Luke 12:32, that says, “do not fear little flock for this is your father’s good pleasure to give you a kingdom”.
In Matthew 4:17 Jesus tell the way to enter into this kingdom,” Repent, (because something is there for you, a kingdom, a kingdom of heaven).
Nicodemus wanted to learn about kingdom of heaven. For this he came to Jesus. Jesus said to him unless one is born again, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. How? Nicodemus asked. Nicodemus was a Pharisee, he was a person to preach & teach people holy scripture. But even he did not know about this.
About it, it is written very clearly, but every one need to search it and understand it. To understand it let us go to Proverb 28:13, which guide us & show us
right-path. He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses & forsake, then he will have mercy. So when we come near to God, we have to forsake, to leave to give up all what has kept us away from God, all evil habits & every evil.
But mostly it is seen in most of people that people come to God our Lord, repent, and Lord God bless them with His blessings. It goes on for sometime, but after sometime, old life starts again. People say we go to church; we give offering, but no blessing. And many time people are found backslide. Why? Why this happens?
Let us read Matthew 12:43-45, “When an unclean, an evil spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, but do not find. Then he says, “I will return to my house from which I came”. And when he comes he find it empty, swept & clean. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits, more wicked than him. And they enter and dwell there and condition of that person becomes worse than the first. Why it comes back? Let us discuss all about it.
I try to tell you how it happens. A man comes to Jesus. He repents over his past life & accepts Jesus as his master. Then Jesus come to him & blesses him & heals him & give fulfils his necessity and he is happy. He worship Jesus and sing & praise Jesus. Jesus comes to live in his heart as His promise in Revelation 3:20. Jesus come and found the door of heart opened. Jesus step His 1st step in the door to enter and see in the heart, but found no room, no empty place there at all. Heart is full of previous desires of lust, desires of flesh, all the previous habits, all the evil thoughts, evil thinking; No empty place is there. Again tears come in His eyes. However He wait, perhaps this person may change his life, may leave his previous evil life previous habits, previous evil thinking, previous ways of his life. He waits and waits, but disappointed. At last He goes from that place.
When the evil spirit find rest nowhere, then comes to see either there may be chance to live in his previous house and find that nobody is there. And he is back and the condition of that person reaches in previous stage.
So until one do not leave his previous life, previous habits, previous lust, and previous thoughts & thinking, evil doing, evil thinking, enmity, evil, cursing others that keep him away from the right & righteous ways of Lord his God, one cannot become a person of new life, born-again. Jesus says in John 13:17, “You know these things, but it becomes blessing for you if you do them practically. Undoubtedly people know such things because they read these things, they listen to these things, but they do not care for; they do not bother about these to do according to them. But when you come to Jesus, you have to obey the said things. One has to leave few things, because they are hindrances in one’s right way, because these are houses of evil spirits. People keep them with themselves in ignorance. But for a spiritual & physically blessed and happy life we have to leave many things as described in Holy Bible.
When you come to Jesus, you become a separated person and 1st Samuel 10:6 says, then Holy Ghost shall come upon you and you will be a changed personality. And 1st Corinthians 6:9-10 & Galatians 5: 18-21 teaches that if you are led by spirit, you have to leave the works of flesh, because works of flesh are obstacles in the way to kingdom of life. Adulterers, male-prostitutes, homosexuals, thieves, greedy, slanderers, swindlers, Idolaters, hatred, jealousy, outburst of wrath, un-cleanliness, selfish ambitions, fornication, sexual immoral, impurity, debauchery, witchcraft, discord, dissension, envy, drunkenness, orgies, shall not inherit the kingdom of everlasting life, kingdom of God. So when you come you come to Jesus, you have to leave all said works & other alike works and things, otherwise evil will not leave you at any cost. Luke 19:1-9 Zacchaeus a tax collector wanted to see Jesus. When he met Jesus, listened Jesus, learnt about new life, everlasting life, at once he left his old life which he was living. He repented & declared at moment, I leave all my un-cleanliness and I return fourfold if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation. And what Jesus said? “Today salvation has come to this house (because he repents over all his previous deeds & declared to leave all wrong-doing)
Holy Scripture says in Matthew 5:16 “let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works & glorify your Father which is in heaven (good works by you, but glory to, your God). Lord God Jehovah in Leviticus 11:44, 19:2, 20:7, say, “for I the Lord your God, so you sanctify yourself and be holy, for I am holy; so you shall not defile yourself with any manner. And Simon Peter teaches people in 1st Peter 1:16 to be & keep oneself holy because Lord your God is holy.
