Jesus does Save

You will never be able to cover over your past. Have you not already tried this way, and found it only leads to more misery? Must you go on and on, certain that you can do some good to make up for all the wrong you have already done?

I tell you, you will never find righteousness that way. You must change your mind, you must change your heart. You must sit down and listen to the Lord Jesus, and stop trying to do it you own way. 'Each of us have gone off in our own way, a spiralling path downwards into Hell.'

WHAT GIVES ETERNAL LIFE?

Faith in God, this gives eternal life. How can you have any faith in God, whom you do not see? Or who trusts Him, whom is not known? This is how the prophets and apostles worked the work they did: through the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus, whom God gave them to live within their hearts forever.

We preach not laws and regulations, but power and transformation. Transformation not through works, but transformation through the Spirit of God. 'Ask and you shall recieve.'

JESUS OFFERS YOU TRUE AND POWERFUL LIFE.

Will you lose your soul, to gain Life? No! Of course not! You gain life, and this is what we are saying. What is your life now? What more could life hold that you do not already know? How could you know? What life you now see, is finite, and a dream: your philosphies change, you go from one perspective to another, are you ever really sure? Sureness is found in faith which knows the sight of Eternal Life as far as the eyes of the soul can see.

GOD OFFERS YOU POWER, NOT TALK.

Power. What is impossible for you? Nothing is impossible for God. Still, why go off running, stop and wait. Were you not born, did not someone else make you? Your parents did not make you, they did not create you in the sense of the word I am speaking of! So, how can you, doing your own thing, your own way, be so sure that you are doing what is right? Or, how could every wise person who ever lived instruct you? For are they also not mortals, mortals who are merely speculating? Here today, gone tommorrow? Perhaps just by chance are they even rembered at all!

"THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD IS GREATER THEN THE WISDOM OF MEN"

But there is a new wisdom from God, not from men. This new wisdom, wise men of this world can not understand. For it transcends the rules and principles of this world completely. What transcends the rules and principles of this world, so completely?

It is this: the complete work of God through Jesus Christ dying on the cross is the only work you need! This core statement of the message is foolishness to the wise of this world.

You see, your Maker has made you. And He has given you all that you have and all that are. Listen up! Your Maker has also given you the salvation from this evil world and death. And this is that salvation, through the work of Jesus Christ on the cross, dying for your sins.

Would you read many books? Would you fight to save your friends? Would you argue with many men? Would you trek from here to there and back again? Climb every mountain you come to? Drink and be merry, live life stong, hard and fast?

Listen up! It is all futile!

Somebody else has already done what you are planning to do. And, they probably did it better. Even if you fought and strove to do it better, you would only be wasting your time. Is it really fun? Maybe. The first time, or every once and awhile. But that is only because you are operating under the illusion that you are "doing something".

This wise of this world think they are being wise, racing to the pinnacle. The mighty think they are being mighty. But all alike die, and if your name does live on, which it really probably will not: then so what? You wouldn't know it! And, money? How long will it last, and what turmoil will it bring?

Be truly wise and truly valiant: seek first the Kingdom of God. Then, all else will be added unto you.

STOP! AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING!

Can you already see the vistas of this world, and how you will make a name for yourself? Well, listen, and reason this out: what does it matter? The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. Wars do not cease, neither famine. And even if they did, so what? The most you could possibly get is your own pleasures granted. And those pleasures are the very selfish pleasures that has made this world so evil!

HOW CAN YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS SAID, IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE BIBLE?

Have you heard the Good News? The Good News is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. "Gospel" means "Good News". Apostles of Jesus Christ related their witness of the Good News, in the New Testament. Unless you have read their accounts, how can you be sure you have, indeed, heard the Good News?

IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE, YOU HAVE NOT HEARD!

