The Truth

  The Apostle John in Revelation 20:12-13 wrote about his vision, “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is [the Book] of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works , by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works .” None will be judged by their faith only, none!  The apostle Paul, however, wrote in Ephesians 2:8-9, not from a vision that he he received from God, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God, not of works , lest anyone should boast.” Readers, I want to ask you a question, who is more credible, the apostle John or the apostle Paul? John wrote from what he saw in his vision that he received from God, and I don’t know who gave Paul his idea, salvation by faith and not...

Readers, have you ever thought about why we hate the law? Why do you hate the law? Why do we hate the Ten Commandments? If you had asked me why many Christians hate the Ten Commandments, my answer to you is that it offends them, or they get offended.  They see their ugly face on the Ten Commandments mirror. I do not hate the Ten Commandments. The law guides me on my way to heaven. No, it doesn’t offend me.  Without the law, I know nothing. Without the law I might elope with somebody’s wife and feel nothing about it, and you might elope with somebody’s husband without guilt either. God has given us the Ten Commandments for a good reason. And here’s why I believe God gave us the Ten Commandments. He wants us to be perfect.  Jesus said in Matthew 5:48, "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” Perfection is a lifetime effort, work, or struggle.  We can achieve perfection only if we are obedient to His law. If we have tried our best to d...

Readers, I woke up this morning with the intent to write an article that I have never written before. The title of my article is Father Knows Best. No, it’s not about me. It’s about my Father in heaven. It’s about our Father in heaven. It’s about Jesus’ Father in heaven. Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven . How do we do the will of Jesus' Father if not by work? "Many will say to Me on that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' "And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness !'” Matthew 7:21-23. They were charged with breaking the law. It has nothing to do with their faith. Readers, do we know what the will of Jesus’ Father is? Do we know what the will of our Father in heaven is? Do we know what the original will of our...

Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. "Many will say to Me on that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' "And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness !'” Matthew 7:21-23. Readers, Jesus said that unless we do the will of Jesus’ Father in heaven we cannot go to heaven. That is the standard of admission, except for the one thief on the cross, a rare exception. Why were these men/women of great faith rejected? Because they were deceived by Satans who appeared as humans. How is that? Because human agents of Satan made sure that we would not know what the will of Jesus’ Father is. What is the will of Jesus’ Father? “ but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.” Exodus 20:6. That’s why these men...

Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. "Many will say to Me on that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' "And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you ; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness !'” Matthew 7:21-23.  Before I go any further with what I want to say about Matthew 7:21-23, I want you all of my readers to understand that the law, the Ten Commandments, were also Jesus’ commandments. Why? Because of the intimate relationship between God the Father and God the Son. Yahweh or God the Father gave the laws for us to keep and to observe, Jews and non-Jews alike, until the end of time. Jesus’ death on the cross, therefore, cannot and does not invalidate the words of God the Father, the Ten Commandments. And Paul has no right to confuse us, and say that we are ...

  The apostle Paul wrote, “For by grace you have been saved through faith , and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God , not of works , lest anyone should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9. Paul said faith alone saved us. The apostle James disputing Paul asked, “What [does it] profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what [does it] profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe and tremble! But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father...

  Readers, I have good news for you this morning. What is it about? It’s about what Jesus said, "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” Matthew 5:48. We all can do it unless we are mentally insane. And I am not crazy, and you are not crazy or stupid either. Jesus said, "For I have not spoken on My own [authority]; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.” John 12:49. Jesus did what His Father told Him to do and say. And that is how Jesus can become perfect as His Father in heaven is perfect, and that is what we must do if we want to be perfect just as God the Father is perfect, and that is by doing what God the Father and God the Son want us to do. Do not follow and do what anybody else wants us to do, anything, unless they are God’s Prophets, like the Prophet Daniel and our beloved Prophet Moses. If we follow anyone else other than God the Father and God the Son we may end up in hell . I wan...