Did I Find The True Meaning And Purpose In Life?

If you will go to a ticketing agency to buy an airplane ticket, what are the main questions a representative will ask you?  First, he will know your personal information and second is your destination before he or she gives you the total cost of plane ticket.  Or if you want to become a successful person in the future, what is the first question your teacher will ask you in your grade school level as to what you want to be when you're in College?  What is the reason why the ticketing representative and your grade school teacher want to know your exact answer to these questions?  Of course, to give the right amount of fare of your plane ticket so that you will know whether to buy or not.  Your teacher on the other hand will give you suggestions to guide you what course or program you need to take in college and what university is the best for your program.  The plane ticket representative and the teacher want to guide you to have the best decision in your particular situation and not to waste your limited resources in order to maximize benefits of your limited investment.

The same thing with your life.  To avoid or at least minimize wastes and losses, like your life, time, money, health, and other concerns, you have to know the meaning of your life and its purpose before you make a definite action steps to go on.  King Solomon, the wisest man lived on earth gave us the source of wisdom that man can use to make a right and wise decision in life.  It says in Proverbs 1:7, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom but fools despise wisdom and discipline."  This verse means that a person must love God and to love him is to listen and to hold on continuously to his words.  It is only the words of God or the truth a person can set as free from all fears, worries, negativism in life, loosing of self-confidence and self- esteem.  To be free is to have the strength to think right and wise cause he is now motivated by love and holiness which are from God, the source of pure, joyful, hopeful, and satisfying life.  But foolish is a person who doesn't care for the truth that can set him free.  The word of God says in Psalm 10:4 "In his pride the wicked does not seek him; and in all his thoughts there is no room for God.  The words of God describe and declare that person as foolish.  You don't expect that a foolish person will win the challenges in life, because he is away from God.  He has no stability and peace cause he has no wisdom.    "There is no peace says the Lord for the wicked" (Isaiah 48:22).  He tries to do everything by his own strength, schemes, and strategies but in the end it resulted to frustrations, short term success, and failures.  A person who lives in sin means a life under the influence or spirit of Satan whose main purposes for coming are to kill, to steal and to destroy.  "There is a way that seems right to a man but in the end it leads to death" (Proverbs 14:12).  A life away from God is a life full of emptiness and loneliness.

God is love and all who receive him, to them he gave the right to become children of God (John 1:12).  A person can become a child of God if he will sincerely accept Jesus, his only begotten Son to be his Lord and Savior.  The offer of God's salvation is free but it is not cheap cause it cost the very life or blood of Jesus when he offered himself to die on the cross as once and for all offering to God for the forgiveness of sins of men.  Forgiveness means, salvation of the totality of man, that includes his present confused life to a fresh and better life  from the power and punishment of sin or the eternal separation of man from the presence of God.  To be separated from the presence of God is to be in the presence of Satan in hell - the eternal place of torment and extreme painful punishment for eternity.  For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus (Romans 6:23; Hebrews 10:10).

The thief comes to steal, to kill and to destroy all kinds of relationship of men but Jesus came to give you life and to have this more abundantly (John 10:10).  All mess and issues in life come from the teaching and influence of Satan.  His main purpose now is to destroy man's life including yours'.  He didn't overthrow God because he underestimated the power of his creator that's why he diverted his anger and shame resulted from his defeat to us all cause he knew that we are not God but man - limited and mortal.  Satan knew our weaknesses and he knew where he will attack us.  He will use money, sex, lust of the eyes and mind, power and personal satisfactions to turn us away from God and to be with him in hell for eternity.  Sin is seemingly pleasurable temporarily, but after this, you'll see your life and your relationship with your family are in the midst of mess or separation.  The once happy and harmonious family is now at the brink of collapse.  The children are no longer motivated to study, some are now indulge in different vices, some entered in unwanted relationship, some are now in jail or in rehabilitation centers, counseling sessions, hospital or in the cemetery.  These are now the true picture of life of all people in the world who are living in sin.  And even the people who said that they are Christians, who once so excited in their new found faith, faithful in attending all ministries where the words of God are taught, shared his means to the needy, give his tithes faithfully, share his faith to other people, active in the prayer meeting and other church ministries, on-time in his work and doing his best in his work for the glory of God and others.  But now, all of these or at least, part of these have gone cause he forgot his first love to God.  He was swayed away of the pattern and system of his community and of the world.  He loves the world and its lust more than God.  He is like the prodigal son and unless he comes to realization of his present need and will ask God for forgiveness, he will be drowned into sin and its consequences continually or even to suffer in hell for eternity.  For God is holy and all who say they are children of God must live a holy life too (I Peter 1:16).  "...without holiness no one will see the Lord" (Hebrews 12:14).

