This is perhaps the BEST single message about Christ that you could listen to. Thank God in Heaven that we don't have to earn Salvation and Forgiveness, otherwise No one would ever wind up there.
He never asks from us what He didn't already sacrifice for us! Truth is, once you discover His peace and guidance over your life, you will find such blissful joy! It's immeasurable. He continues to open our eyes, to reveal truth, to impart wisdom, to encourage us, reward us for faithfulness. Not because He has to, BUT because He loves us. He gives to us so much more than what we need and never gives to us what we deserve, He gives us something far better! He gave to us what we never deserved or earned. Eternal peace, a promise of a second life and a guarantee that He will make good on!
If there is anyone you know, in your life, next to yourself of course, who gives endlessly to anyone or anything, you now know they have the potential to be a faithful servant of Christ. If there is anyone you know, who is being controlled by anything other than a desire to be right with God, they need to see this.
WE all need to self check from time to time. What is it that we put before Our precious Savior? Whatever it is, I pray for all of our sakes that it is dispensable and abruptly amended. Why wait or waste one minute of life, not basking in the Glory of His goodness, His favor and His mercy! Truly, that position and that approach is anything but Heaven on Earth!
I never want to have the regret that I didn't show the Lord How grateful and pleased I am to serve! I pray and endeavor to always be fully immersed, engulfed and overjoyed in His presence! Father forgive me for those moments when I forget why I am here! Help me to reveal You to more and more souls so that Heaven is full and the devil is left flat, with nothing and no one!
I trust the Lord with all of my heart that when He says, You and Your whole household shall be saved that this encompasses all those souls whom God has brought into your life, that you have witnessed to, verbally and in the conduct of our actions, for a reason, a season or be it a lifetime, they are given that opportunity to choose the Lord. I had the unfortunate occasion to hear of a long time friend's untimely and tragic passing the other day! It rocked my inner circle of friends pretty hard. I pray that God grants all of our friends, acquaintances and especially the family , the Peace that surpasses all understanding. I wish to remind them, that a fair and just God sits on the throne, He is the only one who gets to judge a persons heart and maintains the Authority to forgive and restore His creation as He sees fit. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. I trust that my friend is now safely in the Harbor of Heaven and enjoying the splendor of a God that sees our weakness and our short comings as no more. Live on happily in Heaven!
Our life here is merely a stepping stone onward to what is lasting and what matters. Make it count!
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Acts 16:31
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
2 Corinthians 5:8
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
1 Corinthians 6:12 “All
things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things
are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.”
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
There is a very influential and demonic force that preys upon people in their pain and ignorance.
Everyone is touched by some sort of untimely goodbye, of a family member or friend. Many people have struggled with the same personal issues for years and years, seeking some answer or understanding. Many people seek an advantage over life and think that they can consult these see'rs as a means to gain that pre-emptive information. These people are the ones in pain, the ones who suffer from ignorance because they are unaware of several factors. The enemy loves to take advantage of this vulnerability in particular.
The enemy loves to mix truth with wickedness, hoping that we will be so mesmerized by the decoy that we won't discover the element of fowl play. How does this relate to this topic?! Because people who believe they are receiving messages" and "information" from the beyond, are usually not incorrect. The source of their information is not good, and it is not of God, Life isn't meant to be lived this way, otherwise, we would have been born with a database drive full of videos, explaining to us everything relavent that happened before we arrived and everything relevant to us after the fact. They very well may be receiving thoughts, images, impulses and information BUT it isn't from those departed individuals. It's from the Prince of the air, satan himself.
If someone planted a hidden camera in your house and was later able to describe and give accountings of your activities, would you trust them, pay them, and seek their advice?! No, you would want to punch them in the face, report them and have them permanently removed from your life! A psychic, medium or any other name they call themselves by, are no different. They are receivers of information that was gained by no good means. Remember this one thing, the devil knows the truth, he just seeks to distort it, he knows scripture and he knows that if he can get you believe, to put your trust and faith in this method, he is in effect dragging you into damnation and violation of Gods law!
Fact is, there are many good people who believe these abilities they have are good or that they can offer a redeeming qualification because they will use them to benefit others. Nothing more false could ever be conceived. Its not a gift it's a curse of epic proportions. To participate in this activity, on either side, is wrong and goes against Gods orders. It's one of the most vile sins that one can pursue.
If you are seeking closure on a past relationship or problem ask God to show You the truth, so that you will know. After all, that is what you are seeking, Peace & truth and love. Connections with all those things that meant & mean so much to you!
If you are involved in this, in any way, shape or form. You must stop immediately! You have to repent, ask God for His forgiveness and break the curses off your life.This includes, horoscopes, psychics, tarot, mediums, clairvoyants, spiritists, seances.oija boards, stones, amulets, potions, witchcraft, anything like that.
Watch this informative video from someone who had once been involved in this activity
'You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination or soothsaying. 'You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard. 'You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD. read more.
Leviticus 20:6
'As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.
Numbers 22:7
So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam and repeated Balak's words to him.
Numbers 23:23
"For there is no omen against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel; At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what God has done!
Isaiah 47:13"You are wearied with your many counsels; Let now the astrologers, Those who prophesy by the stars, Those who predict by the new moons, Stand up and save you from what will come upon you.
2 Kings 17:17
Then they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him.
Isaiah 8:19
When they say to you, "Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter," should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Isaiah 19:3
"Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them; And I will confound their strategy, So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead And to mediums and spiritists.
