Category Archives: Gospel of Matthew

A Smothering Blanket

As I begin, I do not intend to be long, neither with words nor with the unpacking of the thought to be introduced. I hope you recall or will look it up, Matthew 24, the Disciples asked the LORD about His coming again. The first thing He instructed them was to not be deceived, and He continued with that word as He answered their question.

Now for my point.
Deception.
Deception is the first indicator that the End (or the Beginning, whichever way you see it) is at hand. Other happenings are mentioned as well, like wars, rumors of war, earthquakes, famines, etc., but we have had all those forever, all over the world.

I have believed for as long as I can remember that YESHUA is coming again, and I have been skeptical about when He would come back.
I am here to tell you I am more excited about His Return than I have ever been, more eager, and more inclined to say with other Folks that I now believe, we are close, very close.

Why? Deception.
Just 6 years ago, a smothering blanket of deception wrapped itself around the world.
For 2,000 years or more, we have had earthquakes, famines, wars, etc., at various times and places, but not globally, simultaneously, as is this deception.
Let me give a caveat right here: the global deception, even though it is global, some escaped and are continuing to escape—that’s Biblical, too.

Okay, I’ve already gone longer than I intended.
Here’s the bottom line: I am expecting YESHUA to return sooner than some of us have thought.
One final word: what do you need to do to prepare for His Return?

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My Way

We live in a beautiful world. Especially here in the WEST, we have lovely things, or do the lovely things have us?

A one-sentence Text today, with a lot to say.
Are you ready?  Here’s what I think.

First, there must be the Desire to follow JESUS, and for there to be a desire, there must be a new heart, one that desires GOD, and only He can give us that new heart.

Next, for that desire to be present and active in us, there must be a denying of our flesh, like shutting up that incessant cry for “my way”. Like consistently taking a stand of death to this world and its things — yes, we are in it, but not of it. NOW, we are ready to follow Him.

I think that’s it.

Holy hugs, Kathie

Unpardonable Sin

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Blasphemy.

There’s some talk about blasphemy on certain media outlets. Put the word in a URL window, ask for images, and see how smart the web really is. 

What is blasphemy?  Merriam-Webster says:  The act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God or to something sacred. Something said or done that is disrespectful to God or to something sacred. Irrelevance toward something deemed important or inviolable  (considers it blasphemy to put pineapple on pizza) (BTW, I like pineapple on some varieties of pizza) 

Let’s leave the silliness there and move on. 
The blasphemy spoken of in our Text today is also called The Unpardonable Sin. 
Yes, there is an Unpardonable Sin.  Read the Verses again.

May I tell you what I think? 
Ascribing the Work of the HOLY SPIRIT to the evil one, satan, is the unpardonable sin.  That is what the Scripture says, right? 
So how does one do this? A footnote in my present Bible helped me understand. 
In summary, it says knowing full well by revelation from HOLY SPIRIT, that the finished work of JESUS CHRIST is the work of GOD on your behalf, and yet with this full knowledge from HOLY SPIRIT, not only deny the revelation, but speak out that such revelation is not from HOLY SPIRIT, but, rather, satan — like what some of the Pharisees did, you could say. 

The unpardonable sin – to sin away GOD’s Grace to you.

It’s not pleasant to end here for today, but… we are.

Holy hugs, KathieÂ