No Love Of Christ In You!

John 5:42 “But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.”

Jesus Christ is the single most rejected man in the history of this world. People hated Him when He was on this earth, so much so they released a murder to crucify the Son of God. John wrote "He came unto his own, and his own received him not." John 1:11 Jesus Christ came to the Jews and they rejected Him, so much so they punished Him worse than any man. The world hates Him and also rejects Him, and because of their hate for Jesus they also hate Christians. Even “so-called Christians” hate Him, while they seek to worship Him they in reality hate Him. They hate Him because He is the Saviour of the world.  "And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" John 11:26 He, and He alone is our salvation, but as the Jews rejected Him, so does most of the religionist called Christians. Salvation is in Jesus Christ and the bible is completely proof of this, but so-called Christians reject Him as Saviour and trust their own works for salvation. I understand why this is done, it is because people trust themselves more than Jesus Christ. People just cannot believe that a person can obtain salvation without their input. This is the mentality of the human nature, “only I can do it, and do it right”. However, we cannot, we have not the ability within us to do it ourselves. If we did we would not need a Saviour. The forgiving blood of Jesus is needed every day of your life, even after you are saved. Believers in Jesus Christ, Christians, are still sinners, we still sin every day. But, somehow some people truly believe they are sin-free because after their salvation they can live sin-free lives, oh, how wrong you are. We need the grace of God every day just to do one single thing to bless God. The only good thing in us is Jesus Christ and God’s forgiveness of our sins. The fact here is people, “so-called Christians” do not love Jesus Christ. He is not valuable enough to them to be their Saviour. His blood is not good enough to wash their sins away. He is not powerful enough to be their Saviour, therefore they must do themselves what Jesus was not able to do. Let us look at the word of God, “Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, (25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.”  Jude 1:24 – 25 The idea that works, works of any sort is to replace the Saviour is to say that His power is less than yours. It is to reject Jesus Christ as Saviour and therefore you will hate Him and not love Him. Paul, speaking to his young preacher Timothy said this “And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen”. 2 Timothy 4:18 With this being said, I must ask this question, “how is Jesus Christ preserving us, if we are preserving our own selves”. Jesus Christ Himself said these words “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” John 10:28 If He has given us eternal life, then how is it that we can lose eternal life? So let’s look at it this way, we have been delivered in Jesus, we are preserved in Jesus, we cannot perish in Jesus, and no man (including ourselves) can pluck them out of my hand, but somehow people keep their salvation by works. Folks, people who will not accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour is rejecting Him as their Saviour, and therefore they hate Him and not love Him. Listen to the words of God, “That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. (8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. (10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:7 – 10. Salvation is nothing about ourselves, everything is a gift of God, everything is ordained of God, and everything is accomplished by God’s power. Now I ask, do you truly love Jesus Christ, because only those saved in Him truly love Him.  

Whom Will You Serve?

"And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Joshua 24:15

If you are a Christian, do you truly worship Jehovah God? This is the first question you must ask yourself, do I serve the Lord God. There are many people who worship every Sunday and fail to worship Jehovah God. We cannot simply worship as we please, be in service as we please, and believe as we please. God is set in His ways and He changes not. James tells us in James 1:16 - 17 "Do not err, my beloved brethren...Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." There is no turning with God, therefore do not err. God does not change with time, nor does He ever allow time to change Him. This is good for us because if God changed He might just be willing to consume us. God told Israel that they were blessed because He did not change. Malachi 3:6 “For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.” They most certainly deserved to be consumed, just as we do today. In case you do not understand the word “consumed” it means to end or to rid the earth of them. This is why God is not using Israel today but rather Gentiles. But look what most Gentiles have done to God, His churches, and His truth. The name and power of God have been watered down and changed so much that the true God (Jehovah God) has been eliminated from Christianity. People have failed to worship the Lord in fear, in fact people no longer fear God. It is the fear of God that should keep us in line with the Lord, but where has that fear gone? The Psalmist wrote in Psalms 2:11 “Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.” But today it is hard to get church members even to attend church, and they wonder why their life is falling apart. They have lost their fear of God and seem to no longer to care. The Psalmist also wrote these words of warning in Psalms 89:7 “God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.” Is He, is He held in Reverence? Is He held in Reverence in your home Christian, in your church Pastor, are you Christian Holding God in Reverence? Christianity and churches are not allowed to worship as they please, they are not allowed to change things as they please, God has standards and if we fail to meet those standards we fail to worship the Lord. God does not take whatever He can get, He demands and if His standards are not met then your worship is not accepted. It is not ok with God for you to worship as you please, believe as you please, and to attend church as you please. If a church member will not attend church, that member should be excluded from the church. Church is not an option in the life of a Christian, it is a must. The write to the Hebrews wrote in Hebrews 10:25a “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together…” If a member does not want to attend church, then they should not continue being a part of the Lords church. As Christians we need to choose if we are going to serve the Lord or mammon, because we cannot serve the two together and at the same time. Christian it time for you to decide whom you are going to serve, are you going to be like Joshua and serve the Lord or not? Men, you are personally responsible for the membership of your family, it is our duty as men to the Lord to run our homes and make these decisions. We will be held reasonable to the Lord, does that make you fear, it ought too. Christian, you need to choose, and that choice ought to be to worship God. Anytime you choose not to attend church you have failed to choose obeying God. You have showed that you no longer fear God. Church, a godly standard, a believing truth, is not an option it is a must. Believer, who are you choosing, God or mammon? Please give this verse some thought, “No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” Luke 16:13 What are you telling God when you fail to attend church?   