I am firmly convinced that anyone who is given the ability to hear the Good News, believes. The problem is that not everyone can hear the Good News. Some hear it with joy, then 'quickly fall away when they suffer on the account of it'. It did not take good 'root in them'. Others are completely unable to hear the Good News because their hearts are already like a hard stone that nothing can penetrate. And, then there are those who have never heard the Good News before.

IS THERE ANYTHING FREE IN THIS WORLD?

There is nothing in this world that is free. Not a thing. Sure, there may be some things that are "free", but what do you have to buy first to get it? Have you really gotten something free, or did you get trapped? Did you not buy into something that you had to work or pay for to obtain?

Eternal life is not of this world, and it is free. You might say, "But wouldn't I have to work very hard for Christ and give up many things? Wouldn't I have to donate to a Church to be saved? How is that free! You think I am a fool?"

And well you should say this, for there are many false prophets today who wish to make some financial gain from you. There is no thing more valuable than eternal life, and no thing as wonderful. Obviously, there are many people who have tried to set up shops and stores around eternal life, so as to make money from it. And, they also will often make themselves out to be the givers of eternal life.

What is valuable in this world, is it not rare and hard to come by? But there is nothing more valuable than eternal life, and it is rare and very hard to come by. In fact, it is a miracle of God whenever someone is saved. And everyone who knows they have eternal life sees this and praises God for this.

Yes, eternal life is already here! It does not require you to cross the Seven Seas, nor to plummet the depths of Hell, you need not go up into Heaven, and it is not hidden away in a great many books, as if it were some great code to be deciphered by human reason! Eternal Life is salvation, which is the forgiveness of sins, which is the Kingdom of God: and this is hidden in plain sight!

What about works?

Did Moses part the Red Sea? Did Peter give sight to the blind? Did the apostles cast out demons, give hearing to the deaf, sight to the blind, and raise the dead? Did Samson defeat a thousand Philistines with a jawbone of a jackass? Surely, in a sense of the word, these men did do these things. And they could boast before men, for they would not be boasting, but telling the truth. However, before God there is no boasting, for God gave them the power to do what they did, and it was not by their own strength nor intelligance! Now, was it?

Or, do you not believe these things truly happened? Why not? Because the world is so evil? Because you have never seen a miracle in your life? Because things like this, children might believe, but adults have lost the wonder of their childhood forever? And is it not the wicked things you have done that have so caused you to lose that wonder and childlike faith?

For this has been revealed from Heaven, the message of salvation by faith. Since it is by faith, and not by works, you can not brag of it, nor can you say, "Well, I am so good, I chose God." No. Every person is a sinner, that is why Jesus had to die on the cross. Every person has done wrong, unrepairable wrong. They can not repair the wrong they have done, to themselves, whom God made, to the ones they have hurt, whom God also made.

Go! Try and forget your past! Do many things you call "good". But everything is futile. See, I have told you now, already. Stop, before it is too late, and think about the meaning of your life! The value of your soul!

YOUR SALVATION IS WITHIN YOUR REACH. THE KINGDOM IS AT HAND!

What teacher will you hire to instruct you of all things? Or, who must you go to to find the secrets of the deep and the lofty? God is everywhere. God who created the mouth, can He not speak to you? God, who created your ears, can He not hear you? No, it is not God, but it is you who can not hear, that God can speak to you.

Will you find God if you go to the North? But, why are you leaving where you are, if God is where you are? For now, you would be saying, "God is not here. I must go find out where He is."

And where is God?

Is there no wisdom in your dreams, no still and silent voice in your heart? No wonder left?

"Those who exalt themselves will be humbled."

I tell you, you can not see the Kingdom of God. Or, can you? Do you already have the Spirit of God living within you? Are you already born again? Have the vistas of paradise eternal already been shown to you? Have you looked from the heights, and seen that all men know nothing and see nothing? Do you know the sadness in the heart of the homeless poor? Or what joy they might feel which you might never know?

THE EVIDENCE WE HAVE IS THE EVIDENCE YOU CAN KNOW!

