She is not an "exception". She is a person. She is a child.

She is not an "exception". She is a person. She is a child.

September 14, 2013 at 3:27pm

Anna, 13, & her newborn daughter Josey

My stepfather abused that gift when he abused me. 

But like Romans 8:28 says, 

God used something horrible 

to bring me one of the greatest blessings in my life. 

Knowing her now, I would go back and do it all again.

My daughter is the exception

by Anna Slaugh Richey

When I was little I was molested for eight years by my stepfather. He was an accomplished liar and fooled everyone, even my mom. No one knew. I was afraid to tell anyone; when you grow up hearing that bad things will happen if anyone finds out, you believe it.

I got pregnant the first time when I was 12. I was scared, and I told him. He hurt me and then loaded me up on drugs, telling my mom that I had been injured while out playing with some other kids. He killed my baby. Of all the things that happened to me, this is what haunts me the most. I will never know who my child might have become. My only hope is in the promise I will get to see him or her in Heaven when I get there, and Jesus will take care of my baby until then.

When I was 13, I became pregnant again. This time I did not say anything to him. My mom noticed that my body was changing, even though I was only about two months along at the time, and asked me about it. I finally got the courage and told her everything. She immediately packed up my brother, sister, and me and took us to our aunt's house. From there, she called the police. They arrested him and took us to the hospital for some tests, and then we had to go in for questioning ourselves. In the end, he was sentenced to ten years in prison for molesting not only me, but my sister.

I was told by therapists, friends, teachers, family, and even strangers, that it would probably be best if I had an abortion, but I couldn't. Earlier that year, I had learned in my science class that a child's DNA comes from both parents, and that meant that this child was also half mine. I also figured that since I was the one who would carry her in mybody for the next several months, that made her mine, not his. I knew from my first pregnancy that he didn't want me to have the baby. I knew that if I had an abortion, I would be doing just what he wanted, and he would win again. He would not have only killed all of my innocence, he would have killed my daughter.

It might have been easier to choose an abortion. There are many things that I would not have had to go through if I had. It was harder than I have words to describe. But there are some things in life that are worth fighting for, and she was one of them.

I'm not a very big person: 5' 0" and 95 lbs. I wasn't big then either. So, due to my size and my age, I was deemed a high-risk pregnancy. I had my first ultrasound at around three months, where I got to see her heart beat, and I fell in love. That was when I decided that I couldn't give her up for adoption either.

The next several months were hard. The looks and comments that I received from people everywhere were difficult to deal with, to say the least. I lost all but two of my friends. But knowing that I would have that little girl soon kept me going. I decided to name her Josey Ann, after a character in a book I had read.

On Friday, July 28, 1995, roughly six weeks before my due date, I went into labor. I was flown from Vernal, Utah to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. They gave me some drugs to slow down the labor (my water had not broken yet), and steroids to help develop my daughter a little faster so she would have a better chance of surviving. She was born the following Monday, July 31. She weighed 4 lb. 2 oz., and was 18" long.

Because she was so premature and needed much medical help, they kept her in the NICU. They kept her there until the end of August. Words cannot express the joy I felt when we got to bring her home the day before I started the 7th grade.

I still had nightmares, but I would wake up and have that little smiling face to greet me. When I would get nasty looks and comments, I would go home and hear her giggle. She truly was a light in one of the darkest times of my life. I shudder to think of what that time would have been like had I aborted her.

My mom was amazing; she watched my daughter so that I could finish school. I did graduate, and was my class Historian. I met a wonderful man who loves both me and my daughter, and we now have four children.

At the time I had Josey, I believed in God, but I didn't like Him very much. I couldn't understand why a loving God would allow me to go through all that I did. It wasn't until I was 26 that I truly found a relationship with Jesus Christ. A wonderful neighbor of ours showed me how much Jesus loves me. Because He loves us, He gave us free will. My stepfather abused that gift when he abused me. But like Romans 8:28 says, God used something horrible to bring me one of the greatest blessings in my life. Knowing her now, I would go back and do it all again.

Josey is 17 now, and is a beautiful young woman, inside and out. She loves writing, drawing, and music. She is learning to play the guitar and skateboard. She volunteers in the nursery at our church, and helps the worship team at one of our local ministries. She plans on going to college after she graduates to study computer animation. 

