Sunday, November 1, 2009

SUFFERING FOR GOD

Posted by George Soepboer Sr.

If we wish to belong to the family of God then we must not only accept the good things of God but then we must also be willing to suffer for God.

It is only by the grace of God through Jesus Christ the Son of God that we are accepted by God. We can never work our way into the kingdom of God, for all the good works on this world, and all of the religions on this world, and all of the prayers on this world, cannot make one person acceptable by God. It is only by the grace of God that we will find acceptance by God.
No one can ever claim that by their religion or works or prayers or faith are accepted by God.
( Ephesians 2:4-9 ).

No-one is ever righteous before God, all people deserve to be punished in hell by God, for all people have sinned against God.
( Romans 3:9-18 ).

Even if we think we have done our best on this world for God that does not make us acceptable by God, for we cannot judge ourselves by our standers of righteousness but we will be judged by the standards of God. By standards of God we all have sinned against God.
( 1 John 1:8-10 ).

We are born in sin and we live in sin before we have knowledge of sin, for everyone live in sin by the standards of God.
( Psalms 5:1-5 ).

The whole world is under the power of satan and sin, and no one can remove oneself from the power of satan and sin apart from the grace and power of God through Jesus Christ the Son of God.
( 2 Corinthians 4:4 ).

We cannot be removed from the power of sin and satan without humbling ourselves before God and beg for mercy by God in the name of Jesus Christ the Son of God. We cannot make ourselves free from the power of satan and sin without the help of God provided for us through Jesus Christ the Son of God.
( John 15:16 )( John 16:23 ).

There is noting we can do on this world that will make us acceptable to God. All of the goods works on this world, and all of the religions on this world, and all of the prayers on this world, and all of the faith on this world will not save one person from the punishment of their sins in hell from God. We all will die and be placed in the horror of hell by God if we seek to save ourselves without begging for mercy by God in the name of Jesus Christ the Son of God.
( Psalms 49:7-8 ).

The salvation of God through Jesus Christ the Son of God is our only way to be accepted by God, and is also our only way to be forgiven of our sins by God.
( John 3:16-18 ).

The salvation of God through Jesus Christ the Son of God is also our only way to be accepted in heaven by God. If we look for any other way then we will end up in hell, not in heaven with God, for there is no other way to God, and there is no other way to be accepted in heaven by God.
( Revelation 7:13-14 ).

There is no way that we can work our way to God, and there is no way that we can work our way into heaven by God. Heaven is a gift from God for everyone who humbly pleads for grace by God in the name of Jesus the Son of God. Everyone who pleads for forgiven of their sins by God in the name of Jesus the Son of God will be forgiven of their sins by God, and will be accepted by God.
( Acts 2:21 )( Romans 10:11-13 ).
All the people on this world know about God. All people also know that everything is created by God. All people also know that they must obey God. All people of the world also have the power within to call upon God if we wish to be removed from the power of satan and wish to be forgiven of our sins by God and live for God, for that knowledge is created within all people by God.
( Romans 1:18-23 ) ( 1 Timothy 2:4 ).

However, it is never within our power to make ourselves acceptable to God by the way we seek to live on this world for God, for that is a gift of God through Jesus Christ the Son of God.
( Ephesians 2:1-13 ).

Anyone who wants to be accepted by God must receive Jesus Christ the Son of God as their only Savior to God, for Jesus the Son of God made us acceptable by God when He suffered and died for our sins by God. Only through the Son of God can we ever be part of God. Jesus Christ the Son of God is the only mediator between us and God, without that mediator no one will be accepted by God.
( 1 Corinthians 8:6 )( 1 Timothy 2:5 )( 1 John 4:14 ).

If we do not wish to accept Jesus the Son of God as our only hope to be accepted by God then we will never be part of God, for only through the Son of God can we ever be part of God.
( 1 John 4:10-12 ).

Only through Jesus the Son of God will we be forgiven of our sins by God. If we do not wish to accept that mediator from God then we will always be rejected by God, for there is no other way to be forgiven of our sins by God.
( John 1:12 )( John 3:16-18 )( John 14:6 )9 1 John 2:22-23 ).

