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Keep Track

18But someone will say, ‘You have faith and I have works.’ Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ~ James 2:18

Having faith to believe that God exists is nothing… It’s not faith at all. Jesus said, “Abide in me, and I in you…” That is faith! That is what really counts.

And what does that mean… except to remain, or continue living for Jesus and being obedient to His commands.

You are not allowed to live however you very well please. Your body is not your own; you are bought with a price.

Therefore, we are to hold our bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto our LORD and Savior.

If you get caught up in the things of this world,  you will lose track of your relationship with Jesus, and if that happens, you will lose your soul.

Therefore, strive to make sure your soul is not in danger. Seek the LORD in all things. Put Him above all other things. Let your life be lived to Christ.

Peace. Love. Go Forth an Keep Track. 

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Remember The Price

18 Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. ~ Isaiah 1:18

Today is Yom Kippur. The Holiest of days. Once a year the High Priest would go behind the curtain into the Holy of Holies and sprinkle the blood of a goat, as a sacrifice to the LORD on behalf of all of Israel. And in doing so, the LORD would push the sins of Israel back by one year. But God promised that one day He would wash our sins away. We would be cleansed from all unrighteousness.

He would be our God and we would be His people. No longer separated by the burden of sin, but united once again with our LORD, Creator, and God. 2000 years ago, the LORD Jesus went behind the curtain as our High Priest. As our forerunner. Sprinkling His perfect blood as a sacrifice for our sins. And in doing so, for the first time in history, we can enter the presence of God and approach the throne of Grace without fear. For our LORD has gone before us.

This Yom Kippur, I want you to search yourself. Are you taking advantage of the LORD’s grace? Remember that at one time, to enter the LORD’s presence on any other day than Yom Kippur was to die as you entered His presence. At one time to enter His presence, as the High Priest and the High Priest alone, you had to sacrifice on behalf of yourself first, ceremonial wash, and dress in your High Priestly attire. And if anything was off, even just by a little, you would die when you entered the presence of the LORD.

Our salvation is free to us, but it wasn’t free. A price was paid for us. Each one of us. So, how can we do anything but give this life back to Christ. Give this life back to our Savior. Spend your Yom Kippur seeking the LORD and give back to Him the life He has given to you.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Remember The Price.

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Decide Which Treasure You Want

[19]  Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, [20] but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. [21] For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ~ Matthew 6:19-21

Recently saw an interview with an older gentleman who explained that back in the day, when he would get a paycheck, he’d pay rent 6 or more months in advance. Why? Just in case if he couldn’t book the same amount of jobs, and his money was low, he at least had a place to sleep. He wasn’t looking to spend his money on frivolous things, but on the essentials. He was looking ahead in life, making sure he always had a place to stay.

We are told to live like this man. To live with our eyes focused on storing up treasure in heaven so that we might have a home for us in eternity. Jesus tells us that how we spend our time on this earth will determine where we spend eternity. If we spend our lives storing up pointless treasures on this earth that we cannot take with us, then we will miss out on eternity with Christ. But when we spend our lives on this earth building up treasure in heaven, then we will spend eternity with Christ.

It’s about our heart. It’s about our desires and what is important to us. When our focus is eternity, we build the Kingdom of God. We win souls. We disciple souls. We make sure our loved ones know about Christ, that they’re ready. We spend time with Christ. We worship. We pray. We read our Bibles. We change. We become more Christ-like and put the things of God above the things of this world.

The Egyptians buried their Pharaohs with their treasures, even mummifying their animals in hopes of them being able to take their earthly treasures with them to the afterlife. But here’s the thing, these temporary treasures will never last. This world and this earth will pass away. If our main goal is money, we will perish with our money. If our main goal is Christ, we will live with Him forever and ever.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Decide Which Treasure You Want.

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Live Adopted

3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us to His own glory and excellence, ~ 2 Peter 1:3

What that means is this. Everyone who has accepted Jesus as LORD and Savior has been given a certificate of adoption that will be cashed in at the final trumpet when the dead in Christ will rise first, and those of us who are alive and remain are caught up to meet them in the clouds to be with Jesus.

We have all the privileges of sonship. We have all the privileges of being heirs and joint heirs with our LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ. We have the keys to the kingdom. There is absolutely nothing that our God withholds from us. We are His children.

But the adoption papers have not yet been signed. We are not yet completely and totally redeemed. We have the Spirit of Adoption, until it will all be finalized. And in that moment, when it is finalized, there will be no more tears, pain, or suffering. There will be only the good things God has promised for His people. For His children.

