Expect Persecution it is on the Way

“Behold, I (Jesus Christ) send YOU (Believers) out as Sheep, in the midst of wolves (Unbelievers). Therefore, be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. But beware of Men (Unbelievers), for they (Unbelievers) will deliver YOU (Believers) up to Councils and Scourge YOU (Believers) in their Synagogues. YOU (Believers) will be brought before Governors and Kings, for My (Jesus Christ’s) Sake, as a Testimony to them and to the Gentiles. But when they (Unbelievers) deliver YOU (Believers) up, do NOT worry about how or what YOU (Believers) should speak. For it will be given to YOU (Believers), in that Hour, what YOU (Believers) should speak; for it is NOT YOU (Believers), Who Speak, but The Spirit (The Holy Spirit) of Your Father (God Almighty) Who Speaks in YOU (Believers). “Now, brother (Unbelievers) will deliver up Brother (Believers) to death, and a father (Unbelievers), his Child (Believers); and children (Unbelievers) will rise up against Parents (Believers) and cause Them (Believers) to be put to death. And YOU (Believers) will be hated by All, for My (Jesus Christ’s) Name’s Sake. But he (Believers) who endures to The End, will be Saved. When they (Unbelievers) Persecute YOU (Believers) in this City, flee to another. For assuredly, I (Jesus Christ) say to YOU (Believers), YOU (Believers) will NOT have gone through The Cities of Israel, before The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) Comes.”

Who shall separate Us (Believers), from The Love of Christ (Jesus Christ)? Shall Tribulation, or Distress, or Persecution, or Famine, or Nakedness, or Peril, or Sword? As it is written: “For Your (Jesus Christ’s) Sake, We (Believers) are killed All day long; We (Believers) are accounted, as Sheep for the slaughter.” Yet, in All these things, We (Believers) are more than Conquerors, through Him (Jesus Christ), who Loved Us. For I (Saul/Paul) am persuaded that neither death nor Life, nor Angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate Us (Believers), from The Love of God (God Almighty), which is in Christ Jesus, Our Lord. Therefore, I (Saul/Paul) take pleasure in Infirmities, in Reproaches, in Needs, in Persecutions, in Distresses, for Christ’s (Jesus Christ’s) Sake. For when I (Saul/Paul) am weak, then I (Saul/Paul) am strong.

We (Jesus’ Disciples) are bound to thank God (God Almighty) always for YOU (Believers), Brethren, as it is fitting, because Your (Believers) Faith grows exceedingly, and The Love of Every One of YOU (Believers), All abounds toward each other, so that We (Jesus’ Disciples), Ourselves, boast of YOU (Believers) among The Churches of God (God Almighty), for Your (Believers) Patience and Faith, in All Your (Believers) Persecutions and Tribulations, that YOU (Believers) endure, which is Manifest Evidence of The Righteous Judgment of God (God Almighty), that YOU (Believers) may be Counted Worthy of The Kingdom of God (God Almighty), for which YOU (Believers) also suffer; since it is a Righteous Thing with God (God Almighty), to repay with Tribulation, those (Unbelievers) who trouble YOU (Believers), and to give YOU (Believers) who are troubled, rest with Us (Jesus’ Disciples), when The Lord Jesus is Revealed from Heaven with His Mighty Angels, in Flaming Fire taking Vengeance on those (Unbelievers), who do NOT know God (God Almighty), and on those (Unbelievers) who do NOT obey The Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ. These (Unbelievers) shall be punished with everlasting destruction, from The Presence of The Lord (Jesus Christ) and from The Glory of His (Jesus Christ’s) Power, when He (Jesus Christ) Comes, in that Day, to be Glorified in His (Jesus Christ’s) Saints and to be admired, among All those who Believe (Believers), because Our (Jesus’ Disciples) Testimony among YOU (Believers) was Believed. Therefore, We (Jesus’ Disciples) also pray always for YOU (Believers), that Our God (God Almighty), would Count YOU (Believers), Worthy of this Calling, and Fulfill All The Good Pleasure of His (God Almighty’s) Goodness and The Work of Faith with Power, that The Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, may be Glorified in YOU (Believers), and YOU (Believers) in Him, according to The Grace of Our God (God Almighty) and The Lord Jesus Christ. Yes, and All (Believers) who desire to live Godly, in Christ Jesus, will suffer Persecution. But YOU (Believers) MUST continue, in the things which YOU (Believers) have learned and been assured of, knowing from Whom (Jesus Christ), YOU (Believers) have learned them, and that from childhood, YOU (Believers) have known The Holy Scriptures (The Holy Bible), which are able to make YOU (Believers) wise, for Salvation through Faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

Our Lord Jesus Christ gives Us (Believers) these encouraging words, “When they (Unbelievers) deliver YOU (Believers) up, do NOT worry about how or what YOU (Believers) should speak. For it will be given to YOU (Believers), in that Hour, what YOU (Believers) should speak; for it is NOT YOU (Believers), Who Speak, but The Spirit (The Holy Spirit) of Your Father (God Almighty) Who Speaks in YOU (Believers).”

