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The Light and the Power

A Work of God in Our Lives

Just as we need to turn on a light in a darkened room to see, we need the light that comes from being born spiritually to be able to understand, and see, the ways of God, Jesus called this being “born again.” We are dead spiritually in our natural life and cannot have a relationship with our creator without the light of the Spirit being lit in our lives. Jesus addressed this New birth in Chapter 3 of the Gospel of John while speaking with Nicodemus.

Jesus answered and said unto him (Nicodemus), Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a man be born again, he cannot see (understand) the Kingdom of God” (John 3:3).

We cannot understand, or grasp, the Kingdom of God without being born again. It is the spiritual process of turn on the light. We live in darkness before this spiritual birth takes place. We cannot see. Once we are born again the light goes on, and we can see both why it was necessary, and understand the ways of God. We cannot understand these things by our intellect. We can be religious, but we are in a lost state and unable to “see (understand) the Kingdom of God.” The light of the spiritual birth brings “life” to us. Jesus is the True Light that has come into the world. In Him, and only Him, is the Life that the spiritual birth gives us and it brings light to our souls.

“In Him was Life; and the Life was the light of men” (John 1:4).

When we have been born again and God’s Life is our light then we must have a power source to live out this life. That power source is the Holy Spirit Who comes to live within us when we are born again. The Holy Spirit will teach us all things and gives us victory over the sin nature. The Holy Spirit will glorify Christ by lifting up Jesus and what He accomplished at the Cross to save us from our fallen nature. Jesus said the following to His Disciples about the Holy Spirit just before His death.

“Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you in all Truth… He shall glorify Me, for He shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you” (John 16:13a, & 14).

The light comes into our lives when we place our faith in Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary. His death on the Cross paid the sin debt owed for all those that will come to Him in repentance and faith. This is the born again experience. The light we so need in our lives comes to us by faith in the Salvation plan that God has graciously provided. Having now been given light and life by the born again experience, we are to walk this life out in the power of the Holy Spirit. Just as the light of the Gospel comes to us by faith in Christ crucified, the power of the Holy Spirit comes to us in the same manner. Light and power come by faith. We cannot save ourselves and we cannot Sanctify ourselves. It is a work of God in our lives.

” I (Jesus) am come a light into the world, that whosoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness” (John 12:46).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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He’s Coming!!!

And It Could Be Today

“In My Father’s House are many mansions: if it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:2,3).

The Lord made this promise to His Disciples, and to us, just prior to His crucifixion. He wanted us to know that He was going to prepare a place in Heaven for us, and that He would return for us. His return for His church is what we refer to as the Rapture. It’s been almost 2000 years since He made this promise and His church awaits His soon return. Prophetically, there is nothing that must happen prior to this great event. It could happen at any moment. The last days began at the time of the church age and we are now in the last of the last days.

The Lord loves us and wanted us to know what His plan for us was prior to His leaving. He has great things planned for those that love Him and we wait with great anticipation for His return. The Rapture of the church will signal the end of the church age. The focus then will be on the Salvation of Israel which will come about at the end of what will be the darkest days this world has ever known: it’s called the Great Tribulation. The Lord will bring judgment on a rebellious world and all of Israel will be saved (Romans 11:26).

With all this in mind, we must make sure that we are among the beloved- that we know the Lord and have been saved by faith in His sacrificial death at Calvary. As mentioned, the Lord could return at any moment and we must be ready. He came into this world on a love mission to save us and provide a home for us with Him in Glory. The world is not our home. Once the church leaves in the Rapture, this world will experience the judgment of God. We must not straddle the fence between the life the Lord offers us and the draw of the world. We must deny ourselves and take up our Cross, daily, and follow the Lord (Luke 9:23).

But what does that mean? How do we deny ourselves and take up our cross? We deny our own abilities (willpower, strength, dependence on self) and depend totally on the Lord. We do that by placing our faith in Christ and Him crucified daily seeking and yielding to the Lord’s will in our lives. It’s the greatest life we can live. As the Apostle Peter said, “It’s joy unspeakable and full of glory.” It’s Christ living in us by the power of the Holy Spirit which gives us freedom and liberty. It’s the Holy Spirit doing the work in us, not us striving in our own strength to live a life pleasing to the Lord.

The Lord has told us that He will return for those that have heard and responded by faith to the clarion call of Salvation. 2000 years have passed since that promise and the prophetic signs pointing to the coming end time judgment of God are all around us. The trump will sound and the Lord will come. Are you ready?

“For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, and with the voice of the Archangel, and with the Trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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If You Were to Face Death Today….

Shifting Our Focus to Things Eternal

“And it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).

Thinking about our death is not pleasant and for most something to be avoided. Being unsure of our eternal destination can make the fear of death very real. One day, we will all have to face death. What if that day was today. Would we be ready? Do we know what happens to us beyond the grave? These are important questions that must be addressed by us prior to that day. That is, if we want to be assured of an eternity that God has planned for those who love Him.

If we would stop to think about this future event in our lives it might give us pause in order to look into what God says about it. We all live busy lives and it’s easy to put this off until some future date, but what happens if that future date is today? If we have not prepared for this final journey, how can we be sure of where we will end up. Most consider their good lives, and the good things they have done, will result in a good outcome after death, but that is a false hope.

God has much to say about our eternal future in His Word, the Bible. It is His desire that we realize our great need for Him both in our daily lives, and in the eternal future that lies ahead of us. We must not put this off but seek His way in His Word. We must settle the isssue today for we dont know when that day will come. We can know for sure and have peace as that day approaches however far in the future we think it might be. We are only guaranteed today, and many have choosen to put off looking into God’s Word for the answer to their great loss. We have a sure hope when we trust in the Lord. The day will come when our future will be permanently decided. Regarding the Salvation of our soul, the Lord can be found by us up until this life ends.

“Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near” (Isaiah 55:6).

The Lord has provided a way, a guarantee of a good outcome upon our death. It’s called His Salvation plan and it was provided at great cost to the Father, and to the Lord Jesus. He sent His Son to die on the Cross to pay the sin debt that we might be forgiven and be welcomed into His presence on that future day when our time on the Earth has ended. He requires us to place our faith in, and keep it in, Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary. It is all by faith in God’s provision of Salvation.

We are dead in sins from the time of our birth. We will die in that condition if we do not come the Lord’s way. The Gospel is a call to repentance and faith, and it is a warning, and ultimatum, that all that come the way of this life will answer to the Lord. As our introductory verse tells us, “it is appointed unto men once to die,” meaning all will face that day and we must be prepared for it. The verse goes on to say, “but after this the judgment,” If we have come the Lord’s way and made Christ Savior and Lord in our lives then our sins were judged at the Cross and we will be welcomed into an eternity with the Lord. If not, all must face Christ as judge which will not end well for those that go this way.

Death is inevitable. If death would come to us today where would our eternal home be. We must at some point in our lives shift our focus to the Eternal. Sooner is better then later because the Christian life, walking with the Lord through all we face in this life, is the best life we can live. But if we do not answer the call of God in our lives then we have every reason to fear what lies ahead. The Lord is calling out to all those who will listen and heed His merciful loving call to come His way. We must NOT leave our eternity to chance. Our very familiar closing verse speaks of the Father’s love for those in the world, His giving of His only Begotten Son as a sacrifice that we might be saved, and how we can have this Salvation that He graciously offers. If you were to face death today ….. Have you made things right with the Lord?

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have Everlasting Life ” (John 3:16).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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Getting Off the Works Treadmill

Entering God’s Rest

“Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit (by faith in Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary), are you now made perfect by the flesh (by resorting to works for Sanctification)” (Galatians 3:3 commentary mine).

The following is what a testimony might look like for someone trying to gain victory in this Christian life by what they do. Today has been a bad day. I have tried so hard to please the Lord, but failure has been the result of all my efforts. In recent days, I’ve prayed, I’ve fasted, and I’ve read the Bible, but victory escapes me. I have determined to try harder tomorrow. I need to fight harder against sin. I also will deny myself of some of life’s pleasure so that my life might be more acceptable to the Lord.

