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A Clean Sweep

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[xyz-ihs snippet=”Facebook”]Brothers and sisters’ grace and peace to you in the name Of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ and God The Holy Spirit. That you Lord for this opportunity you have presented me with to share from your word to others. I ask that you bless this effort and that it will be fruitful, in Jesus name Amen.
My friends, after every major rule of governing is instituted by God it ends in judgement. these rule of governing are called dispensation. There was the expulsion from the garden, The catastrophe of the flood, and the dividing and the changing of languages. This make us curious at to how the end is going to be. Jesus gave us an answer to our curiosity.

The Kingdom Of Heaven

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea that gathered all kinds of fish. 48When it was full, the fishermen£ hauled it ashore. Then they sat down, sorted the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away. That is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the evil from the righteous and will throw them into a blazing furnace. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”(matt 13:47-50).It Will be a clean sweep Of evil away from good.
Explanation of Illustration
Jesus used this illustration of the procedure use to catch fish in the sea of galilee. A net was stretched between to fishing vessels. Then they would drag their net across the sea, indiscriminately catching every type of fish that got caught in the net. after catching the fishermen would take the fish on land and separate the good from the bad. The good fish was taken to market, the bad fish that was inedible was cast away.

Application**

In the book of Matthew Chapter 25, verse 31-46 Jesus further explain. In His description He Tell How He will return in His glory, accompanied by His holy angels and that He is going to take His throne here on earth. The nations of the world is going to gathered before Him. He is going to separate the people one from another the same way a shepherd separate the sheep from the goat. Those who are His sheep is going to receive the reward God prepared for us in eternity past. The goats are going to be cast into the lake of fire. When that time come it will be to late to ask for forgiveness, He won’t listen to you. Because at that time you believe because you were shown to be wrong. you believed that there was no God. My friend don’t play around with time. You are not in control. you could live 50 more years or 50 more minutes. God is in control and He want to save you. according to John 3:16 all you have to do is believe in Jesus. I pray that you Will in Jesus name Amen

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Thank You God Bless You
Rev. Reginald Stevens

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October 6

The Nature of Regeneration

“When it pleased God … to reveal His Son in me …” (Galatians 1:15–16).

If Jesus Christ is going to regenerate me, what is the problem He faces? It is simply this—I have a heredity in which I had no say or decision; I am not holy, nor am I likely to be; and if all Jesus Christ can do is tell me that I must be holy, His teaching only causes me to despair. But if Jesus Christ is truly a regenerator, someone who can put His own heredity of holiness into me, then I can begin to see what He means when He says that I have to be holy. Redemption means that Jesus Christ can put into anyone the hereditary nature that was in Himself, and all the standards He gives us are based on that nature—His teaching is meant to be applied to the life which He puts within us. The proper action on my part is simply to agree with God’s verdict on sin as judged on the Cross of Christ.

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October 5

The Nature of Degeneration

“Just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned …” (Romans 5:12).

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The Bible does not say that God punished the human race for one man’s sin, but that the nature of sin, namely, my claim to my right to myself, entered into the human race through one man. But it also says that another Man took upon Himself the sin of the human race and put it away—an infinitely more profound revelation (see Hebrews 9:26). The nature of sin is not immorality and wrongdoing, but the nature of self-realization which leads us to say, “I am my own god.” This nature may exhibit itself in proper morality or in improper immorality, but it always has a common basis—my claim to my right to myself. When our Lord faced either people with all the forces of evil in them, or people who were clean-living, moral, and upright, He paid no attention to the moral degradation of one, nor any attention to the moral attainment of the other. He looked at something we do not see, namely, the nature of man (see John 2:25).

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October 4

The Vision and the Reality

“… to those who are … called to be saints …” (1 Corinthians 1:2).

Thank God for being able to see all that you have not yet been. You have had the vision, but you are not yet to the reality of it by any means. It is when we are in the valley, where we prove whether we will be the choice ones, that most of us turn back. We are not quite prepared for the bumps and bruises that must come if we are going to be turned into the shape of the vision. We have seen what we are not, and what God wants us to be, but are we willing to be battered into the shape of the vision to be used by God? The beatings will always come in the most common, everyday ways and through common, everyday people.

There are times when we do know what God’s purpose is; whether we will let the vision be turned into actual character depends on us, not on God. If we prefer to relax on the mountaintop and live in the memory of the vision, then we will be of no real use in the ordinary things of which human life is made. We have to learn to live in reliance upon what we saw in the vision, not simply live in ecstatic delight and conscious reflection upon God. This means living the realities of our lives in the light of the vision until the truth of the vision is actually realized in us. Every bit of our training is in that direction. Learn to thank God for making His demands known.

