God´s Grace...

GOD´S GRACE: IS IT A GIFT FALLEN FROM HEAVEN… OR DO I OBTAIN IT DAY BY DAY THROUGH MY PERSEVERANCE AND MY THANKFUL HEART?


By: Gladys Raquel Hernández

God´s Grace has been spread out in abundance over the human race that wishes to encounter our Creator, since the raising of Jesus Christ to heaven who was brought back to life, up to now, and the Grace time will come to an end with the raising of the church of the Lord that will be taken to His presence at any time from now on, pursuant to the biblical prophecies.

The following biblical verses refer to the concepts hereinabove mentioned:

“With a loud command and with the shout of the chief angel and a blast of God´s trumpet, the Lord will return from heaven. Then those who had faith in Christ before they died will be raised to life. Next, all of us who are still alive will be taken up into the clouds together with them to encounter the Lord in the sky. From that time on, we will all be with the Lord forever”. (1º Thessalonians 4:16-17)

Those people who wish to accept Jesus Christ as their only savior and to apologize for their sins, may do so during this time, and God´s Grace will be spread out over them without any reproach whatsoever. That is, the Grace is a gift given by God and we are not worth of it. As God is good, (Psalm 107:1) He wants to redeem us and give us eternal life, as Jesus has already paid a high price: His cruel death in a cross with that purpose, so that we do not spend the eternity in the lake of fire and burning sulfur (Revelation 21:8), because all of us have sinned and fallen short of God´s glory. (Romans 3:23)

We should consider the following biblical verses which state these concepts:

"He told them: The Scriptures say that the Messiah must suffer, then three days later He will rise from death. They also say that all people of every nation must be told in my name to turn to God in order to be forgiven. So beginning in Jerusalem.” (Luke 24:46-47)

Now, How many years of life are ahead of me since I have received Jesus Christ in my heart? How many days of my life are ahead so that God´s Grace covers me in times of trials, anguish, hindrances and difficulties whatsoever? Is God´s Grace enough for me? Do I endure the trials that come to me, even though Jesus´s Grace covers me, protects me, shelters me and backs me all the days of my life?

On one occasion, the Apostle Paul told the Lord that he no longer endured a suffering he was undergoing, during his great and extraordinary evangelistic ministry to the Gentiles (non-Jewish people).

The Apostle Paul said:

“Of course, I am now referring to the wonderful things I saw. One of Satan´s angels was sent to make me suffer terribly, so that I would not feel too proud. Three times I begged the Lord to make this suffering go away. (2º Corinthians 12:7-8)

The Lord replied:

“My kindness is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak”. (2º Corinthians 12:9)

How interesting the answer Jesus Christ gave to him, isn´t it? Jesus meant that the more attacks, struggles and trials we have to face in our lives, the weaker we will feel; thus, we will allow the power of Christ to rest on us and strengthen us as well. Therefore, our service to God will give a better result if we allow Jesus Christ to live into us.

We should notice the reflection on the part of the Apostle Paul:

“So if Christ keeps giving me His power, I will gladly brag about how weak I am. Yes, I am glad to be weak or insulted or mistreated or to have troubles and sufferings, if it is for Christ. Because when I am weak, I am strong”. (2º Corinthians 12:9-10)

Thus, the weaker I am, the more I will allow that my “Me” dies and that the Spirit of Christ lives in me; therefore, I will be strong in the Lord!!! (Galatians 2:20)

We can appreciate these biblical verses:

“You don´t gain anything by being punished for some wrong you have done. But God will bless you, if you have to suffer for doing something good. After all, God chose you to suffer as you follow in the footsteps of Christ, who set an example by suffering for you”. (1º Peter 2:20-21)

The Christian life is difficult and requires a certain spiritual maturity to endure and to face the trials and difficulties of life in peace, to love and respect God in spite of adversities.

Therefore, the Lord tells us:

“All you need is my kindness, my love, my mercy, the salvation of your soul and your incorruptible and eternal body that you will get provided you keep on being faithful right to the end of your life”. (1º Corinthians 15:52-53 – Matthew 24:13)

The Christian career is a difficult, hard but beautiful task that is worth undergoing in this earthly life, which is built day by day by God´s Grace, just by being faithful right to the end of our lives. Then, we will be saved!!! (Matthew 24:13)

AMEN!!!

What Does God Promise To The Sinful Human Race?

WHAT DOES GOD PROMISE TO THE SINFUL HUMAN RACE IN HIS WORD?

By: Gladys Raquel Hernández

There exist many promises for the sinful human race on the part of God according to what is established in the Sacred Scriptures. The most important and marvelous promise for all of us is the eternal life and the subsequent raising of our bodies to be like Jesus.

The following biblical verses refer to the above mentioned concept.

