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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Do All Roads Lead To Heaven ?

All Roads Lead to Heaven…Not

If we are to be politically correct as we live our faith then by all means all roads lead to Heaven. Can a Christian believe in multiple roads leading to Heaven and God Almighty? The Holy Scriptures are the key to answering that question. One of our current White House hopefuls, claiming to be a Christian, believes just that. Along with his claim of following Jesus, he also believes in a woman’s right to kill her unborn babies, and the homosexual’s right to legitimize their perverted lifestyle. The list goes on and on. No truly born again believer in Christ would or could accept any of the above cultural issues as being God-ordained. Most Christians know by heart the verse below quoted by God Almighty Himself, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me,” John 14:6. Since we only have one God and Jesus Christ is God, when He tells us that no man comes to the Father, but by Him, He uses definite terms. He disregards all political correctness and plainly states the facts. How, then, can it be so difficult to understand?

Many Christians across this land of ours have been presented with the following question “Are there many roads that lead to Heaven?” A firm majority have made the following false declaration, “Yes”. Why, after reading the words of God Himself, would any born again believer in Christ declare as truth, “There are many roads that lead to Heaven”? The reason is either political correctness or a complete disregard for the word of God, or both.

Jesus Christ died on that cross almost two thousand years ago so you and I could make a choice, a choice that would place our name in the Lamb’s Book of Life, or if we made the wrong choice our name would be absent from that book. No matter how good a person we are, God has but one requirement for entering into Heaven. That one requirement is to believe on the one He sent (Jesus the Christ). You may be the most wonderful loving and giving person on the face of this earth, but if your name is not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, then when you die you won’t be heading for Heaven; you’ll be headed in the opposite direction. No amount of political correctness can change that truth. “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire ,” Revelation 20:15.

Jesus’ claim of exclusivity is not politically correct, but He does offer the most wonderful and precious gift ever freely given and it isn’t meant to leave some out or to weed out good people from bad people “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:23. All are sinners, we all fall short of the glory of God. Oops! No PC there. What Jesus did was to take our punishment. He took our place on that cross. He died on that cross for you and for me. He died so we wouldn’t have to. We are all guilty of sinning and just like criminals in our society today who, being found guilty, are required to pay for their crimes. Someone had to pay for the crimes of humanity so humanity wouldn’t have to. Jesus did that. In God’s eyes, until we become born again believers in His Son, we are all guilty. We can’t take any other road to rectify that truth. If there are many roads that lead to Heaven, then Jesus died for nothing and our faith is in vain. “And if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins,” 1 Corinthians 15:17.

As I’ve stated above “All roads lead to Heaven” is a belief held by many, even professing Christians. They believe all of society’s ills can be made right by being tolerant. By society accepting all people and their depraved lifestyles as normal, we can come away with a wonderful utopian existence. Be assured that a person who makes such claims isn’t speaking for God, but he is being politically correct. These people are in actuality worshipping the enemy of God, not God. “And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world,” Revelation 13:8.

Being politically correct by being tolerant of all lifestyles actually excludes Christians. I’m speaking about truly born again believers in Christ who refuse to give in to the norm of a society blatantly disregarding Gods moral laws. Political correctness in the not-so-distant future will include being intolerant of Christians. It is going to become politically correct to exclude Christians as a part of the end times society remaining on earth.

God’s word is perfect and He supplies all our needs. God’s word is the instrument that we’re to use to govern our lives. Born again believers in Christ have moral laws to live by and God never meant for His moral laws to be for just one segment of the society, but for the entire world.

Many cultural tolerances fly in the face of God such as abortion and the abomination of homosexuality, as well as all sexual sins. Instead of being a good witness to those who don’t know God, many Christians are adopting a posture of political correctness. We can take stock in our assurance that God’s wrath will be swift and severe. If you think I’ve erred in my assessment of the world’s situation, just take a look at California burning. Unprecedented lightening strikes, over 1400 fires burning out of control, and it all happened after four deceived individuals dressed in black robes made their insane decision. “Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD [are] upon the sinful kingdom (USA) and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; Amos 9:8.

