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Bible
verse.......Strengthening the souls of the
disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith
and saying that.....we must through many
tribulations enter the kingdom of God.....ref/Acts
14:22. |
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PEN...................... |
Going by what Paul the apostle
says here, entering the Kingdom of God is no easy,
comfortable, trouble-free walk, is it? This is contrary
or the opposite to what most churches and their leaders
teach and preach today, there is no money in this kind
of preaching, I can tell you right now.
And do you notice that Paul the apostle exhorts and
strongly urges the disciples to 'continue in the
faith' if they are going to enter the Kingdom of
God. No man or woman who have come to Jesus, been
water-baptised-fully submerged in water and know the
scriptures can ever enter the Kingdom of God unless they
'continue in the faith'.......not just hearers of the
Word but also doers, otherwise they are self-deceived
and the devil doesn't need to deceive them for they have
and are deceiving themselves, all the way to hell
fire.....ref/Romans 11:22, James 1:22. |
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Not 'your
faith' or 'our own faith' but 'the faith-the doctrine of
the Christ. |
You can have no greater strength
than the truth and Jesus the Christ is the Truth. Not
negative or positive but the truth, the biblical truth
about the road to Glory/Heaven, it is narrow and
difficult and few decide to take this road, while many
and most choose to walk the wide road, the way of sin
and ungodliness which leads to hell-fire-eternal......ref/Matthew
7:13, 14.
When someone tells you the truth on an issue it
strengthens you, that is if you are willing to receive
the truth and you are of the truth but if not, the truth
will only aggravate/annoy you. The truth-Jesus the
Christ came to set us free from sin, self, satan, the
wrath/anger of God to come and eternal hell fire. Does
this sound like a bad thing, only to the fool at
heart...........ref/John 14:6, Psalm 14:1.
Did you also notice in our scripture today that St. Paul
says that we must go through 'many' troubles before
entering the Kingdom of God-Jesus the Christ. Therefore
when the minister of the Gospel tells you this, he is
not trying to put you down, he is wanting to help you,
for what is bound to happen, if you are on the narrow
road that leads to life.
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Pastor Paul Sheehan
JESUS THE CHRIST
MINISTRIES - MISSION, BACOLOD CITY.......AUGUST 1/2010
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