In the U.S.A., there will always be a division when it comes to Governance, Politics and Voting. I do not believe in the “lesser of two evil” concept of philosophy that some people subscribe to. Evil is evil just as sin is sin, even if it seems to be “lesser” in some people minds or observations.
Many people will vote in the U.S.A., and regardless of whether the Parties or Candidates are evil, lesser evil or not at all. But we can never be “friends” of the world. Read James 4:4 KJV. The principle here is sin and hence evil in reference. But read all of James 4:1-17 KJV as well.
In 1 Peter 3:13-17 KJV we are told at verse 16 that “Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ” is essential in our life in Christ. A good conscience is never acceptable with accepting lesser sin or “lesser evil.” Accepting none at all is always best for a good conscience.
I believe we can never say we are more righteous than the other person if we accept the “lesser of two evil.” We can be righteous if we accept no sin or evil at all but approve of what is good and righteous in accordance with God’s Commandments and Christian Principles of Life. I say that in reference to Bible Believers and real Christians who live by the instructions or teachings of the Bible. Those who are not Bible Believers will not care much about that. Goodness and “science” may be more important to them than”Religion” and/or “Faith” in God.
How a Bible Believer who decides to participate in the Voting/Election Process in the U.S.A., will affect their conscience if they also Believe in the Word of God and God. The none Believer or “Scientist” will not care about that. Often times because of the “benefits” he/she may receive from the “System” of the World or specifically the Country.
However, we are not all the same. We are different in many ways. And not just because of our race, color, nationality, education, economic standard of living, and son on. But more so by our Faith in God.
So let the real Bible Believer express a good conscience in what he/she decides to do this coming “Voting Time” in America – in Jesus Name.
My say on Back to School.
Every year all over the world kids/children go Back-to-School in just about every civilize country. And keeping that in mind, its no wonder one of the most special moments in Pentecostal Apostolic Churches I know over the years, is the Back to School Prayer for the Kids/Children, Parents, Guardians, Teachers, and so on. I still believe that is really special and awesome. Even if you are not a Religious Person but you are someone who believes in God or Jesus, you will love the Back to School Special Prayer for those mentioned above, etc.
Every year at every level of School Life there will be some very strange or unexpected events happening that will adversely affect kids/children, teens, and young adults. Good health, safety, guidance, and protection for them all is still truly important.
The School Term is not long. But the School Year is. And I know in January they normally do not have that Special Back to School Prayer, etc., in Schools, Churches or elsewhere. So August/September is the normally accepted time. That does not mean that parents, relatives, guardians or friends do no pray every day or all year long for the Kids/Children, etc. It just means extra attention and prayers is given now at this time of year.
No one will normally wish or hope for any evil towards someone else Kids/Children. Because the same you wish for someone else may happen to yours as well or instead. Its just better to be kind or humane. We were all Kids/Children once upon time. And so we know what others are now facing, to a certain extent, in their life as kids, teens, or young adults. So we help each other and one another – in Jesus Name.
READ: John 15:12 – This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Romans 15:1 – We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Matthew 5:16 – Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Change and the Faith.
If you are someone who is a saved Bible Believer for 20 or more years, do you believe that if Jesus second return/coming does not happen in the next 20 years will you still remain a Believer? Not sure? Maybe? See 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8 KJV.
Sometimes I think that since we live more abundantly in the times of Artificial Intelligence (i.e. AI) most, not many but most, people are changing their minds about God – the love of God. The bible says “And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us” Romans 5:5 KJV. So the love for God is changing.
There is an YouTube Channel name “Ready to Harvest” that gives some useful information about many Denominational Churches that are changing in the wrong way. Because the Liberal Lifestyle of this world is very much now entrenched in the Church Worship and Administration for those Religious Christian Denominations that function on the principles/beliefs of modern “Intelligent People” views than Bible/Scripture Information.
Man has never and will never do things like God. The bible says “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts” Isaiah 55:8-9 KJV. So the Holy Biblical ways of God from the Old Testament to the New Testament will never change. The world that is “governed” by men/women (as God will allow) will always change with the times, opinions, views and knowledge of men/women.
