Repent and Believe Podcast w/ Cynthia Smalls

Glory be to God! Welcome everyone to Episode #744, Season 8.

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: There's help for the condemning heart! Our God is merciful and gracious and He forgives us when we sin! God's plan for salvation was manifested in human form. The Lord Jesus Christ was crucified and died, but He rose again on the third day, conquering sin and death and opening the way to eternal life for all who would believe in Him!

Beloved, I am here today to encourage you to stop condemning yourself if you have sinned! Rather go to Jesus in sincere repentance and let Him cleanse you and going forward, walk in obedience! We do not live a life that is characterized by sin, but when we miss the mark, we do have an Advocate in Heaven and He is not looking to condemn His children, but to give us more grace to walk out our sanctification process! We don't get it all right on the first day of being saved, but we walk in the newness of life! We have been given His Holy Spirit to sanctify us, to keep us on the straight and narrow path that leads to eternal life, and to glorify Jesus!

So stop beating yourself up, go to God and continue to be righteous in His sight and work out your own salvation! Be encouraged!

If you're going through a period of doubting whether God can really forgive you for a sin that you're incredibly ashamed of, let these Bible verses refresh your memory of the nature of His forgiveness and how accessible it is to each and every one of us:

Psalm 32:1-2 - Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.

1 John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Ephesians 2:8-9 - For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast.

Isaiah 1:18 - "Come now, let us settle the matter," says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

Corinthians 5:18-19 - All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

Isaiah 43:25 - I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.

Be encouraged!

Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! Welcome everyone to Episode #743, Season 8.

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: If You Do Not Keep That Body Under Subjection - YOU GONNA PERISH!!! 1 Peter 1:13-16 keeps us in perpetual sobriety when it comes to our Salvation:

13 "So prepare your minds for action, be completely sober [in spirit—steadfast, self-disciplined, spiritually and morally alert], fix your hope completely on the grace [of God] that is coming to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14 [Live] as obedient children [of God]; do not be conformed to the evil desires which governed you in your ignorance [before you knew the requirements and transforming power of the good news regarding salvation]. 15 But like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves in all your conduct [be set apart from the world by your godly character and moral courage]; 16 because it is written, “You shall be holy (set apart), for I am holy.” Amen!

Listen, if you and I do not buffet this body and bring it into subjection, taking control over it and making it obey the Word of God, we all are going to perish in our willful, blatant, habitual, rebellious, reckless sin! All the while claiming the Name! Don't believe me? Let the Word of God convince you then:

Romans 8:13, "For if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever." Amen! See?

Do you not know that old flesh man ruled by sensuality, carnality and worldliness, wants nothing more than for you and I to return back to our vomit, playing on Satan's playground so that we repeatedly keep giving him access into our born-again lives!? We give that old serpent a foothold into our lives when we do not put the body/flesh man under subjection!

Listen to the writing of Paul over in 1 Cor. 9:24-27, because you see, Paul had a clue! He knew what time it was! It's wake up time my friend, listen to what he said about subjecting that old flesh:

24 "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. 25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. 26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified." Amen!! Listen, Paul did not want to become a castaway and be denied entrance to the Kingdom of God having preached the Good News to others, but that he himself won't get in! ...AND WE MUST FOLLOW SUIT - BEAT THAT BODY OF FLESH AND MAKE IT OBEY CHRIST!

Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! Welcome everyone to Episode #742, Season 8.

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: We could literally destroy our lives today by going by the godless ways of this world, who the Bible says is under the sway and influence of the devil; 1 John 5: 19 says, "We know [for a fact] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] lies in the power of the evil."

I'm telling everyone who is under the sound of my voice, repent, turn from your evil wicked ways. Christ Jesus is on His way back and He will have His reward with Him and He he will give to every last single human being ever born to a woman, their just reward.

Today, we're looking at why do some believers find it hard to enter through the narrow gate?? And why is the gate to Heaven narrow & hard? (Matthew 7:13-14)

We find in Matthew 7:13-14, Jesus commands, "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it."

