My Lord:
Titus 2:11, " For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Titus 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; " Grace that is of the Lord, is sufficient. Grace teaches us to DENY ourselves. This is the very step, it is Repent, it is Deny, It is Obey. I love how it keeps rolling into one thing but it is filled, not one thing, but all things. How the contents keep getting richer, larger, clearer. Just the other day it was Repent and Obey and this beautiful forth Commandment day, the Lords day, the very day God rested, it is also Deny. The three are one and the certainly do agree as one. To deny the fleshly lust and choose the Spirit, teaching one to not walk in the flesh and walk in the Spirit. It is not a life long slow death to sin, it is a renewal of Life and the death of the old heart, the affections and the lusts. The walk is learning what is pleasing to God. Grace teaches us to deny or flesh of the ungodliness and worldly lusts. To live sober(grave), sober(sincere), sober(severe), righteous and godly lives now in this present world. This teaching that grace teaches is sufficient enough to endure all that we must endure in this life till the end. To bear our own cross unto the end, but you endure till the end you will not be saved. Or Jesus spoke incorrectly and I certainly do not think that He did. The GRACE OF GOD THAT BRINGS SALVATION HATH APPEARED TO ALL MEN, not some, not a select few but all men. Just as the Commandment of God for ALL MEN TO REPENT, not some, not a select few, but ALL men everywhere must take that first step, Repent, Deny, Obey. Matthew 24:13, " But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. " HERE IS WHATS BRINGS ANYONE SALVATION AND NOTICE WHAT IT STARTS WITH?! TO DENY THYSELF, WHAT DID CHRIST PREACH FIRST, REPENT, BUT WHAT ELSE DID CHRIST SAY? DENY THYSELF, TAKE UP THY CROSS AND FOLLOW HIM. FIRST THING IS DENY THYSELF, FIRST ORDER IS REPENT. HOW IS GRACE BRINGING SALVATION TO SINNERS WHO HAVE YET TO KNOW IT AND TO THEM THAT HAVE IT TO KEEP IT, TO KEEP THEIR SALVATION (BUT YOU BELIEVE THE FOUL TEACHING OF ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED, ETERNAL SECURITY AND ALL THINGS LIKE TO THESE, THEN NONE OF THIS MATTERS FOR YOU), HOW TO RIGHTLY DIVIDE FOR THEM WHO KNOW THE TRUTH? TO RIGHTLY DIVIDE WHAT IS GODS GOOD AND PERFECT WILL, WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT IS EVIL, TO CALL GOOD GOOD AND EVIL EVIL. THOSE WHO HAVE YET KNOW SALVATION MUST COME TO LEARN WHAT GRACE TEACHES FIRST, DENY YOUR SELF, THAT HEART FELT DESIRE TO HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF SIN AND DEATH, TO DESIRE THE NEW HEART THAT GOD WILL SUPPLY AND I KNOW FOR A FACT WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT YOU WILL NOT BE ASKING IF YOU RECEIVED IT? OR ARE SAVED OR NOT? HAVE I BEEN BORN AGAIN? IT WILL BE PERFECTLY CLEAR IN THE MOMENT YOU ACTUALLY ARE SAVED. IN THE MOMENT I EXPERIENCED I SURELY NEEDED NO MAN TO TELL ME WHAT I EXPERIENCED. HOW READ OVER AND OVER PEOPLE SAYING HOW DO THEY IF THEY HAVE BEEN SAVED AND THAT SHOCKS ME. THE EVENT WAS SO POWERFUL THAT I HAVE SPENT ALMOST SIX YEARS TRYING TO SHARE IT, IT WAS SO POWERFUL I WRITE CONSTANTLY AND I HATED TO WRITE ALL MY LIFE. FOR ME THAT IS PROOF ENOUGH WHAT I LIVED WAS A REAL AS IT GETS. DENY YOURSELVES UNGODLINESS... AS ALWAYS A PATH DEFINED BY DEFINITION AS TOLD TO ME. SO I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, TO RUN MY RACE, AND SHARE MY WALK IN CHRIST JESUS. After reading some things that made me feel physically ill, I write again about all the lies. It is sad, it makes me sad and it hurts my heart, the wolves are so well spoken of. I'd like to say again, if you like anything I have done please to do not tempt me, do not speak well of me, what do I have that I received not? I do not want your money, nor would I accept it, why would anyone tempt another, and NO man of God asks anyone for money, period. I have said that from day one and that will never change. I am not looking to be followed, I am looking for you to follow Christ, to stop listening to all the lies and for yourself work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. What people call their ministry, I find them all so far from the Truth I would not apply it to anything I do, I desire no title, I desire to have back what I was allowed to taste of, the presence of Christ in me. I just want to be near Christ again, not just me though, I want all to know what I felt. So many are hiding the Truth, I am sorry, I am sorry I can not do more, say more, write more, that my understanding is just what it is. I am sorry so many are lost and following utter nonsense. UNGODLINESS - UNGOD'LINESS, noun Impiety; wickedness; disregard of God and his commands and neglect of his worship; or any positive act of disobedience or irreverence. Word: ἀσέβεια Transliteration: asebeia Phonetic: as-eb'-i-ah Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Definition: 1. want of reverence towards God, impiety, ungodliness... WORLDLY LUSTS - Secular; temporal; pertaining to this world or life, in contradistinction to the life to come; as worldly pleasures; worldly affairs; worldly estate; worldly honor; worldly lusts. Titus 2:12.Devoted to this life and its enjoyments; bent on gain; as a worldly man; a worldly mind. Human; common; belonging to the world; as worldly actions; worldly maxims. Word: κοσμικός Transliteration: kosmikos Phonetic: kos-mee-kos' Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: 1. of or belonging to the world, relating to the universe, earthly, worldly, i.e. having the character of this present corrupt age... LUST - Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; as the lust of gain. To desire eagerly; to long; with after. To have carnal desire; to desire eagerly the gratification of carnal appetite. To have irregular or inordinate desires. Word: ἐπιθυμία Transliteration: epithumia Phonetic: ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Definition: 1. desire, craving, longing, desire for what is forbidden, lust... FOR THEM WHO DENY REPENTING AS THE WAY TO SALVATION, THAT THE WORDS REPENT OF SIN, WHICH IS UNGODLINESS AND WORLDLY LUSTS, AND NOT EVERY SIN YOU HAVE EVER DONE FOR THERE IS NO WAY YOU COULD KNOW THEM ALL. THIS IS WHAT THE EVIL ONE USES TO DECEIVE YOU AND THEM THAT SELL HIS LIES FOR HIM. LET GO OF SIN, TO AMEND, TO INDEED CHANGE YOUR MIND, TO TURN AWAY FROM SIN AND TURN BACK TO GOD. TO NO LONGER DESIRE THE CORRUPTION IN THE WORLD THROUGH LUST, YOUR PASSIONS AND DESIRES, YOUR AFFECTIONS AND LUSTS. I WAS SICK OF THEM AND COMING TO THAT MOMENT IS WHAT LED ME TO HAVE THE REVELATION I HAD. RIGHT UP TO HEARING THE LORD TELL ME I WAS FORGIVEN WHEN I PRAYED ALL MY LIFE TO NEVER BE FORGIVEN TO A GOD I NEVER TRUSTED IN, OR BELIEVED IN. YET I PRAYED NONE THE LESS AND GOD BE THANKED HE HEARS NOT SINNERS FOR IF HE HAD LISTENED TO MY IGNORANT PRAYERS I WOULD BE IN HELL RIGHT NOW. TO COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS. There is a moment in ones life where you either look up, turn back and realize without Christ you are not going to make it and you acknowledge this fact and believe in Him. Or, you ignore that moment and look not up, rather harden your heart to the prick of sin and continue down that broad way so many easily find. Just as the thief on the cross did who was not forgiven, did not realize the moment, did not cease the chance as the other thief did when he repented and did the WORKS. A moment in your life that you Repent and understand what Gods grace truly is. A moment you refuse again, this path is so broad of all the things people invent, imagine, create, teach, sell as to feign salvation, or flat out deny it. The once saved always saved lies, eternal security, all done for you, finished works, when you hear them say this is why Christ on the cross cried out and said it is finished, so they can be free in their flesh to commit sin, all sin past, present and future sins already forgiven in advance. Even though they do not aspire to sin (as they say, but actions truly speak louder than words), if they do sin, no matter the sins, they will not lose their salvation, they will not die. Just as the serpent beguiled Eve with such fantasy, entertained her with the lust of her flesh (temptation), being mused by evil, she called it good, pleasant and to be desired, she willfully called evil good and good evil and she did eat of it. She did not obey the Commandment and she knowing what she had done instantly it did not stop her from sharing the evil deed, she did give to Adam to eat and he did eat. They hide themselves for they now knew evil. Instantly knew it and tried to hide, Eve was instantly aware and it did not stop her from enticing and alluring Adam to do the same evil deed. Again, they teach they can not sin because the Spirit of God can not sin, their flesh can sin but it has no effect on their spirit, for nothing they can do can cause them to lose anything but rewards, some kind of reward system they have invented. The reward is Life and you either have it or you do not, you are either in the presence of the Lord or you are not. You either love Him with ALL that you possess or you do not. They literally say that you can do all you can to enter hell once saved, (but I doubt any of them ever have been) you can live worse than any man has ever lived as long as your saved you will not go to hell. They then reinforce that you ought not sin and they do not aspire to sin, but if they wanted to live like devils they could for they BELIEVE in Christ and that is all you have to do. This mind set opens up so many ways for people to believe they can live like devils and just believe and they are saved no matter what. They openly without blushing profess that this easy type of believism is what Paul meant when he said the simplicity that is in Christ. Just believe, and you are saved and whether you sin HAS ABSOLUTELY NO PART IN STAYING SAVED, for once you are saved you are always saved, always secure, eternally secure. I am just repeating what they preach and teach. They say it is not a license to sin, some out right say it is, again it is a buffet gospel, some like this part and some like that part, some like it all, but they all hold to the same lie. If you say there is nothing you can do to lose your salvation, nothing you can do to go to hell even if you wanted to go, by fact of definition they are saying you have a license to sin, liberty in sin, lasciviousness, licentiousness. They say they are untwisting the scriptures and I tell you they are weaving a web around your soul and if you entertain them you will be ensnared in the same trap they are bound by. 2 Corinthians 11:3, " But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. " Titus 2:11, " For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Titus 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; " It is faith alone, grace alone, believe alone, Christ alone, this is their mantras and they are easy to find and they will look nothing like the devil but they sure speak like him. You must be able to judge, you must be able to understand, you must be able to hear the lie when it is being offered and to refuse the evil and choose the good. To be obedient to God who said and it still applies to this day, if you eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil you will surely die. True death, the separation from the presence of the Lord, spiritual death and it is far worse then you can imagine, I warn you of what I was shown, you are warned. Once you are truly saved and not that pretend I said a sinners prayer, or I believed or any one thing they try to sell you. It is with all thine heart, if you are truly saved, have received the free gift of what Christ did for all on the cross, then the Grace of God teaches you to live sober, sincere, grave, with all gravity of the war in which all bold soldiers of Christ battle in. It is not sin, it is temptation, the confused always say they are in war with sin, and it is temptation, once you sin, you already lost the battle with the temptation. satan temps us, and blessed is the man who endured temptation, not who gives into it and conceives sin. James, that book of steel explains all of this perfectly. To live righteous and godly lives now in this present world for all to see, just as Christ did for all to see. Through Christ you are able to do all things, and without Him you can do nothing. Set free from the law of sin, which required your death. The gift of Christ set you free from that law, not as they say, now you are free from anything that is sin, already pre-forgiven, forgiven in advance, this is what they teach and they are proud of it. They call me self righteous for I tell you they who do righteousness are righteous even as Christ is righteous. They are not self righteous because they are clothed in the righteousness of Christ that is imputed to them by simple saying they believe in Christ. Again, walking around and getting someone to admit they are a sinner and all they have to do is say this sinners prayer and then they are good to go is nonsense, if ones heart is not the thing seeking and saying it. With all thine heart, anyone can repeat some words, it is with heart felt desire, yearning, thirsting, hungering for righteousness. This is what they leave out, walking up to someone or calling them up to the so called altar to accept Christ means nothing, without the heart it is all just empty words. They love to quote the parable of the publican, as to show that a simple prayer can indeed save you, they never finish it though, why? For it is not of works and if they can not hold on to the twisted lie they love they can not allow themselves to hear and see. The publican did a lot more then just say a prayer, he humbled himself before God, could not even look up to heaven, smote his chest, with true heart felt desire, this man thirsted for mercy, yearned for it, hungered for it, God be merciful to me a sinner. This is called "REPENT", the very first WORK all must do to know SALVATION by GRACE, that teaching of God that teaches all to DENY themselves evil and choose for themselves good. The very reason they will not cease to say " Repent is just and change of mind" this is that easy believe they must have, this is the simplicity they demand. They do do not want to repent of sin, they want to be free to do it, whether they do it or not, matter not, their hearts are wanting and God is not mocked by their pretense. The book of the Lord by the mouth of the Lord Jesus Christ gave a beautiful example of Repenting and men turn it into some prayer said with out the part that expresses how this publican prayed, humbled himself before God Almighty and beat upon his chest becoming guilty before God as written, broken, contrite, lowly, meek, confessing and forsaking himself before God with all his heart, he thirsted for righteousness, he hungered for mercy and as the Lord Jesus said this man will go down to his house justified. These once saved always