In U.S. Courts At The Conclusion Of A Trial, The Verdict Is Either Guilty Or Not Guilty. Note That It

In U.S. courts at the conclusion of a trial, the verdict is either ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty.’ Note that it is not GUILTY or INNOCENT, but that does not mean that they are the same! Here’s why.

At the end of the famous O.J. Simpson trial, he was found Not Guilty, but was he Innocent? Personally (and this is NOT a political comment!) I agreed with the verdict because there were both no eye-witnesses to the crime, and from my perspective and the evidence presented he was (in my thought, right or wrong) not found to be guilty ‘beyond a shadow of doubt.’ Therefore, it is possible to be found “Not Guilty” but not wholly “Innocent.”

At the end of your life, you will stand before the Supreme Judge in the Heavenly Court, and because God is Holy and cannot have any sin in his presence, his eye-witness evidence of every one of your crimes (“secret sins”, Psalm 19:13) will be presented fully and your verdict will be beyond a shadow of doubt - ‘GUILTY!’ But here is the good news…there IS a way to be found INNOCENT!

“While we were still sinners Christ died for us, and we have been justified by his blood sacrifice and saved by that through him.” Romans 5:8-9 (paraphrased)

This scripture says that because what Christ did on the cross for you, all your sins have been completely exonerated and paid for. His blood wipes your record clean, and you will not just be 'not guilty,' but marked as INNOCENT.

Friend, if you have not accepted this pardon by the Eternal Judge, why would you not want to?? Do not delay – there is no guarantee you will have another chance before the judge puts down his gavel. Ask God to forgive you today and let the saving edict of his merciful judgement pay for the crime of all your sins and declare you INNOCENT.

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While many may not totally believe or embrace all parts of the Bible, there are many points on which many will agree. For example murder certainly is not good and neither is stealing, lying, and generally not following “The Golden Rule.” All these are clear to grasp and easy to understand, but as Mark Twain infamously said, it is parts like today’s Bible verse that are a real stumbling block for a lot of people.

Here’s the thing about “God’s Word”...it is NOT an easy path through life, but a Difficult One. To follow what God says requires discipline, dedication, and determination to look past the temptations and distractions of this world and aim for the high goal of your calling to live a peaceable, productive, and prudent life.

As Twain points out, some of these injunctions to living — while straightforward to read and comprehend — are seemingly impossible to follow. For example in today’s verse on forgiveness, this is unbearable for many people due to their hurt, anger, or the injustice they received from someone, but here is how this is possible and what Twain did not understand.

As long as you try do this in your human strength it will always be either extremely difficult or nearly impossible, but once you receive the Holy Spirit of God in your life and totally yield to His direction, the Bible promises us that “With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26)

Are you struggling with unforgiveness? As today’s scripture says, if you do not forgive you will not be forgiven. That is easy to understand but impossible to follow unless you let go of your pride, yield to the Holy Spirit and start simply by making a conscious, mental decision to forgive. (Don’t worry about emotionally “feeling” forgiving..that will come in time...)

Friend, if you 'GO WITH GOD', All Things then Are Indeed POSSIBLE. Unlike Twain’s dilemma, it is not a matter of understanding, but of faith, trust and obedience to the one that literally wrote the book. Then and only then will it be possible to have victory over all the difficult parts that you DO UNDERSTAND.

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Oh-Oh!! The years fly by and then one day your last year comes and it is time for you to make an exit. When that day comes, are you ready for it?

If there is one critical question that most people NEVER take the time to answer, it is this - WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? Sadly at the moment of death, if this question was never resolved then there are desperate cries of “I don’t want to die!!” But here is the raw truth - we ALL get booted off planet earth, and there is nothing you can do to stop that, but there IS something YOU can do beforehand to prepare for it!

All that takes is one simple step and one sure decision. Make a choice right now to go before Almighty God and simply say, “LORD, you are God and I am a sinful person that has not lived a perfect life. I am asking you to forgive me of my sins, to make me clean by what Jesus Christ did on the cross on my behalf, and take me when I die to be with you forever. I promise to make you the LORD of my life and to follow you the rest of my days. I ask this in the name of Jesus, AMEN.”

Friend, if you prayed that prayer earnestly from the heart, when that last year comes, you’ll enjoy an 'EEE' (Excellent Earth Exit!)

[ Then, have a nice flight! :-) ]

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While some in the world were shocked to see the Grammy awards performance of the song of the year winner ’UNHOLY’ (as it was called) blatantly presented complete with demonic dance performed in red costumes with devil horns, those in attendance instead CELEBRATED by wearing lit devil horns on their heads, no doubt joined in glee by millions of TV on-lookers.

