THE FINISHED WORK OF GOD

" God saw all that HE had made , and it was very good . And there was evening , and there was morning - the sixth day . Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array . " GENESIS 1:31 & 2:1 ..... GOD CREATED THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE WE CALL HOME FOR NOW .....THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT WHEN WE GAZE UPON GODS CREATION WE SEE MAJESTY & BEAUTY FAR BEYOND WHAT ANY MAN HAS OR WILL EVER CREATE ..... GODS FINISHED WORK CANNOT BE COMPARED TO AND SO FOR THAT WE HONOR HIM ON THIS DAY THAT MAN HAS ASSIGNED AS "EARTH DAY "..... TODAY IS ALSO THE DAY WE CELEBRATE ANOTHER ONE OF GODS FINISHED WORKS ..... THE DEATH OF HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON , JESUS CHRIST ..... "Later , knowing that all was now completed , and so the Scripture would be fulfilled , JESUS said , "I am thirsty ,". A jar of wine vinegar was there , so they soaked a sponge in it , put the sponge on a stalk of hyssop plant , and lifted it to JESUS' lips . When HE had received the drink , JESUS , " It is finished . " With that , HE bowed HIS head and gave up HIS SPIRIT . " JOHN 19: 28-30 ..... THE INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD GIVES ALL PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT UPON THEIR LIVES AND CONTEMPLATE EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL DO WITH THESE TRUTHS' ..... LET US GO TO THE BOOK OF GENESIS TODAY AND GIVE GOD THE GLORY FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ..... LET US WORSHIP THE CREATOR INSTEAD OF HIS CREATION ..... LET US ALSO GO TO THE GOSPEL OF JOHN TODAY AND READ ABOUT THE DEATH OF JESUS IN CHAPTER 19 ..... LASTLY , LET US ASK OURSELVES WHAT OR WHOM WILL WE GIVE OUR HEART TO ..... PRAYERFULLY IT WILL BE IN THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS CHRIST...................SUMMER

WHERE DO WE STAND BEFORE GOD

WHEN WE BECOME SAVED (JUSTIFICATION) THAT IS A MIRACLE ....."For it is by grace you have been saved , through faith - and this not from yourselves , it is a gift from GOD - not by works , so that no one can boast . For we are GOD'S workmanship , created in CHRIST JESUS to do goods works , which GOD prepared in advance for us to do ." EPHESIANS 2:8-10 ..... WHAT WE NEED ONCE THAT MIRACLE OCCURS IS TO BE TAUGHT THE WORD ..... "Jesus answered , "It is written : Man does not live on bread alone , but on every word that comes from the mouth of GOD . " MATTHEW 4:4 ..... GOD'S WORD NEEDS TO BE LEARNED LINE BY LINE AND SCRIPTURE BY SCRIPTURE IN ORDER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY ....."For the WORD of GOD is living and active . Sharper than any double-edged sword , it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit , joints and marrow ; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart ." HEBREWS 4:12 ..... WHEN WE LEARN THE WORD OF GOD CORRECTLY WE BECOME CONVICTED TO SEE THE DEITY AND HOLINESS OF CHRIST AS THE TRUE SAVIOUR THAT HE IS ....." For in CHRIST deity all the fullness of the DEITY lives in bodily form , and you have been given fullness in CHRIST , who is the head over every power and authority . " COLOSSIANS 2:9 ..... WE ALSO LEARN OF THE MAN WHO JESUS WAS AS WELL ..... HE WAS A GREAT HIGH PRIEST WHO HAS BEEN ABLE TO SYMPATHIZE WITH US BECAUSE OF HIS LIFE HERE ON EARTH ..... "Therefore , since we have a great HIGH PRIEST who has gone into the heavens , JESUS the SON of GOD , let us hold firmly to faith we profess . For we do not have a HIGH PRIEST who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses , but we have one who has been tempted in every way , just as we are - yet was without sin . Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence , so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need . Every high priest is selected from among men and is appointed to represent them in matters related to GOD , to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins . He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray , since he himself is subject to weakness. This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own people . No one takes this honor upon himself ; he must be called by GOD , just as Aaron was . So CHRIST also did not take upon himself the glory of becoming a high priest . But GOD said to HIM , "YOU are MY SON ; today I have become YOUR FATHER ." And HE says in another place , "YOU are a PRIEST forever , in the order of Melchizedek . "HEBREWS 4:14-16&5:1-6 ..... IT WAS WHILE JESUS WALKED THE EARTH THAT HE WENT TO HIS FATHER MANY TIMES TO PRAY FOR HIS FATHER TO SAVE HIM FROM DEATH ON THE CROSS HOWEVER WE SEE THAT HE WAS PERFECTLY OBEDIENT TO HIS FATHER , OUR GOD , IN THE END ..... "During the days of JESUS' life on earth , HE offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the ONE who could save HIM from death , and HE was heard because of HIS submission . Although HE was a SON , HE learned obedience from what HE suffered and , once made perfect , HE became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey HIM and was designated by GOD to be a HIGH PRIEST in the order of Melchizedek ." HEBREWS 5:7-10 ..... WE NOW CAN SEE THAT JESUS WAS 100% GOD AND 100% MAN ..... THE LORD GOD CHANGES PEOPLES HEARTS AND LIVES ..... "Therefore , if anyone is in CHRIST , he is a new creation; the old has gone , the new has come !" 2CORINTHIANS 2:17 ..... NOW MATTER HOW WE TRY TO FIX OUR LIVES , WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT HAVE PEACE UNTIL WE RECONCILE WITH JESUS ..... "Do not be anxious about anything , but in everything , by prayer and petition , with thanksgiving , present your requests to GOD . And the peace of GOD , which transcends all understanding , will guard your hearts and your minds in CHRIST JESUS." PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7 ..... AND SO WE ARE LEFT WITH SOME SCRIPTURES TO STUDY: ALTHOUGH WE ARE CHOSEN , WE MUST REMEMBER AND KNOW THAT CHRIST DIED FOR EVERYONE (HEBREWS 2:9) ..... AND FOR ALL (1TIMOTHY 2:6) ..... AND FOR THE WORLD (JOHN 3:16) ..... AND FOR THE SIN OF THE WHOLE WORLD (1JOHN 2:22) ..... AND FOR THE UNGODLY PEOPLE (ROMANS 5:6) ..... AND FOR THE CHURCH (EPHESIANS5:25) ..... AND FOR YOU & ME (GALATIONS 2:20) ..... SO NOW THE QUESTION ARISES WHERE DO WE STAND BEFORE GOD ......................................................SUMMER

