************************************* OPPORTUNITY ZONE JESUS ************************************* (The abundant life!! The good, the bad, the ugly and indifferent... Where nothing is wasted and everything is made profitable. Every circumstance is an OPPORTUNITY when you belong to, and ZONE in on JESUS!) TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: THE WORLD SAYS... WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND. BUT JESUS SAYS... WHAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND!! JESUS IS COMING!! WILL YOU BE GOING?? God Amighty has provided an alternative to eternal separation in hell fire for OUR sin against Him. For God so LOVED the world that He GAVE His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 NKJV The perfect sacrifice on that cruel cross. Paying our sin debt in full!! The Bible informs us that... 22 And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission. Hebrews 8:22 NKJV AND... He who knew no sin, became sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God. II Corinthians 5:21 The Bible also says... For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, I Peter 3:18 NKJV **A death, burial, and resurrection of Him for you and I ** Have you ever asked yourself why we are so often put off by this?? Why would we ever rage against such a wonderful grace offering?? We must truly be out of our minds! If you knew a train named "FIRE" was sailing down the rails while a child was rebelliously playing on the tracks, and the child, (PLAYING WITH FIRE), is about to suffer certain death, would you just leave them there for fear of causing them significant but temporary pain and discomfort in the removal process, whether physical or psychological?? I am trusting that you would act quickly. Now, having intervened with swift determination to rescue and save, would you feel good about your choice or would you dispise yourself for having asserted yourself into someone else’s business?? Would the child think you were evil for your actions and count you as their enemy when they come to their senses about their deadly choice to play on the tracks?? Would the general public think you were a devicive person for forcing your personal choice on another, or an over ruling jerk who is out of touch with reality for taking such evasive action against the child's personal choice to disregard warnings and play around with imminent disaster?? Just, how could we ever be so ticked off about an OPPORTUNITY to rescue and save?? Or to be rescued and saved ourselves?? Friends, have you ever really thought about this?? I mean really and honestly thought about this?? If you have not put these things in order then I beg you to come to your senses. Come to your senses and live! Consider your current state of disposition with the sovereign creator of all things! The Bible says... 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil. John 7:7 NKJV Could this be why we would ever be so ticked off about being made aware of the GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY of a life time?? Being confronted by the fact that we are all evil by nature and need to be converted?? The truth hurts sometimes doesn’t it? I plead with you, that you would give all consideration toward His graceful offer of life. Consider this before Jesus comes for His Church! He is coming back soon to take His church home friends. Sooner today than yesterday!! If you do not get off the tracks and into the boat you will indeed suffer the eternal consequences of your personal choices. If you choose not to decide on Jesus, before He comes for His Church, or you face Him by way of natural death, your indecision will forever be a decision against Him and HIS LOVE offer forever! For, not to decide is a decision indeed! Jesus has indeed come as a suffering servant to Love, rescue and to save. He will indeed return again to take His church up and safely out of the way of a great flood of lawlessness and a firery judgment. YES, INDEED! Then one day He will return to execute vengeance!! Can you handle the truth??? In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus says, come unto me and I will give you rest Matthew 11:28 Then later He says... "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations..." Matthew 28:19 Won't you come and go with Jesus?? Think about this... As an imperfect person alienated from our Holy creator, whom expects perfection at all times, could we ask for anything better than for this same God and creator to take OUR punishment upon Himself and pay OUR sin debt in full?? This otherwise looming and inescapable judgement for taking our stand against Him. Are you picking up the tracks I am laying down?? ************************************* OZJ OPPORTUNITY ALERT ************************************* SEE HOW HOLY HE IS!! IF THE GUILTY ARE TO BE FREED, PUNISHMENT MUST BE SERVED!! BLOOD MUST BE SHED!!! PAYMENT IN FULL FOR THE FILTH OF US ALL MUST BE MADE!! And now again… God so LOVED the world that He that He GAVE His only begotten Son to pay that ransom in His own sinless blood. He who knew no sin and is perfect in every way. He who has the satisfactory resource required (Precious, Sinless, Holy Blood) and no need or obligation to give it, humbled Himself to be punished and His innocent blood was poured out on OUR behalf... May I tell you dear friend, that there is not a person who has ever lived, that fully understands the agony involved in paying that hefty requirement! May I further warn, that on the final day, those who have thumbed their noses at this GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY to be reconciled through the Blood sacrifice of Jesus the Christ, will have way too much time to better understand that agony more intimately. They will truly deserve to pay the full price for that blood on their hands! Those who choose to recieve Jesus's atonement for their sin will NEVER fully know the agony of that terrible but victorious day! So… how could we ever get so ticked off that God LOVED us so much that He PROVIDED the only way?? Sounds so strange to me now... from this side of the cross. We must take heed to the fact that the cross of Christ was planted over 2000 years ago. God so LOVED that He Gave. Then He ratified it by raising Jesus from the dead and He did this openly in the public square. Yes, He showed Him alive openly to those present. The witnesses are a great multitude. It is finished, friends, and now we have been given space and time to respond! But know this, this space and time will give way to a day of inconceivable vengeance and the OPPORTUNITY will have ceased forever, all decisions recorded as final and sentences executed!!! The Bible clearly informs us of the following... Hebrews 9:25-28 NKJV 25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another— 26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. I JUST SIMPLY CANNOT IMAGINE BETTER NEWS THAN THAT!!! *************************** HEAR YE, HEAR YE *************************** Now dear friend, I challenge you to abandon your cowardice and/or blissful ignorance, whomsoever you are, and lay hold of what Jesus has purchased for you!! Yes, you!! You, were on His very mind when He faced that dreadful day. You were on His very mind when every force from hell tried to convince Him that you and I were not worth the agony. Turn away from those who try to convince you it's not cool. It's not true. They only court you for no good. They are hell bent and their only concern is that they not go down in flames alone. So, they are happy to make your decision for you, so long as you count yourself unworthy of so great a salvation. Come to your senses!! You are capable of reasoning with all common sense. He stands at the door of your heart and knocks. He is ready to receive you and call you His own. The only one who truly stands in your way is YOU!! I challenge you with these very things. Will you stand and decide for yourself?? Will you open that door?? Or will you go the way of the village people?? If you desire to know more or if you have a need to know how to open that door simply ask? Just ask Him. Right now... He will hear you! If you are weary of the weight of sin that rests upon you. If you see your need to have the unbearable burdens removed, then simply turn away and run to Jesus. Get off the tracks and into the life boat. Find freedom and rest for your soul. He who has ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says... Father God, please forgive me of all my faults. Each and every one. The obvious and the secret. I have fooled only myself, as You O'Lord know all things perfectly and You are righteous to judge all things. Please cleanse me from all unrighteousness, with nothing but the pure blood of Your perfect Son. I thank You and praise You for the most grace filled act in all of existence. The greatest LOVE story ever carried out and ever told! I pray that Your word will penetrate the hardest of hearts and bring Your people forward, and this all the more, as we see Jesus' return for His Church approaching. All of this is indeed an indisputable display of Your Eternal Glory. All will know that You are He and that there is no other. Your name, Your essence, Your attributes of love, mercy, grace and power on display and clearly visible by all, forever and ever... Your kingdom come. In Jesus name, by the power of Your Holy Spirit. Amen