Ephesians
4:32, “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the
day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour,
and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one
to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's
sake hath forgiven you.”
The greatest two commandments in the Holy Bible are to love God, and love
our neighbour as our self. So really, there is just one commandment, to
LOVE. We have no right to judge anyone. Instead, we ought to carry each
other's burdens. We ought to help carry our neighbour's backpack, so to
speak...
Romans 15:1-7, “We
then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to
please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for
his good to edification. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it
is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. For
whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning,
that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be
likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: That
ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore receive ye one another, as
Christ also received us to the glory of God.”
Don't look down and judge each
another. Look for opportunities to help others in need! It is more blessed
to GIVE than to RECEIVE!!! Acts 20:35, “I have shewed you all things, how
that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of
the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give
than to receive.” Romans 15:2, “Let
every one of us please his neighbour for his good to
edification.” The Bible is talking about LIVING FOR OTHERS! Romans
15:3a, “For even Christ pleased not himself...”
God created us to glorify Him. We
glorify God by obeying Him. We obey Him by separating from sin, by loving
our brother in Christ. We cannot glorify our Maker without obeying His Word.
We ought to be patient and consoling toward each other. Romans 15:5-6, “Now
the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward
another according to Christ Jesus: That ye may with one mind and
one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” We
show our love for God BY LOVING OTHERS! 1st John 4:20, “If a man say, I
love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he
that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he
hath not seen?” If we hurt another Christian, it is
equivalent to hurting the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Matthew 25:40, “And
the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
Jesus washed His disciple's feet
to teach us to serve and love one another. It is a sin for us to judge
others! We're there for each other. We're not there to judge and condemn
each other. All we have is each other! If we don't pray for our Christian
brother and sister, no one else will. You can rest assure on that fact. We
are to carry our brother's weight. As the song title by The Hollies goes,
“He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother.” Don't judge, help!!!
Obedient Christians Are Led
by the Indwelling Holy Spirit to Love Everyone
The indwelling Holy Spirit teaches
us to love everyone. We are God's children; therefore, we are led by God's
Spirit to love each other. Romans 8:14, “For as many as are led by the
Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” It grieves God when believers
hold grudges, hate each other, and fight amongst ourselves. Ephesians
4:32, “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye
are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and
wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with
all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.” Heaven looks
over the balconies of glory at the way we treat each other. The indwelling
Holy Spirit is literally GOD IN US (1st Corinthians 3:16-17). It grieves
God, making Him sad, if we don't love one another. Galatians 5:14, “For
all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself.”
Being a good Christian
is not merely a matter of choosing between good and bad, but of choosing
between what is best and good. God deserves the best. If we don't have love
for others, our words mean nothing. If we don't have love for our neighbour,
our testimony means nothing. If we don't have love, our preaching is as
sounding cymbals making noise, ineffective. People don't care what you know,
until they know that you care. The opposite of love is not hate, it is
indifference. So many Christians just don't care, stuck in their comfort
zone, living for me, myself and I. That is not a testimony that is pleasing
to the Lord. The Holy Bible says that God didn't turn the captivity of Job
until he prayed for his judgmental friends, who had wrongly condemned him.
Job 42:10, “And the LORD turned the captivity of Job,
when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as
much as he had before.”
Dr. Hyles used to say
that no one can withstand the attack of a critic. He is absolutely correct!
If you are upset with someone, or don't like them, or you're just an ungodly
critic, YOU WILL FIND FAULT with anyone you scrutinize. Due to the wicked
liberal newsmedia, Hollyweird and our ungodly culture of sleaze today, the
love of many have grown cold. Matthew 24:12, “And because iniquity shall
abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”
Clearly, we are now in the end times of Bible prophecy. Matthew chapter 24
is all about the 7-year Tribulation period. Albeit, we are already seeing
many of these symptoms becoming a reality in the world. In Australia this
week, same-sex perversion was legalized. The United States legalized
homosexual unions in June of 2015. It is wickedness.
If you are a born-again
believer, it is ONLY because of the precious redeeming blood of Jesus
Christ! Being justified in the eyes of a holy God has absolutely NOTHING to
do with our own merit or goodness. God doesn't show mercy toward me because
I am having a tough time, doing my best, or working hard to get souls saved.
