Dear KKIM/KARS Family,
May God be with you and yours this day and all days!
May you grow in your walk with JESUS CHRIST this day!
Please drink this CUP slowly…..save some for the Weekend……..send it to a friend, please.
Look here, let me present My servant;
I have taken hold of him. He is My chosen, and I delight in him.
I have put My Spirit on him; by this He will bring living justice to the nations.
Isaiah 42:1
Has JESUS taken a hold of you? I pray so in a POWERFUL way! There is nothing like it! Is the HOLY SPIRIT upon you? I pray so, in a POWERFUL way!
I have to tell you I was struck in a glorious way yesterday by the Holy Spirit that had me shaking! The gates of heaven were opened wide and candy was pouring out from Heaven to me and Sharon and satan was sent packing! God gave me the picture of me as a little boy and HIM pouring down candy on our house.
In my hometown as a little boy in the late 50’s and 60’s people used to give me candy all the time…………….so much love was shown in my hometown. The faith of a child……..have the faith of a child……….
The LORD poured out HIS love to Sharon and I so much yesterday it shook me, I weeped so……I shook so………In my entire life I have never experienced anything like this.
I do not know exactly what the LORD is doing……but What I do know is that HE is with us. I do not have to know exactly what HE is doing……. we go forth in faith.
Have the faith of a child……
All I know is that after having breakfast with niece Megan and her husband to be Jake……..the LORD called out the Heavy artillery and just poured out much that brought me to my knees, so much I looked at my watch…..8:01am………The LORD made a HUGE break through in our lives.
The Words that the LORD gave me was, Look here, let me present My servant…….I have taken a hold of Him.
Yes, the LORD has taken a hold of me and Sharon more than ever! Will you join us and Thank the LORD for all HE has done and is doing for us?
Have the faith of a child……..
The LORD, MY Daddy, has a hold of me and Sharon.
That is the Good News I will continue to spread until the LORD call’s me home!
I want the same for everyone! Hallelujah
Thank you for letting me share my simple faith with you…..all I can, do is like all of us..just lay ourselves out there….. in the World……flat out all for the LORD!
Good to talk to you Dr. Steve yesterday! We are very thankful for the love and care that Dr. Steve Hopkins has given to Buffy her in journey with cancer. Dr. Steve in one in a million, God has Blessed this man so to take care of HIS four legged creations. We are believing that Buffy is healed! Dr. Steve also helped save the life of Reno was was very sick when we adopted him, Reno had to go through two heart worm treatments. Dr. Kelly and Dr. Wood at the Cancer Center here in Albuquerque and Dr. Steve have made a good team for Buffy. We are very thankful for these people of God, Our God has given these Doctor’s the hands…..the minds…..the care….the souls…….to take care of HIS animals.
As many of you know my wife Sharon is a nurse…..I have to tell you she is the BEST! Patients grab onto her for love and care..for an encouraging word……..to talk to her about their greatest fears…….people weep in her arms……people hug her…….
When I go visit people in the Hospital……..I grab onto those nurses and Doctor’s when I can and hold their hands and thank the LORD for them…………I hug all the nurses at the Cancer Center……..
The hands of a nurse and Doctor are so precious!!!
When I can I grab onto the nurses and Doctor’s and pray with them.
I say, when I can because sometime they are so busy in the room that I cannot bother them, but I pray over them.
I have not had anyone turn that down.
One Hospital visit of late, the Doctor let me hold her hands while I also held the hand of the wife of the patient……..And then the Doctor and the wife were able to talk so peacefully about important decisions.
I remember when Buffy was going to have surgery and the Surgeon let me grab his hands and pray………..and give thanks.
I share all this, to encourage us all not to be timid about our FAITH! I have not had one person tell me no. Everyone needs a hug now and then, everyone needs word’s of encouragement, Doctor’s and Nurses are so overwhelmed these days, here’s the deal, the LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST MELTS HEARTS! Show the love of JESUS and watch what happens!
One of my most favorite paintings of all time is the one that I have in my office at the Radio Ranch of the Doctor sitting at his Desk talking with JESUS, THE GREAT PHYSICIAN!
Let us understand that the Doctor’s and nurses need love just like we do.
Sometimes they are to be the Patient. We are to serve them.
I was asked by someone on Wednesday, “So what to you think of this Tim Tebow?”
I said, “What a wonderful man of God, he just shares his faith with all!”
She said, “Well, I keep my religious beliefs to myself!”
I said, “He never says a bad word about anybody, he just shares the love of JESUS CHRIST with everyone. Tebow never attacks anyone.”
Let us all be TEBOW’S!
Yesterday on the CUP and on New Mexico News and Views we had a Godly conversation about Gary’s question……….Last night Pastor’s Leonard Navarre, Paul Holt, and Bill Ruhl were with me to discuss it further.
First Gary sent a message late last night……..
Make sure that you tell everyone that provided The LORD’S Insight that I Thank HIM First, then thank you and them, ok.
GOD BLESS
Gary W./Orr Acura Infiniti Bennche
3186980449/desk
9035031550/mobile
Love you Gary and thank you for the question, as it is asked by many and this is why we are here at the CUP to serve.
Once again here is the question……..
What is your perception of the phrase,
“Once Saved, Always Saved”.
Besides denying GOD (existence), can one ‘LOSE’ their Salvation
after accepting HIM as their LORD & SAVIOR?
