KHANDIE'S KORNER - May 22, 2005 | |
Timely Insights into God's Word from Khandielese Reyes | |
This Weeks Message- (scripture taken from King James Version) "ARE YOU TRULY SAVED?" The Gospel of our Lord is
very clear in the area of the gift of Salvation.
We know that it is indeed a gift that cannot be earned through works of the
flesh. We know that it can only be obtained
through faith in The Son of God, Jesus Christ our Lord.
And, we know that before anyone can truly receive this gift, one must first
repent of his/her sins as forgiveness comes through confession of the mouth and repentance
of the heart. How can one be forgiven unless
they first ask? Over
the years Ive often had the question asked by some can a person lose his/her
salvation? For many are under the
illusion that once theyve repeated a simple prayer of acceptance of The
Lord Jesus, then their eternal fate is forever sealed no matter HOW they live their lives. They believe they shall indeed spend eternity with
The Father. So, is it possible for one who has confessed Jesus as Lord and Savior to end
up spending eternity NOT with God The Father, but eternal damnation? The answer is YES, but rather than give my opinion
on the matter for my opinion is worthless and of no value at all, lets examine THE
WORD OF GOD where there IS VALUE and TRUTH. Rather
than ask the question can a person lose his/her salvation, instead let us ask
the question ARE YOU TRULY SAVED
for one cannot lose what theyve never had to begin with. So let us examine individually our lives, NOT what
we have spoken when we prayed a prayer of confession and acceptance, but how our lives
have been transformed through the blood of the sacrificial LAMB OF GOD. So lets begin with the culprit sin which is
the enemy of our soul. According
to scripture All have sinned, and come short
of the Glory of God (Rom Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed away; behold, ALL things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us
to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit,
that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses
unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though
God did beseech you by us; we pray you in Christs stead, be ye reconciled to God.
(II Cor When
we come before the Lord in TRUE repentance of heart seeking his forgiveness, and accepting
the gift of reconciliation to the Father, change instantly begins from within. We suddenly have no desire to fulfill the lusts of
our flesh as we once did prior to coming to Christ. Our
hunger begins to change from once hunger for the things of this world and the evil of our
flesh, to the righteousness and things of God and the power of His Word. When sin tries to creep back upon us through
thought or deed, we are instantly convicted by The Holy Spirit and the shame brings us
back to the Fathers presence for restoration. We
dont simply continue on as if sin means nothing IF we are in Christ Jesus. Daily we are changing, and daily our minds are
being transformed and renewed to the things of God, having our old nature which was
conformed to this world removed. We are then
IN the world but not OF the world. And this
change is visible as others take notice of the difference in us. Therefore, the evidence of our salvation is a life
transformed from old to new. We cannot
continue to serve the old, and partake of the new. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall NOT
inherit the Now,
we know that sins of the flesh separates us from the Father and prevents us from truly
receiving the gift of reconciliation if indeed we are unrepented, but there are also sins
of the heart that are equally as dangerous if not more so, and this to must be addressed. When
mankind considers sin, he is instantly drawn to that which is outward, what can be seen
with the natural eye. Thus, he looks at the
adulterer, the fornicator, the drunkard, the sexually immoral, the murderer, the
extortioner, the idol worshiper, etc. and proclaims that such will spend eternity in hell
lest they repent. However, there is a sin of
the heart that is hidden from man, but exposed to the Lord and this sin will prevent ALL
WHO ARE BOUND BY IT from entering into eternity to spend with The Father. Despite if you are a believer, church-goer,
worker of good deeds, whatever, if you hold this particular sin in your heart
(that we will examine momentarily), you will NOT spend eternity with The Lord but are
subject to eternal damnation. The sin I speak of is UNFORGIVENESS. I urged, and plead with any professing believer
reading this message today that if you have unforgiveness in your heart this day towards
ANYONE, to repent quickly and forgive them of their wrong towards you for if you choose
NOT to, you will not spend eternity with The Father. Heres
why, The Word of God declares: And when ye stand
praying, FORGIVE, if ye have ought against ANY: that your Father also which is in heaven
may FORGIVE YOU your trespasses. But if ye do
NOT forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive YOU your trespasses.