Fellow Believers, Stand with God Almighty, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit, Always, and They will Always, Stand with YOU!

Let's Preach the Gospel of Jesus

Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to YOU, unless one is Born Again, he cannot see The Kingdom of God.” Jesus continued, “Most assuredly, I say to YOU, unless one is Born of Water and The Spirit, he cannot enter The Kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is Born of The Spirit is Spirit.” And Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to YOU, We speak what We know and Testify what We have seen, and YOU do NOT receive Our Witness. If I have told YOU Earthly Things and YOU do NOT Believe, how will YOU Believe, if I tell YOU Heavenly Things? No one has Ascended to Heaven, but He (Jesus Christ) who came down from Heaven, that is, The Son of Man (Jesus Christ), who is in Heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) be Lifted Up that Whoever Believes in Him (Jesus Christ) should NOT perish but have Eternal Life. For God (God Almighty) so Loved the World that He gave His ONLY Begotten Son (Jesus Christ), that Whoever Believes in Him (Jesus Christ) should NOT perish but have Everlasting Life. For God did NOT send His Son (Jesus Christ) into the World to condemn the World, but that the World, through Him, might be Saved. He (Believers) who Believes in Him (Jesus Christ) is NOT condemned; but he (Unbelievers) who does NOT Believe is Condemned already, because he (Unbelievers) has NOT Believed in The Name of The ONLY Begotten Son of God (Jesus Christ). And this is the condemnation, that The Light (Jesus Christ) has come into the World, and Men loved darkness rather than Light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates The Light and does NOT come to The Light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he (Believers) who does The Truth comes to The Light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God (God Almighty).”

Jesus said, “Do YOU NOT say, ‘There are still four months and then comes The Harvest’? Behold, I say to YOU, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for Harvest! And he (Believers) who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for Eternal Life, that both he (Believers) who sows and he (Believers) who reaps may rejoice together. For in this the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I (Jesus Christ) sent YOU (Believers) to reap, that for which YOU (Believers) have NOT Labored; Others (Believers) have Labored, and YOU (Believers) have entered into Their Labors.” “Most assuredly, I say to YOU, he (Believers) who hears My Word and Believes in Him (God Almighty) who sent Me (Jesus Christ), has Everlasting Life, and shall NOT come into Judgment, but has passed from death into Life.

Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to YOU (Believers), do NOT labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to Everlasting Life, which The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) will give YOU, because God (God Almighty), The Father, has set His Seal on Him (Jesus Christ). This is The Work of God (God Almighty), that YOU Believe in Him (Jesus Christ) whom He sent.” Then Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to YOU, Moses did NOT give YOU The Bread from Heaven, but My Father (God Almighty) gives YOU The True Bread from Heaven. For The Bread of God is He (Jesus Christ) who comes down from Heaven and gives Life to the World.” And Jesus said, “I AM The Bread of Life. He (Believers) who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he (Believers) who Believes in Me shall never thirst. All (Believers) that The Father (God Almighty) gives Me (Jesus Christ) will come to Me, and the one (Believers) who comes to Me, I will by no means cast out. For I (Jesus Christ) have come down from Heaven, NOT to do My Own Will, but The Will of Him (God Almighty) who sent Me (Jesus Christ). This is the Will of The Father (God Almighty) who sent Me, that of all (Believers) He has given Me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at The Last Day. And this is The Will of Him (God Almighty) who sent Me, that everyone (Believers), who sees The Son (Jesus Christ) and Believes in Him, may have Everlasting Life; and I will raise him (Believers) up at The Last Day.”