The Lord Jesus Christ is the narrow door. He is the straight gate. He is that narrow path that leads to eternal life in His Kingdom. The broad way, through the wide gate is the way to eternal destruction. Those who don't want Jesus, who don't want to strive to enter through the narrow door by crucifying their flesh, want this world and their wickedness more! The world and its paths are open to the masses. On the broad way, there are no restrictions. You can worship many false gods. There is no accountability for sin. Rather than live a clean, holy, and disciplined life in the sight of Holy God, the world's mantra is "Live and Let Live!" "To each his own" is the battle cry of the world. And many just like Jesus said, will be on that broad way, going straight to a burning , only to face the Final Judgment and be thrown into the Lake of Fire for all of eternity, with no relief, with no hope, and no grace!

Amen!

🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! Welcome everyone to Episode #741, Season 8.

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: There will be no excuses on Judgment Day! On the Day that the Lord Jesus Christ judges the inhabited world in righteousness, He will have no mercy in throwing into the Lake of Fire those whose names are not found in His Book of Life! Humanity, by and large, who love their sin more, rejects the only One that could have saved them (see John 3:18[b]-19)! And His children are not getting away either!

💥 DON'T LOSE YOUR SOUL!!!

The Word of the Lord came to me: Thus saidth the Lord, "I knew them in their mother's womb! I called them out, but they soon returned back to the vomit - right back in shackles again - they are slaves to sin when I have already set them free. They went back into bondage willingly! Willingly did they choose to disobey My very commands! Wayward children are disobedient, difficult and obstinate! I don't want to judge them but I will, and will have no mercy in doing so because they had My Word daughter and they, in a decisive act, chose to disobey My very Word that brought them out of bondage! Woe, woe, woe for the obstinate and rebellious ones. Woe, woe, woe, thus saith the Lord! Amen! (May 31, 2023 @ 6:09 am CST).

The question becomes, "Why do people reject Jesus as their Savior?"

The decision to accept or reject Jesus as Savior is the ultimate life decision. Why do many people choose to reject Jesus as Savior? There are perhaps as many different reasons for rejecting Christ as there are people who reject Him, but the following four reasons can serve as general categories:

1) Some people do not think they need a Savior.

2) The fear of social rejection or persecution deters some people from receiving Christ as Savior.

3) For some people, the things that the present world has to offer are more appealing than eternal things.

4) Many people are simply resisting the Holy Spirit’s attempts to draw them to faith in Christ.

Whatever the reasons why people reject Jesus Christ, their rejection has disastrous eternal consequences!! “There is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” than the name of Jesus (Acts 4:12), and those who reject Him, for whatever reason, face an eternity in the “outer darkness” of where there will be “weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 25:30) AS THEY AWAIT THE FINAL JUDGMENT!!! Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! Welcome everyone to Episode #740, Season 8.

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort this biblical truth: John 8:11 establishes the forthgoing pattern of obedience now that we've received forgiveness and are no longer condemned: We put away ALL iniquitous behavior and LIVE CHANGED LIVES THAT ARE NOT CHARACTERIZED BY SIN, WICKEDNESS, OR EVIL! We walk in righteousness and not in thanklessness for what Christ has done for us! We have been adopted into the Beloved!

"She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life" (John 8:11-12). Amen!

We have a question on the floor - does God hate sin, but love the sinner?

Well?... we must first establish did God actually say that? Did Jesus say this? Did any of His apostles teach this? The answer is simply NONE of them taught this. So where did the Church, or should I say WHEN did the Church incorporate this into the Scriptures? THIS PHRASE HAS BEEN CIRCULATED SO HARD AMONG THE BODY OF CHRIST, THAT SOME ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT IS FOUND IN SCRIPTURE! Because many professing believers will tell you in a minute, who by the way, are trying to defend their sin, that God loves the sinner, but hates the sin! So if God didn't say this, then who did?

👉🏾Mahatma Gandhi (an Hindu devil worshiper who was antichrist), in his autobiography made this quote when he was, apparently, establishing some false precept. This is the actual quote: "Hate the sin and not the sinner." This is clearly the work of the devil, who causes seducing spirits to embody his agents who teach doctrines of devils. Not to mention he is the author of confusion!

So let us cut to the chase and get right down to it: God hates workers of iniquity! PERIODT!! He hates evil, sin and anything that separates us from Him and His holiness that will ultimately send us all straight to a BURNING ! The whole testimony of Scripture is unanimous, the wicked will be banished from the presence of the Lord and from the power and magnificence of his glory (study 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9)!

💥 Psalm 11:5 puts it bluntly: God hates wicked people. “The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.”