"My Father wants everyone who sees the Son to have faith in Him and to have eternal life. Then I will raise them to life on the last day”. (John 6:40)
“It will happen suddenly, quicker than the blink of an eye. At the sound of the last trumpet the dead will be raised. We will all be changed, so that we will never die again. Our dead and decaying bodies will be changed into bodies that won´t die or decay”. (1º Corinthians 16:52-53)

Jesus tells us:

“While you are in the world, you will have to suffer. But cheer up! I have defeated the world”. (John 16:33)
Jesus promised to us that the father would send us the Holy Spirit who would help us and always be with us. (John 14:16-18)
“I will send you the one my Father has promised (the Holy Spirit), but you must stay in the city until you are given power from heaven”. (Luke 24:49)
Jesus promised that He would always be with us, even until the end of the world”. (Matthew 28:20)

Jesus speaks to us:

“Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. Everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And the door will be opened for everyone who knocks”. (Matthew 7:7-8)

“But more than anything else, put God´s work first and do what He wants. Then the other things will be yours as well”. (Matthew 6:33)
“I promise you that God in heaven will allow whatever you allow on earth, but He will not allow anything you don´t allow”. (Matthew 18:18)
“I am the light that has come into the world. No one who has faith in me will stay in the dark. I am not the one who will judge those who refuse to obey my teachings. I came to save the people of this world, not to be their judge”. (John 12:46-47)
“Ask me, and I will tell you things that you don´t know and can´t find out”. (Jeremiah 33:3)

The following biblical verses refer to promises regarding petitions:

"Ask me, and I will do whatever you ask. This way the Son will bring honour to the Father. I will do whatever you ask me to do”. (John 14:13-14)
“I promise that when any two of you on earth agree about something you are praying for, my Father in heaven will do it for you. Whenever two or three of you come together in my name, I am there with you”. (Matthew 18:19-20)
“If you have faith when you pray, you will be given whatever you ask for”. (Matthew 21:22)

Likewise, there are more biblical verses which promise to us that if we have faith when we pray, the desires of our hearts will be fulfilled according to God´s will. (Luke 11:9 – Mark 11:24 – John 15:7 and 16:24 – Ephesians 3:20 and 1º John 5:14)

If we have committed any sin and we feel gilty for it, this is the promise of God: “The Lord isn´t slow about keeping His promises, as some people think He is. In fact, God is patient, because He wants everyone to turn from sin and no one to be lost”. (1º John 1:9)

If we have to take a decision , this is the promise: “If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won´t correct you from asking. But when you ask for something, you must have faith and not doubt. Anyone who doubts is like an ocean wave tossed around in a storm”. (James 1:5-6)

If we are tempted, this is the promise: “You are tempted in the same way that everyone else is tempted. But God can be trusted not to let you be tempted too much, and He will show you how to escape from your temptations.” (1º Corinthians 10:13)

If we suffer and are disappointed, this is the promise: “We know that God is always at work for the good of everyone who loves Him. They are the ones God has chosen for His purpose”. (Romans 8:28)

If we are disheartened and discouraged, this is the promise: “In everything we have won more than a victory because of Christ who loves us”. (Romans 8:37)

If we have any doubt about who God is, this is the promise: “Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father who created all the lights in the heavens. He is always the same and never makes dark shadows by changing. He wanted us to be His own special people, and so He sent the true message to give us new birth”. (James 1:17-18)

If we need a friend, this is the promise: “Listen, I am standing and knocking at your door. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and we will eat together”. (Revelation 3:20)

If we have economic problems or we feel distressed, this is the promise: “But more than anything else, put God´s work first and do what He wants. Then the other things will be yours as well”. (Matthew 6:33)

If we feel like abandoning everything, this is the promise: “I pray that Christ Jesus and the church will forever bring praise to God. His power at work in us can do far more than we dare ask or imagine”. (Ephesians 3:20)

When things go wrong and we lose hope, this is the promise: “Keep on being brave! It will bring you great rewards. Learn to be patient, so that you will please God and be given what He has promised”. (Hebrews 10:35-36)

When we are anxious, this is the promise: “Don´t worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God. Then, because you belong to Christ Jesus, God will bless you with peace that no one can completely understand. And this peace will control the way you think and feel”. (Philippians 4:6-7)

When we are sad, anguished or feel lonely, this is the promise: “But the Holy Spirit will come and help you, because the Father will send the Spirit to take my place. The Spirit will teach you everything and will remind you of what I said while I was with you. I give you peace, the kind of peace that only I can give. It isn´t like the peace that this world can give. So don´t be worried or afraid”. (John 14:26-27)

When we feel tired, this is the promise: “If you are tired from carrying heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you rest. Take the yoke I give you. Put it on your shoulders and learn from me. I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest. This yoke is easy to bear, and this burden is light”. (Matthew 11:28-30)

As we could appreciate through these biblical verses, God is good and His faithfulness never ends!!!! (Psalm 107:1 – Psalm 117:2)

AMEN!!!

Where Is The Truth?

WHERE IS THE TRUTH? DOES YOUR TRUTH EXIST?. WHAT ABOUT MY TRUTH, HIS TRUTH, HER TRUTH OR THEIR TRUTH?

By: Gladys Raquel Hernández

People have talked too much about “the truth” throughout history. We use to read many categories of publications during our lives. We find out many theories and hypotheses as regards who we really are, where we come from and where we are going to. Thus, who dares say where the truth is? Who is right and who is wrong about this topic? Therefore, we just say that a certain person has his truth because a certain theory is reasonable for him according to his education and environment. Another person, according to his way of living and thinking, may accept any other theory reasonable because it was possibly introduced by a famous and well-known scientist, whose intellectual level and experience is brilliant.

Thus, years and centuries go by, as well as the past, the present and the future lives of all of us, and yet, we do not even know who we really are. What is indeed amazing is that the sun, the moon, our planet and the entire universe were, are and will continue existing. Will there certainly be any reasonable and effective theory of mine, yours, his, hers or theirs to justify all this? In other words, does the sun exist due to many reasonable theories (of mine, yours, his, hers or theirs) or just due to only one theory, whoever knows which one?. Do we exist because Darwin said that we come from the monkey or due to any other reasonable theory?

