What it means to be a True Christian

I was going to continue the series on marriage, but I feel a strong direction from the Father to touch on this subject with so much going on in the world today.

What is a Christian? That like so many other terms has lost its original meaning.
The true gospel is not being preached today, and is a huge reason for false converts. People believe they are saved but a short time passes and they are back to their old ways.

Mark 4:3-8 The Parable of the Sower

"Listen! A farmer went out to sow seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on the rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among the thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so they did not bear grain. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times."

Where does your life fall in this parable? Are you the seed on the path; where as soon as you heard the word Satan swooped in and pulled you away? Are you the seed sown on a rocky place; where when you hear the word you are filled with great joy, but since there is no root your joy only lasts for a short time? When trouble or persecution arises you quickly fall away. Are you the seeds among the thorns; where you hear the word but the worries of life, the pursuit of wealth and the desires of other things come in and choke the word making it unfruitful? Or are you the seed that fell on good soil; where you hear the word, you accept it, and it produces wonderful things in your life and the ones you share with a hundred times over?

Examine yourself and see where you are in life. A true Christian dies to self daily and by showing the light of Christ, profoundly affects other peoples lives for Christ. You can tell by the fruit they produce.

With so many celebrities and politicians saying they are a Christian, people's perception of what a Christian is has became very a skewed. We are told just be a good person and you will go to heaven. There is no longer a need for personal responsibility, or need for repentance of our sins.

John 14:6- Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Luke 14:25-26- Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: "If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters-yes, even their own life-such a person cannot be my disciple.

Can you imagine you've followed him for miles just to hear him speak and he says this. Many of them were probably thinking this guy is crazy! What he is saying is your love for God has to supersede the love you have for anyone else. Once you have that love and devotion to God, then the love you show to all the others will be raised to that level.

Luke 9:23- And he was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. Everyday we must lower ourselves, take up our cross of humility and servitude to all those around us. It is pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

Matthew 7:13-14- Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

According to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, in 2010 there were 2.18 billion Christians around the world, nearly a third of the global population.

2.18 Billion does not sound like a few. Many of these people are actually lost following wolves in sheep's clothing, carrying them down a path of destruction.
People I urge you examine your lives. Are you denying self daily? Are you showing a Christlike love to those around you? Is your love for God greater than anything around you?

Do not follow the pattern of a Christian based on celebrities, politicians,or pastors that put more importance on self and financial gain instead of repentance and self denial.

Strive daily to be more Christlike, so on that day you can stand before Yahewh and hear him say "Come my good and faithful servant. Enter your just reward."


UPDATE!!!!- We continue to get donations in for the backpack mission. Thank you for all that have donated. I was contacted by a man named Charles, who lives in Canada. He came across this blog and was moved to start a backpack mission where he lives just outside of Toronto. He wanted to direct any he talked to to this blog. Praise God!!!!! His will is being completed all over the world!
Thank You May You Be Blessed with Peace and Understanding.

A Biblical Marriage Part 3 (Adultery and sex in marriage)

The physical transgression of adultery is a symbol of the spiritual transgression of idolatry.
By committing adultery and putting that idol of flesh in front of you; you have broken a covenant wth not only your spouse but also Christ. The covenant of marriage was an example of the covenant Christ made with the church.

Malachi 2:13-15- You cover the Lord's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. But you say, "Why does he not?" Because the Lord was witness between you and your wife, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by Covenant. Did he not make them One, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?

So we see how horrible adultery is in the sight of Yahweh. He treats a spouse breaking their covenant with one another as the same as breaking a covenant with him. They're both one in the same!

Most times the cause for Adultery in marriage is do to the fact that there isn't intimacy, or not frequently enough to satisfy one another. Firstly it shows a selfishness on the part of one or the other, and no communication about the relationship. But ultimately it shows that God was not the center of the marriage and the problem wasn't brought to Him in prayer.

1 Corinthians 7:2-5
Since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have relations with his own wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a short time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of lack of self-control. 


