A Dream: The Bride is not Ready

This dream I had on December 7, 2020 was about a bride who was not ready on her wedding day. I was the bride in the dream but I know that I was also a representation of the Church and the groom represents the Lord Jesus Christ. I know this because since 2011, I have been dreaming of brides and the first time I had those successively drove me to my knees to understand why which the Lord woke me up with His answer so audible in my spirit. He said, “The bride is the Church.”

Instantly, I understood the clear message of the dreams and heard the Spirit of the Lord said, “I am not coming to a filthy and immoral bride. I will shake the Church and cleanse and purify her.” This led me to prayer and intercession for the Church.

Usually, towards the end of every year the Lord would give me a dream, showing me what lies ahead. But for the past two or three years I haven’t received any although a year would not pass without Him giving me a prophetic dream. The frequency, however, had lessen and I believe I know why. So, in this recent dream, the Lord’s warning is not just for the Church but for me as well.

Another note, the groom in this recent dream is a friend who is married to my former roommate who was the bride in one of my dreams in 2011. Their being a couple is known in this dream, so, I know in my heart this dream is symbolic. I knew when I woke up, the first wife refers to Israel.

Isaiah 54:5

For your Maker is your husband, The Lord of hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth.

The Dream

In this dream the groom was on his way, all dressed up for our wedding. I was amused, obviously not taking seriously that I was not prepared. I was like, “What? Is it today?”

I was not dressed up, the white wedding gown from the groom spread before me, I wondered if I would be ready in time for the ceremony as I saw that my toes still needed pedicure. I heard my son, John Elijah, said he would go ahead to make sure everything is ready. It was getting dark and I saw the disappointment in the eyes of the groom as he caught me unprepared. End of dream.

The first thing I did when I woke up was repent. I repented for the lack of passion in my heart as I used to have, for the coming of the Lord. It was a slow drifting from the deepest passion I had- Jesus/Yeshua, my Lord and Messiah. My heart was crowded with many things, including between doing things for Him and pursuing Him; between being a Mary or a Martha. I used to be doing a Mary thing more than a Martha. Though I knew this in my heart all along and wanted to change course, I just could not get myself back to where I left off. I needed His help and this dream is one of the answers to this prayer.

If you are in this situation, know that the Lord longs for your undivided, uncompromised love and devotion. That is the way to prepare for His coming. Return to your first love and let your heart burn with passion for Him alone. Days ahead are rough we need to focus on Him more than ever.

Much love in Yeshua,

Cynthia

America, the Church and the 2012 Presidential Election

1 Peter 4:17-18 (CJB)

For the time has come for the judgment to begin. It begins with the Household of God; and if it starts with us, what will the outcome be for those who are disobeying God’s Good News?-

If the righteous is barely delivered, where will the ungodly and sinful end up?

For the past days the Lord laid in me the burden to write about the upcoming Presidential Election but the enemy has been attacking me and has kept me from doing it. But the Father is always faithful. He came to my rescue and gave clarity to the thoughts which I could hardly dicipher because of the attacks. With my dream yesterday and after feeding on His Word and praying, the Lord cleared my thoughts and organized the messages He gave me during the past two or more weeks.

I am going to share the words not in a chronological order but in a manner that would render the full meaning of the entire message that God has placed in my heart; for when the Lord gives me something, He usually does it one or two messages or visions at a time that the meaning is not fully revealed until after much prayer.

Let me start from the vision and words I heard more than a month ago. During prayer I heard ‘Washington DC’ followed by a vision of Mitt Romney and the phrase, “… and they voted.” So I thought that Romney would be America’s next president but didn’t really dwell on it. However, as the election day is fast approaching I began to seriously seek the Lord if indeed Romney would win, and if so, how would his leadership impact America?

On the evening of October 11, I prayed again, asking the same question as I wanted to be sure if Romney would be America’s next president. My concern for the result of the election is based on two things: Abortion and Israel. I asked the Lord to let Romney win if truly under him, abortion would be minimized if not totally abolished, and Israel would continue to have America on her side. In this case, I wondered if under him the Lord would relent from his indignation over the nation. But instead of giving me a direct answer the Lord said that neither Obama nor Romney has a heart for Him; the values of both men are not founded on His Word.

