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LISTEN TO THE WORD

LISTEN TO THE WORD

By M.G. Bueno

Mat 17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

Mat 17:2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

Mat 17:3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

Mat 17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

Mat 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

Mat 17:6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

Mat 17:7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.

Mat 17:8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.

Heb 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son…

In these verses, it is recorded by the evangelist that Jesus wanted to reveal something to his three disciples Peter, James and John, such a revelation that would totally change their lives and, what they use to believe; a revelation that even the Jewish nation, who were supposedly the people of God, could not received nor believe even to this time and age, that Jesus is truly their long awaited Messiah, The Son of God, who is God manifested in the flesh.

Our Bible setting points us to the disciples who were of Jewish upbringing, who had much admiration toward Elijah, and Moses, above all the men of God in Jewish history, mainly because of the great exploits and miracles that they have done by the power of God. It was Elijah who prayed and fire fell from heaven and consume the sacrifice before the priests of satan; a miracle that the priests of satan could not duplicate.

God’s work cannot be duplicated.  There are religions of this world that may try to duplicate the true religion of God, but all that they have to show for is a veneer, or a form, not having God’s Spirit bearing witness, and have not the power of God working within them. They may have the moral teachings which every good man or woman desire to have, but teachings which were not followed with signs that testifies that God is working with them.

Some religions may have a form of godliness, but that’s all that they have. They have all the solemn ceremonies, they dress just right but they don’t have the power working in them, or they do not allow the truth of God to work in their life.  And people know which is real, and which is fake. And we want to make sure that what we have is real.  

Going back to our Bible reading. So what kind of a prophet was Elijah? It was Elijah who prayed to not rain and it did not rain for about three years. And he prayed again and it rained and the earth began to be fruitful again.

We serve a God that answers prayers. And you don’t have to have a very long prayer for God to answer you. All you need to do is ask God by faith and believe that you have what you asks for and God will answer your requests. The prophets of baal prayed all day for baal to answer, and there was no answer. And Elijah prayed a short prayer, and God answered it with fire from heaven. Jesus gave us an example of praying to God (Our Father), a very short and simple  prayer. But what he had was his faith in God.  The bible said that, the fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much, or that it produces abundant results. What is it that made his prayer fervent? It is his fervent faith and fervent relationship with God. It is that sincerity in prayer. If we are sincere with God about serving him, then our prayer will also be sincere, and our life, sincere. And God will always answer a sincere prayer.

And then there was Moses, who had audience with God face to face, as unto a friend.

Exo 33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend.

It was Moses to whom God had given the "Ten Commandments" carved upon tablets of stones. It was Moses whom God used to deliver his people from bondage in Egypt. And by him God divided and opened up the Red Sea and the people of God passed over to the other side on dry land.

These two men of God were used by God extensively and there were other men of God and prophets in the old testament who preached to the Jewish nation repentance from their sins, in order to reconcile them back to God. And Moses prophesied of the coming Messiah, whom Moses called "a Prophet like unto me," who is Jesus Christ in the book of Deuteronomy and in the book of Acts when Peter was preaching, he said:

Act 3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

Act 3:23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

Act 3:24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

Act 3:25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Act 3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

The Blessing to the nations he’s talking about here is the good news of turning people away from their sin and iniquity, thru faith in Jesus Christ.  Jesus was first preached to the Jews, but the Jews as a nation did not receive Christ and so the apostles began to preach Christ to the Gentile nations, and many received Him.

Heb 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son…

Jesus is God’s last and only answer, and solution for a lost and dead world. And His message for you and I is that we can be saved from sin, thru His blood which he shed for us on the cross. And that we can receive eternal life, and that we don’t have to go to hell and that heaven can be our home as Jesus had promised in his word, promises which were not given to us by Moses but only by Jesus Christ.

In the old testament, God had given his people a chance to be saved by the law and by the preaching of the prophets. They were God’s mouthpiece and the words that came out of their mouth is God’s word. God sent prophets one after another but the people didn’t want to hear them, instead they killed the prophets because of the impending judgement that was told by them unless they repent. And repentance from sin has always been their message, or judgement such as diseases, or plagues, or famine would destroy their nation.  We cannot play with sin and still be saved.  And just like the people in the past, people today don’t want to hear God. But God’s word is true and God doesn’t lie. And if people don’t want to hear the truth, then they’re just listening to a lie by default.

But God is a merciful God, God had first given people the opportunity to hear His word, so that there's opportunity for them to repent, so that souls may be spared from the eternal fires of hell. And, God is giving you that opportunity, but opportunities don’t lasts, and opportunities are not promised to come our way the second time. But now! there is opportunity, to receive the salvation of God through Jesus Christ.

2Co 6:2…. now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

The privilege of being saved is sometimes being ignored. People don’t always want to hear the Word of God being preached. They don’t want to feel condemnation and conviction in their soul. But that feeling of conviction and condemnation can be remedied upon. All you have to do is repent and come to Jesus Christ, because he came for those who are dead in their sin, and Christ wants to give you life, an eternal and abundant life.  But all you have to do is humble yourself before God and He will lift you up out of your life in sin and wash you clean by the blood of Jesus Christ and make you a son and a daughter of His heavenly family.

Heb 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

Back in the Old Testament, Israel heard Moses preached to them the gospel, but they lacked faith, they did not believed in their hearts the word that was preached to them.  The only way that the word of God can become beneficial to a person is when they believe it, and not only believe it, but live it, and allowing the gospel message of the word of God to work in their life. The Bible said, "Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God".

Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Satan is going to try to stop the word of God do it’s work in the lives of men and women and that is by making them to doubt the word of God. The devil will try to twist the word so that it will not have effect in their lives. But the Bible said, that we are not ignorant of the devi’ls lies and trickery. That’s why there’s a need to really know what the word of God says. Christians are destroyed when they lacked knowledge and faith of God’s word.

When Jesus Christ, the Word, came to the world, satan tried to stop him and his influence with men and women. The devil thought the Word was finished when he died on the cross. They burried the Word in the tomb, covered it with a boulder and even sealed it with the authority and power of Rome. But it could not stop the Word of God, because Jesus rose again the third day. 

The word of God cannot be stopped, the word of God are not just words written in ink, but there is power in the word of God. The word of God is powerful enough to save us from sin and it’s powerful enough to keep us saved. The word of God is powerful enough to give us strength to say No to the devil and the flesh, and Yes to righteousness and to God, thru Jesus Christ.

Heb 4:12  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 

When Moses and Elijah appeared, the disciples began to get religious. They wanted to build shrines for Jesus, Moses and Elijah. But then when they have lifted up their eyes, Moses and Elijah disappeared and they saw only Jesus. And they heard a voice from heaven saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear ye him."

The voice was telling them, that they’ve already heard Moses and Elijah and what they had to say to the Jewish nation. And God said, "now I’ve given you my Son, Hear what he has to say. Listen to Him!

You see, God didn’t want the apostles to dwell in the pass. Yes, what was done in the pass is glorious but what’s being done today through Jesus Christ is far more glorious. Because in Christ Jesus, all sins are not only forgiven but totally erased, eradicated, expiated forever, and the soul regenerated and made new through the born again experience. In the pass, they didn’t have the baptism of the Holy Ghost, which is the power for the believer, but now thru Jesus Christ, we have the power to live a Christian through the Holy Ghost.  To possibly  live a holy life in God, not by our own strength but by the power of the Spirit.

People are living in pass experiences, they are dwelling on some doctrine or religion in the pass, that they know themselves didn’t make their life better, because it is evident that sin is still going on in their life.  But we can overcome sin through the blood of Jesus Christ. We can truly live a victorious life over sin thru Christ Jesus. If it’s not possible, then Jesus Christ died in vain. But with God, "All things are possible." And there’s nothing impossible with God. The Bible said, that Jesus Christ will save his people from their sin.

His blood is powerful enough to cleanse us from our sinful nature and from our sinful desires which we have inherited from the day that we were born, and then His blood is able to wash us from the sins which we have committed. And then he’s given us the Holy Ghost, to seal our salvation until the day that we shall meet him face to face, and the same Holy Ghost power will
also strengthen us and lead us in our work in God. And then he has given us pastors to direct us and lead us and feed us and perfect us, that is, to equip and furnish us with the word of God, so that we may be able to use it for our own and also for the betterment of others. 

And how about the church services that we go to? Going to a church service, like all other spiritual helps that God has given, helps us from a lot of spiritual problems which springs forth in most cases from carnal thinking.  That's why not going to church is more against us than for us.  And if we are faithful with the things that God has given us in his word, then sin has no longer power over us.  What can satan and sin do to us, if we look forward to the next church service, if we look forward to the next message that God has for us, to the next hymn or song, to the next fellowship with the people of God, to the next soul-winning, to the next moving of the presence God. And to the day when we shall meet Jesus face to face.  If our mind is in God, sin does not have power over us. Jesus Truly saves from sin.

Buddha does not have the solution for sin in your life. Muhammad will not tell you that sin can be overcome. All these religious leaders will not tell you assuredly and with boldness and truth that there religion is the Way, the Truth and the Life. But Jesus will tell you with assurance and truth that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father but thru him only." Jesus is the only one way to God, and that excludes all the rest of the religions of the world.  The Bible said

Act 4:12  Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.  