The above testimony comes from someone who does not understand justification and Sanctification. The individual is on a works treadmill, a never ending effort to please God by what they do. The result will always be failure. There is no victory in seeking favor with God through our efforts. What is needed is to get off the works treadmill and realize that we are saved and sanctified totally by Grace. Our works and our efforts will neither save us, nor give us victory in our lives over sin. We are not called to fight against sin. We are called to fight the good fight of faith.

“Fight the good fight of (the) faith, lay hold of Eternal Life (all by faith in Christ crucified), where unto you are also called….( 1 Timothy 6:12a).

We are saved and sanctified completely by our faith in what Christ accomplished at the Cross. We are “called” to follow Christ. His death on the Cross paid the price for our sins. He provided a complete Salvation. We are saved and kept by faith in His sacrificial death at Calvary. Our works will not save us, and our works will not give us victory over sin, or favor with the Lord. Anything we determine to do whether it be a law, works, or even Christian disciplines that we do to gain favor with the Lord will take us out from our secure place of Grace into Law. Law, any law, that we trust in will only bring defeat. If we go that way we have apostatized.

The Lord provided a complete Salvation at the Cross. We should pray, fast, read the Bible, and attend church, but our faith must not be in these things. Again, if we go this way we will be on an never ending, and failing, works discipline to please God and gain victory- a treadmill that only brings defeat, exhaustion, and discouragement. We must place our faith in Christ’s finished work and keep it there. This will allow the Holy Spirit to help us walk out our Christian lives pleasing the Lord and victorious. It is the only way.

If you have been on this treadmill of self effort, won’t you get off and rest in the goodness of God. Rest in all He has provided for us. We receive it all by faith – faith in Christ and Him crucified. As God’s children we have peace with God (Salvation) and the peace of God (Sanctifying peace). He paid the price and provided all we need in our daily lives. All we need do is walk in it. We must stand fast in the liberty that comes from resting in His finished work. Any other way will result in bondage.

“Stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage” (Galatians 5:1).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Do You Hear His Voice?

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God” (Isaiah 40:3).

Isaiah gave this prophecy regarding the coming of John the Baptist some 700 years prior to the Baptist’s ministry. John came to call Israel to repentance in preparation for the coming of Israel’s Messiah. Unfortunately, Israel, as a whole, rejected and crucified the Lord of Glory.

John referred to himself as the voice of “One crying in the wilderness.” His mission was to “Make straight the way of the Lord.” John, in fact, called the nation to repentance and his ministry proceeded the coming of our Lord. In pointing ahead to the imminent arrival of Jesus on the scene, he was a witness to the “light” that would soon come. He announced that the One coming would manifest Grace and Truth as the only Begotten Son of God. Chapter one of the Gospel of John states the following regarding the coming of the Lord:

“He came to His own, and His own recieved Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the Sons of God” (John 1:12).

As has been mentioned, Israel of that day rejected Him and killed Him. His story (the Gospel), the account of His life, ministry, death and Resurrection has been told for some 2000 years. This testimony calls all who hear it to repentance and proclaims the soon return of our Lord in the Rapture of the church and the Second Coming. Just as John the Baptist announcement of the Lord’s soon coming happened just as prophesied by Isaiah, the promises our Lord made of His Second Advent will come about as promised. Of this we can be certain.

So what will our response be to the Lord’s call to repentance and the proclamation of His soon return. Israel rejected their Messiah. Our world today has the same decision before them. John cried out in the wilderness. Our fallen world reflects the sadness of that condition. Those that do not know the Lord are living in a lost state- a wilderness. The voice of the Lord cries out to all those who have ears to hear proclaiming His love for the world in sending His Son to pay the price so that the sin debt could be paid, our sins forgiven, and have fellowship restored with the Lord.

“God so loved the world, that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have Everlasting Life ” (John 3:16).

You will notice that those that do not hear His voice calling out to them through His Word, will perish. Again, Israel rejected the Lord and judgment came in AD 70 when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and they were dispersed throughout the known world of the day. (The Bible tells us that all Israel will be saved at the time of the Second Coming.) Our fate hangs on what we do with Jesus. Do we make Him Lord and Savior, or do we reject the Gospel and suffer an eternity in Hell. That is the question for all those living today, Are you Listening? Do you hear His voice calling out to you? We’ll close with the Lord’s gracious invitation to all those that come the way of this earthly life.