Still I was persistent, so I asked, “If both men are basically the same, who then must the Christians vote for?” It seems that God has not given America any choice. I brought this thought to sleep hoping that He would give me a clear answer. As I went to sleep and towards morning I was awakened to hear and see “Lukewarm! Lukewarm!”

Of course “lukewarm” is the description that the Lord gives the Laodicean Church in the book of Revelation which is also descriptive of most Christian churches worldwide. But I wondered if He is specifically referring to the Church in America since my prayer the night before was about the nation and the coming election, so I asked, “Who is lukewarm, Lord?”

With eyes still closed I persisted on asking who He is referring to as lukewarm. Then the Lord showed me that countless so-called Christians in America are lukewarm. I saw mega buildings of mega-churches but the Lord said that there is only a handful among those people whose hearts are truly His. The apostasy is so great that these people’s worship of Him is nothing but a masquerade. They have embraced religion to suit their desire, having a form of godliness but truly denying the power of the cross. Jesus Christ is left out of the lives of most of these people. As they come together every Sunday they become a large group of Christ-less Christians. When examined up close, so many people in these denominational churches either don’t really have a personal relationship with the Lord, or that they accept Him only for what they want to make of Him and not as who He really is that the Bible speaks about –  Messiah, Lord and King over their lives.

As I was seeing them in my mind, the words I received some days earlier came into focus. I was quickened from a nap to hear, “The antichrist is in your midst;”  then, “My heart conceives not the people of darkness;” and another message, “He constantly leads them for He is the Shepherd to His people.”

On Oct. 13, I again prayed for America and the coming election, asking the Lord more questions. As I was going to sleep I heard, “A major disaster is coming to the nation.” Then a while later I saw my mother and heard, “She’s doing every little thing she can to help the nation.” I believe that my mother in this vision simply represented the True Church.

Yesterday I went into deep prayer and asked the Lord to show to me exactly what He was saying in all those messages. The following were what I wrote fast in my notepad as the Lord gave the essence of all those words:

“Obama and Romney are in the same boat for their hearts do not follow the Father’s heart. If then Romney wins, the reforms he brings in as America’s president will be based on human principles done with human efforts and by human standards and will neither have lasting impact nor change the spiritual condition of the nation.

America’s fate and spiritual condition actually depend largely on the Church, not the president; but the Church is sadly, sleeping. The Church is lukewarm and it is for this foremost reason that America will be shaken to the core.

In so many instances the so-called Christian Church helped and advocated immoral and un-Biblical issues like abortion and homosexuality. She adapted the ways of the world and became a major player in advancing wickedness instead of beaming its light unto the world.

The people who supposedly call themselves Christians have turned away from worshiping God and worship “self” instead. The Church leaders are teaching lies, keeping the flock in bondage to them and causing them to follow blindly. Apostasy in the Church is so great that the believers’ faith is weakened, making them easy prey to false doctrines and teachings that have led many to spiritual demise. Examples of these doctrines are the merging of Christianity and Islam into the new belief system of the “Chrislam;” and the not- so-new “Replacement Theology” which teaches that the Christian Church is the new Israel because God has rejected the physical Israel and the blood descendants of Abraham; and not to mention also that the Gospel is diluted with New Age teachings. Hardly repentance and righteous living are preached.

But in the midst of the apostasy, however, is a handful faithful ones. The faithful sons and daughters representing the True Church of God in America’s midst are the ones referred to by the Lord in this messages: “She’s doing every little thing she can to help the nation,” and, “He constantly leads them for He is the Shepherd to His people.””