Yes I know there are many obstacles in your life that make it hard to have this time with your spouse.(I have a toddler and dog that whines and never sleeps!) But that's where the communication and time with prayer come in to keep the relationship stable. Intimacy in marriage doesn't just consist of sex, but also in the simple moments and compliments shared together when life brings your sex life to a screeching halt.

Matthew 5:27-28- You have heard that it was said, "You shall not commit adultery." But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

This is how serious Yahweh takes the vows of marriage. Yes the simple glance toward a beautiful woman, or handsome man is not the problem. It's the second look, the lingering feelings, or lustful thoughts that cause you to commit adultery.

1 Corinthians 6:18- Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.
This is how horrible and life destroying sexual sin is. Not only does it cause emotional and spiritual pain, but some of the worst diseases are contracted thru sex.

1 John 1:9- If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness
No matter the sin, heartfelt repentance to Christ will purify all transgressions.

The more often we see the things around us-even the beautiful and wonderful things, the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world, even those we love.

Just remember in any marriage it has to be a joint effort or its doomed to fail. Don't lose sight of the beauty across from you that the Father has blessed you with. We tend to take for granted what's always around us, until we have ignored it enough and it's gone.

Marriage is the most sacred gift given to us by God. Sharing a God-centered marriage shows not only your family but the world what the love of Christ looks like. And raises the next generation to show that same love to those around them.

In the next part we will tackle what the bible says about Divorce, and if it's an option based on scripture.

Thank You May you be Blessed with Peace and Understanding.

A Biblical Marriage Part 2

"My spouse never helps around the house!"

"My spouse never wants to have sex."

"Why won't my spouse do this or that?"

We have no problem picking apart our spouse's faults. What we don't realize is every time that happens you are slowly chipping away at your spouses self esteem. Slowly building anger, resentment, and a whole host of other emotions that will bottle up and explode one day.

If we are consumed with highlighting where our spouses are falling short, we will miss the divine mysteries of marriage and the lessons it has to teach us.

In the middle of a struggling marriage, it's very easy to focus on what's wrong instead of stopping to listen to God and ask him for guidance.
In the midst of a marriage crisis, there is a very real temptation to focus on what's wrong, why it is wrong, and whose fault it is. This earthly focus can result in a hopeless state of mind. This hopelessness and discouragement makes us vulnerable to the enemy's schemes to divide us. Throughout the bible, God offers us hope. He shows us over and over again that nothing is impossible when He is involved. He promises that we will experience peace when we keep our eyes on Him.

Isaiah 26:3- You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

Our task is to believe, to ask, and to resist doubting.

Mark 11:23- "Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, "Go, throw yourself into the sea," and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.

Ephesians 5:22-26- Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

Now before you ladies get up and arms, the men who use this out of context do not have a Godly love for you. It goes both ways, submitting yourselves to each other, becoming one. Yes as Christ is the head of the church, the man is the head of the house; but he must run it with the same love that Christ showed the church. If he does this ladies he will not overstep his bounds in the marriage. As well gentleman you submit yourselves to your wife with a love that shows your willingness to sacrifice yourself in all ways for her.

All problems that arise in a marriage are because one or the other have removed themselves from being just one entity and reverted to a separate one.

Whether it be Adultery, Substance Abuse, Finances, or any other reason for trouble in a marriage; it arises when one or the other begin to be selfish instead of selfless. When one's desires take precedence over the well being of they're spouse, is when marital strife begins.

Our next part we will break down the different reasons for trouble in a marriage and what His Word says about each. The first one will be on Adultery and Sex in the marriage. 

Update: After slowly figuring out this whole blogging thing I came across an area that shows how many people view and sign up to follow the site. Yahweh is not only using this platform here in our area but people all over the U.S and Canada and South Korea are following. Praise God! 

Thank You. May you be blessed with peace and understanding.

