YOU SHALL REAP WHAT YOU SOW

Gal. 6:7- Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

 

Although we reap what we sow

We cannot make anything grow

God brings the increase

We must decrease

If we depend on what we know, 

The Holy Spirit cannot flow,

The word planted in stony ground

Will be unable to abound

Abound in faith, abound in hope, abound in love

All of which come from above

 

To seek those things that are above means to look within

To uproot our sin

Sin is our ultimate problem

To win is our ultimate goal

We that run this race must continually seek God’s face

Relationship is God’s desire

To save us from the lake of fire

 

To procrastinate your fate would be a grave state

Live to today as if it s your last

Don’t allow time to pass

Decide now to live holy, to love God only

 

Written by Brother Mark Johnson

9/7/2011

www.mtolivehop.org

Hell

Ps. 9:17- The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

 

There are no phonies in Hell

Only those who chose to rebel.

Only those who chose to live a life without God

Only those who refused to believe that Jesus washed away their sin

Only those who refused to look within 

Only those who refuse to believe God’s word

And thought it to be absurd

Only those who are fearful

There’s no party in Hell; no, only those who chose to rebel 

 

Hell is a place where only fire you taste

Hell is a place where the prideful are abased

Hell is a place where many will try to plead their case

Hell is a place where the fire cinches, but never quenches

 

There are many skeptics in Hell

Are those the ones we did tell?

Did we tell them to bow down before God’s face?

Did we tell them to seek God’s matchless grace?

Did we tell them about Jesus and his blood

That it was enough?

 

How many children of the devil did you know?

How many seeds of the word did you sow?

How much faith did you grow?

How much love did you show?

Written by Brother Mark Johnson

9/17/2011

MY SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING

Matt. 4:4- But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

When the enemy came to mankind through the serpent, he knew what his mission would be.  In order to be successful with his deceitfulness, he would need to cast doubt in the minds of humanity concerning God’s Word to them (Gen. 3).  God told us, “Thou shalt surely die.”  The enemy changed it to, “Ye shall not surely die.”  This ever so slight change, speaking from a grammatical standpoint, brought about 6,000 years of dealing with sin and its co-conspirtors, death and the devil.  Our spiritual well-being became severely compromised.  Then Jesus came to save man from the dreaded virus called sin, and to give us the Holy Spirit to revive our spirits within.  

Almost all of us give a lot of attention to our outer appearance.  Billions of dollars are spent, collectively of course, to keep our outward man looking good.  Plastic surgery, nipping, tucking, and cutting, working out, some spare no expense as it concerns their physical beings.  Christians included.  Yet it is the inner man that is usually being starved or dying of dehydration.  This should not be!  Furthermore, to groom the inner man take no money at all.  Howbeit it will take the time and effort of getting into the Word of God, and praying the same Word of God in faith.  This will be time well spent.  Really, our spirit man cannot survive nor wage spiritual warfare without having the Word of God that was rejected in the Garden of Eden.  As milk does the body good, so does the Word of God secure our spiritual well-being.  So, ask yourself a question: Do I take care of my physical being better than my spiritual being?       

NO CROSS, NO CROWN

Luke 9:23- And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

 

The cross was a symbol of degradation, contempt, and shame.  In order for a prisoner to identify with the unacceptability of his existence on earth, he was made to carry the crossbeam of the cross to the place where he would be impaled on it.  This would also leave an impact on those watching: “If you don’t want to die like this, than do not do what this condemned person has done.”  By far it was the most brutal way of extinguishing a human life.  The Persians in the Old Testament use to skin people alive while they were strapped to the ground, this also was very cruel, but the Romans with crucifixion raised the bar to a whole different level.  The process was barbaric.  Many of the criminal would die before even reaching the cross.     


The Christian life involves the continuous sacrificing of self.  This is the message which our Lord was conveying to us.  Carrying the crossbeam was a part of the last stages of the crucifixion process.  So if you are still standing and able to carry your cross, you are entering the final stage.  You have made it through so much, why give up now?  By faith, see beyond your disappointment, pain, and hurt.  By faith, see beyond the cross to the crown awaiting you (James 1:12).  Don’t even consider the pleasure, or how much fun others are having willfully committing sin.  We are commanded to give up what we want for our Lord, because He gave His life for us.  Deny yourself of whatever it is you want to do against God’s Will!  Beyond the cross are victory, resurrection, and eternal life.

THE WRATH OF GOD


Rom. 1:18- For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness….

Paul says in our verse for the day that the ungodly and unrighteous hold the truth in unrighteousness.  Where?  In the faculty called the conscience.  Our consciences will tell us what is right and wrong, but does not empower nor cause us to do what is right.  In the same respect it reveals the obviousness and reality of God, but does not explain the parameters in which He must be believed and received.  This explains all the false religions in the world.  But what the unredeemed do not know is that the wrath of God is upon them because they have not accepted God’s only way of salvation, Jesus Christ.  Jesus said, “Ask, and it shall be given you” (Matt. 7:7).  So when we first perceived God as real, which is the truth, we should not have attempted to get a visual of him, (Exod. 20:4) or equate Him with anything visible (Rom. 1:23).     

