Can A True Believer Be Caught In Homosexuality?

Prayer For Deliverance From Homosexuality

Question: Please pray for me, my walk with Jesus is little hard since I live in wickedness for about 7 years with Homosexual relationship. I want to turn my life to Jesus.

Answer: Greetings in Jesus wonderful name! I understand your shame within, that you are going through, at the same time the kind of fleshly bondage that is keeping you against the will of God to happen in your life (Rom 7:7-13).

Adam and Eve were the first person who were affected with this kind of shame as the Bible clearly portrays them of going through after their disobedience and sin which they did in rebellion to God's clear instruction to them (Gen 2:16-17), here is what happened to them, "Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths." (Genesis 3:7), in other words, the couple who were covered by the glory of God, suddenly realized that they were naked and wanted to make a cover for themselves with leaves which wither away over time, and will make them remain in that shame of nakedness. When God asked Adam about this incident here is how he replied, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself." (Gen 3:10). Until then the same man who enjoyed God's presence as His child, suddenly was afraid of hearing the sound of God walking as he felt the nakedness within him that actually increased his feeling of nakedness outside where the glory left him, the result was, God was after Adam, but his child Adam wanted to run away from Him and hide because of the shame of sin, guilt and condemnation.

How many of God's children in our day to day lives feel the same? Do you not realize that Satan is playing the same game for thousands of years, and that he has got very skilled in his game plan to bring sin in to the lives of believers, make them feel ashamed of themselves, then finally make them run away from the God who runs after them? Yes the Bible describes Satan as the "accuser of the brethren," (Rev 12:10) before God day and night, and God will throw him down from that place just before the final three and half years of Daniel's 70th week of 7 years will get over in the prophetic calendar. But for now, Satan's sadistic pleasure is to see the children of God because of the shame of sin run away from the Father who loves them and wants them to be near to Him always (Luke 15:20, 22-24, 31). Have you ever realized while you want to run away from the Father God to fulfill the sin and shame, the Father God is standing on the top of the terrace and looking for you to repent and come to Him? Even though you have come to the Father in Christ Jesus at the beginning of your saved life, where He embraced you with sin and the way you are, why can't He do that now? One thing you must understand is that there are two sides to the coin that the Father God issues to us to use it for valid transaction spiritually, one side is "kindness or goodness" for those who come to him for mercy and grace because of his love (Heb 4:15-16) and the other side is "severity or sternness" of God for those who run away from Him in sin because of his justice (Rom 11:22), in other words, we can see predicament of God when He judges his only begotten Son Jesus who did no sin, yet was judged on behalf of us, the time at which He turned his face away from Him for a moment of time because of the sin placed by the Father over Him (Isa 54:7). The Bible reveals "In a surge of anger against sin, Father God hid His face from Jesus His only begotten Son for a moment" ...because God and sin cannot go together, as He hates sin because it destroys the relationship between Him and his children (Isa 54:8), here was the moment where Jesus cried out saying "My God, My God, Why have You forsaken Me?" (Matt 27:46) which broke the heart of the Father towards the Son and the Son towards the Father where the unbroken eternal fellowship between them was broken for a moment of time which was the only thing Jesus dreaded and wanted to avoid desperately even until the last moment (Matt 26:39; Luke 22:42). The pain of shame that we must carry in broken fellowship with God, Jesus carried it all at that point of time, so that we can choose to be free from this shame that leads us to sin and more sin in our lives to make us run farther and farther away from Father God in our lives.

The fact is, sin is still sin to the Father in the New Testament as much as in the Old Testament times (Lev 18:22; 20:13; Luke 17:28-30; Jude 7), but any of our distorted desires of sin is something that God hates equally. That is why the Bible says phrases like, "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Rom 3:23), "there is none righteous on earth who does good and never sins, no not even one" (Eccl 7:20), etc...that shows whether we have practiced only lustful fantasy to play it in safe mode, or with pornography in clear history mode, or even have accompanied it with masturbation, or adultery, or homosexuality, pride, covetousness, or murder, etc...it is all the same in the sight of God. I mean no sinner is better than the other sinner and no sin is better sin than the other sin. Sin in itself is a sign that we have turned away from God in shame to run away from him when in fact he has run to us in Christ Jesus to keep us always near to Him. So there cannot be any holier than thou attitude in a Christian, or even I am the worst sinner than all sinner [i.e. which is healthy and godly if it makes us run to God and not away from Him], look at him/her she is a mortal sinner, etc...which will make us rotten to the core in our spiritual life to make us useless in our spiritual potency to make a difference for Jesus Christ in our lives.

All of us sin to a certain degree, and all of us need the Savior's blood to cleanse us and keep us from sin's evil lure to enjoy its temporal pleasure which brings us in to the bondage of sin and death cycle (Heb 11:25; Rom 6:23), in entertaining these temporal pleasures of sin, we lose the eternal pleasures in the Presence of God that are at the right hand of God forevermore (Psa 16:11).

