The Sacrifice

Faith is a gift given by the grace of God; but it is still demanding to be an inspired teacher or preacher. I try to be true by giving proper verses to what I want to put forward, but the facts are that I am still learning. In a way a true believer does not have to learn, because praising the Lord is all that is necessary and the way is given by faith. Still they are so many passages that surprise me every now and than when I here someone else talk about it or when I just come across them by myself. I believe that everyone should be teaching and preaching even when knowing few bible verses.

By faith we know the bible to be true. The truthiness of the bible is in fact it’s teaching for the well being of our soul. I can not really explain what the soul is or what will survive next to Jesus, but I truly believe that he will care for his children. When our soul is healthy all our being is healthy. I can not explain the sickness and all the injuries but what I can say is that Jesus cured every human suffering when he was on earth and his heritage is still going strong.

Today’s scientists are doing their best to explain the miracles of the Old and the New Testament. The plagues of Egypt that eventually gave freedom to the Jews are explain by the eruption of a volcano probably Santorini that may coincide with the time period. Similar phenomena’s have happened in our modern time with the eruption of volcanoes; water turning orange red, gas killing people sleeping on the ground like for the first born of the Egyptian. Natural or not the crossing of the red sea comes by a fantastic timing.

The Passover where the Jews saved their family from an angel of death by putting the blood of a sheep on their door is in fact the announcement of the coming of the Lord where the Father has his revenge saving all life that he chooses with the faithfulness of his son.

The New Testament is about Jesus and his miracles are spontaneous. We must now live by the light of Jesus, looking to him when the devil bights us. Our wrongs are washed away by our belief in the blood of Christ.

About Jesus who was sacrifice

Mark 12, 28-31 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

29“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

Mathew 18, 1-5 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

2 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. 3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.

Jesus has an obedient child accepts his fathers decisions

Mathew 16, 21-23 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”

23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

Mathew 23, 11The greatest among you will be your servant.

Righteous people will sometime sacrifice themselves for the love of God by living a secluded life like so many congregations have done through the years. I do not believe in sacrifice without production, still God must appreciate every effort to please him. We must help others but we must also be in accordance with God. If God can destroy the world because mankind is ruining the better aspect of creation where spirituality exist like the shining light of love, God can also bring meaning to everything.

Luke 19 39-40 and some of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, Teacher, rebuke thy disciples. 40 And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

Jesus man made flesh said:

John 19 … Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

Mathew 12, 40 for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives

Luc 22, 42-44 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” 43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Was the sweat already blood or blood to be? To me it is the same greatness of reality where a divine healer will be put to the test of resurrection. Still we must consider the torture of our God made man in obedience to the greater part of himself, the father of all creation.

Jesus, who loved everyone, healed the sick, thought charity and the path to follow, had to pray for his soul in the pursuit of his# accomplishment. Jesus is God and said so himself in simple terms. He is God’s only son, light born from light. We must understand that such purity will be strong at its return. Jesus was on a mission for the father.

When I was an adolescent I read science-fiction comics and I still like the related cinema and series like Star Trek, they had good moral and meaning. What I mean to say is that it feels like reliving with Jesus what I often contemplated, that man has the universe inside of himself, for the simple reason that I believe that what ever we may think or imagine, exist in a dimension somewhere, what ever we learn exist and we are just comparing the notes that we find; this said, we must be careful not to sin by thought because it might affect our reality.

I like the following verses showing how Jesus is God.

Colossians 1, 12-20 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

Those verses always have an interesting translation but the following might be more southing for the sinners that we are.

Colossians 1, 21-23 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behaviour. 22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— 23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

The good news of the Gospel is love resurrected, when we reach for that divine reality, our caprices become less interesting. It is impossible to have the smallest place in heaven unless we are saint. But we all had a moment when we felt love and charity and by so we know with what we must identify. The fact is that we just have to remember our redeemer. I must better myself a lot because the old man is still within me and the child must grow. Grace is always at hand but we must be careful of the worldly content surrounding us that can very easily impregnate us, so we must always remember that we are sinners and recall our Guide and try to imitate him. Every day we have occasions to redeem ourselves but we must keep hope that all is done by Jesus-Christ our saviour and remember him so.

