It's the blood of Jesus Christ, my Brother. The Blood of Christ washes the person and remove all his sins.

One needs to relent and admit He is a sinner, He needs a savior, He has no power no strength of his own to save himself, He needs to receive this Gift of Salvation free from all merits, confess it before God;

Accepting Christ has died in his place as his substitute and believe Christ is the Son of God by Faith.

At this point, the person is saved. God is righteous to accept Him as promised.

you mean this one?

Matthew 7:22-23 (NIV) - Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'




Or this one?

Matthew 25:37-38 (NIV) - “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’


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What is the Gospel? Part 3

Matthew 13:11 & 13 (NIV) - He replied, "Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them....Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand

How are you doing Friends? Do you know that how you will receive from God depends on how you see Jesus Christ? Hold your horses, this will be made clear later.

In our previous chapter, we have finished to conclude, Grace is the Gospel, Salvation is given to you freely. Jesus died for you while you are still a sinner. There is Heaven and there is also Hell, Hell is very real. And you already know God did not create Hell for you but Heaven because He loves you.

Today we will deal with hard verses, debunking the abuses used to put people into unscriptural fear. Not every hard scripture is for the christians, we need to correctly divide God's word. (2 Timothy 2:15)

I will pull out the most frequently abused and explain what it means, so that you will understand.

Jesus did say not everyone who calls him Lord Lord will enter into his kingdom but only those who does the will of the Father. (Matthew 7:21) Jesus says, He never knew the person who calls Him Lord Lord. This verse is use to imply we need to work and do something otherwise God will not know us. Actually scripture never say we need to work, we add that in on our own. The Bible says Only those who does the will of the Father. What is the will of the Father? Let Bible interpret Bible.

John 6:40 (NIV) - For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.

This is one example of how verse have been misconstrued by ignorance. Now you know the truth, don't allow anyone to put fear into your heart.

What about hard verses like, Count the cost, it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God, You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me, etc.

If you look at the main text of today's devotion, God has assured us, the secret of his Kingdom HAS (past tense) been given to you. It's a given! but not to them. Who are the ones who though seeing but do not see, though hearing, do not see?

Look at the pattern how Jesus treat the people that He met in the Bible. To the tax collectors, the prostitutes, the woman who had 5 husbands, the lame, the blind, etc..Jesus NEVER use hard verses on them. Jesus impart graceful words to this group of people. Jesus made God easily accessible to them.

Also look at the pattern the moment someone recognize Jesus, what did Christ do? If you read Luke 9 Verse 18 - 20, you'll note Jesus asked "Who do you say I am?" (Luke 9:20)
When Peter answered correctly "You are the Messiah!", Jesus unveil revelation of what is about to happen. The secrets kept hidden from more prestigious people of Israel.

On the other hand, to the theologians (Nicodemus) during jesus's ministry, the experts of God's word, the teachers, the Chief priests, the pharisees, the people who ask Jesus.."What must I do?"etc, Jesus gives them hard verses. Why?

As I've mentioned earlier. How you receive from God or how God treats you depends on how you see Jesus.

1. Do you see Jesus as an example, as a teacher, someone as a model to follow..then by that, you try perform to justify before God?

or

2. Do you see Jesus as a Saviour/Messiah, someone you depend on completely as justification before God?

So ask yourself, who do you see Jesus as? No.1 or No.2? Whenever one acknowledge and see Jesus as Saviour, God always reveal his secrets and give much grace to this person.
But whenever someone comes to Him thinking he/she has it all together, God will give you the law or hard verses to see if you measure up. Where do you want to be? Think about it.

God Bless.

Ignoring.

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Hi Bro,

this verse is a revelation in letting us know God is for us in answering prayers. He will not withhold your prayers in time of your trouble and in time of your need.

You're right, it's not directly something that qualify as prosperity. Prosperity basically means to thrive and a good example to exemplify what it means is to look at the life of Joseph.

What is the Gospel Part 4?

John 10:10 (NIV) - The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Good Fellow Believers of Jesus Christ. In the previous series of what is the Gospel,

We have come to understand the Gospel is good news of God reaching out to us, people who are lost. Salvation is really about being reconciled back to God as to how it was in the garden of Eden where God's creation (you and I), fellowship with the creator. In the beginning, Man and Woman had relationship with God. Everything was provided for in the garden. Man did not need to eat bread by the sweat of his brow, all he has to do, is to reach out and pluck whatever fruits he desire to eat.

