Faith...

Ephesians 2:8-9

⁸. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

⁹. not of works, lest anyone should boast.

FAITH is a gift from God so none can boast. Such as; my church is better than your church, my denomination is godlier then yours, or my church is the the only true church, I am a better Christian because of what I do, etc. Faith comes from God and allows us the privilege of believing in Jesus Christ the Son of God Almighty. FAITH is NOT denominational nor does it come through good works of any kind.

Everyone that has lived or is living today has thought about God at some point. This is the seed of FAITH that God has giving to all mankind. When we consciously choose to explore this gift we enter a different realm from the one we have known. It is the realm of God, were we as sinners are loved so much that God sacrificed a part of himself so that we lowly human sinners might have life through Jesus Christ. It is also a realm where a healthy fear of God is born in the repentant sinner so that he/she might finish the good works started in them.

When we first get the revelation of faith or become Christians were we repent of our sin and believe in Jesus Christ the Son of God we are intoxicated with the revelation that faith brings with it to our poor souls. That is the reason why most folks who become Christians are on fire telling everyone the good news, until they begin to loose steam. Here we come to a crossroad the place were the fear of man or fear of God has a battle inside us. If we choose the fear of man we lose because fearing man makes the gift of FAITH neutral or makes us luke-warm believers and unworthy to be called sons of God.

Whereas the fear of God allows us to complete the good work that was started in us through the gift of FAITH. If you have faith and you know it is a gift from God and have thankfully accepted it the I encourage you to add to your FAITH... VIRTUE

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The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
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The Sabbath...

You know I always had a problem packing up my little guys and rushing to church every Sunday morning to worship it always felt wrong to me. But I went along with it, until I actually started to use the mind God gave me and the eyes he gave me also, to actually read what the scripture says about the Sabbath day.

Keeping the Sabbath is the 4th Commandment that we find in Exodus 20 starting at verse 8 and ending at verse 11.

EXODUS 20:8-11

"Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Nowhere in that passage does it say we are to worship on the Sabbath at brick and mortar buildings or anywhere at all for that matter. It says to rest as God did. For six days you shall labor and do all your work but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates.

So whether you hold Sunday as the Sabbath or Saturday or any other day if you are going to church which is a labor unto itself, are you really keeping the Sabbath as commanded in the fourth commandment?

Now lets look further at the denominational divergence of the Sabbath. Those that choose Saturday argue that Sunday worshipers have it all wrong they reason that "Sun-day" comes from the pagan worship of the Sun God. The Sunday worshipers argue that Saturday derives from the Latin for "Saturn's day" a pagan day of worship of the planet Saturn. Who's right? Who cares?

If my salvation depended on what day I choose to worship or what denominational mess I belonged to, I would give up on religion completely and go the way of the Flying Spaghetti Monster folks and make it out to be a big joke. Thank goodness it is no joke for in Ephesians we find;

EPHESIANS 2:8-9

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.


By grace we are saved not by denomination thank the Lord almighty that our salvation is not dependent on what church we attend or what denomination we belong to.

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The Lord bless and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.

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Is Christianity a Covert Religion?

Let’s look at that in relation to all the information out there about the New World Order (NWO). Ok first we need our Bibles so if you don’t have your Bible go get it before you continue reading or buy one at Amazon…

Ok turn to Ephesians 2:8-9 and read what it says there I’m using a NIV so if yours is different remember its only semantics and not cause for concern. Mine says;

8. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9. not by works, so that no one can boast.

“For it is by grace you have been saved,”

Theological meaning of;

– grace –

a. the freely given, unmerited or undeserved favor and love of God.
b. the influence or spirit of God operating in humans to regenerate or strengthen them.
c. a virtue or excellence of divine origin: the Christian graces.

Theological meaning of;

-faith-

English; faith, 1. complete trust or confidence 2. strong belief in God (religion) 3. a system of religious belief

Latin; fidere, origin fides; to trust, trust in a person or thing, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief (syn.: fidelitas, fiducia, confidentia).

Greek; pistis, (pis-tis) truth itself, assurance, trust, belief, believe, faith, fidelity

Hebrew; êmûwn, (ay-moon) established, trustworthiness, trusty, faith, truth

and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God”

-Gift-

1.	something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.

2.	the act of giving.

3.	something bestowed or acquired without any particular effort by the recipient or without its being earned: Those extra points he got in the game were a total gift.

4.	a special ability or capacity; natural endowment; talent: the gift of saying the right thing at the right time.

“not by works,”

Theological meaning of;

-works-

Righteous deeds

“ so that no one can boast”

Theological meaning of;

-boast-

a thing boasted of; a cause for pride: Piety is his boast. It is her boast that she has never done anything wrong so it makes her a better Christian.

So it does seem covert as in one cannot receive faith without the direct involvement of God the Father in giving them faith through grace.

So Christian what is your excuse for not spreading the gospel, is it because you are;

• Shy
• Not your thing
• Lazy
• Don’t know who to tell
• Don’t know how

No matter what your excuse you can overcome it through the exercise of your faith and belief in God the Father and his son Jesus Christ. It all starts with prayer try this prayer each morning before you start your day. “Lord please give me the words and people to tell of your saving grace today, send me those prepared to hear of You.

Good luck and God Bless your effort in spreading the gospel…

Coming up next “The A,B,C’s of Evangelizing”

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The Lord bless and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.

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