The following verses show how mankind has not change for thousands of years, as Paul reminds us of philosophy.

Colossians 2, 6-10 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.

9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority

Today, I belie that we can have the luxury of philosophy in a learning process, as long as it does not interfere with our faith. I find it very surprising even shocking that so many people of different culture or social classes have a substantial library at their home but have never read the Bible or the New Testament that is so easy to go through. God knows the heart, which is why I ask for a small place in heaven; note that it is still making me a saint. The secret is to let him in and to recognise our faults that we want to be rid of and to pray and hope. Most importantly when we have faith is to keep it, we must regret our faults or our sins and repent, we must better ourselves in works and charity, and in some we must exercise ourselves in pleasing God. When we are honest in recognizing our true value for moving in the proper direction we can find our way with the help of God.

Mathew 7, 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

God knows our hearts and we can not cheat him.

Acts 4, 32-37 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 34 that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.

36 Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means “son of encouragement”), 37 sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles’ feet.

Acts 5, 1-11 1 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2 With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet.

3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4 Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.”

5 When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. 6 Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.

7 About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 Peter asked her, “Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?”

“Yes,” she said, “that is the price.”

9 Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

10 At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.

Truthfulness is having. Someone who is truthful does is best.

Mathew 25, 29 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them

We must not just think of helping others, we must act.

Mathew 25, 31-36 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

The good news is that God resurrected his son our Lord. We can now profit from his grace and from the help of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Spirit helps us to understand the suffering of the cross, which I believe to be the thirst of mankind calling for help and the resurrection is the hope that we keep.

1 Corinthians 1, 30-31 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”

Bad news awaits those that do not believe in the innocence of God.

Hosea 6, 6 For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

This past verse tells me that God did not sacrifice Jesus but mankind did take that decision. Jesus obeyed the father’s whish and the father left mankind free to choose. God gave a ram caught to Abraham to free him from the grief of sacrificing his son. But effectively God demonstrated his power and his tolerance as his mercy rendering Jesus into flesh. We may very well comprehend what is the Lamb of God. To me it is the tenderness of a child. The scriptures may have been accomplished but I do believe that better sense from mankind would have pleased God. Compared to the parable of the vine growers, here, the son his resurrected but the faith of the wrong doers will be alike so let us not be so vein as not to admit our sins but to regret them and accept Jesus redemption. We must practice ourselves to do better with the help of prayers and the Holy Spirit.

Jesus has accomplished the scriptures and is the corner stone; he his symbolic for different Christian cultures and his origin is undeniable.

Hebrew 13, 9-16 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so 10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. 13 Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. 14 For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

John 6, 27-29 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” 28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” 29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

Ephesians 2, 8-10

8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

1 John 4, 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

We understand very well that Jesus suffered as a martyr, died and was resurrected. Now we have an example to follow in hope for forgiveness and redemption for life. The more we pray the more we near God.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

Faith requires works

Faith is a gift from the grace of God. Works are deeds or action taken. In the bible we will find different kind of works, works related to the old testament and the law that the Jews hold in extreme value but have poor value compared to the grace of the lord, there are the works of predication and there are the works of charity, miracles are a combination of the last two where God manifest himself through Jesus. Different translation will use the term works others may use the term deeds. In 1 cor. 13 we can read that love is what we must develop. If we have love we will care for one another.

1 cor. 13-13 and now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

John 6, 28-29 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” 29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

Mathew 5, 14 "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

John 10, 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are “gods”’? 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— 36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? 37 Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father. 38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”

Acts 26,20 but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

John 14, 6-14 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. 12 Very truly I tell you, all who have faith in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Ephesians 2, 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

James 2, 14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if people claim to have faith but have no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

We should be asking Jesus to intervene so often in our lives to show the works of God.

In October 2010, the news caught my attention. Quebec city, Canada’s seventh largest city, is accepting professionals from around the world of all religion and race to a city mostly catholic and white. Many cities in Canada are expending and the need for immigrants is progressing. What got me thinking is how religion is becoming lest and lest of a statistic. If it is like Montreal, the churches are mostly empty. It is sad to see how people forget, all the precious deeds that God did through his son…

So many are still claiming to be Christians but are not practising; few are even talking about it. Boasting moral teaching is not what I think will please God the most.

To remember the precious acts performed we often need the interest, the actual need for help. There is no more fear of God and death comes with tranquillizers and often old age and the worst only seems to happen to others. Conflicts and wars are non apparent here in the surrounding of a rich country. But no one believes to be rich lacking constantly of new material things, it seems that a rich person has to be at least a millionaire. There is little participation in community prayers, few believes in having to repent, there is less real celebration of the good news that God made man paved the way for our eternal life. Christmas is becoming xmas. What is the reason for such stubbornness facing truth or reality? Is it the shame to admit guilt in front of the redeemer preferring not to believe in all is miracles? Or is it the shame of having been the cause of Gods suffering, preferring is non existence and no eternal life? What ever the reason I believe it to be of an egoistic nature. If we recognise ourselves as sinners, we must manifest it and repent. After all, when life nears the end, I believe that everyone is hoping for acceptance by God.

We must recognise that Jesus is everything, he is sharing the glory of God first hand, sitting at is right. Jesus knows us well for having experienced the joy of living as a man. We must be joyful, proud and satisfied thinking of his life on earth. And now we can hope for a place in heaven so small might it be where we can be satisfied for eternity.

To act is to create

We must recognise the obstacles that brims our best judgement, and act consequently to develop a pathway to love.

It is realist to believe that everything that we do characterises our existence and leaves an imprint in the universe. So we must do our best to deploy our better actions for ourselves and for others leaving an exemplary way for the lost ones.

Prosperity is synonym to development and is attributed to what ever evolves. We may recognise a three that prosper, a garden, someone in good health, a population for different aspects.

Some people just have finance on their minds, which has nothing to do with the gospel. The gospel exist to save our soul or what is of humanity that can live with God; like love, charity, their, we can find prosperity and evolution. Even in the Old Testament money gains are denounce as futile.

Job1, 21 Ecclesiastes 5, 15 Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, and as everyone comes, so they depart. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

The Jews fought for their existence keeping their faith in high regards, recognising a just and unique God. Everyone is under the Law of Moses, the rich and powerful as well. So then earthly prosperity is associated with those that are bless and obedient to God who is faithful in is covenant: Deuteronomy 7,9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. But as we have notice in Job, the richness of this world has nothing to do with the prosperity of the soul, because for no reason everything can be taken away from us where we have only our faith and love in God left.

Today, still, all the earthly possessions are available for the faithful, but giving it away or sharing is really what brings light to matter. The story of Job reminds us how vulnerable we are, that even the rich and charitable, faithful to God, can live sever draw backs, but true light will succeed to communicate the better way. Ephesians 5,8-10 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord.

John 1, 4-5 In him was life, and that life was the light of all people. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

1 John 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

Still there are those that are proud of their prosperity, they have gained their earthly possessions like Job, being faithful to God. At time righteous they now want to share their joyful way of life that comes from their faith and is second to the blood of Christ. It is up to each of us to determine our way to the light.

We must remember the Gospel, the force that surpasses the world, love in sacrifice, eternal life.

Luc10, 18-21 18 He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” 21 At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.

Since then, miracles are still happening somewhere trough faith but we must remember the following verse also. 1 Corinthians 13, 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Mathew 6, 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Bless the Lord!