God shows mercy toward me for one reason—because of the precious blood of
Jesus Christ that was shed on the cross to pay for my sins. The only
difference between the vilest unsaved criminal and the holiest born-again
saint, in the eyes of God regarding salvation, is the precious sin-cleansing
blood of the Lord Jesus Christ!!! Apart from Christ's sacrifice on the
cross, I would be just as wicked as the vilest sinner in the sight of God
almighty (James 2:10). Praise God the Father for the wondrous gift of His
only begotten Son, Jesus!!!
Since God has freely
forgiven a dirty sinner like me of all my sins, I am also expected to
forgive others.
Not Forgiving
Others is a Serious Offense to God
The Lord tells a
powerful parable in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 18, about a servant who
owed a massive debt to his king. In fact, he owed 10,000 talents. Do you
have any idea how much money that is worth? I'll tell you. It would require
the wages earned over
160,000
lifetimes! A talent weighs 75 pounds. So 10,000 talents of gold would be
valued at approximately
$1,250,000,000,000. These were not small coins in the parable. Just five
talents would provide enough income to live 82 years!
The Bible says that the
king commanded for the man's wife and children to be sold. Can you imagine
that? And everything that the man owned sold as well, to pay his debt. But
the man begged for mercy from the King, and it was granted to him. Wow! That
is a kind, merciful and generous king. Yet, as unbelievable as it seems,
that very pardoned man had a servant of his own, who owed him just 100 pence
(which is about $1.60 in U.S. currency). Literally, the man's servant owed
him mere pocket change. Yet, the wicked man ordered his servant arrested and
thrown in prison for the insignificant debt owed.
The moral of this
parable applies to believers. Christ gave His life on the cross, shedding
His blood and dying to pay for all of our endless list of sins. In
comparison, our imperfect Christian brothers' and sisters' sins and offenses
against us are insignificant in comparison to the massive debt that we owed
God for our sins. God through the sacrifice of His only begotten Son has
paid the price in full for our sins, and so ought we also forgive everyone
who trespasses against us...
Matthew 18:21-35, “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my
brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith
unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times
seven. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which
would take account of his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was
brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as
he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and
children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant
therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with
me, and I will pay thee all. Then the lord of that servant was moved with
compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. But the same servant
went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred
pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay
me that thou owest. And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and
besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. And
he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came
and told unto their lord all that was done.
Then his lord, after that he had
called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that
debt, because thou desiredst me: Shouldest not thou also have had compassion
on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should
pay all that was due unto him.
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your
hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.”
My friend, I don't want
to find out what that last statement means. I don't want to provoke God's
wrath, by refusing to forgive everyone in my life. Forgiveness is a choice.
I choose to forgive everyone, even before it is asked. There have been many
people throughout my life, who deeply hurt me in numerous ways, and have
never sought my forgiveness, and never will, but I have forgiven them with
God's love anyway. Life is too short to live with a burden of hatred. I
didn't forgive them for their sake, but for my sake.
Hatred is too heavy a
burden to carry. I couldn't enjoy the peace of God, and walk in sweet
fellowship with the Lord, if I harbored bitterness, grudges and hatred
against anyone in my heart of hearts. So I chose long ago to forgive
everyone, by placing them all into God's omnipotent hands for judgment. I am
simply going to trust God and let Him avenge all evils, as the Scriptures
teach (Romans 12:19-21). I love my enemies. I bless those who curse me. I
smile at those who hate me. I befriend those who mistreat me, ostracize me
from church, and make me sad. I do these things because I love God. In fact,
it is not even me doing these things, it is GOD THROUGH ME doing these
things. I don't love those who mistreat me and shun me away from church, GOD
LOVES THEM through me, by way of the indwelling Holy Spirit. There is no one
on this planet that I don't love with God's love.
Many Christian believers
refuse to walk in the Spirit that indwells them. Galatians 5:25, “If we
live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” Of the nine “fruit”
(singular) of the Holy Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22, the first is “LOVE.”
