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"Verily, verily, i say unto you, he that heareth my word and believeth on Him that sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into the condemnation, but is passed from death to life."
John 5:24

"And this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil." John 3:19

"User Friendly" is a much used expression today and it refers to instructions, procedures or processes that are uncomplicated and easy to follow. Many churches have adapted this "user friendly" mentality. Heavy on the love in the Gospel message but fall deceivingly and fatally short on the cross and dying parts. There are no shortcuts to a relationship with God that leads to eternal life. We all must die to our fleshy, sinful selves, pick up our cross and follow Jesus, EVERY DAY.

"And he said to them all, "If any man will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." Luke 9:23

Pastors are leading people astray when they do not preach the cross for our daily lives. Our best life is waiting for us in eternity, it is not now, not here in this world where SATAN reigns. Now lies the trials and struggles of the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. All of us, not just pastors on Sundays, but all of us every day are called to be Jesus Ambassadors, his witnesses, his servants, here for one purpose, one mission, to bring his message of Jesus Christ and enlarge the Kingdom of Heaven, amen. If we cannot commit to the Gospel message and the mission Jesus left us, then we are not Christians. We are serving to help Satan enlarge hell. Pretty simple really. We cannot have it both ways. Serve God or Satan, heaven or hell, Jesus or the world. We have to choose and time is short. Be not deceived, Jesus is coming soon and we do not want to be caught serving the false gods of this world.

To gain eternal life Jesus said you have to know His Father and Him.

John 17:3 says, "And this is eternal life, that they might know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent."

To know God and His son intimately as is the meaning of the word know here, you must be praying, reading His word, fasting and doing the work of the ministry. Anything sound foreign to anyone here? Because without reading the word and praying, how can you know? Know God or his will for your life? To know God and His son is to know true love for the lost and know true compassion for the lost.

"And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes he was moved with compassion on them because they fainted and were scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd." Matthew 9:35-36

"When you see it like he saw it, you will do it like he did it, Lord break my heart once again."

If we know Jesus, we love Jesus, we will feed his sheep the truth (John 21:15-17), we will bring the truth to the lost (Luke 19:10), we will do the work he tells us to do. It is all there in the Word of God. All he expects of us in this life. Love Him above all things and love our neighbor (Matthew 22:37-40). That means keeping his commands, every word written down for us, every prompting of the Holy Spirit of God in us, His presence in us today. Please do not drown out his presence with worldly pursuits, please listen to him and hear Him.

Do not be a hypocrite.

"This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth and honoureth me with their lips but their hearts are far from me." Matthew 15:8

Where our hearts are, our treasure is. Is God our heart or the world. Do not miss what God has for us in this life and in eternity. Do not miss it.

"Therefore i say unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof." Matthew 21:43

Fruit of our labor for Jesus is others hearing and accepting His word. We are all called. The way is narrow and few will even find it.

"Enter ye in at the straight gate for wide is the gate and broad the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in thereat. Because straight is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it." Matthew 7:13-14

Rejecting Jesus is not without consequences and denying him here before men will cost us eternally.

"Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will i confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will i also deny before my Father which is in heaven." Matthew 10:32-33

i ask the Lord to bring at least one person a day i can share the Word of God with. We can do this anyplace we are if it is important enough to us. Home with family, co-workers, friends, the store, coffee shops... Be bold. If we know the urgency of the times we live in and what is at stake we will tell as many as we can. We will be judged by God for every word we speak here.

"But i say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give an account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." Matthew 12:36-37

Lets encourage each other in the Lord and find our joy and strength in Him. He promises these things to us if we just know him and do his will. Just serve him.

The time is coming and is here in many countries when we will not be free to preach and teach the saving Gospel of Jesus. Right here in Daytona Beach they threaten to arrest us on the street. To stop us from preaching the Gospel. People the time is now to stand up for Jesus. Do not wait any longer to share the message of repentance, of hope and life. If the Lord tarries, what kind of world do we want for our children. Only a life following Jesus is promised eternity with Him. Living in and following the ways of the world will just bring death and eternity in the lake of fire. It is time to choose.

Be encouraged as you come to know Jesus more intimately. Pray for this nation which is steeped in sin. The sin of killing the unborn, the sin of condoning homosexual relations and marriage. Sins that are an abomination to God. Amen.

"If my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways then will i hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14