'For that which is seen, is temporary, but that which is unseen is eternal'. The Kingdom of God is unseen, just as your future is unseen. Your future, you may think you know already, having many plans and fantasies: but does anything come to pass exactly as you imagined? The Kingdom of God is to know, today, already. There is no doubt nor wondering, but there is faith, and from that faith great thankfulness: thanfulness with which men and women and even children have willingly died for, in great joy.

Not that anybody ever had to die to be saved, but all through out history, men have asked these people a question, "Will you deny Christ, or will you die?"

Why do you think they would ask that question?

Death is seen, but what happens after death? Is that also seen? For us, yes it is, and I am not lying, I am not crazy, and I am not making it up. Who could? Yet, this unseen City, this New Jerusalem of which we speak, this hope is alive within us. It is not based on ideas and philosophies of men: it is based on evidence granted by God, evidence in a joy that the world could never comprehend.

GAIN BOUNDLESS EYES TO SEE THE BOUNDLESS GOD THROUGH JESUS!

Look at how the world is bounded! All you can see, has limits. Yet, you know that there might be someplace boundless, infinite. A boundless voice can not be heard by bounded ears, but by the soul, nor a boundless sight be seen with bounded eyes. Are not your eyes and ears flesh, and the words of men temporary? But God will make of you boundless ears and boundless eyes to see goodness in all its' boundlessness!

DO YOU ALREADY KNOW ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW?

Saying, "I know, I know", this prevents you from knowing. For you believe you already know. But is there anything that you know as you should? Are you so deep in knowledge, it is now impossible for you to learn? That is never true, for if you could not learn, than Christ would not be a Teacher, would He? And who has ever spoken as Christ has?

If you are so sure you already know all that He says, then perhaps you should consider yourself a teacher? Teaching men who are as blind, to follow the right course and the right way? Will men praise you for this? And if they do, which they surely tend to, what use is their praise, besides in making you feel as though you need not learn anything else? And is not that very feeling, that pride, the exact opposite of the pursuit of knowledge?

GLORY CAN BE YOURS IN GOD, BECOME A "FOOL FOR CHRIST"!

Throw away you strength in this world! That is wisdom! Count all of your past ways foolishness, and an evil futility! That is knowledge! If you are rich, give it all to the poor, and follow Jesus! That is real wealth! "Put your treasure not in banks, but give to the poor, and you will hav riches in Heaven'! Where is your heart? Where? What do you think about? Is it not true, that 'your heart is where your treasure is'?

GIVE YOUR MONEY TO THE POOR, AND LIVE THE GOOD LIFE!

If your treasure is money you have saved up, then you will be dreaming of all things you could buy! So what! If you ever buy anything, it will be just as useless as the next thing! Happiness does not come from without! Have you not learned that yet? Everybody has heard that but who believes it? Who really believes it? Happiness must come from within, and happiness the Lord will give you when you see for the first time the power and salvation of the Kingdom of God through the Spirit of God!

WISE MEN, EDUCATED MEN AND WOMEN, THROW AWAY YOUR EDUCATION!

If you are wise, 'then become foolish'! Throw away your books and your education! The paths are all futile! Seek praise from the only God, not from men! Men will praise you one moment and curse you the next: who cares what they really think? Maybe you do, most people fall into that trap: get out of it!

Become foolish for Christ. Can you not live up to the saints? Or, what race are you running? To become first? Everybody runs that race! It is essentially selfish! You will end up last because you did not see that. Join the 'race to become last, then you will end up first'. Seek to become 'the servant of all' rather than the "lord of all". Then, you will be wealthy in strength to give, and wisdom to share!

"YOUR LIFE DOES NOT CONSIST OF YOUR POSSESSIONS!"

