My Love Is Sufficient For You

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Thank you Father; we thank you for this day Father; we ask your blessing on this program today. Give us ears to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying.

Today’s program is called, My Love Is Sufficient For You. Let’s turn to 2 Cor 12:8, Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Not too long ago I was struggling with some afflictions, and the Lord Jesus spoke to me and said, “My grace is sufficient for you.” Then He touched me, and lifted the affliction off of me. What a joy! I felt so much better, all that night!, and I realized His grace is truly sufficient for me. The Apostle Paul wrote, in Heb 4:14, let’s turn there,   Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. When you are in need, you can come boldly to Jesus and the Father and ask for grace and they will respond, if you come boldly, in faith, in humility; faith in what? Faith in Jesus sacrifice for you upon the Cross, through which He brought you into fellowship with Him, through your repentance and faith toward Him. What is that? It’s His love. 

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, upon that Cross for our sins, that whoever lives and believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. The other evening, as I was meditating on the relationships I have, and the Lord spoke to me again, “My love is sufficient for you.” Then He touched my heart. I was weeping and thanking Him for His love, not only for the Cross, but also for how He has loved me all my life. I realized, at that moment, that if everyone turned away from me, Jesus would still be with me; His love would sustain me. Thank you Father; thank you Jesus. 

Sometimes you may feel that nobody loves you; I’m here to tell you that Jesus loves you.  

He gave His very life for you, and if you will come to Him, in humility, with all your heart, you can know Him. He said, Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. 

Let’s turn to Eph 2:4, Lord I thank you; I praise you; thank you Lord, But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. God gave His Son because He loved us: His great love with which He loved us. The grace of God is His love toward us in Christ Jesus. His love is sufficient for you. Jesus loved us when we were dead in trespasses and sins, and He gave His life for us, that we might be forgiven and live in fellowship with Him and His Father forever. 

Isa 53, Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, and we hid, as it were our faces from Him; He was despised and we did not esteem Him. He was rejected of men, that we might be accepted of God in Him. In Him, you are not rejected; the Father loves you!, and He has accepted you because you believe in His Son and His sacrifice for you. Eph 1:6, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. When we reject Him, we condemn ourselves. He does not change. His love is true and everlasting. If we will repent and turn to Him and obey Him, we will abide in His love. 

John 15:9, Jesus said, As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. He said, If you love Me, keep My commandments. We love Him, and continue in His Word, because He first loved us and gave Himself for us. Let’s go to John 17; Jesus was praying to the Father, shortly before He was arrested. Verse 20,  I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them. In verse 23, Jesus said,... that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. If you are in Jesus, according to His Word, the Father loves you as He loves Him. Do you believe that? That’s hard to believe, isn’t it? But it’s the truth, because Jesus said so. That’s how much the Father loves us. His love is true and faithful. If you will trust Jesus, no matter what you are going through, He will uphold you; His love will sustain you. He will be interceding for you before the Father at His right hand. He will bring you through into victory, but you must trust Him and believe Him and follow Him, even unto death. Let's turn to 1 Cor 15: 54, So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory. O death where is your sting? O Hades where is your victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 John 4:7, Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.   In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us. If someone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. 

Understand this: the only reason that Jesus endured and willingly went through all He went through in His suffering for you and me, is because He loves us, and the Father, and the Father loves us. Receive His love this day. His love is sufficient for you.

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth. Amen (2 Cor 13:14)

 The Givers and the Takers

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Father, in Jesus name, we thank you for this day; we thank you for this program that you have given me, thank you Father, for your people. Give us all ears to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying, in Jesus’ name, thank you Father.

This program is called, The Givers and The Takers. There are people that love God, and will love you and do you good, and there are people that love themselves and only want what they can get from you. They walk in witchcraft to manipulate you and get what they want. God brought people into Jesus‘ life to minister to Him of their substance. Let’s turn to Luke 8:1, Now it came to pass, afterward, that He went through every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him, and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities—Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons, and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for Him from their substance. Let’s turn to Luke 10:38, Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His Word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me. And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her. Martha and Mary and Lazarus had a house, and Jesus stayed at their house and they fed Him and showed hospitality to Him and His disciples.