This open display of evil is propagating like ’wild fire’ and encouraging people to not only accept but CELEBRATE the devil and mock Christianity and God. However, none of satan’s schemes for fame are shocking to God because He has seen it all since satan’s fall from heaven. Ever since, satan has sought to be worshipped, and today he does so through Hollywood award programs and mega-events like the “Super Bowl.”

While every single person on this planet is precious to God (even those wearing devil’s horns) He is lovingly Long Suffering & Patient with man’s rebellious ways, yet His patience will very soon RUN OUT.

God is a Righteous God and most assuredly every single human being will stand before Him on Judgement Day as He takes an account of each life on earth. This is why every Christian who is reading this needs to make a conscientious intention to carry JESUS everywhere you go, not only in your countenance, but in your words and actions, so that people can see TRUE LIGHT, and not be blinded by the false light being sold to the masses.

Time is running out!! The Lord commands all that are in Him that while living in this world, we are not be a part of this world. Make sure that you live your life that way, and not participating or celebrating the ever increasing evil growing around us.

Friend, if you don’t know Christ, please come to HIM! Don’t follow anything that the devil entices you to see or do, because he is full of lies and deceit. He is destroying so many thousands of souls who are blind to his ways and are weak minded. Direct your life toward Christ who will show you a life full of joy and abundance, because He alone is The Way, The Truth and the Life!

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When most people think about Jesus, they imagine a kind loving man who was a master teacher and miracle healer. Pictures depict him as a shepherd gently tending lambs, blessing children, and feeding thousands with a kind loving look in his eyes. While He came peacefully into Jerusalem riding a donkey to the adoration of crowds spreading green palms as a carpet before him, even when suffering in agony at the crucifixion, He doesn’t curse his tormentors, but forgives them. In His whole life He is the personification of Peace, Love, and Forgiveness, however His Second Coming to earth will be quite a different story.

Thou He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey as the Prince of Peace, the Bible tells us that at His return He rides in on a white horse as a conquering judge. All those that are still on earth at that time will not meet a loving PRINCE of Peace, but a judging LORD of Glory. -- that is, unless they have prepared their souls for what comes next.

For those not prepared to meet the Judge, it will be a day of disastrous destiny that will be their first day of an eternity that will be the opposite of “peace.”

If you are one of these people and have read this far then please realize that there is a time when all those that are not friends of God will not be treated not with Peace, Love, and Forgiveness, but with Harshness, Rebuke, and JUDGEMENT.

Jesus IS coming back to reclaim His authority over the earth to establish his kingdom, so if you do not know Christ and have not received the Peace, Love, and Forgiveness that he offers, do so today. There is no better time than the present because we all have no guarantee of tomorrow.

Prepare to meet Jesus as your KING, not your Judge.

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Today’s scripture verse among many others proclaims that the Bible is God’s Word and is TRUE, but there are many that not only disagree with that but say it not only IS a lie, but that letters hidden in the very word itself spell when re-arranged show that it IS a lie!

In our technologically advanced, evolved, educated and 'enlightened' culture in particular, taking the Bible seriously has become more and more a joke along with those foolish enough to actually believe in it. That statement is 100% true! — …that is you’ve only glanced at a few passages here and there! However upon an honest inspection, there are thousands of curious “coincidences” that defy not only logical scrutiny but mathematical probability. Here are a few examples:

Noah: God’s instruction was to build the ark in the ration of 30:5:3 – the same ratio used by modern ship designers. How would someone like Noah know that having supposedly never even seen a boat?

Genesis Genealogy: The meanings of the names of the first ten men (from Adam to Methuselah) encode the Bible message! Together their name-meanings spell out the Gospel message of salvation!: “[Adam] Man (was) [Seth] appointed [Enosh] mortal [Kenan] sorrow (but) [Mahalalel] the Blessed God [Jared] shall come down (and) [Enoch] teaching [Methuselah] His Death (i.e. Christ) shall bring

Name of YAHWEH numerically encoded in Pentateuch: Skipping 49 (7x7) letters (in Hebrew) from Genesis forward to Leviticus spells God’ name and working backwards from Deuteronomy to Leviticus every 49th letter also spells His name.

There are literally hundreds of other examples like this too numerous for here! So before you assume the Bible is not true and just an ancient collection of stories and myths, find out for yourself instead — “Let God be TRUE, but every man a LIAR.” (Romans 3:4)

Will YOU give the Bible a chance to be TRUE?

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