Isaiah 19:11-12
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; The advice of Pharaoh's wisest advisers has become stupid How can you men say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings"? Well then, where are your wise men? Please let them tell you, And let them understand what the LORD of hosts Has purposed against Egypt.
Jeremiah 10:2
Thus says the LORD, "Do not learn the way of the nations, And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens Although the nations are terrified by them;
Jeremiah 14:14
Then the LORD said to me, "The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name I have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a false vision, divination, futility and the deception of their own minds.
Jeremiah 27:9
"But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon.'
Ezekiel 12:24
"For there will no longer be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 21:21-23
"For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the household idols, he looks at the liver. "Into his right hand came the divination, 'Jerusalem,' to set battering rams, to open the mouth for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall. "And it will be to them like a false divination in their eyes; they have sworn solemn oaths But he brings iniquity to remembrance, that they may be seized.
Ezekiel 22:28
"Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' when the LORD has not spoken.
Daniel 2:2
Then the king gave orders to call in the magicians, the conjurers, the sorcerers and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
Daniel 2:10
The Chaldeans answered the king and said, "There is not a man on earth who could declare the matter for the king, inasmuch as no great king or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any magician, conjurer or Chaldean.
Zechariah 10:2
For the teraphim speak iniquity, And the diviners see lying visions And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain Therefore the people wander like sheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
Malachi 3:5
"Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me," says the LORD of hosts.
Acts 16:16
It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave-girl having a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling.
Let's have an in depth look at this verse...sometimes, there is little room for improvement or interpretation. Let the spirit speak to you as you read this and the following commentary.
Isaiah 41:10
“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
Mathew Henry's commentary on this...
Verses 10-20The
scope of these verses is to silence the fears, and encourage the faith,
of the servants of God in their distresses. Perhaps it is intended, in
the first place, for the support of God’s Israel, in captivity; but all
that faithfully serve God through patience and comfort of this scripture may have hope.
And it is addressed to Israel as a single person, that it might the
more easily and readily be accommodated and applied by every Israelite
indeed to himself. That is a word of caution, counsel, and comfort,
which is so often repeated, Fear thou not; and again (v. 13), Fear not; and (v. 14), "Fear not, thou worm Jacob;
fear not the threatenings of the enemy, doubt not the promise of thy
God; fear not that thou shalt perish in thy affliction or that the
promise of thy deliverance shall fail.’’ It is against the mind of God
that his people should be a timorous people. For the suppressing of fear
he assures them,I. That they may depend upon his presence with them as
their God, and a God all-sufficient for them in the worst of times.
Observe with what tenderness God speaks, and how willing he is to let
the heirs of promise know the immutability of his counsel, and how
desirous to make them easy: "Fear thou not, for I am with thee, not only within call, but present with thee; be not dismayed at the power of those that are against thee, for I am thy God, and engaged for thee. Art thou weak? I will strengthen thee. Art thou destitute of friends? I will help thee in the time of need. Art thou ready to sink, ready to fall? I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness, that right hand which is full of righteousness, in dispensing rewards and punishments,’’ Ps. 48:10 . And again (v. 13) it is promised, 1. That God will strengthen their hands, that is, will help them: "I will hold thy right hand,
go hand in hand with thee’’ (so some): he will take us by the hand as
our guide, to lead us in our way, will help us up when we are fallen or
prevent our falls; when we are weak he will hold us up-wavering, he will
fix us-trembling, he will encourage us, and so hold us by the right hand,Ps. 73:23 . That he will silence their fears: Saying unto thee, Fear not.
He has said it again and again in his word, and has there provided
sovereign antidotes against fear: but he will go further; he will by his
Spirit say it to their hearts, and make them to hear it, and so will
help them.II. That though their enemies be now very formidable,
insolent, and severe, yet the day is coming when God will reckon with
them and they shall triumph over them. There are those that are incensed
against God’s people, that strive with them (v. 11), that war against them (v. 12),
that hate them, that seek their ruin, and are continually picking
quarrels with them. But let not God’s people be incensed at them, nor
strive with them, nor render evil for evil; but wait God’s time, and
believe, 1. That they shall be convinced of the folly, at least, if not
of the sin of striving with God’s people; and, finding it to no purpose,
they shall be ashamed and confounded, which might bring them to repentance, but will rather fill them with rage. That they shall be quite ruined and undone (v. 11): They shall be as nothing
before the justice and power of God. When God comes to deal with his
proud enemies he makes nothing of them. Or they shall be brought to
nothing, shall be as if they had never been. This is repeated (v. 12): They shall be as nothing and as a thing of nought,
or as that which is gone and has failed. Those that were formidable
shall become despicable; those that fancied they could do any thing
shall be able to bring nothing to pass; those that made a figure in the
world, and a mighty noise, shall become mere ciphers and be buried in
silence. They shall perish, not only be nothing, but be miserable: Thou shalt seek them, shalt enquire what has become of them, that they do not appear as usual, but thou shalt not find them as David, Ps. 37:36 . I sought him, but he could not be found.
III. That they themselves should become a terror to those who were now a
terror to them, and victory should turn on their side, v. 14-16
Deuteronomy 31:6
Be
strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them,
for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake
you."
Isaiah 41:13
For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
Isaiah 44:2
This
is what the LORD says-- he who made you, who formed you in the womb,
and who will help you: Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun,
whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 43:5
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.
