“Be ye Holy; for I am Holy”: Eternal Security Exposed [podcast]
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God requires your personal participation. Otherwise there is no relationship.
“But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:15-16
What is holiness? Holiness is being born again and presently set apart to the LORD, the very “first love” of your life – otherwise repentance is essential (Ezekiel 33:12-13; Luke 13:3; Revelation 2:4-5; 1 John 1:7-9, etc.).
“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Thessalonians 5:23
“HOLINESS IS NOT THE WAY TO JESUS. JESUS IS THE WAY TO HOLINESS.” ANONYMOUS
“When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word and gives way to carnal appetites, then it is that Satan comes.” unknown

Beware of the false teachings, the false teachers who do not preach the cross, the blood, the absolute necessity of the crucified life, enduring to the end, the holiness of God and His requirement that you be holy in order to be ready to meet Him at His soon coming.
“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.” Romans 16:17-18
As is the case in this message, the remnant body of Christ will absolutely obey the mandate of our LORD to mark, to expose the heresies and those who peddle them.
“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness (license to sin), and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jude 3-4
OSAS is simply a lie of Satan, told by his human emissaries, to cause saved people to disregard the things God says in His Word concerning the essential requirement for them to endure to the end, of keeping all sin out of our lives, of truly fearing God, of worshipping Him with our whole spirit, soul, and body.
“Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. 13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.” Ezekiel 33:12-13
Concerning this passage above, one believer wrote the following:
“What a rebuke to those who think that a man once born again will be saved regardless of what he does (see Righteousness Defined). It is plainly written here that “the righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression.” There can be no misunderstanding of such a simple statement. It is clear that a righteous man cannot continue to be righteous when he sins; and his past experience in God, grace, the new birth, and obedience cannot and will not save his soul if or when he sins. The fact is emphasized by being stated another way: “neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.” Again, the truth is declared that if righteous man trusts in his righteousness to save him, should he go back into sin, the fact is that all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; “but for his iniquity that he committed, he shall die for it” (Eze_33:13). Still again, in Eze_33:18 it is stated that “when the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.” Thus four times here God plainly says that a backslider will not continue to be saved when he goes back into sin again, all statements being uttered by Him to the prophet in answer to the question in Eze_33:10, “If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?”
A 14-fold Answer to This Question:
1. God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked—either a wicked man who has not repented or one who has repented, lived for Him for a time, and then gone back into sin (Eze_33:11-19).
2. The wicked must turn from his wickedness to live (Eze_33:11).
3. The wicked man is invited and commanded to turn from his wickedness or he will die in his sins and be lost.
4. The righteousness of the righteous shall not even deliver such a man if he returns to sin (Eze_33:12).
5. In the day that a righteous man goes back into sin he will incur the penalty of the broken law, and be separated from God as all other sinners are (Eze_33:12-13).
6. Past righteousness will not save a righteous man when he transgresses and becomes a sinner again (Eze_33:12-19).
7. The wickedness of the wicked will not damn his soul if and when he repents and turns from his wickedness to serve God and live in righteousness (Eze_33:13-19).
8. God shows no partiality. He will not save the wicked until he repents and turns from sin to live right; and He will not continue to save the righteous man if he turns from his righteousness and lives in sin (Eze_33:12-19).
9. All the righteousness of the righteous will not be remembered to cause God to excuse him in the day that he sins; for his iniquity that he commits he will die (Eze_33:13).
10. When God says to the righteous that he will surely live if he continues in righteousness or die if he goes back into sin, that is what is meant.
11. When God says to the wicked that he will die, and he turns from his sins to do that which is lawful and right, then he will live and that is what is meant (Eze_33:14-15).
12. All the sins of the wicked will not be remembered and mentioned to him to damn his soul when he turns from them to do that which is lawful and right; he will surely live (Eze_33:16).
13. When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits sin, he will even die thereby (Eze_33:18).
14. When the wicked turns from his wickedness to do that which is lawful and right, he will live thereby (Eze_33:19).”
As you die so shall you be, eternally.
“He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.” Revelation 22:11
“This states the fact that as a man dies he will be forever, so there will be no second chance to improve the life and character of any lost one in all eternity (cp. Heb_9:27).”
IF those living in sin weren’t in danger of eternal hell fire, WHY O WHY would the Son of God have spoken the following words?
