"THE DEVILS AND THE ANGELS"

The devils and the angels are two teams in the “game” called:
“Life or death forever” They are playing against each other furiously because
the prize is a great one: YOURSELF!
We have been playing with the devil’s team longer that we can remember, we
practically were born with the team because the sin of Adam and Eve!
We were born in sin, and we will keep living in sin because we do not know
a better way!
Both teams want you t o play with them because they know you are the “star”
of the game, and which ever team you choose, they will the winner!
The after the game party, will be at the place which the team comes from!
And they can’t wait to finish with your game to start celebrating their victory!
The Angel’s team tells us the truth so we could join them and make them the
winners! While the Devil’s team, tells a lot of lies, offering us excitement, sex,
wealth and artificial happiness to make us to stay in their team.
They are not worried because they know we cannot leave them unless we pay
our debt in full, and we just can’t! What are we going to do?
The game lasts all our life, but while we are still alive, we have the chance to be
Hired for the other team: “THE ANGELS”
We have on our debt a long list of bad things we done to hurt people, and the
Amount of our bill is enormous, so we have to remain slaves of this team forever!
Unless God has pity on us, and helps us! God: will you please?
Yes! God already sent help for you! Don’t worry!
He is willing and able to help you! He had so much pity and mercy for you, me,
and all the people of the world, that He sent His only Son to sacrifice himself to
save us! He wants to pay your debt in full to make you free!
Your debt are offenses, to God and nobody can remove them from us, and the
penalty is death! Only one man can remove them and his name is Jesus Christ!
He died on the cross for you! Just to save you!
With Him: Your debt is paid off! Free and clear!
He paid it to rescue from the devils team, o you could play in the Angel’s team!
The manager’s name of the Angel’s team is Jesus and He is waiting for you!
What do I have to do to accept Him?
Very simple: Just say it! He died for us, and resurrected to give us life Eternal!
ASK HIM TO SAVE YOU AND YOU WILL BE FREE! But remember.. ..
We still are in the game! The game ends if you choose the Angels, or.. ..
YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE! C’MON, IS GETTING LATE!
YOU ARE CHOOSING DEATH IF YOU DON’T CHOOSE THE ANGELS!
SAY IT MY FRIEND! SAY IT! WE ARE LOOSING! YOU WILL BE NEXT!
DEAR GOD: PLEASE SAVE ME! I NEED YOU! IN JESUS NAME I PRAY!
THANK YOU JESUS! FOR DYING ON THE CROSS FOR ME!
THANKS TO YOU.. I AM SAVED AND FREE!
PRAISE THE LORD!
Jose Salazar
S. de C.

"THE TENANT"

Since we were born there is somebody that takes over inside our hearts,
He is the one that teaches us to lie, to curse, and all the bad things he
wants us to do! And we do not even seem to realize it because, he has
always been there and we don’t even remember since when,
he became our room made!

The room is trashed! The walls dirty, spider webs, roaches everywhere!
And a bad smell! A really stinky smell that even when we take a bath
and rub on our body the most expensive perfume, our heart, which is
the place he lives, STINKS!

We have become, thanks to him, a bad habits person with a hardened
heart inclined to the material things and the pleasures and vices of the
world, irresponsables of our duties, as people should be, insensibles
of the pain of others, and so full of hate that corrodes our souls.
Is it ever going to be an end of this?
Our life is not eternal! We need help! But nobody can help us!
This “Tenant” of ours, is not satisfied dirtying our hearts, but also
dirties our minds, and our souls.
Drink! Smoke!He says, steal! Curse! Lie!
ENJOY LIFE BECAUSE IS SHORT! Don’t worry!
Tomorrow you will die and everything comes to an end!

We trust him, and we let him take control of our lives, not realizing
that obeying him, will make our lives shorter, because alcohol, drugs,
cigarrets, and having sex with different people could end our lives
with terrible illnesses like cancer and A.I.D.S.

It would be nice if we could see all the damage this tenant of us is
causing in our lives and kick him out and close the door so he could
never come back to us, but is not that easy, because he has been with
us for so long, that he thinks we are his property, he thinks we are
his slaves, and to tell you the truth, he may be right!

Why?

Well, because we haven’t done anything at all to get rid of him!
Some times, we see all the filth in us and we try to fix it sweeping
dusting, and putting everything in order to have some rest, but.. ..
as soon as the tenant comes back, starts throwing away everything
and starts dirtying the walls of our being again!
Our happiness comes to an end!
And we start over, doing the bad things, without any hope of liberty!
ARE WE ALWAYS GOING TO BE SLAVES OF OUR TENANT?
WHAT CAN WE DO TO EVICT HIM AND BE FREE?
OH! DEAR LORD! CAN YOU HELP US?

We have been faithful and obedient to our tenant whom little by little
has been converted into our “Master”, when we obey him, we become
his slaves, and we always will, unless we have in us the intense desire
to brake these heavy chains !
Lie, Pride, Hate, are some of the chain links that joins us to him!
And when we obey him, we disobey God!
God has always wanted to help us since He sent his Beloved Son
to die on a cross to rescue and give us freedom! To clean our hearts of
so much filth,and begin a new life serving Him instead, but.. ..
Jesus Christ is a Gentleman and as such, He does not enter into a place
That He has not be invited!
We cannot serve two masters said the Bible, because when we serve one,
we give our backs to the other!
When we deny obedience to the tenant, he becomes our enemy!
But God becomes our Friend!
HOW COULD WE INVITE JESUS CHRIST TO COME TO LIVE
INOUR HEARTS IF THE PLACE IS ALREADY OCCUPIED?
Do it!
When we do, Jesus Christ cleans our hearts, of all filth that we have
Gathered during all our life, and gives us weapons to fight against
The enemy, the tenant, and when he realize his end, he uses his “Hook”
and uses as bait, the things we like the most, so we could open the door
back to him, but if we resist his temptations, and we attack him with
the Word of God, he goes away and let us to live in peace!
If you invite Jesus Christ to live in your heart, you ask Him for forgive-
ness for all your sins, you will feel inside of you, the fragrance that
only exist, in Christ’s Love! Give Thanks to God and share His Love!
Dear Jesus:
Thank You for giving your life on a cross for us!
Come into my life! Into my soul! Into my heart! And never leave!
I repent of everything bad I have made and I would like to change!
I BELIEVE IN YOU LORD!
I Believe in your Resurrection an in your Salvation!
I believe in the present of life eternal that you give to your believers!
Come! Come to my life! I would like to be born again!

GOD LOVES YOU! AND WANTS YOU TO BE FREE!
RAISE YOUR ARMS AND OPEN UP YOUR HEART TO HIM!
SMILE! YOU ARE FREE!
PRAISE THE LORD!

Jose Salazar
S. de C.

"DOES HELL EXIST?"

“Don’t be afraid of those who can kill only your bodies, but can’t touch
your souls! Fear only God that can destroy both, soul and body in hell!”
Mathew 10-28.

“DOES HELL EXIST?”

Does hell exist?
I think so! Otherwise Jesus wouldn’t have mentioned it in the Bible!
I agree with you, but… I ‘m a little confused!
Why did God make something so ugly like that? God is good and I
sincerely believe He won’t send us to such an horrible place, right?
Yes! it is true! But hell was not created specifically for us, but for
the angels that rebel against Him!
These angels, follow the devil who wanted to be like God!
An he is not as ugly as they paint him, but a beautiful one!
An angel of light, however, he was not happy with all that God has
gave him, and he wanted more and more!
He not only wanted to be like God, but he wanted to be Himself!
This upset God and made a lake of fire that never extinguishes to put
The devil and all his fallen angels and also to destroy the souls of all
those who wanted to follow them!
The devil wants to fight against God but God will defeat them!
Just like Jesus Christ won against death, and resurrected to stay alive
and never die again! After the devil’s defeat he will be sent to the lake
of fire that never quenches along with his followers and everyone else
that wanted to go after them!
I’ve got a question:
If the devil had repented, could he have been forgiven by God?
Oh! What a question!
I think the answer is yes! But, The devil is so rebel and proud, that
he believes cannot loose! He thinks he is stronger and will win!
He is defeated beforehand, because:
“By their own pride, people are defeated!”
GOD ALMIGHTY IS UNIQUE AND TRUTHFUL!
THE DEVIL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LIAR!
That is why God sent his Son, to free us from the devil’s chains!
These chains are SIN! And for many people it is a sweet fruit!
But without a doubt, some day we all will pay our debt to God!
Don’t you think so?
I think God is good and He won’t send anybody to hell!
Look there is something I wanted to tell you:
God does not send people to hell for something bad they did,
but for something good they refuse to do!
something good they refuse to do? I don’t understand!
Yes! Look: Jesus is the door to enter heaven! Everybody has
the chance, but not everybody takes advantage of it!
Only accepting Christ in our lives we could be able to enter!
Why?
Because only by accept Him we could stop producing bad “fruits”
I am going to say it in another way:
We were following the devil ever since we were born, producing
bad fruits, and is not until we decide to stop following him, and
begin to follow Jesus that we could make the change!
We have to renounce from the devil’s army, and join Jesus as
good soldiers and start producing good fruits, or continue to be
producing bad fruits chained to the devil!
I understand!
I think is time to stop and begin a new life next to Jesus!
Jesus: please set me free!
I want to be with you!
Forever!

