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Dear my brothers and sisters in the Lord, I want you to join me in praying to almighty God to forgive me my sins I commited yestarday, and make me live a holy life, and to help me through when I am being tempted so that I can overcome, and that the hands of satan and his cohort be remove 4rm my life, heart, and my destiny. Thanks as u do so, may we be bless in Jesus name(AMEN)

[/i][i]Letter Sabrina received from the LORD JESUS 



"Why do you believe prophets do not matter anymore?  If they do not matter now, they didn't matter in the past, because I always have been sending My prophets to speak to My people.  I am talking seriously through My servants here.  Anybody who has ears LISTEN!  Listen to My prophets My people.  They are My chosen ones.  They do not seek honor for themselves.  They only choose to serve and obey Me. 

If you neglect their warnings through My Voice, you are very misled.  Listen to My prophets and open your ears to My words, not to your own reasoning.  There is a good reason I am sending out all these warning words.  The reason is I want to save you from final destruction.  Hell is the final destiny forever. You do not want to be there.   Many pastors and their followers are spending eternity there.   Why? Because, they did not attend to My words, they did not listen to My prophets.  They choose to rely and depend on their own wisdom.

All human reasoning is no wisdom of Mine.   I am the source of all wisdom.  Come to Me NOW.  Now is the time.  I told you before, time is up.   Why then do you read these letters and then just continue and go on with your lives as if nothing has to change?  Something serious has to change in your way of thinking.

Now listen to Me.  Keep My Word.  Keep my commandments.  Listen to My prophets.  Read My Gospel and read what I said to the unbelievers at that time.  Read the whole Bible and see why My principles and commandments are so important.  They always have been.  They always will be.  My Word will never fade away.   So come to your senses.   Which you think they are so good and beautiful.    Come to Me NOW.  Now is the time.  Time is up My people.

If I would not love you, I would not give you these warning letters.  If the Father's grace would not be so big, you would not even receive these end-time warnings.  I love My daughter Susan, as I have seen she is a willing and very obedient vessel in these last days.  She knows what it is to surrender everything to Me.  Watch for these letters and take them very seriously.  As I have spoken through My servants Moses, David, and Elijah, I am speaking now through My chosen vessels. 

My love is so deep for all of you.  Don't you see that?  Don't you understand that?  Why then, My people do you reject them?  Why do you reject My end-time prophets?  Be careful and repent for this.  These are My words.  Everybody who is rejecting My Words, are rejecting Me.  If you reject Me, I will have no choice but to reject you in the end.  Choosing Me means TOTAL surrender.  Many of you still do not choose to do this. Your own flesh is in the way.  Crucify it! Crucify it!  Crucify it!  Live HOLY before your Lord God Almighty.

Who do you think you are?  I died a horrible death at Golgotha for you, for all of you, My loved ones. Please do not deny My Words.  Do not treat them like some cheap toy.  I am not a God to be toyed with.  This you will all discover in the end.  Everybody has to stand before My Throne of Judgment, everybody.  Will you be ashamed and put your head down or will you be able to look Me in the eyes with the knowledge you've surrendered everything with an open and honest heart towards your God?  If this is the case, you will enter into the beauty of My Kingdom.  Oh, so much beauty I have prepared for you, for all of you.  It is waiting for all of you.  But there is a price.  Give Me your life, heart, soul, and mind COMPLETELY.  No compromises with the world or with My Word…not at all.  You take My word and surrender to it wholly.  There is no other way.  Listen to My prophets.  They are everywhere.  I appointed them to help you in these dark days.  Do not think 'small' things do not matter before your God.  They do matter.

Read My word, from Genesis to Revelation and get to know Me.  Get to know your God and stop listening and reasoning for yourself.  Your reasonings will get you nowhere.  Salvation comes only through Me.  I died for all of you at that cross.  Nobody can ever understand My suffering for you.  Oh you will, when you enter before My throne.  Please, don't spend eternity in hell for disobeying My Word. Don't think it doesn't matter.  Your eternity depends on it.  You are thinking about grace now?  Where is the grace, I hear you say?  This very word IS My grace.  Ask me for understanding and revelation and I will show it to you.  I will show you the condition of your heart.  Ask Me to search your hearts and to reveal the truth to you all. 

