We Only Have One Problem

By Wyne Ince

Explore profound insights about life and time in a mind-opening book that aims to shift your perception of the world. Uncover the key to overcoming the one obstacle endangering your spiritual existence on Earth and securing your path back to Heaven.
Obtaining this book will enable you to explore the crucial and delicate nature of life on Earth, which ultimately determines the fate of your soul - whether it ascends to Heaven or descends into an unknown abyss. You can then make informed decisions to plan for yourself and your loved one's spiritual well-being.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wyne Ince
• Release date: Feb 18, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215228937

Wyne Ince

Wyne Ince doesn't consider himself a theologian, preacher, or even formally trained in delivering God's instructions. However, he believes that developing and maintaining a timely relationship with Jesus is the wisest engagement of a lifetime. Logically, Ince concludes that since God owns everything, humans can own nothing, so, as intelligent beings, why go to Hell for nothing? He also reckons that God loves everyone, including those in Hell. Therefore, we escape eternal destruction with God’s help but also with our involvement.He received his Bachelor of Computer Information Systems degree from the City University of New York (CUNY). He then pursued his Master of Telecommunication and Information Management degree from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU). He has been a follower of Jesus Christ for many years. To remain persistent and focused on the narrow road, he regularly practices praising, praying, fasting, and what is pleasing in the eyes of God.

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INTRODUCTION

LET’S BEGIN A SOUL-SAVING MISSION

Love means doing what God has commanded us, and He has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning. (2 John 1:6, NLT)

Dear Reader,

No different from you, I sometimes have to navigate through a maze of challenges. However, I endeavor to keep one thought active and at the forefront of my decision-making: I have only one problem, and no human can solve it, but it has to be solved for me to leave this world spiritually alive because Heaven does not accept anything lifeless.

The world is engulfed with the fire of futile repetition. Only a few are efficient and productive with their time and other resources. They are the ones who see the problem and are working toward the solution: forming a relationship with Jesus. May God rescue us with wisdom and keen spiritual eyes.

Recently, I have been thinking about life and time. The death of three friends and an uncle caused me to consider more about my own mortality and ponder how casually many respond to the seriousness of the possibility of eternal death. As a result, I will share what God has imparted to me.

Our enemy, Satan, is on a relentless quest to conquer us by dividing the main problem into many pieces or points of distraction. The deception is to construct many obstacles or temptations to engage and enwrap us into things that God did not assign until time runs out. This sinks us deeper into the spiritual abyss, leaving the unwary with no solution whatsoever, bound for eternal separation from Heaven, and relegated to a world of darkness where suffering knows no end.

As a counterstrategy to Satan’s mission, the value proposed through this timely guide is to help God’s beloved, His human creation, to manage our lives and time better. Time will end, but the soul or image of God will live forever, either in Heaven or Hell.

In this book, over the many bite-sized chapters, we will identify that single problem, examine how the enemy is trying to engineer our failure, describe how God is helping us to succeed, and highlight what we must do to remain spiritually alive as we journey through the maze of life on Earth.

Jesus loves you!

The one who obeys me is the one who loves me, and because he loves me, my Father will love him, and I will too, and I will reveal myself to him. (John 14:21, TLB)

Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which god has prepared for those who love Him. The LORD preserves all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy. (Psalms 145:20, NKJV)

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. (Ephesians 6:24, NKJV)

Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who only does wondrous things! (Psalms 72:18, NKJV)

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

MANAGING EXPECTATIONS PROFITABLY

Respect everyone, and love the family of believers. Fear God, and respect the king. (1 Peter 2:17, NLT)

When you look at yourself or another person, what first comes to mind? Do you see inferiority or superiority? Do you stop and consider you are observing an image of God, a being that is older than the Earth, who has a value more than the most advanced mathematics can express? Do you realize that you are observing unimaginable sophistication fashioned by the hand of the unseen, immortal God?

God does not make mistakes. Even waking you today is a miraculous and precisely appointed occasion; use it profitably. Spiritual profitability is any thought or deed rewarded with life or light, not death. Beings or souls of darkness cannot reenter Heaven; only those who become full of light through repentance. Let's also be aware that unthankfulness breathes contempt for holy precepts and invites the spirit of unprofitability. Each soul or life begins life on Earth with the promises of blessings found in Deuteronomy 28:1-14 but could end with the curses described in Deuteronomy 28:15-68.

Everyone is from God's beautiful and perfect mind or soul. Yes, God has a soul, too. He has the Soul of souls, from which all other souls are fashioned, with a myriad of talents.