BLIND TRUST and the ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE

HOPE IS WHAT TURNS BLIND TRUST INTO ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE......A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THIS IS WHEN WE GENUINELY PLACE OUR TRUST IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND HE GUARANTEES US AN ETERNAL HOME WITH HIM IN HEAVEN ...........HERE ARE SOME OF THE SCRIPTURES THAT VERIFY THIS TRUST AND GUARANTEE.....WE BEGIN WITH THE OLD TESTAMENT WHEN GODS WORD SAYS : "May YOUR unfailing love rest upon us , O LORD ,even as we put our hope in YOU ." PSALM 33:22 ......WHEN THE WORD HOPE IS TRANSLATED INTO HEBREW HERE IT IS SAID " YACHAL" WHICH MEANS "TRUST".......ANOTHER OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE WHERE THE WORD TRUST IS MENTIONED IS WHEN GOD STATES : "But now , LORD , what do I look for ? My hope is in YOU . " PSALM 39:7 ...... THE HEBREW DEFINITION OF THE WORD TRUST IN THIS LINE TRANSLATES TO THE WORD "TOWCHELETH" ROOTED IN THE MEANING OF EXPECTATION ...... FOR THOSE WHO CLAIM JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOUR THE SUBJECT MATTER OF HOPE IS FOUND NUMEROUS PLACES THROUGHOUT THE NEW TESTAMENT ......JESUS' WORDS RING TRUE WHEN SPOKEN THROUGH THE APOSTLE PAUL AS HE STATES : " the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of the truth , the gospel that has come to you ."COLOSSIANS 1:5 ...... THIS LIVING HOPE IS A DEFINITE GUARANTEE GIVEN BY OUR SAVIOUR JESUS ......FURTHER INTO THE NEW TESTAMENT WE FIND EVEN MORE TRUTH WHEN OUR BROTHER PAUL
REVEALS GODS' SINCERE PROMISE : "a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life , which GOD , who does not lie , promised before the beginning of time , and at HIS appointed season HE brought HIS WORD to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of GOD our SAVIOUR ." TITUS1:2-3
......TO ASSURE US OF THIS HOPEFUL ETERNITY GOD OFFERS HIS GRACE TO EACH AND EVERY MAN , WOMAN AND CHILD WHO TRULY ACCEPTS IT .....THIS UNDESERVING MERCY IS OURS COMPLETELY FREE BECAUSE OF JESUS' WILLINGNESS TO ATONE FOR OUR SINFUL NATURE BY DYING ON THE CROSS AND RESURRECTING INTO HEAVEN .....CAN WE COUNT ON THIS HOPE BEING REAL ? ......WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURES , GOD SPEAKS THROUGH THE BELOVED APOSTLE JOHN WHEN HE STATES : " I write these things to you who believe in the name of the SON of GOD so that you may know you have eternal life . This is the confidence we have in approaching GOD : that if we ask anything according to HIS will , HE hears us . " 1JOHN 5:13-14.......ARE WE ABLE TO CLAIM THIS GUARANTEE OF ....... WE PRAISE OUR LORD IF SO
........ AND IF NOT , THEN THIS MAY BE THE MOMENT THAT GOD HAS ORDAINED JUST FOR THAT PURPOSE......... SO AS TO CLAIM THE HOPE THAT TURNS BLIND TRUST INTO ABSOLUTE
GUARANTEE ...............................................SUMMER