Satan tries to bring people into your life to take from you; to steal, kill, and destroy, like Judas. Let’s turn to John 12:1,   Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead. There they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him. Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who would betray Him, said, Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it. You see that? He was a thief, and he took money from Jesus, and he betrayed Him unto death. But it was the will of God, that the scriptures might be fulfilled. Matt 7:15, Jesus said, Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. They want to devour you, like the scribes: Jesus said, Beware of them, for they devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence, make long prayers. They love the chief seats; the honor of men. They don’t love you or God, but themselves only.  

The Scripture says, Let him who stole steal no more, but let him work with his hands, doing that which is good, that he may have to give to those that are in need. Let the taker repent and become a giver. When God leads you to give to someone, it is a blessing; to show compassion. But when you let people manipulate you, it is not a blessing, and they will keep on manipulating until you stop letting them use you. We’ve got to learn to overcome the takers; the wolves. Jesus said to beware of them; they can really mess up your life. 

Rom 16:23, Paul said, about Gaius, he said, Gaius my host, and the host of the whole Church, greets you. 3 John 1:1, talking about Gaius, one of the saints, who was a giver,  The Elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth: Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and for strangers, who have borne witness of your love before the church. Gaius was a giver; he showed much hospitality to the brethren.

In 1 Kings 21, we read about Ahab and Jezebelle: they were takers. They killed Naboth and took his vineyard, and God judged them.

Give and you shall receive. You give as God is leading you, not by response to the takers and their manipulation. It is always according to what you have, not to what you don’t have. It’s not he who gives much money who is spiritual, but he who does the will of God. Jesus said, I only do what I see My Father doing.

Barzillai, in 2 Sam 17, was a great man, and he also was a giver. He provided for David and his company when they were in the wilderness, fleeing from Absolam. 2 Sam 17:28,...beds and basins, earthen vessels and wheat, barley and flour, parched grain and beans, lentils and parched seeds, honey and curds, sheep and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him to eat. For they said, The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.

But the greatest givers of all are the Father and His Son Jesus Christ: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever lives and believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. God gave His beloved Son to die for us; Jesus willingly gave His life for us, and shed His Blood to deliver us from our sins and from death. Others have followed Jesus, and taken up their cross and died for His name-the true martyrs of Jesus. Others have suffered greatly for His name, and for the Gospel’s sake.

In 2 Sam 11, King David became a taker when he lusted after Uriah’s wife, Bathsheba, and he took her for himself and killed her husband with the sword of the Ammonites.  But God confronted him through the prophet Nathan, and dealt with him and judged him, and David repented. He never went back to his vomit again. He became a great giver to the people of Israel, and to God. He gave very much of himself and his substance to the building of the Temple of God. He also gave us many wonderful songs and psalms by the Holy Spirit.

Ok, let’s turn to Luke 6:27, Jesus said, But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise. But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you. This is how the Kingdom of God works; this is how life works. Jesus said, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. If you are a taker, people will be taking from you. But if you are a giver, you don’t even have to consider your needs. God will be sure that men will give unto you, according to your giving. If you give generously and graciously, like He does, according to what you have, people will be giving into your bosom; you will have an abundant life. Jesus said, Don’t even think about your life, what you need, but seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all your needs will be added to you. When you see your brother in need, let the Holy Spirit lead you in doing them good. Forgive if you have anything against anyone, and you shall be forgiven. Show love and kindness and it will be shown to you. Don’t wait for people to give to you. Do what Jesus said: Give and it shall be given; forgive and you shall be forgiven. Love God and serve Him and obey Him and He will love you and bless you. Love your enemies and do good to those who hate you. Who knows if they won’t change and do you good in the end. What kind of life do you want? Do you want to live in the blessing of God, or do you want to be cursed? You can manipulate people and get things from them, but you won’t be blessed; you won’t be happy. Even when we must suffer for the Lord’s sake, and do without, He will be with us: we will have what we need, and He will give us His joy, Hallelujah! In due season, if we sow righteousness and goodness, we will reap a good harvest, Amen! Just don’t let the takers deceive you into giving to them when God is not leading you to do so. Let Him lead you in giving and doing good and you will be blessed. It’s ok to say no.

