Month: April 2019

Repentance before Christ? Mark 1:4

Greek Translation: “John did the act of washing in water in the wilderness and proclaimed righteousness with the baptism of repentance changing their minds from evil to good with a speech of rough breath and acute accent to move them in the direction towards the remission or the temporary bypassing of sin.” Commentary: Did you get that? The temporary bypassing of sin is the way it is translated in the Greek! This was before the Cross! Jesus completed the job at Calvary for a permanent bypassing of sin! So the question begs to be asked were the Old Testament Saints saved? They were temporarily saved by the act of looking forward to the Cross! All the writers of the Old Testament were looking forward to the Cross! If you look back to the Cross today you have a temporary salvation until in Faith you accept what Christ has done for your sin! Everyone who has ever lived will either look back to their sin or look back to the Cross at the Judgment Seat of Christ! Right now which is it? If you see your sin on the Cross you are saved! If you look back and only see your sin you are condemned forever! Happy Easter! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com

Two Confessions! Mark 1:5

John was baptizing people for the forgiveness of their sin in the Jordan river! Jesus was baptized by John! Did Jesus need to be baptized? He was doing this in obedience to the Father and showing us by example the right path! Confirmation was given afterwards by the Holy Spirit descending on him! The Holy Spirit will come into the life of a believer to accomplish the work God has given us! For Jesus it was preparation for the Cross! In this verse sinners were confessing their sin! The word confessing means to be in agreement with God! That is i have broken his laws! I have broken his commandments! I am guilty as charged! If we have truly made the first confession then a second confession will follow! That is Jesus has saved me! We will not be able to keep quiet about this! Your second confession is the result of your first confession! That is confirmation of your salvation! People that claim they are saved but never want to talk about it are suspect? People that are saved will act like it! Excited! The world will try to shut you up! They hate your testimony because it exposes them! Don’t wear your religion on your sleeve they will say! People that have never made the first confession are uncomfortable about your second confession! Think if our criminal justice system worked this way! You confess your crimes to the judge and then he says you are free to go! However if you truly repented you will not repeat your crimes! Jesus is our judge because he took your judgment upon himself! This is why only Jesus can forgive our sin! Would you forgive someone who you had to go to prison for 30 years yet you did not do the crime? God took our death penalty upon himself! People cannot forgive because they do not understand someone has taken the punishment for their sin so they need to get vengeance for themselves rather than to forgive as they have been forgiven! Happy Easter! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com

A New Way of Living!

If man had his way, the plan of redemption would be an endless and bloody conflict! In reality, salvation was bought not by Jesus fist, but by His nail-pierced hands; not by muscle but by love; not by vengeance but by forgiveness; not by force but by sacrifice. Jesus Christ surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to conquer Him! Pastor A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) Comment: Man could never achieve by himself what God has done for us and enabled us to model our lives after him! That is to live and die one day at a time with love for our fellow man the only motivation for what we say and do! To sacrifice for others rather than sacrifice others for ourselves! To trust God allows us to love our fellow man knowing our outcome is based upon His love! Happy Easter

Everyday is a Gift! Psalm 118:24

Give everyday the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life! Mark Twain   Comment: I have learned through life that the world rejects me but Christ has accepted me! Everyday belongs to our Creator yet in his mercy he has granted me another day to Praise him! He made me acceptable by his own blood! Not many or probably none would shed their blood for you except just one! He already has! The only one many people reject? Heaven is also a gift to us and those in Christ when their days end here on earth will serve him in Heaven until we return with him at his second coming to take over and rule the earth in righteousness and peace! A day was reserved for Christ to accomplish redemption for us on a lonely Cross at Calvary! Ever difficult day of my life has provided me the opportunity to trust Christ and to learn he has never left me nor forsaken me! Never trust anything that cannot save you and raise you from the dead! Happy Easter! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com

Messianic Prophecy! Isaiah 50:6-7

Verse 6; I gave my back to the smiters to be beaten and slain, and my cheeks to them that plucked off my beard: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. Verse 7; For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: Therefore I have set, established and planted my face like a flint, and I know I shall not be ashamed, confounded or disappointed. Commentary: The Prophet Isaiah lived about 800 years before our first Easter! He had a vision of Calvary to come and the Son of God being condemned for the sin of the world! This is good news for us but it did not reduce his pain and suffering on the Cross for our transgressions! The old hymn says, “Burdens are lifted at Calvary!” Most of us do not understand the suffering Jesus went through for us! To be God exempt from suffering yet come to earth to suffer for our penalty of sin! This deliverance is perpetual and eternal! No mortal can do what Christ has done for me! Why? Because mortals are sinners just like me! Satan worked so hard to keep Jesus off the Cross! Turn these stones into bread for you have just completed a 40 day fast! Surely you are hungry? Jump from the Temple Mount! Show off to the world you are God! The angels will protect you! Jesus I offer you all the Kingdoms of this world! Just bow down and worship me! I will give you my political power and authority and you can enslave men! They will be slaves to their own evil deeds! Do not deliver them from me! I want to populate hell with them! I want company! Do not suffer for them they are not worth it! Like Judas they will betray you! Peter denied you! Why sacrifice yourself for this evil bunch? Rather sacrifice them as I do for yourself!  Leave the 99 and save yourself! Easter is about you and me! For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believe in him shall not perish but have everlasting life! Happy Easter! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com

Why Did He Leave Home?

Usually when someone goes on a vacation they leave home! Jesus the Son of God left Heaven his home to come to earth! Born of a virgin to live and suffer on a Cross for you! Jesus left home so you could go home! He has added great value to your life! Jesus has prepared a place for you in Heaven! Our lives are only precious because Jesus made them precious in his sacrifice for us! Jesus values you more than any human you will ever meet here on earth! Why? Because he is not just human he is God! One mortal cannot save another mortal! Only God the immortal can save us mortals and  he has for those that trust him over themselves! Happy Easter! Pastor Oscar Cope.

Big Bang Theory! Genesis 1:1

Scientist have confirmed that the earth, planets, sun, moon and stars all had the same starting point! They are all the same age! Before this starting point nothing existed in our universe! They have also concluded that time is a product of this starting point! Prior to creation there was no time! Scientist of the 21st Century are saying what theologians have said for thousands of years! One day soon we will run out of time with our physical death! It is also interesting that God uses his time to mark prophetic events in your Bible! Christmas and Easter would be two good examples! The word time means “to honor”. Are you honoring God with the time you have left here on earth? According to science the earth and the heavens are the same age! Easter time is coming soon! Will you honor God with the time he has given you? God first honored you with life, time and the sacrifice of his only Son so you could spend eternity with him! God has no beginning and no end! Even a dog does not bite the hand that feeds him! A dog recognizes the order in the universe and his place in it! Do we? Happy Easter! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com

Life After Death?

How do we know? The atheist asks the Christian do you know anyone who has come back from death? The Christian asks the atheist do you know anyone who has come back as evidence for your faith there is no God? We have Christ himself who was raised from the dead! He raised other people from the dead! In fact if there was no life after death God would not have wasted his only Son Jesus Christ to die for our sin to prepare us for the life after death! Easter is the best illustration God has given us to demonstrate his love for us preparing us not only for a life of peace trusting him today here on earth but experience his love for us as he has prepared a place for us in Heaven to live with him forever! Dinesh D’Souza