Jesus Christ is my God!
Issued 13.10.2007
From grief to joy
If you rejoice at evil, your joy will turn into grief. If you grieve for your evilness, your grief can be changed into eternal joy.
Joy of the godless will turn into grief
Those who believe in the evolution died and faced the judgment of God. When thinking about them I said to God: "What if you took them to an empty planet to watch the evolution and the appearance of life. So God took them sitting on a planet.
So what was needed for life to evolve, He asked? Well, salted water, of course. Thus God created a big sea on the planet and said to the crowd sitting on the shore: Wait here and shout at me, if you see some evolution happening. I will be back and see you after one hundred million years.
Time went on and the crowd stared at the sea year after year. One hundred years passed and then millions of years went on and still they were waiting for. When the time had come God arrived and asked them: "Has there been any evolution?" The joyless crowd was quiet and only glared at the sea. So how was it then? How much time was needed so that chances would produce life? Would even eternity be enough!
Would this punishment be fair to those who don't honour God because of His deeds? No, for this was only a nightmare a scientist experiences in eternal punishment.
Just, think how senseless it is! A well planned world evolved as result of chances!
Those who believe in the evolution died and faced the judgment of God. When thinking about them I said to God: "What if you took them to an empty planet to watch the evolution and the appearance of life. So God took them sitting on a planet.
So what was needed for life to evolve, He asked? Well, salted water, of course. Thus God created a big sea on the planet and said to the crowd sitting on the shore: Wait here and shout at me, if you see some evolution happening. I will be back and see you after one hundred million years.
Time went on and the crowd stared at the sea year after year. One hundred years passed and then millions of years went on and still they were waiting for. When the time had come God arrived and asked them: "Has there been any evolution?" The joyless crowd was quiet and only glared at the sea. So how was it then? How much time was needed so that chances would produce life? Would even eternity be enough!
Would this punishment be fair to those who don't honour God because of His deeds? No, for this was only a nightmare a scientist experiences in eternal punishment.
Just, think how senseless it is! A well planned world evolved as result of chances!
Rejoice together with the truth
If someone doesn't praise God when he sees His deeds, he becomes mentally blind. This blindness gives him a possibility to fancy that God would not exist. However some people don't use this possibility, but they honour Him with religious ceremonies.
Many believe that God exists, but they cannot rejoice at Him. It is heavy faith. These believers have a tendency to think they are pleasing God already because they believe in His existence. They are strengthened in their faith, when atheists brag against God. In this way atheists support religiousness when they deny God's existence. On the other hand affectation of religiousness gives strength to atheism.
Now, think about how unfeeling it is! Would it be enough for you, if someone confessed that also you exist?
It is not faith but honesty, if something is considered to be true. It is faith, if someone obeys God. If someone wants to be aware of the truth, but he doesn't want to obey it, he needs drugs to help him to forget his disobedience. In this way religion is opium that is produced with the help of atheists.
Once a man said to me: "You cannot give me evidence of the existence of God, but also I cannot give you evidence of his nonexistence." How can you say in that way, I replied? Nothing is easier than give you evidence of the existence of God. You have already got so much evidence that you don't endure more. Just for that reason you dispute the evidence you have got.
The load of evidence in deeds of God has crushed many minds. It is like a stone that has run them over. The evidence given by God weigh down the mind of the crushed, but they don't want to be aware that the weight on them is caused by God.
Woe to the joyless crowd! They see God's glory in His deeds, but they don't want to rejoice at God for that. Therefore they seek for joy in other ways. If you are not happy about the truth, then you are in danger to be happy about a lie.
He who escapes God seeks feverishly some reasons for joy. He wants to be an inventor so that he could be happy about his ideas. He accepts nothing already finished, but he wants to be a seeker so that he could be happy about finding. Woe to man who ends up rejoicing at a valueless thing, because he has closed his eyes to the things that really are valuable.
If someone doesn't praise God when he sees His deeds, he becomes mentally blind. This blindness gives him a possibility to fancy that God would not exist. However some people don't use this possibility, but they honour Him with religious ceremonies.
Many believe that God exists, but they cannot rejoice at Him. It is heavy faith. These believers have a tendency to think they are pleasing God already because they believe in His existence. They are strengthened in their faith, when atheists brag against God. In this way atheists support religiousness when they deny God's existence. On the other hand affectation of religiousness gives strength to atheism.
Now, think about how unfeeling it is! Would it be enough for you, if someone confessed that also you exist?
It is not faith but honesty, if something is considered to be true. It is faith, if someone obeys God. If someone wants to be aware of the truth, but he doesn't want to obey it, he needs drugs to help him to forget his disobedience. In this way religion is opium that is produced with the help of atheists.