But until that day, enjoy the blessings of the LORD. Build up treasures for eternity. Draw close to Him and He will draw close to You. Don’t waste the short time you have here on this earth. Let every moment be God-centered.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Live Adopted.

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He Preached Peace

17 And He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father (Ephesians 2:17–18).

Paul said that He came and preached peace and through Him we have access to the Father and Spirit. Who is this He that Paul is referring to here? Well, it’s Jesus of Nazareth, the Savior of the world. Paul wrote, “…He came and preached peace…” Now, the Greek word translated preached means to “proclaim good news.” And what was the good news that He preached? Peace. This peace, that Jesus preached, denotes a time of peace, or a state of peace.

Jesus came not only just to preach peace, but to usher in a time of peace, a peace that is felt emotionally. We are no longer enemies of God. Once we were enemies of God, but while we were still His enemies, Jesus died so that we could be reconciled back to a kind and loving God. We are no longer hateful and cruel to one another; we are at peace with each other, a peace that comes from within us.

Then there is a time of total peace when Jesus returns to reign and rule for a thousand years. There will be no more wars or lawlessness for one thousand years. The devil won’t even tempt us during that time because he will be bound in the bottomless pit for that whole period.

Then he will be released for a short period, followed by another war, and then eternity will begin, ushering in eternal peace. So, don’t let anyone take your peace. Jesus came to preach peace and to give peace. He left us with His peace.

Father, thank You for the peace that Your Son, Jesus, preached. May it be mine today, and always. In Jesus’ Name, amen.

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An Endurance Race

3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us to His own glory and excellence, ~ 2 Peter 1:3

Everyone who has accepted Jesus as LORD and Savior has been given a certificate of adoption that will be cashed in at the final trumpet when the dead in Christ will rise first, and those of us who are alive and remain are caught up to meet them in the clouds to be with Jesus.

It’s the Second Coming. We have all the privileges of sonship. We have all the privileges of being heirs and joint heirs with our LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ. We have the keys to the kingdom. There is absolutely nothing that our God withholds from us. We are His children.

We do not have our full adoption as yet. We enjoy all the privileges … we enjoy all the rights that come with adoption. We call God our Father, and Jesus our LORD. We are filled with the Holy Spirit. We walk in miracles. We perform signs and wonders. We are healed in Jesus’ Name. Our adoption, however, is not yet legally finalized. We are still working out our salvation with much fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12b).

Therefore, do not take advantage of the Spirit of Grace, but instead earnestly seek the face of the LORD. Don’t take your salvation for granted. It is not yet yours forever, it can still be freely given up by you. So, don’t take it for granted. Don’t feel as if you cannot be cut off, for if He did not spare the natural branches, why would He spare those of us who have been grafted in.

Dear LORD, please help me to seek You even more so as that day draws nearer and nearer. Please turn my heart of stone to a heart of flesh that I might not sin against You. That I might not throw away my salvation for temporary failing desires of the flesh. Encourage my heart and let my spirit not grow faint within in me. Help me to run the race set before me with endurance and faith. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.

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Work Out Your Salvation

24 Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? 27 For the Son of Man is going to come with His angels in the glory of His Father, and then He will repay each person according to what he has done.” ~ Matthew 16:24-27

It’s often argued that once we accept salvation that’s it. You’re sealed forever. And if you sin and fall away, then obviously you were never saved in the first place. Now, I want you to think about this, if we can’t give up our salvation or be separated from Jesus, that would mean that we have no control over our soul and our own destiny, but this isn’t the case at all. God has set life and death before us, and it is our choice to choose or to reject.

In fact, Jesus blatantly says we have to deny ourselves, pick up our cross, and follow Him. It wasn’t a suggestion. It was a command. He didn’t just say believe in me. Accept my free gift of salvation. Just have faith. No. Jesus said you have to perform a physical and spiritual action in order to retain your salvation. Faith is not just a “I believe, and that’s it” word because even the demons believe and shutter. It is an action word. Faith without works is dead (James 2:20).

There is nothing in Scripture that hints at us not being responsible for retaining our salvation. Yes, we can never obtain salvation on our own, but once we accept salvation we are expected to run the race set before us, not just live our lives however we want to. So, do not be deceived, your actions directly impact your relationship with God and therefore, your eternal destination.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Work Out Your Salvation.

