Matthew 13:44-46
"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
Are you willing to forsake all to follow Jesus and obtain the pearl of great price and hidden treasure (our salvation and walk with God in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven)? The love of this world, unbelieving family and friends, your material possessions, your career, your endeavors in education, your love of sports and entertainment and the list goes on and on. I submit to you that if are not willing to do this you may want to examine yourself to see
if you be in the faith
2nd Corinthians 13:5
"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?"
Notice that many of Jesus followers forsook all to follow him yet many in today's Laodicean Institutional Christianity hold on to their worldly possessions for dear life even though those very things are a burden around their neck keeping them from being in full devotion to Jesus Christ. Remember what Jesus said about laying up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where theives break in and steal. But rather he said to store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves break in and steal. Where your treasure is your heart is:
Matthew 6:19-21
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
"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
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it."
Are you willing to forsake all to follow Jesus and obtain the pearl of great price and hidden treasure (our salvation and walk with God in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven)? The love of this world, unbelieving family and friends, your material possessions, your career, your endeavors in education, your love of sports and entertainment and the list goes on and on. I submit to you that if are not willing to do this you may want to examine yourself to see
if you be in the faith
2nd Corinthians 13:5
"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?"
Notice that many of Jesus followers forsook all to follow him yet many in today's Laodicean Institutional Christianity hold on to their worldly possessions for dear life even though those very things are a burden around their neck keeping them from being in full devotion to Jesus Christ. Remember what Jesus said about laying up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where theives break in and steal. But rather he said to store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves break in and steal. Where your treasure is your heart is:
Matthew 6:19-21
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
Earthly Treasure=Houses, Cars, money, clothes, other material possessions, position in this life either via education or in the corporate world etc.
Heavenly Treasure=saving souls, discipling, bearing the brethen's burdens, love, the work of the ministry furthering the Kingdom of God, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, preaching the gospel unto all the world.
Heavenly Treasure=saving souls, discipling, bearing the brethen's burdens, love, the work of the ministry furthering the Kingdom of God, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, preaching the gospel unto all the world.
In this world, there are many sacrifices to be made. I lost a friend recently over being a Christian. Too much truth-telling offended her. One thing that hatred of the poor is growing in these false Christian circles, and the poor are those people who have "not lived right" according to the Republican and positive thinking pod people.
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25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
I feel you on that BB, I have lost several friends just in the last few months. One friend even said that they think I have Bi Polar just because I was upfront with them on their false religion (JW). I was trying to witness to them but once It became fruitless I told them that we needed to depart from each other. They haven't been baptized as a JW yet so I felt I still had a shot at them but to no avail.
ReplyDeleteSorry you have lost friends too Kayfabe. Even the "mild" stuff seems to upset them thought. The requirements for conformity are growing stronger. Sorry they tried to tell you that you had a mental disorder. I have been called "crazy" too, it is wearing but what can we do? We have to stick to our convictions and love of the truth. Sorry the witnessing did not work out with the JW, praying.
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