Hi there;
Well, it has been a wall what 23 days I think but I am still here over the last 23 days I have been reading and listening to the bible (the words of GOD)
Have read
Old Testament Books:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, Ezra, Esther, Job (twice), Joel
New Testament Books:
Matthew (4 or 5 times), Mark, Luke, John (twice), Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians. 1 Timothy (three times), 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, James (four times), 1 Peter (4 times), 2 Peter (four times), 1 John (three times), 2 John (three times), 3 John (three times), Jude (four times), Revelation (three times)
(( the first three chapters of Revelation five or six times ))
and over the next several days am looking forward to reading the rest of the books in the bible
Old Testament Books:
2 Kings,1 Chronicles,2 Chronicles, Nehemiah, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
New Testament Books:
Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Hebrews
i am not saying this for you think more highly of me or to think less of yourself, heaven forbid, but rather to say this.
In all I have read so far it looks and sounds like there are a couple things that we need to know, fallow and obey that are the most important to make it in to heaven,
to live throughout eternity with Father GOD and Christ our Lord.
In Revelation Christ lays it quite simply in the letters to the seven Churches as to what we are to be involved with and what we are to stay away from.
James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John and Jude are eye opening as to as how leadership and teachers are to be chosen and how they are to conduct themselves, ourselfes.
Which in reality is how we should all chose to live.
Matthew 22:37- 40
And Jesus said to him,
“YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.
This is the great and foremost commandment.
The second is like it,
YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”
As believers those who clam to love the Lord Christ Jesus, need to understand these are commandments directly from our Lord,
And Christ Jesus tells us
“if you love Me you will keep My commandments” .
Do you really love the Lord your God?
This is what i truly came here today to say.
Beyond the above statement from Christ Jesus,
this looks to be the most important statement in the bible i have read so far but have never heard anyone teach this.
today as i was going through John aging this jumped out and made me stop and read it several times.
John 3:31-36
“He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies;
and no one receives His testimony.
He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this,
that God is true.
For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God;
for He gives the Spirit without measure.
The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.
He who believes in the Son has eternal life;
but he who does not obey the Son will not see life,
but the wrath of God abides on him.”
Did you catch it???
As a believer in Christ Jesus this statement should cause you to change the way you think, speak and live your life.
“He who believes in the Son has eternal life;
but he who does not obey the Son will not see life,
but the wrath of God abides on him.”
As a believer you have eternal life available to you,
But if you are not obeying the word of our Lord Christ Jesus
((YOU WILL NOT SEE IT))
But instead, will see the wrath of Father GOD.
That should make you question your attitude, your speech, your dedication to obey the Lord your God, and reset the way you live, we are to live in this world as a witness of the Lord our God,
that by the way we live might draw other to Christ Jesus,
but sadly a large percentage of those who go to church and say we love the lord,
in reality love the world and the things of this world more then Christ Jesus.
So, think about this as you go through your day, through your week, through your life.
Think about what Jesus said:
The first formost and greatest commandments:
Matthew 22:37-40
“YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.
This is the great and foremost commandment.
The second is like it, YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF”
John 14:15
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
John 15:10
“If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love;
just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
John 3:36
“He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
Think about it;
Will you truly see eternal life with Christ?
Or the wrath or Father God?
This is your choice, you have been given the path to eternal life,
It is the narrow path.
Matthew 7:12-14
“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Enter through the narrow gate;
for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction,
and there are many who enter through it.
For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life,
and there are few who find it.
Heirs the way, will you follow it to the narrow gate?
Aging the choice is yours, this is just a warning.
Questian is will you heed it?
Matthew 7:21-24
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
And then I will declare to them,
‘I never knew you;
DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.”
Mathew 25:31-46
“But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious All the nations will be gathered before Him;
and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.
Then the King will say to those on His right,
'Come, you who are blessed of My Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat;
I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink;
I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
naked, and you clothed Me;
I was sick, and you visited Me;
I was in prison, and you came to Me.’
Then the righteous will answer Him,
‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?
And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?
When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?
The King will answer and say to them,
‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’
Then He will also say to those on His left,
‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat;
I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;
I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in;
naked, and you did not clothe Me;
sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.
Then they themselves also will answer,
‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’
Then He will answer them,
‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’
These will go away into eternal punishment,
but the righteous into eternal life.”
Evaluate your own life and the way you live.
Will you enter in to eternal life?
Or the wrath of the Father, Father GOD.
May the Lord your God open your eyes and soften your heart. Amen and Amen
Out for now.