The struggles of a christian

The Struggles of A Christian - Today.

2026-09-27T07:47:33.771-05:00

I started the Struggles of A Christian because of the things in my life that I was struggling with and what the Christian of the day was struggling against. In fact if you read the first book I published you see tithing, gratitude, negativity as a main subject. Prayer and study as a non existent tool, living the Holy Life, and teaching the younger generations.

Here we are 17 years later and all the Things I spoke of then are now magnified, and we can see the results of what we have not done. We can also see the consequences of what we have done.

What are the struggles of a Christian today? It is no longer prayer and study, it is no longer tithing and negativity.

Today the Christian of Today struggles to even serve, to get out and acknowledge Him. We are embarrassed to talk of Him, you might say not me I prayed at dinner at home. Sure, what do you do in public? At work? In front of the worldly colleagues? Do you talk as they, laugh at the same jokes, use the same perverse language?

If you go out for a meal do you pray? If you go to a store, are you as they, pushing and shoving only worried about you and what you “need” to get?

The Struggles of a Christian today are simple, just living for Him seems to be the struggle. There is a dearth of Christian behavior in this nation today.

Prayer? Doesn’t happen.

Study? Are you kidding?

Holy Life? Well that aint necessary He loves me as I am in all my ways.

We have allowed the hijacking of the Christian name and Christian Life and now a real Christian is an oddity even in God’s House.

We have allowed a false Gospel to pervade this nation a Gospel that says God is Love and you are ok as you are. A false Gospel that allows them to ask why doesn’t God see things my way?

I actually heard that, someone asked why God doesn’t just look through their lens to see things the way they do.

This is the God we have created in this nation. One that they believe is inferior to them, meant to serve them, for their feelings, their emotions are their rulers and God is a Genie who grants them wishes based on their feels.

The problem we have is that most have no idea who God is. Most don’t want to know.

Just as the Israelites, when they saw God descend on the Mount and then heard Him speak they ran 12 miles to get away from Him!

When Moses saw His glory Moses’ face shone as the sun.

When Jesus was transfigured on the mount the Disciples saw Him and wanted to build a tabernacle.

Mar 9:2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

Mar 9:3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

His Glory came forth from inside of Him, notice there was no light from the outside that changed Him it was His Glory shining forth.

Then Moses and Elijah appeared and spoke with Him, no light , no Boom it all came from God Himself, Jesus, who allowed them to see Him in all His Glory.

Mar 9:6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

Peter, James and John were sore afraid. And why? For they saw God in all His Glory, and it was frightening because He is not as us, we are not as He.

In His image does not mean just like Him, just as your kids are in your image but are not a copy or replicate.

Yet, we have taken His Specialness and imputed unto ourselves and for no reason at all. We are not special, in fact humans are probably the worst of Creation.

We have a Secular nation because the church is secular

2026-09-06T07:05:38.311-05:00

We have a secular nation. One obsessed with sex, with self and with getting what they want when they want it.

This nation is all about do what feels good, you deserve it. Everyone owes you, you are good people. No effort required because it will just fall into your hands.

AND do you know why?

Because that is how the church in America is. It preaches God will accept you and you can stay in your sin and laziness. God loves you and you deserve to be rich healthy and wealthy. God loves you and delights in your sin.

Or the biggest of all God loves you, you don’t need to do a thing for Him after all you are special, He is lucky you even glance His way.

We have a secular nation because we have a secular church, because we have “Christians” who have no idea who Christ is.

God took the time to write a love letter to mankind, Took the time to devise a plan that man might come to Him again even though man sin, rebelled and ran from Him. God took the time to come to this earth, Live, Die, Teach, and put together a team that might pass down these things. He took the time to die, get buried, rise again, and (in the perfected state that we have to look forward to) further instruct His team how to proceed. Then He ascends to the Father but He is not done on earth, for He calls one Paul to be a missionary to further the Gospel, the first missionary is sent out.

And what do we do with all of that? We spend more time denying, finding reasons to twist and pervert the Scriptures. We spend more time looking for ways to get out of believing the “hard” stuff rather than seeing it for what it is – A plan of Salvation.

