Tag: Forgiveness

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words.  I agree.  I want to share a picture with you that I saw yesterday for the first time.  Many of you may have seen it already, but it is worth looking at again.  This picture uses imagery to preach the Gospel and it is beautiful!  God bless you all!

“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.”

John 14:6

That picture speaks the Truth of John 14:6, which is a strong statement of finality and hope!  No one, meaning every person who has ever lived (including you and me), will be able to come to the Father in Heaven, except through Jesus!  We have all been scarred by sin and we all need a Savior.  No amount of effort or “good works” will ever be enough to get us to the Father.  Without Jesus we will fall short of God’s glory every time.  We can never make it to Heaven on our own!  We desperately need Jesus!

“This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.  There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”

Romans 3:22-24

“For the wages of sin is death, but the Gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 6:23

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Romans 5:8

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”

Jesus speaking in John 3:16-18

We are justified before God by faith in Jesus Christ alone!  We cannot earn our way into Heaven and if we try to, we will fall short and end up paying the wages of sin ourselves.  That is a price that we cannot pay!  Jesus died for us that by His wounds we would be healed!  Jesus is reaching out to you!  You don’t have to be condemned!  Please take His hand and be saved!

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.”

1 Peter 2:24

“But he was pierced for our

transgressions,

he was crushed for our

iniquities;

the punishment that

brought us peace was

upon him,

and by his wounds we are

healed.”

Isaiah 53:5

Take a look at the picture again and read John 14:6.  Does that look like and sound like we can earn our way into Heaven?  Can that man floundering in the water boast that he did something to save himself?  No, he is desperately reaching out to the only One who can save him!  There is no boasting in Heaven and no amount of works will ever get you there.  We are justified by faith.  Faith in who?  Only faith in Jesus!  It is His blood alone that forgives our sins!

“God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood.  He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished–he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.  Where, then, is boasting?  It is excluded.  On what principle?  On that of observing the law?  No, but on that of faith.  For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law.”

Romans 3:25-28

“I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”

Galatians 2:21

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast.”

Ephesians 2:8-9

You take His hand by faith!  Believe in Jesus and be saved!  Let Him rescue you out of sin and death!  None of us can pay the price for our sin!  Death is eternal separation from God in the lake of fire full of weeping and gnashing of teeth!

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

Romans 10:9

“for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 10:13

There is only One God and there is only One Way to Him.  Consider the words of finality Jesus spoke regarding coming to the Father and choose eternal life over death!  Let Jesus save you!  He will bring you safely home to Heaven!

“For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men–the testimony given in its proper time.”

1 Timothy 2:5-6

“And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.  He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.”

1 John 5:11-12

“The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom.  To him be glory for ever and ever.  Amen.”

2 Timothy 4:18

Amen!  To Jesus be the glory for ever and ever!  Not us!  Not our works before or after accepting Christ!  Just Jesus!  To Jesus be the glory for ever and ever, amen!  Faith in Jesus is our only hope of eternal life!

To my brothers and sisters in Christ, remember, any good works you do after accepting Christ are NOT being done to earn your salvation!  Any and all good works we do as believers are being done by the power of the Holy Spirit inside of us and they were prepared in advance by God for us to do.  They are for His glory alone, not our salvation!  We could never earn our salvation and we can’t lose it once we believe!  Our salvation is a gift from God that was bought and paid for in full by the Blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen!

“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

Ephesians 2:10

“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.  Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession–to the praise of his glory.”

Ephesians 1:13-14

“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.  And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.”

Romans 5:1-2

Grace and peace to you all!

“I give them eternal life and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.  I and the Father are one.”

Jesus speaking in John 10:28-30

 

 

 

 

Good morning everyone and God bless you!  Most of us have seen the devastation in the Bahamas caused by Hurricane Dorian.  The images are heartbreaking and the people need our help!  We need to be in prayer and we need to take action!  Praise God for the ministry of Samaritan’s Purse that has already airlifted emergency supplies and the hope of the Gospel to the Bahamas as of 9 a.m Eastern Time today!  The Lord is loving and good and He is on the move!

Here is an email I received from Franklin Graham’s ministry late yesterday:

“Samaritan’s Purse has loaded our DC-8 full of emergency supplies to airlift to the Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian’s catastrophic strike on the islands.  The deadly Category 5 storm pummeled the archipelago with sustained winds of 185 mph, destroying thousands of homes and inundating entire communities.  At its full strength, Dorian was one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record.

Our plane is loaded with emergency shelter material, household water filters, and two community filtration units that turn saltwater into drinking water.

Still a dangerous Category 2 storm, Dorian is threatening the East Coast from Florida to the Carolinas.  Our staff and entire fleet of disaster relief units are ready to respond in Jesus’ Name as soon as the storm passes.  Once we’re on the ground, our volunteer teams will begin tarping roofs, cutting trees, and cleaning out flooded homes.

Please pray for the thousands of people who have already lost so much and for those who are still in Dorian’s path.  Pray also for our teams as they work around the clock to bring relief and to share the hope of the Gospel.

Sincerely,

Franklin Graham

President, Samaritan’s Purse”

Here is the update this morning:

“Update (9:01 a.m., Sept. 4): Samaritan’s Purse is sending tons of emergency relief to the Bahamas aboard our DC-8 aircraft this morning.

The plane left Greensboro, North Carolina, around 9 a.m. carrying emergency shelter material, household water filters, and two community filtration units that turn saltwater into drinking water.  More than a dozen of our disaster response team specialists are onboard as well.

Samaritan’s Purse is also sending a small plane and helicopter to support our work and allow team members to access hard-to-reach areas.

“Families in the Bahamas are suffering and millions of others are bracing for Dorian’s impact as the storm continues to move,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse.  “Please join me in praying for everyone affected by this hurricane, and for our teams as we respond in Jesus’ Name.”

-Samaritan’s Purse

My wife and I have supported and prayed for the Graham family ministries for years and the work the Lord does through them is awesome!  If you would like to donate to Samaritan’s Purse to assist in helping the people of the Bahamas, please click the link below:

Samaritan’s Purse Hurricane Dorian Relief

If you live in the Bahamas and the surrounding affected areas, please know that you are not alone!  God is with you and help is on the way!  Millions of God’s people are praying protection and blessing over you and the Lord is sending healing and relief!  God loves you all!  Never give up hope!

Please pray with me:

“Please Lord Jesus, pour out Your Holy Spirit on the people of the Bahamas!  Pour out Your great healing and bring peace!  Stop the storm Lord and protect all those still in its path!  Bless the relief efforts and let all the supplies get to the people safely!  Heal wounds Lord, comfort hearts, give them strength, and may they come to know You as their Lord and Savior through this!  May Your will be done in all things Lord, amen!”

May God’s people rise up and shine the love and compassion of the Lord in times like these!  May His Name be glorified and may many souls be saved!  Thank You Jesus for loving and caring for all people!

Grace and peace to you all!

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.  And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.  If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?  Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.”

1 John 3:16-18

 

Believers in Jesus Christ, please listen to this!  If anybody has ever made you doubt your salvation, please rebuke that lie and trust in Jesus!  Your salvation was paid in full when He said “It is finished” on that cross!  Our salvation is by God’s grace through faith in Jesus alone and we can fully trust in Jesus and all His promises!  Jesus gives us eternal life and we will never perish!  Jesus is our Lord and Savior and no one can snatch us out of His hand!

Truly hide that truth deep in your heart and trust in Him.  That one promise alone is all we need to rest assured that Jesus will never leave us and our salvation is 100% secure in Him!  Rest in Jesus and be at peace!

I could say so much more, but I want you to focus intently on Jesus and that one promise!  We live by faith, we are justified by faith, and we are saved by faith in Jesus alone!  May we always trust our Savior with all of our hearts and give Him the praise and glory He deserves!

