NO MAN CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS!

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3rd February Back to the Bible daily by disciple John

Matt 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Our Lord says we are either a Spiritual person, or a person of the world, and there is no in between. If we have Lord Jesus as our Saviour, then the riches of this world will have no more attraction for us. Our focus, and our priorities are all about the kingdom of God.

Our God feeds the sparrow and clothes the lily, and we are worth a lot more then both of these. We are to seek first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all things will be added to us. We lack nothing accept a strong faith in our Father.

We should not be surprised that the preachers from Africa and Asia are people of great faith, because they have to work with limited resources, and trust in God. They have a people in their congregation who are mostly very poor, who know that if they are sick and have no money they cannot be treated by a doctor, and they could never afford to go to a hospital. They have no free health service, no unemployment benefit, and no government pension scheme. They learn to trust in God and seek first the Kingdom of God so His kingdom will come, and because of their increased faith, they have more signs and wonders in their churches.

Prayer:  Thank you Heavenly Father for your word to us, and we ask that through the Holy Spirit our faith will increase, and your kingdom will come and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen

YOU'LL BE LEFT STRANDED

Things started out so well- now the ship's gone down and you're
all washed up!
It's the same   with life...When you put your trust in something or someone that lets you down;
you're left stranded right!

Now the truth is.......Sooner or later everything in this world will let you down!
It's just made that way!
The Bible says-  "You came into this world with nothing and you'll go out the same way."
That's what it says - true or false?
It also says-  "What if you gained the whole world and lost your soul?"
Why put your trust in something that is doomed to fail?
Sooner or later your ship is bound to sink!

Now I want to introduce you to a very special person.
He said "I will never let you down."
He said "I will be with you always."
He said "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
He said " I will give you life with a capital 'L.'

He came to save you from being "Stranded" (in Hell) for all eternity!   He told the truth- He meant what He said!
Because there is no sin in Him it's impossible for Him to lie!
He even went so far as to shed His blood and to die for the sins of the whole world! (Because He loved us all so much.)

A few ( A very privileged few) believed and trusted in Him and found they weren't stranded any more!

This very special person's name is JESUS CHRIST!

He's not religious!

HE'S THE WAY TO A BRAND NEW LIFE!

Most people meet Him at "Wit's end corner"
(That's why they're so grateful to Him)
The wages of sin is death - that's your problem - But....He can
take your sin, your depression, your fear, your anger, even your
selfishness and pride!
Once you learn to trust Him and surrender to His will!

HOW DO YOU MEET HIM?  LIKE THIS:-

1.  ADMIT  You're a sinner.
     (This is harder than most people think, but)
"All have sinned and come short of the Glory of God" 
(Romans 3 v 23). Including you!

2.   TURN  from your sins -  (REPENT) and ask for His forgiveness.   (This is even harder as it requires sincerity and great humility.)  To help you - "God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to a place of REPENTANCE"  (2 Peter 3 v 9).

3.   RECEIVE Him into your heart.  (Harder still as this must be done in faith.)  "By grace are you saved through faith" (Ephesians 2 v 8-9).

4.   CONFESS Him openly as LORD and SAVIOUR.
(most difficult of all.)   But if you do!
God says:  "YOU WILL BE SAVED" (Romans 10 v 9).

"SAVED FROM WHAT?"  
                                               
You'll be left stranded!
No hope, Sin and Death and thereafter eternal suffering and separation from love especially the love of the Creator God and Father, Son and Holy Spirit in heaven
and leading to eternal damnation forever!

What is the Gospel?

What is the Gospel? There are many responses you will get if you randomly ask this question. The popular Christian definition of the gospel is the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. Then, there is the gospel of the kingdom which John the Baptist and Christ himself preached. Also the book of Revelation refers to the end-time preaching of the eternal gospel. What are these gospels, and what are the similarities and differences between them? And Paul speaks of the mystery of the gospel...which the majority today still do not understand...These and other questions will be answered in this study.

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Jesus Christ Daily

Rashida Singh

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2 Timothy 1:7

New King James Version (NKJV)

7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

However, God has given me a sound mind, with some common sense! And Common sense tells me this is not for ME! LOL

Have a bless day in Christ, love Sis Rashida:)

CHRIST PLEADING FOR ADMISSION

CHRIST PLEADING FOR ADMISSION
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me."-- Revelation_3:20.

DO NOT forget the majesty and glory of Him who asks for admission!
In the following verse, He declares that He is able to give the right of sitting with Himself on His Throne. He stands, that some day we may sit! O child of two worlds, shut your ear to the chatterings and noise of this passing age, and listen to Him who stands at the door of your life and knocks!

Of course, we know that the Saviour never withdraws Himself from hearts that are really His own. He abides in them, as they abide in Him. But with us there may be ebbs as well as flows. The current may drop from feet to inches. The light may linger in the sky, while clouds obscure the face of the sun. The heat of the body may remain, but the extremities may become chilled. It is under these circumstances that the Lord of all worlds comes to the door of our poor tenement, and stands, and knocks, and asks for admission!