We treat it as a suggestion. To the Lost world absolutely this Bible is a suggestion, but to you True Child of God this is a life, not a suggestion. It is an order.

You receive Christ accept Him as your Lord, Savior, Master and Redeemer, you have a home in Heaven, you have an escape from the penalty of Sin. You have a pass from death and Hell and what do you think you need to do with that? Well, according to most today, nothing.

And that lie is pervasive in most churches today. That lie that you have no obligation is killing this nation and these churches.

God does not owe you a thing. You owe HIM everything. Yet we tell no one of this blessed Savior, this God who so loved the World. Instead we sit and stink and allow them to go to Hell in Droves.

And I truly believe it is because we do not believe in Hell anymore.

Personal and Individual accountability

2026-07-19T10:22:48.630-05:00

There comes a time when you look out at the beauty of Creation, when you see the immutable laws of Creation, when you see the constants of the seasons, and the sameness of the animals in their routines and rituals. The salmon swim upstream every single year with out fail. The birds migrate every year with out fail. The deer birth in the spring every single year.

There is an order to all the chaos going on in this world. And man in all of his glory and power can affect none of it.

Do you know what that tells me? That man is not the center central point of Creation.

Man is part of it, man is needed for it, but it is before us and will be here after us.

I am going to live and die and the animals, this earth spinning round, the sun the moon and the stars? They do not know me nor even care about my existence.

If Creation, if the universe, if the tree, the alligator, the mountains do not know me or of me or even care of me then what do I matter? What is the point of it all? The timeless (as far as we understand time) earth will carry on after I – we are gone.

So what/who is the point? I believe this is where evolutionists look out and see everything but can not fathom that they do not matter so they have discredited the Creator. How can they see what I see and say nope it is all chance? Happenstance?

If you live and die and are forgotten then what is the point of this earthly existence? If we are nothing, born lived, died and are nothing again then what is the point of this life?

If your purpose is to sustain this earth then that means the earth birthed you. But no Your Body came from 2 people who were living and not a part of the earth at that particular point. So the earth can not give human life it is only when 2 humans - a man and a woman come together that life is so ordered. How did that happen by chance?

The rising and setting of the sun, daily, for thousands of years is happenstance?

No the immutable laws of science speak to someone holding those laws in place.

The Tides in and out every morning and evening, the sun, the moon, the stars, the seasons, the sheer routine of the calendar points to something or Someone holding that order together.

Chaos has never created order, an explosion has never created anything outside of the comic books.

This means someone did Create, set in place and maintains all that happens. For if even one hair of the universe is out of place then it will all unravel. What keeps it in motion? In routine?

It has to be God. There is no other explanation for it.

Then that means God did Create, God did make, and God holds it all together.

Independence Day July 4 2026

2026-07-04T13:17:40.884-05:00

I believe Social Media is the worst invention, just ahead of Television, talk radio and Hollywood.

We are less tolerant than ever before of disagreeing folks. Hate has become the normal for differing viewpoints.

We can no longer associate with those that are not fully on board with our thoughts and agenda.

Today is July 4 2026.

This nation has become deeply divided, and from where I sit it is the deepest divide since the Civil war. Brother fights against brother, daughter disowns mother, father grieves for a son who can no longer talk to him for the differences.

Politics are 24/7 thanks to the things I mentioned at the beginning and it was never meant to be, it was never intended to be such a lightning rod, or even a way of life. Politics when I grew up was once every 4 years for 2 or 3 months and then we moved on and our lives were basically unaffected by it.

What happened? what caused this?

Lack of teaching yet over educating? Parents not showing them it is not a big deal? No longer having a debate club? Not teaching woodworking? Not Giving hobbies or purpose outside of social agendas?

Could be any number of things, but if we do not get away from social media we will never be social again.

Threads, instagram, fb, and the list goes on - is a place for people to tear each other down, and face no consequences for it.

We turn a deaf ear to it, the good and decent people who have a life shut it off. Yet there are those that will holler and yell at every single post, load bots who do the same just to make it look like their point of view is universally believed.