Oh yes, I have many servants.  They are hidden in the secret places, waiting for their time to be sent out.  Now, come to Me NOW people.  I am returning soon and I cannot take you with spots or wrinkles.  Wash and clean yourselves with My blood.  It's the only way.  I provided the way and the source.  You apply it.  That's something I cannot do for you.  That's your job and your freewill.  Oh, My Father is about to give the sign.  I ask Him for one more moment of grace, My children.  But soon it will be over.  Listen to these words of warning and love and grace.”

Your JESUS

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The LORD wanted this Scripture added to these letters:

Psalm 22 (KJV)

1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?  2O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.  3But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.   4Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.  5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.   6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.  7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.  9But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's bosoms.  10I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.  11Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.  12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.  13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.  14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.  15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.  16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.  17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.  18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.  19But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.  20Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.  21Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.  22I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.  23Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.  24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.  25My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.  26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.  27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.  28For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations.  29All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.  30A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.  31They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.[/b]

Please I will like to know the vision and purpose of this thread. I don't really know what it is about .Thanks

Thank God 4 this thread,it is a wonderful idea.am reporting to fellowship,hope am welcomed.may his grace abound.

@Brother Oladegbu
Please sir if you read this, do help me out with this okay.
I need you to help me extend the word of God to a brother in this Nairaland, I long to see him develop a good relationship with God and have tried to reach out to him by sharing bible verses but he is very unhappy with me and in that frame of mind against me he may not allow my words permeate him which is why I need the help of another mature christian person.
It is not enough that we all talk about our brothers and sisters in christ that are erring without making effort to turn their heart to God which is my main purpose of wishing that the christian community reach out to him.
I don't even know his real name but you can contact him at this email nkemakolam4echidime@yahoo.com
Just see how you send him the words of God from time to time if possible or what will you suggest?

Letter dictated to Sabrina by the LORD JESUS November 22, 2010:

"My dear daughter, write it down. Where are the people seeking Me earnestly because of all this? I have sent out many warning letters by now through a lot of My sons and daughters. They read it like some secular magazine.

I am asking you: Where are the people searching Me earnestly? How many faces do I see on the ground? Many of you think this is just for the ones outside, but everybody should search their hearts constantly in order to be saved. I came to die for you, but you must work out your salvation daily. Live HOLY before My Face. Lay down before My Face. Cry out before My Face. Long for Me with all that is in you. I am your GOD. Do as I tell you in My Word. No compromises with My Word. Read the commandments and ask Me how to live them. Not how you think you should live them.

Keep My Sabbath Holy. I see many of you walking around on Sunday from one place to another. This can never happen! My Day is a Holy Day, set apart for Me. Why do you run to worldly places then? You cannot be out of church soon enough to go and do your own things. I am telling you My people, and this should not come as a surprise, as I have given warnings. Keep My Day as a Holy Day! Go to church, honor Me, worship Me, listen to My Words. This day is not a day to go out and shop. Woe to them. They are in great danger! Listen to My prophets.

Read the testimony's of why good Christians end up in hell. Why, because they ignored My Commandments. I cannot tolerate this. Haven't you read that I GOD never change? Haven't your read that I GOD have given you these guidelines so it would go well with you? Read My Word from Genesis until Revelation and you shall find it.

Ask Me to open your eyes and you shall see it. Listen to Me My people, I beg you. Take My Word seriously. Do not go by your own reasonings. This is a great deception and you are in great danger when you do this. Your own reasonings cannot be trusted. Oh the ones who search Me earnestly, shall found Me! They shall see the truth, because they long for only Me, pleasing and loving Me, not their own flesh.

Crucify your flesh daily My children! Everybody who reads this, take this very seriously, because I do not see a lot of changes yet in My people. I do not want to condemn you. I only want to save you. I provided the tools: My death and resurrection. You do the rest. I cannot choose in your place. I created you with freewill. Now choose and search Me earnestly. If you would only have a glimpse of heaven and hell, you would know what to choose. Still, I send many and they are not believed. Listen to MY prophets! These are the last warnings."


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Nehemiah 13:15-18 (KJV)

15In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. 16There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? 18Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.

Isaiah 56:1-5 (KJV)

1Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. 2Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. 3Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. 4For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 5Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

Isaiah 58:13-14 (KJV)

13If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

Proverbs 28:9 (KJV)

9He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.[/b]

Coming or Given?
November 24, 2010

"All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out" (John 6:37)

This promise of the Lord Jesus illustrates the beautiful yet paradoxical complementarity of the gospel.  The Lord Jesus gladly receives all who voluntarily come to Him.  "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest," He says (Matthew 11:28).  Yet those who come to Him do so because they have been given to Him by the Father.

