When Mom's lifted Up

Oh! How I wish that everyone’s mom dies. Oh! How I wish that everyone is brought to such a desperate condition as I was, and still am, brought. I’ve realized the futility of life. I do not long to live. I have a tremendous longing to see my mom, to kiss and embrace her. This heartache, agony, and her absence are immense. I suffer bouts of depression. I have cried a lot and often, praying to God, in my desperation and emotions, to raise my mom from the dead, lift her out of the grave and bring her back to me. That is the immenseness of my emptiness, the vacuum created by her demise.

I've known few who have been emotionally destroyed by their mom’s death, particularly, when their marital status is ‘single’. Individuals have suffered depression, gone into isolation shunning the world and some have attempted or committed suicide. My mom’s death has devastated me. I’ll never be able to recompense this loss. Her death is a huge blow to me, much greater than the blow inflicted by my termination from IBM.

But I thank my God that I’ve known Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I am glad that I’d put my faith in Him. He is my hope and refuge. When I feel her absence, when the agony overwhelms me, when I am possessed by the desire to see her, I find my refuge in Him. He consoles and comforts my soul. In Jn 14:18, Jesus said, “I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.” Everyone who puts his faith in Christ for the forgiveness of his/her sins, God sends His Spirit to reside in them as a guarantee of their being saved from their sins, as is written in Ephesians 1:13, 14, ‘In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.’ Bible calls Him, the Comforter. It is through His Spirit that the ‘peace of God which surpasses all understanding guards our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus’. Phil 4:7.

In Christ, I’ve hope to see my mom in heaven. I’ve this hope because she too had accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. She too lived a life in conformity to God’s standard, though she was not perfect. I’ve this hope because of the promise of Jesus, when He said, “that where I am, there you may be also.” Jn 14:3b. I’ve the hope that when Jesus comes back in the sky, my mom will be raised up from the dead as it has been written in I Cor 15: 51, 52, ‘Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.’

My mom’s death brought me back to Christ. Her death brought me closer to Christ. Jesus said, "And I, if I am lifted up from the earth (signifying by what death He would die), will draw all people to Myself." Jesus' death on the cross will bring you near to God. I wish and pray that you too would be brought to a desperate state as me and come to Christ. For years I lived a casual life. I am sorry for the years lost. I am sorry for having not understood the vanity of life and that I did not value time as it slipped past. In Christ I’ve been, and still am, able to understand and cope with the loss of my mom. If it would not have been for Christ, I wouldn’t have been and won’t be able to understand the reason of her death. I wouldn’t have been and won’t be able to bear the continual sorrow of her death. But having known Christ and the hope that I would see her in Heaven, give great satisfaction to my soul.

Are you living an uncertain life? Are you uncertain of your own future as well the future of your loved ones? Is your faith for the future based on the figment of imagination of humans and tradition received from your fathers? When it the question of eternity, wouldn’t you want to be certain of your belief? Do you love your sins over and above the love for your parents who are and will perish in their sins along with you?

False Teachers Exposed, Part 4

For part 1 of the series, please click, False Teachers Exposed, Part 1
For part 2 of the series, please click, False Teachers Exposed, Part 2
For part 3 of the series, please click, False Teachers Exposed, Part 3

To make it simple to identify these false Christians and teachers, let me show you who they are like, who they are similar to:

A false salesman and a false Christian teacher have the same characteristic: both emotionalize their presentation/preaching. Their message solely touches the emotional part of a human, numbing the prospect's/hearer's decision making side of the brain, to make an objective decision. Every time I hear 'I Surrender All' sung/played at the end of message, my alarm bells starts ringing-false teacher, false teacher. Decision or commitment made under the influence of emotions lasts as long as the emotions.

A pickpocket (PP) and a false Christian/teacher have the same characteristics: It is difficult to distinguish/identify a PP. He strikes when you are off guard. You realize your loss later.

Likewise, it is diff to distinguish a false teacher/Christian. Jude 12. They rub shoulders with you in the church. They eat with you, dine with you. They entice, allure, beguile you by their religious talks, false piety. II Pet 2:18. II Tim 3:5.They are immoral, filthy, unclean, greedy, and lewd. II Pet 14-18. They may never be caught but they will wake up in hell. Jude 13.

A false Christian/teacher and a forged currency note has the same characteristics: Unless you are trained to locate the marks, it is impossible/very difficult to distinguish or identify a forged note. They are not printed in the country's Reserve Bank. It is to destroy a country's economy, that a forged note is printed and circulated. It has no inherent value and is ultimately thrown into fire, when identified.

Likewise, these false Christians are very difficult to identify. They are not of God's factory, they do not belong to Him. They are of the devil and thus can only be identified by cross verifying them with God's word. They have crept in only with the purpose to destroy the church, to entice unstable and immature Christians. To lead them to hell. They roam freely and without fear in the church and are involved in church activities. In the end, they will be thrown into the eternal hellfire.

A prostitute and a false Christian/teacher have similar characteristics: Both are in it because of greed, for money. False Christian is in it for the position, flattering their way into people's lives and causing division. Both are bound in their sexual desires. They cannot control their passions. Their passions control them. They are liars, lacking integrity. Both are abominable, filthy, and unclean; do not have the Spirit of God, seducing people to fall in their trap. Both are damned to eternal hell.

To whom should I liken a false Christian/Teacher? A false Christian/teacher and a Mamba snake have similar characteristics: Both camouflage themselves in their surroundings, successfully. Both are deadly poisonous. Both defy God's authority. They kill your souls, damn you to hell. Both allow themselves to be used by the devil. Both entice, seduce, cheat, confuse, create doubt, dupe, and beguile believers who are weak and immature in faith and in the knowledge of His word. Both are devils icon, representative. Both have been destined for eternal darkness.

Who should I liken a False Teacher/Christian: They are like a monkey, who when a mango is thrown at it, will instead of gaining nourishment and nutrient out of it, will strike back or retaliate. False teachers retaliate when they are exposed and do not repent because they do not have the Spirit of God (Jude 19) who causeth us to repent, who enables us to have the longing to be holy, desire to be holy and to please God.

Paul in Eph 5: 11 says 'expose them'. I am in obedience to God's word, have exposed false teachers. I do not speak to the false teacher because Bible does not speak to them. Bible says, 'Beware of them' (Matt 7:15), that means, God is speaking to His redeemed ones, not to the false teacher/Christian. The Bible has nothing to say to the false teachers. They are the sons of perdition. They are reserved the blackness of darkness forever. Jude 13.

Do you know why you do not accept what I say? Because you do not have the love of God in you. Jn 5:42 You do not listen to me because you do not want honor from the Father above but love honor of fellow men. Jn 5: 44