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Jesus Our Ruler from Everlasting – Merry Christmas! The Scriptures have been very clear about who Jesus is and what His mission on earth is. It is Christmas! Year! I love it. Christmas is not the beginning of Jesus. It is very crucial and very important that we understand this point. Will we allow Jesus to “rule” and govern our lives now and forever? Jesus is God and has no beginning and end. If He is not God, He could not have come to be born as a baby during Christmas. If He is not God in human flesh, He would not have go to the cross to die for our sins. If Jesus is not God, our sins cannot be forgiven because He would have been with sin and not a perfect sacrifice for the sins of humans. If Jesus is not God, He would not have risen from the dead and God cannot be contained in the grave. If Jesus is not God and risen from the dead, everyone who believes and trusts in Him cannot rise from the dead and live forever. You say, where do you get all these from? From Scripture....

God’s Ways and His Grace Imagine you have a job that pays $500 for an 8 hour day. In this job, you started working at 9 AM till 5 PM. Now another co-worker came to work at 1 PM and worked till 5 PM. At pay time, the owner of the company pays your co-worker $500 and turns around and paid you $500. How would you feel about what you were paid, about the owner and about your co-worker’s pay? That is exactly what happened in Jesus’ story below. Does the owner of the company have a right to pay you what you agreed to, $500 and pay your co-worker $500 too? Put another way, is it fair for the owner to show grace to who he chooses to show mercy and grace? God is fair but he is also merciful and gracious. He chooses to give people more than they deserve. Can’t God do what he wants to do beyond being fair? Fairness is what we deserve. We have sinned and punishment for sin is death – that is fair. It is fair to give us our due punishment but God has chosen to give us mercy and grace – m...

Eternal Life – Impossible For the Rich and for All. Eternal Life – Impossible For the Rich. This means most in Americans and the rest of the West and the rich in most developing countries are in jeopardy of seeing God and being saved. By all standards, compared to the man who Jesus spoke to in Matthew 19, most of us in the West are very rich. Jesus makes the following comparison, “Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” Vs. 23-24 Do you still want to get rich? There is nothing wrong with being rich, except if your wealth/money owns you. Jesus demanded the rich man to sell all he had to follow him. That also applies to all of us. For this man it may have been literal because his wealth possessed him instead of him possessing wealth because, “when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful,...

And be Thankful, Happy Thanksgiving "14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him". Colossians 3:14-17 What, How and Why be thankful? This is the flow. When the grace of God floods our heart, Christ enters our heart and we become one with Him and with the Father. Then we enter into God’s peace and experience peace and the Prince of Peace, Jesus. Then and only then can we be truly thankful when we richly dwell in Jesus and His Word. Any other means of being thankful is not complete if it lacks Christ in the heart. The question is n...

Marriage/Divorce/Celibacy Sounds like the three go in sequence. If you are married, you stay married and if divorced or single, you stay celibate. No casual sex outside of marriage as those who are not in Christ practice and unfortunately is being practiced in our churches without shame or remorse. What is Jesus saying on marriage, divorce and celibacy? The Pharisees were not asking, “How do I have a better marriage and stay married”? Rather they asked, “What is the loop hole for getting divorce”? It sounds like questions of our day. Why am I still in this marriage? How can I get out of this marriage legally and righteously? Why don’t we focus on “How can I stay married” for the glory of God; because what you think on the most, you become. As a man/woman thinks, so is he/she as Scripture says. There is no ambiguity on what Jesus stands for on marriage – stay married. Jesus said, “They are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”...

Forgive Now, Don’t Die in Church I report the very sad and tragic incident that is all over the news in America. An ex-military walks into the church, First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas; shot and killed 26 people and with many still in the hospital. This happened this past Sunday November 5, 2017 during a church service. The News people report that he is a very disturbed man with past history of domestic violence and had come looking for the mother in-law for an unsettled family issue. He had recently posted pictures of assault riffles on his Facebook page and in the same he often wrote and identified himself as atheist, though he has been to that church many times in the past. He has killed himself and killed 26 people including some children. The assistant pastor with seven members of his family were killed and the senior pastor’s daughter was one of them. Among the dead is also the mother in-law's mother, the church secretary. The church is in a small town wh...

Our Angels and Hearts for the Lost In popular culture the phrase “guardian angel” is used casually and as if it is a thing of luck. You will hear it used by those who don’t even believe in Jesus Christ. They just have a feeling that there is someone out there watching over them. For followers of Christ, it is not a fairytale. Angels are real and are all over the Scriptures and are created by God. They are servants of God to do His bidding. In our study today, Jesus makes reference to the unceasing work of angels on our behalf- that is the “little ones” those who are childlike in faith and humility. These are those who have put complete faith and trust in Jesus no matter what happens. Have you put total trust and faith in Christ as your Lord and Savior? If so these words of Jesus in Matthew 18:10-14 apply to you and are for you. 10 “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in ...