God said, Here Ye Him. Listen to Him.  Jesus has that preeminence to be listened to, because he died for you, to save you from the death of sin, to save you from the fires of hell, to save you from the wrong direction that you’re headed. Don’t listen to the voice of the enemy of your soul, instead listen to him who commended his love towards us while we were yet sinners on our way to self-destruction.

INVENTORY TIME IN THE PIGPEN

INVENTORY TIME IN THE PIGPEN

Preached by the Pastor R.A. Woods 12/18/2011 Sunday Morning in "All-in" Sunday Worship Service, a special event to see where we are as a church, before the start of the new year 2012.

                                                         The prodigal son in the pigpen

                 

Text: Luke 15:17 (KJV)

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and l perish with hunger.
Bible Reading: Luke 15:11-20

Introduction: I have called upon you to be here this Sunday for the express purpose of finding out where we are as a Church, as people of God and as a Christian. There were some people who responded that they had to work, couldn't make it until tonight, etc. We are embarking upon a new year, this year we had a lot of ups and downs, but however, we are looking forward to 2012, with a new approach, afresh attitude, a renewed vigor and with resolve to serve God. Hopefully, somewhere in this service you can find your situation, solution and answer to what you have been dealing with. Let the Lord help you to take inventory, assess your life and where you are. If you attend one service a week, start coming to two. If you have slacked in bible reading and praying, get back on track. If there are things in your life you struggled with in 2011, in 2012 change it, it’s time to get in, "All in" (All in with God).

This story of the Prodigal Son, is symbolic of what has happened with many, so let's look at it and allow God to speak to us, lead us, guide us and to help us start anew.

I. Wanted to do his own thing. (Verse 12)

A. Younger of the Two Sons.

1. Shows the lack of maturity, no doubt there were things that he still needed to learn and understand, but yet he made the decision to do his own thing.
2. Perhaps he didn't like the rules of his Father's house, the chores and responsibilities that his Father placed upon him, I can do better on my own.

B. Proverbs 14.'12 (KJV)

12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

C. Jeremiah 6:16-17 (KJV)

16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said. We will not hearken.

II. Ended up in the Pigpen (Verses 15, 16)

A. Pigs stink, they like the mud, and its nastv (That’s what doing his own thing led him to)
1. Pigs (nature, etc) explain and let God direct!
2. He was even desiring to eat the food for the pigs!!!!!

B. It was there that he took inventory, he assessed his situation and made a conscientious decision to go back and do right, no matter what status!!

III. Arose and went to his Father's house. (I don't care what I have to do, I'm going back and do right (All In Daddy!!!) If you want me to clean, milk the cows, plow the field, mop the floors, etc. just let me back in, let me come back home.

A. You come back with the right attitude, God will receive you and make a feast, kill the fatted calf, etc.

MARY DID YOU KNOW (LYRICS AND CHORDS)

WE WERE THE REASON

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS

Happy Birthday Jesus

THE HISTORY OF SIN

THE HISTORY OF SIN 
by M.G. Bueno

Lucifer excommunicated from heaven

Rom 5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
Rom 5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Rom 5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Rom 5:21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Mat 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

It’s been said in the pass, that in order for us to prosper in this life, we must need to learn the failures of the pass, that we may not be doomed to repeat those same failures. From the very beginning of God’s creation, before God created the first human beings, before the earth was created there was only one enemy of God, Sin. Sin has conquered, and destroyed and seduced even the very bests of God’s creation, his angels.

According to the Scriptures, the history of Sin began when Sin misled one of God’s most trusted angels Lucifer whose name means Lightbearer.  Lucifer was God’s lightbearer, and later he was called satan, a name which means Adversary, or adversary of God. Sin had seduced the beautiful angel Lucifer to rebel against God. Sin flattered Lucifer of his glory and wisdom and made him to think that he could be like God, not as Jesus is equal with God, and obedient to God, and the same glory and righteousness with God, but Lucifer's intention was to replace and overthrow God. And later, we find how Sin led Lucifer to convince one third of the angels of God to follow him, in rebellion against the Holy and Righteous Dominion of God and declared war against his holy servants. In the book of Isaiah we read about the fall of Lucifer from the kingdom of God. And as a result, Sin has become Lucifer's new found god, ruler and leader.  And hence, he was known as satan, the adversary, or the adversary of his own creator, God.  And satan became the very first servant of Sin.

Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Isa 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.


Lucifer who had seen the glorious face of God was ordained by God to be an angel of authority. He had seen the glory of heaven, he had seen the goodness of God, yet sin has crept in undetected to his heart and blinded him that he could not see the danger of going against God. And sin began to sow negative opinions about God in his soul. And as a result Lucifer began to make accusations against God, who is also known as the accuser of the brethren.  It goes to show that you cannot accuse one and not accuse the other.  When you begin to accuse your brother in Christ, you might as well accuse God.  And so satan perhaps made accusations that God was not being fair to him  among all of God's creation.