There is nothing we can do on this world to make us right with God. By our own power we can never gain favor by God, for our sins will always stand between us and God. Our sins can only be removed from us by the blood of Jesus the Son of God who died for our sins by God.
( Galatians 1:4 )( Galatians 2:20-21 ).

If we wish to have things right with God and wish to be part of the kingdom of God then we must ask to be forgiven of our sins by God in the name of Jesus the Son of God, and we also must ask for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit of God by God, for we cannot live for God without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit of God.
( Luke 11:9-13 ).

We will never be free within to live for God and with God without the indwelling of the Spirit of God, therefore we must ask for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit of God by God if we wish to live for God and wish to live in fellowship with God, for only by the indwelling of the Spirit of God do we have the power within to obey God and to live in friendship on this world with God.
( 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 ).

When we are baptized with water to have our sins removed by God through Jesus Christ the Son of God and when we have received the Spirit within of God then we have receive a new life within from God, and then we are complete in God.
( John 3:3-6 ) .

It is only in that new life that we receive within from God by the indwelling of the Spirit of God that we can live for God, for then we are set free from the power of satan by God, and then we are truly free to live for God. When we are set free from the power of satan by God then we can also live on this world in fullness with God like Adam and Eve lived before they turned their back on God. Adam and Eve lost that fellowship with God when they give themselves to satan and removed themselves from God, because then the Holy Spirit of God was removed from within them by God. By that act Adam and Eve all people fell under the power of satan. But not only Adam and Eve sinned against God but all people sin against God. But Jesus the Son of God paid for all of our sins on the cross to restore our friendship with God.
( Romans 5:12-21 ).

When we have received the Holy Spirit within of God then we are one with God, for then God lives within us by the Spirit of God, like God lived within Adam and Eve before they turned their back on God.
( 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 )( 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 )
( 2 Corinthians 6:16-17 ).

When we have received that new life within from God by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit of God then we must live in that new life with God, for we must make use of the freedom that we have received within from God and live by the Spirit of God.
( Romans 8:4-14 )

We must not see it as a commandment from God to live in that new life with God and for God. But we must do it with love for God and love for Jesus the Son of God, for that is the only way that we can truly please God, and that is the only way we can show our thankfulness to God for the gift of new life that we have received within from God.
( Deuteronomy 6:5 )( Luke 10:25-27 ).

We must remove ourselves from the old way of our life when we have received the new life within from God, for in the old way of our life we did not live by the Spirit of God but we lived like all the people that never did receive a new life within from God. When we received a new life within from God then we are renewed within by God, and then we must seek to live in fullness on this world with God.
( 1 John 2:15-17 )

We cannot live in the old way of our life with satan and live in the new way of life with God, for if we love the things of satan, then we do not love God.
( Matthew 6:24 )( Luke 16:13-15 )
( James 4:4 )( 1 John 2:15-17 ).

We must not only remove ourselves from the wrong things of the world to live for God, but we must also remove everything else that hinders us from doing the will of God. We also must remove ourselves from all of the people that hinder us from obeying God. We also must be willing to pay with our life to obey God.
( Matthew 10:34-39 )( Mark 8:34-38 )
( Luke 14:26-27 )( John 12:25-26 ).

We must be willing to suffer on this world for God if we wish to be part of God and wish to go to heaven with God.
( Romans 8:17 )( Philippians 1:29 )( 2 Timothy 2:3 ).

Jesus Christ the Son of God was hated on this world for obeying God. If we truly live for God then we will also be hated by the people who do not live for God.
( John 15:18-21 )( Matthew 10:16-22 )
( Matthew 24:9-13 )( Mark 13:9-13 )( Luke 21:16-19 ).

If we live in friendship with the enemies of God then we do not live for God, for we cannot live in fellowship with the enemies if God, and also live in fellowship with God.
( 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 ).

We must always be willing and ready to remove everything that stands between us and God, and we must always be ready to remove ourselves from anyone that hinders us from obeying God. If we are not willing to pay that price to be part of God then we are not faithful to God, and if we are not faithful to God then we will be punished in hell by God.
( Matthew 10:34-39 )( Matthew 13:44-46 )
( Matthew 16:24-27 )( Mark 8:34-38 )( John 12:20-25 ).

