Repent and Believe Podcast w/ Cynthia Smalls

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: DON'T be CAUGHT living under the power of the FLESH, habitually gratifying its desires, when Christ arrives!

💥 Be ever mindful: 1 Thessalonians 5:2(b)-3; 9-10: "...that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night. 3 When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them"... "And there will be no escape." "9 For God chose to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his anger on us. 10 Christ died for us so that, whether we are dead or alive when he returns, we can live with him forever." Amen!

Beloved, we don’t belong to darkness and the night as this secular world does! Thus, we must be on our guard and not asleep as others (see 1 Thessalonians 5:6-7)! The days are evil, so we better buckle in and stay close to Jesus! Wicked people are still rejecting Him. Lukewarm Christians are still playing both sides of the fence. The ushering of eternity is lost upon unrepentant humanity who live in oblivion of the coming Judgment. These are they who only want to deal with "the here and the now," that "all will work out in the end," somehow, some way! Be not deceived! We must keep on watching and be ready for Christ's return! We must make proper use of what little time we have left!

Let us not forget this sobering truth:

"...he who does not believe the Son and chooses to reject Him, [disobeying Him and denying Him as Savior] will not see [eternal] life, but [instead] the wrath of God hangs over him continually" (John 3:36).

Therefore then,

🚩 "Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil" (Ephesians 5:15-16). Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: As we live in these biblical last days, we cannot actively be engaging in what God hates: SIN! SCRIPTURE IS UNANIMOUS: THE UNRIGHTEOUS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD! GOD SAID IN TITUS 2:12 to: "live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world." BELOVED, WE ARE TO REJECT ALL UNGODLINESS & IMMORAL DESIRES! AND WE CAN DO SO BECAUSE, "11 ...the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us to live sensible, upright, and godly lives [lives with a purpose that reflect spiritual maturity] in this present age, 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ" (Titus 2:11-13). Amen!

Now that we are in Christ, born-again and filled with His Holy Spirit, we strive to live a life that is not characterized by sin! Listen, we can't be walking around saying "I know Christ and have fellowship with Him" and still be in blatant, deliberate, knowing, perpetual sin, talking about “I have come to know Him!” John is telling us over there in 1 John 2:4-6, THAT YOU'RE A LIAR! DON'T LOOK AT ME! JOHN SAID THAT! LOOK, 4 "Whoever says, “I have come to know Him,” but does not habitually keep [focused on His precepts and obey] His commandments (teachings), is a liar, and the truth [of the divine word] is not in him. 5 But whoever habitually keeps His word and obeys His precepts [and treasures His message in its entirety], in him the love of God has truly been perfected [it is completed and has reached maturity]. By this we know [for certain] that we are in Him: 6 whoever says he lives in Christ [that is, whoever says he has accepted Him as God and Savior] ought [as a moral obligation] to walk and conduct himself just as He walked and conducted Himself." AMEN!

WE MUST KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE PENALTY OF SIN: DEATH!

JAMES 1:13-16, "13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God” [for temptation does not originate from God, but from our own flaws]; for God cannot be tempted by [what is] evil, and He Himself tempts no one. 14 But each one is tempted when he is dragged away, enticed and baited [to commit sin] by his own [worldly] desire (lust, passion). 15 Then when the illicit desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin has run its course, it gives birth to death. 16 Do not be misled, my beloved brothers and sisters." AMEN!

THE MIND MUST BE RENEWED AND WE MUST BE YE TRANSFORMED!

As followers of Christ, we are no longer conformed to this "world" because we no longer belong to the spirit of this age. We have been translated from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of God’s beloved Son (Colossians 1:13). So, rather than continuing to conform to this world, we are to be transformed by changing our way of thinking. And it starts with repentance. And what is biblical repentance? It is changing your old way of thinking, turning from your sinful ways and living changed lives, OTHERWISE, WE WILL ALL PERISH (study Luke 13:3-5)! AMEN! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: Don’t Compromise Your Salvation in Worldly Participation!! A compromiser is one who knows the Truth and rejects it. Once, they did accepted God’s Word on a matter, but now, they water it down or reject it completely.

🙅🏾‍♀️ DON'T BE A COMPROMISER!

Compromise is a slow process. It is a thousand small concessions in the heart and mind that eventually wear away the truth! REMEMBER AND NEVER FORGET: Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

Beloved, we are called to dedicated service unto the Lord, our God and Savior! "Present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship." We are commanded not to "be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually]" (study Romans, chapter 12).