saved, eternal security, nothing you can do can cause you to go to hell, they boast proudly, exalt themselves, they are not humble, but proud and they say the very same thing about anyone who teaches the Truth I profess here. There behavior is not lowly, contrite, broken, humble, meek, guilty, they are not afraid to look up, beating their chest thirsting for righteousness and mercy. No, they want it handed to them, imputed, they want it all but are not willing to give it all. By their own mouth they say you do not have to give your all for salvation. Listen to the publican in the parable, he was giving it his all, he could not hunger more, thirst more, he admitted his guilt from his heart, all his heart, mind, body and soul, with all his might he cried out in what they describe a some simple prayer. One of these two descriptions are correct and the other is a lie. Luke 18:13, " And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. Luke 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. " Again, Luke 14:10, " But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. Luke 14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. " A beautiful expression of a man who does what? Repents. This man humbles himself taking the lower seat, expressing his lowly state, broken, contrite, humble, guilty, not proud, but waits on the Lord to lift him up. It is a, expression of grace being taught, the type of grace that BRINGS SALVATION. To the ungodly one would just say go sit in the lower room and your saved by grace. One who sees and hears knows this is so much more, easy? absolutely, simple? can not be any more simple. This is the simplicity that is in Christ Jesus, REPENT, humble yourselves before God, be broken, guilty, confess and forsake, lowly, contrite, humble, meek, forsake, mortify, make no provisions. Letting God lift you up and not you doing it, not by your works, but by His. Remember they are the perfect opposite of the Truth and once you see it, you will know it. Each beautiful expression of how one must enter through the narrow Gate is hidden by them, it is subtle, it contains partial truth but not the whole hearted Truth. Just enough Truth to appease their flesh and surely not enough for the Spirit. The thief on the cross, another they love to use as some example of how easy it is to just believe WITHOUT Repentance!!! Remember they speak STRONGLY against the Law and the Law says REPENT. Luke 23:39, " And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. Luke 23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? Luke 23:41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. Luke 23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. " A beautiful expression of a man Repenting and a man who hardened his heart. Both called, both having the same chance to Repent, one does and the other do not. For if Christ saved Himself they surely could not be saved, so even at the very end satan tempted Christ to save Himself. On the other side and if I had to guess, I'd say the man on the right hand of Christ rebuked the devil, just as Christ did to Peter when Peter was filled with the devil and desired not the things of God. The thief said do you not fear God? This man being in the same condemned state, Repented not. The other did, this man humbled himself, became guilty before God, confessing and forsaking, yes this man did not have to spend years doing the good works some must do, but few have to be crucified with Christ. Yet this man did good works, for he REBUKED the other man, he warned the other man, that he ought to repent as well. The man said they both justly were being put to death but Christ had done nothing to deserve such a death. Yet the just for the unjust fulfilled indeed. The man asked of the Lord after a perfectly clear picture of repentance and he asked not amiss as the first man did. Ask not amiss and you will receive. So many have their idea of the man on the cross who was saved in the last moment, most have very little to do with heart felt desire to confess and forsake themselves as this man clearly did. Many ways the book of the Lord proclaims the path defined for Repenting and many ways do men change it. Clearly this man changed his mind and clearly this man showed for the works of a man truly understanding that he must take the lower seat and let Christ lift him up, let Christ invite him to sit in the upper room. Again, just like the parable of the labours. They who loveth lies say the same thing, look this man did not even work and he is going to get the same pay as the rest of us who laboured all day?! Yet the thief on the cross did labour, and it was but an hour and yes he will receive the same reward as all receive, LIFE. that is the reward, so I do not know what these blind men think they deserve and are going to get when they say your just going to lose rewards, is there a reward that has LIFE but less of it? If so then I know nothing of it and can not find it in the book of the Lord. The thief did not have to work long but