Fear Not!

“Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” Luke 12:32

Life is full of fears, as Christians we will never know what Satan and the World’s Government has in store for us. We will continually be hated of the world because of Satan and his control of the world system. We know the world in which we live and we know it is not our home in its current state. The world is evil and it hates God, and because it does, it will always hate God’s children. We saw a great example of this hate in the move the United Nations made against Israel, God’s chosen Nation. Beloved, never trust the world or the system of it because it is controlled by the devil himself. As we open a New Year, we need to be ever prayerful to God for peace for His beloved children and churches. It is true to hope that Jesus will return this year, and please let us be in earnest prayer for His return.

Now, let me say, fear not little flock. Fear not because God has the control of everything, even evil and Satan. God has promised us that in Christ Jesus we are His. Let us be reminded that even as bad as things look, as much as Satan and the world may want our destruction, our God is Omnipotence itself. There is no power other than that of God. God spoke and the world existed, heaven existed, the universe existed, and yes Satan, hell, and evil existed. But as you look into the universe and see as big as it is, just be reminded, our Heavenly Father controls it all. Beloved, this is why we have no reason to fear. It is God’s will to give us much, and much we will receive. History tells us that God will allow the sacrifice of His own to receive glory about something. God allowed His Own Son Jesus to die for His glory of redeeming His chosen people. God has allowed many of those that followed Jesus to die horribly at the hands of man to bring glory to His blessed name. God has always allowed his people to suffer throughout history for His glory, fifty million or more in the years of 500ad thru 1500ad. These believers died for many reasons and the most notable was the preservation of the churches and the doctrinal truth of the bible. It was funny to hear this current Pope speak about persecution of today compared to the persecution in history. The Pope said we are more persecuted today than they were then. Well maybe for the Catholics who were the persecutors and murders of any non-Catholic Christian. History tells us that Catholicism is the worst aggressors of persecution than any other worldly group. It is possible with this Pope being as liberal and unintelligent about the bible, that he could help the world lead another persecution against true believers in Jesus Christ. I would just ask all Churches and believers to watch him and his actions, and certainly make it a matter of prayer. We do not need to let our arms down with the insertion of a new President after the New Years. Let us not forget that God is leading the world into the Tribulation Period, and Mr. Trump is just another piece of the puzzle that God is using to accomplish His will. Beloved as the New Year comes in today let us look more earnestly to God in prayer, and for answers. We do not know what God has in store for believers and churches, but the road to the Tribulation Period is still being traveled. Times for us could get worse and worse and most likely will, so prepare for the worst. Paul in writing to young Timothy wrote, “That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto…For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.” 1 Thessalonians 3:3-4

Fellow Christian, enjoy the New Year and have hope that this may be the year that Jesus shall return. Be in constant prayer for yourself and other believers and churches alike. For we know until Jesus comes, we are subject to more persecution. "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution...But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived...But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them...And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus." 2 Timothy 3:12-15

Lie Not One To Another!

“For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: (7) In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. (8) But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. (9) Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; (10) And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:” Colossians 3:6-10

