The teaching of Jesus runs completely counter to not only the prevailing world view of our culture, it runs counter to the message of religion. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29

Don't put out the spirits fire! There is a work of the Holy Spirit that's real! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29

Be someone who speaks peace, relates in peace, communicates in peace, does everything you can in terms of what you own in your personal responsibility to be at peace with others! Because what did Jesus say in the sermon on the mount? Blessed are the peace makers! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29

This passage has not been written to be dissected and analyzed and regurgitated in some theology class! It hasn’t been written so that Christians can argue about it! It’s been written to give us hope! The hope that Jesus is coming back, and heaven is ours! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29

The apostle Paul says that this truth; the truth of Christ's second coming is the blessed hope of the church! It is God's desire to give us hope! To give us hope that heaven is ours! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29

Hebrews 11:6 says this, "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exsists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him!" God rewards those who earnestly seek Him! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29

So Paul warns us as he warns these folks. Listen! This is what I want you to excel at! This may be where you need to take you next step! Being personally responsible for your life! Taking care of your own affairs! Providing for yourself! Working hard! Being a person of consistency and integrity! Being personally responsible! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29

What is it that we're basing our joy on? Are we basing our joy on having all of our personal expectations met? About the safety, the comfort and the security of our life? Or are we basing our joy on our relationship with God and our relationship with one another? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29

When we encounter trials and opposition and persecution in the Christian life, if we are not prepared for understanding how God uses that to grow us up spiritually, if we are not having the big picture of understanding it accomplishes God's kingdom purposes, if our trust is not in God's resources in the midsts of those trials, you know what they easily become, they become the leverage point for the tempter to tempt us! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29

God's game plan for us is not just to fight and to have a neutral result against spiritual opposition. God's game plan is to fight and win the spiritual battle! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29

For any one of us who wants to move forward in our relationship with God; for any one of us who wants to do something spiritually significant in our lives; we are going to encounter opposition! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29