Sunday, December 2, 2007

Jesus States Reality of Judgment

"For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:20)

"I tell you, on the day of judgment you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter; for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
(Matthew 12:36-37)

"The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father." (Matthew 13:41-43)

"For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves ... So my heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart."
(Matthew 18:23-35)

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats . . . And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." (Matthew 25:31-32 - 46)

"Not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven." (Matthew 7:21)

"Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven." (Matthew 10:32-33)

"Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."
(Matthew 18:3-4)

Posted by Alesia at Sunday, December 02, 2007

27 comments:

Great Grany 5 said...

Hi Alesia, you looking good girl! I love your blog and it is very well planned. Congrats and have a great and enjoyable time blogging. Love reading your comments and encourage your continued input.

Shalom

December 2, 2007 at 3:16 PM
Anonymous said...

Alesia,

You did a mighty fine job. I can read every word.

And, if I can read it, anybody can.

God bless you,

Ari

December 3, 2007 at 12:05 AM
campsmore said...

HI Alesia,

Love your blog, there's a lot of good information in there!

Keep up "The Good Work."

blessings to ya
lori

December 3, 2007 at 7:00 AM
jeri from SA said...

Hi Alesia
Love our courage and knowledge! I am too new techknowledgely challenge to do what you have! Great job and have fun doing it.
Yours in Christ
jeri.

December 3, 2007 at 7:17 AM
jeri from SA said...

Sorry should read challenged! I am a bit slow.

December 3, 2007 at 7:20 AM
ByHISstripesIamhealed said...

Alesia,
Great job on your blog, sister. I always enjoy reading what you have to say.
Love Judy
PS..
You and your daughter are both quite beautiful! ;o)

December 3, 2007 at 8:21 AM
Alesia said...

Thank you all for taking the time to comment!

Judy - aw, shucks - thanks!

Have a Blessed day everyone.

December 3, 2007 at 10:09 AM
Margee said...

Thank you so much... now I don't have to have a bizillion bookmarks to "epicenter" links.

You did a terrific job.

Wishing you many blessings :-)

December 4, 2007 at 2:27 AM
Anonymous said...

Awesome blog, Alesia! And I LOVE the pictures of the kitty cats!

:)

December 12, 2007 at 8:04 PM
Alf Cengia said...

Alesia, Christmas blessings to you, your daughter and your family. Hope your health is/has improved. Look forward to seeing your posts in the new year.

mac

December 22, 2007 at 8:52 PM
jib said...

Alesia

hi there

thought I'd drop by (by way of Boatman's site) and say hi. by now you have seen the havoc that has been wrought at Joel's. I will miss your comments and fellowshipping with you. You can drop a note at my spot anytime-I keep in touch by email with wilma and marge. your comments will go through the moderator function so bear with me sometimes I don't check my blog all that frequently

December 28, 2007 at 11:53 PM
donna said...

Hi Alesia,
I really miss discussing things at Joels sight. I guess he had to shut down due to all the garbage.
Do you know if there are other places like that people who are interested in end times can go to?
It was fun!
I miss all those people!
I hope everything is going well with you and that you all had a nice Christmas.
I hope you all have a wonderful new year, too.

December 31, 2007 at 3:58 PM
donna said...

OH great, I'll check it out right away!
I miss everyone!:)

And I am dying to know what happened at Joels.

After I posted my last post I have no idea what took place!

December 31, 2007 at 6:27 PM
Alesia said...

Donna,
Here's what happened...
You know there were the nasty mice posts regarding Grumpy - well that morning there were a few anonymice comments & then Francine threw in a few dumb posts as well. Grumpy accused Francine (Teresita, whomever) of being one of the mice & for being Teresita. She went ballistic - she wrote a F*** you, grumpy, post along with several more choice sware words.
The funny thing is she didn't deny she was Teresita, she was just really mad about being accused of posting anonymously.
Lori (campsmore) I believe reported her to the webmaster & about 15 minutes later the comment section was shut down.

I don't think shutting down was the wisest reaction. If the site does come back up, then the mice will know what to do to cause dissent and that will make anyone gun-shy of reporting anything again.

I hope & pray that Joel realizes the importance of the blog for fellowship & guidance.

I've been searching the world over for a specific verse that I can not find & know that if I was able to ask the question at Joel's I'd of had the answer in 2 minutes.