May anything or anybody come from diverse origins? For example, flour comes from wheat or corn and not from the cow. We know that and we do not argue about it. Even though we are used to accepting as reasonable all that we can see, touch, feel and experience, it is important to discover and feel the powerful flow of the Holy Spirit of God in our lives, who will always reveal the TRUTH to us, the only truth that exists: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, who, by being three people in One, constitute a unique divine unity (The Holy Trinity), and who allow us to see Their invisible kingdom with our spiritual eyes, which turns visible when the three of them in One allow it.

Thus, we discover bit by bit that everything comes from God, our Creator.

“Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father who created all the lights in the heavens. He is always the same and never makes dark shadows by changing. He wanted us to be his own special people, and so he sent the true message to give us new birth”. (James 1:17-18)

We should consider these marvelous biblical verses which will allow us to understand from the spiritual level, who we really are and where we come from:

“This God made the world and everything in it. He is Lord of heaven and earth, and he doesn´t live in temples built by human hands. He doesn´t need help from anyone. He gives life, breath and everything else to all people. From one person God made all nations who live on earth, and he decided when and where every nation would be. God has done all this, so that we will look for him and reach out and find him. He isn´t far from any of us, and he gives us the power to live, to move, and to be who we are. “We are his children”, just as some of your poets have said. (Acts 17:24-28)“

I am the Lord All-Powerful. I command the sun to give light each day, the moon and stars to shine at night, and ocean waves to roar”. (Jeremiah 31:35)

This biblical verses refer to the way God convinces Job about his ignorance:

“How did I lay the foundation for the earth? Were you there?. (Job 38:4)
“Job, have you ever walked on the ocean floor?. Have you seen the gate to the world of the dead?. And how large is the earth?. Tell me, if you know!” (Job 38:16-18)

As we can appreciate, our God that is pure Spirit, is the Creator of all existing things and living beings. He created what can be seen out of what cannot be seen.

The following biblical verse refers to this concept.

“Because of our faith, we know that the world was made at God´s command. We also know that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen”. (Hebrews 11:3)

“And now, because of Jesus Christ, we can praise the only wise God forever! (Romans 16:27)

AMEN!!!

God´s Greater Dream

GOD´S GREATER DREAM: “TO BE UNITED IN WHAT WE THINK AS IF WE WERE ONLY ONE PERSON”.




By: Gladys Raquel Hernández

“Do better and pay attention to what I have said. Try to get along and live peacefully with each other (2º Corinthians 13:11)

This message is dedicated to all those people who wish to have real and personal encounters with Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, who has revealed to me through dreams, who has called me in order to know Him and accept Him first, and then, to make me His servant, and who, day by day trains me to take the Gospel to every person who wishes to listen to fresh messages coming from God, thus, fulfilling His request:

“Go to the people of all nations and make them my disciples. Baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and teach them to do everything I have told you. I will be with you always, even until the end of the world. (Matthew 28:19-20)

Many years ago, when I was called by Jesus unexpectedly, I experienced a real transformation and revolution inside myself. I became a new person bit by bit, according to His will:

“Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten and everything is new” (2º Corinthians 5:17)

Jesus has talked to me through a dream on one occasion in order to confirm my call as a “bridge”. I have been touched by the power of His Holy Spirit whom I defend with all my heart and I bear testimony of His existence. I have been always fostered to write strengthening messages that the Lord dictates into my heart through His precious guide that goes from Spirit to spirit, so as to share with people who wish to encounter Him and serve Him, so that they feel joyful and strong inside.

Jesus says:

“Listen, I am standing and knocking at your door. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and we will eat together”. (Revelation 3:20)

God´s greater dream is to see the sinful human race redeemed (rescued and bought by blood Price), washed by Jesus´s blood through the repentance of sins. We are more than six thousand million people all round the world. God yearns to touch everyone of us with His Holy Spirit.

“God loved the people of this world so much that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who has faith in Him will have eternal life and never really die”. (John 3:16)

It is really a big challenge to join too many million human beings to be united in their thoughts and feelings of love and peace to each other. The Lord Jesus put this great dream into the apostle Paul´s heart two thousand years ago, and the apostle took it down in some of the thirteen letters he wrote and which are part of the New Testament.

At present, the Lord Jesus has also put this dream into my heart to share: To preach the Gospel, either in writing or orally to each person who wishes to read or to listen to it: first, to the Gentiles, that is, the “non-Jewish people”, because the Jewish rejected God at a certain time in history. Therefore, God decided to treat with the Gentiles (non-Jewish) during this “Grace Time”: since two thousand years ago up to the present. This does not mean that we cannot preach the Jewish who still have not accepted Jesus Christ in their hearts, considering that Israel is the root of the Gospel and God´s Word springs up from Israel. The Jewish as well as the Gentiles always have the opportunity to receive Jesus Christ in their hearts during this “Grace Time”.

The following biblical verse is a warning on the part of Jesus:

“I tell you that God´s kingdom will be taken from you (Israel) and given to people who will do what He demands (Gentiles converted to christianity)”. (Matthew 21:43)

At present, there are many people who believe in nothing and cannot see the God´s kingdom because they lack information of His Word. The apostle Paul carried out a magnificent work during his time.

“But the Lord told me to go, and He promised to send me far away to the Gentiles” (Acts 22:21).

But it is even the time of the Gentiles to be converted to christianity, pursuant to what God has established, until their time comes to an end, as estimated by God in His perfect plan (Luke 21:24) and then, the church of the Lord will be raised to His presence and the Grace Time will finish.” (1º Thessalonians 4:16-17)

Subsequently, God will treat with Israel again, His pioneer and loved people, for salvation, during the Time of the Great Tribulation”, as it is established in the Sacred Scriptures. (Romans 11.25-28).