So what should we do to avoid breaking of fellowship with the Father and running away from Him in shame? There is a sin that does not lead to death, which is any sin that we have confessed to God and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus (1 John 5:16-17; 1:7, 9), but there is a sin that leads to sin and death cycle of bondage, sin that linger and reign in our lives because we offer certain parts of our body to it willingly and many times unwillingly, (Rom 6:12, 13, 16), of which it leads to sin and death, (i.e.) shame and separation from the beautiful Presence of the Father God, this is a sin of non repentance that leads to death (Heb 6:4-8). Such lifestyle will be directly dealt with the Father's chastisement for all of His truly legitimate children (Heb 12:7-8), which will step by step will make us lose confidence in the flesh (Php 3:3), and will make us live in the Spirit and walk in the Spirit for the Glory of God more and more in our lives (Gal 5:25, 16).

I do not in any way condone sin or make it less worse than it actually is, but rather I am saying, whatever sin, wherever we are staying, whatever degree to which we have come up by the grace of God, let us strive for perfection and not slide in to spiritual depravity by any subtle spiritual pride which is worse than any other sin (Php 3:12).

I also do not say, that a person who is walking in sin of attitudes, and that person who is indulging in bodily sin is at the same level, the more mature spiritual ones are that which will avoid bodily sins because the wages of it and its after effect is much more costlier to pay than just the sin of attitudes.

So knowing how hard that you have been feeling the shame, I tell you that you do not have to stay at the same place of sin-confession-sin cycle of defeat (1 John 1:7, 9; 2:1), or sin without repentance towards chastisement (Heb 12:8-9), or sin leading to physical death which is deliberately sinning against conscience and the voice of the Holy Spirit (1 John 5:16-17, 18-19; 1 Cor 11:27-32; Heb 6:4-9; 10:26-31; 1 Cor 10:1-5, 6-12), etc...rather, Christ has given an option of a way out for every temptation (1 Cor 10:13), believe it and now say, 'I am free because I am a new creation in Christ' (John 8:36; 2 Cor 5:17). We do not know when we will hit the point of no return to repentance which is hitting a point of extreme to God's patience which is not what God desires for all believers, but to live constantly in repentance towards God (Heb 3:7-8, 15; 4:7).

God wants you to hate the sin you have been involved in, today is the day of victory for you and the day of salvation from this sin of Homosexuality (2 Cor 6:2), tomorrow is never promised as an option, so desperately go to the Lord and say to Him that you want His grace to carry you up and keep you from sinning. If you are desperate and fail, God understands you and you will very soon be out of this habit of sin because God is looking on to you to know whether you are serious about what you are thinking and saying about sin, or are you just casually saying became of social taboo, shame, guilt or condemnation, all of which are not the right reasons for Him to deliver you except the one reason that you hate sin because it hurts God so much. If you love God, hate sin and you will grow more in love towards Him.

I know that you do not want to continue in this messy life that makes God sad, which also makes you flee from Him when He desires to run to you to embrace you every time you fall.

So pray this prayer of deliverance with me, "Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you making me as your child in Christ Jesus when I first believed and received my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in to my heart and life (John 1:12). I hate the sin which you hate, which is homosexuality that I have been involved in. Thank you today you are giving me salvation and freedom from this sin and all other sins which has bound me all these days in the past, I believe in the blood of the Cross of Jesus which has been shed as a redemption price to deliver me from all these evil habits of sin which I have been involved in the past (1 Peter 1:18-20). From today I choose the way out of this temptation in which I have fallen, and thus stand on top of it rather than find myself fallen by the way side (1 Cor 10:13). I choose consciously to overcome knowing that the one who is within me is greater than the one who tempts me from the outside (1 John 4:4). Thank you, that You who have started my salvation will finish it to the end in perfection as you have always desired for me (Matt 5:48; Php 2:12-13; 1:6). From today I have no confidence in my flesh, but in the Spirit who can lift me up in to that higher realm so that I can stand untouched by the evil of sin that desires for me to take its bait and get caught in its web of deceit, shame, condemnation and bondage. Thank you Jesus for your deliverance from today onward in your mighty name I pray. Amen!"

Since now you are free as you have prayed from you heart, keep your freedom by filling your mind with the Word of God and your heart with the Spirit of God through praying daily to our Heavenly Father. Set a quiet time apart with God daily and you will stay as a overcomer!

Much Love and Blessings....

Relationship Are Built By God Or Us Or Both?

Can God Turn All Our Relationships In To Miracles?

By Abraham Israel

 

Question: God please turn all of my relationships in to miracles in Jesus Christ. Amen. Relationships are built by God or us or both?

Answer: Greetings in Jesus wonderful name!

First of all I want to talk about three important directions that every relationship must focus on, there after pursuing peace in three dimensions of life which will give us a three dimensional view of complete peace which can turn any relationships in to miracles in Christ Jesus.


