ORDER IN HEAVEN
The new earth that God has in store for us is not only beautiful and breathtaking, but also orderly and perfect. That’s how God runs His Kingdom, orderly, and not disorderly or chaotic. How does He do this? He does this through His laws, rules, regulations, and/or commandments. Jesus said, "If you love Me, keep My commandments.” John 14:15. That is how Jesus maintains order in the new earth, through His commandments. Lucifer may or may not know about what Jesus said in John 14:15; I think he knew, but he ignored. Adam and Eve also knew, but they ignored to satisfy their curiosity. The billions of souls who perished during the big flood knew about God’s rules that Noah had repeatedly brought to them, but they did not care either. They ignored Noah's warnings as nonsense. And we also ignored Jesus when He said if someone hit your cheek, give him the other cheek also, as nonsense. Brethren, why do you think God wants us to keep His laws and commandments? You know why? He wants to prepare us for Heaven, so we can live peacefully in Heaven with everybody else.
"He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him." Jesus said, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. "He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.” John 14:15,21,23,24.
"He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him." Jesus said, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. "He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.” John 14:15,21,23,24.
Every kingdom has laws, rules, and regulations to maintain order in its kingdom, including the Kingdom of Heaven. The only kingdom that has no laws, rules, and regulations is the kingdom of Satan. The presence of laws, or the absence of laws, distinguishes the Kingdom of Heaven from the kingdom of Satan, or the kingdom of Iblis. The law is very important in the eyes of God the Father. God wrote the commandments with his own finger on stone tablets. “And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.” Exodus 31:18
Jesus said, "The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil.” John 7:7. Do you know why Jesus said the world is evil? Because the world is not ruled by Jesus, but ruled by Satan. The kingdom of Satan has no rules, laws, or regulations to regulate its people. And we could not regulate ourselves in the kingdom of Satan. We think we can, but we cannot. That’s why Jesus said the world is evil. Proof? Look at Lucifer. Look at Adam and Eve. Look at the billions of people who perished during the big flood. Could they rule themselves? No, they could not! And we cannot rule ourselves either unless we work in partnership with Jesus. That’s the only way that we can manage ourselves until we reach the finish line, working in partnership with Jesus! With the help of God, we can do anything that He wants us to do for Him. God the Father wants us to know what He expects us to know when we live with Him in the new earth before His second coming. Is that not fair enough? Yes, I think it is more than fair enough.
Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'” Matthew 7:21-23.
What does this text tell us? It tells me that not everyone knows the requirements to live with Him in heaven, not even these men/women of great faith. These men and women have the faith to prophesy, cast out demons, do wonders in Jesus’ name, and maybe help the homeless people in America, yet Jesus rejected them. Do you know why? Because they do not follow the law. They practice lawlessness. I suspect that they have abolished God's laws and commandments. They thought that they could go to heaven without following the law; because their pastor says so. No, they were wrong. Don’t believe everything that you hear from the pulpit unless Jesus says so. Repeat, do not believe everything that you hear from the pulpit unless Jesus says so. There are many unemployed people who are spreading the Gospel to make money. They will say anything to tickle our ears. They will say anything from the pulpit to make money so they can buy groceries and pay rent or pay their mortgage.
Finally, I have talked a lot about complying with the commandments of God without fail, as if it is easy to do. No, no human being can do that. You will fail, and I will fail or fall too. But that doesn’t discourage us from trying to stand back up on our two feet. And that should not discourage you from keeping His commandments. Anytime I fail, I ask God to forgive me, repent, try again, and move on. If I should fail again tomorrow, I ask God to forgive me again, repent, and move on again. That’s what I do. That is what Jesus said we should do in the Lord’s prayer. Jesus’ horrible death is over. It’s done. The chapter is closed! We should make no more money from Jesus' death. "So He said to them, 'When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as [it is] in heaven. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.'" Luke 11:2-4
When we ask God to forgive our sins and repent, we can become perfect. He will meet us at our perfection level, and He will do His part to make us perfect. Remember the thief on the cross whom Jesus has saved? The thief could not save himself even if he tried to. But he surrendered himself to Jesus. He repents. And Jesus sees that the thief can do no more for himself. Jesus meets the thief at his perfection level, and made him totally perfect by His grace. Jesus said, "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” Matthew 5:48. No one who is less than perfect will be admitted to heaven, no one! Why? Because Jesus is perfect. Heaven is perfect. The new earth is perfect. Make a habit of asking God to forgive our sins before we go to bed every night. If God has forgiven all of our sins, and we repent of our sins, there is nothing more that Satan can hold against us, nothing! The blind man whom Jesus healed can see nothing since birth. His perfection level, vision wise, is zero percent. But God the Son made up the difference of the 100%, and made him whole, perfect! Praise God! Thank you Jesus!
What does this text tell us? It tells me that not everyone knows the requirements to live with Him in heaven, not even these men/women of great faith. These men and women have the faith to prophesy, cast out demons, do wonders in Jesus’ name, and maybe help the homeless people in America, yet Jesus rejected them. Do you know why? Because they do not follow the law. They practice lawlessness. I suspect that they have abolished God's laws and commandments. They thought that they could go to heaven without following the law; because their pastor says so. No, they were wrong. Don’t believe everything that you hear from the pulpit unless Jesus says so. Repeat, do not believe everything that you hear from the pulpit unless Jesus says so. There are many unemployed people who are spreading the Gospel to make money. They will say anything to tickle our ears. They will say anything from the pulpit to make money so they can buy groceries and pay rent or pay their mortgage.
Finally, I have talked a lot about complying with the commandments of God without fail, as if it is easy to do. No, no human being can do that. You will fail, and I will fail or fall too. But that doesn’t discourage us from trying to stand back up on our two feet. And that should not discourage you from keeping His commandments. Anytime I fail, I ask God to forgive me, repent, try again, and move on. If I should fail again tomorrow, I ask God to forgive me again, repent, and move on again. That’s what I do. That is what Jesus said we should do in the Lord’s prayer. Jesus’ horrible death is over. It’s done. The chapter is closed! We should make no more money from Jesus' death. "So He said to them, 'When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as [it is] in heaven. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.'" Luke 11:2-4
When we ask God to forgive our sins and repent, we can become perfect. He will meet us at our perfection level, and He will do His part to make us perfect. Remember the thief on the cross whom Jesus has saved? The thief could not save himself even if he tried to. But he surrendered himself to Jesus. He repents. And Jesus sees that the thief can do no more for himself. Jesus meets the thief at his perfection level, and made him totally perfect by His grace. Jesus said, "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” Matthew 5:48. No one who is less than perfect will be admitted to heaven, no one! Why? Because Jesus is perfect. Heaven is perfect. The new earth is perfect. Make a habit of asking God to forgive our sins before we go to bed every night. If God has forgiven all of our sins, and we repent of our sins, there is nothing more that Satan can hold against us, nothing! The blind man whom Jesus healed can see nothing since birth. His perfection level, vision wise, is zero percent. But God the Son made up the difference of the 100%, and made him whole, perfect! Praise God! Thank you Jesus!