Dedicated to God.

Mat 19:10  His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. 

Mat 19:11  But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. 

Mat_19:12  For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

1Co 7:32  But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: 

1Co 7:33  But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 

1Co 7:34  There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 

1Co 7:35  And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. 

1Co 7:36  But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. 

1Co 7:37  Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. 

1Co 7:38  So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. 

For the Kingdom of Heaven's sake…

Ever since I can remember I always wanted to be married, to have babies, to have a family. Throughout the years occasionally the thought would come to me about what I would do if I never married. I can remember telling my father at my baptism by immersion that I was so glad he came to see me get baptized (he didn't commit himself to coming when I invited him). I was glad because if I never got married, this was like his attending my wedding. No, I wasn't under any delusion that I'd just married God through baptism, not in the slightest. The emphasis was on how important a day it was for me, and how glad I was he was there witnessing my choice to live for God. He saw me as I went under the water and rose up again to newness of life in Christ. The joy I felt was overwhelming. I couldn't stop smiling, I couldn't stop being thrilled to show outwardly my choice to live for God. I'm relating this story to mention that the thought was there- the possibility of my never marrying. Yet still, I desired marriage, prayed for marriage. Set my heart on various eligible men in the small church I belonged to- none of which desired me in any way. Can't say that I blame them, I've never been much of a 'catch' in the looks department and in the personality department either. I'm a strange one for sure.

Getting back to the study… 'some' would make themselves eunuchs- I'm assuming mentally and emotionally, not physically- for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. These people would choose to give up the life of marriage so they could live for God only, and not have the responsibility, the duty of caring for a family. Their affection, their time would not be divided between family and God. They wouldn't have to make a choice ever for one over the other.

Being married I know all about having to make this choice many times and it is a very hard one, being pulled to please my husband or called to serve my God.  Truly, if one is CALLED to be so, if one can contain themselves, they are better off living solely for God. I've NEVER been one of those people and I never will be, at least not that I can imagine.

For the Kingdom of Heaven's sake…

Dedicating our lives to this end- married or not married is something we need to do. Having faith in the word of God, trusting in the words of our Savior, knowing the reality of the Kingdom of Heaven as something to be desired greatly, as a lifelong aspiration is paramount to living for God. The better world, the perfect world, the world without all the awfulness- this is our hope and it will never be found here on earth not until it is an earth cleansed by fire, purged of all sin by God and God alone. Christ is going to return, He promised and His promises never fail, He cannot lie. Christ is going to return and when He does, He is going to call all those who are His to meet Him in the air. The dead in Him will be called from their graves, those alive in Him will be changed from mortal to immortal and rise to meet Him in the air. We rise up to meet Him, and from there we are taken to the Kingdom of Heaven!

1Th 4:13  But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 

1Th 4:14  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 

1Th 4:15  For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 

1Th 4:16  For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 

1Th 4:17  Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 

1Th 4:18  Wherefore comfort one another with these words. 

Rev_20:6  Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Err On the Side of Forgiveness.

Mat 18:23  Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. 

Mat 18:24  And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. 

Mat 18:25  But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. 

Mat 18:26  The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 

Mat 18:27  Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 

Mat 18:28  But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. 

Mat 18:29  And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 

Mat 18:30  And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. 

Mat 18:31  So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. 

Mat 18:32  Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: 

Mat 18:33  Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? 

Mat 18:34  And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. 

Mat 18:35  So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. 

The Kingdom of Heaven- Forgiveness.

We repent.

We recognize our wrong doing. We comprehend that the wrong doing hurts God, and causes a separation between us and Him. We don't want that separation between us so we ask to be forgiven for that wrong. We want the One who has the power to give us forgiveness to forgive us and take the separation away. God forgives. We are no longer separated by that sin, that wrong against God.

The parable above talks about a man forgiving his servant a great debt owed to him.

Then the forgiven man seeks out another man and chooses not to forgive him for a wrong done to him.

The man who forgave his servant finds out that the one he forgave is not forgiving in return and this makes him angry and punishes the unforgiving man.

God forgive us our great debt.

We MUST forgive others their debts.

The incredible kindness that cannot be repaid that was done to us, we need to do for others to whatever degree we can.

This goes hand in hand with the following-

Mat 6:12  And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

We are forgiven as we forgive.

This isn't an easy thing to learn, to realize, to make a part of our lives. So many people hurt other people all the time- intentionally and unintentionally. People just like us hurting God through our sins. We don't want to hurt God through our sins, yet we find it so incredibly hard to keep from sinning. Those who hurt us by their wrongdoings most likely a lot of the time are in the same position of not wanting to hurt us, but their actions that hurt us are too compelling to stop. Do we forgive once? Yes. Do we forgive twice? Yes. Do we forgive seven times? Yes. Do we forgive endlessly? Yes.  Yes, we do. We forgive and we keep forgiving because we know we too need endless forgiveness.

Is endless forgiveness an excuse to willfully sin, to embrace the desire to sin without reservation, to take the sin and make it a part of our lives until it no longer is even recognized as sin? No. Forgiveness comes from repentance, a desire to no longer sin. If others aren't seeking forgiveness for their sins against us- we can still forgive them. We can't make others recognize their sins against us as being such. We can't stop others from doing things that hurt us. We can't control anyone else and we mustn't think we should be able to. God does not force us to obey Him, not ever.

We forgive because we need forgiveness and not from the one we are forgiving, but from the One who can forgive us perfectly. His compassion must be answered by our compassion. The forgiveness He gives us shows us how to forgive. He doesn't make us earn forgiveness. He knows how fallible we are and hasn't put a limit on the number of times He'll forgive us. Each case is individually based, He knows the heart. While we can't know the heart of another, only what they reveal to us in word and actions, we must err on the side of forgiveness, always.

By His Grace.

Humble, Teachable, Without Malice.

Mat_18:3  And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Mat_18:4  Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Mar 10:13  And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. 

Mar 10:14  But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 

Mar 10:15  Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. 

Mar 10:16  And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. 

1Co 14:20  Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. 

A little child. I have had occasion recently to be around little children and I'm going to consider at what age a child is no longer humble. From birth to a year old a child is without the ability to reason, right? They are developing personalities but their ability to make informed choices doesn't exist. They are being taught though, even at that age. A six month old child picks up a bit of food off the high chair tray and throws it on the floor. The one feeding the child might gently scold them, telling them not to do that. Of course they'll most like use baby language- their tone of voice will change and they'll look at the child wide eyed and perhaps overly exaggerating their stern expression and say, "No, no, we don't throw food."  Will the child understand right away? No. But as the months go by and the reprimanding continues they will learn. Once a child is at the age of knowing that it is wrong to throw food and the comprehension of that fact is known, after that the child still must be taught and grow into the knowledge of the importance of listening to its parents commands. It's a process. You don't expect one year old's to behave like two year old's. and you don't expect two year old's to behave like three year old's and so on. Each year you expect more comprehension and with that you expect obedience to evolve from the comprehension.  They say children will test boundaries and it's true. They will test them to learn what a parent is truly going to enforce and what they won't enforce, or are lax on enforcing. Can they get away with food throwing when their parent is overly tired? Can they get away with food throwing when their parent is preoccupied and even once the parent realizes what was done, the scolding is much lighter than had they witness the tossing of food. These are things that are subtlety learned and mostly not with much real thought- NOT until the child is older and begins to think in terms of being able to get away with bad behavior. A one year old might not quite be at that stage, but you know they are learning. A two year old - well they call it terrible twos, why? Because the child is learning quickly and testing boundaries to continue to learn.

The other night I was around a three year old and they are a handful. However, they are clearly teachable. They might not comprehend fully that their actions might harm them, as they use the blind enthusiasm to play and interact with others- but they are learning. Are they humble?  I have to say to a degree they are. The outright bold defiance is taking shape, but there is still an openness to being taught readily.

