Open your eyes,
Christ Jesus says:
He who has an ere let Him hear what the spirit of the LORD says.
Matthew 4:4
But Jesus answered and said,
“It is written,
‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE,
BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.’”
Let’s find what GOD (the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit)
has to say to us.
In Deuteronomy 4:13 GOD declares His covenant with those who are His,
the covenant that He commands each of us to perform,
that is the Ten Commandments.
Exodus 20:3-17
1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2. You shall not make for yourself an idol,
or any likeness of what is in heaven above
or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
You shall not worship them or serve them;
for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children,
on the third and the fourth generations
of those who hate Me,
but showing lovingkindness to thousands,
to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain,
for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.
4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God;
in it you shall not do any work,
you or your son or your daughter,
your male or your female servant
or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth,
the sea and all that is in them,
and rested on the seventh day;
therefore, the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother,
that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house;
you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife
or his male servant or his female servant
or his ox or his donkey
or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
And in Matthew 5:17 Jesus tells us
Matthew 5:17-20
“Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets;
I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.
For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments,
and teaches others to do the same,
shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven;
but whoever keeps and teaches them,
he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees,
you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
In Matthew 5:20 Jesus starts showing us that to be truly righteous,
righteous beyond the righteousness of that of the scribes and Pharisees
we need to not just obey the actions of the Ten Commandments
but that it must go much deeper,
that it involves not only our physical actions
but our thoughts and our speech.
Take the time to go read Matthew 5:21-48 gives several examples of this.
Such as committing murder,
Jesus lets us know being angry with a brother or calling one a fool,
Is enough to be cast in to the fiery hell.
Gods’ commandment tells us to not commit adultery,
Jesus goes on to let us know
that for a man to look upon a woman with lust for her,
he has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
In Matthew 5,6, and 7Jesus tells us how we are to live.
If you love the Lord your GOD
then take the time to set down and read it.
And apply your life to fulfill what Jesus is telling us there.
If you love Him,
you will follow and obey His commandments,
and live in the manner He sets forth for those who are His to live.
Is it always going to be essay NO,
and at times you will fail Him,
but know this if you are truly willing to confess of your sin,
to the Lord
and truly turn from your sin and turn to Him,
He will forgive you, for it is through the blood He shead at the cross that makes us clean, as white as snow.
it will be fulfilling for your soul, and He will give you reward in Heaven,
you will receive an eturnity in heaven rather than hell.
Matthew 7:13-14
“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.”
Finding the narrow path to the small gate
can be found in the teachings of Christ our Lord,
The words spoken by Father God and Christ Jesus
lead us to the narrow path and make it posable to enter in through the small gate.
But so many take the path of least resistance,
the broad path that leads to the wide gate,
that path is the way of the world,
that leads to the pit of hell.
So, so manyeven those who go by the name Christian,
would rather stay on the broad path,
rather then have the worls say bad things about them
or make fun of them.
For them it is better to take the broad path
and be safe from the condemnation from those they call friends.
Rather than to obey the only one who can condemn them to the fiery pit, the pit of hell.
We are told if we are in CHrist we have no need to fear mankind.
The Psalms put it this way:
Psalms 56:11
"In God i have put my trust, I shall mot be afraid.
What canman do to me."
Psalms 118:6
"The LORD is for me; I will not be afraid.
What can msn do to me?"
Psalms 56:4
"In God, whose word i praise,
In God i have put my trust;
I shall not be afraid.
What can mere man do to me?"
Jesus worns us:
Matthew 7:21-23
“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.’
Wow maybe those who go by the title Christian,
should stop playing church,
and get real about obeying and serving Christ the LORD.
look and listen to the manner Christ Jesus ends up His teachings that man has labeled,
“The Sermon on the Mount”
Matthew 5,6 and 7
end of this teaching, the end of Matthew 7 tell you where you are
Matthew 7:24-27
“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.
And the rain fell, and the floods came,
and the winds blew and slammed against that house;
and yet it did not fall,
for it had been founded on the rock.
Everyone who hears these words of Mine
and does not act on them,
will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
The rain fell, and the floods came,
and the winds blew and slammed against that house;
and it fell—and great was its fall.”
What is the foundation of your life built upon?
The wide path, the ways of this world?
The slippery slop that leads to the pit of hell?
Or is the foundation of your life built on the words of Christ,
Christ the son of the only living GOD,
our redeemer?
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to His disciples,
“If anyone wishes to come after Me,
he must deny himself,
and take up his cross and follow Me.
Matthew 19:21
Jesus said to him,
“If you wish to be complete,
go and sell your possessions and give to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven;
and come, follow Me.”
John 10:27
“My sheep hear My voice,
and I know them,
and they follow Me;
John 12:26
“If anyone serves Me,
he must follow Me;
and where I am,
there My servant will be also;
if anyone serves Me,
the Father will honor him.
Matthew 10:38
“And he who does not take his cross
and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
Luke 9:61-62
Another also said,
“I will follow You, Lord;
but first permit me to say good-bye to those at home.”
But Jesus said to him,
“No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back,
is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Have you made the choses to follow Christ Jesus?
But are still playing with the world and its ways?
Are you on the broad path
leading to the wide gate that leads to destruction?
Is your foundation on the Rock (Christ Jesus)?
Or are you still paying in the sand?
If you are still attached to the world, the ways of the world,
the things of this world.
Repent, turn to Christ Jesu,
confess your sins to Him and ask for forgiveness.
He is faithful to forgive.
If you do so, then get in to His word and attach the way you liv to the way He directs you in His word to live.
Don’t get sidetracked from the important things in live.
Do not become distracted from the manner Christ Jesus has set out before,
And turn from this word and to Him,
learn to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit,
Rather than the voice of this world.
He who dies with the most toys, is still dead,
but seeking for more, for his desires were in the world,
not in Christ Jesus.
He who dies with the abundant word of GOD in his heat,
lives on in eternity with all his desire met,
for his desires are in Christ Jesus not this world.
Matthew 7:21-23
“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.’
This is a wakeup call.
Wake up church, WAKE UP.
The writing is on the wall,
Your time is running out.