It was only after the fall, everything came in difficult in suffering and in curse. It was after the fall, Man and Woman has lost the relationship and through the deception of the devil, the people of today no longer recognize who God is.

The Salvation that Christ died for us, bring us back to God, it was a reconciliation to Eden. When I read John 10:10, it help me to understand, how we can have access to life as how God originally
intended to be as in the Garden of Eden. When God created this world, it was never in his mind to have any illness or diseases or any suffering. That is why the Lord demonstrated Healing!, Provided providence, delivered people from all kind of bondages.

God did not do all these just to prove himself, He did this because also because that was the life God intended for his creation to have. True, The Lord did say in this world we will have trouble. This is only because the small god of this world is still around. However take heart, the one who is in you is greater in power than the one who is in the world.

The people of this world are so lost, Money has become a god. Many people cannot sleep because they are worried about the future, where will they find income, if they loses their job. Some people, worried for money, seek fortune in various places such as gambling, seek financial opportunity such as forex trading, share trading, etc.

And yet despite seeking all these things, Man is never secured and still feel lost in a way. I'm here to share with you, there is a God who can give you rest, rest from all these seeking. This God of the Bible has proven Himself Faithful and true to his word. I am one of his living testimony. I was once lost too, worried about the future. That is why I fight heavily sharing the gospel. Because in the gospel, when you are reconcile back to God, God can provide for your living! God can move you from the place of your lack to a place of thriving!

The only Irony is that, When you take up this promise, God has granted to you, don't seek money any longer! Because the one who is the Master is God himself, not the money. I want to establish, the gospel is true and is indeed good news! Despite all the claims of the things you see in the internet, mentioning example like "how to get paid Rm500 everyday without working, passive income while you sleep". All these are futile claims and if you put your trust in these things, you will still feel shaken and never secure.

Thousands of years ago, A Man once said, "Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!"

This is the God whom Christ Jesus came to reconcile you back! Will you not consider accepting Christ as your saviour and find rest from all these vanity?

Do you know that Jesus’ name is also Immanuel, God with us?

This means that our God never leaves us nor forsakes us (see Hebrews 13:5).

He is right by our side to comfort us, strengthen us, and gently guide us by His wisdom.

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Debunking Using God for personal benefit?

Matthew 20:28 (NIV) - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

There are some sayings in the Christian Circle that has spread especially in Malaysia that has caused much hindrances to the believer's life and ironically it has resulted the same believers complaining why God doesn't answer their prayers.

One such teaching is that popular saying asking God in prayer like a christmas wishlist, treating God like a Hotel Bell boy, or the popular using God instead of worshipping God.

And such saying has cause many not to pray. Either that it has caused guilt to people in not daring to ask God. Yet Bible says you have NOT because you asked NOT, ironic isn't it?

As believers, we must learn to discard and disregard the sayings of "man". Because there are some people who has zeal but not according to knowledge of the Bible. These are the religious spirit which has permeated within the pharisees circle thousand of years ago and sadly it still permeates today.

What does the Bible say?

Jesus said, He did not come to be served. Jesus came to serve. If Jesus came to serve, we must allow Him to serve.
You need to ask this question and you may be shocked at the revelation.

Who did Jesus came to serve? Think about it. The answer lies in the very same verse.

Some believers are like the early stage of apostle Peter.

"Lord! You shall NEVER wash my feet".

And it is this sort of believers that hit others You must Worship God and not use God for your own personal benefit. Though it may sound religiously kosher to say such things but it is still the saying of Man. Just know this, sayings of Man are never reliable. Only God's word is reliable.

Do you know, that in order for you to be saved, you need to receive? Our position as believers before God is to be receivers. Unless you allow Jesus to give you, you cannot serve others.

I dare ask you this, WHAT DO YOU HAVE, that you think you can give God? Your very life came from Him. In truth, you have NOTHING you can give. God has all the powers and resources unlimited, everything belongs to him. If you think your obedience is the least you can give to God, THINK again. Philippians 2:13 says, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. Still comes back to God as the source.

Truth is, you are bankrupt Man who needs a saviour, if you are willing to admit this truth. And a Man who has nothing needs to be filled with what God has to give.

