Going To Hell In A Handbasket With Eyes Wide Open

I'm Not Mad at You, But God Might be!

Romans 1:18-25

{18} The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their weckedness,

{19} since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

{20} For since the creation ofthe world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and device natue--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

{21} For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile darkened.

{22} Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools

{23} and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

(24) Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.

{25} They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and servec crfeated things rather than the Creator---who is forever praised. Amen.

Psalm 145 - A Psalm of Praise Of David

1.) I will exalt You, my God the King; I will praise Your name for ever and ever.
2.) Every day I will praise You and extol Your name for ever and ever.
3.) Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; His greatness no one can fathom.
8.) The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.
9.) The Lord is good to all; He has compassion on all He has made.
13.) .....The Lord is faithful to all His promises and loving toward all He has made.
14.) The Lord upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
17.) The Lord is righteous in all His ways and loving toward all He has made.
18.) The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.
19.) He fullfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
20.) The Lord watches over all who love Him.....

The Acknowledgment of Jesus -- Matt. 10:32-40

32) Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.

33) But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.

34) "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

35) For I have come to turn " 'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law---

36) a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'

37) Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his father more than me is not worthy of me;

38) and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

39) Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

40 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me.

Comfort And Encouragement Against Suffering

How many of us find ourselves suffering on a daily basis because we are Christians? Suffering not at the hands of others, but by trials brought on by things happening in life.

How many times do you feel insulted because you reverence the name of Christ and find yourself ridiculed and put down verbally?

How many times have others tried to make you feel ashamed of being Christian? If some of the above or all of the above are your experiences, you need to embrace the Word of God given through the Apostle Peter in regards to "Suffering For Being Christian."
1st Peter 4:12-19

12) Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

13) But rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.

14) If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of Glory and of God rests upon you; on their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is glorified.

15) But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil doer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

16) Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

17) For the time is come that judgement must begin at the House of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

18) And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

19) Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

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The Birth Of Jesus

Luke 2:1-7; 8-11; 13,14 {NIV}

1. In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.
2. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
3. And everyone went to his own town to register.
4. So, Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.
5. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
6. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son.
7. She wrapped Him in cloths and placed Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

8. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
9. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
10. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people.
11. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord.

13. Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
14. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests.”

SATAN: DEAL OR NO DEAL?


So you've got the Spirit, and you're Saved. You've got the Holy Ghost, you are Blessed.
You are Saved and Sanctified, you're a child of God. You have been Slain in the Spirit.
You're covered by the blood of Christ. You're a Good Christian.
If you are any of these things or all of these things, you are truly resting in the Lord.
Praise God!
For many of us who are Christians, all of these things are enough, in fact, more than enough to assure us that we have our place in the Lord.
For those of us who feel this way, the Lord has given me a message to open your eyes, hearts and minds to a truth that you must be aware of.
Read the following, you could very well be blessed and redeemed by this message.
Plain and simply put as given by the Lord, you need to KNOW the Word of God.
Why? Because, you will never, ever succeed in defeating satan unless you personally know the Word of God.
Headline #1: Satan knows the Word of God!
Headline #2: Satan is counting on you not knowing the Word of God.
Headline #3: Satan succeeds in tempting those who do not know the Word of God.
How does this not happen to you, how do you stay out of the headlines with satan? You do it by personally knowing the Word of God.
Jesus gave us the best example of knowing the Word in the book of Matthews chapter 4.
In Ch.4:3; The tempter came to Him and said,
"If you are the Son of God, he said, tell these stones to become bread." Ch.4:4;
Jesus answered, "It is written:'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God'."
Now, for anyone other that satan, this would have been enough of a counter to end the situation, however, satan decided to get physical, the Word says, Ch.4:5; Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. Then satan said, Ch.4:6; "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw your self down. For it is written: "'He will command His angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"
But Jesus was ready for satan, He came back with this, Ch.4:10; Jesus said to him, "Away from me satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.'"
And in Ch.4:11, we find; "Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him."
Satan said to Jesus, "Deal or No Deal?"
Jesus Christ said to satan, "No Deal!!"