“Turn to Me and be saved all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other” (Isaiah 45:22)

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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I Live, Yet Not I

The Surrendered Life

“For I through the Law am dead to the Law, that I might live unto God” (Galatians 2:19).

In our introductory verse, the Apostle Paul is showing us the way to be justified before God. The Law was never the way. Christ lived the perfect life obeying the Law of God perfectly. His sacrificial death on the Cross opened the way for us to come by faith in Christ and Him crucified into “Newness of life” by the way of faith totally. The Law is not dead, but we are dead to the Law. Our faith must be in what Christ accomplished. This is how we live for God.

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the Life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).

Romans chapter 6 tells us what happened to us when we came by faith to Christ. We were baptized (spiritually) into His death. We were buried with Him by Baptism into death, and we were raised up with Him that we should walk in “Newness of Life.” This new life is the Life of God in us by our faith being placed in Christ. Paul is telling us that Law has no hold on Him due to being spiritually buried with Christ Who paid the penalty for sin. The life He now lives (and the life we now live) is one of faith. We must place our faith in Christ and Him crucified, and keep it there. He loved us and gave His life for us and it is the only way that we can be forgiven and walk in this new life. It is “Christ in me, the hope of Glory.”

The Galatians were considering adding Law to their faith. They had gloriously come to faith in Christ through Paul’s ministry and were now being tempted by the Judaizers that had come from Jerusalem to add circumcision. Paul told them that if the did this they would fall from Grace, meaning that they would have moved their faith from Christ which was their position in Grace. They were considering trusting in something other than what the Lord had provided forour Salvation which was a total faith in what Christ accomplished at Calvary. Paul makes the way clear in the very next verse.

“I do not frustrate the Grace of God: for if Righteousness come by the Law, then Christ died in vain” (Galatians 2:21).

We have come into the Kingdom of God by Grace and we are to keep ourselves in the Grace of God throughout our Christian lives. Law has no part in our walk with the Lord. In fact, if we allow Law to be added to our faith we have apostatized. It is an insult to Christ to think that we can add anything to His perfect work. The Holy Spirit will help to give us the victory we seek as we keep our faith in Christ. We have a wonderful Lord and a wonderful Salvation. In the followIng Verse, The Apostle Paul warned the Galatians, and it’s a warning to us as well, about adding ANYTHING to their faith in Christ. Salvation and Sanctification are all by Grace.

“Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now made perfect by the flesh? (Galatians 3:3)

The surrendered life is one of giving up control of our lives with total dependence on the Lord. This surrendered life is walked out by anchoring our faith in Christ and Him crucified, daily. The power to live this surrendered life comes by way of the Holy Spirit. This is what the Bible means by “walking in the Spirit.” Christ is the source of this new life. His death on the Cross opened the way for the forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Father – The Holy Spirit. Our faith in the proper object, Christ and Him crucified, allows the Holy Spirit to work in our lives. The Holy Spirit works within the boundaries of the finished work of Christ. This is a Law of God (Romans 8:2). Again, the Surrendered Life is one of total dependence on the Lord. It’s making Jesus both Lord and Savior each and every day. The way to victory in our Christian life is to let the Lord direct our steps – the surrendered life.

“O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps” (Jeremiah 10:23).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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But I’ve Tried to Live a Good Life

The Wages of Sin Is Death

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

Try as we might to live a good life, that is not the criteria the Lord uses to determine where our eternal home will be. Of course, living a good life is what we all want, but living a “good life” will not gain us favor with God. In fact, we will be judged by this good life we have lived and the verdict will not be in our favor.

