Balance in the Word of God

About unbalance and balance in the Word of God:
Sin, Love & Repentance


Note:
The following is originally written specifically for Christians.
I will add at the end about how to be saved,
how to be born-again.

Sometimes people get unbalanced.
Even in the Word.

When I was in Bible college a few fellow students from a church that preached God hates sinners was trying to spread that false doctrine in the men's dorm.
It created controversy, divided some friends but in the end they convinced very few or none because most of us knew the Word enough to know that it was wrong.

Some preach about Jesus love without ever preaching or teaching about sin.
If there was no sin there would be no need for a Saviour.
If there is no need of a Saviour then there is no need of the Cross.
If those things were true then all the Cross would be is another philosopher dying for a good cause.
If people are not made aware that they are sinners
(some are aware but not all are aware of that)
then they would not know the importance of the Cross
(Jesus dying for our sins).

And then some react to those who preach love without repentance by preaching judgment and repentance but leaving out Jesus love.
That also is wrong!

God's love for us (for all) is why Jesus died on the Cross and why after His resurrection Jesus is in Heaven praying (making intercession) for us at the right hand of our Heavenly Father.

When you read 1 Corinthians Chapter 13 you will see all a person does for Jesus is empty, useless and means nothing without love.
So God's love in all we do and say is very important.

Keep preaching Jesus Christ, crucified and resurrected.
Keep preaching of repentance and God's love for all through the Cross.



If you are not saved, if you are not born-again

If you are not saved, if you are not born-again then read John chapter 3, after you finish reading this post.
I will give a Bible link at the end to find an online Bible.

Anyway, in John chapter 3: Jesus said that you must be born-again and mentions that this involves being born of water and spirit. So your spirit needs to be renewed.

Why?
Because the Bible in Romans tells us that all have fallen short of the Glory of God. None have done good, no not one.

Earlier (in the first section of this post)
I mentioned that Jesus died on the Cross,
was in the grave for 3 days,
resurrected after those 3 days in the grave
and is now in Heaven praying for you.

Why did Jesus die on the Cross?
Jesus died on the cross for your sins so that when you repent of your sins and believe upon Him then the sacrifice of Jesus blood which came forth from His wounds at the Cross and His death was in your place and my place so we do not have to face God's wrath.
Jesus loves us that much.
Jesus loves you that much!


You need to:
repent of your sin,
believe in Jesus Christ,
call upon His name,
ask Him into your life
and be willing to serve Him.

Say a prayer with those main ideas in it to God.
Or just pray to Jesus in your own words from your heart.
Remember o thank Jesus for dying in your place.
Thank Him for taking away your sins.
Thank Jesus Christ for loving you eternally!

God wants to use you to glorify Him!
How is that done you might ask?
This is done through learning more
about God and the power of His Holy Spirit
by reading the Holy Bible.
Also, find a Bible believing church to attend regularly!
If you have to visit more then one church for a little while untill you find one that will help spiritually; that is Ok .... at least by attending church or Christian meetings somewhere you will be meeting other Christians and learning from them.

If you do not have a Bible then look up John Chapter 3 at BibleGateWay.com
Click the following hyper-link to read the Bible passage: John Chapter 3


Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Bill

Ezekiel Lesson 7

Previous lessons
can be found at
Ezekiel Bible Study blog.


Ezekiel
Chapter 2:8 - 3:4


8 But thou, son of man,hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
9 And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
10 And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
3:1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.


Lesson 7 Ezekiel 2:8 - 3:4

To review all of the lessons;
you might want to read and study the earlier lessons found in our Ezekiel Bible Study blog.

As was stated in previous lessons;
The Holy Spirit entered Ezekiel to give him the strength to
stand in God's awesome, mighty, Holy Presence.
The Holy Spirit will be helping Ezekiel to live up to his name
"strength of God". Even in Ezekiel's initial calling which
begins here in Ezekiel chapter 2 and continues into chapter 3.
Rebellious is a theme in verses 2 through 8 of how the people
of Israel are at this time and yet that is Ezekiel's commission
to go preach to them anyway.

Now on to this lesson, Lesson #7
God tells Ezekiel to eat the scroll, the book that is filled with mournings and woe. John in Revelation (10:9-11) also ate a scroll given from God. It is one thing to speak about God and about His Word, it is another thing to proclaim the anointed Holy Word of God, popular or not! To proclaim an anointed Word that God has put on your heart is even more powerful then sharing a little from our head knowledge of God's Word.
That is what Ezekiel and John both had to do.
Proclaim the Word of God that became a part of them.
No wonder Jeremiah, said he could not be quiet because
God's Word burned within his soul.
When you have an anointed Word from God, it will burn in your Spirit until you have to share what God is saying. If not behind the pulpit then in Sunday school, if not that then at a church supper, if now within church then share with your family, your co-workers, your neighbors as God leads, or even perhaps sahring through blogs and/or internet groups. Often times an anointed prophetic message needs to be shared again and again because it is a message for many in your church, in the church world.
Often, it is a message for many in your neighborhood, your town, your state or province even for many in your nation.
God still needs anointed prophets to speak out to the nations and the world as well as to the church world.
Too many (thank God not all) have laid aside the porophetic ministry that are messages for the l;eaders of the church world and for leaders in their own towns, states and nations.
Why? because often times many realize like Ezekiel in this chapter and Jeremiah weeping through his whole ministry, they might not be popular.

God's message through Ezekiel and many of His prophecies are going to be those of fire and brimstone, of repent or else and this to a rebellious people that most likely will mock Him for it. Yet Ezekiel is to eat all of it and then proclaim those warnings of God. Even in Revelation for John it hints at this.
For both Ezekiel and John the scroll was sweet as honey.
God's Word is sweet to believers and messewngers of God.
However sometimes to proclaim the mournings and woes of judgement are "bitter to our stomach" because our human nature does not want to be rejected and because if we, the messenger of God, the prophet of God, have the heart oif God then we will weep over the people's rebellion like Jesus wept over Jerusalem for rejecting Him.

