
“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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The Blessing of Being Born of God, Born Again [podcast]

QUESTION:
“What does it mean to be ‘born again’?”
REPLY:
Great question. I am praying for you now. Born again is the same as regeneration we see in Titus 3:5-7. When the sinner (ALL of us) comes to God humbly, in repentance, turning his life to the LORD, and putting all of his faith now in Jesus Christ alone, God does a miracle in the person’s life—a change on the inside that is unmistakable and transforms that persons nature and life forever. From that moment onward, Christ reigns in that person’s life, filling him with love, joy, peace, etc. (Galatians 5:22-23). The LORD works from the inside out. First He saves, washes our sins away, and then dwells in that newly saved, born again temple (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
To be born again you have to go to God directly…. admitting you have sinned against Him, and receive Jesus into your life. It has to be personal. Religions are designed to keep you from God while claiming to be the way to God. Beware.
“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3
“Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again (2nd birth).” John 3:7
“The birth for which Christ contends is from above—by the agency of the Holy Spirit. Every man must have two births, one from heaven, the other from earth—one of his body, the other of his soul: without the first he cannot see nor enjoy this world, without the last he can not see nor enjoy the kingdom of God. As there is an absolute necessity that a child should be born into the world, that he may see its light, contemplate its glories, and enjoy its good, so there is an absolute necessity that the soul should be brought out of its state of darkness and sin, through the light and power of the grace of Christ, that it may be able to see, or to discern, the glories and excellencies of the kingdom of Christ here, and be prepared for the enjoyment of the kingdom of glory hereafter. The Jews had some general notion of the new birth; but, like many among Christians, they put the acts of proselytism, baptism, etc., in the place of the Holy Spirit and his influence: they acknowledged that a man must be born again; but they made that new birth to consist in profession, confession, and external washing.
The new birth which is here spoken of comprehends, not only what is termed justification or pardon, but also sanctification or holiness. Sin must be pardoned, and the impurity of the heart washed away before any soul can possibly enter into the kingdom of God. As this new birth implies the renewing of the whole soul in righteousness and true holiness, it is not a matter that may be dispensed with: heaven is a place of holiness, and nothing but what is like itself can ever enter into it.” Adam Clarke
“I can remember after getting saved my friends and my family immediately saying What happened to her?’ There was an immediate and complete change in me. God cleaned me from the inside out. I was made brand new and people noticed. My family asked ‘What has happened to her?’ Does anyone know? Yes! Jesus happened to me! Alleluia!” Karen Cochran
YOUR PRAYER TO GOD TO BE SAVED, TO BE FORGIVEN
Are You Ready to be Saved? Okay here’s a prayer to be God’s child. You have to admit the obvious, that you have sinned against God and turn to Him fully, turn your life over to Him who made you, and confess Jesus Christ as the new LORD and Savior of your life. Pray this …
Your Prayer to God … You must honestly admit your sins and receive Christ… Apply His holy blood to your life so that you may be saved, forgiven, and live eternally with Him. You must completely turn your life over to Him in repentance and faith. Now, pray the following prayer to God with all that is within you, from your heart and out loud:….
Dear heavenly Father, right now, if never before, I come to You as a broken and sinful person. Thank You for sending Your only begotten Son to die in my place for my sins. Thank You Jesus for coming to this earth to die and rise again to rescue me from sin and eternal hell and to save me for Your eternal glory. Right this moment, if never before, I receive You LORD Jesus. Come in and take over my whole life. I am all Yours and You are all mine. I love You Jesus and I will follow You from this moment forward till I am with You in Heaven forever! Please use me to help others know You dear LORD. In Jesus’ Name, amen.
How do we know someone is “born of God”?
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; … Now then we are ambassadors for Christ…” 2 Corinthians 5:17-18, 20
First off, if you are born again you are changed from the inside out … you desire to do God’s will now…. and are learning the need for the cross, the daily crucified life (Luke 9:23-25).
Let us remember that the biblical words “born again” (John 3:3, 7), “born of God” (1 John 4:7), “regeneration,” and being a “new creature” in Christ go hand in hand or we can say, are synonymous.
“Born of God” appears 6 times in God’s Word and are all found in the book of 1 John:
1 John 3:9
Whosoever is BORN OF GOD doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is BORN OF GOD.
Those who are “born of God” do not live in sin. They repent or return (turn back) to the LORD, confessing all sin. If not they will “fall away” and be outside of Christ (Luke 8:13). See Can a Born Again Man be Un-Born Again? [podcast]
1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is BORN OF GOD, and knoweth God.