Today is what the world calls Christmas. I’m not going to get into the realness or the phoniness of the holiday, and I’m not going to debate whether Christians should celebrate the holiday. Although, I must point out that it is not a Christian Holyday and it is not about Jesus Christ nor about His birth. We can all debate the holiday, but those two are not debatable. I want to speak today about both Christmas and Easter. Neither of the holidays are not about Jesus Christ, nor are they about His birth or resurrection. It is all about two phony Cartoon Characters named Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny, which neither one is real. Now it is ok to have Cartoon Characters in children lives but to say that they are real and do exist is a lie. I am dumbfounded when I hear people say “at what age do you tell the children that Santa and the Easter Bunny isn’t real?” when it was a lie to tell them they were real to start with. The Lord told us, as Christians, we should put away “all these” things, and “Lie not one to another” is one of those sinful things we should put away. If you are a true believer in Jesus Christ and you tell children, any child that either Santa or The Easter Bunny are real you are in the wrong. Stop it now, please! I know it is fun for the family, I know the entire aspect of both are fun for the children, but both are sinful in nature. Think about it, both undermine Jesus Christ, only Jesus Christ should be upheld and glorified. Christmas is about Santa Clause and gifts, and Easter is about the Easter Bunny and hunting eggs, so what is the harm with them? Both includes lies and sinfulness those two holidays and exclude Jesus Christ. All glory belongs to Jesus Christ and none other. People live in an unreal and sinful world, and lying to one another is the menu of the day. But I am speaking to Believers in Jesus Christ, and we ought to put away the sinfulness of the old nature and walk in the new nature that is in Jesus Christ. The world will do as they please, they support abortion, gay marriage, perverts sharing bathrooms with children of the opposite sex, and etc. but as Christians we are commanded to put those thing away, and walk in truthfulness and righteousness. Jesus Christ does not like sharing His earned glory with two phony Cartoon Characters named Santa Clause or the Easter Bunny. These holidays are not about Jesus Christ, they both replace Him and take His earned glory. No, it is not “ok”, I am not being mean, I am right and a lie is a lie no matter how unintended or small it was. If you celebrate the Christmas season then that is between you and God, but if you lie about the holiday and say it is about Jesus Christ then that is indeed an awful sin. If you are about sharing our Saviour’s glory, then that is another sin. So, when should you tell your child that Santa and the Easter Bunny is not real? Today, without question today would be that exact time, and then ask the Lord for forgiveness and if the child is old enough, apologize to the child. We (as Christians) must understand, life for us is not about fun, it is not about our happiness, our life is about serving and glorifying God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ. We must understand that will include suffering, persecution, people hating you, and dying for Christ. Our happiness and fun (so to speak) will come when we are in heaven. Our job as Christians is to worship God, and to forward the Gospel to a dying and lost world. Christian can have fun, but not at the devaluing of our Saviour, and God Jesus Christ.          

I Am A Sinner!

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:” Romans 5:12

I am a sinner, and I will die a sinner. As long as I have the old man in me, I must understand what I am, a sinner. In this flesh I will never be perfect, I will never be able to look at another sinner in shame and disgrace, because I am a sinner, therefore I must look with pity and sorrow. I know my sins have been washed in the blood of Jesus Christ, and that makes me white as snow, but a sinner I still am. I must remember to bow and thank God every single moment of my blessed day for His grace. I must bow and pray every single day that God will forgive me as a sinner, and for the sins I have. I must remember to bow and thank Jesus Christ every single day for His blood shed too free me from the sins that I have done and those that I do every day. I do not hide my sins from God, He knows them all. Psalms 103:13-14 “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him…For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.” I must remember to thank God every day that He pitied me enough to saved me by His grace. My God, my Father, knew me before He made the earth, before He created His kingdom called heaven, before He created anything, my Father knew me, He knew I would be a sinner, but He still loved me, how amazed I must be He elected to save this poor unworthy sinner. As hard as I work, as hard as I study, as much as I try, I am still a sinner asking my Father for another day of forgiveness. I must try to remember what I am in order to try and not sin today, but I also must understand that I will. I will sin and not even know it, I will sin in my thoughts, in my actions, or I will even sin in trying not to sin. There is not a single day passes that I am not reminded that I am a sinner, saved and forgiven by my wonderful Saviour and God. Thank you Father for the election that lead to my Saviour giving His life and shedding His blood to forgive me for my sins. As I enter this New Year I continue to pray that my Saviour Jesus Christ comes and rescues me from this sinful flesh, and I start my new life SIN FREE for eternity. When I drop this old robe of flesh and have a new glorified body like unto my Saviour. Yes, thank God one day this sin nature will leave me, and I will be able to breath a breath of life with no concerns of sinning. Therefore, the next time I see another sinner sin, I will remember my own frame, and I will just pray for them, and pray also for myself that God will grant us both the grace that neither one of us sin again. I pray that you are saved. I pray that the blood of my Saviour has washed you from your sins. I pray that God has forgiven your sins, and I pray that you remember your frame and that you thank God every day for his love and grace to you. Oh sinner, you will never in this life be free from sin, but you can have your sins forgiven. You can be freed from the hold of sin on you, you can be able to change your life in Jesus Christ. And I promise you while a sinner you will leave this world, you will awaken a redeemed, forgiven, and cleansed child of the living God. Psalms 103:1-4 "A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. (2) Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: (3) Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; (4.) Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;" Thank you my Father, and Thank you my Saviour Jesus Christ!     

Only Believers In Jesus Christ Are God’s Children.