he did get nailed to his cross, he did deny himself, took up his cross and followed after Christ, it did not matter how long he did so, it only mattered that he did show up to work. They who do not work will not eat. This man worked and he did eat. The thief that railed did not deny himself, he did bear his cross but he did not follow Christ, one out of three is not enough, see unlike them who lie and say you do not need to give your all, look at the thief on the cross, yes I say look, for one gave his all, the other did not, one was saved and the other was not. Two in the field one left behind and the other taken. So many beautiful ways the Lord has expressed a very simple Truth, so simple a child could understand it, work and live, work not and die, prepare now or you will not be ready or able to love the appearing of the Lord. If you do not love His appearing you will desire one thing, that is to be hidden from His face, you will beg the rocks to hide you but nothing can keep you from the Truth in the end! Not even ones vain imagination! Matthew 20:12, " Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. " As they say, there are plenty of examples of men just praying and being saved, and I agree, but they are not just praying, they are doing the WORKS required to be saved, not that you can do the work that Christ did on the cross and have remission of sins PAST. NO, that work was Christ alone, you do the works required to receive the free gift He offers to ALL who OBEY and REPENT!!! They are seeking, praying and doing the works as written in 2 Chronicles 7:14, which is a perfect expression of REPENTING, not some change of mind alone nonsense, but the fullness of real faith with virtue added to it, contents, quality's, fruit. No different then all the examples Christ spoke by parable, no different from what James express and we will absolutely go over that book of steel as well. From the publican to the thief on the cross, they all expressed Repenting in the same way. Humble yourself, pray, seek, turn from wickedness, THEN and ONLY THEN will your sins be forgiven and your land healed. 2 Chronicles 7:14, " If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. " James expresses Repenting how? Not be recalling every single sin you ever ungodly committed. Cleanse yours hands, let go of sin, that desire, that doubt of not being able to, purify your hearts, plow the ground, fallow the ground of your heart, become broken, lowly, contrite, soften your hearts you double minded who think you can live like devils and live. BE AFFLICTED, MOURN, WEEP, let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness, HUMBLE YOURSELVES (YOU DO IT) in the sight of God, which is submission, submit thyself to God and as always HE SHALL LIFT YOU UP!!! The same Way each time, written in many ways, to express the very simplicity that is in Christ, REPENT! You do the first work, you return to your first love, for it is not done for you, ever! You be lazy like they tell you and sell you and you will die the true death, that separation from the presence of the Lord, you will die spiritually. You light will be removed and if your name was in the book of life it will be blotted out. You can not blot something out that was never written in the Book of Life. Saved or unsaved, if you stray or if you have not yet found, REPENT, do thy first works and live, do them not and die. Except you Repent, you will die. Except you do the WORKS, you will die, if just believing was all it took then we could just throw out the entire book of the Lord as they do. Keep quoting John 3, faith without works is dead, you are going to die. James 4:8, " Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. James 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. " Beautiful godly sorrow, beautiful repentance, beautiful grace, beautiful Truth. DENY thy self, take up thy cross and follow. Eat of the butter and the honey and KNOW to refuse the evil and to CHOOSE the good. To know it, not maybe, but absolute FAITH, absolute BELIEF, absolute CONFIDENCE, bold as a lion, slaying them all by doing it, that which ye do is that which ye are. A good tree abides, the branch abides in the Vine of that which it is of. Born of God you can not sin, you can not go and sin or you will not be born of God. Not that you are unable to go and sin, or that you are hidden if you do choose to sin. Your passions and desires, the affections and the lusts have changed and YOU CHOOSE NOT TO SIN, that is why the children of God do not sin, can not sin, not because of their own righteousness or self righteous as the devil claims, no, by the righteous example of Christ IN YOU, if it be you love Him, you will if you love Him obey Him, do as He says to do, do as He did do. Put on the mind of Christ, walk as He walked, not carried by Him as they always say, but you walking as he walked, you doing it. You walk as he and then the finished works are your works. You who work will eat and you who work not will eat not. Revelation 2:5, " 