Why are Christian's becoming weak in faith?

The people of this world have drawn away from God's holy word. The faithful are dwindling away from living to please the Lord Jesus Christ. Why are so many pulling away?

Hebrew 6: 4-8

“For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 7For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 8But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.”

Luke 10:2

 “Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.”

The laborers of God have become lazy working for God. And there has been some that were involved in church activities and, always trying to help the church, and assist the Pastor when he needs help. If we pay attention to the secular world you will notice that the so called Christians are entangled with the cares of the world mingling with the sinners in the wrong places.   

Romans 1:21

“Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.”

 

1 Peter 2:20

 “For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.”    

1 Corinthians 2:14-16

“ 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.”

Deuteronomy 13:4

“Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.”

Satan has created a false imagine in the people of this world to serve the creators and money to delay the time to repentance. Just like the days of Noah.

Romans 1:24,25

“Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”

Matthew 24:38

 “For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,”

Matthew 24:12 

“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”

Be strong and faithful onto the end, and the Lord will not leave you nor forsake you. Jesus Christ will strengthen you through the most difficult times. As you may know, that we are in the tail end of the coming of the Lord.  

Hebrews 3:14

 “For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;”

The True Leaven in Jesus

Deuteronomy 16:3

“Thou shalt eat no unleavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.”

1 Corinthians 5:7-8

“Your glorying is not good. Knowing ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”

*The Blood is a covering of protection. The Lord told the people of Israel to put blood on the door lintels so that death will pass them, just like what Jesus wants from us. We need the blood of Jesus to cover us.

Exodus 12:23

“For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.”

*Looking back at the event, when God led the people of Israel out of Egypt, also resembles that of the Lord Jesus Christ and the day of the Passover where He then died and became the perfect sacrifice for the world. *

1 John 1:7

“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”

*When receiving the Lord Jesus Christ in our hearts we can’t hold onto any pass sins. Because God is holy, and God dwells only in vessels that are holy.*

(The Leaven of the Pharisees)

Luke 12:1

“In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.”

The Parable of the Sower

Matthew 13:3-8

“And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: 8But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.”

What is the Seed?

The Word of God.

Luke 8:11

“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.”

He that sows the seed is the Son of Man

Matthew 13:37

“He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;”

What do the thorns represent?

The World.

Matthew 13:22

“He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.”

**A tree needs water to survive. If a tree was planted near a river where the roots would get its water daily, it will survive. Jesus wants us to plant ourselves in him, like a tree by the river banks to live. **

John 15:1-5

“1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”

True Believers will be hated for His name’s sake!

John 15:18-20

“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept y saying, they will keep yours also.”

Through Jesus we are saved and reconciled with Him from the World!

Colossians 1:21

“And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled.”

John 15:16

“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.”

Pastor Rolando Ramos

Things that Provoke God

Study by: Pastor Rolando Ramos 

There are 6 things God hates:

Proverbs 6:17-19

“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”

When a person exercises the practice of the works of the flesh they devise their own evil

Psalm 36:4

“He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.”

Psalm 81:12

“So I gave them up into their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.”

You know better, in that which you do is not expectable with God

Romans 1:21

“Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were they thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”

*The Lord is always watching to keep you from falling. If we read about Cain and Abel in Genesis 4:6-7, we could understand that satan will find a way to divert you from trusting in the Lord. *

Genesis 4:6-7

“And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? And why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.”

Proverbs 1:24

“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;”

He that has called you is Holy

1 Peter 1:13-16

“Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.”

Curse words, or words of evil, or worldly lustful speaking put away from you

Ephesians 4:29

“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”

A person that ignores instruction loves death. Be obedient unto the word of God, and you will be filled with joy

Proverbs 8:33-36

“Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.”

If you have hatred towards anyone how can you say that you love God whom you have never seen?

1 John 4:20

“If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”

There are two most important commandments Jesus Christ mentioned in the Bible

Matthew 22:38-40

“Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”

*Keep the Lord thy God pleased with your life and you will have a peaceable and joyous life with Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Be Blessed!!!

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