Keeping It Real

     It has been a while since I have been able to write here my blog. Life goes way too fast, doesn't it? It does for me. I know my purpose for being here is to worship God, lift up Jesus, and snatch people out of the darkness and bring them into the glorious light of the gospel. However, it is not that easy as it sounds. It is a fight! The Devil hates anyone who loves Jesus! Actually, he hates everybody because he hates God! He is out to destroy, steal, and kill everyone. He wants everyone in Hell with him! However, when you love Jesus and care about souls, Satan will hate you even more! He will do anything and everything to stop someone from spreading the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Oh! He doesn't care if someone goes to a church building, just don't be part of God's true church! He doesn't care if someone is religious. He just doesn't want us giving our lives to Jesus! Satan will allow you to sit on the same church pew to where the church pew is starting to stinketh from your foul spirit of religion! That is why they call it a "pew"! Satan is laughing about it until you realize there is more to this than just going to a church building. When you begin to get a hunger for more and realize it is Jesus you are hungry for and start pursuing him, then the fight is on!  Satan will try everything he can to stop you! But, don't let him! Don't settle for religion! Just going to a church building does not mean you know Jesus. No! Realize you are a sinner in need of a Savior. Romans 3:23 KJV bible says, "For we have all fallen and come short of the Glory of God." If you have been in church maybe all of your life and you have never realized you were born a sinner in need of a Savior, then I encourage you, to ask Jesus to save you of your sin. Thank him for dying for you on the cross for your sins, and ask him to come into your heart and life and to forgive you. Ask him to wash you clean with his blood and write your name in his Lamb's Book of Life so when you pass away you will be assured of a home in Heaven. As Peter says, "Repent and be baptized every one of you for the remission of your sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." Repent means to turn away from your sin and be baptized. Even Jesus was baptized in water in the river Jordan by John the Baptist. He was dunked, not sprinkled like some "religions" do! He was dunked all the way under! Matthew 3:11-17 says, "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 12. Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. 13. Then comes Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14. But John stopped him saying, I have to be baptized of thee and come thou to me? 15. And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now, for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he permitted him. 16. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water, and, lo, the heavens opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him. 17. And lo a voice from Heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Did you catch that what Jesus said, "Suffer it to be so now, for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness?" Then after he was obedient to God by being baptized in water (leaving us an example of what to do to fulfill all righteousness and to please God) the Heavens opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him like a dove. Listen to what it goes on to say in the next verse in chapter 4 verse 1. "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil." Jesus also said, (it becomes us) to fulfill all righteousness. In other words, just as he needed the Heavens opened and he needed the Holy Spirit here with him he needed to be obedient to have God's fulness of the Spirit. He was about to be led into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan. He would not have made it without God's Holy Spirit. When Jesus came up out of that water the Heavens opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him and God spoke from Heaven saying, "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Heaven is watching you and anticipating for you to be obedient to God if you haven't asked Jesus to forgive you of your sins and repented and been baptized to receive remission of sins and to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost then please do so. All of Heaven loves you! The bible says the angels rejoice when one sinner repents. It will become you to obey God because you are going to need the fulness of God in these days coming ahead. Just as Jesus was led right after into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan, you do not know what is up ahead. You will need Father God, Jesus Christ, and Holy Ghost for strength to overcome Satan! You will need an open Heaven over your head and over your family! You will not make it on your own! Make Jesus your Savior and Lord and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. He is your helper, read John 16: 7-16 KJV. And Jude 17-21 says, "But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken in the past by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18. How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly passions. 19. These are they who cause divisions, sensual, having not the Spirit. 20. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. 21. Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." This is where it gets serious! We are at the beginning of the end! God is wrapping this thing up! The Word of the Living God tells us right there that there will be mockers in the last time (days) walking after their own ungodly passions having not Spirit. Then there those who are building up their most holy faith praying in the Holy Ghost. I know I am one of those building up my faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. I thank Father God so much for Jesus and for the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues and helping me keep love in my heart in these last days. People can be mean as junkyard dogs sometimes. God tells us in verse 21. Keep yourselves in the love of God. Jesus tells us in Matthew 24 speaking of the last day, "Because sin shall about the love of many shall wax cold. But he that endures to the end the same shall be saved." Do you think you can keep yourself in the love of God without the Holy Ghost? I don't think so! It is going to be hard! People are either a Mocker (Anti-Christ Spirit) or a Holy Ghost Filled Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ in these last days. Which one are you? It is up to each of us to choose. Choose Wisely! Jesus Loves You! Choose Him! God Bless You!