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When Jesus, therefore, saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom He loved, He saith unto his mother, woman behold thy son!. Then He saith to the disciple, behold thy mother! and from that hour that disciple took her to his home. (John 19:26-27).

Jesus put into practice that which He preached. Jesus saw his mother, the one who He loved and the one who was experiencing that which she could not ever have imagined. Her Son who is to save the world is being put to death right before her eyes.  Her firstborn Son that was literally given to her by God.  He saw her and he knew her suffering and pain, the way that no one else can. She was chosen by God to give a supernatural birth to a supernatural person. Mary was chosen to give birth to the creator of the universe. Mary was chosen to participate in the greatest miracle of all, God becoming one of the creatures He created and at the same time Remaining God. The God-man.  To see him dying and suffering on the cross was like tearing Mary’s heart out of her chest.

Jesus acknowledged that He had a responsibility to His Family, to provide for His mother. Jesus on other occasions expressed that you must love God more than anyone else.  He chose the person or persons that one would love more than anyone else to illustrate, our parents and or our children. The love relationship between a parent and their children is very strongly bonded.  Jesus expressed that your love for God must come first, stronger, and then your parents and your children, and brothers and sisters and friends. based on the love you have for God, you are to also take care of your responsibility toward family and fellowman.  If a man says that he loves God and hate his brother he is a liar and the truth is not in him ( 1 John 4:20).   Through the first three words, Christ revealed his work as the great high priest.  He interceded for transgressors,  He proclaimed pardon for the penitent,  and He bestowed blessings on  His own.  Amen! Thank You, Jesus, for all you have done and all you are doing for me.

If you don’t know Jesus concerning the pardon of your sin,  trust Him today. He has already been praying for you. He is ready to declare pardon for you when you repent., and He wants to bless you with eternal life, and much, much, more.  Believe in Jesus and the work He did by dying on the cross for your sins and mine.  If you believe in Jesus let me know,

God bless you

Rev. Reginald Stevens

 

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Jesus said unto him, “Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise (Luke 23:43).

Greetings brothers and sisters grace and peace to you in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.   I Thank God for you because you have obeyed the doctrine put forth by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. While Jesus was downing on the cross He made reference to the impending future concerning the fate of one who has been forgiven. Lord lead me and guide me as I share with my friends concerning the future with Christ. In Jesus name, I pray Amen.

       As the Lord was on the cross the soldiers along with the people that were there riled Him and mocked Him saying, He saved others, now let Him Save Himself.  A sign was hanged over His head, written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew.  The superscription read This Is The King Of The Jews. One of the malefactors which were hanged railed on Him saying If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us, But the other answering rebuked him, saying Dost thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. and He said to Jesus, Lord remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom (Luke 23:39-42).

Jesus tearing down the barrier that blinded the heart of this thief causing him to see more clearly as to who it is he is being put to death next to .  while this malefactor was on the cross suddenly understood that this situation that he is in is very dyer. He saw that the hope of his salvation was crucified next to Him.  He understood that Jesus was innocent and didn’t deserve what He was receiving and that they did. He also at that point in time he expressed verbally what He had suddenly come to understand.  He called Him Lord, He acknowledged  Christ would being going to His Kingdom.  The malefactor confessed with His mouth, Jesus Christ is Lord, And He believed in His heart that God will raise Him from the dead.

Jesus Said to him “Today,”  So there will be no soul sleep. This is going to happen today. There is life after death,  Thou shall be with me today in paradise. Paradise is only given to the repentant one. Repentance is a  personal and individual decision. Not all will repent so not all will be in paradise.  All of us who have repented will go to be with the Lord at the appointed time of our death. If we have believed, we will not come into judgment, but we will pass from death to life, according to John 5:24).  Today not tomorrow, Today not the last day, today not resurrection day. Halleluja,  Today as soon as I close my eyes, hallelujah, thank you, Jesus,  Thank You, Lord.

My friends do you believe in Jesus this is the most important decision you will ever make in your entire life. God bless you. If you believe let me know, Blog me. 

Rev. Reginald Stevens

 

 

Greetings brothers and sisters grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father and  The Son and the Holy Spirit. I am always thankful for the privilege of sharing God’s word with you.  Lord thank you for this opportunity, Lord open the eyes of those who don’t believe as well as those who don’t know Jesus concerning the pardoning of their sin. Lord touch their hearts,  in Jesus name Amen. https://fromtimetoeternity.com/?p=2653&preview=true

When Jesus reached a place called Calvary, there they crucified Him. there were two malefactors that were crucified at about the same time.  Some of those that were present railed at Him. Some were saying you said that you could rebuild the temple in three days, save yourself from that cross.  Then Jesus in His humiliation said the most beautiful words ever spoken in the history of the world. Father forgive them for they know not what they do. These are the most important words ever spoken in the history of the world. Jesus interceding on behalf of the human race.  Jesus The great high priest making the only sacrifice to please God,  and save our souls from eternal hell and fire and suffering. The sacrifice of our Lord is the greatest expression of love ever and it did not depend upon anything we have done. This expression is pure love, that God has for the people He created,