Jesus answered, “NO ONE can come to Me, unless The Father (God Almighty) who sent Me, Draws him (Believers); and I will raise him up at The Last Day. It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone (Believers), who has heard and learned from The Father (God Almighty) comes to Me. Not that anyone has seen The Father, except He who is from God; He has seen The Father. Most assuredly, I say to YOU, he (Believers) who Believes in Me, has Everlasting Life. I AM The Bread of Life. This is The Bread which comes down from Heaven that one may eat of it and NOT die. I AM The Living Bread which came down from Heaven. If anyone (Believers) eats of this Bread, he will live Forever; and The Bread that I shall give is My Flesh, which I shall give for the Life of the World.” Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to YOU, unless YOU eat The Flesh of The Son of Man and drink His Blood, YOU have no life in YOU. Whoever (Believers) eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood has Eternal Life, and I will raise him up at The Last Day. For My Flesh is food indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He (Believers) who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood abides in Me, and I in him. As The Living Father (God Almighty) sent Me, and I live because of The Father, so he (Believers) who feeds on Me will live because of Me. This is The Bread, which came down from Heaven, he (Believers) who eats this Bread, will live Forever.”

Then Jesus said, to those who Believed Him, “If YOU abide in My Word, YOU are My Disciples indeed. And YOU shall know The Truth, and The Truth shall make YOU free.”

Jesus answered, “My Sheep (Believers) hear My Voice, and I know them, and they Follow Me. And I give them Eternal Life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My Hand. My Father (God Almighty), who has given them to Me, is Greater than All; and NO ONE is able to snatch them out of My Father’s Hand. I and My Father, are One.” Jesus said, “I AM The Resurrection and The Life. He (Believers) who Believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and Believes in Me, shall never die. Do YOU Believe this?”

Then Jesus cried out and said, “He (Believers) who Believes in Me, Believes NOT in Me, but in Him (God Almighty) who sent Me. And he, who sees Me, sees Him (God Almighty) who sent Me. I have come, as a Light into the World that Whoever Believes in Me should NOT abide in darkness. And if anyone (Unbelievers) hears My Words and does NOT Believe, I do NOT judge him; for I did NOT come to judge the World, but to Save the World. He (Unbelievers) who rejects Me, and does NOT receive My Words, has that which judges him, The Word, that I have Spoken will judge him, in The Last Day. For I have NOT spoken on My Own Authority; but The Father (God Almighty) who sent Me, gave Me a Command, what I should say and what I should speak. And I know that His Command is Everlasting Life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as The Father (God Almighty) has Told Me, so I speak.”

Jesus said, “Now, The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) is Glorified, and God (God Almighty) is Glorified in Him (Jesus Christ). If God (God Almighty) is Glorified in Him (Jesus Christ), God (God Almighty) will also Glorify Him (Jesus Christ) in Himself (God Almighty), and Glorify Him (Jesus Christ), immediately.”

“Let NOT your heart be troubled; YOU Believe in God, Believe also in Me. In My Father’s House are many Mansions; if it were NOT so, I would have told YOU. I go to prepare a place for YOU. And if I go and prepare a place for YOU, I will come again and receive YOU to Myself; that where I am, there YOU may be also. I AM The Way, The Truth, and The Life. NO ONE comes to The Father except through Me.”

“If YOU (Believers) Love Me (Jesus Christ), keep My Commandments. And I (Jesus Christ) will pray to The Father (God Almighty), and He (God Almighty) will give YOU another Helper (The Holy Spirit), that He (The Holy Spirit) may abide with YOU Forever, The Spirit of Truth (The Holy Spirit), whom the World cannot receive, because it neither sees Him (The Holy Spirit) nor knows Him (The Holy Spirit); but YOU know Him (The Holy Spirit), for He (The Holy Spirit) dwells with YOU and will be in YOU. I (Jesus Christ) will NOT leave YOU orphans; I will come to YOU.”

“These things I (Jesus Christ) have spoken to YOU (Believers), that My Joy may remain in YOU, and that your joy may be full. This is My Commandment, that YOU Love one another as I have Loved YOU. Greater Love has NO ONE than this, than to lay down One’s Life, for his friends. YOU are My Friends if YOU do whatever I Command YOU. No longer do I call YOU servants, for a servant does NOT know what his master is doing; but I have called YOU friends, for all things that I heard from My Father (God Almighty), I (Jesus Christ) have made known to YOU. YOU did NOT choose Me, but I (Jesus Christ) Chose YOU and Appointed YOU that YOU should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever YOU ask The Father (God Almighty), in My Name, He may give YOU. These things I command YOU, that YOU Love one another.”

“If the World hates YOU (Believers), YOU know that it hated Me (Jesus Christ) before it hated YOU. If YOU were of the World, the World would love its own. Yet because YOU are NOT of the World, but I (Jesus Christ) Chose YOU out of the World, therefore the World hates YOU. Remember, The Word that I said to YOU, ‘A servant is NOT greater than his master.’ If they (Unbelievers) Persecuted Me (Jesus Christ), they (Unbelievers) will also Persecute YOU. But all these things they (Unbelievers) will do to YOU, for My Name’s Sake, because they (Unbelievers) do NOT know Him (God Almighty) who sent Me. If I had NOT come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. He (Unbelievers) who hates Me, hates My Father (God Almighty) also. If I had NOT done among them, The Works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father. But this happened that The Word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, ‘They (Unbelievers) hated Me, without a cause.’

