Author: Tom Quinn

The Result of Rejecting God’s Way

“Then began He (Jesus) to speak to the people this Parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time” (Luke 20:9).

Jesus spoke this parable in the presence of the religious leadership of Israel after they questioned Him as to to who gave Him the authority to do what He was doing (healings and teaching). This parable also stands as a warning today to all those who reject the Lord and His ways. The man in this Parable represents God the Father. The vineyard represents Israel. And the husbandmen in this Parable represents the religious leadership of Israel from the beginning of the nation. This Parable will answer the question asked by the religious leadership.

“And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give Him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entrusted him shamefully and sent him away empty. And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out”  (Luke 20:10-12).

The servants sent represent all the prophets down through the years that were sent to the leaders of Israel by the authority of God. They were rejected and ill-treated. Time after time God’s prophets were rejected by Israel just as these religious leaders were rejecting Jesus.

“Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence Him when they see him” (Luke 20:13).

The son here was the heir and the husbandmen were well aware of that. Jesus is speaking of Himself who was sent by the Father with the Father’s authority. Jesus came as the Messiah offering the Kingdom to Israel, and just as this parable teaches, Israel rejected the Lord Jesus and therefore rejected the Kingdom.

“But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves saying this is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him” (Luke  20:14,15a).

The  Scribes and the Pharisees knew exactly who Jesus was and rejected Him. They wanted the “vineyard” for themselves and had perverted the Word of God. Religion is a powerful force that rejects the ways of God for rules made up by men. The religious leadership of Israel at the time of Christ rejected God’s way and God’s Son and chose to kill the Lord of Glory.

“What therefore shall the Lord of the vineyard do to them? He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others” (Luke 20:16a).

The Lord closes this Parable with a warning regarding what will happen to these “husbandmen” for killing the “heir.” The religious leaders of Israel heard the Lord’s teachings and saw all the miracles, but chose to reject Him and go there own way- a way that lead them to perdition. The Lord, in this Parable, is telling the religious leaders what will happen as a result of their rejecting the Kingdom of God.

In AD 70 Rome destroyed Jerusalem completely and the Jews were exiled. Having rejected the Lord’s plan for Israel, the Lord turned to the Gentiles. As our closing verse will tell us, that blindness to the ways of God is the current state of the Jews because they rejected Jesus and therefore the Kingdom of God. However, Israel has not been forgotten by God. They will come to the Lord at the Second Coming of our Lord and they have a glorious future.

“For I would not, Brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery (of Israel’s current state), lest you should be wise in your own conceits;  that blindness in part has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in (the Church Age).  And so all Israel will be saved (at the Second Coming of Christ). (Romans 11:25,26a commentary mine).

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In Fact, It’s Kept For You!

Originally Published in 2024

Just As I Am

O Lamb of God I come! I come!
I come broken to be mended
I come wounded to be healed
I come desperate to be rescued
I come empty to be filled
I come guilty to be pardoned
By the blood of Christ the Lamb

(Just As I Am – Composed by Charlotte Elliott in 1835)

As the new year approaches, many of us look to make changes in our lives – changes that will make our lives better. This coming year could be a time when we decide to make the best decision we could ever make to improve our lives not only for the present but for eternity. We can do this by placing our lives in the care of the One that loved us enough to give His life for us at Calvary. God asks only that we repent of going our own way and place our faith in the Lord Jesus and His great sacrifice for us at the Cross. We are to depend on the Lord for all our needs.

We come to the Lord just as we are. We come in repentance and faith. When our faith is in the Lord the Bible tells us that we become a new creation. Our old life has passed away and everything becomes new. We receive the Holy Spirit Who indwells us as a “helper,” and we are changed by the power of God. The Holy Spirit will guide us into “all truth” as Jesus told His disciples just before His death. His sacrifice on the Cross paid the sin debt and allowed the Holy Spirit to come in a new way. We are kept by the power of God by faith as the following verse says:

“Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto Salvation ready to be revealed in the last time” (1 Peter 1:5).

We now walk out our life by faith in Christ and what He accomplished on the cross. Our Salvation is through faith from first to last. We are saved by faith and we are kept and changed by faith as we serve the Lord in our daily life. We are called to “fight the good fight of faith,” meaning that we are to keep our faith in Christ and Him crucified. When we do this the Holy Spirit will work within us and we will be willing and able to do God’s will in our lives as the following verse states:

“For it is God (through the Holy Spirit) which works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure” Philippians 2:13

So, as we look to the new year, let us decide to choose Christ this year instead of resolving to keep resolutions we know we have been unable to keep in the past. We come to the Lord believing that He paid the price for the sin debt, and we are changed. The Lord will make the changes in us that are needed. Our part is to believe. As the Word says, “We are kept by God through faith.” If you haven’t come to the Lord in the past; Won’t you place your life in the care of the Lord this new year? He will watch over you as no other would, and He is only a prayer away!

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” ( 2 Corinthians 5:17).

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The Coming of the Promised Redeemer

“And I will put enmity between you (Satan) and the woman, and between your seed (all those that go Satan’s way) and her Seed ( the Lord Jesus Christ); He shall bruise your head (at the Cross), and you will bruise His heel (Christ’s sufferings at Calvary)” (Genesis 3:15 commentary mine).

Adam and Eve had just sinned against the Lord in partaking of the fruit of the Tree of Good and Evil. As the Lord had warned, the result would be spiritual and physical death. But the Lord did not leave them there, He promised them that a Redeemer would come to restore fellowship with Him. In our introductory verse, the Lord is telling Satan, and us, how He would bring this about. The Lord provided Adam and Eve with “coats of skin” showing them that without the shedding of blood, a type of Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary,  there’s no forgiveness of sin. It was the promise of a Redeemer that would come and pay the sin debt owed and restore fellowship with the Lord. The Lord was showing them, and all that came after them, the need for a blood sacrifice for sin- all pointing to its fulfillment in Christ.

All those that came after Adam and Eve were aware of what the Lord required. Blessings came to those who followed after the Lord and placed their faith in the coming Redeemer. All those that did not respect the Grace the Lord showed to all those who would believe and follow, went the way of Satan. Cain and Abel are an example of this. Abel offered up the right sacrifice, a blood sacrifice, and it was accepted by the Lord. Cain offered “the fruit of the ground” and his offering was not accepted. In Abel’s sacrifice we see that his faith was in the coming Redeemer. In Cain’s sacrifice we see that he was requiring that the Lord accept the fruit of his labor. In these two men, we see all those that came afterward. Those that realize their need for Redeemer, and those that have chosen to go their own way believing that their works will suffice to gain favor with the Lord.

From the time of Adam and Eve until the coming of the Redeemer, all those who believed the Lord and sought to go His way, placed their faith in the coming Redeemer through the sacrificial system. This would include Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and all those men and women of faith in the Old Testament. They looked forward to the One Who would “bruise the head” of Satan, laying down His life for all those who have looked for His coming.

In the fullness of time, God sent the long awaited Redeemer, God in the flesh, in the form of a baby in a manger in Bethlehem. His birth in that manger was a night divine. As we look back on this blessed event that came about some two thousand years ago, we are in awe of a God that would love us enough to put on flesh, live among us, and die on the Cross to restore the fellowship that was lost by our original parents. His Grace shines through all this, and shows us our way to all the blessings that the Lord has for all those who love Him and place their faith in His provision of Salvation. Oh night divine, when the gift of God’s love was manifested for all to see. An angel announced His coming to the shepards that night, with the Angel and multitude of the Heavenly Host giving glory to God.

“For unto you is born this day a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; you shall find the Baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the Heavenly Host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth peace, good will toward men” (Luke 2: 11-14).

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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He Has Done So Much For Us

“Blessed be the Name of the Lord from this time forth and forevermore! From the rising of the sun to its setting, the Name of the Lord is to be praised” (Psalm 113:2,3)

For those of us that know the Lord, we approach Christmas this year with a heart of thanksgiving and worship to our God who has done so much for us. We bless His Name for His goodness towards us. As we look back on this past year, we see His hand in guiding us and watching over us. His faithfulness is a surety in our lives and we are so blessed that He calls us His sons and daughters.

The Father sent His Son to open the door to fellowship with Him through Calvary. Jesus paid the price – the debt of sin has been paid. When we come in repentance and faith in Christ and Him crucified we are saved and have a personal relationship with the One Who died for us. Blessed be the Name of the Lord! We praise you Lord for all your goodness in our lives.

Jesus sent the Holy Spirit after His Resurrection. The Holy Spirit came to live within all those who who call on the Lord in Salvation. The Holy Spirit will come upon all those in the Baptism with the Holy Spirit to provide power for service. The initial evidence of the Baptism with the Holy Spirit is the speaking in tongues. This is our prayer language that has been such a blessing to so many. The Lord has empowered us to go forth with the Great Commission. For those of us that have experienced this Baptism with the Holy Spirit, it is the life of God poured forth in our hearts. I’ve heard it said that the love we have for the Lord in Salvation is increased greatly with the Baptism with the Holy Spirit. It is my experience that this is definitely the case. Blessed be the Name of the Lord! We praise you Lord for all your goodness in our lives.

The Holy Spirit is the power source in our lives. As we place our faith daily in Christ and Him Crucified, the Holy Spirit will give us victory. We cannot expect to live a life pleasing to the Lord through our own efforts or through some combination of faith and works. It’s impossible!” In Romans chapters 6-8, the Apostle Paul shows us the way to victory and what the result will be in our lives if we do not go God’s way (chapter 7). Our faith must be in Christ and Him crucified. Christ is the source of power to live a victorious life, the Cross is the means for that victory, and the Holy Spirit is the power that assures us of that victory. We are not talking about sinless perfection which is not Biblical, but a life of victory over the world, the flesh, and the Devil. Blessed be the Name of the Lord! We praise you Lord for all your goodness in our lives.

We have much to be grateful for this Christmas. That Baby born in the manger in Bethlehem was our great gift from God. The Father sent His Son – God in the flesh. The Son lived among us and died on the cross that we might be born of the Spirit and have fellowship restored with the Lord. The Son sent the Holy Spitit as our helper and guide to empower us for service and empower us to walk out a life pleasing to the Lord. When ours days here have ended we will be brought into the very presence of the Lord and will be with the Lord forever. We have much to be grateful for this Christmas. Blessed be the Name of the Lord! We praise you Lord for all your goodness in our lives.

“This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes” (Psalm 118:23).

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

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The Straight Gate

“And He (Jesus) went through the cities and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then said one to Him, Lord, are there few that be saved?” (Luke 13:22,23a).

In our introductory verse, Jesus had just taught on the leaven which spoke of the corruption of the Word of God in Israel at that time. Leaven, or the corruption of the Word of God, is also is a serious problem in the church of our time. In many cases, the church of our time has strayed from the Word of God.

“And He said unto them, Strive to enter at the straight gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall be unable”  (Luke 13 23b,24).

There is only one way to be saved. If we try to gain Salvation in any other way we have chosen a false way. Jesus is that “straight gate” that we must pass through. All other ways will result in eternal punishment away from the presence of God. Notice that Jesus says that “many” will try to enter by way of a false gospel, or path. The Lord has opened the way to our Salvation, narrow the way might be, to all those who will come by way of the Salvation He offers. Are there few saved? In comparison with all those who have lived from the time of the beginning, yes, the saved are few in number for most either do not seek the Lord, or try to come a false way.

What is the correct way? How do we find that “straight gate” Jesus spoke of? How can we know that we are saved and on our way to Heaven and an eternity in the presence of the Lord? The answer is Christ and Him crucified. We come in repentance for our sins and place our faith in Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary. That is the straight gate and the narrow way. It’s narrow because any other way to attain Salvation is impossible. Faith is the key. The object of our faith must be Christ and Him crucified. The Apostle John makes the way clear in his first epistle.

“These things have I written to you who believe on the Name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have Eternal Life, and that you may believe on the Son of God” (1 John 5:13).

We have this lifetime alone to come the Lord’s way. Many, following false ways, will believe that they will be accepted among the beloved by what they have done, or by the lives they have lived. Others will resort to religion which is man trying to approach God by his works. Whatever the false way, it is confidence in self. The following verses show us the end for all those that go a false way.