Grace and peace to you all!

 

Hello everyone and God bless you all!  It is September 1st and it was a beautiful sunny 91 degrees here in Colorado today.  I have been enjoying good time with my wife and kids, so this will just be a short Sunday post.  Thought I would share a few photos I took this summer along with a few powerful verses regarding God’s mercy.  Enjoy!

I always like seeing hot air balloons!  This one was taking off just after sunrise on Friday morning.  They didn’t go up very high and they landed shortly after I took the photos.  It was so peaceful watching them just float through the sky in the stillness of the morning.

The hawks hunt the open space behind our house every day.  It’s cool to hear them make their piercing sound as they soar through the clouds.  It’s been a good summer and I am very thankful for all the wonders of God’s creation!

I was reading Titus this afternoon and I love the way Paul explains why and how God saved us.  Let this remind us that God is kind, loving, merciful, and gracious to us!  Let this remind us that we are not saved because of anything we have done or could ever do!  We are saved because of His mercy!

“But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.  He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.”

Titus 3:4-7

Praise God for His kindness, love, mercy, and grace that He has poured out on the whole world by offering salvation through faith in Jesus!  Because of His mercy, anyone in the entire world can become an heir to Heaven!  Praise God and rejoice!  That is the greatest hope of all!

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

Romans 10:9

Grace and peace to you all!

P.S.

We are praying for everyone in the path of Hurricane Dorian!  The Lord’s protection and blessing be with you all!

 

 

 

I opened up the Word this morning and I read Psalm 121.  It was a blessing the Lord showed me this Scripture because I have been praying through a great deal of anxiety about my health and our finances.  The Lord sees our suffering and He cares for us!  After almost 8 years of suffering Celiac and working through the shame and humiliation of long term unemployment, I have learned to continually lift up my eyes to the Lord!

The Maker of Heaven and earth is my help!  There is nothing too hard for Him and He can do all things!  Nothing is impossible for God!

“For nothing is impossible with God.”

Luke 1:37

When I was diagnosed at the age of 33 on 1-6-2012, my whole world got rocked!  I was in the prime of my life and everything was moving forward as my wife and I had hoped.  Celiac changed all of that and the life I was left with was unrecognizable from the life I lived when I was healthy.

We got through it all by trusting in Jesus!  We are still getting through it today by trusting in Jesus and we will keep trusting in Jesus through it all to the very end!  The Lord has shown us time and time again that we can trust Him and He has provided for us and cared for us in amazing and miraculous ways!  Through all the pain and struggle of this life, I want you to know that God has been faithful to me and my family, and He can be trusted!

We all know that everything is good when everything is going good.  We also know that things can go from good to challenging or even traumatic in a flash and our lives are changed forever.  We can become complacent when times are painless and good, and unwisely start to trust in ourselves.  I recommend knowing the One who made you and trusting in Him to help you!  We all need God’s love and help!

“I lift up my eyes to the hills–

where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord,

the Maker of heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot slip–

he who watches over you will not

slumber;

indeed, he who watches over Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord watches over you–

the Lord is your shade at your right

hand;

the sun will not harm you by day,

nor the moon by night.

The Lord will keep you from all harm–

he will watch over your life;

the Lord will watch over your coming

and going

both now and forevermore.”

Psalm 121:1-8

Whatever you are suffering today, remember to lift your eyes up and look to the Lord!  He is our help in times of trouble and He will take care of our every need!  If you do not know Jesus, please come to Him today!  He loves you and He wants to take your burdens and give you rest!  He wants to save your soul!

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Jesus speaking in Matthew 11:28-30

“For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Jesus speaking in John 6:40

Whenever I feel burdened by the troubles of this world, I lift it all up to the Lord and He washes away the stress by the power of the Holy Spirit!  My soul is at rest because Jesus is my peace and I have His peace inside of me.  Troubles will come just like He told us, but He also told us we can overcome them all through Him!

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.  In this world you will have trouble.  But take heart!  I have overcome the world.”

