"ARE YOU A FALSE TEACHER?"

Jose: Can I ask you a question?
Sure! Go ahead!
Are you a false teacher?
Oh! Wow! What a question!
But I am not surprised, because every time we turn on the radio or television trying to listen or see a religion program, they warn us against the false teachers and they are all right because with so many religions it is very easy to fall into a false teaching and obviously into a false religion.
God was always warning the Jews to be aware of false teachers,
because they will lead them to worship false “gods”.
So a false teacher is the one that promotes false “gods”.
On the other hand, every “religion” thinks they are the true one!
Otherwise they would not be following it! Right? So if we see two “Priests” of different religions preaching, both of them will think that “The other” is the false teacher! Can you see that?
Yes! I can see it! But, how are we going to know which one is the True one?
Splendid question my friend! Listen: When some people are playing a game
and somebody made a difficult play and they don’t know what to do, they go
to the rules of the game’s book to find the answer.
Religion is a very hard game to play and all the answers are in God’s Book The Bible, but it is a Book nobody wants to read, and when they come to their own conclusions,they make the wrong call for their own defeat.
When God created the world and made man, it was only one God. Now, still there is only one True God, but, with so many religions, they are an immense amount of “gods” that their followers proclaim as the true one!
We are “playing” a very serious “game” in which we are risking our own
souls in this game of life and death and we should not take it so lightly.
How are we to know who is the True God and get closer to Him?
God! The True God, sent his beloved Son to the world to save it!
His name is Jesus Christ which says:
“I am the Way the Truth and the Life, nobody goes to the Father if it’s not through me!” John 14 - 6.
When I tell you this,you have two options:
To believe it! Or not! If your religion does not believe that Jesus is the Holy Son of the Almighty God, they are going to tell you that I am a false teacher!
If you believe and preach that there is a “goddess” or a queen of the heavens,I could call you a false teacher, because the Bible states that there is only ONE TRUE AND HOLY KING: GOD ALMIGHTY!
If I tell you that Jesus was borne from a virgin birth which I do believe, you may agree with me but some do not, calling me a false teacher, but I do not consider myself a teacher, just a friend that is inviting you to check in the Bible what ever you do not agree with, and searching for the Truth.. ..
The Truth will make you free!
Do not call anybody “Teacher” says the Bible because, Teacher.. ..
There is only One! Jesus Christ! Mathew 23-10.
“Be careful with the false “teachers” that come to you disguised as
innocent sheep but they are wolves that want to destroy you!
And in the same way that one can identify a tree for the fruits they
produce , you could be able to identify the false teachers for the way
they behave. Besides, who confuses a vine or a fig tree with thorns?
Fruit trees are known for the fruits they produce.
Good trees produce good fruits, bad trees produce bad fruits.
Mathew 7 - 15.
PRAISE THE LORD!
José Salazar
S. de C.

"WHO ARE YOU?"

Who are you José?
What do you think you are doing?
Are you trying to “Moralize” a great country like ours
with all the “trash” you are writing?

With all do respect Sir! (Mam)
I will tell you:
I am just an old man climbing with difficulties the mountain
of books, old news papers, dirty magazines and movies
you have, to reach the switch that turns on the light above
your head, so you could see all the dust gathered on top
of the book shelve, with the hope that you may read the one.. ..
You may have at the very top of it!
But for my amaze! There is no Bible!

Schools “god” it’s Science!
Government “god” it’s the Law! The human Law!
In every “church” there is a different “god”
The “Morals” of the world it’s Money!
Their “church” it’s the stock exchange!
From which of these places your morals come from?
I am not trying to “Moralize” anybody!
The Job of a Christian it is to point out to people:
Who the True and Only Moralizer and Savior Is!

We could get closer to God by knowing Him,
We could learn from His Wisdom, reading His Book
Sharing with everybody His Love, they could learn
to praise Him and Loving Him as a Father He really is for us!
And then, obtain His Blessings!

Get closer to God!
Read the Bible!
Praise the lord!

God Bless You all!

José Salazar
S. de C.