1) Make Peace With God :

When the great God became human by being born as a baby in a manger in Christ Jesus, the following cry filled the earth from heaven, and great was this mystery that it was revealed not to intellectuals but to simple shepherds who must have understood the significance of it having been dejected in their thinking because of the secluded life style in which they lived as nomads and outcasts of the society,"8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us." (Luke 2:8-15). There are certain important lessons we can learn from the above Scriptures. First, we see the "country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night", it was unlikely hours of the night that these shepherds were abiding and watching over their flock, have you been watching the flock that God has given you to watch over or are you spiritually sleeping to let the wolves to steal them and eat them because of being lethargic and covetous to build you and yourself only? Every shepherd whom God has placed over His flock should always be watchful in prayer and reading of the Word of God. If we do what we can, God will step in to our normal life of what might seem as boredom to make it become a little heaven on earth. Be faithful in whatever work God has given you. These shepherds whom the town and city people considered as nomads and outcasts of the society, were so valuable in the sight of God that He did not send this mysterious message of heaven to kings and nobles but to the shepherds with watchful eyes who did not sleep through the night but were worshiping God through it all seeing the beautiful night sky. Do you get up and go out to peep up in to the night sky to say to God, 'I can see you God up there and look to gaze up the stars of the sky to worship God at that time from your heart with thankfulness for His beautiful creation?' When the angel of God appears suddenly before us or the Glory of God appears before us, we will become afraid in a positive way as no man can handle the Presence of God by Himself but only by His favor showered on Him to handle it. When Glory shone around them, they were sore afraid by the invasion of heaven in to their lives, the same will happen to us if we live in worship towards God all the time like the shepherds. May God teach us to worship Him in the Spirit all the time just like these Shepherds so that heaven will invade our home, work place, colleges, business, and in every areas of our life and living so that we may have heaven encounter to receive good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people through us from our loving God!

The good tidings of great joy always continues in our lives when we have a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord as our personal one, who have not come to earth as a king born in a palace, but having no room for him even in the poorest of the poor's inn, finally Christ Himself chose for Himself to be born in this lowly place where no human will choose if he has a choice he could make to be born where he or she could, (i.e.) babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. That shows the true humility of Christ where He could relate with the poorest of the poor, to lift their lives to great heights of heaven (Luke 4:18; 6:20-26; Matt 11:5; 26:11;  Prov 14:31; 22:9; 29:7; 28:27; Mark 10:25; 2 Cor 8:9).

Heaven and our loving Father in heaven always gives us a surprise of "suddenlies" from heaven, who live not for themselves, but to worship the Father in the spirit and in truth whom He always seeks after (John 4:23-24). O Father give us such a worshiping heart that pleases you! Once the worshipers please God by faith, immediately and suddenly always almost all the time, heaven invades the earth with more Glory, and thus angel of God or even angels of God who along with them a multitude of the heavenly host praising God will usually become a common sight rather than a rare sight. What a wonderful sight it will be to behold when heaven invades the earth with praises from heaven again and again for us to experience now!!!!

Here's the key, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men", because Jesus our Lord has come to the earth producing the Glory to God in the highest heaven, forever on earth peace of God has got settled for men which brought more and more good will of God towards men forever and ever. Have you realized in your life, God was the one who first sought your hand of friendship with you first, and brought peace to you in Christ Jesus and good will of His heart towards you, even before you were saved when you were an enemy to him (Rom 5:8)? O Glory! Thank you Jesus. Yes He did, believe me!

This is the reason we can always be at peace with God once we are saved as we are forever saved by grace through faith and not because of our works we have done but because of what Jesus has done for us to redeem us from sin and death (Eph 2:6-8). Always renew your mind with the finished work of Christ on the Cross, and you will always be refreshed by the Spirit of God who will forever make you remember "on earth peace, good will toward men" so that you can bring Glory to God in the highest just like the angels and heavenly hosts did 2000 years ago (Eph 4:22, 23, 24).

Whenever an angel comes with a message from God to speak to us the first word they will say is , "Fear not:" "...for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people," in other words, they have to drive our natural fear of supernatural away, before they can fully speak to us the message of faith from God and stay healthy. So never let yourself fear for too long continue, instead come back, take stock of the situation and again stand in faith. Glory to God!

"16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. 18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them." (Luke 2:16-20).

Unless God sees a heart that is humble and filled with faith to obey God and be astonished by the revelation of the mysteries of God from heaven, you can never see the supernatural peace of God operate in your life. So pursue this supernatural peace with God by confessing your sins when they come to stand between you and God, immediately you will be washed and cleansed by the blood of Jesus (1 John 1:7, 9).

Those who are not saved by Jesus now, cannot experience this peace, rather they will act like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud (Isa 57:20). The saved man will be kept in peace by God as He focuses his mind on Him more and more, so that they enter in to peace, even in death they find nothing but more peace (Isa 26:3; 57:2).

