Post by Les Brewer on Apr 15, 2012 9:19:43 GMT
Calvary's Cross Ministries
Preaching Christ Crucified,I Cor.1:18-25
From the Pastor's desk....
Good morning this Sunday morning! Be comforted in Christ for He promised never to leave you or forsake you.If you are feeling left and forsaken,go back to the Cross of Christ and begin again.He will never leave us,but we can leave Him!
Revelation 12:11 says," And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony,and they did not love their lives to the death."
To live the overcoming life that we are admonished to live is not always an easy task,but it is a rewarding one.In the above Scripture reference it is referring to the future war that will take place in heaven approximately mid-way of the Tribulation that is set to begin following the Rapture/Resurrection of the Church.But,it could as well,fit the true blood bought believers in the here and now.What do I mean? Simply this:We are,as Christians, to show the world the love,compassion,mercy,understanding and forgiveness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.What many do not realize is,is that,we too,go through the same things that unbelievers go through.Just because we are believers in Christ,it does not make us exempt from problems,trials or tribulations.If anything,it makes us even more of a target of the evil one.Understand this,Satan hates all of mankind,everyone.No one is exempt from his hatred.Man was made in the image of God,and even in our fallen state,as evil as we are,we still show the handy-work of our Creator,thereby incurring the anger and wrath of the devil.Understand this also,if there is any good in us at all,it's only proof that we were made in God's image.We as frail,pitiful humans have no goodness in us at all.Our hearts are corrupted,evil and deceitfully wicked,no man can know his own heart,only God can know our heart (Jeremiah 17:9)." There is not a just man upon the earth that does good and sins not" (Ecclesiastes 7:20) "There is none who does good,no,not one" (Psalm 14:1,3) "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).Where man begins to have problems with God is when we begin to listen to false teachers who tickle our ears and tell us how great and good we are,and ignore what "Thus saith the word of God" has to say about us.Even in our very best of the best days we have,we still fall far short of what God says about us.As the verse in Revelation says,we can only overcome Satan by the blood of the Lamb and our testimony.
We will never overcome the world,the flesh and the devil by listening to talk show hosts or certain T.V. preachers like smiley face,tell us we are good,we are not.Without the blood of Jesus applied to our evil hearts we will never measure up to God's expectation of us.It was Jesus Christ and Him alone who trod the wine-press of the wrath of God,and He did it for us.We were on His mind when He was on the Cross.
Positive thinking,sugary words and platitudes,positive confession,12 steps to everything under the sun will not deliver you in the day of the wrath of Almighty God.Only the Blood of Jesus.The thing that keeps so many people from experiencing what God has for them is PRIDE.We do not want to admit that we are full of ourselves and do not think we need a savior.Man rejects the idea that we are sinners,because we like to compare ourselves to the goodness we think we have in relation to the goodness of others.We need to understand that our standard for righteousness is not each other,but Jesus Christ.
This is how merciful the God of heaven is.He already knows we will never make it without a savior.That savior is His only begotten Son.He is the only way anyone will make it.You can try to get in touch with your inner being,go outside and sit on the ground and look to the sky for help,you can try T.M. and yoga and blah,blah,blah,but it will never help you nor will it ever change the sin issue,only Jesus can change and evil heart.
Stop fighting against God and give the Lord a chance to change your heart and you will see exactly what I'm talking about.Until you do so,you will continue walking in the darkness of this world,stumping your toe on everything.Jesus is the Light of the world.He can show you the right way....God bless you all....JW
Preaching Christ Crucified,I Cor.1:18-25
From the Pastor's desk....
Good morning this Sunday morning! Be comforted in Christ for He promised never to leave you or forsake you.If you are feeling left and forsaken,go back to the Cross of Christ and begin again.He will never leave us,but we can leave Him!
Revelation 12:11 says," And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony,and they did not love their lives to the death."
To live the overcoming life that we are admonished to live is not always an easy task,but it is a rewarding one.In the above Scripture reference it is referring to the future war that will take place in heaven approximately mid-way of the Tribulation that is set to begin following the Rapture/Resurrection of the Church.But,it could as well,fit the true blood bought believers in the here and now.What do I mean? Simply this:We are,as Christians, to show the world the love,compassion,mercy,understanding and forgiveness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.What many do not realize is,is that,we too,go through the same things that unbelievers go through.Just because we are believers in Christ,it does not make us exempt from problems,trials or tribulations.If anything,it makes us even more of a target of the evil one.Understand this,Satan hates all of mankind,everyone.No one is exempt from his hatred.Man was made in the image of God,and even in our fallen state,as evil as we are,we still show the handy-work of our Creator,thereby incurring the anger and wrath of the devil.Understand this also,if there is any good in us at all,it's only proof that we were made in God's image.We as frail,pitiful humans have no goodness in us at all.Our hearts are corrupted,evil and deceitfully wicked,no man can know his own heart,only God can know our heart (Jeremiah 17:9)." There is not a just man upon the earth that does good and sins not" (Ecclesiastes 7:20) "There is none who does good,no,not one" (Psalm 14:1,3) "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).Where man begins to have problems with God is when we begin to listen to false teachers who tickle our ears and tell us how great and good we are,and ignore what "Thus saith the word of God" has to say about us.Even in our very best of the best days we have,we still fall far short of what God says about us.As the verse in Revelation says,we can only overcome Satan by the blood of the Lamb and our testimony.
We will never overcome the world,the flesh and the devil by listening to talk show hosts or certain T.V. preachers like smiley face,tell us we are good,we are not.Without the blood of Jesus applied to our evil hearts we will never measure up to God's expectation of us.It was Jesus Christ and Him alone who trod the wine-press of the wrath of God,and He did it for us.We were on His mind when He was on the Cross.
Positive thinking,sugary words and platitudes,positive confession,12 steps to everything under the sun will not deliver you in the day of the wrath of Almighty God.Only the Blood of Jesus.The thing that keeps so many people from experiencing what God has for them is PRIDE.We do not want to admit that we are full of ourselves and do not think we need a savior.Man rejects the idea that we are sinners,because we like to compare ourselves to the goodness we think we have in relation to the goodness of others.We need to understand that our standard for righteousness is not each other,but Jesus Christ.
This is how merciful the God of heaven is.He already knows we will never make it without a savior.That savior is His only begotten Son.He is the only way anyone will make it.You can try to get in touch with your inner being,go outside and sit on the ground and look to the sky for help,you can try T.M. and yoga and blah,blah,blah,but it will never help you nor will it ever change the sin issue,only Jesus can change and evil heart.
Stop fighting against God and give the Lord a chance to change your heart and you will see exactly what I'm talking about.Until you do so,you will continue walking in the darkness of this world,stumping your toe on everything.Jesus is the Light of the world.He can show you the right way....God bless you all....JW