As the Lord gave those words about the Church, I remembered the articles delivered to my inbox from Prophecy News Watch (with links to the original sources):

http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2012/October12/124.html http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=287238

http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2012/October16/165.html http://frontpagemag.com/2012/mark-d-tooley/leftist-christians-rally-against-the-jewish-state/

And here’s the latest apostasy report:

http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2012/October18/184.html http://www.christianpost.com/news/poll-pcusa-members-increasingly-favoring-same-sex-marriage-82735/

This morning in my prayer and Bible reading, the Lord brought again the “Lukewarm Church” and the “True Church” to my attention so I opened my Bible to the Book of Revelation. Hear the message of the Lord to the Laodicean Church:

Revelation 3: 14-21 (CJB)

“To the angel of the Messianic Community in Laodicea, write: ‘Here is the message from the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the Ruler of God’s creation:

“I know what you are doing: you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm, neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth! For you keep saying, ‘I am rich, I have gotten rich. I don’t need a thing!’ You don’t know that you are the one who is wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked! My advice to you is to by from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be dressed and not have to be ashamed of your nakedness; and eyesalve to rub on your eyes, so that you may see. As for me, I rebuke and discipline everyone I love; so exert yourselves, and turn from your sins! Here, I am standing at the door, knocking. If someone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he will eat with me. I will let him who wins the victory sit with me on my throne, just as I myself won the victory and sat down with my Father on His throne. Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic Community.'””

To the True Church, here is the word of the Lord:

Revelation 3: 7-13 (CJB)

“To  the angel of the Messianic Community in Philadelphia, write: ‘Here is the message of HaKadosh, the True One, the one who has the key of David, who, if he opens something, no one else can shut, and if he closes something, no one else can open it! “I know what you are doing. Look, I have put in front of you an open door, and no one can shut it. I know that you have but little power, yet you have obeyed my message and have not disowned me. Here, I will give you some from the synagogue of the Adversary, those who call themselves Jews but aren’t – on the contrary, they are lying – see, I will cause them to come to you and prostrate themselves at your feet, and they will know that I have loved you. Because you did obey my message about persevering, I will keep  you from the time of trial coming upon the whole world to put the people living on earth to the test. I am coming soon; hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown. I will make him who wins the victory a pillar in the Temple of my God, and he will never leave it. Also I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of my God’s city, and my own new name. Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic Communities.””

Which Church are you, brethren? Time is short, listen to the Spirit speaking to you. God is knocking at the door of the lukewarm Laodicean Church; if you belong to such, will you open the door and let Him in?

If you are in the True Church, keep up the good work, doing every little thing you can as you are called to do and press on!

Love in Yeshua HaMashiach,

Cynthia

Please read also:

http://nabiy4america.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/this-laodicean-age-a-profound-warning-for-an-unrepentant-spiritually-blind-america/

The Christ or the Anti-Christ; Will You Know Him?

This morning in my prayer and intercession I asked the Lord what He wanted me to write about, of the many things He showed me for the past week. The Lord reminded me of this image I saw in the dawn of July 28:

This image is from Prophecy News Watch Newsletter, July 13, 2012 issue. http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/Archive2012/July13.htm

Under the category Apostate Christianity, the article entitled “Chrislam to the Extreme: Christian Prof Says Jesus Was Really A Muslim,” is taken from WND here: http://www.wnd.com/2012/07/christian-prof-says-jesus-was-muslim/?cat_orig=education

Half awake, these thoughts flowed with the above image: “The world is being conditioned to believe that Jesus is actually a Muslim to facilitate the coming of the Anti-Christ. The teaching casts doubt on the Lord’s deity and true identity; it undermines the very foundation of the Christian faith and the unsuspecting world will lose faith that Jesus is indeed the Christ so that when the Anti-Christ is revealed, he will be readily accepted as the returning Messiah.”

As usual, I brought the matter before God in prayer. The Lord reminded me that the Antichrist will be revealed soon as He brought to my recollection the vision I had of the “666 Man.” It was exactly 12:13 am on April 19 this year while I was praying in bed that I saw briefly but vividly a man in royal robe, crowned with an elegant crown. As he bowed to receive the crown on his head, my daughter “Angel” said to me, “He’s the 666 Man.” 

Here is what Brother Carlos (http://nabiy4america.wordpress.com/)  said to me in response to my email regarding the vision:

“Lots of signs point to the AC being revealed in either 2013 or 2016.  What did this man look like physically?  Remember, since names in dreams have profound meaning, your daughter Angel likely means an ANGEL told you!  So, you can put this in the bank as proof.  The key is to make sure you remember his appearance, physically and spiritually.  The time of day “minute 13″ would seem to suggest an American, but not necessarily.  It could even point to year 2013.”

