Notes On Life

God is merciful. In fact, God is SO patient and merciful that it defies our sense of justice or understanding! Dozens and dozens of scriptures continually point to his loving kindness to wait upon all that have gone astray. Like the parable of the shepherd looking for the wayward sheep, God is continually seeking for each person that is lost and is willing to show MERCY to all — no matter how far they have wondered off the path. However, there is a DEADline to how far his mercy is able to reach… When people willingly move so far away from godliness, righteousness and truth then the ‘Line Of Mercy’ changes into the ‘Deadline Of Judgement.’ The socially “politically incorrect and offensive” sins that are listed in today’s verse ( 1 Corinthians 6:9–10 ) were not listed in this message. Why? Because for many today, most of the things in this list are perfectly OK, and this raises a question that all of us need to answer, and that is: What Do You Consider as Righteous or Unrighteous Behavi...

  Thomas, as one of Jesus’ twelve disciples, personally walked with Christ, sat under his teaching, and not only witnessed his miracles, but under his tutelage also performed miracles. Yet after Christ’s crucifixion and hearing from his friends that Jesus had appeared to them in the upper room and had resurrected from the dead, He Didn’t Believe It . Standing there with incongruous Irreconcilable Difference towards his comrades, in modern vernacular, his response went something like this: “No, guys. I don’t believe Jesus rose from the dead. We all knew him as a very good man, a kind and loving teacher and an example for all of us, but he was just a man. So let’s face it guys, IT’S OVER —  He’s DEAD  — and it’s not possible for anyone to rise from the dead but I tell you what… If I could actually put my hand into those nail prints then I would believe he’s alive and really did rise from the dead.” Over the last 2,000 years a lot of people have also been a “Doubting Thomas” and have...

 Many things in life can trip us up, but a big one that most people do almost daily is “The SIN of COMPARISON,” and the word itself reveals why. The prefix ‘com’ means ‘with’ and ‘par’ means ‘equal’ (…just like ‘PAR’ in golf) therefore the Sin of Comparison is when we score ourselves against others or some human standard as being either being more equal or less equal than others in either RIGHTEOUSNESS or RICHES. Regarding ‘RIGHTEOUSNESS’ it is easy to think that because we are not a robber or a murder that we are better than those that commit crimes, but that is not what the Bible teaches. The Bible says that there is no good in us — that ALL have sinned and we are not even close to God’s goodness or righteousness. But there is good news for all those that are believers in Christ because it is the Righteousness of Christ  — and NOT that of ourselves — that makes us righteous. Because of His Righteousness He views all of us ‘on par’ and as equal in His eyes, so likewise we ough...

Wait a minute…that’s nuts! Isn’t that supposed to be the other way around? Well this is the big mistake most people make. You see, you don’t go to heaven because you are a 'good person' or live a good life and here’s an analogy why. You could think of being a good person as being a really good swimmer, in fact you are so good that you could swim a mile or two or three with no problem. Now imagine that that good swimmer (you) was in in the middle of the ocean, and your goal is to make it to land. In this story, the ocean represents SIN and the land HEAVEN. No matter how good you are, you will never make it. Now let’s say you are a bad swimmer, and you know it, but there was a boat coming towards you. What would you do? Well you’d plead for that boat to get you out of the water and bring you to land. Again, the ocean is sin, and the rescuer is Jesus. The difference between the good person and the bad person is the 'good people' think they can get to heaven on their own, ...

When the last breath is taken, when the eyes to this world close and the heart finally stops beating, what happens? This is the moment of transition from life Mortal to life Eternal , but for that person that was just here a moment ago where did they or will they “Go?” While the answer to this has been long been a topic of theory, theology and thesis we actually all have unknowingly spoken the truth about what happens 'Beyond The Veil' unconsciously in many different ways. When someone dies we use phrases like Passed AWAY , GONE to the OTHER SIDE , Departed , Crossed Over , and Beyond The Veil . That is, whoever they were when they were HERE, are now in Another Place THERE in the HEREAFTER. So the question is “ W here is that T here?” In today’s verse from the Gospel of John Jesus tells us clearly that all those that believe in Him do not cross that veil into 'There' that is a place of judgment, but to a 'There' that is a place of eternal life, and that 'p...

 While we all have a physical heart, there is an even more important heart within each of us, and that is the heart of our soul, and the Bible says that there are many types of “HEARTS” we may have. Happy people have a ‘Merryheart’ (Isaiah 24:7) and sensative people a ‘Tenderheart’ (Ephesians 4:32) Those fearful or worried can be ‘Fainthearted’ (Deuteronomy 20:8) yet those who are strong in faith are ‘Stouthearted’ but the rebellious are ‘Stiffhearted’ (Ezekial 2:4) while the impudent and unrepentant are ‘Hardhearted’ (Ezekial 3:7) However God’s will for us is: “Let us draw near with a TRUE HEART in full assurance of faith having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” Hebrews 10:22 This pure, TRUE HEART comes from the Heart of the Saviour and He wants to place HIS Heart in YOUR Heart to complete you and make you whole. Friend, becoming the wholeness that God wants for you starts with a Change of Heart . If your heart is troubled,...

  The idea of god, death and the afterlife — and coming to a conclusion about what is fact, false or fantasy regarding these — are perhaps the three most controversial and debated subjects. Opinions about what is true about these varies greatly, and all have the right to believe whatever they believe. Various world religions also greatly differ who or what is god(s) and how or what an afterlife looks like. Likewise there are non-religious people that have NO BELIEF in ‘god’ who are equally adamant in their view. By contrast, the Bible is Very Clear about WHO is God, WHAT happens after death, and WHERE that afterlife may (or may not) be. Today’s verse in Psalm 14 sharply declares that those who say ‘There is NO GOD’ are FOOLISH . Assuming that the Bible is correct, those that say this phrase in the HERE, will also say it in the HEREAFTER but in an entirely different way and tone — and here’s why. Jesus taught more on hell than he ever did on love, salvation or heaven, and the Bible...