The third day

The Old Testament prophecy of the third day:
Come, and let us return to the LORD; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight. Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth. (Hos 6:1-3)

Jesus own prophecy of the third day:
[1] From that time on Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. (Mat 16:21) [2] "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn Him to death and will turn Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day He will be raised to life!" (Mat 20:18-19) [3] "The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again." (Luk 24:7) [4] He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day. (Luk 24:46) and many more...

Now... at dawn on the third day: The Wedding Day
But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (2Pe 3:8) Two thousand years have come and passed since the day Christ resurrected, therefore now it is after the two days, indeed at dawn on the third day. Just like Christ was resurrected at dawn on the third day so we shall be also in Christ. It is about to happen now, It is the day we're all been looking forward to... our wedding day. On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee (at great zeal in accomplishment)... (John 2:1). This is the day of great joy, a day of turning water into wine, a day of heaven on earth, a day that never end. Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. (Rev 19:7) Behold the Bridegroom, He who makes your love completed. Hear Him!

The power in the gospel

"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; (Isa 61:1)

Jesus preached the gospel... He went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. (Mat 4:23)

And the disciples... "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." (Mark 16:15-18)

And Apostle Paul... I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith." (Rom 1:16-17)

Now our turn... And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. (Mark 13:10) May the Lord grant us with all boldness that we may speak Your word, and by laying of hand to heal, and signs and wonders follow through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Acts 4:29-30) Behold unto Him, labor into His rest... in it we proclaim the gospel of Grace with signs and wonders follow. Hear Him!

Do not limit God

Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth, And they lied to Him with their tongue; For their heart was not steadfast with Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant. But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, And did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, And did not stir up all His wrath; For He remembered that they were but flesh, A breath that passes away and does not come again. How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, And grieved Him in the desert! Yes, again and again they tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel. (Psa 78:36-41)

For Jesus said, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. (Mat 17:20) "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." (Mark 9:23) God is all powerful and but man is not. Man has very little strength to believe and that limited God. But now things have changed. The old is gone and the new has come... You may say: I want to stop my unbelief but how? The question is not how but who? Seek Him first and all that you asked in His name, will come to pass (Mat 6:33) for He said "it is finished" on the cross. If you set your eyes on yourself, you see your flesh, you see your weaknesses, you see unbelief, you limit Him. If you set your eyes on Him, you see His finished work, you see His victory, you see your mountain removed. Only in Him you can believe, only in Him all things are possible, only in Him you are who you are... see yourself in Him. Hear Him!

The mystery of His will

Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. (Mat 6:9-10) Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done." (Mat 26:42)

So what is the will of God? Jesus said, 'Here I am—it is written about Me in the scroll— I have come to do Your will, O God.'" (Heb 10:7) And He made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ. (Eph 1:9 NIV) This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1Jn 5:14) The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. (1Jn 2:17) "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

Jesus came to do the Father's will which He purposed in Christ, anything we ask according to His will (in Christ) be done, any man who does His will (believes in Christ) lives forever, anyone who believes in Christ shall be called the son of God. That is the mystery of His will... to bring us back to Him through Christ. Hear Him!

It is written

As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. (Isa 55:10-11)

1) Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" (Mat 4:4)

2) Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" (Mat 4:7)

3) Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'" (Mat 4:10)

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. (Mat 24:35) Whenever you face trials of many kinds, or tempted in the flesh, remember... Jesus always referred back to the Scripture saying "It is written...". So whenever you face sickness, just say "It is written, by His stripe I am healed". If your pocket is empty, just say "It is written, throught His poverty I am rich". If you don't know what to say, just remember this one... "It is written, as He is so am I in this world". Isn't it simple? Just believe and say it out loud. Trust me, it works! Hear Him!

No one but Me

His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." (Mat 3:12)

"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit." (John 15:1-2) "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned." (John 15:5-6)

Jesus said: "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." (John 14:6) Abide in Him, rest in His love, trust in Him... completely for He has done it all, He has finished it perfectly. Nothing you must do, nothing you can do to make it better, nothing... don't even try. Don't mess it up by your own work. It is not about you, it is all about Him! Just abide in Him and let Him prune you to bear much fruit. How great is our God! Hear Him!

