Going About THE FATHER’S Business

Fellow Believers, Let’s Set Aside EVERYTHING, Which Divides, What We Call, “Denominations”, For The Moment, And Look At The Simple Picture – SALVATION.

Our Main Goal, As Fellow Believers, As Jesus Christ’s LIGHT, As Ambassadors For Christ, As Children Of GOD Almighty, As The Body Of Christ, IS To Encourage Everyone, We Encounter, TO Acknowledge GOD Almighty's Amazing Saving GRACE And TO Accept GOD Almighty’s FREE GIFT Of SALVATION; Which COMES ONLY, THROUGH Jesus Christ.

Now, We KNOW, ONLY GOD Almighty, Himself, PUTS UPON Someone’s Heart, The Desire To Hear THE TRUTH, The Desire To Acknowledge THE TRUTH, The Desire To Understand THE TRUTH, And Most Importantly, The Desire To Accept THE TRUTH – The Holy Bible, AND Specifically, The Gospel Of Jesus Christ.

Which Means, Bluntly, We Can Talk To Someone, Until We Are “Blue In The Face”, Meaning, Run Out Of Air, BUT, IF GOD Almighty Has NOT Put IT, Upon Their Heart, To Accept THE TRUTH, They Will NOT Accept IT, At Least, At THAT Moment.

So, Let’s Move On.

As We Can Clearly See, Throughout Jesus Christ’s Ministry, Jesus Repeated The Simple TRUTH, The Kingdom Of GOD Almighty IS At Hand, And Our Opportunity To Enter Into IT, Has A Limit, Which Is Our Lifetime; Meaning, We Have Until Our Mortal Life ENDS, i.e. We Die A Physical Death Of The Natural Body, To Make THE Choice Of Accepting OR Denying THE TRUTH – The Holy Bible, AND Specifically, The Gospel Of Jesus Christ; BUT More Specifically, Acknowledging GOD Almighty’s Amazing Saving GRACE And Accepting GOD Almighty’s FREE GIFT Of SALVATION; Which COMES ONLY, THROUGH Jesus Christ.

Folks, Many People Are Confused About THIS Very Thing!

Sin – Doing ANYTHING, GOD Almighty OR Jesus Christ, COMMAND Us, NOT To Do!

Romans 6:23

For The Wages (i.e. The Payment Due) Of Sin, IS Death (The Lake Of Fire, The Second Death, EVERLASTING CONDEMNATION); BUT, THE GIFT Of GOD (GOD Almighty’s FREE GIFT Of SALVATION), IS ETERNAL LIFE (EVERLASTING LIFE, IN GOD Almighty's Immediate Presence, With Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels, And All The Rest Of The Children Of GOD Almighty, FOR ETERNITY, FOREVER), IN Christ Jesus, OUR LORD!

EVERLASTING CONDEMNATION (aka The Second Death) – Separation From GOD Almighty, IN The Lake Of Fire, With Satan, The Fallen Angels, Demons, The Antichrist, The FALSE Prophet, Death, Hades, And All The Rest Of The FALSE Prophets, FALSE Teachers, FALSE Believers, And Unbelievers, FOR ETERNITY, FOREVER!

Yes, It’s A Choice, BUT, It’s A One-Sided Choice; Meaning, All Mankind, Because Of Sin, Has Been Found GUILTY, BY GOD Almighty, And The Penalty OR Payment Due, For IT, BY GOD Almighty, Is Death, IN The Lake Of Fire, The Second Death, EVERLASTING CONDEMNATION; BUT, We Are FREE To Choose, A Different Path, A Different Outcome, We Can Choose EVERLASTING LIFE; So, It’s NOT A Choice Of One OR The Other, It’s A Choice, To CHOOSE One, To AVOID The Other!

Therefore, IF YOU Have Chosen To Acknowledge GOD Almighty’s Amazing Saving GRACE, And YOU Have Chosen To Accept GOD Almighty’s FREE GIFT Of SALVATION; Which COMES ONLY, THROUGH Jesus Christ; YOU Have Chosen To AVOID The Other, The Lake Of Fire, The Second Death, EVERLASTING CONDEMNATION!

THIS Is THE Choice, We Want To Encourage EVERYONE, We Encounter, To Make.

Folks, IF Someone FAILS To Make THIS Choice, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS, Period!

Let’s Read THIS . . .

Romans 10:8-10

BUT, WHAT DOES IT (The Holy Bible, AND Specifically, The Gospel Of Jesus Christ) SAY?

“THE WORD Is Near YOU (Yet-To-Be-Believers), IN Your Mouth And IN Your Heart!”

