We who truly know Christ, we have a home that
awaits us where angels sing and rejoice night and day.
Where sweetness of spirit always persists, and
the true love of Christ dwells. No hate
or hurt, no unwelcoming judgment, no violence, no death only peace eternal.
All those that perish in their rejection of
Christ will weep evermore within the torments of hell.
We warn people as the Lord has commanded but the
world goes on as if there is no God.
Our peace and our hope is Christ for he will
carry us away one day to our home awaiting us.
We do not rejoice over the terrible things that
happen in life. We rejoice because we
have a Father in heaven to hold us and comfort us through our tears. We rejoice that this life is temporal and the
only
“Forever Home” is heaven.
Every day there is something to cry about. Someone killed people, people died. Marriages
break up, someone committed suicide. A
bomb went off people died on the streets. We could talk forever about the hurt
of children or people who die of cancer. These things will happen and our
hearts would be consumed
if we let it.
Christ is our forever. This world will pass away and all of these
things will end for us when we enter glory.
God tells us to comfort each other with these things. We have a place awaiting, that Jesus has
prepared. A place where Godly love is
real and shall never be broken. We will
see the most beautiful wave of Christians from all over the world. Every color,
singing and worshipping across the golden streets of heaven. We will see them singing. We will see them worshiping. We shall do so
together in praise of our Father, God Almighty.
Each day we can rejoice in our hope. The hope of Christ and the promise of his return. The hope of heaven where Jesus will brush our last tears away. For, we shall never cry again. We will then know more joy than we've ever known.
Jesus is in our hearts and He will be with us
always. He is our helper, our friend, and
our comforter.
1Thesalonians 4:16-18
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and
the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so
shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words. (Referring
to verses 16 and 17)
1 Corinthians 15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the
last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Revelations 21:4
And God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the
former things are passed away.
(KJV)
Susan Y Nikitenko
January 10th 2023 ©
Jesus In Our Heart
Baptism is a picture of what happens to you when you become
saved. We without Christ are dead in our
sins. Separated from God. Once a person believes in the Lord Jesus
Christ. Something happens. They become alive to God because Jesus Christ
through the Holy Spirit comes into their heart.
When we are baptized, we are emersed under the water, buried
in the likeness of Christ, and arising to new life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony and an example, to all,
that we have been saved and have become born to God as his dear child. We were dead to God, but now, made alive unto
God.
This is exactly what happens when we become born again. By
faith, our sins are washed away. The
blood of Christ shed for us was applied upon the acceptance of Christ Jesus
into our life. We spiritually are risen into
a new life and beginning. We have been
adopted into the family of God.
The Holy Spirit is Jesus in our hearts but is called the Comforter
in scripture. The comforter is with us
and in us. Jesus in our hearts. We can pray and Jesus helps our feeble prayers,
He speaks for us with perfect prayers even when we don’t know how to say what
needs to be asked. When you worship God,
you can feel his presence with you. He
is there for you to help you through life’s troubles.
All acceptable good works are through Christ alone. Our righteousness is as filthy rags to God.
Isaiah 64:6 ¶ But we are all as an unclean thing, and all
our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.
Good works of any kind are excepted by people. They are commended and looked up to. People normally reward people for doing good
things. Many are known for their
wonderful gift of charity. However, God
does not accept our goodness as righteousness but as filthy rags. That is why the crown we receive in heaven
will be laid at the feet of Christ. Christ
within us and his working through us is the only righteousness accepted by
God. Not of good that I have done, but
only what Christ has done through us.
That only happens if we accept Christ and the shedding of his blood for
our sins.
The Holy Spirit does not testify of himself, He testifies of
Jesus. This is why we pray in the name
of Jesus Christ and do all things in Jesus Christ’s name.
Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all
in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Colossians 3:23 And
whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
God offers the gift of salvation to whoever wants it.
John 3:15 -17 That whosoever believeth in him should not
perish but have eternal life.
For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the
world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Jesus Talks
about the Comforter
John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you
another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever;
John 14:26 But the
Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he
shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 15:26 ¶ But when
the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the
Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
John 16:7 ¶
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for
if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will
send him unto you.
John 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot
bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye
abide in me.
Susan Nikitenko March 20th, 2022
Some lesson afterthoughts...
Jesus was baptized at thirty years old, as our example. Not one baby was baptized by emersion or sprinkling in the bible. Each person should understand what they are doing. Baptism is the first step of obedience as a Christian.
When God Gave Me Jesus
When God gave me Jesus;
He gave me the way to eternal day.
When God gave me Jesus;
He gave me life and the light of the world.
I can rejoice in Jesus evermore.
When God gave me Jesus;
I’ve learned to love him more and more and more. *
Chorus: *
When God gave me Jesus;
He gave me a forever friend.
One who loves me through good or bad.
Happy or mad, Joyful or sad.
When God gave me Jesus;
A true friend to the end, lose or win.
I can always trust him through thick or thin.
Jesus is the friend of all friends.
When God Gave Me Jesus.
Christmas was more than packages and lights.
When God gave me Jesus.
I still struggled within my heart at times.
He helps me each day
God works with us as an artist with clay. *
Chorus: *
When God gave me Jesus;
He gave me a forever friend.
One who loves me through good or bad.
Happy or mad, Joyful or sad.
When God gave me Jesus;
A true friend to the end, lose or win.
I can always trust him through thick or thin.
Jesus is the friend of all friends.
When God gave me Jesus.
He gave me a friend who will stay with me.
And he loves me unconditionally.
He gave me someone who will help me grow;
Makes me strong when I'm weak.
He gives me wisdom when I need to know.*
Chorus: *
When God gave me Jesus;
He gave me a forever friend.
One who loves me through good or bad.
Happy or mad, Joyful or sad.
When God gave me Jesus;
A true friend to the end, lose or win.
I can always trust him through thick or thin.
Jesus is the friend of all friends.
He helps me to love and know how to love;
He gave me life and someone to trust in.
Thank you, dear God, Thank you for loving us.
And all the gifts you give.
Thank you for Jesus the Gift of Christmas.
Chorus: *
When God gave me Jesus;
He gave me a forever friend.
One who loves me through good or bad.
Happy or mad, Joyful or sad.
When God gave me Jesus;
A true friend to the end, lose or win.
I can always trust him through thick or thin.
Jesus is the friend of all friends.
Jesus is the friend of all friends.
Susan Y Nikitenko
December 12, 2021 - Corrected On December 18th
Song: When God Gave Me Jesus 2021 ©
Proverbs17:17 ¶ A friend loveth at all times.
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