We may expect His knock when our love is cooling. Once our hearts beat quickly when we heard His approaching step; now, when He is at hand, we keep Him waiting on the doorstep till His head is filled with dew, and His locks with the drops of night. Do we not all know what it is to be "neither hot nor cold"? Somehow our heart has gone dead! It is then that we may expect to hear the knock of Christ. He only asks us to admit Him and He will restore the soul to love, and love to the soul.

We may expect His knock when we must go forth from this world. The moment comes when the post will present us with a letter like that received by Christiana: "The Master expecteth thee to stand in His Presence, in clothes of immortality, within ten days." The same summons will come to Mr. Honest and Mr. Ready-to-halt; to Mr. Despondency and to Miss Much-afraid; to Mr. Stand-fast and Mr. Valiant-for-truth. But in each case there will be the accompanying knock of Jesus, saying: "Fear not, I will be with you. I have called you by your name, you are Mine." (Isa_43:1).

PRAYER
We thank Thee, O God, that Thy love has come to us in a human Form, that it shines from the Face of the Man Christ Jesus, and speaks to us in gentle tones we can understand. We thank Thee that He stands at the low doorway of our hearts, and knocks, and waits to come in and dwell with us for ever. We humbly ask that the Holy Spirit may open our eyes more fully to behold Him, and our hearts more ardently to love and welcome Him. AMEN.

BECOME A DISCIPLE OF CHRIST

HOW TO ACCEPT CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE?

Do you know for certain that you have eternal life and that you will go to heaven when you die?
God wants you to be sure.   The bible says,"I write these things to you who believe in the name
of the Son of Almighty God so that you may know that you have eternal life" (1 John 5:13).

Suppose you were standing before God right now and He asked you, "Why should I let you into
heaven?"   What do you think you would say?  You may not know what to reply.  "For God so
loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).
God's Purpose Is That You Have Eternal Life:

     You can receive eternal life as a free gift.   "The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus Our Lord" (Romans 6:23b).
     You can live a full and meaningful life right now.   Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full" (John 10:10b).

     You can spend eternity with Jesus in Heaven, for He promised, "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am"(Jn14:3).

We need God's life in us now to live purposefully lives.  You see our sinful nature keeps us from fulfilling God's purpose for our lives.  Gods purpose is that we have meaning in life as we direct our lives and hearts towards Him. But unfortunately most people seldom find true meaning in life?

     We are all sinners by nature and by choice.   "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"  [Romans3:23]

     We cannot save ourselves.   "Not by works, so no one can boast" [Eph 2:9]

     We deserve death and hell.  "For the wages of sin is death" [Rom 6:23a].

     We can receive what we do not deserve.   God is holy and just and must punish sin, wet He loves us (whom He has created)      

ACCEPT HIM AS SAVIOUR AND LORD

For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world;  but that the world through Him might be saved from the coming wrath against all who do not accept the offer of the crucified Son of God.

[John 3 v 16 & 17].

"He that hears My Word, and believes on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation;  but is passed from final death unto life." [John 5:24]

"I declare unto you the gospel...that Christ died for our sins,,,and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day.  [1 Corinthians 15:1,3,4.].

Do you know where you are going?  All who want to go to heaven ( rather than hell and eternal damnation),

"Must be Born Again."   

Jesus talked about heaven, and He said, 

"In my Father's House are many mansions."  Also He said "Iam the way the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father but by me."  (John ch. 14v2,6)

"For by grace are ye saved through faith;  and that not of yourselves:  it is the gift of God." (Ephesians ch 2v8).

 The Lord Jesus Christ is the only Saviour there is.  If Jesus is right (and He most certainly is), then all other ways are wrong!   Religions are a waste of time;  they cannot save you, only Jesus can, God did not create the religions of the world;  man did to satisfy his conscience!   Man is "forever changing and learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." [2 Timothy ch3v7).   This is not Religion, it is Life!

I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more . . . For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.  (Jer_31:34 and Eph_2:8-9)

Do you know the one who died on the cross for you?

When Jesus came He told us something that no religion has ever thought of, and which contradicts the basic

principle of all religions.  He said, "Except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God."  (John 3:3).   Jesus said that He is the only way to heaven.   What did He mean?   He meant a spiritual birth whereby a person is able to confess his sin to Jesus Christ, accept Him as Saviour, and receive a new life.

This is the Gospel.   Look and Live.   Out of Religion, and into Christ!   May we offer this prayer as your

first step?
Cry out to the Lord Jesus Christ for mercy and ask Him to save you.   

TO BECOME A BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN:

"Lord Jesus Christ, I believe that you died for me.   

I acknowledge that I am a sinner.   

Please come into my life and forgive my sins.   

And save me.   AMEN."