PRAISE THE LORD!

Jose Salazar
S. de C.

"HELLO,DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD?"

“Enter by the narrow gate! Wide is the gate and broad is the way that
leads to destruction! And many prefer it! Mathew 7-13.

“HELLO! DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD?”

Hello my friend! Where are you going so fast?
Can I make you a question?
I am going for a date! And I am late! What do you want?
In the meantime, a huge amount of people were boarding one of the
many escalators that slowly were going down with us on one of them!
What were you asking me?
Oh! I Just said: Do you believe in God?
Of course I do!
I do believe that God exist! Why?
Look around! I want you to see one thing, these escalators only go
down one level and then, there is a wide and long hall like a big cave,
in which people are pushing up themselves!
Look! Look what I am telling you!
People were smoking, drinking, using drugs, cursing, fighting, lying,
All kinds of people were pushing themselves trying to get there first!
Monosexuals, bisexuals, homosexuals, prostitutes, sex offenders, etc.
Witches, fortunetellers, idol worshipers, people that worship stone,
wood, paintings and any other materials as if they were “gods”
Idols that can not walk, can not listen, can not see, can not love!
They adore all this things instead of worshiping the true God!
All of them were very happy, joyfully were jumping, laughing,
just as if they were not doing anything wrong!
Most of these people, believe that God exist, but they do not stop
they’re wrong doing to thank God for His life! To thank God
for His help, and to ask Him to change the way they live!
If people could be saved just for believing that God exist, the road
To heaven would be so full that people would be struggling to be
able to pass, just like they do right here!
But people do not thank God for His blessings because they are
very busy trying to live a life full of pleasures and material things
living just to please themselves, without caring for anybody else!
Busy people! Just living “the crazy life” “la vida loca” without
thinking on the consequences .. .. ..
Where did you say you were going?
To a date! A love date!
A love date my friend?
Don’t you love your wife?
Yes but, what does this has to do with it?
Everybody does the same thing! Right
The way all things are going, you may be right, but not yet!
This road on which we are walking, is making itself narrower
until it ends in a big trench called the bottomless pit, and on it’s
surface there is a fire that never extinguishes! Did you hear me?
Are you trying to tell me that this is the road to hell?
You got that right! But there is still time to avoid it!
As we were getting closer to the abyss, we could hear people
Screaming very loud before they were pushed into the hole!
I’ve got scared! What can I do! What can I do, tell me please!
You have to comeback from your evil ways! Ask God for
forgiveness, and start a relationship with Him! You have to
believe in Him and when you do, tell Him you love Him!
And that you want to change!
Come on! Come on! Push! Push hard!
You have to return!
I started to push away people trying to open up a space so I could
pass, but the people, that were many, did not want to give me
any chance at all! However, little by little, I was gaining terrain,
until I was able to reach to the electrical escalators!
I am almost there I said! Just above the escalators and Ill be out!
I tried to find one that goes up but they were none!
I’ve got into one of them and started to push like before, but,
the escalators seem to me that they were going faster, I’ve got
very tired, and I said: I can’t! I can’t do it no more!
I t is like swimming against the water stream!
I looked for my friend, and he was not there!
And trembling I looked for a little space on a corner and I’ve
got on my knees and started to pray:
My God! My God I said! I believe in You!
I believe in Your Holy Son You sent to the world to help us!
I need You! Please help me! Get me out of here!
Suddenly, the escalators stopped! And I said: My chance!
And started to squeeze between people and finally got out!
And I realized that just right in front of me, it was a narrow road
full of thorns, and a big cross marking the place!
Next to the cross was a man with a big sign that said:
I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE!
The sign was on the hands of a man that seating on a stone at the
foot of the cross, was weeping!
He had his hands and feet with marks of nails in them, and was
wearing as a hat, a crown of thorns!
He was sadly watching all the people going into the wide road!
I recognize Him immediately and I said:
HE IS THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD GOD SENT US!
I fell on my knees and told Him: Thank You Lord!
Thank You for saving me!
I would like to begin a new life with You!
I was so excited, that did not realized that they were many people
with signs to advise all from the dangers of the road of perdition!
But nobody seemed to care! Without thinking about it twice,
I’ve got close to a person and told him not to enter! But he did not
listen to me, and continued walking to the wide road.
Then I’ve got back to Christ and told Him: Lord, please:
Grant me one of your “Gifts” so I could be able to talk to people
about your salvation! And He told me: Go on, my son,
you have with you the most precious of my Gifts: LOVE!
Go and share it with all!
Then I got near to another person and I told him:
Hello my friend!
Where are you going in such a hurry?
Can I ask you a question?
Do you believe in God?

