3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3

King James Version (KJV)

3 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

² The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
³ Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
⁴ Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
⁵ Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into 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 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
⁸ The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
⁹ Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
¹⁰ Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
¹¹ Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
¹² If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
¹³ And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
¹⁴ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
¹⁵ That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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.
¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
²⁰ For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
²¹ But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
²² After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
²³ And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
²⁴ For John was not yet cast into prison.
²⁵ Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
²⁶ And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
²⁷ John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
²⁸ Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
²⁹ He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease.
³¹ He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
³² And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
³³ He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
³⁴ For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
³⁵ The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
³⁶ He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

A Study Father Had Me Do (Ezekiel 14:14 14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.)

Peace,

I was led to do this study and a sister in Christ confirmed it. Yesterday morning I was led to Luke 17 by the still small voice. Today she told me she was there last night. I was showing her two verses that were almost highlighted if you will for me. I would like to share those now.

Luke 17:29-30 ²⁹ But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

³⁰ Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

While in the word Father revealed this to me, Ezekiel 14:14 ¹⁴ Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.

I remembered this verse from Ezekiel while reading about Lot, his wife and daughters. Lot and his wife and daughters all were saved from the wrath of God that came to Sodom and Gomorrah. God gave them command do NOT look back. Lot's wife turned back and she changed into a pillar of salt. 

Lot could not save his wife. Noah, Daniel and Job could not save anyone but themselves as we see in Ezekiel. My dear friends that is no different today.

I am hearing from so many who are full of sorrow that their loved ones are not saved and that their spouses are lukewarm and some do not believe. Many are torn as to what they will do. They are seeking God for answers. 

Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 7 these words,¹² But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

¹³ And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
¹⁵ But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
¹⁶ For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

We cannot force upon anyone our beliefs. We tell them about Yahushua/Jesus and we dust the sand off our feet if they do not receive it. We know that God's word never comes back void. Amen?!?! If we try and convert a sinner through love and truth and they do not accept it we cannot beat them into changing, we can't try and change their freewill. Father does not force anyone to follow HIS Son and we surely can't either.

So, let God do what HE does best HE doesn't require our help.
In HIM with love,
Cassie

Verse 6 "and it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark.

Peace,

     I am strongly led to share this vision with you and the reading I received right after. Pray on it and bring it before the Father. I have the Holy Spirit all over me as I write this. 

Early this morning I was sleeping BUT aware of what was going on. I was watching these three little girls. I told them we would go for a walk I looked outside it looked like evening but you could see. I knew it was suppose to be light out as I knew it was during the day. I KNEW in my Spirit something was coming. 

I was then told this morning while in prayer to read Zechariah chapter 14. Please read it. Here is the verse that JUMPED out at me. Verse 6 "and it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark.

In HIS name with love,
Cassie

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10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

saiah 61

King James Version (KJV)

61 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

² To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
³ To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
⁴ And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
⁵ And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
⁶ But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
⁷ For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
⁸ For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
⁹ And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
¹⁰ I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
¹¹ For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

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15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

Isaiah 32

King James Version (KJV)

32 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

² And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
³ And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
⁴ The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
⁵ The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
⁶ For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
⁷ The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
⁸ But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
⁹ Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
¹⁰ Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
¹¹ Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
¹² They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
¹³ Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
¹⁴ Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
¹⁵ Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
¹⁶ Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
¹⁷ And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
¹⁸ And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
¹⁹ When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
²⁰ Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

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11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

Psalm 105

King James Version (KJV)

105 O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.

² Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
³ Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
⁴ Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
⁵ Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
⁶ O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
⁷ He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
⁸ He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
⁹ Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
¹⁰ And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
¹¹ Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
¹² When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
¹³ When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
¹⁴ He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
¹⁵ Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
¹⁶ Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
¹⁷ He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
¹⁸ Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
¹⁹ Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.
²⁰ The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
²¹ He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
²² To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
²³ Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
²⁴ And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
²⁵ He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
²⁶ He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
²⁷ They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
²⁸ He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
³⁰ Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
³¹ He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
³² He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
³³ He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
³⁴ He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
³⁵ And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
³⁶ He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
³⁷ He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
³⁸ Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
³⁹ He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
⁴⁰ The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
⁴¹ He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
⁴² For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
⁴³ And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
⁴⁴ And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
⁴⁵ That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.