“When once the master of the house is risen up, and has shut the door (speaking of death), and you begin to stand without (multitudes will think they are saved, but are not), and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us… But He shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence you are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth..” (Luke 13:25a,27,28a commentary mine).

All who reject the Cross in this lifetime will suffer eternal punishment. This is the end for those who could have known the Lord. Jesus came as our Savior at His first Advent. He will be be the Judge of all those that have rejected Him. Their cry of “Lord, Lord, open to us” could have been answered while they lived, but after death its too late. How sad!

Today is the Day of Salvation. All are welcome! The Word of God is our guide. If we leave His Word, we go of the rails, so to speak. The Lord gave us His Word that we might know, without a doubt, the path we are to take that will lead us to that “straight gate.” When we choose to go the Lord’s way, He will welcome us into His presence for eternity.

Christmas is the celebration of when God took on flesh and dwelt among us. He came to rescue all those who realize their great need for a Savior. He lived among us for thirty three and a half years teaching, healing, and preforming miracles, but His main purpose for coming was the Cross of Calvary. He paid the sin debt owed to God by mankind there. For all those who hear the clarion call to Salvation and come in repentance and faith, they are welcomed into the family of God. He has given “great and precious promises” for the redeemed  – the redeemed of the Lord. We are “partakers of the Divine nature” and have become sons and daughters of God. The Lord has done great things for all those who love Him.

“The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy” (Psalm 126:3).

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An Encounter with God

“You will seek Me and find Me when you seek me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13).

The greatest thing that can happen in our lives is that we have an encounter with God. That perfectly describes the born again experience. There is nothing like it and we cannot have a true encounter with the Lord without it. The Lord calls out each day through the Holy Spirit drawing those that are hungry for the Lord to Him by way of repentance and faith in His provision of Salvation – Christ and Him crucified.

The Lord, Himself, burst on the scene of history living a perfect life and showing us the way by His sacrificial death at Calvary. We have a fallen nature and are unable to save ourselves. His coming into this world was an incredible display of His Mercy and Grace for all to see. The world is without excuse. God, Himself, came in the flesh to save us from ourselves. Think about that- God put on flesh and died on the Cross that we might be saved and have a future with Him.

He has given us a witness within each of us of His existence. Our conscience bears witness to the Lord. Creation itself is a witness to the God Who created all things. And finally, He has given us His Word as a road map that leads straight to the Cross. Again, we are without excuse. He suffered a horrible death for us! The amazing love of God – how wonderful!

We are called to believe, that’s it. Believe in His provision of Salvation that He has  provided at great cost to Himself. He freely gives to those who will admit their need and come to Him. He blesses all those who love Him. How can we not love a God that has done so much for us. The Holy Spirit is here today drawing whosover will harken to His clarion call. As we place our faith in Christ and Him crucified, the Holy Spirit comes to indwell, to teach us, to help us, and to lead us continually to the Cross from which all blessings flow.

“The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth” (Psalm 145:28).

If you have not come to the Lord for forgiveness of your sins and “Newness of Life,” I urge you to come home to Him today. The life of God dwells in all those who have been born spiritually. Again, all this is available to whosoever will come and place their faith in Christ and His finished work at Calvary. He paid the price in full for our sins at the Cross and has opened the way for those that will come to Him that we might spend eternity in His presence as sons and daughters of God and joint-heirs with Christ. We have a great and merciful God Who loves us and has proven His love for us at the Cross.

He calls out to all today, Can you hear Him? He has done everything to show us the way. Acknowledge Him today and come into the blessings of the Lord. Jesus is the Way, Jesus is the Truth, and Jesus is the Life. All those that would come to God must come through Him. He calls out today. Those who respond to His call come into all the blessings of the Lord.

“Glory in His holy Name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His presence continually!” (1 Chronicles 16:10,11)

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The Lord’s Lovingkindness & Faithfulness

“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto Your Name, O Most High. To show forth Your Lovingkindness in the morning, and Your Faithfulness every night”  (Psalm 92:1,2).

The Lord watches over us in our going out and our coming in every day. As we start our day each morning, the recognition of His love for us reminds us of His watchful care over us every day. We go out in the strength of the Lord with thankfulness in our heart and praise on our lips. Our great God, the Most High, loves us and goes before us every day. Our faith in His great provision at Calvary brings us into an eternal personal relationship with the One true God, creater of Heaven and Earth. He cares about us and watches over us.

As each day comes to an end, we look back on His faithfulness in the day’s events, thanking Him and praising Him for His watchful care during that day. Every night as we reflect on our relationship with the Most High, it produces thankfulness and results in praise to the God of our life. He is OUR God. He cares for us and directs our steps as we come by faith in His provision of Salvation and walk out our life by the power of the Holy Spirit. Doing this, we can be assured that He will lead us and guide us each day along this path of life.

We praise the Lord and thank Him every day because He cares for us and has given us great and precious promises. His Word tells us that we love Him because He first loved us. Our introductory verse from Psalm 92 is showing us that as we thank and praise the Lord we come to see His lovingkindness and care over our lives and seek Him each day for direction. Once the day ends we look back on our day and see how faithful our great God has been and how He has watched over us in all the days events. Even when days are not what we hoped for and disappointment comes, we know that our Father has all that concerns us in hand and will bring us through.

As we begin each day, we can be assured of the Lord’s lovingkindness and know that the Lord watches over those He loves. Looking back at days end we see that He has proven His faithfulness to us once again.  In doing this each day we will see that His lovingkindness is a sustaining presence in our lives as we abide in Him. This results in thanksgiving to our Lord for all He has done for us assured of the knowledge that He will do the same tomorrow and every day. This is the blessed place of those who have placed their trust in Him. We are loved, and as Psalm 34 tells us, “The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, and His ears are attentive to their cry.”

We are so thankful to the God of our Salvation. Our Father sent His Beloved Son to die on a cruel Cross that we might have Life, His Life in us. Our faith in Calvary opened the door to all the blessings of God. How great is the knowledge that the Holy Spirit lives within us, guides us, and is conforming us into the “image of Christ!” Thanksgiving should be on our lips and in our hearts every day. We have much to be thankful for. Each morning His Lovingkindness watches over us as we begin our day. Each evening we can look back on His faithfulness that brought us through another day. It truly is “A good thing to give thanks to the Lord.”

“Enter into His Gates with thanksgiving, and into His Courts with Praise: be thankful unto Him, bless His Name” (Psalm 100:4).

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From Such Run Away

“This know also, that in the last days perilous times will come. For many shall be lovers of their own selves… Having a form of Godliness, BUT denying the power thereof: from such turn away” (2 Timothy 3,1,2a,5 emphasis mine).

Our faith in the Cross enables the Holy Spirit to come into our lives and lead us and change us. Christ and Him crucified is the answer for everyone for Salvation and Sanctification. We cannot, in ourselves, live a life of “Godliness” in our own power, or by some combination of faith and works, It’s impossible! As the hymn tells us: “My hope is in nothing less than Jesus’ Blood and Righteousness.”

We are in the last days now and the signs of His soon return are all around us. In the Apostle Paul’s Epistle to Timothy, Paul is warning the ends time church of the deception that will be a sign of the coming Rapture of the church. The form of Godliness he warns about is brought into the church by false teachers and false brethren that have their adherents following a false way that denies the power of the true Gospel. Paul calls them evil men and seducers.

“BUT evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived” (2 Timothy 3:13 emphasis mine).

We must protect ourselves and guard against any false doctrine, or way, that will lead us away from the true Way the Lord has shown us in His Gospel. Seducers that have come into the church are here today and have been present in leadership in the church down throughout all of church history. Jude’s Epistle lays out the problems the church was experiencing with false teachers in the early church shortly after its inception.

Satan knows that his time is short and is doing all he can in this world and in the church to deceive the world and lead the church into a religion that is void of the power of God. False ways always point to self-rules to follow and self effort. We are either walking in the Spirit by our faith being placed in Christ and Him crucified, or we are walking in a form of Godliness void of power. It’s that simple. Again, we are in the last days, and the Bible tells us clearly what those days will be like. Deception runs rampant in our world and in the Lord’s church. Jesus warns us against being deceived while teaching on the signs of His Second Coming just prior to this crucifixion.