In November we are to elect a man who will run this country for the next four years. His decisions as President of the United States of America will affect each and every American citizen as well as many citizens of other countries. As a once Christian nation of believers shouldn’t we, the few remaining believers, do everything possible to make sure we don’t elect a man who will put into effect such drastic changes to our culture that true Christians and, of course, their antiquated morals will find themselves no longer welcome in this nation?

If elected, B. Hussein Obama will be an instigator of evil. He professes to be a Christian but anyone even slightly familiar with the word of God who believes what it says should be distressed at this man’s profession that all roads lead to Heaven. He admits that his mother didn’t believe in Jesus Christ as savior yet Obama is sure his mother is in Heaven today. It would be politically correct for me to agree with him. However, according to God’s word, his mother isn’t in Heaven. It’s not PC, but it is the truth.

Jesus commands us in Mark 16:15 whence we’ve become His followers to “…Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” No, He didn’t say anything about being politically correct; He just said go and preach His Gospel. The Gospel of Christ is “His death, burial, and resurrection”. We must believe in that Gospel and no other to be saved. It wasn’t politically correct for God to die for His creation; it was imperative. No other road will suffice.

We all know that proclaiming to be a Christian while running for the highest office of the land is expedient to garner the Christian vote. But when a candidates’ stance on the cultural issues is at complete odds with the true Christian’s beliefs, why would a true Christian vote for such a person? They wouldn’t, and they won’t. Voting for such a man would be tantamount to voting for Satan to get us into Heaven. What I’m saying isn’t politically correct, but here it goes. No true believer in Christ would do it.

No matter if you’re a Democrat, Republican, or whatever, if you are a born again believer in Jesus Christ you’ll vote for the person who is less likely to promote evil and perverse lifestyles. God will place in that position who He wants and, if that person be someone who is going to bring this country to the brink of disaster, that’s up to God. If we, as a nation, elect B. Hussein Obama to the office of the Presidency, then it may very well be a curse on this nation for giving God the boot in almost all arenas of our private and public lives.

Elect B. Hussein Obama to the highest office of this land, and I promise you we will reap what we’ve sewn. God will not be mocked. “…know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God,” James 4:4.

God save us from ourselves.