God did not allow me to see the face of the “666 Man” but it was enough that I saw him crowned and heard that he’s going to be revealed soon. I believe that my not seeing the face of the man means that knowing his particular identity is not to be my concern; and certainly I could not be caught up with the soon physical manifestation of the AC for in the same day of April 19, a few hours later at dawn, I dreamed of the Lord Yeshua/Jesus appearing in the sky in all His glory.

Going back to the vision of the Lord depicted as a Muslim, in my prayer He said that most end-time watchers including many Christians are so focused on the Antichrist. They spend precious times uncovering the truth about the AC, following every clue they find on just every possible source. Though it is not wrong to identify the false messiah, it is however, not right to pursue him instead of pursuing the real, the genuine Christ who Himself will reveal the fake one.

Deirdre said it in her post (http://sharetestimonies.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html):

“The supposed ‘called out church’ on the internet focuses A LOT on the anti-christ and all things occultic with the guise of ‘learning your enemy’ or embellishing the signs of the times.  People, if you take as much time or more to learn Who your Father Is, you will recognize who your enemy is very quickly and you will know the signs of the times by what the Spirit is saying to your spirit.”

 If we focus on the Lord Jesus the Christ, it is impossible for us to be deceived when the AC comes, even if he comes in power, showing signs and wonders in the sky. The world stands at a dangerous ground when the AC comes because people including the religious ones, are prone to readily accept anyone who claims to come from God especially when he comes with charm and power. This was demonstrated to me in the vision/dream I had of the Lord when He came to me in Vietnam, posted under Dreams and Visions in this blog.

In that vision/dream, after He disappeared, I heard a commotion coming from the other room. I went to see what was going on. I found out that the people were looking for the Lord. Sadly, who they found and believed as the Lord Jesus was not the real one, but they worshiped him. The man I saw claiming to be the Lord was robed in white but lacked the glory which I just saw in the Lord Jesus who came and blessed me earlier. Worst, what I saw in the man was the likeness of a wicked emperor of old. I believe that the reason I instantly recognized the impostor is the very fact that I saw the “Glorious Lord Jesus/Yeshua” shortly before the false one manifested.

If we truly wish to identify the false messiah, then let us seek and know the genuine Messiah, the Lord Yeshua, Jesus Christ. Seek Him, pursue Him, know Him- Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus the Christ. If we know Him by heart and without a shadow of doubt, we will know for certain the Antichrist when he comes; the AC will standout clearly before us and there is no way we will mistake him as the Lord, the King Yeshua.

The message of the vision of the “666 Man” and the dream of the Lord Jesus appearing in the sky means that shortly after the AC comes, the Lord will come. When either the Christ or the Antichrist comes, will you know him? Dear brothers and sisters, let us not focus on the coming of the false messiah, rather let us look beyond and eagerly await the coming of our Glorious Messiah, Lord and King Yeshua/Jesus.

Matthew 24: 23-27 (NKJV)

²³ “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. ²⁴ For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵ See, I have told you beforehand.

²⁶ “Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it. ²⁷ For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

John 10:27 (NKJV)

²⁷ My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

(All Scriptures are quoted from Bible Gateway: http://www.biblegateway.com/)

Love in King Yeshua,

Cynthia

Abortion as I See It

This is am image of a fetus about to be vacuumed out of the uterus in an abortion. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

As a servant, it is imperative that I do what my Master orders me to do. As an intercessor, I follow what the Lord wants me to pray about. As a watchman, I cannot choose what the Spirit wants to show me; and as one who always wants to know the Father’s heart, I must bear whatever He imparts to me, whether it makes me rejoice or weep with Him. I say this because for the past weeks since May 30, the Lord has not shown me anything but America and Abortion. I know that this is the third article in a row which I talk about abortion. What can I do if this is what He lets me do? Yes, I asked the Lord, why again? Are the two articles not strong enough to emphasize the horrors of abortion? How many times more do I have to shout against it?

