Faith

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James 1
12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.



The list is endless of the gory end that befell MOST of the disciples of Jesus Christ after His crucifixion!
These were the most dedicated men to any cause in history. They went about neither violently forcing nor aggressively convincing people but lovingly sharing the TRUTH that had set them free so that others could be SAVED from their sins. This tells us that it is only THE DEVIL that forces to accept his ways, God does not!

About the apostles; historians of the first few centuries of Christianity give us some glimpses of how many of them ended up. The traditions surrounding their later life making so many of them determined to die for a course which was termed a lie is indeed worthy of note, by giving their lives in devotion to a risen savior, the apostles are without a doubt great examples for us.


Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:16-19, Acts 1:13


Judas Iscariot committed suicide out of shame; John went on exile on the Island of Patmos while ALL others were MARTYRED! THIS IS WHAT FAITH IS ALL ABOUT!


Like it is for many TODAY in several countries where there is (in MURDEROUS rage) genocide going on, Christian groups like the apostles of old are commanded to deny Christ but do not so they are gruesomely MURDERED (women are raped and dehumanized... demons of LUST work hand-in-hand with those of murder!)for their faith and ‘in the name of god’!

Even around the corner ,things like these go on around us in supposedly safe environments, known Christians are targeted by one form of aggression or the other … some verbal while some are physical.

That is why it is pertinent today that EVERY Christian should buckle up and aspire for another level of Faith and spirituality to be able to stand firm in the day of trouble and persecution so as to make Heaven… our ultimate goal! Imbibing John-the-Baptist-character is not a bad idea so as to be able to boldly command the SCORPIONS AND VIPERS to be roasted by FIRE (Elijah fashion!).
Another level of FAITH is when there is LOVE that binds in the fold, each working vehemently to build such an environment in God’s sanctuary to crush the ‘agents’ that have been planted in our midst while we slept (Matthew 13: 24-30). A LOVING CHURCH becomes a FORMIDABLE FORCE for the enemy to fight against.
John 15:18-23
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

Indeed WE WERE FOREWARNED; anyone who preaches a FALSE DOCTRINE would tell you as a new convert and member of Christ’s family that ALL WOULD BE WELL after your confession of Christ as personal LORD and SAVIOUR and all of your problems would simply grow wings and fly away.

Yes,this is true in the sense that you would have PEACE that no one would be able to understand and merely see the ‘problems’ from another perspective … seeing GIANTS as ANTS by the comfort of the HOLY SPIRIT!

- Numbers 13:32-33; 14:1-45, take special NOTE OF VERSE 8, of chapter 14

Now am not talking illusion here nor encouraging refusal to acknowledge reality but affirming that which I know BY FAITH that YOU WILL BE ASSURED of God being in-charge of the situation that you had previously worried your delicate brain about!
IT TAKES GREAT FAITH TO WALK WITH AND FOR THE LORD!

The times that we are in are full of ravenous wolves and hungry lions roaming the earth in the form of persecution of evil persecution and systematic annihilation of Christians and Christianity.
You may be ‘feeling safe’ in your little corner of the world and say it doesn’t concern me, I tell you the word is SYSTEMATIC! The outright violent attacks and killings of masses of CHRISTIANS is just one type of persecution and spread-of PROPAGANDA OF FEAR also it is now common knowledge that in ma ny societies if you are not *ONE OF THEM you find it difficult to get (choice) positions and jobs, acquire loans in institutions set-up for such purposes when you need to do business, many areas in the secular world have been SECURED by THEM such that in order to SURVIVE if you can’t beat them, you end up joining them!
*homosexual groups, lesbian societies, occult groups that now abound in their numbers set up to CREATE WEALTH and PROSPERITY for the MEMBERS- these come under many NAMES that we are familiar with (I do not mean the TYPICAL picture of a ‘witch doctor’ half naked, wearing a skirt made of palm fronds, and a hat of same waving a thigh bone of an animal… or human, looking fearsome)
Some specifically go on a murderous spree to make HEAVEN … John 16:2, yes they actually believe so!

Do not be dismayed, Jesus said that a servant cannot be greater than his master, which means us WARD cannot avoid that which he suffered that we may live!

John 16: 6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;

10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.


WHY? Why should we simply obey all God’s commands?
Because it is the wise thing to do on this side of the divide, he sees the depth of what is going on more than we do but we can see also only IF WE ARE WILLING and OBEDIENT.

The dangers abound all around us, our children and we are exposed in a world full of violence and demonic possession in ALL ramifications, especially of children who simply pick up weapons kill family members and large numbers of people for one REASON or the other.

More than any other time in history, we need to commit all to the ALMIGHTY and STOP leaning on the intellect of MEN (philosophers, scientists etc.) so that we can survive the storms of life in JESUS NAME.

These are the obstacles we must endure in our paths to become unflinching in faith in the face of dire troubles and raging storms, to rise to maturity levels in belief in He, whom we serve and call-upon-morning-noon-and-night, to be counted worthy as CHRISTIANS by WORKS and WORDS!


Malachi 3:2-6
2 Timothy 3: 14-17


Every obstacle that we encounter on the path of destined purpose, on the long walk to fulfill Matthew 28:17-20 commission is an opportunity to improve our spiritual state and condition. Like a refiner’s fire, It is God’s purging system to groom us into stronger, wiser, more knowledgeable giants who become aware about the spiritual thereby having fuller understanding of the physical events that unfold around us daily.

1 Corinthians 10:13

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