Newsflash: There is NO PEACE Without JESUS!

I recently made a website, Youtube, Facebook Fan Page, and Twitter for our church. We were WAY BEHIND times, haha. Our church has always been a ‘down home’ little hole in the wall-type of church where everyone grew up there, but we finally want to “get out there”… so we are dipping into cyber world to spread the word that there is a good church in our area that preaches Christ and Him Crucified!

We stay away from that watered down gospel that will pat you on the back and tell you that you are ok in your sin. We preach the whole truth: You are a sinner in need of a savior, Jesus IS that savior, He sanctifies and justifies through His death on the cross, and we teach how to live for Him after salvation takes place.

Anyway, I got a message this morning that our church twitter has a new follower. This follower is a “universal” teacher. He teaches that there are “bridges” that lead from all religions to God.

This made me angry!

There is only ONE WAY to God! And it’s through JESUS!

Jesus said,

“I am THE WAY, THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE: No man comes unto the Father (GOD) EXCEPT THROUGH ME” – John 14:6

This man was speaking of helping people find peace ‘within themselves’ and building a ‘bridge’ to peace.

THERE IS NO PEACE WITHOUT JESUS!!!!!! That bridge IS JESUS!

Why do people not understand this?!?

Reading this made me angry/ I began to read… 

and I stumbled upon this passage:

ROMANS 5:1-11

¹Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

²By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

³And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

⁴And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

⁵And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

⁶For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

⁷For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

⁸But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

⁹Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

¹⁰For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

¹¹And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

If you get a chance, drop by our church Facebook Fan Page or our Twitter and follow us… Help me build up our followers!

OH!

And if you get a chance, check out our new website too!

God Bless!

Your Jesus is NOT My Jesus! PART 1

I have been very angry. So angry that I want to tell the whole world. I have been doing a lot of reading and studying lately on a certain topic, and what I have come across makes me sick to my stomach!

One of my ‘pet peeves’ is false doctrine. This is something that makes me want to stand on a sky scraper and yell to the whole world that it is a lie!

2nd Cor. 11:4

⁴For if he that comes preaching another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, you might well bear with him.

*** Paul is telling the Corinthians that they have tolerated these false apostles who had preached another gospel. Preaching another Jesus will bring forth another spirit! This spirit will bring forth another gospel!

I refuse to tolerate this willful ignorance!

I am so angry that you can show someone the truth and point out false doctrine and they do NOT care! WHY don’t they care?!? They are perverting MY JESUS!!!

If you change just a small portion of the scripture – then you are preaching ANOTHER JESUS. If you are speaking of another Jesus – then you are NOT speaking of MY JESUS.

So I am apologizing now – just in case I get too hyper. I am sorry if I get hyper and offend you, but I refuse to be sorry for pointing out the error in doctrine.

False doctrine is such an important thing to point out to me that I have made a tab up at the top of this page for it. So far, this page is empty. I just do not have the time to post here on this blog as I would like. I wish this was my full time job. I wish I had time to write all day long. But I don’t. I do plan on getting more posted.

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The Cross is a Place of Defeat?!?

•  NO!  The cross is a place of defeat for Satan, but not for Jesus or believers. Jesus purposely went to the cross and He purposely laid down His life. Nobody TOOK it from Him! He laid it down voluntarily and willingly:  “They” say that Jesus was the biggest loser of the bible! This is sickening!

John 10:17-18

¹⁷  because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

¹⁸No man takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

Jesus satisfied the demands of the broken law on every human being and He did it through His death on the cross. “IT IS FINISHED” = PAID IN FULL! His blood on the cross atoned for all sin. Jesus nailed the charges against us to His Cross. Satan had legal power to hold all men in captivity – but Jesus defeated him by His death on the cross.

Col. 2:14-15

¹⁴ having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. ¹⁵ And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

If you truly believe that the cross is a place of defeat for Jesus, than you are following another Jesus. You are not serving the same Jesus I am. MY JESUS defeated Satan on the cross. MY JESUS fulfilled the law on the cross. MY JESUS took the keys to death, hell and the grave away from Satan through His death on the cross. There is POWER in the name of JESUS. There is salvation in the name of Jesus. There is healing in the name of Jesus. There is answered prayers in the name of Jesus. Bondages are broken in the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus, Satan and his demons have to flee.

