Many people say they want to go to Heaven, but they don't have the slightest idea of what it takes to get there. First of all, being a good person will not get you to Heaven because the Bible teaches that being good alone won't save you. In order to make it to Heaven man must be obedient to Christ and that is only accomplished by studying His word to know what one must render obedience to, John 5:39, Matt. 7:21, Heb. 5:8-9.
Also, Jesus said if we die in our sins we won't go to Heaven, so getting out of our sins is important in order to enter Heaven, John 8:21-24, Col. 1:12-14, 1 John 1:6-10, Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16, Gal 3:27. And last of all, being a part of the church, the family of God, is important. For Christ has only one true church and only the saved can be found within its borders. Yes, being in Christ's church is just as important as being in the ark during Noah's day, 1 Cor 12:13, Eph. 4:4, Eph. 5:23, Acts 2:47, John 10:9, Matt. 15:13-14. Hope to hear from you or to see you at the services. When man is ignorant of God's word, that lack of knowledge will cause him to believe things that he shouldn't or lead him into something worse like destruction Isa 9:16. Hos 4:6. Acts 4:36. 2 Pt. 2:2
Man cannot go through life doing what he wants or believing what he pleases, for not even Jesus Christ did so, for man is supposed to live by following the word of the Lord, Matt 4:4, John 8:29, John 6:38. John 5:30. With that being said, we want you to apply such information to halloween since it is almost upon us and some people are beginning to think about ghosts, ghouls, and goblins. A ghost is the soul of the dead who has departed from this earth into the hands of God. Matt 27:50, Luke 8"55, Eccl. 12:7, James 2:26, Eccl. 3:19-21, Eccl. 8:8. Another fact about dead people is they have no more a part of anything that is done under the sun, Heb 9:27, Eccl. 9:4-10, Psalm 49:16-19, 2 Sam. 12:23, Job 7:6-10, Luke 16:25-26. Ghosts don't walk the earth or haunt houses and cemeteries. No one can contact a dead person and neither can they contact you, so don't waste your time and money on people who claim to have any connection to the great beyond. Let God be true and every man a liar, Rom. 3:4. If you want to study this subject further, contact us. Hope to hear from you or to see you at the services. In Dan. 4:32, King Nebuchadnezzar of the Babylonian empire had to learn the truth the hard way. What the King learned was, God has a hand in every government on Earth; and even though God may not be pleased with rulers because of the wickedness of their reign, God is still in control. From Daniel's account, God forced Nebuchadnezzar out of the palace, and he lived in the wilderness for a selected period of time until he learned God places men in power and removes men at the time of His wise providence (vs 29-37).
Today, the USA has been bombed and many people are too scared to do much of anything. Many are asking, "why did this have to happen and where is God?" God is where He has always been; He hasn't gone anywhere. Thing is, mankind went somewhere by serving sin; then God no longer protects a nation from attack. God is still in control today. There is nothing too great for Him and nothing hidden from His all-seeing eyes. Proverbs 15:3. Luke 1:37. God knows who is behind the bombing of the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, and God will help man locate and capture the evildoers if man will repent and cleanse himself of sin. By repenting, a person will be in position to pray and get results because God will not act upon requests if a person isn't living right. John 9:31. Isa 59:1-21. Jonah 3:5-10. James 4:6-10. 1 Peter 5:6-8. Psa. 34:15-22. God is here, and He will help the countries of the world and bless them, but those countries must serve Him. Psalms 33:12, Proverbs 11:11. Proverbs 14:34. Matt. 6:33. Hope to hear from you or to see you at the services. When Jesus spoke the words of Matt 10:39, "he that loses his life for my sake shall find it," he wasn't speaking of a person who overpowers a pilot, then flies the aircraft into a building killing thousands of people. Jesus was speaking of a person who decides to suffer the fate of death rather than deny his Lord (Acts 21:13). Such a person doesn't commit evil acts beforehand, nor does he drag others to their deaths with him. He goes to his death because he knows that some things are worth dying for and that denying the Lord certainly isn't something worth living for. Acts 5:41, Heb 10:34, Phil. 1:21-23, Acts 7:59-60, Acts 12:1-4, Acts 11:35-40, Rev. 6:9-11, Rev. 20:4, Psa. 115:15.
No one should read Matt. 10:39, and think that God is sanctioning the evil acts of September 11th. The men who committed those wicked acts were guided by teachers of Satan, and these fellows died in their sins. Satan has their souls for all eternity John 8:21, Luke 16:19-31, Isa. 57:21. These young men wasted their lives listening to false teachers instructing their minds with garbage and now they will stand condemned before Almighty God on the Judgment Day, as they will give account for the deeds of Sept. 11, 2001. 2 Cor. 5:10-11, Eccl. 12:14, Rom. 14:10-12, Heb 4:13, Prov. 15:3 I don't know about you, but I sure wouldn't want to be one of those guys, because their ball game is over and their goose is cooked Heb. 10:30-31. Hope to hear from you or see you at services. |
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