Friend, the Lord has given to all of us the Greatest Gift.

Many will not receive the Gift. But for me, I am in awe that He would offer this Gift to me.  I am unworthy to receive this Free Gift, so Beautiful and Perfect, given in Love and All Truth.

You too may have received it and friend, isn't it so amazing what He has given us?!

This Gift inspires me to want to give something to Him in return.  But, nothing I can think of measures up.  I can never outgive God.  This lifetime is too short but even if I had eternity, I could never repay.

His obedience to fulfil the Plan of God for our Soul's Redemption, to die on the Cross like a common criminal when He was innocent and had no sin in Him, but only healed and taught of God is amazing when it is thought out.

At any time He could have said, "Enough already, they are not worth it - too far gone in their sin,"  or " I'm done with their foolishness, they will not listen, they do not understand - thinking I am a leader for their wars and such."

But, He saw a few who believed and He knew they would be teachers; He would leave the Holy Spirit to fill them with the power to preach and expand the Knowledge of God to the few who wanted Goodness; He knew the Father's Plan was Perfect; He knew many would come to know Him and the Father and the Holy Spirit; He was to be the Fulfillment of the Law - if not Him, then who?

None other, friend, could do what He did on that Cross for you.

Our only way to show Him gratitude is to obey His commands, work for His Good, worship and have a relationship with Him as He desires because we would only want His Will to prevail on earth and Heaven.

The Gift is so magnificent and amazing that it cannot be explained in words.  They come far short of how Great the Gift is.

It can be felt by the spirit and soul and our thanks can be expressed back to Him from our soul and spirit.

The most amazing thing of all is that while we are still in sin today, we can reach out to Him and be saved through that work done by Jesus on the Cross at Calvary so long ago.  It is the Gift that reaches out over centuries and still connects withour spirit and is able to save us from damnation, sorrow, and a life of eternal hell.

Don't wait to enjoy as much sinful living as you can and suddenly turn to Him and accept His Sacrifice and slide into Heaven at the last second having been an unbeliever and denying your Gift that thousands of times it was clearly offered to you, because you do not know the exact moment of your death, and you don't know if your heart is in the exact right place for God to allow you to receive the Gift.

Many people falsley receive the Gift and go on living in sin but Jesus may say to them, "I did not know you."

Why?  Because, they are not truly repentant, they are caught up in an emotion and then continue to go on with their lives,  back turned to God, having no outward expression of having been saved, and showing to God a cold and heartless heart and a mind not willing to learn about the Son.

Be genuine and repentant of the sin in your life, and receive the Greatest Gift of all time, show God how much you love Him by the seeking of His Will in your life, the acknowledgement of how He is filled with Truth and Wisdom, and is, All That Is.

Friend, the Bible says that every tongue shall confess and that every knee shall bow but are you aware of the scripture passage where this is found?

Phillipians 2:7-11 paraphased from KJV

Christ Jesus made Himself of no repute, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found fashioned as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient to the Father unto death, even the death of the cross - a convicted criminal's fate. Wherefore God has highly exalted Him, and given Him a Name which is above every name. That at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, all things in Heaven and things in earth and things under the earth. And that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father.

Friend, God has spoken.  He has told us, that all of us will admit that Jesus is Lord, and we all will bow before Him in humbleness and with respect and many with great fear.

There are many who say, they never would do this, and they can't be made to, and this is their truth. But God has said it, and it will happen.

In spite of ourselves and our stubborn wilful thinking, when we see Him in all His Glory and Majesty, we will drop to our knees and we will call out Jesus Is Lord and Holy is the Lord God Almighty.

We just will. It will come out in spite of how we felt on earth. Every soul belongs to Him and it knows it when it sees Him.

At the Great Judgement when He appears before all His subjects, that is what we will do.

As the Judge, He will mete out what each soul has earned, eternal reward or punishment, and we will all know that the Judgement is Perfect, Holy, and Wise, according to all Truth and Law.

Isaiah 46:8-9 

Remember this, and show yourselves to be upright men: bring My Word again to mind , ye transgressors. Remember the former things of old: for I AM God, and there is none other, and I AM God and there is none like Me.

Deuteronomy 32:4 ( bring My Word again to mind)

He is the Rock, His Work is Perfect: for all His ways are Judgment (perfectly balanced): a God of Truth and without iniquity, Just and Right is He.

Friend, give these scripture words great thought. Mull them over and find where you stand with God, the owner of your soul.