I was having a really good discussion with my niece about God - she is an unbeliever (sort of) She says she sometimes prays to God, but admits she doesn't know if she believes. She says she's mad sometimes because she feels He doesn't hear her or care about her & that makes her believe He doesn't exist. I was trying to tell her that if she doesn't believe in Him, He isn't going to respond/hear to her. There is the verse that says something like "If you don't know me, the Father will not know you" but for the life of me can't find it.
You can imagine, I was praying like crazy the whole time I was talking to her & I think it went really well, she seemed interested & receptive. Thanks to God's help, I think this may have been the 1st time I've witnessed to someone & it went really well. Woo-hoo!

So, with all my babbling, does anyone know where I might find that verse? I'm seeing her again tomorrow & would like to be able to quote it.
Thanks

December 31, 2007 at 6:56 PM
Alf Cengia said...

Well done with your witnessing. I'm not sure of the specific verse you're thinking of but this may address the question:
Does God hear / answer the prayers of a sinner / unbeliever?

December 31, 2007 at 7:31 PM
donna said...

Now this is more like it!

It's just great connecting with you Alesia and Mac!

I got a little worried there for a while!


As far as that verse goes, how about this one:

"You do not know me or my Father, Jesus replied. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."
John 8:19 (b)

December 31, 2007 at 7:43 PM
Alf Cengia said...

Everybody have a safe New Year's eve!

December 31, 2007 at 10:16 PM
JCChick23 said...

Hello Alesia my sweet sister Chick!! Thanks for the heads up on the blogs...I have missed you all terribly! So good to see Wilma and Donna and Mac et al...We need to find the rest!

Happy New Year all...God Bless!

December 31, 2007 at 10:22 PM
Jen said...

Hi guys,
I'm here...I have Alesia, Wilma and Boatman's blogs "favorited" so I've been watching them for posts this week. Hopefully Joel's will get up and running again, but if not, we can start fresh on one of these.
Kinda makes you think this is what it will be like after the Rapture....people will have to start from scratch and reconnect with whatever is left. I've felt the void all week, but sure have got a lot more housework done!
Blessings for '08!
Jen

January 1, 2008 at 2:22 AM
campsmore said...

Thanks Alesia,

See you at the cave!

Happy New Year!

lori

January 1, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Alf Cengia said...

Love the new rabbit!

Blog's lookin' mighty fine...ma'am.

January 29, 2008 at 5:01 AM
Alf Cengia said...

I was only on line for about ten minutes today. But I got your message re your blog redo. All I can say is...WOW! Well done!

January 30, 2008 at 1:59 AM
Anonymous said...

I like Grant Jeffery.

Good info there.

God Bless,
BrotherMark

February 2, 2008 at 12:11 AM
Alf Cengia said...

What the....Every time I come back something's changed. Dare I say, it's evolving nicely?

February 2, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Great Grany 5 said...

Hi Alesia, Your blog is absolute wonderful and I know you have spent some quality time putting it all together and I want to thank you for it.

I went to the Christian Book store today and although it is my favorite haunt, I just didn't find all of the things there that interest me like we have available on the net. So, I am going to download Berner's book The Silence is Broken and that way I can have my cake and eat it too. Besides, I can enlarge the print to the size that I can see without straining.

I love the Cave and I just want you to know that I prefer the conversations there far more than at Joel's. However, as you said, Joel's has a broader range of seekers and I will contribute when the Holy Spirit leads me but I just wanted to let you know, my appreciation for you and Mac grows greater every day.

Have a wonderful Sunday and hope it is without any kind of storm. Snow is pretty but I prefer looking at it on TV.

Love you,
Grany Wilma

February 2, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Alesia said...

Grany Wilma,
I love you too. I am so thankful to the Lord for putting you in my life's path!

The blog has been fun putting together. In my search for worthwhile material, I am learning SO MUCH. I'm not sure who will benefit more, me or the people I put it together for :)

Yes, I so love the cave too, isn't it marvelous?
God bless you always, sweetie!

February 3, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Praise and Coffee said...

Amen!

