When you accept the Lord Jesus you get a whole lot more than hope.  Though  his promise of heaven is on the horizon, there are promises you can have now.

He will cause you to desire him.  You will desire a clean life.  And with that desire comes his ever present help to guide you.  There is cleanliness among men, then there is cleanliness before the Most High God.

He will teach you his Father’s will.  And you will take note of a change in your prayers.  As your life is cleaned up greater things are shown.  You will experience what has been said, “Who will ascend the hill of the Lord but he who has clean hands and a pure heart.

The greatest reward in this world is to have confidence before the Sovereign God; to know that your prayers are heard.

You will find yourself asking for prayer less and less.  And it will come to you that you are the one who has the ear of the Lord.

We tell you about the beauties of the Lord Jesus.  But if you accept him and work according to His will, you will find yourself giving the same testimony to others without fear.

If you have considered yourself a Christian for a long time and have never experienced these things, you will find that what I have said is true if you will spend more time approaching your Lord.  To be near him is to become like Him; to love him.  The more you are near him and the further away from the world you drift, the more of his beauty you will see.

By His Grace

By His Grace

Were the Lord to act among us and raise the dead they would not believe.  They would say, “It is nothing but an anomaly.  We have seen it before.  Life is unpredictable and we admit we do not understand all things.  But with our little paddles we can restart a dead heart.  With the work of our own hands we can raise the dead.”  By the testimony of their own mouth they condemn the works of their hands.

Listen to the uproar.  “Together we are strong we have no need of God.  United we stand!”  they stand united in a singular revolt against the Most High God.

But there is a day when no one will work.  No secret place left.  No materials to fashion.  No more inventing.  They will stand before the Lord naked and helpless.

They know this for they witnesse death all day long.  But instead of preparing to meet the Holy One they continue the works of their hands, and they will not relent.  The Lord Himself has sent this strong delusion; that they may be thoroughly immersed in their own lies.

They have made a god of their own flesh.  They consider that their way will never fail.  Instead of admitting their ignorance in humility and seeking the help of God, they see it as provocation  to move farther.  Build, invent, contrive and prosper, all of this with arrogant spite for the Holy One.

Everyday, one by one, they are ushered involuntarily into eternity.  Yet those who remain in this place of testing continue their work without regard.   As one cow is slaughtered in the field, so the others keep on eating.

Do not join them!  Use what tools you must according to the requirements placed upon you.  But do not worship the work of man’s hands.  This abomination before God will dissipate in the wind of Fire.  Be wise and consider the outcome of their work.

    “. . . but Moab will be trampled in their land
    as straw is trampled down in the manure.
11 They will stretch out their hands in it,
    as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.
God will bring down their pride
    despite the cleverness of their hands.
12 He will bring down your high fortified walls
    and lay them low;
he will bring them down to the ground,
    to the very dust.” (Isaiah 25)

By His Grace