NO One Is GOOD But ONE

Now behold, one came and said to Him (JESUS), "Good Teacher, what good thing shall i do that i may have eternal life?" So He said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, GOD. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments." (Matthew 19:16-17)

The TEN COMMANDMENTS:

1 You shall have no other gods before Me.
2 You shall not make to yourself any graven image.
3 You shall not take the name of the LORD your GOD in vain.
4 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5 Honor your father and mother.
6 You shall not kill.
7 You shall not commit adultery.
8 You shall not steal.
9 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10 You shall not covet. (Exodus 20:1-17)

If your GOD is not the One True GOD as revealed in His Word, the Holy Scriptures; or if you've loved money, your job, your self (or any other person or thing) more than GOD -- you've broken the First Commandment of GOD, Sovereign Creator of all the heavens and all the earth.

If you've prayed to a statue of Buddha, the Virgin Mary, a "sacred cow" or your "good luck" charm on your gold bracelet -- or "bowed down" to your Corvette or Hummer -- you've broken the Second Commandment of GOD. (Any idol or even just a concept of GOD that is inaccurate is an idol, a violation of the second commandment.)

If you've cussed using GOD's name, spoken the name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST as an expletive -- you've broken the Third Commandment of GOD.

If you've not honored GOD on the one day of the week He declared as your day of rest and worship (whether Saturday or Sunday, depending on your religious affiliation) -- you've broken the Fourth Commandment of GOD.

If you've disrespected or mistreated your parents in any way -- you've broken the fifth Commandment of GOD.

If you've gotten angry at someone without just cause (road rage anyone?) -- you've broken the sixth Commandment of GOD. (JESUS said, "But I say, if you are angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the high council. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell." Matthew 5:22, NLT)

If you've lusted after a woman (or man) who's not your spouse, even without committing the actual physical sexual act; or if you're into pornography -- you've broken the seventh Commandment of GOD. (JESUS said, "Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." Matthew 5:28)

If you've "borrowed" someone's property without permission or stolen anything, even if it's only a pen from the office or a pack of gum from the store: you're a thief -- you've broken the eighth Commandment of GOD.

If you've gossiped or lied, even if it's a "white" lie or 99.9% truth, you're a liar -- you've broken the ninth Commandment of GOD.

If you've ever coveted something that didn't belong to you (covet = to long inordinately or unlawfully, to hanker after something forbidden, to wish, long or crave for something, especially the property of another person) -- you've broken the tenth Commandment of GOD.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (1 John 1:8)

If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. (1 John 1:10)

As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one." (Romans 3:10; Psalm 14:3)

The Day of Judgment is when GOD's longsuffering and love are perfectly manifested with His holy righteousness and justice. "That Day of Judgment will come," says the Sovereign LORD. "Everything will happen just as I have declared it." (Ezekiel 39:8)

JESUS said, "But all who reject Me and My message will be judged at the Day of Judgment by the truth I have spoken." (John 12:48)

But no, you won't listen. So you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself because of your stubbornness in refusing to turn from your sin. For there is going to come a Day of Judgment when GOD, the just Judge of all the world, will judge all people according to what they have done. (Romans 2:5-6)

The day will surely come when GOD, by JESUS CHRIST, will judge everyone's secret life. (Romans 2:16)

The Day of Judgment is like the Law of Gravity -- you can't see "gravity" itself with the naked eye, but its effects are 100% guaranteed -- whether you believe it or not. If you step off a 250-story skyscraper because you don't believe in the Law of Gravity -- you will be scraped off the sidewalk that caught your free-flight downwards.

Likewise, the Day of Judgment -- whether you believe in it or not -- will come. GOD said so. It is written in His Holy Book. GOD's Word is Truth. It is Revelation already fulfilled and about to be fulfilled -- The LORD Almighty says, "The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. The arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw on that day. They will be consumed like a tree--roots and all." (Malachi 4:1)

Get real. Recognize that GOD is a holy and just GOD. You have broken His Ten Commandments -- the Standard by which all mankind will be judged on the coming Day of Judgment -- and you and i will be judged (the unbeliever at the Great White Throne Judgment -- Revelation 20:11-14; the believer at the Bema Judgment).

