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True Salvation (Part 300);(Continuation)‭‭Romans 7:14;For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under...
03/06/2025

True Salvation (Part 300);
(Continuation)
‭‭Romans 7:14;
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

‭Ezekiel 20:25;
“Therefore I also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live;

Previously, we saw that the Israelites cried when the law was read to them in Nehemiah 8:9-10. When they listened keenly to the law and thought deeply about their deeds, they realized that they were doomed. They cried because they were able to realize that nobody could keep the law; and so through the law, they were condemned to hell fire! Many people look at the law of God vaguely and think that they can keep it, and so they keep trying to keep the law. We already saw that nobody can keep the law, not even one.

The devil knows so well that nobody can keep the law, but he blinds people to think they can. Trying to keep the law makes people to keep saying that they are sinners. The devil knows so well that sinners belong to him and that God doesn't listen to sinners (1 John 3:8, John 9:31, Isaiah 59:2). By making people live trying to keep the law, he knows so well that none can be righteous through the law. Many, therefore, spend their entire life confessing sin and asking to be forgiven sin, and eventually, when they die, they go to hell fire where sinners belong (Hebrews 9:27-28, Matthew 13:43). Through the law, the devil wants people to be perpetual sinners so that many can eventually join him in hell fire.

Before the law was written, God sent Moses to ask the Israelites if they could keep it. The devil blinded them to the fact that nobody can keep the law of God except God Himself, and they all told Moses to bring the law. Moses then took the report to God, and the law was then written on tablets of stone (Exodus 19:7-8). When Moses eventually came down from the mountain with the law, the same people who had said that they could keep the law had broken all. They were worshipping a golden calf, and by breaking even one law, they had broken all (Exodus 32:19-21, James 2:10). God already knew that nobody could keep the law, and so by giving the holy law, he was setting up man for failure. He wanted man to stop trusting in himself, but sadly, many are still clinging to the law. This makes them to be sinners every day and every second, and they are headed straight into hellfire if they do not get to know the truth. Are you still keeping or trying to keep the law of God?.......(to be continued).

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True Salvation (Part 299);‭Nehemiah 8:9-10;And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the...
20/05/2025

True Salvation (Part 299);

‭Nehemiah 8:9-10;
And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Many people keep trying to keep the law without knowing that nobody can be justified before God by the deeds of the law (Romans 3:19-20, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 3:11, Galatians 5:4). This only makes such people to be perpetual sinners who keep confessing their sins and asking God to forgive their sins every minute or daily. They also don't know that sinners belong to the devil and that God doesn't listen to sinners (1 John 3:8, John 9:31, Isaiah 59:2). When one looks at the law of God without thinking deeply, he thinks that he can keep it. A certain young rich man came to Jesus and boasted of how he had kept the whole law since he was a child only to realize he had kept none. Jesus told him to go sell everything, give it to the poor, and only then could he boast of keeping the law (Luke 18:18-27). How could he be rich with all the poor people in the world and around him? Had he loved his neighbors as himself? Were they all rich like him? Jesus actually never wanted him to sell anything but only wanted him to realize that he couldn't keep the law and seek for His grace and mercy. He wanted the man to know his true filthy image so that he could be in need of a savior.

For instance, let us look at the two greatest laws given by Jesus. ‭
Matthew 22:35-40;
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Looking at these two greatest laws or commandments without thinking deeply, one may think that it's very easy to keep them. But think about it, can you love God with your whole heart, soul, and mind? Don't you love your spouse, your children, your brothers, your sisters, your parents, money, your job, etc. What percentage of your heart do these other things occupy? Can God for sure take 100% of your heart or even mind? Without thinking, one may say, "I love God with all my heart!" Is this really practical or possible? What about loving your neighbor as yourself? If you have a car, they should have one, if your children school at Braeburn or Peponi School, they should school there too, if you are eating meat daily, they should eat meat too, if you have two pairs of shoes, they should have two pairs too, etc. Is this possible? Why did the Israelites weep when the law was read to them by Ezra in the book of Nehemiah? .......to be continued.

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True Salvation (Part 298);Let me today share this wonderful testimony from one of our pastors;‭1 Peter 2:24;Who his own ...
05/12/2024

True Salvation (Part 298);

Let me today share this wonderful testimony from one of our pastors;

‭1 Peter 2:24;
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

I used to really mock Good News Mission Church. They would preach that in Christ they were righteous and had no sin. How can a human being be without sin? I branded them a cult, and I would always criticize their preaching. It didn't make any sense at all to me. The Church then was in a small building, and they had very few members. I had been brought up in a big religious organization, and I couldn't understand how one would call such a small place with only a few people a church. I would purposely pass by their window every Sunday just to see how many were in attendance and laugh at them. I had met their pastor several times because my roommate was going to that church. The pastor would also come to preach at the market where we did our business, and every time he came, I would take alcohol and disrupt his preaching. This went on for quite some time.

I suddenly became very sick and I went to the hospital. They diagnosed that I had malaria and I was given medication. But I was not getting any better. My medication was changed several times, but I only became worse. It got to a point where I was not eating, and I couldn't get out of my bed. My friends did a fundraiser to get some money to take me home because this was a far away town from home. In their minds, they wanted me to go die at home. They had already seen death in me, and for sure, I was dying. My roommate invited their pastor to our house, and instead of him praying for me, he just told me that I would surely die and go to hell, and he left. That night, I couldn't sleep, and hell was all over my mind. I reflected my life, and for sure, it dawned on me that as a sinner, I was destined to hell fire. The following day, I was so afraid, and I requested my roommate to call the pastor.

The pastor came in the morning, and this time, I asked him to show me how to avoid hell fire. He read for me 1 Peter 2:24, and from this verse, I was able to see how Jesus bore all my sins, and I realized that in Jesus, I can't be a sinner. Claiming to be a sinner would mean that Jesus died in vain. I received salvation (forgiveness of sin), and my heart was at peace (Luke 1:77, Acts 10:43). The pastor then guided me to go to a different hospital. At the new hospital, they did another diagnosis and realized that I had typhoid, not malaria. I got medication for typhoid, and slowly, I started regaining my health. After some time, I was totally healed. I made a decision to join this church and later on went on to join their mission school. I am now a pastor in one of their branch Churches. For sure, this Church preaches the true gospel. If you claim to be a believer and you still confess sin, there is a problem. What do you believe, and why did Jesus have to die? Sinners belong to the devil, and God doesn't listen to sinners (1 John 3:8-9, John 9:31, Isaiah 59:2). Come out of deception and believe the truth! Amen.

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True Salvation (Part 297);Matthew 5:20;For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the...
20/11/2024

True Salvation (Part 297);

Matthew 5:20;
For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

‭Romans 10:1-4;
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

I have many religious friends and pastors who are better behaved than me. In fact, I wouldn't match their zeal to live a godly, clean, and pleasant life. I tend to think that I am more evil and fleshy than them. They work really hard, and they really strive to keep doing good. They give to the poor, they are faithful to their spouses, they don't drink, they love everyone, they have no lust, they don't joke (they are ever serious), they don't curse or abuse anyone, they don't love money, they are not greedy, they are humble, they are kind, they don't overlap on the road, they do not covet, they don't tell lies, etc. Such men are very respected in society, and everyone admires them and wants to be like them.

The Scribes and the Pharisees were teachers and keepers of the law. They really worked hard to be godly and to live a clean life. But even with all this zeal, they couldn't meet the threshold or the standard of God when it comes to righteousness. They still fell short, and Jesus even told them that they would die in their sin (John 8:24). Humanly speaking, the Scribes and the Pharisees exhibited such a godly behavior, and they had very good moral character. But even with all this, they couldn't meet the standard of God on righteousness. Can any of us be better behaved than the Pharisees? The answer is no. Then why did Jesus say that if our righteousness doesn't exceed that of the Pharisees we, cannot enter heaven? How can we exceed the righteousness of the Pharisees who had such high moral standards, and who knew the law of God perfectly?

