The Lamb of God Who Takes Away the Sin of the World

“A rattlesnake bit one of my sheep in the face about a week ago. Deadliest snake that lives around here. The sheep’s face swelled up and hurt her terribly.
But the old rattlesnake didn't know the kind of blood that flows through the sheep. Anti-venom is most often made from sheep's blood. The sheep swelled for about 2 days but the blood of the lamb destroyed the venom of the serpent.
I was worried but the sheep didn't care. She kept on eating, kept on drinking and kept on climbing because she knew she was alright.
Often the serpents of this life will reach out and bite us. They inject their poison into us but they cannot overcome the Blood of the Lamb of God that washes away the sin of the world and the sting of death. Don't worry about the serpent or his bite, just make sure that the Lamb's Blood is flowing through your veins.”
~Author Unknown

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Our Body Exposes the Real Us!

Did you know that 97% of communication is non-verbal. How we live our lives and facial expressions say more to others than our words. Our real self leaks out through our body language and micro-expressions on our faces. We cannot completely hide the real us.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.”

Sometimes people are uncomfortable with us because the Holy Spirit in us is being revealed in our bodies.

Sometimes believers who have never met feel a connection to us because the same Holy Spirit in us also dwells in them.

There have been times when the Holy Spirit revealed to me something was not right with someone through their body language or way of expressing themselves. I wouldn't know exactly what it was but later could reflect on some ways the person expressed themselves. Then something would happen and I saw what the problem was. I never judged until I had the answer clearly from God.

When I have met an authentic believer I saw the genuineness, and all the fruit of the Spirit knowing this person was my Spiritual sibling.

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."

I have met many Christians in my life, most of them lacked this wonderful fruit of the Spirit, while the genuine few were dripping with the love of God and full of all His fruit. This is the remnant God speaks of in these end times.

The remnant is those who are sensitive to their actions, they love God so much that the slightest sin of bad attitude or selfishness convicts them deeply and they confess it to be cleansed. They are continually growing in holiness and love correction, instruction, and righteousness.

The remnant are those who are left over, the few, the scraps that remain when they have been tested by God.

Romans 11:5 "…4 And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 6 And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.…"

All those who have chosen Christ because they believed in Him are the remnant, the small number that are authentic believers and will never give up their trust in Christ.

The Change in Us is Permanent!

When we become born-again Christ changes our hearts which changes our behavior. Anyone trying in the flesh to be good is not saved, they are trusting in themselves instead of Christ.

The reason we become confused is so many people are pretenders who think they are going to heaven but have never been changed into a new creation by Christ because their hearts wanted to be in control of their own lives, they had no desire for Christ, they only wanted to feel safe and have friends.

When Christ changes us it's His work and we no longer want the lifestyle we had before. We hate sin and love righteousness. If someone still hates righteousness and loves their sin they were never changed by Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:17

"17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."

Old is gone, the New is now in control and that is Christ.

We are living in the last days there will be more evil than good in these days just like Lot and Noah experienced!!!!

The one-man-paid pastor system is part of the apostasy. It diverts people from the Holy Spirit Who dwells in them and places importance on the "pastor" which is a form of idolatry.

Many pretenders in the church elevate their pastor with mountains of flattery and praise while making up their own doctrine that fights against righteousness.

Watch out for those who quote their pastor and hardly ever quote the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Those Who Cause Division

Once a person has been convinced of the wrong thing that is accepted by the rest of the culture it is impossible for him to wrap his mind around the truth.

We live with "raging insanity" every day now. It is difficult to reason with people to come to an understanding or resolve things, even minor things.

Even in Christian gatherings, most people are not open to the truth of the Bible they claim to believe. When they believe something opposite of what God says they will fight to defend the untruth.

2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"

Romans 16:17-18

"I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive."

Those who cause division are those who believe the culture over the Bible, those who believe psychology without evaluating it according to the Bible and those who love their families and friends more than they love God.

These people cause division in the church by coming against the truth when it is spoken in order to be loved by the world, and in order to sin as they please without restraint.

There are many if not most people in the church who are pretenders, they came to feel safe and good about themselves but were never born again. These are those who do not recognize truth and are even hostile against it because they love their world and their sin.

This is the life of an authentic Christ as expressed by David.

Psalm 109:2-

"For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer."

Those who love Christ will feel alone a lot. They will express the truth to others who claim to be Christian and be reviled by them. They will want everything to be about God causing anger in pretenders who love their pretense and self-adulation.

We do not have to be discouraged all the time, when we see ourselves becoming so we can pray and the joy will return. God is with us every minute of every day until He takes us home, we know this life is temporary and we are in His hands. Hallelujah!

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Not Individual Sins but a Character of Sinfulness

Unsaved people are not going to hell because of individual sins, they are on their way to hell because of their sinful nature. The only way to fix this problem is to trust in Christ Who paid the penalty for our sin by dying on the cross for all of mankind.

Christ desired that everyone become born-again but knew most would not choose to be changed by Him.

Most people who say they are Christians never became born-again because they still think they are basically good and don't need cleansing. Did you know the jails are full of people who never repented from their crimes but think they are basically good?

No one who is good to the core of his being could ever sin. Mankind is basically evil to the core and cannot save themselves by working to be better. Even their best is still as filthy rags in the eyes of God.

Christ paid the price for sin which was death, so that all anyone has to do is confess their sinfulness and desire to be changed by Him.

Did you know that no one can follow the ten commandments, they were given to show us our sinfulness not to save us from hell by following them.

When realizing how sinful we are because we cannot follow the commandments of God then is when we die to ourselves and trust in Christ. Only He is good!!

God requires that we are crushed under the weight of our sin so that we will want His cleansing to be born-again.

John 3:5 " Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit."

The term "born again" means that when Christ saves us He replaces our spirit with the Holy Spirit. We then have the Holy Spirit living in us who is our mentor, our guide, our helper, and healer, who disciplines us and convicts the world of sin.

Unbelievers are afraid of those who are full of the Holy Spirit, they don't know why they are uncomfortable they just know they want to know more or they want to run away from the holiness of God Who lives in us. Most people want to avoid those who are Holy Spirit-filled. They think there is something wrong with us that makes them uncomfortable but it is Christ, not us.

Unbelievers will even try to figure out what is wrong with us that makes them uncomfortable, making up stories to justify hating us, but they have no reason, it is the Holy Spirit Who convicts them.

No one has to remain uncomfortable they can ask God about their own sinful state and want Him to change them too.