Men/women do not “consult” God or ask him of His ways most of the times. Otherwise, we would not see so many changes in the World and the Christian Churches (including Oneness Apostolic) that are contrary to God’s Way. So as the world changes in one direction, so man ways go along with that direction. But not all will ever go along with the world. There will always be a “remnant” who love the ways of God.
Change in this world is always coming and will always take place. But the “remnant” of God’s People who love his ways must keep the faith in God’s way of doing things – in God’s Church. Our Salvation is from God (and comes from God) not man/woman. So God must always remain above man. God is holy and will always be holy (1 Peter 1:15-17 KJV).
The Lord delivered me.
After almost 30 years as a saved Bible Believer, I have never heard of or known anyone who did not have to overcome evil in his/her Salvation Journey towards Eternal Life. The Bible says this: Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me 2 Timothy 3:11 KJV.
I was never naive many years whn I just started my Journey to think that because I am saved I will have no more problems because of the Power of God in my life. Instead, the difference to me is ( and was back then) that now I have some super natural help to overcome evil.
Wickedness and evil still came my way. But prayer and fasting help as long it is the will of God that he will do what I can never do for myself. So it feels good to be saved in times of trouble or extra trouble from the principalities and powers of evil in this world. Ephesians 6:12 KJV says: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
The Apostles and Disciples, etc., from the early Church and Bible days had to face and endure the same evil and wickedness every true and saved Bible Believer will face today, and in the future. But if we have the real God and not just a god with us, we must (not may) overcome. That is why the Bible tells us that out of them all the Lord delivered me.
We must never stop praying one for the other, and help one another when we can. Because that is absolutely necessary, I believe, for our survival and endurance untill the end. Read Matthew 24:13 KJV.
If the Lord Will
I recently received a Text Message from someone who dreamed twice that I was seen in the Dreams. But I passed away both times in the Dreams. Unpleasant but true – the person did in fact sent me the text about those Dreams in May 2024.
Then I remember that the Bible mentioned at: The days of our years are threescore years and ten… Psalm 90:10 KJV. And it also says For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that James 4:15 KJV.
I told the person who sent me the text about the Dreams that I am in good health. So hopefully in that continues I will get at least 70 years of life. And I read Psalm 91 KJV as well. So hopefully God will continue to take good care of me.
Lots of people I know have stopped believing in God: Jesus and the Bible. I do not believe in once saved always saved. I believe that if someone stops obeying God and discontinues the keeping of his Commandments over a long person of time, without repenting, then that person becomes a Backslider. That is a very unpleasant word but true. And read Proverbs 14:14, Hebrews 6:4-6, 2 Peter 2:20-22, and Luke 9:62 KJV.
I am a firm believer in restoring someone (without embarrassing the person) back into the Fellowship of Gods People. We will all make mistakes – some more serious than others. I wished one of my relatives had received (or should I say accepted) Salvation from God: Jesus before she passed away. God called many of us in my family and most have accepted. A few have not. But Salvation is a personal process with God so we just cannot judge about what went wrong or why a person refused to accept God: Jesus.
Therefore, if the Lord will I may get another chance to write again and post to this Website. Until then God: Jesus bless us all – in the Name of Jesus.
Some useful Videos
Access some useful Spiritual Videos Information Most videos are from YouTube Channels online. Just use the link provided to see the videos. We are sharing some useful videos to help others who may be seeking Information that are relevant and connected to the Bible Scriptures and Teachings.
When Revival Comes by Johnny Godair BOTT 1990 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QJxMb2XgZg
The Progression of the Word by Dr. Gerald Jeffers – Song of Solomon 2: 8-14 KJV YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtKnPFnlCuw
Yoked up with God. (RE: God will not put a Spiritual with a non Spiritual, Donkey and Ox, he cleaned Church toilet before preaching, etc) by Dr Gerald Jeffers YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW5khzEkgZg
What the Word of God says about The Leviathan Dr Gerald Jeffers with his wife Sister Jeffers Music/Singing Ministry YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDgy3V-TFC0 NB: To win the battle over sin and the devil each day …you have to agree with God that God is right, your flesh and the devil are wrong! (See Amos 3:3 KJV).