Jesus speaking in John 16:33

“Who is it that overcomes the world?  Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.”

1 John 5:5

I have seen God move in power in mighty and miraculous ways and I know He can do absolutely anything at anytime!  He still casts out demons, He still sends angels to help us, He can still bring people back to life who have stopped breathing, and the Holy Spirit can still come into your room like a mighty wind!  If God wanted to heal me right this very second, He could do that and it would be like I never had Celiac at all!

I also know that sometimes He doesn’t remove the thorn, but keeps it in place for a purpose.  We must keep trusting Him despite our circumstances because God has a will and a plan and we must live in submission to His will and plan for our lives.  I trust the Lord because He is good and He has always been faithful and good to me.  His grace is sufficient and we can rest in Him and be at peace.

“Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.  But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”  Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”

2 Corinthians 12:8-9

I am praying for all of you who are suffering.  From illness and pain to job loss and financial burdens, I am lifting it all up to the Lord and asking Him to pour out blessing and healing on you all!  God loves you, don’t give up!  Keep fighting the good fight and keep trusting in Jesus!  We have overcome the world through Him and the troubles of this world can’t ever keep us down!

Grace and peace to you all!

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

Romans 15:13

 

Okay folks, this is a serious post with a serious warning.  I love Jesus with all of my heart and I am going to stand up for Him and preach His Truth.  I saw news yesterday that the pope said our hope is in Mary and the Catholic church, not in Jesus!  What?!!!  That is absolute blasphemy!  I have known the truth about the Catholic church and the blasphemous lies they preach for many years and I have warned people to turn away from their lies for many years.  I am warning you again now!  Turn away from the lies of the Catholic church and run to Jesus!

Mary and the Catholic church will never save you!  Good works will never save you!  The Catholic sacraments will never save you!  Mary never died for you!  Mary does not hear your prayers, she cannot intercede for you, and it is blasphemous to worship her!  Past Christians you call saints cannot hear your prayers either!  Worshiping Mary and past believers is sinful idolatry that the Lord detests!  The pope is leading you straight to hell!  The pope is not God!  The pope is sinful and needs Jesus like everybody else does!  The pope is not leading people to salvation by faith in Jesus.  The Catholic church is not preaching the truth.  God’s Word is very clear that we can only be saved by God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone!  The Vatican is elevating and glorifying the Catholic church and Mary above Jesus!!!  Blasphemy!  Jesus Christ is Lord, not Mary and not the Catholic church!

“For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men–the testimony given in its proper time.”

1 Timothy 2:5-6

Nowhere in the entire Bible does it ever say it is okay to pray to or worship Mary or past believers!  If you have done that, then you have been lied to and I pray you turn from that blasphemous idolatry.  Peter and Mary cannot answer your prayers and they cannot save you!  Peter and Mary believed in Jesus Christ for their salvation!  Jesus is our only hope for the forgiveness of our sins and for eternal life!  Only Jesus can mediate our relationship with God, so that we stand reconciled with Him!  Only Jesus Christ can hear your prayers and intercede for you!  Only Jesus Christ can forgive your sins and save your soul!

“For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance–now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.”

Hebrews 9:15

“But now a righteousness from God, apart from Law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.  This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.  There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”

Romans 3:21-24

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Jesus speaking in John 3:16

If you are in the Catholic church and you are truly seeking Jesus Christ and you love Him, I pray you flee from the evil lies that they are preaching.  Anybody who would blaspheme Jesus Christ in such a way is not of the Lord!  The pope is speaking the lies of the evil one and he is leading people away from their only hope of salvation!  Only Jesus Christ died for our sins!  It is through faith in Jesus alone by His blood shed on the cross that we are justified before God!  Mary cannot save you and neither can the blasphemous pope or the Catholic church.  Only Jesus Christ can save your soul!  There are no works you could ever do that would ever save you.  We are all sinful and we need a Savior and there is only One Savior and that is Jesus Christ!

