Lost Christians?

I am ashamed of people that call themselves Christian and use a vocabulary from the gutter. God will hold us accountable for EVERY WORD that comes from our mouth. Don't these people understand? Don't they know that those words are from their heart? If their heart is filled with sinful, vulgar trash they have no part of Christ. Sweet and sour cannot flow from the same fountain. Hear my plea, clean your heart, and let your words be pleasing to God. I am not judging you, the word of God IS! Please, please, please my dear friends; Sanctify your hearts, wash your hands and live as an example of Grace.

S.O.A.P.

3-16-2015      Romans 11:1-5

S.       1I say then, hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.2God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? How he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.4But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

O.      God has not cast away all Jews. God has a remnant, saved by Grace.

A.      God will cast away all sinners, all sinners no matter their tribe, nation or kindred, for only grace received through Christ will justify.

P.       Father; forgive my sin, wash me clean. I set my affection on you, to please you in all ways. Keep me always before your throne. Amen.

Vulgar words are SIN!

God tells us that we will be held accountable for every word that comes out of our mouth. We can speak blessing, or curses, into our lives. God also gives us a list of things to think about as we go through life. The words that come out of our mouth start in our heart. If our words are vulgar then our heart is vulgar. If our words are base, carnal or sinful then that is the condition of the heart. Jesus will not live in an unclean heart. Based on the words spewing from "so called" Christians there is a break-down in their understanding of God.  Many people who think that they are Christian are deceived. 

S.O.A.P.

3-14-2015      Romans 10:18-19

S.       18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

O.      God warns Israel that other nations will respond to his blessings.

A.      I must respond to the news God shares with me in every area of my life. Nothing should be held back.

P.       Father; I give to you my everything and my all. Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me. Amen. 

So Simple

These sub zero temperatures remind me of Sunday morning, right after we sing our last song, give our offerings and share the last testimony. Preaching starts and some folks go into a deep freeze. Don't get me wrong, I'm not judging anybody, most people don't even realize that this is happening. We hear the word sin, or law, or commitment and our brain tells us; we know all about this. We do hear about these things often, don't we. So why do we fail to put them into actions as often as we do?
Application is the problem! For over twenty years I have used a proverb of my own creation; "you ARE what you DO, and you DO what you ARE". Simple; you LIVE what you believe, if you don't live it, you don't believe it.

S.O.A.P.

1-9-2015         Romans 2:21-29

S.       21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

O.      It is not the outward showing of obedience to the law that brings righteousness; it is the obedience of the heart that God calls righteous.

A.      It is my heart that I must keep clean first. God starts me on this path at the cross through salvation, teaches me 

          his way from the Bible, aids me with the Holy Spirit and empowers me with faith. Sin is born in the heart before it appears in my hands or spouts from my lips.

   P.       Father; I open my heart, mind and soul to you. Clean and keep me on the path of righteousness. Amen.