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I do
believe that not only should we not sin, but that we should also not
create great temptations, otherwise our brothers and sisters might fall
into sin. For example, do not leave a brand new bicycle parked outside
in a poor area. Hey, it might turn up missing. God
likes people who care. Do listen to what He says. God says: Matthew 25:31-46
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by 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 took Me in, I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited 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?
When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?
When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’ And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’ Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire 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 take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’ And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’ And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” Please
do notice that the wrath of God comes upon people who refuse to
help others because they do not care.
Fellow Christians, we should indeed stay away from places where active sin is going on. For example, bars and liquor stores and casinos. These are places that demons like to congregate in. Often, an area can seem
innocuous. Ask yourself if you are willing to pay the price.
Matthew 18:8-9
If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
God does not want any of us to perish and He
does warn us. However, we do need to become even more aware. The actions that we
take now... these will indeed determine where we will spend eternity so it is
important that we stay away from sin.
Oh yes, let me repeat, the actions that we take now... these may well
help determine where we spend our eternity and I want that to be in Paradise
with Jesus my savior.
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What
our God has in store for us is so awesome. It is hard for us to believe
it is real even.
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need to fear where God is taking us. It will be a wonderful place
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Christ says:
John 14:1-3
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
All the trouble and worries... that this world
fills you with will evaporate away. Christ is preparing a nice place for us.
I do not believe that we have to die to go to
this wonderful residence, but that Christ will come to rapture us. Then
we can be with him in Paradise.
Do hear what God promises us.
Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.
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God is willing to let us eat
of the fruit of the tree of life that is in His magnificent
paradise. This tree was first offered to Adam and Eve when they
were in the Garden of Eden, but they chose to obey Satan rather
than God.
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The result is plain for us to see. Hey, we do
fear what is coming. People no longer look forward to what tomorrow will
bring us. Instead, we are worrying more.
God wants us to eat of the tree of life and
live forever in a Paradise that He created for us. Please remember that this tree is not for
spirit beings who are already immortal, but for flesh and blood people
like us. After we eat the fruit of the tree of life we can live forever
with God, but first we must overcome sin.
Let us ask God to give us... the strength that
is necessary so we can overcome our sins.
However, we must also do our part to avoid sin.
It is not easy. That said, if we try we will definitely do better than if we do
zero.
Do understand that life here on Planet Earth is
about to get even worse. God is getting a nice place ready for us. It is
important that you are ready to go.
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