Hearing
that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got
together.
One
of them an expert in the Law tested Him with this question:
'Teacher,
which is the greatest commandment in the Law?'
Jesus
replied:
'Love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
And
with all your mind.'
And
the second is like it:
'Love
your neighbor as yourself.'
All
of the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.'
(Matthew
22:34-40)
If
we, as Christians followed the First Commandment
We
would follow all the other commandments of God.
We
would follow the whole teaching of Christ Jesus.
As
it is, we forget the First Commandment.
We
get hung up on being “SAVED,”
Forgetting,
no one is Saved, who does not follow the First Commandment.
'Love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
And
with all your mind.'
To
follow the First Commandment means
That
there is NOTHING else that comes close in importance in this life.
Our
entire life on this earth is focused on Loving God.
The
reality is that unless this is the case we are not “SAVED.”
Salvation
is more than saying a sinners prayer.
The
apostle Paul, who gave us a succinct sinners prayer,
Knew
this was not the case if one reads the rest of his teaching,
Which
follows the teaching of Christ Jesus.
The
apostle Paul taught:
That
if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,'
And
believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead,
You
will be saved.
For
it is with heart that you believe and are justified,
And
it is with you mouth that you confess and are Saved.
As
the Scripture says, 'Everyone who Trusts in Him
Will
never be put to shame.' (Romans 10:9-11)
The
KEY to this passage is: 'believe in your heart.'
If
you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead
You
will follow the First Commandment.
It
is in the following Jesus that we are ultimately saved
Not
simply in the recitation of the sinners prayer.
If
we believe in our heart that God raised Christ Jesus from the dead
We
will follow Him according to His Teaching.
The
teaching of Christ Jesus
And the apostle Paul require death
to self.
Without
death to self no one can follow Christ Jesus.
Without
death to self no one can receive His Holy Spirit
And
allow the Spirit to live IN and THROUGH them.
Without
the indwelling of the Spirit of God
No
one can follow Christ Jesus.
Following
Christ Jesus is not intellectual it is Spiritual;
It
is allowing the Spirit of God to live IN and THROUGH you.
Only
then can anyone obey the First and Greatest Commandment.
Only
then can anyone OVERCOME the Evil One, Satan,
And
the wicked world that he rules.
Only
a FEW ever find Salvation. Only a FEW:
Enter
through the NARROW GATE.
For
wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to DESTRUCTION,
And
MANY enter through it.
But
small is the GATE [Christ Jesus
and His entire Teaching]
And
NARROW the road that leads to LIFE, and only a FEW find it.
(Matthew
7:13-14)
Do
not suppose that I have come to bring Peace to the earth.
I
did not come to bring Peace but a sword.
For
I have come to turn
A
man against his father, a daughter against her mother,
A
daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law--
A
man's ENEMIES will be the members of his own household.
Anyone
who loves his father or mother more than Me
Is
not worthy of Me;
Anyone
who loves his son or daughter more than Me
Is
not worthy of Me;
And
anyone who does not take his cross and follow Me
Is
not worthy of Me.
Whoever
finds his life will lose it,
And
whoever loses his life for MY SAKE will find it.
He
who receives you receives Me,
And
he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
Any
one who receives a Prophet because he is a Prophet
Will
receive a Prophet's reward,
And
anyone who receive a Righteous man because he is a Righteous man
Will
receive a Righteous man's reward.
And
if anyone gives a cup of cold water to one of these little ones
Because
he is My disciple,
I
tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward.
(Matthew
10: 34-42)
I
pray that those who read this message are in obedience
To
the First and Greatest Commandment.
I
challenge you to read through the entire Teaching of Christ Jesus
To
make sure you are in the Faith He Taught,
And
not the Americanized Gospel of the many False Teachers today.
Today,
the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father,
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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