Galatians 3:26 “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”

Let this be understood, “we are not all God’s Children”. This is another lie told by those who have no understanding of God’s Holy Script. If a person does not believe in their heart that Jesus Christ is their total Saviour then they are not saved, and they are going to the eternal lake of fire. There are no exceptions no matter what Dr. Pastor says. Your pastor is not the final authority on the bible no matter who he is. Just like the Pope has no authority to forgive sins and neither does Catholic Priest. This old lying trash coming from the pulpits every Sunday Morning is nothing but just that, lying trash. Paul, who was an authority in the scriptures because he actually wrote 13 or more books of the Bible by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Paul wrote that only those who believe in Jesus Christ are saved, everyone else is lost and going to hell, if God does not save them first. Paul was fighting the same false stuff then as we do today, works. God point blank without question said that SALVATION IS NOT OF WORKS but people continue to believe that salvation is of works. Ephesians 2:9 “Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Romans 3:20 “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Romans 9:16 “So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.” 2 Timothy 1:9 “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,” Now how much more proof is needed? Jesus Christ is our salvation and only in Him can we be accepted into or ever see the kingdom of God. This is exactly what Jesus told a ruler of the Jews, named Nicodemus. This is what Paul and Silas told the jailer. This is what Peter told a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch. Acts 8:37 “And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” Not one single word about works of any sort. However, pastors just keep telling people to work their way to heaven. They just keep preaching lies after lies. Folks, it was Jesus Christ who died. Thank God it will be Him who will judge us, and who will condemn the lost. Romans 8:34 “Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.” Folks, it was Jesus Christ who died to give us salvation. It is Jesus Christ who saves sinners. And, it is Jesus Christ who receives all the glory of our salvation. He is the one who died and shed His blood, and there are no more avenues of salvation. Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” So, no, we are not all the children of God, we are not all loved of God, and we are not all going to heaven. I tell you the truth, if you are not washed in the blood of the Lamb, then you are condemned in your sins. John 3:18 “He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” That is right you are already condemned to the eternal hell fires. But, there is still time, still hope, but if you continue to live in sin and deny Jesus Christ as the Saviour, then there is no hope for you.

Only God Can Save A Lost Sinner

"It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. (64.) But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. (65.) And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father." John 6:63 – 65

This battle in life is growing older by the day. When Paul said “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:” 2 Timothy 4:7 What a fight he must have fought. We are so blessed to live in the Twenty-First Century where we have the complete word of God, but the fight is still hard. With Arminianism blooming like wild flowers these days it certainly makes life hard for Sovereign Grace Churches and their Pastors. It is hard to fight Satan and his theories and lies. Sometimes I have to wonder how the Sovereign Grace of God made it all the way to the Twenty-First Century. You look over at the Arminian churches and see all the wonderful things they have, all the young people whom they are bleaching their young minds with Arminian lies, and it just breaks your heart. It is sad to bring your children up in a right thinking church, a good Sovereign Grace Church only to see them enticed by the bait of Satan’s lies and tools of trickery. The next thing you know they have forgotten all the good truth they were taught for years, and believing and spreading Arminianism. If only they were working that hard for God! However, it may be, we are still here. We may be small, but God is still being honored and blessed in His little church of truth. I still preach the truth about salvation, even if it is only a small group of saved people. My job as a Pastor is to preach the gospel, it is God’s job to allow people to hear it and be saved. While the people of Arminianism are falsely leading people in the wrong direction with their lies, the truth about salvation can still be heard right here in this small Sovereign Grace Baptist Church. As the Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 9:16 “For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of…” because my preaching is nothing except God use it for His glory. We use no lies, we tell no false stories, we do not disrespect God by shouting “He cannot change your will”, we ask for no decisions, turning over a new leaf, or etc. We simply preach the gospel of the bible and if anyone’s life is to be changed by it, then God will change it. Understanding this make preaching the gospel a blessing, because you never know how God will use it. As a Pastor of the Lords church, preaching the gospel is my job, Paul went on to warn us Pastors in 1 Corinthians 9:16 “…for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!” Oh! How sad for those who preach anything other than the truth about how God still saves sinners. Remember this as John wrote in verse 65 “…I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father." Only God can cause repentance to a lost sinner, if you do anything to cause a sinner to falsely move, then before Jesus Christ you will stand guilty. Oh, lost sinner do not believe the false teachers of Arminianism, I plead with you. Find a Sovereign Grace Baptist Church, hear the Pastor and be truly led to the saving blood of Jesus Christ. Do not lose confidence Pastor, church, or believers, God still saves sinners. While the churches of heresy continue to grow, the truth is still in the little Sovereign Grace Baptist Churches. It is through our preaching that the world will come to repentance in Jesus Christ. God is still the Saviour and we are still His messengers. Romans 10:13 - 15 “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (14.) How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? (15.) And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!”