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Vol. 5 / Issue 28 / January 24 2002

Contents of this issue

Editorial

He who does the will of God abides forever



News Items (Common to all issues) :

Standing in the Gap - Fasting prayer on 8th Dec.. 2015

Download Articles in Handheld Computers

Please Join us in "Peace Prayer Room"

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Hindi / Malayalam/Tamil Bible Online

Through the Valley of Death

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Allah and Elohim - Are they the same God? Book

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Editorial

By Sherly Isaac

The world is moving very fast. Few months back when I watched "Rapture movies" and the movies related to second coming of Jesus Christ which was made by Christian Evangelist, Jack Van Impe, I had little idea that world will move so fast and rapid change occur in this short period of time. But 11th September 2001 has changed all equations. Now they are seriously thinking about video monitoring system, international ID card and chip implant so that they can track a person easily. Not only that but natural disaster, violence and turmoil are increased as never before.

India and Pakistan are standing at the door of war. India has seen so much violence, murders and all kinds of atrocities in last 10 to 20 years. Yes, it is necessary to stop all these atrocities and it is necessary that people who did those crimes should be brought to justice. But other side Pakistan is in a very dangerous position. If this war takes place and if nuclear weapons are used then it is possible that Pakistan will vanish from the map of the world. Millions of souls are in danger of being wiped away from the face of the earth. As a Christian it is our duty to pray for those perishing souls who are blinded by devil. Many of them are thinking that by killing others they will reach heaven. But they forget that by killing, no one can go to heaven. Bible says that, ".....and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him."(1 John 3:15)

Many do not know what they are doing? Some are doing just for fun and some to reach heaven. But a holy God can not take people into heaven those who are doing sin. God looks sinner as sinner. Adam and Eve did not murder or rap anybody. Their sin was simple disobedience toward God and the consequence was they lost the presence of God. They were driven out from the Garden of Eden. If God punished Adam and Eve for their simple mistake then how we can expect to reach heaven by killing others or doing big crimes? No, my friend, if you want to go to heaven your sins must be forgiven. Jesus came in this world and shed His precious blood for the very purpose so that we may come out of our sins and sinful nature and live a holy life. By the shed blood of Jesus we can obtain forgiveness of our sins. If you have not yet accepted Jesus Christ then this is the time to invite Him in your life. When He will come in, He will wash away all your sins and give you a holy life.



He who does the will of God abides forever

By Sheela Isaac

1 John 2:16, "For all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life; is not of the Father but is of the world." 1 John 2:17, "And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever."

Bible talks about it very clearly that whoever loves the world and worldly things, who loves the worldly pleasures will not and cannot abide forever but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Now what things are considered worldly? Answer is very simple anything that steals your focus from God is worldly. Anything that has first priority in your life or stands first in your agenda other than God is worldly. If you are running after something desperately and trying to achieve something with crooked ways is worldly. God has given certain guidelines for human beings to follow but when we go beyond it and push aside God's rules it becomes SIN.

We find some people in Bible who did the same mistakes and they faced the results. They failed in certain areas of their life. The same things are being repeated generation after generations. Why we repeat same mistakes over and over again? Because we fail to learn the things from Bible, we fail to correct ourselves. We read Bible but ignore the sin part. We try to justify that we are better than our forefathers and it does not do any good to us.

1 John 2:16, "For all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life; is not of the Father but is of the world." Bible keeps sin in major three categories. It is very clear that these are the areas which make people to stumble and fall down. Many people, king, and famous people failed in these areas. Many big and good ministries failed and ruined because of the same sin. Now let us see what are the main sins which made people drown.

1. Love of money:
Bible speaks about it very strongly.
1 Tim 6:10, "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."

Many have fallen because of money. Greed of money is the root of all evil. I heard many stories some are very unbelievable. I read in newspaper that one person killed his own brother because of property and money. Can you imagine it? But it is happening. How people get into low levels because of money even they do not feel sad to kill their own people. In India few years back a big money (Share scandal) took place. The person who was involved in it, took billions of rupees (Indian currency) in bribe but later caught by police. He ended up in prison spent almost his life time in prison and finally died in prison at a very young age of 48. When it happened somebody commented in a joking mood "what is the use of it, what did he gain? Is he going to eat the bread of gold instead of flour? Why he needed this much of money, what he is going to do with it?"