Repent. See your naked heart the way a holy and righteous GOD sees it -- there are no secrets from GOD. Turn from your sins -- stop being your own god -- and turn to the One True GOD for forgiveness and grace.

For GOD is also Love. He has already provided the means of payment for your sins -- His own blood has redeemed you. He gave His only begotten Son -- CHRIST JESUS -- to be sacrificed on the Cross so that you may be justified in His sight. (John 3:16-18)

Believe in the resurrection of JESUS CHRIST -- it is historical truth -- it is fact. Confess with your mouth that JESUS is LORD, Sovereign King -- GOD the Son. Commit your self to Him... trust Him with your life -- and the Holy SPIRIT will come to live in your body and soul the life of CHRIST. You will become a new creature -- born again in SPIRIT, alive in CHRIST JESUS.

Time is short -- the prophetic signs described in the Bible abound all around us -- just examine world wide events. The latest prophecies concerning Israel were fulfilled in this generation.

Don't sue this messenger or anyone else who comes to you sharing GOD's Word -- the Truth that cannot be denied (though people have tried since Creation). We share only what GOD says in the Bible -- the Truth. We share the Good News out of love for the CHRIST -- JESUS, GOD the Son -- not out of condemnation (for we ourselves were under condemnation), but because we desire that none should perish to eternal condemnation.

For me, it's like this: i see someone lollygagging in the street, with a truck speeding towards him/her. Will i politely ask him to get out of the way...will i take the time to build a relationship with him first before telling him that a truck is about to mow him down? Or will i warn him loudly, "GET OUT OF THE WAY -- A TRUCK IS COMING!"

So i declare and write loudly, "THE HOLY JUDGE IS COMING!"

But just remember that they will have to face GOD, Who will judge everyone, both the living and the dead. (1 Peter 4:5)

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His commandments have good understanding. (Psalm 111:10)

JEANNETTE Langmaack -- PROVERBS 31 Lady

Jeannette Langmaack...December 11, 1936 -- May 21, 2010.

Our sister in CHRIST, Jeannette, has graduated upwards -- where like Martha's sister, Mary -- she may even now be sitting at the LORD's feet, thoroughly enjoying His company.

Behind Pastor Baize is 1 John 4:16, "GOD is love, and he who abides in love abides in GOD, and GOD in Him." Jeannette certainly abided in CHRIST and the Holy SPIRIT powerfully abided in her. The love of GOD flowed through her and bore good fruit in all the loving deeds He accomplished richly through her humble willingness. Jeannette's joy and love for JESUS touched everyone, including myself. Jeannette's abundant life bore much good fruit!

Jeannette was not just a ship passing in the night...she was a sailboat with sails fully unfurled to all of life, taking in many wanderers from all walks of life, nourishing their bodies and souls with bread from her kitchen and the True Bread from above.

PROVERBS 31 Woman...Jeannette is!

10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
11 Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.
12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.
13 She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
14 She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls.
16 She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.
18 She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.
19 In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
20 She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.
21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
22 She makes coverings for her bed; she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.
26 She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
29 "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all."
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

31 Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

Thank you, Father in Heaven, for gifting us with Jeannette -- for giving us richness of grace through her loving, joyful, GODly presence in our lives.

AGAPE Love -- 1 Corinthians 13

"To love or not to love...that is the question" -- NOT!
To love as CHRIST loves or not to love as CHRIST loves...THAT is the question. (The word love is in the present tense for JESUS lives.)

How does JESUS love? How does JESUS exemplify true love?

i am a painter of GOD-words (http://ad-for-god.blogspot.com). If i were to paint a portrait of JESUS, using words like brush strokes to describe Him and how He loves, i would find fitting words in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a -- the greatest description of true love ever penned.

The Holy SPIRIT of GOD was the inspiration behind the Apostle Paul's beautiful definition of agape -- unselfish, sacrificial love. GOD the SPIRIT painted a portrait of CHRIST in 1 Corinthians 13 -- the "love" chapter of the New Testament.

JESUS, the CHRIST, is GOD's perfect love manifested in sinless flesh. JESUS is perfect love personified. JESUS is 1 Corinthians 13.