💥 He hates wicked people from His soul, from the very depth of His being. God hates their ways (Proverbs 15:9), their thoughts (Proverbs 15:26), their worship (Proverbs 15:8), their actions (Proverbs 6:18), and their evil deeds (Psalm 5:5)!!

"...Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity" (2 Timothy 2:19).

Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

to Episode #739, Season 8.

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I share a posting from one of our brethren who exhorted: "The only Way of salvation that is given to man, through God, and that by Way of His Son...We must then come to repentance and receive the Gift of the Spirit of God, Who rebirths us, and transforms us into new creatures, and Who empowers us to live holy lives, set apart for God's use and to have victory over sin.

Don't believe the lie that everyone is bound to live in their sins for the entirety of their lives." And I say, Amen!

💥 The Only Way of Salvation is Jesus Christ!!!

Beloved, the Bible tells us that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one! And that is absolutely true! Look around this world, and we see clearly the power and influence of the evil one! To make matters worse, some in the Body of Christ are becoming more wayward as they rebelliously wiggle from the firm grip of the Holy Spirit and willfully turn back to the "world" and its influences! We must ask where is the fear of the LORD among His children??

The fear of the LORD turns a man away from evil! The Bible says, "By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil" (Proverbs 16:6) Amen! When one “fears” God, he holds God in high esteem, standing in awe of the Almighty! One who genuinely fears the LORD, will have a desire and willingness to submit to what He says to do. Again, amen!!

Not only is there a lack of respect for His Name, sovereignty and authority, but some ignorantly believe that God is not a God of wrath, justice, and righteousness who will most CERTAINLY punish the unrighteous, but only as a "pushover God," doling out "blessings" and "prosperity" regardless of reckless disobedience! This is why we see the Gospel being watered down! This is why we see most "professing Christians" having a laid back cavalier attitude towards holiness and righteous living! They live a life of lukewarmness, maliciousness, wickedness, rebellion and disobedience, all the while, using grace as a cover-up to somehow "legitimize" their sin!

But those of us who understand the ramification and consequence of willful sin and living a lifestyle of iniquity: (everlasting fiery destruction and eternal separation from God and the Lord Jesus Christ), know for sure God is not playing with that Lake of Fire!

Amen!

🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God

Glory be to God! Welcome everyone to Episode #738, Season 8.

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God" (1 Corinthians 1:18).

The Gospel is OFFENSIVE because it declares that you are a sinner incapable of saving yourself! It’s OFFENSIVE because it declares that other religions and philosophies are wrong, and that Jesus is the only Way to God. It’s OFFENSIVE because it DEMANDS that you SUBMIT to Jesus as Lord and TRUST and OBEY Him with every aspect of your life!!

🎯 The Gospel DECLARES that the only way to be right with God is through faith in Jesus the risen Messiah! You can’t just BELIEVE whatever you want and live HOWEVER you want!!

Many, sad to say, who follow Jesus, are ashamed of His Gospel because of its stringent message. And these are they who do not want to "offend" others who adhere to false religions and philosophies that say there are many ways to God. They are ashamed to be bold enough to declare that there is only ONE WAY to God and that is through Jesus Christ. And because of Christian persecution and opposition and the risk of being ostracized, many water down His Gospel to a "love message only" and do not preach His core message: without repentance you will perish! God in His love, demonstrated His divine attribute by sending the world a Savior to die in their place, paying the penalty of their sins. But humanity by and large, has rejected Jesus - the only One that can save from God's wrath and restore sinful fallen man back to a right relationship with God! And many don't want to share the truth of that message for fear of retribution and hatred that is sure to come because we follow Jesus and preach/proclaim His message!

Let not that be said of you child of God who has been called into the harvest to snatch sticks from the fire! May you continue to be bold and obedient and be led by the Holy Spirit in every situation! God bless!

Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! Welcome everyone to Episode #737, Season 8.

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I declare: The devil cares ABSOLUTELY nothing about the truth nor about your soul! He wants to drag you to that Lake of Fire right along with him!! THIS message will always be to our brethren, who are filled with God's Holy Spirit, but they are being disobedient, slothful, and reckless as they follow behind false doctrines that allows them to continue in their disobedience. As children of God's, we must put away all sin and live holy uncontaminated lives! So when we exhort one another, it is always to encourage each other to do good, for we know the Day of Christ's return is fastly approaching. We must be ready to meet our Lord and Savior with out-stretched arms, and not shrink back in fear because we knew we weren't living right as we ought to!

