Stand Up For Jesus

As I write this article the newspapers reveal we have a problem in this country that only a God led revival can change things. Other religions are beginning to appear which are very dangerous for this nation founded on Christian principles found in the word of God. Christian people have got to begin to stand up for what we believe or else in a few years there will be no Christianity at all. Does this alarm you? Now the bible says we are not to fear.   2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV) ⁷ For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. So we are not to live in fear but we are to stand up for Jesus our Savior and Lord in power, love, and with a sound mind. When is the last time you personally took a stand for Jesus Christ. Are you to involved in your own little world to see what is going on under our noses. Other religions are standing up for what they believe while we sit idle doing nothing. Do you call yourself a Christian and not attend church? Do you think it is unimportant? What does God's word tell us about attending church? Lets look at some scriptures and see.

Hebrews 10:24-27 (NKJV)
²⁴ And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
²⁵ not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
²⁶ For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
²⁷ but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. We are to stir one another up. That's what I am trying to do now. Stir you up to love- (Godly love) and good works. How many good works have you done through the church lately? Verse 25 says very plainly to not forsake the assembling of ourselves-(Christians) as is the manner of some but exhort or encourage one another as we see the Day approaching. This Day is the Day that Jesus will return for His church. Verse 26 says "if we sin willfully after we have been given the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice for your sins." That is very strong language. No sacrifice, no salvation. Because salvation doesn't come by our works but by God's grace. 

Ephesians 2:8-9 (NKJV) 

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. 

But it goes on to say after you are saved by God's grace that you will then begin to do good works. Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV)
¹⁰ For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

The last part of verse 10 says God before He created us planned for us who are saved by His grace to walk in good works after He has saved us. How many good works for God are you doing? These questions are not to condemn but to get you to think about where you stand in the matter of your relationship to God. If you can be unaffected by what you see going on in this nation then that tells you where you stand with God. As I said before we are not to fear but we are to stand up for Jesus in power, love, and a sound mind,- knowing what we believe and why we believe it. That's a sound mind!

Don't think you are not important in this matter of standing up for Jesus. Do your children see you acting like a Christian or not? Do they see that to you any attempt to take Jesus out of school, or government is of a major concern and that you will do everything you can to help put Jesus back where He belongs in this nation.

Psalms 33:12 (NKJV)
¹² Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.
The opposite of being blessed is being cursed. Which do you want for this nation which includes you? We can no longer have the attitude that we will leave it to someone else to stand up for Jesus. If we do, we will lose all the freedoms that we now enjoy. Don't ever be deceived that if we hide our heads in the sand it will go away. Standing up for Jesus begins at home where we not only teach our children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren that Jesus is the Savior and Lord of our lives we demonstrate it by the way we live and the importance we show to church and spiritual things. Please pray for a great revival in this country that will bring us back to the God of the bible. If we fail in this we are bringing doom on ourselves and our beloved nation. All the soldiers that have died through the years to give us freedom will have died in vain.

We must begin to pray and when we do we are made a promise by God Himself.

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV)
¹⁴ if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
That word "if" is a very big word here. If we do what God says here in this verse then we can expect for God to forgive and restore us to His favor.

So what will it be? More sitting by doing nothing or beginning at home we will change the way we look at the things of God. We will make God and His Son Jesus the head of our homes. Our families and our nation depend on Christians taking God seriously before it's too late and He turns us over to the enemy.

If you don't know God personally through His Son Jesus Christ, stop right now and ask Jesus to forgive your sins against a Holy God. The bible says in Romans 3:23 (NKJV) 

²³ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23 (NKJV)
²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The way to pay for your sins is to spend an eternity in Hell. But if you so choose you can be forgiven and receive the gift of eternal life. Please notice that salvation is a gift from God paid for by Jesus Christ, God's only Son.

Romans 10:9-13 (NKJV)
⁹ that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
¹⁰ For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
¹¹ For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."
¹² For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.
¹³ For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Call on Jesus today to make you right with God. The promise is if you call on Jesus for forgiveness, you will-(definitely) be saved. You can count on it!

Dear Jesus, please for give my sins and come into my life and take charge of me. I freely give you my heart and life. Be Savior and Lord of my life from this day forward until I come home to be with You forever. Thank You Jesus for saving me. Amen!

If you have just been saved go to church and when the invitation is given, make your way down that isle and publicly confess Jesus as your Savior and Lord AND tell them you want to be baptized as a sign of your salvation.

Christian begin to take a stand for Jesus Christ. He died to save you and He purchased you by His blood.

1 Peter 1:18-19 (NKJV)
¹⁸ knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
I pray God will give us the strength to stand up for Him and His Son, Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord.

IN HIS NAME, THE NAME OF JESUS I PRAY! 

Divine Power

There is power available to help you live victorious in this world today. It is found in the word of God and it is for all those who have been saved by Jesus Christ. This divine power lives in you! We have everything we need to live a godly lifestyle and escape the world's corruption caused by sinful fleshly desires.3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.4 And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge,6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness,7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.8 The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.9 But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins. These verses say we have already been given God's divine power with which to live our lives. Since this is so, why do many go to "how to" classes to try to get something that only God can give. Power to live for God doesn't come from "How to" books and information. Power to live for God has already been given to us verse 3 says. We received this power when we came to know God through salvation by Jesus Christ. We have [past tense] been given this power. It resides in us. We need to quit asking for power when we already have it. We simply need to begin to use the power of God within. We must read about the divine promises that have been given to us through God's word and then begin to live in those promises. Faith without works is dead. Some are lazy and want someone else to read and study the bible for them. This is dangerous because you can be lead astray if you don't read the bible for yourself. Verse 4 says that through these promises we become partakers or sharers in God's nature. Then through sharing in God's nature we overcome the world's corruption caused by fleshly desires. Verse 5 says we are to make every effort to respond to these promises of God. In other words we are to put them to use or else they do us no good. We are to supplement God's promises with the things listed in verses 5-7. Scroll back and read them! When you do this verse 8 says you will be more productive and useful in your knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. In other words you will be putting all God's divine power to use and you will begin to live as Jesus did. God is in the process of conforming us Christian's to the image of His Son Jesus Christ. [Romans:8:29 NKJV].If we fail to do this verse 9 says we are shortsighted or blind and we forget we have been cleansed from our old sins and that means we live a defeated life and never accomplish God's will for our lives. Christian, read God's word daily! Study it! Then live it! We have God's divine power in us and we can not make excuses when God says we have been given everything we need to overcome the world's corruption caused by fleshly desires. There are no excuses! If you are reading this and you are not a Christian, you do not have God's power to help you. You must ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins against God and then invite Him into your life to take charge of you. Then if you are sincere in having your sins forgiven and receiving this power that comes only from God, go to church and be baptized in Jesus' name. Then join that church and begin to worship, praise, and serve God there. If you aren't willing to do this then you are not sincere and you are still in your sins. Christians let's begin to live in the divine power God has already given us. Let's make a difference in this world. We can because God says we can with His power. Hallelujah!