A Biblical Marriage Part 1

I was going to begin a series on what it means to be a true Christian, but my mind kept being directed elsewhere. Being an introvert I usually don't take things at face value. I delve deeper into it, looking for hidden meanings or the truth to something. I also tend to dwell and overthink things. But when I really uncover the intricate plan I am completely amazed by it. So I began to think of all the multitude of situations and choices that had to be made for me to meet my wife. My wife was born in New York, me in Georgia. At six months old her parents just up and decide to go to Georgia. Unfortunately for her mother the marriage didn't work and her father left and went back to New York. Now her mother being born and living her entire life in New York didn't leave. Her whole family, everyone she knew was there but she stayed here, alone. Years go by and me and a friend are looking for someones house, and my wife happens to be outside and gives us directions. Even then I knew  there was something telling me to go back. So I returned the next day and she abruptly tells me her boyfriend lives next door; well there goes that feeling. More time passes and I am dating a girl at my church who turns out to be my wife's best friend. Her friend brings her to church one day and there's that feeling again. So my wife starts dating my best friend; feeling gone again. Are you starting to see a pattern here. Time passes and we both break up with the people we were with. At this point I don't remember whether we crossed paths again or I called but we ended up dating. After dating off and on for 10 years we got married and have been together for almost 16 years.

There are many other events and choices that weren't listed that went into us finally being married. When I sit back and ponder on all the scenarios that had to come together to bring us together I know the Father's hand was there guiding me. The choices were mine to make when we met; and believe me I made a lot of bad ones. But it's the life events that I was not even part of that had to happen to ultimately bring us together that is just mind boggling.

Mark 10:6-9
But at the beginning of creation Yahweh made them male and female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what Yahweh has joined together, let no one separate.

Think about that for a minute, when we find a mate we leave our old life's behind. We leave the safety of our parents to start a new life. Just like when we asked Christ into our lives and repent of our sins, we are leaving our old life behind and being re-born.

Our two bodies become one flesh. We are no longer separate entities. We have become one flesh experiencing everything in life as one. When we are born again with Christ he resides in us, becoming one with us sharing our life.

All of life's decisions now concern and effect two as one. It's no longer about self. You have vowed and attached your life to another. To continue in life as one growing in love daily.

Just as it says what Yahweh has joined together no man will separate; once Christ is with you nothing in this world will tear him away from you. This is how we should all look at our marriage, especially if the center of it is God. Nothing in this world, no person, choice, tragedy, or desire should be able to separate you from your spouse. If we live our life's thru God and treat our marriage the same, our marriage will beam with Godly love.

So when the world throws one of life's curve balls at us, our marriage will be grounded and can't be destroyed.

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My hope is that if this site helps even one life than I will have done what the Father wills me too. Quality is always better than Quantity.

UPDATE: I have been told The 100 Pack fever is catching on and someone close was passing backpacks out to the homeless near their job, in the middle of the night no less. Continued prayer for this and for all the pain and suffering going on all over. We are the Father's light in this darkness, if we don't show it, who will. Thank You

The Beginning

This is new territory for me so bear with me in this process. After a profound spiritual event happened to me in November the Father made it clear to me what my path was. I was to go out to the people that are downtrodden, forgotten, and weak. The people the Father described in Matthew 25:35-40.
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me." Then the righteous will answer him, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go visit you?" The King will reply, "Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."

So with the Father's blessing I am starting this journey by trying to attain 100 backpacks filled with non-perishables, toiletries, and clothing items to be passed out to the homeless. Many people have offered up support already and have given their time and finances to make this a reality. I know the Father will continue to provide what is needed. Also I have other individuals who have expressed the desire to help the others mentioned in these verses. This blog will serve as not only a way for me to update you with the progress of this, but I hope the Father uses this platform to speak thru me to help many people with the problems in their lives. I hope to make regular posts here and welcome any questions you have in the comment section.

We are all one creation! God did not create us in different classes and statures in life. Man with worldly desires and pursuits have created the world we line in today. My only hope is to do what the Father wills me to do; and by that' touch people's lives and show them the hope that is in Yahweh.

If you are interested in helping or if you have questions feel free to comment and contact me.
Thank You