It is important to notice that the Gentiles as well as the Jewish who receive Jesus Christ in their hearts in this Grace Time are called Christians and new people redeemed by God´s Grace. What is God´s Grace? It is a benefit in our favour, absolutely not deserved by us. Grace is spread, it is manifested and it is up to us to receive it or not during our lives!!!

Are we really christians? Do we know God and His Word well?

As for me, I started to know God well when He revealed Himself to me and started asking me to serve Him. When I serve Him, I know Him better, He is more pleased with my service and reveals Himself to me more and more in different ways.

The apostle Paul states in Romans 15:5-6

“God is the one who makes us patient and cheerful. I pray that He will help you live at peace with each other, as you follow Christ. Then all of you together will praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ”.

1º Corinthians 1:10 states:

“My dear friends, as a follower of our Lord Jesus Christ, I beg you to get along with each other. Don´t take sides. Always try to agree in what you think”.

Fhilippians 1:27 establishes:

“Above all else, you must live in a way that brings honor to the good news about Christ. Then, whether I visit you or not, I will hear that all of you think alike. I will know that you are working together and that you are struggling side by side to get others to believe the good news”.

Philippians 2.2 states:

“Now make me completely happy!. Live in harmony by showing love for each other. Be united in what you think, as if you were only one person”.

Philippians 2:5 establishes:

“And think the same way that Christ Jesus thought”.

Philippians 3:15-16 states:

“All of us who are mature should think in this same way. And if any of you think differently, God will make it clear to you. But we must keep going in the direction that we are now headed”.

Philippians 4:2 establishes:

“Euodia and Syntyche, you belong to the Lord, so I beg you to stop arguing with each other”.

This “feeling of love and peace with each other” the apostle Paul refers to in several biblical verses, is a miracle of God that is only felt by those people who open their sincere hearts to Him. God enters the opened hearts and lives therein forever. Therefore, people start understanding and perceiving that same feeling of peace with each other. Thus, we begin to have a complete and fluent communion with God through Jesus Christ, the One who makes God´s new agreement with us. (Hebrews 12:24)

The apostle Paul says something very interesting in 1º Corinthians 2:14.

“That´s why only someone who has God´s Spirit can understand spiritual blessings. Anyone who doesn´t have God´s Spirit thinks these blessings are foolish”.

Ephesians 1:17-18 establishes:

“I ask the glorious Father and God of our Lord Jesus Christ to give you His Spirit. The Spirit will make you wise and let you understand what it means to know God. My prayer is that light will flood your hearts and that you will understand the hope that was given to you when God chose you. Then you will discover the glorious blessings that will be yours together with all of God´s people”.

God´s greater dream is that the entire human race were part of that “same feeling of love and peace with each other”, so that He were in condition of raising His church to His presence (those who had faith in Christ before they died will be raised to life; next, all of us who are still alive will be taken up into the clouds together with them to encounter the Lord in the sky – 1º Thessalonians 4:16-17-).

This is set out to draw the attention of the entire human race in order to accept Jesus Christ in their hearts; even though it is established, pursuant to the biblical prophecies, that when the Lord comes back to take His church with Him, too many people will be excluded due to disobedience, rebellion and disbelief.

The following is God´s advice:

“Don´t be yourself the one who remains excluded and can never enter my eternal kingdom of peace, joy, love and justice”.

We should consider the following alarming biblical verses:

“My dear friends, you don´t live in darkness, and so that day won´t surprise you like a thief. (1º Thessalonians 5:4)

“Others may sleep, but we should stay awake and be alert”. (1º Thessalonians 5:6)

Despite this exclusion of disobedient people on the part of the Lord, we, as servants of God, must continue working to make people of all nations His disciples until the blast of God´s trumpet. (Matthew 28:19-20 – 1º Thessalonians 4:16-17)

“God has shown us how kind He is by coming to save all people”. (Titus 2:11)

All human beings have the possibility to receive the eternal salvation of their souls and subsequent glorified and incorruptible bodies such as the one of the Lord Jesus, by means of God´s Grace which is spread in abundance.

“The bodies we now have are weak and can die. But they will be changed into bodies that are eternal. Then the Scriptures will come true,
Death has lost the battle!
Where is its victory?
Where is its sting?” (1º Corinthians 15:54-55)

But God has granted the human race free will to choose and decide. It is up to each individual to accept the Lord Jesus as his savior, to express repentance of his sins and to follow God day by day, obeying His commandments and be faithful right to the end, in order to get the eternal salvation. (Matthew 10:22)

AMEN!!!

Listen, Someone Wishes To Talk To You

LISTEN, SOMEONE WISHES TO TALK TO YOU

By: Gladys Raquel Hernández

Kingdom of heaven, where time no longer exists…

Today, I wish to reach an agreement with you. I know you perfectly well and I want you to know me too. I will always love you and I wish you love me too. Listen, I want you to know I am standing at your heart´s door and I am calling you. Should you open your heart, I will be able to enter and establish a love relationship with you. Therefore, you will be able to know me. Should you close your heart, I respect your decision, but you will never be able to know me, even though I know you well. Do you know? One day, I decided to die by being stuck in a cross with nails, and thus, I payed the blood price in order to save you from all your sins and redeem you. Do you know? I am not reproaching this to you. I did so out of pure grace and love, a pure and eternal love that my Father put into my heart. Maybe your did not know about this, maybe you did. However, today I wish to talk to you. I rose from the dead 2000 years ago and I now live in an eternal body and I observe you all the days of your life. Listen, I will return from heaven to take you with me at any moment from now on, as I have prepared an incorruptible and eternal body for you such as the one I live in. I want you to be ready for this event. Otherwise, I will not be able to take you with me. In order to get this, you must know me. Do you know who I am?

JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SAVIOR

Buenos Aires

In my capacity of servant of God, working in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I also wish to talk to you. I was called by our Lord, Jesus, to act as a bridge between God and people who wish to know Him. I am not religious. I have only had personal encounters with Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God. It is my desire that you get to know Him and learn that His Holy Spirit “still” moves on Earth and continues giving redemption opportunities (resume the broken relationship between God and the human race) to those people who still do not know Him well and wish to have communion and contact with Him, by means of the repentance of sins.

We should consider the following biblical verses:

Adam and Christ

“Adam sinned, and that sin brought death into the world. Now everyone has sinned, and so everyone must die. Sin was in the world before the Law came. But no record of sin was kept, because there was no Law. Yet death still had power over all who lived from the time of Adam to the time of Moses. This happened, though not everyone disobeyed a direct command from God, as Adam did. In some ways, Adam is like Christ who came later. But the gift that God was kind enough to give was very different from Adam´s sin. That one sin brought death to many others. Yet in an even greater way, Jesus Christ alone brought God´s gift to kindness to many people”. (Romans 5:12-15)

The Lord has given me two clear messages to share. The first one refers to His love towards all of us and is very important for people who are anguished, depressed or those who wish to commit suicide.

The Lord says:

WHEN I DECIDED TO CREATE THINGS, YOU WERE INCLUDED AMONG THEM ALL, WITH REGARD TO ALL THAT I DID NOT CREATE. SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU!!!

The second message refers to His second coming, because He will return from heaven at any moment from now on, according to the biblical prophecies (1º Thessalonians 4:16-17), to take with Him all those people, alive and death, who love Him or have loved Him with all their hearts during their lives.

The Lord says:

“IF ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE PLANET ROSE THEIR HANDS TO HEAVEN INVOKING MY NAME WITH ALL THEIR HEARTS, THAT DAY, MY FATHER WOULD SEND ME TO FETCH YOU IN ORDER TO LIVE ETERNALLY WITH ME IN MY KINGDOM OF PEACE, LOVE, JOY AND JUSTICE…! THEN, WARS, STARVATION, PLAGUES, EARTHQUAKES, MURDERS AND SINS WOULD NO LONGER OCCUR…. YOU ARE “JUST” ABOUT TO ACHIEVE AN EXCELLENT LIFE QUALITY AND TO HAVE AN ETERNAL AND INCORRUPTIBLE BODY!!!

HOW TREMENDOUS GOD´S DREAM!!!

JESUS CHRIST´S GREATER DESIRE IS THAT YOU HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH HIM AND KNOW HIM WELL!

AMEN!!!

How Can I Have A Personal Encounter With God?

HOW CAN I HAVE A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH GOD? IS IT POSSIBLE TO ENCOUNTER GOD?

By: Gladys Raquel Hernández

God has got plans and purposes for each person living in this planet, provided we open our sincere hearts to Him and provided we give God the right place to enter and live into us forever.
“Listen, I am standing and knocking at your door. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and we will eat together”. (Revelation 3:20)

“If I put a glass on the table and I try to pour out some liquid into it, but you cover the glass with your hand, the liquid will spill and it will not enter the glass. Instead, if you do not block the way, the liquid will fill the glass. The liquid would be the Lord, Jesus, who intends to enter your heart and the glass would be your heart which opens to gives Him place into your life”.

“If I attend the best odontological center in which there are several diplomas on the wall, the best armchair, instruments and the best professional, but I sit down and refuse to open my mouth to be examined, the odontologist will neither press nor compel me to do anything I just do not want to do. Likewise, the Holy Spirit of God will not compel me to do anything either if I do not want or refuse to, or if I am not prepared to let Him start treating with my life”.

I may have personal encounters with Jesus Christ, if I surrender to Him entirely and if I render my sincere heart to Him. Jesus is the Son of the living God, who is exactly like God, who cannot be seen. He is the first-born Son, superior to all creation (Colossians 1:15).

Jesus said:

“If you have seen me, you have seen the Father”. (John 14:9)
“And I am one with the Father”. (John 10:30)

There are multiple ways to encounter Jesus as there are multiple human beings all round the world. God chooses the right way to relate with every one of us to start treating with our lives, due to His eternal and unconditional love and grace towards the human race. (Jeremiah 31:3)

God´s love towards us is eternal, perfect, genuine, good, benign, benevolent, sacrificed, inconmensurable and disinterested (Galatians 5:22 - Philippians 2:8). Therefore, He will always insist and knock at our hearts´s door until we answer. God demands spiritual growth on the part of us so that we can transmit it to other people with the sole purpose of spreading out His kingdom all round the world.

“Each of you has been blessed with one of God´s many wonderful gifts to be used in the service of others”. So use your gift well”. (1º Peter 4:10)

Therefore, we should be on the alert and attentive to God´s call. He is going to manifest Himself to each person in some special way at any time of his life. Each person will perceive God´s call and will receive revelation and understanding on the part of his Creator if he has a well-disposed and humble heart, if he leaves conceit and pride aside and if he surrenders completely to Him.

AMEN!!!

How Must My Heart Be In Order To Encounter God?

HOW MUST MY HEART BE IN ORDER TO ENCOUNTER GOD? WHO DOES THE ENCOUNTER DEPEND ON? DOES IT DEPEND ON GOD, ON ME, OR ON THE TWO OF US?

