Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kaine and I'm recording this message on Saturday, December 30th, 2023. Welcome. This message is called the difference between salvation and living for Christ. This is a very knowledgeable word from the Lord and I'm hoping that you're, you know, I know this. You're not here by accident. So, I'm hoping that you watch this video in its entirety and be blessed by it as much as I am because God loves you and he's been trying to get your attention. Amen. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word. We thank you for the blessing and the anointing of your word. And we thank you for the knowledge of your word that the more that we spend time with you, the more we understand your word. And I'm praying and asking that the audiences and the people who listen to this choose to walk in your salvation and that they choose to live for you for their entire lives. In the glorious name of Jesus, we bless you and honor you. Amen and amen. Amen. Amen. Let's get into it. We have two opening scriptures here today. The difference between salvation and living for Christ. First opening scripture, Psalm 37:39. But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord. He is their strength in the time of trouble. He that is our God is the God of salvation. And unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. Amen. Amen. So, we're going to be talking about the difference between salvation and living for Christ because they are two different things. Now, I have taught on this type of subject in different messages in different ways throughout all the years I've been teaching. Uh but I really want to show it to you in this parable because Jesus is making a very important distinction in this parable. And then one thing that I realize that I have the revelation of here in this is anytime anyone ever teaches on the the uh the topic of salvation in and of itself, we always leave out the Holy Ghost, which is what I've done in the past. Not anymore. I got this revelation and now we're going to talk about it in its rightness. Amen. Amen. And I'm excited about it and I hope that you are too. So here I want you to see this again. Salvation of the righteous is of the Lord. And then look, God is the God of salvation. First of all, let me make a very important point here. Salvation isn't something you have to do. It isn't something you handle. It isn't something that you is up to you. It's not up to you. Salvation comes from the Lord. He's going to save whom he wants to save. Amen. And if he's choosing you, you will find this out because what's happening is the Holy Spirit is speaking to you in the background. So to share a little bit of my testimony, I have shared this before, but I was coming down some stairs or going up, I think I was coming downstairs many, many years ago. This is 30 something years ago. And uh we had moved away and we were out in a new area. We hadn't found a church, hadn't been to a church. So um the Holy Spirit though, I could hear the rushing waters behind my ears. I could hear it in my head and it was like behind me and I could hear a voice in these rushing waters and it was um telling me go to church, go to church. It was getting louder and go to church. And I mean, and I um totally fighting it when it dawn, you know, I finally just got fed up because this is how he was nagging me so much. But I finally got fed up and I stomped my foot down, put my hands on my hip, turned around and said, "I don't need to go." And it dawned on me at that moment. Wait, what was I doing? And I thought, uhoh, I was talking to the Holy Spirit. And if I had continued with that statement and fought that statement, I would have been blaspheing the Holy Spirit. We're going to talk about that here in just a moment. But I want you to see in these key scriptures here, the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord. He that is our God is the God of salvation. I want you to and look at what he says here. And unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. And that's what we're talking about here is life after death. That's what salvation is all about. Now, remember the thief on the cross. I've already taught on that. I'm not going to teach on that. You can go back to previous script uh teachings I've done on that. But the thief on the cross, he never got down. He never worked for his salvation. He never went doortodoor. He never uh ministered to anyone. He never produced fruit. But he he still made it into the kingdom of heaven. He he Jesus said, "Today you will be with me in paradise." So when Jesus was crucified, the thief was crucified, they ended up together in paradise. Jesus chose to save him. Will he choose to save you? Yes. Because he loves you. And you think, well, all the things that Well, we've all been born into sin. That's the thing here. We were all born or conceived in sin. We have all fallen short of the glory of God. It doesn't matter if you killed somebody or if you're a goody tush or if you were raised in Christ. It does not matter. We've all sinned and we've all fallen short of the glory of God. We've we've lied. We've cheated. These are things that we do. We do stupid things because we're humans and that we were born into sin. That's what the mercy of Jesus is. He redeemed us. He pardoned our sins so much so that he will forgive you of anything. Wait, is there scripture on that? Well, you bet you. Let's go look at it. This is awesome. Matthew 12:31 and32 verse 31. Wherefore I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men. Wait a minute. All manner of sin and blasphemy. You can do what you want to do. Jesus is going to forgive you no matter what. That's what the scriptures just said. That's what they told us. But the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. Let's pause there for a minute. Wait a second. So, what you're