“   You rejoice in this, though now for a short time you have had to struggle in various trials   so that the genuineness of your faith more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ . ” 1 Peter. 1:6-7 Have you ever noticed that many so called Christian have the ability to point at your failure toward God, at the very time when you need them to lift you up? This is especially true when you are struggling through something in your walk with God. Rather than exhort you and strengthen you to continue in your walk with God they. Accuse you for failing in your walk with God, because you are struggling. It is as if they believe that because you are going through some problem in life you are in more sin then they are! They sit up on their high horse and look down on you because of your problems. This is a natural reaction of those that truly do not know God. Their lack of knowle...

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.   For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. ( Jude 1:3-4) Not twenty years after the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, while there were still people alive that had seen Him and spoken with Him, some had even eaten with Him, false teachers were already forming within the local bodies denying the resurrection and the deity of Jesus Christ. Just as the Apostle Peter had to deal with false teachers in his second epistle ( 2Peter 2:1-3 ), Jude who identifies himself as the brother of James was   inspired to write to a church in an unknown location not concerning salvation...

And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever (Revelation 5:13) Prayers in Pursuit of God Part 9 of a 11 Many years ago internet access was through the phone lines; a computer with a modem would dial the number of the provider and the modem on the other side would answer. When one of the two modems were not set at the proper speed, the connection would be slow or lost altogether. In the same way when we try to reach God in prayer or be in His presence. If we are not functioning at the correct baud rate than our communication with the Father is lost. Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is, rather than changing our (behavior) baud rate, we try to get our heavenly Father to adjust the way He communica...