America's Sin

America, the land and people that God has blessed beyond all other nations in honor of our forefathers who came looking for a place to worship their God in freedom. She has now turned her heart away from God and to that which is evil. The Lord has now withdrawn His hand of blessing and given America over to the deceitfulness of her heart. She must look at her sin in honesty, before God:

-The blood of over 50 million unborn cry out to God every day; Every day more are added to the number.

-She puts her seal of approval on homosexuality in defiance of God's Word and the lesson of Sodom and Gomorrah.

-She has driven God our of her schools and is attempting to drive Him out of her entire culture in defiance of God who admonishes us to teach our children about Him.

-She has made Christianity a bad word, calling what is good evil and what is evil good in defiance of Christ Himself.

-She has a drug habit that is insatiable in an effort to escape the reality of her sinfulness and guilt.

-Pornography is rampant in defiance of the sacredness of sexuality in God's eyes.

-She runs after her idols who are often persons that she has elevated to the status of gods in defiance of God who says He alone is to be worshiped.

-Her government has a dishonest money that her officials manipulate according to their will in defiance of God who requires honest money.

-The government plays god in promising what it cannot not deliver; involving herself in the affairs of other nations while being derelict at home; Taking over the purview of God. In this pursuit she has accumulated a debt that can never be repaid. She is now a slave to her lenders according to the Word of God.

-Her people run after material things (the American Dream) and ignore the God of Heaven who is the provider. Unless she turns to God, her destiny will be the American nightmare.

-Everyday she drinks in perversion on television, movies and magazines.

-Everyday she drinks in perversion on the Internet.

-Everyday there is increasing violence in her streets.

-Marital infidelity has become normal, which God hates.

What hope is there for such a nation? Unless she turns back to God there is none! Yet, America can come to her senses like the Prodigal Son and return to God who longs to bless her.

LIFE!

Christ Jesus is LIFE, that is Eternal LIFE.

His LIFE is fundamental and the only LIFE that exists.

There is LIFE and there is death and nothing in between.

LIFE emanates from the only Source, God, the Self-existent One.

It is spiritual as God is a Spirit.

Christ Jesus is the Spirit of God in a body of flesh.

LIFE in a human, is God who is the Spirit, Christ, living in that person.

If you do not have LIFE then you are dead spiritually,

Even while you live in the natural.

LIFE is not life in the natural, blood and breath etc.

LIFE is a Spirit, LIFE is God, LIFE is Christ, God in a body of flesh.

Adam and Eve were created with LIFE, Eternal LIFE.

They resided in Paradise, the Kingdom of God.

However, they lost LIFE when they disobeyed God 

And ate the forbidden fruit.

LIFE is innocent, pure, holy, undefiled, sinless;

Found only in Paradise, The Kingdom of God.

Today, we are given natural life, we are born in sin,

In a world controlled by the devil.

Today, to have LIFE, we must hear the voice of God speaking to us

And be obedient to Him.

We do this when we receive His Christ, Jesus.

When we receive Christ Jesus, we receive His LIFE, His Eternal LIFE.

We are “born again” into the LIFE of Christ Jesus.

LIFE in Christ Jesus is the Kingdom of God, which is Paradise.

It is a supernatural place, The Secret Place of the Most High God.

As God's only representative to mankind from Heaven,

Christ Jesus is the gate to LIFE, Paradise, the Kingdom of God.

No one comes to Christ Jesus unless he is first drawn by the Father.

We are drawn to Christ Jesus 

By the voice of the Father speaking to our heart,

To our inner most being.

His sheep hear His voice; all those who belong to Him hear His voice;

They will not respond to the voice of another.

By disobedience mankind lost Paradise.

By obedience mankind can regain Paradise though Christ Jesus;

By obedience to the voice God; by obedience to His Christ, Jesus,

The WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE; the only WAY, 

The only TRUTH and the only LIFE.

Christ Jesus is the WAY God has given us to return to Him; 

The gate to LIFE; By His TRUTH the only TRUTH.

Christ Jesus is our Passover Lamb.

The only way that death will passover us, when we naturally die,

Is if we have received the LIFE of Christ Jesus,

Having applied the blood of Christ to our lives.

We are born into sin and the only way that our sin can be forgiven

Is by applying the blood of Christ Jesus to our lives.

