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“And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.” – Matthew 5:30

So often, we want to share Christ with those who do not truly believe. And by that, I mean those who do not believe the Bible is True. For one can not believe in Jesus, but discount the Bible’s Teachings. It doesn’t work like that.

While it is an awesome gift to reach out to those who do not believe, we should only do that if our own faith can stand up to that task. Otherwise, we should stay among our fellow believers and work for their good 🙂

It’s easy to let those who do not believe in the Bible’s Teachings to plant seeds of doubt. They often do so with phrases such as, “We just want to love and accept everyone. Isn’t that what Jesus would do?”

But the Truth is, this is not what Jesus would do. Jesus made it very clear. While He loves us so much, we are not to sin and certain behaviors are NOT accepted. We don’t get to “make the rules”, God does!

And God makes “the rules” to protect us. Just as we “make rules” for our own children. We don’t want them to put their hands on a hot stove, because we don’t want them to be burned. We don’t want them to run in front of a car, because they might get hurt. And we don’t want them to skip reading the Bible because taking the time to know and understand their faith is important!

God is the same way. He knows what choices will truly bring us happiness and peace. And bring us Home to Heaven. Because He loves us, He wants us to bring us Home and have happiness and peace in this life!

Thank you God for Loving us so Completely!

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“¹¹ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

¹² His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

¹³ And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

¹⁴ And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

¹⁵ And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

¹⁶ And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.”-Revelations 19:11-16

Sin does not escape God’s notice; His Justice will prevail.

While praying the Rosary, I saw the White Horse running riderless in a field.

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This sermon is a great sermon by Jonathan Schaeffer at Grace Missionary Alliance on When Jesus Is Coming Back. It really goes through a number of relevant passages to tell us when Jesus is truly coming back!

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“Inasmuch as I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins, ³ surely I will take away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.”- 1 Kings 16:2-3

Even though God had been so good to Baasha, he kept sinning, and sinning grievously. He allowed greed and evil to take over his heart. He decided that he did not need to listen to God. Big, big mistake! For Baasha was punished and suffered the consequences of his choice.

Can we think of another country led by someone like Baasha? A country that God has greatly Blessed? Another country that has grievously sinned and has no intention of stopping? No intention of repenting?

Will the same thing happen to that country?

We need to Repent and pray for Mercy!

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“For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.?” – Isaiah 60:12

Does America, as a nation, serve God?

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While praying the Rosary, I saw soldiers climbing the stairs in Israel.

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord. ² Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,” says the Lord” – Jeremiah 23:1-2

Whether they be Priests or Pastors, it matters not. This Bible verse is true for all of us!

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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.” – Matthew 23:23

First of all, we all sin. No matter how hard we try, the only one that every lived a sin free life is Jesus :). Fortunately for us, He is here to forgive us 🙂 But the truth is, we do not want to sin. And when we do, we need to seek forgiveness through Jesus.

There are all kinds of sins. Catholics divide them into venial and mortal. Other Christian churches divide them into serious-and not. I like to think of sins as an onion. The top layer that we peel off reminds me of the big, glaring, impossible to miss sins. Sins like adultery or stealing…The next layers inside remind me of the sins that I need to grow in my faith to see, sins like being unkind or critical, taking the larger piece of cake, telling a “white” lie like when I tell someone I can’t meet them because I am busy, the times I took the TV remote control for myself!

And then there is the very inside layer. Growing closer to God allows me to see this layer more clearly. Some think of these as the little sins, but I think of them as big. The first two are the sins of “commission”, but the last is a sin of “omission”. It’s the times I could have stopped and helped a homeless person, but didn’t. The times I could have taken a few moments to encourage someone, but was too busy. The times I could have held someone up, but told myself I was too tired. The times I could have spent listening to someone on the phone, because they just needed someone to listen, but didn’t, the times I could have forgiven someone, but held onto a grudge…There are so many of these types of sins in our lives, sins where we were less then loving.

We ask God to have Mercy on us; we need to have Mercy on others.

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