You show me a professed believer who lacks love for others, and I know they
are not walking in the Spirit. Our churches are filled with carnal believers
who hold grudges, are ungrateful, talk gossip, criticize, harbor ill
feelings and look down on other Christians with whom they conflict. They
abuse the Scriptures by citing the conflict between the apostle Paul and
Barnabas over John Mark, using that to justify holding a grudge against
others. Acts 15:39, “And the contention was so sharp between them, that
they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and
sailed unto Cyprus.”
I literally received an
e-mail a few months ago from a shameful local (Bob Jones graduate) Baptist
pastor, who cited the preceding Scripture as lame justification to deny my
request to attend church services. That is wickedness! Romans 14:10, “But
why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at
nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment
seat of Christ.” The immature pastor simply doesn't like me, and is
holding a personal grudge, looking for anyway he can to justify setting his
brother at nought, which is a very ungodly thing to do (as we just read from
Romans 14:10). So I have no place close to me to attend church, and those
local pastors have innocent blood on their hands, for not bearing the
infirmities of a needy brother (Romans 15:1-7). Albeit, I still love them
unconditionally with God's love, pray for them daily, and have placed them
into God's hands for judgment. I cannot control what other believer's do,
but I can control what I do.
I Rejoice That I
Am Doing the Right Thing, Telling the Truth
I heard a precious
passage of Scripture the other day from Psalms 32:5-11, “I acknowledged
my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess
my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
Selah. For this shall every one that is godly pray unto
thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of
great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. Thou art
my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt
compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. I will instruct thee and
teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose
mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth
in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. Be glad in the LORD,
and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that
are upright in heart.”
I love that last
preceding statement especially... “SHOUT FOR JOY, ALL YE THAT ARE UPRIGHT IN
HEART”!!! I rejoice in my heart that I am telling THE TRUTH, and that I am
not telling lies like the Bob Jones camp down the street from me. They are
using, selling and promoting corruptible seed (i.e., the
satanic Alexandrian Bible
perversions), but I am using and promoting only the incorruptible King
James Bible!!!!!!! They use, sell and promote the
Easy-To-Read Version (ERV) of the Bible. They are doing wrong!
The Bob Jones Baptist
church in my neighborhood on Guam also promote and distribute materials by
false prophet Dr. John MacArthur, who says, and I quote: “There
is no such thing as a childhood conversion.” You see, in Mr. MacArthur's
dark world, salvation is so complex that a child couldn't possible be saved.
This is not the “simplicity that is in Christ” (2nd Corinthians 11:3),
where even a small 5-year-old child can know that he is a sinner, and
believe the Good News (Gospel) of Jesus Christ Who was crucified on
the cross for our sins, was buried, and the third day bodily raised up from
the dead (1st Corinthians 15:1-6). John MacArthur requires MUCH more to be
saved, adding a full surrender of one's life to serve Jesus Christ as your
Lord also. Mr. MacArthur confuses discipleship with salvation, thus teaching
a false plan of salvation that cannot produce the new birth in Christ. Not
surprisingly, John MacArthur attended religious college at Bob Jones
University (BJU). Birds of a feather flock together.
Psalms 32:11b, “...shout
for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.” My joy that I am
preaching THE TRUTH far outweighs my sorrow that the Bob Jones camp down the
street call me and Dr. Jack Hyles “a cult” for standing faithful to the
inspired King James Bible. If I hated these men down the street from me, I'd
expose them by name. Also, the reason I don't is because they are unknowns, and I
want to keep it that way. They don't deserve to be popular. I promote
truth-tellers, not shameful cowards who bury their heads in the sand,
betraying the Word of God by promoting dozens of Bible PERversions. I say
that very kindly, but with truth and confidence. 2nd Corinthians 11:6,
“But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been
throughly made manifest among you in all things.” God is using my
firsthand knowledge of the apostasy in the Bob Jones camp to help warn
millions of people, so that they won't be deceived by Satan, as have the
Alexandrian BJU camp. I make a big fuss over the Holy Bible, because it is “THE
BATTLE OF THE AGES” (an awesome MP3 sermon by Pastor Jack Hyles,
preached in 1994). I love all my web visitors!