I know what Jesus said, in Matt 25:31-46, about the sheep and the goats. I’ve always had fear concerning these Words, and I definitely want to feed people and give them drink when I see them in need. I definitely want to take in a stranger and give them shelter, but I have had to learn the hard way how people will manipulate you, if you let them, and you can get into a situation that is very difficult by feeling sorry for someone and doing things to help them when God is not leading you to do so. Whenever you see someone in need, you must seek the Lord, and understand what He wants you to do in the situation. Some people know very well how to manipulate Christians who have a heart to give and to help, and they are very crafty at getting you to give to them. They are takers, not givers. Many of them don’t work, and they live off of other people’s labors. That doesn’t mean that you should stop giving and helping, no! You just need to truly let God lead you by His Holy Spirit in doing so, and then it will be a blessing. Saying no to a taker is a blessing. Giving to a giver is a blessing. A real giver will do what they can to help you while you’re helping them; they will truly be thankful. So, be filled with the Spirit and give cheerfully and graciously as He leads you and you will be blessed. 

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen.

 A Little Iniquity

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Amen! Thank you Lord Jesus! Thank you Heavenly Father! We thank you for this day; we thank you that your Word is the truth. Lord, I pray that you would give us ears to hear and hearts to receive your Word this day, by the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Today’s program is called, A Little Iniquity. I heard someone say, in a dream one time, as we were in a conversation about the things of God, It’s good to have a little iniquity in your life.  I heard another person ask me one time, Don’t you have a little mischief in your life? It’s good to have a little mischief in your life. Really? What are we really talking about here? How much iniquity or mischief is good? How much is too much? Where do you draw the line? Do you really believe that you can draw a line with God: how much sin and iniquity you can willfully practice, and it is acceptable with Him: a little lying; a little fornication; a little hatred; a little slander; a little stealing? I’m here to tell you, you cannot possibly know where to draw such a line. Why? Because God has already drawn the line. It’s clearly written in His Word: the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus. Rom 3:23, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed. He that commits sin, or practices sin, Jesus said, is the slave of sin, and the slave does not abide in the house forever. The Son abides forever, therefore, if the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. Through grace you have been saved through faith; faith in His sacrifice of Himself upon the Cross for your sins, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. God gave His Son for all of your sins. He suffered willfully a brutal death and the shedding of His Blood to pay the full price for your redemption from your slavery; your bondage to sin, that, through your repentance and faith in that sacrifice, and in His resurrection from the dead, you might be justified before God, and you might inherit eternal life with Him in His glory.  

Heb 10:26,  For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. And you’re going to draw the line? Really? Let’s consider what the Apostle John said in 1 John 1:1-9, That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life— the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us—that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full. This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If you are walking in any darkness at all, and you think that you are in fellowship with God, you are deceived, and that darkness has blinded your eyes. Verse 7, But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. Chapter 2, If we sin, or when we sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; the Man who suffered so much for us, and gave Himself for all our sins upon that Cross. This is the line.

In the light of all of this, will you confess it? Will you repent and turn to God with all your heart? Or will you keep it and stay in darkness because you love your evil deeds? John 3:19, Jesus said, And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.

Let’s turn to 1 Peter 1:13,  Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, Be holy, for I am holy. And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 

He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the Word of God which lives and abides forever, 2 Peter 3:14,  Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless.