Jesus came to forgive sinners, For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost (Luke 19:10). This forgiveness Christ ask for restored our relationship with God as our father.  But as many as received him, to them gave he the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name (John 1:12).  Even if the people that were involved in the crucifixion and the railing and the cruel behavior didn’t understand fully what they were doing the Lord’s intercessory pray was also for them, they also needed to be forgiven.  We all need this forgiveness. Everyone needs this forgiveness, and God wants to give it to us

If you don’t know Jesus concerning the forgiveness of your sin,  God loves you and He wants to forgive you for your sins and restore with you a relationship with Him. Jesus said God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that whosoever believe in Him shall not Perish but shall have everlasting life. Amen! Thank you, Lord Jesus. 

God Bless You

Reginald Stevens

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE

Brothers and sisters greetings grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. I thank God for the privilege of sharing His word with you concerning the topic of freedom. Lord thank you for this opportunity to share your word. Lord I please lead and guide me so that I will stay on point and express that which is according to your will. Thank you, Lord, It’s in Jesus name that I pray Amen.

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your ^£body and in your spirit, which is God’s (1Cor 6:19, 20).

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Greetings my friends, grace, and peace to you in the name of God our Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit. I thank God for you and for giving me a platform to share His word with others. Especially with others who believe in Him as I do. Lord thank you for being The great God you are, thank you for sending your Son Jesus to save me and not me only but everyone who believes in Jesus Christ. Lord, I ask you to lead and guide me as I share with others concerning truth. Lord bless all you take the time to read and touch the hearts of the unsaved so they can come to Jesus, It’s in Jesus name I pray Amen.

Friends as you know God created us in His image. In doing so He equipped us with the ability to think, the ability to make choices, the ability to express and communicate our ideas, and thoughts. When God shared this tool with us along with emotions, and will,  God Made us be the same type of being as He is. Don’t misunderstand me, we are not gods, however, we are the same type of being as God. The most powerful tool in the universe that we as created beings have is the ability to communicate in words. To show you how powerful words are, God spoke the universe into being.  Words are so powerful that lies can lead you astray and imprison you, and the truth can set you free.

When we are young our imagination just runs while. when we are young we are so gullible. If our families are not grounded in the faith we learn about God from the world. If God allows us to continue that way we might think that God owes us something. some people think that God is their private genie. If God allowed us to we would change the truth about God into a lie. Soon or later we will say that we are God. Truth Is one of the most powerful attributes in the universe and, there is only one. God is Truth, and everything that is true finds its’ source in God. There is no different levels of truth, either its true or it’s not.

Lies are powerful words also. Lies are destructive, lies have cost many people their lives. Lies has caused countries to go to war against one another. Lies blind people from being able to see the truth. The devil is a liar and the truth is not in him. Satan is the father of lies. Those who live their lives in association with lies and deception are of the devil, and this is by choice.  One of the things that God hates is a lying tongue. Lies may fool you into thinking you can do anything you want, have anything you want, and even go anywhere you want. If you were a believer you would not put your trust in these lies. You can fool everyone except God and yourself. God created us with a conscience whenever we do anything that is wrong and that includes lying, our conscience records it. You can’t erase it, you may ignore it, but it is there waiting to testify against you to God. If that frightens you that is good. You can decide to go to God and confess the truth to Him.

God is Truth, Gods’ word is true. The bible is the word of God. The bible is the truth. A person can depend on the truth. All truth is not found in the Bible, but the entire Bible is true. Just so that someone doesn’t get confused, if the bible says something like, Saul told David He loved Him and then, Saul tried to kill him. The Bible is reporting truthfully that this is what Saul had done. The Bible is not a history book but it accurately records history and the same with science. Jesus said heaven and earth will pass away, but my word will never pass away(Matt 24:35). From time to eternity God’s word will never change. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow ( Heb. 13:8) God will never change. Whatever God said yesterday means the same thing, today.

Jesus Said I Am the Way and the Truth and the Life and no one can come to the Father except by Me (John 14:6).  “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life”(John 5:24). If you believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that God sent Him to die for our sins, you will pass from death to life. Stop believing in the lie, in which you can not profit. Believe in the Truth, Jesus Christ, Salvation is found nowhere else for there is no other name under heaven by which we can be saved (Acts 4:12).   Do you believe the truth or do you believe the lie? The choice is yours. If you believe the truth let me know. Amen! 

God Bless You

Reginald Stevens

 

From Time To Eternity                                

Reginald Stevens

March 15, 2018

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Greeting Brothers and Sisters, grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. I thank God for you and for your persistence in the Faith. Thank you, Lord, for giving me this opportunity to share your word with your people. Lord, I ask that you guide my thoughts as I share your world, Lord lead me and keep me on track. Thank you, Lord, in Jesus name Amen.