Ron Graham

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The Appearing In Heaven

.........The timing of the realization of our BLESSED HOPE......After Israel were put to one side at the end of the book of Acts, Paul was inspired to write Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians 1@Timothy, Titus and Philemon. In Ephesians we read of the wonderful new hope set before us believers today; Eph 2:1 And He has made you alive, who were once dead in trespasses and sins, Eph 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love with which He loved us Eph 2:5 (even when we were dead in sins) has made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved), Eph 2:6 and has raised us up together and made us sit together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus, Eph 2:7 so that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. God has declared that we have been quickened (made alive) in Christ, we have been raised together, and seated together in the heavenlies in Christ, exactly the same place where Christ has been raised and seated at the Father’s right hand, see Ephesians 1:19-21. There, where Christ is seated above all of the heavenly rulers and authorities, is our glorious inheritance in front of God’s face. There our blessings are located and there we are the heirs of God. Is it any wonder Paul brings this wonderful section to a close with these verses; Eph 2:8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, Eph 2:9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. Many Christians love these verses thinking they only refer to Christ dying for our sin and sins, but the salvation provided by grace through faith in Ephesians 2 goes way past these foundational truths to include our glorious inheritance in the heavenlies and the unique blessings we have there. We have been raised and seated together in the heavenlies that is the context of “FOR by grace you are saved through faith”. Praise the Lord, what a wonderful salvation by grace! This salvation is not an earthly one. We, the Church which is His Body, are not destined for the earth. We are not to be blessed with faithful Abraham; nor is the Jerusalem above the mother of us all today. These things were put aside with Israel at Acts 28. Galatians, 1@2Corinthians, 1@2 Thessalonians, Hebrews and Romans which were written before Acts 28, speak of Christ dying for our sins, but they know nothing of the wonderful hope we have today by grace through faith as found in Ephesians and Colossians written after Acts 28. After Israel was put aside then the Lord gave to Paul this wonderful salvation concerning heavenly places. This hope is an element of the Mystery, the present dispensation of the grace of God which was hidden away from ages and generations and it was also hidden away from Paul during the Acts period. We now begin to address a very important question. Since God’s Word says we, in Christ, have been raised and seated in the heavenlies where Christ is seated at the right hand of God, exactly when will we literally be seated there in the heavenlies or heavenly places? In other words, when will our hope become sight? When will our faith be realized? When will God’s Word regarding us come to pass? When will we be seated there in our wonderful new bodies “fashioned like His glorious body”? What is the timing of our hope? The answer to this is found in Colossians 3:1-4 which flows wonderfully onwards from Ephesians 2; Col 3:1 If then (or since, if does not always mean doubt) you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. Col 3:2 Be mindful of things above, not on things on the earth. Col 3:3 For you died, and your life has been hidden with Christ in God. Col 3:4 When Christ our Life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. Here we are clearly told that “WHEN” our Lord, The Head is revealed, “THEN” we, the Church which is His Body, will also be revealed “WITH HIM”. That is the timing of our hope; the revealing of our Lord. Here are one or two other versions: Col 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Col 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Col 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Col 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. (KJV) And Col 3:1 If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. Col 3:2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. Col 3:3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Col 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. (RV) These three versions use “revealed”, “appear” and “manifested” to translate the Greek word “phaneroo”. Here are some helpful definitions of “phaneroo”: Strong’s. phaneroo; from G5318; to render apparent (literally or figuratively): - appear, manifestly declare, (make) manifest (forth), shew (self). Word Study (E-Sword). phaneroo; manifest, visible, conspicuous. To make apparent, manifest, known, show openly. Dr Strong says that the word “phaneroo” comes from another word, G5318 which is “phaneros”. Phaneros means “shining” and itself comes from a word which means “light, to give light”. When our Lord appears it is a moment of revelation involving great light, a shining forth. Where is this shining forth; this appearing of our Lord? The location is very clearly identified; it is “where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God”. Our Lord will be seated at God’s right hand when He is manifested. We shall look more closely at this in a later lesson but for now we recognize this is not in the air of 1 Thess.4, where the clouds are located. We can see a contrast in this Colossians passage. Notice, our life is “hidden with Christ in God” and while these things are hidden now, there is a time coming when they will be manifested or revealed. This moment will be a very bright one, a blazing forth as some have described it. It will be a glorious moment when our Lord and Head is manifested, but you and me and the rest of the Church which is His Body will be manifested there, in the heavenly places with Him. What will this appearing be like? Imagine you are sitting on a chair on top of a hill which, if there was light, would be clearly visible to the city below. The hill and the city are in darkness but there comes a time when the top of the hill is illuminated with a bright light. Then you, sitting on top of the hill, will be clearly visible to all those in the city below. You on your chair have been “manifested”, you have been “revealed”, you have “appeared” to all. In a similar but far more extensive way the Lord will appear to all in a blazing forth of light. He will be seen by those in the heavenly places, and by those on the earth beneath. Please consider the following verses as an anticipation of future lessons; Mat 24:27 For as the lightning comes out of the east and shines even to the west, so also will be the coming of the Son of Man. Mat 24:29 And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. Mat 24:30 And then the sign of the Son of Man shall appear (phaino-the same family of words giving phaneroo of Colossians 3) in the heavens. Act 2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious (epiphanes- the same family of words giving phaneroo of Colossians 3) Day of the Lord. And Mat 26:64 Jesus said to him, You said it. I tell you more. From this time you shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of the heavens. Act 7:56 And he (Stephen) said, Behold, I see Heaven opened and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God. And this passage; Rev 6:12 And when He had opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake. And the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. Rev 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs when she is shaken by a mighty wind. Rev 6:14 And the heaven departed like a scroll when it is rolled together. And every mountain and island were moved out of their places. Rev 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains. Rev 6:16 And they said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him sitting on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; When the Lord is manifested in the heavenly places, the world will be morally, spiritually and physically dark and in that darkened day a light will blaze forth, our Lord shall be visible and “every eye shall see Him”. The heavens will be peeled back and they will see Him sitting on the right hand of God. This “appearing” of our Lord and Head is far above the clouds, and the air of 1 Thess.4. This is before He begins His descent to the earth. In the day; in the moment our Lord is manifested on the right hand of God, we shall be there in our seats manifested with Him. What an honor, what a moment of unimaginable joy. Let each one of us set our affection “where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God”, for there, in front of God’s face, we have been raised and seated to “appear with Him”. That moment of His appearing is when our hope will be realized. .....