She is one of the many reasons why I know that abortion is wrong. She is a person, and has been since she was conceived. Had I aborted her, this world would have lost an amazing person. My heart breaks for each child that is killed before he or she has a chance to bring someone the same joy that my daughter has brought me.

Seeing her does not remind me of the horror of my childhood.
She reminds me of God's love, and how He can bring beauty from the ashes.
To anyone who is where I was, please hold on.
You can make it, and your child will bring you more joy than you can imagine.
It will be hard, but it is worth it.

What makes sin SIN?

What makes sin SIN?

September 3, 2013 at 7:54am

What makes sin SIN 

is not first that it hurts PEOPLE, 

but that it blasphemes GOD. 

This is the ultimate evil and the ultimate outrage in the universe.

The glory of God is not honored. 

The holiness of God is not reverenced. 

The greatness of God is not admired. 

The power of God is not praised. 

The truth of God is not sought. 

The wisdom of God is not esteemed. 

The beauty of God is not treasured. 

The goodness of God is not savored. 

The faithfulness of God is not trusted. 

The promises of God are not relied upon. 

The commandments of God are not obeyed. 

The justice of God is not respected. 

The wrath of God is not feared. 

The grace of God is not cherished. 

The presence of God is not prized. 

The person of God is not loved.

The infinite, all-glorious Creator of the universe, 

by whom and for whom all things exist, 

who holds every person’s life in being at every moment; 

is disregarded, 

disbelieved, 

disobeyed, 

and dishonored 

by everybody in the world. 

That is the ultimate outrage of the universe. 

Why is it that people 

can become emotionally and morally indignant 

over poverty 

and exploitation 

and prejudice 

and the injustice of man against man 

and yet feel little or no remorse or indignation 

that GOD is so belittled? 

It’s because of SIN. 

That is what sin is. 

Sin is esteeming 

and valuing 

and honoring 

and enjoying MAN 

and his creations 

above GOD. 

So even our man-centered anger at the 'hurt' of sin 

is part of sin. 

God is marginal in human life. 

THAT IS OUR SIN!

~ John Piper



To make light of sin
is inevitably
to make light of salvation
and so of the Cross.
To deny the just judgement of God
is a characteristic of false prophets,
'who say peace, peace when there is no peace'.

~ John Stott

Kill the Giant!

Kill the Giant!

August 17, 2013 at 10:12am

Your servant slew both the lion and the bear: 
and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, 
seeing he has defied the armies of the living God. 
David said moreover, the Lord that delivered me out of the paw
of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, 
He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
~ 1 Samuel, 17:36, 37

David remembered ...

when he smote the lion and the bear, he had nothing visible to rely upon,
but simply trusted his God.
He had in his hand no sharp weapon of iron with which to smite the wild beast to the heart.
Careless as to weapons, he thought only of his God
and rushed on the foe.
He was as yet a young man...neither did he seem fit for such a venturous deed!
But his God was Almighty and,
reliant upon the Omnipotence of God,
he thought nothing of his youth,
but flung himself into the fray.
What more in the way of help did he need, since God was with him?
Oh, Brothers and Sisters,
there were times, with some of us,
when we commenced our work when our sole reliance was the unseen Lord!
We were cast upon the invisible power of God
and if that could fail us
we must fail.
Our attempts were such as carnal reason could not justify,
such indeed as only Divine interposition could carry through!
We were right enough if the Divine power could be calculated on,
but apart from that,
we were near insane!
Glory be to God, He has been as good as His Word!...
We dare not hide these things from the generation following...
“My soul shall make her boast in the Lord.”
Can it be true that now we have begun to coolly calculate means
and to rely upon methods and plans,
whereas once we looked to God, alone?
Do we now trust in this friend and rely on that,
and distrust the Lord if friends are few?
Shame upon us if we do,
for this is to leave the way of victory for the path of defeat,
to come down from the heroic track
to the common highway of carnal reasoning
and so to fall into care, fretfulness, weakness and dishonor!
Happy is the man who trusts in the Lord, alone,
by unstaggering faith!
He shall go from strength to strength,
but he who chooses to walk by sight
shall utterly decay.

David remembered...
He did what his courage prompted,
without waiting to consult a committee of lion-slayers and bear-trappers.
His whole art was faith!
This was his science and his skill.
He consulted not with flesh and blood.
He followed no precedents,
imitated no noted hunters
and encumbered himself with no rules.
He did his best as his faith in God directed him.
He threw his whole soul into the conflict and fought vigorously,
for his faith did not make him sit still
and expect the lion to die in a fit,
or the bear to become insensible.