Once a man said to me: "You cannot give me evidence of the existence of God, but also I cannot give you evidence of his nonexistence." How can you say in that way, I replied? Nothing is easier than give you evidence of the existence of God. You have already got so much evidence that you don't endure more. Just for that reason you dispute the evidence you have got.
The load of evidence in deeds of God has crushed many minds. It is like a stone that has run them over. The evidence given by God weigh down the mind of the crushed, but they don't want to be aware that the weight on them is caused by God.
Woe to the joyless crowd! They see God's glory in His deeds, but they don't want to rejoice at God for that. Therefore they seek for joy in other ways. If you are not happy about the truth, then you are in danger to be happy about a lie.
He who escapes God seeks feverishly some reasons for joy. He wants to be an inventor so that he could be happy about his ideas. He accepts nothing already finished, but he wants to be a seeker so that he could be happy about finding. Woe to man who ends up rejoicing at a valueless thing, because he has closed his eyes to the things that really are valuable.
Joy of right things protects against wrong ones
People are interested in forbidden fruit, because they are not able to be pleased with fruit allowed. God has given us many good things which we can enjoy and rejoice at them and to be grateful to Him, to the planner of all good things. The mind that doesn't rejoice at God transforms desire into lust.
Spouses can rejoice at each other as long as they are faithful to each other. Faithfulness is a great part of sexual pleasure. Oh how terrible is the divorce of joy and pleasure! Pleasure fell in love with lust and got a divorce from joy! Poor those who are possessed by lust, how much they long for caresses of joy. If only they returned back to joy.
The joy of giving is the best friend of the joy of receiving. Together they removed poverty. Their presence brought light to a lofty and a lowly home. Oh how terrible it is when their fellowship has been broken. The joy of receiving got a divorce from the joy of giving and fell in love with earnings and profit! Poor those who are possessed by stock markets, how much they long for the bright presence of the joy of giving! If only the joy of receiving returned back to the joy of giving.
People are interested in surrendering to greed, because they are not able to be glad about what they have got. They cannot rejoice about their property, because they don't rejoice at God, the owner of everything. Greedy mind is glad about a gift but forgets the giver of the gift.
People are interested in craving for honour, because they are not able to be glad about God's grace. Blindness to the greatness of God gives man a possibility to think too much about himself. Proud mind is glad about the honour received and doesn't care whether it belongs to him.
People are often urged to lust after evil things by promising joy. Therefore those who talk about the judgment facing evilness are considered killjoys. Many don't care about a possible judgment, because they want to get relief from their joylessness immediately. However, don't hate yourself and rush into your ruin, for the eternal joy exists.
People are interested in forbidden fruit, because they are not able to be pleased with fruit allowed. God has given us many good things which we can enjoy and rejoice at them and to be grateful to Him, to the planner of all good things. The mind that doesn't rejoice at God transforms desire into lust.
Spouses can rejoice at each other as long as they are faithful to each other. Faithfulness is a great part of sexual pleasure. Oh how terrible is the divorce of joy and pleasure! Pleasure fell in love with lust and got a divorce from joy! Poor those who are possessed by lust, how much they long for caresses of joy. If only they returned back to joy.
The joy of giving is the best friend of the joy of receiving. Together they removed poverty. Their presence brought light to a lofty and a lowly home. Oh how terrible it is when their fellowship has been broken. The joy of receiving got a divorce from the joy of giving and fell in love with earnings and profit! Poor those who are possessed by stock markets, how much they long for the bright presence of the joy of giving! If only the joy of receiving returned back to the joy of giving.
People are interested in surrendering to greed, because they are not able to be glad about what they have got. They cannot rejoice about their property, because they don't rejoice at God, the owner of everything. Greedy mind is glad about a gift but forgets the giver of the gift.
People are interested in craving for honour, because they are not able to be glad about God's grace. Blindness to the greatness of God gives man a possibility to think too much about himself. Proud mind is glad about the honour received and doesn't care whether it belongs to him.
People are often urged to lust after evil things by promising joy. Therefore those who talk about the judgment facing evilness are considered killjoys. Many don't care about a possible judgment, because they want to get relief from their joylessness immediately. However, don't hate yourself and rush into your ruin, for the eternal joy exists.
Lost joy
Every person experiences his own Fall. Nobody inherits it from Adam and Eve. Sin is rebellion against God. Everyone has already in his childhood reached his hand for something forbidden and nourished himself with a rebellious joy. Also the doctrine of the inherited guilt is rebellion against God. Do you believe that you can put the guilt of your rebelliousness on Adam and Eve?
We have inherited the tendency towards falling in sin, but we don't carry the guilt of our parents when we are born. Just for this reason Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven belongs to those who are like little children. A little child has not yet experienced his Fall and is therefore accepted by God. Look at the joy of a baby and the shine of his eyes. Everyone of us has lost that joy one day. However we can get it back. God has made known great joy to the mankind: God became man in Jesus Christ so that we could be saved from the domination of our evilness.