(Mark A
parable comes to mind that the Lord shared with Peter and his disciples in the book of
Matthew chapter 18. Peter had come to the Lord
and asked him how often shall he forgive his brother whod sinned against him. And placing a limit of time he asked: Till
seven times? But, The Lord replied to
him not seven times a day, but seventy times seven. In
other words, as often as his brother sought forgiveness, he should forgive whether its
seven times a day, or seventy times seven a day. The
importance was not how many times, but rather his willingness to forgive. Then he
proceeded to share with them a parable. In
this parable there was a particular servant of the king who had owed him ten thousand
talents (roughly about $60,000,000. indicating this debt would have been impossible to
repay just as we cannot put a price on salvation, nor the mercy of our Lord). Because this servant was unable to pay, the king
ordered that he be sold, he, his wife and children and all that he had. But, the servant fell down before the king and
worshiped him, and begged for his mercy declaring that if he would have patience with him,
he would pay him all. But, the Lord of that
servant was moved with compassion for the man, and instead of giving him time to repay, he
FORGAVE HIM of the entire debt. Rather than be
filled with thanksgiving, this same servant went out and found one who owed him a
relatively small amount of money and demanded of his fellow servant payment. His fellow servant fell at his feet and begged him
for more time to repay the debt. Instead of
demonstrating the same mercy that the king had shown towards him, the servant had his
fellow servant cast into prison and there he would remain until he had paid him what was
owed. When the king had heard about the
behavior of the one whom he had forgiven MUCH, he called for him and declared: O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee ALL THAT
DEBT, because thou desiredst me: Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow
servant, EVEN as I had pity on THEE? (Matt 18:32-34) And without further speech, the king had this
wicked servant delivered over to the tormentors, till he should pay all that he owed. Of course this would mean the wicked servant would
be tormented forever as it would have been impossible for him to pay such a great debt. Thus the Lord ended the parable by saying this: So LIKEWISE shall my heavenly Father do ALSO UNTO YOU, if ye FROM
YOUR HEARTS forgive NOT EVERYONE his brother their trespasses. (Matt So
do we now see the absolute IMPORTANCE of forgiving one another? For the refusal to do so would cause one to be sent
to eternal damnation. Now, if you are one of
those who would say God understands, he is merciful, he is not going to allow me to
go to hell simply because Im not able to forgive this person, or that
person for the wrong they did towards me. Well,
all I can say is you keep believing that, for on that great and coming day you will surely
remember his direct commandment to forgive while you shall be forever separated eternally
from Him and His love. I tell you for myself,
I would rather NOT take that risk, but would rather DO as he has commanded me to while I
have opportunity. For when I stand before Him,
I will not have the opportunity to forgive those whove sinned against me. Why would anyone be so stubborn and prideful as to
cling to something as sinful as unforgiveness and RISK the chance of spending eternity
without The Father. His commandment is to
FORGIVE if we desire forgiveness from Him. Remember
the words of our Lord: Not everyone that saith
unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the You
see the importance of this brethren? This is
serious! This scripture is saying that it didnt
matter what good works were done in his name, but what mattered was the heart of the
individual which harbored iniquity. So even if
such confessed the Lord Jesus, HE SAYS
I NEVER KNEW YOU! And he says that on that day MANY NOT A FEW
MANY would seek to
enter into the kingdom of heaven, and would try and do so by declaring their outward works
assuming the iniquity in their hearts have remained hidden from Him. And he is talking about those who believed on Him,
not an unbeliever for ONLY a believer would use the NAME of JESUS to cast out devils, and
prophesy, etc. Once again, with all that is in me I PLEAD AND BEG those who have refused
to forgive another to repent now of the unforgiveness.
Tomorrow is not promised to ANYONE, and tomorrow may be too late. ARE YOU TRULY SAVED? I love you all so very much. Have a blessed week in the Lord and remember: Whatever we do, do ALL for the GLORY of GOD, who ALONE is worthy of the GLORY and the PRAISE! The Lord be with you this day and always! Shalom Uvracha (Peace and Blessings)
.. Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh,
May the peace of the Lord be with you today and always KhandieleseDaughter & Servant of the Lord God |
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