Liberty in Christ: In the Bible

 The apostle Paul says multiple times in the bible that as a Christian he can do whatever he pleases, that he has liberty in Christ and is not bound by the law.  Many people feel that way today, they think that they can do whatever they please as a Christian, they believe that they can lie, cheat, and steal without suffering the consequences of sin and that just isn't the case.  Paul is right that we have freedoms as Christians; however, he further explains his position in 1 Corinthians 10:23

1 Corinthians 10:23 states that all things are lawful for a Christian, however all things do not edify you as a Christian.  This means that all things do not build up a strong foundation in the faith, they do not help you prosper as a Christian, and if doing these things do not help you, then why are you doing them?  We are on a treacherous journey through life as Christians, and we need to bring along things/items that help us down this troublesome path; on judgement day we need to be found to have a strong foundation in Christ, so don't preoccupy yourself with things that don't help build up your foundation in Christ...

We focus a ton of energy today, questioning if the church should allow homosexuality or if it should allow abortion.  Just stop, we need to focus on good Christian values, the ones we've always had(follow the law), and do things that profit us as believers.

Watch a YouTube video about my free ebook:

Download my free ebook:

Salvation is Personal: In the Bible

 God showed me in a dream, that we should never question/proclaim that someone is not saved.  I'll be direct here... the bible says that if you confess that Jesus Christ is the son of God, and believe that God raised him from the grave, then you are saved.  There is no other standard for salvation.

I say this because sometimes we look at people's actions and declare that they are not saved.  (1)For example, there was a pastor that I met when I was young that went around molesting young kids(I was one of them that he molested), I can't say that he wasn't saved, what he did was wrong and evil but he could have been saved. (2) In the bible, Paul was consenting that Steven(who is considered to be a Saint) should be killed, and did worse things than that in God's name, however no one will say that Paul wasn't saved(Paul did these things before he was saved by the way).

In my dream, I kissed a woman who was not my wife and all of my sisters attacked me and said that I was not saved because I had sinned.  It is my personal belief that a man can have more than one wife.  Now the bible does say that if you have a wife, seek not a wife [1 Corinthians 7:27], and when we are married we agree to forsake all others (which is not in the Bible); but as far was the Bible is concerned, we can have more than one wife.  In the bible David, who the bible calls a man after God's own heart, had three wives and his son, Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines(women who he slept with, who were not his wife)  There isn't a Christian alive that will say that David nor Solomon wasn't saved and they lived before they could confess Jesus(Read my book: Jesus in Hell four days, to find out how they were saved).

The point of this post is this; salvation is a personal thing; it's between a person and God; yes there are things we shouldn't do if we are saved but sinning does not mean that we are not saved...


Watch my video about my free ebook

Read my free ebook:

Paul And The Unknown God

We find in Acts chapter 17 that Paul has fled to Athens to escape persecution from the religious leaders of the time.  In verse 16 we find that Paul's spirit was stirred up in him because he recognizes that the entire city of Athens is practicing idolatry, which is to say that they are worshiping false gods. Everywhere Paul turned he was being ran from one city into another because of people who refused to follow the one true God.  Paul's spirit was stirred within him and he was seething with anger but he did not let his anger cloud his judgment.

You see Paul had a choice; he could either [1] rebuke the people for worshiping idols, or he could [2] see the situation as an opportunity.  Paul chose to view it as an opportunity and approached the people with his gospel.  The men of Athens has set up an idol dedicated to THE UNKNOWN GOD.  Paul approached the people and said, you don't know who God is, let me tell you about God.  I will reveal this UNKNOWN GOD to you.  Paul used this idol with no name as a pretense to preach to the people concerning the One true God and his son, Jesus Christ.

Paul could have said many things, he could have said:
-Thou shalt have no other God before me [Exodus 20]
-Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images or worship them [Exodus 20]
-Yall stupid for worshipping something made with the hands of a man [Deuteronomy 4:28]
-Your god was a tree a few years ago [Jeremiah 10]....

He could have said all of those things and would have been technically within his right to do so, however doing so would have turned the people's ears and hearts against him.  Through wisdom Paul saw another way.  He himself wrote in [1 Corinthians 9:22], " I am all things to all men so that I may by all means save some."  "All means" literally means that no matter the subject or circumstance Paul found someone in, he could preach to them the Kingdom of God through Jesus Christ.  Wow isn't that amazing!  It reminds me of the story of Philip when he came across the Ethiopian reading the book of Isaiah and preached to him Jesus Christ [Acts 8:26-40].

My middle name is Paul, and I find myself many times using many methods to get my point across, to preach Jesus Christ, that's why this blogg is called "Everything".  I talk about books, movies, songs, poetry, video games, conspiracies, current events, the bible, just about everything to reach anyone I can.  I take some grief for it, but I'm just carrying on a long tradition of Pauls.

I need your help, my publisher has refused to mass distribute my latest book because of the truth contained within, so please read it and tell someone else about it; please download Sun Z.

     

Too Late

There are times in our lives that we figure things out when its too late, however there are plans that must be made for our eternal security that need to be made now.  For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation [2 Corinthians 6:2].

We find in [Acts 16:22-24] that Paul and Silas were imprisoned, Paul had angered some merchants when he freed a young woman from possession.  These merchants derived their living by exploiting the  possessed girl's ability to tell fortunes.  Her owners delivered Paul and Silas to the magistrates, who had  Paul and Silas beaten and thrown into prison.  Now Paul and Silas could have said, "Its been a long day and we have been wrongly accused and beaten; let's go to bed and start tomorrow fresh."  But they didn't do that, the bible says that at Midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises to God [Acts 16:25-26] and suddenly an earthquake shook the prison and loosed everyone from their bonds and opened all the cells.

The keeper of the prison was so distraught because he thought that all the prisoners had escaped that he took his sword and planned to kill himself, because he knew that if one prisoner escaped that he would have to pay for it with his life.  It is here that Paul stopped him from leaving this life without eternal security.  Paul said, "Do thyself no harm: for we are all here."  The keeper of the prison immediately asked them, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"  Isn't this counter intuitive, this is the same man that planned to kill himself mere moments earlier, and now he has come to the realization that he wants to be saved before it is too late.

Paul and Silas responded by saying, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."  Isn't it great to realize that a saved person will persist until he convinces his entire family to be saved.  Now again, Paul and Silas didn't waste any time; they preached the word of God to the keeper and his family that very night, and also baptized them.  Isn't it great to realize the timeliness in which the apostles worked within; they didn't put anything off until tomorrow; they acted swiftly, moved by fear of losing one soul.

Will you act swiftly now and accept Christ Jesus, or will you wait until its too late?