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14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Leviticus 26

King James Version (KJV)

26 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.

² Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
³ If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
⁴ Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
⁵ And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
⁶ And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
⁷ And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
⁸ And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
⁹ For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
¹⁰ And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
¹¹ And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
¹² And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
¹³ I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
¹⁴ But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
¹⁵ And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
¹⁶ I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
¹⁷ And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
¹⁸ And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
¹⁹ And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
²⁰ And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
²¹ And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
²² I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
²³ And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
²⁴ Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
²⁵ And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
²⁶ And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
²⁷ And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
²⁸ Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
²⁹ And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
³⁰ And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
³¹ And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
³² And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
³³ And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
³⁴ Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
³⁵ As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
³⁶ And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
³⁷ And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
³⁸ And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
³⁹ And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
⁴⁰ If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
⁴¹ And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
⁴² Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
⁴³ The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
⁴⁴ And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.
⁴⁵ But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the Lord.
⁴⁶ These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

(15) And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

 Mark 1:15

(15) And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

  Luke 16:16-17

(16) The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. (17) And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
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Is there any doubt in our minds that we are within striking range of the return of Jesus Christ? The gospel of Jesus Christ has been preached for almost two thousand years, and prophecies made by Him and others regarding His return are being fulfilled. The crisis at the close is almost upon us. Mankind's only hope is revealed in the gospel, yet we find great ignorance regarding what His good news is.

The complete secularization of the Western, "Christian" world is almost accomplished, and doctrinal confusion abounds. It seems as though the vast number of professing Christians believe that all one must do is believe in the name of Jesus Christ to be saved. This is most certainly required, but Jesus Himself says in Mark 1:15 that one must believe inthe gospel in order to be saved.

That is quite a bit different than merely believing in Jesus. While it is definitely true that Jesus died for our sins, the true gospel provides a great deal more instruction regarding Christianity and its purpose than solely Jesus' part in our salvation. It reveals that a Christian must play an active part in the spiritual creation that God is working in and through men.

One of the more effective deceptions Satan has palmed off on mankind is that all God is attempting to do is to "save" people. Most Christians somehow fail to think of God and His Son, Jesus Christ, as actively involved in doing something more with those who are converted.

Consider this process, which most people believe: At some time in his life, the "saved" one had perceived the need to be forgiven of his sins. He then asked God to forgive him, and from that point on, because of Christ's blood, he was "saved." Is this true? Though this illustration has been simplified a great deal, it is nevertheless close to the prevalent belief.

We will add a biblical fact to that scenario. Almost all Bible commentators hold that the Israelite's experience of walking through the wilderness following Israel's release from bondage to Egypt is a type of a Christian's walk following his conversion. Walking is typical of laboring or working to reach an objective.

Did the Israelites arrive in the Promised Land - a type of theKingdom of God - immediately upon release from their bondage? No! They had ahead of them a forty-year journey filled with trials. As they journeyed, God worked with them and supplied their needs, preparing them for their inheritance. Release from Egypt only began another aspect of God's work with them. To reach their objective, a great deal of labor lay ahead of them.

We all need to come to grips with the reality that our Creator is a God who works. He is not merely observing mankind, or worse still, having gone way off somewhere in the vastness of the universe, letting things run more or less on their own. Jesus says in John 5:17, "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working." More plainly, the Father began working in the indefinite past and has continued working right up till now. God is not sitting around passively saving people.

In Psalm 74:12, notice the psalmist Asaph's revelation of what God is doing: "For God is my King from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth." The salvation of human beings requires God to work, yet some seem to think that all He does is as simple as turning a "forgiveness switch," and the person is saved. However, in various places both the Father and the Son are called "Saviors." It ought to be apparent that saving a person from circumstances he needs deliverance from requires a savior to work. If a deliverer or savior does not make a strenuous effort, the one in need of rescue will not be saved.