“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.”

John 14:6

Did Jesus say you can come to the Father through Mary?  Did Jesus say you can come to the Father through the Catholic church and doing good works?  No, He did not!  Salvation is a gift of God and it can never be earned.  There is no boasting in Heaven!  Jesus Christ is the only Way to Heaven and there is no other way.

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast.”

Ephesians 2:8-9

You must trust in Jesus alone for your salvation!  If you have been worshiping Mary and saints and praying to them, please repent and put your faith in Jesus!  Jesus is Lord and He is the only One who ever died for your sins!

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

Romans 10:9

“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.  And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.”

Romans 5:1-2

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 6:23

It breaks my heart that so many people are being led astray!  Catholicism is not Christianity, remember that!  Do not let them lie to you and destroy your soul!  Jesus Christ is God in human flesh!  All things were created through Jesus, and His Kingdom will never end!  Worship Jesus and give Him the glory He deserves!  Pray to Jesus, not to Mary or saints!  There is no Queen in Heaven, so stop idolizing Mary and calling her that!  Trust in Jesus for your salvation, not in Catholic sacraments and works that will never save you!  Jesus is Lord and His Name is the Name above all names and it is the Name of Jesus that every knee will bow to and every tongue will confess to the glory of God the Father!

“Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:

Who, being in very nature God,

did not consider equality with God

something to be grasped,

but made himself nothing,

taking the very nature of a servant,

being made in human likeness.

And being found in appearance as a

man,

he humbled himself

and became obedient to death–

even death on a cross!

Therefore God exalted him to the

highest place

and gave him the name that is above

every name,

that at the name of Jesus every knee

should bow,

in heaven and on earth and under

the earth,

and every tongue confess that Jesus

Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the Father.”

Philippians 2:5-11

The pope better bow his knee and confess “Jesus is Lord” before it’s too late!  God is not pleased with the filthy blasphemous lies coming out of his mouth and He is not pleased with the idolatry and lies of the Catholic church!  Their purple and scarlet robes don’t fool the Lord!

“Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert.  There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.  The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls.  She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.  This title was written on her forehead:

MYSTERY

BABYLON THE GREAT

THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES

AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.”

Revelation 17:3-6

The Catholic church may have all their gaudy gold, precious stones, and pearls and they may parade around in their fancy purple and scarlet robes, but they preach lies out of the overflowing cup of their filthy abominable adulteries!  Is it not enough that the pope was caught worshiping Lucifer and the priests have been caught over and over abusing children and engaging in homosexual acts with each other too!  May this be a warning to all who would put their faith and trust in the Catholic church.

“Watch out for false prophets.  They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.  By their fruit you will recognize them.  Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?  Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.  A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.  Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.  Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.”

Jesus warning us in Matthew 7:15-20

Do you recognize the bad fruit of the Catholic church?  Anyone who denies that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life is of the anti-Christ, they are not of Jesus Christ!  True believers in Jesus Christ who are filled with the Holy Spirit will preach the true testimony of God, that we can only be saved through faith in Jesus!  True believers in Jesus Christ would never glorify Mary or tell people lies about salvation by works!  Only Jesus can save us!  Only Jesus is Lord!

“This is the one who came by water and blood–Jesus Christ.  He did not come by water only, but by water and blood.  And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.  For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.  We accept man’s testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son.  Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart.  Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.  And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.  He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.”

1 John 5:6-12

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

The Apostle Peter speaking in Acts 4:12

“while we wait for the blessed hope–the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.”

Titus 2:13

Mary and the Catholic church are not the blessed hope!  Jesus Christ is our blessed hope!  Mary and the pope can’t save you and there are no good works that could ever save you either!  There is only one thing that God requires and that is to believe in Jesus for the salvation of your soul!

“Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

John 6:28-29

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.  He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.  Do you believe this?”