We are so apt to magnify our former selves and think of our early deeds
as of something to be wondered at but not to be attempted now!
We are fools for they were little enough in all conscience and ought to be outdone!

 

Oh, dear Brothers and Sisters, this resting on our oars will not do!
We are drifting down with the tide.
David did not say, “
I slew a lion and a bear so I have had my turn at such bouts.
Let somebody else go and fight that Philistine!”
Yet we have heard people say,
“When I was a young man I taught in the Sunday school.
I used to go out preaching in the villages and so on.”
Oh, Brother, and why not do it now?
I think you ought to be doing more instead of less! As God gives you more knowledge, more experience and more grace, surely your labors for Him ought to be more abundantthan they used to be, but, alas, you do not look on it as a parallel case, and so make excuses for yourself.

Too often in our spiritual work we fix our mind upon the differences rather than upon the similarities. For instance, David might have said, “I would not mind another lion. I can manage lions. I would not be afraid of half-a-dozen more bears, I am used to bears. But this Philistine is a new sort of monster.” 

You have but to commit yourself to Him
and out of the sevenfold adversity
you shall come forth a sevenfold conqueror!

If you see before you a work by means of which you can glorify God and bless the Church, do not hesitate, but enter upon it in reliance upon your God! Do not stand stuttering and stammering and talking about qualifications and so on, but what your hand finds to do, do it in the Name of the Lord Jesus who has bought you with His Blood! Prove your qualifications by bringing Goliath’s head back with you and no further questions will be asked by anyone—or by yourself!

This seeking advice and following cowardly counsel is all too common! We know that some strenuous effort is needed and it is in our power, but we desire ease and, therefore, we employ other men to weave excuses for us. It would be more honest to say outright that we do not want to do any more. Were we more full of love to Jesus, this unworthy device would be scorned by us and in sacred manliness of mind we would scorn the counsel which tends to cowardice. Others cannot bear our responsibility—we must, each one, give an account of himself to God—why, then, yield to the judgement of men?

Oh, Brothers and Sisters, fling this folly to the winds! Obey the dictates of the Holy Spirit and close your ears to the advice of unbelief! Men or women consecrated to God, if the Lord impels you to do anything for Him, do not ask me, do not ask my fellow Church officers, but go and do it! If God has helped you in the past, draw a parallel and argue from it that He will help you in the present. Go, and the Lord go with you! Do not fall prey to that wicked unbelief which would rob you of your strength!

Soldiers of the Cross, if you feel that you can do this, be not slow to put it into practice! Throw yourselves wholly into the Lord’s service! Consecrate yourselves and your substance to the grand end of glorifying Christ, fighting against error and plucking souls from destruction!

David’s next step was to put himself into the same condition as on former occasions, by divesting himself of everything that hampered him. He had fought the lion with nature’s weapons and so would he meet the Philistine. Off went that glittering royal helmet which, no doubt, made his head ache with its weight! Off went the cumbersome armor in which he found it very hard to move! In such a metallic prison he did not feel like David a bit and, therefore, he put all aside and wore only his shepherd’s frock! As for that magnificent sword which he had just strapped by his side, he felt that it would be more ornament than use—and so he laid it aside with the rest of the trappings. He put on his pouch and took nothing with him but his sling and stones.

This was the old style and he did well to keep to it, for the Lord saves not with sword and spear!
We are all too apt to get into a fine harness and tie ourselves up with rules and methods. The art of getting rid of all baggage is a noble one, but few have learned it. Look at our Churches! Look at the Church at large—is there not enough red tape about to strangle a nation? Have we not committees enough to sink a ship with their weight? 

We are organized into strait waistcoats! The vessel of the Church has such an awful lot of top-hamper that I wonder how she can be navigated at all! And if a tempest were to come on she would have to cut herself free from nearly all of it.

But the Churches are locked up in irons which they call armor. 

When shall we get at the work? If there should ever come a day when Brothers will go forth preaching the Gospel, simply resting in faith upon the Lord alone, I, for one, expect to see grand results! But at present, Saul’s armor is everywhere! When we get rid of formality in preaching, we shall see great results! 

Let us serve God with all our hearts and preach Jesus Christ to sinners with our whole souls... Preaching up Christ—is the way of wisdom! We must preach, not after the manner of doctors of divinity, but after the manner of those unlearned and ignorant men in the olden time who had been with Jesus and learned of Him! Brothers, some of you have too much armor on! Take it off! Be simple, be natural, be artless, be plain-spoken, be trustful in the living God and you will succeed! Less of the artificer’s brass and more of Heaven-anointed manhood is needed! More sanctified naturalness and less of studied artificialness! O Lord, send us this, for Christ’s sake. Amen.

The ultimate result was that the young champion came back with Goliath’s head in his hand!
And equally sure triumphs await every one of you if you rely on the Lord and act in simple earnestness. If for Christ, my Sister, you will go forward in His work, resting upon Him, you shall see souls converted by your instrumentality.
If, my Brother, you will but venture everything for Christ’s glory and depend, alone, on Him, what men call fanaticism shall be considered by God to be only sacred consecration and He will send you the reward which He always gives to a full, thorough, simple, unselfish faith in Himself.

If the result of my preaching this sermon should be to stir up half a dozen workers to some venturesome zeal for God, I shall greatly rejoice. I remember when I commenced this work in London, God being with me, I said if He would only give me half a dozen good men and women, a work would be done, but that if I had half a dozen thousand sleepy people nothing would be accomplished. At this time I am always afraid of our falling into a lethargic condition. This Church numbers nearly 5,000 members, but if you are only 5,000 cowards, the battle will bring no glory to God! If we have one David among us, that one hero will do wonders! But think what an army would be if all the soldiers were Davids—it would be an ill case with the Philistines, then!

Jesus Christ, the true David, has plucked some of us like lambs from between the jaws of the devil. Many of us were carried captive by sin. Transgression had so encompassed us about that we were unable to escape. But our great Lord delivered us! Sinner, why can He not deliver you? If you cannot fight the lion of the pit, HE can! Do you ask me, What are you to do? Well, call for His help as loudly as you can. If you are like a lamb, bleat to Him, and the bleating of the lamb will attract the shepherd’s ear. Cry mightily unto the Lord for salvation and trust, alone, in the Lord Jesus! He will save you! If you were between the jaws of Hell, yet, if you believed in Him, He would surely pluck you out of destruction. God grant you may find it so, for Christ’s sake. Amen

~ Charles Spurgeon

excerpted from Spurgeon's sermon: "THE LION-SLAYER—THE GIANT-KILLER"
http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols19-21/chs1253.pdf

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Jesus

Jesus

August 12, 2013 at 9:25pm

Jesus is the holy One, who has the Words of eternal life.
He lived like no one on earth has ever lived.
He loved like no one on earth has ever loved.
He gave sight to the blind.
He made the lame to walk.
He caused the deaf to hear.
He raise the dead to life.
He fed the hungry.
Most of all, 

He shed His own blood so that those who had hated & reviled Him
might have a way to be made right with His Father. 

And yet, He was despised & rejected by His own people,
spurred on by religious leaders of the covenant community,
who cried out;
"Crucify Him!" 
"Let His blood be upon us & our children!"
He was beaten, spat upon, mocked & scorned.
His beautiful back was scourged.
His lovely brow was pierced with a crown of thorns.
They pulled out Jesus' beard
& nailed our blessed Savior to a Cross.
The perfect, holy Son of God died as a criminal,
between two thieves.
This is Jesus, the Christ.
The Messiah.
This is the Lamb of God
who takes away the sins of His people.

Glory to Christ!

The time is NOW: Arise!

The time is NOW: Arise!

August 12, 2013 at 9:08pm

Knowing the time, 
that NOW it is high time 
to awake out of sleep: 
for NOW is our salvation 
nearer than when we believed.
~ Romans 13:11

What time is it? It's HIGH time!

What does HIGH TIME mean? 
Literally "the hour has already come."
It means it is PAST time
to do what needs to be done.

What kind of time do we live in?
A perilous time!

What are we to awake from?
Awake out of sleep.

What kind of sleep?
The sleep of carnal security.
The sleep of sloth.
The sleep of worldliness.
The sleep of self-absorption.
The sleep of negligence.
The long dark night sleep of spiritual deadness.

When is it time to awake? Now!

Salvation is nigh at hand.
Let us mind our way,
and mend our pace,
we are nearer our journey's end.