It all goes back to the adage "the squeaking wheel gets the grease", or the "loudest is not always the smartest".

Same thing is happening to the church, there are so many online "experts" "theologians" "Pastors" who truly have no idea what the Bible says, but they have coopted the name of Christian to water down what the Bible says and make it easier to swallow and less consequential.

And just as in politics, the decent purpose filled people turn a deaf ear because we are busy.

Yet, we have now reached the point that if you talk about these false prophets or question them you are called hateful, bigot, or worse. They will shout you down making it seem as if you are in the minority.

We are at the point where truth is now hate speech.

Today July 4 2026 it is time we stand and let them know that no matter what they do we are free from their bullying, their name calling. Truth is truth and we will not back down.

If we do not stand now we, and America, will fall. Apologists are being attacked, doxxed, and slandered. We the normal decent people would never do that if we disagree with someone so it never occurs to us to dop these things. They do and will continue to do so.

Folks, if we do not make a concerted stand now to stop being silent and speak out against the things that are taking over our nation we will not have a nation we recognize too much longer.

The ones speaking truth are being threatened and terrorized, and we are remaining silent rather than coming to their defense. Speak up and if you are scared then at least just support the ones standing.

The world needs truth, not affirmations.

Joh 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

Joh 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Sinner's prayer?

2026-05-24T07:48:39.179-05:00

What is the sinners prayer?

Most versions of the prayer focus on four key spiritual steps:

Admit: Recognizing you are a sinner and fall short.
Believe: Trusting that Jesus Christ died for your sins and rose from the dead.
Confess: Declaring that Jesus is your Lord and Savior.
Surrender: Inviting Him into your heart and committing to follow Him.

Admit Believe Confess Surrender.

Believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. Yes that is Scriptural.

Confess with thy mouth. Also Scriptural.

Admitting you are a sinner and unable to save yourself from the impending wrath of God. Scriptural.

Surrender. Here is a problem for many, probably most.

Surrender your life to Christ, He makes your Will, your Schedule, your plans and your Goals. Your overriding desire is to spread His name, Live for Him openly. All you do is in relation to His Kingdom.

There is a problem there for most. Surrender is hard.

Yet the biggest part I have an issue with is the ask Jesus into your heart thing. Too simple, too vague, too over and done with.

We surrender our lives to Him, as we confess He is God and His authority and Word is absolute.

We believe He is the only way that we can get out of the debt we owe due to our sin. What debt? The sin of disobedience, the sin of rebellion and rebelling against a good perfect pure Just God.

For that sin there is death and that death is the second death which is being away from God sent from His presence into outer darkness, where there is gnashing of teeth, flames, and the worm dieth not.

How then do we escape this “death” this casting out? We accept the free gift of God, Jesus died on the cross, for our sins, that we might not have to die.

I say might not have to - for if you believe on the name of Christ, If you call on Him, confess He is Lord, Savior, Master and surrender your life then you accept His gift to you and will not need to pay the ultimate price that He has already paid for you.

We no longer teach this, we teach the easy part but not the surrender part. Christ wants to be Lord and Savior. Not just a part time safety net.

He told me all that ever I did.

2026-04-15T19:30:00.000-05:00

Joh 4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

Joh 4:26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

She and her town identify this trait as one that the Messiah would have that He would tell them all things.

She believed in Him. Her own testimony and words prove she thought Jesus was the Messiah and she told the whole town.

Joh 4:39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
Joh 4:40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
Joh 4:41 And many more believed because of his own word;

Her words to the town folk were the very words they needed to hear to know that the Messiah had come.
Such a simple thing to overlook but a very powerful one when you consider Jesus portrayed Himself as she was told the Messiah would. She was ready to hear and see Him, Her faith was placed in the coming Messiah and how strong that faith must have been for He did come just as she was told, in the same manner and at a time when she needed Him most.

Perhaps a lesson is in there for us?

What is a Christian

2026-03-18T19:38:17.387-05:00

Google AI says:

“A Christian is a follower of Jesus Christ, believing him to be the Son of God, the Savior who died and resurrected to offer forgiveness of sins and eternal life. Founded in the 1st century AD based on Jesus's life and teachings, it is now the world’s largest religion, with major branches including Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern”

When I typed in “Christian” this is what I got from google AI. A follower of Jesus Christ.