John 11:25-26

What is your answer?  Do you believe in Jesus for your salvation or do you believe Mary and the Catholic church will save you?  Folks, the answer to that question is staring you right in the face and believe me, it’s not going to be the pope, Mary, or the Catholic lies about salvation by works that are going to save you!  I preach the same Gospel Jesus and the Apostle Paul preached.  Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near and you can only be saved by God’s grace through faith in Jesus!

Grace and peace to you all in the Name that is above all names, the Name of Jesus!

“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Matthew 28:18-20

 

 

 

Don’t ever forget that God proved His love for you when He died on that cross for your sins almost 2,000 years ago.  Jesus died to forgive the sins of the entire world and He is the only One who ever did.  If you have ever doubted God’s love for you, please look to Jesus and you will remember just how much you are loved!

That’s it for today folks.  No 3,000 word Bible study today.  Just a simple Monday afternoon message: God loves you!  Don’t ever forget that!

Grace and peace to you all!

Hello everyone and God bless you all this fine Sunday!  Today was Peach Harvest 2019 here at the Callahan Organic Peach Farm!  I’m kidding of course, we don’t have an actual farm.  I just like to call it that.  It’s just one big peach tree (with a new little one growing next to it) in our backyard, but they are organic, Non-GMO, and pesticide free!  They make great smoothies too!  Thought I would share some photos with you along with a simple message from the Word regarding vines and branches.

There are different varieties of organic peaches that can be harvested from June through September.  We could have waited another week or so, but we picked our peaches today because a squirrel has been stealing them all summer.  We don’t want him taking all the good ones that are ripening.  He is cute and I left him alone all summer, but he has had his fill.  I named him Sneaky.

The poor tree has also been through several very bad hail storms.  I had to prune and cut off several damaged branches in the spring and it took a beating from the high winds and hail, but this year was the best harvest yet!  We would have had even more, but we had to throw away about forty of them and only the Lord knows how many Sneaky ate.  It will be great when the little peach tree is bigger and they both bear fruit at the same time.  Then it really will be like a little farm in the burbs!

It’s just like in our walk with the Jesus.  He is with us through the storms, caring for us and pruning us as He empowers us to bear fruit.  Jesus is the vine and we are the branches and we cannot bear fruit without Him.

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.  He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.  You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.  Remain in me, and I will remain in you.  No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine.  Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.”

Jesus speaking in John 15:1-4

“I am the vine; you are the branches.  If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

John 15:5

“This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.”

John 15:8

Remember, no matter where you are in your walk with Jesus, He will care for you and help you bear fruit.  Remain in Jesus and rest in Him.  Get in His Word, and spend time talking with Him in prayer.  No matter what storms may surround you, remain in Jesus and He will reap a harvest through you!

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

Galatians 6:9

What a bountiful harvest!  Thank You Jesus!  That is one big bowl of peaches!

Remain in Jesus and you will bear fruit in your life that is righteous and pleasing to God!  He will work in you and through you by the power of the Holy Spirit and you will become a fruitful branch for the Kingdom of Heaven!  May Your will be done Lord and may You bear fruit through us for Your glory!

Grace and peace to you all!

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  Against such things there is no law.”

Galatians 5:22-23

 

 

 

Many of us grew up reading parables and listening to our parents tell us parables to teach us moral truth.  People back in 30 A.D. were no different.  Jesus understood this, and many times when He spoke to people He spoke in parables.  He did this, so people could clearly understand what He was saying.  In Matthew chapter 13, Jesus tells a parable about a man sowing seed in his field.  The man sowed good seed, but an enemy came and sowed weeds among the good seed.  Later in the same chapter, Jesus explains what the parable means and it is chilling.  If you do not know Jesus yet, please listen to this very loving warning that Jesus wants all mankind to hear!  This is known in the Bible as “The Parable of the Weeds.”

“Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.  But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.  When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field?  Where then did the weeds come from?’

‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.

The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them.  Let both grow together until the harvest.  At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.'”

Matthew 13:24-30

His disciples wanted to know the meaning of the parable, so they asked Jesus to explain it.  Jesus answered their request, and everyone in the whole world should take heed of the explanation He gave.  Please listen carefully.