THE SECRET PLACE

TO APPRECIATE THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND THE DEPTH OF LOVE OUR LORD HAS FOR US , WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT EACH OF US HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GOD EVEN BEFORE OUR PLACEMENT IN THE WOMB "Before I formed you in the womb i knew you , before you were born I set you apart ; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. " JEREMIAH 1:5 .....IT IS IN THIS VERY FIRST CHAPTER OF THIS OLD TESTAMENT BOOK THAT WE DISCOVER THAT OUR GOD KNEW JEREMIAH BEFORE HE WAS EVEN FORMED , WHAT A DELIGHT TO FIND OUT THAT WE HAVE A GOD THAT LOVES US SO MUCH THAT WE WERE ON HIS MIND EVEN BEFORE WE WERE FORMED .....FOR WE HAVE EACH BEEN GIVEN A SPECIFIC TIME OF ARRIVAL AS WELL AS AN APPOINTED TIME TO DEPART ..... WHEN WE COME TO UNDERSTAND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD WE ALSO BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR PURPOSE IS TO GIVE HIM THE THE GLORY AND HONOR THAT HE DESERVES ..... SHOULD WE SAY THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE OUR LORD WE CANNOT DENY OR INTERFERE WITH THIS , AS IT WILL ONLY LEAVE US UNSETTLED IF WE DO .....THEREFOR AS THE NEW TESTAMENT SAYS , " let us draw near to GOD with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith , having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water . Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess , for HE who promised is faithful . " HEBREWS 10:22 ..... TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE VALUE OF EACH AND EVERY LIFE , WE CAN TURN TO THE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES , " For YOU created my inmost being ; YOU knit me together in my mother's womb . I praise YOU because I am fearfully and wonderfully made ; YOUR works are wonderful , I know that full well . My frame was not hidden from YOU when I was made in the secret place . When I was woven together in the depths of the earth , YOUR eyes saw my unformed body . All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be ." PSALM 139 :13-16 ..... SUCH POWERFUL AND CONVINCING WORDS TO REMIND US THAT WE ARE ALL VERY VERY VALUABLE..... EVEN BEFORE OUR ARRIVAL , BEFORE SELF-ESTEEM..... AND BEFORE ANY ONE EVER TELLS US THAT THEY LOVE US .....AND EVEN IF NO ONE EVER TELLS US THAT THEY LOVE US ......LET US REMEMBER THAT WE MEAN A LOT TO GOD YESTERDAY,TODAY AND TOMORROW ..................................SUMMER

