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We have , Dear Reader, become used to living in a service society. Sadly this means people serve us. We only serve them when we are also paid to do so. This was never the model that Jesus showed. He came as the servant King, freely giving, without demanding in return. Yet posing a question, which instigated response. Those who truly understand his gift of service via sacrifice, change their ways of living. The ties of sins which were upon their life are loosed and gone, and the lifestyles associated with these sins are shunned in favour of God's plans. Yet still the consumerism enters church life, people attend large church's to see what they can have for their family, instead of asking, how can they serve God in the community in where they live. We need as believers to stop being consumers and to start being free service providers, to start in fact being servants, like Jesus. Which are you in your faith?

The man who will not believe in hell must surrender his right to believe in heaven! Many people cannot understand why such a loving God would allow people to go to hell.Why they ask does the father allow his children to burn on the eternal fire, yet the the answer to this conundrum is that those who choose the option of hell have declared themselves not children of God at all. The word of God tells us that hell was created for Satan and his followers, thus any human who chooses to reject God, by default accepts the devil. Therefore the person who throws them on to the fires of hell is actually their father Satan, a being so described in the Bible who would gleefully take his children into pain and destruction along with him. To avoid the obvious conclusion, many deny that hell even exists. Yet the word of God is very clear, if one would acknowledge Heaven is a place which one can reside, by comparison the opposite must also be true. Heaven without Hell, would be a heaven devoid of just...

We do Injustice to the gospel when we claim that we understand perfectly the living God. To many so-called Bible teachers often claim infallibility when interpreted the Word of God. The Bible reveals to us in some small measure the truth about an eternal and ever living God.It cannot contain all there is to know about God, it can tell and explain to you, but truthfully only when we meet God himself can it be understood. Many at this point would think I am meaning about death, however I do not. The Bible explains to us that upon admission of our own guilt and acceptance of Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross, the promised holy spirit will come to dwell within us physically. It is his presence which allows us to grasp the truth of who God really is, it is he who brings us into deep relationship with the Father and the Son. It is he also who teaches us with humility, that what is introduced in the Bible is merely the surface.it is also he who explains to us that many things revealed...

The bible records many messages from God, via His prophets, to His people. Many of these messages are about future events, which will directly or indirectly affect God's chosen people. They call for a large dose of trust on the part of the people of God. Many imply , like Jeremiah, that the present will quickly get worse, but will eventually be restored. This restoration however will be beyond the lifetime of Jeremiah's listeners. How then did they react to this message? Badly. Few wish to hear of doom and destruction, less wish to go through it, and even less will thank you for telling them. Yet here lies the challenge, do we trust God? The same warnings carried by Jeremiah are pertinent today, put not your trust in things of this world, but instead turn to the spiritual, to God and seek His face. Yet how many of us are dong this, in the west we spend many hours earning money, or storing it for when we can't, how much trust are we placing in our own endeavours, and how muc...

When reading the Bible is often easy to fall into the trap that we cannot do the things that Jesus the Christ did. The truth is the exact opposite. The same power and authority and Spirit that he used to accomplish the work of God the Father is available to us as promised by Jesus upon his resurrection. Yet even when we realise this there exists a second pitfall that awaits the immature Christian. Most desire that works that they do to be grandiose affair well noticed by man and God . However, the less well-informed about Christ's life seemed continually miss the fact that the bulk of what Jesus did was very self-effacing, quiet, and done with complete humility to God the Father's will. In fact it was in the smallest things that Jesus did that we see his greatness coming out.How he was obedient to his earthly parents . How he managed a business and paid for his family to live. How he resisted his family's desire to manipulate him. How he found time to be with God the Father...

Most of us develop our Christianity along the line of our temperament, not along the line of God. Then we use the excuse that our behaviour is just because of our character. "I'm sorry, I'm just and outspoken person", we say after yet another inappropriate comment, or "I'm just built that way" after another burst of anger. Yet these traits we so easily define as "part of our character", have no place in being used as an excuse to ignore God's word, if we do then we have in fact idolised our self. Who we like to think we are has become more important than who God is calling us to be.Self worship is the most deadly form idolatry , as it plays on our desire to justify sin as something to be proud of.

God set the Jewish nation a practical expression of his mercy and grace, every seven years freedom for Jewish slaves, and every 50 years, freedom for the land. Sadly the y never really seemed to practice it. Maybe if they had they would have better understood the maker of this law, and what it taught about his character. Setting things free is what God is about, yet who on this world would rescue a fawn of the forest , who had hurt it's leg, nurse it carefully back to full health, then take it to the wolves den, and in full sight of the pack, release the hapless doe. This is why, when God saves us, He wants to place us back healthy yet away from the tearing down of the evil one. It is why God tells us to move our associates and change our ways, so that we can be returned without fear of imminent attack, until we have adjusted to our new freedom, and then and only allow us to face the enemy, but to do so with his full armour. What is your life needs a jubilee?