Hi, I would like to explain the true message of God's Word as revealed in my life. Feel free to comment on my posts and to ask questions, I will try to answer your questions as best as I can. God Bless, Caleb Dhewnarian
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Pure Consciences Before The Lord!
Pure Consciences Before
The Lord!
Let us read 2 Timothy 1 verse
3. We read in this verse that the apostle Paul thanked God and remembered
Timothy in prayer at all times. Notice that Paul said " Whom I serve with
a Pure Conscience (NKJV)" Some translation say a clear conscience.
This passage made me think, what is a pure conscience? For Paul had even
charged the deacons to hold the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience (1
Timothy 3 verse 9).
A Pure conscience is a heart
that is at peace with God, you see, the Holy Spirit of God convicts us of sin
(John 16 verse 7 and 8), when we harden our hearts and continue in sin, our
heart is then not at peace with God, then our conscience is not pure either.
When Paul thanked God and prayed, his conscience was clear with God, this means
that his life was right with
our Lord Jesus Christ.
The question we should now
ask is, are our hearts right with God? When you stand before God, is your
conscience pure? Is your heart at complete peace or does the Spirit of Jesus
convict you of your hidden sins? Jesus said that if you bring your gift to the
altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, then
first go and reconcile with your brother, then come and offer your gift on the
altar (Matthew 5 verse 23 to 24).
This can be applied to this
situation about a clear conscience, bringing a gift to the altar, represents us
coming before the Lord's throne of grace (to pray to or to praise Him). Remembering
our brother represents our unconfessed or unforgiven sins, we must first deal
with our sins before praying to our Lord!
How can we pray to God with
an impure conscience? But one may ask, "How do I make my conscience
pure?" The answer is simple, by the blood of Jesus Christ! For the Word of
God says that the blood of Christ can cleanse our conscience from dead works,
so that we can serve the living God (Hebrews 9 verse 14). We need to understand
that we cannot come before God with a tainted conscience and expect to be heard
by Him. He is a Holy and Pure Lord, who requires us to live as He has lived (1
Peter 1 verse 15 to 16, 1 John 3 verse 3 and 1 John 2 verse 6).
Friends are we honoring God
with our lives or are we coming before Him with filthy lives? The modern church
says, " Come as you are!" This is partly true, yet not fully, we do
come to Christ as we are, but once we receive Him as our Saviour, we
certainly don't stay as we were! Are
we removing sin from our lives?
One of the biggest things
that I have noticed in nowadays Christian is dating and love relationships,
especially amongst the youth. Paul told Timothy to "Flee youthful lusts (2
Timothy 2 verse 22)", But I notice that people nowadays have no problems spending time with and visiting a person of
the opposite sex. You who are in relationships, you who are dating, tell me,
are your thoughts always God honoring or do you continually stir up your
youthful lusts by dating? How can you date and not feel a single emotion? You
call it love, but it is clearly not God honoring! How do you honor God by thinking
of a girl or boy?
Paul has told us to possess
our own vessel in santification and honor, not in passion of lust like the
heathen do (1 Thessalonians 4 to 5)! Tell me, are you treating your boyfriend
or girlfriend as a brother or sister in Christ (2 Timothy 5 verse 1 to 2)? Are
we considering other men and women as brothers and sisters in Christ or are we
passionately lusting after them! We are called to be Holy, a Holy priesthood
that offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Christ Jesus (1
Peter 2 verse 5)!
Peter urged the church to arm
themselves with the same mind as Christ's, for he who has suffered in the flesh
has ceased from sin, so that he would not live for himself, but for the Will of
God (1 Peter 4 verse 1 to 2)! Are we following God's Will or passionately
lusting after others?
We are suppose to wait on God
for our marriage partner, He alone will reveal the one He has set for us and us
for them. Don't you trust God? If God chooses your spouse to be, would He not
also create the love? Of course He will!
We read in Genesis 24 the
story of how Abraham's servant was shown by God, who Isaac's bride would be!
Isaac and Rebekah had no relationship before marriage and verse 67 of chapter
24 clearly states that Isaac loved Rebekah! This was a love created by God!
