Whosoever Will, Let Them Come!

 

Mark 8:34-38

"When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

The above scriptures are powerful, challenging, and thought provoking! So many talk about how loving, kind and gentle Jesus was during His earthly ministry, and He was, and still is! BUT have these same people actually APPLIED what Jesus said in their own lives?

If ANYONE literally does what Jesus said and taught, they would be complaining and crying like babies! Just one day without the pleasures of the flesh and people will think the world is ending! That's how challenging Jesus words are to those who are completely engrossed in a world that is dying and full of sin.

The call of Jesus here is to let go of everything in this world, even who you THINK you are! Everything you've done in the flesh and by the strength of your flesh, put it behind you! Let go of all your worldly knowledge, schooling, training, parent's advice, teachers' advice, friends' advice, you have to become as nothing, like Paul, the Lord's apostle did, like Jesus did, who was God Himself manifested in the flesh. He humbled Himself and became as a servant, and became obedient to the will of the Father, even unto death!

These sayings and teachings of Jesus are absolutely paradoxical, they seem senseless and self-contradictory, unacceptable and undoable, but that's exactly what Jesus calls us too! You can deny yourself; you can put to death the misdeeds of the body; you can live a holy life on this earth right now! Jesus did it as a man, and we are called to walk in his footsteps, to become LIKE HIM!

You can't do anything though without receiving the Dunamis power from God above, the Spirit of the Living God in your soul, because the carnal mind is hostile to God and WILL NOT submit to God or His commandments, you MUST first believe that you need Jesus to deliver you from yourself, from sin, from the devil, and from the world. It all starts with BELIEF!

This is why Jesus uses man to preach His gospel, because only through believing His word can we be set free, only when we feel the conviction of the Spirit in our hearts and respond to it with repentance, can we begin to change our minds and our lives. 

It can be extremely hard to change our sinful lifestyles, our bad habits, our erroneous ideologies and our upbringing. But change we must, if we want life, if we truly want the salvation of our souls, if we want the blessings of God in our lives. There is only ONE way, and that is the way of Jesus, and His way is the way of the cross, and DEATH TO SELF!

What way will you choose?

Abiding In His Love,

Tyrone

They Will Not Repent!

 

In this post I want to talk a bit about the depravity of human beings. It's very sad to see what some human beings do to others, for whatever the reason. Take Isis for instance, the radical Islamist group who cut people's throat's on video and beheaded many others. Their killings struck fear in the world as they made threats of global domination and multitudes of men and women flocked to join them and aid them financially, or to help them in their sadistic murders and espouse their erroneous ideology.

Which brings me to the judgments of God that are upon the face of this earth at this very moment and the great judgments to come. It's almost inconceivable to me how even the supernatural judgments of a holy and righteous God won't be enough to cause His own creation to repent and turn to Him for forgiveness of their sins and the salvation of their souls.

Revelation 9:3-6, 18-21

"Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them."

"By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm".

"But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts."

Mankind will become so depraved and hard of heart that not even supernatural plagues coming from the hand of God Himself will stop them from committing sinful acts, worshipping idols and practicing witchcraft.

All you have to do is look around and you will see the evil spirit of rebellion and anti-christ everywhere in this world. In young and old alike, not wanting to hear anybody tell them that what they are doing is wrong or a sin. Even a popular song, with some of the lyrics saying, "can't nobody tell me nothing", this is exactly why God has to judge the whole world, so that at least some will wake up and realize what's really going on in this world and turn their hearts to Him while there is still time!

Revelation 16:4, 8-9, 10-11, 

Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.  And I heard the angel of the waters saying: “You are righteous, O Lord, The One who is and who was and who is to be, Because You have judged these things. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, And You have given them blood to drink. For it is their just due.” And I heard another from the altar saying, “Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.”

ALL OF GOD'S JUDGMENTS ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS!

"Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory."

Again! Even with the sun scorching them, people on this earth will know it's God who is sending these plagues and will blaspheme His name and still NOT repent!

People who take the mark will be tormented by the bowls of God's wrath being poured out upon them in what I believe is the not-so-distant future.

"Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds."

Even with plagues like the ones God poured out on Pharoah and the Egyptians, many will not repent of their sinful acts. 

This is exactly why Paul wrote in 2nd Corinthians 6:17-18

Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.” “I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty.”

Revelation 18:4-5

"And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities."

Come out from among them while there is still time, the King is getting ready to return!

The choice is yours!

Sheltering Under His Wings!

Tyrone

Jesus, Always The Same!

 

Wherever Jesus went (after He was sent out to preach), He never changed who He was. In the Synagogue, in Solomon's Temple, in people's houses, in the public square, on the hill side, by the seashore, and on the mountaintop. It didn't matter where He went or what situation He found Himself in, His heart and His mind was fixed on His Father and on the work He was given to do while He walked the face of this earth.

