SOME LESSONS IN SPIRITUAL LIFE

 TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.

FIRST, LET US REMEMBER THAT THE SON OF GOD HUMBLED HIMSELF, AND FOLLOWED THE WILL OF GOD THE FATHER, UNTIL DEATH, SO THAT THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE SAVED FROM SIN.

JOHN 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

GOD SENT HIS ONLY SON IN THIS WORLD FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM WILL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE...

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ONLY SON OF GOD WHILE IN THIS WORLD?

HEBREWS 2:9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

LUKE 24:26
"Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?"

MATTHEW 20:19
and will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify Him, and on the third day He will be raised up."

ACTS 3:13
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go.

ACTS 3:15
but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.

ACTS 2:23
this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.


CHRIST JESUS IS THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD...
YET HE WAS SENT TO THIS WORLD TO SUFFER AND DIE FOR THE SALVATION OF THE WORLD...

IF CHRIST WAS MADE TO SUFFER, THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD, WHAT FATE AWAITS MEN, WHO SINS WHILE LIVING?

DO YOU THINK THAT ONE'S SUFFERING IS ALREADY ENOUGH TO REPAY ONE'S OWN SINS? NO.... 

THAT IS THE REASON WHY CHRIST SUFFERED, TO SAVE THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM AND FOLLOW HIM TILL DEATH.

IF THE SON OF GOD HUMBLED HIMSELF TO FOLLOW THE WILL OF GOD THE FATHER, WHY WON'T WE? WHY THERE ARE EVIL PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD?

THE ANSWER IS THIS....

1 JOHN 3:10
This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.


JOHN 8:44
 "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 JOHN 3:8
the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.


WHY THERE IS MUCH EVIL IN THIS WORLD?

2 CORINTHIANS 4:4

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

new living translation Bible says in 2 Corinthians 4:4
Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

SATAN IS THE GOD OF THIS WORLD AND CONTROLS THE AFFAIRS OF THIS WORLD...
MOST PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS WORLD ARE UNDER THE CONTROL OF SATAN.
VERY FEW PEOPLE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO ESCAPE FROM SATAN.

ONLY THOSE WHO ARE CHILDREN OF GOD WILL BE SAVED FROM THE REIGN OF SATAN.

THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE NOT DESTINED TO BE SAVED, YOU WILL REMAIN IN THE CONTROL OF SATAN... 
IF YOU ARE DESTINED TO BE SAVED, YOU WILL CHANGE YOUR EVIL WAYS AND FOLLOW GOD'S WAYS.

REVELATION 20:15
If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.


THE NATURE OF THE BOOK OF LIFE IS THIS:

REVELATION 20:12
And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.

EXODUS 32:33
The LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.

LUKE 10:20
"Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven."

MAY THIS BE OF HELP TO YOU IN YOUR LIFE TO UNDERSTAND SOME ASPECTS IN SPIRITUAL LIFE....
 WHEN WE DO GOOD, AND HELP OTHERS WHO ARE IN NEED, WE ARE STRIVING THAT OUR NAMES WILL BE RECORDED IN HEAVEN. THIS IS ALSO RELATED IN STORING RICHES IN HEAVEN.
WHEN WE HELP THE POOR AND THE NEEDY, WE ARE STORING RICHES IN HEAVEN.
THE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES WE DO IN THIS BLOG STORES UP RICHES IN HEAVEN, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HELPING US TO CONTINUE THE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.
MAY GOD BE GLORIFIED IN EVERYTHING THAT IS GOOD.

AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM
UT IN OMNIBUS GLORIUS DEUS
ALPHA OMEGA