God will bless America as long as.

Lands are given by God. Aboriginal tribes and people can only live for so long in a geographical place until they begin to trample on God's principles. So the indigenous that reside in a particular place weren't cast out for their godly principles but their way of living which displeased the Lord. History stands by this claim. So United States of America despite their sins always have stood on godly principles, as the founding fathers created as a beacon of hope. That is why many people even today, fleas from their homeland to make this place their home. However, as the past would attest, if United States begins to dive deeper into sin and remove the landmarks of their founding fathers and gear toward a total Anti God agenda and movements, it will take no preference as a world nation, but as God has been consistent with previous nations, will remove and place another inhabitants in its place.

The Importance of Prayer.

The measure of a true servant of God is not how many battles they win in their own power, but how many battles they surrender to God. Oftentimes, we lose the battle because we fail to seek God's guidance or attempt to fight it alone. Those who spend time in prayer daily are stronger than any swordsmen on the battlefield. It's crucial to understand that God is a warrior, and when we allow Him to fight our battles, we can rest in His strength. 

So, let us remember that prayer is our most powerful weapon, and our first course of action each morning. We need to open our hearts to God and share everything with Him, holding nothing back. By doing so, we allow God to take control and fight our battles for us. As children of God, let us start every day with prayer, seeking His direction in all that we do.

Christianity in view of secularism.

The essence of Christianity is not about what we do for God but what God has done for us. Religion emphasizes our efforts to please God, while Christianity acknowledges that God has given us everything and we respond to Him out of love and gratitude. We love God because He first loved us, and we surrender our lives to Him because He has given us everything.

The Christian life is not a destination but a journey of transformation. We don't strive to become Christians; rather, we become Christians through the transformation that happens inside us when we receive the Holy Spirit. We cannot become Christians by our own efforts, but only through faith in Jesus Christ's sacrificial work.

The process of sanctification, where God makes us Christlike, is a work that only He can do. It's not something that we achieve through striving, but a result of yielding to the Holy Spirit in our lives. As we surrender to God and allow Him to work in us, we become more like Christ every day.

Church no longer to be concerned with the times and seasons of Israel.

The disciples raised the question in Acts 1:6 "When they, therefore, were come together, they asked of him, saying. Lord, will thou this time restore again the kingdom of Israel?" This was the disciple's main concern at the time and certainly was less concerned about the affairs of the church. Since Jesus had already laid the blueprint of the coming age and the signs in Matthew 24:3 " And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world? 

After Jesus' resurrection, he did not attempt to address his disciples concerning the previous questions, He knew that their perspective needed to be changed from the Kingdom of heaven agenda to the Kingdom of God agenda. The Kingdom of God is an extension of the Kingdom of God- in a land-based kingdom of the coming age on the earth. The disciples are no longer part of the kingdom of heaven, as Christ no longer wanted them to be concerned with that mystery, as he had first revealed to them in the Olivet discourse in Matthew 24, and like all other parables like the Tares and the Wheat. Isreal is no longer in the view but the church- the church age.  In Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, it is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in His own power.

 Times and seasons refer to Israel alone, the church has no timetable, seasons, or even numbers allocated to it by God. For example, in 1 Thessalonians 5:1 " But of the times and seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you." In other words, the times and seasons are for other dispensational times in the bible but not for the church age to know. Before the resurrection of Christ Jesus, for the disciples, the church was a mystery. But from now, Isreal's kingdom is to become a mystery to them. Some may say, What will happen to earth and Isreal after the rapture of the church? The answer is that we as the church, do not need to know that! It is a mystery. Although we are given few passages on revelation from chapter 5 onward of the destruction and judgments to come on earth. But furthermore, Christ goes on the say that In acts 1:8 "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."

This is the business of the church! To spread the gospel of Christ Jesus throughout the earth, and not the times and seasons of Israel. Israel's times and seasons are God's business, not ours. 

What is Christianity: In my own words.

Christianity is not what we can do for God but what God has done for us. Religion says that we can do something for God but Christianity says that God has given us everything and we are in response to Him. We love God because He first loved us; we give up our lives to God because He first gave all to us. 

Cry Wolf

We have heard so many times about the word 'cry wolf' but much can be said in this passage concerning Lot. Here we see a man who could not even save his own closest family members because of the way he was perceived as a humorist “And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which

married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place;

for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one

that mocked unto his sons in law.” 