JESUS is patient (with people) and is kind (gracious to people with generosity). JESUS does not envy; JESUS does not parade (brag about) Himself; He is not puffed up (arrogant); JESUS does not behave rudely (or is overbearing); He does not seek His own (but selflessly serves others), He is not provoked (or irritated or angered in personal offense), He thinks no evil -- keeps no record of wrongs; JESUS does not rejoice in iniquity (He finds no pleasure in someone else's sin, even the sin of an enemy), but He rejoices in the truth (He is devoted to the truth).

JESUS bears (protects) all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things (within GOD's righteous and gracious will). JESUS never fails. (1 Corinthians 13:4-8a in red; per John MacArthur in blue)

Back to the question, "To love or not to love" -- as CHRIST JESUS loves.

Love is the fulfillment of the Law and Prophets. Love is of GOD -- it is divine. Love is what makes life worth living. To NOT love is to miss out on the real and abundant life.

Love is a verb -- love is action. It's like faith -- good works is the result of faith in action. Sacrificial, unselfish deeds for others is the result of love in action. So how does one live out agape love?

One must honestly examine oneself. In 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a, replace the word "love" with your name (as i did above, replacing "love" with JESUS). Can one truly and consistently live out all the above qualities of true Love -- agape love? Can one be Love as JESUS was the perfect portrait of Love...even to the death?

You can't and i can't...no one can -- except CHRIST JESUS.

But the Holy SPIRIT -- Omnipotent GOD -- can empower self-seeking mortals to love as JESUS loves. When a repentant sinner believes and trusts in JESUS as LORD and Savior, he receives the Holy SPIRIT to dwell within, empowering the believer to live out the Life of JESUS, which is love in action.

(Receiving the gift of the Holy SPIRIT is as simple as repenting -- changing one's mind about sin, truly seeing one's sin as GOD sees it, and turning to GOD for forgiveness, asking JESUS to come into his heart to be LORD and Master of his life. Or redemption may NOT be so simple if one's pride or self-righteousness blinds oneself to the need of the Redeemer.)

True love, agape, is from above -- from GOD the Father Who gave the Son, Who gave His life to redeem whosoever is willing to trust Him as LORD, Who sent the Holy SPIRIT to empower the believer to live out in actuality the new life of true Love.

To love JESUS or not to love JESUS, THAT is the question.

rLn's Last EXpression -- Her Last GAZILLION Words

HELLO, everyone! i hope you are not crying for me! WHY? WHAT FOR!?! Rejoice... and again, i say -- REJOICE!

i am in the very Presence of The Risen and Glorified LORD JESUS Himself -- face-to-face at long last! i am with GOD The SON, my Faithful Savior, my heart's Desire and Delight. HE is the Author and Finisher of my Faith and ETERNAL Salvation -- The Great AMEN in Person, the very LIFE of this twice-born soul! HE is my ULTIMATE Consolation, my WONDERFUL Counselor. HE is the LORD of Glory and the LORD of my Righteousness. HE is my Good Shepherd, the Sacrificial LAMB for my Passover. HE is my LIFE-Giver, Sustainer and Resurrection... the PRINCE of Peace -- full of GRACE and TRUTH!

i am in the very Presence of The Ancient of Days, our Thrice-Holy FATHER -- our Heavenly "ABBA"-FATHER -- the One who ALL-ways knows BEST always, and who ALL-ways acts perfectly RIGHTEOUS and JUST always! i am presenced with the SUPERnatural Holy SPIRIT -- the One who caused my being BORN AGAIN, the One who baptized me INto CHRIST, the One who NEVER forsook me as i lived out GOD's Plan for me on earth. (John 14:20-21,23,26; 16:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; 1 Corinthians 6:14)

As you hear (or read) these words, KNOW that i am in UNearthly, UNimaginable, almost UNcontainable BLISSful JOY -- in heavenly, rapturous, glorious DELIGHT  -- wrapped and immersed in INexpressible JOY that is a constant experience, my BEing totally enveloped and totally saturated with 'the JOY of The LORD' -- to the deepest recesses of my everlasting soul.

