"Friends" scatter when we talk about our faith in Jesus.
Preaching the word of God is a problem for unbelievers, their demons get agitated when they become convicted. I'll lose everything for my faith in King Jesus, will you?
With the recent event I’ve had from my “friends” and every other since I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior, I’ve been mocked, laughed at and called so many horrible names and sometimes when I’ve preached the gospel to people, I’ve had them ignore me when I’ve talked about Jesus. So, with that in mind, I was nervous at first, figuring out how to word things to people and being cautious, but no matter what I do, people’s demons surrounding them whisper and get agitated to the point where they don’t want to hear they’re being convicted of their sins and that “I’m judging them”. They’re judging themselves because they know they’re doing wrong and continue to live in their sinful ways. There will be a day when God judges all sin and if non-believers do not repent of their sins, accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior and give their lives over to Him, they will get eternal consequences.
Then I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated on it. From His presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. - Revelation 20:11-15.
What non-believers get back from us is nothing but love, they will not get us retaliating, nor us hating or even us calling them names back when they do all that to us. Jesus gave all of us a new commandment in John 13:34-35 saying, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” So that means there is no hate in us, we are to love everyone, bless those that curse us, we are to do good to those who hate us, and we are to pray for those who spitefully use us and persecute us. I love everyone who has hurt me, abused me, I forgive everyone just as God commands us to, and I pray for everyone as well. If anyone has had these same problems with friends and you’ve lost people like my family and I have, just know that you’re not alone, our Lord Jesus is with you wherever you go.
“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates Me hates My Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father. But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’ - John 15:18-25.
Death is imminent for all of us, but those who believe in Jesus Christ will have everlasting life, and those without Him will have eternal damnation. You will be saved by confessing with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord, believing in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, repenting of your sins, trusting alone in and having faith in Jesus, surrendering to God’s will and following His 10 Commandments, and we get to be with Jesus in Heaven for eternity with no more pain, misery, suffering, sin, evil, tears and no more fear. I give God all the glory, all my praise, thanks and gratitude for everything in my life. Tomorrow is not promised for anyone. God Bless everyone!
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. - Matthew 7:13-14.
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. - John 3:36.
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Well written!!!! Great post :)