Samson and Esther!

 Acting on faith for the right Time?

In the book of Esther God is not mentioned, while in the life of Samson, many thought he was a crazy guy and yet they knew they were in the will of God, but their respective timings had to be right!

We can gain much of a lesson from these two people, patience and perseverance are key to working with faith, but also we can learn much from others like Noah, Abraham and the Apostle Paul, if not John who out lived all surviving a death camp!

Each of us is an individual and through the power workings of the Holy Spirit we will be lead in a different way, some will have to stay put like the mad man that Jesus healed and others go out like Phillip to being translated?

Judges 14:1-12, 16:26-30, The Book of Esther, Matthew 7:7-8, John 3:8, Hebrews 11:32, Revelation 3:20.

Resurrection...

 Not Reincarnation!

Jesus died and rose from the grave with the same body, yet for the 19th Century many evangelical clergymen accepted a Hindu concept that implied that the risen Jesus was a copy and not the one who died?

This still exists today in the many false concepts about the resurrection and  many cannot accept this historical fact, beyond that of the atonement?

If Jesus did not rise from the dead none of us can be saved, since the Holy Bible is very clear that He did!

John 4:23-24, 1 Corinthians 15:12-13, Philippians 3:10-11, Revelation 20:5-6.

Jewish Hatred? Part-One.

Anti Semitism.

Many Christians as much as the world fail to understand the real meaning of the message of salvation and are quick to blame the Jewish race for the death of Jesus, but without His death and resurrection individuals cannot be saved!

The death of Jesus, the perfect sinless sacrifice for our failure was the King of Israel and His people the Jews, who in that time period rejected Him!  John 3:3, 14-16,  10:28

Today many people who carry the label Christian are equally to blame for His death because of their unbelief?  John 3:17-21

Many Jewish people today are coming to faith in Jesus, just as many other peoples from all cultures and religious systems and none. 

The hatred comes from much false teachings in the Churches who are religious based and do not fully understand the need of personal salvation, while on the other hand jealousy and misconstrued conspiracy theories in relation to 911 are being flaunted over the true facts that these attacks were carried by Saudi-Arabian friends of the U.S. administration!

Acts 2:14-41,   Joel 2:28-32,   Psalm 16:8-11,   Luke 24:46-48,   Acts 16:31-34.

E-2.

Resurrection to New Life!

We cannot enter into our New Lives, without Jesus rising from the dead?

Jesus rose on the third day as He said He would, so that death would be conquered and the victory gained for us! 

Much work was done by our Lord between His death and rising, in gathering all the captives of the past and setting them free!

Jesus spent forty days here on Earth and was seen by over five-hundred people, apart from His Disciples.

Matthew 20:19,   Luke 13:32,   Acts 2:31,   Romans 6:5,  1 Corinthians 15:4,  16:2,   1 Peter 1:3.

Day two! Part-One.

Day One death, day three Resurrection!

These are generally the two emphasis points of the Easter story, but day two is the one that is over looked and yet it is essential to understand all three together, because without it many believers today are missing the points later on in the New Testament teaching?

Jesus birth, death and resurrection are key to understanding why He had to die, fulfilling the Jewish Laws for us as the final sacrifice for sin and His rising allows us to enter into the promises of Eternal Life, but we are now in the New Life!

Much of the work of Jesus was done in the grave of reconciling Jews and Gentiles of gathering the captives in His train and all the while the world was trying to undermine these events with lies to dispute the truth, which it continues to do to this day!

Isaiah 26:19,   60:1,   61:1,   Luke 4:18,   John 5:25,   12:46,   Ephesians 5:14,   Colossians 1:13.

Preparations for EASTER?

The pivotal key of history to Salvation by FAITH.

One has to wonder how many Churches today still emphasise the cross and the death and resurrection of Jesus as the final atonement for our sins and our Salvation? 

Or have they adopted new tact in playing on eggs and bunny rabbits to water down the truth, because of fear of upsetting others in the world who have no concern for Christianity?

Every nation and tradition will mark this time on differing dates, due to their respective calendars, but the message will still focus on Jesus!

Meanwhile what are we doing, many will have to work through it, while others can take the opportunity to share their faith and see other lives changed for the better!

Mark 8:34,   Luke 23:26,   John 19:17-31,   1 Corinthians 1:18,    Galatians 6:14,   Colossians 1:20,  Hebrews 12:2.