Believing Him to be the Son of God. The Savior who died and resurrected.

This is from Google AI a liberal forum.

Jesus died, was buried, and rose again to offer forgiveness of sins and eternal life.

So right away what hits you?

Those that deny the existence of a literal Christ, Jesus, can not be called Christian.

Those deny the death burial resurrection can not be called Christians.

Those who say there is no sin can not be called Christians.

Watered Down Christianity

2026-03-15T07:07:28.053-05:00

Watered Down Christians

I saw a quote the other day. It said “ lukewarm Christianity is so widely practiced that Biblical Christianity seems radical”.

And that is absolutely true.

For Jesus said take up your cross.

Not the bass boat. Not the mountain cabin. Not the resort, but your cross.

We have taken Christianity and made ourselves feel special for we are the chosen ones. Yet in and of ourselves is nothing special, our specialness comes from Him.

You have done none of it yourself.

He came to this earth, lived and died for your sins was buried and rose again the third day. He gave you the Word. He gave you the Bible. He called you to Him. He revealed Himself to you! You didn’t go searching for Him until He revealed Himself to you.

We have so many ‘ex’ Christians, ‘ex’ pastors and ‘ex’ teachers because they never met Him, they met some form of religionist.

Today’s Christian is more and more alike to the religious elite in Jesus day.

They felt they were special for they were sons of Abraham; they were the Tribes of the ones God Himself chose for His people.

Yet they forgot that very God. They served themselves and their “vision” “version” of Him.

Do you know why they never recognized Christ? Because they would never come to this earth and live in poverty, they would never have done what He did for it had no benefit for them. They were only interested in what they got out of life, religion. Leadership and authority.

Christ cared about the things of God and that alone, man can not understand that for man looks to man’s interests and can not fathom that God does not share our interests or our ambitions. He is God, it is all already His.

Mat 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Mat 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

Mat 10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

Mat 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Mat 10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Mat 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

At what point can that be taken as enrich yourselves, your best life is the goal?

Death comes for all

2026-03-04T19:13:08.410-06:00

Death Comes to All

Ecc 9:1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

Ecc 9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

Ecc 9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Just as life comes to all, so to does death. There is coming a day when you or I will be forgotten.

What will they remember of us? will they remember us?

Solomon, says rain falls on the just and the unjust. Death comes to all. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom.

That last one is the one you need to study and know.

Death on this earth comes for us all, are you ready for the life that comes after?

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The fear of the Lord is knowledge. Do you know the Lord? The God that died for you? Death comes for all, are you prepared for yours?

The Wrath of God

2026-01-16T18:16:00.799-06:00

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THE WRATH OF GOD

I was thinking the other day and I considered these things.

Adam to Abraham was a lawless time, no Law no age of Grace and few sought the God who created them. How do we know few? Because the Lord destroyed the earth for it’s evilness and only Noah and his family was found faithful and worthy.

Moses to Malachi. The Age of the Law, God gave man the parameters that must be met for man to get to where God is and to be Holy as He is Holy. Man never saw it as the measuring tool that it was given for, no they used it as a tool to beat their fellow man into subservience. A tool to proclaim their own righteousness.

Jesus. Brings in the age of Grace allows man to reach the Father due to the Sacrifice of the Son.

The age of Grace where God paid for the sin of man once and for all, God gave man a way to escape the wrath of ….God.

Something man could never do. Man in and of Himself can not escape the wrath of God and that is what this whole thing is about.

So many times we make it so much more and so much less than that.

You must call on the name of the Lord to be saved, from the wrath of God.

If you are not saved, if you do not call on His name then you must face the wrath of God. That is the second death. Departing from Him and being allowed to go where He is not – which is death darkness and Hell.

Man rejected God. God died for man that man might be restored to fellowship with Him.

Now you have a choice, accept the payment of Christ, surrender your life to Him or face the wrath that has been stayed for you to make that choice.