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. " REMEMBER from where you fell and REPENT, AND DO THE FIRST WORKS! Revelation 2:16, " Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. " REPENT or ELSE! Revelation 2:21, " And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. GRACE is time to work it out, do not waste this vapor of time! Revelation 2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. " Except you REPENT, you will die, you will go to hell, that everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord. The gift is forgiveness of sins past, which free a man, but have you obtained, no you have not been saved till you have been saved in the end. You must endure till the end to obtain, you do not have a crown till you have it. But you race for it, run for it, dig deep for it, fight for it, war for it, battle for it, you become a bold soldier for it. You become effectual for it, an operation for it, proving yourself for it, but you be a vessel WORTHY of the Masters use for it, you are examining yourself, affirming yourself for it. You study to show thyself approved for it. You seek the treasures of GOD for it. You strive for it! You do lawfully for it, for no man that walks unlawfully will have it, get it, know it, receive it, but that servant be faithful. You are faithful for it, you believe for it, you hope for it, you a monogamus for it, you have fidelity for it, you depart iniquity for it, you Go and Sin No More for it, you have obedience for it, you obey for it. All of this is by love, you love more for it, being forgiven you love more for it. Out of love you run for it, hand stretched out to meet His hand for it. Wings spread out you run under them when danger is near for love stands fast for it. The bar raised you rise out of love to meet it. The standard set you do all that you can to uphold it out of love. Confident? yes, but having obtained it? nay, least I forget to run, forget to stand strong, forget to put on my armor, forget that I had my sin forgiven. You can forget! Do you strive for it, who strives for what they already possess? Liars will lie, deceivers will deceive, many will try to get you to set your sights upon others things and this world is filled to the hilt with other things to look at, to hear, to smell, to chase, to set ones affections upon. Eve saw it was GOOD, PLEASANT, and to be DESIRED. Plenty call you off of the Rock, out from under the wing, come it is safe they say, you have liberty they say, rest they say you have just come out, get off your self righteousness, get your butt out of the way the devil will say, come and have peace. Peace where there is no peace, safety where there is no safety, rest where there is not a single drop of rest. They pretend, but they do not have, they draw close with their lips, their mouths but their hearts are far from the Truth. You do not receive a crown for being unable, you do not receive a prize for not being able. You do not get to Name the Name of Christ and not depart from iniquity, from sin, from wickedness, from unrighteousness, from the fleshly lusts, from the wantonness. 2 Timothy 2:5, " And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. " You can not obtain but you run the race, if you do not work you will not eat. If you do not fight you will be overcome. The fight is not fought for you, your cross is not bore for you. You have been set free so you can run, you can fight, you can and you will if you love Him who set you free indeed. 1 Corinthians 9:24, " Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. " Do not allow them to get you to take lightly your salvation which comes by grace, the teaching of denying ungodliness and worldly lust living sober, righteous and godly lives now in this present world. Do not allow them to get you to wait for the Lord to come do it all for you AFTER He returns, do not play the role of the foolish virgins. You fill your lamp with the WORD which is a lamp upon your feet so you can see where you are walking, that measure to measure with. Do not measure yourself with the others, measure yourselves by the Truth, by the Word, by Christ. Be ready, watching, standing at the door, prepared as any good wife would be doing and have done. Call Him Lord, then do what He has said to do, or else why call Him Lord? Do not allow anyone to make Repenting into just some change of mind, which is just some foolish positional change but no new heart. Do not just believe, but believe with all your heart. Do not just have faith, but have a heart filled with faith. Do not just get dunked in water but rather believe with all thine heart. Do not do the one thing and forget to weightier matter of thine heart. Do not be a empty word, a wave just foaming out shame, a well with no water. Do not just provide lip service but give it all. All your heart, all your soul, all your mind, all your body, all your might run the race. With purpose of Heart... You hold fast... Acts 11:23, " Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. " Repent