God Makes A Difference

There are things that God clearly makes a difference between in the bible and the most important one is that he puts a difference between his children and the unsaved people in the world. In the old testament God's people were the nation of Israel and the Egyptians were the children of the world.
Exodus 11:7: But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. That is why in the new testament it says we are to come out from among them and not touch the unclean thing.
II Corinthians 6:16: And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17; Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. 
18: And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

So we are God's people just like the children of Israel were.  God commands us to be separate from sinners and to not touch the unclean thing and when we do he will be very close to us as our father and take care of us because we are separated from the world and separated unto him.  I can remember back when I was young, like in my 20's and I was a new Christian, I was so different than the members of my earthly family, like my mom and dad and sister. I had to come out from among them and not participate in their worldly lifestyle anymore like I used to when I was unsaved, but God was so near and dear to me then and helped me to take a stand for him.  He was very close to me and I could really feel his presence of being my Father when I came out from among them just like II Corinthians 6:17-18 says. Whenever we take a stand for God he will always comfort us and bless us exceedingly, and I can testify that God will help us and lead us all along the way in our walk with him as a loving heavenly father.  Being a child of God is the most wonderful thing there could ever be. The bible even says that God can do exceedingly great things for us.
Ephesians 3:19: And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20: Now unto him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.

So God wants us to ask for great things from him. He wants us to pray for big things because he is a great and powerful God who can do great things.
Psalm 81:10: I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. Remember that God led the children of Israel out of Egypt with great miracles and divided the Red Sea. That is the same God that we serve today. God is still great and powerful.

Here are some other verses in the old testament that tell us to put a difference between clean and unclean things.
Leviticus 10:10: And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean: 
Leviticus 11:47: To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
Leviticus: 20:25: Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

Ezekiel 44:23: And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

Be Steadfast

What does it mean to be steadfast? The definition of steadfast is faithful, committed, devoted, dedicated, constant, steady, and unwavering, being fixed and unchanging, and that is exactly what God wants us to be in our faith and walk with him.  He wants us to steadfastly serve him always, and to not swerve from it or get off course, but to just keep going in the right direction and continuing in it.

The bible commands us to be steadfast.
I Corinthians 15:57: But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
58: Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

One area we need to be steadfast is in our beliefs. Once you decide in your heart and understand the great doctrines in the bible like salvation by faith alone and not of works, that it is a free gift, don't ever waver from that conviction, just nail it down and don't ever rethink and wonder about it.  Just settle it in your heart and don't ever question it again.  You know that is what the bible says. Just stand on the word of God.
Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 
9: not of works, lest any man should boast. 
There are many false prophets and deceivers in the world who will try to sway you away from the fundamental doctrines in the bible and try to mess with your mind, but if you are grounded and settled in your beliefs, they won't be able to deceive you because you know the truth. That is why it is so important to be steadfast and unmovable in your faith.
Ephesians 4:14: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive. If you hear a preacher say you have to do something or anything else besides only trust Christ to be saved, you know that is a false teacher and you shouldn't listen to him, because you are grounded and steadfast in the great fundamentals of the faith.

Another belief to be grounded and steadfast in is the doctrine of eternal security, meaning you can never lose your salvation.
John 27: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29: My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
Therefore if you hear a preacher say you can lose your salvation if you don't live right or that you have to persevere to the end, meaning staying on the straight and narrow way to the end, that preacher is a false teacher and you shouldn't listen to him.
There are many false teachers in the world who we are to avoid and not listen to.
II Peter 2:1:But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.  
Heresy means a false teaching that is contrary to the true doctrines in the bible.

In Matthew chapter 7 Jesus warns us about false prophets.
Matthew 7:15: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 
16: Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 
17: Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19: Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20: Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
These false prophets may look like such nice people and may be real smooth talkers while trying to convince you, but Jesus says inwardly they are terrible wolves trying to lead you astray from the truth, so if you are grounded and settled in the truth you won't be deceived by them. To know them by their fruits is not the fruit of the spirit, but the fruit of their lives and ministries, what they are producing, such as are they winning souls for Jesus and being used of God to build a ministry that is keeping souls out of hell by preaching the true gospel, etc. This is talking about true ministers of the gospel versus false prophets.