Let’s turn to Matthew chapter 7 and see what Jesus said. Verse 21, Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. That thing that you are doing; that thing that you love, that you don’t want to give up: is it the will of the Father? Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name? And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness! Verse 24, Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the Rock. 

Ok, let’s go to Revelation, chapter 20, verse 11, this is talking about the end: the final judgment, Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the Earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. Your little iniquity is written in the books. The books are going to be opened on that day, and every man and every woman will be judged according to what is written in the books, according to their works. You say, Oh, that’s so severe! That’s right, it is severe. You need to get a revelation of what Jesus suffered for you: it was severe, to deliver you from these things that are destroying you and will cause you to perish eternally, if you do not repent and believe on Him. After all that Jesus and His Father have done for you, don’t you want to love Him and please Him and give yourself to Him completely?

Prophecy:

I am God Almighty. Those of you who are listening to My servant Rob this day, I want you to understand how much I love you. Please consider what I have done for you: how I gave My beloved Son, who was tempted in every way as you are, and never yielded; never sinned and was righteous before Me. Remember, I said, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear you Him. He pleased Me, and He offered Himself willfully, according to My will, to give Himself upon the Cross; to give His life; to suffer greatly on that Cross, and to be scourged, and to be tormented, for you; for your sins; to suffer for your sins and to shed His Blood to pay the full redemption for your sins. If you will turn from them, all of them; if you will repent and turn to Me and believe on Me; believe what I’ve done for you, you shall be saved!; you shall be delivered from them! I have paid the price through the sacrifice of My Son! Now turn to Me with all your heart and be free!, and enter into My Kingdom to be eternally with Me in joy and in My glory, says the Lord.

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen. (2 Cor 13:14)

 The Ten Commandments

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Praise you Heavenly Father. We thank you for this day; we bless your holy name, Father. Thank you for this beautiful day. Thank you for your love and your mercy, Amen. I pray you would give us all a revelation of your great love: that you so loved us that you gave your only Son to suffer and die for our sins on the Cross, thank you Father, and rise from the dead to justify us from all things. So Lord, bless this program I pray; give us ears to hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying, Amen. 

Today’s program is called, The Ten Commandments. Let’s read the Ten Commandments. They are found in Exodus chapter 20, verse 1, And God spoke all these Words, saying, I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 

You shall have no other gods before Me. 

You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in Heaven above, or that is in the Earth beneath, or that is in the water under the Earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. 

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. 

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the Earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. 

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. 

You shall not murder. 

You shall not commit adultery. 

You shall not steal. 

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 

You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's. 

Now let’s read The Beatitudes (The Blessings), in Mat 5:1, And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying: 

Blessed are the poor in spirit, or humble in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth. 

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. 

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. 

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. 

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 

Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in Heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. 

If you are going to publish the Ten Commandments on the walls of our schools and public buildings, consider also publishing The Beatitudes, from The Sermon on the Mount. By the Law is the knowledge of sin. And the Scripture says that the Law is weak through the flesh. The law has no power to deliver people from sin. In fact, in Romans 5:20, the Apostle Paul wrote that the Law makes sin abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: God gave His Son. Let’s turn to Eph 2:4, But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 

and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.

Jesus came at the commandment of His Father, because of His great love for us, to take away our sins by the sacrifice of Himself. All of our sins were laid on Him when He hung on that Cross; He literally became sin, the Bible says, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. That’s where we need to be: in Him. Mat 11:28, Jesus said, Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. 

See what the Apostle Peter said of the Law. Let’s turn to Acts 15:5, But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses, (referring to the Gentiles who believed). Now the apostles and elders came together to consider this matter. And when there had been much dispute, Peter rose up and said to them: Men and brethren, you know that a good while ago God chose among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the Word of the Gospel and believe. So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us, and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they. 

Gal 3:10, For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, 

Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the Book of the Law, to do them. But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for The just shall live by faith. Yet the law is not of faith, but The man who does them shall live by them. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree. that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 

In The Sermon on the Mount, Mat 5:17, Jesus said, Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till Heaven and Earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Then in chapter 7, verse 12, He said, Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. If you are doing, truly doing, to others what you want them to do to you, you will fulfill the righteousness of the Law. 