saying is that if I'm let's say on my that testimony I shared earlier, if I'm at those stairs and I turned around and I said I don't need to go to church and I just walked off and said no, no, no, no, no. That's blaspheming the Holy Spirit. That is saying no. That is rejecting him. Now, watch what it says in verse 32. And whosoever speaketh a word against the son of man, it shall be gi forgiven him. meaning against Jesus or against those who live in Christ. Anyone who says a bad thing against me, guess what? You're forgiven. Why? Because I choose to forgive you. But more importantly, Jesus forgives you. The power of forgiveness is so awesome. And and I have been teaching on this for the last few months. And if you haven't caught on to that, oh, wait till I get the prayers up here for January with the new prayers that we're going to be implementing here. You guys are going to be blessed by the power of God moving by your tongue and you don't even even realize it. But the power of forgiveness moves God. And when he moves, he moves heaven and earth for you. That's see he's redeeming you. He's pardoning you. He will forgive you of anything and everything. Now let's finish. Let's finish the scripture. So verse 32. And whosoever speaketh the word against the son of man, it shall be forgiven you. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Now I want to make a distinction here. Now on that stage on that my stairs in that testimony I just shared, even if I had rejected him at that moment, guess what? I had prayed and confessed Jesus as my Lord and Savior many years before that. Now, do you think the Holy Ghost would have continued to come after me? Yes. He would have kept pestering me. And if that didn't work on the stair, the stairs, I think I would have had a dream or an embodimenting vision or something that would have snapped me out of it because God will not lose one. Jesus will not lose one. You see, he is not an Indian giver. And anyone who's racist by that statement, I am sorry. But that is what I know of what I grew up with. What we called a person who would give a gift and then take it back. Jesus is not like that. Jesus is the son of God and he will forgive and forgive and continue to forgive no matter how many times you do the same thing over and over again. This is why he told Peter you will forgive 70* seven. It is an infinite number of forgivenesses for that same incident. And then of course we have more than that one instinct. We keep sinning. We're all messed up, man. But there is a way to live for Christ and we can live in godliness and holiness and righteousness, but we still have the cover of our flesh on us. So I'm going to show you the distinction of that. Now, what I want you to understand here very very importantly here is that as long as you confess, now I know people disagree with once saved always saved because see we're talking two different things here. We're talking salvation. We're not talking about living for Christ. Think of it like this. How many people try to live for Christ, but they do not have the Holy Spirit? They did not confess Jesus as their Lord and Savior, but they're mimicking and they're technically wolves in sheep's clothing. And you could only tell by their fruit, which is dead. Nothing happens from them. They prayed for people, nothing happens. They teaches the audiences walk away oblivious. Can't even remember what you taught. That is the distinct difference between a believer in Christ living for Christ versus a unbeliever and unbeliever serving or trying to serve Christ without acknowledging Christ as their Lord and Savior. Remember Romans 10:9 says that if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord, that's the key. There are out teachers out there trying to teach you that there is no salvation prayer. There is Romans 10:9 identifies it. Confess with your mouth. You got to say it out loud. The name of Jesus and he will be over you. That's your salvation. And that you saved him. Remember the thief in the cross? That's all he did. He acknowledged Jesus was innocent. He said, "I'm a sinner. He's innocent." And he was saved. That's all salvation is, my friend. That's it. Now, if years later you're going on and the Holy Spirit's trying to get your attention because he wants you to walk with him because he wants you in ministry. You see, Paul describes it very clearly. He knows a part. I know a part. Different pastors know different parts. Imagine if all of us got together in unity. And you can look at the power of unity in the scripture. It is awesome. I'm not going to go there. You can go search that. Go look at um um the Tower of Babel, okay? When the power of unity came together, they can almost do anything. God had to intervene to stop that. The power of unity, when we're all under the leadership of the Holy Spirit is awesome. You see, now walking in Christ, we follow his leadership. We may not know what everybody else is doing, but we will know all the parts that we've heard. and the Holy Spirit will put us in place to be in ministry with all those parts we heard. Now, there are people who aren't doing their parts. So, we're missing those parts. So, in essence, we're a a kingdom of God that's limping along because not everybody is doing their parts, which is living for Christ. Oh, this is awesome. I hope you guys get this. Now, I want to show this in a parable that Jesus said. I want to read the whole thing. I want to read it. So, we're going to be looking at Matthew chapter 20. We're going to start in verse one. We're going to go to verse 16. He says, "For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard." The kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God are interchangeably used in scripture in the gospels. And you will see that throughout the New Testament, it is interchangeably used. When Jesus says, "Well, the kingdom of God