Yes, God created the beautiful and wise angel Lucifer and contrary to what many believe, God did not create satan. It was Sin that made lucifer into satan. It was because of sin that hell will be satan’s eternal abode. It was Sin itself that paved the way to lucifer’s way to perfect destruction and perdition. But before satan was excommunicated by God, satan had a choice to make, either to choose sin which is, and which was and will always be the destroyer of life, or to choose God, who is and will always be The Giver of Life. Satan was given that freedom and liberty to choose.

Then God made Adam and Eve, and just like the angels of heaven, God created them with liberty and freedom to make a choice to either follow God who is the source of abundant life or follow sin, the source of death and destroyer of souls. One thing that we must always remember about God, God cannot force you to do anything that you don’t choose to do. God, cannot make anyone serve him, God cannot make you love him. You yourself must be convinced to make that choice to love or not love God. To serve or not serve God. To serve God all the way or not serve him at all. You have to make that decision. And you can only have one of the two masters. You cannot have both.

The Bible said that you cannot serve two masters. You either going to serve God or Sin, you either going to be a servant of righteousness or a slave to sin.

Joh 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

Rom 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?


From the beginning, the choice has always been either God or Sin. The choice was never God or satan the devil. The devil who is satan, was never part of the choice. Lucifer just like you and I had to make the choice between God or Sin. It is because of sin that crime is growing faster everyday, it is because of sin that men do not tell the truth and it’s because of sin that people live in deceit. It is all because of sin, that people do not acknowledge God. It’s because of Sin that people are self-centered.  Satan is the arch angel of Sin; he is in effect sin’s very first recruit and agent. It was sin who made false promises to satan that he could defeat God and sit on the throne of God, and thought he had to fulfill what his feelings dictates, or his god Sin tells him to do. He thought perhaps God was trying to be a big shot telling his subjects what to do. And so his feelings was hurt and his self, and his ego was brought down and because of this thought pattern Sin ruled over him. And satan had chosen Sin because he felt like Sin is on his side and that God doesn’t care and was unfair to him. Sin is the opponent of God and will always be the number one enemy of God.

And so, when we wake up in the morning, we are left with a choice to make, between two absolutes. We either going to chose God or Sin. We either going to chose Life in God or death in Sin. And one of the very sad thing about satan’s failures, is that he knew who God was, he heard the voice of God. He was their when God called all of his angels to a heavenly council. He had the knowledge of God. Yet he had chosen the Way of Sin, which is the way to death and destruction.



1CO 8:1 "…Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth." 


Many people know a lot about the scriptures and about God, who are self-proclaimed theologians. But to God your knowledge doesn’t mean anything. God is not impress of your knowledge about him. God is not impress of your college degrees or how many books you’ve read. What he cares about, is your love for him. And when you love God, the bible said that love will edify you, love will build you up. And your love for God will make you grow in God, and make you want to commit yourself to God, knowing that God loves you, and the bible said that we love him because he first love us and not the other way around. Our love to God is our reaction of his love toward us.

What knowledge cannot do, love can do. Knowledge can puff you up, like a baloon, and make you just as empty as a balloon full of helium, but the love of God will solidify you, and strengthen you in your faith in God thru Jesus Christ.  The Bible said, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Now that’s the amazing love of God, a love that no natural mind could grasp, a love so intense, it’s seems too good to be true yet the love of God is so true. A love that will keep on loving even when we were unlovable and hurtful toward each other. A love that’s always reaching out to us to be reconciled to God thru Jesus Christ.

God has given to us all of his creation to show his love towards us. But not only that, God did more than the extra mile to make sure that man gets the message that He really loves them, He gave his son to die on the cross and to be offered for the sin of the world, for man to be washed clean from sin which is the very cause of death and destruction to the souls of men and women.  That’s why Jesus is the ultimate sacrifice, because Jesus is everything of whatever God has. God could not think of a gift greater than his Son Jesus Christ so that we can be saved.

When we read the history of sin throughout God's word, we see that sin is the choice that many men and women made. It was a fatal attraction which killed those who have chosen to embrace it. Starting from the angel Lucifer, then Adam and Eve. Korah was seduced by it, Balaam was misled by it, Saul, was dethroned by it and many more, both just and the unjust, both godly and ungodly. Why? Because they have chosen Sin to be their king and master. And to many of them it was too late to be restored back to their maker.

