Everlasting Life

 FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.   John 3:16    

I purposely capitalized all the words not to take away from this great verse, but to make it bolder for you to see.  A short explanation of a great verse can not do it justice because if 100 men were to give brief explanations on it, it would be 100 different opinions. So, friends, mine will be only one of them.

We should ask who loved the world and why? Why would God almighty want to create a world in the first place.  So  that He can love the inhabitants of it? Hard to imagine such a thought.  We can never fathom such love the Lord God has for us all to create us in His glorious image, let alone a world that is now more evil and wicked than ever before.

GOD.......... God Himself.  Yes, God Himself who has created all things for His glory, in all His omnipotence  and supreme might, He created us in His image.  He did not create us in the image of some  ape, monkey, baboon or what some evolutionists will try to brainwash us into believing.  We were not product of accidental big bang.  There is a God, and not little "g" god as so many think of.

SO LOVED THE WORLD.......... so loved the whole world and all He created in it so that He can have fellowship with  us.  How sad most do not want this with Him. He needs to be glorified and praised in all things.  He desires heartfelt worship from us all, not just select ones as some religions teach. He so loved us that He longs for us to breathe Him in our hearts with conviction and repentance.  He wants us to become saved to have a relationship with Him that only He can give.  He can give us peace, joy, and the desires of our hearts. He longs and craves for our total attention.  He desires for our first love.  He wants us making Him first in all things, not ourselves nor others.  Furthermore, He must always come first in EVERY aspect of our lives so that we can return to Him a small minute portion of the love He gives us.  If He, who is rich in grace, mercy, and love can give  everyone of us, day in and day out, our hearts' desires, why shouldn't we return to Him what He so rightfully deserves of us?

THAT HE GAVE.......... When the Lord gives something, He gives it to us out of compassion and love.  Yet, He is no respecter of persons either, as so many think He is. He gives because He loves us and expects us to live according to His commandments (i.e. Exodus 20).  Those commandments still hold today and are for us all. He gave us so much, even too much, that we have tendencies to be very self-motivated and ignorantly selfish in all He gives us.   He doesn't have to give us anything as we deserve NOTHING from Him, except Hell.   Yet, God is a giver of good things and will give us things even when we do not ask Him.  He is  always just, righteous, and holy.

HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.......... He did give us something without our even asking Him. He gave His Son Jesus Christ who came unto His own, and His own received Him not. He was born of the virgin Mary and conceived by the Holy Ghost with God as His Father. He was tortured beyond belief and description.  He was crucified on the cross at Calvary, bled and died for all your rotten sins.  We all put Him there including me! He died in our place.  It was supposed to be us punished.  But, there He was taking our place.  Out of true obedience to His Father and out of infinite love for us, He took all our places and placed the sins of every living being on Himself.  He died for everyone who lived before us, during this time, after we die, and those born after we are gone. As a father, would you give your only son to die in your place? Or would you even take your son's place to enable him to live so you can die in his place. Guaranteed, you would not even take Jesus' place on that cross to allow Him to live.  How self centered we all are to think so lightly of what the Lord allowed His Son to go thru for all of us, unworthy sinners. Think of the cost.  Think of the cause.

THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM.......... that whosoever is YOU! You are the one who needs to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved.  If you don't, you will never get second chance after death. "Whosoever will"  may come soon if you will just listen and do God's essential requirement for salvation.  He will, in no wise, cast out those who believe Him and call upon His name to be saved. WHOSOEVER means everyone on earth.  But, a terrible shame as many will never come to believe in Him.  Many will make false professions of faith only to find out after death they were not truly saved.  They only put on a show and acting to be like true Christians. 

Whosoever believeth in Him can and will be saved from hellfire and eternal damnation. Religion does not matter.  What count are:  Are YOU willing to believe and call on Him to save you? Are you willing to accept Him as YOUR personal Saviour thru conviction and with repentance in tears? If not, you will be lost forever regardless of what your religion may expose and drill you to believe. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

SHOULD NOT PERISH.......... It is not His will that anyone should perish and go to Hell. He is a just, loving and Holy God.  While He is that, He is also a God of great wrath and anger.  He loves us so much He does not want us to perish and die in our sins, but to have Holy Communion and fellowship with Him EVERY day.  What a great expectation for those who are true to Him!