WE DON'T COMPROMISE WITH EVIL, IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE IN THE LIFE OF A FOLLOWER, NONE AT ALL! It is a Duty and Privilege to serve the Living God, and we do it through our obedience!

We leave this evil wicked world behind! We leave evil wicked people alone! With courtesy, we greet them and have limited fellowship, praying for them that they come the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ and through repentance, receive salvation, the forgiveness of their sins and are no longer in the path of God's wrath! Other than that, we have no participation with them and the things of this world: "the lust of the flesh," "the lust of the eyes," "and the pride of life!" All these things are from the world and not of God! Therefore, through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we are consecrated unto God, trained in righteousness, rejecting all ungodliness and walk in holiness as we see the Day of Christ return approaching! “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man” (Ecclesiastes 12:13). Amen!

🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: At salvation, the old self was crucified. Romans 6:6-7, "We know that our old self [our human nature without the Holy Spirit] was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin. 7 For the person who has died [with Christ] has been freed from [the power of] sin."

The finished work of Christ made that possible when we received Him by faith. Paul says to the new believer, “Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires” (Galatians 5:24). The old self was crucified with Christ, but it is our responsibility to crucify the old nature and to put the old nature (flesh) to death! In repentance, we crucified everything we knew to be wrong. We took our old self-centered nature with all its passions and desires and NAILED it to the cross.

Crucifying the flesh is a mental battle. “Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires” (Romans 8:5).

👏🏾 As long as we choose to believe the truth and live by faith in the power of the Holy Spirit, the flesh will be rendered inoperative!

Crucifying the flesh is also a crisis of the will. We can choose to live by either the flesh or the Spirit. It is your choice. Choose wisely! Amen! Be holy. Live clean lives. Never give up on Jesus! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: Jesus tells us EXACTLY who will NOT be going to Heaven! It is the one whose life is characterized by sin, who's walking in willful disobedience and darkness, who lives in hypocrisy - claiming the Name of Jesus, but refuses to stay out of blatant sin, the one who refuses to forgive, the one who rejects Christ Jesus - basically the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Conversely, He does tell us who will:

"He who overcomes [the world by adhering faithfully to Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior] will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son" (Revelation 21:7).

"Because lawlessness is increased, the love of most people will grow cold. 13 But the one who endures and bears up [under suffering] to the end will be saved" (Matthew 24:12-13).

Beloved, we must die to self! If we are truly serious about our salvation, we find out what pleases the Father and then do that! And whatever does not please Him, we don't do it! The Bible tells us to "consider ourselves dead to sin and our relationship with it broken!" (Study Romans, chapter 6). We are not safe yet until Christ returns or we go by the way of the grave and hear "Well done, good and faithful servant" (Matthew 25:23). In the meantime, while we are still in the earth, we live clean, holy, upright lives, knowing that the Day of Christ's return is fastly approaching; and He will have His reward with Him to give to every man according to their deeds and the fruit of their doings!

The Apostle Paul said this of himself: "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" (Galatians 2:20). And of believers, he said "For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory" (Colossians 3:3-5).

Jesus said "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me" (Matthew 16:24; Luke 9:23). Several times, He said the following: "For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it" (Mark 8:35). 'Nuff said!! Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: Christ Jesus is the Good Shepherd! And God has appointed Him as Judge on the Day He returns to judge the inhabited world in righteousness. Christ Jesus tells us in Luke 13:2-3, "Jesus replied to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans because they have suffered in this way? 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."

🚨 God commands all men everywhere to repent! He has set a Day of JUDGMENT in which, through Christ Jesus, He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness! (Study Acts 17:30-31). In His tarrying, He is giving us time to repent and come to Christ; that through His shed blood, we can have forgiveness for our sins!