Even though peace with God is not subjective to our experience, it is a constant that must be reminded in our mind to have this peace with God and not be condemned by the enemy of our soul who always makes us to sin, and move away from God (1 John 2:1). Stay where you belong, right in the center of the "on earth peace, good will toward men". Praise the Lord!

If you are not saved and want to get saved, click and read the following post : "Got Forgiveness? How Do I Receive Forgiveness From God?"


2) Receive Peace Within

One of the most important thing in relationship building with humans that gets clicked for the best shot is when we are, having the peace of God within us. The peace of God, keeps our heart calm and quiet in God when storms of life passes by surrounding us, and at some points of times in our lives threatening our very existence in the will of God.

Apostle Paul wonderfully described, peace in this tri-dimensional realm by saying, "... the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit." (Rom 14:17). In other words, Paul is saying that righteousness, peace and joy is an inside job that gets released in cooperation with the Holy Spirit who actually brings these Kingdom manifestations to us within, so no matter what may, we should not allow or give anybody else so much power over us to control or influence us from the outside except our sweet Jesus who loves us to bits and pieces, so that we are never be controlled by the external forces that are not in our direct control, be it a natural storm or a person who tries to brings such a storm in to our lives.

Then there are times, when we worry, get boiled re-actively when others mistreat us and speak evil about us, when the things that happen usually outside our control which plays in our mind to come to control us or even sometimes haunt us by its very evil and deceptive nature, then remember it with great sorrow, that we lose the peace of God within and suffer a lot in our lives. What should we do? Here is the answer, "4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." (Php 4:4-7). In other words, the Bible teaches us to live in-dependence of God within, or in other words in the rejoicing over the control of God over our lives that is sovereign, again it says that we must release the joy of the Lord within our soul which has the power to control us with its power of joy as always, very contagious, to spread around and cause the life of heaven to be enjoyed on earth itself. Once we realize in our soul, that all things which happen to us cannot really come to happen unless the Lord who is at hand who allow it second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, month by month, year by year, decade by decade, or else nothing by all means shall touch us, then at that moment of time, we will realize that problems we face are not due to God's failure to protect us, but rather it is our failure to pray through to receive the peace of God that passes all our understanding which has the ability to protect our mind from wandering in to dry desert which has caused us to face the storm without taking rest in God who has promised to fight for us, and defend us to take even vengeance on behalf of us on our enemies we face day to day in our lives (Rom 12:9-13, 14-16, 17-17, 19). If we start fighting, we tie God's hand and therefore He cannot fight for us to give us great victories. But if we take rest in Him, then stay quiet to focus on nothing but only the Lord, that is when our faith unties God's hand, then He steps in to fight for us and give us great great victories for us that will glorify Him for eternity ahead. Praise the Lord!.

So tell Jesus in prayer all your problems, and allow yourself to be filled with the peace of God, this will help you remain always calm in relationship to others. In other words, when you are calm and collective, not angry and reactive, you will be at peace with yourself in Christ Jesus, and therefore with others, you will be with the peace of God that passes your understanding which will guard your heart and mind to stay at rest in God, to untie God's hand to act on your behalf and bring victories for you. Praise the Lord!


3) Have Peace With Men

The Bible says, "If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men." (Rom 12:18). God has never ever given a "if it is possible," to any command of His, except to human relationship. As we see above, even if we pursue peace in a relationship, friendship, family and in other social fellowship, if the other person doesn't want to allow us to speak to him or her which will bring peace to the situation through forgiveness and mutual respect for each other, then peace is very much elusive and cannot be obtained by the person who pursues it (Heb 12:14). Christian marriages are very miserable even for godly men and women when the other person closes his/her mind to God and opens it to fleshly relationship that starts to control them and use them for the purpose of the devil to be fulfilled in their lives. Usually these soulish control comes through mother, father, brother whom they love more than they love Jesus Christ their Lord and Savior (Matt 10:37-39).

Even in those days of old, the prophets thundered saying, "Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction?" (Amos 3:3)? No way they can walk together. So finally even God cannot work a miracle when a person does not agree to walk in one direction together. So sad, but it is the fact of truth. God can only humiliate people, but only they can humble themselves before Him to realign themselves to start to walk in the same direction if they are married to God spiritually and their spouse physically (1 Peter 5:5, 6; Jam 4:6, 7), to honor the covenant made before Him again for that which God had honored to give a partner in their past life (Mal 2:17, 15), so that with His favor they can move with their spouse in one direction that God has previously shown them both (Mal 2:16). This applies with all relationship.

So as much as possible you try to keep peace, but those who burn bridges without the value of knowing how much these bridges are valued in the sight of God, one day they will long for that bridge to be built again because of constant excruciating pain in their soul. The soul which will get broken to pieces because of the destroyed and burnt bridges which they initiated without any fear of God, so when the pay back time of God comes, they will have to face the music of God. They can either humble themselves before God and humans who were part of the effort of those bridges where these were connected in the past through marriages, friendships, families, churches, fellowships, etc....or else they can harden their heart still to go dead in humiliation through suicide or a spiritual harakiri even though they were saved by Jesus in the past, but pride has blinded them to the point of no return that they will choose to die rather than live in humiliation (1 Cor 11:27, 28-29, 30, 31-32). O such a pride of evil it is!