The devil deceives us that we are good, and so we keep trying to work so hard to portray a good image outwardly before men. What we don't know is that God looks at the heart (1 Samuel 16:7). Even before killing, God sees us as murderers in the heart when we hate or get angry (1 John 3:15, Matthew 5:21-22). Even before committing adultery, God sees adultery in our hearts when we lust (Matthew 5:27-28). Based on the Bible, we are only evil and wicked continually (Genesis 6:5); there is nothing good in us (Romans 7:18); we are all sinful and we have fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). Based on human deeds, nobody can be righteous; no one at all (Romans 3:10). Even at our best or when we do good, our righteous acts are only but filthy rags before God (Isaiah 64:6). But our heart, which is deceitful and desperately wicked (Jeremiah 17:9), deceives us that we can be good, and so we continually trust in ourselves. But because we can't keep up with the standard of God, we keep confessing sin and asking to be forgiven sin. What we don't know is that sinners belong to satan and that God doesn't listen to sinners (1 John 3:8-9, John 9:31, Isaiah 59:2).

Our righteousness exceeding that of the Pharisees simply means putting away the righteousness of man and putting on the righteousness of God which comes by believing in Jesus (Romans 3:21-22, Romans 3:23-24, Romans 4:5-8, Ephesians 2:8-9, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Isaiah 61:10). This righteousness is not based and is not dependent on our deeds, whether good or bad and so it can't be lost. The righteousness of the Scribes and the Pharisees was based on keeping the law, and this was very shaky. One can keep some laws for some time, but eventually, he will definitely break some. Breaking one law is equivalent to breaking all the laws (James 2:10), meaning that sinners are not any different, whether one is a murderer or a pr******te and another one is just a liar. It is true that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God as Romans 3:23 states (based on the righteousness of man). But in Romans 3:24, we have been justified FREELY by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. In verse 24, we have already been made righteous in Christ Jesus, and so we are not sinners. We do not keep confessing sin and asking to be forgiven sin; we are already forgiven in Christ Jesus (Colossians 3:13). Are you still in verse 23? Please move to verse 24.

In Matthew 22:1-14, it didn't matter whether those who came to the wedding party were good or bad (verse 10). What mattered was if they had the wedding garment. A man who was there and who had no wedding garment was thrown out. This wedding is talking about our wedding with Jesus Christ. What will make one enter the party is the 'wedding garment', not our good deeds or evil deeds. This wedding garment is the righteousness of Jesus (Isaiah 61:10), which is not based on deeds (Galatians 5:4). We must not hold to our own righteousness, which is only but filthy rags before God (Isaiah 64:6) like the man who was thrown out. To make us guilty of sin continually, the devil wants us to focus on our deeds because he knows we all have flaws and weaknesses. Instead of focusing on the finished work of the cross by Jesus, we keep focusing on ourselves, and by so doing, we can only be sinners. Let us put away the righteousness of man that keeps us sinners forever and put on the righteousness of God, which is a free gift and which makes us righteous, holy, perfect, and free forever. Amen.

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True Salvation (Part 296);‭Job 15:14-16;What is man, that he should be clean? And he which is born of a woman, that he s...
15/10/2024

True Salvation (Part 296);

‭Job 15:14-16;
What is man, that he should be clean? And he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. How much more abominable and filthy is man, Which drinketh iniquity like water?

‭Romans 3:10-12;
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

‭Isaiah 64:6;
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

The reason why many people refuse to believe in the finished work of the cross by Jesus is because they think that they are good. They think that they can do something to earn salvation through good deeds or good works. They, therefore, keep trying hard to appear good and to be presentable before God. Because of mixing grace with works, they continually say that they are sinners whenever they feel they have done wrong. Man can only be sinful, evil, and wicked, and no matter how hard one tries, nobody can be without flaws and weaknesses. Even at our best behavior, we still have many flaws, and we still fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). When Isaiah, who was a prophet, stood before God, he could only see how unclean he was and in need of grace (Isaiah 6:1-7). If Isaiah a prophet could be unclean, if Job could be unclean even with all his good (Job 42:6), what makes you think that you can present anything good before God?

