Do you think God plays favorites? Do you think that if He loved one person more than another he will let them go to heaven even if they deserve hell? Do you think that he is happy when we only give Him half of our best efforts?
God doesn't play favorites. He will not let someone go to heaven if they deserve hell. He is not happy when we only give Him half of our best. We need to give Him our all at all times. PASTOR JOHN COLLINS at BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN and MARIETTA, PA has
said many times, "There aren't any 23 and a half hour Christians in
heaven." He is right, there aren't. The people that have made it to
heaven earned their way to where they are. God didn't play favorites
with them. They either did the work or they would not have made it. We need to do the same thing.
God will not play favorites with us. If he didn't play favorites 2,000 years ago, He isn't going to start now. So how do we make it to heaven then? Simple. Be a true Christian.
Love thy neighbor, help thy neighbor. Ask for forgiveness of your sins.
Repent your sins. Be baptized. Help others without asking for anything
in return. That is what a true Christian is. One of the many things that I learned at BRINGING BACK GOD.
The only way that you can make it to heaven is to do it yourself, to
give yourself 100%. You can't turn your faith on and off like a water
faucet. It is either there or it isn't.
God showed no favoritism with King David. He took his eyes off of God
and coveted the wife of another man, made her pregnant, tried to cover
it up by inviting her husband back from the battles of war, then when he
wouldn't sleep with the woman, King David had him sent to the front
where he was killed. King David turned from God and didn't do his will,
and God dealt with him by letting the child die. God loved David, but
He didn't play favorites.
If you need to talk to someone about faith and how to be a Christian, you can stop by BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN. You can hear sermons by PASTOR JOHN COLLINS on www.blogtalkradio.com/pastorjohncollins.
God bless you.
The church goer girl.
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Monday, April 21, 2014
You can't bribe God
So you think you can bribe God? If you do then you are so very, very wrong. You Can't Bribe God. No matter what you cannot do it. It is not possible.
Now you might be asking what do I mean by this? Simple, you can't say
to God, "I'll do this my way but I'll put more money in the collection plate on Sunday to make up for not listening to You." He does not work like that.
The meaning of a bribe is to either pay a sum of money or other incentive to get your way or to persuade someone to act the way you want them to act. (Taken from an online dictionary.) You can't bribe your way into heaven. It just isn't possible. That is not how God works. You can't think oh He will understand. No He won't. You need to put God first and for most always. That is what will make Him happy. Not the extra money in a collection plate.
Look at the apostle Paul, do you really think that he ever thought to himself, well I am just going to preach my way instead of the way of the Lord and I'll just make up for it later. NO! He never thought that. All he wanted to do after his vision of Jesus when he was going to Damascus, was to please God in every way possible at every moment possible. He gave it all up for God. He was from a wealthy family, had a high position in the Sanhedrin, He gave up having a wife and a family. He gave up everything to do God's will. It never once thought that he could bribe God into giving him the ultimate reward of eternal life in heaven. He just thought, this is God's will for me so I am going to do it to the best of my abilities no matter how many times I am put in jail, no matter how may times people beat me, no matter what happens to me, I am doing God's will.
Another example to look at is the apostle John. He was the only one that stayed with Jesus through the crucifixion. He was the only apostle that God's will. He did not run away and hide. He did not leave Jesus' side. He stayed until the end. Then after Jesus had risen, came back, and ascended into heaven, he continued to do God's will. All the way through his life until he was an old man, he still spread the word of God with his letters. He never thought that he could bribe God. He did what was asked of him and he did it to the best of his abilities at tall times. He put his maximum effort into the job he was given. He never thought to bribe God. He was rewarded eternal life in heaven because of his faithfulness and loyalty.
So the next time you think that you can bribe God, think again. It is not possible. Don't think just because you put extra money into a collection plate to make up for not listening to God that it will suffice. He doesn't work like that. Do what God's wants. Do his will. Please God.
As PASTOR JOHN COLLINS says at BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN salvation is found by repenting your sins, being baptized, becoming a new you, become a true Christian, come back to the cross, and do what God wants.
PASTOR JOHN COLLINS can also be heard on BlogTalk Radio. Or visit BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN or MARIETTA, PA.
God Bless You,
The Church Goer-Girl
The meaning of a bribe is to either pay a sum of money or other incentive to get your way or to persuade someone to act the way you want them to act. (Taken from an online dictionary.) You can't bribe your way into heaven. It just isn't possible. That is not how God works. You can't think oh He will understand. No He won't. You need to put God first and for most always. That is what will make Him happy. Not the extra money in a collection plate.
Look at the apostle Paul, do you really think that he ever thought to himself, well I am just going to preach my way instead of the way of the Lord and I'll just make up for it later. NO! He never thought that. All he wanted to do after his vision of Jesus when he was going to Damascus, was to please God in every way possible at every moment possible. He gave it all up for God. He was from a wealthy family, had a high position in the Sanhedrin, He gave up having a wife and a family. He gave up everything to do God's will. It never once thought that he could bribe God into giving him the ultimate reward of eternal life in heaven. He just thought, this is God's will for me so I am going to do it to the best of my abilities no matter how many times I am put in jail, no matter how may times people beat me, no matter what happens to me, I am doing God's will.