Yet a little while, 
and the coming One will come 
and will not delay...
He who testifies to these things says, 
“Surely I am coming soon.” 
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
~ Hebrews 10:37;Revelation 22:20

(inspired by & with excerpts by: Matthew Henry)

No Empty Promises

No Empty Promises

August 12, 2013 at 9:04pm

A promise made
is a promise kept.

With God,
you can be sure all of His promises
will be kept.
Every. One. Of. Them.

His promises include both
promise of blessing
& threat of cursing.

Blessing 
for those who are born again;
who have savingly repented of sin,
trusting & believing upon Jesus Christ.

Cursing
for those who will not repent of their sin
& cry out to the Savior
for mercy in His precious Blood.

For those who belong to Jesus by the new birth,
the Lord has given many great & precious promises,
such as;

“Come to Me, 
all you who are weary and burdened, 
and I will give you rest. 
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, 
for I am gentle and humble in heart, 
and you will find rest for your souls."
~ Matthew 11:28-29

For those who stubbornly REFUSE to humble themselves,
turn from their sin
& embrace the Son of God,
only a fearful expectation of judgment,
and a fury of eternal fire are promised.

"He that overcometh shall inherit all things; 
and I will be his God, 
and he shall be my son. 

But the fearful, 
and unbelieving, 
and the abominable, 
and murderers, 
and whoremongers, 
and sorcerers, 
and idolaters, 
and all liars, 
shall have their part in the lake 
which burneth with fire and brimstone: 
which is the second death."
~ Revelation 21:7-8

A promise made.
Is a promise kept.

God's promises of blessing are true.
God's promises of cursing are also true.
God's curse is not an empty threat.

Today, if you hear His voice,
do not harden your heart,
as in the Day of rebellion. 
Repent! The kingdom of heaven is at hand!
Repent, & believe the gospel.

What should you say to professing Christians who kill babies (or support someone who is killing/has killed) a baby by abortion

What should you say to professing Christians who kill babies (or support someone who is killing/has killed) a baby by abortion

August 7, 2013 at 6:18pm

Each year as we minister at the killing place we meet thousands of sexually immoral women (and men) who are murder their own precious little baby or helping someone kill their baby.
Many of them identify themselves as "Christians".
They say all sorts of religious things, such as:

"Jesus Christ is my Lord & my Savior"

"I love God."

"I go to church all the time."

"God forgives."

"I have already repented for what I'm about to do."
"I will repent afterward and I know God will forgive me."

"My pastor says all sin is the same."

"Jesus died on the Cross for sins like this"

"I am very close to God."
"Jesus knows my heart."

"God loves everybody".
"Jesus is always with me. He understands what I'm going through."

(By the way, religionists who tolerate the shedding of innocent blood also say these things.)
Even the abortionists, abortion clinic owners and staff often say they are Christians. We have seen the clinic workers with fish bumper stickers on their cars and "I
Here are some scriptures you can use with professing Christians when speaking with those professing Christians who are murdering their babies or supporting someone who is murdering babies. Since 85% of those who kill babies by abortion are fornicating (and many of their companions and the clinic workers are as well), I have included scriptures which address sexual immorality as well.
The Word (the Law & Testimony) of God is divine.
The Word of God is penetrating.
The Word of God is ALIVE.
The Word of God is THE single most effective key to addressing the human conscience.
The Word of God always hits the mark.
In other words;
It WORKS.

We have God's promises on that:

For the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
~ Hebrews 4:12

So shall My Word be that goes out from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, 
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
~ Isaiah 55:11

Here are some of the scriptures you can use:
Don’t you know that the unrighteous 

will not inherit the kingdom of God? 

Do not be deceived: 

neither the sexually immoral/fornicator, nor idolaters, nor adulterers…

will inherit the kingdom of God.…

~ I Corinthians 6:9,10

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, 

as for murderers, the sexually immoral...
their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur...
~ Revelation 21:8

The Law (God’s holy commandments) is not made for a righteous person, 

but for those who are lawless and rebellious, 

for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane... 

for murderers and immoral men...

and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching...
I Timothy 1:9,10

How can God forgive you when you pray 

if He does not hear you when you pray?

If one turns away his ear from hearing the Law, 

even his prayer is an abomination.

~ Proverbs 28:9

If I regard iniquity in my heart, 

the Lord will not hear me:

~ Psalm 66:18

Do not blame God for not listening to your prayers 

if you are not listening to His call to obedience. 

You will end up blaspheming God and accusing Him of negligence, 

while all along you will be the culprit.