I suppose my bottom line here is the humble child is a very young child, unless they are of a certain temperament that people might call shy and quiet. A young five year old child of a humble temperament will be nothing like the young five year old child of a high-spirited temperament.

To be like a child, and to know that in semi-parable state the Kingdom of Heaven is made up of the humble child-like, is to realize the humble child is one who is teachable. The humble child is one who learns right from wrong and chooses right. The humble child is one who is eager to recognize the love of their parent.

Little children were forbidden by the disciples to go to Jesus but Jesus corrected them quickly.

Mat_18:3  And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Mat_18:4  Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

1Co 14:20  Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. 

Converted into being AS little children-humble, without malice.

Our adult understanding remains, but the malice in us is as a child's before they learn true intention towards evil.

Encarta Dictionary Definition-

Malice

1. Wish to do harm- the intention or desire to cause harm or pain to somebody
2. Intent to do harm- law the intention to commit an unlawful and unjustifiable act that will result in harm to another

Little children, and I'm emphasizing the 'little', for the most part those who aren't perhaps functioning with mental, emotional deficits- do not wish to harm or to cause others any pain. You might hear of the occasional and what used to be rare child who will begin to harm others with the intent to do so, but we usually don't recognize that in a very young child.

We are to be as the child who is without malice, humble, teachable, and yet we are to be as adults in comprehension.

To be this way we truly need a constant conversion experience into the new life of being born again daily- as we die to self daily. We have to comprehend all the malice in us, all the things that rise in us that are clearly not of that child-like humbleness need to be surrendered over and over to the will of God. We understand the wrongness in our selfish, self-centered, self-focused, self-pleasing state of being and strive to be otherwise by the power of God through the Holy Spirit.

God, please, help us to be as the humble child, children in malice and not one who lacks humbleness and has allowed malice to rise up in themselves. Help us to love as You love, give as You gave, live as You lived, we cannot do this on our own. We have an enemy that knows down to the tiniest detail the things it takes to get the malice to rise up in us, to take us from the state of humbleness into the haughtiness that keeps us from full surrender. Please, Father in Heaven, please, keep us from evil in every way. We know You can't take us out of this awful world where evil surrounds us, but You can keep us from partaking in that evil, it is in Your power- Jesus prayed to You for this very thing and we pray for it too. Keep us from Evil, deliver us from Evil- all Evil.

Kingdom Treasure.

Mat 13:44  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 

Sell all that you have.

If we sell all that we have to buy something else, that something else must be worth a lot to us, right? I most certainly would not sell all my possessions on a gamble, but I might for a sure thing. Notice how I said, might. This is how awful possessions can be in our lives. I know you possibly will shake your head and say, "Only crazy people taken over by cults or delusion would sell all their possessions and be left with nothing."  And you know what? You're right. We are never being asked to sell all that we have in exchange for nothing. The parable above tells of a man finding a treasure, a hidden treasure that no one knows about. He discovers this treasure in a field that is for sale. Quickly he hides the fact he found a treasure in that field. Obviously it isn't a treasure he can simply dig up and take away to hide among his other possessions. This treasure has to be too big to cart away undetected, or even detected. I know if I found a small treasure in a field it would be very easy for me to just take that small treasure with me when I left the field, I would not need to buy the whole field.

This man hides the treasure he finds, most likely by reburying it and making things look as normal as possible so no one else can get to the treasure. He hides it from everyone. Then he goes and takes everything he owns worth anything and begins to sell it all. Once he's done selling everything he owns he takes that money and buys the field. He buys that field knowing there is a treasure there greater than all his former possessions.

The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hid in a field. 

The worth of the Kingdom of Heaven is so great we should do all we can- sell all the obstacles in our way in order to obtain that treasure.  When the man bought the field, he bought the hidden treasure with the field. We need to seek first…

Mat_6:33  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness

Seeking the Kingdom of Heaven because it is the greatest treasure in existence worth more than everything we could ever own - more than the richest person in the entire world could ever own - this is how precious the Kingdom of Heaven is.