There is only one way to have what He offers you.   If you are not saved by the blood of Christ, admit yourself as a sinner, acknowledge your sins and confess them before a Holy and just God.  Repent them and turn to our Lord Jesus Christ.  His gift of ETERNAL salvation is free. BUT, you must mean it with ALL your heart.  Do not  just say, "there, now l am saved and l will go to heaven". That is not good enough. You must truly humble and allow yourself to be convicted by the Holy Spirit. To be truly humble, convicted, and repentive, you must honestly, heartfelt fully and tearfully be remorseful in what you say to become truly saved.  It is only then that you will have a secured place the Lord wants to prepare for you.

BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.......... and it will be everlasting, continual forever, constantly abiding in Christ that will never end in sight. Eternally together  means being with the Lord forever under His wings and praising Him in heaven. If that does not suit you, then l truly feel sorry for you because l speak this in care, concern and love for all who may read this. I pray, too, this will be your prayer and your heart's desire.  It is an earnest plea from my heart to you that you please take this into utmost consideration. In Jesus Name, amen and amen.  Praise our Lord!

(c) Michael Carey; February 26, 2011

What God Says To Us

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and l will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

GOD says, "My glory won't overflow you if you don't walk in strict obedience to Me".

GOD says, "My glory won't go in you if you are preaching behind the pulpit unsaved".

GOD says, "My glory will never be shown in your life if you don't trust Me and put complete faith in Me by allowing Me to save you".

GOD says, "My glory will never lift you up if you continue to backslide and reject my Son Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and l, the Lord God Almighty".

GOD says, "My glory will never shine in you as a bright and shining light if you continue to shake your fist at me in defiance to My Holy Word".

GOD says, "My glory will never fill you with my power if you quench and resist Me".

GOD says, "You will never be filled and anointed with the Holy Spirit and His unction if you say you love Me, yet deny My commandments and are never committed to Me as long as you live".

GOD says, "My Holy Spirit will not be relevant in your life if you continue to falsify my doctrines and dare to challenge Me and My holiness".

GOD says, "I can, will, and am able to convict you, beat you to your knees, make you profess me and repent of your wickedness".

GOD says, "I am not mocked nor can you deceive me, for he who does will feel my wrath and judgment after death, but l want you to be saved by my sufficient grace".

GOD says, "I am not unapproachable to you for l open My arms to you for eternal salvation if you believe on me with all your heart. It is not My will that any should perish".

GOD says, "To MY glory l can save the most wicked,  and  the most prideful person, but you need to come to Me".

GOD says, "Are you convicted yet? Or am I a waste of your precious time and talents? Do you have any need of Me? Or do you want a relationship with me that can be personal, fulfilling and a sweet savor unto Me, your Lord".

A little something l wrote a couple years ago when l made time.  l thought l would share with you. The last couple, l added recently.  Enjoy and l pray the Lord will convict where necessary. Amen.

(c) Michael Carey; February 26, 2011


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John The Baptist: The Likes of Him

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Matthew 3:1-12 (v. 2) Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand..., (v. 7) O generation of vipers, who hast warned you to flee from the wrath to come ?

 

John 3:25-36 (v. 36) He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

John 5:32-38 Jesus speaking of John (v. 35) He was a burning and a shining light : and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

A few of my thoughts today is on this great man of God. Some verses l have in bold black type, but the rest are vitally important to read and study as well on the life of John.

So much more to speak of concerning John the Baptist, besides the few scriptures above, i.e. his  birth, his testimony, his doubts, his preaching, him the man, he the preacher, friend to Jesus, Jesus speaking of him, and so much more. John was no Jesus Christ, but he was all mentioned above and more. He was a man's man and not a sissy as practically all ministers are nowadays. He preached repentance, hellfire and brimstone.  If anyone said behind the pulpit today what John the Baptist did back then, guaranteed all churches  would lose half the people and everyone would be fuming mad at him who preached like a fire out of control.  But, he was in control all the time. He had no problem calling out those by name and exposing them who they were.

Many ministers  today are very weak and cowards. They have no backbone to preach what needs to be preached. John preached repentance and sin.  If the so-called righteous preachers preach today what he preached and taught on, guaranteed more people would be getting saved instead of so many going to hell due to the lack of today's preaching. At this age, the so-called man of God is brainwashed in his thinking that only GOD IS LOVE sermons need to be preached on.  Yes, even when God's love is given utmost importance, His wrath and anger need to be taught and preached, too, just as much.