THAT IS, THE WORD Of FAITH (FAITH, IN The Gospel Of Jesus Christ), Which We (Fellow Believers) Preach:

That IF YOU (Yet-To-Be-Believers) CONFESS With Your Mouth, THE LORD Jesus, And BELIEVE In Your Heart, That GOD (GOD Almighty) Has RAISED HIM (Jesus Christ, ALIVE) From The Dead (i.e. Jesus’ Crucifixion, Resurrection, And Subsequent, Ascension – The Gospel Of Jesus Christ), YOU (Fellow Believers) Will Be SAVED (FROM The Lake Of Fire, The Second Death, EVERLASTING CONDEMNATION)! For With The Heart, One BELIEVES, Unto Righteousness, AND With The Mouth, CONFESSION (Of THIS FAITH, IN The Gospel Of Jesus Christ) Is Made Unto SALVATION (EVERLASTING LIFE, IN GOD Almighty’s Immediate Presence, With Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels, And All The Rest Of The Children Of GOD Almighty, FOR ETERNITY, FOREVER)!

Ephesians 2:8-10

FOR BY GRACE (GOD Almighty’s Amazing Saving GRACE), YOU (Fellow Believers) Have Been SAVED (FROM The Lake Of Fire, The Second Death, EVERLASTING CONDEMNATION), THROUGH FAITH (FAITH, IN The Gospel Of Jesus Christ), And That NOT Of Yourselves; IT IS THE GIFT Of GOD (GOD Almighty’s FREE GIFT Of SALVATION), NOT Of (Mankind’s) Works, Lest, Anyone Should Boast! For We (Fellow Believers) Are HIS (GOD Almighty’s) WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS, For Good Works (GOD Almighty’s Good Works, Performed THROUGH Us), Which GOD (GOD Almighty) PREPARED, BEFOREHAND, That We (Fellow Believers) Should Walk In Them.

Let’s Look More Deeply AT THIS . . .

FOR BY GRACE – GOD Almighty’s Amazing Saving GRACE

Folks, GOD Almighty Did NOT Have To OFFER Us, The Opportunity, To Be IN HIS Presence, FOR ETERNITY; After All, What Is Sin – Sin Is Doing ANYTHING GOD Almighty OR Jesus Christ COMMAND Us, NOT TO DO! Yet, All Of Us Sin, And We KNOW The Penalty (By GOD Almighty) FOR Sin, ANY Sin, And That IS The Lake Of Fire, The Second Death, EVERLASTING CONDEMNATION! So, Let’s Get THIS Straight, It’s ONLY BY GOD Almighty’s LOVE AND MERCY For Us, That We Are Even Offered THIS Opportunity, Period!

WE HAVE BEEN SAVED – From The Lake Of Fire, The Second Death, EVERLASTING CONDEMNATION.

In Other Words, THROUGH GOD Almighty’s LOVE AND MERCY, THROUGH GOD Almighty’s Amazing Saving GRACE, We Have Been SAVED, From Paying Our Debt, Our Wages, For Our Sin!

HOW?

THROUGH FAITH – FAITH, IN The Gospel Of Jesus Christ.

That’s Right, It’s THROUGH Our Faith, IN The Gospel Of Jesus Christ; Meaning, BY FAITH, We Believe And Accept, EVERYTHING, About Jesus Christ’s Life, Death, Resurrection, Ascension, And Everything In-Between, As Being The Absolute TRUTH; In Fact, We Believe The Entire Holy Bible (The Old Testament: 39 Books, The New Testament: 27 Books, For A Total Of 66 Books, Including, The Gospel Of Jesus Christ), IS The Absolute TRUTH!

And That NOT Of Yourselves – Meaning, There Is NOTHING We Can Do, i.e. There Are NOT Enough Good Deeds, We Can Perform, To Earn Our Way, Into The Kingdom Of GOD Almighty!

IT IS THE GIFT Of GOD – GOD Almighty’s FREE GIFT Of SALVATION.

Folks, THIS Point, Is Extremely Important!

When It Comes To Receiving A Gift, What Do We Do?

When We Are Presented With A Gift, Say For Our Birthday, Does The Person Presenting The Gift, Ask Us To Do Something For Them (Mow Their Lawn, Do Their Dishes, Wash Their Car, etc.), FIRST, THEN They Will Give Us The Gift? In Other Words, Do We Have To EARN The Gift, BEFORE We Can Receive IT?

NO, They Give Us The Gift, And We Open It, i.e. We Simply ACCEPT The Gift!

NOT Of Mankind’s Works, Lets Anyone Should Boast – Mankind’s Works, Are Deeds Performed, By Man, For The Glory Of Man (i.e. Our Glory)!

Remember, There Is Absolutely NOTHING, We Can Do OR Have Done, To Earn THIS GIFT, i.e. NO One Can Say, That They Did This OR They Did That, Therefore, They EARNED The Gift.

Now, Let Me Say THIS Here, That All The So-Called “Good Deeds”, By Mankind’s Standards, We Perform, BEFORE We Come To The Saving Knowledge Of Jesus Christ, Giving To The Poor, Helping Widows And Orphans, Donating Our Time, i.e. Volunteering For Groups, Events, etc., Though All Wonderful Endeavors, Are NOT Performed, For THE GLORY Of GOD Almighty, They Are Performed, For The Glory Of Man (i.e. Our Glory)!

In Other Words, They Are NOT GOD Almighty’s Good Works, Performed THROUGH Us; And In A Moment, YOU Will See, Why.

For We (Fellow Believers) Are HIS (GOD Almighty’s) WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS, For Good Works (GOD Almighty’s Good Works, Performed THROUGH Us), Which GOD (GOD Almighty) PREPARED, BEFOREHAND, That We (Fellow Believers) Should Walk In Them.

In Other Words, AFTER We Come To The Saving Knowledge Of Jesus Christ; AFTER We Acknowledge GOD Almighty's Amazing Saving GRACE, AFTER We Accept GOD Almighty’s FREE GIFT Of SALVATION; Which COMES ONLY, THROUGH Jesus Christ; THEN, We Become Fellow Believers, And More Importantly, Children Of GOD Almighty, AND Brothers And Sisters Of Jesus Christ.

THIS IS Why We Were CREATED, Yes, To Be Children Of GOD Almighty; BUT Also, And Just As Importantly, TO Perform GOD Almighty’s Good Works, Which GOD Almighty PREPARED, Did YOU Catch That, BEFOREHAND!

Meaning, BEFORE We Were Even BORN, GOD Almighty CREATED A Unique Path, For Each Of Us, To Walk; GOD Almighty DECIDED, Which Spiritual Gifts, HE Would Give Us; And GOD Almighty DECIDED, What Good Works, HE Would Perform, THROUGH Us, DURING Our Lifetime, In The Natural Body!

Yes, Some Of GOD Almighty’s Good Works, Performed THROUGH Us, Are Similar To OR The Same As, Mankind’s Idea Of Good Deeds, BUT, There Is A One HUGE Difference, We Do NOT Perform Them, For The Glory Of Man (i.e. Our Glory); NOR Do We Perform Them, To Earn Our Way Into GOD Almighty’s Immediate Presence; We PERFORM Them, For GOD Almighty’s GLORY, Because Of Our Love, For GOD Almighty, Because Of HIS Sacrifice Of HIS ONLY SON, Jesus Christ, Because Of Our Love, For Jesus Christ, Because Jesus Christ PAID, Our Sin Debt, IN FULL, Upon THE CROSS; Without Which, We Would Have NO FREE GIFT Of SALVATION To Accept, Period!

This Brings Us Back, Full Circle, But First . . .

Mark 12:29-31

Jesus Answered Him, “THE FIRST Of All The Commandments IS: ‘Hear, O Israel, THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE (GOD Almighty, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, And The Holy Spirit)! And YOU (Fellow Believers) Shall LOVE THE LORD, YOUR GOD (GOD Almighty), WITH All Your Heart, WITH All Your Soul, WITH All Your Mind, And WITH All Your Strength!’ THIS IS The First Commandment! And The Second (Commandment), LIKE IT, IS THIS: ‘YOU (Fellow Believers) Shall LOVE Your Neighbor, As Yourself!’ There IS NO Other Commandment, Greater Than THESE!”

So, What Is The Ultimate Gesture, We Can Make, To Any Other Person, To Show Our Love For Them?

Well, Just As, Jesus Did, And Just As, His Disciples Did, We (Fellow Believers) MUST Perform THIS Good Work (GOD Almighty’s Good Works, Performed THROUGH Us), And THAT IS, Sharing The Gospel Of Jesus Christ; That’s Right, To Encourage Others, TO Acknowledge GOD Almighty's Amazing Saving GRACE And TO Accept GOD Almighty’s FREE GIFT Of SALVATION; Which COMES ONLY, THROUGH Jesus Christ; Thereby, Helping Them, To Make THE CHOICE Of EVERLASTING LIFE!

EVERLASTING LIFE – IN GOD Almighty’s Immediate Presence, With Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels, And All The Rest Of The Children Of GOD Almighty, FOR ETERNITY, FOREVER!

Remember, Jesus Christ ABIDES WITHIN Us, THROUGH The Holy Spirit; Therefore, Jesus Christ WALKS WITH Us, The Holy Spirit TEACHES Us, And Most Importantly, GOD Almighty WATCHES OVER Us, Always.

Fellow Believers, Wherever YOU Are, Wherever YOU Go, Whatever YOU Do; Be It, In The Natural Physical World, OR In Cyber World; May OUR LORD Jesus Christ, Find YOU, Going About THE FATHER’S Business, Which IS, Sharing The Gospel Of Jesus Christ, As A Good And Faithful Servant! Amen.

©Stan Arney (Simply, Follow Me™ Christian Ministries)

Matthew 13:16 "BUT, BLESSED ARE Your Eyes (Believers' Eyes), For They SEE, And Your Ears (Believers' Ears), For They HEAR!" --- The Gospel Of Jesus Christ!


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