WORDS FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING

HOLY WORDS LONG PRESERVED ...... FOR OUR WALK IN THIS WORLD ......THEY RESOUND WITH GOD'S OWN HEART...... OH , LET THE ANCIENT WORDS IMPART . WORDS OF LIFE , WORDS OF HOPE , GIVE US STRENGTH , HELP US GROW IN THIS WORLD , WHERE E'ER WE ROAM , THE ANCIENT WORDS WILL GUIDE US HOME . ANCIENT WORDS EVER TRUE ...... CHANGING ME AND CHANGING YOU ......WE HAVE COME WITH OPEN HEARTS .......O LET THE ANCIENT WORDS IMPART......ANCIENT WORDS , PIERCING THROUGH .......LET OUR MINDS BE RENEWED ......TEACH US FAITH LIKE THE YOUNG .......AND LINGER LONG UPON OUR TONGUE. HOLY WORDS , GREAT DELIGHT ! BREAD BY DAY , SWORD BY NIGHT ...... GUARDIAN ON THE PATHS WE'VE TROD ...... NOW UPWARD LIFT OUR THOUGHTS TOWARD GOD . ANCIENT WORDS EVER TRUE ......CHANGING ME AND CHANGING YOU...... WE HAVE COME WITH OPEN HEARTS ...... O LET THE ANCIENT WORDS IMPART ...... ANCIENT WORD CAME IN FLESH...... SECOND ADAM'S VITAL BREATH ...... SON OF GOD AND SON OF MAN ...... AS A MORTAL DRESSED , THE GREAT I AM. JESUS CHRIST WORD OF GOD ......MARY'S LAMB ,JESSE'S ROD ......LONG FORETOLD BY PROPHESY , STILL WE FIND OUR JOY IN GOD'S DECREES . ANCIENT WORDS EVER TRUE ......CHANGING ME AND CHANGING YOU ...... WE HAVE COME WITH OPEN HEARTS ......O LET THE ANCIENT WORDS IMPART ....... These poetic phrases are not only true but they sink deep into the heart of every person who calls themselves a christian ....... Thank You Lynn Deshazo for bringing us such beautiful words to this painfully afflicted and sinful world ...................................................Summer

SOME OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES WITH 2 TIMOTHY 3 : 16-17 IN MIND

" In the beginning GOD created the heavens and the earth . " GENESIS 1:1

" So GOD created man in HIS own image , in the image of GOD HE created him ;
male and female he created them . " GENESIS 1:27

" The LORD GOD said , " It is not good for man to be alone . I will make a helper
suitable for him. " GENESIS 2:18

" Then the LORD GOD made a woman from the rib HE had taken out of the man ,
and HE brought her to the man . The man said , " This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh ; she shall be called woman , for she was taken out of man .
For this reason a man shall will leave his father and mother and be united to
his wife , and they will become one flesh . " GENESIS 2:22-24

" There the LORD made a decree and a law for them (the Israelites ) , and there
HE tested them . HE said , "If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your
GOD and do what is right in HIS eyes , if you pay attention to HIS commands
and keep all HIS decrees , I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought
on the Egyptians , for I AM the LORD who heals you . " EXODUS 16 :26

" Hear , O Israel: The LORD our GOD , the LORD is one. Love the LORD your GOD
with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength . These
commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts . Impress
them upon your children . " DEUTERONOMY 6:4-7a

" But the LORD said to Samuel , " Do not consider his appearance or his height
for I have rejected him . The LORD does not look at the things man looks at .
Man looks at the outward appearance , but the LORD looks at the heart .
1 SAMUEL 16:7

" If MY people , who are called by MY name, will humble themselves and pray
and seek MY face and turn from their wicked ways , then I will hear from
heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land . "
2 CHRONICLES 7:14

" Can a mortal be more righteous than GOD ? Can a man be more pure than his
MAKER ? " JOB 4:17

" And HE said to man , ' The fear of the LORD -that is wisdom , and to shun evil
is understanding . " JOB 28:28

" The LORD is my Shepherd , I shall not be in want . " PSALM 23 :1

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of all wisdom. PSALM 111:10a

"How can young man keep his way pure? By living according to YOUR WORD.
PSALM 119:9

" Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding
in all your ways acknowledge HIM , and HE will make straight your path ."
PROVERBS 3:5-6

"There is a way that seems right to a man , but in the end it leads to death ."
PROVERBS 14:12

" A friend loves at all times , and a brother is born for adversity."
PROVERBS 17:17

" Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler ; whoever is led astray by them is not
wise." PROVERBS 20:1

" There is no wisdom , no insight , no plan that can succeed against the LORD.
PROVERBS 21:30

" Train a child in the way he should , and when he is old he will not depart from
it. " PROVERBS 22:6

" If you lack the means to pay , your very bed will be snatched under from you ."
PROVERBS 22:27

" Do not answer a fool according to his folly , or you will be like him yourself."
PROVERBS 26:4

" As a dog returns to its vomit , so a fool repeats his folly." PROVERBS 26:11

" A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day."
PROVERBS27:15

"A wife of noble character who can find ? She is worth far more than rubies."
PROVERBS 31:10

" Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting ; but a woman who fears the LORD
is to be praised . " PROVERBS 31:30

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven."
ECCLESIASTES 3:1

"For to us a Child is born , to us a Son is given, and the government will be on HIS
shoulders. And HE will be called WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD,
EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE of PEACE. Of the increase of HIS government
and peace there will be no end . HE will reign on David's throne and over HIS
KINGDOM, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from
that time on and forever." ISAIAH 9:6-7

" For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the SOVEREIGN LORD.
Repent and live !" EZEKIEL 18:32

" Even now," declares the LORD ," return to me with all your heart, with fasting
and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your garments. Return
to the LORD your GOD , for HE is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger
and abounding in love, and HE relents from sending calamity." JOEL 2:12-13

May CHRIST be with you.................................................Summer

A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN

" No eye has seen , no ear has heard , and no mind has imagined what GOD has prepared for those who love HIM . But it was to us that GOD revealed these things by HIS SPIRIT . For HIS SPIRIT searches out everything and shows us GOD'S deep secrets. " 1CORINTHIANS 2:9-10 ........ THIS SCRIPTURE IS WONDERFUL AND HAS A PROMISE WITHIN IT FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND LOVE THE LORD . AND ALTHOUGH ITS CONTEXT ISN'T SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT HEAVEN , IT DOES REVEAL TO BELIEVERS THAT GOD DOES SPEAK OF THINGS IN HIS WORD THAT HE WANTS US TO KNOW ABOUT ........... WHEN HE SPEAKS OF HEAVEN HE WANTS US TO ANTICIPATE WHAT LIES AHEAD ........ ONE WOULD ASK IF HEAVEN IS BEYOND OUR IMAGINATION ? 2 TIMOTHY 2:7 TELLS US "Consider what I say, and may the LORD give you understanding in all things . " WE CANNOT ANTICIPATE WHAT WE CAN'T IMAGINE ................GOD GIVES US A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN ; A GARDEN , A CITY , AND A KINGDOM ARE ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF GODS PLACE WHERE HE CALLS HOME ..........SOME WOULD SAY THAT THESE DESCRIPTIONS ARE ANALOGIES BUT THE SCRIPTURES MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT OUR LORD JESUS IS PREPARING A PLACE FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM WHEN HE SPEAKS IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 14: 1-12 " Let not your heart be troubled ; you believe in GOD , believe also in ME. In MY FATHERS 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 to MYSELF ; that where I am , there you may be also . And where I go you know , and the way you know . Thomas said to HIM, '' LORD we do not know where YOU are going , and how can we know the way ? '' JESUS said to him , ''I am the the way , the truth , and the life . No one comes to the FATHER except through ME . If you had known ME , you would have known MY FATHER also ; and from now on you know HIM and have seen HIM . " Phillip said to HIM , '' LORD show us the FATHER , and it is sufficient for us . '' JESUS said to him ,'' Have I been with you so long , and yet you have not known ME Phillip ? He who has seen ME , has seen the FATHER ; so how can you say , ' Show us the FATHER ?' Do you not believe that I am in the FATHER , and the FATHER in ME ? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on MY own authority ; but the FATHER who dwells in ME does the works . Believe ME that I am in the FATHER and the FATHER in ME , or else believe ME for the sake of the works themselves . " WE NEED TO ASK FOR GOD'S HELP TO REMOVE THE WAX PAPER FROM OVER OUR EYES SO THAT ANY FALSE INTERPRETATIONS ABOUT HEAVEN ARE REPLACED WITH SCRIPTURAL TRUTHS ..........IT IS TRUE THAT OUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS TRYING TO DISTORT GODS WORD AND DEVOUR US 1PETER 5 :8 '' Be sober , be vigilant ; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion , seeking whom he may devour . " NOW IF THAT ISN'T A LINE OF SCRIPTURE TO KEEP US SOBER !! ...........SOME OF SATAN'S FAVORITE LIES ARE THAT HE NOR GOD NOR HEAVEN NOR HELL EVEN EXIST ........ A VERY CLEVER WAY TO ROB US OF OUR JOY ............ROMANS 8 :38-39 IS VERY CLEAR TO SAY , " For I am persuaded that neither death nor life , nor angels nor principalities nor powers , nor things present nor things to come , nor height nor depth , nor any other created thing , shall be able to separate us from the love of GOD which is in CHRIST JESUS our LORD . '' TODAY MAY BE A GOOD DAY TO PONDER ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL SPEND ETERNITY IN HEAVEN ......... JOHN 3 : 16 SAYS, " GOD so loved the world that he gave HIS one and only SON , so that everyone who believes in HIM will not perish but have eternal life . " JUST AS ROMANS 10 :9 STATES , " If you confess with your mouth that JESUS is LORD and believe in your heart that GOD raised HIM from the dead , you will be saved . " WHETHER WE AGREE WITH GOD OR NOT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER BECAUSE HE HAS THE FINAL SAY BUT WHAT DOES MATTER TO HIM IS WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL ACCEPT HIS FREE GIFT OF SALVATION HENCE REMOVING FROM US OUR FEAR OF DYING JUST AS IN HEBREWS 2:14-15 SAYS, " Because GOD'S children are human beings - made of flesh and blood - the SON also became flesh and blood . For only as a human being could HE die , and only by dying could HE break the power of death . Only in this way could HE set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying. " IS TODAY THE DAY ?? .........................................SUMMER