This morning as I was praying for my personal needs and my family, suddenly, the Lord supplied the words on my lips which were completely out of context. In the middle of my praying, I blurted out: “They are taking piece by piece the baby out of her mother’s womb! I stopped immediately as I was shocked at what I said. Again my thoughts went back to abortion and I cried as it dawned on me that yesterday after another horrible vision, the Lord strongly impressed to me to write another message on abortion, to emphasize His pain and disgust over this unrestrained killing of children and to show what mothers lose when they abort their children from their wombs. All personal prayers ended as the Lord gripped my heart again with this issue that I decided to write immediately what He wanted me to write. So here I am again. Please read on.

After publishing the second abortion article just the other day, I thought I’d be relieved from it and the Lord would stir me back to Israel or to anything and anywhere else. I was expectant for new revelation of another issue as yesterday I felt a deep hunger for the Lord that I prayed before taking an afternoon nap. I asked Him if I love Him enough, or trust Him enough and believe Him enough. I asked Him to draw me deeper into Him and fill my every fiber of His presence because I felt parched. I prayed that He would show me what was in His heart at the moment. While in that spirit of prayer, I fell half asleep but very quickly was awakened because I saw again another horrible abortion scene. I saw two small limbs on forceps dropped in a bucket below; and the thought was that the abortionists covered the bucket where all the small parts were, to keep the mother from seeing the torn pieces of her baby and realize the shocking truth of what she just underwent. All drowsiness left me and my eyes were wide open as I cried over what I just witnessed. The Lord’s presence was so strong that I felt like He was in my room and telling me, “That is what’s happening right now in America. Thousands of little ones are being killed today in those clinics.”

I cried and asked, “Why, Lord, are they doing it? When will they stop killing their children and when will you stop them from doing it? Why do I keep seeing these things and what do you want me to do?”  I reasoned that I am not an American and I do not live there. Certainly I cannot go around in their streets and tell people to stop aborting their children.

The Lord gently and sadly responded to my many questions and arguments- that He just wants me to see what He sees and wants to share His grief with me. Oh, the thought makes me cry even as I am writing this.

Then without warning He said further that I was blessed that I am not an American living in America or my daughter would have faced the risk of being aborted as my pregnancy was a difficult one. It hit me that I cried when I imagined fighting for the life of my daughter from those lying abortionist-doctors who were so eager to tell a mother that the best option is to abort her baby as her very own life is at risk. My baby was born 4 weeks short of her full term. Despite my inability to move and speak as I was drugged, the physician’s word didn’t escape me when she said that my daughter’s breathing was irregular and she’s showing signs of distress that they had to do a CS and deliver her quickly. I prayed because I didn’t want to lose her. My baby was born. She was placed in an incubator only for a night. Despite her very tiny frame and being premature, she was well and strong. Her body was like a big frog but her face was so lovely that when the Lord spoke of abortion with my daughter in mind, I was horrified all the more. I could not imagine abortion being so personal to me.

The Lord gently pointed to me that the reason He reminded me of my daughter was not to terrify me but so that I can speak with conviction from a mother’s point.  I understood. The pain was so acute as the Lord placed me in such a position; to be in the shoes of those mothers who would lose their children in abortion. My eyes were welling up with tears as if indeed I was losing my own children as I saw in my mind the babies being ruthlessly pulled out from the life support of their mothers’ wombs, painfully struggling as their tiny frames are slowly severed to pieces. I imagined the loss of a treasure that many women don’t realize or refuse to acknowledge when they submit to killing their children from their womb. So, to all mothers and would be mothers, hear the message of the Lord:

It is such a loss for you to abort your children because they are actually your greatest treasures. Whatever challenges child-bearing and raising has cannot compare to the joy of holding one tiny precious angel in your hand, feeding him/her from your breast; watching him/her grow; listening to him/her mumble his/her first word. The love that children give to us mothers is pure and perfect if we just treasure them and love them with all our heart. Children love their mothers unconditionally like no other. Again, they are our most valuable treasures on earth. The psalmist aptly says:

“Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord. The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth (Psalm 127:3-4, NIV).”