Furthermore, the bible says we are to be steadfast in resisting the devil.
I Peter 5:8: Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9: Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10: But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, and settle you.

Ephesians 6:10: Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11: Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

So far we know we are to be steadfast in our beliefs, steadfast in avoiding false teachers, and steadfast in resisting the devil, but also we are to be steadfast in our labor that we do for the Lord. As already mentioned above in I Corinthians it says this.
I Corinthians 15:58:Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
So it means we should do an abundant amount of labor for our wonderful Lord Jesus, who saved us by his grace, even knowing that he is going to reward us for it and that our labor will bring forth great results for the furtherance of God's kingdom.

One last thought to sum up this lesson are the following verses about being grounded and settled in the faith.
Colossians 1:23: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Colossians 2:7: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Be strong in the faith and God will use you in a mighty way for his glory to bear much fruit for him.
I Corinthians 16: Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Poetry About Jesus And Salvation

Being Delivered

God delivers his children when they are in any kind of trouble, rescuing them out of it.  Anyone who is a disciple of Jesus will face trouble and will be persecuted.
II Corinthians 4:8: We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
9: Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

II Timothy 3:11: Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the LORD delivered me.
12: Yea, and all that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecutions.

So we who serve Jesus will most definitely suffer persecutions and afflictions, but the good news is that God will deliver us out of them all.
Psalms 34:19: Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
20: He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

God also delivers us from temptations, which we all have because of our sinful flesh.
II Peter 2:9: The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Matthew 6:13: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, for ever. Amen.

The bible also says that God will save us and protect us from all our enemies.  Anyone who is following Jesus will have enemies, just like Jesus had enemies and people who hated him.
II Kings 17:39: But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
Luke 1:74: That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear.

In the old testament there are some examples of people who were delivered by God. Daniel in the lions den is one example.
Daniel 6:16: Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
17: And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
18: Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
19: Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
20: And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions"
21: Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
22: My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
23: Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.

So God delivered Daniel in the lions den and shut the lions mouth because he trusted in God and obeyed God when he continued praying to God in front of his open window when there was a decree written that he was not allowed to do so. It is always important to obey God first before any other law.
Daniel 6:27:He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

Another example is that of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who were cast into the fiery furnace for obeying God instead of man when they would not bow down to the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar made.
Daniel 3:10: Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
11: And whoso falleth now down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
12: There are certain Jews whom thou has set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the gold image which thou hast set up.
13: Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then thy brought these men before the king.

Daniel 3:23: And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down boung into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24: Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
25: He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
So these three men were cast in the fiery furnace and Jesus actually went in there with them and delivered them from being hurt by the fire.

Sometimes a Christian may be in a very bad environment and around much wickedness and people with vile behavior, for instance a godly person in a public school where there are all kinds of queers and reprobates that hate God and even teachers who blaspheme the holy name of Jesus and God. People who are righteous and godly feel vexed, or troubled, in their spirit around such ungodliness, but if they trust in God, God will deliver them and give them a way to escape it.
II Peter 2:7: And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked.
Galations 1:4: Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father.

So remember to always keep serving the Lord and living for him and he will deliver you from every evil work all the days of your life.
II Timothy 4:18: And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Poetry About Jesus And Salvation

What Kind Of People Does God Use?

What kind of people does God use? From a human point of view, people would think it would be people with a lot of talent or people who are super intelligent, have great leadership skills, or people who are well educated and have many college degrees, or people who are popular and well liked by everyone in the world.  But the truth is, that is not the kind of people God uses at all. God would rather use people who are weak in themselves to do mighty things for him so that he gets all the glory.  It is when people know that they can't do it, but God can.  You see, when we are weak, God works through us so that whatever is done is done all to the glory of God. 
I Corinthians 1:27: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.  
People who are weak have to rely on God's power to do anything for him.  They know that without Christ they can do nothing.
John 15:5: I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.  This means that the only way our lives can be fruitful and be useful to God is if we are abiding in Jesus, and the only way to be abiding in Jesus is by reading his word, meditating on it, and praying. Even Jesus said he could do nothing without abiding in the Father.
John 5:19: Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.  

