Repent and Believe Podcast w/ Cynthia Smalls

Glory be to God! ** 🙋🏾‍♀️ STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THIS EPISODE! ** 🚩TUNE IN EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS FOR NEW EPISODES! Follow me on Facebook under AuntCynthia Whitaker 😊💥 Join me today as I discuss: The Lord Jesus Christ tell us in Matthew 24:4, “Be careful that no one misleads you [deceiving you and leading you into error]." He also tell us in, Matthew 7, starting at verse 15, “Beware of the false prophets, [teachers] who come to you dressed as sheep [appearing gentle and innocent], but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them [that is, by their contrived doctrine and self-focus]. And lastly, in verse 21, He says: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven." Amen!

When we call anyone in "church leadership" by a title of distinction, (i.e., apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher) we err! In doing so, we elevate mere mortals to a position of reverence that should only be given to our Lord and Savior. For He is the only One who shed blood for us!

These appointments were given as gifts by Lord Jesus before He ascended to Heaven, as stated in Ephesians 4. These appointments are functions of administration, for the building up and perfecting of the saints. NOT titles of exaltation!! Therefore, be cautious who you call anyone, "my pastor," "my bishop," my prophet," etc. Lord Jesus says that we are all brothers and sisters, and that is what we should call one another. The Bible teaches that no one in the Body of Christ is greater than the next. We are all on one accord! And we are to judge and test every spirit by the fruit they bear to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world!

The book of Titus in chapter 1, gives us a great pictorial of the qualifications of an elder, who is also called bishop or overseer of the Church of God. They should be a man of unquestionable integrity, blameless, not addicted to wine and not greedy for dishonest gain, but financially ethical. Sad to say, none of which we see going on in most apostate churches today. Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! ** 🙋🏾‍♀️ STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THIS EPISODE! ** 🚩TUNE IN EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS FOR NEW EPISODES! Follow me on Facebook under AuntCynthia Whitaker 😊💥 Join me today as I discuss: Illicit ain't nothing to play with! Listen, fornication is a nasty, wicked, deceiving sexual sin; we will do well to steer clear from it, AT ALL COST! Paul exhorted us in 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8, that we are to live in a way that pleases God. How that it is God's will for us to be holy; therefore, we are to stay away from all sexual sin. We are to control our bodies and live in holiness and honor, not in lustful passion like the pagans! As we look at 1 Corinthians 6:9-20, we find a number of dreadful things about the nature of fornication, namely: #1 NO FORNICATOR OR ADULTERER WILL INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD!

💥 Beloved, child of God, AND SENSUAL PLEASURE WAS ONLY MEANT TO BE EXPERIENCED BETWEEN TWO COVENANT PEOPLE WHO CAME TOGETHER AS MAN AND WIFE IN HOLY MATRIMONY! OUR BODIES, IN THIS REGARD, WERE MADE FOR A GOD-GIVEN PURPOSE: 👉🏾TO BE PHYSICALLY INTIMATE WITH OUR COVENANT SPOUSE, AS ONE-FLESH. NOT TO BE USED IN WHOREDOM WITH ANY OLE BODY AND ANY OLE THING! OUR BODIES ARE SACRED! NOT TO BE USED AS SOMEBODY'S MATTRESS OR AS A PLAY TOY! You may think that your body is your own, but it's not! It belongs to God. You want to know why? You were bought with a price. Christ's precious blood! So, no! Your body is not yours, it belongs to God! You see, sinners will have you to believe that your body is yours and that no one, not even God Himself, can tell you what to do with it! Oh really? Well, we see the outcome of that delusion, don't we in Romans 1:18-32!