By: Gladys Raquel Hernández

I must have an open heart in order to encounter God. It should be well-disposed, ready, prepared, moulded, full of expectancies, clean, if possible, without any sign of anguish, sadness, sorrow, pain, or rancour whatsoever, so that my encounter with God may be good and effective. Sometimes, this is rather difficult to achieve, for we often resort to God when we are undergoing serious difficulties, trials, problems and hindrances throughout our lives.

However, the Lord will lead us and put spiritually grown human beings at our side, so that they can help us to grow and mature in our faith and in our spiritual life of love relationship and communion with God. The Lord promised that He would never abandon us and that He would be with us every single day of our lives helping us in our Christian career. (Matthew 28:20 – Isaiah 41:10 – Psalm 27:10)

The Lord says that when He sees a hard heart, He will turn it into a good heart, so that He can enter and live into it forever.

The following biblical verses state what has been said:

"Then I will take away your stubborness and make you eager to be completely faithful to me. You will want to obey me”. (Ezekiel 11:19)
“I will give them a desire to know me and to be my people. They will want me to be their God, and they will turn back to me with all their heart”. (Jeremiah 24:7)
“I will make their thoughts and desires pure. Then they will realize that, for their own good and the good of their children, they must worship only me”. (Jeremiah 32:39)

We can clearly appreciate through these verses that if we open our sincere hearts to God, He will start preparing us, training us and guiding us day by day, during all our lives. However, He neither can nor want to compel us to do anything considering He has given us freedom to decide: According to our election, we will have to face the consequences or not, thereinafter.

The encounter depends basically on me, as I make up my mind to open my heart or not, considering God has conferred free will to us in order to decide. Likewise, God offers Himself through His Holy Spirit to change our heart if necessary: to mould, to heal, to clean, to purify and to restore it completely and integrally. That is, it is a joint work between God and me: I open my heart and He treats and works with my life.

Therefore, God also yearns to have encounters with us and to establish a love relationship forever with us in order to make us His children, if we accept Jesus Christ as our only savior through the repentance of sins with the final aim to give us eternal life!!!

AMEN!!!

Is God Interested in Me?

IS GOD INTERESTED IN ME?

By: Gladys Raquel Hernández

It would be proper to answer this question considering the following biblical verses:

"God loved the people of this world so much that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who has faith in Him will have eternal life and never really die. God did not send His Son into the world to condemn its people. He sent Him to save them!” (John 3:16-17)

How Can I Encounter God?

HOW CAN I ENCOUNTER GOD?

By: Gladys Raquel Hernández

First, I start believing God, that is, I believe in His Word stated in the Bible. I start believing He loves me truly, that He has given His only Son to die for my sins (John 3:16) and that He yearns to establish a love relationship with me through Jesus Christ, who is exactly like God, who cannot be seen. Jesus is the first-born Son, superior to all creation (Colossians 1:15). Our relationship with God had been broken down at the Eden garden due to sheer disobedience on the part of the human being himself (Genesis 3:23-24 – Romans 5:12-15).

In other words, I start developing faith. God moves according to the faith of every person. God does not move in front of poverty or misery. He only moves in answer to the active faith of every person who has knowledge, understanding and revelation of His Word.

Faith cannot be analysed. We should not mistake faith for presumption. There are people who think that trust, reliance, credulity, a bit of religión and hope, constitute faith. This mixture is presumption rather than faith. Faith is much more than believing, much more than trusting, much more than expecting. If it is a pure faith coming from the Holy Spirit, it will never act against God´s Word.

Therefore, where does faith come from? Faith is a gift given by God and it is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. (Galatians 5:22-23)If faith lacks power, it is not faith: It is just reliance. Faith is the one that has action and power and it always comes from God. Grace and faith are closely related to each other. Faith is not a product of own merit because no human being deserves salvation that is given to us through the grace of God. The Grace of God is a benefit granted to us which is absolutely not deserved by us at all.

We can appreciate the following biblical verses:

“All of us have sinned and fallen short of God´s glory. But God treats us much better than we deserve, and because of Christ Jesus, he freely accepts us and sets us free from our sins. (Romans 3:23-24)

Faith is a gift. You do not need to pray asking for faith. Look for God and faith will come to you. Prayers never get something from God unless faith is present therein.

We can conclude with the following biblical verses:

“Faith makes us sure of what we hope for and gives us proof of what we cannot see” (Hebrews 11:1)
“But without faith no one can please God. We must believe that God is real and that he rewards everyone who searches for Him”. (Hebrews 11:6)

Therefore, if we open our hearts to God sincerely and if we have an active and genuine faith, the grace and glory of God will be spread in abundance towards us and God will penetrate our hearts which may be hurt, anguished or sad. If we allow God to enter our hearts, He will clean, purify and restore us bit by bit and completely through His Holy Spirit. Sometimes, we will need help coming from Christians that are matured in their faith, who act as temporary helpers of the Holy Spirit. Then, the love relationship and the communion with our Father will be possible!!!

AMEN!!!

Who is God? Does He Really Exist?

WHO IS GOD? DOES HE REALLY EXIST?

By: Gladys Raquel Hernández

God really exists because He has revealed Himself to different human beings of the Jewish people, His beloved, pioneer people through history, who have left scripts which are stated in the Old and the New Testaments, which constitute the Sacred Scriptures: The Bible.

If they had not received direct revelation on the part of the Creator, they would have never written anything and, therefore, we would not have the faintest idea about His existence. These human beings, prophets and saint men of God received divine inspiration, revealed directly to their conscience and understanding in order to write; and, on some occasions, they had face to face encounters with God and/or listened God´s voice audibly.

