Death

Preachers have told us for years to "get saved!" and warned that the unbeliever's punishment is "going to Hell."
The Bible says the punishment for unbelief in Jesus Christ is Death: "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

What is Sin?
"Whatsoever is not of Faith is sin."
There are many counterfeits to faith: confidence, arrogance, assumptions, and pure ignorance. Faith is only faith if it's in something True (faith-worthy) because faith in a frayed tightrope will do you absolutely no good when you step on it.
Faith is not something you muster up, or "will" to do, it's Who you believe and receive, it's Jesus Christ. He is our Faith. The moment we accept Him, that is Faith, it happens in a micro-second, the Holy Spirit comes in and unites with our spirit and everything after that micro-second is Jesus' working through us.

"Faith is not of yourselves, it too, is a gift of God."

Death and Hell
"Death and Hell are cast into the Lake of Fire, this is the Second Death." Hell is cast into a lake of fire. Hell is not the end. Everyone in Hell will be resurrected and stand before "The Great White Throne Judgement Seat of God" and Judged.

Who is Sitting on the Throne? 

It's JESUS!!! Unbelievers will stand before Jesus and account for every word spoken against Him, and are judged for their unbelief reflected in their words (the evidence of their unbelief in Jesus). Yes, we are all guilty of sin (especially Christians it seems), but Jesus paid the price for everyone's sin, yet, not all receive His pardon for their sin. Only unbelievers are judged for the "unpardonable sin," which in a nutshell, is unbelief in Jesus Christ.

The Good News!
Jesus is innocent. He is the Son of God. He took the punishment for the sin of the whole world, for my sin and your sin, on the cross. The punishment for sin is death. That's why Jesus was crucified, to pay the wages of sin on our behalf. Jesus died for Me and for You because God loves us!

God rose Jesus from the dead to prove two things:

• That Jesus is of God
• That sin is Paid in Full!

"What must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."

~Acts 16:31

~dkg

Genesis 14

"And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea." Genesis 14:1-3

Kings uniting with kings, going to war against other kings. Inherit in the title "king" is to be ruler over all. There cannot be two kings over a given land, and if a king wants more land in his kingdom, he must defeat the kings of the lands he wants to conquer. Yet, these kings in Genesis 14 were uniting with other kings to defeat other kings. What is in the heart of a king to ask another king to help him overcome yet another king? Are kings willing to share their kingdoms? No, they will fight to keep them! What we have here are multiple, crissed-crossed strategic "chess matches" with one goal in mind, to be The King over all.

In battle, it is the king's army that does the fighting. These kings are uniting their armies to conquer other kingdoms. They will divide the spoils later, and then the real war between kings will begin!

There is only one God. He is the "King of kings."

~dkg

Genesis 13

"And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south." Genesis 13

Abram and his wife Sarai and his adult nephew Lot were moving out of Egypt. What had brought them down into Egypt was a famine. Abram had had a lot of possessions before (except food), and now that the famine was over, he was very rich! He could afford to pack up and move back home. It is easier to relocate when we have nothing, when we have no roots. Sometimes people move away from home to start a new life and they leave everything behind. But, when people are homesick, really homesick, they are willing to move everything they have aquired over time to move back, no matter how much baggage they have accumalated. They will pull up deep roots, if they have to, just to go home. Abram moved his family into Egypt because of hunger. Now he and his family were full, the famine was over, and everybody longed to go home. He pulled up his roots and went back to where his heart was, the land that God had given him. Abram experienced much danger in Egypt. He almost lost his wife...and his life! He lost nothing because God was with him and protected him. God gave him favor in Egypt.

May God protect us and give us favor on our journey home.

~dkg

Genesis 12

Coming soon