Selfless Faith

In Paul’s epistle to the Romans, in chapter 6 verse 23, he writes “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Many people and/or some particular religions believe that they can balance their sins and their good works to make it heaven. They try to keep a scorecard or a tally system to see if they sin this much, and if they do this much amount of good works, hopefully God will over look their sins. However, what we fail to understand is we are dead to God when we sin. We are born sinners, so when we are born in the flesh, our spirits die in the eyes of God, until we repent and are born again. As Jesus said, we MUST be born again! Due to the fact that we are dead in our sins, we can do 99.9% of good in our lives and 0.1% of sin in our lives, and we will still be condemned to eternal damnation. You wonder, “I thought this God you speak of is merciful, graceful, loving, and caring.” My friends, HE IS! That’s why He sent His ONLY begotten SON to so that all who believe in Him can have everlasting life. What more can we ask for? Our sins will always outweigh any good that we do in our lives. Just the fact we are born sinners outweighs any good that we can ever do. If we look forward to judgment day to be judged for our works, and we haven’t asked Christ Jesus to cover our sins with His precious blood, in all honesty God will not even know of your good works. The same way we are blinded by sin, God is blinded by our sins and is unable to see our good works. That is why we cannot work for salvation or save ourselves. If we could, then we did not to be saved and God made a mistake by allowing His Only Son to die on a cross for our sins. Our sins will never disappear, but surely they will be covered with the blood of Christ, God’s sacrifice for us. God will always know we sinned, but He will not be able to see them because it is covered by the precious blood of His Son. For those who stop reading the Bible at the gospel of John, please keep reading as it clearly and explicitly describes why our good works mean nothing to God until we accept Christ. Amen.

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In Luke 13:2-5 it states ² And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things?³ I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. ⁴ Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? ⁵ I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”

The earthquake in Haiti was not God’s judgment on Haiti or because they turned away from God. It was a wake up call to the entire world. There are some truly devoted Christians in Haiti whose sole purpose is to share God’s love with the people there. Some believers fell asleep and some non believers died. Some believers still live, and some non-believers still have their life, but aren’t really alive. To say it was God’s judgment or because they turned away from God would also be condemning the believers to feel the same wrath of God the non-believers face. That would mean the believers lost their salvation which is NOT AT ALL possible. Henceforth it was a very extremely small example by God showing that the end of the world can come at ANY time and believers will be lifted up to heaven and non-believers will perish.

To those who saw the priest say he doesn’t know where God was during the earthquake. I will tell you exactly where God was. He was right there with each and every believer who has a relationship with His son Jesus Christ. Right before His children left the world, He told them well done good and faithful servant, it’s time to go home. To those who rejected Christ, they judged themselves already. God is always here and always there, and is ALWAYS good and ALWAYS righteous. I know as well as all other believers know exactly where God was, where He is, and where will always be. Thank you God for your mercy and love through your Son Jesus Christ, we will always praise you and glorify your name until the whole world hears! Amen!

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In writing the article, “Spiritual Boredom,” I had a revelation. Satan, the enemy, has no boundaries. Many people perceive that there are certain places that the devil will not go. I will surely tell you that is a lie that Satan himself, has used to attack us.

One perception that many people have, for some reason, that Satan is afraid to enter church buildings. We say that the church belongs to God and that Satan will not dare to disrespect what is for God. That is the biggest lie ever created by the enemy. Everything in this world belongs to God, but our spiritual weakness causes us to defile His wonderful creations. Any and everything on this earth, the devil will try to use as an opportunity to devour our souls and spirits. Continue reading

Jesus says in Matthew 4:19 to his first disciples “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

Many of us are in constant search for what God has sent us here to do. However, the answer is very simple. God is calling us to do whatever it is that He made us good at, but to do it in the sense that brings glory to His name. As we see in Matthew 4:19, Jesus tells the fishermen to follow Him and He will make them fishers of men. He did not tell them He would have them do something they are not familiar with. He did not say I will make you a nurse, or a business man, or a doctor, etc. He has already given us the skills that we are skilled with. The first time the Apostles casted their nets into the sea of men, they caught 3,000 lives who truly and genuinely turned their lives over to Jesus Christ. Friends, let’s use the skills that God has already given us to glorify His name and stop wasting time asking for what we already have.

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Acts 19:13-16 reads

¹³ Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” ¹⁴ Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
¹⁵ And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
¹⁶ Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

The name of Jesus is the name above all names. Demons bow down to the name because they know Christ is the ruler of all and controls their fate. It is amazing how demons actually know and fear God more than humans. As we see, the name of Jesus is not a name to take lightly. Those who know and have a personal relationship with Him can call upon His name at ANY time, and He will be at our side in less than a heart beat. However, those who do not know Him but call on His name, they are surely opening their lives to Satan to devour them. Satan knows where Jesus is, so in those places he tries to find another way in. Those who do not know Christ, he will tear down the entire house.

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