I'm Following Jesus – Page 1667 – Mark 8:34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

King James Bible Study – “And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” – Mark 8:34

Date: October 26, 2019
Chapters: Luke 12-13
Message: Blessed Is The Servant of Christ

Hello My Friend,

I do not know if you noticed just how evil things are becoming all over the world, it is as though Satan himself has let loose all his demons upon half of the population. Parents killing babies, babies killing parents, violent rage over planes, vehicles, even cows, people maiming their bodies to change their gender. The Bible tells us that all of this, and more will happen right before Jesus returns. Now, we will never know the hour that God, the Father, tells Jesus, His Son, that it is time, but the people sure are acting as though He will be here any second. “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;” – II Timothy 3:1-4.

These are the ones who will violently protest those who preach Jesus, and yet praise God at the same time. I am by far a model Christian, but they surely know that I am one, and they try to stop me just as much as they tried to stop Jesus, and this includes many who call themselves Christians. Call me crazy, and tell me that I am a hypocrite or bigot because I quote the true words of the Bible, and see how much that offends me. It does not, I know that while I am nowhere near perfect, God knows the way that I take, and if they called Jesus the same thing, I am no exception. You see, those who truly are righteous are humble to admit they are sinners, saved only by the grace of God through our faith in Jesus Christ. We have nothing to fear, except one thing, leaving this earth without knowing Christ as our Saviour. Jesus, seeing thousands gathered, many of them, Pharisees and scribes, who despised Him, tells the disciples who we are to fear.

“Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.” – Luke 12:4-9.

“which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell;” Satan himself, he is the source of all evil, and do not say that God created evil because He created the devil. Yes, death, disease, sickness, these are natural evils that God brought forth as a result of sin, but true evil comes from the devil. Satan has the same freewill that we do, he chose to defy God because he wanted to be above Him (Isaiah 14:12-15). And let me tell you, following God always leads to life through His Son, following Satan leads to not only to one death, but a second, which is the lake of fire, in which Satan himself will be cast into as well (Revelation 20:10,21:8). We have a choice in how we handle the things life gives us, God nor Satan can control our actions, they can influence us to follow in their direction, but we have the freewill to choose. So many people fall under the influence of Satan for one reason, covetousness. They want what someone else has so bad that they are willing to deceive to get it. And this is exactly what Jesus said to them as one was fighting over an inheritance that was given to a brother.

“And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” – Luke 12:15,22-23,28-34.

“And he said unto his disciples,” Notice who Jesus is speaking this to, Jesus is not literally telling us to sell everything we have and give it to the church in order for God to provide for us, He is just saying that nothing on earth has more value than your soul. Do not worry about how you are going to eat, just trust God and He will take care of the rest, and He really does. Someone told me that sometimes God does not give us what we need, but I will tell you, that He never fails. And yes, there are times when we lose homes, cars, possessions because we did not have the funds to keep them, but sometimes God has to take things away to see that we have everything we need. Then He will replace what we lost as our faith grows, we may not have steak every night, but God always provides us with what we need for both our body and soul to survive. Are there hungry people out there? Yes. Perhaps He has given you the task of giving them food so they will be able to see Jesus in you.

“Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.” – Luke 12:37,40-41,46-48.

“and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.” There are saved, born again Christians living more sinful than those who consider themselves Christians, but do not know Christ as their Saviour. And you do not have to be a thief, liar, fornicator, adulterer, or some other known sin to be living in sin. More often than you think, sin comes from a proud heart, a conceded heart, an unrepentant heart, an unforgiving heart, a boastful heart, a self-righteous heart, the list goes on and on. “shall be beaten with many stripes.” Do you know why so many churches split? It comes from a proud and boastful heart. And here is the thing, they are preaching the Gospel, and seeing people saved, but they are not living it, and when they get called out, and they always do, they run to the next church. Well, they may have brought in new converts, who will receive some chastening because they ignorantly followed them, but their chastening will be much worse. “”

Okay, so bad things happen to people who do good, likewise, good things happen to people who do bad, which is why salvation is not based on how good or bad we are because we are all sinners and the same punishment applies. Jesus explains this further when one man hearing all this stood up and wondered how may people actually will be saved.

“And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.” – Luke 12:54-59.

“till thou hast paid the very last mite.” The adversary is Satan, the magistrate is God, Jesus is Judge, the officer is the angel. The devil loves to place believers at the throne of God, knowing that they know they are sinners, but he, along with every other reprobate, will truly stand before the throne of judgment. And if the Judge does not know that soul standing before Him He will not let them pass into the Kingdom of God, they will be required to pay for every sin committed, and since that would be never they will be cast into the lake of fire. Jesus explains this further, when asked how many will actually be saved from this.

“Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.” – Luke 13:23-27.

“I know you not whence ye are:” Many people will have a huge awakening the first day they see Jesus only to be told that He does not know them, and are cast straight into hell. To the naked eye, many religions appear to be teaching the right things, but God knows the truth, and He calls them out every single time. The problem is, very few are willing to admit that what they have been taught or even teaching is a lie. And this is exactly why the churches do not want Jesus in them, He exposes them for the fools they are. I know that it is scary to think that today might be your last day living, death is so final, the end of everything. Well, at least, that is what Satan wants to think. However, the truth is this, death is not final, not for the soul who has accepted and received Christ. Yes, we are going to face trials, tribulation, pain, and death, but we need not fear any of it when Christ is in our soul. One day all our pain, and even our tears will be wiped away, but until then we need to press forward, by faith, trusting in the Saviour, who is right there with us. And tell the devil to back off because you belong to Jesus. “Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.” – Luke 4:8.

Today’s Prayer: Jesus, Thank You for the great sacrifice You made for me, I do not deserve to enjoy eternal life with You, but I get to because of my faith and acceptance of You as my Saviour. With all that goes on in my life I know that I am truly blessed, You are all that I need, and as long as I keep reminding myself of that You will always provide me with more than what I need. Lord, I am not going to ask for patience or Your promises or for the things that have no value in heaven, but that You will give me the strength and power as I serve You faithfully to endure the trials and tribulations of life as I await for You to take care of me, and provide for me. Also, I ask that You help me be a blessing to others, and let me not forget how blessed I am with what You have given me already. In Your name, Jesus, I pray this. Amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,

Christina

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