Greetings to all who thirst of Jesus Christ. We are living crucial times wherein the rapture of the church is about to come into play and must take advantage of all the moments God has given us to praise Him with all our souls with pure sincerity and cleansed hearts. As the Scriptures say in Ephesians 5:16: "Redeeming the time, because the days are evil." He wants obedience before sacrifice, mercy and compassion. What are we if we speak in tongues of men and angels and have no fervent love residing in our hearts? The Lord wants His peoples to have constant love and faithfulness, one that responds to His everlasting, unconditional love; He wants you to recognize Him as the Lord of your life and of all humanity's. It does not matter what it is you have committed or your mistakes and shortcomings, Jesus came to eliminate this, the works of the devil (who has sinned since the beginning) and to establish salvation. The Scriptures state in concordance with this as follows:
1John 1:9- "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
1John 2:1- " My little children, these things I write to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous."
1John 3:8B: "For this purpose the Son of God was manifested that He might destroy the works of the devil."
Anyways, all it takes is a broken spirit and a contrite heart who will be willing to acknowledge their wrongs and for our Father to absolve them and wash you with His blood (Psalm 51: 17). In the last couple of months I have learned what it is to put to good use the tools God provides us with in order to walk successfully towards Him and avoid stumbling often and I have learned dependence on God (John 15:6B)- "For without me, you can do nothing." The Lord manifests Himself to those who have their hope and faith in Him; He hears them. (Psalm 40:1) Never, ever fret because you belong to God. Scriptures state in Ephesians 1: 3-5:
3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ.
4) just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love
5) Having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself according to the good pleasure of His will.
Meaning that God chose you to be part of His Kingdom before and by mere grace, out of His mere pleasure. Isn't that a contemplative privilege? The Lord predestined us to be His to be this day on, He wants a deep relationship with each and everyone of you.
* Titus 2:11- 14: "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and savior Jesus Christ who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purity for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works."
Jesus shed His blood on the cross to redeem all those who believe in Him, to cleanse all sins and disobedience. He provides enough grace to live victorious and to have power over sin and worldliness so that we are not slaves to it anymore. Glory and honor to God for granting me the opportunity to share His Word with all of you brethren. May the Lord bless you grandly and may you continue persevering on His path towards eternity.
With lots of love in Jesus,
D. Duran :o)
Hebrews 12: 2:"looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith."