The
Most Important Truths!
"If you Love Me, you
will Keep My Commandants! " John I4:15
"You are My Friends if
you do whatever I command you." John 15:14
"Now by this we know
that we know HIM, if we keep His Commandments! He who says, ‘know Him' and does
not keep His Commands is a liar and the truth is not in him." 1John 2:3-4
Set
aside your religious notions for a moment and ask yourself: "What is my
eternal destination and what evidence can I produce that I KNOW I am keeping
God's Commandments?"
The
Bible plainly says that IF you Love Jesus, you WILL Keep His Commandments. What
exactly does this mean to you? That you can Keep some and not others, or only the
ones you prefer and disregard the rest? MOST professing Christians live as
though none of these things matter. Do you?
What
are the most important truths? When Jesus preached the Gospel message He told us
that the Way was Difficult and the Gate Narrow and only a FEW would be able to
enter in. In fact, He told us to MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENTER IN!
"Strive
to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter
and not be able!" Luke 13:24
Most
of the professing Christians who attend church regularly aren't making the
slightest 'effort' to Enter by the Narrow Gate.' WHY?
Scripture commands it. Jesus Himself told you the way to life is Narrow and
difficult and the way to destruction is broad and wide.
Why
are the preachers telling something different? The real question is: Who are
YOU going to believe!?"
Every
Bible tract in existence indicates that the Way to life is a simple 'repeat
after me' formula that confesses Jesus as Lord and acknowledges that you believe
in Him. Millions have done this very thing and consider themselves 'born again'
and 100% certain of heaven when they die!
Yet
Jesus said, "More blessed are those who hear the Word of God and
Keep it!" Luke 11:28
How
important is this? Is the 'Word of God' merely to 'believe' in Jesus and forget
the other things He said?
Regardless
where you THINK you stand on this matter, the important thing is 'Are you
KEEPING His Commandments' And that includes a WHOLE lot more than just knowing
He is the Son of God.
Even
the devils acknowledge Him as God! James 2: 19 Does that save them? OF COURSE
NOT! Faith alone is Not the Saving Faith described in scripture. The Faith
Jesus spoke of involves the following:
Daily Self Denial. Walking in the light as he is in
the Light.
Purity of heart and life, and Enduring to the end! .
Luke 9:23, John 8:12, Matt. 5:8, 10:22, 7:24-27, John
3:20-21
Understand
that IF you are still in bondage to your selfish nature and lustful thoughts,
you have NEVER experienced the kind of Faith Jesus is talking about! Real
faith in Jesus sets you free from those things.
"IF
any man be in Christ he is a New Creature, old things have passed away, all
things become new" 2Cor 5:17
"1
have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer 1 who live but Christ lives in
me!" Gal. 2:20
"Knowing this, that our old man was crucified
with Him that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer
be slaves of sin!" Rom. 6:6-7
The reason
your religion is so cold and lifeless, full of lust and carnality, is simple:
NO ONE is dying to their selfish ambitions and Crucifying the flesh! Certainly
you are SAVED by Grace through Faith, not of self, it's a gift of God, lest
anyone should boast! Eph2:8-9. BUT NOT BEFORE you are Crucified with Him, made
dead to sin and raised together with Him into Newness of Life! (Rom. 6:4, Ga1.
2: 19-20) Then and only then will you Walk in Obedience to His Commands,
because they are WRITTEN upon your heart! Ezk. 36:25-27
Otherwise
it's continue in your religious facade, making a 'profession' of faith, but
denying the Power of God to deliver you from your secret sins. Titus 1:16 No
wonder the Bible says, How can we escape if we neglect so great a salvation. Heb2:3
God
has provided these 'Exceeding great and precious promises that
through these you may escape the corruption that is in the world through lust!
2Pet. l:4 And all you can do is make excuses for your sin, justify your
complacency and pretend you have assurance!
How
sad it will be at the Great Judgment when the Lord sends you away with the
multitudes of professing believers who 'worked', 'prayed', went to church and
did their best to convince themselves and others they were saved. "I NEVER
KNEW YOU," The Lord will say, Mat. 7:21-23, "Depart from Me,"
"When
did you 'Deny' yourself anything this world has to offer? When did you empty
your heart of selfish motives and allow Me to fill it with MY LOVE? At what
point did you partake of MY CUP and Crucify your flesh with it's passions and
desires? And by what form of doctrine were you delivered, that you obeyed from
the heart and became a slave of righteousness, bearing fruit to holiness that
ends in eternal life!"
What
are the Most
Important Truths? You have yet to ask yourself if a true faith abides in
your heart, Outward appearances may persuade those who compare themselves with
others, but TRUE RELIGION consists in OBEDIENCE to God's Word! James l:27
What
have you chosen to 'believe'? Are you filled with your own devices, the fruit
of your own ways? Have you turned your ear from the True Knowledge of God and
shunned His Commandments? Thus are still in bondage to your sin The Promise of
God is heart Purity and Clear conscience! (lPet. l :22, 1 Tim. l :5-6) ANYONE
who has the True Hope of Christ in Him, PURIFIES himself just as he is Pure!
(lJh 3:3)
The
Most Important truth is the most basic: Have you died to self so Christ can
live through you? Can you truly say that your life is hidden with Christ in GOD
and Sin no longer has dominion over you? If not, you're only fooling yourself:
God knows your heart.
Contact: Mike DeSarlo,
mike@antiosas.org
2172 Marhorfer Ave Stow, Oh
44224
330-945-4356