May 8, 2008 at 6:57 AM

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Today's Bible Story
Sunday, June 22, 2025
How Queen Esther Save the Lives of Her People
Esther 4:4 to Esther 10:3
Esther tells the king of the wicked Haman's plot to kill the Jews.
ESTHER WAS HAPPY in her beautiful palace-home. She was kind to her servants, and they liked to obey her. But she did not forget how Mordecai had taken her into his own home when she was a poor little orphan.

    And every day she watched from her window to see him pass by, and always she was eager to receive the messages that he sent. She still obeyed him just as cheerfully as when she had been a little girl in his own humble home.

    But one day Mordecai did not pass by as usual. And Esther missed him. Perhaps she thought he might be sick. But soon her servants came to tell her that he was walking through the streets of the city, dressed in sackcloth and crying with a loud and bitter cry.

    "What has happened?" wondered the Queen, as she hurriedly gathered some new clothes to sent to him. How she longed to run out to comfort him, herself! But now she was the queen, and now she could not go about in the streets. Perhaps she wished that she were not the queen, after all.

    As she sat watching anxiously from her window, soon she saw the servant returning with the clothes she had sent. Mordecai would not take them, and Esther knew that some terrible sorrow had come into his life. So she quickly called another servant, one of the King's servants who sometimes waited on her, and told him to learn from Mordecai the cause of his intense grief.

    Mordecai told this servant about all that had happened to him, how Haman had planned to kill all the Jews and had even promised to give money to the King for this cruel purpose.

    He gave the servant a copy of the letter that Haman had written, and the servant brought the letter to Esther. He told Esther, too, that Mordecai had commanded her to speak to the King and tell him that she was a Jew, and that Haman had planned to kill her and all her people.

    At first Esther was afraid to go to the King. She knew the law of the palace: that any one, either a man or a woman, who should approach the throne without being called by the king would be put to death unless the king should hold out to that person the golden scepter.

    And she feared to take such a risk; for the King had not called for her in many days, and she supposed he was attending to important matters and did not wish to be disturbed. She sent her servant back to Mordecai to tell him that she dared not go into the presence of the King without being called by him.

    Mordecai believed that God had permitted Esther to become queen on purpose, so that she might at this time save the lives of her people. So he sent word again, telling Esther that she must go, for if she refused she would be sparing her life at that time only to lose it later, when all the Jews in Shushan should be destroyed.

    Esther still was fearful to obey the wishes of Mordecai; but she longed to help her people, and she promised to try. She commanded Mordecai to gather all the Jews in Shushan into one place, and there to fast and pray for three days that God would give her favor in the eyes of the King.

    She and her servants would also fast during that time, and then if Ahasuerus had not yet called for her she would go to him, contrary to the law of the palace, and plead for her life and for the lives of her people.

    Mordecai hastily called all the Jews in Shushan and told them of Esther's words. And they fasted and prayed as she had commanded. Then, on the third day she dressed in her most beautiful garments and went in to speak to the King.

    Ahasuerus was surprised to see the Queen standing timidly in the court before his throne. He knew some urgent matter had brought her there, and because he loved her he held out to her the golden scepter, which was in his hand.

    Then she came near to his throne and touched the scepter, and he asked, "What is your request, Queen Esther? It shall be given to you though it should be the half of my kingdom."

    Esther did not tell him at once about the great sorrow that clouded her life, but she requested him and his friend Haman to dine with her that day. And the King promised to come. Then she went away, and Ahasuerus sent word to Haman, telling him of the Queen's invitation to dinner.

    Haman felt highly honored because he was the only guest invited to eat with the King and the Queen. But Ahasuerus guessed that Esther had some great request to make of him, so again he asked, "What is your wish, my queen?"

    And again Esther answered simply, "If I have found favor in your eyes, O King, my request is that you and Haman shall return tomorrow and dine with me as you have done today. Then I shall tell you what is my greatest wish."

    And the King promised that they would come.

    After the banquet Haman hurried home to tell his wife and his friends about the great honor that Queen Esther had shown to him. But as he passed through the king's gate he saw Mordecai sitting there and refusing to bow before him as the other servants were bowing.

    This spoiled all of Haman's gladness of heart. How he despised that Jew! He longed to be rid of Mordecai's presence in the king's gate, and he told his wife and his friends how greatly Mordecai's presence annoyed him. He boasted loudly to them of the honors both the King and the Queen were bestowing upon him, but he complained about the contempt this humble Jew, Mordecai, had shown.