Yes my friend he gained that much money but he could not use it. He neither ate the golden biscuits nor drank the golden drink. But ended up in jail forever. He ruined his' and his families' name and reputation. That's what greed of money does.

The story of Balaam and Judas Iscariot is the great example to remember.

Balaam prophesied about the coming of Christ long back. Here is some of the prophecies were spoken by him. Num 24:16, "The utterance of him who hears the words of God, And has the knowledge of the Most High, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Who falls down, with eyes wide open:" Num 24:17, "I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, And batter the brow of Moab, And destroy all the sons of tumult." Balaam who could prophecy about the coming of Christ declaring Him as star, who could hear the words of God, who could attain the knowledge of Most High, who could see visions of almighty God, but what happened to him? He failed in his walk with God, he failed to obey God because greed of money came in. He faced the result.

God is not a respecter of persons. A person may be godly, may be of high reputation but when he/she slips away from God, when he/she stands against the will of God any thing can happen.

Balaam's story further says he could not hold himself in the ways of God. Love of money made him blind. When he knew that king of Moab Balak is ready to give him money, gold and silver. He was ready to do anything. He was ready to curse God's people Israelites, he was ready to even disobey God, he was ready to despise God's word and great ability to prophesy. He was ready to reject God's enormous blessing for earthly, good for nothing riches and money.

What was the result of his failed attempt to curse Israelites? The love of money drove him to nowhere. He not only lost God's grace but heaven too. His end was tragic, Bible says about him that people killed him. Balaam was called an unrighteous man and a mad prophet. These verses talks about him: 2 Pet 2:15, "They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 2 Pet 2:16, "but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet." Jude 1:11 says again people who loved money and out of greed followed the footsteps of Balaam were perished. It was the sad end for a greedy money monger.

Again we find about Judas Iscariot the disciple of Lord Jesus Christ. He was a greedy man who loved money than God. Bible speaks about him as a thief. He used to steal money form the money box. John 12:6, "This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it." Judas used to steal money and this habit brought him to dangerous end. Finally he betrayed Jesus Christ in thirty pieces of silver. Mat 26:14, "Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests." Mat 26:15 and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?" And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver." Did he enjoy that money. No he could not, but hanged himself to death. He not only lost his earthly life but lost eternity too.

Let it be a reminder for us. Sinful money does not bring joy but it's end is sorrowful. Money is not the everything in life but when you make money in the fear of God in a right way it gives joy and happiness.

2. Love of position:
This is another sin which leads many to destruction. Love of position, love to see "I am something great." This kind of attitude drives one to destruction.

King Saul is the great example of it. He was a man of God. He was anointed and spirit filled person. At the beginning he was very humble. When Samuel went to anoint him he said "Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak like this to me?" How humble he was, but when he became king things did change. He forgot about God and about His favor. He forgot that it is God who made him king. He forgot that it is God who raised him from dunghill. When he found highest position he ignored God and started pleasing people. He began to do evil to keep his position. He tried to protect his position and even he was ready to kill David. He forgot that it is God who gave him the position of king and can also take it back from his hand.

Saul failed miserably. Why? He kicked God out of his life and tried to please people who were around him. And what did God do to him. He removed him from kingship." 1 Sam 15:26, "But Samuel said to Saul, "......, for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel."

When a person fails to walk in the ways of God, love money or position, things go in different way. Balaam fell, Judas Iscariot the disciple of Lord Jesus Christ fell, King Saul fell. They all fell because of their love for world and worldly things. They all fell because they rejected God. It teaches us that if we reject one and only true God Lord Jesus Christ, we can also fall.

Now how to get rid of these kind of situation?
1. Invite Jesus into your life: When Jesus comes in He automatically transforms life. Every time when you do something wrong Holy Spirit convicts you and when you yield to God it brings transformation in your life.
2. Long for holiness: Salvation brings that longing to live a holy life. When you cry out before God and when you are willing to lead a holy life, life start changing.
3. Have closer walk with God: Cling to Him all the time in prayer and Bible reading and it will help you to walk closer and closer to Him. It will help you to know His perfect will.

May God help you and hold you until the end.




Standing in the Gap - Fasting prayer on 8th Dec.. 2015

As the Bible says in Ezekiel 22:30 "So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it." And also the Bible says in Numbers 16:48, "And he (Aaron) stood between the dead and the living; so the plague was stopped." We have fasting prayer every second Tuesday of each month. Our next fasting prayer meeting will be conducted on 16th Nov. 2015

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