My friend, if you need to find true meaning and purpose in life, admit to yourself that you need Jesus as your only Savior.  You can't help yourself.  Be humble to say, Lord I need you, I'm asking for your forgiveness, I became proud and thinking that I can manage my life on my own.  My mind and my heart are full of lust and selfishness.  I set you aside and became so engrossed of the things of this world and had no room in my mind about you and your word.  My life is now in the midst of mess.  Help me to fix it again and give me a chance to change.  I'm so sorry and I need you.  I'm now accepting you as my Lord and Savior.  Come into my heart and I will follow you as my Lord, my Savior and my King now and until you come again.  Thank you for your understanding, forgiveness and love and for the eternal life that you promised to all who will receive you as Lord and Savior.  Thank you for the new chance that you gave me to redirect my life for the better and to become like you.  So help me God and thank you so much.

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PS.  Please memorize at least one bible verse a week to help you become strong and wise in life

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What Satan and his followers are doing right now?

From the garden of Eden and up to now, Satan was deceiving our forefathers to disobey the commandment of God not to eat the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, and they were deceived and ate the fruit.  They disobeyed God which was the starting point of the fall of humanity into sin.  Because of sin, all were died, "For the wages of sin is death, both physical and spiritual or the everlasting separation of man from the presence of God" Romans 3:23.  And the book of John says, "The thief or Satan came here on earth to steal, to kill, and to destroy all relationship, but Jesus came to give life and to have this more abundantly" John 10:10.  Up to now Satan and his followers, the fallen angels are doing their very best quickly for they knew that their end is soon to come and Satan wants that all people on earth will be with him in hell, his permanent tormenting and punishment place for eternity with all whom he may deceive too.

We can't see Satan and the fallen angels but we can know their presence and operations where there are killings, robbery, immorality, worshiping of Satan in some states of the United States of America and the world, legalization of the same-sex marriage, selfishness, unforgiving spirit, lusts, sensuality, focusing of ones mind to get rich, to be on top of the society, adultery, breaking up of so many relationships, unwanted child, drinking of too much wine, legalization of gambling, having a form of godliness but can't forgive his brother or sister or parents, and more.  God created the world and he owns this, Genesis 1 but Satan wants to own it cause he knew that he is the prince of this world II Corinthians 4:4; John 12:31; 14:30.  Satan our enemy prowls like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour I Peter 5:8. He has no any good purpose to mankind except to destroy everything.  All activities that lead people away from God are of the devil, therefore, we should have no part on these.

If Satan is always on the offensive move right now, we as true believers and followers of Jesus Christ should also be in the offensive move and not let ourselves be deceived by his very tricky and evil schemes like what he did to our forefathers and the people today.  We have to be self-controlled and alert I Peter 5:8.  Fill our mind with the words of God regularly Philippians 4:8-18, always pray with
all kinds of prayer I Thessalonians 5:17, change our mind set and renewed our mind to become like Christ and not to conform to the pattern and system of this world Romans 12:1-2, Resist the devil and he flee from you James 4:7, Do not let this book of the law depart from your mouth...that your life will become prosperous and successful Joshua 1:8, endure hardships or accept these as God's discipline for he disciplined all his true children for the better until he comes again Hebrews 12:5-6.

We have to strengthen our faith till the second coming of Jesus Christ and focus our eyes on him, the author and finisher or perfecter of our faith.  For our citizenship is in heaven, the place he prepared for all whom he saved through his blood that was shed on the cross Philippians 3:20.  Let us continue to pray that he will find us faithful in obeying his words and be a part of the proclamation of the good news of salvation to all through our lives, personal testimony, good works with love and holiness for the sake of others even without anything in return, lead others to the saving knowledge of Jesus and don't let them to perish in hell for eternity Matthew 25:23; 28:18-20. As our expression of great thanks to the sacrificial act of God through Jesus just to save us from the power of sin and its punishment, let us share this truth also to others as long as we still have the freedom to do it.  As what the message of a song says, "Only one life so soon it will pass, only what's done for Christ will last".  Don't waste the wonderful and great salvation we received by faith through Jesus, the grace of God.  "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son Jesus, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life" John 3:16.

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Why The Lord Will Answer My Prayer?

Short Background of the Authorship, Date and Recipients Of The Book Of James.

The book was written by the Apostle James, the brother of Jesus in 49 A.D. before the Jerusalem council in 50 A.D.  This was written to the Jewish Christians who were scattered in the Mediterranean world because of the persecutions.  The main focus of this book is to give the believers then and today the practical guidelines to have true understanding of the following: true religion, true faith, and true wisdom.

Hindrances to Answer My Prayer (James 4:1-12).

James wrote the Jewish believers to remind and clarify them the acceptable kind of relationship they should have in the church.  He taught them that God will only hear their prayers if there is no quarreling and fighting among the believers in the church; if there is no killing and covetousness that should exist within just to get something for personal gain; that prayer needs pure motive and not to satisfy one's personal interest; that they should not be friend with the evil system of the world that teaches envy, selfish interest, pride, hard headed attitude, gossip, judgmental attitude and others.  Instead, if they want the Lord will answer their prayers, they should live with humbleness, let love reigns in their personal life, family, church, working relationship and dealing with other people, learn to trust others and not to become judgmental,  don't destroy others integrity because of gossiping or sharing false information, and to submit to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.  These are the proofs of a true child and follower of God.

If a Christian lives in sin, he can't resist the devil cause sin is Satan's controlling power in the life of man.  Man and even a Christian will lose his inner strength to say no to temptation.  Unbelievers are already controlled by Satan because of sins in them but if a person truly accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior yet he still living in sin, his position in Christ is questionable and he might not really a child of God.  He accepted Jesus based on different shallow reasons like pressure from the family and other people, personal interest and fear of hell, he is used to have a good life and doesn't want to suffer, and others, not really and wholeheartedly willing to leave his sins, and to suffer and die for Christ.  His decision was motivated by earthly things that last temporarily.  The word of God is very clear to say that all who belong to God hear what God says and they obey his word continually and hold on to these daily John 8:31-32; 47.

Rewards of the true child of God and who obeys his Word faithfully.

First, God will answer his prayer.  He can claim God many promises in his word like in Mark 11:24 that says, "Whatsoever you ask for in prayer, believe that you received it and this will be yours.  Jeremiah 33:3, "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know".  Second, he can resist the devil and the devil will flee from him James 4:7.  A true Christian can command Satan to go away from him cause God through his Holy Spirit is living in him and Satan can't touch him.  That is the result if a Christian lives a holy life.  The presence of God will not depart from a true obedient child of God.  He is always strong and victorious in the midst of issues and hardships in life.  Like Job, when great storms in life came to him like the losing of all his wealth, death of all his three daughters and seven sons at the same time, suffering pain physically from head to toe.  He made to overcome all of these and never blamed God nor questioned him why those painful experiences came to him.  He never sinned but had learned to make a wise decision to be faithful to his God and to praise him that's why God restored more than twice everything that were lost from him caused God was so pleased in his life Job 1-42.  Lastly, God will lift him up James 4:10.  Like Joseph, one of the twelve sons of Jacob.  He suffered so much from the hands of his brothers but he remained patient and faced all odds in life.  He became faithful in small things and did his very best to glorify God in all things that he does until the Pharaoh of Egypt made him the next person to his throne caused he found favor to God and Joseph was exalted to the prominent position of power of other land because he lived a holy life.  He pleased God Genesis 37-50.