So what must the church do to ensure it is not being deceived. We must anchor our faith in Christ and Him crucified. This will enable us to identify false doctrine and false ways and to not buy into any of Satan’s deceptive ways.

The Holy Spirit works exclusively through faith in Christ and Him crucified. We cannot, in ourselves, live a victorious Christian life. Having a form of Godliness, but denying the power thereof is speaking about not realizing that it is the power of the Holy Spirit alone that will both keep us and protect us from the world, the flesh, and the Devil. We were bought with a price and we are His workmanship. In these last days we are facing difficult times, the Lord has warned about these and has shown us the way the He has provided that we not be deceived and that we walk in the power of the Holy Spirit. It is all by faith in Christ and His finished work at Calvary. Jude closes his Epistle with the following encouragement:

“Now unto Him Who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the Presence of His Glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior be Glory, and Majesy, Dominion and Power, both now and forever. Amen.

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He Will Lead Us Into His Very Presence

Show me your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your Truth, and teach me: for you are the God of my Salvation; on You do I wait all day long”  (Psalm 25:4,5).

The Lord shows us His way by bringing us to Calvary. Calvary is where God’s love reached down and met our need. We see God’s way when we are born spiritually by placing our faith in the Lord Jesus and His sacrificial death on the Cross. The Lord opens this up to us when we come just as we are in repentance and faith. Our journey begins and ends at Calvary. This is God’s way – His only way.

Once we come by faith to Calvary, the Lord will teach us His ways and His paths through His Word and by the leading of the Holy Spirit. The Bible will guide us through life for it contains “all things for life and godliness.” The Holy Spirit is our Helper and will lead us along the path the Lord wants us to walk. We are to read His Word and “walk in the Spirit,” which means we place our faith daily in Christ and Him crucified and the Holy Spirit teaches us and leads us into a victorious walk of faith.

We are lead by God’s truth as we believe His Word and are seek to be guided in all the decisions in our life by what the Word of God says. Jesus said that one of the signs of His soon coming is that people will be living by what seems right in their own eyes. Today we can see that this is certainly the case in our society. People cannot judge what is right if they do not listen to what the Lord’s Word tells us is right. They are wandering through life with no anchor of truth to lean on. God gave us His Word to be our guide in all we do.

The Father sent His Son that we might have the Salvation that He offers to us through His Mercy and Grace. The Father’s love sent His Son to die on the Cross. The Holy Spirit came as the Promise of the Father as our Comforter and Helper on the Day of Pentecost. So, the triune God  made a way that we might be saved, and paid for our Salvation at Calvary. The Lord guides us in His way, along the path of His will, through the truth of His Word into His very Presence. How great is our God!

Everything is summed up in Jesus. He Is the Way, He is the Truth, and He is the Life. He is the gate we must pass through to be accepted in the beloved and live in the “Newness of Life” thet He providess for us. All the blessings of God come to us through Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary. He is the God of our Salvation and we must come His way on the path that He has laid out by letting Him teach us His Word which is the only Truth there is in this world. Many things are true, but “Grace and Truth comes by Jesus Christ.” Jesus made the way clearly in the following verse:

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

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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But Woe Unto You Who…

“And He (Jesus) lifted up His eyes on the Disciples, and said, Blessed be the poor: for yours be the Kingdom of God” (Luke 6:20).

Jesus is talking about those poor in spirit in our introductory verse. This is the realization all must come to in their lives. We must humble ourselves before the Lord admitting that we are sinners and unable to save ourselves. It is the first step in our coming to the Salvation the Lord has graciously provided for us. Once we acknowledge this, the Kingdom of God is opened to us. We are to repent of our sins, the way we have lived our lives without God, and place our faith in His provision of Salvation- Christ and Him Crucified.

Blessed are you who hunger now: for you shall be filled” (Luke 6:21a).