So dear friends, let us discard everything religious sayings of Man that hinders. We need to keep receiving abundance of God's Grace and his Gift of righteousness that we may reign in Life!

God Bless.

Not really.

Matthew 19:4-6 (NIV) - …Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’ 5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

Wife. Singular.

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Depends on what they are happy and contend about?

If they are happy and contend in this life, still need to preach the gospel, a person's spirit does not die but is eternal, where will the person be without God when he dies?

There is life even after this 1st death.

Still need to preach that every pre-believer has fallen short of God Glory and is a sinner.

Whether the person accepts or not, that is something, we should not force but to leave it at their discretion.

The things that has happened in the OT are meant for us to take heed as warning, to understand, to learn not meant for us to follow after. We are to follow Christ Jesus as the New Covenant. This is explained in:

1 Corinthians 10:11 (NIV) - These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come.

Matthew 19:4-6 was an excerpt taken from Genesis 2:24. God never did sanction a marriage of more than one wife. The people back then did it on their own accord.

God has built and design us in such a way that we feel extremely jealous / hurt / betrayed when our partner decides He/She not only loves us but also another person. This is natural in any woman or man. That is also 1 sign of how we know Polygamy was never God's will.

Yes true, people back in the OT had more than 1 wife and you can also see the problem that came with it, the jealousy and the fighting for attention between wives. This causes untold insecurity for the woman, true back then, true even today.

Look at what happened to King Solomon in this verse

Nehemiah 13:26 (NIV) - Was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was led into sin by foreign women.

This is an indication, More often polygamy opens up problem rather than solving anything.

And to answer your 2nd question. Because they already were married before conversion and thus was ignorant of knowing God's will, and seeing that God also disprove divorce, I don't see why they should divorce as the children will be affected as well. But then this is up to the conviction of the said husband in question. He will need to bear take ownership, responsibility and the consequence of this predicament.

The only thing that I know of, such a Man of this predicament should not be in leadership in a Church. Other than that, I do not know if there is any other violation .

This is one of my favourite verse, that many have misunderstood. Opponents of Christianity often used it against us and "religious" defenders of God's OT law also use it in their theology. Firstly the answer is No to your initial question.

I need to pull out the whole context:

Matthew 5

17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.


First you need to understand the reason for God's Law is not to make you righteous but to show you, that you have sin. And Sin only comes in empowerment through God's Law, meaning without God's Law, Sin is also powerless. The Law was designed to only do that.

1 Corinthians 15:56 (NIV) - The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
Romans 7:8 (NIV) - But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.


If you read the context, if you see the highlighted bold (verse 17, Matthew 5), AND and if you understand the reason for the cross You'll begin to understand the reason why, Jesus said that is because ONLY He alone could fulfilled the Law. Think about it. This verse is essentially saying "I have come to fulfilled it". All the people in the Old Testament could not, even the best among them, King David, A Man after God's own heart failed. Nobody could.

This Law was given in actuality, prepared for the Son of God.

And if you read verse 18, it says there the Law stands until "everything is accomplished". The question to ask is, What is "everything is accomplished"?

Answer is The Cross, the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Finished Work of Christ. (Read John 19:28.) That is the accomplishment that defeated the devil. In there those who are born again in Christ Jesus are no longer under the Law for justification. The New justification is through the Grace/Mercy of God via our Faith.

Below are the supporting verse to help us know we are no longer under Law.

Romans 7:6 (NIV) - But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. [This verse tells us, we are no longer under law]

Romans 3:24 (NIV) - and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. [justified free from all merits by God's grace, not the law]

Ephesians 1:7 (NIC) - In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, [not according to the law]

Ephesians 2:8 (NIv) - For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, [The word..not from yourselves here refer to your own works, performance, effort)

Because the Cross has been accomplished, the flipside of verse 18 is true, the smallest letter, the least stroke of a pen in the Law that stood against believers disappears.

You know, Our God is a very very good God. If you understood the Heart of God, why Jesus said, He did not come to abolish the Law but to fulfilled it, you'll begin to realize, He did this to bring all his believers to ENTER in Salvation easy. Think about it. We get to enter in by our Faith in Christ. Our Lord did the tremendously difficult task at the cross. And God's word says when we Love, we fulfilled all the sum total of the Law. It doesn't get any easier than this.

