The Seal of God.. Part 1

Brothers and sisters in the Lord, we must not forget that we are living in the age where many prophecies have been foretold to take place. As we watch them unfold, we must be watchful and be steadfast in our faith in Christ Jesus. The Lord Jesus is coming again and sooner than you think. His second coming is imminent. Is your heart right with God? Have you given your whole life to Jesus?

Beloved, we are witnessing the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in this generation. God is fulfilling His promise to this generation as He declared in Joel 2:28-29 saying "  And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit upon all people, your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions: even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. This is happening. It is going to intensify. Maybe you cannot see because you are not in Him and He is not in you.

And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying hurt not the earth,neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads (Revelation 7:2-3). Please,make sure you are not left out, because without this seal, your eternal salvation is not guaranteed. In Ephesians 1:13b-14, Paul writes that having believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession.

Maybe you have head of Jesus or even read about Jesus, but that doesn't guarantee your salvation. Or maybe you go to church every other Sunday but have not yet received Jesus into your heart and life. There is a difference between being told about Jesus and having a relationship with Him. Maybe you don't really get what this " Holy Spirit" deal is all about.Or maybe you have been told that you don't need any Holy Spirit to inherit the Kingdom of God. But I tell you the truth, which is the word of God that everyone needs the Holy Spirit. Jesus told Nicodemus in John 3:3-7 that "No one will see the Kingdom of God unless he or she is born again. Born again simply means being born of water and the Spirit.

Jesus loves you and He is waiting to come into you and make abode in you as He said in John 14: 23. He told His disciples that He will ask the Father to give us the Holy Spirit, which is the spirit of truth, who the world cannot accept because it sees Him not or knows Him. You can only know Jesus if He is revealed to you by the Spirit. In Acts 1, Jesus charged His disciples not to go anywhere to preach or witness to anyone in Jerusalem or beyond until they receive the promise of the Father, which is the Holy Spirit. Jesus knew that they needed a revelation. He saw that they are powerless without the indwelling Spirit. This tells us why the disciples walked with Jesus, saw all the miracles He performed, listened to Him daily and yet couldn't understand Him.

However, in Acts 2, when they all received the Holy Spirit, we are told that the disciples boldly proclaimed the good news to all those foreigners and indigenous people who had assembled there. This was the power of the Holy Spirit. God is moving moving mightily in young men and women now. You need the Spirit of God to be able to please Him. The whole purpose of our time here on this earth is to find out where we are going to spend eternity. You won't know this by being of the world. You need revelation from the Holy Spirit.

To be continued and thank you for reading this.

Wake up!!!

Wake up Christians. Wake up people of God. Wake up, you who have been called. Wake up world. Know that the God we serve is not a man, who thinks and works like men. He is incomprehensible, immutable, untamable, un-falsifiable, His ways unknowable. He is eternal.  In Isaiah 55:9, the word of the Lord declares " For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways. Why then do we compare our abilities to the Lord's?

It is sad that those who claim to have seen the light many times belittle the living God. It is also demeaning to God for us humans to think that God cannot do the impossible. Stop being a skeptic because that attitude doesn't please God. Is God a mortal, who is bound to sin or a weakness? Is He made of dust like us who lives for a moment, dies and returns to ground? Is He not the God of the beginning and the God of the end? There is nothing that God cannot do. You only have to believe in the power of God.

Wake up and read your Bible. Get to know His word and have a relationship with Him. From Genesis chapter one to Revelation 22, we are introduced to a God whose works, thoughts and ways are just unbelievable? The Bible is not a mythical book that tells some folk tales but it is a book that reveals the origin of the world as well as the future. I don't really care about what scientists and their erroneous findings say. I also don't really care what other religions believe. I won't allow myself to be deceived because I have seen the light and the truth has set me free. And I pray God opens the eyes of people to see the truth.

If the world thinks that there is no way the world could have been created in six days, why don't we tell them to fear the Lord and get real knowledge ( Proverbs 1:7).  One can never have have knowledge of the truth unless they fear the Lord. This is what the word of God says.  Please people of God, know that Jesus is coming for a people who believe in Him as the savior, who are born again and are led by the Spirit of God. Jesus said in John 4:24 that God is Spirit and that those who worship Him must worship in truth and in Spirit. Again, Jesus told Thomas, one the disciples who disbelieved His resurrection that blessed are those who have not seen and yet  have believed. Oh yes it is possible to be a follower of Christ Jesus and still disbelieve. You need the Holy Spirit.

Please, don't be deceived by the fallacies of the world. Believe in Jesus today and He will lead you to the truth. He will show you the path of righteousness because He is the light of the world and you will not live in ignorance and skepticism. Believe in Jesus as your Lord and savior, repent from your sins and you will not be condemned ( Romans 10:9, Mark 16:16). God be with you as you read this. Amen.

Make more room for God this year 2013

It's a new year again. I guess we can say we survived 2012, the supposed end of the world as predicted by the Mayan calendar. Many of us start every new year with new aspiration. We make long term plans as well as short term ones and hope it goes accordingly as planned. Others make room for failures and anticipate the worse. Even many Christians don't even have room for the plans of God for their own lives.

 But in Proverbs 19:21, we are told that though there are many devices in a man's heart, however only the counsel of the Lord shall stand. Therefore, as believers, we should endeavour to trust fully in the Lord this year. Also we should commit our works to the Lord, and He will establish our thoughts ( Proverbs 16:3). We should pray to God to have control of our thoughts and direct our paths. It is hard to know the way we should go unless we abide in the word of God because God counsels us through his Spirit and His word. No wonder the Psalmist say in  Psalm 119:105 that "Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path".

 In addition, God will reveal his purpose for our lives through His Spirit that dwells in us. In 1 Corinthians 2:10-14, Paul writes that God has revealed His wisdom and plans to us through the Holy Spirit, because the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. Therefore we should allow the Holy Spirit to show us the way and lead us into the path of righteousness. 

We should make it a habit to read the word of God everyday if we want to grow as a christian. One can only have a deeper relationship with God if we know His word and be led by the Spirit ( Romans 8:14). Jesus said in John 15:7 that if we remain in Him and His words remain in us, whatever we ask from the Lord will be given to us. 

As we patiently waits for the coming of Christ Jesus, we should pray earnestly and be watchful lest the devil will come to steal, kill and destroy us (John 10:10). Families should set time apart to do devotions and teach their young ones about the word of God. Let us be like Joshua who said, " But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord" (Joshua 24:15). Don't give room for complacency, but fear the Lord and live for Jesus.

There is still a room for you in the Kingdom of God for you. Why don't you allow God lead you through 2013 and beyond should our Savior Jesus tarries. God will love to show you the way. God bless you as you make that decision this year.