GOD's Next

Sometimes it's the in thing to say--calling Jesus friend. Everybody wants to be friends with him, not understanding what it really means. To most people, it's like having a selfie taken with their favorite showbiz star. "Hey look! I'm with Jesus!" [Picture above from Remi Walle, Unsplash]. Preachers call non-believers to the altar with the promise that Jesus would be their friend. That sounds reassuring and will get crowds going to the altar call. People feel like Jesus just moved into the neighborhood and became one of them. Who wouldn't go to the altar to have that privilege? Sometimes we use terms people don't understand just to lure them to the altar or membership. But who does Jesus see as friend? 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. [John 15] First, Jesus said you'd be his friend ...

We want Jesus and the everlasting life he offers but we don't want anything that has to do with giving up everything we possess---and especiallly giving up riches to give to the poor. We can be religious, even "spiritual," being so active in church and expressive in worship, liking sermons that bless us, but we outright reject the idea of giving our own money---a big amount of it---to the needy. This is the kind of church we have today.  The Rich, Young Ruler Generation: An End-Times Reflection The Word of God is so vast and rich that no one can claim to have learned everything there is to know about it. It's inexhaustible in wisdom. A single passage can unfold countless meanings, yet all point back to Jesus Christ. The story of the rich, young ruler in Matthew 19:16–30 is not just about one man—it is a prophetic mirror for the church in the last days. When Peter asked Jesus what reward awaited those who left everything to follow Him, the Lord promised that at th...

Power prayer is quitting prayer. But no-one wants that--they'll crucify you if you even think of introducing that idea in their prayer meetings. In fact, they love long prayers and prayer sessions. They think, the longer the better, the more spiritual. They want it long, poetic, dramatic, carefully worded and modulated. They still do it today--babbling words, making it long, and opting for high-sounding content. Often, it's a contest of whose prayer sounds more sublime and spiritual. This, no matter if my Jesus has tipped us about what prayer is not. That's the problem with this generation--it knows Jesus' words but adamant about doing things to the contrary--doing it their way, their standard--and calling that Christianity.  Photo above by  Artem Beliaikin on Unsplash . In the Lord's prayer, my Jesus taught us an ultra simple and very generalized prayer. Yet some smart Alecks insist that we keep prayers specific. Jesus just put a short generalized sentence abou...

Salvation is FREE but it cost Jesus his life. Following Jesus is free but discipleship has a cost in terms of a life fully surrendered. So bear in mind that anything "free" has a cost, and it's usually costly. We need to understand as well that God blesses us, not so we can gain and keep a lot, but that others will be benefited from the blessings we give away to them. Blessings are NOT designed to be kept to ourselves. God wants them given away. All this to "build" the temple of GOD on earth. We build it by giving. The article immediately prior to this, which I titled "True Stewardship," got this query a long time ago: "What do you mean by money expense to beautify our lives? Do you mean the temple of the Holy Spirit?" The answer is a big YES. But the "temple" is not church buildings or church altars. Church buildings are not God's temple. Our bodies are. Our life.  Picture above by Saad Chaudhry, Unsplash. Building (ere...

Stewardship is how we take care of another's property entrusted to us and the idea is to manage it well to make it profitable. But God has a different idea about stewardship. It's how we give up what's entrusted to us, how we lose valuable things he blessed us with, so we may gain Him. Stewardship to God is losing material things dear to us to make the right spiritual investment. But church has it the other way around. It sees stewardship the way the world does---storing up treasures on earth. Or, if they talk about stewardship of time, it's making "smart" use of time by being busy accomplishing things.  Photo above by  Jonathan Pielmayer   on   Unsplash . Stewardship of money is often seen like what corporate companies do with their finances. Church would fuss a lot about accounting and auditing, records and ledgers, the works. Spending only according to agreed budgets and apportionments. Not a cent would be used for anything unless the church board approves...

Only the spoken Word is Spirit and Life--so get the spoken Word, not just the printed Word! And I mean, spoken, as in spoken from God's own mouth. It can't be overemphasized (I'm not exaggerating)--the spoken WORD is LIFE. We often treat God's Word as a book we bring to church on Sundays so we'd look Christian. Or a textbook to base our denominational doctrines or human theology on. But the Word is something else.  Photo above by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash . John 6.63: The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing (zero). The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.   See a free review of the e-book, God's Flesh." Click here. Jesus himself stressed the extreme importance of the spoken Word. In effect, he's saying that anything outside the spoken Word is flesh, and they count for nothing; they produce zero result in God's eyes. Zero. Pfft. Nothing. Nada. Only the spoken Word is Spirit and Life. What God speak...

Jesus' resurrection--it was the first in the world. It was purely supernatural. And that resurrection is part of a believer's daily life. We experience it right NOW and yet it's still to come. Because Christ's resurrection is purely supernatural, you cannot afford not to believe that the supernatural still happens everyday in a believer's life. Resurrection is not a decision to change for the better because you're now a regular church person. It's a supernatural transformation only God can effect in you. The satanic kingdom has no real power but it stole the supernatural powers that GOD gave the church when the church neglected them. Then the evil kingdom distorted everything about that power. But God, according to His promise, will restore everything back to the true church. Learn more.  The Father could've willed to experience it himself but delegated it to His Son, Jesus Christ. It's an incredible way of transforming body, soul and spirit to the h...