Saturday, August 22, 2009

Bible Study on "faith" at the Upper Room… Thursday night

Increase Faith…2 Cor 10:15…Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

Faith can grow…2 Thess 1:3… We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth

You can add to faith…2 Peter 1:5…And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

Faith made perfect…James 2:22…Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

Holy faith builds…Jude 20… But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

Impossible to please God without faith…Heb 11:6…But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is

Men can depart from faith…1 Tim 4:1…in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Conditional faith… Col 1:23…If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard,

Err from the faith…1 Tim 6:10…For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith,

Faith can be shipwrecked…1 Tim 1:19…which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

Faith must be held on to…1 Tim 1:18-19…according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; Holding faith, and a good conscience

Be full of it without doubt…Acts 6:5-8…and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

Faith is a certainty

Faith is a form of Belief

Faith Trusts God

Full assurance of faith…Heb 10:22…Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience

The foundation of faith…The Word of God

Faith can be lost

Precious faith is obtained…2 Peter 1:1…Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

Mutual faith…Rom 1:12...that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

The just live by faith…faith qualifies a man to be Justified or declared innocent by God…Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, Hebrews 10:38

Faith comes to man by hearing…Gal 3:5…He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Rom 10:17…So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Christ dwells in men’s hearts by faith…Eph 3:17… That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;


The acts of faith are three. They are distinct, yet concurrent exercises of the mind.


1. The assent of the understanding to the truth of God in the Gospel, especially that part of it which relates to the death of Christ as a sacrifice for sin.
2. The consent of the will and of the affections to this plan of salvation; such an approbation and choice of it as implies a renunciation of every other refuge.
3. From this assent of the enlightened understanding, and the consent of the rectified will, result actual trust in the Saviour, and personal approbation of its merits. This must necessarily be preceded by true repentance.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Are you ready?

Think about this for a moment or two, "What is the present state of the sinful world?" LOST
What is the present state of the Church, the body of Christ, at this time? RAPTURE READY
What is the state of the religious world? “IFFY?” Yes iffy! Why?It's…based on self sufficiency...not God's sufficiency.
What is the present state of the human being…saved or unsaved? UNSAVED and without Christ!

If you're not saved would you be willing to give your heart and life to Christ today for personal forgiveness and personal salvation?
Are you prepared to meet him in the air?
Think about it.
Are you ready for the Rapture?
Have you heard the Gospel? The Gospel that saves souls. The Gospel that God can change man morally with truth and Divine Revelation?
Have you really accepted Christ?
Do you want to escape bondage's that sinful men encounter in this life? Do you need help breaking away from the bondage of sin?
Do you actually know Christ for personal forgiveness of sins? Is every sin is forgiven? Is every transgression removed?
Sin is a bondage that all men need delivered from. Without Christ there is no deliverance

Without Christ Satan’s Crowd will run over you.
Hear me now...Satan’s Kingdom will fall...because the Bible says so!
We're in the worst time in history...

Are you ready for Christ? Are you willing to give your heart to Him?

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The seven Churches are miniature pictures of seven Church Ages

In today's Blog (before I get into it) I'd like to pour my heart a little bit. For the past 10 days I've been doing a roof project at my residence that has been going up and down so to speak. As I delved into this venture and a very small corner of the business world of sub-contracting God warned and halted this writer with great admonition. I sought God's face and directive as He ministered to this writer's heart. Today as I write these words, I understood God's admonition as "all" my subjection lies in Him. He let me know a few things in the past 24 hours and here's a few examples of what He let me know. Don't gamble...don't get wrapped up in politics...don't get wrapped up in the business world...and thus He showed me why? He let me know these matters and conditions of life...could cost me my Salvation. So after realizing God's Divine influence I understood from Him,"Don't do it son!" A great lesson for this writer and much was learned concerning my hope and future plans in Christ. He called me to do His work...so that I must do! In the midst of all the ups and downs in life this writer in subjection to God concludes with the following verse ...

1 John 2:15-17...Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Now that's off my heart...here's today's blog from the book of Revelation.


The seven Churches are miniature pictures of seven Church Ages.

Ephesus,  left their first love - AD 100.

From the First Century Church to the Third Century you will find deviation from the early Apostle’s doctrine of Grace. Likewise men deviated from a consciousness to the Holy Spirit’s work and presence as taught in the Epistles. Water Baptism in all various modes for many various reasons became rampant for centuries. This plague is still in effect today. The teachings of Sanctification through the Spirit have dwindled. “Dead works” prevailed. Regardless of the doctrines of men the Body of Christ still existed through the Ages.