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Why God Chose You To Become One Of His Children?

Out of 7.4 billions of people this June 2016, China has 1.4 billions, India has 1.3, U.S.A. has 324 million, Indonesia has 258 million, Brazil has 205 million, Pakistan has 191 million, Nigeria has 188 million, Bangladesh has 162 million, Russia has 141 million, Mexico has 126 million, Japan has 126, Philippines has 103 million and others.  An average of 197,000 births and 82,000 deaths worldwide a day and an average growth of population of 114,000 a day worldwide Worldometers: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.  Out of the total deaths of 82,000 people worldwide a day, how many souls go to hell and heaven a day?  Based on the book of Matthew 7:13-14, it is very clear that the road going to hell is very wide and broad compared to the road going to heaven which is very narrow and small.  If we will use also the parable of the sower in Matthew 13:1-23,  there are four places where the seed was sown, some fell on the path, some fell on rocky places, some fell among the thorns, and some fell on the good soil.  Considering these two teachings of Jesus, Matthew 7:13-14 gave us a hint that for every recorded deaths daily worldwide, only 10% will go to heaven and 90  will go to hell.  And in Matthew 13:1-23, this gave us a hint that only 25% will go to heaven and 75% will go to hell.  To sum up the two hints and divide these into two, this gives us at least 17.5% of the total deaths daily in the world will go to heaven or 17.5% of 82,000 or 14,350 and 67,650 souls will go to hell.  In a year, 5.2 million will go to heaven and 24,692,250 million will go to hell and this estimates are much lower compared to the estimates recorded and given by the two other credible sources, the www.jesus-is-savior.com and the cavern.uark.edu.

The bible says in John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life".  God sent his precious Son Jesus to die on the cross of Calvary as a proof that he really care for the salvation of mankind.  He knew the agony and pain all people will experience if he will not do it.  God meant, salvation of mankind and he meant a once and for all sacrifice and death of Jesus as the only acceptable offering to God to satisfy his holiness and that people will be saved from sure punishment.  "For all have sin and fall short of the glory of God."  Romans 3:23.  And "For the wages of sin is death, both physical and spiritual or eternal separation from the presence of God, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Friends, Jesus loves you and he has a wonderful plan in your life.  God doesn't want men to perish in hell as it says in the book of Revelation 21:8, "But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars - their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur.  This is the second death."  This is also written in details in the book of Paul in Galatians 5:19-21 that says, "The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and  debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.  I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God."

God wants that all men will repent from their sins.  This means, that man has to admit to himself and to God that he is a sinner and needs forgiveness, confess his sins and make a decisive decision to turn away from sins and to follow the teachings of Jesus written in his words and to live a new life.  The question is, are you ready to receive eternal life and not to suffer the punishment and agony in hell for eternity?  You are the one who will make a decision for you.  Don't wait that it will become too late to make a decision.  Remember that all men who live in sins are not normal people, they are abnormal cause this was not the original plan of God that man should be enslave to sin or be a victim of sin that leads to life without peace, harmony with the family and other people, worried in life and full of negativism, insecure and full of fear.  "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." John 10:10

To all believers of Christ, God has given us the greatest commission in Matthew 28:18-20,  "Then Jesus came to them and said, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."  This is a commandment and needs our unconditional obedience.  People will perish if nobody will open his mouth to share the good news and we will all be accountable to their blood if we failed to open our mouth and warned them of the impending judgment or punishment if people will not repent Ezekiel 3:16-21. Sixty seven thousand five hundred fifty people are dying everyday without Christ for different reasons.  We are not expected to talk to all the people in our country but we have to share the good news to our loved ones, friends, classmates, and contacts whom we meet in different ways and in different places.  Pray that God will always give us the courage and wisdom and to be faithful in bringing the good news to them daily.  To share Jesus to others is a great privilege and accountability as true followers of Christ.  If we love God, we will love others and will not let them to die without hearing the gospel and have a personal relationship with him.

May the Lord be with you always.