Don't weep, let go ALL sorrow -- REJOICE, kick up your heels, clap your hands and dance a jig! LET out a resounding whoop of GLADness -- make some "ooolaLAAAH" noise... no need to be SO somber... no need to sing the blues! Instead, shout out "HalleluJAH!"

i am glorified ALIVE! MORE alive than i ever was on earth... MORE vibrantly ALIVE... a gazillion more of 'the Heavenlies' MORE -- EXpressing MORE UNsurpassed vitality that is SO effervescent and SO invigorating, yet SO peacefully at ease and restful in this INdescribable ZESTfulness and UNmatched BEingness of ALIVEness. It's a GLORIOUS ALIVEness that fills to OVERflowing my very BEing -- that radiates from my deepest innermost BEing. i would be OVERwhelmed were it not for the REALITY of this NEW glorified body that is NOW the dwelling place of my enLIGHTened soul and quickened spirit.

Take off the long faces, put on your ear-to-ear smiles. i am MORE than just fine. i am made WHOLE at last -- body, soul and spirit United IN CHRIST -- a child of the GOD Divine -- beaming outwards the Light of CHRIST from withIN, HE who is The LIGHT of the Universe...my altogether Lovely Adonai, my utterly Precious Pearl of GREAT Price -- my LORD of Lords and KING of Kings -- CHRIST JESUS Himself, The SON of GOD.

Don't miss me, don't lament my physical absence. Rather, look forward with eager GLADness when we'll meet again... those of you who are my TRUE brothers and sisters IN CHRIST. (John 3:3,5-8; Romans 8:14)

Now i fully KNOW -- my time on earth was but Life 101 -- SPIRIT-led lessons on CHRISTlikeness. It was the life-long Process of PREPARATION for Eternity with GOD in His heavenly Kingdom. And physical DEATH -- the cessation of my earthly existence -- was but the blink-of-an-eye ENTRANCE to Eternal LIFE. (Romans 8:29,28)

Dearest family and friends -- those of you hearing (or reading) this last expression of rLn -- you ONLY live ONCE in that vulnerable body you now occupy. You ONLY have this VERY brief lifetime to CHOOSE which Way to go. You ONLY have this ONE chance to choose your ETERNAL Destiny. There are NO multiple reincarnations -- only GOD's Plan of RESURRECTION for ALL SOULS ever born -- either to Eternal SEPARATION from GOD (Hell) or to Eternal LIFE with GOD (Heaven). (Matthew 25:46; Luke 10:25-28; John 3:14-18,36; 5:24; 6:40,47; 17:2-3; Romans 6:23; Galatians 6:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:9)

Life EVERafter really is "Black and White." There are NO shades of grey. Your IMMEDIATE Life after this FLEETING one on earth depends on how you CHOOSE your "colors" -- "BLACK" or "WHITE." (Matthew 13:49, 25:32)

"BLACK" is utter Darkness and utter Depravity -- where utter Evil is the rule in this realm. "BLACK" is the TOTAL absence of Love and Light. Imagine a hellish place, then multiply it a gazillion times...that is "BLACK." (Matthew 13:41-42)

"WHITE" is blazing Light and utter Truth. "WHITE" is the TOTAL absence of Evil and Darkness. Imagine a PERFECT Paradise, then multiply it a gazillion times -- and it STILL won't even come close to the REALITY that IS Heaven... that is "WHITE." (1 Timothy 6:15-16)

And HEAVEN -- GOD's Kingdom -- is the MOST Wonder-FULL, INdescribable, amaZZZing, utterly fanTASTIC existence -- it's THE Place to experience Eternity... it's the ultimate REALITY of BEing IN CHRIST. 'And I heard a loud voice from the Throne, saying, “Behold, the Tabernacle of GOD is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and GOD Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away EVERY TEAR from their eyes; and there will NO LONGER be any DEATH; there will NO LONGER be any MOURNING, or CRYING, or PAIN; the first things have passed away.”' (Revelation 21:3-4)

HALLELUJAH! i'm here! Once a wretched SINNER of old, but NOW a wholly, completely NEW creation -- a MASTERPIECE of the heavenly Master -- NO words in the human language can describe BEing in the Presence of GOD! The hosts of angelic Beings utter amaZZZing UNearthly Heavenly JOY-full language of worship that perfectly honors the One True Living GOD -- The GOD Most High, The GOD Everlasting. But how can i put into earthly words the music of their heavenly worship? You have to be HERE to hear and enJOY and experience SUCH wondrous and glorious utterances.