Presents

2025-12-16T18:13:40.271-06:00

Here we are at Christmas time. A time of Presents and Giving.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life

A time that we celebrate the Birth of our Savior. I say our Savior for even if you do not believe in Him, He still died for you to give you the same chance, the same choice that He gives to all.

If you choose to reject Him remember this, He died for you anyway.

He died for you, He calls you, He gives you witnesses and Testimonies of Him and if you choose to ignore, to not hear or heed the Call, then it is your choice to go to Hell not His.

He is not sending you to Hell, He is honoring your choice, the blame lies solely on you.

We do not ATTEND church, We are the church

2025-11-01T15:51:29.602-05:00

Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Upon this Rock (the Rock that is Jesus, the Son of God) shall the Church be built. Peter is not the Rock upon which the church shall be built, but upon his statement calling Jesus the Christ, Jesus is the Rock, the cornerstone of the church.

Neither is the Building we gather in the church, We call it church, but that is a construct of wood, steel or brick.

We do not attend church, this is a truth that we have forgotten. We the Christians, the followers of Christ ARE the Church. The church building means nothing except as a place for the Church to gather.

How we have forgotten this fundamental truth. We do not attend church, we The Church gather in a building to meet with fellow Church members in a spot we agreed to meet in.

We need to remember this.

He came that we might be as He, He was never as us

2025-09-28T07:44:00.003-05:00

Joh 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

Jesus is God. Yes I know that He had a different perspective for He was not of us, never was never will be, but through Him we can be of Him.
He came that we might be as He, He was never as us.

Yes He was in human form, yes He ate and drank as we, yes He came and walked as we walk but never as us. He is/was/and shall ever be God.

How we have messed up this concept. That ad campaign that says He gets us, well that ad campaign does not “get” Him. He was here to lift us up, to show us God’s love and to let us know that this world, the one we stand on today, He overcame this world, He defeated death and Hell.
He was never as us, He never got us, He was here to help us understand Him.
That is a concept and a thought that so many have failed to see and I understand and why? Because they want to excuse their behaviors by making Him like them.

He was never like us. Born of a virgin, never will that be any of us. Perfect, sinless, never will that be any of us.

He came not to be on our level, even though we preach that up, no He came that we might be better than us. That we might be like Him and what have we done with that?

We have tried so hard to bring Him to our level rather than striving to rise to His level.

We tend to see things through the lens of this world, our experience and just like the disciples we can not understand.
It is because we do not understand that we fail to try.

Remember when He was resurrected, the disciples spent 40 days with Him, do you realize we have no idea what they said, what He said, other than a few words of that time here on earth?

Why? Because it was in that time, that their understanding of Him and who He is became so much sharper. Then they received the Spirit and that was what made lions out of lambs.

That same Spirit, that changed them when they finally knew who He was, and yes I meant that the way that it sounded. When they finally figured out Who He was, then the Spirit gave them courage and wisdom, strength and resolve.
Why have we so misunderstood this Christian life? Why have we toiled in mediocrity?
Because we do not understand fully who He is.

Renew your Covenant, your commitment to Christ

2025-09-21T07:12:00.002-05:00

Now the first thing for you to know is that when you call on the name of the Lord for Salvation you are choosing Him, you are putting your life and your soul into His hands. And it is your choice, your decision that leads to this.

Then you are entering into a covenant or commitment with Him that He is your God and you are His Bride, totally devoted and a servant for the remainder of your life here on this earth.

He delivers you from the bondage of sin, He gives you eternal life, He takes away death and Hell from your future.

What do you have for Him? Nothing. What can you do for Him? Nothing.

That realization of the fact that He died for you when it cost Him everything, and you have nothing, yet He still died for you. That realization should make you want to serve Him, should make you want to be His servant, spreading the good news to all your fellow man that need to hear of this God, this Savior.

He does not coerce us to serve, He does so much for us how can we do any less out of love, gratitude and the sheer knowledge of all that He has done? How can we not tell everyone?

I have said a lot lately that when you meet Jesus, truly meet Him you will have a changed life, a changed heart.

A covenant is a solemn and formal agreement, compact, or promise between two or more parties.

