The Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven are the same things. Both phrases were used by Jesus (Matthew 19: 23-24). Jesus makes no distinction between the terms. In the books of Mark and Luke Kingdom of God is used. Heaven is the same. They all are the same place. It is the place where God reigns.
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Monday, April 19, 2021
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
God and the USA
Question: What about our country the USA by helping our own people and so we can bring God back and then help others around the world as a nation to help our own country because as its deteriorating?
Answer: Thank you for your question. It is very timely as our country seems to be suffering more and more every day. Though it may seem difficult at times, Christians are called to submit to the government of their country. Romans 13:1 tells us, "Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God." Not only are we called to submit, but we are also called to pray for our leaders. 1 Timothy 2:1–4 states, "Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." Probably the most important thing you can do for your country and your leaders is to pray for them. Pray that they have a saving relationship with Jesus, and that they lead the country by His principles.
An interesting correlation could be made with 2 Chronicles 7:14 which states, "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 heal their land." This promise was made by God to His chosen people, the Israelites, through their king Solomon. It is important to recognize that the United States does not have a covenant relationship with God as Israel does, but this is a perfect reminder that God can hear our prayers, and He is the only One with the power to heal our land. This should give us Christians confidence to "come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need" (Hebrews 4:16).
As our nation nears a very important election, it is so important for us to realize that God is ultimately in control, not man. He will give us the leader we need at the appointed time. Though we have an obligation as Christians and citizens to go out and vote for biblical principles, the results are up to God alone. Try to not get overwhelmed with the negative images and rhetoric that comes at us through every medium available. As Christians, we serve a God who is good, loving, and merciful. We not only need to be confident that God will ultimately win, but we also need to have boldness to share God’s love with those who don’t know Him. These desperate times should give us new resolve to help sinners find their Savior.
Therefore, pray for our leaders, pray for wisdom on how to vote, and pray for those who don’t know Jesus. Always remember that "Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. "The Lord is my portion", says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him!" (Lamentations 3:22–24). God has already secured the victory, and no matter what happens to our nation as a whole, Jesus reminds us that "My Father, who has given them to Me is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one." (John 10:29–30). Finally, Paul the Apostle tells us plainly, "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." (Romans 8:38–39). Hold on to these promises and don’t fear in the midst of our nation’s trials. God is on the throne, and He will sustain us. May God bless you as you seek to serve Him!
Friday, May 29, 2020
Sunday, April 5, 2020
1 thing is all that matters
What Really Matters . . .
One day when I get to heaven I may find out I was wrong about the age of the Earth, the manifestation of the sign gifts, the mode of baptism, the timing of the Parousia, or a host of other secondary issues. But you know what? I will still get there because none of those issues determine a person’s salvation.
Friends we can differ and be wrong on many non-essentials. I have my convictions, and you may have yours. I have Scripture to back mine up and I’m sure you do too. I am not saying these things don’t matter, doctrine always matters. But before you spend your life arguing about these topics, make sure you have settled in your heart the essentials that you cannot afford to be wrong on. That salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. That He is the virgin-born sinless Son of God who’s substitutionary atonement paid the penalty for sin, and by His bodily resurrection, He forever defeated death, hell, and the grave granting forgiveness of sin and eternal life to all who believe. Without Christ, you will never get there to find out if all the other things you were so passionate about were right or wrong and frankly you won’t care at that point for it will be too late. Tell others about Jesus and how they can know Him personally before debating with them over the other things.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Sunday, January 5, 2020
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Monday, October 28, 2019
Friday, October 25, 2019
Lovung God
DO YOU HAVE TO LOVE GOD TO GO TO HEAVEN?
(a warning to every believer)
The Heavenly Father is trying to build confidence in you, in HIM. He is boldly saying you can trust ME. Now, God is patient. God is kind. God is pure. God is holy. God is so long suffering. God is good. God is creative. God has a limitless imagination. The Scripture says Eyes have not seen and ears have not heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man those things which God has prepared for them that LOVE HIM!
In the last number of years behind, many pulpits have come up with a new doctrine. This doctrine says it doesn't matter what you do, God Loves You No Matter What. People may not realize this but the way that it is being preached is demonic.
I was with two Pentecostal preachers and assembly God and a full gospel preacher back in about 2003. I was sitting in the backseat of the car . We were going out to eat together. God had really been speaking to me about what true salvation is. Who it is that will spend eternity with the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost, and the angelic host.
I'm sitting in the back seat and I am wondering if these two men which I had known for many years knew this truth. So I leaned forward between the two bucket seats and I said to them, hey guys, let me just ask you something. You know it's not sophisticated.
I said, Do You Have To Love God To Go To Heaven?
It got so quiet in that car you could hear a pin drop. Instantly they both looked at me like I had lost my mind. Then they looked at each other like, yup, Mike has gone over the deep end. All the rumors we heard about him are true.