“But when The Helper (The Holy Spirit) comes, whom I (Jesus Christ) shall send to YOU (Believers), from The Father (God Almighty), The Spirit of Truth (The Holy Spirit), who proceeds from The Father (God Almighty), He (The Holy Spirit) will Testify of Me (Jesus Christ). And YOU (Believers) also will bear Witness.”

[What more can I say, that Our Lord Jesus Christ, did NOT already say, in His Own Words.]

These days are testing days for every one who claims to be a believer

These days “news” is shared, almost instantly, especially over the Internet. Each of Us, can learn about things from virtually anywhere, in the World. We can literally, see the World pulling away from God Almighty, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit. We can literally, see the World erasing God Almighty, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit, out of anything and everything. Which suits Satan’s Plans nicely. We can literally, see Satan (with the help of Men and Women) attempting to twist, recreate, and destroy, what God Almighty Created, through Jesus Christ. One of the most heinous acts, transgenderism, is destroying Our Children, and again, it’s happening with the help of Men and Women. Children are called “children” for a reason. They (Children) are NOT yet ready (mentally or emotionally) to make long term decisions, which will affect their (Children) lives. Yes, I know, transgenderism affects Adult lives, too. Another heinous act, Abortion, claims hundreds of thousands, if NOT millions of young lives (just as they begin), with no apparent end in sight.

We are witnessing the persecution of Christians, i.e. Christians literally being put to death, simply because They are Christians, while the World turns a “blind eye!” These are NOT Soldiers being killed on a battlefield, but defenseless Christian Civilians, who are being, gutlessly tortured and put to death. Christian Women and little girls, who are being raped, tortured, and sold as Sex Slaves, by cowardly people, who choose defenseless girls and Women, simply because they can, while the World turns a “blind eye!” We are watching helplessly by, while the World is covered in turmoil and blood. The World is seeing pestilence, famine, drought, earthquakes, floods, crop destruction, Genocide, Homicide, Civil Wars, other Wars, etc. The Middle East, for what seems like, Forever in turmoil, is still a hotly contested area and War involving Israel, appears imminent. On yet another front, Christians are being forced to go against Their Beliefs (and against God Almighty, Himself), from Their Businesses to Their jobs, to hold to Man’s Law, instead of God Almighty’s Commandments and Statutes. Satan (with the help of Men and Women) is getting his way, as God Almighty, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, God Almighty’s Commandments and Statutes, The Holy Bible, and the freedom to pray, are All being attacked, and for the most part, being removed and erased, from anything and everything!

Christians are literally being forced to bow down to Man’s Law, and The Worldly View, from “Civil Unions” (or “Gay Marriages”), to forcing businesses to go against the Owner’s Beliefs, to keeping the freedom of prayer, out of anything and everything (including Schools, School Activities, and School Events). Christians are being told, by The Worldly View, to keep Our Christian Beliefs to Ourselves, and to pray behind closed doors (i.e. in Our Churches and Our Homes), and to keep Our praying to God Almighty and Jesus Christ, out of the Public View (Worldly View). Most importantly, Christians are being asked (NOT demanded, well, NOT yet) to stop Preaching The Gospel of Jesus Christ. But Christians are being demanded to STOP asking the World (Worldly View), to listen to God Almighty, to obey God Almighty’s Commandments and Statutes, to live The Way, God Almighty, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, and The Holy Bible Commands, We All should live.

Then Peter, filled with The Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and Elders of Israel: If We (Jesus’ Disciples) this day are judged for a good deed, done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, let it be known to you all, and to all The People of Israel, that by The Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God Raised from the dead, by Him (Jesus Christ), this man stands here before you whole. This is the ‘Stone which was Rejected by you builders, which has become The Chief Cornerstone.’ Nor is there Salvation in any other, for there is No Other Name under Heaven, given among Men, by which We MUST be Saved.”

So they called Them (Peter and John) and commanded Them (Peter and John) NOT to Speak at all nor Teach, in The Name of Jesus (Jesus Christ). But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in The Sight of God (God Almighty), to listen to you, more than to God (God Almighty), you judge.”