But those who humble themselves and come to ask pardon for their wrong doings, such prodigal brothers and sisters we should infinitely receive them with the forgiveness and love of Christ, so that they too can start to experience heaven on earth like us for the first time in their lives.

Are you ready, you are asking me for what? To love those who hate us as their enemies for no reason on our side except we follow Christ, to bless those who curse us, to pray for those who unlawfully use us and persecute us, to show kindness to those enemies, just like our Father in heaven blesses the good and the bad, the evil and the ugly, the forgotten and the forget-ters, with rain and sunshine so that we may prove to the world that we are truly the sons of our Heavenly Father in heaven (Matt 5:45). Amen!

May we truly learn in this life using this aspect of relationship that is not in our control, not to let these relationships control us in any negative way, but overcome all the evil of these relationship with the good that is within us, that is God Himself and His character in which we grow day by day through suffering. May we truly rejoice in suffering, because we are guaranteed of spiritual growth only through suffering and no other way. If Jesus Himself learned obedience through suffering, how much more we need as we strive to become like Jesus in His character to please our Abba Father in heaven (Heb 5:8-9)?

Heaven may be great place to fellowship, worship, serve the Lord in the beauty of His Holiness, etc...for eternity, but God's one appointed place for us to learn obedience is the school of suffering on earth which prepares us for higher learning and serving in heaven with a eternal reward for it for eternity ahead. That is why I believe even Jesus had to become a man to learn obedience in the school of suffering.

So rejoice through suffering, but try as much as possible to bring back peace, God who takes vengeance on our enemies will take pity on us and bring all the trials to an end when we have passed through the school of suffering at the right appointed time He has planned for us, until then don't waste suffering, face them face to face until that pain becomes a joy of strength to you (James 1:2-4).

Peace may elude in this realm for some time, but ultimately you will have peace with humans at some point of time, when God will turn your enemies to becomes friends because of His favor over your life and relationship (Prov 21:1; 16:7). Praise the Lord!

My advice to you to keep your mouth shut, to improve this aspect of relationship and find the Lord's favor as soon as possible,

Don't open your mouth :

1) In the heat of anger (Prov 14:17).

2) When you don't have all the facts (Prov 18:13).

3) When you haven't verified the story (Deut 17:6).

4) If your words will offend a weaker Brother (1 Cor 8:11).

5) If your words will be a poor reflection of the Lord or your friends and family (1 Peter 2:21-23).

6) When you would be ashamed of your words later (Prov 8:8).

7) If your words will damage someone's reputation (Prov 16:27).

8) If your words will destroy a friendship (Prov 25:28).

9) If your words would convey a wrong impression (Prov 17:27).

10) If the issue is none of your business (Prov 14:10).

11) When you are feeling critical (James 3:9).

12) If you can't speak without yelling (Prov 25:28).

13) When it is time to listen (Prov 13:1).

14) If you may have to eat your words later (Prov 18:21).

15) If you have already said it more than one time (Then it becomes nagging (Prov 19:13)).

16) When you are supposed to be working instead (Prov 14:23).

"Whosoever keeps his mouth and his tongue, keeps his soul from trouble." (Prov 21:23).

"May your soul rest in peace not just after you die, but more importantly before you die, so that you might really live in peace with God, yourself and others to live abundantly in prosperity all the days of your life on earth. Live full, die empty at least in this case perfectly matters the most!" — Abraham Israel

Much Blessings....

Should I Forgive Myself Or Others Or God?

Got Forgiveness? How Do I Receive Forgiveness From God?

Question: Got forgiveness? How do I receive forgiveness from God? Should I forgive myself or others or God?

Answer: Greetings in the name of God's Son Jesus Christ (John 3:16)!

God says in His Word, that all humans have sinned and rebelled against God through our ancient forefather Adam and Eve (Rom 5:12). Thus according to God all humans are born in in sin (Psa 51:5), live in sin (Eccl 7:20, 28, 29) and die as rebels against God in sin (Jer 28:16; Rom 5:6), thus even if a person keeps the law and is religious towards God it had no spiritual value to save His soul from sin and death, and maintain friendship with God (Rom 3:9-20).

So what was God's answer to this crisis humans were facing in their day to day life?