"THE BASEMENT"

I was reunited with many people in the basement enjoying ourselves!
We were very happy living our own life without caring about nobody else!
Gathered on a corner of such a big place, my friends and I, were drinking
all kinds of liquors without worrying at all of tomorrow.
Jokes of all of colors and flavors lighted up the place, our laughs made such a noise that the people away of our party were upset!
They were other people smoking or injecting themselves drugs, and others
selling them to the best buyer!
Prostitution, wine, drugs and death were surrounding the place, suddenly,
after insulting themselves, fighting started all over the place.
It was such a big fight that included everybody! !All against all!
Everything started to fly everywhere and I don’t know from where, a bottle
found its target, right on my head! Everything started to turn, and I fainted!
When I woke up, I found myself in a very clean bed, in a white gown, and
all my head wrapped up! I started to ask were I was, then a young doctor
came to me and said: How do you feel?
I guess I am find I said and I asked him: Where am I?
We are one floor above the basement he said! The first floor!
The first floor I said! I didn’t know because I always lived in the basement!
Doctor, could you tell me what happened?
Yes of course he said,it was a small war in the basement with the result of
some death and many injured, you are lucky to be alive!
Doctor I said, I think that it probably were better if I had died!
I am tired of the life I am living!
Oh! Said the doctor, I love to hear that! You are in the right place!
We! Continued the doctor saying, we belong to Christ!
And work for the welfare of people that has the desire to change!
When you were hurt, you were unconsciously saying: Oh God, save me!
I want to change the way I am! I want to give my life to serve you!
That is why we heard and picked you up! We thought you were death!
This is the first floor! The floor in which all people with the sincere desire to change are transferred!
People with the desire to serve God and obey his commandments!
These commandments are rules we have to obey in order to keep ourselves
Away from sin!
But listen! With just one of them you brake, you brake them all!
It serves as a measurement, a scale to see the degree of sinners we are!
Do you think you will be able to obey them?
I don’t know! Let me see! Do you have them with you?
Yes! I got them right in the Bible here they are! In Exodus 20.
Check them out!
After carefully read them all, I said: I think I can!
They don’t look so hard to me!
The doctor received a call and left for a moment, but as soon as he left,
I pulled out a bottle of liqueur I had in a bag with my belongings
and I started to drink from it.
the doctor entered the room and he saw me drinking!
I put the bottle under the bed as fast as I could to hide it out!
The doctor said: Are you drinking?
No doctor I replied! I swear! I am not!
Don’t lie to me he said I can smell it in your breath!
I started to cry and said: Five minutes have not passed since I said
that to obey the commandments of God is easy and I had broken it
many times already!
I will never going to be able to stop sinning!
Yes said the doctor! There is a way!
The commandments of God are not easy to obey!
The harder you try the greater the temptation, and you sin!
But if you recognize before God that you are a sinner, that you
want to change, and receive Him in your heart, He will help you
to make the change and take you to the second floor!
The second floor is the place in which people are working very hard
to help the needy people!
I don’t need any help doctor!
I can help myself and by myself I could make the change!
Very well, said the doctor!
If you change your mind just remember that with your own lips you
could ask Jesus to be your Lord and Savior! And you will receive all
the help you need to prepare you for this life and the one to come!
What other life are you talking about? There is only one! Right here!
And when you are gone, you are gone! That is it!
The doctor very sad, incline his head and left!
As soon as the doctor exit the door, I looked to the patient at my right,
he was sleeping as a log for the pills they had given to him.
On top of his bed, it was a wallet with all kinds of money in it!
I began to smile just thinking to get back to my friends and return
To the basement!
I took the patient cloths and left in a hurry!
When I went to find my friends, I found out that one was already death!
Two were in jail, and three in the hospital!
Now, what was I going to do?
Following my stubbornness I went to the basement by myself! Alone!
Alone to the perdition place!
When I’ve got to the entrance door, I saw the doctor waiting for me!
And he asked me: Where are you going?
Move away doctor! Get off my way! I don’t want to hurt you!
Give me back my wallet you hypocrite! He said!
The money is to help the poor, not to satisfy the vices of shameless
people like you!
Surprised, and remembering all his attentions with me, I said:
I am sorry doctor! I did not know the wallet was yours! Here it is!
I left myself to be dominated by my low nature!
Yes I know, said the doctor!
I thought you said it was very easy to obey the law!
Didn’t you say you were self sufficient to straighten yourself out?
No! I can’t! Now I see it is not easy!
Now I know we need help from above!
And again, the tears started to appear on my eyes!
If you really want to change said the doctor, receive Christ!
Open up for Him the doors of your heart!
Yes doctor! Now I now how much I need Him!
And I started to say in a loud voice:
Jesus Christ my Lord: I believe in You!
Please help me! Now I do! I do want to change! Please save me!
I cannot continue living like this!
I started to feel a little bit dizzy and I lay down on the floor, and
when I opened my eyes out, I found myself in another place!
I saw many people working hard but they seem to be very happy
doing it! I came close to one of them and I said to him:
