WHAT KINDA MAN ARE YOU? IS THIS JUDGING?

ARE YOU A RELIGIOUS MAN? ARE YOU AN ATHEIST? ARE YOU WELL EDUCATED? DO YOU BELONG TO A CHURCH AND YOU TITHE,HOLD A POSITION IN THE CHURCH? HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE SAME JOB FOR A VERY LONG TIME? HAVE YOU RETIRED FROM A COMPANY,THE MILITARY ETC. HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED TO THE SAME PERSON FOR MANY YEARS AND YOU ARE SO SO PROUD OF THAT???  WELL THERE WAS A MAN OF THE PHARISEES ,IN CHAPTER 3 OF THE BOOK OF ST. JOHN,AND HE WAS MUCH LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE IN TODAY'S WORLD.
THIS MANS NAME WAS NICODEMUS,AND HE THOUGHT IS POSITION IN THE JEWISH CHURCH GUARANTEED HIM A PLACE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THIS MAN CAME TO JESUS TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. JESUS MADE CLEAR THAT FIRST BEING BORN IN THE FLESH WAS A MUST,THEN YOU MUST BE BORN OF THE SPIRIT. BEFORE THIS MAN COULD ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD,THESE REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET.SO YOU MAY SAY WHAT IS MY POINT. HOW GREAT WE ARE IN OUR OWN EYES,WILL NOT GET US INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.IF THESE WORDS MAKE YOU MAD,MOST LIKELY YOUR NOT SAVED,OR YOU HAVE SPENT WAY TO MANY YEARS AS A CARNAL CHRISTIAN,THAT YOU ACTUALLY DO NOT WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH OF JESUS AND HIS WORD.IS THIS JUDGING? YEP,AND JESUS IS DOING IT.SOMETHING ELSE TO NOTE IN THIS STORY. JESUS ASK THIS MAN HOW COULD HE BE A LEADER IN HIS CHURCH, HAVING BEEN TAUGHT THE SCRIPTURE,(THE OT.) AND HE NOT COMPREHEND WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING. HEAR IS WHY.......1ST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 2:14 ...THE CARNAL MAN CANNOT UNDERSTAND,BECAUSE HE DOES NOT RECEIVE THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT.THEY ARE FOOLISHNESS TO THE CARNAL MAN.THERE IS ANOTHER
CARNAL SITUATION THAT EXIST. RELIGIOUS PEOPLE THAT THINK AND ACT CARNAL MAY NOT BE BORN AGAIN. 1ST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 3:VERSE 3, THE APOSTLE PAUL MENTIONED MANY THINGS THAT OCCUR BECAUSE OF CARNALITY.ENVYING,STRIFE,DIVISIONS. i CONTEND WITH YOU TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE ROOT OF SO MUCH DIVISION AND HARD FEELINGS AMONG CHURCH MEMBERS AND CHURCH LEADERS. WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT WALKING CLOSE TO THE LORD,THE ONLY OTHER RECOURSE IS TO BE CREATING STRIFE. OR.....GOD FORBID,YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN. THESE ARE STRONG WORDS ,BUT I GET THIS INFORMATION FROM RELIABLE SOURCES. THE APOSTLE PAUL,AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF.STAYING IN THE WORD OF GOD,AND STAYING PRAYED UP,WILL ASSURE US ALL THAT WE WILL LEAD AND LIVE A TRUE SPIRITUAL LIFE.ONE WITH JESUS.
MY PRAYER: HEAVENLY FATHER,THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US HOW TO BE BORN AGAIN. AND MAY WE RAISE YOUR SON UP AS MOSES RAISED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS. ST JOHN CHAPTER 3:VERSE 14. AMEN.

A THANKFUL HEART.

As i study my Sunday School lesson, the HOLY SPIRIT touches my heart about so many things . This time it is a very educated Jewish man that has my attention.He was suppose to know enough about Old Testament scripture to be able to figure out what "Ye must be born again" means. Read the awesome scripture in Eze. chapter 36:
vss 26-27. When you believe....God himself takes care of it for you.
This is just one of many OT. scriptures that told the Jewish people exactly what the Lord had in mind.God makes us alive with Christ. Reference James chapter 1:1-17 where it is said that God ...of His own will,has brought us forth.Reference 1st Peter 1:3 for the fact that through God's abundant mercy he has given us new birth.
I leave you with this short message,so i can go get ready for a revival service tonight. Remember ,ye must be born again,to spend eternity with God himself.
My Prayer: Father,forgive me for my sins,thank you for placing in me a new heart.Amen.

COME HOME...YOU CAN BE ALSO...I FEEL IT.

