“He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.”- 2 Corinthians 3:6

Questions:

1.       Are you competent?

2.       Are you strong to minister?

3.       Do you know the covenant?

4.       Are you saved?

5.       Are you spirit filled?

6.       Are you worthy to serve the Lord?

You may not competent but God has chosen us to be competent, and in Jesus all things are possible. We are strong if we have the Lord in our Life, if we continue to welcome God and let Him take control, we are save if we believed in Jesus Christ as lord and follow his righteousness, being worthy is just simply being in the hands, in the righteousness of God…. It’s worthy if  we stay in His light.

Ministering the word of God is the most essential work in life, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior did His part in the cross for us to be saved and be freed from sins. God’s grace is infinite and so his love endures forever.

Jesus is the way, truth and life…the truth is in Him…it’s in His words, in the Holy Scriptures. So then for us that has heard His voice, let us carry his words in our hearts and let it overflow from our mouth in declaring and proclaiming God’s work of salvation, His grace, His love, and in along the way…with His Spirit that guides us, strengthen us, teaches us, and direct us to minister to others.

Are you ready!

Tell the world that Jesus is God!!!

Be strong in the name of the Lord!

HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE ARE SAVED?

God has not left us in the dark when it comes to knowing if we are saved. 1 John 5:13 states, “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.”
The question is, “What is written so that we can know we are saved?”
From Acts 2:38 and Ephesians 1:13, we see that when we repent and believe we receive the Holy Spirit and the following verses tell us that it is through the Spirit that we know we belong to Jesus.
1 John 3:24 says, “… this is how we know that he lives in us; We know it by the Spirit he gave us.”
1 John 4:13 says “We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.”
From these verses we can see that our assurance of salvation comes from the presence of the Spirit in our life.

Be bless!

Be Save!

Are You On the Road To Heaven? 

God says you cannot make it on your own.

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

God says we can’t work our way to Heaven.
 

“For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9).

God says man is headed down the road of death.
 

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it” (Proverbs 16:25, Matthew 7:13-14).

God says you need to turn around, you’re going the wrong way!

“… but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish” (Luke 13:3).

God says there is only one way to Heaven.
 

“Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me” (John 14:6).

God says you need to yield to Him by Believing in Jesus Christ.
 

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name” (John 1:12).

 
Take the road to Heaven and avoid the road that leads to hell. You can have eternal life and your sins forgiven by receiving Christ right now. Pray this prayer to God and ask Christ into your life:

“Lord I am a sinner and I need your salvation. I believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay the penalty for my sins and rose again from the dead to give me eternal life. Come into my heart Lord Jesus, forgive my sins and be my Lord and Savior.”

Be Save!

Friends,

God spoke about Hell many times….

Why???

Because God doesn’t want us to end up there….what for He send His Son for our Salvation…..

Repent!!!

Turn away from your wicked ways!!!!!

Be Save!

WAKE UP!!!!

All below bible verses are talking about HELL…

Mt 5:22
“But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, `You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, `You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.

Mt 5:29“If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Mt 5:30“If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.
Mt 10:28

“Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Mt 18:9

“If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell.
Mt 23:15

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
Mt 23:33

“You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?
Mk 9:43

“If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire
Mk 9:45

“If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into hell,
Mk 9:47

“If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell,
Lk 12:5

“But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!
Jas 3:6

“And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.”
2Pe 2:4

“For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;”
Mt 11:23

“And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.
Mt 16:18

“I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
Lk 10:15

“And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!
Lk 16:23

“In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.
Actd 2:27

“BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO HADES , NOR ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY.”
Acts 2:31

“He looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that HE WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO HADES, NOR DID His flesh SUFFER DECAY.”
Re 1:18

“and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.”
Re 6:8

“I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.”
Re 20:13

“And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.”
Re 20:14

“Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.”
Mt 12:45

“Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.”
Lk 7:21

“At that very time He cured many people of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits; and He gave sight to many who were blind.”
Lu 8:2

“and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,”
Lk 11:26

“Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
Acts 19:12

“so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out.”
Acts 19:13

“But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
Lk 17:7

“They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations.’”
Dt 32:17

“They sacrificed to demons who were not God, To gods whom they have not known, New {gods} who came lately, Whom your fathers did not dread. Ps 106:37

“They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,”
Mt 7:22

“Many will say to Me on that day, `Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
Mt 8:31

“The demons began to entreat Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”
Mt 9:34

“But the Pharisees were saying, “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”
Mt 10:8

“Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
Mt 12:24

“But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.”
Mt 12:27

“If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.”
Mt 12:28

“But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Mk 1:34

“And He healed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He was not permitting the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.”
Mk 1:39

“And He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out the demons.”
Mk 3:15

“and to have authority to cast out the demons.”
Mk 3:22

“The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”
Mk 5:12

“The demons implored Him, saying, “Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.”
Mk 6:13

“And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.”
Mk 9:38

John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.”
Mk 16:6

“Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.”
Mk 16:17

“These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;
Lk 4:41

Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But rebuking them, He would not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.”
Gen 37:22

Reuben further said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hands on him”–that he might rescue him out of their hands, to restore him to his father.”
Gen 37:24

“and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.”
Gen 37:28

Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled {him} up and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty {shekels} of silver. Thus they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Gen 37:29

“Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore his garments.”
Ex 21:33

“If a man opens a pit, or digs a pit and does not cover it over, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
Ex 21:34

“the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead {animal} shall become his.”
2Sa 18:17

“They took Absalom and cast him into a deep pit in the forest and erected over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled, each to his tent.”
2Sa 23:20

“Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two {sons of} Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.”
2Kings 10:14

He said, “Take them alive.” So they took them alive and killed them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them.
1Ch 11:22

“Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the two {sons of} Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion inside a pit on a snowy day.”
Job 9:31

“Yet You would plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes would abhor me.” Job 17:14

If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’; To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;
Job 33:18

“He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol.”
Job 33:22

“Then his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death.
Job 33:24

Then let him be gracious to him, and say, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom’;
Job 33:28

‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life shall see the light.’
Job 33:30

“To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of life.” Ps 7:15

“He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made.”
Ps 9:15

“The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made; In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.”
Ps 28:1

“To You, O LORD, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit.”
Gen 19:24

“Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven,”
Dt 29:23

‘All its land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’
Job 18:15

“There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.
Ps 11:56

“Upon the wicked He will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup.”
Is 30:33

“For Topheth has long been ready, Indeed, it has been prepared for the king. He has made it deep and large, A pyre of fire with plenty of wood; The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it a fire.”
Is 34:9

“Its streams will be turned into pitch, And its loose earth into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch.”
Ez 38:22

“With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone.”
Lk 17:29

“but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.”
Rev 9:17

“And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone.”
Rev 9:18

“A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths.”
Rev 14:10

“he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.”
Rev 19:20

“And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.”
Rev 20:10

“And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”
Rev 21:8

“But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

Friends,

Peace be with us all in the name of Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior.

Quarrels, hatred, fading love, mistakes, bitterness, jealousy etc. are the things that could affect us, could hinder us in serving the Lord with worthiness. So, in families, let us always remember, either you are a wife or a husband. No matter how prayerful we are, how devoted we are in the Lord, yet then, our hearts has something inside(to our husband/ or wife) which is not right in the presence of God. We are just wasting our time.

So if we want to be worthy in serving the Lord.

Husbands and Wives, whatever hinders us to be worthy in serving the Lord, let us not be entangled from the past, as the WORD of the LORD said.

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. Ephesians 5:22-25 22

Forgive as God has forgiven us- (Both should forgive each other) Colossians 3:13

11Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.  1 John 4:11-12

LOVE– It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 1Corinthians 13:5

God hates divorce! (It is written!!!)  It is only because of our sinful pride and selfish ways that we end up divorced …. The Bible clearly teaches that “love never fails.

So Christian wives and husbands!

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. James 1:22 

Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.

^{James 4: 17}

^{Let us be worthy in serving the Lord.}

^{Be Save! Be Blessed!}

bro. ryan

JAMES 4:4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

 Question:

 What are examples of being a friend of the world?

      ·        Worldly -of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs

·        the key word of being in the world is living out of the will and plans of God.  These equals to “Disobedience” and to God, primarily, disobedience to Gods commands is “SIN”.

 Being a friend of the world:

·        Instead of Going to church, a person prioritized other business rather than God.

·        Physical pleasure rather than spiritual nourishment. (Beer Party rather than bible study)

·        Being focused all your time to your pet, car, house, studies, loved ones, carrier, drugs, women, casino, gossipping, pervert talks or foul words etc.

·        Pleasing people rather than pleasing God.