Those who are “born of God” walk in His love toward others.
1 John 5:1
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is BORN OF GOD: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
Those who repent and believe upon Christ are “born of God” and they love all other of Christ’s saints.
1 John 5:4
For whatsoever is BORN OF GOD overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Those who are “born of God” overcome this fallen world. By present and perpetual faith, they “overcometh the world.”
1 John 5:18
We know that whosoever is BORN OF GOD sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Those “born of God” do not live in sin. Rather, they “keepeth” themselves from sin and therefore Satan. This is accomplished by what we read in 1 John 1 and 2—which spells out the walk of the true disciple of Jesus.
MAY GOD bless each disciple of Jesus today to abide in Christ by walking crucified and raised up by Him today (2 Corinthians 4:10-12). May “the fruit of the Spirit”—the “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance” be abundantly produced in the life of every saint of Jesus! May it be 100 fold LORD! Read John 15. If you have been drawn in by Christ (John 6:44; 12:32), have repented (Luke 13:3), have received Christ (John 1:12), and are born again (John 3:3), you are bought by the precious blood of the LORD Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1:17-18).
YOUR PRAYER: Heavenly Father, You found and saved me into Your eternal kingdom by way of the precious blood of Your only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. I stop this life here and now, and I give You praise. I love You LORD Jesus. I am no longer my own but Yours. I am crucified with Christ. Please work in me both to will and to do of Your good pleasure. I am all Yours LORD and I know You are all mine! Please fill this vessel with Your Holy Ghost afresh, and please use me. In Jesus’ name, amen Master Jesus!
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“David Encouraged Himself in the LORD his God” [podcast]

“And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, … but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.” 1 Samuel 30:6
Gathering from several commentaries on this passage, one source notes the following:
“Faced with the devastating loss of Ziklag and a mutinous army threatening to stone him, David found supernatural resilience. Rather than yielding to panic or despair, he actively turned his focus away from the overwhelming crisis and strengthened his faith directly in God.
Key Context and Lessons
- The Crisis: Amalekite raiders had burned the city and captured all the women and children, including David’s own wives.
- The Breaking Point: His loyal men were now grieving and broken, turning their deep anguish into violent anger against their leader.
- The Shift: David did not look to his men, his own strength, or his circumstances for hope. He preached truth to his own soul, drawing on his past history with God’s faithfulness and inquiring of the Lord for his next steps.
Practical Takeaways
- Self-Talk: When no one else is around to lift you up, you must learn to speak God’s promises to your own heart.
- Refocusing: Encouraging yourself in the Lord means anchoring your identity and security in His unchanging character rather than shifting public opinion.
- Actionable Faith: David’s inward strengthening immediately led to outward action—he sought God’s direction and pursued the enemy, resulting in complete victory and restoration.”
“Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.” Acts 14:22
“In the world ye shall have tribulation”
“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
During seasons of great stress, this man after God’s own heart sought the LORD. This time only served as a blessing, hastening David to the feet of Christ. Beloved David gave us the most amazing Scriptures concerning seeking God.
“My soul followeth hard after thee.” Psalms 63:8
“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?” Psalms 42:1-2
“One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.” Psalms 27:4
“When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.” Psalms 27:8
Prayer: Father in Heaven, in the name of Jesus, please grant me, Your mere servant, to be possessed with a heart after You dear LORD. I love You Jesus. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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10 Clues Your Love for God has Waxed Cold [podcast]

The wise virgin saints are keeping their lamps full of divine oil, they are taking personal responsibility for their own spiritual state with Christ the great and soon coming Bridegroom. Read Matthew 25:1-13.
“The Love of Many Shall Wax Cold”
“And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 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.” Matthew 24:10-14
Did you notice in verse 14 that those who hot for Jesus are participating in the preaching of His Word to the end of the earth (Mark 16:15).
Anyone not devouring God’s Word daily is falling away, is not enduring to the end, is choosing the let their love for Jesus wax cold, and on the wrong, the losing end of this prophecy Jesus gave here on record in Matthew 24:10-14.
“I will spue (vomit, reject) thee out of my mouth”
“So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:” Revelation 3:16-17
Praying God will help you love Him more (Matthew 22:37-40). It really all boils down to WHO we love most. THAT is exactly who we are serving (Romans 6:16).
