Show No Favoritism

James 2: 1, 8-10 

1 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.

8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. 

9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. 

10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. (NIV)

Read James 2

In our surroundings we have a favorite Preacher, Pastor, Teacher, relative, siblings and such and we like one over another but the word says not to show partiality. Love those as you would love yourself. I think it is simple there are no bells and whistles or a word that have to be drawn out to bring it home. If you show favoritism it is a sin.

Jesus died for the world and those who accept Him and live according to the scriptures written in the bible will be saved. Now you have repented, accepted Christ as your Lord and Savior live a righteous life in Christ and you will have an opportunity to be rewarded with Heaven.

But understand this you must endure until the very end of your life. What does that truly mean? Live a sanctified life, Holy life acceptable unto God and death is only the beginning to life when you will live with God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost in Heaven.

(Psalms 30:5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning. ESV)

Bless you all on this fine day. May the Lord continue to show His love and you continue to show him love as well.

Prayer: I pray that I may be a willing vessel of honor and to endure until your return in Jesus name I pray Amen!

Minister Merv

Ask God

James 4:2-4

2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

 Living throughout our lives we have asked for things and have lusted over them to gain without properly acquiring or preparing ourselves to receive our most desired object in life. We use channels like our parents, relatives, God, other means and our friends and even expect things from strangers that require non-effort. We use our eyes to shop and buy and want what someone else has because we think we should have it or least it be in our possession. Yet in still we use God as a last resort and when this is not fast enough we choose other avenues.

Simply put we bypass God to try to attain the desired object whether it may be love from someone, gifts of all sorts, to have someone recognize the job that has been done  etc… and the list could go on and on. Yet we still wouldn’t have what we truly want. What we want is gratitude, achievement and excellence which boils down to is some sort of glory that would make someone feel prideful and wanted. Thieves, murderers, liars, cheaters, adulterers (esses) etc… are coveters and want acknowledgement. We see what we want and devise a plan of deception to get it without really paying for it legally. Sounds like someone is laying traps like the lying wonder named Satan (read John 8:44 devil called the father of lies).

 There is more to life than having access to a lot of things which would keep our attention but for a moment until we see something else we truly want. Some of us (yes, us Christians) believe in tarot card reading, fortune telling, divination which by the way bypasses God in order to get our most prized possession. God’s word says not to practice or be in the habit of involving yourself in the circle of people who practice (tarot reading, fortune telling, divination etc…) for it is an abomination unto the Lord.  Which means leave it alone for it is not motivated by God or by good motives but is motivated by fleshly desires and truly in God’s eyes we don’t need it? Why? For there are things we ask God for and He hasn’t given unto us. Either we are not to have it because of the lack of interest later we would pay attention to your Savior or are not ready to receive it for lack of preparation or it’s not time yet.

 Deuteronomy 18:10-12

10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

 It all comes down to lust, lust of the eyes, coveting, deception and lying. Rather we must be in right standing with the Lord, obeying his word, praying and seeking His face. In layman’s term stop sinning and practicing sin.

 If we the called-out-ones out of this world (Christians) would seek His face and humble our ways and turn from our sins God will in-turn hear us, answer our prayers and desires ( read 2 Chronicles 7:14). We must come to realize that there is nothing that God can’t do and all things are possible with God (read Matthew 19:26). We limit God for we think He is at our level. We are sadly mistaken to think this way when He is Alpha and Omega beginning and end.

 My dear friends and brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus our desire should be living our every moment waiting to see Him and daily waiting for Christ return and wanting to be with Jesus our brother in Heaven.

Ask with the right motives in your heart, live a God-fearing life and watch for the coming of Christ.

Today acquire a burning desire to live for God for the rest of your life from this moment on. 

God bless you all may the Lord continue to bless you.

Prayer:

Lord I desire to have more of you in my life and I repent for any wrong doing I may have caused and wash and purge me from my sins. In Jesus name Amen!

Minister Merv

Satan Does Not Rule Hell

Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

Revelation 20:11 14-15 14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Romans 6:23 23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

     Some believe that Satan rules Hell and that is a lie. Hell was made for the devil and his demons. For in Revelation it clearly depicts who is in control read (Revelation 20:7-10). Satan is released from prison by the hands of God to wreak havoc upon the earth but in the end he is conquered by Jehovah our Mighty King to be thrown into the lake of fire.

     Some believe that Satan has more power than God Almighty he does not read (1 Corinthians 15:12-14). So we who are in Christ don't have to fear the devil or his demons for even the devil and the demons know who is in charge read (James 2:19). The devil and his demons know there is one God too. So what are we afraid of? The demons tremble at the name of Christ. So victory is already won we just have to walk in it. 

     Just mere words whispered into our ears from strange voices unknown (it is the devil and his demons who speaks unto us as if they know us with halved-truths, lies and deception in our ears who are in Christ Jesus and says) and gives visual illustration sometimes for us to react in an ungodly manner or fighting a habit that bounds us or our appetite hasn’t changed and we still crave all the things that are contrary to Christ; what are we going to do about it? Should we let sin control usand our family all because we are accustom to it and not the unknown ways of God Almighty? If not then have faith.

     Step out in faith in Christ and let Him redeem us back to God and be steadfast, unmovable and unshakable. Repent and let Christ be in charge of our lives and leave the ways of man, selfishness and devil oriented alone for the death of living how you want to will be real in Hell  with Satan and his demons and those who endure in Christ until the very end of their lives will live eternally with Him inHeaven.

     Christ died so we can live. He became the bearer of our sins to cancel its assignment over our lives to be born again in God. Once we accept Christ and repent of our sins to not do them again. For Christ death was for our benefit and His resurrection was to give us life once again not to be like the world but to have life eternally with God our Father in Heaven.  

     Today make a change and stop sinning and living for the now and fast pace lane of give-me-what-I-want-when-I-want and start living in Christ to achieve the full benefits of being a Godly son and joint-heirs with Christ.  

                                      Repent and allow Christ to come into your heart today.

                                                              Pray the Lord’s Prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11Give us this day our daily bread.

12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Today may you have peace, deliverance and abundance in Christ Jesus my sisters and brothers in Christ!

Minister Merv