These are some biblical verses that establish the concepts specified hereinabove:

“The Lord Himself spoke to you out of the fire, face to face” (Deuteronomy 5:4)
“When the Lord saw Moses coming near the bush, he called him by name, and Moses answered, “Here I am”. God replied, “Don´t come any closer. Take off your sandals - The ground where you are standing is holy. I am the God who was worshiped by your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob”. Moses was afraid to look at God and so he hid his face”. (Exodus 3:4-6)

“When the Lord called out Samuel´s name.”Here I am!” Samuel answered. (1º Samuel 3:4)

God´s Name in Hebrew is unpronounceable (YHWH), because His Name is saint and the sinful human race is unworthy of pronouncing it.

We should notice the interesting answer that God, our Lord, gives to Moses when he is called to set the Hebrew people free from the egyptians, who had taken them as slaves for four hundred years.

“Moses answered, “I will tell the people of Israel that the God their ancestors worshiped has sent me to them. But what should I say, if they ask me your name?”. God said to Moses: I am the eternal God. So tell them that the Lord, whose name is “I AM”, has sent you.” (Exodus 3:13-14)

God manifests Himself as Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, what constitutes the Holy Trinity. The three of them constitute a unity: they are coexistent, endless and eternal. The three of them were active at the creation act (Genesis 1:26) and they are also active at the redemption act. God, the Father, proposed and planned the creation. God, the Son, made possible the eternal plan of God through the sacrifice of the cross. The Holy Spirit is the power of the Trinity. His power raised Jesus from the dead and that same power continues flowing even these days in our lives, by healing, restoring, purifying and sanctifying us entirely.

Therefore, God continues revealing to our lives through His Holy Spirit that shows people of this world the truth about sin, God´s justice and judgment (John 16:8), by giving gifts and ministeries to each of us according to His sovereign will. (1º Corinthians 12:11). It is an inner feeling that each person will perceive by opening his sincere heart to God, confessing that he is weak, a sinner, thirsty and in need of his Creator.

The christian person who has had revelation on the part of God and who daily has communion with Him through prayers, listens to God from spirit to spirit. God is not tangible: He is perfect. He goes directly to our spirit and we know when He speaks to us. When He speaks to us, we start understanding God, our Creator.

There are many attributes that refer to God in the Bible. The following are some of them:

God is Almighty:

He is omnipresent: He is everywhere at the same time. (Proverbs 15:3)

He is omniscient: He knows everything. He is the maximum wisdom. (Psalm 19:2)
He is omnipotent: He is all-powerful. (Numbers 24:4 and 16)He is infinite: He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. (Psalm 90:2)
He is immutable: God does not change. He is always the same. (James 1:17)
He is infalible: God never makes mistakes or does anything bad. (Numbers 23:19)
He is Spirit, light and love: He is not a material substance. He illuminates everything and loves with endless love. (Romans 8:11 – Psalm 90:17 – John 3:16)
He is invisible, unsoundable and immense: It is not possible to see Him. It is not possible to understand the completeness of what God is and He exceeds every imaginable dimension. (John 16:28 – Psalm 68:33 – Isaiah 40:22)
He is saint, fair and perfect: He is absolutely pure. He is correct and insuperably exact. (Psalm 22:3 – Isaiah 45:19 – Psalm 19:7)
He is incorruptible, true and faithful: It is not possible to bribe God. No lie or deceit are found in Him. He is faithful to Himself. (Romans 1:23 – Psalm 25:5 – Psalm 33:4)
He is good, sympathetic and merciful: He always manifests His generosity. He is compassionate, clement and He is sensitive to human needs. (Psalm 34:8 – John 11:33 – Psalm 90:14)

There are many more attributes about God in the Bible. These are some of them, so that, we can enjoy His magnificence and contemplate the majesty of His greatness and perfection by opening our sincere hearts to Him.

God will be in control forever! (1º Peter 5:11)

AMEN!!!

Financial Crisis in Europe

EUROPE IS BEING ROCKED BY THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON A MUCH MORE FUNDAMENTAL BASIS THAN IS AMERICA

By: S.R. Shearer

October 13, 2008

Europe is being rocked by the current financial crisis; indeed, it is being unsettled on a much more fundamental level than is America - and so much so that Germany's Interior Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble has warned that Germany - which possesses the largest economy in Europe - is facing the same kind of banking crisis that it faced in 1929 and 1931; the type of crisis that plunged Germany into the Great Depression. He went on to say:

"The consequences of the depression were Adolf Hitler and indirectly the Second World War and Auschwitz,"

The words by Germany's Interior Minister have had a very sobering impact on Europe. The mere mention of Hitler, Auschwitz and the Second World War coming from a high German official is nothing that people of Europe find comforting.

Still, the fact is that people all over Germany (and, for that matter, all over Europe) fear a run on the banks, a fear that led Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel together with Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück to say that the German government will guarantee all savings deposits; but as German commentator Peter Schwarz says, the guarantee is worthless; it is -

"...merely a statement of political intent that they have no intention of codifying into law."
And that is so because, as Treasury spokesman Torsten Albig said last Monday, there is no intention by the CDU (Germany's governing political party) to back up Merkel's statement with legislation.

Schwarz remarks:

"Merkel's and Steinbrück's promise of a guarantee of savings deposits is based on a daring economic calculation-that they will never be called upon to carry it out. It is meant to calm savers and small investors and prevent a run on the banks, which could lead to a collapse of the entire financial system."