We all have our ups and downs during a single daytime not to mention so many ongoing periods. From the sin of Adam and Eve we have the knowledge of good and evil and we know the difference of walking in the light or in darkness.

I think that light comes from doing what we know is right. Off course sometime we are so twisted that we do not even know what is right and do mistakes, not to mention the wrong we do on purpose…The blood of Christ is for everyone that repents and ask for help. The blood of Christ cleans away all mistakes or sins.

Light is what we feel when we do good deeds, it is the warmth inside of us like sun rays on the skin. Light is like the combination of energy, knowledge and blessing. Light is also present in gratitude, light is the truth that survives. Light is eternal life.

May the love of God shine on you!

Believing is the way to prosperity

How can we be sure that Christianity is the best religion? It is the role of the bible to be up to date like Jesus Christ is alpha and omega, we will find the history of the chosen people accompanied by the Word where we can be liberated and grow in our faith to obtain eternal life. John 3, 14-15 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.

The modern world is retaining our interest by constantly renewing itself with new technology, and scientist are always looking for proof to identity what we should put any trust in but blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed John 20, 29

We must attach ourselves to the bible for all information that can enrich us. I believe that the information acquired by reading for ourselves or by listening to passages are the most suited to start our best education. Interpretation or teachings from more experienced people are also a blessing. Bibles may differ slightly from a translation to another, but the meaning remains to my knowledge the same.

Too many among us are not questioning themselves and are living for the soul purpose of their personal wellbeing; we may think that it is a natural course of nature as we may recall the parable of the sower but we mustn’t dismiss the existence of evil that omits the better purpose of life witch is to share love. We must in fact receive the word to assure ourselves with the better chances of realising success toward eternal life. Believing in the word and acting upon it is a sure way to God. Sad is the fact that many Christian are in fact poor examples. In this world of foolishness we may find heroic deeds of self sacrifice in a warzone but forgetting neighbours and God in peacetime. Facts remain that god loves the humble not the pretentious. John 13, 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.

Many groups, organisations or associations are looking for justice in a free sharing world for example, but how is the world progressing? I hope that no matter what, someday we may all show the charity of holding one another’s hand. I think that charity is the blessing of a stranger, it is gratitude asking nothing in return, it is the simple smile our even being stoic with those in that mood. But a smile and sympathy seems to me the way to better enrichment.

What is the evolution that we would want universal for ourselves and those that we love? What is the greatest force known to men? We often declare that there is no greater force than love. Than if love is the greatest force, the evolution of mankind should be to become mostly made of love, and love is identified with light. Romans 13, 10-12 10 Love does no harm to its neighbour. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. 11 And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of light. We are week and the worldly desires are so at hand but we must remember love where we must elaborate mankind’s evolution and personally our own interest for eternal life. Moderation is always in good taste to what ever tends to be worldly lust. God through the word wants us to forget of worldly lust because he knows that we are weak, and we should admit that in spite of every effort of our part we will always remain sinners, and God will always be there to forgive our sins, and we must always be praising the lord Jesus-Christ.

How do we want to be protected? The answer is simple, to me it is to be received by the All Mighty, love that doesn’t hurt, that nourishes and heals.

The culture that mankind chooses is what may complete is evolution. Today we may rapidly travel the world and bring help to our fellow man from one end to the other, for the distance holding us apart are continuously being conquered. We must love to be strong, the more we love, the stronger we will get and the closer we will be from one another. Love is what delivers us from the world of lust and stagnation. Can mankind unite? Love is what brings us together. I think of John the Baptist: Jean 3, 28-29 you yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’ 29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. From Paul: Romans 5, 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. 1 Corinthians 7, 12-14 12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. Paul was not at ease with the previous declaration but I do believe that he did transmit the Lords wishes for our understanding. Ephesians 2, 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. God is true and faithful John 3 17-18 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. Believing is reaching for the help of perfect love and forgiveness; no one can pretend to be perfect. Fulfilling all scriptures Jesus was condemned to be crucified, pure innocence, he was love that was not recognised.

