The Walking Dead

 There is a phenomenal fascination with zombies these days, from hollywood, to video gaming and even the gun industry with their zombie targets. There has always been that zombie genre out there but the magnitude of it's growth and following is just crazy now. Of course you already know that  zombies are dead people who appear to be alive. They walk around in this kind of zoned out (dead) state of being with blank stares on their faces until they come across someone is actually alive and then it seems like they get angry and try to consume the living person. One day I was thinking about zombies and their behavior, I don't know why, and it dawned on me that the bible talks about zombies (the walking dead) all the time. Ephesians 2:1-3 says "And you (believers) hath he quickened (made alive), who were dead in trespasses and sins. 2. Wherein times past you WALKED according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. 3 Amoung whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and or the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. We were dead in our drunkenness, drug use, fornication, adulteries, lies, wicked imaginations, selfishness and greed, pride, gluttony and idolatry. We were alive physically but dead spiritually. So when you see someone who is still caught up in these things and apart from Jesus Christ what you are actually looking at is a real life zombie. But God is good and he is able to save them just like he was able to save me and give me life. Before I mentioned how zombies try to consume the living. I guess it is just something that is in their nature to do so. And that's exactly what real life spiritual zombies do as well, they try to destroy the living, the people of God, with their mouths. Job 16:9 He teareth me in his wrath,who hateh me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy shapeneth his eyes upon me. Lamentations 2:16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we have looked for; we have found it and seen it. The zombies love to speak evil of Gods people even about the Lord himself bearing false witness against him because their actions are evil. I have a few questions for you, are you a zombie today? Are you one of the walking dead who inhabit the earth, dead in your sins and trespasses whose only purpose is satisfy your fleshly lusts and desires? Are you still rejecting Jesus Christ and his gospel? If so then the wrath of God is resting on you right now. John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life: but the wrath of God abideth on him. Now is the time of salvation, now is the time to come to Jesus and receive eternal life, now is the time to be born again and inherit the kingdom of God.

Gods will for you

John 6:40  And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

The goodness of God

I remember when there was a point in my life when having my own family was just a dream. I just wanted my own, you know. I felt so lonely and I cried out to God, literally, and begged him to give me a wife and children. One child at least from my own loins and more specifically a son. I knew I didn't have the gift of celibacy so abstaining from sex was extremely hard for me. Plus I wondered what it would be like to have a woman in my life that knew the Lord. I would be cool for a year, a year and half, then give in to my sinful desires. But God is faithful and gracious. My Lord Jesus stood by me the whole time, what seemed like forever, during that trial of loneliness and depression. I was in my early to mid thirties and still hadn't had any children of my own. I had smoked so much weed that I thought I may have permanently damaged the goods, know what I mean. There weren't any other males in my family with my last name and if I died or something that would be it. That thought dogged for awhile not only because there wouldn't be anyone to carry on the family name but I didn't to die without having a son to raise up to the Lord. Someone with my name to be a ambassador for Christ on the Earth. I remember God promised me a son. I heard Him say to me that He would me a son, but honestly over the course of the years I had forgotten that promise, but He didn't. Even I wasn't always faithful or good, the Lord remained faithful and demonstrated His goodness in this one of countless ways. He blessed me with a beautiful baby boy. Thank you Jesus for being so good to me. To anyone out there who is lonely, afraid or don't know where to turn, I say call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Call on God, he is waiting for you and wanting to comfort you and heal you and listen to you and save you and deliver you. Confess your sins to God he is not going to condemn you, he will forgive you. Ask God to come into your heart turn away from sins and be saved get baptized in the name of Jesus and experience all the love that God has for you.


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My God is so Good

Man I'm just thankful that God has chosen me to be a part of His family. He expresses His love towards me in so many ways but none more breathtaking than in the person of Jesus Christ. I mean the sacrifice, the care, the concern the attention that is given to me and all of my needs. (I am a very needy person :)) It just takes my breath away. I know that I don't deserve Him or what He gives to me, so that makes it all the better. Not to say that I don't get down sometimes or lose sight of why He made me, because sometimes I do, however He reminds me that He loves me no matter what I'm going through. Sometimes there aren't any external trials or difficult circumstances that am facing. You know like worries about bills, or problems with the wife or a death in the family or anything like that. But just my wretchedness staring me in the face and my sins constantly reminding of my failing Him so many times, you feel me? And then He embraces me in His grace and covers me with His mercy and it's like I can almost see His face, His loving eyes looking into mine and then I remember that My God is so good.