And if it’s not too late for you, you still have a chance to make God your choice, to be your master, your teacher, your protector, your advocate and your love. Because he sent for you his Son to shed his blood for you, so that Sin may no longer have control over you. Because there’s power in the blood of Jesus Christ. God is still the the same, God is still the God of love, and he loves you so much, and he has proven it by giving his only begotten Son to die for your sins. And sin is still the same, it still kills. Sin did not change a bit, it still kills even after you have receive Jesus Christ in your life, if you allow it to play with your feelings and your opinions that’s not based upon the word of God.  And Jesus is still the same yesterday, today, and forever. He said, I will be with you always even to the end of the world.

And when Sin begins to flatter you, make promises to you of pleasures that the flesh wants to have, and when in your pity party sin tries to comfort you, that is, comforting you against God, then it's time to learn from the history of sin, how he worked with those he had killed in the pass, and there's no great creation of God that he cannot penetrate with lies, because it happened to one of God's greatest angels.

But thou man or woman of God, be like Moses, who would rather suffer pain with the people of God than to indulge in the pleasures of sin which could only last for a moment.  Be like Paul who said, I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.  Be like Jesus, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.


The sad thing about sin is it doesn't have any power over any one.  It is man that give sin it's power! yet sin appear to be so powerful, because of the unfathomable damage and destructrion that it caused upon many of God's intelligent creations.  But, sin is nothing but an idol!  It's the Idol of all idols, a false god that was created first by Lucifer, and second, by man,  an attempt to replace the One and Only True God  Who Alone is Worthy of Worship and Praise Forever More.  

THE LOVER AND SAVIOR OF SINNERS

THE LOVER AND SAVIOR OF SINNERS

by M.G. Bueno

Mat 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 

Mat 1:19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

Mat 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 

Mat 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

In this verses of the Holy Scriptures, it speaks to us of Jesus as the savior of man from sin. The Bible said in

Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Rom 3:9 …. for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

The effects of sin in the lives of men and women is never positive, but always and ever negative, because all that sin has to offer is degradation, and destruction of the body, soul, and spirit of man. All that sin has to offer is death misery, negativity, heartache and darkness. Darkness, because man is blinded by sin from knowing who God really is. God wants to reveal himself to man but man cannot see God nor understand God because of sin. Satan wants to blindfold men and women, so that they cannot see God nor the way that leads to God.  And God doesn’t want you and I to be blind and miserable in sin. God doesn’t want anyone to be destroyed in their soul. All that God wants is to save men and women from the danger that they’re in because of sin. And God wants to rescue you from the sin that’s destroying your soul like a cancer.  And that's what makes God a Savior, a Deliverer, A Redeemer, A Rescuer, and Sin has always been a killer.  Because sin is the total opposite of God who's always a life-giver.

Sin is a spiritual cancer.  And most people who have cancer, try to ignore the cancer in their body until it has already spread through out the whole body. But it doesn’t matter how sin perhaps may have overwhelmed you. It doesn’t matter how deep you are in sin, God is able to save you, and keep you safe from the death of sin. God is able to make it happen in your life, thru the blood of his Son Jesus Christ, and then he will make you prosper, and will give you peace, and abundant, and everlasting life, because it is never the will of God for anyone to die in their sin without giving them a chance to receive his salvation. It’s never the will of God for you to be unhappy and unsatisfied in your life. God wants people to prosper in every way because he’s the one who created us, and he created us in his image, and that makes us the most important creature of all of God’s creation. And since God created man, God wants man to be guarded at all times from sin and from satan. And satan’s sole purpose is to steal, to kill and to destroy man, body, soul and spirit. And satan seduces people thru the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of this life. The Bible said,

1Jn 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jn 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1Jn 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Satan has been successful from the beginning to make man sin against God with these very same weapons. He had successfully separated man from God by seducing man to commit sin against God. Sin is a great wall between God and man, even greater than the great wall of China or the iron curtain of Germany. That’s how bad sin is between God and man and God cannot be one with sin, God cannot fellowship with sin, because God is a holy God. God cannot be one with unrighteousness, the very reason why the first man and his wife were even driven out of the garden of God when they disobeyed against him and his word.

But God did not stop dealing with man since, but he wanted to salvage man whom he created in his own image? God did not stop to communicate with man because of his sinfulness, because later on, we read in the book of Hebrews:

Heb 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

These verses tells that God has been communicating and dealing with man in many ways by his prophets, speaking to them with warnings and signs and directions to save them from evil that may come their way, whether carnal or spiritual. And to guard them from the destruction of sin. And now is speaking to us thru his Son Jesus Christ by the Holy Ghost.