“Then he left the crowd and went into the house.  His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.  The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom.  The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil.  The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.  The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.  They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.  He who has ears, let him hear.”

Matthew 13:36-43

Do you hear?!  Please take heed of this warning!  God loves you and He died for you on a cross, so you could be forgiven of your sins and have eternal life!  Jesus did not come to condemn you.  He came to save you!  Those who do not receive God’s gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus will be separated from those who believe and thrown into the fire!  You do not need to be found among the weeds!  Choose Jesus and you will not be condemned!

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”

Jesus speaking in John 3:16-18

Sin is so serious that Jesus had to die and shed His blood to save us!  Sin has wages and those wages lead to death.  Death or perishing is living eternally separated from God!  Do not choose death!  Choose eternal life!

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 6:23

You receive God’s gift of eternal life by faith in Jesus.  Lay down your sins at the foot of the cross and proclaim Jesus is Lord!  Believe in Jesus and you will be saved!  You will not be uprooted and thrown into the fire!

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

Romans 10:9

“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”

Romans 3:23-24

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.”

Romans 8:1-2

If you don’t believe in Jesus yet, please know that at one time I too did not believe.  I was trapped in my sins and I hated God and Christians.  I don’t know why God chose to reveal all the supernatural things He chose to reveal to me and my family, but I do know He wants me to testify to it and warn people!  It is all true folks!  Every word in the Bible is true!  I didn’t believe it either and I thought it was a bunch of crazy talk, until we moved into a house possessed by a demon!

That evil we lived with came straight from hell, which is a very real place where the devil and his demons dwell.  Jesus Christ defeated that evil and He set us free!!!  Two years later, God revealed His holy angels to me and showed me that the Bible is being completely literal when it says they will lift us up in their hands!  That is exactly what the angel did for me when the guy was chasing me with a butcher knife on the streets of Denver!  I literally felt the angel’s hands put pressure under my armpits as the angel picked me up and flew me to safety!  Yes, I said picked up and yes, I said flew!  God’s angels are very big and very strong and nothing is impossible for God!  Heaven is very real and it is more beautiful and peaceful than any of us can imagine!  Do you understand why I am so pumped up about Jesus now?!!!

“For he will command his angels

concerning you

to guard you in all your ways;

they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot

against a stone.”

Psalm 91:11-12

I don’t care if people think I’m crazy.  God didn’t tell me to care what people think about me when I share my testimony.  He just told me to share it.

I am warning you with all my heart, please repent before it is too late!  Heaven and hell are very real, and I learned that in the most intense supernatural way at a time when I wanted nothing to do with that truth.  We are sinful and only Jesus can save us.  We have to either accept Him or reject Him.  Jesus used the parable of the weeds to let us know exactly what happens when we reject Him!  You do not want to be in hell with the devil and his demons!  Please listen to me crying out!  Living in that house was a nightmare!  Do not play around with your soul!

I preach the Gospel so passionately because I know 100% without any doubt that everything God’s Word talks about is real!  For whatever reason, God put it right in my face and proved it to me!  Praise God for His mercy!  I am so unworthy and I used to hate Him, but He poured out His love on me!  Thank You Jesus!!!

I am sharing what God has shown me, so that people who have never had supernatural experiences can know that it is all real!  If you had lived through the terror our family lived through, you would run to Jesus too!  I truly hope that my testimony helps you make a more informed decision about your soul!

What God did for me with the angels in 1998 and the miracle to save my life when I stopped breathing in 2012 are events that I think about every day.  Those memories have given me great strength through all my suffering with Celiac and I pray it helps many come to Jesus!  Jesus is very real and He is alive!  He was with me when I stopped breathing and He told me, “It’s okay.”  I was completely safe and protected and He put me back in my body by the power of the Holy Spirit, which came into our bedroom like a mighty wind and flowed into my mouth bringing me back to life!  Thank You Jesus!  I’m testifying Lord and I’m not ashamed of You!  I am acknowledging your Holy Name before all mankind!  May Your will be done Lord!