Our little “I am” always sulks and pouts when God says do. Let your little “I am” be shriveled up in God’s wrath and indignation—“I AM WHO I AM … has sent me to you” (Exodus 3:14). He must dominate. Isn’t it piercing to realize that God not only knows where we live, but also knows the gutters into which we crawl! He will hunt us down as fast as a flash of lightning. No human being knows human beings as God does.

My Utmost for His Highest

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October 3

The Place of Ministry

“He said to them, ‘This kind [of unclean spirit] can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting’ ” (Mark 9:29).

“His disciples asked Him privately, ‘Why could we not cast it out?’ ” (9:28). The answer lies in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. “This kind can come out by nothing but” concentrating on Him, and then doubling and redoubling that concentration on Him. We can remain powerless forever, as the disciples were in this situation, by trying to do God’s work without concentrating on His power, and by following instead the ideas that we draw from our own nature. We actually slander and dishonor God by our very eagerness to serve Him without knowing Him.https://fromtimetoeternity.com/?p=2092&preview=true

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October 2

The Place of Humiliation

“If You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us” (Mark 9:22).

After every time of exaltation, we are brought down with a sudden rush into things as they really are, where it is neither beautiful, poetic, nor thrilling. The height of the mountaintop is measured by the dismal drudgery of the valley, but it is in the valley that we have to live for the glory of God. We see His glory on the mountain, but we never live for His glory there. It is in the place of humiliation that we find our true worth to God—that is where our faithfulness is revealed. Most of us can do things if we are always at some heroic level of intensity, simply because of the natural selfishness of our own hearts. But God wants us to be at the drab everyday level, where we live in the valley according to our personal relationship with Him. Peter thought it would be a wonderful thing for them to remain on the mountain, but Jesus Christ took the disciples down from the mountain and into the valley, where the true meaning of the vision was explained (see 9:5–6, 14–23).

“If you can do anything … .” It takes the valley of humiliation to remove the skepticism from us. Look back at your own experience and you will find that until you learned who Jesus really was, you were a skillful skeptic about His power. When you were on the mountaintop you could believe anything, but what about when you were faced with the facts of the valley? You may be able to give a testimony regarding your sanctification, but what about the thing that is a humiliation to you right now? The last time you were on the mountain with God, you saw that all the power in heaven and on earth belonged to Jesus—will you be skeptical now, simply because you are in the valley of humiliation?

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October 1

The Place of Exaltation

“… Jesus took … them up on a high mountain apart by themselves …” (Mark 9:2).

We have all experienced times of exaltation on the mountain, when we have seen things from God’s perspective and have wanted to stay there. But God will never allow us to stay there. The true test of our spiritual life is in exhibiting the power to descend from the mountain. If we only have the power to go up, something is wrong. It is a wonderful thing to be on the mountain with God, but a person only gets there so that he may later go down and lift up the demon-possessed people in the valley (see 9:14–18).

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We Are Held To A Higher Standard

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From Time to Eternity

By: Rev Reginald Stevens

Love, grace, and peace to you, in the Name Of God the father, Son, and Holy Spirit who love us so much, that in eternity past God decided to do for us that which we are unable to do for ourselves. He decided that in the person of His Son He would step out of eternity into time die on the cross to pay the penalty which is the righteous requirement of the law for the sins of the world.

I must say how delighted I am to write you. It is not often enough that I sit down and take the time to write my friends. This is something I am asking God to help me with. In past times I never felt the necessity to do so. I know that is terrible right, please forgive me.

God has impressed on my heart the dilemma that we are in. The dilemma is one related to the diversity of cultures in our society, and the racial hatred brought about by the world. We are Christian people and God hold us to a higher standard of living. God called us to love one another the way that He loved us and died for us. There are many cultures in the church and God expect us to live before the world as an example of how we love one another. As Christians we are not doing everything we can to love one another regardless of our culture and race. It makes sense that this is how God expect to eliminate racial prejudices. If it is not taken on by the church it’s not going to happen. God want the world to see that His people with the many cultures and races love one another.

One Church and many cultures

There are so many cultures in Christianity, and for that matter the world. It does not matter what your culture is Jesus died for your sin as well as mine. The first Christians in the world are Jewish. I would suppose the next probably were Greek, and so on. In the book of Acts the 8^th chapter we are told how an Ethiopian was converted into being a Christian. When you look at the cultural background of many of these Christian people you will find that they have a heritage that is outstanding. Not that they were rich even though some may have been, but they could look into their past they knew their parents, grandparents, great grandparents and so on.

A Fathers’ and mothers’ responsibility is the welfare of their child.