PAYBACK TIME .......IS IT FOR YOU ?

SO MUCH OF TODAYS TEACHINGS FOCUS ON BLAMING PEOPLE FOR THE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE WRONG IN OUR LIVES ...... ACCORDING TO SOCIETY,WE ARE ALL VICTIMS OF SOME SORT ........ WE USE EXUSES FOR THE BEHAVIORS WE DISPLAY , BEHAVIORS INVOLVING CONVERSATIONAL BLEEPS TO MURDEROUS ACTS OF VIOLENCE ..... WHAT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO IS , AS A PEOPLE, WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH FORGIVENESS .YOU SEE, WITH FORGIVENESS COMES THE LETTING GO OF SUCH THINGS AS ANGER ,WRATH ,HATRED AND BITTERNESS ; HENCE REPLACING THEM WITH LOVE, KINDNESS ,COMPASSION AND TENDERNESS .SO HOW DO WE BECOME A FORGIVING PERSON ? WHY SHOULD WE BE A PERSON WHO FORGIVES ? CAN WE DO THIS OR LEARN TO BECOME THIS WAY ON OUR OWN ? THE LORD TELLS US IN MATTHEW 18:21-22 "Then Peter came to JESUS and asked ,"LORD how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me ?Up to seven times ?" JESUS answered , "I tell you , not seven times , but seventy times seven ." SO WE KNOW THAT JESUS WANTS US TO FORGIVE ! IN THIS CHAPTER FURTHER ON DOWN IN VS.35, AFTER JESUS FINISHES EXPLAINING THE STORY OF THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT (I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THIS CHAPTER ) He states ,"This is how my heavenly FATHER will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart . " AGAIN THIS TELLS US THAT WE ARE TO FORGIVE, BUT ONE CANNOT FORGIVE TRUELY FROM ONES HEART WITHOUT KNOWING THAT JESUS HAS FORGIVEN US FIRST...... DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THIS ..... IT IS TRUE. THE LORD JESUS HAD PAID THE PRICE FOR THE SINS OF ALL MANKIND BY DYING ON THE CROSS AT CALVARY !! WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GOSPEL OF JOHN IN CHAPTER 19:28-30 , "Later, knowing that all was now completed , and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled , JESUS said, "Iam thirsty.'' A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it , put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to JESUS' lips. When he had received the drink , JESUS said , "It is finished ."With that , he bowed his head and gave up his spirit ." IT IS TRUE TO SAY JESUS WAS THE LAST BLOOD SACRIFICE . AS WE LOOK UPON HOW GOD FORGIVES US OF OUR SIN WHEN WE REPENT AND TAKE THE LORD JESUS INTO OUR HEARTS WE CANNOT IGNORE THE NEED TO FORGIVE OTHERS THAT HAVE WRONGED US. MATTHEW 5:38-39 STATES "You have heard it said ,'Eye for eye,and toothe for tooth. But i tell you different,do not resist an evil person . If someone strikes you on the right cheek , turn to him the other also." AND IN 1JOHN 1:8-9 , "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins , he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrightousness." IS THIS EASY FOR US ...... NO . IS THIS POSSIBLE FOR US ....... NO. NOT WITHOUT THE LORD JESUS . IN EPHESIANS THE SCRIPTURES TELL US TO, " Get rid of all bitterness,rage anger brawling and slander ,along with with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another , forgiving each other, just as in CHRIST JESUS GOD forgave you. " LET US THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY ....... IS PAYBACK TIME REALLY THE ANSWER ?.............................................SUMMER