Lord,how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.Many there be which say of my soul,there is no help for him in God.Se-lah.A psalm of David psalm 3 vss 1-2.
Is there some one out there lost,or backslidden away fro the lord this early morning. Has your life slipped away from you? Are you feeling like no one cares. Are you possibly thinking of ending your life. Saying what is it worth? Let me tell ya.......Almighty God made himself man,and paid the supreme price for your soul,and He cares what happens to you.Get on your face,knees,or however you have to so you can say these words from the 3rd verse of psalm  3. But thou oh Lord are a shield for me,my glory,and the lifter up of my head.Praise God today,that he spared my soul from a devils hell,and regardless of what man may say,i am washed in the blood,saved by the grace of God forever.You can be also,and if you are,and living like the devil,come home......come home where you belong.God loves you,and so do i. MY PRAYER: DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER,AS I WRITE,SOMEWHERE OUT THERE IN THIS WORLD,THERE ARE MANY MILLIONS OF SOULS IN TROUBLE.NO PEACE IN THERE HEARTS. CONVICT THEM,AND DRAW THEM TO YOU.SPEAK TO THEM...THEY NEED YOUR HELP NOW. I FEEL IT.AMEN. I love you all ,goodnight.

TURN.... THE EVIL HE THOUGHT.

ISN'T IT A SHAME,THAT BACKSLIDING IS SO EVIDENT IN OUR LIVES. ISN'T IT SAD THAT UNBELIEVERS REGARD NOT, GOD JEHOVAH? LOST OR A BACKSLIDER,THE REQUIREMENT TO RECEIVE GODS MERCY IS PURE SINCERE REMORSE AND REPENTANCE.IF WE TRY TO FOOL THE LORD WE ARE THE FOOLISH. VERSE 12 OF THE BOOK OF JOEL,CHAPTER 2. WE MUST TURN WITH ALL OUR HEARTS,WITH FASTING AND WEEPING,AND WITH MOURNING!!! WHO KNOWS..VS 13,HE MAY REPENT OF THE EVIL HE HAS PLANNED FOR US.REMEMBER,AFTER JONAH PREACHED TO NINEVEH,NINEVEH REPENTED AND GOD SPARED THEM,YET ROUGHLY A CENTURY LATER GOD DESTROYED THEM. THEY BACKSLID.IN THE 1ST AND 2ND CHAPTER OF JOEL,THE LORD FIRST SENT HIS ARMY OF LOCUST TO DESTROY THE ECONOMY OF JUDAH. THEN HE TOLD THEM TO REPENT AND HOW TO REPENT,AND THEN HE WOULD SHOW THEM MERCY.
BY THE WAY,THE SUBJECT OF THE STORY IN THE BOOK OF NAHUM,WAS STRICTLY FOCUSED  ON THE DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH.MY POINT IS,WE MUST REGARD GOD. WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT ALONG WITH THE ABSOLUTE FACT THAT GOD BEING HOLY,HE MUST JUDGE AND PUNISH SIN.YET HE ALWAYS SHOWS US HOW WE CAN RECEIVE HIS MERCY.NINEVEH AND JUDAH.ANY NATION,THAT REGARDS NOT THE GOD OF THE HOLY BIBLE,CAN TURN AND RECEIVE HEALING AND FORGIVENESS.READ JEREMIAH CHAPTER 18:VS 8.GOD WILL REPENT OF THE EVIL HE THOUGHT TO DO UNTO THEM. MY PRAYER: DEAR HEAVENLY HOLY FATHER,FORGIVE ME MY SIN. DRAW ALL MANKIND TO YOU.IN THESE PERILOUS TIMES. AMEN.

SPLIT.

HMM....split? Where on earth is this going?Israel was definately split after King Solomon's death. Split into.The northern Kingdom,and the southern kingdom.The southern Kingdom was called Judah. Now in this short lesson we can go many places with it,but,what is in this History of Israel that is so interesting to us? Two things for sure. God's judgement and then his merciful Love.
My Sunday School lesson this week at church is on a portion of the book of Joel,9 vss to be exact. But first the Lord leads me to research who in the world is Joel? Turns out He was one of the 12.
Another question.12 what? According to most Bible experts there were twelve minor prophets,and five major prophets.Joel was one of the 12 minor prophets....called that because their books were shorter and more focused.In this book of Joel,we see God dealing with a nation that was split. in chapter one we see how God can intervene in the economy of a nation. In chapter two we see a huge warning about what else is about to come upon this little split nation.Then the Lord tells them exactly what they must do. Then The Lord repents. WOW! We do not here of much of that in our pulpits. I started to write something else,but seems people repenting these days is not a popular message in churches anymore.Seems feel good,pat on the back services is what people want.My thoughts are going to the part where God repents.My research of scripture shows me the Lord does do that. If we repent!!!!! My thoughts go now to my country. America. A nation,the one true God has blessed ,because we regarded him in all our doings. What on earth has happened? We left our first love{REV.2:1-7} The one that first loved us 1ST JOHN CHAPTER 4:VSS 19-21}As you watch American news,all you here is how America is split.This appears to be true...3 ways. One part friends to ISLAM,another part the left over of our Christian founders,the other part Carnal secular people. If America is to suvive....vss 17 and 18 of the second chapter of Joel must happening NOW! I pray you will read the 1st and 2nd chapters of Joel,study it,let the Holy Spirit teach you.God is a Holy God,a just God,and will not allow sin to reign. Yet He always has ,and always will provide mercy. We must pray.
MY PRAYER:Heavenly Father,my nation,and me,have gone our own way. Today i fall down between this podium,(the porch) and the alter.Spare me,and my people(my country)Be jealous for our land,and pity us...your people.Amen.

