One Simple Plan

“Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.” - Psalm 119:18. Date: Friday, October 10, 2014 Today's Chapters: Matthew 23-24 Message Title: One Simple Plan Hello My Friend,  The more you read through the Bible the more you can understand the events that are taking place as we speak. False prophets everywhere, people all over the world claiming they know theWord of God, but their lifestyles teach something completely different. The problem with this is that people are dying and in hell right now because they followed the advice of some person, god, or religion that told them to act and follow specific rules. God has one rule to save man from hell, believe in my Son, and anyone who refuses to believe that or adds to that has God to answer to. Ignorance does not save us, and neither does believing in someone who deceived us.“Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.” - Ephesians 5:6-8,11. The scribes and Pharisees ran the temple, they were the most influential people in Jerusalem,and they were proud of it. They appeared to run the temple as God would have it, but something was going on that the people were unaware of. They made up all sorts of rules, that even they could not follow, but enforced them on the people. Jesus turns to the people, and His disciples,and warns them to observe and follow the Law of God, not the men who make up their own and do not follow them. “Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.” - Matthew 23:1-4,13. It does not matter what church you go to, every one of them have their own set of rules needed in order to be a member, and let me tell you, there can be some pretty strict rules to follow. There really is only one church that we are to follow, and that is the one in which Jesus Christ Himself is the head of. If He is not the authority of the church than find a new church. “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:” - Ephesians 4:4-7,13-15. Do you know how many people try to convince me that I am not saved because I am only trusting Christ as my Saviour and not my works as well to save me from hell. They will even throw in some Scripture to try to prove their point, I have responded with Scripture as well, only to no avail. This is exactly what Jesus does not want us to do, and why He was warning them not to trust in these men, but Him alone. “Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.” - Matthew 23:36-39. Until we are willing to open our heart as see Jesus for who he really is there is no hope. This ishow false regions and different Bible versions show up, let me tell you, many people know a little bit of Scripture, even the devil himself, it's all a scheme to get those who are truly living by the Word of God doubting their salvation and stop telling the truth to others. Jesus warns His disciples not to trust these false religions or prophets. “And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 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? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.” - Matthew 24:1-5. I grew up Catholic, and we too had all sorts of rules to follow from that religion. I know how upsetting it is to realize that you have been lied to all these years, it's okay to be angry, but we cannot walk away from God or blame Him because He finally found us. We cannot change the past, but we can do something about today, we can prepare ourselves and be ready for when Jesus does return. “But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.” - Matthew 24:43-46. Our works, or all the good that we do does not, and will not save us from hell, only Jesus does that. We can choose to believe that simple truth, or we can believe the lies, follow their rules and spend eternity with the devil. That does not mean that we are free to live every immoral way possible, if we really want to show Jesus our thanks for being our sacrifice than we ought to live according to His rules, not our own. “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.” - Galatians 2:16.  Today's Prayer: God, I know I am not perfect, I know that I am going to mess up, even trying tolive in Your will, but I also know that You are always with me to pick me up and dust me off. I don't even have to try and do it over again because You teach me to do things a different way.Lord, give me Your power as I read Your Word, teach me, and help me understand what You are tying to tell me. Let me not be deceived by those trying to get me to believe their lies over Your truths. Let me be a witness, and give me Your strength to serve You faithfully. In Jesus' name. Amen.  God Bless You, I am praying for you, Christina Are You 100% Sure That You Are Going To Heaven? Visit: God's Price Like Us On Facebook: I'm Following Jesus ©2014 I'm Following Jesus