The Bible says that we must obey the Law perfectly if we are to be judged righteous by our efforts. There is only one man who lived a perfect life – the God/ Man Jesus Christ. This is the standard by which we will be judged if we go our own way in the life that we live. Many have gone this way leaving the Lord out of their lives aside from maybe an occasional acknowledgement of His existence or an hour in a church service on a Sunday. They are deceived in thinking that their good effort of acknowledging God or attending a church service will be enough to gain Heaven. It’s not! They are deceiving themselves by attempting to live a life pleasing to God without God,

The Bible tells us that we are all sinners prior to coming to the Lord. We are unable, in ourselves, to live a life pleasing to Him. If we do not acknowledge this and realize our great need for a relationship with God then we are defeated already. The days of this life and our natural bent due to the sin nature to go our own way will not end well for us if we continue on this path.

Our introductory verse shows us what we are in ourselves and what we can be in the Lord. We are dead in sins and the so called good life we live in our own way can never be acceptable to the Lord. The wages, what we earn by our own efforts in this life, is death. The last part of this verse shows us the way. First off it is a gift of God that we need. Gifts are not gained by works. The gift is Eternal Life. That is, an eternal home with the Lord in His presence. Well, how do we gain this gift of Eternal Life? Through Jesus Christ. Jesus paid the entry fee in dying on a cruel Cross that the the sin dead we owe might be atoned for.

We come in repentance and faith in Christ and Him crucified. Jesus is our Savior. He saved us from our sin. Notice that the verse ends by acknowledging that Jesus is our Lord. He has paid the price and we are to acknowledge Him as Lord of our lives. The Lord has sent forth His Word. He shows all that travel through this life the two directions we can go. We can work our way or we can accept His gracious free gift. The former results in death; the latter results in an eternity in the presence and blessings of the Lord. We must choose who we will serve in this life the Lord has given us. As Joshua challenged the people of Israel of his time, we are also challenged to “choose you this day who you will serve.” There are no do-overs in this life once death comes. We must decide today whether it will be our way, or God’s way.

“But as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment ” (Hebrews 9:27).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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I Was Blind, But Now I See

The Greatest Miracle – A Changed Life

Originally Published in 2024

“Even when we were dead in sins, has He quickened us together with Christ, (by Grace are you saved)” (Ephesians 2:5).

We are dead in sins, or blind spiritually, until we are born again. When we come to the Lord we come by acknowledging our lost state and by placing our faith in the Jesus and His sacrificial death at Calvary. He paid the sin debt at the Cross and we are saved by faith in His great sacrifice there. We can know that we have Eternal Life. Why? Because it does not depend on our efforts and works. As mentioned, the Lord paid a great price at Calvary to provide our salvation. He cried out just before his death “It is Finished.” He did it all! The Lord has provided a complete Salvation.

We need not, and should not, attempt to add anything to this great Salvation. We come to Him in repentance and faith believing that His death on the Cross paid the sin debt owed to God and opened the way for us to be born again into “Newness of life” and become sons of God. We have Eternal Lfe at the very moment our faith is placed in Christ.

There are many today who point to works as the way to Salvation. They advocate for a works-based life as the answer for how we gain access to Heaven. Others advocate for a faith plus works approach. Both of these are wrong. This is religion which is man trying to approach the Lord by what we do. The Lord reached down in His Mercy and Grace and we are to believe in the Salvation He has provided. That’s it! The Gospel is simple. It can be understood by a child. We come by faith and are saved. the following verses from Romans show us the Way:

“That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth, confession is made unto Salvation” (Romans 10:9,10)

This is the only way it could be. We were lost and undone in our fallen nature. The Bible says “There is none righteous, no, not one” and “For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God.” We are unable to save ourselves, or walk out a holy life through our own efforts. Jesus said the following making it very clear that there is only one way to Salvation and one way to obtain it:

“I (Jesus) am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man comes to the Father, but by Me” (John 14:6).

And

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God” (John 3:3).

So, Jesus is the only way to Salvation and when we come that way we are born again, or born spiritual. This is the one and only way. We must be born from above because in our fallen state we are “dead in trespasses and sins.” Our salvation is by faith from first to last. The following defines the born-again experience:

“If any man be in Christ (saved by the Blood), he is a new creature (creation): old things are passed away (what we were before Salvation); behold, all things are become new (the old is no longer usable, with everything given to us now by Christ as ‘new’)” (2 Corinthians 5:17 – commentary from the Expositor’s Study Bible.)