Here when Lot asked to separate themselves from the citizens of Sodom and take his family members out by the destroying angels who had come to destroy the city. Lot went to alert his own son-in-laws but Lot had little influence on his family. His son in law taught Lot

was joking. Sometimes the enemy wants to destroy our

testimony so that we will have no influence on people close to us. Be aware that if

you are a child of God living in sin, you are destroying your testimony and

very soon you won't have any more influence around your circle.  In the case of Lot, he was a righteous man who lost his saltines and was trampled down by men. As the Lord Jesus Christ warned in  in Matthew 5: 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

This is a great biblical message here that shows that God's name is not to be

blasphemed by so called believers. Do not be a humorist that cause

you to lose your genuineness. We are to walk soberly, examining our way and not use our liberty in Christ to blaspheme the same God who delivered us from darkness into a marvelous light. Lot is an example of a Christian, pulled so far away from his place of prominence to a place of contempt, inspite of his salvation.

Circumcision of the heart

In Genesis 17: 13-14} “He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.” 14. “And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.” Granted that God made a covenant with the nation of Israel and this covenant is not exclusive for those in the nation but all poeple within the nation both the strangers of that land, no doubt tells the person of God in the aspect of not being a respecter of persons. You cannot work your way into God’s family. That is religion! God's way is to obey and love Him by keeping his commandments through the love of Christ. Circumcision in the flesh matters not but a true circumcision is from the heart not the letter On the contrary some of the natives may reject the circumcision and may recieve the penalty of being ostracized fron the nation if they remained uncircumcised, But for the Nation of Israel, God did not call an individual but a nation in the Old Testament covenant. the Nation is what God made the covenanat with and not the individaul israelite. But for the church, God is calling out a people to His name and in 1 Peter 2:9 } But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a poeple for his own possesion, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. We are individuals with a circumcised heart to serve God, not that we belong to any nation but that we belong to God and obey His commandments.

Christianity: rooted identity.

Many times we attend church and spend only a few hours there, singing and listening to a sermon before going back to our everyday routines. We often leave without encountering God or having any conviction of our sins.

Ironically, the most dangerous place we can be may not be in a rough neighborhood or in a red-light district or even on the battlefield. It could be sitting in a church pew every Sunday, never experiencing God's conviction.

Attending church alone doesn't make us Christians. It's our personal relationship with Christ that matters. We respond to the inward expression, and as a result, we attend church and fellowship with other believers who share our faith.

Our true identity should not be based on religion, but rather on Christ. Christ transcends any religion, tradition, or outward display of piety.

What God offers: Religion or a new life?

Christ certainly did not come down from heaven to give us another religion but a relationship with Himself and God the Father. This is through a new life in Christ Jesus. Religion is a false sense of security.

God who detest religion is by far the last person to give us this false sense of security.

What God offers is a new life and nothing more. God has been promising a new life through His Son Jesus the Christ and not just mere morality.And through this relationship we have eternal life with God.

Serving God

In Ephesians 2:8-10, God meant that we are to become His workers on Earth and He has ordained all our works concerning everything before the world began. He gave us life and then in that life, He gave us work to do. Also in Romans 12 verses 11 which says that we are not to be slothful in business for the Lord, but fervent in spirit serving the Lord. Serving God is what we have to do no matter what the circumstances is.

Thank you brother.

Genesis 1

 

I can do whatsoever in God's green earth but all to God's purpose.

God created us to have free will and will never violate that as long as we live on this planet. Each human has a moral responsibility to do what is right in the sight of God and in the sight of man. However, we have been also given a free will to choose and do the contrary. We can choose to do good and we can choose to do evil. But we are all to give an account before God one day.

 In the book of Acts 2:22-23, despite God's divine purpose of Jesus, the Pharisees carried out their wicked plans and did whatsoever pleased their hands. Here we see God's divine purpose along with man's own freewill coming into cultivation. Acts 4 :27-28 draws a distinction between God's divine purpose and man's free will. God will use whatsoever a man proposes and makes it good for his own purpose. C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain writes,"For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John." Ultimately, God will hold you accountable for all your acts.

Afterall, intelligent creatures created by God are to come and give a record of all their actions. Romans 14: 12 speaks concerning man's accountability towards God" so then each of us shall give account of himself to God. Likewise in Hebrews 4:13 which says and "there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. So therefore, every words, action and decision we have made will not only be weighed and tried but will be judged by the God. This is what, we humans, cannot escape from the hands of The Almighty God who upholds all things.