Inspiration

BEWARE OF him

 

2^nd Peter: 2:1: “But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce false heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them-bringing swift destruction on themselves.”

 

Not much has changed since then and nothing will change until He comes back and, ultimately, deals with Satan. There will always be those who want nothing other than to propagate their agenda and take people down the primrose path of destruction.

 

If you want to win a battle, preparation is the key to victory and the proper way to prepare to battle Satan and his army is to be armed with the armor of Jesus Christ which you can pick up in the Bible.

 

 

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HIS DIVINE POWER

 

2^nd Peter 1:3-4: “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through him you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.”

 

It’s interesting to think of the differences from the creation of Adam to the advent of Jesus and today; Personally, I don’t see any. As God was, is and always will be the same; man was, is and will always be the same. Unfortunately for us there is a vast difference between us and God; He is pure and man is….you fill in the blanks.   

 

But because of His great and never ending compassion and love, He has presented us the greatest gift possible; the sacrifice of His only Son so that ‘whoever believes in Him will have everlasting life’ (John 3:16) and not be subjected to the ‘reward,’ if you will, to be given those who will not escape from the consequences of their choice and the corruption of the world.

 

If you are not participating in His divine power it is because you have chosen to remain on the path you were born. You can alter that path by knowledge of the only and true God and you can find Him in the Bible.

 

 

Inspiration

RESIST HIM

 

James5:9: “Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of suffering.”

 

And you thought you were the only ones suffering; sorry but the world offers much suffering and there is plenty to go around. But we (those who know Jesus as Savior) need not feel we suffer alone; we have the strength and peace offered to us by our Father; actually we can rejoice in that knowledge because we know that He will never allow temptations greater than we can handle.

 

I must repeat this point because of its importance in our daily lives. We know Jesus said He would never allow anything to come upon us that would be beyond our ability to cope, so we can have peace in that knowledge and rely on His strength. Therefore when things seem to be beyond our control it is merely Satan’s way of trying to discourage us and to keep our eyes off Jesus; this is just the time to resist his tempting and look to Him.

 

 

 

Inspiration

WHAT WILL BECOME?

 

1^st Peter 4:18: “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”

 

A provocative question indeed; yes, it is difficult for the righteous to be saved because they feel they are good people and their good deeds will be sufficient. And the ungodly and sinner might very well feel hopeless because they might feel unworthy.

 

This kind of philosophy is quite human and totally wrong in God’s eyes. The Bible says He didn’t die on the cross for the righteous, no, He died for the sinner. Aren’t you glad to be a sinner (just kidding)? On the serious side though we are all born sinners; it is our natural destiny because of the Curse levied on the world when Adam and Eve disobeyed God and sinned.

 

So what will become of the sinner is entirely up to the sinner; God fulfilled His part on the cross; the rest is up to the sinner’s to alter their natural destiny by choosing to accept Jesus as their personal Savior. Please remember no action, no choosing, is a choice. The best place to prove what I just wrote is the Bible

 

 

Inspiration

ONCE FOR ALL

 

1^st Peter 3:18: “For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.”

 

This verse and others supporting the same basic truth of the fact that there is nothing more man can do to be with God, is one of my favorite Scriptural verses. When man attempts to ‘help’ people find God, the result is not necessarily what one would expect. I’m trying not to be critically harsh but sometimes it is necessary to be straight forward to make a point.

 

I do make a distinction between Christianity and religion; the former being founded by God and the latter founded by man. Religions tend to make one believe that it is their way or no way. Because there are so many (in excess of 3,000) religions or cults today it really does nothing more that to pour tons of confusing methods or facts or information on a society that is reeling from being overly informed; to the point of apathy in many instances. I think I am getting confused myself trying to write about what I’m trying to say in non-critical terms.

 

The Bible has been the same since its introduction. It is the inspired word of God, has no error, no contradiction and no need to add or subtract anything. In fact God, in the book of Revelation, warns man not to change anything in that book or he will be cursed. Need I say more?