The Important Thing is to Not

I believe we have all been stupid and stubborn at some time in our lives. The important thing is to not make it a lifestyle. Joseph a son of Jehovah

When its Desires are Fixed On

“The heart is rich when it is content, and it is always content when its desires are fixed on God.” — Miguel Cordero-Munoz

Living Our Daily Life With

“Prayer is an end to isolation. It is living our daily life with someone; with Him who alone can deliver us from solitude.” — Georges Lefevre

But God Will Be

Then Jacob said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will take you back to Canaan, the land of your ancestors. Genesis 48:21 The Holy Bible ,The New Living Translation

Many times we have to part ways with Godly mentors but that is okay because The Holy Spirit it always with us and guides us along The Path to Heaven that Jesus has chosen for us to follow.

That has happened so many times in my life.

Someone I greatly admire and I part ways and I feel as if I am the only one in the world.

That is good because although Godly mentors are important it is more important that they are not placed above The Trinity.

As well, that Godly mentor can only lead us so far and then The Holy Spirit will guide us to another one to continue on the journey like a relay race.

Boy, has that happened a lot in my life as well.

Oh, and do not forget that at some point you will be a mentor to someone as well. It will happen numerous times.

Prayer: Thank you Jehovah Jireth (Genesis 22:14 The LORD Shall Provide ) for blessing me with so many wonderful mentors along the Path to Heaven You have chosen for me to travel in this life. Thank you as well for the many opportunities I have had to be a righteous mentor to others. I praise You in the name of the best mentor, Jesus Christ. Amen

SELAH!

SELAH! Pause – reflect- just think of that!

This photo and article @ Joseph- Anthony a son of Jehovah 2022

It Just Looks Like The

It just looks like the wicked are getting away with it but Jesus Christ’s justice always prevails. Joseph- Anthony a son of Jehovah

The Ascension of Christ

The Gospel of Luke describes the transference of the resurrected body of Jesus from the earth to heaven in Acts 1:9-11.

“And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. They also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

The location of the ascension was east of Jerusalem near Bethany. Forty days after His physical resurrection Jesus “was taken up” and disappeared into a cloud.

God raised Christ from the dead “and made Him sit at His right hand in the heavenly places” (Eph. 1:20). He sits “at the right hand of the Majesty on high” (Heb. 1:3).

The ascension made it possible for Christ to enter into His heavenly “glorification” and sit at the right hand of the Father until His enemies are made His footstool (Ps. 110:1).

The evidence for the glorification of Christ and His superiority over the Old Testament saints is His ascension (Acts 2:33-36). When He arrived into heaven He received “the name that is above every name” (Phil. 2:9-11). Jesus is superior to angels, authorities, principalities, powers and dominions because He is the ascended Lord (Heb. 1:13; 1 Tim. 3:16; 1 Pet. 3:22).

The important message for every believer is that even though Jesus is absent physically from the earth, He is still spiritually present with His church. He can be anywhere and everywhere with His followers all the time.

Jesus told His disciples the Holy Spirit could not come until Jesus died, rose from the dead and ascended to heaven (Jn. 16:7). “If I do not go away, the Helper shall not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.”

Without the ascension Jesus would be in one location on the earth, but not spiritually present everywhere. Because Jesus ascended to heaven He is “wherever two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in your midst” (Matt. 18:20). At His ascension He said, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matt. 28:20). Because Jesus is in heaven He is everywhere all the time through His Spirit.

The ascension proves that Jesus really did rise from the dead. Where is the body of Jesus? He is at the right side of His Father seated in power and authority (Eph. 1:20; Heb. 1:30). He is alive.

The ascension gives us a steadfast assurance that the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ was accepted by God the Father as the perfect atonement for sinners. Jesus is in the presence of the Father and no other sacrifice for sin ever needs to be made again (Heb. 4:14; 6:20; 9:24). Jesus’ once-for-all sacrifice for sin never has to be repeated (Heb. 1:3; 9:12; 10:12; 12:2). He sits on the throne. His atoning work is finished.

The ascension of Jesus gives us assurance that everything is now complete and one day we, too, will reign with Him in His kingdom. Jesus returned to heaven “to prepare a place for you” (Jn. 14:2). The ascension guarantees the promise, “I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (v. 3). One day every believer in Christ will ascend to be with Him (2 Cor. 5:1-10; 2 Thess. 4:13-18; 1 Cor. 15:50-58).

The ascension of Jesus makes it possible for us to go boldly into the presence of God in prayer (Heb. 4:14-16). We have an advocate with the Father (1 John 2:1-2) who has experienced everything we experience in this life. He understands and is always ready to help in our time of need (Heb. 2:17; 5:7-10).Selah!

SELAH! Pause – reflect- just think of that!

