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One Bad Tomato posted on March 25, 2010 - 4:12am
Yes, I am back on that rant. You know, the one you hate to talk about but deep down inside you know it needs to be discussed. Yup, that's right I'm going off again about separation. Separation from sinners to be exact. I lead a small Bible Study group and this is a topic that has been the source of great debate on more than one occasions. On one occasion some argued that we have been redeemed to be the salt and light of this earth therefore what sense would it be to go light a place that already has light or go be salt in a salty place. They argued that it would make more sense if we took our light to the darkest of places and took our salt to the blandest of areas. Others argued that we are to love everyone, is not the second greatest commandment to love our neighbors as we love ourselves (Mt. 22:39)? And still there were those who maintained that even Jesus Christ himself was a friend of publicans and sinners (Lu. 7:34).
Remember! posted on March 25, 2010 - 2:13am
I have been going through an especially hard time these last few weeks. Everything around me seems to be going down the drain, and nothing I try seems to be working out. The harder I try to fix things, the more messed up they get. And so I sat there disappointed, miserable, and just about ready to quit, and asked God what needed to be done to overcome this. Where is my deliverance going to come from? I wailed. How will I receive my breakthrough? I begged. And in the awesome ways in which the Lord speaks to me, He said one thing to me "remember". Remember?! Remember what? How am I going to overcome my present situation by remembering my past? Why would I even want to remember my past, it's not a pleasant one. But the Lord kept impressing upon me to "remember". So remember I did. I remembered my horrible past and the pit I had myself in, but I also remembered how the Lord dug me out and set my feet on solid ground.
Holy Ghost Filled! posted on March 9, 2010 - 4:44am
This is a lesson I taught last week at Bible Study. I am posting it on my blog upon special request from a very wise person who asked me to discuss the evidence of receiving the Holy Ghost.What Is The Holy Ghost?- It is God in activity as Spirit.o We all know that God is one (De.6:4), He robbed himself in flesh and came to earth to die for our sins (Jn. 1:1, 14, 1 Ti. 3:16).o So God is the father in creation, the son in redemption, and the Holy Ghost in ACTION (2 Co. 3:17, 1 Jn. 5:7).- It is God’s spirit in us.o When Jesus ascended back into heaven he promised that he would not leave us comfortless, that he would come to us; that is, he would put his spirit within us so that we would have him with us at all times (Jn. 14:16-18).o We are the temple that God has chosen to dwell in and that is why his spirit dwells in us (1 Co. 3:16, 1 Co. 6:19-20).
Hear, O Isreal: the Lord our God is one Lord! posted on January 24, 2010 - 6:44am
There is a lot of debate about who God is, who Jesus Christ is and who the Holy Ghost is. It is really quite a simple matter to solve if you ignore the voices of men and religions and read the Bible for yourself. The Bible is the only authority we should be listening to because it is the divine word of God. John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”. That being said, let us see what the word of God has to say about who God is, who Jesus is, and who the Holy Ghost is. The first thing we discover in reading the Word is that God is one. Dueteronomy 6:4 gives us the first and most important commandment, “Hear, O Isreal: the Lord our God is one Lord: And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might”. This verse is what the Jews refer to as the Shema.
Belief Essential, But Not Enough posted on January 24, 2010 - 6:39am
This might come as a surprise to most of you but simply confessing Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior is not enough to get you to heaven. Now when I say confessing, I am talking about simply saying that you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, not the true confession required of us in the Bible. This might sound confusing but I will explain the difference. You see, nowadays people think that by simply saying the words “I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior” they are saved and that they are therefore going to make it to heaven. I am sorry to be the one to burst your bubbles everyone but this is simply not true. What the Bible means when it says, or rather commands us, to confess Jesus Christ as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God has raised him from the dead and we shall be saved (Ro. 10:9) is to acknowledge that Jesus Christ is indeed our Lord and Savior, not just to say it. To acknowledge something and to simply say it are two different things.
When? NOW! posted on January 14, 2010 - 4:19am
There once was a man living in a very old house. The house was falling apart bit by bit every month. One month a shingle fell off the roof. The next month a window cracked and broke. A few months later tiny holes in his roof started to appear. Confused and baffled the man decided to call an architect friend of his to ask him what was going on with his house. The architect looked over the house very carefully, from top to bottom, and finally concluded that the house was slowly but surely crumbling around them. You see the land the house was built on was once a marsh so the foundation of the house was very shaky and unstable. The instability of the house’s foundation was making the house fall apart bit by bit. Knowing the dangers of living in as unstable house, the architect advised his friend to move out of the house as soon as he could before it came crashing in on him.
The Glass House posted on January 14, 2010 - 2:58am
Proverbs 23 gives us instructions about how to live wisely. We are advised not to set our eyes upon riches, for they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. We are advised not to speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. We are also advised against looking unto the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. Above all, we are advised to BUY the truth, and sell it not. To BUY the truth, and sell it not! But what does it matter how we live? What does it matter what we do? Will one drink really send us to hell? Will one party be the death of us? Will the way I dress really result in the eternal torment of my soul? Maybe… maybe not… but here’s what the Bible does say. II Corinthians 6: 17 urges us to come out from among this world and separate ourselves from it. Acts 2:40 warns us to save ourselves from this untoward, corrupt, perverse, crooked, and evil generation.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! posted on January 14, 2010 - 2:51am
Hello Everyone! It's a new year, a new month, a new day, and a new beginning. I have been looking over my old posts and I realized two things; 1. They are way too long2. They are very infrequentSo, I have decided to TRY (optimal word) to write shorter blogs so that they are easier to read and digest. Secondly, to write more often. I have been given this talent not to dig a hole and hide it till my master returns but to double it. With that being said, here is the inception of my new blog posts. ENJOY!
Time to Grow Up! posted on September 18, 2009 - 6:23am
A little boy, after watching his father drive, asks if he can jump behind the wheel and drive the car. Because the boy sees his father is in complete control behind the wheel, he wants to take a turn. Driving looks like fun and the boy wants to try it out. But because the father knows that the child is too young to drive, and because the father has the child’s best interests at heart he will lovingly deny his sons request. Making this little boy understand that he needs to wait until he’s a bit older to be able to drive is as hard as making us Christians understand that we need to first mature spiritually in order for God to use us to our fullest potential.If you guys are anything like me, as soon as you got saved you began crying out to God to use you. You asked Him to give you at least one of the spiritual gifts mentioned by Paul in I Corinthians.
World's Apart posted on August 22, 2009 - 7:46pm
In my quest to live for God and walk with Him I have come across many teachings urging the children of God to live separately from the world or, in other words, to be in this world but not of it (Ac. 2:40, II Cor. 6:17). And so I came to God asking Him to make me holy, to free me from earthly cares that I may live in this world but not be of it. I asked at first without understanding why this needed to be done, but the more I ask to be cleansed and separated from the world the more God reveals to me the importance of separating myself from this world. As you all know, our bodies are the temple of the Lord and our hearts His dwelling place (I Cor. 3:16, 6:19). The Lord stands at the door of our hearts and knocks waiting for us to hear His knock and invite Him in (Re. 3:20). Once we invite Him in He makes our hearts His dwelling place, He fills us with His spirit, and walks with us wherever we go (Eze. 36:27, Jn. 14:17, 1 Jn. 2:27).