Excuse me my friend: Could you tell me where we are?
Am I dead, or what?
No! No, my friend, you are not dead!
What happened is that when you receive Christ as your Lord
and Savior, you are transferred to a higher level! The second floor!
Here is where we work to help to understand Christ purposes!
Yes! I know! The doctor of the first floor told me that we have to
obey certain rules, called the Commandments of God!
But they are very hard to obey them, I tried and fell!
Yes I know! But you repented and God forgave you, right?
Yes! But now I don’t want to fail again!
I know! Look: That was on the first floor, when you accept Christ
As your Lord and Savior those rules do not affect you any more!
No??? Does that mean that I can steal, lie and kill and anything I
wanted to do?
No! No my friend! It is not like that! When you decide to follow
Christ as you did, you don’t want to hurt people, but to help them!
Are you ready?
Yes! I am! What do I have to do?
If you are happy with your new life, the only thing you have to do
Is : To tell others about Christ’s Salvation!
But… I am a very shy person, and besides I don’t know how!
Don’t worry! The most important thing is to feel the desire to do it!
And God will help you when He sees you working He will give you
His “Gifts” The “Gifts” of the Holy Spirit!
For example:
Let’s suppose that you want to plant a tree, and the only tools you
have were just your hands, if you really wanted to do it, you start
with your bare hands, and little by little, help comes to you!
Somebody passes and offers to you some tools when they see you
struggling with your work to make it easier, and if your neighbor
passed and helped you, how much more God is going to help you
when He sees you working for Him?
But if you don’t want to work, what do you need tools for?
Here is this white uniform you will work with it!
I put on the uniform and honestly I felt very well with it!
Here is this key, he told me, to open the door when you come back
from outside to conquer souls for God!
Very well I said! I will be back! I hope it will be all right!
When I was on the streets I was looking for somebody!
Somebody to tell:
CHRIST LOVES YOU! HE WANTS TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
A person passed by and I told him! He cold stopped and said to me:
Who told you that I want to change my life?
I am very happy as I am!
He had a very sad face and I knew he was not happy as he said he was!
But he did not want to recognize it and neither to listen about God!
But in me was the desire to talk about God to this person and because
he did not want to listened to me, I became sad and said: Now, I‘m
planting the tree with my bare hands! I took a deep breath and said:
CHRIST LOVES YOU! AND HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU
A NEW LIFE OF LOVE AND HAPPINESS!
The man turned around and said: I told you! I don’t want to know
anything about Christ! Please leave me alone!
Don’t get upset good man, I told him! I just wanted to tell you that
This world is not our home! We are just visitors! Our home it’s
Upstairs! In heaven! All about this world it will pass away!
But everything in heaven it is forever! And only believing in Christ
We will be able to go there!
Son he said, How am I going to believe in Christ if nobody has talked
to me about Him??
Look my friend I said, here with me I have a book that it is called:
The Good News of Jesus Christ! Please read it and when you do,
You will understand many things that now you do not !
Here it is my friend, read it and God Bless You!
I started to smile and I said inside of me: The Tools! I’ve got
the Tools! In other circumstances I probably had fought with him!
But in this case I had a lot of patience with him!
And I also had good wishes for him! It is the first time I do it
sincerely .Blessed be the Lord for his Gifts!
But not everything is perfect, a woman passed by and told me:
Where are you going? Do you want to come with me?
I said no! I am working for God!
Come on! Come with me!
We will come back right away!
She convinced me, and I went with her and when I came back
I tried to open the door to enter in the house with the key they gave me,
But I couldn’t, I tried and tried, without success!
I was desperate and I started to shout to see if somebody inside could
listen to me but it was impossible! Nobody heard my call!
I look my uniform and it was spotted! It was not as white as before!
I became sad and I was crying because I felt I had lost everything!
Because of my sin! Now, what could I do?
I went on my knees again and I said: My Lord! Forgive me! Forgive my
weakness and please make me strong against sin and receive me back!
The door started to open and I saw my friend with a new uniform and said:
You said you could do anything on your side to change and start a new life
helping people and give your back to sin! This is not just a game!
Can’t you see? When you give your face to sin you give your back to God!
You cannot be in good standing with both, with God, or against Him!
You will have your rewards when you commit yourself to God!
When you walk away from sin, and dedicate yourself to help people,
God loves you much more and He will give you all you want, if that is
convenient for you! And then you will have access to the third floor!
Wouldn’t you like to enter in it?
There is peace and tranquility! Far away from the cruelty of the world!
There is God’s home! Our inheritance thanks to Christ!
Come on! Go and take a bath, put your new cloths and let’s go to work!
As soon as I finished I started to work with passion, just thinking in that
what had happen with me if I decided to remain in the “Basement”
Now only one thing was worrying me: How to enter in the third floor!
I was looking everywhere and I couldn’t find a single door of access,
not a window or anything!
But,has to be somehow a way to enter in there!
I need to find it!
And You?
On which floor are you?
Wouldn’t you like to move to the upper floors?
If you are interested you will find it!
Let’s find it together!