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Do Not Perish

[6] My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. ~ Hosea 4:6

I went to a garage sale the other day where I met a lady who told me how nothing has come on the earth like the Tribulation in the book of Revelation. She then went on to tell me to watch the movie The Omen because that’s exactly how the world will end. All I could think was, nothing you said was right. Not one thing. I wanted to correct her, but the words never came out of my mouth.

I often think about how I never corrected any of her false theology and beliefs. Most of all, I think about how the Church gets its theology nowadays from Hollywood movies, instead of from the Word of God. The 70s and 80s beliefs were formed by The Omen. The 90s and 2000s beliefs were formed by Left Behind. And in both cases, people take the word and imagination of man over the Word and Wisdom of the LORD God Himself.

God said that His people were destroyed for lack of knowledge during the time of Hosea, this is still true today. We are perishing spiritually because we no longer read God’s Word but instead, we read fiction novels and watch fiction movies to learn theology. Why would we allow anyone other than God Himself to direct our path and formulate our beliefs? Jesus said anyone who builds their life on anything other than Him, builds it on sand and that house will be swept away when put to the test.

So, what are we to do? Put away all biases. Let go of all pre-formulated beliefs and read your Bible. Allow the Holy Spirit to direct you, teach you, and show you where to go and what to believe. Don’t count on man. Yes, go to church, but check the Scriptures to ensure that what the preacher is preaching is rooted in Scripture and not his/her own beliefs.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Do Not Perish.

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Be Careful To Obey

48 That very day the Lord spoke to Moses, 49 “Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for a possession. 50 And die on the mountain which you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, 51 because you broke faith with me in the midst of the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not treat me as holy in the midst of the people of Israel. 52 For you shall see the land before you, but you shall not go there, into the land that I am giving to the people of Israel.” ~ Deuteronomy 32:48-52

Throughout their time in the wilderness, a Rock followed them in order to provide them with drinking water as they journeyed for 40 years. The LORD told Moses to speak to the Rock so water may come out of it, but instead Moses struck the Rock. Not once, but twice. And the LORD told him he would never enter the Promised Land. It was too late for another chance.

This wasn’t just disobedience. This was anger-driven disobedience. Moses had, once again, let his anger get the best of him, and the LORD had had enough.

So, instead of leading the people of Israel into the Promised Land he had to go to the top of Mount Nebo, in the Land of Moab, and die a premature death. His body wasn’t ready, but that physical act of disobedience caused a spiritual reaction that ended up costing him his promise and his very life.

Every action has a spiritual reaction. It can be positive or negative. It can affect even the generations to come. Moses’ descendants aren’t remembered. The priesthood didn’t come through them. So, be careful what you choose in this life, it can affect all around you and all who are to come.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Be Careful To Obey. 

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Don’t Be Deceived By Man

Matthew 24:27-31,

[27] For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. [28] Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. [29]  “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. [30] Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. [31] And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Today the Rapture is supposed to take place. Israel has officially blown the trumpet and Yom Teruah has begun. People are quitting their jobs, giving away their homes, cars, emptying their bank accounts all in preparation of the Rapture. They’re making videos on tips and tricks of how to go up in the Rapture, such as not holding on to anything or not looking down. It’s become more than just a few people, but thousands upon thousands of people believing this. Why? Because we no longer read our Bibles. We no longer know what the Word of God says.

Yes, we won’t know the day nor the hour of Christ’s return, but He said we will know when to look up because we will know His return is near.

28 Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.

Luke 21:28

We’ve traded in the signs of Christ’s return for the ideologies of man. We’ve refused to even give ear to what the Word of God says that contradicts our beliefs. Why? Pride? Arrogance? The fear of being wrong? The fear of facing the Truth? I don’t believe one size fits all, but I do believe these are some reasons. When we refuse to even hear what the other side has to say, then it’s not them that has the issue, but us. It means that we not only don’t believe our beliefs can’t hold up to scrutiny, but we know that the other’s beliefs will only prove to be true. And if that is the case, why continue to believe what cannot be found in Scripture?

Never allow pride, arrogance, or fear keep you from the Truth of God. Never give the excuse that “Well, we’ll never truly know,” or “Well, one day we’ll see” because you don’t want to see the Truth now. Tomorrow is promised to no man. If we can’t put aside our pride, arrogance, or fear for something that isn’t a life or death situation can we believe God will trust us to put those things aside for something more important?

Don’t put your trust in man. Put your trust in God. In His Word. In His promises. In His prophecies. That is the only way we will truly see His face and see His promises fulfilled.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Don’t Be Deceived By Man.

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