Short & Sweet, We Can't Loose Our Salvation

For God's gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.] Romans 11:29

The Truth is short and it is sweet, once saved, always saved! Salvation is a gift from our Father, Ephesians 2:8. He choses who receives it and who doesn’t. Many are called, but only a few are chosen to be the Bride of Christ, Matthew 20:16. Our Father knows the beginning and He knows the end, nothing catches our Father off guard. Our peace that passes all understanding is that our Father knew us before we ever were, Psalm 139:16. 

Our Father knew what we would do right and wrong before He ever created the earth and He still chose us to serve with Him. He still gave us the gift of becoming one with Him, regardless of our actions. And amen, He never takes our salvation back. There is no such thing as backsliding, where we can lose our salvation. Sure we may mess up. But even in our weakness, even at our worst, our Father is still right here in us. He never leaves us and He never forsakes us, Hebrews 13:5. Not only doesn’t He leave us when we mess up, or take away our salvation, He causes the situation to work out for our good.

We are assured and know that [ God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. Romans 8:28

The Truth causes us to be assured and the Truth sets us free! Once Saved Always Saved!

We Aren't Ever Going To Suffer Our Father's Wrath

Therefore, since we are now justified (acquitted, made righteous, and brought into right relationship with God) by Christ's blood, how much more [certain is it that] we shall be saved by Him from the indignation and wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more [certain], now that we are reconciled, that we shall be saved (daily delivered from sin's dominion) through His [resurrection] life. Not only so, but we also rejoice and exultingly glory in God [in His love and perfection] through our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom we have now received and enjoy [our] reconciliation. Romans 5:9-11

Our Father clearly tells us that during the last 3 1/2 years of this earths history that we will not have to endure the events of His wrath. We will be here, but the events of that time will not come upon us. There will be massive worldwide famines and most of the worlds water supply will be ruined, yet we will be giving both away from the surplus that our Father will miraculously supply us with.

You also must be ready therefore, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him. Who then is the faithful, thoughtful, and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household to give to the others the food and supplies at the proper time? Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is that servant whom, when his master comes, he will find so doing. Matthew 24:44-46

The world will say that we cannot buy or sell without taking the mark of the beast. We will not take it, yet we will be giving food and supplies away when our Lord returns. Our Father will be allowing the earths water supply and crops to be destroyed and yet we will be giving food and water away. It is certain that we are saved from these events. Jesus has insured it for us.

It's Our Father's Will That We Suffer???

Therefore, those who are ill-treated and suffer in accordance with God's will must do right and commit their souls [in charge as a deposit] to the One Who created [them] and will never fail [them]. 1 Peter 4:19

I know how that sounds, but the glorious Truth is that the will of our Father is that we are to suffer. The question is why?

Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance. And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and [d]tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of] joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation. Such hope never disappoints or deludes or shames us, for God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us. Romans 5:3-5

We suffer because troubles cause us to be mature. When we suffer we look to our Father in very powerful ways and He grows stronger within us. This allows us to have confidence that we are one with Him and it allows the world to know that He is in us. Trials and tribulations will never end for us while we are in these bodies. But the Truth is that each trial makes our Father stronger within us. So we are constantly growing stronger in the power of His might. So rejoice, things are getting better for us as they get worse for us.

I thank God that the more He uses me the more I see this Truth. Our Father is causing me to do more for Him than He ever has before and the trials are still right here. He is causing me to have more and more peace though in the trials. I am far better than I was five years ago and amen if Jesus isn’t here in five more years and I still am, our Father will make me even stronger. Trials aren’t going to stop. We cannot pray them away, tithe them away, or serve them away. Actually the more our Father has us do His will the greater the trials will become, because the greater He will become to us.

Because Of Jesus We Have Complete Freedom

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (emancipation from bondage, freedom). 2 Corinthians 3:17

You ask most Christians and they will tell you that they cannot wait to get to Heaven so that they can finally be set free. When the glorious Truth is that we have already been set free. Where Jesus’ Spirit is, there is liberty and freedom. We are now free from the power of sin, the presence of sin, the penalty of sin, and the pleasure of sin. Jesus has completely liberated us from the bondage of sin.