Many Christians who think that they live for God live for satan, not for God, for many Christians are not faithful to God.
( Matthew 7:21-23 )( Luke 13:22-28 )( 2 Timothy 3:1-9 )

If we are not willing to suffer on this world to obey God then we will not be accepted in heaven by God. Our faith in God through Jesus the Son of God will never save us from the punishment in hell for our sins by God if we do not live for God and obey God. We must have faith in God through Jesus Christ the Son of God, but we can only prove that faith by God and our love for God and our love for Jesus the Son of God if we obey God.
( James 2:14-26 ).

When we receive a new life within from God by the indwelling of the Spirit of God that is a gift from God, we also receive the promise of heaven from God as a gift from God. But when we receive that gift from God then we must live in our new life for God and with God, for if we continue to live a self-centered life and are not willing to suffer on this world for God then them gifts from God will be removed from us by God, and then we will end up in hell when we die, not in heaven with God.
( Matthew 25:1-46 )( Luke 13:22-28 ).

We can never live partly for God, halfhearted Christians is never accepted by God, all halfhearted Christian is rejected by God, for halfhearted Christians is hated by God.
( Revelation 3:14-22 ).

We must work on this world for God after we have received the new life within from God. If we do not work on this world for God in the new life that we have received within from God then we will be removed from the kingdom of God.
( Matthew 13:18-23 )( John 15:1-11 ).

However, if we work in the name of God and we do great things in the name of Jesus the Son of God but do not live by the Spirit of God then our works are also not accepted by God, for then we also live for satan, not for God.
( Matthew 7:21-23 ).

We must only listen to the Holy Spirit within us of God if we wish to obey God, for only the Spirit of God can teach us how to live for God.
( 1 Corinthians 2:9-16 )( 2 Corinthians 3:16-18 ).

We must listen to the voice within our mind of God by the Spirit of God, for that is the only way that we can know the will and way of God.
( John 14:26 )( John 16:12-14 )( 1 John 2:26-27 ).

We must not live by our feeling or our own believes that we think are from God, for then we will stray from God. We also must not live by the believes and feeling of other people that they claim are from God, for then we also will drift from God. For if live by our feeling and believes then we do not live by the Spirit of God, and if we live by the teachings of other people then we also do not live for God, for many preachers and teachers among the people of God who claim to be from God are servants of satan, who pretend to be servants of God, for many preachers and teachers among the people of God are not of God.
( Jeremiah 23:16-22 )( Matthew 7:15-23 )
( Matthew 24:11 )( Matthew 24:24-25 )( Mark 13:22 ).

We may enjoy the good feelings we receive within from God when we receive a new life within from God, for the Holy Spirit gives us that joy within from God. But those feelings are self-centered feelings therefore we must mature in our new life that we have received within from God. We must grow out of our self-centered feelings and seek to please God. We must always have good feelings within from God, for if our feelings are not good with God then we do not live in harmony with God. However, we may not be wrapped up in self-centered feelings but we must be wrapped up in God. Therefore we may not live by our feelings but we must seek to do the will of God. If we wish to know the will of God then we must become still within and listen to the voice within our mind of God by the Spirit within us of God. If we are willing to listen to voice within our mind from God by Spirit of God then we will know the will of God, for that is the only way that we can be sure that we are obeying God.
( 1 John 2:26-27 ).

Our feelings can hinder us from doing the will of God, and our feelings can also hinder us from enjoying our fellowship with God, for satan can use our feelings to make us go astray from God. Even when we have good feelings and loving feelings they can come from satan, for satan comes to us as a angel from God, satan pretence to be a messenger from God when he seeks to lead us away from the will of God. The false teachers within the church of God also pretend that they are send by God. Therefore we must only listen to the voice within our mind from God, for only then do we know if our good and bad feelings are from satan, or if they are from God.
( 2 Corinthians 11:13-14 ).

We may enjoy all the good feelings within ourselves when we live in friendship and fullness on this world with God, for all of that is a gift from God. But if we seek for the will and way of God then we must open our heart and mind to God and listen to the voice within from God by the Holy Spirit within us of God.
( John 14:26 ).