The Power of the Spoken Word by Dr Gerald Jeffers with Sister Jeffers Music/Singing Ministry YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx-lGe8Qsko
To win the battle over sin and the devil each day …you have to agree with God that God is right, and your flesh and the devil are wrong! (See Amos 3:3 KJV). Our Faith and Love will work with God (Galatians 5:6 KJV) but our fear and worry mean we are working with the devil our enemy. We need to remember and do what the Word of God says.
5 Fold Agenda of God and Satan- Part 1 by Dr. Gerald Jeffers YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnzXJQGP210
There Is Revelation In Your Situation – Part 1 of 2 by Dr. Gerald Jeffers – Exodus 3:13-17 KJV YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TsF_L4vZzk
Let God burn out the sins in our lives – Catch On Fire by Rev. Pastor Mark Morgan YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERgYlmKXVXg
The Word Of Faith by Marvin Bembry YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t29NYR9isNk
Ministry Seminar (with the 5 Fold Ministries) by Dr Gerald Jeffers YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtUMcLFqk2w
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Biblical Expressions of Worship
Do you know some of the Biblical Expressions of Worship? “Biblical Expressions of Worship”
We pray together aloud because in the Bible we read, “They lifted up their voice to God with one accord” (Acts 4:24). We lift our hands in praise because in the Bible we read, “Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord” (Psalm 134:2).
We sing with all our hearts because in the Bible we read, “Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise” (Psalm 98:4).
We play musical instruments because in the Bible we read, “And all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments” (2 Samuel 6:5).
We clap and shout unto God because in the Bible we read, “O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph” (Psalm 47:1).
We dance before the LORD because in the Bible we read, “Praise Him with the timbrel and dance: praise Him with stringed instruments and organs” (Psalm 150:4).
We testify publicly because in the Bible we read, “I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee” (Psalm 22:22).
We anoint with oil for divine healing because in the Bible we read, “Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord” (James 5:14).
We allow the operation of the spiritual gifts because in the Bible we read, “When ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation” (1 Corinthians 14:26). (Information from: UPCI Oneness Apostolic Organization)
The Prayer Process
Do you know what is the Prayer Process? If you are someone who believes in the Christian Bible and praying, then the following information will be of great help to you and others.
There is a process we can all follow when praying to achieve real results. The process include some Christian Bible Scriptures that are relevant to the pattern presented here. During your personal prayer session, if you spend five minutes, for example, praying with each point mentioned in this presentation in mind, then you will most likely have spent about 60-70 minutes in praying in during your prayer session.
Praise. In the Christian Bible, Psalms 34 verse 1, Psalm 63 verse 3 and Psalm 150 verse 6 in the Old Testament refer to this point. You will also see related information at Hebrews 13 verse 15 in the New Testament. Praise simple refers to starting your prayer session with praise to Jesus.
Kingdom Praying. We can find a related scripture for this point at Matthew 6 verse 33 in the Bible. Basically, this means paying more attention to the priorities of the Church or Christian Ministry rather than on our own needs. By doing so, we can expect God to help us solve our human daily problems or needs because we have taken care of his Church needs first.
Forgiveness and Confession of Sins. Read Matthew 6 verses 14-15 and Psalms 139 verses 23-24 for related scriptures on this point. Pastors and Church Leaders will often tell Christians that an unforgiving mind-set or spirit will most certainly hinder us from receiving answers to our own prayers.
Petition. According to this point, some will say prayers of petition should always include willingness to accept God’s will, even if he answers the prayer or not. Read Matthew 6 verses 9-13 and James 4 verses 2-3 for related scriptures. For my experience, the will of God must always prevail over all prayer requests base on human knowledge, current situation or experience.
Intercession. This is similar to Kingdom Praying mentioned above. Matthew 9 verses 37-38 and I Timothy 2 verses 1-2 have helpful scriptural information about this point. Intercession is simply about praying for the needs of others, for example, the poor, homeless, sick, unemployed and others.
Bible Reading. For my experience, some have found this to be unusual or surprising during a prayer session. However, if we read 2 Timothy 3 verse 16 we will discover that this should not be so. If you are a regular bible reader, you will know or eventually discover, that God can and will speak to Believers through his divine word – the Christian Holy Bible.