I nicknamed my daughter Angel because when I saw her she looked to me like an angel. She fought for her life when she was in my womb and survived. At 10 months I almost lost her to dengue but the Lord was with her. She survived again and now she’s 7 years old, very sweet and very talented; above all, she knows that the Lord Yeshua loves her and she loves Him too. Young as she is, the Lord also gives her prophetic dreams.

Mothers and would-be mothers, please consider what your children can be if you let them live and grow. Consider what you lose when you have them aborted. You lose not only your treasures, but you also lose your worth as a woman. Worst, you lose your soul to the devil if you give in to his lie. If you had given in and aborted your baby, there is still hope if you repent and surrender your life to the Lord Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus Christ). Know that every child is a treasure and a gift from the Lord. We were all once babies of our mothers. The Father knows each one of us even before we were formed. David put the words well in Psalm 139. Verses 13-16 are quoted from the Complete Jewish Bible:

Psalm 139:13-16

For you fashioned my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I thank you because I am awesomely made,

wonderfully; your works are wonders–

I know this very well.

My bones were not hidden from you

when I was being made in secret,

intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes could see me as an embryo,

but in your book all my days were already written;

my days had been shaped

before any of them existed.

Love in Yeshua,

Cynthia

Recommended Reading:

• Leaving the “Industry of Death” (erasetheneed.wordpress.com)

An Easter Message: IT IS FINISHED! YESHUA (JESUS) DID IT ALL

I first wrote this article on March 5 which I published also in my blog at blogspot.  From the original. I made very little revision in this article including the title.

Salvation through Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus Christ)

Note: All Scriptures quoted are from “The Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) and the New International Version (NIV).

It is Finished!

John 19:30

After Yeshua had taken the wine, He said, “It is accomplished!” And letting His head droop, He delivered up His Spirit.’ (CJB)

When he had received the drink, Jesus said “It is finished.” With that He bowed His head and gave up His Spirit. (NIV)

This Easter season the world again commemorates for the nth time the death and celebrates the resurrection of the one Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus Christ). However, to know the fact about such well-celebrated event is one thing, while to understand its essence is another. Though almost everybody knows that Jesus came to live with men and died to save men, the truth stands that many professing Christians do not really understand the finished work that gives them salvation for free. It is obvious from the different ways people remember His sacrificial death on the cross. In my country alone, Easter fanatics believe that submitting themselves to penitence or having themselves crucified would gain them heaven’s favor and wash their guilt away.

Jesus said as quoted above, “It is finished” or “It is accomplished.” The work of salvation culminated in His death and resurrection. You don’t have to go through crucifixion again for He already did it for you. Just believe and acknowledge the Lord’s death and resurrection and believe that He and His act alone is enough to save you from sin.

All Have Sinned and the Wages of Sin is Death!

Romans 3:23-24

 “…since all have sinned and comes short of earning God’s praise. By God’s grace without earning it, all are granted the status of being considered righteous before Him, through the act redeeming us from our enslavement to sin that was accomplished by the Messiah Yeshua. (CJB)

“… For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” (NIV)

Romans 3:26

“For what one earns from sin is death; but eternal life is what one receives as a free gift from God, in union with the Messiah Yeshua our Lord.” (CJB)

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (NIV)

Yes, we are all sinners from the day we were born because sin entered the human race in the Garden of Eden when our first ancestors disobeyed God. We carry the sting of sin in our veins and vibrate it in our life 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And God declared that the wages we earn of sin is death. We all deserve death, but God in His goodness and compassion for us- men and women created originally in His image, doesn’t want any of us to simply perish in death without doing anything. God who is eternally holy punishes sin with death that is not only physical, but spiritual, eternal separation from Him. Eternal separation from the Creator and the giver of life means eternity in hell. The horrible death we all face caused Him to do the most sacrificial act of all times, unequalled throughout eternity the death of His perfect beloved Son Jesus Christ.

The Lord Jesus took upon Himself the penalty that should have been for the entire human race. His love for us is what motivated Him to lay down His life to rescue us from the power of sin and death which have so overpowered every one of us; because our Creator knows very well our inability to resist that which is so ingrained in our very soul. We simply do not have the strength to break ourselves free from the web of sin, thus, death is our sure destiny.  There’s no way we can get rid of our sins by any human means good works or religion. We need the divine intervention of God who Himself created us. And He did intervene, about 2000 years ago, again, by sending the Messiah Jesus.