While we were ungodly and powerless against sin and death, almost losing hope of a religious life that tries to please God through the Law but in reality only increased the consciousness and failures of sin within us humans (Rom 5:6; Gal 3:19; Rom 3:20; 7:7-9), it was only spiritual diagnosis for humans that sin was present within, but never a remedy for sin. God's idea to deliver humankind from this sin problem was a fantastic one, in which God sends His only begotten Son from Heaven to earth to be born as a baby, born of the Virgin Mary, so that Jesus would be sinless (2Cor 5:21; Heb 7:26-28), He would be God, in which His infinite sacrifice could atone for all of the sins of all of the children of God (John 1:29; 11:49-52; Rev 7:9-14), in addition to being fully God, Jesus would also be fully human as only in this way could He stand in our place as a sacrifice for our sins and be our Mediator before God the Father (Job 9:32,33; Heb 2:14-17; 4:14-16; 1Tim 2:5). What a great idea God's idea is!

Thus as a Mediator between between a holy God and sinful humans (1 Tim 2:5, 6), Jesus Christ could become the sin sacrifice of all of us humans, being declared by His messengers and ambassadors sent by God (1 Tim 2:7), all who heard Him and believed Him can get saved through His name (Matt 1:21). Today we come to know from the Bible that there is no other name in heaven and earth given for all mankind to get saved except the name of Jesus through which all can become saved from sin and death to become friends with God forever (Acts 4:12; Jam 2:23-24). What the law could not do, the name of Jesus did to achieve friendship with God forever (Rom 1:16; Acts 13:38, 39). Praise the Lord!

Have you believed the name of Jesus? If you have believed, God has promised to save you and your household too (Acts 16:31). What a extravagant God we have! Fully throw yourself at the mercy of God in to His hand, you will be saved, as it now can only be received as a gift through the Lord God Jesus Christ, and through Him only in all the world. Especially you can do nothing before God to deserve it, or boast before Him of your achievement in receiving salvation as you know you have done nothing to gain it but rather have only received it (Eph 2:8, 9). Jesus is the only way of salvation, now all you have to do is to believe and trust Him that He has done it all, He has finished the great work of salvation on behalf of you (John 6:39, 40). What can we do for God now? Only believe Jesus whom God has sent for you and me, and all will be well according to His word for eternity ahead (John 6:28-29).

Now receive God's forgiveness that He offers to you freely in the name of Jesus Christ by calling on the name of the Lord.

The following prayer will help you do this my friend:

"Dear God, I confess that I am a sinner and am sorry for all the wrongs that I have done. I believe that your Son, Jesus Christ, died on the cross for my sins. Please forgive me. I invite you Jesus, to come into my heart and life as my Lord and Savior. I commit and trust my life to you. Please give me the desire to be what you want me to be, and to always do what pleases you and do away with anything more or less from me that tries to please myself. Thank you for dying for my sins, for your free pardon, for your gift of eternal life, and for hearing and answering my prayer. Amen."

Now God has heard your prayer that you have prayed from your heart to save you for sure. Now read your Bible daily asking the Holy Spirit to transform your life just like Jesus. Pray and have relationship with God daily as He has now become your Heavenly Father and eternal friend who will take care of your life. Go to a Evangelical or Pentecostal Spirit filled Church nearby and learn more from the Bible about Jesus, and how you can serve Him more and more all the days of your life. Praise God! Hallelujah!

PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING BANNER "I have accepted Christ today," if you have prayed with me the above prayer, then read MY PERSONAL FAMILY LETTER TO YOU!

Now that you are forgiven by God, forgiven people forgive others (Eph 4:32). God wants you to forgive the faults of other people all your earthly life just as He has forgiven you of all your faults in Christ Jesus though you have done nothing to deserve the forgiveness He has given you (Matt 6:12, 14-15). In the same way, your great forgiveness may even be despised by others who do not deserve it too (Rom 12:18), but any way no matter what, forgive them anyway everyday no matter what many times (Matt 18:21, 22). Only hurt people hurt others, so do not be overcome by evil, rather overcome evil with good, there by allowing God to take vengeance of His in His time for His Glory through your life (Rom 12:17, 19, 20, 21).

The Bible says "God is perfect in all His ways" (Psa 18:30), we need His protection, He doesn't need ours. So who has told that we need to forgive God, as though He has sinned against you (Psa 145:17), it is the lie of the enemy who is the devil and his demons who accuse God of tempting people when in fact they are the agents and instigators of it (John 8:44-45, 46, 47-48), do not believe it to be deceived (2 Cor 4:4; 2:11; 11:3). Do you know that God cannot lie to sin by words because of the impeccability of the holiness of His character (Titus 1:2)? Do you know that you cannot blame God saying, "God is tempting me," when in fact your own sin nature tempts you to sin? Do you know God cannot be tempted by evil because He knows the end from the beginning (Isa 46:10), nor does he tempt anyone but only allows in His will the temptations to test our faith and strengthen it (Matt 6:13; 4:1; Jam 1:13; Luke 22:31-32; Job 1:12; 2:6)?

When you forgive others, you will forgive yourself automatically of your mistakes, and take stock of the fault you did the last time when you hurt others, and so this time, you will stay calm by the grace of God not to hurt others when they throw barb at you mindlessly. That is the way to overcome evil with good!

Much Love and Blessings....

Got Eternal Life?

What Is Eternal Life? How Do I Get It?

Question: What is eternal life? How do I get it?

Answer: Greetings in the name of God's only Begotten Son Jesus Christ (John 3:16)! When we speak or discuss about the word 'Eternal', the first thing that comes to our mind is what? I believe that the first thing we think about is, God and then about our relationship to Him. In other words, if we speak about the word 'eternal' and leave God out of our conversation, there is nothing more to speak about, as God is the reason for creating us who are eternal beings. So even though we are eternal created beings who have 'eternity' put within our hearts by God (Eccl 3:11), yet we cannot understand fully what God has done from the beginning to the end unless we start to believe what He has said about Himself in the Bible which is the Written Word of God, and not just try to understand such a infinite God by our wishful thinking which we call as logic and the science of research, which puts doubts and more doubts in to the existence of God and His creation, than give us any satisfied answer to our heart.

So to get a answer to our heart, we need to take the trail left by God in his word!

The first one is, God has said that he has loved the world and its people so much, that He gave His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ for all its inhabitants who are sinners, that whoever believes in Him, will not perish but will have 'eternal life' (John 3:16). I mean this eternal life that God speaks about is not just to live forever, but to live with Him forever and enjoy Him and His Presence that He has promised all those believers in His Son Jesus Christ. I challenge everyone who reads to understand, on earth, no matter whether someone is a believer in God, or an atheist, still everyone has been equally exposed and has been made available to the goodness of God in the land of the living (Matt 5:45), so that God might be groped for and found by every human who has been born on earth (Acts 17:26-27). That is the reason God has made every human as eternal beings who will live forever.

I mean, as humans by our natural birth on earth, as sinners by birth and choice, if we do not receive the above instruction of God to receive Jesus Christ before the day we die, we will by our own choice will die in our sins and will go on to get condemned for all the sins we have done in our life before God one day in the judgment day of God, and then will be forever be separated from the goodness of God and His Presence forever and ever to live in the fires of hell where worms never die and the fire never gets quenched (Mark 9:48; 2 Thess 1:10; Rev 19:11-20:4).

The second trail left by God, is to fellowship with God, and know Him now on earth as it will be in our future time in heaven. For that matter the Bible reveals, "11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life." (1 John 5:11-12, NIV). In another way Jesus expressed the meaning of the word 'eternal life' by saying, "Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent." (John 17:3). So the clear answer to what is eternal life is this, to know personally and privately, who is the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent to reveal Himself to humankind, so that knowing Him personally we can enjoy eternal fellowship with Him.

I would love to illustrate and drive the point the Bible conveys to you easily through a story, years ago, there was a very wealthy man who, with his devoted young son, shared a passion for art collecting. Together they traveled around the world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection. Priceless works of arts which were valued by millions adorned the walls of the family estate. The widowed, elder man looked on with satisfaction as his only child became an experienced art collector. The son’s trained eye and sharp business mind caused his father to beam with pride as they dealt with art collectors around the world.

As winter approached, war engulfed the nation, and the young man left to serve his country. After only a few short weeks, his father received a telegram. His beloved son was missing in action. The art collector anxiously awaited more news, fearing he would never see his son again. Within days, his fears were confirmed. The young man had died while rushing a fellow soldier to a medic.

As he opened the door, he was greeted by a soldier with a large package in his hand. He introduced himself to the man by saying, "I was a friend of your son. I was the one he was rescuing when he died. May I come in for a few moments? I have something to show you." As the two began to talk, the soldier told of how the man’s son had told everyone of his, not to mention his father’s, love of fine art. "I’m an artist," said the soldier, "and I want to give you this." As the old man unwrapped the package, the paper gave way to reveal a portrait of the son.

Though the world would never consider it the work of a genius, the painting featured the young man’s face in striking detail. Overcome with emotion, the man thanked the soldier, promising to hang the picture over the fireplace. A few hours later, after the soldier had departed, the old man set about his task.

True to his word, the painting went well above the fireplace, pushing aside thousands of millions of dollars of paintings. And then the man sat in his chair and spent Christmas gazing at the gift he had been given. During the days and weeks that followed, the man realized that even though his son was no longer with him, the boy’s life would live on because of those he had touched. He would soon learn that his son had rescued dozens of wounded soldiers before a bullet stilled his caring heart.

As the stories of his son’s gallantry continued to reach him, fatherly pride and satisfaction began to ease the grief. The painting of his son soon became his most prized possession, far eclipsing any interest in the pieces for which museums around the world clamored. He told his neighbors it was the greatest gift he had ever received.

The following spring, the old man became ill and passed away. The art world was in anticipation!

The auctioneer with great respect for those who had come, announced with his deep voice, "Ladies and Gentlemen, today is one of the greatest day of all who have come here, dreams would be fulfilled this day; greatness would be achieved as many know for sure that, 'I have the greatest collection money can ever buy.' The auction began with a painting that was not on any museum’s list, it was the painting of the man’s son. The auctioneer asked for an opening bid. The room was silent.

The auctioneer started with thousands of dollars and kept on decreasing to make it affordable for anyone who really wanted to buy the portrait of the only begotten Son of the owner of the whole house, in whose memory the whole event was organized, but no one from the rich man's world cared enough for the portrait of the Son, suddenly a outlier gardener who loved the gallant sacrifice of the Son for the country which included him, entered the room to everyone's disgust and pulled out a old ten dollar note and shouted to the auctioneer, "10 DOLLARS, THIS IS ALL I HAVE, GIVE IT TO ME....".

The wildly amazed auctioneer shouted back to the frail and old gardener saying, "Going once 10 Dollars, going twice 10 Dollars. Gone and DONE. IT IS FINISHED!" The auctioneer looked at the audience and announced that the auction was over. Stunned disbelief quieted the room. Then the auctioneer announced that according to the will of the father who was the owner of the entire house, whoever takes the son's portrait which was not appealing....gets it all."

Putting things into perspective, doesn’t it say all about the gospel story of Jesus Christ? Just as those art collectors discovered on that auction Day, the message is still the same: the love of a Father, a Father whose greatest joy came from His Son, the Father sent His Son for a mission because of His love for people, the Son went away and gave His life rescuing others. And now because of that Father’s love, whoever takes the Son, gets it all.

Today I as an auctioneer of God, I cry out to you who is in need of eternal life, you may be a poor wretched sinner who is so poor enough that you cannot save yourself from death which is the curse of sin (Rom 5:12-21), but you can choose to become rich for eternity by choosing to accept the portrait of the Son of the house which is the message of the good news of the Gospel which is able to save your spirit, soul and body in which you live now temporarily on earth (Heb 3:6), of whose son you will become once you accept the portrait of his death on the Cross for you (John 1:12; Gal 3:1). Will you not do it today, won't you not do it today (2 Cor 6:1-2)? On behalf of God I am pleading with you (2 Cor 5:20)! Choose the portrait of the Son and not mock it (Matt 27:44; Luke 23:39, 40, 41, 42-43), don't you realize that He died on the cross being mocked to death for your sins so that you can have eternal life because of His death!!!

The following prayer will help you do this my friend:

"Dear God, I confess that I am a sinner and am sorry for all the wrongs that I have done. I believe that your Son, Jesus Christ, died on the cross for my sins. Please forgive me. I invite you, Jesus, to come into my heart and life as my personal Lord and Savior. I commit and trust my life to you. Please give me the desire to be what you want me to be, and to do only what you want me to do. Thank you for dying for my sins, for your free pardon, for your gift of eternal life, and for hearing and answering my prayer. Amen."

Now God has heard your prayer that you have prayed from your heart to save you for sure. Now read your Bible daily asking the Holy Spirit to transform your life just like Jesus. Pray and have relationship with God daily as He has now become your Heavenly Father and eternal friend who will take care of your life. Go to a Evangelical or Pentecostal Spirit filled Church nearby and learn more from the Bible about Jesus, and how you can serve Him more and more all the days of your life. Praise God! Hallelujah!

PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING BANNER "I have accepted Christ today," if you have prayed with me the above prayer, then read MY PERSONAL FAMILY LETTER TO YOU!

Much Love and Blessings....

My First Letter To My Family Member

Hi My Dear Friend,

Greetings to you in Jesus wonderful name! Jesus Christ who is now our Lord and Savior is happy excited for you, and wants you to prosper in this life and in the life to come (Psa 35:27). We are more than just friends now, you are my Brother/Sister working together for our dear Lord Jesus (John 15:15; Matt 12:48; Luke 8:21). Welcome to His Kingdom power and life that is available to you from now on for eternity!!!

I am excited for you and I believe, in heaven our Heavenly Father and all the angels are excited to receive His brand new child who is you (Luke 15:7, 10, 32; 2 Cor 5:17). Now we are in the same family of God, I as your Brother and partner in the Kingdom of God, now is at your availability to help you grown from being a new born baby in the Kingdom of God spiritually to adulthood by helping you understand the Bible which is the food for your growth, and prayer which is water you need to drink regularly to detox yourself spiritually, which are the most essential things needed for you right now to grow daily. Exercise daily towards godliness by practicing what you learn from the Bible, to put on the spiritual muscles fast and big to shape yourself up in a lovely way (1 Tim 4:8, 7). 

Here I am, where ever you are in the world, do feel free to write to me anytime from anywhere in the world to convey to me about your spiritual needs, growth, frustration and satisfaction, etc...I would love to hear from you often, as much as possible and especially your Bible Questions, so that I can be your teacher / trainer / partner / pastor / mentor / motivator / coach / consultant / friend / father for eternity ahead! I love you in the Lord! The Christian life is a journey, but you can always be confident that above all God loves you, and is with you each step of the way (Matthew 28:20).

Thank you!

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Yours in His Service,


Apostle Abraham Israel 


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