Selfless Faith

In Matthew 10:14, when Jesus is giving the disciples intstructions before sending them out, He tells them, “And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.”

Our pride can lead us to believe that the phrase “shake the dust from your feet” means to give up on someone, write off their salvation, or turn our backs on those who do not receive the gospel, but the Lord Jesus Christ means that verse for us, His disciples. He is telling us not to be discouraged. We must continue to love everyone just as God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior does. If we share the gospel of Jesus Christ once and it is not received, do we give up? Certainly not! We shake the dust off our feet and we try again. We do not preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to anyone, but to everyone who is willing to listen. As Christians, servants of the Lord Jesus Christ, we shouldn’t be concerned with who is listening or not. We share the gospel of Jesus Christ in truth with love and without compromise. As Jesus said, His sheep who hear His voice will come to Him.

Looking back on life, before completely surrendering my life to the Lord Jesus Christ, I was certain that I was alive. This deception is one of the many favorites that are used by Satan himself. Recall, in Genesis chapter 3, the serpent told Eve that surely she would not die, and surely she did. As I think of the words I say unto you, if not my eyes are fill are filled with tears, certainly my heart pours them out. I was blind, but now I see. I was dead in my sins, but now I am made alive through the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ.

It has been said that we should forget our past, live for today, and look forward to the future. I cannot completely agree with that. We must never forget our past. It is an essential part of our lives. It is a constant reminder of how our lives were when we ourselves were blind and dead in our sins. If we try to block out our past, then we may end up in our past, looking forward to the future. In all honesty, God doesn’t forget our past either, but through the blood of Jesus Christ who hung on a cross for our transgressions and iniquities, each drop of blood that hit the earth was the drop of blood that covers ALL of our sins: the ones we did, the ones we may be doing now (even while reading this), the sins that are to come, those known and unknown to us, and even the many sins we don’t know exist. The blood of Jesus Christ covers it all. Continue reading

Such an amazing explanation of the name of Yahweh!

In Matthew 10:22, Jesus tells His disciples “And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.”

Are you willing to give up your position, your name, everything that you have worked to be, and to be hated by the world for the name of Jesus Christ? With our hearts, we boldly say “yes” with certainty, but I urge you to continue to pray that our flesh can become as strong as our hearts. After giving our lives over to the Lord Jesus Christ, He is in control of our hearts; we say “God knows our hearts,” which yes He does, but if we do not pray and develop our flesh to walk in the light that God has shined on our hearts, how will God knowing our hearts benefit His will? God sees our hearts, but the world sees our flesh, so we must train our our flesh to perform the tasks and duties God commands our hearts to fulfill. How do we do this? We can’t! However, we can do all things through the Lord Jesus Christ whom strengthens us!

In Matthew 9:23-25, Jesus is on His way to heal a sick girl, but by the time she gets there, He is advised she is already dead.

²³ When Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd wailing, ²⁴ He said to them, “Make room, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping.” And they ridiculed Him. ²⁵ But when the crowd was put outside, He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose.

They ridiculed Jesus. Nothing has changed. Non-believers still ridicule the Lord Jesus Christ because they believe He is not able to do what He does everyday in our lives. They ridicule what they do not know. They ridicule Whom they do not know. Thank You God and thank You Jesus there are bold believers who preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and that He is all that we will ever need in our lives. The outsiders look in at our situations and tell us to look at the state we are living in, but we MUST ask back look at the state that “you” are living in. They have stuff but they don’t have life; we may have nothing, but we do have everything. Let us not conform ourselves to be seen acceptable to the world. Let us boast of the presence, of the glory, and of the ability of the Lord Jesus Christ in which we are saved through His death on a cross for our sins, being blameless Himself, but caring all of our sins, iniquities, and transgressions to a place far away that thanks be to God we will never have to see for ourselves, but through the love and faithfulness of our Father God, the boundaries of Hades could not hold the Lord Jesus Christ that He was raised, resurrected on the third day to give us a new life in Him. If we shall be ridiculed for our faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, then so be it. Are we more worthy or of importance than the Lord Jesus Christ that we shall not be ridiculed in and for His name’s sake?