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TRUST JESUS CHRIST AND HIS (FINISHED WORK) PLUS NOTHING

I started this blog for the Lord in January 2008.
The first post was about the confusion of when the Rapture
will occur. Pre, Mid, Post, and other ideas. The Holy Spirit
has been teaching me all these things because The Lord has
given me a love of his TRUTH. I was saved before I started the blog because I already trusted in Jesus' FINISHED WORK
on the cross and believed in the Scriptural resurrection of
our Savior. The FIRST STEP for any person to understand
your Bible, is to TRUST ONLY IN JESUS CHRIST for his
completed saving work on the cross and believe he was resurrected to Glory as Scripture tells us......PLUS NOTHING
else ! Not works of any kind, denominational dogmas and
traditions of men that try to add works and sacraments,
good deeds, tithing, creeds, laws of men or God, baptism in
water by men in any name, and anything else men try to tell
you need to do in their particular denomination of men to add
to the FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST on the cross. ONCE YOU TOTALLY TRUST CHRIST JESUS FOR YOUR SALVATION AND PLUS NOTHING ELSE, The Holy Spirit
will at that very moment...baptize you into the Body of Christ
and from then, on the Holy Spirit will teach you all things a little at a time, line upon line from the Living Word of Truth
in Scriptures. Don't trust anyone or denomination, but
search in HIS WORD to see if these things are so.

The second thing barring sincere seekers of truth from
Truth, is that most all denominations, including the first
denomination the RCC, believe in some way, they as "the church", have received Israel's blessings and have become
the new, "Spiritual Israel" This teaching found in Replacement
Theology, Amillennialism, Covenant Theology are totally
FALSE. To understand properly God's Word, one must
do what is found in II Tim 2:15. 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

All Scripture is for your knowledge and understanding, but
God has worked with men differently in times past, now,
and in the future. All Scripture is not written to you to follow
as it was to Israel in the past. Israel was under the LAW program and the Body of Christ today is under the GRACE
program. You must(rightly divide)between the two of these
churches to understand what was meant for Times past and what is meant for the Body of Christ today.

I will be talking about and posting from now on about what
the Holy Spirit has been teaching me in particular in my walk
in faith and in spirit in Christ, as part of his Body.

May God bless you richly in the wonders and DEEP RICHES
spiritually of his Grace.

Amen
Sincerely in Christ Jesus,
Your Brother Mark

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GLEAN and GROW in FAITH and KNOWLEDEGE

It is a common, but very serious MISTAKE.....
to think that just because you disagree on some points....
another brother in Christ Jesus, in the Body of Christ, has about the Rapture....that you cannot "GLEAN " MANY OTHER IMPORTANT NUGGETS OF TRUTH.......
that will aid us in growing in grace and knowledge of the
BIG PICTURE overall in what is happening and will happen
in PROPHECY...on the stage of history.

Come Brothers....let us share and learn about issues of
importants.... WITHOUT getting upset. There are many wonderful pieces of the puzzle we can glean from other brothers.
Hold fast to your truth...but don't be so dogmatic, so closed minded, so upset....not to dialog between brothers and sisters of the same
Body of Christ...even though we might disagree on some points.

God will act His way regardless of our.....
at this present time....SEEING THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY

Remember....When we are all changed we will understand
ALL.....and see Him as He Is.......Amen

God Bless,
BrotherMark

The Price To Free You Has Been Paid...Just Accept It

9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Do All Roads Lead To Heaven ?

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