She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus [the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua, which means Savior], for He will save His people from their sins [that is, prevent them from failing and missing the true end and scope of life, which is God]. Matthew 1:21

It is Jesus’ responsibility to keep you and I from failing. Jesus has taken on the servants towel and He alone washes the dirt from us. Jesus is with us right now and right now we have and enjoy all of the freedom that Christ has to offer. There is no more freedom from sin for us in Heaven then there is for us on this earth. We will be no more saved when Jesus returns then we are right now. Jesus’ Blood is not weakened by the earth or our flesh. It provides the same level of redemption whether we are here with flesh or in heaven with only our spirits. In Christ there is complete and total freedom and liberty. Faith comes for us by hearing this Truth and this Truth sets us free!

Adam Sin Is Not Stronger Then Jesus' Sacrifice

For if because of one man's trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God's] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself] reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). Romans 5:17

How many people want to talk about the sin that is in this world because of what Adam did? When the glorious Truth is that Jesus came and did something far more powerful than what Adam ever did. Our Father knew that Adam, and all men, were weak. He knew that Adam was going to mess up and because He did, our Father always had a plan that included Jesus. Our Father knew that Jesus would come and more then override what Adam did.

Our Father has always wanted Grace and He came and succeeded in giving us Grace. Adam was past tense, Jesus is present and future tense. Our righteousness is all unmerited and it is all a free gift. Too many times we dwell on sin and human weakness, when Jesus came and gave us Grace. We can’t earn it and we can’t work for it, it has just been given to us. The Truth of what Jesus did for us is that we are now right with our Father and we now reign as Kings.

And You have made them a kingdom (royal race) and priests to our God, and they shall reign [as kings] over the earth! Revelation 5:10.

Now let me ask you this question, as a King, aren’t you going to give the same Grace to others that you have been given? Through the power of the Holy Spirit we sure are going to give Grace. So do you really think that all of these people who haven’t been called and chosen to be a king with us, will have to suffer eternally for their sins when we didn’t? People we are going to give the gift that we have been given, forgiveness apart from our works. Jesus tells us that we are going to sit as judges on Judgement Day, Revelation 20:4. I know that anyone who comes before me is going to receive what I received, freedom from all of their sins. I can boldly and happily tell you that anyone who I am asked to judge will be forgiven. How will the Holy Spirit ever empower me to do anything less? Jesus came and saved me from what Adam did and what I did, and praise God, His Spirit will freely use me to give the same gift. These people will not be Kings as we are, but they sure are not going to Hell to suffer for eternity. That's not going to happen when I have been empowered by our Father and permitted to be a judge. I freely was given Grace and the Holy Spirit will always cause me to freely give grace! Jesus will insure it!

We Are Already Unblemished

Now to Him Who is able to keep you without stumbling or slipping or falling, and to present [you] unblemished (blameless and faultless) before the presence of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation [with unspeakable, ecstatic delight]-- To the one only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory (splendor), majesty, might and dominion, and power and authority, before all time and now and forever (unto all the ages of eternity). Amen (so be it). Jude 24-25

We are not just kind of saved, we are completely and utterly saved. We are completely saved because Jesus keeps us from stumbling and He presents us unblemished. He saves us to the uttermost.

Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost (completely, perfectly, finally, and for all time and eternity) those who come to God through Him, since He is always living to make petition to God and intercede with Him and intervene for them. Hebrews 7:25

So many times we look to ourselves, as if we are alone, as if we are responsible for ourselves. We talk about what we have to do in our walk with the Lord. We believe that we have to pray more, study more, serve more, give more, whatever more. It is preached to us the steps that we need to take as Christians. All of that is wrong. The Truth is that it is what Jesus needs to do through us and for us. Jesus is our Head. He is our Shepherd. Jesus is responsible for keeping us unblemished and saved to the uttermost.

