Jesus Christ, the saviour of all people, believe in Him with faith alone and be saved, guaranteed.
AMOS: 9:14 I will bring back my exiled people Israel. I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted.
Journal Entry 63 – Living on Life
November 17th (Friday) 2017
Wow, that verse really nails it. I thank the Lord for showing me that verse But back on track. Every where I go in the world, there’s sin.
1 John 2:15, Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For me though, I shouldn’t attempt to reward myself with the things that merely exist here, but instead aim for the rewards the exist out of the world, with God. I should not want the rewards of the world, but the rewards of God; there’s a difference as the world hates God but God loves the world. Two different reactions for two clearly different things. I’m no different than the world, the only difference being is that I’m saved. I do not deserve this salvation, never have and never will, yet God still gave it to me out of the love that He had and still has for me. How cruel is it for me to hurt Christ even more, even after the cruxifixion He went through, by continuing to sin and grieve Him (the Holy Ghost) that lives inside of me. God suffered for me, yet I continue to make Him suffer now. It’s needless, for the both of us, and it only hurts us both, there’s no benefit to it whatsoever.
1 Thessalonians 4:13, But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
Ephesians 4:30, And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
I clearly have hope, this hope that I have searched for for a long time. It reminds me of the times when I wasn’t saved, where I would spend so much time searching online for what hell is like [Hell will be empty. Hell is temporary mental anguish. Hell is Sheol realm of the dead. Everyone will go to Heaven, Sheol all people there will be saved by believing in Christ] and how to get to heaven. I eventually found Jesus-is-Savior.com [I don’t recommend it now, since they disagree with Universal Salvation, even though it’s true, but what they say about faith alone salvation, eternal security, osas, is true] and was prompty lead to Christ for my eternally secure salvation, but before then I was miserable. I would want to kill myself to end the pain of doubt yet didn’t want to kill myself because I might end up in hell. [Sheol is Hell and it’s temporary. Christ saves all in Sheol, Jesus saves all in Hell] I was violently being restrained back then not to do sin, by the law. But now. Now, I could kill myself and still go to Heaven. Am I going to do it? Of course not! Not because I can’t, but because I don’t want to, it’s no longer my desire to sin, it’s just that I still struggle with it when I try to do the things which I desire to do, rooted from my faith, the sealed Holy Spirit inside of me. I am under that grace, and I could do whatever I want yet I won’t. Quite the paradox no? You search hard for the ability to sin all the time that you want, yet by the time you find it you don’t want to sin anymore. God truly is beautiful, He knows that now, after the Garden incident, we’ll be able to handle this free will better, working hard to control it until we can fully perfect it when we get to the perfect place called Heaven. That is my hope, not the pope (Cathlocism is of the devil), but Heaven.
1 Corinthians 13:13 - And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.
Proverbs 23:18 - For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Romans 8:25 - But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it].
Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
I sometimes have my doubts, but I won’t doubt. I sometimes ask to myself “But how do I stop doubting”. Thing is, you don’t do anything. If you’re asking yourself that question than that question is the very reason why you can’t stop doubting. To stop doubting, one must stop trying to trust in themselves and instead trust in the Lord. Don’t ask yourself to stop doubting, your salvation isn’t rooted in how strong your faith is or not, but is or the Lord. Really, the only person you should be asking that question to is God, since He holds you up. But that would be impossible, since God remains faithful, even when we as believers are faithless.
2 Timothy 2:9-16
9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
12 and 13 may be scary to think about, until you realize what they mean.
Suffer = Reign with Him by suffering through persection and thus earning more rewards in Heaven. [All will be rewarded equally with the salvation of Jesus Christ given to all, universal salvation]
Believe = The beliver who denies God will still be saved by Him. The Lord can’t disown us because He is already inside of us (Holy Spirit). For Him to abandon us now would be to abandon Himself (And He does not do that, as evidence by His Son on the cross whom He lifted to Heaven and resurrected).
Don’t get scared at the idea of the Holy Spirit not being inside of you. If you believe that you are a sinner incapable of saving yourself, the punishment of sin is death, Jesus paid that price through His death, burial and resurrection 3 days later and that it is by faith alone in Jesus Christ that we are saved, you are saved! So simple a child can follow it and be saved. If you’re reading this and have doubts, you’ve most likely read other articles on this, no? (I know I sure did when I had doubts, mass opening a bunch of tabs and favoriting the ones that really helped, only to have difficulty finding them when you need them). Could a child really manange reading all that motivation and having such a strong faith that you seek. You want a strong faith? Good, have your faith shaken. Just know that a mustard seed of faith is what saved you (very little), anything afterwards is just the Lord’s extra credit system for rewarding us for how faithful we were to Him during our time on Earth.
That last 16 part I included to remind me that I need to keep these normal and professional, not breaking out into typing fits because I have to wait until next Friday to see our new doctor for my deviated nasal septum and sinus pain. Not showing frustration when I’m obviously annoyed that I can’t have relaxing alone time here at home but instead have to go out to this church thing. Serving the Lord should not be painful, but joyful. I’m confused right now, because I do not feel that joy, only pain. I will persevere though, the Lord does that for me, and no matter how painful and joyless it is for Him, He will persevere because of His infinite power and infinite love for all us believers. I thank the Lord for that boundless love. Amen.
Psalm 143:8, Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk;for I lift up my soul unto thee.