Everything you see on the grand stage of life and time is managed and positioned by divine justice, the system He has put in place to manage and repay the decisions associated with all human interactions. Take nothing for granted; every prop, inanimate or animate, serves a divine purpose.

This chapter is a message to assist you, if and where applicable, on your journey to eternal relevance. Every soul that ever manifested in bodily form on this planet has to answer these questions practically, not only in words but more so by lifestyle choices.

The questions are rooted in expectation management, a favorite expression I often use to encourage sound, biblical-based reasonings around objectivity. It is a principle of respecting the divine rights of you and your neighbor to exist without being hindered by the biases or mismanaged subjectivity of others. Also, more than for reasons of geographical approximation, your neighbor is anyone impacted by your thoughts or deeds.

Subjectivity, a state of mind mainly fashioned by opinions, tastes, and personal feelings, often conveniently leads a soul into the sin of blanketing others with judgments. Words and expressions such as impartiality, fair-mindedness, even-handedness, open-mindedness, detachment, and neutrality are siblings of objectivity. Nonetheless, detachment and neutrality align more closely with the point I wish to convey. Here, I am not advocating indifference or disinterest in the matters of others. Instead, I encourage a mindset or soul-based orientation that deemphasizes any degree and type of prejudice and unchecked subjectivity.

Despite what we might have been taught or experienced, we should know that humans are not in control of anything, except perhaps only during the moment God's strength allows them to choose or reject Him courtesy of free will. Therefore, do not be vindictive towards any visible being. Don't be harsh with others. They are not your enemies because all motives begin in the unseen realm, where agents of darkness continually devise tactics to influence us away from God, and some of those inclinations sometimes surface in human interactions.

Do not become distracted by Satan into fuming against others or what you see. You will lose the battle. Mortals are only letter carriers, as it were, who sometimes don't even know where they are going. Therefore, resentment towards them is often an unrecognized attempt to elevate them beyond their capabilities. Only beings of light and darkness exist in the spiritual world, influencing souls to be good or evil. To that end, there is no need to hate God because there is no ill will from Him, and effectual vengeance against Satan or evil only occurs when we obey God.

A fundamental principle of my thought process is recognizing the role and overarching capabilities of a human being. Firstly, we are actors; sinning is a poor performance, while holiness merits a rousing applause, even a standing ovation. Secondly, I dare not forget humans are fallen beings. Therefore, expectation management is a requisite safety feature in human interplays or interchanges to ensure others are left unchanged or enhanced where possible but never diminished in any way. Such a spiritual, psychological, and sociological expectation is supported by the truth that humans are imperfect, so we should not expect perfection from them.

To that end, the restfulness or health of souls is more important to God than the material cost of their mishaps because of the connection to the perfect personage of Jesus. More than money, always think about how your action could impact a soul. Souls live forever. The Earth is passing away and will be seen no more as we know it.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king." (1 Peter 2:17, KJV)

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Not rendering evil for evil or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. (1 Peter 3:8-9, KJV)

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. (1 Peter 3:12, KJV)

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. (1 Peter 5:5, KJV)

WHO ARE YOU?

CAN YOU KNOW YOURSELF?

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. (Proverbs 23:7, KJV)

Be careful what you think. What you have thought about and are thinking now contributes to your spiritual makeup. We readily forget what we did yesterday, much less what we did years ago. Nonetheless, similar to the function of a computer hard disk, our souls maintain copies of those experiences and mental excursions. Whether or not we can recall a memory from our souls at technological speed, what we capture through human interactions and private thinking is stored to inform and influence our behaviors and eternal prospects.

Understanding ourselves begins with accepting that there was only one person initially, not billions. Everyone and everything is an outgrowth of God's desire to plan, initiate, and carry out His intention. Humans are derived from His thoughts and become actuated, animated, or alive by His deliberate command. In other words, God uses a brush called time to animate living scenes on the canvas of life, and He does so seamlessly and beautifully year after year.

Go to a mirror and reflect on what you see. You will notice an animated container housing a customized, purpose-driven disposable expression or image of God. Our Creator loves His images, but He does not need them to make His day. He is doing us a favor with this last chance on Earth to get our lives in alignment with His. What you will observe in the mirror is not the real you but what years of indoctrination have trained you to believe because the real you is unseen, as God Himself is spirit and invisible. Therefore, accepting this perspective leaves no room for pride, only gratitude.

As God is from heaven, so are we. Nonetheless, we don't know how terrible or well-behaved we were before entering this realm. Since holiness is the requirement for reentering heaven, we can confidently say God sent us here to pursue behavioral adjustment.