Jesus was asked by a scribe one time, Master, which is the first commandment of all? Mark 12:28, And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is: Hear O Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is One. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. So the scribe said to Him, Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He. And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, You are not far from the Kingdom of God.  

Jesus said, You have heard it said of old, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, Love your enemies. He said, Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. The Scripture says that love does no ill, or evil, to his neighbor, therefore love is the fulfilling of the Law. The only way to fulfill the righteousness of the Law is by love. And love is difficult; love is hard. It is hard to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength in a world that is full of hatred for Him and for His way. It is hard to love those who hate you, and to forgive those who treat you bad. Just remember: Jesus was hanging on the Cross, dying for our sins; giving His life for our sins, and He loved the ones who were crucifying Him: He said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. He said, Love your enemies; bless those who curse you; do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in Heaven. For He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brethren only, what do you more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in Heaven is perfect. 

So you see, it is about love: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever lives and believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Rom 7:4, Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. He has given us His Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth and to lead us to serve Him every day to do the will of the Father. In Christ we are dead to the Law, by His body, that we might be married to another: to Him who is raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God. Glory to God!

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen. (2 Cor 13:14)

 Another Gospel

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes, This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Thank you Heavenly Father for this program. We give you praise and honor and glory! Your Word is the truth. Help us to hear your Word this day. 

Today’s program is called Another Gospel. Let’s turn to 1 Tim 2:5, For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time… Gal 1:4, who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. He loved us and washed us from our sins in His own Blood. John 3:16, 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. The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. Eph 2:4,  But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Titus 2:11, For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. 1 John 4:10, In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

We are righteous before God through repentance and faith in the shed Blood of Jesus; faith in His sacrifice for our sins, and no other way. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no one can come to the Father any other way. John 10:11, I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd. Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.

Acts 4:10, let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. This is the Stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the Chief Cornerstone. Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Php 2:8, And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in Heaven, and of those on Earth, and of those under the Earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Every knee will bow; every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, Hallelujah!

Ok, let’s go to Gal 1:6, I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from Heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. This is a real curse that the Apostle Paul wrote upon any and every person that would preach any other gospel than that which the Apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ preached unto us, as it is recorded in God’s Word. This curse is still in effect today. Anyone who perverts the Gospel of Jesus Christ comes under this curse. 

Gal 2:15, We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. Gal 3:1, O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified? This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?—Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? Have you suffered so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? just as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, In you all the nations shall be blessed. So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the Law, to do them. But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for The just shall live by faith. Yet the law is not of faith, but The man who does them shall live by them. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree, that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 

Gal 5:4, You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. Verse 3, And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. You could substitute any of the commandments of the Law in the same way: if you keep the Sabbath, you are a debtor to keep the whole Law; you have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law, any law; you have fallen from grace. 

Rom 7:4, Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. Verse 6, But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. 2 Cor 3:6, … for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. Rom 8:1, There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 

Rom 1:16, For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, The just shall live by faith. Only the true Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, preached by those who are sent by the Holy Spirit, is the power of God unto salvation, to all those who repent and believe it. Gal 3:13, Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree, that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith: to be led by the Holy Spirit; to be sons and daughters of God, serving Him in the newness of the Spirit. Only one thing can save America: the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. We must repent and turn from our many sins, and believe in Him; in His sacrifice for our sins, and His resurrection from the dead. Only by faith in Him can anyone be saved. 

Interpretation of a message in tongues:

I am God Almighty! I have sent My Son; He suffered greatly for all of you who can hear My voice. He suffered for your sins; He was crucified on the Cross for your sins; He was buried, and on the third day, I raised Him from the dead and justified you from all sin and unrighteousness; all of you who will repent of your sins and come to Him and believe on Him; believe His sacrifice for you, for I loved you and I gave My Son for you. Now turn to Me; turn to Him with all your heart and be saved, says the Lord. 