Do you hear that? Solemn, Formal agreement.

A formal agreement is one Written (the Bible) signed (His Blood shed) and agreed to.

As I said at the beginning, you agreed to this covenant when you call on His name. Hence you have entered into a covenant, a contract, a commitment with Him.

We have downplayed this part so much, we have made salvation a one way thing.

He owes us!

Oh, The hubris of humans makes their part so very much more important that His. The Architect is considered less than the recipient.

How prideful are we? A question we really need to ponder.

Come and see

2025-09-14T08:05:00.003-05:00

Come and see

Joh 4:39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
Joh 4:40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
Joh 4:41 And many more believed because of his own word;

The woman at the well met Jesus, then turned and told the whole city of the One she met, the One that changed her.
Many believed on Him because of her testimony and then many more believed for they heard Him.

Why do we not testify like this anymore? We do not talk of Jesus, we do not speak of the joy, the Spirit, the Word anymore and we are to be ashamed for that.

Speak to each other of this Jesus, renew Him in your hearts, then once you have a comfortability level of talking of Him with each other, then go out to them and the Spirit will guide.

Post a verse John 3:16 at the very least and have them ask you what that means. Start the conversation.

You don’t have to be glib and smooth. You just have to be willing.

How will they know if you don’t tell them? You may be the only one they will ever hear it from.
You may be the one that was assigned to speak to them, if you do not then they may face an eternity in Hell.

Yes I went there, it is time we realize what our inaction and timidity is going to cost them. It is time we realize this is life and death, eternity is at stake.

Stop the spirit of fear, be a witness, a light, a truth teller, and preach the Gospel.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

2025-09-10T17:33:00.001-05:00

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

We saw today what happens when Good men do nothing. Then when someone dared to speak up and out they kill him for it.

The question is not why. The question is What are you going to do about the voice silenced? Are you going to raise yours? Are you going to cry out against the evil pervading the land?

Or are you going to allow the silence to stay silent? Fear? Yes be afraid, but courage is doing the right thing despite the fear.

Today a great voice was silent, not a perfect voice but one unafraid to stand speak and debate. He went to their campuses and debated.

We can not allow the silence to grow, nor can we allow it to silence us.

We must speak out, relearn the art of debate, agreeing to disagree but never again silenced.

The Free gift of God, it wasn't free for Him

2025-09-07T07:25:00.003-05:00

We have taught it is the Free Gift of God, and God freely gives, but it was not without cost. A Gift by definition is free, the one who provides the gift has something of value that they are offering to you at no cost to yourself, but generally it cost them something.

The Gift of God as mentioned in Roman 6:23 is the Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross, He was beaten, abused, rejected, by man and God, that we might have the chance to be redeemed.

Why did He do that?

He SO LOVED the world. God’s Love is so great that when He got rejected in the garden, He kept going, when He got rejected by the Israelites who wanted a king, a man to rule over them He kept going. When He got rejected by Israel for idols, He kept going. Then when He came and walked this earth for 33 years, was rejected by both man and the Father, while suspended between Heaven and Earth, He kept going.

He gave us the Scriptures, men chosen to tell us, His Spirit, His Love, His own physical life here on this earth, and His time spent calling us to Him.

What have we done for Him in return and in comparison to all that He has done for us?

Well we have taken the gift….it might take me a minute to think of what we have done for Him.

You know the prize He gets for all His loyalty and Love? Us. That’s it.

Yet still we can not be bothered to read and study, we can not be bothered to give Him our time. We just can’t be bothered.

What would you do if your gift was so undervalued and mistreated?

For God So LOVED

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Have you ever stopped to think of what God received out of His Death on the Cross? He got you and I.

He died that WE might be able to Talk and Fellowship with Him.

He did all of this for us! He got nothing out of it that He Himself needed, except us.

If that doesn't boggle your mind, nothing will.

For God So LOVED the World that He gave His Only Begotten Son that whosoever Believeth in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life.

When that hits, it hits hard!

The crooked woman

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Luk 13:16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

Luk 13:17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

When He said these things all His adversaries were ashamed. This is even sadder when you realize His adversaries were the ones that were supposed to be the caretakers of God's people.