Schwarz continues:

"If, contrary to their expectations, they (i.e., Merkel and Steinbrück) were called upon to make good on their pledge, nobody knows what would happen. There are no funds or reserves to secure the assets concerned, whose sum has been estimated at more than a trillion euros ($1.35 trillion). The only option would be to enormously increase the state debt, which in the past Steinbrück has always vehemently rejected.

"Underlying Merkel's and Steinbrück's risky promise lie, above all, political motives. THEY FEAR A POPULAR RADICALIZATION AND MOVEMENT TO THE LEFT IF THEY PAY OUT BILLIONS TO RESCUE INSOLVENT BANKS, REVEALING THEMSLEVES ALL TOO OPENLY AS THE LACKEYS OF ... [THE ELITES]."

In the online edition of the newsweekly Die Zeit, journalist Ludwig Greven, a writer for the Financial Times Deutschland, expresses the fear that the financial crisis in Germany threatens to become "A CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY" - by which he means a socialist takeover in Europe. Answering his own question-who governs Germany, the government or the banks?- he responds:

"To all intents and purposes, it is the banks." [In other words, the people would be justified in turning to the Left to save them from the greed of the banks.]

Greven concludes that politicians in Germany not only have "to contend with the threatening meltdown of the financial system, they -

"... also have to be concerned with the legitimacy of politics, and in particular the social reforms of recent years, which apparently were driven by capital's same greedy appetites."

And it isn't as if the people in Germany are not aware of who's responsible for the current crisis: They blame the lackey elites who have governed them for the last twenty years - elites who have been slavishly devoted to the demands of Wall Street with regard to "market deregulation" and the "dismantling of Germany's enlightened social safety net for the poor and unemployed."

Schwarz writes:

"After years in which the government has regarded market deregulation and the dismantling of social gains as its core tasks, now it must clearly distance itself from the interests of ... [Wall Street] in order to retain some shred of credibility."

Schwarz says that ever more people are asking themselves, "Why must they accept massive cuts in social spending and wages when there is obviously more than enough money to rescue the banks."

Greven writes:

"If politicians now limit their role to providing 'emergency aid', ignoring the dangerous effects on political moods, then the global financial crisis could also produce a crisis of our Western democratic system. Those profiting would be left-wing populists and dangerous demagogues ..."

Heribert Prantl argues similarly in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. The global financial crisis is not just about confidence in the money markets; he writes:

"It also concerns faith in the sovereignty and capacity of democracy [by which he means the security of the American New World Order System - a system that has guaranteed the elites of Europe untold wealth] ... It is not only about plugging up gigantic monetary holes, but also ensuring that the crisis of global capitalism does not become a global crisis of democracy."

And it's not just in Germany that doom and gloom predominate; it's everywhere: in Italy, in Spain, in France. For example, last week, London's conservative Daily Mail remarked in an editorial:

"For decades, we have worshipped at the shrine of gold. Prime ministers and presidents have bowed before its keepers. The monarchs of cash, arbiters of wealth, supposed founts of all wisdom, have bestridden Europe at the behest of the United States, humbling all in their path ...

Today, we awaken to discover that like so many wizards of Oz, these supremely confident figures are in reality foolish old men-and some young ones-mouthing hollow incantations from behind curtains."

Schwarz writes:

"The development of an enormous speculative bubble in recent years was accompanied by an unprecedented social polarization between the wealthy and the masses of the population. Now this process will experience a further quantum leap with the collapse of this bubble.

"The result will be a worldwide intensification of class struggle. The ideology of the free market, which was raised to the rank of a state religion after the collapse of the Soviet Union, has suffered irreparable damage in the wake of the collapse of major Wall Street banks. Under these conditions social opposition will invariably tend to take an anti-capitalist and left-wing form."

THESE ARE THE THINGS OUT FROM WHICH THE NIGHTMARES OF THE ELITES ARE FASHIONED. EUROPE'S POLITICAL AND BUSINESS ELITES ARE FACING THE KIND OF "PEOPLE'S REVOLT" THAT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS - in Russia under Lenin in 1917, in Bavaria under Kurt Eisner in 1918, and in Berlin under Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxumburg in 1919.

However, Prantl warns:

"The notion that the financial oligarchy will voluntarily yield up its booty and conclude a contract social is ludicrous."

Prantl says that the European oligarchs are looking desperately to Washington to bail them out. It's in this light that one should remember that the most powerful army in Europe is not the German or French armies, but the AMERICAN ARMY IN EUROPE. It's a military machine that is more than capable - should things get really "out of hand," and should it be used mercilessly - of sweeping Europe's weak, under equipped armies away with the same kind of impunity that it did with the Iraqi army.

It's here - it's precisely here - that the words of the prophet Daniel concerning the Gog/Magog War come to mind, words that foretell a time when Antichrist -

"Will gain control over the hidden treasures [i.e., the oil of the Middle East] and over all the precious things ...

"But rumors ... from the north [i.e. north of the Middle East - in Europe] will disturb him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and annihilate many." (Daniel 11:44-45)

What is referenced here are three countries in Europe formerly allied with the Antichrist that will be quashed by American military might:

"After this I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, a fourth beast, terrible and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

"I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, BEFORE WHICH THREE OF THE FIRST HORNS WERE PLUCKED UP BY THE ROOTS: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things. (Daniel 7:7-11 ASV) [For a description of this conflict, Please see Chapter XV of the New Antipas Papers, "The Gog / Magog War."]

God bless you all!

S.R.Shearer Antipas Ministries