Is this a contradiction?  No, because both statements come from Christ.  There are many Scriptures which teach that believers have been chosen by God, then drawn to Christ.  On the other hand, there are many Scriptures which teach that one may freely accept or reject Christ and is responsible for his own decision.  Yet the Scriptures themselves seem unaware that they pose a problem.  For example, Peter preached on Pentecost, saying, "Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain."  And again, "the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord . . . to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before [i.e., 'predestinated'] to be done" (Acts 2:23; 4:26, 28).  In these passages, divine predestination is joined with human decisions without a hint that these concepts conflict with each other.  Once again, God's thoughts are higher than our thoughts.

Like the two sides of a coin, only one of which can be seen at a time, they are complementary truths, harmonious in the mind of God, but incapable of full comprehension by human minds.  We can praise the Lord both for free salvation available to all who desire it and also for the comforting assurance that those who come have been "chosen . . . in him" (Ephesians 1:4) before the world began. HMM

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@Brother Oladegbu
Please sir if you read this, do help me out with this okay.
I need you to help me extend the word of God to a brother in this Nairaland, I long to see him develop a good relationship with God and have tried to reach out to him by sharing bible verses but he is very unhappy with me and in that frame of mind against me he may not allow my words permeate him which is why I need the help of another mature christian person.
It is not enough that we all talk about our brothers and sisters in christ that are erring without making effort to turn their heart to God which is my main purpose of wishing that the christian community reach out to him.
I don't even know his real name but you can contact him at this email nkemakolam4echidime@yahoo.com
Just see how you send him the words of God from time to time if possible or what will you suggest?

My sister, you have done well by exposing the evil work of darkness, the best we can do is to pray for him that the good Lord will give him a hearing ear and a believing heart for the gospel truth so that he can be delivered from the power of darkness. We as Christians should see to it that we work out our own salvation with trembling and fear so that that day does not meet us unprepared.

Read the posts on this thread prayerfully and see that you are watchful, prayerful and always abounding in the work of our Lord who has given us the free will to choose Jesus Christ as our personal Saviour and Lord.

OLAADEGBU:

My sister, you have done well by exposing the evil work of darkness, the best we can do is to pray for him that the good Lord will give him a hearing ear and a believing heart for the gospel truth so that he can be delivered from the power of darkness. We as Christians should see to it that we work out our own salvation with trembling and fear so that that day does not meet us unprepared.
Read the posts on this thread prayerfully and see that you are watchful, prayerful and always abounding in the work of our Lord who has given us the free will to choose Jesus Christ as our personal Saviour and Lord.

But how can he hear if nobody speaks the word to him

Thanks brother man, yes I will try to be getting some daily dose of the word from this thread too. My spirit needs it.

I must thank God for the lives of most of you in this thread that make effort to say the word. I almost got ashamed of myself and my posts when I read some of your posts further and learnt that all your posts are really words that uplifts and edifies.
How wonderful it is that the only words that come out of your mouths are meant to edify. Now I must watch my words too. God bless you all as you labour in the vineyard of the Lord. Alleluiah!

The Pilgrims
November 25, 2010

"Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia" (1 Peter 1:1)

These "strangers" to whom Peter wrote his two epistles were actually "pilgrims." He used the same Greek word (parepidemos) in 1 Peter 2:11: "Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts." The word means a resident foreigner, and its only other New Testament usage is in Hebrews 11:13, speaking of the ancient patriarchs who "confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth."We give honour today to the American "pilgrims," as they called themselves (thinking of these very verses), who left their homelands in order better to serve God in a foreign land. The "pilgrims" to whom Peter was writing likewise had been "scattered abroad" for their faith (note Acts 8:4).

For that matter, every born-again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ is really just a pilgrim here on earth, ambassadors for Christ in a foreign land. "For our conversation is in heaven" (Philippians 3:20). That is, we are citizens of heaven (the Greek word translated "conversation" in this verse is politeuma, meaning "a community" or "citizenship", and are here only for a time to serve our Lord until He calls us home.