I was waiting for an answer, but they never answered me. So I sat back in my seat. Do You Know Why They Never Answered Me? Because they did not believe in order to be received into heaven after your born again you Must Love God.
I am not saying that it will be a perfect and mature love but at least it will be like the love of a little child has for his or her mom and dad. Granted if they have good parents. We have the most wonderful and amazing Father!
In the middle of the night when a child is going through a bad dream, or if they fall down and get hurt, or if they want to be held they call out for mom or dad. We must at least have this type of love for our heavenly father.
Paul the apostle made an amazing and frightening statement in the book of First Corinthians.
1 Corinthians 16:22If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
*Another translation says: If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be ·separated from God—lost forever [L anathema]! ·Come, O Lord [L Maranatha; C Aramaic phrase meaning either “Our Lord, Come!” or “Our Lord has come”]!
Why did not these Pentecostal preachers believe you have to love God to go to heaven? Remember we can only take people where we live. How tragic that men who stand in the pulpit do not even know this most basic elemental truth!
Matthew 22:37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
It is just common sense that a godly man will not be willing to marry a wife, a woman who not love him. You'd have to be insane to marry a woman like that. Unless you're desperate. God's not desperate.
You better find out if the minister who is feeding you your spiritual food believes: You Must Love God to Go to Heaven! If your minister does not believe this I strongly suggest you run for your life. How can he take you where he does not live himself. If you confront him with this truth after you ask him the question, and he responds: wow, you know that's true, help me, Jesus, then you have found someone that there is still great hope for.
Can I tell you something that's really shocking? Can you listen to me? God is a good God. He wants to share His Wonderful Life and creation with everybody, but God does not need you. I don't care what anybody says. God does not need you and he doesn't need me. But he has given us an amazing invitation and paid the ultimate price for us to be partakers of HIS divine nature. To live with him forever. Pastor but that’s not what I’ve been taught or believe. Let me give you a Biblical example.
In the book of Esther, Mordechai tells his niece you need to go before the king and plead the cause of your people.
Esther 4:14For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed : and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
If you do not stand up for the truth, when it jeopardizes your life, God will just raise somebody else up. If you do not don't want to walk with God, he'll find somebody. If you do not want to love God even as he has loved you, he will find somebody who will. Paul said that many will count themselves unworthy to receive this great plan of salvation because they have refused to love God.
Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
But Pastor it so difficult to love God in his day and age. Tell me about it. I know this is true because of so many distractions, yet if we cry out to God he will empower us to love him. We always quote the Scripture: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Let us by God’s grace and spirit apprehend this truth.
We Must Love God and by God’s Grace, We Will Love Him in Order to Be Fit for Heaven!
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Friday, October 18, 2019
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
How do I know if I'm praying in line with the will of God?
How do I know if I'm praying in line with the will of God?: How do I know if I'm praying in line with the will of God? How can I make sure I'm praying according to God's will?
Monday, September 9, 2019
Sunday, July 21, 2019
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Praising God
Praising God's Glorious name! And Rejoicing in the Lord! So I ask with this message from God that we please share this message with as many as we can and try to point the way to salvation through our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ and so that hopefully more people may want to do what is right and pleasing in our Father in Heaven's eyes and our Lord and Savior's Eyes!
So let's open our Bibles to ~ 1 Chronicles Chapter 29 verse 13 KJV ~ "Now, therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name." So it should be known that our Father in Heaven Almighty God has done so much for us! PROVIDED US with more than we imagine! Created heaven and Earth! Food, water, gave us life, created us, and so much more! So should we not be praising Him more? Not less?
Now let's turn to the book of ~ Habakkuk Chapter 3 verse 18 KJV ~ " Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation." So see again we NEED to rejoice in the Lord MORE for He has done more for us than we could ever imagine! So isn't it time we do that? And show our love to him? Think about it!
ABC's Of Salvation! Did you know God made and loves all the people of the world (including you)! He has a purpose and a plan for our lives, one that includes hope and a future. Many have never experienced God's love and purpose. The reason is that all of us are sinners and the result of our sin is separation from God. Even though our lives are full of sin, God still loves us and offers us the free gift of forgiveness through Jesus Christ. If we, by faith, turn from our sins and receive God's gift of forgiveness, God gives us life that is meaningful and eternal. Would you like to receive God's gift of forgiveness right now? By faith you can. It's as simple as A-B-C.
A: ADMIT- Admit you are sinner in need of forgiveness.
~ Romans Chapter 3 verse 23 ~ "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
~ Isaiah Chapter 53 verse 6 ~ "We all like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all."
~ Romans Chapter 3 verse 23 ~ "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
~ Isaiah Chapter 53 verse 6 ~ "We all like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all."
B: BELIEVE that Jesus Christ died for your sins.