Ephesians 2: , 14 &16-17&1913- “But now in Christ Jesus you, who once were far off, have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation. And that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, there by putting to death the enmity. And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off & to those who were near. Now therefore, you are no longer stranger and foreigner but fellow-citizens with the saints and members of the householder of God”. Every family has it’s own customs in family. Every member of family knowingly or un-knowingly obeys and follows family’s traditions. But when one go to another country or other society, he finds there some different customs. He needs to follow such customs; otherwise he may have to face some trouble. Same is here with a life with Lord God’s family. When you have come to Jesus the Lord almighty, you have to learn customs of His family to live in His house. Scripture says in 1st Peter 1:16 “Be holy for I am holy”. In Leviticus 20:26 Lord God says, “And you should be holy to me for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine”. And in Romans 12:2 it is again said, “Do not be confirmed to this world”, so, dear in & of Christ, do not be like this world.
Philippians 2:5 says, “Your attitude should be the same as that of Jesus Christ”.
1st Peter 2:23 says ‘He suffered; He did not reply in threaten. When He was reviled and insulted, He did not revile and insult in return’.
Matt. 5:44-Love your enemies & bless those who curse you. (He did it, Luke 23:34).
Matt.5:48- try to be perfect as your father in Heaven.
Matt.7:1- don’t curse, don’t condemn, don’t criticize, don’t blame. (1st Peter3:9)
Then He is ready to fulfill His promises. He says, “I will bless you from this day (Haggai 2:19). I will not leave you, nor forsake you (Hebrew 13:5). I will give them praise and honor. (Zephaniah 3:19-20). No weapon shall work against you (Isaiah 54:15, 17). And the greatest reward is waiting for you, a life that never ends, an everlasting life, a holy kingdom.(Revelation 21: 1-4), a life in which no death, no tears, no cry, no worry, no pain, no mourn & no want at all.
A Prayer- Kind Jesus, Holy Scripture tells that you forgive sins & sanctify sinners. So I pray that kindly wash me with your blood, flowing from cross and make me holy now and keep me holy for ever. Help me to know and obey your commands. Help me to do your will. Through your precious blood I pray.
Amen.
In Matthew 4:17 Jesus tell the way to enter into this kingdom,” Repent, (because something is there for you, a kingdom, a kingdom of heaven).
Nicodemus wanted to learn about kingdom of heaven. For this he came to Jesus. Jesus said to him unless one is born again, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. How? Nicodemus asked. Nicodemus was a Pharisee, he was a person to preach & teach people holy scripture. But even he did not know about this.
About it, it is written very clearly, but every one need to search it and understand it. To understand it let us go to Proverb 28:13, which guide us & show us
right-path. He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses & forsake, then he will have mercy. So when we come near to God, we have to forsake, to leave to give up all what has kept us away from God, all evil habits & every evil.
But mostly it is seen in most of people that people come to God our Lord, repent, and Lord God bless them with His blessings. It goes on for sometime, but after sometime, old life starts again. People say we go to church; we give offering, but no blessing. And many time people are found backslide. Why? Why this happens?
Let us read Matthew 12:43-45, “When an unclean, an evil spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, but do not find. Then he says, “I will return to my house from which I came”. And when he comes he find it empty, swept & clean. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits, more wicked than him. And they enter and dwell there and condition of that person becomes worse than the first. Why it comes back? Let us discuss all about it.
I try to tell you how it happens. A man comes to Jesus. He repents over his past life & accepts Jesus as his master. Then Jesus come to him & blesses him & heals him & give fulfils his necessity and he is happy. He worship Jesus and sing & praise Jesus. Jesus comes to live in his heart as His promise in Revelation 3:20. Jesus come and found the door of heart opened. Jesus step His 1st step in the door to enter and see in the heart, but found no room, no empty place there at all. Heart is full of previous desires of lust, desires of flesh, all the previous habits, all the evil thoughts, evil thinking; No empty place is there. Again tears come in His eyes. However He wait, perhaps this person may change his life, may leave his previous evil life previous habits, previous evil thinking, previous ways of his life. He waits and waits, but disappointed. At last He goes from that place.
When the evil spirit find rest nowhere, then comes to see either there may be chance to live in his previous house and find that nobody is there. And he is back and the condition of that person reaches in previous stage.