~ David Wilkerson 

Because I have called and you refused,

I have stretched out My hand and no one regarded,

Because you disdained all My counsel,

And would have none of My rebuke,

I also will laugh at your calamity;

I will mock when your terror comes,

When your terror comes like a storm,

And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,

When distress and anguish come upon you.

Then they will call on Me, 

but I will not answer;

They will seek Me diligently, 

but they will not find Me.

Because they hated knowledge.

And did not choose the fear of the Lord,

They would have none of My counsel

And despised My every rebuke.

Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way,

And be filled to the full with their own fancies.

For the turning away of the simple will slay them,

And the complacency of fools will destroy them;

But whoever listens to Me will dwell safely,

And will be secure, without fear of evil.

~ Proverbs 1:24-33

God's Law

 

You shall not murder.

 

~ Exodus 20:13;Deuteronomy 5:17;Matthew 5:21;

 

Flee fornication.

 

~ I Corinthians 6:18

Put to death...sexual immorality..

Colossians 3:5

avoid sexual immorality
I Thessalonians 4:3

...for God will judge...all the sexually immoral.

~ Hebrews 13:4

No murderer has eternal life in him.

~ I John 3:15

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; 

Pride and arrogance and the evil way 

and the perverted mouth, I hate. 

~ God

Proverbs 8:13

Whoever says “I know Him” 

but does not keep His commandments is a LIAR, 

and the truth is not in him...

~ I John 2:4 

By this we know that we have come to know Him, 

if we keep His commandments. 

The one who says, "I have come to know Him," 

and does not keep His commandments, 

is a liar, 

and the truth is not in him;

but whoever keeps His Word, 

in him the love of God has truly been perfected. 

By this we know that we are in Him:

No one who lives in Him keeps on sinning. 

(No one who continues to sin) 

has either seen Him 

or known Him.

~ I John 2:3-6

Little children, make sure no one deceives you; 
the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; 
the one who practices sin is of the devil; 
for the devil has sinned from the beginning. 
The Son of God appeared for this purpose, 
to destroy the works of the devil. 
No one who is born of God practices sin, 
because His seed abides in him; 
and he cannot sin, 
because he is born of God.
~ I John 3:7-9

You belong to your father, the devil, 

and you want to carry out your father's desires. 

He was a murderer from the beginning, 

not holding to the truth, 

for there is no truth in him. 

When he lies, he speaks his native language, 

for he is a liar and the father of lies.

~ John 8:44

For there are many rebellious people, 

full of meaningless talk and deception...

They claim to know God, 

but by their actions they deny Him. 

They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.

~ Titus 1:10 & 16

Pointing to His disciples, Jesus said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

• Matthew 12:49-50

Do not be deceived: 

God is not mocked, 

for whatever one sows, 

that will he also reap. 

For the one who sows to his own flesh 

will from the flesh reap corruption, 

but the one who sows to the Spirit 

will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 

~ Galatians 6:7-8

You will recognize them by their fruits. 

Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, 

or figs from thistles? 

So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, 

but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. 

A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, 

nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. 

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 

Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

I Never Knew You

Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!,’ 

will enter the kingdom of heaven, 

but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. 

On that day many will say to Me, ‘Lord, Lord” ...And I will declare to them, 

‘I never knew you; 

depart from Me, 

you workers of iniquity/lawlessness.’

Jesus 

~ Matthew 7:16-23

Remember Esau!

“that there be no immoral 

or godless person 

like Esau..
who afterward, 

when he desired to inherit the blessing, 

he was rejected, 

for he found no place to repent, 

though he sought it with tears.”

~ Hebrews 12:17

Remember Judas, the religious traitor of the Lord!

When Judas, who had betrayed Him, 

saw that He had been condemned, 

he felt remorse/changed his mind/repented himself/ 

and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, 

"I have sinned by betraying innocent blood."

And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; 

and he went away 

and hanged himself.…

and falling headlong, 

he burst open in the middle
and all his intestines gushed out.

~ Matthew 27:3,4,5;Acts 1:18

For the love of Christ constraineth us; 

because we thus judge, 

that if One died for all, 

then were all dead: 

And that He died for all, 

that they which live 

should not henceforth live unto themselves, 

but unto Him which died for them, 

and rose again.

~ 2 Corinthians 5:14-15

Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith.
~ II Corinthians 13:5

Repent & cast yourself at the feet of the Savior,

before it is too late!