Salvation is Free But It is Only Through Yeshua (Jesus)

Romans 3:26

“For what one earns from sin is death; but eternal life is what one receives as a free gift from God, in union with the Messiah Yeshua our Lord.” (CJB)

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (NIV)

 Ephesians 2:8 -9

“For you have been delivered by grace through trusting, and even this is not your accomplishment but God’s gift. You were not delivered by your own actions; therefore no one should boast.” (CJB)

 “For it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast.”  (NIV)

John 14:6

Yeshua said, “I AM the Way- and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.” (CJB)

Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (NIV)

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only and unique Son, so that everyone who trusts in Him will have eternal life, instead of being utterly destroyed. (CJB)

God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV)

1 John 5:11-12

And this is the witness: God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son. Those who have the Son have the life; those who do not have the Son of God do not have the life. (CJB)

And this is the testimony; God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. (NIV)

God knows, and, we should know that we are unable to save ourselves from sin and death. But again, in His awesome goodness He made salvation available to everyone who believes; but this provision is only found in His Son who is the way, the truth and the life as quoted above.

Yes, salvation is free, and if it’s free, that means you don’t have to work for it, or you don’t have to earn it. Why free? As quoted in Ephesians 2:8 above, it is free so that no one can boast; and let me add- for boasting is pride and pride is sin. If it is by grace and truly free, then great and small, young and old, male and female, rich or poor- everyone can come to God through His Son and receive life, eternal life in Him. Fame, money, social standing and all that the world considers an advantage are irrelevant. God doesn’t need anything from us except our humble admission of our helplessness and our acknowledgement of His Son Yeshua (Jesus) as our only Savior from our wretched condition. The eternal life that God has given us freely is available only through His Son. There’s no way you can buy your way to God except by the way He provided- Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus Christ).

New Life in the Messiah!

Ephesians 2:10

For we are of God’s making, created in union with the Messiah Yeshua for a life of good actions already prepared by God for us to do. (CJB)

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (NIV)

Galatians 2:20

When the Messiah was executed on the stake as a criminal, I was too; so that my proud ego no longer lives. But the Messiah lives in me, and the life I now live in my body I live by the same trusting faithfulness that the Son of God had, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. (CJB)

I am crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me. (NIV)

Salvation, free as it is, is never cheap for it is only those who repent of their sinfulness and receive consciously the offer of forgiveness by receiving Yeshua (Jesus) into their hearts, making Him Lord over them, thus, living a new life of holiness through Him, will have themselves extricated from the consequences of sin. Acknowledgement of helplessness and submitting to Him mean repentance and repentance means turning away from the life of sin. Receiving Yeshua (Jesus) as your Savior and Lord means giving Him full control of your life, allowing Him to lead you through the new life of holiness and righteousness for that is the meaning of being saved from sin that leads to death. If you do so, then like Paul who declared in Galatians 2:20, you are crucified with Christ and it is no longer you who live, but Christ lives in you…

Believe in Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus Christ), submit to His Lordship and acknowledge that He alone can take your guilt away. He died a terrible death to give you a new life. In Him there is peace, in Him there is freedom-  freedom from sin and the curses that come with it. Yeshua offers you forgiveness of sin, salvation from death and a new life. It’s all yours for the taking. Let this Easter be the mark of a newly resurrected you through the resurrection of the Son of God, the only Savior and Lord, Yeshua..

Prayer of Repentance

If you have not given your life to Him, here’s a short prayer that will lead you to God.

“Father, I acknowledge that I am a sinner from birth; that I cannot save myself from this bondage. I repent of all the sins I have committed against you. Now I believe that only through your provision can I find my way back to you.; that provision is through Your beloved Son Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus Christ) who gave up His life to take my place and redeem me from the penalty of death that my sinfulness deserve. I receive, you Lord Jesus into my heart. I now surrender my life to You, and lead me now in paths of righteousness for Your holy name’s sake, amen.”

Love in Yeshua HaMashiach,

Cynthia