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From Time To Eternity                                              

Rev. Reginald Stevens               

March 14, 2018                  

                                     Don’t Get Confused

Don’t Get Confused

        Greeting Brothers and Sisters, grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father, the Son, and The Holy Spirit. It is good to be a member of Gods’ Family of believers. God looked upon us in eternity past, before we were even born, even when we were not pleasing to his eyes, and had compassion on us. He saw us in our evil, and disobedient, hateful, murderous, untrustworthy, untruthful, and just highly undesirable state. Absolutely no one righteous, not even one. We were and still are not able to be righteous in our own strength, But God had compassion on us. Not for anything we had done to earn it. Don’t get confused, God has compassion on us, only because He loves us. God’s love is not just emotional words. God’s love is also expressed in action. God knew that the only way to save us would be through the death of His Son. It is by grace you have been saved it is not of yourself so no one can boast, It is the gift of God (Eph 2:8).

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You Must Be Prepared

“So always be ready. You don’t know the day your Lord will come. Remember this: If the owner of the house knew what time a thief was coming, then the owner would be ready for him. The owner would watch and not let the thief enter his house. So you also must be ready. The Son of Man will come at a time you don’t expect him.

“Who is the wise and trusted servant? The master trusts one servant to give the other servants their food at the right time. When the master comes and finds the servant doing his work, the servant will be very happy. I tell you the truth. The master will choose that servant to take care of everything the master owns. But what will happen if the servant is evil and thinks his master will not come back soon? Then that servant will begin to beat the other servants. He will feast and get drunk with others like him. And the master will come when the servant is not ready and is not expecting him. Then the master will punish that servant. He will send him away to be among the hypocrites. There people will cry and grind their teeth with pain (Matt 24: 42-51).

 

Greeting grace and peace to you my friends in the name of God our Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. Thank you, Lord, for allowing me to be among your chosen people. We continually need to be reassured that God loves us and that He is always with us. This knowledge gives us confidence in the ability to do whatever work God has set before us. This knowledge gives us the courage to live and not worry about things we can’t control because we know God is in control. We should not fool ourselves to think that God favors us because of something we have done to earn such a standing before Him. We are totally unworthy to receive anything from God under our own strength and ability. We cannot earn our way into God’s Favor. It is completely by His Grace, as a gift of His love, Amen!  God continues to alert His people as to our need to be prepared for potential calamity.  Lord thank you for this opportunity to share with your people your word concerning being prepared, In Jesus name Amen.

 

Brothers and Sisters God has always alerted His people for whatever is about to take place, that can will cause them problems because they are not prepared. Once God has alerted us and we live as if He didn’t alert us what are we to say? Is that not foolishness? The disciples Asked Jesus When we the Son of man return? Jesus told them, no one knows Not the Son of Man, Not the angels in heaven, only The Father knows. Jesus used the example of what happened during the time of Noah. For 120 years He preached that it was going to rain. Even though the people heard the warning they lived their lives as though it was not going to happen. They did not believe it was going to rain because it had never rained before. They ignored the warning, they did not believe God. When we see the dark clouds covering the sky and the wind changes its course we know that a storm is approaching. When a drought comes we know to store enough food to last until harvest. God has taught us how to read nature so that we can be safe, but if we don’t be attentive what good will it do us? When the rain came the people perished because they did not take heed of the warning God made available to them. The Lord is going to return the same way. There will be no prior, warning. He will just come. When You look up He will be there. We will pass from time to eternity. Amen!

 

We are God’s people, He has given us the responsibility of taking the gospel to the unsaved. We are servants that have been chosen to feed the others. Just because the Lord has not come yet we are not to act as though He is not coming. We are not to take advantage of and mistreat people because Jesus Has not returned yet. He is going to return, and if He finds you working you are going to be very happy. The world will do everything it can to distract you. The world will lie to you, the world will deceive you. The world will say Jesus is here or Jesus is there. Don’t believe it. When the Master of the house comes, He will not be hidden, everyone will see Him coming in the sky.

All who have not believed in Him at this advent will be left behind, it will be a glorious day, those who are dead in Christ will be raised first and then in a twinkling of the eye we will all be changed, and He will catch us up to be with Him in the Air, so we will all be forever with The Lord. Those who are not saved will experience the tribulation. It will be a time when people will suffer so bad that they want to die, and God won’t let them. This is one reason why it is so important for us to reach out to the unsaved, especially those who we love, those in our families. Unless we tell them, and they believe the gospel they won’t be saved. God so love the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that whoever believes in Him will not Perish, but will have everlasting life (John 3:16). If you believe contact me, let me know. If you don’t understand Contact Me let me know, I will help you.

God Bless you.

 

Reginald Stevens