The Kingdom of Heaven- found in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

Lord please help me to understand this parable so that I may cherish the Kingdom of Heaven and comprehend its worth. Please, open my heart and mind which are so clouded with my inane worries. Please, don't let Satan have his way in my life as he seeks to devour me to keep me from You. Help me to trust in You for all things. Please, Lord, save me! Please, Lord, I long for the Kingdom of Heaven-  Your righteousness! You!

May We Realize Heaven.

Mat 13:31  Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 

Mat 13:32  Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 

Mat 13:33  Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 

A tiny seed that grows into a large tree.

A tiny bit of yeast put into dough and the dough rises double.

Both of these parables are examples given of the Kingdom of Heaven. How?

Tiny seeds, a tiny bit of yeast… the Kingdom of Heaven preached.

A large tree, a large loaf of bread…the Kingdom of Heaven realized.

To many the Kingdom of Heaven is but a fantasy, or a joke- there are many stories, shows, movies and such making light of the Kingdom of Heaven, of God, of Jesus. To others the Kingdom of Heaven is something realized upon dying. All their loved ones are in heaven. Their hearts ache to imagine anything less than their loved ones leaving this earth and appearing before God. They are supposedly met by all the other loved ones that have gone on before them and there is great happiness always. Why great happiness always? Because in heaven there are no tears, no pain, no death, only joy. People talk about their loved ones looking over them from their lofty new home and they imagine a whole new and much better life for them. People do not want to imagine anything less because to do so would cause them more grief, or so they believe.

Biblically we are told the Kingdom of Heaven will NOT instantly be the home of those who have died secure in the love of God. Biblically we are told that even David, a greatly beloved man of God, is still in his grave- as if that means something and it must, right?

Act_2:29  Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

Act 2:34  For David is not ascended into the heavens

1Ki 2:10  So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. 

Act 13:36  For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption

2Sa 7:12  And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 

David was NOT taken to the Kingdom of Heaven, and why not if that is where those who are God's go after dying? Because that is NOT where people go after dying. As the Word of God says- they SLEEP. Their bodies decay, going back to dust. Jesus was incredibly miraculous because He was RAISED from the dead. Enoch was taken to heaven bodily never seeing death at all. So, if only a spirit ghostly form of us leaves our bodies and goes to heaven upon death, why would Enoch go in body to heaven? Why would Jesus go in flesh that can be touched by the doubting, to heaven if all He needed was His supposed spirit form to be considered risen from the dead? Why would Jesus pull Lazarus' supposed spirit form back from the joys of heaven and into his fleshy body to suffer the pains of this sinful existence and die all over again? The LOGIC is incredibly faulty if you truly think about what it means if you believe people never really die, but just change form upon death. We wouldn't even need a Savior at all if we automatically die and change form to spirit with a brain, with our identity intact. For thousands of years before Christ, people died - did they all go to heaven or hell instantly? If so, they had to be saved to go to heaven, yes? So, if that possibility already existed why did Jesus have to die thousands of years later?

Logic… and deception.  People have been deceived and only grow more and more deceived as the time grows shorter.

Act 7:59  And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 

Act 7:60  And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. 

Stephen called for God to receive his BREATH, his spirit, the essence that gave him life and then what did he do? HE FELL ASLEEP.

Now think a moment, falling asleep entails a temporary state of being unconscious, yes? Why would Stephen need to fall asleep if he simply was going somewhere else? Wouldn't it have been better explained that Stephen said Lord Jesus receive my spirit and… when he had said this he left his body.   That would make it very clear, right? But Stephen didn't leave his body, he FELL ASLEEP. He slipped into UNCONCIOUSNESS something he would only need to do if he would eventually wake up from his sleep. Which the Bible clearly explains happens when our Savior returns and not before. And IF a person wakes up when Jesus returns that means what? That he HASN'T been awake until then!