In Israel every man that was a father had the responsibility before God to teach their child a trade. This was a part of their culture. The reason for that is so that when the child, mature into an adult, he is able to earn a living. Here is where some people fail. God want us to make sure our children get everything they need to be doctors, lawyers, teachers, social workers, nurses. judges business managers, guidance counselors’. This is what God want us to do with our children and with our lives. Don’t let your children go with out securing to the best of your ability that they will become upstanding citizens in the community and a productive member of society and a Christian man or woman. The world (Satan) has other pans for them, to be dope dealers, gang bangers, thieves , robbers, alcoholics, pimps, prostitutes, addicted to drugs, this is not at all what God or you want for your Children. The standard of living God call us to starts at home and spreads out to the community and the to the world.

We must take care of our own

There are very few people in our culture that love each other enough to step up and take on the responsibility of providing help to their own people who fall into the hardship of having a parent that die unexpectedly, or get ill to the point that they are no longer able to provide financial, moral, and ethical support. The world offers them the promise of love and protection along with the financial support, and anything their heart desire. The moral and ethical code the world has to offer is much different than that which our God expect of us. We don’t want our Kids to become citizens of the world with Satan as their God.

The values of the world

The worlds’ values are opposite of Christian values. God is Just, the world is unjust. God is righteous the world is unrighteous. God is love, the world is hate. God provides us with faith, the world invokes fear. The world teaches those who follow its’ way that there is no God, or that they are god. Don’t under estimate the power of the world to attract young people. The world has a strong hold on the young, making them promises that it can’t deliver. When the world get them where it wants them then the world abandon them and crusch them and deliver them up for death, separated from God forever.

Thanks be to God,

Thanks be to God and Father of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, that in eternity past God Planned to and has provided us a way to overcome the world which is destined to death. Through the Gospel of His Son Jesus Christ which is destined to eternal life. The Gospel is the power of God onto salvation for everyone who believes (Rom 1:16).

We all know someone who need Jesus

every one of us know someone who has given in to being controlled by the world. God wants you to take the Gospel to them. It may not be easy, however God has given you the power to help others who are destined for death and hell and fire and suffering. God out of His love for the world has given his Son to die and pay the penalty for the sin of the world, and then with great power God raised Him from the dead. The Holy scripture say that anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. When we tell others about the Gospel of Jesus Christ the power of God will begin the work in their hearts. When we show them genuine love and kindness we provide them with a platform to trust us and listen to what we have to say.

Only God can save

So brothers as you know we don’t have the power to save ourselves, and nor can we save anyone else. There is nothing we can do to earn our way, we can’t bribe our way, we can’t buy our way. We can’t be good enough and we don’t have any righteousness of our own. However we know that the only way is Jesus. It is Jesus who saves. Now if we are in agreement I know that when I get to heaven I would like to see all of my family and all of my friends, and we will all be rejoicing because Jesus shared his grace upon us. That is the prize and it begins now, not when we get to heaven. So let us reach out now, Satan is using people to murder each other. The dilemma is not getting better it is getting worse and we have a responsibility to address the matter.

Conclusion

So let us be bold and take every opportunity that presents itself to us to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with others, especially with those who don’t know Him. Amen. I just want to take the time to thank you for lending me your heart. May God continue being with you and protecting you and your family.

From Time to Eternity

May God Be with You

Rev. Reginald & Sister Vickie Stevens

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September 30

The Assigning of the Call

“I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church …” (Colossians 1:24).

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We take our own spiritual consecration and try to make it into a call of God, but when we get right with Him He brushes all this aside. Then He gives us a tremendous, riveting pain to fasten our attention on something that we never even dreamed could be His call for us. And for one radiant, flashing moment we see His purpose, and we say, “Here am I! Send me” (Isaiah 6:8).

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September 29

The Awareness of the Call

“… for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!” (1 Corinthians 9:16). https://fromtimetoeternity.com/?p=2077&preview=true

We are inclined to forget the deeply spiritual and supernatural touch of God. If you are able to tell exactly where you were when you received the call of God and can explain all about it, I question whether you have truly been called. The call of God does not come like that; it is much more supernatural. The realization of the call in a person’s life may come like a clap of thunder or it may dawn gradually. But however quickly or slowly this awareness comes, it is always accompanied with an undercurrent of the supernatural—something that is inexpressible and produces a “glow.” At any moment the sudden awareness of this incalculable, supernatural, surprising call that has taken hold of your life may break through—“I chose you …” (John 15:16). The call of God has nothing to do with salvation and sanctification. You are not called to preach the gospel because you are sanctified; the call to preach the gospel is infinitely different. Paul describes it as a compulsion that was placed upon him.

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