What Is Sin's Power?

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of the letter. Romans 7:6

THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death. Romans 8:1-2

Many believe that the strength of sin is the devil or our flesh. But our Father tells us that the strength of sin was the Law. The strength of sin was the Ten Commandments. It was the Law that made sin strong. Our Father knew that we could never even keep the least of the Law and that is why He delivered us completely from it. That’s right, we are delivered from the Ten Commandments. We are delivered from keeping one day holier than another. We are delivered from our thoughts and amen we are even delivered from our actions. Through Christ we no longer serve by the oldness of the letter of the Law.

There is no longer any condemnation for you and I. Jesus has delivered us from the Law. So there is no more death for us, we have passed on to life. We now have life and we now have it more abundantly in Christ. We now serve by being one with our Father through our Lord and Savior, Jesus. The Law that said do this wrong and there was death has been removed from us. It has been removed as far as the East is from the West. We now have liberty in Christ, complete and total freedom in Him.

To the unsaved, who have a form of godliness, but who deny the power of it, 2 Timothy 3:5, that is a scary thing. But for those of us who have been called and chosen it is a glorious thing. It is glorious because we have been allowed to know the Truth that has set us free. We know that Jesus is our Head. We know that our Lord is our Shepherd and that He now leads us in everything. We have not been given a spirit that fears our freedom in Christ, but one that celebrates it. Our Father is not passively sitting by when it comes to us. He is active and directly involved and empowering in every detail of our lives. So we now have complete and total freedom and we no longer have to fear death.

The Harvest Is Abundant. I Mean Really Abundant!

Podcast: The Harvest Is Abundant

NOW AFTER this the Lord chose and appointed seventy others and sent them out ahead of Him, two by two, into every town and place where He Himself was about to come (visit). And He said to them, The harvest indeed is abundant [there is much ripe grain], but the farmhands are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. Luke 10:1-3

Jesus tells us that the harvest is great, but the laborers are few. We are not told that the harvest is small, but that it is abundant. If your experience is anything like mine, you were always told that only a small percentage of mankind would be saved, meaning a very small harvest. But the glorious Truth is that Jesus told us that the harvest is great. Jesus was successful and because of what He accomplished for us as a perfect Sacrifice, there is going to be a bountiful harvest.

I want you to think about this question: are the laborers the same as the grain? Jesus tells us that the harvest is great, but the laborers are few. The laborers are not the harvest, the grain is the harvest, the two are not the same. What am I getting at? The Parable of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, Matthew 22:10. When our Father returns to the earth it will be filled with guests. The Bride is not a guest at her own wedding. This parable ties in with the Truth that Jesus told us that there are only a few laborers, or a few who are the Bride. Many are called to be the Bride but only a few of us are chosen to be. Many are called to serve, but only a few are chosen to serve. However the harvest, which are the guests, is great.

I hope you see the grace of our Father. Most of humanity will not be thrown into the Lake of Fire. There will be some who are, there is a Hell. But far more of us will not be thrown into Hell then who will be thrown into it. When our Father returns to dwell on the earth it will be filled with people. Some of us as the Bride, we will be transformed to be just like Jesus is and we will serve with Him for all of eternity. Some of us will be the guests who have been raised up from the dead and some of us will be the guests who never died. The glorious Truth is that most of us will be able to participate in eternity in one form or another.

Jesus, The Anti-Christ, And Aliens

And I will show wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth beneath, blood and fire and smoking vapor; Acts 2:19

He performs great signs (startling miracles), even making fire fall from the sky to the earth in men's sight. Revelation 13:13

The coming [of the lawless one, the antichrist] is through the activity and working of Satan and will be attended by great power and with all sorts of [pretended] miracles and signs and delusive marvels--[all of them] lying wonders-- 2 Thessalonians 2:9

The last 3 1/2 years of this period in earth’s history are going to be a wild ones. Both our Father and satan are going to show signs and wonders in the heavens. Jesus told Phillip that he was going to see the heavens opened and angels coming and going, John 1:50-51. I believe that the same will hold true during the Great Tribulation. The ground work is being laid now to set up the divisions that will occur because of these signs. There are a lot of people who confess that if there are aliens, then it would prove that there is no God. That is ridiculous and shows that most people do not have an understanding of what our Father had written. There are scriptures all over the Bible that speak of other beings. So during the Great Tribulation, when so many signs will be happening in the heavens, there are going to be a great division amongst the people.

Think of the conflict that will arise because people see aliens. Some will begin to worship them. Others will fear the daylights out of them. Religious leaders will be scrambling to cover what they have been preaching. Governments will be attempting to gain favor with them and business men will be trying to profit from them. There will be divisions in society that have never been seen before. There will be Great Tribulation.

However, the Truth is that our Father created them all. Whether they are angels, demons, the Apocalyptic Horsemen, locust that look like lions, beings that have faces like animals and whose wings are covered with eyes, or whatever, our Father created them all. Not only did our Father create them all, but they all serve His purposes.

For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him. Colossians 1:16.

The world will see what we call aliens. The world will react just as the movies show us they will and the true Church will grow stronger and the Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached to every tribe, tongue, and nation. It will be a glorious time of salvation. There will be conflict, great conflict, but in the midst of the conflict will be the power of our Father working mightily through His children and multitudes upon multitudes shall be saved.

After this I looked and a vast host appeared which no one could count, [gathered out] of every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages. These stood before the throne and before the Lamb; they were attired in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. Revelation 7:9

Are There Aliens?????

As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud with a fire enveloping it and flashing continually; a brightness was about it and out of the midst of it there seemed to glow amber metal, out of the midst of the fire. And out of the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures [or cherubim]. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man, But each one had four faces and each one had four wings. And their legs were straight legs, and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot, and they sparkled like burnished bronze. And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides. And the four of them had their faces and their wings thus: Their wings touched one another; they turned not when they went but went every one straight forward. As for the likeness of their faces, they each had the face of a man [in front], and each had the face of a lion on the right side and the face of an ox on the left side; the four also had the face of an eagle [at the back of their heads]. Such were their faces. And their wings were stretched out upward [each creature had four wings]; two wings of each one were touching the [adjacent] wing of the creatures on either side of it, and [the remaining] two wings of each creature covered its body. And they went every one straight forward; wherever the spirit would go, they went, and they turned not when they went. In the midst of the living creatures there was what looked like burning coals of fire, like torches moving to and fro among the living creatures; the fire was bright and out of the fire went forth lightning. And the living creatures darted back and forth like a flash of lightning. Now as I was still looking at the living creatures, I saw one wheel upon the ground beside each of the living creatures with its four faces. As to the appearance of the wheels and their construction: in appearance they gleamed like chrysolite; and the four were formed alike, and their construction work was as it were a wheel within a wheel. When they went, they went in one of their four directions without turning [for they were faced that way].Ezekiel 1:4-17

There are several verses in the Bible that speak of what we would call aliens. Ezekiel saw and wrote about what we would call aliens. If they were angels, they were using something physical to travel with. Which may very well be the case, we are told earlier in the Bible that Elijah was caught up to Heaven in a flaming chariot, 2 Kings 2:1. So if Elijah was transported through the heavens in something physical, why would it surprise us if these beings of our Father used something physical? We use physical things to transport us and we are one with God.

What I really want you to take from this study though is that just because Ezekiel saw these beings in no way limited his belief and trust in God. Think about it, why would seeing other beings stop our faith in our Father. The Truth is that He has created all kinds of beings. There are arch angels, angels, cherubs, demons, devils, beings that surround our Father’s Throne, beings that have heads like lions and tails like scorpions, and all other kind of beings. Just because there are other beings with us in the universe in no way limits or hinders who our Father has made us to be: which is one with Him through Christ, John 17:20-23. This Truth of who our Father has made us to be actually offends the fallen angels, which are other beings that our has Father created.

It has been solemnly and earnestly said in a certain place, What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You graciously and helpfully care for and visit and look after him? Hebrews 2:6

So if there are aliens, or if these aliens are angels, fallen or not fallen, in no way limits our Father’s sovereign power and authority. The fact that there are other beings around does not prove that there is no God. It only confirms the Scriptures that our Father had written about other life forms. Our Father tells us a great deal about other beings in His Word. So don’t ever worry or freak out about the Truth that our Father created more beings than just us. The glorious Truth is that our Father created us and that He created us to rule and reign with Him. I also personally think that it is glorious that He created others entities as well, it makes everything far more interesting.

Prove The Television Evangelists

Now these [Jews] were better disposed and more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they were entirely ready and accepted and welcomed the message [ concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God] with inclination of mind and eagerness, searching and examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. Acts 17:11

For the first time in several years I watched a television evangelist this morning. He was talking about the end times and the seven signs that must first come before Jesus can return. The funny thing, not one of those seven signs was that the Gospel of the Kingdom must first be preached to every nation, tongue, and tribe.

And this good news of the kingdom (the Gospel) will be preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then will come the end. Matthew 24:14

There is only one sign that will truly show us that Jesus is ready to come back and that is when our Father uses us to preach in the full power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit to everyone everywhere. How could this “doctor” and his “doctor” wife fail to mention the only sign that Jesus told us to look for?

I also marveled at how many times that the show mentioned his name. Beware of anyone who likes to have their name mentioned so much! Pray for these people, they are wolves in sheep’s clothing. They feed on peoples fears and try to make the Gospel fit to it. He also called President Obama the worlds end time dictator, really? He never prayed for the President as the Word tells us to, 1 Timothy 2:1-2. And hasn’t he noticed, that no world leaders are listening to the President. Russia, China, Europe, Israel, and the Middle East all ignore what he has to say. If he is the last world dictator, he is a lousy one and I have never seen the man dictate to anyone. He has operated just like every other President in my lifetime. I may not agree with what he has pushed, but he never dictated it. He has his policies just like every other President had theirs.

What this false evangelist was teaching was playing on peoples fears and of course he had a tape series to sell that would offer more details. Another note, the Truth is that our Father freely gives His messengers their messages and then He causes us to freely give them away, Matthew 10:8. So if anyone wants to charge you for a so called message from God, turn and run. If you are led to watch these guys, prove what they say with the Word. Also if they claim to have a prophesy watch to see if it comes to pass. Prove and search the scriptures to test what everyone is saying. And if they are correct pray for them to be used more and more by our Father and if they are wrong pray for them to be set free. Pray that they come to know the Truth and that the Truth sets them free.

All Things Are Made New

The Word of our Father teaches us that the last enemy of Jesus is death.

The last enemy to be subdued and abolished is death. 1 Corinthians 15:26

Revelation 20:14 tells is that death is thrown into the Lake of Fire and that it ceases to be when it is. The Holy Spirit tells us that death is not only subdued, but that it is abolished. The Lake of Fire abolishes or causes death to cease to be. So if the wage of sin is death and the last enemy of Jesus to be abolished is death, doesn’t the Word teach us plainly that death, which is the wage of sin, is done away with in the Lake of Fire?

If the sinners continued to live eternally in Hell, then their sin would continue to live, and the wage of their sin, which is death, would have to continue to live. The glorious Truth is that sin is also done away with in the Lake of Fire.

[But] he who commits sin [who practices evildoing] is of the devil [takes his character from the evil one], for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done]. 1 John 3:8

God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away. And He Who is seated on the throne said, See! I make all things new. Also He said, Record this, for these sayings are faithful (accurate, incorruptible, and trustworthy) and true (genuine). Revelation 21:4-5

Notice what our Father proclaims here: He will make all things new when He comes to dwell with man! Amen that is awesome. All things are made new at the end of the Millennial Reign of Christ. Ask yourself, aren’t sinners part of all things? They are, so aren’t they made new as well? They are made new and they are the guests at the Wedding Feast of the Lamb. If someone has been thrown into the Lake of Fire, and we know that at least one person will be, Matthew 22:11, they have to cease to be or our Father would make them new! That is so glorious. Jesus succeeded super abundantly. Grace abounds and all things are made new!

The Word On Eternal Anguish

And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be afraid of Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell (Gehenna). Matthew 10:28

What happens to the unsaved if the punishment of Hell is not eternal torment? It is simple, those fallen angels and all of the unsaved are burned up in the Lake of Fire and they simply no longer exist! It is exactly as Jesus taught us in Matthew, we are to fear God, Who is capable to destroy both body and soul! Jesus did not say to fear God Who is able to eternally torment, but Who is able to destroy.

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs [that is consumed in smoke] and as the glory of the pastures. They shall vanish; like smoke shall they consume away. Psalm 37:20

FOR BEHOLD, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud and arrogant, yes, and all that do wickedly and are lawless, shall be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. Malachi 4:1

And you shall tread down the lawless and wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, says the Lord of hosts. Malachi 4:3

Behold, they are like stubble; the fire consumes them. They cannot even deliver themselves from the power of the flame [much less deliver the nation ]. There is no coal for warming or fire before which to sit! Isaiah 47:14

As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol (the place of the dead) shall come up no more. Job 7:9

Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so does Sheol (the place of the dead) those who have sinned. Job 24:19

Our Father plainly tells us that the wicked shall vanish away as smoke, the Truth is that they shall consume away. The wicked shall be as stubble, they will have neither root nor branch left and they shall be ashes under our feet. None of these scriptures teach us of an eternal Hell of anguish, they all speak of the wicked simply being done away with, the cease to be.

Is There Eternal Torment For The Unsaved????

THEN I saw a new sky (heaven) and a new earth, for the former sky and the former earth had passed away (vanished), and there no longer existed any sea. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, all arrayed like a bride beautified and adorned for her husband; Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of God is with men, and He will live (encamp, tent) among them; and they shall be His people, and God shall personally be with them and be their God. God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away. Revelation 21:1-4

Revelation 20:14 teaches us that death and Hades will be cast into the Lake of Fire before our Father makes all things new. Revelation 20 also teaches us that everyone whose name is not in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire. Now we are shown that after all of these things happen, our Father will bring in a new Earth and a new Heaven. We see that our Father will dwell amongst men, and catch this Truth because it is important, our Father will dwell among men! Don’t just read it, take hold of it, our Father will now dwell amongst men! At this time our Father will take away every tear from men! Our Father takes death away from men! Our Father takes away anguish from men! Our Father takes away all pain from men! Our Father takes away all sorrow and mourning from men! All of the old tormenting conditions of men will pass away and everything will become new!

Now let me ask you this one simple question, if there is an eternity for the unsaved to be tormented in hell, how could all of this be true? Hell is nothing but death, sorrow, anguish, tears, and pain. The verses that we just studied clearly teach us that our Father removes all of these things away from men. The scriptures here do not teach us that these things are only removed from the chosen and saved, from the saints, from the children of God, or any other name that we have been given throughout scripture. Jesus clearly shows John that all of these things have been taken away from men! There is absolutely no scriptures that teach us that if we are sent to hell that we become something other than men. Jesus clearly teaches us that all of the pain, anguish, sorrow, and death have been taken away from men. So there cannot be an eternity of torment and sorrow for men in Hell, plain and simple.

But religion, at least the religion of my life, has always taught that there is an eternity for us in Heaven or in Hell. How can this be when Revelation 21 tells us that all of the tortures of Hell are done away with for men when the New Jerusalem and New Heaven are given! There is a really powerful Truth regarding the Revelation of Jesus as well, there is a curse if anyone adds to what Jesus told John in the Book of Revelation! So when John was specifically told that our Father will dwell with men and that He will remove all of the former sorrows from men, He meant just what He said, men! So to add that God only meant saved men, is adding to what was told!

We are going to study far more on the Truth that there is not an eternity of torture awaiting the unsaved. There is a Hell and yes there will be people who are thrown into it. But they are not eternally tortured, even though they are eternally punished. We will talk about this in future postings.

Amen, Not Many Are Thrown Into Hell

For the Son of man came to save [from the penalty of eternal death] that which was lost. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray and gets lost, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountain and go in search of the one that is lost? And if it should be that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not get lost. Just so it is not the will of My Father Who is in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost and perish. Matthew 18:11-14

Our Father’s will is that none of us should be lost. Let me ask you this, does our Father get His way? I mean if our Father wants something, doesn’t He get it. What would be the point of being God, if you wanted something and didn’t get it?

Here is another thing I want to ask you, if it was the Truth that most of humanity was going to Hell, why did Jesus just use the example of only one sheep going astray? Why didn’t He say that ninety-nine went astray?

Jesus came to save the lost from the penalty of Hell. Ask yourself this as well, did Jesus really succeed at saving the lost or did He only kinda of succeed, saving only a few? There is a Hell and there will be at least one person thrown into it, Matthew 22:12. However, we are repeatedly shown through Jesus’ parables that not that many of us are thrown into it. In this parable Jesus uses an example of only one going astray. In the parable of the Wedding Supper Jesus only tells us of one person being thrown into Hell.

People will undoubtedly bring up Matthew 22:14, many are called but only a few are chosen. This is true, many are called to be the Bride of Christ. Many are called to become one with Jesus, but only of few of us have been chosen to be His Bride. This does not mean that those who were not chosen are thrown into Hell. It just means that they are guests at the Wedding Feast, which is another term for eternity. In the Parable of the Wedding Feast Jesus tells us of guests, a bride is not a guest at her own wedding. So the glorious Truth is that there are others there. These guests are the others who were not called to be the Bride. They were saved from the penalty of eternal death through Jesus’ sacrifice, but they were not called to rule and reign with Him. Our Father's will is fulfilled, the lost are saved. Some are saved from Hell and are called to be the Bride and others are saved from hell and called to be the guests. Jesus succeeded and our Father gets His way!

I know that these postings are short. I could write for pages on this Truth. What these blogs are designed to do is to spark your interest in the Truth and then the Holy Spirit will guide you into a full study. Just you and Him and He will show you the Truth that will set you free.

Thank God For The Debt Deal

Then I saw another beast rising up out of the land [itself]; he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke (roared) like a dragon. Revelation 13:11

For the love of money is a root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have been led astray and have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves through with many acute [mental] pangs. 1 Timothy 6:10

Basically America is a Christian Nation. The United States was founded for religious freedom and God has always played an important role in our society and for the most part we acknowledge this. A majority of our people are for Jesus, Who is the Lamb. Yet our voice roars like a dragon, which means our voice is of satan. This is true because our government is so far parted from what our people are.

Over the last month the U.S. Government has been locked in a huge debate over letting us borrow more money and now it looks like we have a compromise. The lies that the politicians are spewing right now are amazing. America’s voice is roaring like a dragon, even though a majority of our people are of Christ, the Lamb. Don't ever question that Truth, regardless what the news has to say about it. I know liberal saved Democrats who love their neighbors and are quick and eager to always help and I also know saved conservative Republicans who love their neighbors and are always eager and quick to help. We are not as divided as our voice wants us to believe.

This whole debate is happening because of the love of money. The Truth is the government loves money. It doesn’t matter wether they are Democrats or Republicans, the politicians love money. One side tells us we need to tax more to get more money and the other side says that we need to grow more to get more money, but they both want more money. Liberals and conservatives both want and love money. So if you think that this supposed debt deal is anything but a money grab by both sides your very mistaken.

But amen, our Father wants it that way. Our Father has chosen each and every politician to be exactly where they are and to do exactly what they are doing. LET EVERY person be loyally subject to the governing (civil) authorities. For there is no authority except from God [by His permission, His sanction], and those that exist do so by God's appointment. Romans 13:1

Our Father is having these individuals, who all love money, to speak for us. It is fulfilling His prophecy of what is to come. So don’t fret any of it, rather praise our Father for His will being done on the earth as it is in Heaven. All of these deals by the U.S. and all of the other deals around the world, are a precursor that will herald in the Four Apocalyptic Horsemen, Revelation 6. All of the worlds debt will bring economic devastation and war and death will follow. We cannot pray it away and we cannot stop it from happening. What our Father has said will come, will come!

Yet the end times are not yet here, these acts by our leaders are only birth pains. The Great Tribulation will not begin until the Body of Christ is empowered and the Gospel of the Kingdom is preached to every tongue, tribe, and nation, Matthew 24:14. The censor full of the power of the Holy Ghost has not yet been poured out on us, Revelation 8:5. The Body is going to become empowered as we never have before, John 14:12, and the world will actually begin to live in peace because of it, 1 Thessalonians 5:3. Then the governments will all begin to take credit for the peace and blasphemy our Father by ignoring that it was His power working through us. When this happens is when the Great Tribulation will begin. So don’t fret fake debt deals, they will increasingly come. Government’s love money, they just cannot help themselves.

Also remember that we are to pray for these leaders who our Father has allowed to be in power. Pray for their safety and pray that they are forgiven, for they do not know what they are doing! Jesus prayed for the leaders who had lied about Him and who were Killing Him and that same Spirit now dwells within us.