If you are a Christian, (Born of water and the Spirit), we are called to be like our Master! How was He able to do what He did? Because He was empowered by the Spirit of God and His soul was full of the fruits of the Spirit! Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Goodness, Kindness, Gentleness, Faith, and Self-Control.

The fruit of the Spirit is NOT a willful change of one's own self, but a supernatural work of God through His Spirit inside the immortal soul (heart and mind) of the believer and follower of Jesus Christ! 

This is exactly why Jesus said, "By their fruits you will know them", and "Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks."

In every situation Jesus was placed in, He responded with the fruits of the Spirit perfected in His soul. Loved, when He was hated, Kind and Gentle, when He was confronted, Faithful, when faced with persecution and His imminent crucifixion. Jesus displayed all the fruits of the Spirit during His life and earthly ministry.

If you profess to be a Christian and go to a church service on Sunday, say amen and clap your hands, but the moment you leave the building, you go to the local pub to watch the football game, drink beer and yell at the T.V., something is wrong! Or if you were looking at your phone the whole time checking the latest scores while you sat in service, are you really a Christian? 

Being a Christian, a disciple of Jesus, is a daily lifestyle, a daily dying to the flesh and the things of this world. A literal spiritual transformation from the old man into a new creation in Christ Jesus. If you find yourself acting one way inside the church building and the exact opposite, outside the building, you definitely need to examine yourself to see if you are really in the faith!

It's easy to put on a show for people and act pious and religious, but God knows the heart! He sees everything that is going on inside the soul and He knows those who serve Him and those who are faking it for whatever the reason. This is also why Jesus is going to separate the sheep from the goats when He returns. The ungodly hypocrites will wonder when they didn't serve Jesus, and He will tell them the truth about themselves, and the righteous will wonder when DID they do all the things Jesus mentions?

Matthew 25:31-46

“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the [c]holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.  Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’

“Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

“Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink;  I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’

“Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Matthew 7:21-23

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Do you change your colors like a Chameleon? 

Jesus Christ, the SAME, yesterday, today, and forever! Let those who truly love the Lord strive to be more like Him every day!

In Christ Jesus,

Tyrone

The Light Will ALWAYS Be Stronger Than Darkness!

 

John 1:4-5

In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

It doesn't matter how dark things may seem, how ungodly, how evil people become, the light will ALWAYS shine and dissipate the darkness!

The devil tried, men and women try every day to overcome the light, but the light cannot be overcome by darkness, the light pushes back the darkness, and exposes evil wherever it is.

If you are filled with the light of life as Jesus was and is, then that light will emanate and radiate from your soul (mind and heart) into the atmosphere to give light to your home, your workplace, your neighbor's house, and wherever you step your foot! And as you grow in grace and knowledge of Christ, the presence of God, His glory and His grace will surround you, protecting you and your family from the evil that is all around us every single day.

This is why Jesus said, "I AM the Light of the world, whoever believes in Me shall NEVER walk in darkness." Why? because Christ in you, His Spirit IN your soul, the Kingdom of God WITHIN you, shining as a light in this darkened and corrupted world!

John 8:12

"Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

Why do people get old so quickly, sick so frequently? Because they don't have the light of life within them! They have no power to overcome their flesh, the world, evil spirits, or the devil.

Those who are born from above and those who will be, must understand who we really are in Christ and what He did for us on the cross. It's so much more than what people are being taught on Sunday mornings!

If you are not being delivered daily from darkness and seeing or feeling the transformation of your body and soul by the Spirit of God, then something is wrong! Ask God to reveal what it is, so that you may receive all the promises of God in your life!

John 12:35-36

"Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them."

It's so wonderful to be a child of light! Darkness is blinding, soul destroying and oppressive, we must come into the light so that we can be set free from the darkness that holds people captive. 

Matthew 4:16   

"The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death, Light has dawned."

Did you know that when King Jesus returns that it will be the brightness of His coming that will destroy the lawless one?

2nd Thessalonians 2:8

"And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming."

Do you love the light? Or would you rather sit in darkness and hate the light because you fear that your evil deeds will be exposed? 

Come into the Light will there is still time!

In Jesus,

Tyrone

Scriptures Being Fulfilled!

 

Another sign that we are truly living at the end of the age! The prophecies that Paul spoke in 2nd Timothy are happening right now and only those who truly love the truth and the Lord Jesus are paying attention!

Fortunately for those who will come to Christ in the near future, but right now are oblivious to the real truth of what's happening in this world, I'm here to tell you that God Almighty Himself is raising up an army who will be able to stand in these times, even in the midst of His own Judgments! Make no mistake, GOD IS IN CONTROL! and the scriptures MUST be fulfilled!

When God poured out His plagues and judgments on Pharaoh and Egypt, the people of Goshen were protected! Even though God hardened the heart of Pharaoh, He still told Moses to go and tell him, "Let My People Go!",  that seems contradictory doesn't it? 

But God does what He wants to do, to fulfill His word and have His way! Once we understand who is really in control, we can stop worrying about the government, the police, thieves, and gangs, etc......

Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up!

Christians today should not be afraid of what's going on in the world, but read your bible and know the truth! Be ready, be prepared in your heart and mind for things to get even worse, as the love of many is growing cold. And it has ALL been foretold in the bible!

Jesus told His apostles, that it would be as it was in the days of Noah, people eating and drinking, marrying and being given and marriage, and then the flood came and swept them all away! God is a supernatural Spirit being, with ALL power, dominion, might and strength! Nothing is too hard for Him. He is able to harden hearts and soften them, He is able to lift up and tear down, He plants and HE uproots!

Luke 17:26-30

"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. Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

The Lord knows those who truly serve Him and when this last great outpouring of His Spirit occurs, many millions, even billions will enter into His kingdom and those who are His will be separated from those who are not. Those who don't serve the Lord will take the mark of the beast, and forfeit their soul, and those who believe and are converted to Christ by being baptized in water and the Spirit, will have the name of God written on their spiritual foreheads. We will both live together, work together, eat together, until the final harvest when the Lord Himself will separate the sheep from the goats!

Which one will you be? The Lord's sheep, or a goat?  

The choice is yours!

In Christ,

Tyrone

He Shall Come In Peaceably!

What does prophecy look like being fulfilled in reality? Jesus fulfilled ALL the prophecies about Him that were prophesied in scripture. 

Acts 3:18

"But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled."

Luke 24:44

"Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

Luke 4:16-21

"So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.  And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Daniel the prophet and interpreter of dreams, was given prophecies about the end times like John the apostle of Jesus was given the visions and words of the book of Revelation. 

Daniel prophesied these words written in Daniel 11:20-24

“There shall arise in his place one who imposes taxes on the glorious kingdom; but within a few days he shall be destroyed, but not in anger or in battle. And in his place shall arise a vile person, to whom they will not give the honor of royalty; but he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by intrigue.  With the force of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant. And after the league is made with him he shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people. He shall enter peaceably, even into the richest places of the province; and he shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his forefathers: he shall disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches; and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time."

Is it possible that Barack H. Obama, the 44th President of the United States for a total of eight years, can be the man that Daniel prophesied about? It is possible! 

When Jesus was fulfilling the scriptures during His earthly ministry, nobody had one clue or understanding of what was happening! Even His own disciples that He spoke plainly too, didn't understand much of what Jesus said! Do you think it would be any different today? No!

The carnal mind CANNOT understand spiritual things! Your mind has to opened by the Lord Himself and the Spirit of the Living God to able to comprehend what happens in the spirit realm and what prophecies look like being fulfilled in the physical realm.

While I was at work one day and I heard about Obama winning the Nobel peace prize after being in office for less than eight months, I felt in my spirit, the Lord revealing to me that this was fulfilling the prophecy Daniel spoke when he said, 'he shall enter peaceably'. And this is the nature of revelations from God, He gives them to whom He chooses, but not to everyone. 

"Barack H. Obama, the 44th President of the United States, had been in power for less than eight months when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. Among the reasons it gave, the Nobel Committee lauded Obama for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”. Emphasis was also given to his support - in word and deed - for the vision of a world free from nuclear weapons."  

Barack H. Obama - Facts (nobelprize.org)

Keep watch people! The Lord is standing at the door! And I certainly believe that many more prophecies of scripture will be fulfilled in the coming years and it will become more and more obvious of the times we are living in. Time to get in the ark before the door closes on you!

In Jesus,

Tyrone

Change!

 

Nobody likes change do they? Especially the elderly!

Why is that? I believe because elderly people are so set in their ways, habits, lifestyle, ideology, etc.... that when something new comes they immediately reject it! 'That's not how we do things here', they say, or how about this one, 'in our day we would never do that!', it goes on and on.

When Jesus started His earthly ministry two thousand years ago, He changed everything! Especially for those who believed and followed Him.  He totally went against the grain of all the religious establishments and traditions of men. But isn't that what God is supposed to do?  Or should God bow to the will of man? His own creation? Of course not!

I personally like change, especially changes within myself! Because every time the Spirit of the Lord exposes some evil within me, I get set free from it! And that changes me! I become more and more like Christ everyday!

One of the main reasons the Pharisees hated Jesus was because He told them the truth about themselves, about their deeds, their hard hearts, and their traditions that nullified the commandments of God. 

When the truth is brought to our attention by scripture or someone used by God to share that truth, the focus should be on repenting if we're in error, and crying out to God for forgiveness so we can be forgiven and healed, which results in change! 

Matthew 10:34-39

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.  Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."

Now those scriptures are VERY challenging, hard to accept, and hard to put into practice, and they are truly life changing and soul altering! But if you hear and obey them, they will lead your soul to eternal life with God!

Change is hard! But change MUST come! And indeed it is already here! 

Will you flow with the changing winds of the Spirit? Or will you be blown away as God continues to blow His breath of judgments upon this earth?

As always, the choice is yours!

In Christ,

Tyrone