and make straight the Way of the Lord, you do it. Eat of the Truth and know which to choose, you must do it. He said come as a child, not a baby, chew your own food, Christ did not come to chew for you, He came to set you free so you could be a doer of it and not just an hearer. Again, be persuaded to continue in the Grace of God, that teaching of denying thyself, denying the flesh to fulfill the lust thereof, taking up thy cross a following Christ. True grace, this is a teaching of grace, this is what teachers of grace teach. Acts 13:43, " Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. " Remember you are not under the Law of circumcision, that Law of Moses. You can not mutilate your flesh to receive forgiveness of sins past. But through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, His righteous example, the teaching found in His mind, His steps. Christ who said deny thy self, take thy cross and follow Him. Christ who said REPENT. Christ who said if you love Me then keep My Commandments. Christ who said GO AND SIN NO MORE. For obedience is far greater than sacrifice, you cannot sacrifice flesh for your forgiveness, that Law of Moses will do nothing for your freedom from sins past. Christ already did that work for us, paid that cost, that is finished. Now in the newness of life, affections and lusts crucified with Christ you are a new creation so walk you in it, be it that you have heard, so constantly speak for if you have heard how can you speak of anything else? What else is there worthy to speak of? Grace brings salvation, the teaching of Christ brings salvation, through faith in Him ye are saved. Faith is fidelity, faithful, monogamy, loyalty, trusty, obedient, it works by love and is proven by deeds. Acts 15:11, " But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. " What is dear to me? The gospel of the Grace of God, teaching that we are to Repent in this time allowed to us all, for God has called ALL men to REPENT. Deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, live sober righteous and godly lives in this present world. Through Christ ye are able, without Him you can do nothing. Acts 20:24, " But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. " Through the Word of Grace you are built up and it can give you an inheritance, your salvation, your crown. What builds you up, suffering for the right reasons, not for the wrong reason. You are built up by denying ungodliness and worldly lusts and living sober (grave), righteous and godly lives in this present world. Acts 20:32, " And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. " By whom we have received grace for OBEDIENCE TO THE FAITH. That word OBEDIENCE rings loud and true. Faithful obedience to the teaching of grace. For the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Repent, deny thyself ungodliness and worldly lusts, live sober, righteous and godly lives now in this present world. Romans 1:5, " By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: " Justified freely by His grace THROUGH redemption that is in Christ. Redeemed? Then know the teaching of grace. Deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, live sober righteous and godly in this present world. Which is now, today, for if you have received then you ought to know you are ABLE NOW, this day, not a lifetime of dying to sin, but dead to it and now living in the newness of life you walk as freemen not bond men, for the promise is to the free. By His ability you are set free indeed, He died upon the cross for your sins past, for He denied ungodliness and worldly lusts, so you could see it and know it. He lived sober, righteous and godly in this present world so you could see it, hear it and be a doer of it. Romans 3:24, " Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: " May the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be in you. The teaching, deny thyself ungodliness and worldly lusts, live sober, righteous and godly in this present world for by Him, though Him ye are able to do as He did and said. This day is the day of rest, it is just a day God Himself rested and sanctified. No big deal at all that it is the fourth of the ten Commandments. No big deal that He made this day for man and not man for it. It is a good day to rest and do good Amen. Blessed be the Name of the Lord Amen and Amen. https://lesliewross.weebly.com/blog/a-teacher-of-grace
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All That Matters Is Christ...Weeks before my death the Lord knocked upon my heart, I heard and opened the door. My life has been forever changed, a new man indeed. Me a wicked man saved by the Grace of God, no more that wicked man. Died at 43 and was given a choice to stay or go. If I stayed I had to tell of the Lord Jesus Christ and here I am. I share my walk with my Lord, my candle is lit and I pray it be a light for all to know the Lord Jesus is the Way to the Truth to have Life, Amen. Archives
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