Repent and Believe Podcast w/ Cynthia Smalls

(Correct Scripture is 2 Peter 2:18-22) ** 🙋🏾‍♀️ 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: What did Jesus mean by not "Casting your pearls before swine?" (💥 NOTE: I'm dedicating this episode to my brother Steve, you will see why when you tune in!)

Answer: You will be wasting your time by offering something that is so precious and so valuable to someone who does not appreciate or understand it. And in this case, the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ: His Gospel.

Jesus said in Matthew 7:6, "Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."

In His Sermon on the Mount, where He quoted this Scripture, Jesus uses dogs and pigs as representative of those who would ridicule, reject, and blaspheme the Gospel once it is presented to them. We are not to expose the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those who have no other purpose than to trample it and return to their own evil ways. Repeatedly sharing the Gospel with someone who continually scoffs and ridicules Christ, is like casting pearls before swine. We can identify such people through discernment, which is given to us! Jesus showed us how to deal with the rejection of His Gospel, we simply go elsewhere,  because there's someone WHO IS READY to hear the greatest news they have ever heard!! Amen! 🎯 Repent and believe and turn back 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 said if you love me, then you will obey Me! "Jesus replied, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. (John 14:23). YOU CAN'T GET ANY CLEARER THAN THAT FOLKS! Our Father in Heaven is a loving God, a faithful & merciful God, a long-suffering God, a holy & righteous God who loves those who love Him! But, we must never take it for granted: - "The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies. The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty..."Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken into pieces by him." (STUDY: Nahum 1:2-6). GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED!!

All throughout Scripture, the command is clear to the inhabited world: Deuteronomy 10:12-14 ~ 12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear [and worship] the Lord your God [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul [your choices, your thoughts, your whole being], 13 and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good? 14 Behold, the heavens and the highest of heavens belong to the Lord your God, the earth and all that is in it" (AMP).

Today's Take-away: I feel the burden of Jesus' heart when we don't turn to Him after all He has done for us! For those of us who truly understand what it took for God to put His Son up there on that Cross, and for Jesus to willingly lay down His life for us, it compels us to stop sinning! It's when we take our eyes off the Cross and off the sacrifice that our Lord did for us on our behalf, is when we fall prey to Satan's world and all of its debauchery! That is why we cry aloud, for the lost to stop sinning and repent and turn to God and then, in obedience, follow Him until Jesus comes back for us, or if we go by the way of the grave, we shall see Him face to face! It is the goal of every believer to get their hips back to Heaven! Hallelujah! Glory be to God! Amen! 🎯 Repent and believe and turn back to God! 💥 Please make sure you tune in... lost souls are on the line & they need to be snatched from 's fire!

** 🙋🏾‍♀️ 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: Matthew 19:9, when Jesus said, "And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery."

MANY people believe that if your spouse commits adultery within the marriage, you can REMARRY. It is a LIE from the pit of ! The Lord Jesus Christ clearly taught us that divorcing and remarrying another person when you have a LIVING spouse - YOUR 1ST covenant spouse - is ADULTERY! Therefore, we are revisiting this timely topic because there are men in the pulpit, as leaders, in adulterous remarriages teaching God's people how to be holy - of which, sadly, they are not doing! They, too, must repent and come out of this sin...just like the rest of us! 

I will also be discussing the major difference between FORNICATION & ADULTERY. Fornication is a different sexual sin from adultery! Fornication is having illicit as a single person, without being married. Adultery is having illicit with someone who is not your covenant spouse. People all the time want to equate fornication as adultery, when interpreting Matthew 19:9, and it is not! Beloved, WHETHER you want to HEAR this or NOT, Matthew 19:9 does not give us permission to remarry because of ADULTERY within the marriage!

MANY remarried people struggle with these verses. However, let us not be deceived nor mistakened:

🚩FACT #1 : 💥 NO FORNICATOR, NO ADULTERER will inherit the Kingdom of God! (STUDY: 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 & Rev. 21:8) 

🚩FACT #2 : Mark 10:11–12 makes it very clear: "And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery."

🚩FACT #3 : Mark 10:1-12: teaches that what God has joined together through matrimony, and the one flesh union, let no man put ASUNDER.

🚩FACT #4 : Matthew 5:32 - "But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery."

🚩FACT #5 : Matthew 19:9: teaches that if a man or woman divorces and marries another, you commit ADULTERY.