1Co 15:6  After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 

1Co 15:17  And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 

1Co 15:18  Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 

1Co 15:19  If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 

1Co 15:20  But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 

1Co 15:21  For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 

1Co 15:22  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 

1Co 15:23  But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 

Did you read that with comprehension… In Christ shall ALL be made alive…  Christ the firstfruits and AFTERWARDS they that ARE CHRIST'S AT HIS COMING!

1Th 4:13  But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 

1Th 4:14  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 

Did you read that with comprehension? THEM also which SLEEP in Jesus will God BRING WITH HIM. They sleep now!!! Sleep is an unconscious state!

1Th 4:15  For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 

1Th 4:16  For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 

THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST! No need of this if they are already alive and conscious, their bodies already changed to immortality and incorruption!

1Th 4:17  Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 

1Th 4:18  Wherefore comfort one another with these words. 

PLEASE comprehend that to allow yourself to be deceived based on some cherished tradition of man is to allow yourself to be taken under the control of Satan. You may think it is a HARMLESS deception, but it is very harmful. You have an opportunity for truth and denying truth is denying Christ. Remember there are going to be more people who believe they are Christ's than really are Christ's. He is going to tell them to get away from Him, that He doesn't know them - and they are going to be SHOCKED because they think they are His.

Please, LORD, we ONLY want YOUR TRUTH not the lies and deceptions of Satan, not the traditions of man. We want YOUR TRUTH.

Please… help us! We believe, Lord, help THOU our unbelief!

The Kingdom of Heaven will be realized for us when our Lord returns. Right now it is by parable but a seed growing, but then it will be full grown and ready for us to inhabit with our Lord and Savior, our God, our Heavenly Father! May we realize heaven!

All Wars Will End Only When This Wicked World Ends.

The Kingdom of Heaven-  this is a REAL place. This kingdom is as real as any kingdom that has ever existed upon earth. There are 44 current monarchies in the world today in 2019. That's 44 kingdoms that exist. These aren't                          fairytale kingdoms but kingdoms upon the earth. The Kingdom of Heaven isn't a fairytale either, but many would have us believe it is, why? Because we can't travel to that kingdom as of yet.  Let's look at a parable of Jesus' about the Kingdom of Heaven.

Mat 13:24  Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 

Mat 13:25  But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 

Mat 13:26  But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 

Mat 13:27  So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 

Mat 13:28  He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 

Mat 13:29  But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 

Mat 13:30  Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. 

Mat 13:36  Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. 

Mat 13:37  He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 

Mat 13:38  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 

Mat 13:39  The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 

Mat 13:40  As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. 

Mat 13:41  The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 

Mat 13:42  And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 

Mat 13:43  Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

The Son of man created a way for mankind to belong to Him, and the mankind that belong to Him are the heirs to the Kingdom of Heaven. However, not all of mankind are heirs to the Kingdom of Heaven. Those who  CHOOSE not to become heirs- because it is their choice- belong to the wicked one, the devil.

For now, the heirs to the Kingdom of Heaven and the heirs of the wicked one live together BUT there is going to come a time when the world as we know it- ends.

The evil heirs are going to be extinguished from existence and the Kingdom of Heaven will reign.

It's real.

How awful it would be if we live in this wicked world, surrounded by wicked, tempted to wickedness ourselves, saved from wickedness only by the grace of God - through His power of salvation- had no hope of an end to wickedness.

Mankind right now and for a long, long, long time has constantly renewed their quest for peace- for being able to live peaceably with each other. We've never been able to achieve this. We're split into separate countries each refusing to give up their ownership of what land they've claimed as their country. We've had many attempts throughout our world history of various conquerors trying to gain more land for their particular countries. We've had a lot of talk of one world government, but these things have never come fully to fruition. If in times past there have been seemingly one world kingdoms they never lasted for very long. We mouth the words world peace- but the reality is we are as far from world peace as we ever were. There are so many wars being waged around the world. From what I can find on the internet- there are about 36 countries at war right now. We have large countries and many smaller countries and at any given time there is a war taking place. This is the way of this world- this wicked, devil ruled world.

