Hebrews 9:27 “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” If I may be so bold, this lays it out for all to see and know. You get one life and that’s it!

Daniel 12:2 “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.” I’m just letting you know that life does not end when your physical body dies. There are so many people nowadays that find it easier to be ignorant of God’s Holy Word, usually by choice. My Point is this. Whether you choose to be ignorant or not does not change the Will of God one single bit. Maybe it is easier for you to deny Jesus Christ. The problem is, you can deny Jesus Christ, but Jesus Christ will always know everything about you. The Bible says in Revelation 20:11-15 “And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the “book of life”: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the “book of life” was cast into the lake of fire.” Please pay attention to what is in the parentheses. According to these verses, they make all the difference in the world as to what is going to happen. The Paraphrasing is mine, but it’s for a reason. I am trying to emphasize things found in these verses that will apply to everyone. I am trying also to get you to see there is a definite thick black line, and Jesus Christ stands on one side and Satan on the other. It is empirical to note that everyone ever born on this planet will have to choose one side or the other. There is no in between. No standing on the line. It is strictly one side or the other. The free will gift by God is that you get to choose which side you wish to be on. But please note. Once your body dies, there is no changing of your mind. Your decision has already been noted and stored. There is no second chance after your death here on earth! That is a very sobering thought!

I’m not sure if everyone is able to understand or conceive this in their own mind, but are you aware that life here on earth is the first step you ever make into eternity? What a concept! Your life, as a human, has purpose and that is to live and learn and then come to that one decision concerning Jesus Christ. That is the only thing we are here for. It is the essence of why we were created by God. God wanted to create people that would Love HIM and that HE could love in return. God does not want robots or “yes men”. God wants true humans that understand how we got here and why. God has already shown us how much HE loves us and HE has done so through the crucifixion of HIS only son, Jesus Christ. The blood that Jesus Christ shed on that cross is the only thing that can save us from eternal destruction in Hell. The Point is…you must ask for it! It is a decision! It is your choice! And that decision must be made before you die as a human!

Here are a few other things to think about as well. We like to run around expounding on the idea that there is no price on human life. Meaning, that every human being is a priceless item. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” And then in 1 Corinthians 7:22-23 “For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.” Your life was purchased by the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross! You and I, because of our sin, crucified God on a Roman Cross at Calvary. Stop and think on that for a moment! That says either God is insane, or that HE loves us more than HIS own Life! That my Friends, is unparalleled Love!

John 14:5-10 “Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.” There is no greater truth in all things than that! It is also a fact, that to know the Lord is to read and believe the Word of God, the Bible! It says in John 1:1-4 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.” This verse can only mean that the Holy Word of God (the Bible) is God. Therefore the Bible is a living Word of God to us.

Having noted all these scriptures, and the fact that the Word of God (the Bible) is God, then every single word in the Bible is true. It is God talking to you and I. Romans 6:19-23 “I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” It is so simple to understand. If your sin is not forgiven by God, then you will die as a human in your sin. You will not see Heaven! You must ask Jesus Christ to come into your life and wash you clean of your sin, and then follow HIM! It is through Jesus Christ that you are able to go to Heaven. John 14:5-7 “Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.” I personally believe the greatest truth in this life is in the 14th chapter of John. There is no other way to Heaven and the Father, than through Jesus Christ. And I believe this to be the absolute Truth! There is no other reason for us being here, than to come to Jesus Christ and everlasting life. Death is nothing to anyone, unless it separates us from Jesus Christ. And if it does separate us from HIM, then it is because we have chosen for it to be that way. Therefore, Hell will be our eternal home. Separated for all eternity from God, Jesus Christ! We must read the Bible; we must come to Jesus Christ and be washed in HIS Blood. That is the Bottom Line!

I am aware that people only see or understand what they want to see or understand; never through the lens of God. There are many that go to church every Sunday morning and evening and also go to the middle of the week for Bible study and still: They are not saved by Jesus Christ. Now that is amazing! How can anyone be so involved with their church and never come to the saving grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?

Okay, call me “old school,” whatever! It still boggles my mind.

Matthew 18.20:

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

If you believe the Word of God, the Bible is the inerrant Word of God to us. Then how can anyone sit in church, participate in the activities, be a member of the congregation and never come to Jesus Christ? How can anyone accept the communion of Christ and never know who HE truly is?

 

How is it, that these individuals feel they are “good enough” and that God would accept them in their present state of unbelief? This is not so my friends! The Bible is very specific. And God is very specific on this matter; you must come to the cross of Jesus Christ, ask HIM to forgive you of all your sins, be cleansed by HIS blood and then hang your old self on that cross and leave it there. You are then a “new creation” by God’s perfect will.

I receive many comments from people who say they “know” the Bible and yet the composure in their writings says everything but that. Has it ever occurred to them that they could be wrong? It is a fact, that when one comes to the saving grace of Jesus Christ─when Jesus Christ lays the burden of telling others on your heart─following Jesus Christ, studying HIS Word, praying for HIS Wisdom and discernment is paramount.

