Category: God

– TODAY I begin my 28TH month at Life Pointe Church in Homestead Florida.
– It’s also the start of my 33RD month on this journey.
– Why do I keep counting up ?
– It’s because the higher the numbers the further away from darkness I am.
– Lead Pastor Travis led a strong message this morning.
– It was based on 1 Peter 1:13-22 and Romans 3:23 / 6:5-11 / 12:1-2.
– We are born into sin and separated from God.
– We are rebels with no cause.
– We have all sinned; therefore, we have all fallen short of God’s example.
– Death to self is the only way to a revolutionary Life in Jesus Christ.
– 32 months ago I was at my own funeral.
– It was the most alive I had ever been.
– That’s becaause God pulled the dead man out of me when I accepted Him.
– The dawn of a new Life had finally arrived.
– I’ve been chasing daylight ever since.
– I’m still a work in progress.
– I must never give up the mighty fight against evil and darkness.

1 Peter 1:13-16
A Call To Holy Living
13  So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.
14  So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.
15  But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.
16  For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”

The last thing that I was known as being before this journey began for me was that of a rebel or an extremist. I essentially blended in with the world. I was a mannequin with no relevant direction or purpose in life. I was just like everyone else. And then I was rescued and saved by my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Almighty !  I’ve been on a journey following and obeying Him for the past 32 months now, and the world has conveniently identified and classified me as an extreme radical right-wing Jesus freak nut job looney tune. I am weird. I am wacky. I must be smoking the weeds.

The fact of the matter is that Jesus Christ was the ultimate rebel. He was the King of all radical extremists. In order to follow a rebel you’ve got to be a rebel. You’ve got to stand out from the crowd that is the world. You’ve got to wake up and activate from the evil and the darkness of the night. You’ve got to kick the devil hard in the face and tell him to get lost. You’ve got to take a stand and make a difference here on Earth. You’ve got to walk in His shoes and be His legs and His feet here on Earth.

It takes a rebel to know a rebel. It’s as simple as that, so call me extreme.

Matthew 24:9-14 (NLT, 2ND Ed.)
 9  “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers.
10  And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other.
11  And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people.
12  Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold.
13  But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
14  And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come.