to accept that we are flawed and we need a Savior.

This is how the enemy keeps us bound up in chains. This is how the enemy keeps us from the freedom of Jesus. The enemy convinces us that our chains are actually freedom, and our freedom is actually chains. The only way to overcome these lies is to step out of the darkness into the light that is Christ Jesus. The only way to do this is to accept the one and only Truth. And that Truth is the LORD Jesus Christ.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Choose Freedom Over Slavery.

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⁹ When you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. ¹⁰ There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, ¹¹ or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. ¹² For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God drives them out from before you. ¹³ You shall be blameless before the Lord your God. ¹⁴ For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the Lord your God has not appointed such for you. ~ Deuteronomy 18:9-14^NKJV

If you are a Christian, the occult is off-limits for you. Plain and simple. But someone will say, but I’m a good witch, or I’m a white witch. I practice white magic. I believe in God, and I do good with my white magic. There are no double standards in Christianity. You can’t separate the two. Why? Because God does not separate the two.

Did you notice that it didn’t differentiate between white witches and black witches? Or between white masses and black masses? No, it said one who practices witchcraft. It was all-inclusive. These same white witches have familiar spirits that they consult, and they are enchanters. There’s no way to get around it. Each one is involved with the other, and God forbids all. In fact, Paul implies to drink from the cup of the LORD and from the cup of demons is like we think we are stronger than God and can take on His wrath.

²¹ You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. ²² Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

1 Corinthians 10:21-22

What does this have to do with you? Well, if it’s not from God, which is why the LORD forbids it, then it is of the Devil. And if it is of the Devil, then most likely you are in communication with demons. Just as the people of Israel thought they were worshipping gods in the land of Canaan, God clarified for Moses that they weren’t even worshipping gods, which was bad enough. What they were worshipping was lower than the gods.

¹⁷ They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to gods they had never known, to new gods that had come recently, whom your fathers had never dreaded.

Deuteronomy 32:17

We think we understand what we’re doing and who we’re worshipping when actuality, we know and understand very little. We only know what we’re told. If God is Truth itself and Satan is the father of lies, why would we take Satan’s word on how to better our lives and those around us instead of God’s word? If the thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but Jesus comes to give life and life more abundantly, why wouldn’t we follow Jesus over the false prophets that make our ears tickled? They only lead to death, so why not live? Put away the things of the darkness and dwell in the light. Dwell in life. Dwell with Christ.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Avoid All Wicked Customs.

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²¹ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ²² The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, ²³ but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! ~ Matthew 6:21-23

Jesus warned that our bodies are run by our eyes, and our souls will spend eternity based on the actions and desires of our hearts. Why? Because our bodies are a housing place for either good or evil. Either light or darkness. Our eyes dictate the level of light that enters our bodies. Jesus wasn’t just referring to sins like porn when He was explaining the lamp of the body, but also our focus.

See, if we only focus on the things of this world, such as financial gain, job promotions, earthly relationships, etc., our hearts will only desire these things. Therefore, our souls will be tied to a dying world that will be judged and found wanting.

Desiring these things, in itself, isn’t bad. It only becomes a problem when these things are put before the LORD and His Kingdom. Jesus said to build the Kingdom of God first; then, these will be given to us. He wasn’t saying, don’t have goals or desires. He was saying, build God up, and God will build you up. James even clarified further that we don’t have things because we don’t ask for things. We can have desires, goals, and wants. We’re to even ask our Heavenly Father for these things, but above all else, we have to first build the Kingdom of God.

Seeking a relationship with God should be the first thing we do when we wake in the morning and the last thing we do before we go to bed at night. But if all our eyes and hearts are focused on our own carnal desires and goals, then our soul isn’t getting light. Why? Because Jesus is the only Light, and His Light is the only light that can light the darkness of this world that has corrupted us all. So, seek Him first above all else, then He will provide your needs and desires.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Light Your Lamp.

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⁴ When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. ⁵ It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. ~ Ecclesiastes 5:4-5

So many of us take for granted that the LORD is holy, so we make vows or promises to Him that we don’t keep. We often think about these vows or promises as just specific actions we vow or promise to do, but what if it’s more than that? When we accept that free gift of salvation and begin our walk with God, we’re making a vow to Him. We’re making a promise that we’re never going to turn away from Him. That we’ll always follow Him, but so many of us take this vow for granted and get drawn away by the world and all of its shiny toys.

Maybe if we focused more on who God is and not on what our flesh wants, maybe we wouldn’t forget our first love. Maybe we would be able to withstand the temptation of the evil one. Maybe we will be able to be one of the five virgins that make it into Marriage Supper of the Lamb instead of one whose oil has run out.

We, the Church, are the soul of the world. If we can’t keep our vow to God that we will always follow Him, then how can we lead the world to His light? We’re dividing ourselves over what has been established as sin from before the Law of Moses was even given. We’re dividing ourselves over feelings and emotions rather than uniting over the love we have for our Creator. Our vow to follow Christ and all that He does is more than just empty words or even a promise. It’s a covenant between us and God that we will follow Him from this day on and forever. Never let the temporary things of this world draw you away from the eternal things of God.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Keep Your Vow.

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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 reality of eternal punishment often is a miss on us. We can’t fully comprehend how God could allow this to happen, but the Truth is that we choose to go to Hell. We choose to enter through the wide gate. Our eternal dwelling place is strictly left to one person to decide, and that’s us. Each of us will decide where we each spend eternity.

There are only two eternal promises in which one will spend eternity.

One: A place of blissfulness

A place of peace and joy
A place where all your needs will be abundantly supplied
Never to worry or be concerned again
Never to be mistreated or misused
Never to fear or be disrespected ever again

Two: A place of eternal torment

A place of anguish and discomfort
A place without the love of GodForever thirsty
Forever hungry
Forever fear and agony in a perpetual darkness

Chose wisely this day whom you will serve, for the day of the LORD is near and His rewards are with Him.