The ruler of the synagogue, the actual place people go to worship, the one in charge is the main adversary in this passage. Why is he upset? Because this goes against his law and he is so very put out with the man that broke man's law.

The sabbath law was put into place for man's good. For man's rest and the praise and worship of the Father.

This man and so many before him turned this law into an overbearing, unnecessary burden.

This ruler was upset when Jesus healed a woman, bound by satan for 18 years on the Sabbath.

The ruler of the Synagogue was upset, His adversaries were ashamed, but the people? The people rejoiced over the healing of a suffering woman.

The people rejoiced when Jesus healed her, the people were rejoicing for on the Lord's Day Jesus worked a mighty miracle with the power of God on His Holy Day.

The people rejoiced. How often the people rejoiced while the rulers and elites were too caught up in their religion.

Jesus the Way the Truth and The Life, He can cause the people to rejoice even today yet how many would be upset for He ruined the daily agenda? The scheduled service?

Leave room in your service, in your day, in your heart for Jesus to work today and you might be surprised and the people just might rejoice.

Sending them out to prepare the way

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Luk 10:1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

Have you ever noticed this writing before? We all know of the 70 disciples that He sends out and bequeaths some of His power to them.

Yet the most interesting fact here is that He sent them out to places that He Himself is going to.

Isn’t that interesting? He sends people out to prepare the way, then when He gets there the people are ready to meet the Lord. Fascinating.

Even today we do the same, or at least we should be doing the same, getting out and preparing the way of the Lord. For the rapture is coming and we must prepare the people for it.

To a more immediate note, we are to prepare the people for each service, for each day that they will be ready when God shows up.

How dry are our churches that we miss the preparation of the way. Jesus is coming (so He promises in the Bible) to wherever we believers are gathered together.

Are we preparing the way? Are we getting people ready to meet Him? Or are we failing them by doing less than required to prepare them for their meeting with the Lord?

Be Zealous and repent

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Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

He still loves His church despite the fact that they have become ineffective, they have left Him and have put Him in the corner. Yet because He still loves them He must rebuke them and chasten them if they do not repent.

But notice He does not just say repent, no He says be Zealous AND Repent.

Zealous, ‘showing great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective.’

Be Zealous therefore – show great energy and enthusiasm for repenting, getting on fire for me and spreading my Gospel.

More than anything He hates the ineffective complacent church.

How many in today’s America would identify as the Church at Laodicea? Neither hot nor cold but lukewarm. Good for nothing.

Time for the church in America to repent of their pride in their riches, of their complacency and get Zealous for Him and the things of Heaven.

Keep church business in the Church

2025-08-03T07:51:00.001-05:00

Keep the church business in the church

I believe we are no longer using the church as we should. We have turned it into a show to bring the world in, when in actuality it is for the Christian to shut the World out for a while and be safe.

We see the numbers on Sunday morning when the majority of the world attends, yet when the few faithful show up Sunday Night and Wednesday night we get down because the excitement, the crowds do not show, yet that is precisely the time to be there for that is when the Spirit is there, that is when you need it most. That is where you energies should be focused.

We have completely altered the purpose of the church. To our own detriment. It was never intended to be a House for the Lost it is a home for the church family.

It is a safe haven, a sanctuary, a family gathering place.

Way back when in the First church, the Apostle Paul expected the church Family to have nothing to do with the world’s system. Yes we are to work in it, yes we are to live there, sleep there, eat there but we are not to dwell there, not to abide there and not become a part of.

We are to come out from among them and be separate.

The Church is for the Christian, a place to meet and Worship. A place to gather and fellowship, it is to be your life after the workday, on the day off. +

The first church was so eager to talk of Jesus to meet and live for Him, they went from house to house as a body worshipping the Lord.

Paul is so dedicated to the notion of the church being THE place for the Christian that he even thinks you need to bring your disagreements there. Your disputes are to be solved there.

1Co 6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

Do any of you in the church having an issue with another, as a child of God, dare to go to the world’s courts? We are to be judged by the saints, those in Christ who can see the matter from a sanctified state. We are not to quarrel in the world, we are not to take our issues out amongst the world.

