No one can Pay for their Own Sinful Nature

It is silliness that declares the brutal death on the cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was not enough and that fallen human beings who cannot be in the presence of God the Father would be able to help the work of Christ in salvation.

We do work because we are saved not to become saved. Those who think they can help Christ in securing their salvation through their good deeds do not understand that all their good deeds are as filthy rags, God cannot even look upon their good deeds because they are covered in the sinful nature.

When Christ changes us into a new creation because we believe and trust in Him, we can never go back to the old again. It was a work of God that no man can undo. Christ merely gives us what we want when we repent and trust in Him. If someone does not want to be changed by Christ He will not change them into a new creation.

No one can make themselves acceptable enough to go to heaven that's why Christ had to die a brutal death to pay for our sinful nature, it's not just for sins, it's for our entire nature of sin. We cannot earn our way to heaven nor can we earn keeping it.

Ephesians 2:10

"10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."

2 Corinthians 5:17

"17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"

Notice the "old is gone", it cannot come back.

When Christ changes us we are a completely different people, we don't think the same way anymore. We hate sin but are trapped in this body of sin so we have to battle it every day through the power of Christ. No child of God keeps on sinning, they confess to be cleansed.

Romans 7:23-25 "…23 But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.…"

1 John 3:9-10 "9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.…"

If one of God's children sins He does not throw them away, He disciplines them to return to obedience.

Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"

Those who sin willfully who are not sorry and even defend their sin have never been born again. They came in of their own power not the power of Christ. Their mindset is the same as it was before because Christ will not change anyone who doesn't want to be changed into a new creation by Him. These people thought they could make themselves acceptable to God, but they cannot no matter how good they think they are, they will never measure up to God's holiness.

Matthew 7:21-23

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’"

There are many if not most pretenders in the apostate church today who look just like the world because they are the world.

James 4:4 "4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God. "

John 15:18-20 "18 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. 19 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. 20 Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.…"

Cultural Christianity is Deadly

We live in a Christian culture claiming they believe the Bible but violate so much of it that it is evidence they are not "Bible-believing."

When you quote the Bible to another Christian and their response is to defend their own ideas rather than go to prayer and Bible study we have a clue they are cherry pickers, choosing what they like and discarding what they don't like or what does not fit with the culture.

Cultural Christianity is far bigger now than authentic Christianity. The culture counts the Bible as good literature with some good suggestions in it but nothing more. There is no realization that the Bible was Authored by Jesus Christ and every Word in it matters.

If someone says they believe the Bible then thy ought to be searching it at ever turn to make sure they were obeying it. When a question arises about an issue their first thought ought to be what God said about it or which principle applies to it.

And, true Bible believers would be praying as they read for the Holy Spirit to open their eyes to understanding. Many people read with the attitude of finding loopholes to justify what they want, without concern about what Christ meant. These people are not honest people desiring to know the heart of God to obey Him.

Anyone who says they believe the Bible ought to be reading it and knowing it so well that they can repeat a principle of God without having to look it up. If someone does not know they should be searching to find an answer with the help of the Holy Spirit.

John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"

Whatever we do in obedience to God WILL glorify Him.

Isaiah 11:2

"The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD."

John 14:17

"the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you."

John 14:26

"But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you."

Those who love their ignorance and cultural Christianity will use the Bible to suite themselves and they will not glorify Christ, only themselves.

1 Timothy 4:1

"Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,"

2 Timothy 4:3–4

"3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,

4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths."

Religion will not get Anyone to Heaven

Recently I have heard a Catholic say that something in the Bible was no big deal if someone didn't follow it. Clearly, this person didn't know and can't know that Jesus Christ is the Author of the Bible. He didn't realize that not everything was written to us but everything was written for us. He didn't realize he will not be able to believe the Bible until He repents and becomes born-again.

Some things in the Bible were written to the Jews and were pictures of prophecy to come. Now those pictures have been fulfilled and the Church no longer follows the rituals for shadows of things but we believe the fulfillment of those shadows. We have dropped the rituals that were shadows and pictures to celebrate the real thing that has been fulfilled. Now we celebrate the new covenant of grace.

Disobedience to God's Word on any level is a serious issue.

Jesus Christ is the Author of the Bible everything He said in it is true. Only through His Holy Spirit living in born-again believers can we correctly interpret things according to Jesus' teaching.

John 16:13-14 " 13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"

Not all of Scripture was written to us but it was all written for us to follow. No one will be able to think on his own through the leading of the Holy Spirit until you become born again.