Therefore, there's a question on the floor today: Have you fallen into the trap as a Christian who keeps on sinning? ...Because if so, you are going to perish!

As we know, there have been and will always be false converts who never really met the real Jesus Christ. They believe they have, and so they are serving a false christ as workers of iniquity! This false christ is being preached in many apostate churches, where tickling-ear messages are the norm! But today, I'm talking directly to my prodigal brothers and sisters in Christ, who needs this reminder: God ain't playing with that Lake of Fire! Stop sinning and obey Christ! Judgment will always begin at the house of the LORD!

Scripture is unanimous:

👉🏾Isaiah 5:20 - "Woe (judgment is coming) to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"

👉🏾Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God [that is, His remarkable, overwhelming gift of grace to believers] is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

👉🏾Matthew 3:1-2, "In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea [along the western side of the Dead Sea] and saying, 2 “Repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins, live your life in a way that proves repentance; seek God’s purpose for your life], for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

👉🏾Luke 13:3, "I tell you, no; but unless you repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways and live changed lives], you will all likewise perish." Amen!

...And the problem is most professing Christians do not believe this!

Tune in today to hear about a dialogue I had with a brother in Christ over a recent post I made on Facebook... pretty much talking about the same things I be bringing to the podcast, I do over there on Facebook too! So you can follow me (under AuntCynthia Whitaker) and watch the madness unfold 😆!!

Beloved, the hour is late, and the day is short! Before we know it, our Redeemer will return! Are you prepared and ready? Lord Jesus said He will have His reward with Him and He will give to everyone according to what they have done!

Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! Welcome everyone to Episode #736, Season 8.

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I discuss: TREES! That's right, trees! I want to talk about branches and trimming and pruning by having a quick study in John chapter 15, verses 1-10. Because in verse 6, the Lord Jesus gives a dire warning. Let's read it:

"If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken off] branch, and withers and dies; and they gather such branches and throw them into the fire, and they are burned." See? See why we must talk about trees, branches, pruning, and fire in today's exhortation!

He declares at the top of the chapter: "I am the true Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that continues to bear fruit, He [repeatedly] prunes, so that it will bear more fruit [even richer and finer fruit]." Amen!

Therefore, this chapter had me thinking and pondering this word PRUNING, and why the Lord used such an illustration to let His disciples (including us modern-day disciples) know that, unless a branch remains vitally connected to that vine, it will wither and die - useful only for kindling. That dead, useless, deteriorated branch has managed to get itself in such a state that it breaks off from the vine! Thus, like the other broken off withered, useless, branches, it will be thrown into the fire! 😬

So make sure you tune in, because the Holy Spirit's sanctifying work in the believer's life is the PRUNING we all need to mature and grow spiritually in Christ. It is the cutting away of those spiritual diseases and sins we picked up while in the "world," when we enemies of God and under the influence and sway of the devil! It is to the glory of the Father that we are pruned and, therefore, produce more fruit, even greater and finer fruit, proving ourselves to be Jesus' true disciples!

Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! Welcome everyone to Episode #735, Season 8.

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: The grace and mercy we love so much were made possible by Jesus’s perfect obedience! Obedience to God’s commands is the true sign of your love for Him. The only way you can know if you are obeying God, is by knowing His Word! Our Heavenly Father tells us that His Word: "is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately—behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage]; 17 so that the man of God may be complete and proficient, outfitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16).

Therefore, we should obey the commandments of Christ (as found in Matthew 22:36-40) as loving children of God, trusting in Him who created us to be in communion with Himself! The Bible says in 1 John 5:3 - "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome." Amen! OBEDIENCE IS KEY IN OUR WALK OF FAITH!

The Word of God instructs us to TRUST God and OBEY His commands, and these two concepts are intertwined. The connection between trust and obedience is significant because when we TRUST God, we can CONFIDENTLY follow His commands, knowing that He always has our best interests at heart. OBEDIENCE, on the other hand, strengthens our trust in God because it shows that we believe in His goodness and plan for our lives.

That's why when we trust in Him, we know that He is in control, and we can rest in His grace and provision! Obedience is an act of faith and love. It shows that we believe God’s commandments are for our good and that we trust in His wisdom and sovereignty!

Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!