Praise the Lord Jesus, the son of God made man so that all mankind can be helped to reach the fathers eternal love.

It is good to be submitted to God

Hebrews 10, 1-18

The Jews where chosen to be an example to the world. From a law that first guided them came true liberty through a new covenant.

Obeying God is following Jesus commandments, he wants us to love one another as he loved us, so, we must sacrifice ourselves for others. Of course no one equals the master but we must recognise the institution of love and charity.

John 28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” 29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

1 John 4, 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

I sometime wondered how can my neighbour be so indifferent, and I saw myself worst at so many times. Rare are the prayers of the heart and the preoccupation toward justice. In the Bible we learn that before Christ the chosen people had to make physical sacrifices to redeem themselves but to often the task couldn’t be met. Hebrew 10 3-4 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. 4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Hebrew 10, 9-10 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Now all we have to do are prayers through faith, for ourselves and others.

We may all want to bless one another but how often do we really take care of God’s business, which is really sharing the word and prosperity. I want to had here that prosperity through the word is more moral than financial. Never the less: James 1, 25 But those who look intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continue in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. James 2, 14-17 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if people claim to have faith but have no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

But the ways of the world are still bringing us away from true happiness.

I am from Québec Province in Canada, decades have past and now the attendance to church on Sunday is very low. I have myself been going on and off so many times, but I am again on the better track.

It is to me a great shame that what can really save the world is being put aside. A well established catholic church is disappearing. Some people are claiming that it had to much of a political hold and they was of course so many scandals, and worst unpunished scandals like sexual abused and rudeness towards orphans and aboriginals. How can the word progress when it is not perceived through reading but from the mouth of traitors?

The truth must be promoted, but the guilty must also be punished by the authorities. We have a bill of wrights where crimes are clearly identified and where no residents are excluded. Where we recognise criminal responsibility we must let the authorities do there work, not to deprive true teaching but to denounce the guilty.

Paul was a Christian persecutor but he changed and became an apostle of great value. The following verses from Paul and than from Peter are to me a little of the chart if you can accept my criticisms. Paul wrote letters and would talk to specific people about particular situation and we must understand that sometime different solutions are at hand; and peace is better than blood shed. Just by reading kings of the bible we understand that rulers are not always good. But we must pray for everybody. So the verses are probably original but we must also consider the context or situation at hand, although it is not mentioned. I believe in a better ruling system in a democratic world.

Romans 13, 1-5 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. 4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.

We may understand that the church first grew by not interfering in political affairs.

1 Pierre 2, 13-17 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, 14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. 15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of the foolish. 16 Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. 17 Show proper respect to everyone, love your fellow believers, fear God, honor the emperor.

In our civilised and democratic world, it is easy to understand that the authorities are well intentioned and at our service. But many individuals are using the liberty masking their wrong intentions. Still if we must not judge prematurely we must recognise a crime when it is committed and let due process by law take action.

We all have a saying in the progress of our society. We must make our claims so they can be eared and exercised.

It is to me great sorrow that the church ore religion is less considered when Jesus-Christ remains the saviour of the world.

Bless is the lord Jesus-Christ, the son of God made man who died and was resurrected for the freedom of mankind.

The corner stone

Believing in the son of God Jesus, is believing in the love of God and his compassion, godly love that came to earth for the redemption of man kind. The word is the teaching of the way to haven by means of faith, at first, a written law was established to oppose extreme pagan conditions that we find in the Old Testament, than a knew covenant was prophesies and established with the coming of Jesus-Christ where the word is capture by the heart first for greater understanding by the mind with the spirit and the grace of God.

Jeremiah 33 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the Lord.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already,” says the Lord. “And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.”