Do you want to grieve over your rebellious attitude against God? For whom will this do, first grief and after then that joy? God prepared the way to the eternal joy for you, but should I tell you about it? If you are glad, when you do evil, how could you receive the salvation in Jesus, in the Son of God?
Receiving forgiveness of sin, the paradise and the eternal life are to sure do for all. Who on earth would like to experience guilt or go to the eternal punishment! Everyone would like to get dressed right away in a joyful attire, but who would like to be dressed in mourning?
Everyone has reason to grieve for one's evilness and to repent one's deeds. As such mourning and repentance save nobody, but they open the ears of our spirit to hearing the gospel of God. Only those who hear Jesus and receive Him get their share of God's grace and the joy of salvation.
Also we believers need grief at our own evilness so that we could hear the voice of the Holy Spirit who puts our wickedness to death. It is better for us to grieve in good time for our badness in the Holy Spirit than to fall in sin and regret our deeds later. Only those, who hear the speech of the Holy Spirit who crucifies their sinful nature, will overcome their sinful life.
Every person experiences his own Fall. Nobody inherits it from Adam and Eve. Sin is rebellion against God. Everyone has already in his childhood reached his hand for something forbidden and nourished himself with a rebellious joy. Also the doctrine of the inherited guilt is rebellion against God. Do you believe that you can put the guilt of your rebelliousness on Adam and Eve?
We have inherited the tendency towards falling in sin, but we don't carry the guilt of our parents when we are born. Just for this reason Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven belongs to those who are like little children. A little child has not yet experienced his Fall and is therefore accepted by God. Look at the joy of a baby and the shine of his eyes. Everyone of us has lost that joy one day. However we can get it back. God has made known great joy to the mankind: God became man in Jesus Christ so that we could be saved from the domination of our evilness.
Do you want to grieve over your rebellious attitude against God? For whom will this do, first grief and after then that joy? God prepared the way to the eternal joy for you, but should I tell you about it? If you are glad, when you do evil, how could you receive the salvation in Jesus, in the Son of God?
Receiving forgiveness of sin, the paradise and the eternal life are to sure do for all. Who on earth would like to experience guilt or go to the eternal punishment! Everyone would like to get dressed right away in a joyful attire, but who would like to be dressed in mourning?
Everyone has reason to grieve for one's evilness and to repent one's deeds. As such mourning and repentance save nobody, but they open the ears of our spirit to hearing the gospel of God. Only those who hear Jesus and receive Him get their share of God's grace and the joy of salvation.
Also we believers need grief at our own evilness so that we could hear the voice of the Holy Spirit who puts our wickedness to death. It is better for us to grieve in good time for our badness in the Holy Spirit than to fall in sin and regret our deeds later. Only those, who hear the speech of the Holy Spirit who crucifies their sinful nature, will overcome their sinful life.
In mourning clothes
A saved one can always and in every situation rejoice at God. Even so he is not always glad. God is sad for those who are walking on the road that leads to destruction. This sorrow captivates His friends and causes also them to get dressed in mourning clothes.
Those who were dressed in mourning because of their own evilness don't hesitate to also mourn over other's badness. Those who have covered up their evilness with their fine clothes don't want to get dressed in mourning clothes. They despise the group that is grey with sorrow.
The godless world likes to gather around the well dressed believers. Everyone wants to be glad and to get dressed in shining clothes. Sure, because it so well covers up their evilness that even the devil himself wants to get dressed in it.
Before the Flood, God became sad about the wickedness of the mankind. Also then He was clothed in sackcloth and was walking among people and weeping for what He saw. After painful consideration He finally concluded in His mournful heart that He will destroy the mankind and save only eight persons. Soon He will appear in two sackclothed witnesses and give the rebellious mankind the last warnings.
Hardships of our life reveal our evilness. Notice how much bad language is heard in the world because things have not succeeded as expected. Listen to your swearing and recognize your wickedness. Become sad because of it and turn to God confessing your evilness to Him.
Usually people deny that it was God who gave them their hardships and thus they need not face their rebellion against Him. The devil willingly wants to be the cause of all accidents and diseases, because then people fear him and not God.
Wickedness of people grows in the depth of hearts, but difficulties bring it up. God will send the two sackclothed witnesses to proclaim plagues that God will send because of the wickedness of people. Then everybody must face the fact that God is almighty. He brings happiness and brings forth disaster. People's evilness will then boil in their heart and nobody can but notice his rebellion against God.