I turned my head toward the Christ, He was watching me!
And I saw Him smiling!

PRAISE THE LORD!

God makes the rules, we obey them!
If you have a complaint,
Talk to Him!
He would like to listen your voice!
Tell Him you love Him!
He would love you more!
Ask Him to save you!
And you will be saved!
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Jose Salazar
S. de C.

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"AND HE ROSE"

A drunkard was walking on the streets and passed near a church and entered!
As soon as he sat down on the bench, all the people next to him, started to move away from him as fast as they could.
He was watching at the big crucifix with tears in his eyes.
He was thinking:
Oh, how painful should it be to be crucified for so many years!
And with those nails piercing his hands and feet, no wonder He can’t move!
I wouldn’t be able to support so much pain! And on top of that, they made
A crown of thorns and buried them into his head.. .. and started sobbing!
In the mean time, two old ladies in front of him, where whispering:
Look at the priest! Oh my, how handsome he is! And young said the other,
Behind him, two young men where saying: Hey dude: check her out!
Isn’t she cute! Awesome! said the other one, nice miniskirt isn’t it?
The drunkard, continued thinking: I can’t stand it anymore! So many
years past already and nobody has had the guts to bring Him down
from the cross! I think I’ll do it!
He stood up to go to the cross, but the priest started talking:
He died on the cross, the same day they buried Him, and at the third day,
He resurrected!
He came back to life and went back to heaven, and now,He is seating down at the right hand of God His Father!
This crucifix is not really Him, it is only a remembrance, something to
remember what happened more than two thousand years ago! Because....
The Priest continued: HE IS ALIVE!
And He will comeback to judge the world! BE READY!
Oh God! Said the drunkard! Thanks God! He is not suffering anymore!
The two old ladies in front of him, kept talking very quiet:
Say: Do you have change from a dollar? Today they are going to pass
to collect the alimony twice and I have to brake it!
The drunkard stood up, and in an a pray he said:
Dear God:
I thank you very much, for giving me understanding!
I am lost! It is true! But I want to change!
Now I know your Son is not suffering at the cross anymore!
And that makes me happy!
And I also thank you for not making me like these couple of people
that only come to church to waste their time!

GIVE ME LOVE! GIVE STRENGHT!
AND I WILL MAKE YOU A VOW:
IF YOU HELP ME.. .. I WON’T DRINK AGAIN!

PRAISE THE LORD!

Jose Salazar
S. de C.

"TURN AROUND"