Meditation. Many people I know like this very much. Some even prefer to do this than pray at all. Psalms 1 verses 1-2 and Psalms 77 verse 12 have more information on this. Meditation is just quiet focusing on and dwelling on the things in your life that are related to the bible and why we need to pray. From meditation, we can achieve greater insight, knowledge understanding of many issues that may be bothering us.
Thanksgiving. We know that praise is important but so is thanksgiving. This is focusing on all things that we are thankful for in our lives and that of our families, neighbors and friends. This often include things that are not pleasant because the Bible says we are to give thanks for all things at all times.
Praying the Word of God. I have always given special attention to doing this during my time to pray. Praying the word of God from the bible is very powerful praying because we are saying what God said or what was stated through his apostles, prophets and others from the Old and New Testaments. Read John 15 verse 7 for scriptural related information. By praying the word, we can repeat and claim God’s divine promises to all humans and Christians for our situations in life.
Singing. This is another unusual point during our prayer time. However, the famous scripture Psalm 100 verse 1 and Ephesians 5 verses 19 will help us understand why we do this. At our Church, we often sing at the start of our Services to invite the presence of God in our hearts and minds. Therefore, it helps to do likewise in our special private prayer session.
Listening. We often focused on praying for what we want or desire, for others needs and and so. However, very few of us really listen to hear from God after we pray. This is not a simple matter. It will require a sincere heart and mind that is focused on really hearing from God and accepting what he will say to our minds or hearts from our praying. Read 1 Kings 19 verses 11-12 for information.
Praise. As it was in the beginning, so it should be towards the end of our prayer session. Read Matthew 6 verse 13 for more information. After we have done all of the above, we again need to praise God for his presence and blessings in our lives.
In ending, some may not follow the exact process above when praying. However, when we do it will produce better results. At no time can we pray without confessing our sins and with forgiveness in our hearts. We must learn to listen to God and accept his will in from our answered prayers. AMEN. ( Inspired Information from the “Prayer Wheel” from UPCI )
I knew a Mother who got saved.
Mothers Day 2024 is coming in May very soon. And it has been on my mind about how I knew a mother who got saved (according to Acts 2:38 KJV). I remember her personality and life before that happened, and after that.
All her life, until she was in her 50s, she believed another Doctrine about how to be saved (according to Matthew 28:19 KJV). Then one day that changed. Thanks to the help of her new Pastor who happened to be an Apostolic Minister/Pastor, that change took place. She believed and obeyed Acts 2:38 KJV, received the Holy Ghost/Spirit, and became a happy mother. That was unlike what she was, and the life she lived before that. She died as a saved Believer in January 2010 in Philadelphia Hospice Service after a short illness. But she died happy because she got saved before she died.
Salvation (i.e. receiving the Holy Ghost/Spirit) has a way of changing people lives for the better. Read Ezekiel 36:26 and John 4:10-14 KJV. When we live without the Spirit of God, we are at the expense and mercy of the enemy of our soul. God is love. And that is shown to us when we receive the Holy Ghost/Spirit. Because the love God has for us is revealed in His Spirit that he gives to us. And read John 10:27-28 KJV.
Living without the Holy Ghost/Spirit is almost like trying to live without natural water that our body needs. So as our natural body needs water, so our soul needs the Holy Ghost living water. The Holy Ghost gives us massive strength to resist the devil, the evil things/people of this world, and prepare us for Eternal Life. We need the Holy Ghost to be counted as one of Gods Sheep/People. Read Romans 8:9-11 KJV.
The Holy Ghost/Spirit changed a mothers life many years ago, and helped her live for God: Jesus in ways pleasing and acceptable to God. The mother I knew got saved by God: Jesus (not by man or a man-made religion) who gave His Holy Ghost/Spirit to her. So I knew a mother who was unhappy for many years, and a mother who became so happy only God can really tell how happy she was to be saved by God.
Unique Biblical Character The most unique Biblical Character
Which one of the following character in the entire Bible would you choose as the most unique to you?