We need more ministers like John the Baptist. You better pray to God that He will bring some more of the likes of him into this world.  Ministers who preach the gospel, preach on SIN and call it by name and against it, and be filled with the glory of the Lord.  Ministers who will make people shudder if they do not admit, confess their sins and repent of their wickedness.  This world is getting worse each day. We need more Spirit-filled men like John, as well as more God-sent men like Charles Finney, Gypsy Smith, Christmas Evans, D.L. Moody, Billy Sunday, Sam Jones, John Wesley, George Whitefield, etc. These men were mighty men of God.  But where are the present-day men  whom the world so desperately need today?  

More so, we need God-powered men instead of  people taking backseats to sin. We need men who can stand up for Jesus and profess His name.  We need them to  preach on repentance, hell, God's anger and wrath, what the Lord hates and not to brainwash people always with God Is Love messages only every Sunday morning.  

God is love is vitally important, but so is His anger, fury and mighty wrath and hell. Where are the men who call themselves preachers? Where are these guys who are supposed to be preachers? Instead, they are stinking-rotting corpses, dead, dry and deadbeat  compromisers who are scared to death.  They do not want to make the people angry and feel rotten about their vile sins.  These sissies and fools make a mockery of the love of God and His wrath by never teaching and preaching on them. Woe to the man of God who has no convictions.  Woe to him who has no standards to preach on the truth, who is never in remorse over his stupid, past-waist feelings  thinking others will get a little mad at him.  Woe to him whose pride is big as the grand canyon that he has to give in to others.  In fact, he gets to  enjoy telling them what he thinks they want  to hear to make them feel good and not angry with him.  In turn,  he makes himself feel good and say, "yes, l did my job and  they feel better as do l.  l will do what l want, speak on what l want, and l don't want to lose anyone. l want a full church, l want a good pension so that when l retire l can sit back, relax, soak and bask in the glory of myself ".  What a distorted idea! Instead of going on for the Lord until he is physically unable to preach anymore, he does the opposite. 

Woe to the  minister who is vain and full of himself .  l know many are compromisers and have no backbone to believe God has ONE Bible, the KJB.  Yet, most are as vile as hell, is deep, and don't believe a just and holy God would condemn them because they speak out of other man-made versions that put Jesus on humanly standard.  But, those perversions are the devil's books whereas whether people want to admit it or not, GOD does have a ONE Bible in this world.  He has only one inspired, infallable and true book.  The other versions are not God-breathed as the KJB no matter what the ignorant Bible correctors say and regardless how theologically smart and super intelligent they may be. Only when the Lord comes back in all His glory will He do what He needs to do with the corrupt One World Government they are forming now. God will have the last laugh and the final say.

Good John the Baptist was a fire-breathing man of God.  There will probably never be anyone else like him in these last days. But, the Lord can bring anyone He wants to bring Him honour and glory. No doubt John was loved by many in the Bible and was hated also because he was beheaded, (that story you can read in your own time). Despite any threat even death, he was no compromiser, sissy, fool nor smiling smug idiot behind the pulpit as so many are today.  These include, very sad to say, many Independant Baptists, too, who call themselves men with firm beliefs, full of fury KJB believers, and men true to the Word of God. Many are very weak and no wonder souls are not being saved. Those compromisers are no preachers like John or Paul and certainly not like our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (Matt.23). If we had men of God who loved people with passion like John and had a true love for them, many would have been saved today. But, due to lack of tears of humility and too much pride, many have stepped back while most have lowered themselves where they are now.  They are just comfortable to speak, teach and maybe preach a little.  Yet, the Bible  clearly  teaches about the foolishness of false preaching (1 Cor.1:21) - NOT speaking, NOT teaching, NOT prating about like a moron who smiles, has no absolutes and no fear of God.

John the Baptist was not perfect and had doubts also.  He had a great testimony, good Godly character, and he is still talked about today due to who and what he was.   It  is too much time to explain all what l mentioned, but I plan to preach on him someday. The facts still are: that he was a man of God when he was alive, he was no fool, sissy, no smiler, but had a humbleness, fury and boldness in him that preachers today lack so much - terribly much.  

Let me share to you what I feel John the Baptist had:

a)  If he was to live today, he would preach with such fervor, passion and boldness.  He would be filled with the fury of the Lord, people would either crucify him, behead him again, or kill him in one way or another.

b) He was not afraid what others thought of him.  He just preached with the fury of the Lord in him and with hellfire that even today some hate him.

c) He would preach today what those ministers are scared to preach on. He would teach today what others would compromise on and about.

d) He would have a boldness and fire stirred in him that others today lack and are pathetically weak in.

e) He would preach on hell and repentance with so much tears of hurt and sorrow.  Others today would be the exact opposite as they would speak miserable watered down versions of hell that no one would feel anything in their soul or any conviction, nor repentance.  Therefore, listeners just smile and enjoy after their ministers got through with the sermon.

f) John would preach on every ungodly evil in this world and every filthy sin that even preachers today would shudder to speak on or preach against.
g) John the Baptist would preach on everything and he wouldn't back down from the heathen who was mad at him nor the woman who confronted him face to face to try to intimidate him.