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Children, How Do You Describe An Ideal Father?

The role of a father is very helpful to the positive upbringing of his children.  It is the responsibility of a father not just to provide for the physical needs of his children but also to lead his children to grow deeper in the saving knowledge of Jesus.  The role of a father is like the two sides of a coin.  You can't say that a coin is a true coin if there is only one image engraved on both sides, two different images should engraved on these.  Like in a family, the role of the father has two sides, to provide for the physical and spiritual needs of his children.  If the father failed to provide the one, is to fail to do his role as a father and therefore, he robbed the best things from his children's need to grow stronger in life and to live a life which is full of hope that leads to a life of fruitfulness for self and others and for the glory of God.

In the writing of Apostle Paul in the book of Ephesians 6:4 says, "Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead bring them up in the training and instructions of the Lord."  Paul knew what is the negative effect to the moral and confidence a negative and unpleasant ways of rearing in the developmental growth of the lives of the children.  What the fathers sow in the lives of the children will result in their actual lives now and in the future.  This verse is in a command form and needs full obedience for the sake of the good future of his children.  Be ready to listen to the personal needs and concerns of your children and not to dictate them nor ridicule them and talk with them in anger cause this will result to discouragement but rather, talk to them with calmness, understanding and love that lead to motivation.  Add to this is the regular teaching of the truth from the word of God which will surely set your children free from fear, worries, lack of confidence and negativism in life.  If you want your children to become successful and fruitful in life, be kind to them, love them and live as a good example in speech values and actions.  Invest the best for your children to save them from unwanted lives in the future and for the glory of God.  To be faithful in the word of God and to obey this, is to expect a good life of your children and therefore, you will reap joy in your labor when they all grown up and can stand alone successfully in life.  Don't fail your children, don't fail yourself and don't fail God.  What you sow, will you also reap in life.  Father, stand in truth and love your family for the glory of God.  Be the man of God for your family and others today.

How To Become Victorious In My Christian Life?

All people should know that God's original plan for men was good and full of life but when Satan entered the world and tempted the first couple and fall to his very alluring scheme, they disobeyed the command of God and chose to obey Satan and this resulted then to a worldwide chaotic life that leads to death both physical and spiritual or the eternal separation of man from the presence of God Genesis 3.  The main purpose of Satan is to steal, to kill and to destroy but Jesus came to give man life and to have this more abundantly John 10:10.

In Joshua 7:1-26, God showed to Joshua why the city of Ai with only 12,000 population which is smaller than the populous and big city of Jericho which is fortified by a very thick and high stone fence, had defeated the mighty army of Israel in the battle.  As a great and well experienced leader of mighty warriors, Joshua and his men planned the attack by sending first their best men to spy the strength of Ai.  The spies came and reported to Joshua that they need only 10 percent or 3,000 warriors to attack the city and not all the 30,000 great men of Israel.  So Joshua sent the 3,000 soldiers to Ai and sad to say, 36 men of Israel were killed by the warriors of Ai.  Joshua and his people were almost melted their hearts because of that event verses 2-5.

Joshua and the elders of Israel tore their clothes and put ashes on their heads facing the ark of the covenant to show their sadness on their defeat.   He asked God why they experienced defeat in the hands of the heathen nation and what will other nations will say of them and their God.  He was thinking that their enemies will ridicule them and their God and will put them into disgrace that Israel and their God are weak and therefore, they can be destroyed easily verses 6-9.

But the Lord said to Joshua, "Stand up! What are you doing down on your face?  Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep" verses 10-11.  God showed Joshua that you and your warriors are great but one of your warriors' disobedience is the reason why you were defeated.  Your man has sinned!  Identify then who is that man by bringing the attention of all the tribes of Israel.  Achan  son of Carmi from the tribe of Judah was found guilty and he admitted his sin in verses 20-21.  God told Joshua that "You can not stand against your enemies until you remove it".  Sin is the reason of the defeat of Israel in the battle against Ai and you have to remove it.