The Characters are:
(A) Moses (Exodus 3: 1-8 KJV)
(B) Job (Job 1:7-12 KJV)
(C) Elijah (2 Kings 2:11 KJV)
(D) Paul (Acts 9:1-22 KJV)
(E) John (Revelation 1:1-8 KJV)
You will need to take some time to read the Scriptures if you have not or never did. NOTE: Log-In to submit your VOTE via Comment.
Do you know about how to start a Prayer Ministry?
HOW TO START A PRAYER MINISTRY.
Pray. The proper place to began anything in the church is in prayer, and prayer ministries are no exception.
▪ Have the pastor’s support. No ministry within a congregation is likely to survive without the genuine endorsement of the pastor.
▪ Appeal to the influencers. There are always members of the laity whose opinions carry more weight than most. The greater the number from this group that will support the prayer ministry, the quicker the prayer environment will be changed.
▪ Get a covering. For all the reasons to start a prayer ministry, know up front that Satan will oppose you. You can rest assured that if you are making progress, he will increase his attempts to distract you. It is crucial that you pray for protection, pray for your family, those close to you and the others who are involved in building the prayer ministry. Prayer will cause Satan concern, and prayer is our best defense.
▪ Be careful not to organize God out of your ministry. Leave room for God’s hand in all that you do, but don’t sit around doing nothing.
▪ Teach Prayer. Take any opportunity to teach on prayer. This may include a special Sunday school class, using the first five to ten minutes of your prayer meeting, vacation Bible school and any other opportunity that arises to further the cause of prayer. Your job as a leader is to grow your people in prayer.
▪ Don’t start too many things at once. People will be overwhelmed by too many changes and it will stress your resources as well. It is much better to begin one or two new things at a time, and allow them to become established before adding another activity.
NOTE: Please do not blame your Pastor or Preacher when someone does not receive the Holy Ghost. There are many different reasons as to why someone my not receive Him. But FAITH is the most critical element – faith on the part of the person seeking the Holy Ghost and from the Saints praying for and with them to receive the Holy Ghost.
Do you know what the Bible says about Jesus and how to be saved?
The Bible says Jesus is God in the flesh. Read 1 Timothy 3 verse 16 KJV that says: …great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. In Luke 7 verses 48-49 (KJV) we read And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
So we know only God can forgive our sins and Jesus forgave the sins of those he met while he was on Earth because he is God seen in human flesh. God is One God (not 3 persons in one) from the Old Testament to the New Testament. The Bible says in the Book of Isaiah 43 verse 10 (KJV) Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
How to be saved from sins and received Eternal Life was taught, preached and practiced by the Apostles at Acts 2 verse 38 when Peter said: …Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. So Peter knew what Jesus meant when Jesus spoke the words at Matthew 28 verse 19 and commanded the Apostles. The name from in the name of is Jesus Christ. And no where in the Bible was anyone baptized according to Matthew 28 verse 19 as mentioned. Why? Because Peter knew the correct understanding of that is Acts 2 verse 38 and many people in the Bible were baptized that way.
Read also Acts 2 verse 36, Acts 8 verse 16, Acts 10 verse 48 and Acts 19 verse 5 in the Bible. And there is no infant baptism recorded or taught in the New Testament. Jesus and the Bible also said we must be born of water and the Spirit to receive Salvation and Eternal Life from John 3 verse 5 in the Bible. So were are to seek and receive the Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit) to be chosen Saints of God Almighty. Read Romans 8 verse 9 in the Bible.
The most important thing for 2024
Which one of the following would you say is the most important Spiritual thing in your life for the 2024 New Year?
The things are:
(A) More praying on a daily basis as a priority.
(B) Regular Church attendance and participation.
(C) Reading the Bible/Scriptures daily to know more.
(D) Keeping Gods Commandments with no exceptions.
(E) Giving more in Tithes and Offerings to the local Church. NOTE: Log-In to submit your VOTE via Comment.
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Pray for us and more Information
Pray for us.
Like some Bible Believers and saved Christians, I never get tired of asking People (i.e. Holy Biblical People of God) to pray for me. Not just me, but we all need prayers – all the time. And the Bible tells us to Pray without ceasing. But I believe we must also always ask for prayers without ceasing.