The best illustration l can think of how l see preachers today?  It is the wicked witch of the west on the wizard of Oz.  Like her, they are melting, melting, melting, lower themselves and their convictions, and then disappear.  Why?  Because they have no spine for preaching Bible truth. They have no backbone for preaching Christ, His gospel and Him crucified.  They are just plain cowards and compromisers as they do not want to lose their retirement fund if they did preach like John. 

Preachers today WON'T preach on sodomy, pornography, abortion, murder, adultery, church separation, the commandments, sin of ANY kind nor hell, as all these are so far watered down behind the pulpit in America and even in Canada (well, other countries, too).  The preacher is lethargic, pukable, and is vomitable due to his lack of what he may have been taught. 

Today too many bible colleges and bible universities even  small bible training institutes are laughable as they teach from other versions.  These professors,  who are supposed to be teachers of truth, are so stuck in the mire that they will never get out and have there feet placed on solid ground.  They will keep sinking lower and lower because of the damnable heresies they teach and not proclaiming the WORD of the LORD, the KJB. Amen and amen. 

God will return one day soon to rid the world of the false teachers and the cults if they don't repent, confess their sins and get right with Him. We really need repentance preached on, the Holy Spirit conviction, as well as hell with no compromise desperately today. 

Where there is smoke there is fire.  Where a man of God has a flame in him, he will catch on fire for the Lord and people from all over will come to watch him burn for Him.  What a joy to see once again a Jeremiah, an Isaiah, an Ezekiel, a Joel, an Amos, a Paul, a John the Baptist, and yes, a Jonah too, but most of all, like Jesus Christ in this present age, amen and amen.

We need men like John the Baptist and  the great men of God in years past.  We need none of those who think too highly of themselves to even give others the time of day or glory in their own deeds. The day is fast approaching  when the Lord will come back in all His glory.  l for one shall see Him face to face.  I do imagine, too, seeing John the Baptist even though l know not what he looks like. What about you?

(c) Michael Carey; January 8, 2010

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Happy Because God Loves Me!

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      I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. Psalm 139:14
 

I tried to get a picture of myself today just for fun.  I  rarely do this because I always like to stay out from the camera.  A lot of friends know this even in church.  I am sort of camera-shy.  

Yet, today I feel like doing it.   I got this just a minute ago through pizap.com.  I felt good.  Now I know.  Yes, how wonderful it is that He made me.  God loves me.  I am very happy!

I am sharing the happiness with you.

Reflection from Luisa Mercado

(c) Luisa Mercado; February 5, 2011  

Someone Will

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? Obadiah 3

I have been off work for quite some time now due to health problems.  It has given me more time to spend it with our Lord, to pray more, and to read and study His Word (the Bible) even more.  I love it!  Secular work is necessary, but for those who know the Lord has called into the ministry like me, I rather be full time for Him than work for the world.  The Lord's benefits are more wonderful and outweigh the world's treasures anytime. Furthermore, to be employed in the Lord's work makes me happier than any job can.  Although secular work pays our food and bills, but the Lord's payment means "He will supply ALL your need according to His riches in glory, by Christ Jesus".  He will, even if you have no job (amen and amen). So being off, I  now have done much reading, studying, and focusing on God's Word. He gives me much when I search and look for Him to feed me.

The above verse tells me much because the Lord convicted me and fed me, too, with this short message.  I have no notes so that I will write as the Lord leads me.  I know this will glorify and lift Him up, not me. If I,  then my pride is taking charge of me.

Obadiah tells us that God will punish the Edomites for their participation in the humiliation of Jerusalem. This verse also speaks of them as being full of pride and vanity thinking nothing will bring them down because they think of themselves as being invincible. The Lord condemns this and through Obadiah, God will bring them down.