We might look good and pleasant outwardly, but in our hearts, we are only full of filthy and evil thoughts throughout (Genesis 6:5, Mark 7:21-23). There is nothing good in us (Romans 7:18). But the devil deceives us that we are good, and so we keep trying hard to portray good behavior and a good image. This is a trap by the devil, for he knows that no matter how hard we try, we will always fall short, and so he makes us to keep confessing sin and asking to be forgiven sin. God does not look at our outward appearance; He looks at the heart (1 Samuel 16:7). Even without fornicating or without committing adultery, God sees it in our hearts when we lust (Matthew 5:27-28). Even without killing anyone, God sees us as murderers when we hate or get angry with someone (1 John 3:15, Matthew 5:21-22). Who then is not a murderer or an adulterer in the heart? Did you, for instance, know that you are a perpetual murderer before God because at no point will you lack someone you hate, especially those who keep offending you? But the devil deceives a murderer like you to think you are good and to think that you can present something good before God! I am very sure that there are many religious people, especially from my former place of work who really hate me because I tell them that they are taking people to hell by telling them to keep confessing sin. We already know that those who confess sin belong to satan and God doesn't listen to sinners (1 John 3:8-9, John 9:31, Isaiah 59:2). All these who hate me are murderers before God, but satan deceives them that they are good! Imagine murderers trying to present their good works before God!

Knowing our true filthy and dirty image is very paramount because it will enable us to appreciate the need for grace and only grace without any works of man. Knowing that we can never be good or pleasant before God can make us be in need of a Messiah or a savior. Knowing that even our righteous acts are only but filthy rags before God can humble us and make us listen to the true gospel of grace alone without works and can make us believe in eternal righteousness that is based on zero effort of man (Romans 4:5-8). But when we think we are good and that we do pleasant things before God, we can not appreciate grace fully, and we will want to mix grace with our so-called 'good works'. The Pharisees stayed with Jesus for three years, but they never received salvation, for they thought they were good, and they relied on their ability to keep the law as the way to God instead of grace (Jesus). They ended up missing on true salvation, and this is why Jesus told them that they would die in their sins (John 8:24, Galatians 5:4). They thought that their good behavior and keeping the law would save them, and so they had no need for Jesus or grace.

I have worked in many religious organizations, and for sure I can attest to the fact that in those so called Church corridors, we have many weak men struggling with sexual sin, men stealing Church funds, men struggling with anger, men struggling with jealousy, men struggling with selfishness, men struggling with backbiting and gossips, men struggling with ma********on and po*******hy, men struggling with repaying debts, men struggling with greed, men struggling with lust, men struggling with titles and positions, etc. All these are bishops, apostles, pastors, and church leaders. I have caught famous pastors in compromising positions with women, I have witnessed pastors and bishops stealing Church funds, I have many testimoies of pastors involved in all forms of evil and wickedness. But when they stand before men, you would think they are angels. I am not saying that I am any better than them, not at all; I am actually even worse. But I thank God that by His grace, I got to know my true filthy image and realized the need for grace and grace alone to save a wretched man like me (Romans 7:24-25). Before meeting with the true gospel, I used to think that I could present my 'good works' before God and yet I lived such a hypocritical life trying to show a good image outwardly and yet I was so rotten in my heart. Like many false believers, I had perfected the art of hiding my dark lifestyle and doing many evils secretly. How I pray that these religious pastors and their followers can get to know their true filthy and dirty image, which might not even be visible outwardly but is in the heart. Only then can they appreciate the fact that salvation is only by grace and no effort of man counts (Ephesians 2:8-9, John 6:28-29). Only then can they receive eternal righteousness that is not dependent on human effort and which can not be lost (Ecclesiastes 3:14, Hebrews10:10, Hebrews10:14, Hebrews10:17-19). Such weak people need grace more, but the devil deceives them that they can make it to heaven through good deeds, and yet in their hearts, they know how dirty and filthy they are!

Romans 11:6;
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

Amen.