Neither cold nor hot

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." (Rev 3:20-22)

Why is Jesus not inside the church but outside knocking at the door? Jesus said: "No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved." (Mat 9:16-17) "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth." (Rev 3:15-16) "And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, The old is better." (Luk 5:39) So you are neither cold nor hot, neither Old nor New, you will not be accepted in Christ for the Old and the New can not mixed. "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent." (Rev 3:19) Hear Him!

Love your enemies

But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? (Mat 5:44-46)

How to love one who murdered your family? How to bless one who cheated you of a big sum? How to be good to those who hate you? How to pray for those who persecuted you? It is surely impossible. It is already hard enough to forgive, what to say love. But God showed us how: In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins (1Jn 4:10) with His own blood and gave us His righteousness, took upon Himself all our transgression and iniquities and gave us all that He has... wisdom and knowledge, riches and honor, health and long life. He suffered the cross so that we can become the sons to the Father.

And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. (1Jn 4:16) We love because He first loved us. Not that we love but that He loves us and everyone else. Therefore only in Christ, through Him and by Him we love another by His love, not our love. Behold unto the cross and let His love dwell in you... you will give to your brothers in need. Always remember, all that is His is yours and all that is yours is also His. So... you are not giving yours away but His. And He wants you to give and more shall given back to you. Hear Him!

This is My beloved Son

For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (2Pe 1:17)

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. (2Pe 1:3) For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2Pe 1:5-8)

In Christ, all that He is, is in you. It is not your faith anymore but His faith, His goodness, His knowledge, His self-control, His perseverance, His godliness, His brotherly kindness and His love... as He is so are you now. Behold unto Him, the beloved Son of God who has fulfilled the Father's will by the cross and gave the greatest gift of all to whom believed. Together with Him, we have become the beloved sons of the Father, in whom He is well pleased too! Hallelujah! Blessed be my Daddy, the God most high who loves me. Hear Him!

Lack of knowledge

Then God said to Solomon: "Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches or wealth or honor or the life of your enemies, nor have you asked long life—but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge My people over whom I have made you king—wisdom and knowledge are granted to you; and I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings have had who were before you, nor shall any after you have the like." (2Ch 1:11-12)

God said My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. (Hos 4:6) The knowledge of what? Information? Technology? Education?... No, that's the knowledge of the world. But God is referring to... Grace - the knowledge of Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue. (2Pe 1:2-3) In Christ is all the hidden treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Col 2:3) Seek Him first, for in Him is the wisdom and the knowledge, the riches and the honor and also the long life. You have a better deal than Solomon. Hear Him!

The son of God in Christ

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. (1Pe 4:1-2)

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. (Rom 8:12-14) Reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin [to the flesh], but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord [in the Spirit]. (Rom 6:11) For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law [in the flesh] but under grace [in the Spirit]. (Rom 6:14) Even if you failed... by the grace of God there is now no condemnation. (Rom 8:1)

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (Rom 8:31) Say "I am dead in the flesh, so I live only by the Spirit. I regard nothing in the flesh but all things by the Spirit. By the grace of God I am what I am... (1Co 15:10) the son of God in Christ". Amen!

Noah found Grace

And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. (Luk 17:26-27)

The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. (Gen 6:5) But Noah (rest) found Grace (Christ) in the eyes of the LORD. (Gen 6:8) And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish My covenant (the covenant of Grace) with you; and you shall go into the ark (Jesus) ... (Gen 6:17-18) The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark (in Christ), you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous (the righteousness of God in Christ) in this generation. (Gen 7:1)

As the days of the Son of Man approaching... Are you in His Ark already? As Noah found Grace so must you in order to enter His Ark. Only by rest you find Grace. So what is rest? Jesus said "It is finished!", no more to do but trust in Him by entering into His rest. He has finished, not you have finished. Only you rest in Him you'll find Grace. Only by Grace you enter His ark by His covenant and His righteousness. Have you found Grace? You found Grace, you found everything. Hear Him!