Another significant passage is when Christ said; "there is only one mediator between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus." We have no priest or pope who is the mediator between us, only Christ Jesus who lives in those who have become born again.

If anyone desires to know how to become born-again so that you too can understand the scriptures I would be happy to tell you.

Following man's rules does not get anyone to heaven, being in a particular "denomination" or "religion" does not save anyone. Only trusting what Christ did on the cross will save anyone. Also, one must confess their sinful nature to God and desire to be changed by Him to be born again. Just following rules doesn't get anyone to heaven.

Matthew 7"21-23 "21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"

Those who depend on their own good deeds or which gathering they attend will not be saved. Those who place their trust in the "pastor" who stands up front will not be saved. One who refuses to seek the Lord through prayer and scripture reading will not be saved.

Many people think they are going to heaven by being in the right group or listening to the right preacher are on their way to hell because their trust is not in Christ but in "a form of religion" as 2 Timothy 3:5 says:

2 Timothy 3:1-5

Difficult Times Will Come

1 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.

2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,

4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

5 holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these."

It is those who are arrogantly believing they are superior full of wicked character traits who think they are godly but are not, that we should avoid. The world is full of these types, more than those who have trusted Christ authentically. We can expect to be alone more than ever before as the days march quickly to the end of the end of the church age.

Do not let this discourage you, rather be encouraged, we are going home soon and we have no obligation to spend our time with those who don't want our God.

No Compassion No Holiness

Amen, Amen!!!!
Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."

Jim Elliot: Lost Valley Missions"There is no such thing as true holiness without compassion; not merely outward expressions of compassion but compassion that is felt in the heart: yes, felt in the heart (Matthew 18, John 13:34-35).

All holiness without true compassion is the advancement of spiritual pride.

Spiritual pride results from advancing in holiness without an authentic relationship with Jesus Christ. A real relationship with Jesus makes the heart humble and tender.

Yes, you can advance in holiness without a real relationship with Jesus, but you cannot grow in true holiness without one.

It is possible and quite common to mature in a disciplinary lifestyle of "touch not, taste not" fasting, prayers, Bible reading, street preaching, and all of the above without having an authentic relationship with Jesus.

Mere religion changes only the outward acts: true religion or otherwise called "real relationship with Jesus" changes the heart from which the acts are produced.

You can do "all of the above" religious works and have no compassion, no true holiness.

What Jesus died for and is looking for is true relationship, true holiness, true religion (Revelation 2:1-7)."

Disregarding Another Spirit Filled Person is a Sin

We cannot find anything in Scripture that says because women are physically and emotionally weaker vessels they should be disregarded. Women as well as men who are born again have the Holy Spirit. No one is to be disregarded or demeaned.

1 Peter 3:7 "

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with your wives with understanding, giving honor unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered."

God gave the command to protect his wife because she was more fragile than men. Of course, you will find women who are strong, but as a whole, the women focus on emotions and are physically weaker.

However, Every woman and every man who has the Holy Spirit no matter which gender can be Spiritually strong because they each have the Holy Spirit living in them.

For years we have heard some men demean women because they picked the fruit but what they forgot was that Eve picked the fruit after being deceived, but Adam partook of the fruit knowing full well he was disobeying God. Both man and woman were accountable, the woman for leaning into her emotions and the man for having weak leadership toward the woman.

God gave each man and woman different roles in the family and the church based on their physical makeup. Neither role was better than the other they were just different. Men should not demean a woman for her role and women should not demean a man for his role. After all, the were the roles give by God.

In the case of Ananias and Sapphira God killed them for conspiring together to lie to the Holy Spirit. I wonder if things would have been different if Sapphirah had done her job as counselor to her husband, would he have changed his mind and done what was right. I guess we won't know but let this be a lesson to both husband and wife. When the husband is about to take the wrong path the wife is to counsel him from the word to get back on the right one. When the wife is about to take the wrong path the man is to lead by example and teach to entice his wife to go down the right path.

Man and woman are a couple melded together by God's glue as one in marriage, we are to counsel and guide one another according to God's Word. Of course, this presumes that both husband and wife are born again. If there is a non-believer in a marriage that would take an entirely different discussion.

God said; we are "heirs together" in this life, not one better than the other just different.

The Lion King of Judah

If you are ever in the wild and you see lions coming, don't run, they see something running they think it is prey. Perhaps we as believers ought to think about this. Stand strong in the Word.

1 Peter 5:7-9

"…7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, (Jesus Christ) because He cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering."

Perhaps as we ponder the plight of Daniel in the lion's den we will realize the power of standing firm in Christ, not our own power.