There is a way to the Kingdom of Heaven through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, but it won't be until the end of this wicked world that we will live with Him in the Kingdom.

Remember this…

1Co 15:51  Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 

1Co 15:52  In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 

1Co 15:53  For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 

1Co 15:54  So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 

1Co 15:55  O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 

1Co 15:56  The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 

1Co 15:57  But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

1Co 15:58  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 

In a moment…

In a twinkling of an eye…

AT THE LAST TRUMP-for the TRUMPET SHALL SOUND…

Death will be no more when the victory of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is complete, and we that are His are changed to immortality, to incorruptible beings. 

That day approaches.   Prophecy has foretold many things and each things has come to pass and this too will come to pass without fail.

May we belong to Christ Jesus, may we belong to the Kingdom of Heaven and not to the wicked one, the devil who rules over this world.

Lord, Lord!

Do you call out to the Lord? Do you say… Lord, Lord? I know I have many, many times. I've cried out to Jesus, I've prayed, begged, pleaded, whispered, entreated, agonized to, screamed, I've called on the Lord constantly.  Knowing this then reading the following verse…

Mat_7:21  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

…makes me have to examine myself. And we are supposed to do that.

2Co_13:5  Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.

I have to examine myself and ask myself whether or not I am doing the will of the Heavenly Father.  Truly it isn't enough to simply mouth the words, it isn't enough to sing out, cry out, yell out, or whisper the name of the Lord not is I refuse the Heavenly Father's will.

The Lord will allow the Holy Spirit to convict us of the wrongs in our lives, as long as we yield to the Holy Spirit allowing Him to do this work in us. It isn't a pleasant work, being convicted of sins especially if we have cherished sins in our lives that are second nature to us. We want to overlook those pet sins of ours and tuck them away safely out of the Holy Spirit convicting zone so we don't have to feel the weight of the sin. If you are pricked even once in your conscience over something you are from that moment on accountable to determine if it is something the Lord is allowing to be revealed to you for correction in righteousness.

2Ti_3:16  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness

We are allowed to see where we need correction, instruction, doctrine, and reproof. That nudge of something not being quite right in our lives is there to lead us to the Word of God where we will find most answers to all our possible convictions.

Not too long ago a situation in my life arose and I was led to a list of ways to determine whether something or not is the way of the Lord- the way I seek to go. The very last 'supreme' way to determine something was whether or not in glorified God. And they used this scripture-

1Co_10:31  Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

That bit there- the WHATSOEVER you do part- that is the telling point in all our actions. Are we glorifying God?

To do the will of the Heavenly Father we must believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. If we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ then we follow His teachings. His teachings instruct us in many ways and He tells us that He has sent a Comforter, the Holy Spirit to be with us to guide us. The Holy Spirit will act upon the contrite and humble heart of one seeking earnestly to do the Heavenly Father's will and will reveal to us our leanings. The constant revelation of our inability to save ourselves is from the Holy Spirit. The constant revelation of our sinfulness is from the Holy Spirit. These constant, unrelenting revelations lead us to, and keep us at the foot of the cross and raise us to our living, saving Savior. Without the continuous knowledge that we need to rely upon God for all things, we are in danger of pride taking ahold of us and working its evil inside our lives.

No, not everyone who calls upon the Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven. The Lord knows sincerity, the Lord knows our hearts. We cannot hide our hearts from His searching.

Please, Lord, search us and know our hearts and lead us in Your way everlasting! Help us not to deceive ourselves! Keep us from our own will and lead us to do the will of the Heavenly Father. Let the Holy Spirit guide us. May we glorify you in all we do, seeking You over all. Please, Lord, we believe, help our unbelief!

Thank you, Lord, thank you!

In the name of Jesus Christ, now and forever!!!!!!!

Amen.