Israelite consecrated themselves before the judgment day of God to Achan and his whole family.   "Joshua said, why have you brought this trouble to us?  The Lord will bring trouble on you today."  Achan's admission of sin didn't escape him and his whole family from the penalty of death which is stoning them all until their death.  God's holiness can be satisfied only by the blood of a person or people who committed sin.

After this judgment on Achan and his whole family including the confiscation of all their assets, then God gave Joshua his promise to win the battle against Ai.  God gave him wisdom and more strength to conquer the city and this was realized and Israel won the battle and other nations knew the greatness of the God of Israel and all of them were amazed and became so afraid of Israel and her God Chapter 8:1-29.

Brothers and sisters in Christ, always put in our minds that our God is holy, it means, he is blameless, upright, and clean I Peter 1:16.   From the life of Israel under the leadership of Joshua, this gives us guidelines how to win the daily battle, issues, struggles in life and these are the following:  First, obey the commands or the words of God  Joshua 1:8; John 15:7-8; Second, hold on continuously to his word and the truth will set you free from all cares, worries, and issues in life John 8:31-32;  Third, follow the example of Job.  He made to overcome all extreme hardships in life cause he learned to prepare himself for the coming of trials by living a blameless life, upright life, he was a God-fearing servant, and he learned to shun evil.  Lastly, learn from the life of Joseph.  He learned to become thankful to God in all situations in life, he learned to give his best in all things that he does, he learned to say no to temptation, and knew how to forgive and be humble that's why God was so pleased in his life and God promoted him to the position in the kingdom of Egypt next to the Pharaoh Genesis 37-50.

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Do You Really Love Yourself?

What are the proofs that you truly love yourself?  First, when you were still a baby, you wanted to have all the comforts that's why you were crying to get the attention of your parents.  You needed to be fed and when you were full, you then slept the most hours that you can because you love to do it and you've felt the need to do it..  You wanted the full attention of your parents and felt so secured and loved whenever you feel their touch.  You've always longing for their love and comfort.  Second, Your need of love and comfort increased by your longing for being accepted by other kids of your age like your playmates, cousins, friends, schoolmates and others.  You wanted to feel continuously the love and comfort that you felt when you were just a baby.  Aside from having toys that you love, candies that you like, beautiful clothes, shoes, bags, pencil, games, nice scenery and others, you were always still looking for acceptance  and community. Third, When you were in the grades school onward, and your mind is trained to love education, book, and learning, your need was then elevated more.  You wanted to achieve your dream to become somebody or useful in the future. You wanted to prove something, to find yourself and to have a sense of fulfillment through personal accomplishment. You realized as student to stand on your own feet and reduced your dependence on your parents, others and to be of help to others to have fulfillment in life.  Fourth, When you finished your college and pass the board examination and made to get a nice paying job and knew your capacity to help your parents financially, help to support the studies of your brothers and sisters and help others, you were then thinking to have a family that you've felt as one of the last moves to be done in life that will give complete meaning in your life.  You've spent more time to work hard because you wanted to give the best education to your children as your investment for their future.  Lastly,  After you've set and placed everything in order, you wanted to retire in a very quiet scenery in the province or to have a retirement home whereto plant fruits and vegetables, to raise livestock, and to visit once in a while your grandchildren.  You've felt personally that you've done what you aimed when you were still a child.  Now that you're belong to the senior level, you're now just waiting for your death which normally not part of the preparation you've prepared when you were just a child and even when you've in your middle life.  Your plan was only up to your retirement age.  And this cycle will continue to roll up to the next generations and the most important part of life was not included and this is to place God at the center of his life.   Man realized his need for God when he is old, weak and sick.   God doesn't want that cycle becomes the norm of man's life but because of man's intention to focus his life for himself, he let Satan to deceive him and didn't see the importance of life after death.  God wants that all men will enjoy life here on earth and not to suffer his life in hell for eternity, but man had no regard for God because he was strong and enjoyed life and the offered happiness of materialism.

