The Struggles of a Christian

1. Strait is the gate, narrow is the way. Few there be that find it. 2. Depart from Me, I never knew you.

44 times this phrase is use, 42 times as a verb or action, they DID evil in the sight of the Lord. 2 Times it is used as an admonition.

On that First sunday the Angel tells the women He is not here for He is Risen - As He said. If He rose again, as He said then must we not believe every other promise?

How many of you knew of these horns? the reasons for them? God tells His people He will tear down the Altars of Bethel and the horns of the Altar. A grave judgment indeed. His people had built an altar to an idol in Bethel the very place called House of God.

If you are a Christian and you do not tell your brothers and sisters (neighbors) of this eternal life, then how much do you hate them? For a loving Christ died for them, but we can not tell them of Him for fear we might offend? or get cut out of their life? This is the biggest decision of their lives, but how can they make it if we do not give them the information they need?

No He Does not. If you take yourself off the God Standard and live by human standards, you will not get to Heaven. His Gift, His Sacrifice, not through ought that you have done.

If we are Christ's then we are to sacrifice lusts and affections of this earth. If we are Spiritual creatures, then we must live and walk a spirit filled life.

Jesus in Matthew chapter 9 is out and about, He is healing, He is calling His disciples, He is showing the people God. Yet the Scribes and Pharisees scoff and accuse. Jesus pointedly tells them God would rather have mercy and not sacrifice for His people in Hosea and it still holds true here. God cares for His people but the "self righteous" would prefer the people stick to the Law that they (the...

What is our job here? To tell them of Jesus. Not to be rich, not to be wealthy and comfortable. If you are, great, use what He has given you to be a better Witness. How will they know unless we tell them?

Why has Jesus not come back yet? Why have we not seen the rapture yet? God is not slack in His promises, the question is why have we not got the Word out to all the world? He is long suffering, He wants ALL to come to repentance, it falls on us to tell them. We are the ones slacking not Him.

Nehemiah, and Daniel interceded for their nation, asked for their sin to be forgiven and the sins of their nation. They begged and pleaded with God to forgive them and their nation. No excuses, no trying to avoid accountability just a good ole heart baring before God.

Jesus says come serve WITH me, work WITH me. Who else will do that or say that? His yoke is easy, his burden is light. Your free will is in play to make this choice to accept or reject Him. Once that choice is made your free will is over. Once that choice is made you have a master, whether Life and Christ or sin and death. There is no more free once you choose.

Lazarus was raised from the dead. Lazarus was a tremendous witness for Jesus. The Chief priests conspire to kill Lazarus and Jesus for many were believing on Jesus because of Lazarus

When we lose folks in death, if they know Jesus there is a tomorrow. We will see them again. There will be sadness, there will be sorrow, but praise God there will be a tomorrow!

David heard God being insulted and he got offended. We hear God being insulted and we say meh, the battle is the Lord's. David was not going to let anyone insult his God, and neither should we.

We stress that the church should make the world feel comfortable in it's doors. I say if they are comfortable, then you are doing something wrong. They need to see something different out of us that is why they are there.

Christ had Passion for the cross, where is ours for Him? We "Christians" are taking Christ out of Christianity. We have no passion and this is why we are losing to the world. They have to know we care before they will care.

Men have abdicated their positions in the church whether through greed, or searching for leisure. We need Godly men to mentor other men to be Godly. We will not be here forever, what will we leave in our spaces?

Too often we forget in this world that we have Hope. Jesus is our hope. One day He will come and get us. In fact the Bible says this Same Jesus will return. That is a promise, that is Hope. Take it to a lost and dying world for they need Hope.

If you are a true born again Christian, and living in sin? God will chasten, the conscience will prick, and the Spirit will hound you. If none of these are happening and you are living as the world in the world? Check your status.

2 Cor 5 tells us of the Bema seat and the fear of disappointing the Father.

The Book of Malachi which was authored over 2500 years ago sounds almost like a playbook from the church of today.

When we ignore these 2 resources, we lose our way and our power.

Jesus came along and said Peter let down your nets. Peter let down his net, and was surprised at the abundance of the blessing. He says Lord get away from me for I am a sing=ful man, for he had not fully obeyed or believed. Are we any different? Do we not act partially for we know better than the Spirit or the Word?

The Scribes, Pharisees and religious leaders did not recognize the Messiah when He came. Why? Because He came in the way He knew was best not in they way they perceived. They wanted a strong good looking fellow, well spoken and of war. What they got was a Messiah concerned for the eternal not the temporal.