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True Salvation (Part 295);Jeremiah 50:20;In those days and in that time,” says the Lord, “The iniquity of Israel shall b...
01/10/2024

True Salvation (Part 295);

Jeremiah 50:20;
In those days and in that time,” says the Lord, “The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, but there shall be none; And the sins of Judah, but they shall not be found; For I will pardon those whom I preserve.

Hebrews 10:17;
Then He adds, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

Romans 4:8;
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.

Israel and Judah are shadow images of God's chosen people who today are the believers. How can God say that their sins will be sought for, but there will be none found? How can we be without any sin or iniquity in this wicked world? For instance, when we lust, we already have committed adultery (Matthew 5:27-28); when we hate, we have already killed (1 John 3:15). How, then, is it possible for our sins as believers to be sought and none be found? Can any minute pass without us finding ourselves being sinful even in our thoughts? We for sure know that God looks at the heart (1 Samuel 16:7). Who is that person who has a clean heart, and who will be found without sin at all in their heart? Is this possible for a human being?

What prophet Jeremiah meant is that Jesus would be born and would take away all our sins once and for all (Matthew 1:21, John 1:29, John 19:30, Hebrews 10:12). Jeremiah had seen Jesus, who would come to take all the sins of the world. Through the sacrifice of Jesus, all our past, present, and future sins were paid for. This means that God doesn't remember them anymore and doesn't count our sins against us. It is true that even now, we have gone astray, and we have all followed our own ways, but all our sins were laid on Jesus 2024 years ago (Isaiah 53:6). The reason why Jeremiah said that the sin and the iniquities of Israel and Judah would be sought and none be found is because he had seen Jesus who would come and wash all sin. We are not clean because of the good we do, but because of believing in the finished work of the cross by Jesus (John 15:3, John 5:24, John 3:16-18).

We do not confess sin as believers, Jesus our advocate has already taken care of all sin (1 John 2:1). Our sins were all already forgiven by Jesus, and we became holy or sanctified once and for all, which means forever (Hebrews 10:10). Through His blood, we obtained eternal redemption (Hebrews 9:12). Eternal means forever, and redemption means forgiveness of sin (Colossians 1:14). All our sins have been laid on Jesus and we now have the righteousness of God in Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:21, Romans 10:1-4). The wages of sin is death, not prayers or asking to be forgiven sin. Sinners belong to the devil, and God doesn't listen to sinners (1 John 3:8-9, John 9:31, Isaiah 59:2). Jesus already died and made us righteous. His death paid for the wages of sin, and so no sin or iniquity is left in the world! The only sin that will take people to hell is unbelief - for those who do believe in the finished work of the cross and they keep confessing sin and asking to be forgiven sin (John 16:9). Jesus took away all sin and finished it on the cross (John 19:30). If you are still finding or seeing your sin; and if you still keep confessing sin, you haven't believed in the true Jesus! The true Jesus shed all His blood, which covered all our sins forever (Romans 4:7, Matthew 26:28). Amen.

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True Salvation (Part 294);2 Samuel 4:4;Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old w...
19/09/2024

True Salvation (Part 294);

2 Samuel 4:4;
Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel; and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

1 Corinthians 8:2;
And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

Matthew 7:21-23;
“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 in 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!’

Having grown up in religion, it was very hard for me to change my mind and believe in the truth. How would one convince me that I had not been born again all through and that what I believed in all along was wrong? How could I accept the fact that I was headed to hell fire? I had been a Christian Union leader in high school and in campus, I was also very active in Church from my childhood and in matters Bible, I was well versed. I had received several miracles, including total healing on my leg, which had broken where I had even dropped crutches, I had gotten several promotions at work, and I would pray in 'tongues' for hours, etc. After university, I offered to serve as an intern pastor for a full year in what many consider a big pentecostal Church. How could one then dare tell me that I wasn't a child of God going to heaven with all these 'godly' attributes?

