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    Few Are Those Who Find It: Grace Misunderstood
    Few Are Those Who Find It: Grace Misunderstood
    Few Are Those Who Find It: Grace Misunderstood
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    Few Are Those Who Find It: Grace Misunderstood

    By Tena Marchand

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    Few Are Those Who Find It emphasizes Gods instructions throughout the Word that will have the reader ready to meet Him face to face at the time of his or her departure from earth.

    It stresses Gods repeat warnings to turn from sin, along with His unconditional love, mercy, forgiveness, and grace (specific to its vital role once we receive salvation).

    It reveals the heart that God has been looking for from the beginning.

    Once understood, this book will lead the reader to freedom from the struggle of self-efforts to live righteously, as well as deliverance from self-condemnation as he or she applies Gods grace to successfully overcome difficult habits.

    The reader will be enabled to peacefully and confidently remain on the straight and narrow path to Heaven.

    God understands our weaknesses, and He is for us. He never looks at us, thinking how bad a sin we've committed. He looks past that to the person He desperately loves and wants in Heaven for eternity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateMar 17, 2016
    ISBN9781512723182
    Few Are Those Who Find It: Grace Misunderstood
    Author

    Tena Marchand

    Tena Marchand, a registered nurse, lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is single and enjoys a large extended family. She published this work because she knows the challenge of memorizing scripture can be difficult. She feels His prompting that His people need a good foundation in their arsenal of memorized scripture. She is just a vessel to pass it along, and her heart is to see believers everywhere free to enjoy scripture memory.

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      Few Are Those Who Find It - Tena Marchand

      Copyright © 2016 Tena Marchand.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)

      Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

      Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Used by permission. NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION® and NIV® are registered trademarks of Biblica, Inc. Use of either trademark for the offering of goods or services requires the prior written consent of Biblica US, Inc.

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      ISBN: 978-1-5127-2319-9 (sc)

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      ISBN: 978-1-5127-2318-2 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2015920492

      WestBow Press rev. date: 5/26/2016

      CONTENTS

      1 Lost After All?

      2 Heaven

      3 My Testimony

      4 Please Keep In Mind

      5 Sanctification

      6 Whole Heart

      7 Whole Heart Restored

      8 Practice of Sin

      9 God’s View of Sin

      10 Grace

      11 Hebrews 10

      12 Resisting

      13 Holiness

      14 Be Encouraged

      15 Enduring to the End

      16 That Final Day

      Afterword

      Endnotes

      1

      Lost After All?

      For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it.—Matthew 7:14

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      I thought I knew what Christianity meant and was very faithful to a well-rounded Christian lifestyle for many years. About five years ago, however, I realized that I was not in the few who find it after all. People who know me are generally surprised that I believe this. Likewise, I don’t necessarily have any reason to believe that people with whom I am familiar may not be in the few. But we can all have hidden sin habits or attitudes of heart to which we are insensitive and unrepentant. Or possibly we are harboring bitterness and/or unforgiveness towards others. There may be any number of minor issues that we have not totally surrendered to God. Over time they become our way of living, contrary to His ways.

      You know the love that you have for God. You know very well the numerous changes that have taken place in your heart. You are aware of the many times that you have selflessly chosen His ways over yours, the times that you have forgiven when you have been terribly wronged, and the times that you have given sacrificially to someone in need. You know the heart that you have for the lost, the answered prayers, the times that He has spoken words to you, and probably a long list of very beautiful characteristics—not to mention personal encounters with God. It all seems to be convincing evidence of your complete devotion to Him, and it would be hard to fathom that you may not be in the few.

      Our change into Godly ways takes place over time. Baby Christian, you are at a different place in your walk with the Lord than is a long-time believer. He is merciful and considers your infancy. Be careful not to think that the temptations themselves are sin. Long-time Christians, you may be in consistent, ongoing battles against difficulties and strongholds that are taking a while to overcome. Praise God for your faithful fight and sincere heart to resist. As you continue in this mode you are staying in the fight to win, and you are Heaven bound. Your deliverance will be realized. To all Christians, He knows where we stand on our ungodly practices and what we choose to do about them. For me personally, I had some wrong attitudes that occupied a part of my heart. I was not resisting them. For that reason it was my willful ongoing practice. Looking back, I can see what happened, but not when. It was very subtle and deceiving.