i am in FatherGOD's very Presence -- GOD is SPIRIT and He dwells in UNapproachable Light -- yet i'm intact and whole -- and did not burst into a gazillion smithereens of JOY! IF i could physically return to earth (Luke 16:26 says, "Negative!") and tell you ALL that is here -- you'd NO LONGER even remotely desire ANY of that measly STUFF that masquerade as the world's Treasures... devilish Temptations -- fleeting Pleasures that are like the EMPTY calories of fluffy cotton candy -- just sickening Saccharin. EVERYthing here in Heaven is a gazillion times better in EVERY way -- it's SUPERlatively Wonder-FULL -- UNspeakable in earthly language.

Remember when GOD by the Holy SPIRIT raised JESUS from the dead and the Risen CHRIST manifested Himself in His GLORIFIED Body? THAT is the REAL Hope of EVERYone who are IN CHRIST -- boundless vitality and OVERflowing LOVE, heavenly JOY, and the UNfathomable PEACE of GOD that was but a tantalizing hint on earth compared to the REALITY  that is here in Heaven. (Hebrews 12:2; Isaiah 44:23; 1 Peter 1:8; Jude 1:24)

And BEST of all is this UNsurpassed DELIGHT of BEing with The LORD JESUS -- face-to-face at long last! -- in His Presence ALL the time and being conscious of it! His GLORIOUS Presence would OVERwhelm me with its OMNIpotent GLORY were it not clothed with His UNspeakable Loveliness and INfinite Graciousness. My whole BEing sings angelic harmonies -- in utmost reverence and childlike wonder... in AWEstruck amazement, in utmost gratefulness for the SUPERlative privilege of sharing Heaven with GOD Himself as one of His own.

So don't cry -- don't shed one more tear. REJOICE... and be utterly GLAD for me. i am totally FREE at last! FREED from decay and weakness and pain. FREED from the cursed earth -- the putrefying world that is soon to pass away. FREED from the hellish power and pollution of satan, SIN and SELF. ... ForEVERmore!

If you haven't yet reckoned which Way to go, which Master to serve, which "Color" to side with by your total allegiance -- please, for the sake of your EVERlasting SOUL -- choose "White." PURE, gloriously radiant WHITE for the color of The WORD made Flesh. PURE, cleansing spotless WHITE for the color of JESUS' shed BLOOD for our sins. PURE, UNapproachable blinding WHITE for the Infinite Perfection of our Most Holy GOD IN CHRIST.

REPENT -- turn from SIN, SELF and Satan. BELIEVE and TRUST in JESUS' LIFE of sinless Perfection, of His perfect BLOOD Sacrifice on The Cross, of His historical Resurrection and astounding Ascension back to GLORY with The FATHER. Acknowledge His rightful LORDship over your entire life -- body, soul and spirit. RECEIVE by GRACE alone, through FAITH alone, IN CHRIST alone -- GOD's gracious and merciful FREE Gift of Eternal LIFE with Him and the saints in His SON's Kingdom in Heaven -- for His SON CHRIST JESUS Himself said, "I AM The Way, and The Truth, and the LIFE. No one comes to The FATHER except through Me. I AM The LIFE and The Resurrection. You BELIEVE in GOD -- believe ALSO in Me." (John 14:6; 11:25; 14:1)

For 'it is APPOINTED for men to DIE once, but after this The JUDGMENT.' The cowardly, UNbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and ALL liars -- they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. THIS is the SECOND DEATH. (Hebrews 9:27; Revelation 21:8)

'And I saw the DEAD, small and great, standing before GOD, and books were opened. And another Book was opened, which is the Book of LIFE. And the DEAD were JUDGED according to their works, by the things which were WRITTEN in the books. The sea gave up the DEAD who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the DEAD who were in them. And they were JUDGED, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the Lake of Fire. This is The SECOND Death.

'And ANYone not found written in the Book of LIFE was cast into the Lake of Fire.' (Revelation 20:12-15)