A Sin Is A Sin

A Sin Is A Sin

How can a telling lie be just as bad as committing murder? The answer is simple. God said do not do it, and He meant do not do it. A sin is a sin. God Himself wrote the Ten Commandments, in stone. Exodus 31:18 "And He gave unto Moses, when He had made an end to communicating with him upon Mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God."
God did not just say the sins listed in the Ten Commandments are wrong, He wrote them in stone!
You may be thinking that lying can not possibly be as bad as murder. Or that lustful daydreaming is not as bad as actually committing fornication. 
James 2 verse 10 says, "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." Notice how it says "all"? Sins are committed by actions, speaking, and thinking. Are you careful what you do, what you say, what you think?
Lets look at two things. First, we are a soft generation. By that I mean that murder to us is horrific. Nobody wants to see anybody get killed. But a few thousand years ago watching someone be crucified, or burned alive, or stoned to death was a spectator event, done in public. And, not only watched by men, but women & children were there also.
And can you imagine slicing a lambs throat? Or any other animal? Before Jesus died on the cross for our sins people had to sacrifice animals, to shed blood, to have their sins forgiven. We can not fathom that idea today. Thankfully, God sent His Son Jesus, the Lamb, to die for our sins and all we have to do is ask for forgiveness and if we are true Christians who follow God's word, He hears our prayers and forgives us.
And second, thinking about committing fornication is just as bad as doing it because Jesus said so. He did not change the Ten Commandments, but he elaborated on them in Matthew chapter 5. Examples are verses 27 and 28 "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." That is not hard to understand. 
Please read your Bible. Do not go by what I or anyone else says. Learn the truth in your own way, how you perceive it. But I guarantee you that you will see it the way I do because it is plain & clearly written. 
Once again, thank you for visiting and please come back soon. :)

Definitions Of A Few Sins

Jesus gives us a list of sins in Galations chapter 5, and other places in the Bible. But do you know what they all mean? Lasciviousness, Variance, Emulations, Uncleanness, Revellings, and Concupiscence are just a few. And then there's Circumcised and Uncircumcised. Yes, that is something a baby boy has done, but did you know that to be "Circumcised" means to be "In the Spirit" and therefore being "Uncircumcised" would mean to "Not be in the Spirit". 
But let us look at words like  Concupiscence. It took me 2 days to learn how to pronounce that, and my southern accent still shines thu, lol. That big word means Lust.
And Lasciviousness also means Lust.
Variance means basically to flip-flop back & forth walking with the Lord following His word, and not staying in word. Not being stable minded about your relationship with the Lord.
Uncleanness does not mean that your house is dirty. It means to be Morally Impure.
Emulations is having a desire to be like someone else rather than your own self. You are who God made you, you are not to try to be like someone else.
Revellings A good way to describe this would be enjoying something, like a hobby, or tv, so much that it takes up so much of your time that you do not make time for God.
 There ya go. Short & to the point. I hope I've helped you in some way. 
Have a great day & come back soon! :)

Do NOT Fall For The LEFT BEHIND Books!

I know a lot of people enjoy the Left Behind series. I'm guessing because they give them hope that they can go to Heaven no matter how they live their lives, sin as much as they want to, and just endure a little tribulation and get to spend eternity in Heaven. But those books are not Scriptural. They were intended for the men who wrote them to make millions, which they did. And now they have a kids series of Left Behind books telling children its ok not to be saved, they can be saved after the rapture, or second coming, or whatever you call it when Jesus returns. I have recently learned not everyone calls it the "Rapture" and may not know what I'm talking about. And they are also from Satan. He very much enjoys having millions of people believe they do not have to be saved, that they still have a chance after Jesus returns. But, after Jesus returns it will be too late. Yes, you will be left behind, but with no chance of spending eternity in Heaven.
There is so much proof in the Bible, the book God Himself gave us, to dispute this left behind theory. But people do not want to hear the truth. They want to go on living their lives as they please.
Like I've said before, I'm no Bible scholar, but it does not take years of college to understand God's word.           1 Thessalonians 4:16, For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Saying that unbelievers will get a second chance after the rapture is like saying the people who have died over history, SEVERAL years, will get a second chance & the Bible plainly tells us where the unbelievers who have died are. The "dead in Christ shall rise". Not, ok, all the dead people who died nonbelievers come out of the grave and see who wants go thru tribulation to go to Heaven.
Luke chapter 16 tells us where the unsaved who die are. Verse 23 says, And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
(Hell and the lake of fire are 2 different things. I need to write a Blog on that!)
And in Luke chapter 17 Jesus told His disciples what will happen to the ones left behind. Verse 23 tells us,
 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And He said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