I have seen God: Jesus working many times in my personal life as a Bible Believer. Whether it be for healing, deliverance from evil Employers or protection from criminals in the City where I live. No doubt, those came about from the help of others praying without ceasing on my behalf.
For many years, I prayed for my unsaved family in Canada, for example, to be saved. But one died without being saved (as much as I know). More are still alive. So praying without ceasing can help the living – not the dead, I believe.
Praying is easy – not hard as some think or believe. If we pray from the heart (that only God: Jesus can see) its easy on our selves. See 1 Samuel 16:7 KJV. The really difficult part is getting your prayers answered. Because we do not have absolute powers to answer our own prayers or make things happen. Thats Gods Domain.
But we can pray believing he will do what we asked/requested. God: Jesus is just, fair, wise, and the list goes on. Answers from God that are not what we wanted or expected can hurt a lot. But what can we do? God is God. We are not. See Job 28:24, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Matthew 10:30, Isaiah 40:13-14, Acts 1:24, 1 Corinthians 2:11 KJV, and many more Scriptures.
We are commanded , admonished and encouraged in the Bible to pray, and pray always. Prayer helps us to keep the connection and relationship with God going. Its good for us. Because we can do some or many things for ourselves as humans, but there is a limit. Some things we cannot (or can never) do for our selves – we need God: Jesus.
So prayer is good to do. And so we pray one for the other.
The Bible says: But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
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.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their works sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
16 Rejoice evermore.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
19 Quench not the Spirit.
20 Despise not prophesyings.
21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
25 Brethren, pray for us.
See 1 Thessalonians 5:1-25 KJV
Easter and for the Gospel sake.
Many years ago I remember how my first Pastor/Bishop E.N.Green from North Kingston Santuary was happy to see Easter Time (just like Christmas Time) .
This was so not because he was happy to celebrate Easter in the traditional sense or meaning of the Event. It was so because, over his many, many years in the Ministry, it was the time of year that he only saw many more people coming out to Church Service.
For the Gospel sake, he was delighted to help as many as possible who turn up for Easter Sunday Service to repent at the Altar (or during the Service from the heart) receive water baptism for the remissions of their sins, and receive the Holy Ghost. So for the Gospel sake, it was good to see them come out to Service during Easter just like Christmas.
Now that was really good to know. Because even today, many, many, still do not turn up or come to Church unless its Easter or Christmas. For the rest of the year, no Church for them – in their minds or busy life. So let them come so they can have a greater possibility of being saved by God: Jesus from just being inside the Church with Godly People and others like themselves.
Too much harsh criticism is never helpful to anyone just because they attend Church once or twice a year. Helping them whenever we (i.e. saved Bible Believers) can is always better. So let them come to Church at Easter Time. The Church will welcome them for the sake of the Gospel.
And the Bible says: For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23 And this I do for the gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
See 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, King James Version
Keeping the faith in 2024 and beyond.
I wrote a longer Post and posted it to our website earlier this month to start the New Year.
However, we continue to experience some technical problems with many of the Blog Scripts Apps/Software (that are out-dated) from Softaculous via cPanel. So we lost some of our previous Posts, including the one I wrote before.
Unfortunately, I did not get to keep it on my PC so I could go back to it and re-post it. I just wrote it and posted it at the Website the day day/time.
Nevertheless, I say again these points for the 2024 New Year from the KJV of the Scriptures:
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever Hebrews 13:8 and Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me John 14:6.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses 1 Timothy 6:12.
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar… Romans 3:3-4.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever 1 John 2:15-17.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing 2 Timothy 4:7-8.
At the time of writing this, its only early January 2024. A lot of things are ahead of all of us if we are still alive until the end of the Year 2024, and then into the New Year 2025.
Unless we have the gift of Prophesy (from 1 Corinthians 12:1-14 information) we will not know what will happen day by day. But if we keep the faith in God: Jesus, he will help us make it day by day.
I believe we really need God: Jesus in our life. And we know what the Bible says at Matthew 28:20. That Scripture is a great comfort from the word of God with the Holy Ghost that he also gave us.
So God: Jesus continue to bless us all – in Jesus Name.