🚩FACT #6 : Luke 16:18: teaches that anyone who divorces his/her wife/husband and marries another woman/man commits ADULTERY. And the man/woman who marries a DIVORCED woman/man, commits ADULTERY.

🚩FACT #7: Romans 7:1-3: "Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? 2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

🚩FACT #8 : 1 Corinthians 7:10-11: "To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife."

Hear what the Spirit of God is teaching us today! Amen!

💥 Please make sure you tune in... lost souls are on the line & they need to be snatched from 's fire! 🎯 Repent and believe and turn back to God!

💥 **Please make sure you tune in... lost souls are on the line & they need to be snatched from 's fire!** 🙋🏾‍♀️ 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 another hot button topic: What's Wrong With Denominations? They're Unbiblical!! Folks, Jesus our Great Shepherd, exhorts us to let no one deceive you. Church denominations are NOT of Christ, NOR of the Father! There is ONLY ONE CHURCH, ONE BODY and they both belong to Jesus, of which He laid down His life for!! These rogue denominations came about from men and women of corrupt minds, destitute of the truth! They abandoned the true Church of Jesus Christ; and as withered, broken-off branches and twigs, coaxed and enticed other believers to leave as well and be "members" of their new sect. So now, these members identify themselves by the denomination they "belong" to. These "founders" have fallen from grace and had the unmitigated gall to slap their names on a church building and call themselves: Catholics, Baptists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Methodists, Mormons, Lutherans, Pentecostals, Wesleyans, Charismatics, Adventists, Nazarenes, and the like...including all non-denominationals! All these broken-off branches, a.k.a., denominations, practice the "schism" (division) that Paul aggressively rebuked the church at Corinth for doing this very thing, “Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment. For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you. Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, ‘I am of Paul,’ and ‘I of Apollos,’ and ‘I of Cephas,’ and ‘I of Christ.’ Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?” (1 Corinthians 1:10-13). Those who have started these denominations, have departed from Christ and He never ratified their schismatic endeavors! The real Jesus Christ IS NOT in any of these churches! We are commanded to "mark" and "avoid" them that causes "divisions" and "offences" (study Romans 16:17-18)! Amen! 🎯 Repent and believe and turn back to God!

💥 Please make sure you tune in... lost souls are on the line & they need to be snatched from 's fire!** 🙋🏾‍♀️ 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: A DAY Has Been Set! Why 😲 We Must Repent! I'm up early, so therefore, class is in session 😊! Today it's all about repentance and why the unrepentant sinner must have a change of mind about sin, God and himself! REPENTANCE involves a CHANGE OF MIND, that will lead to a change in behavior. As believers, we MUST bear fruit in keeping with repentance! We, as children of God, are commanded to be holy, and to live righteous, godly lives! No longer thinking sin is the "big time fun!" God hates sin and we must hate it too and forsake it!! Friend, true repentance leads a person to say, "I have sinned" and prove it with a 180-degree change of their direction. Repentance requires true brokenness. Repentance is NOT asking the Lord for forgiveness with the intent to sin again! We must understand and know with certainty that God has SET A DAY OF JUDGMENT! He has appointed Christ Jesus to be that Judge by raising Him from the dead! In righteousness, will God judge the inhabited world through Christ Jesus, whom He has appointed! That is why He's called men everywhere to repent - TODAY - before it's too late!! Amen! 🎯 Repent and believe and turn back to God!

💥 Please make sure you tune in... lost souls are on the line & they need to be snatched from 's fire!** 🙋🏾‍♀️ 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: Do We Have A License To Sin??🤦🏾‍♀️ Answer: ABSOLUTELY NOT!

Let us not be ignorant!! Folks, I'm coming with some tough love today! Cuz, we need to stop it!!

No! You don't get a license to sin! Earlier this morning, I couldn't help but to laugh with myself at the one who actually thought that they have found this "wonderful loophole" called God's grace! And so for anyone to look at Scripture on God's grace and think that they have found a way around to stay in their sin, Paul pulls the rug right out from underneath them! So no ignoramus 🤦🏾‍♀️, you don't get to stay in your sin and believe you still have fellowship with the Father and His Son because of His amazing grace! I TOLD Y'ALL, I'M COMING WITH SOME TOUGH LOVE TODAY!! Cuz you see, Paul done already knew... that this was going to be the first thought someone contemplates when looking to find a loophole to stay in their willful, deliberate, blatant sin! Folks, we cannot be ignoramuses! What makes you think that we can take God's grace as a license to sin, just because grace much more abounds over sin? So let us look at some Scriptures so that we don't remain ignorant of the fact that the "wages of sin is death" people! Amen! 🎯 Repent and believe and turn back to God!

