GOOD GUY BAD GUY

GOOD GUY BAD GUY

I’m convinced that no one is born bad. Having said that, there was only One who was born GOOD. The difference, as far as we are concerned, is our relationship to Him. If we have received Jesus as the Lord of our lives the Judge of the universe has already declared us good. God looks upon our hearts and when He sees Jesus as the center of our life how could he say anything else? One thing I hope you will grasp is the fact that once you are born again you are already living in your eternal life. Since we are, we must live in Jesus and allow His Word to be our DNA.

A disciplined daily reading from God’s Word will provide all we need to stay in His favor. Any Christian who strays from what the Lord has said will soon find him or herself swerving in their walk. It’s as if we are weakened from eating habits that aren’t complementary to our body. Jesus said something one time that we rarely hear in a sermon, “He who is not for me is against Me and he who isn’t gathering “for Me” is scattering.” Our goal should always be to not disappoint Him, Amen?

The world is full of bad people and prisons are being built constantly to cage them. The influx is so great in some communities “bad guys” are being released back into society before they have served their sentences so the latest batch of bad guys can be locked up. Folks, it shouldn’t be this way. We Christians who have Jesus inside us should be active, under the Holy Spirit, to reach folks before they turn on to the devil. Don’t say it is impossible for on Judgment Day we will witness God rewarding those who agree with His Word. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.“ We must agree with Him or we won’t be gathering.

Do you know for sure you are going to Heaven when you die? If you can’t say, “absolutely” then this message is for you. God is FAITHFUL! Say that out loud several times so your ears can hear it too. If He says it then that’s it. Let’s read Romans 10: 9-10 from the Amplified Bible.

9Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

10For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation.

God revealed John 1:12 to me in an exciting way years ago and with it I discovered the importance of receiving Jesus experientially.

12But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name.)

Have you ever repented of your sins and received the Spirit of God as your Lord? Many have told me, “I believe in Jesus” thinking that’s enough. My reply is, Satan believes in Jesus and trembles. Salvation is a brand new life and it begins instantly not over a long period of time as some also think. We can’t become a Cadillac sitting for a long time in a GM show room either.

Now once you give yourself to Jesus as Lord we should seek the anointing of the Holy Spirit as revealed in Luke 3:16.

16John answered them all by saying, I baptize you with water; but He Who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of Whose sandals I am not fit to unfasten. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Jesus told His disciples [that’s us too] what to do afterwards in Acts 1.


8But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.

Our purpose now is to help folks become “good guys” before the devil leads them into sin from which some never recover. We are God’s servants now and to think otherwise is wrong. Religion has robbed God of servants for a very long time. Many think that following rules will please Him but what pleases God is us obeying Jesus. John 3:36 confirms this with a warning.

36And he who believes in (has faith in, clings to, relies on) the Son has (now possesses) eternal life. But whoever disobeys (is unbelieving toward, refuses to trust in, disregards, is not subject to) the Son will never see (experience) life, but [instead] the wrath of God abides on him. [God's displeasure remains on him; His indignation hangs over him continually.]

In His Service,

Capt. Ben Marler


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