is at hand." Meaning, he was there. there. The kingdom of God was there. All the kingdom of God represents is the power of God moving in that moment, healing that person, helping that blind person see, delivering that person of demons, um saving somebody, uh healing them of cancer or sicknesses and diseases. That is the kingdom of God. So this is what Jesus is saying. The kingdom of God is like or the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. So God hires us to live for Christ and he's going to pay us a penny a day. This is the parable. And I want you to catch this because we when you go to work in the ministry of Christ, you are hired by God. He's not going to put he's going to train you. He's you're going to go through this walk and transformation in your life that's going to change you so dramatically that now he's going to be putting you in places that ministers to people with the circumstances you overcame because you've been walking with God. This is how God works. Okay. Verse three. And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace and said unto them, "Go ye also into the vineyard and whatsoever is right I will give you." and they went their way. Okay? So, he hires more laborers. So, if there's someone who, let's say, I'm living for Christ, I've been doing it now for a handful of years, and then let's say just before the rapture happens, someone else becomes a believer in Christ, starts living for Christ, starts ministering to people, and then the rapture happens, and our duty is done. Wait, they only had an hour's work. I got a full day's work. But they got paid the same as me. Watch this parable. This is so awesome. So good. And again, again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour and did likewise. And about the 11th hour he went out and found others standing idally idol. And said unto them, why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right that ye shall ye receive. So when even was come, the Lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, call the laborers and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. So now the 11th hour, he hired someone at the last minute, which is what I was just referring to a bit. So you've got all these laborers doing the exact same work, but some did it more and longer than others. Some might have done it better than others. Some might have did it harder than others. Some more me more like uh union. So, but this is the whole point of this. So, now Jesus is going to give everybody their wages. So, watch this. Uh verse 9. And when they came that were hired about the 11th hour, they received every man a penny. They got the same gift as someone who started at six o'clock in the morning. Wait a second. Wait a second. Let's look at Let's go on. Verse 10. But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more. And they received and they likewise received every man of p. So everybody got the same thing. And yes, the early morning ones said, "Wait a minute. We should get more." But look what Jesus says. And when they received it, they murmured against the good men of the house, saying, "These last have wrought but one hour, and thou has made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and the heat of the day." But he answered one of them, and said, "Friend, I do thee no wrong. D not thou agree with me for a penny? Take thine take that thine is and go thy way. I will give unto the last even as unto thee. You see, he agreed to pay them a penny. They agreed to that penny. They started at six o'lock in the morning. When you become saved and you confess Jesus as your Lord and Savior and that change takes place in you and you transform and you go right into ministry, that is you going in in the morning. That is somebody who starts in the morning and then somebody on their deathbed confesses they never minister to Christ. The thief on the cross is an example. They barely get saved at the last hour, but they receive the same blessing as those that minister. That thief on the cross got the same thing Paul the apostle got. And what did what did Paul go through? Beatings. He was martyed eventually. But he he was he was hurt so much in his ministry. He was in chains and bondage and he never really got to live the freedom of his life because he chose to die for Christ. That was his choice. Well, that thief on the cross got the same blessings Paul got. And you think, is that fair? Wait a second. What's the price here? Heaven. You don't want hell. You see the difference now? You see, the confession is what's going to get you in. Living for Christ is a whole another ball game. And there are rewards that come to those that sacrifice. If you take a look at the end of Revelation, it talks about the martyrs being the first resurrected with their bodies. They are blessed with that promise. They are going to be the ones that are going to judge and rule over the thousand-y year millennium. Okay? That's their blessing. They died for cross because or for Christ because they're martyrs. Whereas some of us may never ever have that opportunity or that blessing, but we will be given other things. So there are differences, but that's not salvation. That's not getting into heaven. And I'm going to tell you right now, some people will confess. They will walk away. And they will choose to live their life the way they've been living it. Why? Well, cuz they want to. We're not here to force anybody to do anything against their will. And if they want to be saved, let them be saved. If they don't want to live for Christ, then don't let them don't try to force them. Don't try to lie to them. Don't try to cheat them. Let them know they're saved. Let them know they're loved. Because we do not teach with a spirit of fear here. We're not trying to be fear-mongerers to the people out there to say, "Well, if you don't live for Christ, just in case, you