“And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into THE FIRE THAT NEVER SHALL BE QUENCHED: 44 Where THEIR WORM (consciousness) DIETH NOT, and the fire is not quenched. 45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into THE FIRE THAT NEVER SHALL BE QUENCHED: 46 Where THEIR WORM (conscious feelings) DIETH NOT, and THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED. 47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: 48 Where THEIR WORM DIETH NOT, and THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED. 49 For every one shall be salted with fire (preserved in suffering), and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.” Mark 9:43-49
The divine threat of being “CUT OFF”
“Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.” Romans 11:20-22
Jesus came to save us from our sins not to give us an excuse for them or to arbitrarily cover them (Matthew 1:21; John 1:29; Titus 2:11-14, etc.). We are saved by grace and from sin as we abide in Christ – on His stated terms, the cross (Romans 6).
Here below is my reply to a lady who chided me for not agreeing with her OSAS/eternal security tirade – that is, her peddling this lie and deceiving others by doing so. She claimed I wasn’t rightly dividing the Word of truth.
REPLY:
It’s convenient to throw out the “you’re not rightly dividing the Word” Scripture to cover for your own agenda…. especially when you’ve never launched an honest, full scale study of God’s Word for yourself, following His truth no matter where it leads. No person in History has ever been saved, began immediately studying God’s Word for themselves with no man’s input, and come out with the idea that they are “once saved always saved” or “eternally secure”… cliche’s that appear nowhere in God’s Word. The same satan who animated and spoke through the snake in the Garden to mislead mankind, is doing the same today through snake pastors who pass on this doctrine of devils and cause men to “depart from the faith.” (1 Timothy 4:1-2)
Please tell us what happened the last time sin was found in Heaven.
Then, tell us all what Satan’s very first lie was to mankind (Genesis 2:17; 3:4). Then tell us the result (Rom 6:23). “Death” always means separation.
The wages of sin is still “death.” (Romans 6:23)
Then please tell us how that God somehow changed His definition of sin … after He sent Jesus. “I am the LORD, I change not.” (Malachi 3:6, etc.)
After that, tell us how the LORD Almighty is no longer “Holy, holy, holy” and somehow will now accept into His holy presence those who die in rebellion against Him (Ps 5:4; Heb. 1:13; Isaiah 6:3; 1 Peter 1:15-16; Rev 4:8; 21:8, etc.).
Eternal security is the promise Satan gave to the man and the woman in the Garden of Eden. So how could it not be a doctrine of devil’s???
“unite my heart to fear thy name.”
This may be the most important prayer you ever pray!!!
“Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.” Psalms 86:11
Heavenly Father, arrest our hearts today with Thy holy fear. Quicken Your conviction in our innermost being to love, to worship, to fear, and to obey You. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen LORD.
Being saved by grace doesn’t mean we have license to living in sin and God’s Word addresses this much. Romans 6:1-2, 15; Titus 2:11-12… Jude even warns us of the OSAS grace perverters who teach another gospel, a false gospel grace-perverting gospel that gives license to sin (Jude 3-4).
“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” Romans 6:1-2
Let’s look at what real divine grace looks like in the life of every individual who truly has it – as opposed to those who falsely claim to have it while using it as a license to live in sin.
“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” Titus 2:11-14
Have you noticed that the false OSAS preachers NEVER show their prey that passage above? And, notice that readiness, holiness at His coming are inseparabe. Those who are truly saved by His grace are “denying ungodliness and worldly lusts” in light of “the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” If that’s not what your life looks like, you are in utter need of repentance. And, the reason you’ve been sold on a false grace message is because of your own lack of truly repenting and laying down your life in this fleeting world, denying self, taking up the cross, and following Jesus for real (Luke 9:23-24; 14:33; 17:33; 19:27).
“EVERY man” who is ready for the return of Christ or to meet him in death, is doing what?
“And EVERY man that hath this hope in him PURIFIETH HIMSELF, even as he is pure.” 1 John 3:3
False leaders today also hide this one below from the dupes who refuse to read God’s Word thoroughly and honestly for themselves:
“Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:” Hebrews 12:14
There are a whole lot of personal pronouns used by the osas clan. Their “salvation” seems to be all about them and not God who is “Holy, holy, holy” and will no co-exist with sin (Psalms 5:4; Habakkuk 1:13; Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 4:8; 1 Peter 1:15-16, etc.). They have created a false god in their own unrepentant imagination, a god who allows them to live as they wish and still promises them eternal glory. False. The last time sin was found in Heaven God ejected it and the sinner – lucifer. So what makes us falsely believe we are going to God’s holy Heaven with sin in our lives?
Have you studied Jesus’ parable of the 10 virgins? All 10 were engaged to the Bridegroom, Jesus. Yet only 5 were welcomed into His bridal chamber. The other 5 were rejected after being engaged to Christ (Matthew 25:1-13).
What was the very first lie satan told? Who did he tell it to? Did they take the bait? If so, did they then fall – were they separated from God? Yes. Genesis 2:17; 3:4.