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¹¹ And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. ¹² And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. ¹³ Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. ¹⁴ And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. ¹⁵ So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. ¹⁶ And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything. ~ Luke 15:11-16

The youngest son took his inheritance and left his father’s house. This is the majority of us today. We accept the generational blessings that come from our ancestors, the spiritual gifts, and the natural talent God has given us, and then we leave His presence. So many of us want the blessings of God, we want the Kingdom of Heaven, but we want it while living in the world. This is the desire of the youngest son. He wants his father’s wealth but doesn’t want to dwell with his father.

So, the son leaves with the generational blessings, the spiritual gifts, and the natural talent and goes off living in the world. But all that the father gave to his son isn’t enough for his reckless living in the world. So many of us take out our inheritance, and we’re successful, we’re influential, and we’re happy, but we’re not joyful. Happiness is relative. It’s dependent on our situation, other people’s reactions and words, the news, etc. But joy is dependent on God, and He does not change.

Many of us are successful in the world, but spiritually we’re sleeping with the pigs. Spiritually we’re broke and broken. We’re struggling with emptiness, brokenness, and depression. We’re struggling with self-doubt, loneliness, anger, and stress. These things can only be filled, fixed, and restored by and with God. Our inheritance without God can only last so long. It can only do so much. God gives us out of the abundance He has, but He can only give out of His abundance if you’re with Him.

The world brings us emptiness and depression, but God brings us a cup that runs over. Those who drink never thirst again. Those who eat never hunger again. Those who come to Him are satisfied, restored, and overflowing with more than we could ever imagine.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Leave The Spiritual Pigs.

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² For He says, “In a favorable time I listened to you,  and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. ~ 2 Corinthians 6:2

As a child, I remember one of my friends explaining to me that his grandmother didn’t want him to get saved yet and become a Christian because he was too young. She said his whole life was still ahead of him, and she wanted him to be able to enjoy it, and that came with it. So, she told him to wait until he was older, after he’s already lived and enjoyed his life. How can the author of life and life more abundantly remove any enjoyment from our life? This is the problem with Christians today.

Christians don’t know the Word of God. Therefore, they don’t know the God whom they claim they serve. My childhood friend’s grandma, like many Christians today, didn’t take into consideration that to refuse to serve God is to willingly serve the Devil. It’s to willingly serve the author of sin and death. Jesus describes the Devil as the thief who comes to steal, kill, and destroy. This was whom this grandmother encouraged her 10-year-old grandson to follow because she didn’t want her grandson to be a slave to righteousness so early in life. Little did she realize, like many others, that she was encouraging him to be a slave to sin, which leads to death. We all serve a master. None of us are completely and entirely free.

This is where his grandmother made her fatal mistake. Your childhood dictates your adulthood. This isn’t even just a biblical belief; this is a scientific fact. What happens I’m your early years of development determines the way you will think the way you will act; it will even impact your sexual indulgences. It’s much easier to get saved the younger you are than it is the older you get. Proverbs even warns us to raise up a child in the ways of righteousness so that when he or she is older, he or she will not stray from it. I haven’t seen my childhood friend in over 6 years, but a mutual friend showed me some photos. And to my sadness, he seemingly has no desire to know the LORD. He looks like he’s fallen into the generational curse of drug addiction. He looks like he has become another statistic of growing up without God and continuing without Him in adulthood.

Procrastination is a virus that kills ambition, success, and even life. Don’t allow procrastination to keep you from anything, especially salvation. When it comes to procrastination, tomorrow never comes. Make the decision today whom you and your household will serve. Make the decision today to follow Christ Jesus, the author of life and life more abundantly.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Choose Life More Abundantly.

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¹ In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign. ² He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. ³ And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. ⁴ Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. ⁵ And the Lord touched the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and he lived in a separate house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the household, governing the people of the land. ~ 2 Kings 15:1-5

Doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD only matters if you refuse to allow sin to abound around you. King Azariah had done a lot of good things. He followed God. He read his Bible. He prayed. But it wasn’t enough. Why? Because he supported sin. Now, you may be wondering where in those verses it says that King Azariah supported sin. You support it with your silence if you don’t speak out against something. When We no longer try to correct others and instead only focus on ourselves, we are now endorsing sin.

Maybe King Azariah was like many in the Church today and didn’t feel it was his place to judge anyone. Maybe he believed in tolerance and acceptance above all else, so he allowed the people in the land to live in sin without any form of correction. But God tells us that, at the very least, we must warn those who are openly living in sin. That we must warn those that are supporting sin. And if we don’t, and they die in their sin, then their blood will be on our hands. We, as Christians, are the only ones on earth that know the Truth of God and His Word. We are the only ones that have the light in us to break the darkness of this world. So, how can we live our lives for God and expect to be blessed by Him when we watch our friends, neighbors, and nation plummet deeper and deeper into darkness without saying a single word?

King Azariah was struck with leprosy because of his lack of stance on right and wrong. Even though he remained king, he remained king separated. At the end of days, at the final Judgment, many will stand before Jesus asking how Jesus could reject them after all the good they had done in His name. Jesus tells them that because they didn’t minister to others, they were wicked and would be thrown into Hell to be separated from God for all eternity. What good is it to have a crown and all people think you’re so nice and wonderful if you are separated from God in the process?

LORD God, please help us not only to worry about whether or not we are saved but whether or not those around us are saved. Give us the courage to stand up for righteousness. Please give us the wisdom, patience, and gentleness to correct others in love—help us to be brave like all who have walked before us, who stood for righteousness and truth. Guide and lead us in all we do. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.

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