Will you be a willing soul who bows and confesses because you have a relationship with Jesus today or will you be one who hates Him and is full of anger towards Him, but bows and confesses in spite of him/herself?

God knows the condition of your soul this very minute. Do you think you can convince God to let you out of this bowing and confessing business because you have been badly done by during your time on earth? Or maybe you just can't believe in God?  No matter what your opinions, God is in control and is always Right and He has left a Guidebook and the Holy Spirit to guide and direct us into a relationship with His Son, Jesus.

Every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord God Almighty - Name above all names, and above all made up dieties and entities man has given his soul to.

Satan wears many hats - so beware.

There is One God and He is above all others that satan has created for us to worship.

Meditation Verse                                     

Scripture. 

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the Living God?  Hebrews 9:14 KJV

The author of Hebrews is deemed to be unknown by scholars although most have a preferential choice, naming Paul.  But there is no known proof to date.

The Book of Hebrews is one that we should hold in great reverence as it sets out  proof through using the Old Testament scriptures, to prove the fulfillment of God's Law by the work of Jesus - His Death and Resurrection, thereby acknowledging that He is the Messiah.

God prophesied throughout the Old Testament that this was His Plan but only those people with softened hearts, seeking God were able to understand what He had written.

Nothing compares with what God has done for us in Jesus's birth, death and resurrection. It is the Father's Love, Grace and Mercy at play in His concern for mankind. He does not want to give up on us, but He has set a time and that day will come, He says, "like a thief in the night" - many will be unprepared. They will be making merry and carrying on with their extreme lifestyles governed by evil.

We are sinners.  We lie, cheat, steal, and kill and blaspheme Almighty God.  We have no good in us God says, except we have Christ in us, then it is His Goodness  which we wear, and which God accepts..

God tells us that the Blood of Christ will purge us of our sins.  We are made clean before God by the shedding and accepting of blood by the ultimate sacrificial Lamb, God's Son, Jesus.

Many will not accept this. 

Why? 

Intellectual arrogance - smarter than God, feigned ignorance - the world is not the handiwork of God, rebelliousness - not wanting any authority, cunning - scheming to slide in the door of heaven on a technicality, coveteousness of riches, these are some reasons mentioned in God's Word.

God is aware of it all.  It is written to your account, and you will find at the Judgement that none of those excuses will get you what you want - even though they worked in this world and you got what you wanted by manipulation, overbearing attitudes of bullying and strongman tactics.

No, you the big man or bully woman will be like a baby, with no power and a big poopy diaper that noone wants anything to do with.  All your power will evaporate.

Now is the acceptable time to make it right. You can accept the gift of Salvation and live a life pleasing to God.

It's so simple a Plan, many miss it and think that something so uncomplicated that doesn't require them flailing at themselves in some way could not be the Way to eternal Life with the Son in Heaven.

No, friend, it is that simple. Just acceptance of God's Plan for Salvation, His Son's Sacrifice, with repentace for your sin and rebellion against a Loving God, and boom, you are accepted by the Father and given over to the Son as a Gift.

Prayer

Lord, thank You for the Blood of Christ that covers my sin and makes me clean before You. Fill me with your Love and Peace and Truth and help me to grow into the person You would have me to be.  Amen.

Friend, we believers have a "hope" that defies the understanding of unbelievers.

In our hearts and mind, we know that we will live after death.  Death for us is a release from the flesh and an immediate renewal of life in spirit form where our soul has an abundantly fulfilling life in the Kingdom of God.

We understand that there is a Judgement but for those of us who Jesus knows as brothers and sisters  - those whose hearts fully love Him - we will be judged by God for what we did or did not do as a believer, for His Cause/Will.

Unbelievers will be judged also, and for them there is no hope.  They will receive a just sentence, but it will bring much "gnashing of teeth."  Every unbeliever no matter how proud and ferocious here on the earth, will be full of fear as they stand before Almighty God. 

There is no fooling God.  He has seen all and He knows all. What worked (lies and cunning) on the earth will no longer carry weight in an argument with God Himself.

God is Just and His Law is Perfect. Meditate on what this means for you and; see the holes in your earthly arguments; turn to God; recognize the Way He has made for you to change yourself from an unbeliever to a believer. 

His Son Jesus, paid the price for you to, in an instant, make the  move and become a Kingdom dweller, sitting at the banquet of Joy in Heaven.