This message below blows the lid off the false grace message of the modern church:
******IF YOU STILL believe the heretical myth of “once saved always saved,” (OSAS) or “perseverance of the saints,” it is certainly not because you learned such a fairy tale in God’s Word. Also, those who believe this doctrine of devils, stand to be weakened and lose out in the end due to the robbing effect such a lie has on the hearts of men whose hearts are vanquished of the fear of the LORD for believing such a myth.
According to the New Testament record, authentic saving faith is NOT un-forfeitable, but rather can be:
- “Cast off” – 1 Timothy 5:11-12
- “Put away” and “Made shipwreck” of – 1 Timothy 1:19
- “Denied” – Revelation 2:13
- “Denied” – 1 Timothy 5:8
- Departed from – 1 Timothy 4:1
- Failed – Luke 22:32
- Overthrown – 2 Timothy 2:18
- “Erred from” – 1 Timothy 6:10
- “Erred” from – 1 Timothy 6:21
- Fallen Away from: One can “fall away” from his believing/saving faith and be lost “again” – Luke 8:13; 15
OSAS death nail …. just how dishonest can you be to ignore this? “IF we deny him, HE ALSO WILL DENY US.” 2 Tim. 2:12
Speaking TO HIS OWN people, the LORD says “IF we deny him, HE ALSO WILL DENY US.” 2 Timothy 2:12
Was the apostle Paul lying to us? Speaking TO HIS OWN people, the LORD says “IF we deny him, HE ALSO WILL DENY US.” (2 Timothy 2:12)
Repeatedly we see that many OSAS people simply do not wish to abide in an obedient relationship with the Savior they claim is their LORD, on HIS stated (Bible) terms. “Depart from me” is what they will hear if they do not repent (Matthew 7:21; 25:41).
Loving and being faithful to Jesus is not works salvation. It’s called a relationship, something the OSAS rebels simply do not want – because they love darkness rather than light, they love this world and their sin more than Christ (John 3:19-21; James 4:4; 1 John 2:15, etc.). So, they misuse Holy Scripture to justify their sinful rebellion against the LORD.
Those who are truly saved by grace are His workmanship CREATED in Christ Jesus to do good works (Ephesians 2:8-10).
Yet some are fully allergic to personal responsibility and seek to treat Christ as a whoremonger would use a woman for his own self-serving gratification when he feels like it and ignore her until he wants to use her again.
“If ye love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15
“Ye are my friends, IFFF ye do whatsoever I command you.” John 15:14
“He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” 1 John 2:4
“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” Titus 1:16
Since when is obeying the One you love – IF you in fact love Him – legalism or works salvation? Sounds like a love problem going on….a “first love” problem where people serve the god of self and vainly believe they are going to use Jesus to get them out of hell and into Heaven. Scripture assures us that Jesus sees it all and each of us shall reap what we sow and so we are not be deceived by false teaching like OSAS (Galatians 6:7-8).
Sir, if you are not faithful to your wife, if you commit adultery against her, she has the God-given right to divorce you …. Just as the Bridegroom divorced 5 of the 10 virgins He was espoused to. He shut them out of the eternal bridal chamber (Matthew 25:1-13).
So you are saying that JESUS CHRIST, the Great Bridegroom of Heaven, is going to bring into glory an unfaithful bride, a blemished, a sinful whorish bride to be married to Him eternally? If so, you don’t know Him! Read Jesus’ parable of the 10 virgins, all of which were espoused (engaged) to be married to the Bridegroom (Jesus) but only 5 of them made it into the bridal chamber. The other 5 were shut out. Read Matthew 25:1-3.
“OSAS (eternal security) creates believers who emphasize faith in Jesus while dismissing obedience to His commandments as self righteousness, trying to earn salvation, trusting in your own works etc.” Teddy Caldwell
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Is a wife asking too much if she desires and requires her husband to be faithful to her in their marriage for the rest of their lives?
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Is a wife asking too much if she desires and requires her husband to be faithful to her in their marriage for the rest of their lives?
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10 Truths to Behold in Isaiah 41:10 [podcast]
“Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not
cast thee away. 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee:
be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen
thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold
thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
Isaiah 41:9-10
There are 10 truths to behold in Isaiah 41:10:
• “Thou art my servant”
• “I have chosen thee”
• “and not cast thee away”
• “Fear thou not”
• “I am with thee”
• “be not dismayed”
• “for I am thy God”
• “I will strengthen thee”
• “I will help thee”
• “I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness”
The soul that prospers is that one who clings to, trusts in and
relies upon Christ alone, day by day, walking ever nearer to
the soon coming Savior. He is with us and promises to “never
leave thee, nor forsake thee”—that is, for those who abide
with Christ (Hebrews 13:5).