Aspects of Christmas! Two.

Gluttony?

Most people today are overweight, fast-food has changed the world and so has cheap food in the super markets where most of the poor head for?

But we are going to talk about greed in relation to gluttony and food, and here we will deal with the rich and their plenty!

Greed is an illness in its own right of the mind and eventually of the stomach the results of being fat, but this is not always the case?

Diabetes and several other illness that lead to loss of functions result from eating too much of the wrong foods! 

Greece is one of the biggest killers, all those fries and burgers, fried chicken and lack of walking with jacket potatoes, waffles, cakes, chocolate bars and so it goes on!

Christians are not exempt from the lure and temptations of nice food!

Self control is the answer to most of the problems that lead us astray at Christmas?

Genesis 29:22,  Psalm 36:8,  Ecclesiastes 10:16,  Jeremiah 51:39,  Matthew/Levi 22:2,  4,  8,   Mark 7:22,  1 Corinthians 9:25,  Galatians 5:23,   1 Peter 1:6.

Fire People? Two.

Ready to witness Jesus?

Today thousands of believers globally are sharing their faith in Jesus, some because they want to and others because they have too? 

Some will die, some maimed, others rejected or ignored, it is a cost to us personally but in the long run lives near and far to each conversation, each tract sent will be changed!

Never give up doing good, never give up talking about Jesus-God! 

Because many strangers in Heaven will one day than you for your perseverance and kindness to them, if not Jesus love shining through the Fire Peoples!

John 4:14,   10:28,   1 Timothy 4:16,   2 Peter 1:10.

Summer Opportunities? Two.

Every moment an Opportunity!

As believers our main mission is to share our faith in love and win others to Jesus, as we were to won to Him! This witness has to be done in kindness, but also with a warning of the grave consequences that if this message is not heeded disaster lays ahead!

We live in an age of the doctrine of the Love of God and this is true up to a point and that of sin? The bible has not changed in relation to what God has said about sin, only that we who believe by faith have had the law fulfilled for us by Jesus death on the cross/stake/tree!

But when this time of grace or Gods favour is over comes His wrath of Judgement and His conditions will be met before Eternity, which is the final dispensation!

Psalm 5:11,  Proverbs 18:21,  Matthew 3:7,  John 3:15-21,  31-36,  Acts 4:12,  Romans 3:23,  5:9, 6:23,  Galatians 5:14,  Ephesians 2:4,  Colossians 1:28,  3:8,  1 Peter 1:8,  1 John 2:5.

EASTER! Three.

Arisen and Seen!

There are many Church going people who enjoy celebrating Easter, but they only go half way not believing in the resurrection? They think that to accept that Jesus died for their sins is enough, but they fail to see that they cannot be fully saved without the power unleashed by God in the resurrection of Our Lord?

We cannot enter into the promised New Life, without first recognising Jesus victory over the sting of death and the setting free of the captives! These are essential to having the full assurances of knowing that we have been called and chosen by God!

We need to understand today where we stand with God and know the essential truths of these serious matters in relation to our onw individual destinies?

Psalm 14:1,  53:1,  Matthew 13:25-40,  Acts 2:31,  4:2,  Romans 1:4,  14:17,  1 Peter 1:3,  2 Peter 1:10-11.

Life and Death?

Medicine does not have all the Cures?

It big news at this time about a little baby, who is being kept alive by a machine at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). But others believe there is the possibility of a cure in the U.S. that is worth following through?

We so much need hope today in this world, hope that life will be lived over that of death and murder! The youth are killing themselves over crap rivalry and listening to music that is neither cultural or inspiring!

We all need to have our faith in God, to believe in the impossible to know that we are cared for and loved by God who gave us His one and only Son! So that we would be set free from the darkness of this life into the hope of the New Life!

John 3:3,  15-16,  31-36,  Proverbs 8:30,  Philippians 2:9-11.

Easter Approaches!

More chocolate, flowers and Cards?

Is there not something more to Easter than another holiday, fun, bunnies and eggs?

Easter is about Jesus price paid to bring us back to God, because God said that he loves His creation! God does not love our failures, so he gave us His son Jesus to do the good works of death upon the cursed tree/Cross.

This achieved the ultimate miracle of rising from the dead on the third day and removing the sting of death from all who have faith in Him.