There are elephants that live at peace with humans, and they can carry luggage or even carry people, especially in Western Countries like Nepal and Myanmar. How can such a huge animal be used like a donkey, and yet it can kill many people in just seconds? When the elephant was young, a strong rope was tied on its leg. It tried to come out many times but couldn't. Even as it grew older and stronger, it still couldn't come out. Eventually, it was registered in its brain that it was powerless and couldn't be free. Even when the rope was removed, the elephant still knew that it was under the mercy of the people around it. The elephant's mind had been held captive, and despite its strength, it could only be used as a donkey and never again did it try to free itself. This is what religion did to us from when we were young, and this is the reason why many people can't open up to the truth. In their minds, they think they know God without knowing for sure that they are headed to hell as sinners who keep confessing sin. Sinners belong to satan, and God doesn't listen to sinners (1 John 3:8-9, John 9:31, Isaiah 59:2).

The first nurse of Mephibosheth made him really suffer. She dropped him when he was five years old and he broke his two legs. She kept hiding him from David and made him grow up fearing David. All this time, the nurse did not know that there was a covenant to save Mephibosheth, and David was looking for him to show him mercy and kindness (2 Samuel 9:1-13). Despite his background (he was from the family of King Saul) and his lameness, David wanted to show him mercy. David hated the lame and wanted them killed, and they wouldn't come to the palace (2 Samuel 5:8). But there was a covenant between David and Jonathan (1 Samuel 20:13-17), which the nurse was not aware of. This covenant had salvation for Mephibosheth, but the wrong nurse was taking him far from David, and she really made him suffer. Mephibosheth couldn't stop being lame and his blood line was that of King Saul, and there was nothing he could do about it. But the covenant between David and Jonathan made him get to the palace and sit on the king's table.

Like it was for Mephibosheth, there is a covenant that makes us acceptable before God no matter how dirty and filthy we are. We all became sinners through Adam (Romans 5:12), and there is nothing we could do to solve the sin problem. Since sinners belong to satan, we belonged to satan right from our mothers womb (Psalms 51:5). Because of this seed of sin, we can only do evil and so our 'legs were broken' and we became lame like Mephibosheth (Romans 7:14-20, Jeremiah 13:23, Genesis 6:5, Isaiah 64:6, Job 15:14-16). This means that there is nothing we could do to change our status, and like Mephibosheth, we were completely doomed. But what our first nurse did not tell us is that there is a covenant that gives us eternal salvation without us doing anything. By telling us that we are sinners who should keep confessing sin and by telling us to keep trying doing good so as to go to heaven, the wrong nurse kept taking us away from God for sinners belong to satan and God doesn't listen to sinners (1 John 3:8-9, John 9:31, Isaiah 59:2). We can only be saved if we believe in the right nurse. I am sure Mephibosheth was so afraid when he met the new nurse that was taking him to David, for he thought David would kill him, but this was the right nurse that brought salvation to him. Let us not hold onto past religious knowledge, which blocks us from hearing the right nurse brethren! Just like we became sinners through one man, Adam, we also became righteous through one man, Jesus Christ, and without doing anything (Romans 5:18-19).

In Hebrews 10:15-17, God made a new covenant that He would not remember our sins and iniquities anymore. It is true that we have all sinned and we do fall short of the glory of God but because of this covenant, we are freely justified by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus (Romans 3:23-24). But because of the wrong nurses (religious denominations), we have grown up knowing that we are enemies of God and we keep confessing sin, thinking that God is counting our sins against us. But Romans 4:5-8 tells us that our righteousness is without works, our sins are all covered, and God doesn't count our sin against us. Hebrews 10:10-12 tells us that through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, we have been sanctified once and for all and that this sacrifice for sin was forever. If we keep trusting the wrong nurse, for sure, we are headed to destruction, and we will live in suffering. Many people think that they belong to God because of miracles, signs, prophecies, etc, but Jesus will tell them that He doesn't know them, for they didn't do His will. The will of God is that we look at Jesus and believe in the finished work of the cross (John 6:40). Those doing the will of God are not sinners and do not keep confessing sin, for they believe that Jesus paid it all. Do you want to remain with the old nurse as a sinner, or do you want to believe in the truth and be set free from sin forever? It's all up to you, choose wisely, please! Amen.

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