Notice how the Word continually tells us that Jesus does all things for us. Jesus intercedes for us and intervenes for us. We think that we messed up, yet Jesus has already interceded for us and there is no blemish on our permanent records. We think that we are walking the wrong path, yet Jesus has already intervened and the trouble is removed and now all things work out for our good. Whether we understand this Truth or not, does not for one second diminish the glorious Truth: that because of Jesus, we have no blemishes and we are saved to the uttermost!

All Things Are Easy To Believe

And Jesus said, [You say to Me], If You can do anything? [Why,] all things can be (are possible) to him who believes! Mark 9:23

Our glorious hope isn't that we have to believe for anything on our own. Our glorious hope is that Jesus has to believe. My whole life I heard it preached that I had to first believe, or first have faith, but thank God we have not been given such a great burden. Our Father wanted so much more for us, so He gave us Jesus. He gave us Jesus to Author and Finish our faith and now all things are possible for us because Jesus believes. Jesus isn’t up in Heaven fretting about anything and He is the One causing us to have faith.

Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2

Jesus is the Word of God, He is God in the flesh, and He fully believes all of the Truth that has set us free. Jesus is our source for faith. Jesus alone is our ability to believe. So all things are possible for us because Jesus believes. All things are possible for our Father Who causes us to believe.

Grace Causes Us To Be Holy

For the grace of God (His unmerited favor and blessing) has come forward (appeared) for the deliverance from sin and the eternal salvation for all mankind. It has trained us to reject and renounce all ungodliness (irreligion) and worldly (passionate) desires, to live discreet (temperate, self-controlled), upright, devout (spiritually whole) lives in this present world, Awaiting and looking for the [fulfillment, the realization of our] blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One), Who gave Himself on our behalf that He might redeem us (purchase our freedom) from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people [to be peculiarly His own, people who are] eager and enthusiastic about [living a life that is good and filled with] beneficial deeds.Titus 2:11-14

I want to ask you a question, when you think about Grace, do you think that it trains you? I was always taught that Grace is the totally unmerited favor that our Father gives us; that we just receive it from Him. I never was really taught that Grace actually effects and controls our behavior. I was told that we should act righteous out of gratitude and service to our Father for Him giving Grace, but never that His Grace actually caused us to act with self-control, or caused us to be devout and upright. But that is exactly what Grace does for us. Grace is not just our Father saying I will accept you despite of all that you have done. Grace is our Father exerting His Holy influence on our souls, causing us to increase in Christian virtues and power.

Grace not only redeems us from sin, it causes us to be pure and not to do the sin. Our Father is the One in control of causing us to act the way that we should act. He influences us and He empowers us. Our Father doesn’t tell us what is right and then leave us on our own to act in the right way. He actually causes us to act in the right way. This is why there is now no condemnation for us, Romans 8:1.

Also ask yourself another question, why does the Holy Spirit have Paul write salvation for all mankind?????? Paul told Titus to encourage everyone with what Grace actually is. I hope this Truth gives you peace and joy and encourages you, because there is so much freedom in the Truth of Grace.

Our Father Will Cause Us To Know The Future

Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come. He shall glorify Me: for He shall receive of Mine, and shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are Mine: therefore said I, that He shall take of Mine, and shew it unto you. John 16:13-15

But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you. John 14:26

But as for you, the anointing (the sacred appointment, the unction) which you received from Him abides [ permanently] in you; [so] then you have no need that anyone should instruct you. But just as His anointing teaches you concerning everything and is true and is no falsehood, so you must abide in (live in, never depart from) Him [being rooted in Him, knit to Him], just as [His anointing] has taught you [to do]. 1 John 2:27

This Truth is not mentioned very much, but it is a glorious one: our Father has given us His Holy Spirit so that we can know what the future is. Look at Jesus’ life and you will see that He was constantly being shown by the Spirit what was going to happen in the future. Jesus knew when and how He was going to die. He was shown that Lazarus was going to die and that He was going to raise him up from the dead. He was shown Nathanael standing under a fig tree before Phillip called him to come and meet Jesus. 