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . 

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen. (2 Cor 13:14)

 The Will Of The Father

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Today’s program is called The Will Of The Father. Let’s turn to Mat 7:21-27, Jesus said, Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name? And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!  Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall. 

Let’s go to John 8:25-36, Then they said to Him, Who are You? And Jesus said to them, Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning. I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him. They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father. Then Jesus said to them, When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him. As He spoke these Words, many believed in Him. Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, If you abide in My Word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. They answered Him, We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, You will be made free? Jesus answered them, Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin, (practices sin), is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. 

Let’s turn to John 14:15-27, If you love Me, keep My commandments, and I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him. Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world? Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves Me, he will keep My Word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My Words; and the Word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me. These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

John 15:4-14, Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.  You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. Jesus said, I only do what I see My Father doing, and I only say what I hear My Father saying. And the Apostle John said, If any man says that he abides in Jesus, let him walk as He walked.

Rom 6:1-18, What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 

Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this,  do we know this?,  that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 

Rom 8:1-8,  There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 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. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.   Verses 12-17, Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, Abba, Father. The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. 

1 Cor 6:9-11, Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the Kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. Verse 19&20, Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. We are bought with a price; we are bought; we’ve been purchased from among the dead: those who were dead in trespasses and sins. We were dead in our sins, and we’ve been bought with the precious Blood of the Lamb of God. Therefore we must glorify Him in our body! Thank you Lord.

2 Tim 3:1-5, But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! The love of self, the love of money, the love of pleasure, if this is our heart, then it is impossible to do the will of the Father. So, because we don’t want God to send us to hell, we find a form of religious practice that convinces us that we are OK. We see in Mat 7, that even people who have done many powerful works can practice iniquity. They have not fully surrendered to Jesus and been truly crucified with Him. They still hang on to certain pleasures and evil things that they love, and they find a false prophet who will tell them they are OK. Even if we are this way, there is hope! If we will humble ourselves before God and before His Word, and come to Him in true repentance, telling Him the truth that He already knows about ourselves, and ask Him to deliver us from all the evil in our lives; ask Him to change us and correct us, He will do it if we are sincere. 

But, if in our heart we want to hang on to any idol or unclean thing, it will not happen. 

God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man sows in his life, that will he also reap. We must seek Him with all our heart. If we truly love God, then there is nothing in our life that we want to keep if it comes between us and Him. As in almost every message that the Lord has given me, we see here that the love of God is the key. If we love Him we will keep His Words, and we love Him because He first loved us, and sent His beloved Son to be a living sacrifice for our sins on the Cross at Calvary. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends, Jesus said, And you are my friends if you do whatsoever I command you. It is the ones who love the Father that will find a way to do His will. They will learn to hate every evil way in their life and will turn away from it through repentance. 

In order for you to overcome the world, the flesh, and the Devil, you need everything that the Father has given you through the sacrifice of His Son. You need His righteousness, His grace, His love, His power, His holiness, His Word and His Spirit, His provision, His fellowship, and His truth and light. They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. They are crucified with Christ, nevertheless they live, yet not them, but Christ lives in them, and the life that they live they live by faith in the Son of God who loved them and gave Himself for them. Does Christ really live in you? Or are you walking in your flesh, fulfilling the desires of your flesh and your mind? Are you denying yourself every day, as Jesus said, taking up your cross and following Him as He leads you by His Holy Spirit? Are you doing your own will, or are you doing the will of the Father? If you are willing you can do the will of the Father. Turn now and acknowledge your rebellion and self-will to Him; ask Him to fill you with His Holy Spirit and to give you grace to yield to His Spirit every day as He leads you to follow Jesus, walk in His Words, and do the will of the Father. Come and fall upon this Stone that the builders rejected, and be broken and learn of Him, for He is meek and lowly of heart, and you shall find rest for your souls. 

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen. (2 Cor 13:14)