💥 Please make sure you tune in... lost souls are on the line & they need to be snatched from 's fire!** 🙋🏾‍♀️ 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 frees us from the slavery of sin!! The practice of sin is SLAVERY. Sinners are under the dominating influence of sin. Satan is the master and they are under his power. "The whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one" (1 John 5:19). They are enslaved to the devil because all have chosen to sin. Friends, we were all once there, but, glory be to God, when we heard the Gospel we said "YES" to it! Jesus the great Redeemer bought our freedom with His blood! He paid the ransom for our freedom from sin; and the ransom price He paid was His very own life upon the cross! He died for you and me! His shed blood has the power to free anyone from sin! In Christ, there is redemption -the ransom for your sin has been paid in full! Your entire debt of past sins are canceled - it was nailed to the cross! Once In Christ, you have the power to live a new spiritual and holy life -but you must abide in His Word! Maintaining faith in your freedom, will require constant reminders from God's Word that teaches you the truth about your freedom! We support our fellow "freedom brothers and sisters" in Christ because we help one another Stay Free from the bondage of sin! That's the real purpose of Hebrews 10:25! Jesus said it best, "If the Son has set you free, you are free indeed (see John 8:31-36)! Amen! 🎯 Repent and believe and turn back to God!

TUNE in real quick to find out my friend! 🎯 Repent and believe and turn back 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: 16 FALSE RELIGIOUS HOPES THAT CAN SEND PEOPLE TO ! We must beware that we don’t fall into any one of these traps!

2 Timothy 4:3-4 tells us: “For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having

itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own

passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into 

myths.”

QUESTION ON THE FLOOR: Why are people going to if they put their trust in these religious false hopes?BECAUSE, THEY ARE FOLLOWING A FALSE CHRIST! They are putting their salvation "hopes" in the "church and its dogmas and rhetoric," and "their good works," rather than in Christ Jesus Himself! They are believing in a "false Messiah" that Jesus warned in Matthew 24. The real JESUS WILL TELL THEM, DEPART FROM ME, I NEVER KNEW YOU! Many "Christians" think that as long as they "believe in Jesus," they will be shielded from the deceptions of the last days. However, these will not be crude deceptions that will be easy to identify. Jesus says that the deceptions of these false

christs are so carefully planned and so skillfully carried out, that even God’s chosen ones would be deceived—if that were possible. And the only reason it is not possible, is if we keep our focus on the real Jesus through study of His Word and through prayer.

UNFORTUNATELY, MANY WILL BE DECEIVED INTO FOLLOWING THE WRONG

JESUS. The apostle Paul wrote, “I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the

serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and

pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough” (2 Corinthians 11:3, 4). WATCH OUT FOR THE WOLVES-IN-SHEEP'S WHO ARE LOOKING TO TEAR YOU APART! Amen! 🎯 Repent and believe and turn back 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 clearly taught that sinners were condemned in sin and would perish, and upon their death, go to (as they await final judgment as recorded in Rev. 20:11-15) if they didn’t believe in Him as their Savior (John 3:16-18). Jesus said that He was sent into the world not to condemn sinners, but to save them from condemnation.

The problem plaguing this fallen world is SIN! Many people will admit that they commit sin and are, therefore sinners. However, most sinners are not aware of the biblical penalty for sin in the sight of God. Today in society, many people do not clearly know what sin is according to the Bible. Romans 6:23 tells us - "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." 1 John 3:4 declares: that sin is lawlessness. It is disobeying a scriptural law of God.

BUT THERE IS GOOD NEWS! The apostle Paul declared in Ephesians 2:1-6 that every sinner is spiritually dead in trespasses and sins, BUT God in His mercy and grace has provided a way to escape sin’s condemnation. Salvation or deliverance from sin’s penalty has been provided thru Christ. This deliverance is called the ‘GOSPEL” in the New Testament. The word literally means the proclamation of “good news.” We are to go out into the world to proclaim: "Yet 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. For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood!" (See Romans 3:24-25). Amen! 🎯 Repent and believe and turn back to God!