Father God is quite pleased with this writing…
Selah.
Beloved, I have a full belief that people burn in Hell (Yes! It is real!) because they are ignorant enough to blame God! Blame Him for their child’s murder; blame Him for their bankruptcy; blame Him for divorce, sickness, hard times… How stupid! How ignorant! How terribly sad! Without a doubt, those who blame God for sorrows don’t have a relationship with Him at all, don’t bother to know Him, and do not study Him! It is their fault when they don’t receive His promises… and don’t take their Good-given authority.
Selah.
Do you know that the word ‘salvation’ does not only mean that God forgives the repentant? I hope you do! Salvation means God has forgiven you of your sins; but this word also means being healed, prosperous, and being rescued… God has rescued those who believe in and apply the blood of Jesus: this does include every evil attack:
2 Timothy 4:18
The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
So the crux of this article is that statement, that demanding and hateful question: “Why me?!”
I actually know of a woman who thought (hopefully no more) Judas got a bum deal!! Obviously she accepts God on her beliefs, not humbling herself to find the answers in His written Word. They are there. Beloved, we are to submit ourselves to God. What He says, what He does, and what He doesn’t do is always perfect. He has been, is, and will remain, forever holy, holy, holy:
Isaiah 6:1-8
Isaiah’s Commission
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one cried to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is full of His glory!”
And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.
So I said:
“Woe is me, for I am undone!
Because I am a man of unclean lips,
And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King,
The Lord of hosts.”
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth with it, and said:
“Behold, this has touched your lips;
Your iniquity is taken away,
And your sin purged.”
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:
“Whom shall I send,
And who will go for Us?”
Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
Revelation 4
After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.
In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:
“‘Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,’
who was, and is, and is to come.”
Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
“You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”
And: Judas’ judgement is what he earned. See the Scriptures below and believe the Bible. It is inerrant, infallible, written by God, not man.
You know, like all of you, I’ve had some hard times… And I aways think I’ve had it harder than a lot (most people I’ve known) and I’ve also had it better than a lot. Look around. Don’t feel sorry for yourself, but glory in God’s goodness and His provision. Remember His purpose for you, for each of us.
We must remember on an ongoing basis too: we have all earned our way to Hell for eternity. The love and the sacrifice of Christ Jesus, and the Father and the Holy Spirit, brought us into His kingdom. Just as a newborn babe is given love before birth from his father and mother, the Godhead has loved us from the beginning and has a perfect plan for our lives. We just don’t follow it perfectly…
Selah.
Yes, yes: I hate when anyone says, “Why me?!”
Besides the true fact that God is for you and not against you and has provided you a way out; this sinful question always points to me this person is saying: “Why couldn’t have been someone else?!”
Talk about a sinner’s doctrine!
Selah…
SCRIPTURAL TRUTHS FOR THIS JOY STORY:
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[b] Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ephesians 2:1-10
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
Philippians 4:19
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
2 Peter 1:3-4
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
Matthew 26:23-24
Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
John 6:70-71
Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)
Acts 1:18
(With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out.
1 Thessalonians 2:13
And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.
2 Peter 1:20-21
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Growing up in a home without the love for God, an invalid father, heavy financial hardships, and tremendous (sometimes dangerous) discord is always difficult. Add on to that extreme shyness, a feeling of inferiority, and some may think this girl was rejected. But God’s hand was on her and His heart was for her. Today, Ann Marie Turner has performed many great services in Jesus’ name for the love of God and man; and for herself! She has ministered in the male correctional for over ten years. Along with this website, Ann is the author of Joy Stories, Volume One and The Free Incarcerated Man. Writing about the joy of the Lord and the victory that is available for a willing soul is one of Ann’s now greatest joys! Ann’s prayer for you is to overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony. Celebrate the God of the Bible and your personal victories in Christ unceasingly! Revelation 12:11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.