To be like Christ

Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. (1Pe 2:24-25)

For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: "WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH"; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; (1Pe 2:20-23)

How to follow His steps? How to be like Christ? By being baptized, we were buried with Christ into His death. Christ has been raised from the dead by the Father's glory. And like Christ we also can live a new life. (Rom 6:3-4) Therefore like Christ we all display the Father's glory. We are being changed to become more and more like Him so that we have more and more glory. And the glory comes from the Father, who is the Holy Spirit. (2Co 3:18) Jesus said: "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5) Behold unto Jesus Christ for only in Him shall transform us inside out, not we try to imitate Him in our own strength. Always remember for without Him we can do nothing. Hear Him!

Believed by faith not by sight

Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." (John 20:29)

Then Jesus declared, I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. (John 6:35-36) I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. (John 3:11) Ever wonder how it is like to walk with Jesus like one of the disciples at His time? Having good times with Him? Learning from Him by directly conversation than revelation? Seeing Him performed miracles before our very eyes? Sharing His distress, His torment and suffering being nailed on the cross? Rejoice with Him after the resurrection? Woo!! That would be fantastic... but I believe we are better of now than then because God is of faith and without faith it is impossible to please God. (Heb 11:6)

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Heb 11:1) Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (1Pe 1:8-9) Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed... that's us! Praise our Daddy for He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance to the good pleasure of His will. (Eph 1:5) Hear Him!

His love endures forever

The end of a thing is better than its beginning; The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. (Eccl 7:8) Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever. (1Ch 16:34)

Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. (Jas 5:7-8) Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. (Eph 4:2-3) We know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. (1Jn 4:16) And love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. (1Co 13:4) Let us behold unto Jesus and let us be filled with His GREAT LOVE, the love that borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, the love that pierced for our transgressions and crushed for all our iniquity, the love that took all the sin of the world onto Himself, the love that is so patient and kind dwelling in us waiting for His return. By His love we find patient. Hear Him!

The one last sin

Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. (Psa 32:1-2)

What is sin? For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God... (Rom 3:23) Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin... (Pro 10:19) Friendship with the world is enmity (sin) with God... (Jas 4:4) Speak evil or judge another is sin... (Jas 4:11) Boasting in arrogance is sin... (Jas 4:16) Knowing to do good and not do it is sin... (Jas 4:17) He who doubt is sin, whatever is not of faith is sin... (Rom 14:23) and the law is not of faith... (Gal 3:12) whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. (Jas 2:10) How can anyone live up to that? Obviously no! O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!... (Rom 7:24-25)

John said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29) For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. (John 3:17) For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. (Rom 5:17) Sin is no more an issue to God... for Christ took it all unto Himself on the cross and in His divine being gave us His righteousness. Hallelujah! So we can never be fallen short anymore in the glory of God. But, but... there is still one last sin to be dealt with but this one is easy and effortless... and everyone must decide. It is called the "sin of unbelief". Only if you say "Jesus, I believe You" you shall reign in life!! Hear Him!

Your deeds of Wisdom

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. (Jas 3:13-17)

Through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so He condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. (Rom 8:2-4) My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Col 2:2-3) His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue. (2Pe 1:3) In Him is your wisdom. In Him you have all things. Hear Him!

So faith without deed is dead

What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. (Jas 2:14-17) As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. (Jas 2:26)

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Heb 11:1) By faith we believe the Bible is the word of God (Joh 1:1) and seeking Him in it is the deed. By faith Abraham believed God not to harm his son so offered Isaac on the altar is the deed. (Gen 22:2) By faith we believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God and in Him we have eternal life (Joh 3:16), the joy and peace in our heart is the deed. By faith we believe Jesus has done it all on the cross when He called out "It is finished" (Joh 19:30) and nothing left for us to do, so resting in His finished work is the deed. By faith we believe Jesus has fulfilled the requirement of the law and has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross (Col 2:14), therefore we live by the Spirit and not by the law (Gal 5:18) is the deed.

