This is only for people who believe the Bible to be God's word.
On December 20, ABC aired a special entitled, "What Happens After Death?". Amazingly many tuned in to watch this program hosted by Barbara Walters as she interviewed people of different religious beliefs. Now the sad thing is many probably watched that program hoping to get answers. People, we all need to wake up! We don't have to watch a program put on TV by ABC, and we sure don't need to be listening to what men say about the after life. People, we need to start listening to God! You know that book called the Bible? We need to listen to it. We need to open it up and turn to Hebrews 9:27 and read "after death comes the Judgment." We need to open the Bible and read Luke 16:19–31 where Jesus teaches us that the soul or spirit goes to the realm of the unseen which is Hades; once there, the soul awaits the final judgment (Ecclesiastes 12:7; Luke 23:43, 46; Acts 2:22–27; Acts 7:59–60). We need to turn to Matthew 7:21 where Jesus said one must obey the will of God in order to enter Heaven. The will of God is His word and man must obey it (1 Timothy 4:16). But first, man needs to know what the word teaches (Ephesians 5:17). We don't need ABC, actors, neighbors, or religious leaders of different faiths telling us what they believe (Matt. 15:13–14). God has sent His Son, so let us listen to Him (Matt. 17:4–5, Hebrews 2:1–2, Heb. 5:9). Hope to hear from you or see you at the services. This is only for people who believe the Bible to be God's word.
Have you ever wondered about all the different teachings of churches? Some people think that such is OK, regardless of the differences taught by churches. But seriously just think for a moment—how can that be so? Here is the Catholic church, and over there is the Methodist church. The Mormons try to convert in the neighborhood, and the Jehovah's Witnesses do the same. The Baptists invite people to their revival, and the Presbyterians invite people to their bingo game. Two different minds could both be wrong, but there is no way they can both be right. It is very important that men be in the right church, because if he is in the wrong church, he will end up in the ditch (Matthew 15:1–14). The only way to avoid being wrong is to make sure that you are following God's word (John 17:17). The saints in Bible times had to know the word and by knowing the scriptures they were able to tell false doctrines from the truth (1 John 4:1–5, Revelation 2:2, Acts 17:11–12, John 7:17, John 8:31–32). Far too many people aren't studying the Bible—they are what they are because it has always been their family's faith, or the church building is majestic, or it has plenty of single men or women, etc. It's time to be your own priest, take out the Bible, study it, and let it guide you; rather than trying to make it fit your life. Can we be of help to you in knowing what the Bible teaches and not what man may believe? Hope to hear from you or see you at the services. This is only for people who believe the Bible to be God's word.
Children are on earth to be educated and molded toward the correct way, and one thing parents can do is to teach their kids to be better in life than they are. For example, if a man is an officer in the patrol car, he should encourage his son who also desires to be in law enforcement to strive to be the captain of a precinct. If a lady works as a waitress in a diner, let her encourage her daughter to one day own a diner. In other words, don't be like me—be better than me! No parent who has raised children should be jealouswhen that happens because parents should desire the best for their kids. A man making $50,000 a year should jump for the heavens when his son or daughter captures that job that will pay $100,000 a year (Proverbs 10:1). But parents who use foul language, smoke, drink, fornicate, gamble, skip church, etc., should have enough sense to know that such is wrong and make sure their children are associating with those who will be positive examples of what is right (Proverbs 4:1–27). And a final word to the young—take advantage of what is good and take it to the next level. If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Above everything else seek God while you are still young (Ecclesiastes 12:1–8). Hope to hear from you or see you at the services. This is only for people who believe the Bible to be God's word.
You can not know what life will place upon you, so you shouldn't burn your bridges. If you are enraged at a person, never say, "I don't need you," or "I'll never come to you again," etc. The reason why is because you just might have to. Now I know that some people might laugh after reading this because they are so sure that they will never have to return to a place or person they have fallen out with. But I say to anyone out there, "Are you 100 percent positive about that? If you do go out on a limb and contend that you are 100 percent sure, tell me the year and make of the car that will drive past your house at 3:16 PM tomorrow. "I can't do that!" you will say. And of course you can't because God teaches that no man knows tomorrow (James 4:14). Thus establishing a strong case for not burning bridges. People are free to disagree, and they can go their separate ways, but they shouldn't be so confident in themselves that they burn all their bridges because in this life, you just never know (Luke 12:16–21). Hope to hear from you or see you at the services. |