The Resurrection is a Place of Victory?!?

• So the cross is a place of defeat and the resurrection is the place of victory? Ummm, NO!
• Paul said this:

1 Cor. 1:18

¹⁸ The teaching about the cross is foolishness to those who are being lost, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Paul did NOT say, “For the preaching of the resurrection…”

Gal. 6:14

¹⁴ But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Again, Paul did NOT say, “save in the resurrection…”

So WHY do “teachers” and “preachers” do this? They throw the cross in the dirt while bragging of the resurrection. When Jesus died on the cross He said, “It is finished”. It was all completed at the cross!

Eph. 4:8

When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.

Jesus liberated these people before the resurrection.

Jesus Died Spiritually?

• “They” teach that Jesus become a sinner on the cross (hence, ‘a place of defeat’) – THIS IS UNSCRIPTURAL!
• “They” teach the Jesus, as a sinner, went to the burning side of hell where He suffered horribly for 3 days and 3 nights. Along with Satan and his demons celebrating the defeat of Jesus. – THIS IS UNSCRIPTURAL!
• “They” teach that at the end of the 3 days & nights, Jesus said, “It is enough", and that is when Jesus was then “born again” and resurrected from the dead. – THIS IS UNSCRIPTURAL! 
• I read a book this past week where one of these “teachers” is saying that on the cross Jesus became a homosexual, a thief, a murderer, a drunkard, and so much more. – THIS IS UNSCRIPTURAL!
• One of these “teachers” made this statement regarding these statements:

“You won’t find it in the bible; it has to be revealed to your spirit”

***If I can not find this in the bible, I REFUSE TO ACCEPT IT AS TRUTH!

Jesus Died Physically, NOT Spiritually!

• Peter said,

1 Pet.3:18

¹⁸ For Christ also suffered once for sins (ON THE CROSS), the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit

Jesus was “put to death in the flesh” – He did not die spiritually. To die spiritually, one has to have unbelief in God which separates that person from God eternally (Jn. 16:8-11)

“They” will argue and say that they do not teach that Jesus became a sinner on the cross – but a person does not need to be born again unless they are a sinner. MY JESUS WAS NOT A SINNER! YOUR Jesus may have been a sinner, but MY JESUS was Holy, harmless, undefiled, without spot and blemish, perfect and who knew no sin.

Heb. 7:25-26

²⁵ Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
²⁶ For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;

In the Old Testament, the animal for the sacrifice had to be perfect, without spot and blemish (Ex. 12.5). God could not accept a polluted sacrifice. Jesus was made to take on our sin penalty, which His physical death on the cross. He offered Himself as a sacrifice. He did not become become a sinner. He was perfect, holy, without spot and blemish! He became a sin OFFERING.

2 Cor. 5:21

²¹ For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him

Isa. 53:10

¹⁰ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him;
      He has put Him to grief.
      When You make His soul an offering for sin, 
     

Jesus could not have been an offering for sin, had He been a sinner. God could not accept a polluted sacrifice.

HELL?

Jesus did not go to the burning side of hell to suffer for His sins. He went to Paradise.

• Paradise: (Lk. 16:19-31;  23:43) This was the non-burning place where the righteous people (including the Old Testament Saints) went when they physically died (before Christ died).
  • The righteous souls  were held captive by the devil against their will until Christ conquered death, hell and the grave. When Christ died he went down there & captured these souls & took them up to heaven with Him. Paradise is now empty! Righteous souls go  directly to heaven now at the time of their physical death.
  •  Before Christ’s death, righteous souls were held captive in hell. After His death righteous, saved, born again people are free to go immediately to heaven with Him!! 

Firstborn?

These “teachers” claim that Christ was born again in hell. THIS IS BLASPHEMY!

“They” teach this by using Rom. 8:29,

²⁹ God knew them before he made the world, and he chose them to be like his Son so that Jesus would be the firstborn of many brothers and sisters.

The word ‘firstborn’ here means that Jesus was the One who made it possible for all men to be ‘born again’. NOT that He was the first be be born again!

Col. 1:18

¹⁸And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

“Firstborn from the dead” means that His resurrections has made it possible for all believers to also be resurrected.