BE SAVED

2025-07-12T16:21:00.002-05:00

A few weeks ago, this phrase caught my attention. Call on the name of the Lord and BE Saved. Not Get saved, not received salvation.

62 verses of BE SAVED.

0 verses of get saved. Got Saved, receive Jesus.

Many times, I get intrigued by Wording in the Bible.

For instance, in the Book of Mark

Mar 6:51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.

Were they amazed? No they were sore amazed! Beyond Measure! And then they wondered. Mark gets his point across but frankly seeing Jesus walk on the water, then watching Him

I look at the wording of verses in the bible, and it says be saved.

Rom 10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

It says call on the name of the Lord and BE SAVED. Not get saved, not receive salvation.

I don’t know why but that hit me as a strong thing to say. The Wording spoke to me. It is not a thing to achieve, a thing to work for, it is an enduring state - present and future bearing. BE saved.

We talked not too long ago about this same Jesus and the comfort that should bring to God fearing people.

Now we have Be Saved. Which Means call on the name of the Lord and Be saved. Be Saved. Don’t do a thing but call on the Name of the Lord, Believe and be saved. It’s all on Him at that point right? If you believe and call on His name, then by His Word you must be Saved. Of course this is not a flippant call and why? God knows the Heart.

Be saved. It’s a state of being. Be saved.

Walk around Being saved from the penalty of sin which is death and Hell.

Be, Saved. Not earn, not get not lose it. But BE SAVED.

Comforting for some reason.

Sin is rebelling against Divine Law

2025-06-07T16:53:00.000-05:00

So often we forget that SIN in any form no matter what the action, SIN is rebellion against God. Every single sin, every single time is a rebellion against God.

How often do we forget that? Water it down?

The Definition from the Oxford Language which is Googles Dictionary:

an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.

An act considered to be a transgression against Divine Law. SIN.

Sin is the act of rebelling against God and His Word, His Rules, His Holiness.

How far we have come from that definition.

We now call it sickness, disease, the way I was made, a defect.

Rather than an intentional act against God and His Law.

Christian remember this applies to you as well, not just the world. Your sin, your transgression of God's law, no matter how small it is in your opinion. is sin.

How do we get back to this?

We preach God and His Law, His standard, His Rules, His Holiness, and His Purity.

We preach the price He paid that we might escape death and the punishment for those sins.

We preach that His Holiness, imputed to us, is all the hope we have for life and freedom from the sin debt.

We preach living to His Standard, Being Holy as He is Holy for we are bought with a price. We are owned by Him yet accepted in as Sons and Daughters. What grace!

Carrying the family name, carrying that reputation, that Purpose, then we must live as pure as we possibly can for Him so that they might see Him through us and want to be with Him, the One that died for them.

God the Father, the lover of their souls, the perfect Sacrifice, the Just, The Alpha and the Omega.

He is all, we are merely here to further His Will. What is His Will?

That ALL might come to repentance.

How can we do that when we are slaves to sin? How can we represent Him when we are in the muck and mire of this World's life? When we are in the pigpen next to them?

The Christian will SIN, no doubt about that.

Yet, A True child of God Will not be able to stay there.

Man was never meant for Hell, but we caused it to be so

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Satan rebelled, thought he could be God, God could not allow that to go unpunished thus hell is created.
Satan and his angels are going there.

Mat 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

Then man rebels against God and does not listen to His word, so man and woman must now go there as well, for they have sinned against God.
God cannot allow sin into His presence so there must be a place for those that rebel and reject Him, hence Hell.

Now Remember God is everywhere, God is light so He had to create a place, a terrible place He would not go thus no light. A place that could not see Him, out of His presence.

That was what He did for the devil and his angels, and now because humans sinned in the garden, because they rebelled against God, they too will share a fate never intended for them.

So when the average person comes to you and says how can God send anyone to Hell, then you can tell them He is not.

He never intended that for man but because we are sinners, because we sinned, disobeyed and rebelled, He had no choice but to create a place for those that chose that path.