1 Peter 1
“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Prayer: Dear LORD, thank You for helping me today, and
continuing the good work of salvation You began in me the
moment You saved me. In Jesus’ name, amen.
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The Goal of the Ungodly Eternal Security Teachers [podcast]
“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness (license to sin), and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jude 3-4
“This is AWESOME! You got all over it. It really flowed. Excellent! In the delivery, your excitement and passion for this subject are unmistakable. How can ANYONE listen to this and not want to check out the Word of God for themselves?” Debbie L.
“Thy prophets (false leaders) have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered (exposed) thine iniquity (have not uncovered your sin), to turn away thy captivity (to get you set free from it); but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment (ultimate termination into hell).” Lamentations 2:14
COUNTERFEITS who hide behind their OSAS fairy tale HATE this biblical reality and are willing to call the LORD a liar in order to retain this heresy – “And he that overcometh, and KEEPETH my works UNTO THE END, to him will I give power over the nations:” (Revelation 2:26)
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Abiding
Supplying Saints and Sinners with Heavenly Sustenance
HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON – THROUGH HIS PEOPLE
“The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.” Psalms 68:11
THERE is no time to waste – Jesus is coming. We must get the Word of God into the hearts of people, in every way, via any and all communication mediums available to us today. And this is the fulfillment of Matthew 24:14 – “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” Let’s roll saints!
“We are labourers TOGETHER with God.” 1 Corinthians 3:9
The graphic below is for the order I just placed with the publisher for a fresh supply of the ministry books.
This ministry outreach, ministering God’s Word to thousands daily, is a vehicle for our LORD’s Word. What’s needed is more disciples who will monthly support it, who will put fuel in the tank in order to propel it forward to reach more and more people with the Gospel of our LORD Jesus. Will you answer that call?
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: 9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. 10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) 11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.” 2 Corinthians 9:6-11
Does it make sense to put a percentage of our earnings into a 401K (or other earthly investment) and not force feed a portion off the top, with a cheerful heart to Christ’s eternal kingdom work? (Read Proverbs 3:9-10; 2 Corinthians 9:6-11)
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Matthew 6:19-21
It has been wisely concluded from what Jesus taught, that:
“The way we spend our money is a direct reflection of the priorities of our hearts.”
Is God truly first in your life? (Proverbs 3:9-10; Matthew 6:33, etc.).
There are no rich men, there is no religious or otherwise organization supporting this Gospel ministry outreach. Just regular people who know and love Jesus and the whole counsel of His truth and are growing in His grace daily with the other members of His remnant body (2 Peter 1:2; 3:18). There are monthly bills that only get paid by having the actual, the literal money in the account. In turn God turns that giving of earthly money to HIS work into heavenly treasure for all who give (Luke 16:9-11; Acts 20:35). These expenses are incurred by pushing the Word of God to the hearts and minds of the people and available to be paid and that’s God’s opportunity placed in YOUR lap to supply. In response, what is the LORD going to do? (Matthew 6:19-21; 2 Corinthians 9:6-11; Philippians 4:17, etc.)
“And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. 10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?” Luke 16:9-11
When Jesus says here to “Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness …,” what does He mean? This writer would like to encourage the reader to delve into this passage, to pray that the LORD will open the eyes of your understanding concerning what He seeks to communicate to your heart.
Of this passage, the Believer’s Bible Commentary notes:
“16:9 We should make friends for ourselves by means of unrighteous mammon. That is, we should use money and other material things in such a way as to win souls for Christ and thus form friendships that will endure throughout eternity. Pierson stated it clearly:
‘Money can be used to buy Bibles, books, tracts and thus, indirectly, the souls of men. Thus what was material and temporal becomes immortal, becomes non-material, spiritual and eternal. Here is a man who has 100. He may spend it all on a banquet or an evening party, in which case the next day there is nothing to show for it. On the other hand, he invests in Bibles … It buys … copies of the Word of God. These he judiciously sows as seed of the kingdom, and that seed springs up into a harvest, not of Bibles but of souls. Out of the unrighteous, he has made immortal friends, who when he fails, receive him into everlasting habitations.’
This then is the teaching of our Lord. By the wise investment of material possessions, we can have part in the eternal blessing of men and women. We can make sure that when we arrive at the gates of heaven, there will be a welcoming committee of those who were saved through our sacrificial giving and prayers. These people will thank us saying, ‘It was you who invited me here.’”
