Last Days of the Age

¹⁴ Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, ¹⁵ who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. ¹⁶ For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁷ Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, ¹⁹ saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

²⁰ But Peter said to him, “Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money! ²¹ You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God. ²² Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. ²³ For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”

²⁴ Then Simon answered and said, “Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me.” (Acts 8:14-24)

Brothers and Sisters, please do not get caught up in the delusion that you need to pay someone for God’s gifts. I remember years ago I was caught up a bit with many of the teachers in the Prophecy Club. Towards the tail end of this ministry they thought it was a good idea to start teaching how to tap into the “Four Fold Ministry if God” or something that effect. Feel free to correct me otherwise. But the point is, to get into their seminar you had to pay a few hundred dollars. Going back to Scripture, it’s apparent God’s gifts are given freely to those who ask. How do I know? I can show you in two Scriptures.

Scripture No 1:
⁹ “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. ¹¹ If a son asks for ^[e]bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? ¹² Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? ¹³ If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”(Luke 11:9-13)

Scripture No 2:

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: ² You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led. ³ Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.

⁴ There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. ⁵ There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. ⁶ And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. ⁷ But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: ⁸ for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, ⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, ¹⁰ to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.(1Cor 12:4-11)

So then isn’t it God through the Holy Spirit who gives the gifts? Yes and even more so according to His will. Not ours. My friends, be safe and cautious in your journey. Watch who you support in these last days. It is getting darker.

Your Grace Father is wider than the universe, Deeper than I can ever imagine.
Your Grace Lord, covers my sins more than I will ever know.
Your Grace, my Creator gives me hope for something better.
Your Grace creates a deeper Faith in this sinner.

My life is Yours, Your Grace.

Folks, I hope you are doing well. Honestly, I am hanging on in my journey through this world. I am disgusted by what I am seeing occurring in these last days. From the promotion to open sin to money grubbers proclaiming “God’s will” in their lives.

I will write today on the latter. For as I work closely with people in real estate I see weekly on Facebook and in person those who have God’s name on their lips, but He is far from their heart. For they often proclaim that His will is for them to be rich, wealthy and far from squalor.

But Scripture paints a completely different picture. For His will is for men to know and follow Him. To follow Him is to preach the Gospel to the utter most parts of the world. If He places us high or low in this world it is not for our own revelry and debauchery.

6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (1Tim 6:6-10)

Brethren, beware of the hour and stay firm on your Foundation. The hour is late and we should already have our lamps trimmed and ready. Blessings in Christ Jesus.

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Brothers and Sisters, I seem to be on a roll right now with my posting. I praise the Lord Jesus Christ for the gift He has given me. I pray His word and teaching be carried out to all who need to hear.

My wife and I were at dinner tonight. We were speaking about things we would like to do and projects that we would like to complete. But as our conversation wandered, we began to converse about Jesus and His purpose. As we talked He began revealing that many churches are dead. But He also revealed something wonderful.

I think it’s time to quote some Scripture.

Notice the Lord’s charge to the church in Sardis was that they had the reputation of being alive. But in fact they were dead. So how did they get that way? They must have fallen away from the Gospel right? They focused on their own thoughts and purpose rather than His. Think Matthew 7:21-23 here. For Jesus says quite plainly that they needed to hold fast to what they had and repent. To remember what they knew to be true.

Flash forward 2,000 years to today and what do we see? There are many churches who claim to be alive and flowing in the Holy Spirit. But they are imposters. We see examples on Daystar and TBN. And carbon copies in our towns and cities. What they really are are programs with music to shift your mood and emotion. Basically to manipulate you with the show. The dynamic way the pastor speaks. One moment lulling you into pacifity. The next moment roaring into a point of excitement.

But there is hope for those who believe and are saved in Christ from their sins. For there is a promised resurrection from the dead. I want you to know that resurrection begins with the dead in this world. The dead who walk as though they are alive. But they are not alive in Christ. Most importantly to the dead who claim to be Christ’s and go to that graveyard called church.

Think about it for a moment. When you have discussions with many of these “churched” people, all they can talk about is their church and their pastor. Why? Isn’t it because they are not alive in Christ? For if they were alive in Christ they would speak of Him. And of His life in them. But their focus is the life of the church. It is part and parcel to why we have so many denominations. But the call is clear:

And so as we answer the call of Salvation we are resurrected from the dead into a life in Christ Jesus our Savior. Praise His Holy Name!

Click on the picture to read the article from Jerusalem Post. Are we getting closer to Christ’s return? The obvious answer is yes. But more importantly, are we years closer rather than decades or centuries closer? Perhaps so. Time will tell. Stay humble and patient in these dark and trying times my brothers and sisters. The writer of the article yearns for the artifacts of the Jewish temple from 2,000 years ago. And in a way yearns for a the God of Abraham, Isaac and Moses. I yearn for the return of Jesus the Christ.

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. ³² And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31-32)

This video sheds light on the travesty that has been thrust upon the world.

It’s always amazing to me the different ways God can speak to us through the Spirit. Yesterday I was out walking the dog. He’s a big black lab named Diesel. He’s older now so he moves a lot slower than he used to. And he likes to take time to sniff around. So as we paused along the way I happened to notice a number of seeds piled up on the sidewalk. They were in the corner of one of the squares the way they would be after a rain would carry them to an uneven lower corner.

Looking down at them He reminded me of the parable of the seeds. In this way I considered how a tree produces thousands upon thousands of seeds. And those seeds are carried away by wind or water generally. Some grow, but get cut down or uprooted. Many don’t grow at all. A seed may not germinate for lack of light, water or soil. So not many will grow into maturity.

Consider the Scripture:
³ Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow. ⁴ And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. ⁵ Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. ⁶ But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. ⁷ And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. ⁸ But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. ⁹ He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” (Mat 13:3-9)

This shows our walk with Christ can at times be difficult. But where our faith can take a deep root we can produce fruits in His name. But again he said

¹³ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. ¹⁴ Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. (Mat 7:13-14)

Furthermore:

And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: ² “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, ³ and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. ⁴ Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’ ⁵ But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. ⁶ And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them. ⁷ But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. ⁸ Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. ⁹ Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’ ¹⁰ So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.

¹¹ “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment. ¹² So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. ¹³ Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

¹⁴ “For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Are you seeing this? We must remain focused upon Him, Jesus the Christ who died for our sins and declared “sin no more”. For He gave us a job to do in His name. To preach the Gospel and care for the poor and sick.

1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.