PSALM 118 One of My Favorites!

THIS IS ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITES! I LOVE THIS BECAUSE IT IS SO POWERFUL AND FULL OF GOD’S LOVE AND PROTECTION!

 

1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. 2 Let the congregation of Israel repeat: “His faithful love endures forever.” 3 Let Aaron’s descendants, the priests, repeat: “His faithful love endures forever.”

4 Let all who fear the LORD repeat: “His faithful love endures forever.” 5 In my distress I prayed to the LORD, and the LORD answered me and rescued me. 6 The LORD is for me, so I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?

7 Yes, the LORD is for me; he will help me. I will look in triumph at those who hate me. 8 It is better to trust the LORD than to put confidence in people. 9 It is better to trust the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

10 Though hostile nations surrounded me, I destroyed them all in the name of the LORD. 11 Yes, they surrounded and attacked me, but I destroyed them all in the name of the LORD. 12 They swarmed around me like bees; they blazed against me like a roaring flame. But I destroyed them all in the name of the LORD.

13 You did your best to kill me, O my enemy, but the LORD helped me. 14 The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my victory. 15 Songs of joy and victory are sung in the camp of the godly. The strong right arm of the LORD has done glorious things!

16 The strong right arm of the LORD is raised in triumph. The strong right arm of the LORD has done glorious things! 17 I will not die, but I will live to tell what the LORD has done. 18 The LORD has punished me severely, but he has not handed me over to death.

19 Open for me the gates where the righteous enter, and I will go in and thank the LORD. 20 Those gates lead to the presence of the LORD, and the godly enter there. 21 I thank you for answering my prayer and saving me! 22 The stone rejected by the builders has now become the cornerstone.

23 This is the LORD’s doing, and it is marvelous to see. 24 This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Please, LORD, please save us. Please, LORD, please give us success. 26 Bless the one who comes in the name of the LORD. We bless you from the house of the LORD. 27 The LORD is God, shining upon us. Bring forward the sacrifice and put it on the altar.

28 You are my God, and I will praise you! You are my God, and I will exalt you! 29 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.

Be Blessed!

HOW DOES GOD WARN US?

THERE ARE 5 DIFFERENT WAYS GOD TRIES TO REACH US!

TO WARN US ABOUT THE DESTRUCTIVE PATHS WE ARE ON!

GOD WILL ONLY STRIVE WITH MAN FOR SO LONG THEN HE LETS THEM GO TO THERE EVIL WAYS….

NONE OF KNOW HOW LONG GOD WILL STRIVE ONLY HE KNOWS….

DO NOT BE DECEIVED…. THINK ABOUT WHAT IS BEING SAID HERE…

1. CREATION

HOW CAN YOU LOOK AROUND YOU AND NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR IS A CREATOR WHO IN FACT IS GOD HIMSELF….OUR MINDS ARE SO LIMITED EVEN THE SMARTEST PERSON ON EARTH IS NO MATCH FOR THE ONE WHO CREATED HIM!

2. OUR CONSCIENCE

GOD GAVE US THIS TO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG AND TO KNOW HE EXISTS!

3. THE BIBLE

GOD GAVE US THE BIBLE WHICH IS HIS WORD! IN WRITING! WITH CLEAR UNDERSTANDING CLEAR DIRECTIONS AND CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS!

4.OTHER PEOPLE

GOD SENDS PEOPLE INTO OUR PATHS TO TELL US ABOUT HIM! ALSO TO TELL OTHERS HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN! THINK ABOUT THIS: HOW MANY TIMES HAVE SOMEONE APPROACHED YOU AND TALKED ABOUT THE GOSPEL???

5.DREAMS AND VISIONS

GOD WILL GIVE PEOPLE VISIONS AND DREAMS SO THAT (TO KEEP BACK HIS SOUL FROM THE PIT JOB CHAPTER 33: VERSES 14-24)
GOD GIVES EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE ROAD THEY ARE ON AND WE ARE ALL WARNED ABOUT HELL.
WE WILL ALL STAND BEFORE GOD ONE DAY AND THE ONES WHO DO NOT ACCEPT THIS FREE GIFT OF SALVATION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST WILL BE GOING THERE AND THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAND IN FRONT OF GOD AND SAY: BUT YOU NEVER WARNED ME!

THE NEW TESTAMENT REFERS TO OVER TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR WARNINGS ABOUT HELL AND JUDGMENT THAT IS COMING!

LET’S LOOK AT SOME VERSES:

BUT YOU HAVE PROSTITUTED YOURSELF WITH MANY LOVERS, SAYS THE LORD. YET I AM STILL CALLING YOU TO COME BACK TO ME. JEREMIAH 3:1 NLT

COME BACK TO ME, AND I WILL HEAL YOUR WAYWARD HEARTS. JEREMIAH 3:22 NLT

“RUN UP AND DOWN EVERY STREET” SAYS THE LORD. “LOOK HIGH AN LOW, SEARCH THROUGHOUT THE CITY! IF YOU CAN FIND EVEN ONE PERSON WHO IS JUST AND HONEST, I WILL NOT DESTROY THE CITY” (CAN YOU SEE THE LORDS HEART?? HE DESPERATELY DOES NOT WANT TO ADMINISTER PUNISHMENT, BUT MERCY! JEREMIAH 5:1 NLT

I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT IT REPEATEDLY, BUT YOU WOULD NOT LISTEN! I CALLED OUT TO YOU, BUT YOU REFUSED TO ANSWER!!! JEREMIAH 7:13 NLT

