Twenty Nine Eleven

Reality check time: (If you happen to have those “eyes to see” and / or “ears to hear”, this will make sense.) There are many these days who feel like he or she is walking through that proverbial “shadow of death” (Psalm 23:4). Did you ever notice how, if there ever IS a shadow, there also needs to be light? (Lest anyone forget that everything including all of the laws in the Old Testament point to the message of the cross in the New Testament. Jesus fulfilled all 613 rules of that obsolete Mosaic Law (or Torah) which includes the Ten Commandments brought down from Mount Sinai by Moses as well as everything mentioned by the O.T. prophets (Matthew 5:17-20 -- He didn’t ABOLISH any of it but rather FULFILLED all of it. See also John 1:17, Ephesians 2:14-18, 2 Corinthians 3:4-11, Hebrews 8:6, Hebrews 8:13 and Hebrews 13:9.).) It’s only The Holy Spirit Who can guide into all truth (John 14:26, John 16:13, 1 Corinthians 3:5-9). Even the apostle Paul would not have known he had a coveting problem except for the Law (Romans 7:8, Galatians 2:16). However, this is the A.D. Era, not the B.C. Era. Simply rejecting Jesus (Judaism) or trying to blend Mosaic Law and Calvary (Hebrew Roots Movement) are in themselves causing people to sin despite trying to do something about a sin problem. The A.D. Era began when Jesus said, “It is finished,” in John 19:30, not in Matthew 1:1. One is either in Jesus (100% forgiven - “Sheep”) or in Adam 0% forgiven - “Goats”). There is no such thing as a “Geep”: No one is ever “50% forgiven”. (Also see John 6:29, 1 John 3:23-24 and 1 John 5:6-12 for more information.) There’s only one way to be saved, period (Mark 1:15, John 3:1-21, John 11:25-27, Romans 10:13). 100% of everyone’s born of water. Just think of every mom: Odds are that it got expressed at one time or another: “We need to get to the hospital. My water just broke.” Jesus at Calvary is the only way anyone is ever forgiven, again, period (John 14:6, John 19:30 and Galatians 2:19-21). Because of Jesus and His substitute sacrifice at Calvary (Matthew 20:28, Mark 10:45), your forgiveness is justified and the wrath of The Lord is turned away from you. Logically, it’s followed by His resurrection which means you live because He lives (Matthew 28:6, John 14:19b, Romans 5:10). Forgiveness is once for all (Hebrews 10:1-18), and it means it’s past, present and future (John 5:24, John 10:28, 2 Corinthians 5:19, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 2:13-14, 1 John 2:12, 2 Peter 1:9, Jude 1:24, etc. Only one is needed since there are no contradictions in The Word...EVER.). There’s no need to “keep a tally” or “visit a confession booth” as those “salvation by works” cults and / or false religions push. What 1 John 1:9 means is to agree with The Lord about the fact that you’re a sinner in need of a Savior and then ask forgiveness (see 1 John 1:8-10 for more information). Scripture in context is ALWAYS emphasized. A person ultimately only affects him or herself and forever’s a long time. People come to Jesus to be forgiven, not in order to have a fat wallet, great health, cool car, nice job, big house, etc. It’s cults and some false religions which add to Calvary, not The Lord (Galatians 3:28-29, 1 John 3:23-24, 1 John 5:6-12). Those in that Hebrew Roots Movement LOVE using that word “Torah” but what they’re realistically saying is that the cross was not enough. That’s simply a form of works-based righteousness. Judaism, on the other hand, simply flat-out rejects Jesus as The Messiah while Messianic Jews just happen to be Jewish but are well aware that Jesus is the only way to be forgiven. “Salvation by works” never works (Isaiah 64:6). Salvation-wise, you do 100% of nothing (John 15:5, Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 3:4-8). Things are ALWAYS a matter of The Lord THROUGH US and not vice versa. People are not saved BY good works but rather UNTO them. HUMONGOUS difference. It is impossible to goody two shoes into Heaven. Jesus did 100% of everything salvation-wise (Mark 1:15, John 1:29, John 14:6, John 19:30, Colossians 2:13, Hebrews 10:14, etc). Someone born again (John 3:1-21) does the reporting while the recipient does the deciding. That’s it. Whatever a person decides ultimately only affects that person. Once a person knows what salvation is, he or she has the choice whether or not to obey The Lord. That takes place by “taking every thought captive and making it subject to Jesus” as 2 Corinthians 10:5 says. (See also the principles behind 1 Corinthians 6:12 and 1 Corinthians 10:23 for more information.) Absolutely 100% of everybody has fallen short (Romans 3:10-12, Romans 3:21-26). (Those with eyes to see and ears to hear can also see hundreds of principles of how The Lord operates throughout the rest of the Old Testament.)

Happy Saturday!! Hope all of you are having a great day. Wanted to send out a group invite to my group. Would love to have you onboard. I post about inspirational content about the word of God to motivate, encourage and bless your day!!! If your lead to join the group, I would appreciate it very much!!! God bless you all!!!

“...the interesting paradox is that, though all Christians have the Holy Spirit, we constantly need to be filled with the Holy Spirit. The filling of the Holy Spirit is the momentary taking from Him of the resources you need for the situation in which you are. It has nothing to do with an experience or a feeling or a crisis; it is a quiet drinking again and again of an inner supply of strength. “This is a truth that many Christians seem to miss. They think that Christianity means coming to church, getting a blessing, and then going away to try to live in the light and warmth of the blessing until it leaks away, and then they must come back and get filled up again. But that is not Christianity. When Jesus said of the person who drinks of Him, ‘Out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water,’ John says, ‘By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive’ (John 7:39a). That is the strengthening that comes from within, and there is plenty there for any situation.” A PRAYER: “Father, I pray that You will teach me to draw upon the well of water within, to know that every demand made upon me is a demand made upon You, and that you are prepared, ready, to live Your life through me in every situation and thus manifest Your grace.” LIFE APPLICATION: “How do we react to the severe demands and pressures of life? Are we learning to acknowledge the Spirit of Christ within, and to be overflowing with His Presence?” -Ray Stedman over the pulpit