Talk To Me, Lord Jesus

This Week's Bible Verse: Genesis 11: 1-9

Now the whole earth had one language and few words. And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built. And the LORD said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
So, the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the earth, and they left off building the city. Therefore its name was called Ba'bel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scatter them abroad over the face of all the earth.
May the Lord add a blessing to the reading of His word.

The Acknowledgement of Jesus

32) "Whoever acknowledges Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven.

33) But whoever disowns Me before men, I will disown him before My Father in heaven.

34) Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

35) For I have come to turn " 'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law---

36) a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'

37) Anyone who loves his father or mother more that Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more that Me is not worthy of Me;

38) and anyone who does not take his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

40) He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the one who sent Me.

God Cannot Be Tempted

James 1:13

13) When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone;

14) but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.

15) Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

2 Corinthians 16-19, 21

16) So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

17) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

18) All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation:

19) that God,was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them.

21) God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Blemished Sacrifices - NO!

Blemished Sacrifices – NO!
Sacrifices of Praise -Yes
Our scriptures are found in the Books of Malachi; Hebrews; Romans and 1st Peter.
{Malachi Chapter 1:1, 2, and 6-8}:
(1.An oracle: The Word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi (My Messenger.)
(2. ”I have loved you,” says the Lord….
(6.A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due Me?” says the Lord Almighty. “It is you, O priest, who despise My name. “ But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
(7.”You place defiled food on My altar…..

Have you ever gone shopping in the produce section of your local grocery?
Do you find yourself being very selective in your choice of vegetables or fruit?
You obviously want to get the best for your table when shopping.

(7. but you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ “By saying, that the Lord’s table is contemptible.
(8.When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong?
When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong?
Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you?
Would he accept you?” says the Lord Almighty.
{Proverbs 15:8} The word of God says.
(8.The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases Him.

What we find throughout our society and throughout the world is man's failure to communicate with the Lord in a way that shows the reverence, love, and respect that is due the Lord from man whom He has created.
We live in a society that wants to ask for the best of everything from the Lord, receive the best of everything from the Lord, expects the best of everything from the Lord, but gives the least of everything to the Lord.

When Araunah the Jebusite saw King David, {1st Ch 21:20} he bowed down to King David and said,
{1st Ch 21:23}”Take it! Let my lord the King do whatever pleases him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sleds for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering. I will give all this.”
But King David had the reverence, love, and respect for God that would not allow him to place defiled food on God’s altar.
King David said to Araunah the Jebusite,
{1st Ch21:24} But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying the full price.
I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”

We must aspire to be like King David, we must revere, love, and respect the Lord so deeply that we refuse to offer any form of sacrifice to Him that we have not paid the cost for. We must not defile the altar of God.

Paul of Tarsus goes beyond even the sincerity of King David. Paul suggests to Christians that they give themselves as living sacrifices to the Lord.

{Romans12:1,2} (1.Therefore, I urge you,brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – which is your spiritual worship.
(2.Do not conform any longer to the pattern of the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - His good , pleasing and perfect will.

By offering ourselves as a living sacrifice to God, we are privileged to know His perfect will for us. And as Peter tells us, {1st Peter 2:4.5} we will be able to offer spiritual sacrifices to God that are acceptable to Him.

{1st Peter 2:4,5} (4.As you come to Him, the Living Stone, rejected by men-but chosen by God and precious to Him-...
(5.You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

And so, we find ourselves holding the key to open the door to the blessings of God through sacrifice. For unlike in days of old when man offered the body and blood of an animal as a sacrifice, we have a High Priest who has made the ultimate sacrifice for us. {Heb 13:11 -16}

{Heb 13:11-16} (11. The high priest carries blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp.
(12. And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through His own blood..
(13. Let us, then, go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore..
(14 For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come..
(15. Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise - the fruit of lips that confess His name..
(16. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Amen.