Let’s ask God!
He will give us the answer we are looking for!

PRAISE THE LORD!

José Salazar
S. de C.

"OVERWEIGHT?"

When we feel on us a weight above what we consider normal,
We go into a diet! We stop eating!
We start exercising we begin eating salads without any kind of dressings,
and we begin watching our weight stepping on a scale many times a day!
A month goes by, and we check our weight again!
My God we say! I’ve lost a lot of weight! We feel very happy!
We feel light, we could walk faster, we feel great! And then,
temptation shows up! Let’s go to eat outside to celebrate!
How about a piece of cake for a dessert?
Why not! It wouldn’t hurt me just a slice!
We forget about the scale, and a month later, we found out that:
We picked up more weight than what we lost the month before!
What ever happened? What did we do wrong?
Very simple! We made a commitment! Yes! But only for one month!
Dieting it is not just to stop eating for a month, but to change!
To change our bad eating habits for life!
It is a life commitment! Do it for life!

When we feel on our backs all the weight of sin, and we start to feel
bad about it, we begin looking for God to remove it from us!
We felt the necessity in our souls to get rid of our sins!
We get involve in religion, looking for God!
Some become Christians, because we wanted to begin a new life
away from sin! We feel happy! And proud to be one!
But after time passes by, temptation comes!
And if we don’t have the right weapons to fight against evil,
We fall! We fall without anybody to catch us down and we’ve got hurt!
We made a commitment! Yes!
But it was not a commitment for life! Was it?
The price to follow Christ it is not cheap! We think that everything
it is going to be pink, but there is also red, yellow and pitch black!
There are roses, yes! But also a lot of thorns!
We think that everything will be happiness, but they are also tears!
We think that it will be a life of freedom, but it is not!
We need to depose the weapons the devil makes us to use for our own
defeat! These weapons are: Pride, hate, lies, envy and to embrace:
The tools of God: Love, Truth, Humbleness, Charity, Mercy!
It is not just to say:I believe in Christ! But to demonstrate it with our
work using God’s “Tools”
Without God’s help, it will be an impossible task, however, Christ,
Puts in us all the help we need when we surrender ourselves to Him!
When we deposit our love and trust in Him!
When we deposit our life at His feet! Not for one month, but forever!
Who perseveres until the end, says the Bible, will have eternal life!
Well, somebody says, I am skinny, I don’t need any diet!
You could be skinny, but your soul may be fat, full of sin!
Jesus Christ is for all, but unfortunately not all are Christ’s
Why don’t you?
Open up your heart to Him!
Our suffering increases our patience!
The hate we receive increases our love!
The darkness of the world vanishes with the Light! Christ’s Light!
Christ is Peace!
Our Peace!

PRAISE THE LORD!

José Salazar
S. de C.
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