Another example to look at is the apostle John. He was the only one that stayed with Jesus through the crucifixion. He was the only apostle that God's will. He did not run away and hide. He did not leave Jesus' side. He stayed until the end. Then after Jesus had risen, came back, and ascended into heaven, he continued to do God's will. All the way through his life until he was an old man, he still spread the word of God with his letters. He never thought that he could bribe God. He did what was asked of him and he did it to the best of his abilities at tall times. He put his maximum effort into the job he was given. He never thought to bribe God. He was rewarded eternal life in heaven because of his faithfulness and loyalty.
So the next time you think that you can bribe God, think again. It is not possible. Don't think just because you put extra money into a collection plate to make up for not listening to God that it will suffice. He doesn't work like that. Do what God's wants. Do his will. Please God.
As PASTOR JOHN COLLINS says at BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN salvation is found by repenting your sins, being baptized, becoming a new you, become a true Christian, come back to the cross, and do what God wants.
PASTOR JOHN COLLINS can also be heard on BlogTalk Radio. Or visit BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN or MARIETTA, PA.
God Bless You,
The Church Goer-Girl
When God speaks do you listen?
When God speaks do you listen?
Take a look in the Bible, there are many stories of people who God chose to talk to and they did not listen. They did not want to listen. They let their will be stronger than the will of God. Specifically let us look at the story of King Saul. His story can be found in the book of 1 Samuel. It states, and this is from a KJV Bible, 1 Samuel 15:3, 8-9 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they utterly destroyed.
Now here is the thing, if you go on to read 1 Samuel you will find that God tells Samuel that Saul did not listen to what He said to do and that Samuel will need to tell Saul that he is no longer king of Israel. Saul did not do God's will. He did not kill King Agag like he was supposed to and he did not kill all of the animals like he was supposed to. Instead of putting his faith and trust in the Lord, he let his own will overrule what he was told to do by God. Even more is that if you read the book of 1 Samuel, you will realize that this was not the first time that Saul disobeyed God. This was just the last straw for God, so to speak. So what happens next in the story you might ask. Well, Samuel goes and asks Saul what does he think he is doing keeping Agag alive and why did he not kill all of the animals. Saul give excuses and justifications, which by the way, God really does not like that. Samuel then informs Saul that he has lost his favor with the Lord and that there will be another King that will rule over the Israelites. The next time that Saul will see Samuel is the day that he will die. That next King is David who found much favor with the Lord. This is the same David that kills Goliath.
If you read the book of 1 Samuel and you really pay attention to the story, you will realize that when God spoke to Saul through Samuel, he did not listen. He forgot that he was chosen to be a King by God. Not by man, not by a vote, not by any other mean but God. He let that go to his head and thought that he was bigger than God. He figured he knew what was best so why did he have to listen to what God was saying.
So what is the moral of this story? Simple, follow Gods will at all times. Never forget who we are truly here to serve. We are here for God. To do Gods will. So if He speaks to you will you listen? Will you remember that you work for God? Will you remember that God is all, He is everything, He is our creator, He comes first?
If you would like to learn more about Saul's story or if you have any questions, check out BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN or in MARIETTA, PA. Listen to PASTOR JOHN COLLINS on BlogTalk Radio and hear more stories and topics from the Bible, you won't regret it.
God Bless You All,
The Church Goer-Girl
Take a look in the Bible, there are many stories of people who God chose to talk to and they did not listen. They did not want to listen. They let their will be stronger than the will of God. Specifically let us look at the story of King Saul. His story can be found in the book of 1 Samuel. It states, and this is from a KJV Bible, 1 Samuel 15:3, 8-9 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they utterly destroyed.
Now here is the thing, if you go on to read 1 Samuel you will find that God tells Samuel that Saul did not listen to what He said to do and that Samuel will need to tell Saul that he is no longer king of Israel. Saul did not do God's will. He did not kill King Agag like he was supposed to and he did not kill all of the animals like he was supposed to. Instead of putting his faith and trust in the Lord, he let his own will overrule what he was told to do by God. Even more is that if you read the book of 1 Samuel, you will realize that this was not the first time that Saul disobeyed God. This was just the last straw for God, so to speak. So what happens next in the story you might ask. Well, Samuel goes and asks Saul what does he think he is doing keeping Agag alive and why did he not kill all of the animals. Saul give excuses and justifications, which by the way, God really does not like that. Samuel then informs Saul that he has lost his favor with the Lord and that there will be another King that will rule over the Israelites. The next time that Saul will see Samuel is the day that he will die. That next King is David who found much favor with the Lord. This is the same David that kills Goliath.
If you read the book of 1 Samuel and you really pay attention to the story, you will realize that when God spoke to Saul through Samuel, he did not listen. He forgot that he was chosen to be a King by God. Not by man, not by a vote, not by any other mean but God. He let that go to his head and thought that he was bigger than God. He figured he knew what was best so why did he have to listen to what God was saying.
So what is the moral of this story? Simple, follow Gods will at all times. Never forget who we are truly here to serve. We are here for God. To do Gods will. So if He speaks to you will you listen? Will you remember that you work for God? Will you remember that God is all, He is everything, He is our creator, He comes first?
If you would like to learn more about Saul's story or if you have any questions, check out BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN or in MARIETTA, PA. Listen to PASTOR JOHN COLLINS on BlogTalk Radio and hear more stories and topics from the Bible, you won't regret it.
God Bless You All,
The Church Goer-Girl
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