HOPE INTENSIFIED.

Our sense of the future .....can become intensified as we grow in our hope of living with God forever..{quote from Wayne Grudem,systematic doctrine(the book)in reading) of Scripture and Prayer,our moral sense can become greater.Study the references such as 2nd Corinthians chapter 7:vs 1,1st Peter 1:16. We are to perfect our holiness,in the fear of God.Paul was showing through his preaching the source of his comfort in his afflictions.Are we doing that,or have become weak,and non interested? I say the latter. All my Christian brothers and sisters need reminding on a daily,weekly basis. I need reminding as well. The more i study,the more i feel the need to pray,and praise God.
The more i do this the more my hope is intensified.How can we raise children,feel the pain of our fellow brethren and sisters in the Lord,and function daily in our lives,without regarding God? There are so many to pray for,so many to help.You can research the book of Joel,one of the minor prophets,in the first 2 chapters.Its a story of sin and disobedience,and the need for men to repent.It also speaks of God himself repenting of evil He allowed to befall the nation of Israel.This is just one story out of many in the Bible that shows Gods judgement and then His mercy.Wow i could talk,write,pray and praise and never stop.Much to do in service for the Lord and His Kingdom before i die.Or before He raptures me.
My Prayer. I will fast and mourn,i will tear my heart and return to you.I know you are merciful,and forgiving,i pray you will forgive me and change your mind and not destroy me.Maybe i will see your blessings again.(A prayer from the Pray the scripture bible) AMEN.

ABIDE.

IN THE BOOK OF JOHNS GOSPEL,CHAPTER 15,THE WORD ABIDE WAS USED BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AT LEAST 6 TIMES AND THE WORD ABIDETH ONE TIME.
THIS WAS ALL SPOKEN BY CHRIST AS HE WAS PREPARING TO BE LED AWAY TO BE BEATEN,CURSED,SPAT ON,HIS FLESH RIPPED TO SHREADS,THEN CRUCIFIED FOR MY SIN,AND TRESPASSES! HE WANTED TO GIVE THE DISCIPLES A LAST MINUTE PLEA FOR HOW HE WANTED THEM TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES.JUST A NOTE:THE WORD ABIDE APPEARS 82 TIMES IN 77 VERSES IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE.
IT SIMPLY MEANS TO REMAIN IN THE RELATIONAL (PERSONAL) STANDING YOU ARE IN WITH JESUS.MANY BIBLE EXPERTS WILL TELL YOU THAT THE ONLY WAY TO ACTUALLY GROW AND BARE FRUIT AS A CHRISTIAN IS TO ABIDE IN CHRIST. AND HE WITH YOU. THIS INVOLVES PRAYING,AND STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD DAILY.ALSO READ THE 1ST FEW VERSES OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,AND YOU WILL SEE WHO EXACTLY THE WORD IS.WHEN WE ABIDE IN HIM,THE WORD SAYS WE WILL ASK WHAT WE WILL AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO US. DO NOT ASK AMISS,JUST TO HEAP ON YOURSELVES YOUR LUST. ITS ALL ABOUT JESUS,AND HIM REDEEMING US BACK TO HIM,FOR THE PROPER FELLOWSHIP,JUST LIKE IN THE BEGINNING.BEFORE ADAM FELL.THIS IS A SHORT BLOG,BUT A PLEA FOR THOSE LOST TO COME TO CHRIST BEFORE ITS TO LATE. AND FOR THOSE BACKSLIDEN TO RETURN TO FELLOWSHIP WITH JESUS.MY PRAYER:HEAVENLY FATHER,I LOVE YOU AND WANT TO OBEY YOUR COMMANDMENTS.STARTING WITH LOVING YOU WITH ALL MY HEART.AND LOVE MY NEIGHBOR AS MYSELF.BLESS THE SONG AND PREACHING AND TEACHING SERVICES AT MY CHURCH TOMORROW(ALL DAY).HELP ME AS I ABIDE IN YOU.....AMEN.