Selfless Faith

In Matthew 12:31-32, the Lord Jesus Christ says “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.”

God is so graceful to forgive us for ALL of our sins. Through the blood of His ONLY Son Jesus Christ, we have been forgiven for ALL of our sins. Our past, present, and future sins against God are forgiven, but those who continually reject the Holy Spirit of God will not be forgiven. Everyone has until their very last breath to truly accept Jesus Christ into their life as Lord, no matter how short it may be, they will be forgiven. However, if we take the rejection of the Holy Spirit beyond death, that is the unforgivable sin. Jesus gave His life so we could receive Life through His Holy Spirit for OUR salvation. When we reject the Holy Spirit, we reject Life and it is no longer worth living.

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In Matthew 12:30, the Lord Jesus Christ says, “He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.”

There is no neutral grounds at all. Many times when controversy arises, we may not want to choose sides so we are not perceived a certain way. However, if we do not stand strong for what we believe in, we automatically are on the opposing side. The Word of God has the answers to everything we will ever face in life. The Lord Jesus Christ IS the answer to life. He IS life! However, when a person (especially a believer in Jesus Christ) says, “I have no feelings (or opinion) on this issue (or topic),” that is disagreeing with God’s perfection and standing against Him. That is why there is no neutral ground in Christ Jesus. We will either fully stand with Him, or we will be against Him. However, we should ALWAYS remember we should not fear the ones who can destroy our bodies but rather fear the One who can destroy our bodies and souls! Stand with GOD my beloved!

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In Matthew 12:29, Jesus says, “Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.”

Victory is ours in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. By His sacrifice on the cross, we have been given the gift of salvation by the grace of God through faith in His only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Satan has been defeated and is awaiting judgment. In the meantime, Satan is trying to devour as many lives as possible. We were all bound under his power at one point in our lives, but the Lord Jesus Christ came down to rescue us from the burning building we were trapped in and bound Satan in the process, setting the captives free. This was not a sneak attack by God. Satan knew this was coming and tried everything in his power to prevent it, but there was nothing he could do to prevail against the Mighty power of God. Now, we the redeemed by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ are commanded to alert His lost sheep know they have been set free from Satan’s captivity. Let’s get out the word of God!

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In Matthew 12:28, Jesus says, “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.”

In the model prayer Jesus taught the disciples, which is commonly referred to as “The Lord’s Prayer”, Jesus teaches us to pray in the manner of “Your Kingdom come on earth as it is in Heaven.” By Jesus Christ coming into the world, the Kingdom of God came upon us. As we read in the scriptures of all miracles that were performed by the Lord Jesus Christ, as well the miracles we clearly see being done in our present lives, we can boldly profess Jesus Christ lives. He is the true living God who gave us eternal life through His blood sacrifice on the cross. We must always pray to be filled with the His Holy Spirit daily. When Christ is alive in us, the entire Kingdom of God is alive in us.

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In Matthew 12:27, Jesus says, “And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.”

There are times we reject people who do good works in the name of Christ Jesus because we don’t agree with how they do it. We can so quickly judge each other in regards to petty differences. We even go as far as saying, “they are not true believers (or followers) of Christ” because of their different viewpoints on certain minor topics. However, who makes the prerequisites to do good in the name of Christ? Only God! God says believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and Christ said “Follow Me” which means “Imitate Me!” If we are doing these two things and so are our brothers and sisters in Christ who may be slightly different than we are, then how can we say they are not of God? Let’s cast our petty differences aside and focus on glorify the name of the Lord Jesus Christ! Amen!

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