The bible says that we cannot serve God with our own human ability, but that we need God's ability to serve him effectively.  I Peter 4:11: If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
When we are serving God through the ability that God alone gives us, then God gets all the praise and glory for it because without him it could not even be possible.  Along the same line is that our sufficiency comes only from God; without him we can do nothing.
II Corinthians 3:5: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

The bible says that the apostle Paul, who was a mighty and Holy Spirit filled man of God, was given a thorn in the flesh, meaning some physical weakness or problem with his body, in order to keep him humble and relying on God.  The passage is in II Corinthians chapter 12:
II Corinthians 12:7: And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
8: For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
9: And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.  Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10: Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Notice how it says when we are weak is when we are strong. You see God uses weak people to be used of him so he can get all the glory.  By our own self we can do nothing for God, but through the power of Jesus the bible says we can do all things.
Philippians 4:13: I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
In fact, the bible even says through Jesus we can do the same works that he did and even greater works than he did. That is hard to believe, but that is what the bible says. 
John 14:12: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.  Jesus is in heaven with God the Father, but we are still here on earth and we have God's word to tell us how to be fruitful and used of God. Also, the bible says that with God all things are possible.
Mark 10:27: And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

Being close to Jesus is the only way for God to use you to do mighty works for him, and the way to be close to him is by meditating on the word of God.  Peter and John were Jesus' disciples and apostles that were greatly used of God, and the bible says it was because they had been with Jesus.
Acts 4:13: Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. 
You see Peter and John did not have college degrees or anything like that, but they were greatly used of God, because that is the kind of people God uses.  They were bold witnesses for Jesus, not because of being super intelligent or having a lot of education, but because they had been with Jesus.  They were filled with the Holy Spirit and God used them to get many souls saved.  That is the most important thing you could ever do with your life, to be used of God to keep souls out of hell.


Poetry About Jesus And Salvation

The Lamb's Book Of Life

The Lamb's Book Of Life

There is a hymn that I love that goes like this, "There's a new name written down in glory and it's mine oh yes it is mine." But actually our name has always been written in the book of life, but the moment we got saved it was sealed in there for good and can never be blotted out because we have been given eternal life and eternal means forever. What a great and marvelous thing to have your name written down in the Lamb's book of life, the forever and ever.  Revelation 3:5: He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. In Revelation chapter 21 which is talking about heaven, it says in Revelation 21:27: And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.  Jesus even tells us to rejoice because our names are written in heaven. Luke 10:19: Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20: Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Since the bible teaches that every single person at one time had their name written in the book of life, that proves that God wants everyone to be saved, and that Jesus did die for every person.
The bible even says in 2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 
Many people have gotten saved right before they die.  For example the thief on the cross who looked to Jesus for salvation right before he died.  Luke 23:42: And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. 43: And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.  I know someone who got saved just a few days before dying from cancer.

God is patient and longsuffering, but there comes a time when it is too late to get saved. We know for a certainty that if someone dies without Christ it is definitely too late, but also it is too late for some people even before they die.  When the time comes that it is too late for someone to get saved, that is when their name is blotted out of the book of life.

There are people who have crossed a line and their name is blotted out of the book of life and they can never be saved.  For example if a person has heard the gospel many, many times and has been under conviction of the Holy Ghost of their need to accept Christ and believe on him and yet keep rejecting him and saying no and have hardened their heart, the bible says that God's spirit shall not always strive with man, Genesis 6:3: And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man.. . That is why it says in Hebrews 6:4: For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 
5: And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come 
6: If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.  This passage is not talking about people losing their salvation because the bible is very clear that we cannot ever lose our salvation, but this is talking about people who were so close to getting saved that they actually tasted of the word of God, but then rejected the Lord for the last and final time and then God has hardened their heart and they can never be saved, it says it is impossible.  

Also, John chapter 12 talks about God hardening some people's hearts.  John 12:37: But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: 
38: That the saying of Esais the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
39: Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
40: He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
This is again an instance where people saw the miracles that Jesus did and still did not believe in him, so God hardened their hearts and now it is impossible for them to believe.

John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. So this makes it plain that whoever believes in him will be saved, but once people cross a line and have hardened their heart they CANNOT believe, so therefore they cannot be saved and it is too late for them.  Their name is blotted out of the book of life even before their their physical death.

One of the signs that a person has hardened their heart against God so that they can never be saved are sodomites (homosexuals).  The bible says in Romans chapter one that God gave up on them and has rejected them, and so their name is definitely blotted out of the book of life.  The word reprobate means rejected, so when the bible says God gave them over to a reprobate mind, that means he has rejected them and it is too late for them to ever be saved.  (Romans 1:28 below)

Romans 1:26: For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28: And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient.  

Another reason for someone having their name blotted out of the book of life is someone who tampers with God's Word, like taking parts out or adding things to it.
Revelation 22:18: For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

God's word is perfect and complete the way he wrote it, and God doesn't take it lightly when people change it.  God only wrote one book, and so corrupting God's Word is a very serious thing, and whoever does so will not ever have a chance to get saved as it says in Rev. 22:19: God shall take away his part out of the book of life.  Most all the corrupt bible versions completely take out entire verses and all totally change verses so that it means something entirely different than the KJV. So people who do the corrupting and perverting of God's Word can never be saved; they have lost their chance; it's too late. That means all the people who had part in the writing of  the NIV, ESV, ASV, NKJV, and all the other corrupt bible versions are definitely going to hell because they have added and taken out parts of God's holy word.

Another reason for a person to have their name blotted out of the book of life is someone who perverts the gospel.  In Galations chapter one it says the following:
Galations 1:6: I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8: But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9: As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
If they are accursed that means they are condemned and damned to hell forever because they have perverted the gospel.
Ways the gospel can be perverted include the following:
1.  Adding repenting of your sins to the gospel.
2.  Adding works to the gospel. Some people will say you have to believe in Christ and do this or do that, live a good life, etc.  The gospel is only by free grace by the shed blood of Christ, plus nothing or minus nothing.  It's faith alone period.
3.  Saying you can lose your salvation (which is in essence saying that God is a liar since he said he would give us eternal life and eternal means forever.

Another reason that someone may have their name blotted out of the book of life is for blaspheming the Holy Ghost.
Mark 3:29: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. 
Luke 12:10: And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.  
Mark 3:28: Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
29: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
30: Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

So blaspheming the Holy Ghost is when people see the great works of the Lord through the Holy Spirit and then call it an unclear spirit.  In another place in the bible when Jesus was doing miracles and casting out devils from people, the Pharisees accused  him of being the prince of the devils, which is also blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 9:33: And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
34: But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
Matthew 12:24: But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
Notice how it says all sins and blasphemies that people blaspheme shall be forgiven; it is only the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost that shall not be forgiven.  So if someone blasphemes the Holy Ghost, God says he is done, his name is blotted out of the book of life right then and there.

Once someone believes on Christ for salvation, their name will be in the Lamb's Book of Life forever and can never be blotted out because salvation is eternal.  That is why Jesus said to rejoice that your name is written down in heaven.  Luke 10:20: Notwithingstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Revelation 3:5: He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.  Praise the Lord, my name is written in the Lamb's book of life and can never be crossed out.

So what should we do to reach people with the gospel.  We should give the gospel to as many people as we can while there is still hope for them to get saved, either before they harden their heart against God and the gospel or before they die and go out into eternity unprepared and lost forever.


God's Simple Plan Of Salvation

Serving Others

The bible is very clear that the way to be happy and to be like Jesus is to serve others.  In John chapter 13 is the story of how Jesus laid aside his garments and girded himself with a towel and washed his disciples feet.  He did this to show us how to have humility and care for other people.
John 13:1: Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
2: And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
3: Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
4: He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
5: After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

So here was Jesus, the very Son of God, God in the flesh, who has all the power in the universe, and yet he humbles himself and washes his disciples feet.
John 13:12: So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you.
13: Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
14: If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
15: For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you
16: Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
17: If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

So you notice how he says he did this to give us an example, that if he washed his disciples feet, then we should also wash one another's feet.  It doesn't mean that we should actually literally wash one another's feet, but the meaning is that we should care for and serve others and not ourselves, and he says that this is the way to be happy.  The world has it all backwards; they think the way to be happy is to be served, but the exact opposite is true for the Christian.  For the Christian the way to be happy is to serve, not to be served.

Also, another thing about serving others is it must be done with love and from our heart.  I Corinthians chapter 13 is what is called the love chapter of the bible.  It talks all about charity, which is another word for love.  If we do anything without love it is useless to us.
I Corinthians 13:1: Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 
2: And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 
Notice how it says giving all your goods to feed the poor without doing it with love, it profits you nothing.

A well known example of someone who served others was the story of the good Samaritan.
Luke 10:30: And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31: And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32: And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
33: But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him.
34: And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 
35: And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
The priest and the Levite saw the wounded man and just passed on by him; they didn't care about him, but the Samaritan had compassion on him and took care of him. The ones who passed by him are like the way of worldly people; they only care about themselves, not others.

Also, the bible says we should be given to hospitality.  Being hospitable means to care for others; that is where the word hospital comes from, bringing people in under your care for them.
Romans 12:13: Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.  
Being given to hospitality means that it is part of who you are, part of your personality, that in being like Jesus you are constantly seeking to meet the needs of others and help them, especially your brothers and sisters in the Lord when you see they have needs. That is why is says "distributing to the necessity of saints" (saints means Christians).

And to sum this all up, always remember what the Lord told us in Acts 20:35: I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, it is more blessed to give than to receive.
The whole purpose of our Christian walk with the Lord is to live like Jesus and to care about people. That is the whole reason why Jesus died on the cross and suffered for our sins, because he cares about people and doesn't want them to go to hell.  So in like manner, we should care about people too, and the most compassionate thing you can do for people is to tell them about Jesus and how to get saved.

People Who Are Reprobates

The bible teaches that there are some people who can never be saved, it is too late for them.  It is not that God didn't want them to get saved, and it is true that Jesus did die for everyone and these people did at one time have a chance to be saved, but they crossed a line and now it is too late for them; they can never be saved.  They are doomed to hell and will go there as soon as they take their last breath.  The scriptures teaches us in Romans chapter one about these people and they are called reprobates, which means they are defiled, filthy, and disgusting, haters of God. The word reprobate also means rejected. The people God is talking about are homosexuals and God has rejected them.

Homosexuality is not just a normal sin, like lying, or sins like that, that everyone is tempted to do; it is a sin against nature because the bible even says in Genesis chapter one that God created people male and female and told them to be fruitful and multiple.
Genesis 1:27: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.  29: And God blessed them and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply.  So you see then how homosexuality is a sin against nature; it goes against God's whole plan for humanity when he made people male or female and told them to be fruitful and multiple.  Male and female is the only way to multiple.

Some people will say, well it's a sin, but we're all sinners.  No, this is much worse than normal sin.  Not all sin is equal.  You cannot say that stealing a pencil is as bad of a sin as murder, etc., but being a homosexual is so bad that the bible says that God gave up on them (reprobate - rejected).  Homosexuality is worse than murder.  In the bible there are many people who were saved that murdered, but there is not even one instance of a homosexual ever getting saved. Also the bible says in Genesis 13:13: But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.  Sodom and Gomorrah was a city that God destroyed with fire and brimstone because it was filled with homosexuals.  So we may all be sinners, but we are not all sinners exceedingly.  This is also why homosexuals are called sodomites in the bible.  They should not be called "gay" because gay means happy, not being a pervert.

In Romans chapter one the bible tells us how these people became reprobates.
Romans 1:28: And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient. 
Do you see how it says God gave them over because they were so against him.  Here are other verses about God giving them up.
Romans 1:24: Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Romans 1:26: For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Romans 1:27: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.  
God recompensates these kind of people with diseases such as AIDS.

The bible also says that these kind of people became this way because their heart has been darkened. Romans 1:21: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Again, the bible says that these kind of people are sinners of the very worst kind as here described.    
Romans 1:29: Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30: Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents.
These reprobates are so bad that they are filled with ALL unrighteousness, every thing on this list.  Notice how it says "proud".  That is where their gay pride parades come in.  They are boastful about their wickedness and sin.  A normal person would have some of these sins listed here, but not filled to the brim with all of these.

These people are filthy, vile, and haters of God.  Normal unsaved people are not necessarily haters of God; they are just unsaved, and there is still time for them to accept Jesus before they die because they have not been given over to a reprobate mind yet.  The thief on the cross got saved right before he died and I know someone who got saved right before they died from cancer, so obviously, there is still hope for most people, just not for reprobates.

The clear teaching of the bible is that these people can never be saved because they have crossed the line and the bible says that God gave up on them; he gave them over; it's too late for them; they can never be forgiven.  That is the reason why we should stay as far away from these people as possible while going about our life here in the world.  Obviously, there are some occupations where you will need to interact with them, such as being a doctor or a nurse, but that is only to do our job, not to be friends with them.  You cannot win them to the Lord because they will never be saved.  In truth, if God already has given up on them, and he has, then there is nothing we can do to get them saved.  Did Jesus die for them?; absolutely.  They had every chance that anyone has to get saved before God gave them over to a reprobate mind, but now it is too late.  The reason they are reprobates is because they hardened their heart against God and did not like to retain God in their knowledge.  Just like when a person dies without being saved it is too late for them, also it is too late for some people even before they die.

The world tries to tell you it is an alternative lifestyle, but it is not an alternative lifestyle, it is a wicked sin that God says should be punished with the death penalty.
Leviticus 20:13: If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.       
The God of the old testament is the same God of the new testament. What was wicked then is still wicked today.  God says it is an abomination.  An abomination means something that God hates greatly and abhors.
Romans 12:9: Let love be without dissimulation, Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.  We should definitely hate and abhor what God hates and abhors.    
Psalm 139:21: Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 
22: I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

So what should we do then about the sodomites in the world.  We should not try to hurt them in any way, we should just ignore them and not be friends with them.  The bible says our closest friends should be Christians living for the Lord anyway because they are our very brothers and sisters in Christ. We are in the same family as children of God. The only reason to be a friend to an unsaved person is when you are trying to win them to the Lord and witness to them, hoping they will get saved, but people who are reprobates cannot ever get saved, so there is no need to be friends with them.  Besides that, because they are so vile and filthy and disgusting, we will not even want to be near them because they are repulsive to us.  Sometimes you will hear people say, "Well I know people that are gay that are nice people", but that is not what God thinks of them.  God says they are filthy and brute beasts.
II Peter 2:7: And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
Jude 1:8: Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
II Peter 2:12: But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

Just because a person seems nice doesn't mean that they are not wicked.  Look at all the mass murderers that people thought were such nice people, like Ted Bundy for instance.  No, God sees homosexuals as very wicked and filthy the bible says.  Another thing people say is "Well some people have been saved out of that lifestyle", but that is not true biblical salvation, which is being saved from going to hell.  All these testimonies I have read about a homosexual supposedly getting saved say "I repented of my sins and sinful lifestyle", which is not even how to get saved because getting saved is by believing on Christ and putting your faith in him, not by repenting of your sins.
John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  I have never read even one testimony where the person said they believed on Jesus alone for salvation and put their faith in him alone.  The reason why is because they cannot "believe" because in Romans it says God gave them over to vile affections and a reprobate mind.   Homosexuals will also lie about getting saved because they want to infiltrate churches where they like to prey on children and molest them.  The bottom line is homosexuals cannot be saved because of what Romans chapter one states, and so all of these so called "testimonies" are just bogus and fake. It is true whosoever believeth on the name of Jesus will be saved, but they CANNOT believe.  Besides that, Jesus didn't come to save people from a wicked lifestyle, he came to save people from going to hell.  Of course, Jesus' blood cleanses us from sin, but that is Jesus doing the cleansing, not us repenting of our sin.  The only way to be cleansed is by believing on Christ, and the sodomites cannot believe because they have a reprobate mind.

Another argument people like to use about homosexuals being able to get saved is in:the following:  :I Corinthians 6:9: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 
10: Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11: And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sancified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Then they say, see the effeminate got saved, but effeminate is not the same thing as being a homosexual.  Being effeminate means acting or dressing girlish or like a sissy.  Of course it is a sin to be effeminate, that is why it is listed here. I know men who dress like a sissy, but they are not homosexuals.  The same goes for women, with some dressing like a man and having a man's haircut, but they are not a homosexual. Of course, the corrupted NIV version says this:
I Corinthians 6:9: Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men, etc. So they change the word effeminate to men having sex with men to change the whole meaning of that verse to make it sound like homosexuals can get saved.  That is why it is so important to stick with the KJV.  It also wants to make it sound as if it is just another ordinary sin, like drunkenness, fornication, adulterers, etc., but homosexuality is not just another ordinary sin; it is much much worse; it is a sin against nature.  Any normal person would be tempted with the ordinary sins listed, but to a normal person, the act of homosexuality is repulsive to them, sick, and gross, not something they would even be tempted to do.

The sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was so great and was such a great abomination that God actually destroyed the city by raining fire and brimstone on it.
Genesis 18:20: And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous:
21: I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Genesis 19:24: Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven:

Also, another verse in the new testament that talks about Sodom and Gomorrah is in Jude.
Jude 7: Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 
Going after strange flesh is what they did in Sodom and Gomorrah by being homosexuals and God uses them as our example of them receiving eternal fire.  That is why in the bible the word for homos is "sodomites", as in the following verses.
I Kings 14:24: And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
I Kings: 15:12: And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
I Kings 22:46: And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
I Kings 23:7: And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
You see how God said to take the sodomites out of the land; he didn't say to evangelize them or try to get them saved because once you are a sodomite it is too late, and God tells us to separate from them.
II Corinthians 6:17: Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

Of course, most all of the modern corrupt versions of the bible, such as the NIV and others, take out the word sodomites and changes it to male prostitutes, which is not the same thing at all.  They also don't want you to think about Sodom, which God destroyed with fire and brimstone because it was full of homosexuals, so they don't want to use the word sodomites. The corrupt bibles over and over again change key important words to change the whole meaning of the verse.  That is why it is so important to read the KJV, which is God's preserved word and totally accurate.

Another argument people like to use is about loving your enemies.

Matthew 5:44: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. This verse is actually talking about loving your own personal enemies like people who hate you and treat you badly.  For instance, you may have an enemy at work or school where someone is out to get you, cursing you, etc., or persucuting you for being a Christian.  I don't know any homosexual that is my enemy personally. So the point is we should love our own enemies, but we are not to love God's enemies; that is the difference.  In fact, God is not pleased when we help his enemies.  

II Chronicles 19:2: And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehosphaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.  

That means if we help them that hate God, then God will punish us for it.  (The wrath of God upon us.)  

The world is getting wickeder and wickeder all the time. The bible even says the following:
I John 5:19: And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
The bible also says that in the last days it would be like the days of Lot.  Lot was the only righteous saved person living in Sodom at the time and God pulled him out of the city and then destroyed it.  That is the same way it will be when Jesus comes again and takes us out of this wicked world and we go to heaven with him.  He will take us out and then he will destroy this wicked world.
Luke 17:29: But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30: Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

II Peter 3:10: But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11: Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons out ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness.
12: Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

So, therefore, it is clear that God wants us to live a godly and holy life in this wicked world that we live in and to keep ourselves separate from all the filth and pollution that is in the world.

Also, remember that just because the government of our country makes wicked and immoral laws such as same sex marriage and abortion, which is the murder of babies, God's law is always greater than the sinful world's law.  God's law is to be first place above all else. Acts 5:29: Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. That is why I said that the world is getting more and more wicked all the time.  Fifty years ago homosexuality was illegal in our country and most of the world, but God's law never changes with the times.  Just because the world is getting more wicked, doesn't mean we have to agree with the changing of the times.  The bible says the world would be like this in the last days, but just remember we are going to be delivered from this wicked world when either we die and go to be with Jesus in heaven or Jesus comes in the clouds to get us and takes us to heaven.  In the meantime, we need to keep busy living for Jesus, which he calls occupying till he comes.  Luke 19:13: And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy til I come.  

The bible evens says that the last days will be perilous (dangerous) times to live in.
II Timothy 3:1: This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2: For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.
3: Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good.

Even though the last days will be wicked days and a perilous time to live in, we can still have peace with Jesus, and he actually tells us to not be troubled.
John 14:1: Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2: In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.
3: And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

Someone may read this and say, "Yeah, I know the bible says that, but I still think homosexuals can be saved."  Then what they are saying is that their opinion is more valid than God's word, but the bible is what is true, not someone's opinion.  Romans 3:4: God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar:.... 

What To Do When Tempted

Being tempted is when the devil tries to get us to do something wrong or to sin. Jesus was tempted by the devil in Matthew chapter 4, but he never ever sinned. But since Jesus knows what it is like to be tempted, he can help us when we are tempted.  

Matthew 4:1: Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 

2: And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

3: And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

4: But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

So the devil was tempting Jesus when he was very hungry, to put physical food ahead of spiritual food, which is the word of God, but Jesus quoted scripture to the devil and told him it was written that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.  He was teaching us that we should always put the word of God first in our life.

Later on in the chapter is where the devil is tempting Jesus with all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, like great wealth, huge rich buildings, material riches, and fame and power on the earth, but Jesus said we must only worship God and him alone.

Matthew 4: 8: Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them: 

9: And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 

10: Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

This shows us that we must always put God first and live only for him, even though we are tempted to want the things of the world.  It is much better to be poor on earth and rich in heaven, where we will be forever.  Jesus even says in John 14:2: In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare f place for you.  There are also steeets of gold in Heaven.  Revelation 21:21: And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.  So if you see people with earthly riches and great houses, and you are tempted to wish you had that, just remember what a great mansion you are going to live in forever in Heaven someday and it will be far more greater and wonderful than anything on earth.  Also, in Mark 8:26, the bible says: For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Jesus has compassion on us when we are tempted.  Hebrews 4:15: For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.  In other words, Jesus can sympathize with us when he are tempted because he was tempted also, but yet without sin.

Hebrews 2:18: For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.  Succour means to help us and aid us, and carry us through.

I Corinthians 10:13: There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

So there is a way to overcome temptation, and that is to pray and ask God to deliver us from temptation, even as it says in the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6:13: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen

Matthew 26:41: Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.  (Remember the spirit is our new nature, the one that wants to do right, but the flesh is our old nature that is sinful.)

Also, when we pray and get delivered from temptation, the bible says we will receive a reward in heaven called the crown of life .

James 1:12: Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

II Peter 2:0: The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations.....

So, remember, whenever you are tempted, just call upon the name of the Lord to deliver you.

Hebrews 4:16: Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.