Friend, if you have not accepted the Wonderful Gift of Grace and Love, you must do it soon.  God loves you deeply to the core of your being and He wants you to recognize the error of your ways and invite Him into your heart and mind. He will deal with you kindly and lovingly.

Choose now! Don't put it off.

Friend, have you accepted Jesus into your heart and now find that people resent you or are openly hostile towards you?

This is because your Father has rewarded you openly. 

You may not see it, but others in their spirit, do recognize that you have something they do not have and are not willing to receive, so therefore they think you should not be receiving it.

You have not waited for them - perhaps they think they would have wanted to go there first but you beat them to it?

No matter!

Count it all joy when others rebuff you or display their dislike of your faith in God.  It means God is rewarding you openly before their spirit.

Some will make fun - count it all joy because God has shown them that He loves and cherishes you!

Do not forget though, that God loves them also. His Will includes them and they too have a choice to make.

Be assured the Holy Spirit is working towards having them know Jesus - this is His sphere of work here on this earth.

Never forget that God has taken someone like you and because you found Him, have been forgiven of all sin and have been directed to the Path of Life Everlasting in the Kingdom of God where you will enjoy all the benefits of being a child of God.

Therefore for this great reward, when the Spirit shows you something in your "self" that displeases the Law of God, take steps to remove it immediately.  Fill that void with more Godly knowledge and praise so that the demon that you removed, will not be able to return with seven more to drag you even deeper into that sinful way or attitude.

Soul and spirit must be focused on Jesus at all times. Do not blame Him for anything.  It is our own fault, our own weakness and our own past choices that bring the problems into our lives.

Recognize this and begin to clean up the dark recesses of your heart and mind, and allow the Light from the Holy Jesus to fill you up so that your cup overruns with Love and Power from God, to deny all access by the evil demons that will try to bring you down.

Be an active Christian.  Know that you are loved and be a loving person to all God's creatures and all creation.

Friend, at all costs you must get to Heaven, and at all costs satan is trying to keep you from getting there!

Many are the people who say they will gladly go to hell.  Yes, I have heard it said, and it is becoming more and more the norm if what we hear on television today, is the correct indicator of people's hearts.

They think it is going to be a party in hell.  But, friend, the devil is a liar and deceiver.

God calls him the "father of lies."

We have been given free will to choose between Father God Almighty and Powerful, and the "father of lies."

Whom do you choose?

If satan is considered by God to be the "father of lies" then there is nobody who has been born on this earth, who matches up to him.

So we can safely say that he is worse than Hitler and all other tyrants both alive today and long gone - dead.

At all costs I want to be in Heaven with my Saviour and enjoy the benefits of being a child of God.

Don't you?

Today we have warnings on labels for products that tell of dangers or ways something might hurt us. 

God has one warning for us - choose today because you do not know when your time comes to die, and the choice must be made before death.

God will be able to prove to you and all Heaven's inhabitants that your judgement and punishment is according to Law and you were given every opportunity to choose Life Everlasting in the Kingdom, but did not.

There is no fooling God.  You can fool man and even joke around with the devil but God will not be mocked in such a way.

His Judgement will stand for all eternity after your death. 

Think about these things and choose wisely, friend.

Friend, has your heart been convicted yet?

How long will it take?

God is seeking believers in Him.  Time is flowing by, He reminds us all daily! 

If you are a parent, and you are an unbeliever in Godly things - do you think it is right to teach your children that there is no hope for them for a joyful existence after death? That they don't have the help of the Holy Spirit who they can call on to help them even when those they love are not there to help them in times of trouble and need?

As a parent you will be held responsible for the choices your child makes when you encourage them to join in the generational sins and curses that your family has believed in for centuries.

It is now that you must make the change to break this thinking that has pervaded your family tree.

You be the one who God uses to usher your family line into a relationship with Him.

If you have read this far it means that your soul is seeking and trying to guide you to a new beginning.

I pray you will be open to the idea that there is a Holy God who loves you and all your family far and wide and who has a desire for you to love Him and begin a personal relationship with Him, so that He can help you to move forward and finally break the yoke of bondage that you have been born into, and to help others to see the Light that is Almighty God.

God wants you to say that satan can no longer have dominion over you and that you relinquish yourself to Him instead.  Ask for and accept Forgiveness - His Son died for your sin, and if you accept this as a fact; that God did send His Beloved to die for you and that He rose to be with the Father to draw sinners to Him - you will be saved.