Notice:
that He is to eat all of this scroll/book
and notice that there

"was written within and
without mournings and woes."

Two things:

1. We cannot heed and preach only part of God's Word BUT we need to take in, obey all and preach all of God's Word to be effective servants of God, especially in these Last Days.

2. The scroll/book was written within and without. There is no space to add our own ideas.
No space to add our own words and /or traditions. If we try to add our own traditions and ideas to God's message then we end up "denying the power of God" and end up with only a powerless form (imitation of godliness).


The Holy Spirit strengthens and enables us to go beyond our abilities and even beyond our natural courage.
The Apostle Peter denied our Lord Jesus 3 times yet after Peter was filled with the Holy Ghost he, Peter preached boldly to thousands.

I fear for America.
Not an ungodly fear but a godly fear and concern for America!
Some American Christians think of the rapture (the catching away of the saints) as an escape from the worst of the Last Days as an escape from persecution.
But if America does not repent as a people and as a nation,
America is headed for judgements worse then 9-11 and Hurricane Katrina combined.
Here in America, Canada and Europe: murder of unborn children is rampant, killing of the elderly is gaining (usually under the guise of a nurse or doctor accidentally(?) overdosing, sometimes more blatantly claiming it is merciful. There was nothing merciful about the way Terri Schiavo was starved and dehydrated to death for 2 weeks. If our suppoosedly civilized courts think that is justice.... then God have mercy on us ALL!
God's judgement is overdue!
Then on top of that sinful perversions are so accepted that many public schools are teaching children as young as kindergarten that homosexuality/lesbianism, cross-dressing etc. are normal.

In fact there is legislation in progress in Washington DC that would make it a hate crime to believe or speak against homosexuality. If it passes, and I wrote a Newsletter or article like this one I could go to jail for saying homsexuality is sinful.
Possibly in America there will be a wave of persecution before we are caught away in the air to be with Jesus. Possibly before the Great Tribulation starts.
Jesus said blessed are you when you are persecuted for my righteousness sake.
Those of us in the Western world have not yet seen real persecution like those who have been under Nazi rule, Communists regimes, ungodly dictatorships or under Muslim rule.
Judgement is coming to America unless more Christians interceed for our nation. And when that judgement comes physical persecution with arrests and torture will come to the Christians from by then a clearly ungodly government.

The good news is if most Christians would start interceeding for America and for all Christian churches, if all Christians realized they are also ministers for Jesus Christ and received the boldness of God' s Holy Ghost to witness the hope of salvation which Christ offers to those who repent, to witness boldness to speak of the power of God to deliver from all sin including God's power to deliver from the bondage of all sexual sins, from drugs and alcohol then it would be possible to see a powerful Last Days Revival poured out by God's Holy Spirit.
We need many iuntercessors for this.
Every historical revival started with believers praying and interceeding.


Dear Heavenly Father,

I pray that every reader of this lesson will heed to your word, eat (absorb) your Word into their Spirit and boldly proclaim your Word to those around them.

Lord, God,
I ask that by your Holy Spirit you inspire those who read this lesson to proclaim this message boldly and to forward this lesson to many of their family and friends.
God,
we pray for America, we pray that your anointing will come upon preachers teachers, ans all Christians that as we live for you we will be bolder through the power of the Holy Spirit to proclaim ALL of God's Word around us. God, please stir many up to be intercessors and proclaim what they hear from God before it is too late for us. Heavenly Father, we thank you that there is still hope and that you will answer us as we ask these things in faith, trusting anhd believing in you. We pray all of this in Jesus Name.

God Loves you so much that ..........

For God so loved the world,
that He gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
John 3:16

God loved you so much that ...............

Jesus died on the Cross for you!

As it is written,
There is none righteous, no, not one:
Romans 3:10

For all have sinned,
and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 3:23

17 For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned:
John 3:17-18A

But God commendeth His love toward us,
in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8

For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23

Based on the Word of God, the Holy Bible we were all sinners before coming to Christ.
God made a way for us to be in right standing before Him, to be free of sin, free of guilt
and free of sin. God made a way for us to be Holy in His presence.

Jesus said of Himself,
I am the way,
the truth,
and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6

Speaking of Jesus Christ Ephesians Chapter 1 verse 7 tells us of Jesus;
we have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.

Then Ephesians 2:13 reinforces this truth.
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off
are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

We can only come to God through Jesus Christ.

Repent ye therefore, and be converted,
that your sins may be blotted out
Acts 3:19

Through the blood of Jesus Christ, our believing upon Him and repenting of our sins is how we become free from the bondage of sin, free from guilt and free from all spiritual and moral uncleanness. It does not matter what you have done Jesus bore all of our sins (our wrongs) upon the Cross and to prove that He had the power and authority to forgive us on the third day He, Jesus Christ,
the Saviour of the world, rose again.

He is alive! Jesus Christ is alive!

Some might think it is impossible to live as a Christian.
Here is what Jesus said in Mark 9:23;
If thou canst believe,
all things are possible to him that believeth.

So if you have not yet found forgiveness and freedom through Jesus Christ,
pray to Him today.
If you already know Him as your Lord and Saviour
or you just came to know Jesus right now
then thank Jesus for this and keep growing in Him.

You know what else?

Jesus is in Heaven praying for you!

Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him,
seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Hebrews 7:25

Intercession means praying and asking in our place for us.
The above verse tells us that Jesus is praying for us,
for you and me and that HE can save anyone.

Amen.