Believe also in Me!

(John 14:1)  "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.”

This is quite a statement and just as the Lord Jesus received opposition back then; we must expect the same to happen to us. We must be on guard as the day of the anti-christ now looms with more vigor than before. His day is soon approaching and for that to happen, preparation needs to take place.

Imagine a wedding without preparation, we couldn’t! I understand that his “day of rule” is part of a bigger picture and his preparation begun way back in the Garden of Eden. But there seems to be a much superior voice now making herself heard and although it has much to say on religion the underlying tone has the same pitch to it. Her message in not one of wisdom but trickery! What then does she have to say? It is simple and her voice propagates tolerance for all religions, One God across the board! In other words believe in who you like as it will always lead to the same God. LIES! That’s all it is, easy for most believers to see; but this message will be pressed harder and endevour to make inroads amongst Christians. We can and must have nothing to do with this universal movement. We must always remember that our faith hinges on our great Saviour and on Him alone. Without Christ we would remain dead in our trespasses and sins. I do realize that I am stating the obvious, but the reason I mention it is because I believe this will become a test for us as believers. Stand firm! We will possibly face hardships for it; however it will  be worth it all!

Our message is simple; without Christ every other religion is doomed for hell, salvation is only available in Him on His terms and under the tenet of scripture, no other way will do! He is not a prophet, but God who became a man (Jesus Christ the Lord), He lived without sin and then died for sinners and then on the third day He rose again so that all repenting sinners may go free. A Simple concise message, but we must present it with accuracy as many will come to distort the message.

We Live unto the Lord because He first loved us and for no other reason! We must understand the role we need to play as believers…

“If God had willed it, each of us might have entered heaven at the moment of conversion. It was not absolutely necessary for our preparation for immortality that we should tarry here. It is possible for a man to be taken to heaven, and to be found meet to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light, though he has but just believed in Jesus. It is true that our sanctification is a long and continued process, and we shall not be perfected till we lay aside our bodies and enter within the veil; but nevertheless, had the Lord so willed it, he might have changed us from imperfection to perfection, and have taken us to heaven at once. Why then are we here? Would God keep his children out of paradise a single moment longer than was necessary? Why is the army of the living God still on the battle-field when one charge might give them the victory? Why are his children still wandering hither and thither through a maze, when a solitary word from his lips would bring them into the centre of their hopes in heaven? The answer is-they are here that they may “live unto the Lord,” and may bring others to know his love. We remain on earth as sowers to scatter good seed; as ploughmen to break up the fallow ground; as heralds publishing salvation. We are here as the “salt of the earth,” to be a blessing to the world. We are here to glorify Christ in our daily life. We are here as workers for him, and as “workers together with him.” Let us see that our life answereth its end. Let us live earnest, useful, holy lives, to “the praise of the glory of his grace.” Meanwhile we long to be with him, and daily sing-

“My heart is with him on his throne,

And ill can brook delay;

Each moment listening for the voice,

‘Rise up, and come away.’”

(C.H.Spurgeon)

Signing off

Tyrone