Make Every Effort

We read in the gospel of Luke 13:24 that somebody asked Jesus whether those who are being saved are few. Jesus replied and said:”MAKE EVERY EFFORT to enter the narrow door because many will try hard and not be able.” Many believers say that they cannot stop sinning, they cannot obey the words of Jesus, they say they cannot be perfect as Jesus commanded. Jesus said:”Be perfect like your Father in heaven is perfect.”

How much EFFORT are we putting into following and obeying Jesus Christ? How hard are we trying? If we do not put every effort into seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness we will enter! We will not find the narrow door. How much EFFORT are we putting into following and obeying Jesus Christ? Are we putting every bit of energy, EVERY EFFORT into DOING THE WILL OF GOD? Or do we just believe that we will be saved because we believe in Jesus? Then we are living in a fool's paradise.

We have to put EVERY EFFORT into doing the will of God because many will try hard and not be able. How hard are we trying? How much effort are you putting into your relationship with Jesus Christ?

May Jesus bless you.

Jesus will not BEG or ASK anything off YOU

Jesus Christ IS God Almighty. He does not need anything and He does not ask anything off anybody. He will not beg or plead or ASK anybody to do anything for Him, HE IS GOD. Those who refuse Him, He will also refuse them.

Jesus said that:”Whoever WISHES to come after me must DENY himself, pick up his cross and come here, follow Me.” If we are not willing to SERVE Jesus and GO AFTER Him we will not have eternal life. The Spirit of God will not strive with man for ever. Jesus is giving us the OPPORTUNITY TO BE CHILDREN OF GOD, to have ETERNAL LIFE but WE HAVE TO GO AFTER HIM and we have to SERVE HIM AS LORD. We must accept Him as the MASTER of our lives and give Him the honor that is due to Him.

He must SERVE Him as LORD. He is not your buddy! He is NOT ASKING YOU to come after Him. He does not need you or me. We desperately need Him and if we do not go after Him and serve Him as Lord, He will say to us:”Go away I never know you, you workers of wickedness.” He will say to us:”When I knocked, you would not open. Now you will knock and I will not open.” Once the door is closed people will cry out and say:”Lord, Lord!” And He will say:”I don't know you where you are from.”

If you do not follow and obey Jesus and live your life to please Him right now then He will also refuse you. If you deny Jesus Christ now and refuse to follow Him then He will also certainly deny YOU. Are you following Jesus Christ and SERVING Him as LORD?

May Jesus bless you.

Why truly born again believers SIN NO MORE

All humans have the ability to do the worst of sins and it is easy to get mad, to curse, to allow your imagination to carry you away into terrible sins, fornication, adultery and murder, if we allow those thoughts to enter us and to fester in us because then in the end it breeds death.

The reason why a born again child of God does not sin is because he has met Jesus Christ and HE HAS SEEN THE GLORY OF THE KING. He believes the words of the King and he wants to stay in that presence of the Lord and he KNOWS that he must keep himself pure and holy and he must obey Jesus Christ to remain in His presence. He has seen the kingdom of God and he wants to press on in because he knows it is only those who endure until the end who keep themselves pure and holy and who are pleasing to Jesus, it is only those who will inherit that wonderful kingdom that they have had a glimpse of. They have seen the glory of the King. They have seen the inheritance of the saints, of those who endure, who obey and who follow Jesus, who keep themselves spotless and clean as a bride for Jesus Christ, those who live in His presence, who hear His voice. They know that if they go back to sin and defile themselves Jesus will not have any relationship with them, He will not speak to them and that is why they keep themselves pure and holy. They live in the presence of the King. They hear His voice, they follow Him. They are not interested in the things of the world because they want to press on in and win that prize of eternal life, that prize reserved for overcomers, for those who prove by their obedience that they truly love Jesus Christ.

Are you a born again FOLLOWER of Jesus Christ who is striving, who is doing your utmost to be pleasing to your Master all the time. Have you seen the glory of the King? Have you met Jesus Christ? Can you see the Kingdom of God? And are you striving with everything that is in you to make it through that very very narrow door that so few will find?

May Jesus bless you.