Message by Wil Pounds (c) 2006

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By the Things that Break

Let my heart be broken by the things that break the heart of God. Bob Pierce

But God Has Not Allowed Him

But he has cheated me, changing my wages ten times. But God has not allowed him to do me any harm. Genesis 31:7

So he gathered a group of his relatives and set out in hot pursuit. He caught up with Jacob seven days later in the hill country of Gilead. But the previous night God had appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and told him, “I’m warning you leave Jacob alone!” Genesis 31:23-24 The Holy Bible ,The New Living Translation

Laban had cheated Jacob but out of this Jacob was blessed with an increase of flocks over Laban.

Jacob noticed Labans family had become so angry with him they were ready to kill him.

Jehovah spoke to Jacob and told him to vamoose.

Labans family took off in hot pursuit. Jehovah warned Laban not to harm Jacob.

What do you think would have happened if Laban had of tried to harm Jacob?

Many times the wicked will lay traps for the righteous but God will bless us with prosperity instead of failure. This will enrage the wicked. But God will advice us to vamoose.

The wicked will come after us with a blood lust.

But God will protect them.

Do you think Jehovah will allow them to harm a child of His? I do not.

That is why I was never afraid of the threats the tyrants in the government made to the unvaccinated ( like me ) when I refused to put that Frankenstein poison ( vaccine ) in my body .

Is it not interesting how the vaccinated are suffering much more than the unvaccinated?

Or when threatened for refusing to to wear the face diaper- face mask ( like me ).

Jehovah spoke with me at the beginning of this scam and told me not to comply.

If He tells me not to do something do you think He will allow some bully to hurt me for obeying Him?

My history says He will not .

Remember follow The Holy Spirits guiding not mans.

The Holy Spirits is for your own good while mans is for his own profit ( and how much profit did the drug companies ( legalized dope pushers ) and government lackies make off of that covid scam? ) .

The evil ones will try to hurt you for refusing to submit to them and choosing to obey God rather than them but God will not allow that to happen.

Prayer: Thank you Jehovah Immeka (Judges 6:12 The LORD Is with You ) for blessing me with The Holy Spirit to walk with me and guide me through out the day, every day. Thank you that He warns me of scams that will hurt me. Thank you for His undefeatable protection from the wicked ones that seek to devour the righteous. I praise you in the name of my Heavenly King You have blessed me to serve, Jesus Christ. Amen

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The Surest Mark Of

The surest mark of true conversion is humility. J. C. Ryle

Are You Saved?

Have you been saved?  

Have you come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ?  

It is a question that is almost exclusive to Christianity.

The word saved in the Bible had three tenses. We were saved from the penalty of sin the very moment we put our trust in Christ Jesus as our savior. We are now being saved from the power of sin by the process of progressive sanctification. Moreover, we shall be saved from the presence of sin at the coming of our Lord in His glory.

We were justified by faith in Christ, we are being sanctified by the Holy Spirit and we shall be glorified when Christ returns for us.

The word salvation is related to the good news of the atoning death of Jesus Christ.  The apostle Paul wrote, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek” (Romans 1:16).

God has delivered us from the penalty and power of sin and has preserved us with His gift of eternal life.  It is the sum of all blessings bestowed by God through Jesus Christ.

It is only by the name of Jesus Christ that we can ever be saved.  Acts 4:12 says, “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”  “For whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved” (Romans 10:13).

In salvation God deals with the whole person: spirit, mind and body. The gospel of salvation includes justification, sanctification and glorification.

In the context of this great verse, the apostle Paul reminds his readers, “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them” (Romans 1:18-19).

Therefore, we are all without excuse.  “And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things” (Romans 2:2).  What “things”?  Paul tells us in vivid detail in 1:18-3:20.

The Jews were guilty of breaking God’s revealed law.  “For it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified” (Romans 2:13). The only problem is no one, but Jesus Christ ever lived up to the Law.  All stand guilty before God. “There is none righteous, not even one” (3:10).  “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (v. 23).

In vivid contrast Jesus Christ revealed the perfect righteousness of God.

However, not only have the Jewish people broken the written Law of God, but “When Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus” (Romans 2:14-16).

What was the problem?  Again all stand guilty before God.  “For there is no partiality with God. For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law; for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified. For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves” (Romans 2:11-14).

What is the solution since we are all depraved sinners?  Jesus Christ is our only hope.  Salvation is a gift of God by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus (Rom. 3:22-25; Eph. 2:8-9; Rom. 5:6-8, 10:9-10, 13:8-11).

“For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17, NASB 1995).Selah!

Message by Wil Pounds (c) 2006

Anyone is free to use this material and distribute it, but it may not be sold under any circumstances whatsoever without the author’s written consent.