The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life. The payment for sin is death. The sinner is a slave to sin and sin is his master. But God gives eternal life to everyone who departs from sin. I’d rather have God to be my master and not sin and the devil. I thank God that Eternal life is a gift from God, or else no one would be able to afford paying for it. God does not pay us eternal life because of the good works that we’ve done. Eternal life is given to us as a gift by God because we can never obtain it by our own self-righteousness. It’s too expensive, you cannot exchange eternal life with your good works.  And only because of his grace and mercy that God gives us eternal life. All we have to do is believe in his Son Jesus Christ and receive him in our life as Lord and Saviour.  Because it says in, 


JOHN 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.

God saves us to become his children, to become a member of his family; to become heir of his kingdom thru his son Jesus Christ which is our inheritance, and in return we should work for him as a faithful slave ready to do his will.  Now, how could one sinner become a child of God and an heir of God’s kingdom? It seems too good to be true. But God made it so simple for everyone to become a member of his family. It’s because of his goodness and mercy.  Is God really that Good? Yes, God’s been good to us since the beginning of time and showed us the fullness of his goodness thru his Son Jesus Christ when he sent him to save us from our sins.

2000 years ago, Jesus died on the cross and shed his blood as a sacrifice to get rid of the sins of the whole world. He did it for everyone of us that we might live and not die, and have eternal life. Jesus died for the whole world, yet not all the world received him. Only those that believed were saved and were cleansed from their sins and from its destructive effects.  All you have to do is believe in Jesus Christ thru his word.

The word of God is our help. The word of God is our refuge. The word of God is our food, our shelter, our defence. The word of God is what we need that we may live abundantly and eternally, thru the good news of Jesus Christ. The good news that God wants to save the sinner from his sin, if he believes in his Son Jesus Christ.  We cannot deviate from the word of God. We cannot change the word of God or wrest it, and try to twist the word of God, to make it say what it did not say.  The only thing that we can do about the word of God is to believe it, and to receive it in our hearts. And we can rest assure that the word of God will lead you into all goodness and righteousness, and holiness. The word of God will lead you to love Him, and to love people, and not hate people. The word of God will not lead you to descriminate a certain group or race. But it will lead you to love all races whom God made in his own image.  And the word of God sometimes is not gladly received by those who heard. The warnings of God are not gladly received by those who were warned. Because they think they’re in control and everything is going their way, and doesn’t need any help from anyone including God. But we need God to be in control of our lives.  The Bible said to take heed when you think you stand lest ye fall. The Bible said that pride comes before a fall. Sometimes people think, that they know more than God just because they have a little education. People sometimes are so smart in this world, yet are so oblivious and blind when it comes to the spiritual things of God.

You cannot play with sin and live. Sin will dominate the life of a man and will enslaved him and then kill him.  And the Bible said that God is not willing that anyone should perish but that all should come to repentance. If anyone ends up in the lake of fire for eternity, God is not to blame for it. God had already done all that he can to save and salvage anyone from the destruction of sin. It is man that sends himself into the lake of fire. The Bible said that God did not make hell for man but for the devil and his angels.  The Bible said that Jesus came to seek and to save that which was lost.  And God is speaking to us by the Holy Ghost thru his Son Jesus Christ. And his reaching out to you, and he wants to save you from your sin. He wants to restore you back to your true master and father who is God.  And the love of God is calling you to come to him and embrace him and make him the Father and Saviour of your life, thru his Son Jesus Christ.  The Bible said, 


That if thou shalt confess the Lord Jesus Christ, and believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Rom 10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (or shall not be disappointed).

Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

PEOPLE NEED THE LORD

BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE

I SURRENDER (LYRICS AND CHORDS)

JESUS I LOVE YOU (Original Key Ab)

IT'S STILL THE CROSS (Orginal Key E)

THE SIGNS OF A TRUE BELIEVER

THE SIGNS OF A TRUE BELIEVER
by M.G. Bueno

Luk 10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

Luk 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

Luk 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Luk 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Mar 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

Mar 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

In this verses Jesus had sent out his disciples to go out and preach the kingdom of God, and alongside with their message was the healing of all diseases, and the casting out of evil spirits in the name of Jesus Christ. When the true gospel is being preached, results will always follow such as miracles and wonders. Because the bible clearly says that their will be signs following the life of those who truly believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as it says in the gospel of Mark. The last chapter of Mark tells us who the true Christians really are.

Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Mar 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

It amazes me how that so many Christians no longer have signs following their so called faith in God, no longer have the results and works of the Holy Spirit yet still professing they believe the Lord Jesus Christ, where healing and the casting out of evil spirits is to them history; where baptism of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues is thought to be some kind of demonic posession, when in reality is God posession. And the only way you can be a true believing Christian is when you are posessed with the Holy Spirit of God.