Trust God, if you keep your
yourself pure and faithfully obey and wait upon Him, not trying to date or
court someone, then He will bring you and the one He has chosen together in
absolute purity! He will create the love between the two of you, it will
require nothing but patience, obedience, purity and faith in God!
The choice is up to you, you
can either marry in absolute purity and obedience(which is God's way) or in
passion and lust, which is the way of the devil! Realise that God calls
us to purity, even if we obey Him in all other areas and not in one, then
we still sin, for we are disobeying God's Will. We are called to follow His
Will in all things, for we now live for His Will, for we are no longer slaves
to sin but to righteousness (Romans 6 verse 18).
Monday, 15 September 2014
Jesus Is Worth Far More!
I felt led to write on this portion of scripture
Let us
read Matthew 13
verse 45 to 46:
“Again the kingdom
of heaven is
like a merchant
seeking beautiful pearls,
who, when he
had found one
pearl of great
price, went and
sold all that
he had and
bought it’’ (NKJV)
Now a parable
is a short
story that teaches
us a moral
lesson, it always
has a hidden
message, the things
and characters in
it, are often symbolic of
God and sin.
The Pearl of
great price is
symbolic of Jesus
Christ, for just
as the man
searched for beautiful
pearls, so do our
hearts search for
God, our hearts
search for the
true and only
God. We see
that when the
merchant had found
the pearl, he
sold everything he
had and bought
it. In the
same way, we
must part with
our sins and
receive the free
gift of God
in Jesus Christ. When
you sell something,
you must receive
something, in the same
way, when we
part with sin
and turn to
God, we must
receive Jesus Christ. Once
something is sold,
it can only
be yours again,
if you buy
it back from
the owner. In
the same way,
when we confess our
sins to Jesus
and ask for
His forgiveness, our
sins are taken
away (1 John 1
verse 9). When
we continue in
sin after receiving
Jesus, we spiritually buy
back our sins,
all of the
old desires and
urges return, don’t
misunderstand me, Jesus
has taken away
our previous sins.
Satan once again
deceives our heart
in the same
way as before,
for instance if
your weakness was
stealing, then you
would be tempted
to steal and
if you continue
in sin, it
is likely that
you will fall
back completely into
your old sins
and life, therefor
we spiritually buy
back our sins.
We must understand
that Jesus
is worth far
more than we
can ever imagine, we
must deny our
ourselves and follow
Him (Mark 8 verse
34). That means that
we must deny our
fleshy desires, it
also means that
we must deny
everything that hinders
our walk with
God . Understand that
if you lower
God’s standards in
order to please
others, (especially how some
parents lower God’s
standards in order
not to displease
their children) we
are not worthy
of Christ, for
we are considering
others of more
value than Christ
and this is
a sin( Matthew 10
verse 37). We
must understand that
there is no
place for sin in the
life of a
believer of Jesus
Christ, God is
Holy and calls
us to be Holy in
all that we do(
1 Peter 1 verse 15 to
16). We cannot
continue in sin
and expect God
to overlook it, we must stop sinning,
confess our sins
to God and
forsake them, only
then can we
expect to live
for God, by
sinning after being
saved, we trample
Jesus and His
grace and one
who does this
will be judged
and will not
receive any mercy( Hebrews 10
verse 26 to
29). Be honest
with your self,
do you love
your children more
than God? Do
you love your
wife or husband
more than our
Lord? Or do
you love the
praise of men
more than Jesus
Christ?. The easiest
way to find
out is, when
you are with
these people, are
you quick to
dilute God’s standards.
Do you make
leeway for them,
saying ‘oh they
aren’t really sinning
or we must
give them time
to change( when
you know they
aren’t changing at
all and you
know you can
stop them from
doing that sin).’
Jesus is
worth far more
than any human
being( or anything for
that matter), if
you forsake Him
before men, He
will forsake you
before God( Matthew 10
verse 33). Bear
in mind, God
is the one
who saves our
lives, not anyone
else, He will
not dilute His
standards for you
or anyone else,
for He is
a just God. Therefor friends,
confess your sins
to Him and
ask humbly for
His forgiveness. Do
not let anyone
or thing become
more important to you than
God. I remember
a time when
I got saved,
I used to
play video games, (
bear in mind,
there was nothing
morally wrong with
the games I
played), one day
God spoke into
my heart explaining
to me that
video games had
become an idol
in my life.