Fornication/sexual immorality destroys the body, through sexual transmitted diseases. It destroys the family. Marriages intended for life, are broken - often beyond repair. It destroys your soul. If left unrepented and unforgiven, there is no hope! Your only expectation, therefore, is of raging fire and judgment! We as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, WE are commanded to flee fornication, now that we are washed in the blood of Jesus, now that we are sanctified, now that we are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God! Amen! Live clean. Be holy! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! ** 🙋🏾‍♀️ STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THIS EPISODE! ** 🚩TUNE IN EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS FOR NEW EPISODES! Follow me on Facebook under AuntCynthia Whitaker 😊💥 Join me today as I discuss: There is a consequence for sin: ETERNAL separation from God in the Lake of Fire! We as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, must be ever mindful that we must have a healthy dose of the fear of the Lord!

The Bible tells us that, "God is love" and in His love, He demonstrated His divine attribute by sending a Savior to the world. That whoever believes in Jesus as Lord and Savior, will not perish, but have everlasting life! That's some good news! The Good News is that, sinners are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed His life, shedding His blood on the cross for our sins! God, in His grace, freely makes us right in His sight. He did this through Christ Jesus, when He freed us from the penalty for our sins! (Study John 3:16-21; Romans 3:24-26). Amen!

However, we must endeavor to keep our minds sober on biblical truth and the teachings of our Lord. The Lord Jesus Christ tells us in John 14:6 - "I am the [only] Way [to God] and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me" (AMP).

Therefore, let us consider these facts:

👉🏾 If you do not repent of your sins, you will go to !

👉🏾 If you reject Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior, you will go to !

👉🏾 Do not be deceived!! The unrighteous wicked unrepentant sinner, will NOT inherit the Kingdom of God!

👉🏾 Your unsaved body will be resurrected and reunited with your soul/spirit who had been in , to stand before the Lord Jesus Christ at the Great White Throne Judgment on the Day that He judges the inhabited world in righteousness, to receive your final sentence: JUDGMENT! WHEREBY, you will hear how your name has not been found written in the Lamb's book of life, you will be hurled, tossed, thrown into the Lake of Fire, this same lake that burns with fire and flaming sulfur for all of eternity. For this is, as the Bible says, the second death (Study Revelation 20:10-15)! The smoke of your torment will rise day and night and there will be no rest nor relief for you (Study Revelation 14)! And you will deserve this, because you have rejected the only One that could have saved you, Jesus Christ (Study John 3:36)!

We don't fear man, we fear God! Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! ** 🙋🏾‍♀️ STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THIS EPISODE! ** 🚩TUNE IN EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS FOR NEW EPISODES! Follow me on Facebook under AuntCynthia Whitaker 😊💥 Join me today as I discuss: Sexual sin is a serious and damaging matter!!

The sin of FORNICATION, aka, sexual immorality, WILL ALWAYS lead to eternal destruction! Folks, this sin right, almost cost me my eternal soul! So I know what I speak of, when I tell you, I agree with the the LORD when He tells us to flee sexual immorality! RUN!! The Bible tells us in Ephesians 5:3-7, "But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people." Amen!

What is fornication and what does the Bible tells us of the eternal destination for the fornicator?

The Greek root word for sexual immorality/fornication is porneia (from which we get the English word pornography) meaning illicit sexual intercourse, i.e., adultery, homosexuality, intercourse with animals or close relatives, or with a divorced person, with unmarried people, with one's self (masturbation), etc. It also stems from porneuo, which has a similar meaning, but also is defined as prostitution and lust. ANY sexual activity, outside of the holy confines of a covenant marriage, is sexual immorality - it is SIN!!

People, we must realize, there's only two destinations once we dropped the body suit: Heaven or ! To summarize today's exhortation, God hates sexual sin, He hates any defilement of the gift of sexuality, and He hates any dishonoring of marriage - the only right context for sexuality. Sexual sin degrades and misuses the body which God indwells, as His temple, in the believer. God is perfectly clear in His judgment on sexual immorality: those who practices it and don't repent, will not enter His Kingdom! Their place will be the Lake that burns with fire and burning sulfur for all of eternity with no rest or relief! Be holy. Live clean wholesome lives! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! ** 🙋🏾‍♀️ STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THIS EPISODE! ** 🚩TUNE IN EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS FOR NEW EPISODES! Follow me on Facebook under AuntCynthia Whitaker 😊💥 Join me today as I discuss: Jesus commanded us in the second half of the Great Commission to teach others to observe ALL that He has commanded us. We first need to know the commands ourselves well enough so that we can teach others to observe them.