Many people today are only getting part of the gospel message, which made them unfruitful in their walk with God. Because if you believe in God and God is moving in your life, signs are going to be seen. So what signs are you showing as you profess your faith in God? What signs do you have since you believe? Are they signs of going forward or are they signs of going backward; are they signs of growth or signs of death?

Mar 16:20 And they went forth, (they didn’t back up, but they went forth) and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.  If the Lord is really working with you in his work, there's no such thing as backing up.   And one of the signs of a true believer is to not back up but always going forward. Always growing and not dying. Always learning and not stop learning.  The bible said that these signs are showing up because the Lord is working with them. Signs always authenticate the true preaching of the gospel.  And the reasons why there are no signs following in our life is because we don’t allow the Lord to work in us and with us.  Many have accepted the cessationist doctrine, which is a sister to modernism.  They teach that the miracles and signs that follows when the gospel is preached had already ceased and died with the original 12 apostles.  And they claim that the Christian fathers had never mention it in their writings about the signs and miracles of the Holy Ghost, therefore this is, they say, is the evidence that these signs had already ceased and is not for us today.  When the bible does not even say that this is so.  What had ceased is the faith of so called Christians.  The enemy of their soul had so lied to them, that they no longer believe the promises of God.  God's signs and miracles are still in operation today, it's people who had ceased believing the promises of God.  How do I know this, because I'm a witness of the many manifestations of God's Holy Spirit.

Signs are very important. Why? It’s the only way that we can see, and others see that God is truly working in us and with us.  It's because of these signs that we become effective witnesses for God.  In the book of ACTS 1:8 tells us that we cannot be witnesses unto God unless we've been baptized with the power from on high.  Now if this baptism of power which is according to the bible, as it is written (and not the water down misinterpretation of the Holy Ghost Baptism) had already ceased, how can we today become effective witnesses of Jesus Christ? And not only witnesses in word but in deed, because our life is a better witness than our words.  And if God is moving as we preach the full gospel message of Jesus Christ, there’s not going to be a lack of evidence and signs in peoples lives. We need the real and pure full gospel message to work in our life. Is the full gospel message really working in your life? Are their signs following in your life since you’ve been saved, since you’ve been born again, since you have receive Jesus as your Lord and Saviour.  The bible is very clear that signs must follow after you’ve been touched by the master’s hand.  Is your salvation real?

Our Christianity must be pure. Not 50 percent pure but 100 percent pure. A 50 percent pure Christianity does not work with God.  Why? Because it’s in the same analogy as sacrificing a sickly animal sacrifice before God. Or giving tithe or offering grudgingly before God. God doesn’t honor those kind of sacrifices. Because you’re only giving an offering that is not worthy of a blessing before God. Do you remember God’s reaction to Cain’s vegetable sacrifice? God did not honor Cain’s sacrifice, no, not even with a tiny flame of fire from heaven. And when we give ourselves to God wholly, God will honor it with a heavenly fire, and not with some strange fire that comes from the devil and this world.  God will make us fired up with the Holy Fire of the Holy Spirit. Because God will not honor a less than 100 percent service or worship. God will not honor a life that is not fully given to God. That’s why there are no real Christians who are less than 100 percent pure. That means, you must give your whole being to God, physical, spiritual and even your material things so that God can bless our all and all. As it says in,

Mar 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

Mar 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

And loving God is not just some mere mental assent, or saying that you believe God, but it is with service, and works of faith, and signs and fruits that shows that you are a true believer, Paul was speaking to the Romans in,

Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

How do we do that? How can we do our service effectively as servants of God. How can we be a holy and acceptable living sacrifice unto God? It says in the following verses,

Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The words conformed to this world in Greek speaks of the fashions or the patterns that is of this world. That means the way that the world acts, the clothes that they wear. It tells us that Christians are not to be the same as the world. What signs are we showing since we’ve been saved?  To not be conformed to this world, means we must first be transformed.  We can never be transformed unless our mind has been renewed. To be transformed by the renewing of our mind. Our minds need to be washed, our minds need to be given over to God. If our mind is not submitted to God, then we don’t really love God. And if our minds are not renewed, we will never be able to know and prove what is good and acceptable and perfect will of God in our life. That’s why people are still straddling the fench so to speak or still in a limbo, undecided about serving God, because their minds are not renewed. Therefore a transformation can never take place in their life. How pure is our Christianity? Is it less than 100 percent pure?