And still the tirades continue. I must of course block them. If for no other reason, they have become a stumbling block in the road. Time is of the essence nowadays. Jesus Christ is the only release from the burden of sin and this world’s problems. There is no time for useless discussion with people that wish only to denigrate others, or profess strange doctrine and teachings. The burden of sin is the reason for the ills of this world, from earthquakes to rampant disease.

It says in James 5.14:

“Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.”

We already know that the Lord Jesus Christ is God and therefore the creator HE is. The only one that can cure whatever ails us.

In Jeremiah 33.6, emphasis added:

“Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.”

Taking this verse as truth, we see that the Lord will reveal unto them “peace and truth” that can be only one truth, and God’s holy Word is that. As we already know, the Word of God is God. It says so in the very beginning of Genesis. Along with these verses, we have seen that the Lord walked the earth, preaching and teaching and healing.

Now it must be noted that the Lord did so through touch, the laying on of hands. Jesus also healed because of an individual’s faith that HE would do what HE said HE would do. The last one was the soldier and his servant (if you need reference).

The point to everything I write is this, John 15.5:

“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”

That is not a question or a reference it is the absolute truth. We cannot do a single thing without Jesus Christ! Take a moment and think for a minute. Who gives you the next breath of air? Who allows your heart to continue to beat, your lungs to breathe air, you brain to function? You didn’t do any of this. It’s been God all the time. This lays bare the statement of who the Creator is.

It lays bare the fact that we were created for HIS pleasure and that to live, we must come to HIM. There is no other way. Haven’t you ever wondered why disease and physical anomalies are so hideous? They are the work of Satan and his ilk. They are the result of our sin, so dark and ominous, and there is only one Savior for any of this: Jesus Christ and no other. Do you ever take into account, why, we as humans fail so miserably at almost everything we do?

Have you ever noticed that nothing is truly new; it has all been here from the very beginning? Have you ever once asked, “Where do all the doubt, misgivings, misunderstanding and miscalculations originate from?”

We miss so much in the Word of God, because we fail to read it. Having first asked the Lord for HIS wisdom and discernment, I know that since I have been born-again to Jesus Christ, that I can read John 3:16 and see new meanings, deeper in this verse than I did the very first time I read it.

This is evidence that anyone can be forgiven if they follow Jesus Christ. The next thing is, absolute faith in Jesus Christ. Give it a shot and try this! Find someone that is not saved to Jesus Christ ask them to read a verse they don’t know and then explain what they have read to you.

Then go home, go in the bedroom and close the door, get on your knees and pray. Ask for the Lord’s wisdom and understanding. Then to your amazement, read that same verse and you will see it open up farther and farther, deeper and deeper. When the Lord asked you “not to lean unto your own understanding” He wasn’t whistling Dixie!

Those that have never been saved by Jesus Christ will never be able to read the Word of God and make any sense of it. That honor is saved for you, the born-again believer! Believe me when I say, the unsaved individual will do or say anything they can, to persuade you into thinking that they know what they are talking about. The point is this. The truth is not in them.

God told us so. And when HE told us to test anything and everyone against what HIS word says, if it is not of the Lord, it will fail every time! Having said all this, does it make our reading of the Bible even more important? I can’t think of anything more important. Not even death.

Another thing, we are God’s creation and HE created us for a purpose, to grow and learn and then read the Bible and come to HIM. What have we done instead? Everything else. And then we wonder why we have the problems we do?

James 4.6-8, emphasis ended:

“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”

There’s your answer to every single problem you could ever have. And yet, how many people use that verse? Here is the crux of the matter never to be taken lightly.

James 4.3:

“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.”

The point here is this: Coming to Jesus Christ, asking for HIS forgiveness of your sin and following HIM in your life is wisdom of the Lord. When you have this wisdom, you tend not to make the same mistakes you did in the past. The point is this: You begin to learn how not to ask amiss. It is true. The Lord knows all things, including the desires of your heart, but HE still wants you to come to him in prayer and ask for them.

Having the wisdom of the Lord will then show how sin makes our lives worse. How it separates us in our relationship with the Lord and that it is our fault when that separation exists. Yet the Lord will repair it for us when we come to HIM and ask forgiveness for our sin. As the verses above have shown, we can bring our diseases to HIM as well. We are able to bring everything to HIM and know HE will deal with it according to HIS perfect will.

Will HE cure every single disease? Yes, if it is according to HIS Will. Will HE heal every single person dying of a disease like perhaps cancer? If it is according to HIS perfect will. But then if HE chooses not to cure you, it is your appointed time to go home and be with HIM in Heaven.

I would rather die easily and peacefully, knowing at that micro, millisecond of my death, HE will be there with me, and to heaven we shall go. This is the truth of the Bible. This is the truth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and everyone in the world needs to know this.