Jesus testified that the Father was working at that very moment. The Bible provides abundant records of Jesus, our Savior, working on behalf of mankind: teaching, counseling, praying, healing, setting the example for His disciples, and obeying His Father flawlessly in order to be the sacrifice for the forgiveness of our sins. Further, He says in John 14:10, "Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works." Jesus thus shows the Father to be His partner in His ministry.

In addition, when Jesus rose from the grave and ascended to heaven, He was made Head of the Church, as well as its High Priest. As such, He is responsible to the Father for working with the members of His Body, interceding on our behalf. He thus bears great responsibility for the salvation of its individual members and the success of the church as a whole. These vital tasks require His careful attention, especially as events near the crisis at the close of the age.

The conclusion is obvious: The work of God abounds with works for all concerned in seeking the objective He has set before us in His purpose. That objective is the Kingdom of God.

— John W. Ritenbaugh

(15) And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

 Mark 1:15

(15) And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

  Luke 16:16-17

(16) The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. (17) And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
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Is there any doubt in our minds that we are within striking range of the return of Jesus Christ? The gospel of Jesus Christ has been preached for almost two thousand years, and prophecies made by Him and others regarding His return are being fulfilled. The crisis at the close is almost upon us. Mankind's only hope is revealed in the gospel, yet we find great ignorance regarding what His good news is.

The complete secularization of the Western, "Christian" world is almost accomplished, and doctrinal confusion abounds. It seems as though the vast number of professing Christians believe that all one must do is believe in the name of Jesus Christ to be saved. This is most certainly required, but Jesus Himself says in Mark 1:15 that one must believe inthe gospel in order to be saved.

That is quite a bit different than merely believing in Jesus. While it is definitely true that Jesus died for our sins, the true gospel provides a great deal more instruction regarding Christianity and its purpose than solely Jesus' part in our salvation. It reveals that a Christian must play an active part in the spiritual creation that God is working in and through men.

One of the more effective deceptions Satan has palmed off on mankind is that all God is attempting to do is to "save" people. Most Christians somehow fail to think of God and His Son, Jesus Christ, as actively involved in doing something more with those who are converted.

Consider this process, which most people believe: At some time in his life, the "saved" one had perceived the need to be forgiven of his sins. He then asked God to forgive him, and from that point on, because of Christ's blood, he was "saved." Is this true? Though this illustration has been simplified a great deal, it is nevertheless close to the prevalent belief.

We will add a biblical fact to that scenario. Almost all Bible commentators hold that the Israelite's experience of walking through the wilderness following Israel's release from bondage to Egypt is a type of a Christian's walk following his conversion. Walking is typical of laboring or working to reach an objective.

Did the Israelites arrive in the Promised Land - a type of theKingdom of God - immediately upon release from their bondage? No! They had ahead of them a forty-year journey filled with trials. As they journeyed, God worked with them and supplied their needs, preparing them for their inheritance. Release from Egypt only began another aspect of God's work with them. To reach their objective, a great deal of labor lay ahead of them.

We all need to come to grips with the reality that our Creator is a God who works. He is not merely observing mankind, or worse still, having gone way off somewhere in the vastness of the universe, letting things run more or less on their own. Jesus says in John 5:17, "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working." More plainly, the Father began working in the indefinite past and has continued working right up till now. God is not sitting around passively saving people.

In Psalm 74:12, notice the psalmist Asaph's revelation of what God is doing: "For God is my King from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth." The salvation of human beings requires God to work, yet some seem to think that all He does is as simple as turning a "forgiveness switch," and the person is saved. However, in various places both the Father and the Son are called "Saviors." It ought to be apparent that saving a person from circumstances he needs deliverance from requires a savior to work. If a deliverer or savior does not make a strenuous effort, the one in need of rescue will not be saved.