Paul knew that he was going to be arrested in Jerusalem and would be transferred to Rome to meet with Caesar. Peter knew that he was to go to Cornelius. And John was shown the end of the world. All of these people were shown the future by the Holy Spirit and we are plainly told that we too will be shown future events to help us in ministering the Gospel.

Faith comes from hearing the Truth and the Truth always sets us free. And the Truth is, the Holy Spirit will plainly show us things to come.

Easy Salvation For Bad People

As it is written, I have made you the father of many nations. [He was appointed our father] in the sight of God in Whom he believed, Who gives life to the dead and speaks of the nonexistent things that [He has foretold and promised] as if they [already] existed. Romans 4:17

I had a person ask me a question the other day about bad people making it easily into Heaven. The answer is that they can and it is because of the Truth that we are shown in Romans 4. The wicked can easily make it into Heaven because of Father gives life to the dead. Our Father calls things that are not, as though they were, and they happen. If our Father has called a notably bad person to be saved, they will become what He has called them to be. A great example of this would be Paul. Paul was a terrible person, yet our Father called and chose him, Galatians 1:15.

Another great example would be the man on the Cross. The man on the Cross beside Jesus did nothing other than tell the other guy on a cross to lay off of Jesus. By doing this Jesus allowed him to go to paradise. That was really easy. The man who Jesus chose to bless led a wicked life and did no other works then to tell another guy to basically shut up and he was allowed into paradise, Luke 23:43.

Let me ask you this, which example better describes Grace? I have a hundred dollars and I say that you can have it if you tell me that I am great, do what I tell you to do, and that you come and get it from me. Or is Grace better described by this: you fight me, tell me that I am wrong, you work against me, and yet I come to you and give you the hundred dollars? Our Father operates from Grace and Grace is easy, regardless of how good or bad we are. Grace is solely based on how great Jesus is and how great the love of our Father is. 

Right Now We Are Holy

But now since you have been set free from sin and have become the slaves of God, you have your present reward in holiness and its end is eternal life. For the wages which sin pays is death, but the [bountiful] free gift of God is eternal life through (in union with) Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:22-23

How many times have you heard someone say that: the wage of sin is death? I hear it all of the time, people are fixated on this confession. They have tremendous faith in it. Preachers and congregations both quote it with fervor and enthusiasm. Yet in the verse right before it, our Father clearly tells us that we have been set free from sin and that presently we are holy. Now ask yourself how many times have you heard it preached with equal enthusiasm and fervor that we are now free from sin and that we are presently holy?

This should be the powerful sermon and testimony that we are giving. We are free from sin and presently holy because our Father gave us the gift of being in Christ. We are now one with Jesus and as He is, so are we, even while we are in this world. We have been sanctified by Christ. We have been given Jesus’ glory and because our Father has given us all of these wonderful gifts, we have eternal life. The wage of sin does not apply to us, we have been freed from it, in Christ we have been set free from sin. There is now no more condemnation for us, because now is the day of our salvation.

Pass this Truth on. Sow this seed and watch the freedom grow. Watch people actually begin to live as they should, because the Truth will set them free.

We Have It All Now

For He says, In the time of favor (of an assured welcome) I have listened to and heeded your call, and I have helped you on the day of deliverance (the day of salvation). Behold, now is truly the time for a gracious welcome and acceptance [of you from God]; behold, now is the day of salvation! 2 Corinthians 6:2

The Greek word used in the Bible for salvation is soteria {so-tay-ree'ah}. Its meaning can be found in a Strong's Concordance, number 4991. Soteria means: deliverer, health, rescue, and safety. Fourfold salvation: saved from the penalty, power, presence and most importantly the pleasure of sin. Deliverance from the molestation of enemies, future salvation: the sum of benefits and blessings which the Christians, redeemed from all earthly ills, will enjoy after the visible return of Christ from heaven in the consummated and eternal kingdom of God.

So what does all of this mean? It means that right now, this very moment, today and every day, we are delivered from the power, penalty, presence, and pleasure of sin. Every moment of our lives we are kept safe by our Shepherd. There is not one second that Jesus does not deliver us from our enemies. It means that because of Christ, all things always work out for our good, Romans 8:28. This stuff is all now, present tense, these things are not waiting for us in Heaven, our Father has given them to us right now. Jesus has all of these things and enjoys all of these things right now. Jesus is not waiting on them to come to Him and we are one with Him right now, so we also have all of these things right now. We have been raised up with our Lord and we are now new creatures in Him, old things and old conditions have passed away for us, 2 Corinthians 5:17.

Faith comes from hearing this Truth and this Truth sets us free. We cannot talk about our freedom in Christ enough. Pass the Truth on. We have the Holy Spirit causing us to be the mouth pieces of righteousness right now.

God Made Both Vessels Of Honor & Dishonor

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also [utensils] of wood and earthenware, and some for honorable and noble [use] and some for menial and ignoble [use]. 2 Timothy 2:20

Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same mass (lump) one vessel for beauty and distinction and honorable use, and another for menial or ignoble and dishonorable use? Romans 9:21

The Holy Spirit shared something really powerful with me and it was this Truth: in our houses, and we are the House of our Father, there are vessels of honor and there are vessels of dishonor. Whether they are honorable or dishonorable, they all work together and make the house function at its highest level. The same is true in God’s house, all things, honorable and dishonorable, noble and ignoble, work together for our good, Romans 8:28. Our Father created both the good and the evil and they all serve His purposes and plans, Genesis 2:9.

Then the Holy Spirit asked this question to me, “In a house, are there more vessels of honor or dishonor?” I started thinking about it and in my house, there are far more vessels of honor then dishonor. Then the Spirit told me, it is the same in the Father’s House! Amen, think about it and you will see that it is true. The Truth is that there are far more of us that will not be disposed of, then who will be disposed of. In the parable of the Marriage Supper, Jesus only told of one individual, out of a room full of people, who will be thrown out, Matthew 22.

The glorious Truth is that far more people will not be thrown into the Lake of Fire then who will be. Some of us may be Gold and Silver and some of us Wood and Earth, but we will all be used to glorify the Kingdom and serve our House, the House of our Father.

Some say that there is no Hell, there is. Some say that no one will be thrown into Hell, they will be. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when they are. But amen, it is not a majority of us, it is exactly the opposite, not many of us will be thrown into the Lake of Fire. Only those who commit Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, and that is an incredibly hard sin to commit. It is so hard that our Father never had it written to what exactly it is.  

Jesus Is Responsible To Keep Us Safe

For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him. John 3:17

With 24/7 news and internet it is easy to get caught up in the bad things that are happening around the world. But our peace passes all understanding and our peace is that Jesus came so that we might be kept safe and even be sound through it all.

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7

The Spirit that we have been given is the Spirit of Christ and our Spirit did not run from the Cross. Our Spirit allowed Itself to be killed, John 10:17, went down to Hades, took the keys of death from satan, Revelation 1:18, preached to the captives and set them free, 1 Peter 3:20, and then raised Itself up from the dead. Our Spirit told the weather what to do, turned water to wine, so that the party could continue, and walked on the water during a storm.

This is the Spirit that you and I are now one with. We are instruments of our Father’s righteousness and through our Spirit, which is Jesus, the world will find salvation. Our Father would that all men be saved, 1 Timothy 2:4, and He will keep us safe, as He uses us to do things that are far beyond what we can think, dream, or pray for, Ephesians 3:20.

Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]—

The Secret Of Strength

If you lay all these instructions before the brethren, you will be a worthy steward and a good minister of Christ Jesus, ever nourishing your own self on the truths of the faith and of the good [Christian] instruction which you have closely followed. 1 Timothy 4:6

The secret of Christ is simple and it is this, whatever we are used by the Holy Spirit to sow, is what we will reap, Galatians 6:7. Paul tells Timothy this Truth in 1 Timothy 4. So let’s put this principle in some real world applications. If we want to be used by our Father, we are to pray for others to be used by Him. If we want peace, we pray for other’s to have peace. If we want to know the Truth, we share the Truth. If we want health, we are to lay hands on the sick, pray for them, forgive them, call on them to be whole and we will have health. If they ask us to walk a mile, we walk two. If we have two coats, we give one away. The secret of having strength is seeking out the well being of others and taking far, far, more thought for them, then we do for ourselves.

Now, the power behind all of this is that we cannot do these things, it has to be Christ in us doing them through us, John 15:5. Our Father knows this and He is actively participating in each of our lives so that we are ever growing stronger, by ever increasing our desire and abilities to serve others. I hear sermons all of the time that tell us what we have to do. But the glorious Truth is that it is what our Father has to do through us, not what we have to do on our own, John 14:10. It is our Father that must give us the desire, the ability, and the faith to serve others. This is why there is no condemnation for us, Romans 8:1, and this is why we cannot boast, Ephesians 2:9. So if we are serving, praise God, we are only serving because our Father has empowered us to serve. And if we aren’t serving, it is only because He has not empowered us to serve yet. Either way, our Father’s will is being done and He is glorified and our Kingdom is being served.

I pray for each and every one of you, that our Father will empower you to serve as Jesus serves and to love as He loves. That you may be filled to all of the fullness of salvation, ever living to intercede for others, placing their needs above your own needs and eagerly desiring that they are perfect in Christ and perfectly used by Christ. I also pray that our Father will bring us together, with one heart, one mind, one accord and that He will demonstrate His mighty strength and ability through each of us.

Abundance

The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows). John 10:10

Jesus came that we might have life, enjoy life, and have it more abundantly. The Greek Word that abundance was translated from is perissos, Strong’s 4053. Perissos means exceeding, over and above, more than necessary, supremely, extraordinary, surpassing, uncommon, more remarkable, and more excellent.

Jesus also came so that we could have faith. He is the Author and Finisher of our faith, Hebrews 12:2. Now because we have an abundant life through Jesus, we also now have abundant faith because of Jesus. So the Truth for us is that in Christ we have exceeding faith, more than necessary faith, supreme faith, surpassing and uncommon faith, and excellent faith. Through Christ our faith goes above and beyond what we need. Jesus is responsible for bringing this to pass to fulfill His role in causing us to have an abundant life. It is impossible to please our Father without faith, Hebrews 11:6, so to insure that never happens, Jesus causes us to have abundant faith.

The Truth is also that by Jesus’ stripes we are healed, 1 Peter 2:24. So in Christ we now have health in abundance. In Christ we should have extraordinary health, remarkable health, excellent health, and more than necessary health. Faith comes from hearing the Truth and the Truth sets us free.

Our Father also tells us that all of our needs are met by His riches and glory in Christ Jesus, Philippians 4:19. So the Truth is that all of our needs are supremely met, exceedingly met, remarkably met, excellently met, and provided for us with an abundance that is more than is necessary. Once again this is Jesus’ responsibility. He is our Shepherd, He is our Head, He is our Master, our Lord, and our Savior. Jesus owns us and He has been assigned the task of causing us to have everything in abundance. Whatever is required for us to serve the Kingdom is provided in abundance for us through Jesus. This is our peace that passes all understanding.

Why Did Lazarus Get To Go To Paradise?

And it occurred that the man [reduced to] begging died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. And in Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom. Luke 16:22-23

Jesus gives us a parable of two men, one extremely rich and one extremely poor. Let me ask you a question, why did Lazarus get to go to paradise when he died? Jesus never tells us that Lazarus was a good man. We are never told that he was an honest man. Jesus never says that Lazarus was a faithful or giving man. All we are told is that Lazarus was an utterly destitute man who wanted the rich man’s left overs. So why would Lazarus get to go to paradise and be wonderfully taken care of?