And while we are here, we may endure many trials and sorrows just as did those Massachusetts pilgrims. But He nevertheless supplies our needs--just as He did for them--and we ought to abound in thanksgiving, as they did.

Thus, Christians all over the world have cause for thanksgiving every day. Since we are "enriched in every thing," through our Saviour, this "causeth through us thanksgiving to God" (2 Corinthians 9:11), and we should be "abounding therein with thanksgiving" (Colossians 2:7). HMM

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The Faithful Creator
November 26, 2010

"Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator" (1 Peter 4:19)

This is the only verse in the New Testament describing the Creator as faithful. God had a very specific purpose in creating the universe and especially man, and He will surely accomplish that great purpose.

The Scriptures repeatedly stress God’s faithfulness. With respect to the physical universe, "For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth" (Psalm 119:89-90). As far as His promises to His people are concerned, "know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations" (Deuteronomy 7:9).

The faithful Creator is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ, and He rebukes the compromising church of the last days with these majestic words: "These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God" (Revelation 3:14). Although many professing believers will prove unfaithful to Him, "yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself" (2 Timothy 2:13).

The triumphant book of Revelation comes directly "from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness" (Revelation 1:5); and when He finally returns to earth in power and glory, His very name shall be "called Faithful and True" (Revelation 19:11). He is both Alpha and Omega, and thus all His "words are true and faithful" (Revelation 21:5). Our salvation is sure, therefore, because "God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord" (1 Corinthians 1:9). "Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it" (1 Thessalonians 5:24). HMM

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Adam's Failure--Christ's Strength
November 27, 2010

"By the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life" (Romans 5:18)

When Adam rebelled against God, he experienced many new things--things which have haunted mankind ever since. All of these things were experienced by Christ in an intense way as He redeemed fallen mankind and the cursed creation.

Adam had never seen or experienced death (Genesis 2:17) until he sinned (3:19, 22). God had ordained unclothedness (2:25), but sin distorts everything (3:7, 21). Before sin, Adam and Eve had known only blessing (1:28), but the universal curse followed (3:14-19). They had known joy and fellowship, but now they knew sorrow (3:17) and separation (3:23). They had lived in a garden (2:, but now the plants would bring forth thorns (3:18). Prior to sin they had been assigned work to do (2:15), but now they would sweat (3:19) as they toiled. The angel's weapon kept them from returning to the Garden (3:24) and outside violence reigned (4:8, 23; 6:13). Childbearing originally was created to be easy and frequent, but now was to be accompanied by sorrow (1:28; 3:16).

Likewise, Christ experienced death on the cross (John 19:30), but by His resurrection He conquered death (1 Corinthians 15:54-57). In this death He experienced unclothedness (John 19:23; Psalm 22:18); the full thrust of the curse (Galatians 3:13); sorrow (Isaiah 53:3); and separation from God (Matthew 27:46). Cruel thorns were placed on His head (John 19:2), and He sweat great drops of blood (Luke 22:44). The soldier's weapon pierced Him (John 19:34), finally ending a series of violent acts (Luke 22:63; Matthew 27:26, 29-30; Isaiah 52:14; etc.). But through His suffering He overcame the curse and redeemed His fallen creation. As a result, many children have been brought forth (Hebrews 2:9-10), children reborn into a glorious state through His suffering. JDM

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Inspired Words
November 28, 2010

"Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away" (Luke 21:33)

The doctrine of plenary verbal inspiration, wrongly considered antiquated by many modern neo-evangelicals, is actually essential to the Christian faith. "All scripture [that is every word written down or inscribed] is given by inspiration [literally 'breathed in'] of God," not man! (2 Timothy 3:16).

We acknowledge, of course, that problems of transmission and translation exist, but these are relatively trivial in the entire context. We also acknowledge that the process of inspiration may have varied, but the end result is as if the entire Bible had been dictated and transcribed word by word.

This is the way Jesus Christ--the Creator, the Living Word, the Author of Scripture--viewed the Scriptures. "The scripture cannot be broken," He said (John 10:35). "Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled" (Matthew 5:18). "Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: . . . And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself" (Luke 24:25, 27). The Bible therefore, every word of it, is divinely inspired, verbally without error, infallibly true, and of absolute authority in every area of our lives. The words of Christ who taught these truths are forever "settled in heaven" (Psalm 119:89) and "shall not pass away."