I naturally denied
it at first,
but God showed
me that everything
in my life
revolved around video
games, it took
up most of
my free time
and thoughts and even my conversation. I
immediately stopped playing
video games and
today I am
a much better
person because of
it. Is there
anything in your
life that is
an idol? Ask yourself
something, what thing
or person takes
up most of
your thoughts, conversation
or time? If
the answer isn’t
God, then that
person or thing
has become an
idol in your
life. Please friends,
I plead with
you in the
words of the
apostle John, “ Little
children, keep yourselves
from idols, Amen” ( 1
John 5 verse
21 NKJV). So
examine your life
closely and remove
all sin from
it and if
you don’t know
in what area
you are sinning,
then ask God
and He will
show you, it
may not even
be something obviously
sinful or even
wrong, but making
something good into an
idol is a
sin. Remember
Jesus is worth
far more!
No Fellowship with Sin
We live in such a sinful world and it is often difficult to pick good company, but it is vital that we pick godly company and not just anyone. I speak of the company that is the closest to you(such as friends, family or coworkers), we inevitably spend a lot of time with people, it is therefor necessary to spend that time with those who uplift us in God, but we are also called to spread the gospel amongst the ungodly, what is important is that our company doesn't change our way of life in God, that it doesn't lower God's standards.
Let us read 2
Corinthians 6 verse
15, this scripture
explains to us
that we should
not have fellowship
with satan followers.
Paul explains that
there is no
harmony between Jesus
and satan(Belial), Jesus
is the living
Word of God,
he has never
sinned and never
will for He is
the True light
and gives light
to all men( John
1 verse 9).
Jesus is fully obedient
to God the
Father, He does
exactly what the
Father wills. Satan,
however is a
created being, there
is no light
in him as he has
been a liar
and murderer from
the beginning( John 8 verse
44). Paul says in 1
Timothy 1 verse
8 to 11:
We know
that the law is good
if one uses
it properly. We
also know that
law is made
not for the
righteous but for
lawbreakers and rebels,
the ungodly and
sinful, the unholy
and irreligious; for
those who kill
their fathers and
mothers, for murderers, for
adulterers and perverts,
for slave traders
and liars and perjurers
and for whatever
else is contrary
to sound doctrine
that conforms to
the glorious gospel
of the blessed
God, which he
entrusted to me.
Notice that I
highlighted two points
in the scripture
above, those who
sin break God’s
law, thus not
following God’s will,
but following their
own will. Satan is
a liar and
murderer and therefor
a lawbreaker, he
does not obey
God’s will, he
is disobedient to
God. He sinned
in the beginning
and continues to
sin, by accusing
the children of God day
and night( Revelations 12 verse
10).
Jesus and satan
are the exact
opposite of each
other, Jesus was
never created, but
simply IS, because He
is God, satan
was created (Ezekiel 28 verse
13) and isn’t
God. Jesus is
light, satan is
darkness, Jesus is
perfectly obedient to
God, satan has
never been obedient
to God since
his rebellion. Jesus
came to save
lives( John 3
verse 16), satan
seeks to kill
and destroy life (
John 10 verse
10 and 1
Peter 5 verse
8). When we
live in the
sinful nature, we
have our minds
set on what
satan desires, but
when we live
in the Spirit,
we have
our mind set
on what God
desires( Romans 8 verse
5 to 8).
Friends, we must
understand that we
can have no
fellowship with those
who live for
satan, we have
to distance ourselves
from them, for
the Spirit of
God in us
envies greatly, for
friendship with the
world is hatred
towards God( James 4
verse 4 to 5).
We really must
understand that the
company we keep
can affect us
greatly, we leave
ourselves open to
temptation and sin,
bad company corrupts
our godly character (1 Corinthians 15
verse 33). God
has commanded us
to be separate
from sinners, because
He dwells in us (
2 Corinthians 6
verse 16 to 17). We
must influence the
sinners, not the
other way around,
we must exercise
caution when spending
time with those
who are not
right, we must make sure
that we try
to lead them
to Christ. We
must examine our
friendships and see
whether we are
witnessing for Christ
or fulfilling some
ungodly desires. Since
we live by
the Spirit and
they by the
sinful nature, there
is bound to
be conflict of
some sort, we
must not dilute
God’s standards when
we are in
their company (or at
any time). We must
strive to
keep God’s commands
and standards, regardless
of who we
are with, whether
it is favorable
or not. Examine
the company you
keep, if you
don’t bring honor
to God by
that company, then
part from them (
unless you are
changing them by
witnessing about Christ).