The Veil in the Temple

When Jesus died on the cross, the veil of the temple was torn in half (Mt. 27:51) meaning that redemption was now complete. From that time of His death, all people could come directly to God for salvation through Jesus instead of through the Old Testament sacrificial law. If Jesus had become a sinner and needed to become ‘born again’ – then that veil of the temple was torn in half prematurely.

When Jesus died, he spoke the words, “It is finished: Father, Into Your hands I commend My Spirit” (Jn. 19:30; Lk. 23:46) – If Jesus had become a sinner, He would not have used the word “Father”. Sinners don’t call God, “Father”.

To suggest that Jesus had become a sinner is not only stupidity, but it is blasphemy!

My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?

• When Jesus spoke the words, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Jn. 19:30, Lk. 23:46) “There was a darkness over all of the Earth” (Lk. 23:44).

During this 3 hour period of darkness – these “teachers” claim that Jesus became a lost sinner.

• THE TRUTH? During this 3 hour time period, Jesus was bearing the sin of the world and taking the sin penalty (which was physical death). God could not look upon this. When Jesus died, this sin penalty was paid in full. This sin debt was finished & taken care of once and for all! And God could once again look at Him and help Him when He said the words, “Father; Into Your hands I commend My Spirit”
• Again, Jesus could not have referred to Him as Father if He had become a sinner.

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And now I want to know:

How have people been so ignorant to believe this junk?!?

The Word of God is SO CLEAR. HOW do people fall into false doctrine?

I am so angry that people take this lightly.

IGNORANCE!

WILLFUL IGNORANCE!

There is only ONE ABSOLUTE TRUTH and anything else is “another Jesus”.

Hosea 4:6

⁶ My people will be destroyed,
       because they have no knowledge.
    You have refused to learn,
       so I will refuse to let you be priests to me.
    You have forgotten the teachings of your God,
       so I will forget your children.

• This ‘knowledge’ is the bible. The word of God.
• The ‘lack of knowledge’ is not speaking of ignorance or not understanding the bible. This is speaking of WILLFUL REJECTION of the Word of God.

It wasn’t that they didn’t know –

It was that they didn’t want to know!

How Much Do You ‘Love Thy Neighbor’?

I wanted to share a commandment today. It was a commandment that is in the old testament and the new testament, but with a major difference. The commandment changed a little.

Lev. 19:18

“…but you shall love your neighbor as yourself…”

And now the “new commandment’ -

John 13:34-35

³⁴ A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you,..”

Jesus told us to love others the way He has loved us!! Jesus laid down His life for us! He not only loved His neighbor as Himself, but He loved him MORE than Himself… HE DIED for others.

This is an amazing difference when you compare this new testament verse to the old testament verse. No other moral or religious system in the world every prescribed any thing so pure and unselfish.

How much do we ‘love our neighbor’?

Would we lay down our life for one another?

Think about that.

Jesus IS love.

Do we love Him back?

 

“Post-It Note” Tuesday

 

One Absolute Truth

TOLERANCE

The traditional definition of TOLERANCE refers to recognizing & respecting other beliefs and practices without necessarily agreeing or sympathizing with them.

Today's definition of TOLERANCE considers almost all beliefs, values, and lifestyles to be equally valid. This is a false definition because there is only ONE ABSOLUTE TRUTH.

 

TOLERANCE or LOVE? 

TOLERANCE avoids offending people; true LOVE promotes their good.

TOLERANCE says, "You must approve of what I do." LOVE does something harder - it says, "I'll love you, even when you offend me."

TOLERANCE says, "You must allow me to have my way." But LOVE says, "I'll plead with you to follow the right way because you're worth the risk."

TOLERANCE seeks to be inoffensive, but LOVE takes risks and sometimes the truth does offend.

TOLERANCE costs nothing, but LOVE costs everything.

 

ONE TRUTH

There is only ONE ABSOLUTE TRUTH. This TRUTH does NOT change depending on circumstances (situations, cultures, societies) What is wrong for one, is wrong for another. What God says is sin for one is still considered sin for all (no matter the circumstances). Circumstances do not change the fact that there is a wrong and a right. This TRUTH is found in the WORD of God. It never changes. God's truth is not invented by people, communities, or societies. God's truth is universal. It is the same for all people, in all places, at all times. There is an answer to every question and it is found in the bible.