Smyrna… that Age ranged from 100-312 AD

During these years Roman governments were ruled by Caesars (212 years).  Jewish insurrections and political ties were strongly linked to the Religious world. On the Gentile side philosophies and pagan religious worship crept in. Jewish Law and Gentile Philosophy mixed with Grace. Grace alone in the Body of Christ was gradually becoming tainted. Papal supremacy which began at Constantine ruled for centuries. The Church still existed through this Age.

Pergamum means joined in marriage …that Age ranged from 312-590 AD

During these centuries you had the origin of priestly worship called the “Nicolatians”. Plain religion mixed with a Jezebel spirit subtly seduced men into religious worship and politics rather the Grace of God through faith in Christ alone. The Body of Christ still existed through this Age. The Word of God was written and preserved in Latin. Priestly worship, politics, and religion permitted crusades, wars, and dominance throughout Europe and that side of the earth for centuries. This continued through the Dark Ages as the Body of Christ still existed through that Age.

Thyatira allowed Jezebel to seduce …That Age ranged from 590-1517 AD

Then you had Reformation where men began to protest the Roman Church and its religious teachings. There English translations of the Word of God were made. The Protestant reformation existed for years where the King James Version of the Bible in English was introduced. The Body of Christ still existed.

This was the Church Age of Sardis …That Age ranged from 1517-1750 AD

After the Reformation you had an awakening that swept the world for three centuries. During this awakening God used mighty men of God to preach revival throughout Europe and it's continents all the way to the United States where revival likewise swept the U.S. with the power and presence of the Holy Ghost. One prevalent move during those years was the Azuza Street Revival that became a great testimony for Christ in the 1900’s.

Philadelphia in John’s Revelation was the only perfect Church …That Age ranged from 1750-1925 AD

The Seven Churches of John were actual Churches at that time however; those seven Churches also “revealed” the religious and political conditions that existed through the Ages until now.

We are presently in the seventh Age, which is the Church of Laodicia. 1925-to present.

Unfortunately this Church Age is neither hot nor cold it’s “lukewarm”. This lukewarm state is obvious for anyone who knows Christ to see; “Just look around”. This self-sufficient lukewarm religious condition at present  makes God sick enough to vomit.

· Rev 3:16-17…So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

The Revelation of Christ in chapters 1-3 deals with miniature pictures of conditions that took place in the Seven Church Ages. In Chapter Four of Revelation the Spirit of God took John up to Heaven, away from future catastrophic conditions and revealed to John what it will be like, hereafter. Hereafter what? …The closing of this Laodician Age where the entire body of Christ is caught up to meet with Christ in the air. The Hindering work of the Holy Spirit steps aside and the Wrath and Judgment seat from an Almighty God begins. Our present Church age is moving toward this closing where the Rapture of the Church will be a believer’s only escape from Christ’s future Wrath and Judgment where the Anti-Christ steps in. The closing of this Age is described in the following verse when John says, “After this”.

· Rev 4:1…After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

First words…after this (present conditions of the lukewarm Laodician Age).

Secondly…come up hither (dead in Christ and those alive being caught up in the Rapture).

Third…I will show you things hereafter (Hereafter what?)…The Rapture. What takes place on Earth after the Church is removed. Mercy is gone. The Omnipresence of the Holy Spirit as we know it in the Church …is gone. Then come’s the seals, vials, trumps, and the woes through the Wrath of the Lamb and the Judgment seat of Christ.

The Revelation of Christ in the Rapture shows how God is going to deliver His Church the Bride from a predicted devastation, Wrath, and Judgment. That deliverance is only a glimpse of God calling out His saints in the Rapture and taking them to refuge in Heaven before the Anti-Christ and works of Satan begin on the earth. Revelation thus describes Tribulation, Wrath, and Judgment on the Earth BUT!!! All this takes place “after” the Rapture of the Church.

Monday, August 17, 2009

What is the "best evidence" we have today that proves Christ is real?

The morally changed heart and life...by the Grace of God! The clean heart proves the power of a resurrected Christ. Deliverance from sin and holiness of conduct proves my Saviour lives! Christ is not a figment of man's imagination. He changes things Brother! The power of Christ is not limited. Christ can deliver man from alcohol, drugs, gambling, or the problems of life. From Heaven He controls "all" things. Yes my Brother, the best evidence we have to prove Christ lives...is your changed heart and life! Prove it with your character! Prove it with your actions! Prove it in your witness. He's alive and He changes things. Glory!

1 Peter 1:3-5... Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Col 1:14-16... In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: