"TO LIVE AND TO DIE"

To be born is important!
To live is important!
To enjoy life it is important!, To go to school is important!
To get married and rise our own families is also important!
But there is something tragic! Very tragic!
What is that?
To die! To die is tragic! Don’t you think so?
Well, it could be, but…
There is something far more tragic than that!
What is it?
TO DIE WITHOUT CHRIST!
What do you mean?
You’ll see:
Heaven is so far away from us that on our own efforts we cannot reach it!
I know, but if God love us like you say He does, couldn’t He had provided
to us with some “way” to get there?
Yes! He does love us! And He did provide us with a “Way” to get there!
How?
God sent his only Son to rescue us opening the “Way” you’re asking.
“I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE, NOBODY CAN
COME TO THE FATHER BUT BY ME” John 14 - 6.
Christ is our passport to heaven! Our “Wings” to get there!
Dying without Him is walking away from God!
Can you explain me that?
Sure! When we accept Christ something nice happens:
We receive his Spirit who will be our Guide from earth to heaven!
Christ is the Door trough we will enter, and God is our Eternal Life!
Accepting Christ is to die to sin, and our resurrection to a new life!
IT IS TO BE BORN AGAIN TO SERVE GOD AND PEOPLE!
Check this out: We don’t have to be afraid to die anymore!
Our new life is in our spirit, our body of course, has to get old and die,
but our spirit will live forever with God! Listen:
“That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born
of the Spirit is spirit.” John 3: 6.
Could you tell me what can I do to accept Christ?
Certainly! Please go to Romans 10: 9
“If you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe
in your heart that God has raised Him from the death, you will be saved.”
THANKS TO JESUS!

GLORY TO GOD!

José Salazar
S. de C.

"THE ILUMINATOR"

We all know that before Jesus came to this world, they were already many
people that were illuminated or enlightened by God.
These people, were gifted with a great wisdom and power to induce their
followers to get closer to God illuminating their path, with God’s light.
These people were preceding Jesus Christ, who says: “I AM THE LIGHT
OF THE WORLD. HE WHO FOLLOWS ME, WILL NOT WALK IN
DARKNESS, BUT SHALL HAVE THE LIFE’S LIGHT.” John 8:12.
Nobody before Jesus said they were the Light, but, Bearers of the Light!
Before Christ had being born, who were illuminating the world?
Wonderful question my friend! Let’s go to the first chapter of John, it says:
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, THE WORD WAS WITH GOD,
THE WORD WAS GOD. John 1:1.
The Word is Christ! And He always existed with God, because He is God!
God is Light! God is Love! God is Life.
The Enlightened person is the one who receives the Light of God to ilumi-
nate the people’s path to get closer to God, however…many people limit
themselves to remain into the light of the enlightened person, instead of
getting close to the true Iluminator: God!
Oh! This is so confusing!
Listen: None of the enlightened people claim to be The Light!
They say: GOD IS LIGHT! GOD IS LOVE! GOD IS LIFE!
So, why are they worshiped as “gods”? Furthermore:
It is sad to say it but, most people consider just one third of God, instead
of accepting Him in his three personalities but just: One God!
How is that?
Yes, look : Most of them accept only… God the Father, or God the Son,
or God the Holy Spirit, instead of having them all three in ONE.
When we pass a ray of light through a special lens, it divides into three
colors, red, blue and green, the union of these three lights form white!
The day is not just morning or afternoon or night, but their union!
The human being is the union of the body with the soul and spirit, not
just the body itself, soul and spirit also need God’s care to be healthy.
“He who receives the Holy Spirit I will send is receiving me, and who
receives me, receives the Father who sent me” John 13 : 20.
Praise the Lord: Father, Son and Holy Ghost…ONE GOD FOREVER!
THE ILUMINATOR!
God illuminates us trough his Word, Trough his Word, He allow us to
Know Him, and by our obedience to his Word, we receive his blessings.
Read the Bible!

PRAISE THE LORD!

José Salazar
S. de C.

"PERSEVERE"

What is to persevere?
Persevere is to continue doing what we are doing, good or bad
despite the oppositions we may have!
However, this word is only used trying to encourage people to remain
in the good ways of the Lord.
Jesus said: “And you shall be hated of all men for my name sake:
But he that endures to the end, shall be saved” Mathew 10: 22.
We do not to say to bad people to persevere to the end because:
That is what they do! Instead we say to them: Stop! Turn around!
Come back! Get close to the Lord!
But we have to say to good people to persevere in the righteousness
of God until the end to be saved!
Persevere in what? People say!
Exactly! Because we have to have first a HOPE to persevere in it!
Our best HOPE in this life is to reach heaven walking toward God with
obedience and love following our dream to a new life forever with Him.
And this is obtained following his Son Jesus who wants to guide us
through the narrow road with stones and thorns to our goal.
I don’t get it!
Why not? It is very simple!
Just imagine a river with its stream going down from a mountain picking
up speed driving the small boats down very rapidly.
Jesus is at the river side advising them to stop because at the end of the
channel there is a water fall that makes the water underneath whirling
at such a high speed swallowing everything it falls on it.
But the people do not listen! They are so entertained with the ride that:
Don’t pay any attention until is too late!
Jesus very sad looking what is happening, said:
Wake up and persevere! Persevere in the good ways of God!
Some with terror reflected on their faces cried to Him for help:
Lord! Please! Help me!
Wake up and persevere!
Persevere in the good ways of the Lord!

