Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Life is not a Game...
If and when you come to make a total commitment to The Lord Jesus Christ; it will be giving everything to Him!
What exactly does it mean to you?
" The Church as the Bride of Christ "
2/17/15, 2:14 AM
2/17/15, 2:14 AM
Cape Verde Time
First you will be making a total life change - which will turn your world upside down!
Because:
Isaiah 55:8-9(NIV)
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
God Is God -
While we cannot begin to understand His thoughts or the reasons why He does what He does!
We can link with God thru prayer and observations of Christ example!
…27 "What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
28 "Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 "Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.…
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The battle of your life in this earthly mortal existence is very real and deadly. many will strongly disagree; with this truth and flatly refuse what is written here - However for my part I only write or speak as my Master, Jesus has commanded; regardless of any and all opposition! Here we separate the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats, the real saint from the want a be 's... This is the difference between hot and cold, or up from down, or light from darkness...
…11 persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me!
12I ndeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
13 But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.…
Cross References
John 15:20
Remember what I told you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
Acts 14:22
strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said.
1 Corinthians 15:19
If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
2 Corinthians 4:9
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
Titus 2:12
It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
Remember what I told you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
Acts 14:22
strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said.
1 Corinthians 15:19
If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
2 Corinthians 4:9
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
Titus 2:12
It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
Treasury of Scripture
Yes, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
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Just how much value do you place upon your soul?
How much are you willing to suffer for the Lord Jesus ?
{ We mean suffering physically, emotionally, mentally, financially, and spiritually }
Yet the reward far surpasses the tribulation and hurt of this physical existence!
*** Here is the full truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.…
Cross References
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 5:18
For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
John 10:33
"We are not stoning you for any good work," they replied, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."
John 14:28
"You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
John 17:5
And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
2 Corinthians 4:4
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 5:18
For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
John 10:33
"We are not stoning you for any good work," they replied, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."
John 14:28
"You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
John 17:5
And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
2 Corinthians 4:4
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
Treasury of Scripture
Who (Jesus), being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
** Because He came here as God in the human form to suffer, bleed and die to prove his total love and compassion for You and me! You do realize that He did not have to do it - rather He choose to do it for us!
What better thing could He have done?
Ultimately in the end - we who believe and have accepted the mission of Christ as Savior of the world - will have complete victory in Jesus! For every tear will be wiped away, by Almighty God himself and then we will spend Eternity in a long joyous celebration of that final victory!
Amen!
Amen!