But what the bible says about life?  "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul." Mark 8:36.  And in I Peter 1:24 says, "All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field, the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the words of the Lord will stand forever."  The average life span of man during the Old Testament time reached up to 969 years old and this man was Methuselah but because of sin of disobedience done by Adan and Eve, this life span was reduced to an average of 85 years old in the 21st century and will continue to go down till the second coming of Christ.  The world is now in the last days and now ushering this critical time, people will continue to become more wicked as how it describes in II Timothy 3:1-5.  The world food supplies now is contaminated by chemicals, the air that we breath is so polluted cause of the continuous emissions of gas, diesel and chemicals by billions of cars, millions of factories, billions of tons of garbage dumped, polluted waters and others.  Different kinds of sicknesses are now present in the world like HIV, cancer, Ebola virus and others.  The world's death rate as the  report of the CIA World Fact book last June 30, 2015 is 108 people per minute or 6,480 people per hour or 155,520 people per day or 56,764,800 per year.  Death is a reality and will continue to increase until the coming of Christ.  If the average life span of man in 2016 is 85 years old, all seniors age 60 years old have only 30%  or 25 years left here on earth.  But to all young people or middle aged men and women, don't be so confident, death is coming to all unexpectedly.  Death is coming to all like a thief in the night.  No one knows when death will come.

If you truly love yourself, you will invest in an insurance that will cover not only your life here on earth but your life after death.  You can't bring anything or your accumulated wealth in your tomb, all of your savings will be left to your family and this will be the normal cycle of life of men.  That's why the parable of the Rich man and Lazarus was written to remind the people worldwide to repent.  The rich man begged two requests from father Abraham.  One was to bring Lazarus back to life and to dip his finger into water and dip it to his lip to lessen at least his thirst because of agony and pain in hell but Abraham rejected him. And the second one was to bring Lazarus back to life and to go to the house of his father cause his five brothers are there and they need to be warned to repent so that they will not experienced the pain and punishment he is experiencing in the lake of fire.  He think that they will believe if the dead like Lazarus if brings back to life will become more effective to remind them in order that they will surely believe and not to experience the same horrible fate he is experiencing in hell.  But Abraham rejected him and told him that Moses and the Prophets are there. Its up to them to believe and to accept the warning.  They have the freedom to choose and all the warnings are there to remind the people Luke 16:14-31.

God sent godly men to his chosen nation, the Israelite to obey his words, not to worship idols and not to live a wicked life but they insisted to reject the warnings to live a holy life through Moses, Joshua, the Prophets like Jeremiah, Elijah and others.  They wholeheartedly hugged and kissed wickedness and because of their disobedience, God used king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to conquer Israel, destroyed the temple of Jerusalem, killed so many Jews, some were put in exile and others were scattered in different countries in the world.  God let these horrible event to come to his people to teach the younger generations of Israel not to follow their fathers.  And this is also the lesson all people in the world should learn and not to do the same as the Israelite did against God.  God is holy and he expects his people to live the same.  In spite of this, God told his people through Jeremiah that he loved them so much and Jeremiah told them the beautiful plan of God to them that says, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.  You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.  I will be found by you, "declares the Lord," and will bring you back from captivity and from the places where you were exiled."  Jeremiah 29:11
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If you truly love yourself and your loved ones, you will seek now wholeheartedly the Lord and our God while he may be found.  Don't waste the life and time he's given you.  We owed everything to him and we're just the stewards of all things he entrusted us to manage, even our lives.  He said in his words in John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, Jesus that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." And in John 1:12 says, "Yet to all who received him, to those who believe in his name, he gave them the right to become children of God."  Religion, good works, money, connections and wisdom can't save a man from the power and punishment of sin, only Jesus is the answer and it is written in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth and the life.  No one can come to the Father except through me.  Friends, Jesus loves you and he has a wonderful plan in your life.  Accept him as your Lord and Savior by faith.  Admit before him that you are one of the reasons why he died on the cross, confess your sins and he will forgive you, turn away from your sins and ask him to help you to obey his words and to live a holy life until he comes again.  When you decided wholeheartedly to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you will become a child of God and will inherit eternal life in heaven and will no longer pass through judgment of God to all who will reject him, will insist to disobey his words and will continue to live in wickedness.

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May our God be with you always.