Beloved, we see in Romans 2:16, "On that day when, as my gospel proclaims, God will judge the secrets [all the hidden thoughts and concealed sins] of men through Christ Jesus." With that being said, this is not the hour to live hypocritical lives - judging others for sin, but we ourselves are in the same sin(s)! We cannot be in ministry, serving as beacons of light to the Body of Christ and woefully live lives characterized by sin! By God's grace, we have been saved! God has made a way for sinners to be made right with Him when they put their faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior! Going forward, we live obedient lives as we are led by His Holy Spirit unto righteousness! OTHERWISE,

6 "He will pay back to each person according to his deeds [justly, as his deeds deserve]: 7 to those who by persistence in doing good seek [unseen but certain heavenly] glory, honor, and immortality, [He will give the gift of] eternal life. 8 But for those who are selfishly ambitious and self-seeking and disobedient to the truth but responsive to wickedness, [there will be] wrath and indignation. 9 There will be tribulation and anguish [torturing confinement] for every human soul who does [or permits] evil, to the Jew first and also to the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and inner peace [will be given] to everyone who habitually does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11 For God shows no partiality [no arbitrary favoritism; with Him one person is not more important than another]" (Romans 2). Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: To be carnally, or fleshly, minded means to have a “mind governed by the flesh” (Romans 8:6), living to please one’s fleshly desires. A carnally minded person seeks to fulfill the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life (1 John 2:16). The corrupt nature has a hostile attitude toward God. It refuses to place itself under the authority of God’s standards because it can’t. “For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace, for the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.” (Romans 8:5–7).

🚨What you set your mind on, will determine where you will spend eternity! You set your mind on the flesh, you will die (eternal separation from God). You set your mind on the Spirit and you will have everlasting life and peace!

Beloved, do you believe God? I know that you believe in God. But do you believe God when He says that the unrighteous, those who willfully live a life of sin on purpose with clarity, albeit wrongly, of mind, who rejects Jesus, will not inherit His Kingdom? Because society at large, humanity, and most professing Christians, do not take Him at His Word!

He is no one to play with! The Father, Creator of the heavens and the earth, who sent forth Jesus Christ to die for the sins of the world, "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God" (Romans 3:24-25), means business!

Christ has done it all for us in turning God's wrath back from the one who places their faith in Jesus Christ! He is the PROPITIATION for our sins. Therefore, we live lives that are godly, obedient, and faithful! We set our minds on the things of the Spirit, who leads us in the ways of righteousness and holiness!

🚨 A true follower of Jesus keeps his or her mind focused on the things of the Spirit. A believer’s mind is set on the things above, not on earthly things (Colossians 3:2).

We eagerly look forward to the Day of Christ's return, when He will reward everyone for what they have done, either good or bad! Amen! Be holy. Live clean. Remain faithful to Jesus! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort from a previous episode on this same topic: The way to eternal life is paved in obedience to Christ Jesus! It is straight and it is narrow and a few will find it! Beloved, it's really not hard to understand the reality that Eternity only offers humanity two destinations: Heaven or ! Either we live a life of repentance and submission to the One who laid down His perfect sinless life in sacrificial fashion on our behalf so we don't face the coming wrath of God, or we live a life outside of the will of God, being enslaved by sin, being a child of disobedience, on the way straight to a burning as we await Final Judgment. Where Jesus, who has been appointed Judge by the Father, will judge the inhabited world in righteousness. And He would tell many deceived "Christians" that chose to live a life of blatant sin, while professing His Name and doing mighty works in His Name, to depart from Him, for He never knew them! They were workers of iniquity! (study Matthew 7:21-23)!

🚨 Beloved, be not deceived, without living a holy life, you and I will not be going to Heaven! Jesus Christ did not die and suffer so we can continue to live unrighteous, unholy, unclean lives! Many times Paul exhorted the Body that the "Those Who Practice Such Things Will Not Inherit the Kingdom of God!" Study (Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:5; 1 Cor. 6:9-11). We must be fully prepared to enter Eternity to meet Jesus, the King of Glory! One way or the other, Judgment will be pronounced!

Our HATRED for sin must become greater as we spiritually mature. The hallmark of a true Jesus follower, is the decreasing presence of sin in his/her life! By the power of the Holy Spirit who lives in us, we are able to resist AND overcome sin! Our Lord and Savior gave us the key about who will inherit the Kingdom of God: 👉🏾"He who overcomes [the world by adhering faithfully to Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior] will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son" (Revelation 21:7). In the very next verse, He tells us who will not inherit the Kingdom of God: 👉🏾"But as for the cowards and unbelieving and abominable [who are devoid of character and personal integrity and practice or tolerate immorality], and murderers, and sorcerers [with intoxicating drugs], and idolaters and occultists [who practice and teach false religions], and all the liars [who knowingly deceive and twist truth], their part will be in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