So how about us? What about us? Will we continue to be a proud nation that is so full of ourselves?  Will we see ourselves as a proud nation that God would not condemn nor trodden by His wrath and anger even though we sin due to our pride? Woe to us who do not confess our sins and repent.  Woe to us  who do not ask the Lord's forgiveness and accept His SON Jesus Christ as personal Saviour and Lord so as not to keep from going to hell. As a Christian, I  am saved already, but I know my pride gets the best of me too much.  I have prayed to our faithful Lord to convict me more than ever.  I need His hand on me to shake me once in awhile for me realize l am nothing without Him and His righteousness. Without Him l can do nothing.  Without Him none of you can do anything.  If not for His glorious grace and mercy, all of you would be in hell  because we all deserve hell, His anger and His wrath. But, He has loved us so much that He want to save all humankind from hell.  His wrath and anger will show if we do not set aside our pride and put on robes of Christ's righteousness. Pride kills and destroy the very foundation of society .  America and Canada are no exemptions. Because of stupid pride, there are wars not only among countries, but among individuals.  Church members are diking out and not swallowing their damnable heathen pride to turn from their sins and admitting their faults and mistakes.   Even saying "I Am Sorry" and asking forgiveness is very hard to do. 

With the world getting more contemptible and wicked every day,  it is time to seek the Lord even more.  Let us love and forgive those who wrong us.  Pray that we bridge the gap instead of  holding grudge with people.  Avoid being callous in our thinking and being crude in our talk.  The day of the Lord is coming very soon. Instead many of us are so full of pride to think nothing or no one can knock us down.  Many of us have attitudes that proudly say nothing bothers us when we sin.  These never even bother us or our conscience anymore. 

Well, rebellious heart, you will be beaten into oblivion and smashed into submission from God.  He will not stand much longer the evil that is constant in this world and inside you. Because of pride,  it makes you feels you are much greater than what you are. You will hide in high places and will say that no one will tell you anything because you are right and everyone else is wrong. That is pride!  It will send many to hell partly because of brain-dead theology, too, that so many teach is contrary to the Word of God.   Your pride will be your downfall.  You say like it says it the verse above, "Who shall bring me down to the ground?"  Yes, the LORD GOD Almighty will bring you down!  Not only will He humble you, but He will humiliate you, smash you, beat you into submission, and cast you in hell, if you have never admitted yourself as a sinner.  Confess your sin, repent, ask His forgiveness, and accept God's only begotten Son Jesus Christ into your life with tears of conviction and heartfelt remorse. 

Sodomite, child molester, porno person, abortionist, killer, adulterer, drinker, drug addict, etc. will all face His Highness, the Lord.  They will be judged horrifically before the great white throne and after that, they will He thrown in hell.  To you  who  repent and accept Christ as your Saviour and Lord, will go to heaven.

So, is it worth it to allow pride and other sins to do to you what it has done to others?

(c) Mike Carey, January 5,2011

Why Do People Rise Up Against The Lord?

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Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? Psalm 139:21

Reading Psalms is wonderful as it shows the glory and reverence of the Lord that l believed also. It shows His omnipotence, too. There is nothing He does not know nor cannot do to show forth His greatness and power in forming man. David put it so vividly in the chapters of this book. But, this one verse stands out to me in many ways that someday l shall preach on it. It gets me to ask, “Am l not to hate those who hate our dear and precious Lord Jesus Christ?

I seek for the answers and find them. Below is a summary that I gather:

a) We are to hate the filthiness, wickedness and sensual desires of this world and all kinds of sins. We are to hate our sins, too. We are not to allow them to be “caught” on us. Instead, we are to repent and ask forgiveness from our Lord and get right with Him. I believe we are to hate, abhor and despise all that has to do with rebellion against the Lord! We are to have the desire to love all that He has allowed us to have. He is the Creator of all things. He allows us to enjoy the good things as well as to go through bad times to learn our lessons. He also takes things from us to make us stronger in Him. He will then lead us to the place that is higher than anyone could ever reach and attain as we can never attain the incomparable greatness and magnificence of the Lord Himself.

b)  I believe we are to hate the attitudes of others when they do not adhere to the Lord's commandments, nor comply with His promises in His Word. Adherence to His commandments will give us comfort in times of distress and need or in times when we need nothing. No one should hate a person, but the Word of God is true. We must not stray from our commitment to them. Instead, we must follow the His Holy Word every day. Best of all, His Word confirms to us that Jesus Christ alone separates us from hell. Our wholehearted acceptance of Him as our personal Savior and Lord means we are heaven-bound. This is clearly written in His Word. It is a commandment. We must not delay in keeping with the Lord's commandments, or He will supply many with a one-way-ticket to Hell in refusing, rejecting, refuting, denying, ignoring and downright rebelling against Him and His Word, the KJB Bible. He hates it when so many reject His free gift of eternal salvation. Yet, how very simple is the matter of wholehearted acceptance that a child can understand it with no problem. What foolishness, ignorance and plain stupidity it is when an adult would not surrender even till death and be cast into the lake of eternal hellfire. The proud are apparent evils on this earth. When the Lord sees all the good and evil, His face is much focused on the rebellion, pride, hatred and bitterness in many of us. The Lord is much heartbroken over those who refuse His free gift of salvation. He hates it and it grieves Him much too.