If we have never received a new life within from God then we must accept Jesus Christ the Son of God as our only Savior to bring us to God, and then we must humbly open our heart to God, and ask forgiveness of our sins by God, and we must also give our whole life to God. Then we must ask for the indwelling of Spirit of God by God. When we humbly surrender our life to God and ask for the indwelling of the Spirit of God then we will receive the Spirit within of God. Only then do we have a new life within from God, and only then can we live in friendship and fullness on this world with God.
( Luke 11:9-13 ).

We all must receive that new life within from God, for without that new life within from God we do not belong to the family of God. We must be born-again within by the indwelling of the Spirit of God to belong to the family of God. We must not only be baptized with water, but we also must be baptized with the Holy Spirit of God, for that makes us complete in God.
( John 3:3-6 ).

Then we must grow in that new live we received within from God, therefore our self-centered feelings within must turn into fullness with God, for if we live by our self-centered feelings then we will lose our faith in God if we do not receive what we ask from God. But if we trust God and live in fullness on this world with God then we can stand all of the suffering that will come to us for obeying God, for we will be hated by all people if we truly live for God. When we truly obey God then we will not only be hated by the people outside the church of God but then we will also be hated by many of the people within the church of God, for many of the people of God also do not live for God.
( Matthew 10:16-22 )( Matthew 24:9-13 )
( Mark 13:9-13 )( Luke 21:16-19 ).

Many of the people of God have turned to the will and way of satan and remove themselves from God.
( 2 Timothy 3:1-5 )( 2 Timothy 4:1-4 ).

When life is hard on this world because we love and obey God then we must not look for strength within ourselves but then we must look to God, and we must place our trust in God that is the only way that we can stand against the evil that comes our way for obeying God.
( Psalms 46:10 )( Isaiah 26:3 )( Isaiah 30:15 ).

If we wish to obey God and please God then we must be willing to pay the price on this world for obeying God and for loving God. We must be willing to remove ourselves from everyone we love who hinders us from doing the will of God or slows us down to live for God. We also must be willing to remove everything that stands between us and God.
Jesus the Son of God was hated by the people who did not live for God, but He was also hated by the people of God because He obeyed God. We will also be hated on this world if we truly live for God.
( John 15:18-21).

Jesus the Son of God was not only hated by the people of God but He also suffered greatly for obeying God, for He was killed by the people of God.
( Mark 8:31 )( Luke 17:25 ).

But Jesus the Son of God also died by the will of God, for Jesus the Son of God was ordained by God to die for our sins by God before this world was created by God.
( Ephesians 1:3-5 )( 1 Peter 1:18-20 ).

The way for us on this world to live in friendship and fullness with God was opened for all people by the death of Jesus Christ the Son of God.
( Ephesians 3:18-19 )

Adam and Eve made us a slave to satan and sin by given their life to satan and by turning their back on God. But by the death of Jesus Christ the Son of God we are made free from that slavery and sin to live on this world in friendship and fullness with God, like Adam and Eve lived before they turned their back on God.
( Romans 5: 12-21 ).

Therefore we must accept the salvation of God through Jesus Christ the Son of God if we wish to be accepted by God and wish to live in friendship and fullness with God.
( John 3:16-18 ).

We must all seek to live in that friendship and fullness with God for only then can we be ready and willing to suffer and die for God, and only then will we be ready to suffer with the other people who are suffering for God.
( 1 Corinthians 12:26 ).

Only faith in God and faith in Jesus Christ the Son of God will not bring us into heaven with God. We must also be willing to suffer on this world for God if we wish to go to heaven with God.
And we also must be willing to suffer with other Christians who are suffering on this world for God. For only if we are willing to suffer on this world for God and willing to lay down our life for God do we live for God.
( James 2:14-26 ).

And only if we are willing to suffer and die on this world for God will we be accepted in heaven by God.
( Revelation 6:9-11 )( Revelation 14:9-12 ).

In addition, must be willing and ready to reach out to all of the needy Christians, for if we are not willing to help the poor Christians then we will never be accepted in heaven by God, for then we do not truly love God and Jesus Christ the Son of God.
( Matthew 25:31-46 ).