The devil roars around like a roaring lion do not run in fear of him, he comes to destroy but Christ is the Lion of Judah and He is our Lion King! The devil cannot compete with our King!!!

Revelation 19:16

"16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords."

Transubstantiation what is it!

There are many people beginning to believe this doctrine of demons. This idea began about the 1200s brought into the Catholic church by those who experienced false miracles such as blood flowing from the communion host within the Catholic church.

As a former Catholic, I know that the church promotes following miracles over and above the Word of God. If the Word of God has no mention of a doctrine the Catholic church will change the meanings of the Word of Jesus Christ in His Bible to match their favored doctrines based on these false miracles.

Let me give the scripture that makes this doctrine of transubstantiation so devilish and forbidden by God.

Leviticus 26:29

"29 You shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters."

God also said:

Matthew 5:27-28

Adultery in the Heart

27 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

God counts every desire of the heart that is against His commands as having done the acts, one does not have to do the act to be guilty of adultery, murder, theft, and all the others, one only has to desire to do them to be counted as having done them.

This is true of cannibalism too, if one desires to believe the body of the Son of God is to be counted as eaten in the heart of every Catholic then they are actively participating in cannibalism, an abomination before the Lord.

Everyone who chooses to believe they are eating the body and blood of Christ has to pretend they see flesh and blood, which of course they do not see with their eyes, it is all in their own minds alone.

The excuse that Jesus said "this is my body and this is my blood" made it become the actual body and blood is not consistent with the rest of Scripture. When symbolism was used to justify the desired belief based on a false miracle of Satan without Scriptural support other than the miracle and a desired interpretation Satan was able to fool a lot of people into blaspheming Christ.

Christ said; "I am the door", "I am the way" (road), "the Bread of LIfe, "The Light of the world," "The Door of the sheep", I am the True Vine."

We know Christ is not a physical door, or a road we walk on, or bread we eat with our mouths. We know He is not a physical vine, that we should go into the vineyards and pretend He is one of the vines.

When we go back to the original languages we see that it is clear when Christ was speaking figuratively to make a point about His authority and when He was speaking in physical reality.

Even the phrase "you must be born again" is not a command for Nicodemus to crawl back into his mother's womb. Our Lord was speaking Spiritually, that the spirit of Nicodemus must be born into the Spriit of Christ in order to enter into the family of Christ.

John 3:1-21

You Must Be Born Again

3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”

3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

When our doctrine comes from false miracles it is easy for the devil to fool people into committing blasphemy to carry out their actions based on these miracles. What better way to demean Christ than to claim false things about His Word.

When the miracles do not match with the Word of God, or even defy the principles of the Word of God it is important that we reject the false miracle and remain faithful to the Word of God.

My question is "why do we need to believe in a miracle when the word of God is right in front of us? I suggest that the need to see a miracle to feel close to God is a lack of faith. Even pretending there is a miracle when the physical evidence all around us proves there was no physical blood or physical body to eat.

Faith is based on believing what God said that we cannot see. Those who need miracles and rituals to shore up their faith have little faith.

True faith is believing what God said in His Word, rejecting anything that others may add to His word to justify their false belief.

Whether you are protestant or Catholic does not matter, everyone must evaluate what they have been taught and what they have been convinced of according to the Bible. NOT to read the Bible to twist it to fit favored doctrines or miracles they can see, but to read it to find the heart of God and His principles as HE gave them to us.

Remember too what God said;

Matthew 16:4 " 4 A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away."

John 4:48, "Then Jesus said to him, 'Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe.'"

Those with little faith are the ones who seek to have miracles they can see, they do not trust the Bible or the Holy Spirit to guide them into all truth, they must see something, these people are easy targets for the devil to divert their attention from Christ to the false miracles.

Brothers and Sisters, be a person who walks by faith through reading the Bible to believe it as you are guided by the Holy Spirit Who lives in you. Do not seek miracles or believe those who have them to shore up their weak faith.

Christ said that after He leaves this world to go to the Father we, the believers, would do even greater things than He did. But how is that possible, when is the last time you saw a person heal the sight of the Blind or grow back a withered hand? These are not the kind of works God said we would do, our greater works are the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world.

Becoming born-again to live in eternity with the Father and Christ is far greater than eyesight or a hand made whole. There is no greater miracle than a heart that has been changed into a new creation by Christ, saved for eternity. We are the messengers making this knowledge available to the world before we leave in the rapture.

Christ showed His miracles while He was here to prove He was God, our mission is to preach about Him so that the greatest miracle of all will be the salvation of many souls.

Mark 16:15-16 "15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.…"

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