 It hurts and painful but this is the truth; the only reason why God laid this truth is for us to be prepared for the coming of the Lord, for us to be ready in the coming judgment.

 ^{Hebrew 12:11}No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

 So brothers and sisters, this is what the Lord purely says, and no need for me to expound. And I believed all who claim themselves christians are those people who believed in the BIBLE as the Word of God, a Holy Scripture.

1 John 2:15-17   ¹⁵Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. ¹⁷The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

Simple, if all those things in the world will catch your attention, and you get out of focused to the Lord…it will take you away from the hand of God.

Be blessed! Focused to the Lord, in His word, And Be Save!

bro. ryan

Deuteronomy 4:11-24

“God is Spirit, so those who worship Him must worship

in spirit and in truth” (Jn 4:24)

We have no problem in understanding the first of the Ten Commandments: “You shall have no other gods before Me.” Why do we stumble over the second: “You shall not make for yourself any carved image?” (Ex 20:2-6). Three things God has forbidden here concerning images: Don’t “make” them or “bow” before them or “serve” them! If we are careless at the first step, we are sure to end up in idolatry.

The primary lesson we need to learn about God is that He is “Spirit” (Jn 4:24). Moses stressed this point to the people, “The Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; you only heard a voice… Take careful heed to yourselves… lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure” (Dt 4:12-19). God has given us statutes, not statues. Pictures are not much different from statues. One is 2-dimensional and the other is 3-dimensional. The difference is only geometrical.

What about Sunday School pictures and Gospel films then? Well, they are used to explain to children and non-Christians the “earthly” life of Jesus. They must grow to believe on the heavenly Christ.

Both the Bible history and Church history abound with sad instances where “good” things became idols. An ephod became an object of worship for even a man like Gideon and his family (Judg 8:27). People were worshipping the bronze serpent that Moses had made until King Hezekiah broke it into pieces (2 Ki 18:14).

We Indian Christians must be exceptionally cautious because idolatry is in the very fabric of our Nation. Take an inventory of your houses and Church buildings. Throw away all unscriptural things. Break them, bury them or burn them.

God is our Maker; how could we His handwork presume to make an attempt to portray Him? Should you be interested to know how Jesus looks like now, read from the Book of Revelation (1:12-16; 2:1,12,18; 3:1; 5:6; 19:12,13). There you have the latest and authorized portrait of Jesus: Head full of crowns. Hair like white wool and snow. Eyes like a flame of fire. Feet like fine brass. A sharp sword in the mouth. Face shining like sun. Seven stars in the right hand. Robe dipped in blood. Try if you can capture this splendour with paint and brush! I-m-p-o-s-s-i-b-l-e!

We walk by faith and not by sight!
 

Colossians 3:23

23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,

I believed that this is the right thing to remember in times of troubles, boring or idle moments at work, in the office or in any areas at work.

You may have:

• An always angry or high tempered boss.
• Work loads or nothing to do.
• Bad relationship, no peace, or no good team work with your colleagues.
• Tired and stressed up with life at work and many more.

If we go back before we got our job, we do pray to the Lord. We asked Him, Lord whatever job it is, it may be hard, just give me.

Some got the job easily but still have the same feeling on what is written on the above remarks.

And because of those boringness, idleness moments, with mad boss or office mates, we do complained to the Lord. And did not do our task nicely or our performance became poor.

Let us always remember that:

• Our work is from the Lord, it is a gift from God, so we need to treasure it.
• As a Christian, we are scattered with a purpose to share the good news of salvation, to be a light that they may see Christ Jesus in us.
• We are placed by God to be a salt and a light, and that we make a difference as children of the Lord.
• Meaning, we can pray for them if they are always angry, or whatever negative thing we see. Or testify the goodness of God to them.
• Be thankful about those trials at work, with loads, and irritating colleagues because in that sense you may endure those trials, you may harvest patience, self control, and all those fruit of the Holy Spirit. 
• As we go along with idle moments, God is waiting for us to have a one on one talk to Him. Take time to say hello to the Lord.
• Don’t get late, don’t cut hours, send your reports on time because our job is comes from the Lord.
• Smile when you come at work, pray before you start.

All in our life is God’s plan, He wants us to prosper (Jeremiah 29:11), He is preparing us spiritually.James 1:¹² Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

So Cheer Up! Do it for the Lord.

Bro. ryan