Pursuing Holiness- Part 59

July 5, 2024 – 3:09 am
As we walk in Holiness, we will no longer blame others for our own actions, failures, and words! A mature Son or Daughter of GOD will not deflect accountability or responsibility for his or her own actions.  Each of us must own up to our failures, repent, and move on.  We will be tested in all areas of weakness which is meant to be dealt with so that we can truly mature. Every time I’ve sinned, it was my fault.  Not my dad’s, not my pastor, not my wife, not my kids, not anyone who got me angry, not anyone who deceived me, … It was always my fault, and I always could have escaped it.  There was always a way out and I didn’t take it. Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 10: 1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were ...

Pursuing Holiness- Part 58

July 4, 2024 – 3:59 am
As we walk in Holiness, we will choose the narrow gate which leads to Eternal Life, and it won’t be popular with the world! Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 2: 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience- 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. We were once dead as we walked according to the course of the world.  It was a life of emptiness.  Sin is not debatable, and you have no opinion.  Sin is determined by GOD not by a majority of men, courts, or legislation.  ...

Pursuing Holiness- Part 57

July 3, 2024 – 4:54 am
As we walk in Holiness, Holiness will be evidenced by faith resulting in good fruit! Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Titus chapter 1: 15 It’s true that all is pure to those who have pure hearts, but to the corrupt unbelievers nothing is pure. Their minds and consciences are defiled. 16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are disgusting, disobedient, and disqualified from doing anything good. Our actions reveal what is in our hearts.  Our actions are greater testimonies than simply our words, both should be consistent with Holiness. And in chapter 2: 7  Above all, set yourself apart as a model of a life nobly lived. With dignity, demonstrate integrity in all that you teach. 8 Bring a clear, wholesome message that cannot be condemned, and then your critics will be embarrassed, with nothing bad to say about us. Our examples are actually a form of teaching others ...

Pursuing Holiness- Part 56

July 2, 2024 – 3:35 am
As we walk in Holiness, Holiness will be evident by our conversation and actions! Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Peter chapter 1: 13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 but as He Who called you is Holy, you also be Holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, "Be Holy, for I am Holy." 17 And if you call on the Father, Who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the precious Blood ...

Pursuing Holiness- Part 55

July 1, 2024 – 4:58 am
As we walk in Holiness, we must not be fearful during troublesome times! It is written by THE SPIRIT in Daniel chapter 9: 25 "Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times. 26 "And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one ...

Pursuing Holiness- Part 54

June 30, 2024 – 4:19 am
As we walk in Holiness, we will pursue HIM night and day! King David wrote by THE SPIRIT in Psalm chapter 63: 1 O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. 2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. 3 Because Your Lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. 4 Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips. 6 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches. 7 Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice. 8 My soul ...

Pursuing Holiness- Part 53

June 29, 2024 – 4:49 am
As we walk in Holiness, we shall see THE LORD! Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 12: 14  In every relationship be swift to choose peace over competition, and run swiftly toward Holiness, for those who are not Holy will not see THE LORD. 15 Watch over each other to make sure that no one misses the revelation of God’s grace. And make sure no one lives with a root of bitterness sprouting within them which will only cause trouble and poison the hearts of many. 16 Be careful that no one among you lives in immorality, becoming careless about God’s blessings, like Esau who traded away his rights as the firstborn for a simple meal. 17 And we know that later on when he wanted to inherit his father’s blessing, he was turned away, even though he begged for it with bitter tears, for it was too late then to repent. We ...

Pursuing Holiness- Part 52

June 28, 2024 – 5:55 am
As we walk in Holiness, we should expect to deal with lying signs and wonders! Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2: 1  Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told ...

Pursuing Holiness- Part 51

June 27, 2024 – 4:30 am
As we walk in Holiness, we should expect not only to heal the sick, but also to raise the dead IN HIS NAME! It was not that long ago that Peter had denied Christ three times.  After Jesus rose from the dead, ministered to the disciples for forty days, and sent forth The Holy Spirit, Peter was a transformed man who walked in Holiness.  His blunders show us that no matter what our past is, we too can walk in the same Holiness as Peter… as well as Paul! Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 9: 32 Now it came to pass, as Peter went through all parts of the country, that he also came down to the saints who dwelt in Lydda. 33 There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years and was paralyzed. 34 And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals ...

Pursuing Holiness- Part 50

June 26, 2024 – 4:49 am
As we walk in Holiness, demons will recognize our Spiritual authority and submit to the power and authority given to us by Jesus Himself! Mark wrote by The Holy Spirit in Mark chapter 1: 16 And as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 17 Then Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men." 18 They immediately left their nets and followed Him. 19 When He had gone a little farther from there, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets. 20 And immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him. 21 Then they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and taught. 22 ...