      I have read the particular Scriptures mentioned in this book many, many times for decades, but missed some truths and warnings as it relates to eternal salvation. None of us will understand or apply all of His Word as we read the entire Bible just once or twice. Even after multiple times, we can still remain blinded as I was. But we cannot miss out on God’s clear non-negotiable mandatory set of instructions that qualify salvation.

      Although I do believe that the average Christian would think that they are not in need of this book, I strongly encourage everyone to read it prayerfully for any possible personal oversights. Please stand open before our very loving Father, and humbly ask Him for revelations. The opening verse should make an impact. Few means hardly any.

      My Awakening

      A few years ago I read a book about a man who died and went to Heaven for a few hours before God miraculously restored life to his corpse. He described in detail the scenery and activities that he saw, but toward the end of the book there was a very short chapter on the torments of hell.

      When I told one of my sisters about a certain mention in the book, she wanted to read it. Sylvia searched the internet for the author and was linked to an unrelated site that referenced hell. There are numerous accounts of God’s taking people there and bringing them back to warn us of its reality so that we will be ready for His return.

      What was shocking was that there were many Christians in hell! We both agreed that the reasons given were very common to believers today, and before long we felt that we were on our way there ourselves. That resulted in a fast-paced journey to redirect us to the right path and to discern how to stay there.

      We began to clearly see the warnings throughout the Bible. Sylvia continued to search intently, but I went through brief periods of being a little lax. Finally, she sent me the link to a YouTube video of a message detailing a profound encounter between God and a Ugandan pastor, John Mulinde, who had already given up everything to follow God’s call on his life. His messages were anointed, people were being healed, and many miracles were taking place. Then one day the Lord directed him to a new church work with very specific instructions not to get busy, nor to preach, nor to minister at the start of this new ministry. Instead, he and eight others began each day praying for two hours, followed by reading the Word. They took a two-hour break, returned to the Word, and then worshipped for another three hours until midnight. This was their daily routine for two months.

      Pastor Mulinde stayed focused and was obedient to all that God instructed. Yet, at some point he felt a pressure as he struggled with God’s (unusual) silence and had a strong sense that something was very wrong. What God showed him HIT HOME FOR ME! The wake-up call to him is also meant to be a wake-up call to all Christians. Everyone should listen to his message in its entirety. I say this with conviction and a very deep burden for fellow sincere believers who may have any oversights at all. The message is made available to all on Pastor Mulinde’s website, www.worldtrumpet.com→About Us tab→Free Resources→then the video, Transforming Repentance.

      God loves us all so much and wants us to be ready for His soon return. Pastor Mulinde absolutely was/is set apart as a witness in these last days, for you and for me. God is reaching out to each one of us!

      Please read this book cover to cover. Because Jesus is your Lord and Savior you are generously equipped to overcome in times of temptation. He makes those things that have been impossible in our experience completely possible by the power of His grace and the Holy Spirit. God wants every one of us to make it and provided all that is necessary, even by enabling us to successfully resist satan. (His name will not be capitalized by me.)

      Note: unless otherwise noted, all words in bold, underlined, in italics, and in parentheses throughout the book are placed there by me for my emphasis.

      2

      Heaven

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      For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first. (17) Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord. (18) Therefore comfort one another with these words.—1 Thessalonians 4:16–18

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      Even before the day of Christ’s return for Christians, there are amazing reports of people dying and going to Heaven now. The general consensus among them is that there are just no words to describe the love and peace they experienced there. One of the most beautiful accounts is that of Ian McCormack, an atheist at the time, who believed that there was no life after death. His story shed incredible insight into God’s far-reaching love in dimensions not previously known to me.

      A Little Of Ian’s Testimony

      Ian died from the stings of five Box Jellyfish and promptly went to hell with demons shouting that he deserved to be there. After a short while God took him to Heaven through a tunnel of light with waves of comfort, peace, and joy going straight through him. He was not understanding what was taking place, but once he realized that he was actually in the presence of God, Who knew of all of his sins, he thought it was a mistake that he was the one brought up to Heaven. His instinct was to head back to the tunnel of darkness:

      "And as I did, waves of white light came off the presence of God. The first wave of light touched my hands, touched my face. Unconditional love and acceptance flowed into me—pure love. Instead

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