It is mortally dangerous, therefore, "unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book" to "add unto these things" as the cultists do, or to "take away from the words of the book of this prophecy" as the liberals do (Revelation 22:18-19). Would it not be much better to say with the psalmist, "Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors" (Psalm 119:24)? HMM

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Lack of Knowledge
November 29, 2010

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children" (Hosea 4:6)

This grave judgment spoken almost three thousand years ago reflects a timeless principle that is just as applicable today as when it was penned. When people die without being saved, it is not that God did not want them to be saved, for He would "have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:4). He is "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9).

The problem is that when men lack the knowledge that would bring them to Christ for salvation, it is because they have already rejected knowledge that would have led them to the knowledge they need. Paul writes that "in the last days" men would be "ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth" (2 Timothy 3:1, 7). And the next verse tells why. It is because they "resist the truth" (v. . "They shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables" (4:4).

Peter says that those who question God’s Word in favour of an assumed naturalistic view of history "willingly are ignorant" (2 Peter 3:5), and Paul says that if they refuse to see the evidence of the Creator in His creation, they are "without excuse" (Romans 1:20). Whether or not they have read God’s Word, they have an intuitive knowledge of God and His law in their consciences (Romans 2:15), with their thoughts "accusing or else excusing one another."

The Lord Jesus promised that "unto you that hear shall more be given" (Mark 4:24). But then He also warned, "He that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath" (v. 25). HMM

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Dangerous Counterfeits
November 30, 2010

"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21)

Human beings are very gullible, and counterfeiting is a profitable occupation for many deceivers.  But spiritual counterfeits are the most dangerous of all, and at times the most difficult to detect.  There are many false gods, and this is the subject of the very first of the true God's Ten Commandments: "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" (Exodus 20:3).  We are warned also to "beware of false prophets" (Matthew 7:15) and "false Christs" (Matthew 24:24).  There are those who preach "another Jesus" (2 Corinthians 11:4), and many who come preaching "another gospel" (Galatians 1:6) rather than the true saving gospel of Christ.

There are also counterfeit Christians who are "false brethren" (2 Corinthians 11:26) as well as "false teachers" (2 Peter 2:1-2) and "false apostles" (2 Corinthians 11:13).  They preach "peace; when there is no peace" (Jeremiah 6:14), and some will even "shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect" (Matthew 24:24).  Satan himself is the greatest counterfeiter, for he "deceiveth the whole world" (Revelation 12:9) in his attempt to become a counterfeit god.  Thus we are warned to "try the spirits whether they are of God" (1 John 4:1) and to "prove all things"-- to test them by God's Word.

In this scientific age, it is especially important that we not be deceived by "science falsely so called" (1 Timothy 6:20).  So-called evolutionary "science" is not supported by any real scientific evidence and is contrary both to common sense and the Bible.  Many professing Christians have "erred concerning the faith" because of evolution (1 Timothy 6:21) which has been made the pseudo-scientific rationale for a multitude of false philosophies. May God help us to hold fast only to that which is good! HMM

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Faithful Sayings
December 1, 2010

"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief" (1 Timothy 1:15)

The adjective "faithful" is usually applied either to God or to those godly men and women who remain true to their words and convictions.  However, there are eight New Testament references to words (or "sayings" that are faithful.

Six of the references to sayings that are faithful are found in Paul's pastoral epistles as he gave counsel to young pastors Timothy and Titus, the first being our text for the day.  Here are Paul's faithful sayings:

(1) "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners"(1 Timothy 1:15) ;

(2) "If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work" (1 Timothy 3:1);

(3) "Bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things" (1 Timothy 4:;

(4) "If we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us" (2 Tim. 2:11-12);

(5) "They which have believed in God |should| be careful to maintain good works" (Titus 3:. 

The sixth reference is a command that any "bishop" must continue "holding fast the faithful word |same as 'saying'| as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers" (Titus 1:9).

The final two references are in the Bible's last two chapters, stressing that the words of Revelation are indeed true and believable.  After stating His glorious promises for the future life, Christ told John:

"Write: for these words |i.e., 'sayings'| are true and faithful" (Revelation 21:5). 

Then, after the magnificent description of the Holy City, the angel said: "These sayings are faithful and true" (Revelation 22:6).

All the Bible's sayings are true, of course, but these that are specifically called "faithful" surely warrant our special attention. HMM

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