Loving God is everything as far as what’s in our control – because it’s a choice, daily, and will determine if one remains in Christ to the end.
“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40
“Thou hast left thy first love”
“Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.” Revelation 2:4-5
1. When you are choosing not to spend quality time with God in prayer each and every morning… When you are choosing not to spend quality time with God in His Word each and every morning (Luke 9:23-24; 1 Chronicles 16:11).
2. When your love for God’s people is being reduced instead of increased (Philippians 2:12-13; 1 John 5:1) Marks of the True Christian …. “Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; 11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;” (Romans 12:9-11) See John 13:35.
“And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. 21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.” Luke 8:20-21
“We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.” 1 John 3:14
“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.” 1 John 5:1
Reading 1 Corinthians 13 today will refresh your heart and mind on the divine importance placed upon LOVE.
3. You are not denying self and not taking up the cross daily (Luke 9:23-24; 19:27; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 3:3, etc.).
4. You aren’t communicating the light of truth to others because you no longer seek or fear the LORD and so His divine virtue isn’t teeming in and flowing out of you. Your cup no longer runs over but instead is running empty (Psalms 23). You have a lampshade over the light and are not letting His light shine in and through your life and words… “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.” (Isaiah 58:1)
5. You live in fear instead of faith and the joy of being with Jesus (Luke 21:28; 1 John 4:16-18; Proverbs 28:1; Psalms 2:11).
6. You preach promises and not conditions…following the apostate modern church and you don’t preach the cardinal doctrines of the original Gospel which we are commanded to “earnest contend for.” (Jude 3) You begin meditating on and living by trends instead of truth (Jeremiah 9:3; 2 Timothy 4:2-4; Philippians 4:8; Romans 12:1-2).
7. You have little or no true fellowship with other born- again Bible believing disciples of Jesus as is defined in God’s Word and not by the modern church world (Acts 2:42).
The Word of God is to run rich, to be abundant among God’s people … “In all wisdom” and “all in the name of the Lord Jesus” … “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 whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” (Colossians 3:16-17)
8. You know you are backsliding when your main thrust and identity become politics, not the work of the Gospel. YOU are a blood bought disciple of Jesus, not a conservative. You are a Bible believing follower of Christ (Luke 9:62; Galatians 6:14).
9. When you love this world…..When you spend more time and money on hobbies and the things of this fleeting world than you do on attending to knowing, walking with the LORD and preparing to be used of Him (Mark 4:17-19; 1 John 2:15; James 4:4).
10. When you spend more money on trash and trinkets then helping the work of the One you claim to love and the poor. You know you are backslidden when you are not obeying God with what He’s placing in your temporal possession. He shall bring you into full account for this.
Regrettably, people will give their money to any and every pleasure under the sun but make excuses when the opportunity to support the work of the One they claim to love and serve. The Holy Spirit foretold that in the final days before the return of Jesus, there would be those with a mere “form of godliness”, “men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous,” and “lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.” (2 Timothy 3:1-7) According to the LORD, one of the main ways to measure our true love for Him or lack thereof, is by peering into our personal stewardship of the resources He’s placed into our temporary possession. Luke 12 and 16 offer a plethora of divine wisdom and warning concerning the judgment to come, the judgment we shall endure in giving account for our stewardship in this life.
The clear proof that God is working in our lives, that we are truly following Jesus, is that we are becoming less and less vested in this fleeting, fallen world (James 4:4; 1 John 2:15-17). And that we, our good works, our giving are more and more invested in eternity – in the eternal kingdom of Christ, laying up treasures in Heaven, sending them before us, relinquishing the things of this world for the glory of God – putting them to work for the eternal Gospel of Christ – for saints to be fed and equipped and the lost to hear the Word of God (Matt. 6:19-21).
“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. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” Matthew 6:19-24
To underscore the importance of stewardship, we should realize that 16 of our LORD’s 38 parables involved stewardship. Those who now do not wish to face and confront this truth, are apparently those who are in the most need of hearing it.
PRAYER: Father I come to You now in the name of Jesus Christ. Please cause my conscience to be super sensitive to Your conviction, Your leading, and to evade all that defiles me in Your holy eyes, sin. Here and now I submit my life afresh to You dear LORD. You must increase but I must decrease. I am crucified with Christ and thank You for conforming me to His holy image. I am all Yours LORD and thank You that You are all mine. I love You Jesus. Please make me one with You and the Father and with Your beloved body. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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