08/14/2021
GODS LOVE CHANGED ME!
Many Lives Destroyed because people are Blaming God!
We need to lay a foundation by which people can take a hold of the truth that God is there for them and be set free from all the lies that the devil has spread.
In 1975, I was gloriously saved while I was still in the Navy. Immediately I discovered that most people have a totally wrong understanding of God. Amazingly I am not just speaking about those in the world, but many of those within the body of Christ.
Being a pastor since 1977, I have heard the never-ending question of WHY? Many precious people are filled with Confusion, Hurt, and Anger because of the bad things that have happened to them and their loved ones. In most of these situations, people blame God. They become frustrated, upset, and angry with Lord.
I can honestly say that in over 45 years of walking with Christ not one time have I ever become angry or upset with the Lord. I have never blamed God for any of the many negative and even devastating things that have happened in my life and my family's life. You see as I have studied the Bible, I discovered that God is my best friend. Remember what Jesus said in the gospel of John chapter 10 verse 10.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
The Bible also boldly declares in the epistle of James that God is not our problem.
James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14 but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
We must choose to believe the sacred Scriptures over the lies of the devil. The devil is not only the accuser of the brethren but also of God himself.
Not only have I never become upset, angry, or confused with God, but I have never doubted his love for me or for others. You see when I gave my heart to Jesus and I saw him upon the cross within the Scriptures, that was all the evidence and proof that I needed of his amazing and incredible love. Actually, when I was about seven years old I had an amazing experience with seeing Jesus upon the cross.
The Blood of Jesus Christ Upon The Cross
There was only one other time I could remember having experienced a supernatural visitation. I was about seven years old. Even during those years, I had caused my parents all kinds of heartache and sorrow. I was always getting into trouble, yelling, screaming, cursing, and disobeying.
I caused my mother, Shirley, so much heartache that once, in utter frustration, she told me that I had to be the devil himself. She never knew how those words deeply affected me. No matter how hard I tried to be good, I just got worse. I remember as a little boy I would get up on the sink in our little bathroom, look in the mirror, and run my hands through my hair. I was absolutely positive that I could feel two large lumps beginning to form on my skull. I was almost positive that I was the devil himself.
One night during this time I had gotten up to go to the bathroom. It was a cold winter night, and there was at least a foot of snow on the ground. The house was very quiet because everyone else in my family was sleeping. The light of the moon was shining through the bathroom window. The window was made of milk-colored, perforated glass.
As I looked through it, a shiver ran from my head to my feet. There in the milk-colored glass I saw three crosses. The middle one seemed to be three-dimensional. An overwhelming sense of love radiated from the middle cross. Then as I looked at it very intently, I thought there was a figure of a man hanging on it. I saw blood flowing from his hands and feet and his head. The next thing I knew, I was crying. I wept uncontrollably and did not understand what it was all about. Yet somehow I knew that God had touched me.
For the next two weeks, I was totally different, almost a saint. I believe it was because of this experience that I began to have the desire to be a Roman Catholic priest. My mother was completely amazed at the change that overtook me.
I became very polite, kind, and helpful. No one had to ask me to help; I simply did it. And even when the other children mocked me, I just ignored them instead of fighting back. I even quit aggravating my sister, Debbie. But I’m sorry to say that this did not last very long. Before I knew it I became worse than I was before. This spiritual experience as a child, this encounter that I had with God, was forgotten as if it had never happened.
GOD is here right now to Help You, to Bless You, to Save You, to Deliver You, and to Reveal Himself to You.