So until one do not leave his previous life, previous habits, previous lust, and previous thoughts & thinking, evil doing, evil thinking, enmity, evil, cursing others that keep him away from the right & righteous ways of Lord his God, one cannot become a person of new life, born-again. Jesus says in John 13:17, “You know these things, but it becomes blessing for you if you do them practically. Undoubtedly people know such things because they read these things, they listen to these things, but they do not care for; they do not bother about these to do according to them. But when you come to Jesus, you have to obey the said things. One has to leave few things, because they are hindrances in one’s right way, because these are houses of evil spirits. People keep them with themselves in ignorance. But for a spiritual & physically blessed and happy life we have to leave many things as described in Holy Bible.
When you come to Jesus, you become a separated person and 1st Samuel 10:6 says, then Holy Ghost shall come upon you and you will be a changed personality. And 1st Corinthians 6:9-10 & Galatians 5: 18-21 teaches that if you are led by spirit, you have to leave the works of flesh, because works of flesh are obstacles in the way to kingdom of life. Adulterers, male-prostitutes, homosexuals, thieves, greedy, slanderers, swindlers, Idolaters, hatred, jealousy, outburst of wrath, un-cleanliness, selfish ambitions, fornication, sexual immoral, impurity, debauchery, witchcraft, discord, dissension, envy, drunkenness, orgies, shall not inherit the kingdom of everlasting life, kingdom of God. So when you come you come to Jesus, you have to leave all said works & other alike works and things, otherwise evil will not leave you at any cost. Luke 19:1-9 Zacchaeus a tax collector wanted to see Jesus. When he met Jesus, listened Jesus, learnt about new life, everlasting life, at once he left his old life which he was living. He repented & declared at moment, I leave all my un-cleanliness and I return fourfold if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation. And what Jesus said? “Today salvation has come to this house (because he repents over all his previous deeds & declared to leave all wrong-doing)
Holy Scripture says in Matthew 5:16 “let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works & glorify your Father which is in heaven (good works by you, but glory to, your God). Lord God Jehovah in Leviticus 11:44, 19:2, 20:7, say, “for I the Lord your God, so you sanctify yourself and be holy, for I am holy; so you shall not defile yourself with any manner. And Simon Peter teaches people in 1st Peter 1:16 to be & keep oneself holy because Lord your God is holy.
Ephesians 2: , 14 &16-17&1913- “But now in Christ Jesus you, who once were far off, have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation. And that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, there by putting to death the enmity. And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off & to those who were near. Now therefore, you are no longer stranger and foreigner but fellow-citizens with the saints and members of the householder of God”. Every family has it’s own customs in family. Every member of family knowingly or un-knowingly obeys and follows family’s traditions. But when one go to another country or other society, he finds there some different customs. He needs to follow such customs; otherwise he may have to face some trouble. Same is here with a life with Lord God’s family. When you have come to Jesus the Lord almighty, you have to learn customs of His family to live in His house. Scripture says in 1st Peter 1:16 “Be holy for I am holy”. In Leviticus 20:26 Lord God says, “And you should be holy to me for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine”. And in Romans 12:2 it is again said, “Do not be confirmed to this world”, so, dear in & of Christ, do not be like this world.
Philippians 2:5 says, “Your attitude should be the same as that of Jesus Christ”.
1st Peter 2:23 says ‘He suffered; He did not reply in threaten. When He was reviled and insulted, He did not revile and insult in return’.
Matt. 5:44-Love your enemies & bless those who curse you. (He did it, Luke 23:34).
Matt.5:48- try to be perfect as your father in Heaven.
Matt.7:1- don’t curse, don’t condemn, don’t criticize, don’t blame. (1st Peter3:9)
Then He is ready to fulfill His promises. He says, “I will bless you from this day (Haggai 2:19). I will not leave you, nor forsake you (Hebrew 13:5). I will give them praise and honor. (Zephaniah 3:19-20). No weapon shall work against you (Isaiah 54:15, 17). And the greatest reward is waiting for you, a life that never ends, an everlasting life, a holy kingdom.(Revelation 21: 1-4), a life in which no death, no tears, no cry, no worry, no pain, no mourn & no want at all.
A Prayer- Kind Jesus, Holy Scripture tells that you forgive sins & sanctify sinners. So I pray that kindly wash me with your blood, flowing from cross and make me holy now and keep me holy for ever. Help me to know and obey your commands. Help me to do your will. Through your precious blood I pray.
Amen.
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