“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed (God’s Word), shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves (eternal harvest, reward) with him.” Psalms 126:5-6
Christ’s Kingdom and His Gift to us to Participate, is Practical
Will you choose to part with temporal money to reap eternal, unending, irrevocable benefits?
An order has been placed for 20 more of the ministry books from the publisher ($125). The plan is to order this supply monthly for the next 3 months – and hand them out, person-to-person. Face-to-face, person-to-person gifting people on a daily basis, usually after they’ve received ministry, is a super-charged transfer of heavenly blessing (Philippians 1:19). As you know if you’ve read any of the ministry’s books, they are Christ-centered, Scripture-rich original Gospel volumes. Holy Scripture is on each page and put in bold print. In the rear of each book is the way to make peace with God. It leads them right to Jesus via and beginning with the biblical truth that we have “all sinned” against our God (Romans 3).
If you wish, feel free to help fund this part of the ministry exploits currently transpiring to get God’s Word in the hearts of more and more people.
“So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11
The glorious Gospel of our LORD Jesus is communicated, disseminated, and received via His Word.
“But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his GRACE, 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might PREACH him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:” Galatians 1:15-16
As we can all witness, there are so many hungry souls wandering about in this fallen world who desire to receive the Word of God. The personal touch, contact is powerful – as it was when our LORD directed beloved Philip to minister to the Ethiopian eunuch whom our LORD consequently saves (Acts 8:26-40). And some, many and actually most of the people being reached are our beloved brethren who are looking for sustenance. I meet them each and every week. They are hungering and thirsting after His righteousness. Let’s be there for them saints.
Perhaps this can spread to where we are able to drop ship a supply books to some of the ministries this outreach supplies and has for years. If each of us does our simple part, great blessings will result.
Lately I’ve been handing out lots of the Moments with Our Master devotional books. People love them……. This week I had a lengthy breakfast meeting with a rich young ruler type young man. He articulated that all of his earthly success has left him empty in this world. It was a Scripture-rich time. Garrett gladly received a copy of the Moments devotional book and said “Let’s do this again.” His heart was filled with joy during and after that fellowship. He told me that in the past, as he walked with the LORD daily, his life was so much better. With a large smile he said “Man, I’d just walk down the street like I was floating 2 feet off the ground, filled with the joy and love of Jesus, sharing it with others.” Garrett texted me back the next morning with this:
“Appreciate you giving me that book. It’s convenient to use in the mornings.” Garrett
So, as we can witness, this Scripture-rich devotional book is the launching place for this man to seek and walk with the LORD. As usual, all of the ministry’s materials constantly exhort the readers/listeners to get into God’s Word daily for themselves (2 Timothy 2:15).
I know you’ll agree that the Garrett’s of our world matter to our LORD and we are the very “ambassadors” Christ has sent to bless them (2 Corinthians 5:20)! We are the delivery personnel of Heaven – handing out to people the treasure of Christ!
Just a few days ago, I gave 1 copy each to a young couple who I’ve become friends with at the gym (18 years old each). They were happy to receive this gift. First, as I like to do, I asked them if they like to read. One of them said they were currently “searching for something to read.” As usual when giving them the books, I opened one copy of the books and showed them that “there’s one devotional for each day of the year, all on one page. It begins with a Scripture, a few words, and a prayer at the end.” This way they see just how simple it is – and gives them a track to run on, a foundation to build their day upon. EVERY searching person is looking for this very thing. Their lives are meaningless, empty, and lacking the presence of the LORD. This is where we come in saints. As usual, I like to share with them that “This is a great way to begin the day.”
After qualifying the situation by asking people “Do you like to read?” I then ask them if I can give them a book and the answer is always a “Yes.” I then go fetch a book and gift them with it.
The season must now end where the Great Commission work of our LORD is shorted. Let’s fuel up and fill the Gospel war chest saints. It’s right under out noses – as God has placed it there! Let us each do our part (John 4:36; 1 Samuel 30:24).
Anyone who wishes to jump in and begin underwriting the kingdom opportunity cost for this is welcome.
Earthly expenses to do ministry, the most important and only eternal work in the earth, is the kingdom opportunity lying right in front of each of us (Matthew 6:19-21).
“May God empower us through the Holy Ghost to bring not a few guests to the wedding banquet; as we walk in the Spirit with the love of Christ flowing in and through our daily lives, and as we sow in tears; knowing that we shall reap with joy: because He that promised is faithful. To God be the glory in Jesus Name, Amen.” Jon Crane
Let’s review:
“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” Psalms 125:5-6
YOU cannot do it. I certainly can’t do anything without Christ.
“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” John 15:5
Surrender, right? Yes.
Jesus Christ is LORD. He’s our coming King.
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