As we have seen in recent posts, no one is forcing you to do anything? But rather to inform you that it is your choice wither you choose a New Life today with God or go on to Eternal separation for Eternity?

Psalm 86:15,   Luke 18:7-8,   Romans 2:4.

Saints and Sinners. Part-Two.

What and who are the Saints?

Roman Catholicism has venerated those they believe have performed miracles, but the bible says that all purchased failures are the saints. Those who went before us in each fellowship are the saints, they look over us as the body of believers. Hebrews 12:1, 1 Peter 5:12.

God so loved the world, that he gave us His one and only son. God does not want people to perish, but for all to turn to Him. We are lost now in the darkness of failure, but we can come out of it into His Eternal light. John 3:19-21, 9:5, 2 Peter 3:9.

The choice is always with us?

Will you choose today to surrender to His will and be set free from the emptiness of filth, riches and the muck of this life to the promises of New things in His?  Joshua 24:15-18,

CHRISTMAS. Part-Four

VIRGIN BIRTH.

Still today many people cannot believe in this miracle of God, they make all sorts of excuses for it based on what is in their own hearts.

But it did happen as the bible tells us so, we do need to have faith to believe it?

When we have faith in the death, resurrection of Jesus for our failures then nothing is limited to us.

The world promises so much, but it hardly ever delivers even a little!

Luke 1:26-38,  Matthew 1:20-21,  2:13-22.   John 12:46-48.

Jesus Retrun. Part-One.

Jesus said, 'You will see Me!

This is not an exclusive event, the return of Jesus. Everyone will see Him, when he comes back on the clouds of glory.

Jesus told the men who sent Him to the stake/tree/cross that you will see Me again.

Where will you be on that day?

Will you be coming up into the sky to meet Him, or will you be hiding under the rocks wanting to die?

Mark 14:62, Acts 1:9-11, Revelation 4:9.

Resurrection.

Jesus said...

'He would rise from the grave on the third day' and he did, thus death or the sting of death has been overcome for us who believe in Him.

Matthew 17:23,  Mark 10:34,  Luke 18:33,  Acts 10:40,  1 Corinthians 15:4.

Over five-hundred people saw the risen Lord during His forty days on Earth, before He made His Acension to Heaven.

Acts 1:3.

Many people think that is the end of the story, but it is only the beginning of a bigger story by far.

Matthew 24:18, Luke 17:31, James 5:7-8.

Crib n Cross. Part-Two.

Born to Die.

The story of the baby Jesus, does not end after Christmas He grows up helping His earthly father Joseph the carpenter in Nazareth. We learn from the bible that He was a perfect child. John 6:42.

But Mary still had to clean up after Him, when a babe and toddler! He stayed behind in Jerusalem talking to the teachers of the Law. Luke 2:46.

But when rebuked He obeyed his parents.  Luke 2:51.

The story of Jesus life is about doing what mum and dad needed Him to do, until His time was ready for ministry of healing and then He had to go to the Cross/stake/tree for us.  Mark 14:21.

Proof. Part-One.

Resurrection.

They say today 'that if you want proof, it is a case of seeing is believing.' But faith does not work on what is seen, but what is unseen and hoped for.  Hebrews 11:1-3.

All the Disciples had seen Jesus after he arose from the grave, but Thomas had not and he wanted to see it for himself.  John 20:24-28.

Today we have to believe in these Easter events by Faith. Hebrews 11:6.

Hammer n Nails. Part-Three.

Death and Resurrection.

They got Him killed, and they though that was the end of it?

But that was actually the beginning of it!

People think murder is the means to an end, but actually it is the beginning of their end.

Death could not keep Jesus in the grave, he died for us and he arose with the promise.

That if we believe in these works and say sorry, really meaning it we will be saved.

Mark 15:22-38, John 20:1-10,

Hammer n Nails. Part-Two.

Arrested and set up.

There are many people, who arrested and set up, framed by the police, false witnesses and end up in jaol or go to death row. And that is just not in the United States, but many other countries to.

Jesus was arrested, betrayed, had false accusations made against him and then when they felt it was the right time. They handed Him up.

They passed the buck on to their rulers or occupiers to do the killing for them

Luke 22:47-53,  Matthew 27:1-2, 11-14, John 18:37-19:16.