💥 It's either Heaven or ! There is no purgatory, there is no reincarnation, there is no floating around in some pseudo outer space jumping from one moonbeam to the next! The ushering of Eternity is lost upon unrepentant humanity and lukewarm Christians who live in oblivion of the coming Judgment. These are they, who only want to deal with "the here and the now," that "all will pan out in the end," somehow, some way! Be not deceived! We must keep on watching and be ready for Christ's return! We must make proper use of what little time we have left and that is glorifying the Father in all that we do. Following, listening, and obeying Jesus as Holy Spirit leads us in the way of righteousness and loving the brethren! Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: Repent! Repent! Repent! For the Day of JUDGMENT is nigh! A fiery test is coming that will reveal the quality of the work of everyone who helps to build the Church of Christ on earth. Therefore, we cannot live our lives in hypocrisy! We cannot claim the Name and still live in blatant willful sin, deceiving ourselves into thinking we will inherit the Kingdom, while living ungodly lives in the process!

Listen, do you know what Jesus said in Matthew 12:37? “For by your words [reflecting your spiritual condition] you will be justified and acquitted of the guilt of sin; and by your words [rejecting Me] you will be condemned and sentenced.”

My friend, it does matter how we live these born-again lives in this last hour. Everything we say, do, and think will come into judgment when we stand before Jesus. Our prayer and commitment to the Father is found in Psalm 119:30, "I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me."

So what are we truly talking about: OBEDIENCE and walking FAITHFULLY in Christ... enduring until the end! Those of us who endure until the end, will stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ to receive rewards as faithful servants. Shockingly, Paul reminds us that some will lose rewards, look at what he says in 1 Corinthians 3:15: "If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire."

All followers of the Lord Jesus Christ will experience some judgment of their works. 2 Corinthians 5:10 says, "For we [believers will be called to account and] must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be repaid for what has been done in the body, whether good or bad [that is, each will be held responsible for his actions, purposes, goals, motives—the use or misuse of his time, opportunities and abilities]."

We know this is not a judgment of whether a person is saved or not. Those who trust in Christ, have been forgiven for their sin! Christ Jesus already received God's judgment for it (study Titus 3:5-9)! So until He returns or we go by the way of the grave, we live lives that are appreciative of our salvation!

Words of our Lord and Savior to live by:

Luke 11:28, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

Jeremiah 7:23, "But this command I gave them: ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. And walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’" Amen! Live clean. Be holy. Never give up on Jesus! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: 20 biblical reasons Why We Are Called to NOT LOVE THE WORLD! MY BATTLE CRY TO THE BRETHREN: Crucify! Crucify! Crucify that FLESH!

Beloved, "We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin" (Romans 6:6). Let us be well aware, CHRIST IS ON HIS WAY BACK TO JUDGE THE INHABITED WORLD:

Hebrews 10:37 - "For yet in a very little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay."

Deuteronomy 7:10 - "but repays those who hate Him to their faces, to destroy them; He will not delay with him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face."

Sadly, plenty of confessing Christians will end up in because the character and the results of true repentance weren't there. They only claim the Name, but never did turn from sin! And this is why Matthew 15:8 is a Scripture we better always tuck away in our hearts, so when we examine how we live for Christ, we got to make sure it is not done in hypocrisy! "This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me."

I'm saying all this to get to the point that we must not be of this "world," with its superficial godless values! Nor are we to have anything to do with men and women of corrupt and depraved minds in the pulpit who command we follow THEIR teachings, THEIR commandments and traditions that usurp the sound doctrines taught in God's Word! We are to follow the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ and those of the apostles, as the Holy Spirit give us understanding and light of the Scriptures. Anyone teaching anything contrary to that, Paul said may they be cursed/ damned to ! Paul came against the perverting of the Gospel over in Galatians 1:6-9.

This world and it's lust is passing away I will be destroyed with fervent heat! Eternity awaits for us all!

2 Peter 3 -"10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will vanish with a [mighty and thunderous] roar, and the [material] elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and the works that are on it will be burned up.11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be [in the meantime] in holy behavior [that is, in a pattern of daily life that sets you apart as a believer] and in godliness [displaying profound reverence toward our awesome God], 12 [while you earnestly] look for and await the coming of the day of God..." "14 So, beloved, since you are looking forward to these things, be diligent and make every effort to be found by Him [at His return] spotless and blameless, in peace [that is, inwardly calm with a sense of spiritual well-being and confidence, having lived a life of obedience to Him]." Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!