ONE WAY, ONE TRUTH, ONE LIFE!
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD FOREVER!
PRAISE HIM!

José Salazar
S. de C.

"THE WORD OF GOD"

The Word of God, The Bible, is like a mine full of the most precious jewels.
How ever, in order to be rich with these “Jewels” we have to “dig” them
very deep and learn to admire all their beauty.
In other words, if we have a Bible seating somewhere, but nobody reads it,
How in the world are we going to know all the wisdom it contains within?
“In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God,
the Word was God.” John 1: 1. THE WORD IS CHRIST!
“Use your energy to seek eternal life He said the life that I the Celestial man
can give you.; that is why God the Father sent me.” John 6: 27.
How could we please God? They ask Jesus and He answered:
“The only thing God wants is to believe in whom He has sent” John 6: 28.
“I am the Bread of life he who comes to me would not be hungry
or thirsty again” John 6: 35
Believe me repeated Jesus who does not eat the flesh of the man of glory
and drink his blood could not have life eternal inside of them,
but whosoever eat my flesh and drink my blood has life eternal
and I will raise him in the last days.” John 6 : 54
Oh my God it is nice! But… Could you explain it to me?
I’ll try! Look: John 1: 1 Says that the Word was God right?
Yes! And?
John 1: 14 says: “The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us”
The Word is Christ! The Words of Jesus are Christ’s Words! Jesus flesh!
That is why Jesus is saying that who does not eat the flesh of the man
of glory could not have eternal life! Jesus continued saying:
It is the spirit that quickens ; the flesh profiteth nothing : The words that
I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life. John 6 : 63.
HIS FLESH IN US: HIS WORDS! HIS BLOOD IN US: HIS SPIRIT!
Teacher said Saint Peter: To whom will we go that had words that give
eternal life? We believe them and know you are the Holy Son of God!
John 6: 68.69
“YOUR WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET AND A LIGHT
FOR MY PATH” Psalms 119: 105.

PRAISE THE LORD!

José Salazar
S. de C.

"VOLUBILITY"

Are you voluble?
Who? Me?
Yes, You! Are you voluble?
No way José, I’m not! Well, maybe! I don’t know!
What is to be voluble?
Voluble means to be unstable! Changeable!
Like a gas that one moment is here and later is somewhere else!
It is like a liquid that when you spill it on a floor it scatters everywhere!
To be voluble is to think one way now and change your mind later!
It is to be unsteady, inconsistent! Lacked of faith!
Faith is the container that gives form to water and keep it within its limits!
When faith is weak, the container brakes and the water spills.
To be voluble is to wish one thing and later desire something else without
ever having obtained what we wished at first.
To be voluble is to wish to go to heaven, get close to Christ for salvation,
and then obey sin, walking away from our dream!
“FAITH IS THE CATALYST THAT HARDENS OUR “CEMENT” TO
SOLIDIFY OUR DREAMS.”
We humans are voluble, but God by means of our faith in Him, gives us
Firmness to our humanity to persevere in our grate purpose of obedience
to God and at the end, to be able to reach life eternal trough his Son.
Our faith in Jesus Christ is the container that gives form and consistency
to the love we say we feel for God!
To be voluble is to be flying!
Flying between God and sin! Remaining in sin, and then…
Going to God just for forgiveness for later, returning to sin.
To be faithful in Christ is to remain Stable, Firm, Loyal, Humble!
With the desire to obey and serve God!
And persevering to the end, we will be saved!
Thanks to the love of Christ for all of us!

THANK YOU JESUS!

PRAISE THE LORD!

José Salazar.
S. de C.

"IS GOD EVERYWHERE?

If God is everywhere why do we have to look for Him pointing up?
Very good reasoning my friend but let me tell you something:
God is everywhere correct!
But when we are pointing down instead of up we would be pointing
to the “god” of the world: Sin! Besides,
God knew it was impossible for us to look for Him in heaven, so …
He sent his only Son to look for us on earth!
We don’t need to be pointing anywhere looking for God…
We just have to open our heart to his Son and invite Him to enter!
Our love for God is based on our obedience, when we obey God
accepting his Son, we become a new creation!
We separate ourselves from the world!
How could we do that if we still going to be here on earth?
Yes we will be on earth, but, separated from sin!
Could you explain me that?
Yes! Of course! Jesus will explain it to you: In John 17 It says:
“Jesus lifted his eyes to heaven and said: Father the hour has come;
glorify thy Son so your Son may glorify you as thou hast given
power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as
thou hast given him.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God,
and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
I pray for them: I pray not for the world but for them which you have
given me; for they are yours.
And all mine are yours and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.
I have given them your word; and the world had hated them because
they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Sanctified them trough your truth; your word is truth.
Neither pray I not for these alone, but for them also will shall believe
on me trough their word; that they all may be one; as you and I are one.
I in them and you in me. And the glory you gave me, I have gave them
that they may be one even as we are one.
O righteous Father the world has not know you but I have known you
and these have known that you have sent me.
And I have declared to them your name, and I will declare it;
that the love which you had loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
John 17. (Please read all chapter) And…

PRAISE THE LORD!

José Salazar
S. de C.