Once born again we have an imputed Righteousness from the Lord. We are spiritually alive and we hunger for all the Lord has for us. We seek to walk in the “Newness of Life” afforded to us by what Christ accomplished at Calvary. Our hunger will be rewarded. The Holy Spirit is our Helper, and as we seek to walk in the Lord’s ways, our faith being placed in Christ and Him crucified, the Holy Spirit will draw us into a closer and closer walk with the Lord.

“Blessed are you who weep now: for you shall laugh” (Verse 21b).

We are weak in are own strength and must seek the Lord in all things. We are to bring everything to the Lord that troubles us as we walk out our lives, both small and great. The Bible tells us that when we are weak, weeping over our own inability, we come to the place of victory by realizing our weaknesses will drive us to the Lord. This is the way, the only way, to victory. Our joy will be in the Lord as He shows us our utter dependence on Him. We learn to cling to Him finding this Newness of life that He has provided us. It is a life of exceeding joy in the Lord.

These blessings are the result of realizing that we are hopelessly lost in our fallen nature, humbling ourselves before the Lord, repenting of our sins, and placing our faith in Christ and Him crucified. If we chose not to go the Lord’s way, the following will be the result:

“But woe unto you who are rich for you have received your consolation” (Luke 6:24).

Those that are spoken of here, are those who have an abundance of worldly goods and see no need for God. They are confident in their own abilities to live out this life and are constantly seeking to increase their wordly treasure at the great lose of their very souls. They have rejected the Spirit of God. Their reward is what they have acquired and valued in this life. They have all they need and do not see their need for the things of God.

“Woe unto you who are full, for you shall hunger” (verse 25a).

Those that go the way of destruction consider themselves as having everything, when in realty they will never be satisfied with what they have acquired in this life. We cannot live a life of fulfillment without the Lord and this will cause them to continue to seek fulfillment in other things never being satisfied with that which they acquire. A very sad life.

“Woe unto you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep” (verse 25b).

Those that lived their lives in this manner are on very dangerous ground. They do not see their need for a relationship with the Lord. They spend their lives happily enjoying wordly pleasures. They will be judged by the lives they have lived without the Lord at the Great White Throne Judgment and it will not end well for them. While they seem to have no cares today, they shall mourn and weep. We need to pray for all those traveling this path.

“Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets” (verse 26).

False ways abound in the church today. It will cost us to follow Christ. There will be false teachers in the church that teach those that come to them a false way. The Lord points out that if they don’t repent of their false ways, it will be “woe” to these false teachers and all those that follow their false Gospel. They point those that follow them to a false way of Salvation for gain and will be judged accordingly. The Apostle Peter and Jude wrote about these false teachers in their Epistles.

“Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake” (verse 22).

Rejoice you in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold,  your reward is great in Heaven: for in like manner did their fathers unto the Prophets”  (verse 23).

When we come to the Lord and are born again, we have great joy and go about to tell others about this wonderful Salvation that we have found. We are surprised and saddened that many of those we share the Gospel with do not receive it. We experience their rejection and even their hatred toward us at times which can even come from our family members.  The Lord is telling us that there will be persecution awaiting us when we walk out this life of faith in Christ and His great sacrifice at Calvary. The Lord suffered much in His Life here and we will suffer for our identifying ourselves with Him in His suffering for us on the Cross. It is pride that keeps people from coming the Lord’s way. This is the offense of the Cross.

Most of the world down through the ages has rejected the Salvation the Lord freely gives. But there has always been a remnant, small as it might be, that has stood with Lord against the tide of evil that goes its own way to its own destruction. The Lord is telling us here that our reward is “great in Heaven.” We are blessed in knowing the Lord and walking in His way. Come what may today, we look forward to the “Day” when we will be in the presence of the One Who loves us and has shown us the way into His very Presence. As we walk through our lives we can know that the Lord is empowering us by His Holy Spirit to walk in victory – victory over the world, the flesh abd the Devil. We are victorious in Him and we are called to Glory and Virtue.

“According to His Divine Power has given unto us all things that pertain to life and Godliness, through the knowledge of Him Who has called us to Glory and Virtue” (2 Peter 1:3)

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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