There is a need for Christians all over the world to preach the full gospel message that the bible wants us to preach, otherwise we’re just deceiving ourselves and defrauding others for not declaring to them the complete message of the good news.  Sometimes people are too worried about what people are going to say. "Oh they might think we’re crazy." But God is not crazy. It might be crazy to the world, but it’s wise to God. But if it’s in the word of God, why are you not practicing it. That’s why there are no signs following in people’s lives, because they don’t want to be obedient to what the word of God tells them to do, their obedience to the word of God had ceased. We need to have faith in God and do what he said in his word, and not allow the enemy of our soul to put doubts in our mind concerning the promises of God so that we begin to cease in our faith. After Jesus rose from the dead there were at least 500 brethren who saw him before he was taken up to heaven.



1Co 15:3  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 
1Co 15:4  And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 
1Co 15:5  And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 
1Co 15:6  After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 
1Co 15:7  After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. 
1Co 15:8  And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.


Yet only 120 were obedient to receive the baptism of power from on high.  Why?  could it be that they have allowed their faith to cease to the command of Christ for them to receive what they really needed to fight the devil?  God is not a liar. And God doesn’t change his ways. The bible said that God is the same yesterday, today and forever.  It's people, because of unbelief that they change what the bible really say.  We need to continue to preach the same full gospel message, where people receive Jesus Christ in their life and repent from their sins, where people receive healing, where the evil spirits are cast out, where people still receive the baptism of the power of the Holy Ghost, where Holy living and modesty is still practiced. There’s no other way, or method to destroy the kingdom of the devil in the world and in the lives of men and women.

In our bible reading, the disciples went and did exactly what the master had commissioned them to do. And the disciples were overwhelmed with joy and told the master, "even the devils are subject to us", meaning that the devils were cast out and were running scared in the name of Jesus Christ.  And when Jesus heard this good report, he said, "I beheld satan, as lightning fall from heaven. Jesus could see satan defeated as quick as the flash of lightning. Why? Because the disciples obeyed what Jesus had commanded them to do.  Satan is that spirit that fights against anything that is godly and pure and righteous and good. But satan doesn’t have power against the name of Jesus Christ, and those who truly follow Him and believe in his name.  Jesus saw satan cast out of heaven, and now, he’s being cast out of the lives of men and women in the authority of the name of Jesus Christ as quick as the flash of lightning. The devil cannot win against God, and against the people of God who believe in the name of Jesus Christ. Is it evident in your life, that satan no longer have dominion over your life? Is their any sign, that Jesus Christ is now living in you?  Has the workings of satan been cast out of your life, and never to return again in your life. Is Jesus Christ now, the King of your life?

Jesus said, Joh 10:10 The thief (who is satan) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that you might have life, and that you might have it more abundantly.

Jesus said, I must be about my father’s business. The Father’s business is the soul business. Your soul is what Jesus died for on the cross to be saved. He made it his business to save you from sin.

Jesus said in Luk 9:56 I came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them.

And again in Luk 19:10 Jesus said, I came to seek and to save that which was lost.

The bible said that his name shall be called Jesus for he shall save his people from their sin.  Sin brings death to the whole being of man to include his soul, and it’s because of sin that Jesus died on the cross. It is sin that still separates a man from the fellowship of God.  How long are you going to be separated from God and from his fellowship? How long are going to allow the enemy of your soul to separate you from the fellowship of God.  Now, you can be save and that's with signs following. Because that's the kind of salvation that God wants you to have, with signs.  And everyone will see it, and that’s the only way you can be a witness to the whole world that Jesus Christ saves from sin.

And for you to have that kind of salvation, all you have to do is invite and receive Jesus Christ in your life and believe in his sacrificial death for your sins, and he will lead you to a life of righteousness, having been forgiven and cleanse from your sin and from your sinful desires. And the devil cannot reign over you and he cannot destroy you, because now Jesus lives in you and his reigning in your heart.  And the Bible said,

If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, all things pass away, behold all things are become new.

Is God visible in your life, can others tell that you are a new creature in God? Were there signs following since you believe in Jesus Christ?

CHRISTMAS IS HERE AGAIN.

by M.G. Bueno

The Holiday season is here again, and it is a great time to celebrate the birth of the Son of God, who more than deserve this Christmas season to be observed for him, because Jesus Christ is truly the reason for the season.  Since Jesus has been my personal Lord and Saviour, Christmas is no longer just a time to think about who's going to give you presents, or who you are going to give presents to.  Now my heart do rejoice and celebrate my Saviour and my God Jesus Christ not only on Christmas but all the days of my life.

Why?  Because God has given to me his Son to die for me.  Then God has filled me with His Holy Spirit to have the power and the strength to live in this world without too much difficulty.  And then he has given to me my Family (my wife Maria Fe, and daughter Charity) who love me so much and I love them very much.  And He has given to me my parents and my siblings who never stop remembering us and loving us especially in this Christmas season.  And also friends who never stop loving you even when you didn't deserve to be loved.  All these things I'm thankful for.  They are to me a Gift from God the Almighty.