WHEN PEOPLE FALL DOWN, DON’T THEY GET BACK UP AGAIN? WHEN THEY DISCOVER THEY ARE ON THE WRONG ROAD….DON’T THEY TURN BACK? THEN WHY DO THESE PEOPLE STAY ON THEIR SELF-DESTRUCTIVE PATHS? WHY DO THE PEOPLE….REFUSE TO TURN BACK…EVEN THOUGH I HAVE WARNED THEM? JEREMIAH 8: 4-5 NLT

PERHAPS THEY WILL LISTEN AND TURN FROM THEIR EVIL WAYS…THEN I WILL CHANGE MY MIND ABOUT THE DISASTER I AM READY TO POUR OUT ON THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR SINS. JEREMIAH 26:3 NLT

IF YOU WILL NOT LISTEN TO ME AND OBEY MY WORD I HAVE GIVEN YOU. AND IF YOU WILL NOT LISTEN TO MY SERVANTS….THE PROPHETS- FOR I SENT THEM AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN TO WARN YOU, BUT YOU WOULD NOT LISTEN TO THEM—THEN I WILL DESTROY THIS TEMPLE. JEREMIAH 26-4-6 NLT

FOR THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN TO MY WARNINGS. JEREMIAH 36:31 NLT

AGAIN AND AGAIN I SENT MY SERVANTS, THE PROPHETS, TO PLEAD WITH THEM. “DON’T DO THESE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT I HATE SO MUCH” BUT MY PEOPLE WOULD NOT LISTEN OR TURN BACK FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS. JEREMIAH 44: 4-5 NLT

FOR HE DOES NOT ENJOY HURTING PEOPLE OR CAUSING THEM SORROW. THE LORD HAS NO PLEASURE IN ALLOWING PUNISHMENT. HE DOES NOT AFFLICT FROM HIS HEART. HE DOESN’T WANT TO , BUT HE IS PERFECTLY JUST. THE LORD OVER AND OVER PLEADS FOR PEOPLE TO SIMPLY TURN BACK TO HIM FOR HE DELIGHTS IN SHOWING MERCY. LAMENTATIONS 3: 33 NLT

YOU MUST GIVE THEM MY MESSAGES WHETHER THEY LISTEN OR NOT. GOD ALWAYS WARNS BECAUSE HE IS PERFECTLY FAIR AND JUST. GOD ALWAYS WARNS BECAUSE HE IS PERFECTLY FAIR AND JUST. IT IS OUR CHOICE WHETHER WE LISTEN. EZEKIEL 2:7 NLT

DON’T YOU REALIZE HOW KIND, TOLERANT AND PATIENT GOD IS WITH YOU?? OR DON’T YOU CARE?? CAN’T YOU SEE HOW KIND HE HAS BEEN IN GIVING YOU TIME TO TURN FROM YOUR SINS? BUT NO, YOU WON’T LISTEN. SO YOU ARE STORING UP TERRIBLE PUNISHMENT FOR YOURSELF BECAUSE OF YOUR STUBBORNNESS IN REFUSING TO TURN FROM YOUR SIN. ROMANS 2: 4-5 NLT

IT IS THE DESIRE OF PEOPLE HOLDING ON TO THEIR SINS THAT ENDS UP SENDING THEM TO HELL…NOT REPENTING AND TURNING TO GOD FOR HELP…

ALL OF US NEED GOD BECAUSE APART FROM HIM WE CAN DO NOTHING!

BOOKS I RECOMMEND 23 MINUTES IN HELL AND HELL BOTH BY THE SAME AUTHOR BILL WIESE

HIS STORY IS TRULY REMARKABLE AND IT SERVES AS A WAKE UP CALL TO ALL OF US THIS BLOG POST IS DEDICATED TO BILL WIESE FOR HIS CALLING HIS COURAGE AND HIS HUMBLE SPIRIT. SOME MATERIAL IN THIS BLOG IS FROM THE HIS BOOK ENTITLED “HELL” MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL

BE BLESSED!

Ephesians 2: 1-22

1 Once you were dead, doomed forever because of your many sins. 2 You used to live just like the rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan, the mighty prince of the power of the air. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. 3 All of us used to live that way, following the passions and desires of our evil nature. We were born with an evil nature, and we were under God’s anger just like everyone else.

4 But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much, 5 that even while we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s special favor that you have been saved!) 6 For he raised us from the dead along with Christ, and we are seated with him in the heavenly realms – all because we are one with Christ Jesus. 7 And so God can always point to us as examples of the incredible wealth of his favor and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us through Christ Jesus. 8 God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

11 Don’t forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders by birth. You were called “the uncircumcised ones” by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts. 12 In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from God’s people, Israel, and you did not know the promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope. 13 But now you belong to Christ Jesus. Though you once were far away from God, now you have been brought near to him because of the blood of Christ.

14 For Christ himself has made peace between us Jews and you Gentiles by making us all one people. He has broken down the wall of hostility that used to separate us. 15 By his death he ended the whole system of Jewish law that excluded the Gentiles. His purpose was to make peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new person from the two groups. 16 Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death, and our hostility toward each other was put to death. 17 He has brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and to us Jews who were near. 18 Now all of us, both Jews and Gentiles, may come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us. 19 So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family. 20 We are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. 21 We who believe are carefully joined together, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. 22 Through him you Gentiles are also joined together as part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.