A Gem Of A Saying
Live so that you wouldn't be ashamed
to sell the family parrot to the village gossip
Jesus always sees everything we say and think. Psalm 139:1 says O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Jesus knows all about us all.
Therefore deny your flesh daily by looking with your heart to the cross of our Lord Jesus while you daily memorize and read the Word of God. Remember to fellowship with your brothers and sisters at church services that will also help you to be blessed and deny your flesh. You see the Word, Church, and Prayer daily will stop you from sinning to be blessed. When anyone fails for days to read the Word, go to church, and pray, their flesh will dominate and they will sin. We must avoid sin because Romans 6:23 says For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
We all need to be good examples for the Lord Jesus so unsaved lost sinners all around us can get saved by our witness. Ephesians 4:29 says Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Get saved, repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again.
Wrong Answers To The Philippian Jailor's Question
Sirs, What Must I Do To Be Saved?
Remember Only The Lord Jesus Can Save Anyone
1) The Muslim replies repeat the words, There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet. Pray five times a day, give alms to beggars, keep the fasts, read the Koran, and make a pilgrimage to Mecca.
2) The Hindu replies observe the rules of the caste; worship the monkey and the cow; crawl through the dust like a measuring worm to the sacred temple; bathe in the waters of the Ganges; erect a temple to one of the million divinities; You may escape rebirth as a reptile or a beast or a woman and become absorbed in the diety.
3) The Buddhist replies forget that you have a body; become indifferent to pleasure and pain; You may attain to Nirvana or the state of the extinguished flame.
4) The Confucian scholar replies study the sacred classics and learn the rules of righteousness. Confucious shows the path of duty but cannot help you follow it. You must save yourself.
Now contrast all these false religions with the true way of salvation by faith in our Lord Jesus stated by Paul to the jailor at Acts 16:31. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Unlike false religions, there is no requirement to understand the deep questions of theology or to perform impossible tasks to be saved with our Lord Jesus.
Remember you can't save yourself with good works. Faith in Jesus saves you. Ephesians 2:8 says For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. And Titus 3:5 says Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.
Salvation is a gift to be received
Not a reward to be earned.
We don't work to be saved
We work because we are saved.
Notice that after salvation Ephesians 2:10 says we do good works to shine Jesus to lost sinners. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. This is because faith without works is dead. Our good works don't save us but christians do good works after salvation that will be rewarded at the bema judgment seat after the rapture. Jesus said at Revelation 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
I would not work my soul to save
For this my Lord hath done
But I would work like any slave
For love of His dear Son
A Blessed Testimony From A Saved Muslim Brother
A converted Muslim charged before the authorities for forsaking his Muslim belief because he believed in Jesus requested the heathen police to answer the following question: I am traveling and I look for someone to direct me. There are two persons; One dead and the other alive. Who should I go to for direction? The heathen police answered to the living of course. The newly saved brother replied "Then why require me to go to Mohammed who is dead instead of Jesus who is alive."
A preacher told everyone I know exactly when Jesus is coming
After a crowd of curious people went to this preacher's revival
The preacher said He's coming at an hour when you think not
Luke 12:40 says Be ye therefore ready also:
for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
A stone cutter walking through a cemetery saw an inscription on a tombstone that said As you are now, so you must be, prepare for death and follow me. The stone cutter then took out his chisel and added these words:
To follow you I will not consent
Until I know which way you went
Eternity is a long time to go the wrong way
A Blessed Poem About One Little Hour
One little hour of watching for the Master
Eternal years to walk with Him in white
One little hour to bravely meet life's duties
Eternal years to reign with Him in light
One little hour for weary toils and trials
Eternal years for calm and peaceful rest
One little hour for patient self denials
Eternal years of peace where life is blest
Some Blessed Thoughts And Revelations
1) Ask someone who is the first person you will see when you get to heaven? Most people will say Jesus but according to 1 Thessalonians 4:16 the first people we will see in the clouds of heaven will be our saved brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus. Then all the saved saints will go together to meet the Lord Jesus in the air. Don't miss this soon coming open air campmeeting. I'd rather be with my brothers and sisters when I meet Jesus instead of being alone to meet Jesus. 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: 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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
2) The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.
3) Where is a baseball game mentioned in the bible? In the big inning, Eve stole first, Adam stole second, Cain struck out Abel, Noah was on deck, Rebekah went to the well with the pitcher, Abraham tried to make a sacrifice, and the prodigal son made a home run. The Giants and The Angels were rained out.
4) An orthodox Jew told a christian about Jesus, "You believe He's already come; We believe He's coming." The saved christian replied "Correction, I believe both. He's already come and He's coming again soon."
5) How could finding a microbe on Mars be considered life and an unborn baby is not life? Just recently in June of 2019 a little baby named India was found in a plastic bag abandoned by its mother somewhere in Georgia. Fortunately baby India was saved and is alive and well. Thousands of people want to adopt this precious little girl. Type in a google search baby India and watch on youtube how a police officer rescued and saved little India. Everyone wants to allow the cop to become the father of India.
6) First Boaz was watching; then waiting; then willing; and finally wedding.
7) Saved christians need to have temperance that is a fruit of the Spirit. Most people think temperance means self denial. But do a google search for the definition of temperance. Type in temperance in a google search and you'll find it means to abstain and not drink any alcoholic beverage (wine, beer, vodka, or whiskey). In fact Proverbs 23:31 says to not even look at wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. In other words don't look at wine when it is fermented. Don't look at the wine bottles or marijuana when you walk through the grocery store. The only time the bible says to drink a little wine is when a person is sick. 1 Timothy 5:23 says Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. But don't drink any wine and get drunk when you are not sick.
8) If you have a deck of playing cards, throw them away or better yet have them burned to ashes. A Google search will show you that playing cards were invented in the 1300s and called the devil's picture cards. The king was said to be the devil. The queen was said to be the mother of harlots. The playing cards mock our Lord Jesus where the licentious jack and queen give birth to Jesus. The 10 spot mocks the ten commandments. You never see anyone bring cards to church. Cards are used where the devil is present at bars, gambling casinos, and by witches and palm readers. Don't allow any playing cards to be present in your house. Remove the cards and your house will become blessed. Deuteronomy 7:26 says Neither shall thou bring an abomination (a deck of playing cards) into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. After reading this, avoid all gambling casinos that use playing cards and worship money instead of our Lord Jesus.
9) I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail.
I pray in Jesus name that this bible study blesses multitudes everywhere with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 604-7133. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name.
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