This means that we repent of our sins.

Repentance means that we give up our sinful life

And allow Christ Jesus to live in and through us.

If we seek to gain a life in this natural life we will loose Eternal LIFE.

That is, if we seek to gain fulfillment in anything but Christ Jesus,

We are dead while we live.

However, if we give up our life in this natural life; 

Receive the LIFE of Christ,

And allow Christ Jesus to live in and through us;

Then and only then, do we have LIFE, Eternal LIFE.

The only lasting fulfillment to be found in this world is in Christ Jesus.

The only unconditional love that can be found in this world 

Is in Christ Jesus.

The only unconditional acceptance that can be found is in Christ Jesus.

God is LOVE.

In Him alone are found mercy, grace and forgiveness.

In Him, mercy triumphs over judgment.

Christ Jesus said that the Kingdom of God is within you;

It is within you when Christ lives in and through you.

It is Christ in us our hope of Glory, our only hope of Glory, 

Or Eternal LIFE.

This Kingdom is in the here and now as well as the by and by.

We can live in The Secrete Place of the Most High God 

In the here and now.

When LIFE is in a human, that human exhibits the attributes of God;

The followers of Christ will do the things that He did

And even greater things than these.

We do not choose Christ Jesus, He chooses us.

He chooses us to bear fruit for His Kingdom.

Through the last 2,000 years

The Bride of Christ has exhibited the LIFE of Christ 

To a lost and dying world.

This Season Of The Last Generation will be no different;

The Bride of Christ will show to the world the LIFE of Christ.

Every living person has the opportunity respond to the voice of God

Speaking to their hearts; To receive the LIFE of Christ.

Standing In His Victory

I'm standing in the victory that Jesus Christ has won for me, 

I'm standing in His victory. 

He has won the victory over death, hell and the grave.

I'm standing in His victory. 

Victory in Jesus my Savior forever, 

Victory in Jesus name. Hallelujah!

The Whole Purpose of Life

We were given life in the natural to discover the LIFE found in Christ.

That is the whole purpose of this life. 

All of creation speaks for God if we have eyes to see. 

The still small voice of God speaks to every person 

If they have ears to hear.

Every living person can have the LIFE found in Christ, if they will.

New Wine!

Christ Jesus told this parable:

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment,

For the patch will pull away form the garment, making the tear worse.

Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins.

If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out

And the wineskins will be ruined.

No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

(Matthew 9:16-17 NIV)

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment.

If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, 

Making the tear worse.

An no one pours new wine into old wineskins.

If he does, the wine will burst the skins

And both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined.

No, he pours new wine into new wineskins. (Mark 2:21-22 NIV)

“No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one.

If he does, he will have torn the new garment,

And the patch from the new will not match the old.

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins.

If he does, the new wine will burst the skins,

The wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined.

No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.

And no one after drinking old wine wants the new,

For he says, 'The old is better.'” (Luke 5:36-39 NIV)

We cannot take from that which is new and attach it on something old.

We cannot take our new faith in Christ Jesus and make it fit our old life.

To do so would ruin the new faith 

And would be out of place in the old life.

We cannot take the new wine of the Spirit and put it into our old life.

The new wine of the Spirit must be put into new a new regenerated life;

Then the the new wine will be effective.

If we will not allow the Spirit of God to regenerate us;

To live in and through us;

If we believe we were better off before the new wine came into view;

If believe our traditions and manner of life were better

Before the new wine came into view,

Then we will say the “old wine” is better;

And there is no hope for us.

“Old wine” is familiar and undemanding.

New wine requires us to change into the likeness of Christ.

If we are content with “old wine;” religion with form but without Christ,

We are lost and without hope.

The only LIFE there is is the LIFE of Christ which is the “new wine.”

Christ Jesus comes with the new wine of the Spirit, the LIFE of Christ,

That requires we change to accommodate it.

This can only be accomplished by our allowing Christ Jesus

To immerse us in His Spirit

And then allowing the Spirit of God to live in and through us.

Then we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us;

We can do all things by the power of Christ living in and through us.

The Bride of Christ thrives on the “new wine” of the Spirit!

She lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

She has rivers of Living Water flowing from deep within her.

Her LIFE is in Christ.

Freedom!