If we help the needy Christians then we do not only obey God but then we will also be rewarded in heaven by God for helping the people who obey God.
( Matthew 10:40-41 )( Mark 9:41 ).

We also must help the Christians who bring the gospel on this world for God, and we must also be willing to help and suffer with those people of God. We are commanded by God to bring the gospel on this world for God, therefore we all must do our part for God to spread the gospel of God.
( Matthew 28:18-20 )( Luke 24:46-48 )( Acts 1:8 ).

Any Christian who does not obey the commandments of God does not live in fellowship with God. We can never live in fellowship with God if we do not obey God, for then we live in the darkness of satan, not in the light of God.
( 1 John 1:6 )( 1 John 2:3-4 ).

We may enjoy the good things of this life and of this world for they are gifts from God, but we must always be willing and ready to surrender everything to God if that is required by God.
We must always be willing and ready to remove our self-centered life to obey God, for in our self-centered life we can never please God, only if we live by the Spirit of God do we obey God.
( Romans 8:4-14 ).

We must not look to other Christians how they live for God, because many people who claim to be Christians do not live for God. Many Christians live for satan, not for God for they do not obey God.
( 2 Timothy 4:1-4 ).

If we believe in God and we believe in the salvation of God through Jesus Christ the Son of God that does not make us acceptable by God. If we read and believe the Bible the written word of God that does not make us acceptable to God. When we pray many prayers to God that does not, make us acceptable by God. When we worship God with the people of God that does not, make us acceptable to God. If we feed all the poor on this world and do great things on this world in the name of God or in the name of Jesus Christ the Son of God that also does not make us acceptable to God. If we give all of our wealth to God that does not, make us acceptable by God. If we are willing to die on this world for God, that also does not make us acceptable by God. If we bring the gospel all over this world for God that also does not, make us acceptable to God.
( Matthew 7:21-23 )( Luke 13:22-28 ).

There is nothing we can do on this world that will make us acceptable to God apart from begging for mercy by God to be forgiven of our sins by God. It is only by the grace of God through Jesus Christ the Son of God that we are accepted by God, and it is also only by the grace of God that we receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit of God.
( Ephesians 2:8-9 ).

However, when we have received that new life within of God then it is within our power to yearn for friendship and fullness on this world with God.
( Ephesians 3:17-19 ).

We can all live in friendship and fullness on this world with God, like Adam and Eve lived before they turned their back on God. When Adam and Eve turned their back on God then they lost that friendship with God, for the Holy was removed from within them by God when they turned their back on God. But Jesus Christ the Son of God paid with His life on the cross to restore friendship for us by God by receiving the Holy Spirit within of God.
( Romans 5:12-21 ).

We must not only look forwards to the things to come when all things will be made new by God, but we must also enjoy friendship and fullness on this world with God. And we must not only obey God because that is commanded by God, but we must open our heart to God, and truly love God. For if we truly love God and seek our friendship with God then we please God.
( Deuteronomy 6:5 )( Matthew 22:36-40 )
( Mark 12:28-30 )( Luke 10:27-28 ).

If we truly love God then all of our sins are removed from us by God through the blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God. We live in harmony with God when we love God. When we live in harmony with God then our sins are not counted by God, for then we live in fullness with God, like Adam and Eve lived before they turned their back on God. Adam and Eve were not perfect before they turned their back on God, but love for God made them perfect in the eyes of God. Jesus Christ the Son of God made us free from the laws of God. When He died for our sins on the cross then our sins were all removed by God.
( Romans 10:4 )( Romans 7: 4 )( Galatians 3:24-27 ).

When we are made free from our sins by the grace of God through Jesus Christ the Son of God then we are no longer a servant of God but then we are children of God, for then we are reborn within into the family of God.
( John 1:12-13 )( Romans 8:15-17 )( 1 John 3:1).

When we are children of God then we must live in the light of God, for a true child of God who loves God does not live a life of disobedience to God. If we have true love for God then our whole heart and mind is filled with love for God. When our whole mind and heart is filled with love for God then all of our sins are removed by God through Jesus Christ the Son of God.
( 1 John 1:5-7 ).