~ John Chapter 3 verse 16 ~ " For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
~ Romans Chapter 5 verse 8 ~ " But God demonstrates his own love toward us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
~ John Chapter 3 verse 16 ~ " For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
~ Romans Chapter 5 verse 8 ~ " But God demonstrates his own love toward us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
C: Confess- Confess Jesus as the Lord of your life.
~ Romans Chapter 10 verse 9 ~ "That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord ', and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved
By faith you can receive forgiveness right now!
~ Acts Chapter 3 verse 19 ~ "Repent, then, and turn to God, so that Your sins may be wiped out."
~ Romans Chapter 10 verse 9 ~ "That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord ', and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved
By faith you can receive forgiveness right now!
~ Acts Chapter 3 verse 19 ~ "Repent, then, and turn to God, so that Your sins may be wiped out."
The Bible also says, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" ~ Romans Chapter 10 verse 13 ~
And "Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." ~ 2 Peter Chapter 3 verse 18~
Please be ready for our Lord And Savior Jesus Christ is coming soon! Do you know him? So now is the time to make right with God and our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Time is short! Accept Jesus today! Hugs! And lots of love for all! May everyone be filled with blessings!
Sunday, February 17, 2019
God has the right to do whatever He wants with a man.
It was prophesied that someone (not necessarily Judas) would betray Christ. I don’t think that Judas was a particular individual that was predestined to betray Christ.
I think that in time, a man with a deceitful heart was chosen, a man who was unfaithful, a man with a murderous heart, (and we know there’s always plenty of those around), and he was chosen to betray the Christ.
In this sense, prophecy would be fulfilled, and the man with the deceitful, unfaithful, murderous heart (which happened to be Judas), betrayed Christ and received his just judgment for being a deceitful, unfaithful, thieving, murderer.
It was prophesied that someone (not necessarily Judas) would betray Christ. I don’t think that Judas was a particular individual that was predestined to betray Christ.
I think that in time, a man with a deceitful heart was chosen, a man who was unfaithful, a man with a murderous heart, (and we know there’s always plenty of those around), and he was chosen to betray the Christ.
In this sense, prophecy would be fulfilled, and the man with the deceitful, unfaithful, murderous heart (which happened to be Judas), betrayed Christ and received his just judgment for being a deceitful, unfaithful, thieving, murderer.
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Stand strong
Those who endeavor to obey all the commandments of God will be opposed and derided. They can stand only in God. In order to endure the trial before them, they must understand the will of God as revealed in His word; they can honor Him only as they have a right conception of His character, government, and purposes, and act in accordance with them.
None but those who have fortified the mind with the truths of the Bible will stand through the last great conflict. To every soul will come the searching test: Shall I obey God rather than men? The decisive hour is even now at hand.
Are our feet planted on the rock of God's immutable word? Are we prepared to stand firm in defense of the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus?
Before His crucifixion, the Saviour explained to His disciples that He was to be put to death and to rise again from the tomb, and angels were present to impress His words on minds and hearts.
But the disciples were looking for temporal deliverance from the Roman yoke, and they could not tolerate the thought that He in whom all their hopes centered should suffer an ignominious death.
The words which they needed to remember were banished from their minds; and when the time of trial came, it found them unprepared.
The death of Jesus as fully destroyed their hopes as if He had not forewarned them. So in the prophecies the future is opened before us as plainly as it was opened to the disciples by the words of Christ (Rev 12:17, John 14:15)
None but those who have fortified the mind with the truths of the Bible will stand through the last great conflict. To every soul will come the searching test: Shall I obey God rather than men? The decisive hour is even now at hand.
Are our feet planted on the rock of God's immutable word? Are we prepared to stand firm in defense of the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus?
Before His crucifixion, the Saviour explained to His disciples that He was to be put to death and to rise again from the tomb, and angels were present to impress His words on minds and hearts.
But the disciples were looking for temporal deliverance from the Roman yoke, and they could not tolerate the thought that He in whom all their hopes centered should suffer an ignominious death.
The words which they needed to remember were banished from their minds; and when the time of trial came, it found them unprepared.
The death of Jesus as fully destroyed their hopes as if He had not forewarned them. So in the prophecies the future is opened before us as plainly as it was opened to the disciples by the words of Christ (Rev 12:17, John 14:15)
Friday, November 9, 2018
Stand strong
When God sends to men warnings so important that they are represented as proclaimed by holy angels flying in the midst of heaven, He requires every person endowed with reasoning powers to heed the message.
The fearful judgments denounced against the worship of the beast and his image (Revelation 14:9-11), should lead all to a diligent study of the prophecies to learn what the mark of the beast is, and how they are to avoid receiving it.
But the masses of the people turn away their ears from hearing the truth and are turned unto fables. The apostle Paul declared, looking down to the last days: "The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine." 2 Timothy 4:3.
That time has fully come. The multitudes do not want Bible truth, because it interferes with the desires of the sinful, world-loving heart; and Satan supplies the deceptions which they love.
But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines and the basis of all reform
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