The deed is the fruit by the Spirit, the by-product of faith. If one said "I am healed" then get up and walk. Faith and deed must act of the same mind. A double-minded man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord. (Jas 1:7) Do you agree to that? If one said he believes Jesus saved and yet still trusting in his own righteousness (his law keeping, his do and don't), He is saying Christ has not finished it, the cross is not good enough, Christ did not fulfilled the law, Christ alone can't save him... That I called a double-minded man, someone who has NO FAITH in Christ. It is true that faith without deed is dead, but without faith is even more dead! Behold unto Jesus and His glory (His finished work of the cross) for by Him and only Him is the faith that saved. Hear Him!

Blessed are the poor

Looking at His disciples, He said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh... (Luk 6:20-21)

Are you depressed because of your lack? because you can't keep up with the bills? because you can't live up to the expectation? because you have nothing compared to others? ... because you are poor? But then Jesus said to His disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." (Mat 19:23-24) Jesus made it very clear with "Again I tell you..." it is better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse. (Pro 28:6) Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him? (Jas 2:5)

Therefore be depressed no more, instead you should be glad and joyful because it is a blessing to be poor first then to be rich. Now that you have come to Christ, you are indeed very rich now. By His grace He has made you rich by taken all your poverty onto Himself on the cross. (2Co 8:9) In Him we have everything for as He is so are we now in this world! (1Jn 4:17) Believe and behold unto Him for He is the way, the truth and the life! Hear Him!

The righteous cannot sin

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. (Jas 1:12-16)

How's that a man can endure temptation? For all temptation comes by the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. (1Jn 2:16) For those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (1Ti 6:9-10) But whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. (1Jn 3:9) Your spirit man cannot sin but your flesh does. Not that you desire sin but if your flesh lusted... remember what Apostle Paul said: "Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me." (Rom 7:20) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2Co 5:17) There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. (Rom 8:1) I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. (Gal 5:16)

What is walk in the Spirit? When your thinking are the same as what Christ said you are, you are walking in the Spirit, you are walking by faith and not by sight. How to walk in the Spirit? Not by your might but by beholding Jesus for only by Him you can be set free! Hear Him!

The greatest praise of all

I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. When my enemies turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence. For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging in righteousness. You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever. (Psa 9:1-5)

But the LORD shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment. He shall judge the world in righteousness, And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness. The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble. And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You. Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion! Declare His deeds among the people. (Psa 9:7-11)

We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat. The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through His own blood. Let us, then, go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore. (Heb 13:10-13)

For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come. Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. (Heb 13:14-16) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Heb 13:8) Now! Judgement is served, victory is won, all is done when Christ is crucified on the cross, the greatest sacrifice to God. Our lips are our altar now, our sacrifice of praise in His name. Behold Jesus and lift Him up high, the greatest sacrifice of all, the greatest praise of all. Praise be to God! Hallelujah! Hear Him!

I AM all for Grace

You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, because they could not bear what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned." The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am trembling with fear." (Heb 12:18-21)

But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from Him who warns us from heaven? (Heb 12:22-25)

If you have been following my blogs, I believe by now you would have realised that God is all for Grace, the Son of the living God Jesus Christ, the tree of life, His righteousness, the life by the Spirit... everything is about Him! Jesus Christ! And not for the law, the Ten Commandments, the tree of the knowledge of the good and evil, our do and don't, ourselves righteousness, the life in the flesh... everything is about us! ourselves! 

Now I pray that the veil be removed and your eyes be enlightened to see what God sees... the way, the truth and the life. Only if you are willing, only if you ask, only if you not harden your heart, He is most gracious to show you His Grace. Hear Him!

Little by little, our faith is made perfect

Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. (Job 5:17) Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid. (Pro 12:1) He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. (Pro 13:18)

And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He punishes everyone He accepts as a son." Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? (Heb 12:5-7) ... God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. (Heb 12:10-11)

Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider Him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. (Heb 12:1-3)

Little by little affliction, our faith is made perfect by His grace. Though we were taught, by His stripes you are healed, through His poverty you are rich. Yet you feel the pain, yet your pocket is empty... do not lose heart but continue to fix your eyes on Him and say to yourself everyday... "In Christ I am healed", "In Christ I am rich". Look not of the flesh but of the Spirit, act not by sight but by faith. There is no other way, but endure and continue to believe in Him and see yourself healed, see yourself rich. Little by little, our flesh shall give in to the Spirit and all shall come to pass. Hear Him!

Faith works through love

By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. (Heb 11:24-27)

Often time we read the Bible and wonder how great man of God like Moses willing to give up all that he had as the son of Pharaoh's daughter to reconcile with his brothers, his people. Ever imagine yourself as Moses. Will you give up all the material wealth, the power in control, the luxury of life and the riches of this world... for the love of your brothers, your people, and your Christ? By faith Moses did and that's love. And faith works through love! (Gal 5:6) Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Heb 11:1) He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it. (Mat 10:39) Do you believe? Hear Him!

His confidence, not yours

Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared. (Proverbs 3:25-26)

Therefore do not cast away your confidence (trusting in Christ), which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God (believe in His righteousness, not yours), you may receive the promise: "FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME AND WILL NOT TARRY. NOW THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH; BUT IF ANYONE DRAWS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM." But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul. (Heb 10:35-39) According to the eternal purpose (will of God) which God accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him. Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart... (Eph 3:11-13) No matter what situation... Hang on to Him for His strength is in you. Hold on to your faith for your faith is from Him. Let not your heart be troubled and let Him handle all situations. Behold unto Jesus for He is your confidence and He never let you down! Hear Him!

Grace much more abounded

For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous. Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom 5:19-21)

Apostle Paul: "Let us do evil that good may come"?—as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their condemnation is just. (Rom 3:8) What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. (Rom 6:1-4) For he who has died has been freed from sin. (Rom 6:7)

But if we deliberately keep on sinning (living in sin) after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. (Heb 10:26-27) That leads us to living according to the flesh and those who are in the flesh cannot please God (Rom 8:8) However we are of the Spirit and we may not sin but if we fall short and sinned, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. (1Jn 2:1-2) There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. (Rom 8:1) Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. (Gal 5:16) Hear Him!

Live by righteous conscious

No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more. (Jer 31:34)

Then He adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more." And where these have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin. Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, His body, and since we have a great High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience (sin consciousness) and having our bodies washed with pure water (word of God). (Heb 10:17-22)

Because by one sacrifice He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. (Heb 10:14) Once you are in Christ, you are a new creation. The old has gone, the new has come. You are now a Spirit being, no more a human being. You are alive in the Spirit and dead in the flesh. You are now holy and perfect to God because you have been perfectly cleansed by the blood of Christ, your past, present and future sins, even those sins you have not yet committed are cleansed. Another word... you can not sin anymore in your Spirit. Therefore live by the Spirit and not by the flesh. Live by faith and not by sight. Live by righteous conscious and not sin conscious. Hear Him!

His will is done

In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. (Heb 9:16-18) ... In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. (Heb 9:22) The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. (Heb 10:1)

For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; He entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God's presence. Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself. (Heb 9:24-26) and for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. (Heb 10:12) When Jesus said "It is finished" on the cross, He bowed His head and gave up His Spirit. (John 19:30) It was then... His will was executed, fulfilled, finished and done!! Hear Him!

One sacrifice for sins forever

The LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron and his sons: 'These are the regulations for the sin offering: The sin offering is to be slaughtered before the LORD in the place the burnt offering is slaughtered; it is most holy. The priest who offers it shall eat it; it is to be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. Whatever touches any of the flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in a holy place. The clay pot the meat is cooked in must be broken; but if it is cooked in a bronze pot, the pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water. Any male in a priest's family may eat it; it is most holy. But any sin offering whose blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place must not be eaten; it must be burned. (Lev 6:24-30)

When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. (Heb 9:6-7) ... They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order. When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. (Heb 9:10-12) Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. (Heb 9:27-28) Hear Him!