When Jesus tells us to follow Him, He doesn’t mean to subscribe to His updates on social media 🤦🏾‍♀️! 'Follow’ has come to mean a click of a button that indicates a momentary interest in reading other things someone has written. The truth is, we can’t really follow thousands of people. All too soon our social media feed becomes clogged with stuff we are simply not interested in. The Lord Jesus Christ is calling for us to follow Him in a much stronger sense. He commands us to follow only Him:

👉🏾“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” (Matt. 16:24–25)

👉🏾“Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” (Mark 1:17)

👉🏾“I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12)

👉🏾“Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.” (Matt. 8:22)

👉🏾“If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” (Matt. 19:21)

👉🏾“If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!” (John 21:22).

👉🏾“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)

A disciple is quite simply a follower of someone else. Following Jesus is about a series of tiny decisions that we make every single day of our lives. We decide a thousand times a day to either follow Jesus’ way, or to slavishly follow the "world," as it is inspired by our enemy, the devil. All the while, we are deluded into thinking we are going our own way! Every time we make a wrong decision, it takes us further away from our Maker! Therefore, follow Jesus and obey His commands, for the Day of Judgment is fastly approaching! Amen! Be holy. Live clean. 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! ** 🙋🏾‍♀️ STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THIS EPISODE! ** 🚩TUNE IN EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS FOR NEW EPISODES! Follow me on Facebook under AuntCynthia Whitaker 😊💥 Join me today as I discuss: Any doctrine that is contrary to the Gospel is damning! If we buy into it, we will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire! I was reading Jeremiah 5:30-31 that says: "An appalling and horrible thing [bringing desolation and destruction] has come to pass in the land: 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule on their own authority; and My people love [to have] it so! But what will you do when the end comes?" And that question prompted me to give some thought about what WILL happen when the end comes? The Lord did say, many (of these lying prophets) will say to me on that day, "Lord Lord..."

You have to understand what was going on with Judah when the prophet Jeremiah was speaking to them on behalf of the LORD in this verse. They were a corrupt society! They eagerly ran after lying and deceiving prophets and the people love to have it so! They did not fear God for His mighty power nor give Him thanks! Pretty much as we see going on today!

Paul told Timothy correctly when he said, there will come a time when people will turn from sound doctrine; and they will find teachers who will tickle their ears with what they want to hear - all the while being in willful sin against God! Those who are in deliberate sin and call themselves "Christians," are deceived! God has called us to live holy and to come out from anyone who teaches godliness is gain; we are to withdraw ourselves from them! Paul said that if anyone teaches you another Gospel, may they be accursed! Remember what Lord Jesus said, there are wolves out here... pretending to be sheep, BEWARE! Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! ** 🙋🏾‍♀️ STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THIS EPISODE! ** 🚩TUNE IN EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS FOR NEW EPISODES! Follow me on Facebook under AuntCynthia Whitaker 😊💥 Join me today for some open air preaching of the Gospel! I, by the grace and mercy of God, am taking to the streets to implore people to repent and turn from their wicked ways before it is too late! The core message is that God Hates Sin and DON'T be a slave to sin! He has called ALL men everywhere to repent and come to Christ! This is what evangelizing is all about folks - getting in Christ's harvest, helping Him in the recovery mission of the lost, encouraging men/women/teens to turn from their sins, and TURN to Christ! Tomorrow's not promised! Praise God for His mercy! Hallelujah!

FYI - the audio was taped in Echo Mode and therefore, the sound quality may be a little off. But, in order to reach everyone, I had to use this mode to, as they say, "reach the people in the back!" So I apologize if this mode of audio is not what you're used to hearing on this podcast! It's a whole different ball of wax when you're out here in these streets! Be blessed!

🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! ** 🙋🏾‍♀️ STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THIS EPISODE! ** 🚩TUNE IN EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS FOR NEW EPISODES! Follow me on Facebook under AuntCynthia Whitaker 😊💥 Join me today as I exhort: THIS IS ONE NOT TO MISS! How the "Once Saved/ Always Saved" crowd would have us to believe that it is "impossible to stop sinning" and that only God is holy, therefore, there's no need to teach on repentance since our "past, present, and future sins" have all been forgiven! They love to teach that we have "eternal security" and that we can pretty much live life any kind of way, because "no man can pluck us out of Jesus' hand!" Therefore, "we are good to go!"

We now know through Scripture, that is a false teaching and a doctrine of devils! Folks, we ain't safe yet until Jesus returns! We are called to be holy! We must as the Bible tell us to "endure until the end." So in the meantime, in between time, we "work out our salvation with fear and trembling," "producing fruit in keeping with repentance." Without works, our faith is dead as a doornail! Where is the evidence of your changed life?We don't get to coast by and stay in willful, blatant sin! We make every effort to live holy and righteously before the LORD!

Folks it's time to wake up! Holiness is not only a possibility for the follower of Jesus', holiness is a requirement! Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! ** 🙋🏾‍♀️ STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THIS EPISODE! ** 🚩TUNE IN EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS FOR NEW EPISODES! Follow me on Facebook under AuntCynthia Whitaker 😊💥 Join me today as I discuss: Some people claim that if we say repentance is necessary for salvation, we’re adding works to the Gospel. They claim that if repentance is required, then we’re no longer saved by God’s grace alone but, by what we do as well!

But what does the Scripture say? Jesus says, “I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance” (Luke 5:32).

When Peter preached the truth about the Lord Jesus Christ in Acts chapter two, he left thousands of listeners wondering what they should do next in order to be saved. HE TOLD THEM TO REPENT FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF THEIR SINS! You can’t separate faith and repentance. To be saved, you must place faith in Christ for the forgiveness of sins. THAT decision requires a change of mind, or REPENTANCE, about your way of life. Both happen at the same time.

According to the unanimous testimony of Scripture, as we will see, repentance is ABSOLUTELY necessary in order to be saved. Only those who turn from their sin, trust in Christ, and live lives that are characterized by righteousness, will be saved on the last day.

Repentance, properly defined, is NECESSARY for salvation. Biblical repentance is changing your mind about your sin—no longer is sin something to toy with; it is something to be forsaken as we “flee from the coming wrath” (Matthew 3:7). It is also changing your mind about Jesus Christ—no longer is He to be mocked, discounted, or ignored; He is the Savior to be clung to; He is the Lord to be worshiped and adored. Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God! ** 🙋🏾‍♀️ STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THIS EPISODE! ** 🚩TUNE IN EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS FOR NEW EPISODES! Follow me on Facebook under AuntCynthia Whitaker 😊💥 Join me today as I discuss: 6 Ways People Show Unbelief Towards God. We will also be reading out of Hebrews chapters 3 & 4 to remind ourselves of the rebellious unbelief and murmuring & complaining done by the Israelites in the desert for 40 years. They did not enter into God's rest because of their unbelief! Therefore, it gives us a testimony of what happens when we, too, do not enter the Lord's rest because of unbelief.

The story of how the Israelites initially failed to enter the Promised Land but were instead cursed for 40 years by God in the wilderness is a tragic one. The fact that an entire generation were so close to the promise but, because of their rebellion, rejection & unbelief of God’s Word, the Lord prohibited & cursed an entire generation of people from obtaining the promise (Canaan).

As believers, when we walk with God, do we sometimes behave like the ungrateful & unbelieving Israelites? Do we sometimes complain & walk in unbelief before God who has given us His promises or do we walk by faith in Him and not according to sight? So let's find out! Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!