Here in lies one of the greatest Truth’s of our Father. We are shown why when bad things happen to people that we are to actually rejoice for them, Romans 5:3. You heard me! Man wants to judge our Father by what they see with their eyes and by what they see for this brief period of time in the flesh, 2 Corinthians 4:18. When our Father looks at eternity. We are shown in this parable that if a person is given a miserable lot on this earth, that they will be greatly rewarded and taken care of in eternity. We are shown that the last will be first, Matthew 19:30. Having wealth is actually considered by our Father to be a harder lot in life, Matthew 19:24.

Why do bad things happen to good people? They do so that our Father can reward them for ever and ever. We mourn at a murder or at an abusive crime, especially when it happens to a child. These things hurt and they are terrible, but the pain is only for a brief moment when compared with an eternity of abundance, Romans 8:18.

The next time you see a beggar, give him something to help him out. But do not pity him, for we are shown that he has a wonderful eternity waiting for him. The next time you hear of a person who was murdered or tortured, pray for the family and friends of the person, but also rejoice that the victim is now receiving the reward of an eternity of being first. Our Father see’s everything that is happening and He knows all. And if we are abused or destitute on this earth, we will be blessed and provided for abundantly for all of eternity. This is a great parable and it should bring us all so much peace when we see all of the suffering in this world.

Now we are not necessarily told by Jesus that the person who suffers in this world will be one with Him. We are not shown that they will be part of the Bride of Christ, they may be. But if they aren’t doesn't mean that they don't receive a great and full blessing as being a prized and honored guest at the Wedding Feast of the Lamb. There are guests in eternity, Matthew 22:10-11. Some of these guest will be first and some will be last. But amen, we are shown this Truth: those who are treated the worst on this earth are blessed tremendously in our Father's Kingdom.

Notable Sinners Are Easily Saved

[Christ, the Messiah] is therefore the Negotiator and Mediator of an [entirely] new agreement (testament, covenant), so that those who are called and offered it may receive the fulfillment of the promised everlasting inheritance--since a death has taken place which rescues and delivers and redeems them from the transgressions committed under the [old] first agreement. Hebrews 9:15

Can notable sinners really receive salvation so easily? Yes they can! We all can because Jesus died for us. Jesus rescued us and redeemed us from transgressions, all transgressions. We weren’t just easily delivered from little white lies or looking at the opposite sex with desire, we were delivered from murder, rape, and theft as well. Anyone who has been called to salvation receives its easily.

Far too often we want to make our gift a work, but it's not. Salvation is a free gift given by our Father to those whom He has chosen to give it. Our Father always chooses the things that seem foolish to the world to confound those who believe that they are wise, 1 Corinthians 1:27. The world looks at the temporal things that are not eternal, when our Father looks at His eternal plans. So yes it is very easy for our Father to forgive and save a murderer or a rapist. This should give us such a great hope, because if they can easily be forgiven, so can we. The power of the Blood of Jesus is never challenged by the works of man as He saved us when we are still powerless to help ourselves, Romans 5:6.

Here is a really cool Truth about forgiveness and salvation: those who are forgiven of much, love much, Luke 7:47! 

All Things Will Be Made New

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

The Word of our Father teaches us that the last enemy of Jesus is death. Revelation 20:14 tells us that death is thrown into the Lake of Fire and that it ceases to be when it is thrown there. 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. 

With this study also remember our studies on the Truth that not many are thrown into Hell. 

Is There Eternal Torment For The Unsaved?

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 then 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.

Religion has always taught me that there is an eternity of suffering awaiting a lot of people 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 God comes! 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 at least one person who is thrown into it. But people 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

The Truth is that 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 daily postings are short. I could write for pages on this Truth. What this devotional is 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.

Prove The Preachers

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 the other 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. I marveled at how could this “doctor of theology” 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 the President the worlds end time dictator. What I wondered about is why this preacher never prayed for the President as the Word tells us to, 1 Timothy 2:1-2. He only condemned the man, never once encouraging us to do what the Word plainly tells us to do. 

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 away from them. 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.