Jesus answered, "I am the WAY and the TRUTH and the LIFE. No one comes to the Father except through ME" John 14:6..............in other words..... if we want to make it through the gates of Heaven, we need to accept Jesus and be born again. "Good people" don't get into heaven. "Born again" people get into heaven.

Someday, "Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess, that Jesus Christ is LORD"...Phil 2:10-11  

Either here in this lifetime, or on judgment day when it is too late.

Either on this side of the grave or on the other side of the grave.

THE TRUTH will never die.

God Is Faithful To His People

One of the [many] blogs I follow had a really encouraging post. I can’t remember who it was but I do remember two of the verses… The reason I remember the verses is because they were very encouraging. For some reason within the past week or so I know of quite a few people who are struggling with one thing or another. These verses hit me. I wanted to share with all of you…

Exodus 3:7

" I have surely seen the oppression of my people...and have heard their cry... for I know their sorrows...so I have come down to deliver them... "

It says GOD HEARS our cries! HE KNOWS our sorrows! How awesome is that?!? God knows what we are going through… and He will deliver us. He is faithful to His people!

1st Peter 5:10

" And the God of all Grace....after you have suffered awhile will himself restore you and make you steadfast. To him be the power forever and ever amen. "

We are so strong in faith when we are on top of the mountain & things are going great… but when we are down in the valley & everything is going wrong – our faith is weaker. {unless I am the only one} Sometimes we may wonder if God is there? If He is going to help us out of the trouble we are in? We look to our problem instead of looking UP at HIM.  This verse shows after our ‘trial’ is over, God WILL restore us. Our trials make our faith stronger. When it’s over we can look back & see that it was Him who got us through it. Then hopefully we can also learn – next time we are going through something difficult… look to HIM. Not the problem. Not to ourselves to do it.

“Apart from Him, we can do nothing” (John 15:5)

God is faithful to his people.

Are you His?

  

Going All the Way With Jesus

I just read this on FB. It comes from "Trumpet Call" (aka Billy Quickel) I thought I would share this:

 

“Going all the way with JESUS” (Revelation 3:14-22)

In these last days there will be 2 CHURCHES; "THE LUKEWARM"(FALSE CHURCH) and "THE BRIDE OF CHRIST"(TRUE CHURCH). We will all be faced with a decision and there are only 1 of 2 choices; COMPROMISE or TOTAL SURRENDER to the LORDSHIP of JESUS CHRIST...RUTH 1:1-18...THE FAMINE IN THE LAND:(RUTH1:1, AMOS8:11, 1stSAM.3:1) There has been a FAMINE of the "TRUE WORD" of GOD and of His PRESENCE in the church world and because of it the church has turned to the things of this world to try and satisfy their emptiness-MOAB represents the world(IDOLATRY) Moab was the incestuous son of LOT, it was he(Moab) who caused ISRAEL to stumble in the wilderness, God forbade ISRAEL to marry Moabinite women because He knew they would cause them to worship false gods. We as God's people are to be separate, "come out from among them,be ye separate" saith the LORD...1st JOHN 2:15-17...True religion and undefiled is to be untainted and unspotted from the world.There's been a famine in the land because of compromise by mingling with the world.(1stTIM. 4:1, 2nd THESS.2:3, HEB. 6:4-6, 2nd PET. 2:1,2&19-22) God is visiting His people once again(Ruth 1:6,7-Joel 2:28) He is sending His "TRUE WORD" through true Shepherds, He is feeding His people once again with true manna from heaven He's opening up the windows of heaven and He's pouring out His Spirit upon all flesh, the RIVER is beginning to flow once again, God has heard the cries of His people and He is sending REVIVAL!...HALLELUJAH!...In these last days you will either be totally surrendered to the HOLY SPIRIT or you will be overcome by the "antichrist spirit"(JOHN chapter15)...when God starts moving you had better get up and follow...The sole purpose of the famine has been to awaken His people to their desperate need of Him, nothing of this world can satisfy, only the touch of the Masters hand can satisfy our inner most being,are you tired of be empty, unsatisfied, unfulfilled, living in fear doubt & unbelief, depressed, lonely, living in misery...then GET OUT OF MOAB!...FLEE THE WORLD!, and run back to JUDAH(RETURN TO THE CROSS) Totally surrender to JESUS and Totally forsake the world...The purpose of the "GREAT LAST DAY REVIVAL"; GOD wants to do something much deeper then just make you feel good, He is pouring out His Spirit upon all flesh that everyone may be brought to a place of "DECISION"; COMPROMISE or SURRENDER(THE BRIDGE OF DECISION) RUTH1:8-15...Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision...ORPAH,(STIFFNECKNESS) represents the "lukewarm" church those which will compromise and continue to harbor some "secret sin", they will hold on to the things of this world(sadly this church will be made up of the majority of the church world and they will be "spued out of" Jesus mouth(the true body of Christ) Rev.3:16,17...RUTH(FRIEND & COMPANION) Who ever is a friend of the world is an enemy of GOD...RUTH 1:16,17...The REMNANT, THE TRUE CHURCH, THE SPOTLESS BRIDE, those who are totally in love with JESUS and have surrendered to His Lordship and WILL. this is who JESUS is coming back for, REVIVAL is coming but its purpose is to prepare HIS BRIDE FOR HIS RETURN/ THERE WILL BE A SEPARATION!

