The Cost!

 Of following Jesus?

The price of being a believer is far better than the destiny of staying in the ways of the world, for their destiny is Eternal damnation and one of continual regret!

But ours of a little pain on this side of Eternity but one of bliss in that eternity with our Savior the Lord Jesus, where there is no pain or tears?

It is not easy, but in the long run it is far more better and worth, seeing lives changed, marriages saved, people ending their fads of lust and fantasy and even their causes that are not mentioned in our guide book the Holy Bible!

Matthew 8:18, Luke 9:57, 14:25-27, Romans 12:2, Hebrews 7:25.

EASTER!

 Its all about Jesus?

Let us get away from the madness of the world and focus more on celebrating Easter and the real messages that is has for us who are saved and for those who need to be saved!

God loved us His creation so that is why He gave to us His one and only son, but this was also first a promise to Israel that the Messiah would return to save His people?

But they misunderstood what the message was of thinking Yeshua was to end Roman rule over them some two thousand years ago and they would be a nation again, but He was coming to them as the suffering Savior to redeem and atone all who believed for Eternity!

Today the door is open for the gentiles to enter into this rest, but they too have found all sorts of excuses to get out of this invitation and eternity for many will be one of regret?

Psalm 51:1-5, Isaiah 53:1-12, Romans 3:21-31, 2 Corinthians 2:14-16, Hebrews 2:15-18, 4:12-13, 9:26-27, 10:10, 15, Jude 1:6-7, Revelation 3:20.

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.

Irma and 9/11.

Today is the 16th Anniversary of 9/11!

Meanwhile as one disaster is remembered another is ending hopefully with the monster storm Hurricane Irma, which has killed well over 50 people so far across the Caribbean and Florida?

Irma has been bad, but it has ben nothing like this eventful day in New York 16-years ago, which left over three thousand people dead, when two commercial airlines where hijacked and crashed into the twin towers!

Many people will ask why, why do these things happen? Some are the results of bad foreign policy and broken promises, while other could be blamed on the continued ignorance of burning fossil fuels that are messing up our weather?

These things are bad, but what is even worse is not knowing God and Jesus of Christmas came to set all free from the darkness!

Deuteronomy 29:22,  31:17,  Proverbs 3:25,  Jeremiah 16:10,  Luke 13:4.

NEW LIFE. Two.

Delivered.

We who have faith in Jesus, have been delivered, set free from the powers that darkness once had over us. We need to give thanks to god everyday for Jesus has achieved for us!

Jesus came to set all people free from sin, filth, darkness and corruption. It is our choice to seek and follow Him.

If the world has rejected you, old associates refuse your company? Don't worry about it, this shows that God has delivered you and now you have joined your brothers and sisters in Ekklesia to glory in Heaven with Jesus for Eternity.

Luke 4:18,  Matthew 5:11-12.

The cost of being a Believer. ONE.

NO SHAME.

Shame today has become a twisted word, meaning not what is supposed to mean. Many people are ashamed to be called a Christian its soppy, expresses weakness.

Jesus went to the cross and took our shame on Him. He was afraid, but not ashamed.

What ever is your excuses this easter, lay them aside and trun to Jesus and find Eternity in your hearts and minds.

Acts 11:26,   26:28,  1 Peter 4:11.

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,

SLAVERY. Part-Two.

Servitude.

Who do you belong to, The Devil or Jesus?

If you belong to the Devil, you are part of this world that is lost and heading for decay.

If you belong to Jesus, you have been set free and are in New Life and entering Eternity.

John 8:32,  36,  1 Corinthians 7:21-23, Galatians 3:28,  Philemon 1:1-21.

SIN. Part-One

'Ever with us.

This is the problem with failure it is always with us, wither we like it or not. We may have good intentions and even set out on doing a new thing, making a change in our lives. But not to far on we find that something comes up to change our way or direction and the next thing we almost back to sqaure one.

Paul talks about it much in his twenty-seven letters, which makes up most of the New Testament in the bible. He talks about his own battles with sin and failures, but he does offer us the hope that if we keep trust in Jesus we will make it out into Eternal glory.

Romans 7:15-20, 1 Corinthians 7:3-6, Galatians 2;14, Philippians 3:13,  Philemon 1:14.

'I Am the Light. Part-Three.

Walking in the Light.

Being a believer in Jesus death and resurrection is not easy, it is not for the faint hearted!  John 1:4, 8:12.

We who have faith to believe must walk in the light, we cannot be closet 'Christians or as some have become 'Sunday suits and Monday rags.'

If we have entered into Eternity, into the New Life after repenting and changing our mental attitudes we must not allow ourselves to fall back. Matthew 5:14-16.

The light we have now is temporal, the days of darkness and anti-Christ are coming and we need to be on Jesus side!
John 12:35-36.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

2015.

Being a born-again or convert to Christianity is all about pushing on and knowing that we have a future and are already a part of Eternity. Our calling and purpose as a believer in Jesus is to serve, to put ourselves out for others.

The bible encourages us to race on, push on, persevere for that prize, rather than to keep looking back. There is a time for reflection and it is always a good thing to do it for a while, but not to allow ourselves to dwell on it.

Luke 9:62,  Philippians 3:12,  Hebrews 11:16,  2 Peter 2:13.