The road to hell is like riding in a vehicle with sunglasses on, so we could avoid looking at the many, signs posted everywhere we go,
warning us of the perils and dangerous things it could happen when we do not obey the law! Slow down! People crossing! Curves ahead!
Do not drive under influence: D.U.I. STOP.
But the dark glasses don’t let us to see them and we keep going!
As we are riding, we could see all kind of things happening on the road:
People getting drunk, prostitution, drugs inviting everybody to join them!
I saw a stop sign coming, I slowed down, and look at the right, then to the
left, nothing was coming, and ran through the red light.
I was laughing because I violated the law, but who cares, nobody saw me!
Suddenly before I stopped laughing, a black and white car with its lights
turning, was right behind me and asked me to stop!
A policeman came down, and asked me for car insurance and license,
And he said: Why did you run through the red light?
How did you see me? Nobody was around!
It was a message from above said the policeman!
Did God tell you?
No! It was not God!
It was a police car above the bridge checking for persons like you!
I am sorry I said! I won’t do it again!
O. K. I am going to let you go this time, but, keep your promise!
Yes Sir! I will!
The police got into his car and left, and I step in the gas pedal and went
back to the road, at a speed faster than the limit and crossing red lights!
What am I doing? The policeman was helping me to prevent accidents!
For my stupidity I could have killed someone!
I took my sunglasses off, and I started to see a lot of signs, some said:
Stop! Wrong way! Road of perdition! Turn around!
I’ve got scared and made a full turn, everything changed!
The wide road became narrow and full of holes and thorns,
But I did not care! Everything looked nice to me! No lights! No signs!
No hurry! Just one little sign: Do not turn back!
I saw a car coming toward me at full speed, I had to move fast to let
him pass, right behind him three police cars were chasing him,
and then I heard the screeching sound of tires and a crash!
I did not turn my head, and kept going, then, I saw an ambulance
coming ,and a little bit after very slow, a coroner’s car!
Oh My God I said! It could’ve been me!
I stepped down from the car, got some cardboard and made signs:
Slow down! Life is precious! God loves you! Turn around!
God is waiting for you!

Jose Salazar
S. de C.

"THE THREE LEGGED TABLE"

We were going to have a party and we needed a table to put all the
food and drinks we were going to consume.
We found one! But, it had a broken foot!
We did not have time to repair it, and it was easy for us to
leaned it against the wall to have support! It feels strong!
And we started to put everything on the table!
Don’t worry! It will be fine!
The party started, and somebody that did not know about the table,
tried to put it at the center of the room, and then, Surprise! Surprise!
Everything ended all over the floor!
Sometimes, we feel like we cannot support all the weight we have on
our shoulders, tired and fatigued, we leaned against the wall of drugs,
but after the effect ceases, we feel like a three legged table!
We feel like a ladder with a broken foot, that even resting on a big
wall, it will fall when somebody tries to use it!
But we did not go to God for help, once more, we went back to the
dangerous effect that causes alcohol and drugs! And we feel lost!
Jesus Christ offers us his arms wide open to receive us when tired
exhausted and in need for a place to rest, we could go to Him!
He will take good care of us! Mathew 11-26 says:
Come to me if you are tired, says Jesus, I will make you rest!
If we do, we will be strong to reject harmful things that hurt us!
We will feel happy!
We will be free! We will feel secure!
As when we were little, and rested on our mother’s bosom!
You can do it!
But if you think you cannot do it alone,
Get close to Jesus!
He will help you, and.. ..
You will never stumble and feel again,
like a three legged table!

Praise the Lord!

Jose Salazar
S. de C.

"HOW FAR AWAY FROM US IS GOD?"

Some people think that God is in heaven millions of light years
away from us! Others, that He is everywhere!
Many, that He is in churches, a few yards, or miles, of distance!
While just a few, think He is close! Very close from us!
The farthest we think God is, the bigger the space between Him and us,
and the greater the opportunity SIN has to interfere between God and us!
Sin is like smoke, when is thin is colorless, but as it becomes thicker
and dense, it acts like a heavy curtain that does not let us to see, what’s
ahead of us in our path to glory!
Christ died on a cross for us and went to heaven to be with his Father, but,He did not abandon us to our own luck, He sent his Holy Spirit to help us and to protect us from this sinful world!
But even when we accept Christ in our lives, SIN is so thin, that when we
embrace ourselves to a cross with all our strength, SIN, will stay between!
Our vision starts diminishing, and we begin to deviate from God’s path,
into perdition!
How far away is really God from us?
HE IS AS FAR OR CLOSE TO US, AS WE PERMIT HIM TO BE!
Jesus Christ has his heart always open for us!
Stop fighting alone against the world!
God with you, is Success, is Victory!
You already are inside his heart!
And He is knocking at the doors of yours!
Open it up and let Him in!
Having God inside of you, it does not matter how thin SIN could be,
CANNOT STAY ANYMORE BETWEEN GOD AND YOU!
The Spirit of Christ will be your company! He will be your Guide!
A new life has flourished inside of you! USE IT!
USE IT TO LOVE PEOPLE AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF!
And when somebody asks you: How far away is God?
You will answer them: HE IS CLOSE! VERY CLOSE!
HE IS IN MY HEART! BLESSED BE FOREVER!

PRAISE THE LORD!

Jose Salazar
S. de C.