Life Can Be Frightening; But, Never Forget God’s Promises.

"Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee...So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me." Hebrews 13:5 – 6

I know that life is frightful, every corner life takes it seems like evil is there and is wanting to harm us. We as Christians are concerned about our future in the upcoming elections, concerned about our life and ability to serve the Lord. We also concern ourselves with the future of the Lords churches, and maybe troubled finances, or even sickness in our life. I understand because we Pastors go through your issues with you, and also, we go through the same issues in our life. Whatever life brings our way, worry not, God is your buckler in life, and you have His promise that no matter what happens in life, God will never leave nor forsake you. The Psalmist wrote these words, "He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler." Psalms 91:4 God never promised that we would not ever be in troubled times, He never said we would not have sickness, nor did God ever promise that you would never see death or die yourself. It is a biblical fact that God promised you would have all these things in life. However, remember this fact, God has promised to never, ever, leave nor forsake you no matter what happens in your life. No matter if the world hates you God will forever love you and forever be your buckler and shield in life. God tells us to be content, no matter what happens in life, because He is with us. Not only with us but controlling every aspect of our life. God said He would never leave us, therefore He is with us. I would like you to take the time to read the 46^th Psalm, in it you will find loads of comfort no matter what life brings to you.  God made us this glorious promise in Psalms 46:1 "...God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." Look, God is a PRESENT HELP in all our troubles. Beloved there is nothing you go through alone in this life. God told us as believers to gain strength in this very fact, never allow the problems of this life weigh us downs or separate us from the Lord and His service. God has not left you alone, nor has He left you. Remember, God never changes, no matter what. Therefore, it would be impossible for God to leave you in any way. So beloved, gain strength and courage from God and His promises to us.
The Psalmist went in verse 5 to say, “God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.” God is in your mist and therefore never be moved from the blessed faith that He has given to you. Stand-up believer in the Lord, let the strength of God and His blessed promises keep you happy and in courage. To those who are worried about the upcoming elections and our future as Christians and churches, God told us this through the Psalmist, “Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.” Psalms 46:8 Beloved God has a plan, everything is God’s plan, and in that plan is for our time. God controls everything and everything develops according to His predestined will. Fellow believer, stand in God and the strength He has given us. Be content, and follow His blessed word no matter what. Never lose faith in Him or His works. God has made us believers many promises, but the biggest promise He has made us is the hope of eternal life and this life is in His Son Jesus The Christ. Beloved, Life is promised to be full of problems and misery, but God has promised to walk right through them with us no matter what, even if they lead to our demise.  “There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” Joshua 1:5

Uncorrupted Doctrine.

Titus 2:1 “But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:”

As we see this letter Paul wrote to a young preacher named Titus we see the insightfulness in which Paul spoke to people. Paul understood much because he had dealt so much with the Holy Spirit. Paul had written 13 or so books of the Holy Script of God, therefore his insight on God’s truth was undisputable more than any other man, other than Jesus Himself. As Christians, it would do us much good to pay attention, not only to his penned words but all of the bible. This book called the bible (while sometimes credited to men and women) is Gods Holy Script. God is not a man, although Jesus Christ was a man and everyone else involved in the bible were men and women, God is not. As people we have fleshly feeling, we have little understanding, and even less knowledge of God. God is simply too large for our understanding. His word is written as such that only a true believer, and a true believer that studies and prays much for understanding can even began to understand. I find it strange when men want to show their understanding, when they really do not understand as much as they think they do. Before a man begins to speak he needs to understand what he teaches, because men who teach untruthful things will account to Jesus Christ. However, teaching anything other than “sound doctrine” is unacceptable to God. God wrote the scriptures for our understanding, and it is our duty to God to study to show ourselves approved to God. 2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” A “workman” as Paul put it is a “labor in the word of God” and a good labor does as his boss tells him. Folks, if it is not “sound doctrine” that the labor is teaching than it is a lie. People cannot just assume they are right, they cannot teach to please people, because whom do we seek to please, man or God. That would be like asking who are we going to serve God or mammon. And it might surprise you at the number of people who think they can please both with a little compromise. However, God never compromises on doctrine or anything else. God said in Romans 14:18 “For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.” If it is acceptable to God then man ought to approve of it, not vice versa. We are only accepted of God if we are in truth. Acts 10:35 “But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.” However, once the truth vanishes away for false teachings then we cannot call it sound doctrine any longer. Only the truth will ever be accepted of God, once compromised then God will not have it. It ought to fear man not to be in sound doctrine but it seems most men have lost their fear of God or never feared Him to start with. The single word that will teach you truth or sound doctrine is “study”. Christians need to learn that doctrine only comes to those that labor for it, and that labor will show God that we have advanced in the teachings of His word. Labor for this and it will draw you closer to the Lord. But, please remember that we must labor for the meat of His word, and nothing else will satisfy God. Philippians 3:2 - 3 "Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. (3.) For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh."