Holiness Has Not Changed

What would it profit me if I gain the world and lose my soul what would it profit me. Being saved is what counts,

"This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.  But in vain they do worship me teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."  John 15:8 It is easy to say words that are not meant.  To say words just to say something or to get the attention of someone.  Jesus said these people (hypocrites) just talk.  They will talk about Jesus and how wonderful he is, how loving he is, how he takes care of them, how he provides for them, how he blesses them...all these things will the hypocrite say with his mouth.  But inside the heart, Jesus is no where to be found.    Saying one thing with your mouth and another thing with the mouth is hypocrisy.  The Lord wants the heart of a person, not just words. Even in life one can find that it is easy for someone to utter the words 'I love you' but the actions say different. Jesus loves man so that he died for the sins of mankind.  W...

Born again.  When is the last time you heard that phrase in association with someone going to church? In the  Gospel of John chapter three Nicodemus asked Jesus a question after Jesus made this statement: "Jesus answered and said unto him, verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."   John 3:3 .  Nicodemus asked Jesus, "How can a man be born when he is old?  can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?  Jesus answered, "Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.  That which is born of flesh is flesh; and what which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again."   John 3:5-7 . Born again.  Repentance.  The two go together.  Jesus said to be born of water.  What does that mean?  It means being baptized, submerged, covered i...

With interest, I have listening to teachings on how to 'tap in' to the power of God.  I listened because the ones bringing the word professed to be Saints of God.  When I hear Saints of God,  my heart identifies with what the Bible says.  A Saint of God has repented of sin, been baptized in the Name of Jesus for the remission of those sins, and filled with the Holy Ghost evidenced by speaking in other tongues as the Spirit give utterance.  So I listened. In listening there was something I did not hear.  I did not hear the Teacher mention the Holy Ghost one time, not one time as being the one that has the power and gives the power.  How can a person 'tap into' the power of God?  The Bible says 'but ye shall receive power,  after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."  Acts 1" So, how in the  Name of Je...

When it comes to your soul, who are you following?  Some follow people.  Some follow a man or a woman.  They like how he or she does certain things, so they follow them.  Those that follow people, tend to try and please people.  So, when it comes to your soul, who are you following? Man can not save you.  Woman can not save you.  Jesus saves.  In the Bible, Jesus called his disciples one by one.  Each one that he called, he said, "follow me".  At no times did Jesus ever tell his disciples to follow anyone of anything else. In Matthew 8:22 the scriptures speak to a certain disciple that said unto Jesus, "suffer me first to go and bury my father.  But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead." In Matthew 4:19 Jesus tells his disciples to 'Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." When it comes to your soul, who are you following? The rich young ruler came to Jesus, 'after' Jesus had just finished...

In the book of Isaiah chapter 55 verse 7 and 8 it says, "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God for he will abundantly pardon.  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways my ways saith the Lord". One of the down falls of mankind when it comes to the Church, the Bible and salvation is man continues to try and make his or her own way to be saved or be in the Church.  The verse above says to let the wicked forsake his way and his thoughts.  This is the word of the Lord. Anytime man comes up a saying or teaching that is not supported by the Word of God as found in the Bible from Genesis to Revelations, that mans sayings and/or teaching is WRONG.  Too many people are setting under false teaching as relates to the soul and salvation. The mercy of God is only available to those that forsake sin.  If the opposite were true, wh...