c)  We must hate evil of all kinds and even expose sins in others so that they can see their unrighteousness clearly, too. Either they or we must not think of ourselves highly by trying to elevate ourselves above others. We are to think lower of ourselves even when others honestly compliment us. We need to thank them though, but with humility. We should hate sinning and the thought of it. Furthermore, it is always upright to fear the Lord and depart even from evil thoughts. We should be bothered deep in our soul when we commit errors. Our spirits should be heartbroken and sore at the thought of loving sin and hating righteousness. We should be grieved and hurt very much when we see others in evil sin. Committing them should make us hang our heads and cry for them. Moreover, we should cry for the Lord to save them by using us as vessels and witnesses to lead them to Christ Jesus.

d)  We all should hate it when others rise up against our Lord to do Him harm (though we can never harm God). We must hate how they take His name in vain, curse Him, blaspheme Him, and mock His Holy Word. We need to hate it when others rebel against the Lord in all things. e.g. smoking, drinking, adultery, fornication, thefts, lying, prostitution, sodomy, pornography, all kinds of sins and evils. We should hate the devil as he is the father of all lies. We need to love what GOD loves and hate what HE hate, not the other way around. Most of all, I believe we should hate evil and sin, in such a way, that it makes us even wince and feel so much ashamed to even think wickedness, evil, profane thoughts and to even to sin just to have pleasure for a season. We know our Lord Jesus is a God of love. Yet, we know, too, that He is a God of hate and great wrath. The Bible says so. If anyone thinks He is not, read the Bible if there is one available and study it. We should stop making excuses and give sweet words about the Lord not condemning sin because it is a lie! We must do something honorable by believing only the truth. Many will die thinking the Lord will bypass the evils they had done while alive. For it is written in His Word: “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.(Heb.9:27)”  We all will be judged by the Lord in EVERYTHING WE HAVE DONE ON EARTH. NO ONE is exempted from His mighty wrath after death. God will not hold our hand and tell us that we have been exceptionally good that is why we are heaven-bound. Neither will He allow us in heaven just because we may not have broken His Word on how He tells us to live. Not even the little words of remorse will convince Him to give us the best favor. He will not be convicted, convinced nor intimidated by us because us if we are not truly saved! We are filled with rotten, filthy, stench-filled pride and vile wicked sins while on earth. He will send us to heaven if we are saved or hell if not. It is not His will that anyone perishes and goes to hell. There is coming a day when every idle word we say will be put in front of us and He will judge us all not just on what we do, or how we live. He will also judge us on what we did that we shouldn't have done, on what we should of done that we didn't do, on how we treated others and what was said that never should have been spoken, and on everything. If are saved, all these will not be counted against us. What if we are not? So, beware the wrath of the Lord when so many think they can rise up against Him, show Him hatred and contempt and get away with it. No one will face Him and still standing unafraid. God will show His great wrath and anger. It will be very sad for so many who will witness the same end because sooner this will happen to them, too. If they have not believed on the name of the Lord to save them from their sins, ask for His great forgiveness, have never repented of their rotten sins, and turned from them in humiliation and tears, they sure know their end.

A recapitulation: we need to love our Lord God with all our hearts, with all our souls, with all our minds, with all that is deep within us, with all our strength. We need to love what God loves, too. We need to hate what God hates, not the other way around. We need to hate our sins and the sins of others. We need to do something about them. We have choices: not sin and then not be convicted by them or continue to live in sin by rebelling against the Lord Jesus Christ who created us to have communion and fellowship with Him.

God is love. God hates, too. God judgeth the righteous and God is angry with the wicked everyday (Psalm 7:11). Those who only were taught God is love will never have that relationship with Him till they understand that God loves us so much that He hates our sins. He loves us so much that He hates it when people rebel against Him. He hates it when people put up a wall between Him and them and live as though there is no hell. Furthermore, He abhors those who live as if they are so full of pride that they put on acts of righteousness before others. But, the Lord knows the heart of us all, bar none.

Amen and Praise our Lord God for His goodness which endures forever and to every generation.

(c) Michael Carey; January 4, 2011