Please understand that
many people have
fallen(spiritually) because of
their bad company,
how many countless
Christians become lax
because of their
bad company. It
is sad to
even think of
how many Christians
filled with God’s
fire have burnt
out because of
their company, their
fire for God
has been put
out, because they
try to please
man rather than
God. Please examine
your intentions for
the company you
keep, is it
to save them
or to just
be with them?
To be a
light for God
or to get
in with the
group? Are
you changing them
or are they
changing you? It
is better to
have no friends
and be right
with God than
to have all
the friends in
the world and
forfeit you salvation
because of you
tolerance of sin
and lax standards.
Pray to God
and ask Him if you
are friends with
the right people,
if this is His doing
or yours. Please beware
of bad company!
Friday, 8 August 2014
Life or Death!
The choice of life or death has been presented to man from the beginning of time. Adam and Eve were presented this choice in the garden of Eden. They defiantly chose death over life, by eating the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Unfortunately, their descendants (mankind) made the same mistake over and over again. We can see the results in this sinful world of choosing death, each and every one of us has sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3 v 23). Praise be to God that we can be redeemed through the sacrifice of His only begotten son Jesus Christ, we have now, a choice to choose life through Christ or Death!
Life or Death!
“Further more,
tell the people, ‘ This is
what the Lord
says: See, I
am setting before
you the way
of life and
the way of
death. (Jeremiah 21 verse
8)
King Zedekiah had
sent word to
Jeremiah, to enquire
of God for him
, for
the Babylonians were
besieging the city
of Jerusalem. He hoped that
God would miraculously
save them from
their enemies as God had
done in the
past( Jeremiah 21 verse 1 to 2).
Zedekiah and Israel
just wanted to be saved
from their enemies
so they could
continue in their
sins. They had
no intention of
repenting and turning
to God, they
simply wanted the divine help, but
not the God
who could give
it. God spoke
against this request
and said that
He would strengthen
their enemies as
they were sent
by Him to
punish Israel for
it’s sins. He
told them if
they surrendered to the Babylonians
they would live,
if they didn’t
they would die(
Jeremiah 21 verse 9). If they
surrendered they would
be obeying God,
but they chose
to disobey God
rather than obeying
Him. They still
held on to
their pride, thinking
they could save
themselves.
Several hundred years
before this incident,
the same offer
of life or
death was offered
to the Israelites.
God had told
them through Moses
to choose life by
obeying His commands,
as disobeying would result in
ultimate death ( Deut 30 verse 19
to 20). The Israelites
stubbornly continued in
their sins even
though they had
accepted God’s covenant
at the time
of Moses. They
stubbornly continued to
choose death over
life.
What exactly is
life? The old
testament says that
God was Israel’s
Life ( Deut 30 verse 20 ),
some wonder what
does that have
to do with
us Christians? Well
Colossians 3 verse
3 to 4 says that
Christ is our
Life. Ultimately we
have to choose
between Christ and
death, we cannot
sit on the
fence, if we
choose Christ we
have to live
for Him. For
we cannot say
we have Christ
in our life
if we don’t
obey His commands (
1 John 2
verse 3 to 4
).
God says in Hebrews
3 verse 7,
Today if you
hear his voice,
do not harden
your hearts! Do we
choose to submit
to God and
obey him? Or do we
choose to harden
our hearts.
Pharaoh had hardened
his heart several
times ( Exodus 7 verse 22, 8 verse 15,19,
32) . He
had several opportunities
to repent and
obey God’s command
to release the
Israelites. He kept
on playing with
God by repenting
and then hardening
his heart, until
his kingdom was
ultimately ruined.
We should choose
Life, for as
we see with
Pharaoh’s example the
cost of playing
with death is
too high. God
doesn’t play around
you’re either completely
for Him or
not at all.
Choose Life!
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