What are possessions? Are you fretting over what you will buy next? Saving up day and night, working your hands to the bone to find that treasure? You might die tommorrow! Or, what is that treasure once you get it? Here is a treasure you may have, and keep forever: God, through the Spirit of Christ, adoption, into all that is the God of Glory and Power. Goodness is God, and Goodness is nothing else, all else is but illusionary, kept guarded by fantasy and the pretension of knowledge. God alone is truly good.

WITNESS THE GOD OF ALL GOODNESS, GLORY, AND POWER!

So then, what pain would it be to behold and stand in the presence of that which alone is truly good, and infinite in goodness? People who hear the Good News experiance God, for the Good News is God made known, through Jesus Christ.

What I am saying is that all else is evil: believing it to be good will only end in evil futility for you. Humble yourself before God, and seek to learn. You will never learn of what is good, untill you stop saying you already know. And you start listening to what you have never tasted before.

CAN YOU CHANGE THE WORLD?

Is there not a good fighting chance for you to join and run the race valiantly? Or, are you so intimidated by the proliferation of false prophets and confused Christians? Maybe there is a treasure for you, and a glory that they could never obtain?

JESUS HAS MADE PROMISES TO YOU, CAN YOU TRUST HIM?

Remember, Jesus says that if you pray in secret, if you fast in secret, if you dilligently and surely keep knocking, persistently, on Heaven's door, if you give to the poor in secret: all of these things He says that you will be rewarded for. Why doubt Him right off? Why not give His word a try?

I am not saying, "Test the Lord". Who would like to be tested? What testers rarely realize is that they are already convinced that the person they are testing is wrong. They are just seeking more "evidence" to slander with. You must purify your heart, because no one truly knows how decietful their own heart really is. Doubt yourself! And believe in God.

LOOK APON YOUR PAST ERRORS IN HORROR AND SADNESS!

Repent! Break your own heart for the sorrow you have wrought apon others. Stop teaching that this world is right and good, and start repenting for teaching that. Stop ignoring the poor, who know for a fact how evil this world is! Look, they are crying out to God! Will God not hear them?

BECOME FIRST A STUDENT OF CHRIST.

Look at your own blame, not someone else's. How can 'you help your brother to remove the speck from his eye, when you have a log in your own? First remove the log from your eye. Then, you will see better to help get the speck out of your neighbor's eye!'.

YOU WISH TO BE FIRST? THEN STRIVE TO BE LAST!

Seek to become the very last, seek that very hard. Seek not to sit in the place of honor, but seek to humble yourself as mightily as you can: believing that God rewards the humble but punishes the proud. Know that God opposes the rich in heart, but God exalts the poor in heart. Therefore, humble yourself in your heart, beg and plead for salvation from God: never stop asking, never be sure you are saved, until God Himself lifts you up from your own brokeness, your own lingering in the alley of beggars, and sits you in the seat of honor; which He has reserved for you all along!

BECOME GREAT, IN GIVING AND IN HUMILITY.

Learn the humility of the homeless. Understand the pain in a window's heart. Consider the secrets of orphans (which the world despises) as great wisdom and knowledge finer than all of the books of the world put together! Realize the great heights with which you have bourne your soul, your ego, and come down to earth: before God angrily casts you down so that you are humiliated and ashamed. Seek to know His holiness, so you might understand just how filthy and ungodly are the thoughts of your heart.

Realize this above all these other things: God does look at your heart. Your secrets are shouted to Him. And so they will be shouted to all of creation on Judgement Day. Every little secret thing is like a a shout and a roar, even the darkest depths of the Abyss are revealed to God's eyes: how much more so the secrets of your heart?

Who cares what anyone else thinks? 'It is as you think in your heart that you really are.'

Break your heart, rend it's filth with sorrow, not your bones with seeking to appear good to men. Who cares what they think! Let them think you are mad for Christ! Let them know you are a 'fool for Christ'! For this 'foolishness is far superior than the wisdom of the whole world or the might of the mightiest of all creation together'!

God's Grace Be Known, God's Mercy Be Recieved,

Drew.

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