We must be willing endure suffering on this world for God if we wish to live in friendship and fullness on this world with God, for we cannot be a friend of this world if we wish to live in fellowship with God. If we love the things of this world and are not willing to remove the people that hinder us from living in fullness with God then we will never live in fellowship with God, for we cannot love this world and love God.
( Matthew 6:24 )( Luke 16:13-15 )( 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 )
( James 4:4 )( 1 John 2:15-17 ).

We may enjoy all the good things of this world and enjoy other people who live for God, but none of the people of God and the things of this world may stand between us and God, for our heart must be full of God if we wish to enjoy friendship on this world with God. We will only have friendship with God if our whole life is wrapped up in God.
( Ephesians 3:14-19 ).

However, we may not remove ourselves from this world to live for God. We may not live in communes and monasteries for then we are of no use on this world for God.
( 1 Corinthians 5:9-11 ).

We must work on this world for God after we are reborn within of God, for we must be the salt and light of this world for God. Therefore we may never hide ourselves from this world and from the people on this world, but we must show people how to live for God and tell people how to live for God.
( Matthew 5:13-16 )( Matthew 10:27 )
( Mark 4:20-21 )( Luke 8:16 ).

But we may not live in harmony with the world and with the people who do not live for God, for then we are also useless to God. We must be willing to speak out on this world for God and for Jesus Christ the Son of God that is the only way we are of use to God.
( Matthew 5:13 ).

When we have received a new life within from God then we must live in that new life with God and for God.
( Ephesians 4:17-24 ).

We must remove ourselves from our old way of life and live in the new way of life with an open heart and mind to God. When our heart and mind is filled with love for God and love for Jesus the Son of God then we live in holiness with God.
( Luke 1:75 )( 2 Corinthians 7:1 )( 1 Peter 1:15-16 ).

Only when we live on this world in the love of God and have true love within for God will we go to heaven with God and see God.
( Matthew 5:8 )( Hebrews 12:14 )

But we must also truly trust God if we wish to go heaven with God. When we are reborn again within of God we will never be accepted into heaven by God if we do not trust God. All of the Jewish people were saved out of Egypt by God, and all those people were promised the new land by God, but only a few entered that promised land from God, for most of them did not trust God.
( Numbers 13:1-33 )( Numbers 14:1-38 ).

When we have received the new life within from God by the grace of God then we are saved from the power of satan and sin by God, and then we receive the promise of heaven as a gift from God.
( Ephesians 2:4-9 ).

The Jewish people also received the freedom from Egypt as a gift from God when they were removed from the horror in Egypt by God. But if we act like the Jewish people did towards God by not trusting God, and by not loving God, and by not obeying God, then we also will not receive the promise of heaven from God. We must trust and love God and obey God if we wish to go to heaven with God.
( Hebrews 3:7-19 )( Hebrews 4:1-16 ).

When the people of God turn their back on God then they will be punished in hell by God like all of the other people who do not live for God, for no one will be accepted in heaven by God if they do live for God.
( Ephesians 5:1-18 )( Revelation 21:7-8 )
( Revelation 22: 12-15).

We will never be accepted in heaven by God if we have not truly opened our heart to God, and are not willing to be fully controlled by God.
( Revelation 3:15-16 ).

We must to the end of our life live in obedience to God if we wish to be accepted in heaven by God.
( Ezekiel 18:24 ).

We can not live halfheartedly for God for then we will not be accepted in heaven by God. We must endure suffering to the end of our life for God if we wish to be accepted in heaven by God. We must never surrender to pressures of this world but we must stand firm to the end of our life in God with the help of God, for only then will we go to heaven with God.
( Revelation 2:10-11 )( Revelation 2:17 )
( Revelation 3:21 ).

We may never compromise with the people that do not live for God, but we must always obey God. And we may never follow the people of this world to save our life because we do not feel like suffering on this world for God. We must be willing to lose our life for God, and we must be willing to suffer on this world for God. If we are not willing to suffer on this world for God then we will end up in the terror of hell with all of the other people who ignore God.
( Revelation 14:9-12 ).

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