When we are born again and come to realize all the Lord has done for us we will seek His will in our lives and we will do good works, but our faith must not be in these. We cannot earn anything from God. We should go to church, read the Bible, pray, and share the Gospel, but, again, our faith must be in Christ and Him Crucified for Salvation and for our daily Christian walk.

If our faith is in Christ and Him crucified, then we can make our requests known to the Lord and he will hear us and answer. What a promise! We have a wonderful Lord who provides a complete Salvation and answers our prayers. We’ll close with a promise that the Lord gives us as his children.

“And this is the confidence we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His Will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions we desired of Him” (1 John 5:14,15).

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Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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This World Is Headed For Judgment

A Forewarning As the Darkness Increases

This has been a difficult article to write, but one I believe the Lord wanted written. We all want to hear good news regarding the future that lies before us as we live out our lives, but the truth regarding where this world is headed must be told. Time is short, Eternity is forever. We either spend eternity with the Lord, or we spend it in Hell. The Lord is going to give those who have not given their heart to Him a preview of the future Hell they will face due to the path they have chosen. It is the coming prophesied time of God’s final judgment on a rebellious world that has rejected Him. We must choose wisely today for we do not know what tomorrow will bring.

“For then shall be great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this day, no, nor ever shall be” (Matthew 24:21).

The Lord is getting ready to bring judgment on this rebellious world, and that judgment could come very, very, soon. The world has had six thousand years to harken to the voice of the Lord. From the time of Adam and Eve in the Garden, most of the world has rejected God’s call to repentance and His free gift of Eternal Life and have gone their own way, the way of destruction. Those that have passed from this life and did not come the Lord’s way are in Hell. Those that are alive at the time of the end time judgment will live through a period like no other in the history of the world. Evil is increasing in this world; I liken it to a snowball rolling down a hill gathering speed and size, but what is coming, regarding the ultimate evil that will fill this world, is unimaginable.

God will lift all restraint and allow evil to have its way on earth along with the terrible judgments the Lord will bring on a rebellious world that has rejected His love and the Salvation He offers. Those who have missed the Rapture and are saved during this time will face martyrdom. Those alive at the time who have chosen not to come the Lord’s way will experience a glimpse of what their future would be like if they are cast out of the presence of the Lord forever. Even in this final judgment, the Lord’s mercy shines through.

The Bible is clear on the coming judgment that will befall this world just prior to the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. There are 3 sets of 7 judgments (Seal, Trumpet, and Vial Judgments) recorded in the Book of Revelation with each set of judgments worse than the last. A quarter of the people on earth will die at the beginning (seal judgments) of this 7 year time of judgment. It gets progressively worse until most of those that were living at the start of the Great Tribulation will die. The Lord will allow great evil to have its way during this seven year period. The world has rejected Him for the most part and have gone the way of the “god of this world,” Satan. In this final judgment, the Lord is making one last plea to all those on the Earth to come His way. Sadly, the majority will not, even blaspheming the Name of God.

The good news is that those who have accepted the Lord’s gracious gift of Salvation will be taken out of this world prior to the terrible times ahead. Evil is now being restrained by the Lord due to the presence of His church in the world. Once the church is taken out terrible times will come upon this world. The final reckoning will come upon a world that has chosen to go their own way. Today is the day of Salvation. Those that want to make things right with the Lord can come His way. Christ died for the sins of the world and all those who call on His Name will be saved from the wrath to come. We must repent of our sins and place our faith in Christ and Him crucified. This is what the Lord requires. He has reached down in Mercy and Grace and extended His hand to all those who admit their need for a Savior. The Lord’s coming for His church will happen “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye.”

“For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the Trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up (Raptured) together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:17,18).