It’s all real folks!  We are all sinful and we all need a Savior.  We need God’s forgiveness and the only way to be forgiven and saved is through faith in Jesus Christ.  We cannot work our way into Heaven through good works.  I am just a sinner saved by grace and the only righteousness in me is my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, King of kings and Lord of lords!  Jesus loves you!  Believe in Jesus and He will save you just like He saved a sinner like me!

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast.”

Ephesians 2:8-9

Grace and peace to you all!

 

 

 

Hello friends and family around the world and God bless you all!  Thank you all for your prayers!  I’m feeling much better today, praise God!  Take a look at that statement Jesus made almost 2,000 years ago.  Folks, that is the boldest statement I have ever heard and it is worth considering with all of your heart, mind, and soul!  In that one powerful statement, Jesus makes it very clear and leaves no doubt that no one on this earth can go to Heaven unless we believe in Jesus!

That makes people mad and uncomfortable, but it shouldn’t.  God chose to come to earth as the man Jesus Christ to offer Himself as a sacrifice for our sins.  God did not come to earth as any other man and He did not choose to save us any other way.  God makes this clear throughout His Word.

“This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.  There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.  God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood.  He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished–he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.”

Romans 3:22-26

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12

There is only one Way to Heaven and that Way is Jesus Christ!  He is the only One to ever make such a bold claim and He is the only One who ever died for our sins.  God showed just how much He loved us when He died on the cross!  We are forgiven and reconciled to God through faith in Jesus alone!

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Romans 5:8

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Jesus speaking in John 3:16

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 6:23

Salvation is not a highway with many lanes to Heaven.  Salvation is a narrow road and having faith in Jesus is the only way to be saved.  Here are a few more bold and powerful words Jesus spoke.

“Enter through the narrow gate.  For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Jesus speaking in Matthew 7:13-14

“I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.  He will come in and go out, and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

Jesus speaking in John 10:9-10

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.  I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.  I and the Father are one.”

Jesus speaking in John 10:27-30

No one else on this earth before or since has had the authority to talk like Jesus did!  Let His words wash over your soul!  He is leading you to eternal life!  There is no greater truth in this whole world than knowing you can have a personal relationship with your Creator who loves you and wants to save your soul!

I don’t know the times or dates of the end, but we are getting close and I don’t know how much more time is left.  We are seeing the signs of the times all around us.  Violence, depravity, people calling God’s Truth evil and the evil one’s lies good.  Folks, we all desperately need Jesus!  He is our only Lord and Savior!  Jesus is the only One who can save us from this mess on earth and Jesus is the only One who can save us from sin and death!

“But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.  People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God–having a form of godliness but denying its power.  Have nothing to do with them.”

2 Timothy 3:1-5

“Woe to those who call evil good

and good evil,

who put darkness for light

and light for darkness,

who put bitter for sweet

and sweet for bitter.”

Isaiah 5:20

We see these things happening all over the world, especially here in America!  If you read my post “Speak God’s Truth To Power!,” then you know how bad it has become in California.  I told my wife last night that our vacation out there in July was probably our last trip to California.  I am not going to put my wife and kids at risk.  The only reason I would want to go back out there is for a mission trip to minister and preach the Gospel.  That is what Cali needs big time!  Please spread revival through the whole world Lord Jesus, amen!

We all see the madness and depravity in this world broadcast live 24/7 365 days per year!  We all must make a choice about our souls and we must choose wisely!  Take the broad road and you will be destroyed.  Take the narrow road that leads to eternal life and you will live forever in Heaven in perfect peace!  Choose Jesus and live!

“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.  He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.  Do you believe this?”

John 11:25-26

Your answer to that question will determine the fate of your soul.  Consider what Jesus said and choose wisely.  He is the only One in all creation to say such beautiful, powerful, and soul saving words!

Grace and peace to you all!