But Peter and the other Apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God (God Almighty), rather than Men. The God of Our Fathers, Raised Up Jesus, whom you murdered by hanging on a tree. Him (Jesus Christ), God (God Almighty) has Exalted to His (God Almighty’s) Right Hand to be Prince and Savior, to give Repentance to Israel and Forgiveness of sins. And We (Jesus’ Disciples) are His (Jesus Christ’s) Witnesses to these things, and so also is The Holy Spirit, whom God (God Almighty) has given, to those (Believers) who obey Him (God Almighty).”

And We (Jesus’ Disciples) know that all things work together for good, to Those (Believers) who Love God (God Almighty), to Those (Believers) who are The Called according to His (God Almighty’s) Purpose. For whom He (God Almighty) Foreknew, He (God Almighty) also Predestined to be Conformed to The Image of His Son (Jesus Christ), that He (Jesus Christ) might be The Firstborn among many Brethren. Moreover whom He (God Almighty) Predestined, These He (God Almighty) also Called; whom (Believers) He (Jesus Christ) Called, These (Believers) He (Jesus Christ) also Justified; and whom (Believers) He (Jesus Christ) Justified, These (Believers) He (Jesus Christ) also Glorified. What then shall We (Jesus’ Disciples) say to these things? If God (God Almighty) is for Us (Believers), who can be against Us (Believers)?

“Whatever I (Jesus Christ) tell YOU (Believers) in the dark, Speak in the light; and what YOU (Believers) hear in the ear, Preach on the housetops. And do NOT fear, those (Unbelievers) who kill the body, but cannot kill the Soul. But rather fear Him (God Almighty) who is able to destroy both Soul and body, in Hell.” “And I (Jesus Christ) say to YOU (Believers), My Friends, do NOT be afraid of those (Unbelievers) who kill the body, and after that have no more that they (Unbelievers) can do. But I (Jesus Christ) will show YOU (Believers) whom YOU (Believers) should fear: Fear Him (God Almighty) who, after He (God Almighty) has killed, has Power to cast into Hell; yes, I (Jesus Christ) say to YOU (Believers), fear Him (God Almighty)!”

Fellow Believers, Stand with God Almighty, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit, Always, and They will Always Stand with YOU! Preach The Gospel of Jesus Christ without fear! Stand strong, holding to God Almighty’s Commandments and Statutes, and Our Lord Jesus Christ’s Commandments and Statutes, with The Holy Spirit, guiding and counseling YOU. We (Fellow Believers) are Jesus Christ’s Light upon the World, may the World see Him (Jesus Christ), instead of Us (Believers)! Children of God Almighty, Stand Strong!

Why is it Important to Share the Gospel?

Why is it important to share The Gospel, with your family and friends? Have YOU ever thought about this question? Well, I’m going to try to give YOU a few reasons why, it’s extremely important.

1 The Great Commission
Jesus Christ said, “Go therefore, into All the World and Preach The Gospel, make Disciples of all the nations, Baptizing them in The Name of The Father and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit. Teaching them to observe All things that I have commanded YOU. He who Believes and is Baptized will be Saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.”

2 Did YOU know, that over 90% of Church Members believe it’s their Pastor’s job, to lead people to Christ, meaning they believe, it’s not their job. It’s not only your Pastor’s job to lead people to Christ, it’s your Pastor’s job to teach his congregation, to lead people to Christ, meaning each and every one of YOU!

3 We All have friends and family, and We want All of them to go to Heaven. Well, if Our Pastor never meets any of them, whose going to talk to them, and lead them to Christ? If We don’t tell them, who will?

4 I always think of "Lazarus and the rich man", how the rich man could look across The Great Gulf and see Lazarus in Abraham's bosom, asking Father Abraham to send Lazarus to his brothers, so they don't receive the same fate. Well, imagine if the people YOU encounter, could see across The Great Gulf, and see YOU in Abraham's bosom, and yell across it, asking why YOU didn't tell them? I don't want anyone to be able to ask this of me.

As Believers, in God Almighty and The Lord Jesus Christ, We take upon Ourselves the mantle, The Cross, the obligation, of sharing The Gospel of Jesus Christ, with everyone. Which includes: family, friends, Church family, neighbors, and strangers, basically, every person We encounter. We are Jesus’ Light upon the World, and as His Disciples, We are called upon to go and make Disciples of All the Nations of the World. This is a privilege, We should eagerly look forward to this opportunity, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ, that everyone has been given a Great Gift, the chance for Eternal Life, in God’s Immediate Presence, with The Lord Jesus Christ, for Eternity. My prayer for YOU, is that YOU look at sharing The Gospel, with great enthusiasm, something that will truly chance someone’s Life, for Eternity. Amen.