better." No, that that's wrong teaching. And that is not biblical teaching in the name of Jesus. No. We need to really show the love of God. If they don't want to live for Christ, fine. The Holy Spirit's going to work on them. Now, they will have consequences. If you're now, if you're in ministry and somebody's coming to you and they got cancer or somebody died and then another person died and they've got the spirit of death all around them, this is consequences because the Holy Spirit has been trying to get their attention to be in ministry because that's their cult. God chose them. Jesus has chosen them. He wants them in their ministry. But they keep rejecting. No, no, no. And well, they continue to do that. Then they have all these curses against them. and my testimony because I chose Christ. I've got blessings and blessings abundantly in my life. There is a difference. Okay? And I walk in the peace and the joy of God that I have in my heart because of the choice that I did. Let's continue to read the rest of this parable because this is very, very important. Uh we finished verse 14. So now we're in 15. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is I evil because I am good? You see, now he's calling out the jealousy because now we're talking about a spirit of jealousy. Do you think the church might be jealous for the people living out the world and not sacrificing because of all the sacrifices the church makes over and over again? Possibly. And it, you know, and every circumstance is its own, but we really need to humble ourselves as a body of Christ and realize that people can get saved just simply by confession. And if they transform and choose Christ, that's up to the Holy Spirit. up to Jesus working in their hearts and minds. And if he can get me on stairs in a house coming down some stairs, how much more can he get other people in dreams? You know, I have loved ones who has shared dreams with me that were so powerful. I'm like, man, God's calling you. It's time you get right with God. These are things that we, the body of Christ, should be sharing. Amen. So, the last shall be first and the first last. For many be called but few chosen. And the reason the few are chosen is because those that are called aren't accepting the choice that Jesus has given us. They're afraid. They don't want to live in in holiness because they think they got to give up their party, their their lovely lives that they think they have. And little do they know that they can have all that. But you seek first. I'm going to get you that scripture now. So, it's a choice to live for Christ or not. And you have to purpose it in your mind. And it's hard, you know, the prayers I'm about to post here up in here in January. You know, when you start to pray like this and you get in prayer, you make mistakes and I have to do it over and over again to really remember it and remember the format and remember the scriptures with it because it's not my comfort zone. It's been out of my comfort zone and I've had to fight with it. But that's because I'm fighting the spiritual enemy there. And which by the way is me. Oh, I don't want to pray. And then I come to realize how much because I don't feel I pray, but I come to realize how much people need prayer. People need people praying behind the scenes and there aren't that many of us doing it. We need more. Look at Joshua and what he said because he purposed something in his heart here. Joshua 24:15. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers serve, that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in the whose land ye dwell, but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. You have to purpose in your heart whom you're going to serve. So you get saved and you you confess Jesus as your Lord. You you say, "Jesus is Lord." And by the way, people can do that accidentally. You can do that in a car. You there's a car accident about to happen. You see, you just yell, "Jesus." He knows your spirit and him connect in that moment. I think we're going to be surprised how many people are saved, truly saved. They're just not wanting to live for God. They're just they're not purposing it in their hearts. And then there's those that see, remember how many day laborers are? You had those that started at 6:00 in the morning, then he got more at 9ine, and then 11, then noon, then he went and got more at three o'clock, and they got one got more at five. Well, there's people who go to church only on Sundays or once a month or only on Christmas and Easter. Well, they're the people that got hired at the four or five o'clock hour, but that's they don't want to anymore. They don't want to do anymore. Is that wrong? You know, if you got a calling on your life and you're rejecting the Lord, the curses are going to be upon you. But if you realize and you let that Holy Spirit talk to you, now you're coming into something that is more powerful than you could ever imagine. Amen. Look at what Paul says here in Philippians 1:20 through22. according to my earnest expectation and my hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed but with all but that with all boldness as always. So now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether it be my life or by death. For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor. Yet what I shall choose I ought not. You see, Paul got a taste of heaven and he knew what it was like. And he wanted to go home to be with the Lord. really bad. But he knew people needed him. He knew what he had to do. He knew he was going to die for Christ. But he knew he purposed Christ in his heart because he had an encounter with Jesus in the road to Damascus. That's a Holy Spirit encounter. By the way, guys, I had my Holy Spirit encounter on the stairs. Have you had your encounter? Have you asked God for an encounter? Are you having your encounter right now? But see, he chose to what did he do? For to me to live as Christ. You see, to him is to live for Christ. And that was and to die is gain. He knew he wanted the better choice. Yeah, it's better. And did you see what he also said? The fruit of my labor. This is the fruit of my labor. See, he's identifying the fruit of it. Now you live for Christ, you're going to have the fruit. The blessings of God is going to be upon you. You will live a long life in good health. Do you know though, he lets the unbeliever live a long life, giving him every opportunity to get saved over and over. He keeps he doesn't want to lose one. He loves us that much. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. Hallelujah. So let the fruit of your labor live your life. If you want to be in the blessings of God, then you need to purpose in your heart that you want to walk with Jesus. Which means you need to read his scripture so you can get to know him. You need to not only read his scripture, you need to study it, live it, talk it, confess it. Praise and bless your days. Praise God. Bless your days. Praise him. Bless yourself. Bless your family. Bless your household. Bless bless. Bless. Oh, you guys, you just Let's go to second Timothy 1:9. Who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works. Wait, wait, wait. You mean to tell me all the good things I do without God won't count? That is correct. for all those wolves and sheep's clothing where you've never confessed Jesus. You don't even know who you're praying to. You're just walking through the motions by going to church, listening, and just trying to pray for people, but you don't know who you pray for. You know who you are. There was in the news what, a handful of months ago that talked about a pastor from a few years ago who realized he didn't know who he was praying to. He went to the elders, they removed him as a pastor, and he spent the next two years seeking. He found him and realized I know who God is now. And he went back to the church, back to the elders, and he was reinstated. You see, we have to purpose in our hearts, Jesus, and choose him. We'll get to that scripture. I want to show you more. Not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. He has a calling on your life, and he has chosen you. And whatever that calling is, and it could be very simple, just smiling or baking bread for everybody or just being there listening to somebody. You don't you have no idea how powerful those little ministries are. They go a long way and they save lives. In fact, when you walk in integrity, let's say you're in a meeting with all of your co-workers and it's been a rough week or two because been busy, crazy, and you guys are there talking about it, and you just say, "Hey, well, praise God. We had sales. We needed this. We needed that." They look at you with their chins dropped knowing what hell you went through, but they see. And they see and they recognize and say, "What do you have that I don't have?" Because I want what you got. And that is true because the spirit of God moves in you and answers to them because they see it. In fact, if I, you know, even me teaching, preaching, guess what? You might not be hearing the exact words I'm saying, but the Holy Spirit is sharing words with you that is ministering to your heart because he knows exactly what you need to hear in the right moment. This is why it's not by accident you're here at this message. Now you want to know how to live for Christ so that you have everything that you can have. But seek first the kingdom of God. This is Matthew 6:33. And his righteousness. I got to be in right standing with God, his righteousness. How do I get into his righteousness? I spend time with him because I have to learn who he is. Seek first the kingdom of God. What? What is that? I mentioned in the beginning of the message, laying hands on the sick, having the blind see, healing the sick, delivering of them of demons, praying peace and joy over them, showing them how to get to Christ, whether they want to live for him or not, but showing them the power of God in your life. That is the kingdom of God. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. And then look, and all these things shall be added unto you, which is your healing, your joy, your peace, your sleep. Oh my goodness. God is good. And he provides. He takes care of you. And he wants to give you blessings. He wants to be there with you because he loves you that much. Well, praise God for now, today, you can choose to purpose in your heart to live for him. And if you're just barely hearing about Jesus and you somehow made it to the end of this message, then all you got to do is confess Jesus just like this. I'll pray you can repeat after me. Dear Jesus, forgive me of my sins. I'm sorry I messed up. I confess Jesus as my Lord and Savior over my heart and over the sins of my life and I thank you for saving me in the name of Jesus. Amen. Now, if you're here, you want to purpose your life for God, then say something like this. Dear Jesus, I humble myself before you and I ask you to forgive me again, for I keep messing up, but Lord, I want to live for you. And I'm asking for your righteousness to be in my heart and mind. I'm asking for you to be my Lord and Savior. I'm asking you to help me read my script read your scriptures to pray with you, to choose to walk in you, to gain more knowledge in you, and to place myself aside and to have more of you in my life. I choose that. I choose to seek first the kingdom of God and your righteousness. And then I'm asking for all those other things to be added unto me. Thank you Lord in the name of Jesus. Amen. Alrighty. That is basically the simplicity of this message and I hope that you are blessed by it in the name of Jesus. God bless you and I will see you in the next message and I will see you in the next year. Amen and amen.