Here’s Pastor Bill Ruhl…….
Once saved, always saved. This is not a subject addressed in the Bible, yet questions arise and the matter is discussed endlessly in many different circles of faith. The question I point people to is from Acts 16:30, “What must I do to be saved?” and the simple answer from Acts 16:31 is “believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.” The question that then follows, and is more biblical in nature and also discussed at length throughout scripture, is probably better presented as: “Once saved, what have you done with that salvation?”
Salvation is a gift from God, given by His unceasing grace, and received by our unwavering faith in Him who gave it. (Eph 2:5,8) Salvation is of God. (Ps50:23, Luke3:6, Acts28:28) God is salvation. (Ex15:2, Ps27:1, Luke2:30) We must recognize these truths about salvation and understand that “Every good thing and perfect gift comes down from the Father of Lights. (James1:17) What the scripture asks us then is to examine our lives after receiving salvation and determine what we have done and are continuing to do with so great a gift.
When asked leading questions like what does the Bible say about “once saved, always saved”, I always focus in on, “why the question?”. Mathew 16:24-27, John 12:25-26, and Colossians chapters 2,3,and 4 become wonderful passages of scripture to direct those that have this question into. Our question need not be, “If I receive God’s gift of salvation, can I lose it?”, but rather, “What have I done with it, what am i doing with it now?”
God’s gift of salvation brings about a transformed life. The fruit of God’s Spirit manifests in our lives and we no longer walk according to the ways of the flesh. (Galatians 5:16-25) The believer is said to be working out his salvation (progressively growing in it) as our heart and mind is changed (transformed). Salvation is the initial step in the believers transformation into the image and likeness of Christ, Who is our salvation.
Here is an example the Lord gave me as I was leaving the station yesterday. I received an electronic gift some time back and after opening it and admiring the thoughtfulness of the giver, I read the instruction manual that came with it. So it is with salvation; you receive it freely, thank God for so great a gift, and then open the Bible (God’s instruction manual) and discover how to operate what you just received. The Lord also pointed this out in His example: Everything was in place, ready to go, even the power source, but I needed to pull out a small plastic tab that prevented the battery from making contact and letting power flow into the device. What a great visual! So it is with salvation. We need to remove that layer of unbelief and make contact with our new power source (Holy Spirit) that comes installed with salvation for it to operate as it was designed by God. This “born again” transformation in our lives causes the connection that energizes all the functions built into our gift from God. When we unwrap (receive) the gift of salvation, read the manual (Bible), and activate the power source (connect to Holy Spirit) it causes a transformation that is recognized and beneficial to you and others. Now that’s a awesome gift and should be followed up by a “Thank You” card (prayer of thanksgiving). Lord, thank you for the gift of salvation. It is the one gift I am determined not to lose, but use!
Be Blessed By Being a Blessing.
Pastor Bill Ruhl – Global Destiny Ministry
Thank you Pastor Bill for sharing………..
Now Pastor Leonard……….
It seems to me that that Bible is very clear that we do not , “slip away” or accidentally “fall away”. However we can make a conscious decision to leave His grace, accept another route to salvation, or choose to make laws and doctrine our salvation which takes us out of the grace and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. The entire letter of Hebrews deals with those who accepted the Law of God, forsook the law for their salvation, accepted Jesus’ grace and mercy, then went BACK to the law. Hebrews tells us that the Law keepers will trample under foot the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here’s how it reads in Hebrews 6:4-6
“For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.”
This is not an “accidental” fall like slipping on a banana peal and falling off a clip. These were followers of the Old Testatment law and decided to follow the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and His sacrifice. Then they deliberately chose to reject Jesus and follow the law again. When we accept Him and then decide that another way (John 14:6) will get us salvation because of general thought or teaching (i.e. doesn’t matter what you believe or how you act, we are all going to be saved) and become enslaved and entangled to sin we deliberately choose another lifestyle and path for salvation…Hebrews says we are lost.
Example: Did Satan, Lucifer ever enjoy and taste the blessings of the presence of God? We must say “yes”. Did he ever enjoy the bounties of heaven or the heavenly realm? We must say “yes”. Did Satan rebel and lead a third of the angels with him in this rebellion and fall away from the mercy and grace of God? Will he be cast into a special place reserved for him and his followers? According to the letter of Revelation, the answer is yes and for all those who reject the mercy and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 2:1
“Therefore, we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away”.
Here are a few more scriptures to meditate upon:
Hebrews 10:26-29
“For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury fire that will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sancified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?”
I Timothy 4:1
“now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teaching of demons,”
2 Peter 3:17
“therefore, dear friends, since you know this in advance, be on guard, so that you are not led away by the error of lawless people and fall from you own stability”
In Revelation where Jesus is talking to the 7 churches
LovelessChurch – “repent or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place – unless you repent” – Rev. 2:5 Reason: left their first love
Persecuted church – “be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life” Rev. 2:10
Compromising Church – “repent or I will fight against them with the sword of my mouth” Rev. 2:16
Corrupt church – repent. Hold fast till I come” – Rev. 2:26
Dead church –“hold fast and repent and I will not blot out his name from the book of life” Rev. 3:3 and 5
Faithful church – “hold fast so no one may take your crown” – Rev. 3:11
Lukewarm church – repent “ to him who overcomes I will grant to sit with me on my throne” – Rev. 3:21
Thank you,
