Who are you trying to please?

The Believer in Christ doesn't have a problem with the Word of God being rejected when he preaches the the Truth in love.




The Believer in Jesus Christ isn't called to try please everybody.



The Believer in Christ Jesus isn't like a politician trying to get everyone's vote.



Jesus said: "They hated Me first, they will hate you if you tell them the Truth."



I must please God!!! The Only God!!! Jesus Christ the Lord!!



Every knee shall bow...every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.



That's what God's Word says: "God has called the Church, His Body to preach it without fear or reservation."



If we truly love the lost of this world we cannot compromise our walk or our message of Jesus Christ.



Jesus said: If I be lifted up I will draw all men unto Me.



Jesus said: If you love Me you will keep my commandments.



May we as Believers in Christ Jesus love in Truth.

Don't try to please everybody...it's impossible!

Keep your relationship with Christ through prayer, study and meditation of His Word, and don't stay out of your local Church Body that God tells you in His Word not to forsake!

You are going to need all of the above in the days ahead.

Now thanks be unto God, which causes us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of His knowledge by us in every place. 2 Corinthians 2:14

Hallelujah to Jesus Christ Holy Name!



You have received mercy.

2Corinthians 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;


The very idea of giving up!

You have been given a ministry from Jesus Christ when He raised you from the dead! Get up! Don't you lay down! Greater is He that is in you! Nothing is impossible with God! Nothing is impossible to him that believes in God!

You've caught mercy! Don't fumble it! Your family is depending on you. People all around you await to hear the mercy that God has shown you.



Luke 7:36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

Luke 7:37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

Luke 7:38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

Luke 7:39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

Luke 7:40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.

Luke 7:41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

Luke 7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

Luke 7:43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

Luke 7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

Luke 7:45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

Luke 7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

Luke 7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

Luk 7:48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.



We are like those that owed the debt, it was more than either could pay! Their master chose to forgive them both! They received mercy! Just like those of us who have repented of our sin and have believed in Christs' work on the cross for our salvation!



Mercy! Something that we can never earn or deserve!



Just as the two debtors, we owed a price, our life! But God, who in his great mercy, loved us and gave His Son! To die for your sin and my sin! I must realize that it was my sin, that nailed Jesus to that cross!

But thanks be unto God! I have received mercy!! I may feel low at times but Jesus is My glory and the lifter of my head!



I will look unto the hills from where my help comes, my help cometh from the Lord who made heaven and earth!



The woman that came into Simon the Pharisee's house where Jesus was asked to come and eat, she came weeping behind Him and washed His feet with her tears, she dried His feet with the hairs of her head, and then she took the precious ointment from the alabaster box and anointed the feet of Jesus!



1Corinthians 11:15   But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.



This woman was willing to lay down at the feet of Jesus what was to her in her day, her glory! What was her covering she used to receive His covering!

"She received mercy!"



4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.



Once we have received mercy, the love of God that is shed abroad in our hearts, it causes us to walk in the light as He is in the light!

We've received a ministry of mercy!!!! We have a gospel to preach!



4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.



You can't allow yourself to become complacent in this hour! Souls are dying! And you have received this ministry!



4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.



No longer do you belong to yourself, you've been bought with a price! Therefore, glorify God in your spirit and your body which belong to God!



4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.



Is wasn't you that initiated your mercy, it was God!

He commanded the light to shine through the darkness that you were in!

He caused His marvelous light to come to you while you sat in darkness, helpless and hopeless!



Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

We are His' workmanship.

I weep as I think of the great mercy that God has given to me.



Eph 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.



I've received a ministry of mercy! I can't sleep spiritually in this hour! I've received mercy! Something that I never deserved but yet God in His great love has given me mercy!



I must walk circumspectly (like a person who has received mercy) and not as a fool( a person who says in his heart that there is no God). I used to walk that way, but I've  received mercy!!!!!I don't have to walk and act like a fool!! I've received mercy!!! Hallelujah!



I don't want to be under the influence of no drug, no alcohol, not anything other than being filled with His Spirit!!!



I don't need no American Idol! I don't need to spend my attention on the latest reality show! I've received mercy!!!!



I want the Only True God, Jesus Christ who said He would walk in me and live in me!  He said He would be my God and all that I would ever need!



Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

I've received mercy!!!! I know I'm risen with Christ! I want to seek those things above where Christ sits at the right hand of God!

I'm dead! My life is hid with Christ in God!



Christ is my life!! When Christ, who is our lfe, shall appear, then shall we also appear with Him in glory!!! That's mercy!!!

I got it! You can have it too!   Thank God He gave it in Christ!



To sum it all up. You can't give up, you can't even think about quitting a ministry that God has given to you before the foundation of the world!



You have received mercy. "Walk like it".

Looking With Eyes Closed

Jesus could appear today to those who are looking for Him!

 "Are you looking for Him?"


Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Jesus will appear to only those that are looking and expecting Him to appear at any moment!  Those awake and looking!



1 Timothy 6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

1 Timothy 6:14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

1 Timothy 6:15Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

1 Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

We have been given a charge from Christ to live soberly and righteously in this present evil world!
Looking with our eyes until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ!
2Timothy 1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

2Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

2Timothy 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:


We are not ashamed of the testimony of our Lord!


2Timothy 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

Do you love His appearing?


Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

Titus 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Titus 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.


Let no man despise the for keeping yourself pure and walking before the Lord with His purpose being fulfilled in you.  Keep your eyes open and on Jesus!   

He shall appear to those looking for Him!


Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Colossians 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Colossians 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.


Jesus has raised us up with Him!

Our affection must be set upon Him!

Our life is hid with Christ in God!

"When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall we also appear with Him in glory!"

That's the rapture of the Church!  The Church that is awake and looking for Jesus to appear!


1Peter 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Jesus shall appear!

1John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

1John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

1John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Every person that is a true believer in Christ will live godly and will be looking for Him to appear at any moment!



1John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

The believer looking for Jesus to appear will abide in Christ!

Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.


When Christ comes back to the earth there will be mourning because of the people aren't prepared because they wern't looking for Him!


Zechariah 14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

Zechariah 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Zechariah 14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Zechariah 14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

Zechariah 14:5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

Jesus will come back to this earth with His Church at the second coming!



Matthew 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

Matthew 25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

Matthew 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

Matthew 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

Matthew 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

Matthew 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

Matthew 25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

Matthew 25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

Matthew 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

Matthew 25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

Matthew 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

Matthew 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.


All ten were virgins, they all slumbered and slept!

But at midnight a cry was made!  Behold the Bridegroom cometh! Go ye out to meet him!

Five were wise and five were foolish.

They all had lamps but only the wise had a reserve supply that would be enough for them to be able to last until the Bridegroom would appear!

The five foolish virgins had no oil for their lamp had gone out!

"They were looking without a supply of oil!"

They lost out because they weren't ready when the Bridegroom appeared!

"Verily, I say unto you, I know you not!"

"Open your eyes, people!"

 

Jesus will appear to those that are looking for Him!