The Hebrew meaning of Eagle is "to tear with the beak". You can look that up if you want to do your own homework :) 

1 Thessalonians chapter 5 tells us in verse 3,

 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 
Revelation chapter 16 verse 21 tells us,
And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
YES, there will be people left behind. But that is all, just people. The earth as we know it right now will no longer exist. 
So many people believe that life will go on after the Rapture. But they need to read the Bible carefully. The earth will be destroyed. The elements will melt away, things made by man, "the earth and the works which are in it" will be burned. The seas will boil from the heat. Mountains will fall. Stones weighing 85-90 pounds will rain from Heaven. The ground will split apart. There will be no sun, no moon, complete darkness. And I am guessing with a stone-storm there will not be any power. People will not be watching everything unfold on CNN or Fox News. NOWHERE in the Bible will you find ANYTHING about a 7 year Tribulation Period! Please look that up for yourself, do not take my word for it. We, as Christians, endure tribulation just because we're Christians. And if you're not enduring some kind of tribulation, you aint doing something right! And, Revelation plainly says that no man will repent after the Rapture. Revelation 9:20, 21 and 16:9,11
Update: More scripture references to study if you'd like.
Isaiah 64:1-2
1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
2 Peter 3:10 (actually, 3:7-17)
But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and the elements shall be melted with heat, and the earth and the works which are in it, shall be burnt up. 
I know I say short and to the point. Sorry this one is so long. Hope to see you back here soon.God Bless :)

They Hated Him First

John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Right now at this moment I'm being attacked on Twitter by a nonbeliever. He just came out of nowhere asking me why, if God is so caring, He doesnt bless everybody. And why did God make Hindus, Muslims & Atheists. And there are thousands of gods that people worship....
What this kid does not understand is that Jesus warned us a very long time ago that there would be people like him. People who hate us for our beliefs. People who try to bring us to wrath. It actually makes me smile when Atheists or Muslims come at me about God because it shows that I show myself as a Christian, that I must be doing something right according to the Lord, or they would not be calling me out and trying to argue that God is not real. I feel blessed that this kid is trying to argue with me, a true believer in God who wants to do His will & everything I can to reach people about Him.
Once again, short & to the point. :)

Jesus Is Real

I am blogging for the first time. I've been praying for a way to reach people about Christ and this is where I ended up. I've tried Twitter, Facebook, even built a website thru Yahoo Small Business, but I have faith this is going to be the way God wants me to go.
I am just a nobody that wants to reach anybody I can about our Savior Jesus Christ. I know there are a lot of people who do not believe in Him. But, how can you not believe in a "book" written thousands of years ago with prophecies coming true today? I believe most people who do not believe in God have never even read a Bible. And, if you are reading this and you are one of those nonbelievers who laughs at us believers, its ok, we knew you were going to be here, Jesus told us about you. Therefore we Christians are prepared for people like you.
I am not a Bible scholar. I went to a Christian school for 10 years. Have spent countless hours in church over the years. God has been part of my life since the day I was born. I will not say how long that is, but its quite a while :) 
I personally do not like to do a lot of reading so I will be keeping my blogs short and to the point. 
For this one, I will just say that God is real, Jesus is His Son, and He did die on the cross for your sins. People ask me a lot if God is real why do so many bad things happen. They have not read the Bible. God, and us, have an enemy, his name is Satan. He loves death and destruction. He is not omnipresent like God, but he has a whole lot of demons working for him. I believe they are the angels that were kicked out of Heaven with him when he tried to take over Heaven. The Bible says 10,000 times 10,000 times thousands of thousands of angels are in Heaven. So if one-third of the angels were kicked out of Heaven, that would be a lot. A lot to rule the world with evil & destruction. And, you have to consider, people have a mind of their own. God gave us a mind with free will to choose to believe or not believe in Him. Who do you think are doing the killing and the raping, and the rioting and the looting? I'm guessing the ones who do not believe in God. What do you think?
I said short and to the point so I'm going to end this one here. But I will be back soon. Very soon!