Is your rebellion justified? Do you consider God evil when He sends His disaster? He will destroy this civilization. At that very moment you will consider either yourself or God evil. If only you then shuddered with your rebelliousness and grieved for your evilness, then you would be able to hear the voice of the Son of God and be saved.
If you will harden your heart you will consider the two sackclothed witnesses evil terrorists and you will be glad when the Government of the World kills them. Hate against God will then be so strong that it will grip everybody who doesn't genuinely grieve for his own wickedness.
Jesus once grieved for your wickedness so much that He sweated blood for it. He suffered God's wrath instead of you and as He died He received the wages of your evilness. God raised Him from the dead so that you could be saved from your evilness.
Don't hesitate to be mournful together with God. Do not be surprised at the roughness of that cloth and don't put it away because people scorn it. God is near! This is not noticed by the rebels. Therefore also those who belong to Jesus are so inconspicuous to this world. When Jesus appears, then also we will appear with Him in glory. What a joyous day!
A saved one can always and in every situation rejoice at God. Even so he is not always glad. God is sad for those who are walking on the road that leads to destruction. This sorrow captivates His friends and causes also them to get dressed in mourning clothes.
Those who were dressed in mourning because of their own evilness don't hesitate to also mourn over other's badness. Those who have covered up their evilness with their fine clothes don't want to get dressed in mourning clothes. They despise the group that is grey with sorrow.
The godless world likes to gather around the well dressed believers. Everyone wants to be glad and to get dressed in shining clothes. Sure, because it so well covers up their evilness that even the devil himself wants to get dressed in it.
Before the Flood, God became sad about the wickedness of the mankind. Also then He was clothed in sackcloth and was walking among people and weeping for what He saw. After painful consideration He finally concluded in His mournful heart that He will destroy the mankind and save only eight persons. Soon He will appear in two sackclothed witnesses and give the rebellious mankind the last warnings.
Hardships of our life reveal our evilness. Notice how much bad language is heard in the world because things have not succeeded as expected. Listen to your swearing and recognize your wickedness. Become sad because of it and turn to God confessing your evilness to Him.
Usually people deny that it was God who gave them their hardships and thus they need not face their rebellion against Him. The devil willingly wants to be the cause of all accidents and diseases, because then people fear him and not God.
Wickedness of people grows in the depth of hearts, but difficulties bring it up. God will send the two sackclothed witnesses to proclaim plagues that God will send because of the wickedness of people. Then everybody must face the fact that God is almighty. He brings happiness and brings forth disaster. People's evilness will then boil in their heart and nobody can but notice his rebellion against God.
Is your rebellion justified? Do you consider God evil when He sends His disaster? He will destroy this civilization. At that very moment you will consider either yourself or God evil. If only you then shuddered with your rebelliousness and grieved for your evilness, then you would be able to hear the voice of the Son of God and be saved.
If you will harden your heart you will consider the two sackclothed witnesses evil terrorists and you will be glad when the Government of the World kills them. Hate against God will then be so strong that it will grip everybody who doesn't genuinely grieve for his own wickedness.
Jesus once grieved for your wickedness so much that He sweated blood for it. He suffered God's wrath instead of you and as He died He received the wages of your evilness. God raised Him from the dead so that you could be saved from your evilness.
Don't hesitate to be mournful together with God. Do not be surprised at the roughness of that cloth and don't put it away because people scorn it. God is near! This is not noticed by the rebels. Therefore also those who belong to Jesus are so inconspicuous to this world. When Jesus appears, then also we will appear with Him in glory. What a joyous day!
Grief of Jesus' own will turn into joy
Those who believed in Jesus were taken away from the earth and they came to God. They greeted God by saying, "Hi Father, how tremendously wise you are! You have created so many wonderful things. Would you like to show us what you have done?"
The children of God were joyfully swarming around their Father and were eager about the coming outing. "Would you first like to go to look at my city and all that I have created there? After that we could go and see all the universes and all their planets and everything I have created on them." The crowd shouted in raptures, "great, let's go and have a look."
Then they went sightseeing with God Himself as their guide. The excursion went on and on and yet there were new and wonderful things to see. How long did it take in eternity to complete that showing? You will know it, if you will be admitted to this excursion.
Those who believed in Jesus were taken away from the earth and they came to God. They greeted God by saying, "Hi Father, how tremendously wise you are! You have created so many wonderful things. Would you like to show us what you have done?"
The children of God were joyfully swarming around their Father and were eager about the coming outing. "Would you first like to go to look at my city and all that I have created there? After that we could go and see all the universes and all their planets and everything I have created on them." The crowd shouted in raptures, "great, let's go and have a look."
Then they went sightseeing with God Himself as their guide. The excursion went on and on and yet there were new and wonderful things to see. How long did it take in eternity to complete that showing? You will know it, if you will be admitted to this excursion.