    Haman's wife and his friends urged him to prepare a high gallows and ask permission of the king to hand Mordecai. Then he might enjoy fully the honors that were being shown by every one else except by this much-despised Jew. Haman thought their advice sounded good, and he set to work at once to have a gallows built.

    That night Ahasuerus, the King, could not sleep. As he tossed restlessly about on his soft pillows he commanded his servants to bring the book of records and read to him about the things that had happened since he had been the rule of Persia.

    And among the other things he heard them read from the book was Mordecai's report of the evil plans of two servants who intended to kill the King. "Has any honor been shown to Mordecai for that kindness done to me?

    And the servants answered, "Nothing has been done for him,"

    Haman rose early the next morning and went to the palace, intending to ask the King's permission to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had made. But just as he entered the court of the palace, Ahasuerus sent for him.

    And he came in proudly, wondering what service he could perform to please his ruler. "What shall be done to the man whom the King delights to honor?" asked Ahasuerus of Haman.

    And Haman thought quickly, "Whom would the King delight to honor more than me?" so, believing that the honor would be shown to him, he answered, "Let the man whom the King delights to honor be dressed in the King's royal garments, and let him ride upon the King's horse, with the King's crown upon his head. Let one of the most noble princes place the royal garment upon this man, and the crown upon his head, and let the prince bring him on horseback through the streets of the city and cry out before him that all may hear, 'This is done to the man whom the King delights to honor.'"

    The King was pleased with Haman's answer, and he said, "You are my noble prince, so I command you to take my royal garment and my crown, and hasten to dress Mordecai in them. Then put him on my horse and lead him through the city, proclaiming before him the words that you have spoken. See that you do everything as you have advised should be done to the man whom I delight to honor."

    Now Haman was frightened, but he dared not disobey the King's command. He took the garments, dressed Mordecai, the Jew, in them, and led him on horseback through the city streets, crying out, "This is done to the man whom the King delights to honor!"

    Then he returned with Mordecai to the palace, and brought back the royal garments to the King. Afterwards he ran home, covering his head in shame and sorrow, for he dared not speak to the King about the matter that had brought him to the palace at the early morning hour. And his wife and friends heard this story, and feared that greater troubles might soon befall him if the King was showing favor to the despised Jew.

    Haman had forgotten about his invitation to dine again with the King and Queen. So the King sent a messenger to bring him to the palace. And then, as they sat about the table the King asked Esther the third time what her wish was, that she desired of him. And the third time he promised to grant that wish even though it should be the half of his kingdom.

    Now Esther was ready to tell her story. She may have heard that very morning how highly the King honored Mordecai; for she spoke with courage and said, "If I have found favor in your sight, O King, and if it please you, I ask that my life and the lives of my people may be spared, for we have been sold--not to become slaves, but to be killed."

    Ahasuerus was surprised to hear these words. He asked, "Who is he, and where is he, who would dare to do such a thing?" and Esther answered, "That enemy is this wicked Haman."

    Now Haman was frightened, and he did not know what to do. He had never guessed that the beautiful Queen was a Jewess. He did not know, even yet, that she had been brought up by Mordecai, the man whom he so much despised. Speechless he sat before them, and when he saw the King rise up in anger and leave the room, he sprang from his seat and feel before Esther, begging for mercy from her.

    The King walked about in the garden, wondering what he should do to punish Haman. Then he returned and found Haman pleading for his life. But his pleading could not profit him nothing, for the King's servants came in and covered his face, ready for death.

    Then they led him out, and one of the servants showed the King the high gallows that Haman had prepared to hang Mordecai.

    "Hang Haman on the gallows!" commanded the King, and Haman was hung on the gallows he had commanded others to build for an innocent man.

    After Haman's death, the King raised Mordecai to a place of great honor in the kingdom, and he sent letters to every part of the land where Haman's letters had gone, telling the Jews to fight for their own lives on that day appointed when Haman had wished to put them to death.

    Because their enemies feared them, they did not try to kill the Jews on that day, for even the rulers of those lands helped the Jews. And the Jews celebrated the day of their great victory with a great feast, called the Feast of Purim.

    Even today the Jews keep this feast, and they always tell the story of Esther, the beautiful queen, who saved the lives of her people.

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