Micah 18 Where is another God like you, who pardons the guilt of the remnant, overlooking the sins of his special people? You will not stay angry with your people forever, because you delight in showing unfailing love. 19 Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean! 20 You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love as you promised to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago

I believe all bibles to be much alike and a blessing for salvation; but here I must say that many translations will forget about the capstone by translating continually the corner stone. I find it refreshing to appreciate the culmination of a building that is the spiritual church New International Version (©1984) Psalms 118, 22 The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone;

I suggest to keep in mind that the Old Testament announces the Knew. The Jews believed in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. History was established mostly when God rescued them from Egypt and with the laws transferred by Moses. Still under the knew covenant we must constantly revised ourselves, where individually we must examine our taken path and behaviour so that we do not exchange faith for dues, being under grace is for those that deserve it. Mathew 7, 24-27 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

I am not a scholar of any sort but I am learning something about the bible. I write by my understanding and inspiration. I am such a sinner so how can I be good to reveal any of the Lord’s strength or teaching? The inspiration is mostly what I depend on to be better than myself. We must abandon ourselves to the Lord, because he is the only one we can depend on.

We must appreciate the teaching and effort that went into the construction of the bible and we must ad our testimony by what ever means we can find to evolve with our neighbour in the better sense.

In big cities for example, as we look around at all the technology, the sciences surrounding us, we may understand the extended value brought to nature by man, but it takes a greater understanding or control to appreciate the freedom of cities, because raw nature is always beneficial as we move closer to the country side. Love oversees everything, evolution in love is always beneficial and the heart understands it.

Our world today like through history faces many distresses. We can hold mankind responsible and God for being at time jealous of Idols or being forgotten. Still I do not want to explain major nature catastrophes that loose so many innocent lives, but we must remember that life on earth is short and what about today’s man capacity to deal with such disaster, if only honest unification of love was established?

The bible may be complete; there are still so many stories of saints and great worshipers that are poorly publicised. Like for science where we use the knowledge of transcription to move forward, we should be writing allsorts of songs, hymns, adjacent books and stories to publish and create scenarios for movies and television. It is a shame that we are what we eat and that we do not eat the proper food. We still say that there is no greater power than love. Faith can move mountains, so can love true faith.

We must save our soul and the way to do so is by giving it to the Lord. 1 Corinthians 1, 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength. God wants our happiness. Marc8, 35-36 35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. 36 What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

Must we sacrifice ourselves? God knows all hearts and all good deeds are God pleasing but if the Old Testament is based on the fear of God the Knew brings forward hope and redemption. Like man uses books and knowledge to advance in new technologies, the Bible nourishes all those interested.

Giving is the secret to gathering a treasure, a divine treasure as we must understand has nothing to do with material things but is spiritual for a better life on earth and in heaven. Jesus gave his life and was resurrected by the Father, so that we do the same.

James 1,25 But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it--he will be blessed in what he does.

There is nothing to be won by wars except peace and peace comes only with the light of God. Micah is a great book to read that resumes much sense of the bible. To me a way to read the Bible is by knowing the reality of it for historical facts where prophesies are clearly announced and by acknowledging different scales where we determine prophesies or life examples to be adopted, and to do so we must have the light of God inside of us to understand the hurt and aspiration of God’s children, as also the determination and perseverance mostly declared by the word of God trough the prophets. Wars are conquered by arms of light and the love of God.

The Christ was prophesise by is place of birth, in the distress where an example is to be retained for eternal life: The corner stone. Micah 2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah ,out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel ,whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”

Isaiah 16 So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed.

Interesting is the following verse that testifies of people hypocrisy: Isaiah 15 You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death, with the grave we have made an agreement. When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by, it cannot touch us, for we have made a lie our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”

Jesus represents truthfulness and fidelity: Mathew 7, 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. We must recognise ourselves as sinners and declare ourselves as such and throw ourselves to the mercy of the Lord.

John 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

Roman 10, 4-13. 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: “The man who does these things will live by them.” 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.” 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Bless the Lord! Now and forever, amen.