Life With Him

Ephesians 2:8, 9


"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast."


In other words...
Through God's Grace He saves our soul ~but~ ONLY BY FAITH! WE can NOT save ourselves. We can't EARN our spot in heaven. Being a 'good' person won't get us there.
 The only thing that gets us to heaven is having faith in Jesus. Jesus said this, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6

Life With Him

This is a verse that I would have my little one’s in Sunday School memorize. They were pre & kinder’s. Very easy verse & very important to know!


Romans 10:9 (New International Version)

"That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."

So basically… similar to the famous John 3:16 - “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life”. Of course everyone knows this one.

The jist of it all? If you have faith that Jesus is The Only Son of God, He died for your sins, and He rose on the 3rd day… you are saved eternally. You will spend your eternal life with God in heaven.

WARNING: THERE ARE NO **GOOD** PEOPLE IN HEAVEN!!!!!!!!

There are only 2 classes of people here on this Earth. Christian & non-Christian. Saved or unsaved.

Being a "good" person is NOT a qualification to enter into heaven. The ONLY QUALIFICATION to be accepted by God into heaven is FAITH IN HIS SON JESUS! NOWHERE in the bible does it say you have to "do this" or "do that". Attending church won't get you there. Paying tithes won't get you there. Getting baptized won't get you there. Reading your bible won't get you there. Saying the same prayer a hundred times won't get you there. Telling your sins to a man in a booth won't get you there. Dipping you finger in a bowl of water won't get you there. Living by "the golden rule" won't get you there. Being "good" will not get you there.

Jesus said this: "I am the way (to heaven) the truth and the life, NO MAN can enter the kingdon (of heaven) except THROUGH ME" (John 14:6)  Meaning the ONLY WAY TO GET TO HEAVEN is to have FAITH IN JESUS.  Romans 10:9 says, "If you believe in your heart the Lord Jesus and confess with your mouth that God has raised Him from the dead, THAN YOU SHALL BE SAVED"  It doesn't say "be a good person, and God will let you in." Ephesians 2:8 says, "You are saved by grace through faith; and NOT of YOURSELVES: it is the GIFT OF GOD". In other words... there is NOTHING you can DO to "earn" your spot in heaven - It is a GIFT. Gifts are FREE. You can not purchase a gift. You can ACCEPT a gift though.

So that leaves us with this: Do you believe that Jesus is the only son of God and will you accept Him as your Lord and Saviour? If this is what you want, then pray a prayer similiar to this: "Father God I am a sinner in need of a saviour. I do believe in your son Jesus. I believe He died on the cross for my sins and arose from the dead and is living right now sitting next to you in heaven. Please save my soul and teach me how to live for you." This is where you become a child of God. Saved. Christian. Your name written in The Book of Life. Born again as a new creature. This is when your life changes.

I think most of the time a person thinks to themselves, "I have to stop doing 'this' or 'that' before I accept Jesus and become a Christian. That is not what God has asked of you. God has asked that you have faith in His son. God is the one who cleans up our life. Slowly-but-surely. Not instantly. It is a life process. We sure can't do it. How many New Years Eve 'promises' do we make to ourselves in our lifetime? Do we ever follow through? Nope. But God does. All you have to do is accept Jesus... and God will do the rest. Have an open heart and that is the first step. You are SAVED through FAITH in JESUS...BY HIS GRACE!!