 

Thank God He promised to keep His children from His wrath, read I Thess. 1:10; Rev. 3:10.  Wrath in the previous scriptures refers to the period of the Great Tribulation; it is a point in time set to save those Jews who come to faith in Christ, but also to punish the wicked that reject Christ.  The Church will have been raptured by this time.  Although we will be chasten of the Lord during this “church age” (Heb. 12:6-7), His wrath is reserved for the children of disobedience (Eph. 2:1-2).  God’s wrath is inescapable.  Because of this we must tell the unredeemed to accept Jesus as Lord before it’s too late.  They may believe in God, but don’t understand how Jesus fits into God’s plan.  Prepare yourself to be a witness for the Messiah.  Sodom and Gomorrah and the flood of the days of Noah depict the wrath of God perfectly.  Let them see how God saved certain ones, but destroy the majority for sin.

WHAT SHAL WE SAY


Read Rom. 8:28-31: What shall we say to these things?  If God be for us, who can be against us?

Me looking into your situation is far from me going through the same.  It is always easier to give your opinion while looking into someone’s dilemma at any present time.  Some will be insensitive or indifferent to our problems because it doesn’t concern them.  So encouraged or not by another human, we must muster up the strength and courage to forge ahead.  This is why encouraging ourselves through the Word of God is of the utmost importance.  Finite man will fail at times to give us the support, love, kindness, and encouragement we need.  Therefore, no one or nothing will give us the lift and wherewithal like the Word of God!

 

When God is for us, our problem(s) are so small because He is so great.  So we can say, in no uncertain terms, “Because God is for us no one can be against us.”  God predestine you for greatness.  He knew you before you entered your mother’s womb.  He called and ordained you for your mission, which no one else can accomplish but you!  He justified, sanctified, and glorified you because you have accepted his only way to relationship and fellowship with Him, Jesus Christ.  Therefore, even your light afflictions are working out towards your good.  Your financial difficulties are to cause you to be totally dependent on the one who owns the earth (Ps. 24:1), and not fear those who think they are in control.  Even those wrong things that certain ones did to you and I was to cause us to trust in our God, and to not put any trust in man (Ps. 118:8).  What shall we say?  Look at your mountain and say,  “Because God is for me, you cannot stand against me!”        

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What's Next

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness….

Generally speaking, most people believe in God, no matter what their strange perception of Him may be.   Where most of their misunderstanding lies is how does Jesus fit into the plan of God.  So the enemy whispers sweet nothings to them about believing in God, but not to believe in Jesus.  Unfortunately, his tactics his been very successful.  False religions are full of zealous followers who are committed to their religion without a relationship with Jesus Christ.  This in spite of what Jesus said: …I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me (John 14:6).  Sadly Jesus is due back at any moment, and many are not ready to meet Him in the air (Jer. 8:20; I Thess. 4:17).

 

To be “Caught Up” to meet Jesus in the air is the next event on God’s calendar.  This is what we Christians passionately call the “Rapture.”  All signs of a sick earth with it weather and natural disasters becoming more and more unpredictable and unstable has manifested itself; financial systems are failing, and unemployment is out of control; prices skyrocketing, as we get less for our money, and crimes  are happening at an alarming rate, etc… do I really need to go on?  To say that the “natives are getting restless” is an understatement!  The uncertainty alone of “What’s Next” is frightening for those who don’t have a plan or clue.  To their shame, many believe they will enter heaven without Jesus.  While they live ungodly (without God) lives, and remain in unrighteousness (immorality) because they continue to refuse the righteousness of God which is only obtainable through Jesus Christ.  Thank God that we, the believers, are in this world, but we are not of this world (John 17:14, 17).  Therefore God’s children do not live in uncertainty, but know very well what’s next.  At any moment Jesus will show up.  Can you say like John the apostle on the island of Patmos without the luxuries we now enjoy: “Even so, come, Lord Jesus.  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.  Amen” (it shall be, it is so; indeed, it is so).   

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS


II Corinthians 2:11   Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 

Ecclesiastes 1:9   The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun. 

When we were in sin, satan knew and had an intimacy fellowship with us (I John 3:8).  He was not only our father, but he relished having an incestuous relationship with our minds.   As any ex-lover would, he knows what we like and dislike.  His goal was to keep us bound, to those things that keep us down.  Having said this—when the tempter of our souls brings his “Indecent Proposals” to us— he is usually not sending anything that is unfamiliar; rather, what he is proposing is quite often well known to us.  Then why do we fall for what we know was sent purposely to damage us?  

 

Our sin nature must be reckon (considered) dead.  Romans 6:11.  Anything that is dead is no harm to us.  I once lived near a cemetery, and often joked about how quiet and peaceful my neighbors were.  Others were spooked or freaked out about me an my family living near a graveyard.  However, the dead cannot harm us.  Our sin nature is inside of us—but more importantly to the redeemed, Christ is in us!  And the Anointed One gives the people of God the right to have authority over our enemy and our inner me.  The new me in Christ can render the old me powerless; therefore, making him dead.  But, do I know my rights in Christ Jesus?  Know your rights.  You are not ignorant!  You know what satan has strategically been up to.  His methods may change, but his goal remains the same.  The enemy brings nothing new.  We all have the right to choose.  Are you looking at the cross?  Now, choose. 

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