Suffering of the Christian

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
(Romans 8:18)

In my quiet time with the Lord God showed me something. Most people get a misrepresentation as a Christian that life should be all fun and games. This verse doesnt tell me that. "sufferings of this present time" Think about what Christ went through. All through the Gospels, Matthew Mark Luke and John and part of Acts Jesus did not have parties and fun and games and pure happiness. He was persecuted, mocked, made fun of, beaten, flogged, spit upon, rejected, ridiculed, crucified by His own people and last but not least sent to Hell for three days because He took on the sins of the whole world and became the perfect blood sacrifice just so those who believe might be saved from Hell!

The bible states that He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
(John 1:11)

Becoming a Christian is not fun and games. I look back at my life and see persecution, rejection, mockery, rejection even from friends and loved ones. I then turn around and look at what I have gained! I have not gained the world as the world is my enemy and is temperal and carnal. I have gained EVERLASTING LIFE and will be avoiding the deep dark place that burns with everlasting fire. A place that is VERY REAL called Hell. If that is what I have to go through in order to spend an eternity in Heaven with my Lord and Savior it is worth all the happiness in the world!




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The dreaded debates and the New Age Versions!

God hit me with a ton of bricks tonight while reading the Word. Debating the trues of God that are not even worth debating because the Word of God stands up for itself! I can only pray that the Holy Spirit of God can convict those that don't see the truth as what it is. Right in front of their faces. It is sad that the ememy gets in between believers and breaks them apart. If we don't look for ourselves and allow the Holy Spirit to teach us we might as well be lost with those that do not believe that the Word of God is pure and preserved through the translation from the TEXTUS RECEPTUS. It is sad that there are believers out there that like to take short cuts in the Word of God and would rather choose a watered down version over a correct one and the watered down version is more difficult to comprehend than the true version. It does not make sense that even though those of the NIV translation stated that they made mistakes they still chose to use that version!

The signs of the times are coming to pass and the rapture will get here before you know it and the Tribulation will begin, the lost will be left behind and half way through the 7 years the enemy will sit down on the throne of the Tabernacle and will claim to be God! If you are not saved and you have never had a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ then you are bound by the enemy and are destined for hell. Jesus made salvation so simple a child could do it. All you have to do is repent of your sins to God and turn from them (dont go back) and believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was God manifest in the flesh and died for your sins and ask Jesus to save you from hell and come in to your heart and become the Lord of your life!

I did that on July 14th 2002 and I was radically changed! I no longer had the desire to use vain language, the attitude of racism, pro choice, and eventually God took the desire of alcohol away after about 3 months and many more things that I am not proud of doing. He then replaced that with His LOVE, something that man will never be able to produce!

Turn to Him. Submit to His authority of His Word and watch your life become more exciting than you have ever experienced!

My message for Guatemala open air preaching.

Can I take just a few moments of your time? I want to talk about death and the answer. The bible says in Ecclesiastes 3:1” To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” Everything on this earth including our lives has a set time. Everyone here including myself will die. When that is we don’t know. It could be today, tomorrow, next year, 5 years or longer. There is nothing we can do about it we will die. Our own heartbeats are a drum beating to our own funeral march. The Bible says in Hebrews 9:27 “As it is appointed unto man once to die, after this the judgment” When we die we will stand before God. You say that’s cool I wonder what that will be like. The bible says in Ezekiel 18:20 “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” The reason why we die is because we have broken God’s commandments and we are not aware of it. Time is pushing us closer and closer to the edge of death every second of every minute. We will die and we will stand before a just holy God whom we have angered with our sin and headed for a Christless eternity called hell.
So let us compare our lives against the 10 commandments and see how we do. How many of you have told a lie? I know I have. What does that make us? A liar. Have you stolen anything doesn’t matter the size of the item. I have. That means we are thief. Have you ever used Gods name in vain? I know I have. The bible says in Exodus that “for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” What about murder? The Bible says in 1 John 3:15 “that whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer.” This is how God sees us. He sees us as a Lying, Thieving, Blasphemer, and murderer at heart and we have to face God on judgment day. Guilty as charged.
We will stand before a just, righteous, holy God that does not allow liars, thieves, blasphemers, and murderers in to His heaven and our soul will be cast in hell for eternity, but there is a solution to that! Over 2000 years ago Jesus, God manifest in the flesh was born of a virgin and died on the cross sinless for you and I so we don’t have to spend eternity in hell. The only way to heaven is through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ by repenting of your sins and turning from them and putting your faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. No amount of works, money, baptisms, fastings or church attendance will get you to heaven. The bible says in Ephesians 2:8-9 say for by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: Not of works, least any man should boast. You can change your destination. I cannot do it you have to do it yourself. John 3:16 says For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
The Bible says in Romans 10:13 “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life. No man can come to the father but by me. In the Bible 2 Peter 3:9 says that the Lord is not willing that any should perish that all should come to repentance. Jesus Christ came to earth and died on the cross for you and me so we didn’t have to spend eternity in hell separated from a God that loves us so very much. You can change your path you can receive the free gift of everlasting life and you can know for sure that if you were to die this very instance that you would spend an eternity in Heaven. Just bow your heads with me and pray this simple prayer:
Lord I know that I am a sinner. I have lied. I have stolen, I have done everything there is to anger you. Forgive me of my sins. I believe that Jesus Christ died on the Cross for my sins. I ask you Jesus to come in to my heart and life and become the Lord of my life and change me into your image. I thank you for your gift of everlasting life, in Jesus precious name. Amen.