Jesus testified that the Father was working at that very moment. The Bible provides abundant records of Jesus, our Savior, working on behalf of mankind: teaching, counseling, praying, healing, setting the example for His disciples, and obeying His Father flawlessly in order to be the sacrifice for the forgiveness of our sins. Further, He says in John 14:10, "Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works." Jesus thus shows the Father to be His partner in His ministry.

In addition, when Jesus rose from the grave and ascended to heaven, He was made Head of the Church, as well as its High Priest. As such, He is responsible to the Father for working with the members of His Body, interceding on our behalf. He thus bears great responsibility for the salvation of its individual members and the success of the church as a whole. These vital tasks require His careful attention, especially as events near the crisis at the close of the age.

The conclusion is obvious: The work of God abounds with works for all concerned in seeking the objective He has set before us in His purpose. That objective is the Kingdom of God.

— John W. Ritenbaugh

Romans 1:23-27 23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, ,

Peace,

This writing was placed on my heart this morning. I am sure some will be upset by the contents. However, I am to be obedient.

I will first say I LOVE all sinners. I am a sinner and I know Father loves me BUT I also know HE hates my sin. Please know this writing comes from a heart of love not hatred.

This writing is to the sinners of the world. You must stop sinning and REPENT!

To those that think/say they are born gay, lesbian, bi sexual, homosexual or transgender this is a lie. You have been lied to by satan, he wants your soul. He has been lying since the beginning of time. You must REPENT! Change from you sinful ways. Ask God to help you.

Romans 1:23-27 23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

To those that commit murder killing innocent un-born babies through abortion you must REPENT! You are playing God you are NOT God. You are being deceived into thinking what you are doing is justifiable. NO, it is not it another lie from satan. 


To those who steal from the innocent and poor. Jesus tells us in Matthew 25 34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?39Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

I was led to the story of Joseph and his brothers yesterday. Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers who were jealous of his relationship with their father, Jacob. Is that all to the story? No. Joseph went to Egypt and was the right hand man if you will under Pharaoh. Joseph knew of a coming famine and he stored up food. Joseph would not have been able to help the people if he had not been sold into slavery. He was not only able to help the people of the lands BUT his brothers were able to REPENT for the wrong they had caused him. This is all God's master plan. Do you see?

The same with the governments around the world. We have taken God out of  our homes, schools, towns, states, country and the world. HE in return has given to us governments that are corrupt. They lie and cheat the people and they go against God and HIS word. But what does the bible say about these men in power? 

Proverbs 29:2 2When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn 

I don't know about you but I am in mourning.  I am mourning for the sinners of this world. The lost and the un-repentive. For what is coming and for what is gone. 

In HIM with love,

Cassie

"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly."

 Hebrews 11:5

(5) By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
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The fact that Paul states Enoch walked with God suggests a relationship had been established between them. Enoch had thus already experienced what Abel's example teaches. Enoch's example takes us to the next logical step in a faithful person's movement toward glorification. In his arrangement of examples of faith, Paul is emphasizing, not chronological, but experiential order, that is, faith as experienced in practical life. In a true life of faith, walking with God follows justification.

"Walk" and "walking" are the Bible's most frequently used metaphors for two related concepts. Depending upon the translation, they are used almost three hundred times to indicate interaction with another and making progress toward a destination. Somewhat related but used to a lesser extent, "walk" or "walking" indicates the passage of time as a person continues in a chosen direction of life and lifestyle. For example:

» Psalm 1:1: "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly."

» Proverbs 4:14: "Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil."

» Daniel 4:37: "And those who walk in pride He is able to abase."

» Micah 6:8: "And what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?"

» Psalm 119:45: "And I will walk at liberty, for I seek Your precepts."

Scores of similar descriptions are scattered throughout the Bible. They provide a composite picture of the wide variety of the facets of the godly person's and the evil person's manners of life. Since Amos 3:3 shows that two cannot walk together unless they agree, a person walking with God illustrates that the two are in agreement. This does not mean the person is perfect, but it does imply God's acceptance of him at that stage of his life.

— John W. Ritenbaugh