Galatians 5:14 (NIV) - For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Romans 10:4 (NIV) - Christ is the end of the Law, in order to bring righteousness to everyone who believes. (Not perform)

Hence why Grace of Christ is the Good news. (Gospel = Good news)

Because God is so graceful, we should not take God's grace in vain but to live up to his name.

As Jesus is, so are you in this world

1 John 4:17 KJV) - Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

If you want to know what God is like, look to Jesus. Bible says Jesus is the exact representation of who God is.

Until you learn to identity yourself in Christ Jesus, you will never have that firm assurance of Salvation. You will always be tossed by the waves of doubt because you look at yourself represented to be judged before God. Until you know you are really loved by God, have faith in what his word says about your identity, you will always be in fear and on shaky ground.

And that is the modus operandi of the devil. He will use every power of deception to point you to yourself to be judged before God, even using scripture or the pulpit to deceive you. The devil is very cunning, able to use "religious" people to point you to your sins. Many a times, you may even feel overwhelmed by voices saying, You call yourself a christian, look at how you threat people, you have not please God enough, you use God like Santa Clause for a wish list, etc. Every kind of guilt/condemnation can creep in unknowingly.

Bible says in

Colossians 3:3 (NIV) - For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Whenever you hear judgemental voices, quote these 2 verses. Quote it and accept this by Faith even though you know you don't measure up.

Tell youself. As Jesus is, so are you in this world. Learn to look to Christ as your identity.

Is Father God pleased with Jesus Christ? So are you!
Is Jesus Christ under any condemnation? So are you!
Is Jesus Christ under God's Favour? So are you!
Is Jesus Christ Healthy? So are you!

Use such reasoning and use these 2 verses to fight against voices of condemnation or voices of people attacking you.

Dear Friends, For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God!

God Bless!

Morning fellow Christians.

When you pray to Father God, quote

Romans 8:32 at the end of your prayer, Thanking the Father.

You can pray like this:

"Father I thank you that you hear my prayers. And I also Thank you, that because you did not spare your own son, how will you also not along with my Lord Give me all things."

It makes a lot of difference to the dynamic of your Faith.

God Bless bro n sis in Christ.

Evidence of unbroken Salvation

1 Corinthians 6:19 (KJV) - What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Dear Fellow Believers,

I pray this will give you insight.

Realize that when the apostle Paul wrote this part of scripture, the word used in indication is present tense.

Translated in today's language,

Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?

This Verse was used to help the corinthian Christians understand, despite of their short comings [Read all the wrongdoings stated in 1 Corinthians 6 (whole chapter)],

their body is STILL the temple of the Holy Spirit, not Was or Were.

Think about it, what it means.

God Bless.

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Being One with God

1 Corinthians 6:17 (NIV) - But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

The word of God says, when you are in union with God, you are also one in spirit with God.

This is something that is promised will happen when you practise to be united with God every hour of your life.

Having God in your life is equivalent to always having hope even when adversity comes.

Being One with God fills in the empty gap in your life. You will no longer search, neither feel the empty pain of loneliness. You will also note, things change in your life, many good things happen.

You will also not be troubled, by the circumstance of politic or whatever powers that oppresses Man, because you now know God who is creator and also the Lord of all things in this universe can upset such powers.

I don't know about you but dear Friend, only God is able to handle the deepest complexity of whatever that troubles Man and Woman, if you allow Him to come into your life.

I can testify this to be true.

God Bless.

If you are saved, start living like one!

2 Peter 1:10 (NIV) - Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,


Good Day friends.

In 2 Peter 1:5, you'll see the apostle Peter mentioning to ADD these to your Faith:

goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.

Although we can argue all those comes as fruits by works of the Holy Spirit, nothing of us in essence, what Apostle Paul is saying in essence is this.

Since you are saved, start acting like one. Don't live your life as you used to, cursing, using vulgarity, lust of pornopgrahy, lying, cheating, etc.

See and understand that the Christian Life is in symbiosis life with God. You take 1 step of Faith believing, God goes into work in your life.

So when you take 1 step of Faith wanting to do goodness or to attain knowledge, God works in you, so that you start to do good things, and also attaining knowledge!

When you keep doing this in increasing measure, you are just solidifying that you have been saved.

The Bible says, when you don't this; you are in essence have forgotten that you have been saved. So adding all these virtues are important!

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

God Bless.