Today, we celebrate the freedom we enjoy in America. We celebrate this gift that God has given us, while so many other nations are the antitheses of freedom. Yet, as free as we are as a nation, there is a freedom that is far beyond that freedom. The personal, spiritual freedom that is found in Christ Jesus alone, that can never be taken away.

In fact, if as a nation, we do not have the freedom that is found in Christ Jesus we will soon loose the freedom we have as a nation. The two are inextricably tied.

The Good News

Christ Jesus came bringing “good news”. What is that “good news”?

He began his preaching ministry with:

'Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.' (Matthew 4:17)

The first aspect of the “good news” is that every person can repent of their sin And turn to Christ for the forgiveness of their sin. The ultimate objective of repentance is that one enter the Kingdom of God. Eternal LIFE is in the Kingdom of God. The “good news” is that the Kingdom of God is available to every living person.

What Is The Kingdom Of God?

The Kingdom of God is where Christ Jesus rules and reigns;

It is the realm of His Spirit; The Secret Place of the Most High God.

It is a Supernatural Place accessed by the Spirit of God

And those whom the Spirit of God lives in.

Christ Jesus said that the Kingdom of God is within a person 

(Luke 17:21).

How Does A Person Enter The Kingdom Of God?

It is first by faith that Jesus is the Christ of God.

It is then by following the pattern of the Scriptures.

What did John the Baptist say that Christ Jesus would do? He said:

'I baptize you with water for repentance.

But after me will come One who is more powerful than I,

Whose sandals I am not fit to carry.

He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

His winnowing fork is in His hand, and he will clear his threshing floor,

Gathering the wheat into his barn

And burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.'

(Matthew 3:11-12)

Christ Jesus came to baptize (immerse) those who believe in the Holy Spirit and with fire. This is what He did on The day of Pentecost, He baptized (immersed) those who waited as He had instructed in the Holy Spirit and with fire. The evidence of this baptism was that they began to speak in languages that they did not know under the influence of the Holy Spirit. They also saw “tongues” of fire that came to rest on each of them.

God intends that every one of those who believe in His Christ, Jesus, have the same experience as those on The Day of Pentecost. Christ Jesus is the Baptizer, and He is the same yesterday, today and forever. The Kingdom of God is accessed by those who have had their personal day of Pentecost; this is the Scriptural pattern.

Christ Jesus told His followers to wait until they had receive the promise of the Father. They waited, and on The Day of Pentecost they received the Spirit of God; They were baptized (immersed) in the Spirit of God; He came to live inside of them; The Spirit living in you is the Kingdom of God as Jesus said. (Luke 17:21)

The apostle John said that he was “in the Spirit” on the Lords day (Rev. 1:10). This indicates that of his own volition he entered the Spirit of God; The Spirit lived in him, but it required a volitional act of his own to enter the realm of the Spirit.

Likewise when Elisha needed a word from the Lord, he called the harpist to play for him so that he could get “in the Spirit” To hear from the Lord. (2 Kings 3:15)

When a person is "in the Spirit" they have entered the Kingdom of God; The place where God rules and reigns; The place where He can speak to us unhindered by the “noise” of the world.

This is why music, praise and worship are so important.

They are vehicles to enter the Kingdom of God.

God “lives in” the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3).

As we praise and worship God He comes by His Presence

And manifests Himself among us individually and corporately.

The most wonderful thing in this life is to be in the Presence of God;

It is life changing every time.

God seeks those who will worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.

(John 4:16)

This is why King David could say:

One day in your courts is worth a thousand other days. (Psalm 84:10)

One thing is ask, this is what I seek

That I may dwell in the House of the Lord all the days of my life.

To gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and seek him in his temple. 

(Psalm 27:4)

Who do I have in heaven but you 

And having you I desire nothing on earth. (Psalm 73:25)

I said to the Lord, 'You are my Lord;

Apart from you I have no good thing. (Psalm 16:2)

This is the mind set of those with the Kingdom of God within them.

This is the mind set of The Bride of Christ.

Seek First The Kingdom Of God!

Christ Jesus said: Seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness,

And all these things (everything you have need of) 

Will be given to you as well. (Matthew. 6:33)

The “good news” is that the Kingdom of God

Is available to every living person

Who seeks the Kingdom of God above all else.