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Have you seen Deliverance?
As born again followers of Jesus – we have! We experienced Deliverance – by Jesus Ephesians 4:30. What extreme joy and relief that day was – when we were released from our chains. Remember that feeling of “Oh how marvelous!” – I’ve been “declared free of guilt.”
Marvelous grace. To a sinner, what else could be so marvelous? God’s grace, that “un-merited” bestowing of a blessing on me. Just because of Him. Just because He chooses to do so within His Heavenly legal system.
What marvelous grace of the damning God, who would go so far out of His way to “un-condemn” me, to “un-do” His “God damn”, His damnation of me, to save me forever for Himself. To love me – at all. That is the grace of God.
– Source: Oh how marvelous
Can you point to that day when you started “walking the way everlasting“? Now we need never fear eternal condemnation. Never again – ever!
Condemnation is a thing of our past… and so is any fear of the wrath of God. We fear God (in the sense of “respect Him”), but we need not fear His Wrath ever again. Now we are freed from a righteous “God Damn”. Hallelujah!
Romans 8:1
Therefore there is now
no condemnation
[no guilty verdict, no punishment]
for those who are in Christ Jesus
[who believe in Him
as personal Lord and Savior].
Deliverance from all that comes with this Temp World… will finally come on The Day of Redemption. We will finally get “the final deliverance from the consequences of sin“.
Jesus = Deliverance
Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God
[but seek to please Him],
by whom you
were sealed and marked
[branded as God’s own]
for the day of redemption
[the final deliverance
from the consequences of sin].
Every day, moment by moment… I “seek to please Him“. Make the most of my days.
I have set before you
life and death,
the blessing and
the curse.
So choose life
in order that
you may live….
– Deuteronomy 30:19
- Are you rich? The most important thing when you are rich…is being saved and sincerely walking in the truth.
Excerpt fromThe most important thing when you are rich
Chose life. Chose Jesus. Nothing else comes close. Don’t just stay on the edge of faith – dive deep. Be real with Jesus.
– Source: The most important thing when you are rich
- Are you not-so-rich? Be the one who is livin’ it to the max! Consciously choose to be always living the good life – with courage and confident hope.
- Are you struck down by sickness? Have you thought: Why all my pain and sorrow, my sickness and worries? Maintain your hope in Jesus.
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We absolutely must be diligent to be absolutely guarded in all our ways – to be a healthy soul, to live a worthy life. Satan is a deceiver and a liar. You don’t win with an unguarded life.
Christ is preparing a place for us in His forever home. I want to arrive having lived a life worthy of our Holy Holy Holy God. How ’bout you?
– Source: Why all my pain and sorrow, my sickness and worries?
By God’s design there will come a time of change, right on time for each of us:
1. For followers – it will be some sweet day at the Rapture or when we die, if we are following Him, truly born again – living it deep. Gotta wait for it; but…
2. For Unbelievers – it will be on that hopeless, hopeless Day of Judgement when all without Christ will receive the sentence of eternal damnation from The Damning God. They will be sent to Satan’s Place of Endless Darkness, without any of the good of God, forever, a place designed by God to restrain all that is evil. Really want to go there?
What will it be for you?
FOR MORE:
What will The Day of Judgement be like? For you – not bad at all, because you will have experienced the Redemption of God. Right?
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Your share of hardships…sorrows, difficulties….
Why all my pain and sorrow, my sickness and worries?
I have hope…Maintain your hope in Jesus
Hope in Christ…He alone is our hope
2 Timothy 2:3
3Take with me your share of hardship
[passing through the difficulties
which you are called to endure],
like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.”
When difficult times assail us Excerpt: In times of trouble – God is calling us to turn to Him for help. Whatever our need, God is always saying Turn to Me. Of course not all times of trouble are from the Lord. But Scripture does teach us that God sometimes brings us difficult experiences in order to cause us to turn to Him (1 Corinthians 10:11-13).
Useless and worthless Excerpt: We really aren’t “useless and worthless”. Jesus died for our sin, paid the price with His blood, and now we are worth more than we can even imagine! See:
* Romans 5:1, 8; 6:6; 8:1, 38-39 = (Romans 5:1, Romans 5:8, Romans 6:6, Romans 8:1, Romans 8:38-39)
* Hebrews 2:18; and more…
In Hebrews 13:5 in the Greek it says:
“I will no never, never ever,
in any way
leave you in the lurch,
in helpless straits,
and let you down in a destitute situation.”
Where do you find your healing?
Being a Temp in our temporary tent…in this Temp World
Because He lives I can face tomorrow
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus, and Jesus alone.
It Is Well With My Soul expresses this worldview I hold to.
I have decided to follow Jesus Excerpt:
I have decided to follow Jesus
Though none go with me
Still I will follow
No turning back
No turning back
The Overcoming Faith of Christ Followers…born again followers
Living through our tunnel of sorrows
When I find myself in times of trouble, I turn to Jesus
This Hope we have – and what this hope does
God as Man – the short version
Being a Temp in our temporary tent
The Damning God Excerpt: What you think. What you think – your “take” on it all, is not as important as what God thinks. You think?! If God is in control of the universe, what importance does what you think have? Really! Do you really think that what you think will change the course of what God thinks?!
A God Damn…the sentence of eternal damnation
Being “God Damned”…What will it be like to be God damned in hell?
Without the forgiveness of Christ
– you are a God damned puny mud-man.
Mere human.
(1 Corinthians 3:3, 2 Corinthians 5:16-17)
And His judgment is eternal.
Your thinking
is a vapor in the wind,
whereas God’s Word is eternal
– and real.
God Damned On Earth Excerpt: Being God damned on earth is to be simply living your life – without Christ, living in rebellion against God, refusing to bow your knee to God, refusing his free gift of eternal life, living for anyone or anything else….
The ultra extreme unresolvable horror upon arrival for Gods condemnation…Really want to go there?
Six different types of wrath from God
Fear this Excerpt: Scripture contrasts three very real fears:
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.
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- There is a natural fear of evil, of what other people can do to harm us. (v.28)
- There is a fear of God who can place us in hell. (v.28)
- There is a natural fear of worthlessness that can overwhelm us because we feel alone, unloved, of no worth. (v.31)
The only one to fear is God. Do you? Have you gone out of your way to know God
– Source: Fear this
God forgives sins by His Holy Holy Justice
The Kingdom of God is very exclusive, very luxurious, very special
Salvation in Christ is beyond huge…we have experienced Deliverance
God is “faithful and absolutely trustworthy” to you in your salvation
Promises God makes about your salvation
About past sins and being forgiven now…”and such were some of you….”
1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you [before you believed]. But you were washed [by the atoning sacrifice of Christ], you were sanctified [set apart for God, and made holy], you were justified [declared free of guilt] in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the [Holy] Spirit of our God [the source of the believer’s new life and changed behavior].
Living it deep Excerpt:
…What hope and joy I have
it’s mine He made me new that moment
peace and gladness
fulfillment will never abate
deep inside my soul it’s sweet
ever strong in Jesus
Since the day He made me new
alone no longer
I am His and He is mine
loving abandon – forever….
Do you have God?…Got God?
16 Happenings on your Spiritual Journey
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