The signs of the end of the world as we know it are all around us. Prophetically, nothing needs to happen before the Lord’s coming for His church. The terrible times coming in the seven year Great Tribulation can be avoided. It is the Lord’s will that everyone be saved. As mentioned, the Rapture of the church, the church being taken out prior to judgment, could happen at any moment. If you do not know the Lord, now is the time to make things right with Him. You do not want to be left behind after the Rapture of the church to face what is soon coming on this world. This world indeed is getting darker, but the Lord in His love for all those in the world has warned us through the His Son Who came and gave His life for us on the Cross that we might escape the coming Great Tribulation coming on this world.

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have Everlasting Life” (John 3:16).

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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Blind Bartimaeus

That We Might Receive Our Sight

“And they came to Jericho: and as He went out of Jericho with His Disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, sat by the wayside begging” (Mark 10:46).

This blind man sat on the side of the road begging for help to all those that passed. He was unable to help himself due to his blindness. We too were in need of help. We were “poor in spirit” before the Lord found us. This world cannot give us what we need. Our help can only come from Heaven. We too are beggars along the path of life in need of the sustenance the Lord offers to all those that recognize their true condition.

“And when he heard it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, Jesus, though Son of David, have mercy on me” (verse 47).

The ministry of our Lord was well known in Israel at this time. Word of His healing of every sort of illness had spread far and wide. In fact, our introductory verse tells us that “a great number of people” were traveling with the Lord at this time. Undoubtedly, Bartimaeus had heard about Jesus. Blind and all alone in the darkness that was his life, he would now see his hope of being healed by Jesus become a reality. Bartimaeus wasted no time crying out to the Lord when He heard that Jesus was passing by. He acknowledged Him as the Messiah by addressing Him as the Son of David. This was a great day for Bartimaeus, one which he undoubtedly had hoped for for some time. We, like Bartimaeus, cried out to the Lord when the Gospel was preached in our hearing.

“And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me” (verse 48).

Bartimaeus could not be silenced and continued to cry out to the Lord. He knew that Jesus was the answer to the blindness that had made him a beggar. We also know that we were unable to help ourselves and we are like Bartimaeus, beggars. Martin Luther’s last written words found in his pocket after his passing were, “We are beggars, this is true.” We are not beggars in the sense of hopelessness, but in that we are unable to provide for ourselves what is needed, but must look to the Lord for everything. This is freeing because our worth is not tied to what we do, but to the gracious provisions of our Heavenly Father. He supplies our every need. We are in need of the mercy and Grace of the Lord at Salvation and every moment thereafter as we walk out our lives. The following from the hymn Rock of Ages says it well:

Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee…Nothing in my hand I bring, simply to the Cross I cling. (Rock of Ages composed by Augustus Toplady – 1776)

“And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they called the blind man, saying unto him, be of good cheer, rise, He calls you” (v49).

The Lord heard His cry for help and stood still. The need of one helpless soul had caused the Lord to stop and call Bartimaeus to Him. The Lord always hears the cry of those who come to Him acknowledging Who He is and admitting that He is the only one who can provide for their needs. When we have sorrow over our sin and see our true spiritual condition, the Lord will meet us in our need. “Blessed are they who mourn (over their sin), for they shall be comforted (Matt 5:4).

And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. And Jesus answered and said to him, What will you that I should do unto you? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight” (vs 50,51).

Bartimaeus rose up and, in faith, cast off his garment and came to Jesus. By faith he knew that this would be his last day sitting by the wayside begging. The Lord required Bartimaeus to tell Him what he wanted the Lord to do for him. When we come to the Lord admitting our true condition and admitting our need of His Mercy and Grace, the Lord hears us and will answer our need. We too cast off the garment of all we have trusted in and place our lives in the care of our Lord.

And Jesus said unto him, Go your way; your faith has made you whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way” (v52).

The Lord healed Bartimaeus of his blindness both physically and spiritually. This seems evident by Bartimaeus after his physical healing “following Jesus in the way.” Tradition says that Bartimaeus became a Disciple in the early church. Like Bartimaeus, we too will follow Jesus when we experience the goodness of the Lord. We are truly blessed to have found the way and to walk in it. From beggar by the wayside unable to free ourselves from our fallen nature to healed of our spiritual blindness and “following Jesus in the way.” Yes, Jesus called us to Himself that we might receive our sight.

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him” (Psalm 34:8).

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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