Long ago, even before he made the world, God chose us to be His very own through what Christ would do for us; He decided then to make us holy in His eyes, without a single fault—we who stand before Him covered with his love. (Ephesians 1:4, TLB)

As specified in the verse above, God knew or chose us before the foundation of the Earth. How old is this planet? The age cited varies from scientist to scientist and across different sources, but we can reasonably presume it's thousands of years, at least by archaeological findings.

How old are you? If you were to say 40, then that is right in one way and wrong in another. It is right as it applies to your physical body, but it is wrong because your soul is the real person, the expressed image of God whom Jesus came and died to save. Why? We are older than the Earth, according to the Holy Word. Since a soul cannot tell of its origin, how can it know what its life was eons ago? How can we question God about what is efficient and effective for us or even what is fair or unfair? Therefore, faith, humility, and thanksgiving are prerequisites to a profitable life.

Since the dawn of creation, one of the most convenient and soothing falsehoods has been that we know ourselves. No one knows himself or herself, at least not sufficiently to justify a proud heart or to think anyone can live spiritually productively without a relationship with God or have any value in the hereafter outside of Heaven. For instance, have you ever experienced a situation where someone you thought you knew well did something completely unexpected, leaving you surprised and thinking, I never knew they were capable of that?

Don't be hard on yourself for misjudging them, as it's natural for humans to fall victim to such situations. After all, how can one truly understand another person's true nature when most of it remains hidden and unexplored?

Despite what you may think about someone, remember that being human is a non-trivial existence spanning the natural and supernatural realms. We have natural (or earthly) bodies, but our souls are supernatural. Whether a person is disabled, mutters broken words and malformed sentences, or is unpleasant to behold, never take the soul of that being for granted. God has fashioned each person according to His likeness, and that's a serious matter when we consider His nature.

Let me narrate an amusing story about the mind of a human and how one should never underestimate it. In the '80s, when American Airlines (AA) was struggling for cash, it came up with the ultimate travel perk: a first-class ticket program offered to its wealthiest customers for a whopping $250k. By all accounts, the strategy was doing well until super-travelers Jacques Vroom and Steve Rothstein came along. In 1987, Steve Rothstein bought one of the tickets, and from then until 2008, he maxed out the offer with 10,000 total flights, costing AA $21 million. So, in 2008, AA terminated his ticket. ¹

Lucifer (or ‘light-bringing, morning star’ in Latin) might have known many things, but he probably did not realize or take to heart that God is omnipresent. This now-Satan possibly did not know enough about himself to consider that, even if all the hosts of Heaven had joined him in the revolt against God, they all would have failed, so misleading is the deceptiveness of pride and greed.

We express a lie or truth using body language, words, or even silent thoughts. Someone can appear holy and shiny on the outside but be evil and dark inside. In 2 Corinthians 11:14, we see that Satan has the ability to cover his darkness and masquerade as an angel of light.

And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. (2 Corinthians 11:14, NKJV)

The more prideful a soul is, the less it knows about itself. To reasonably know oneself is to realize that sin has humbled humanity. We are fallen beings under spiritual probation throughout our lifespans. Everyone is living out their last years or days of life on Earth under the privilege of free will before we are exposed to the eternal heat of Hell – unless he or she reconciles with God before their time runs out.

Whenever a situation has vexed your soul and led you into a combative stance or caused you to respond overly personally, perhaps to protect your honor or image, the satanic monster called Pride is already affecting your soul. Therefore, recognizing pride and knowing how to manage it is crucial. Remember, if your name is Paul, you are not an image of that name or the physical appearance covering the being Jesus came to save; rather, you—and your soul—are an image of the invisible God. He is the one who should take matters personally.

Faith would be null and void if we knew ourselves. We sometimes don't even understand our needs, much less able to articulate them accurately in prayer, so the Spirit has to help us. Wow! So, where do we go from here? We depend on our only source of support: God Himself.

In the same way, the Spirit comes to us and helps us in our weakness. We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we should, but the Spirit Himself knows our need and at the right time intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words. (Romans 8:26, AMP)

I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit because you can do nothing without Me. (John 15:5, HCSB)

Perhaps screeching to the ear and grating to the heart, beings of imperfection, as we all are, get to know ourselves by faith. For instance, in Psalms 14:1, David wrote, The fool has said in his heart there is no God. If such a person were reading and accepting the Bible, Genesis 2:7 would have made him wise.

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being. (Genesis 2:7, NKJV)

What does God tell us about our nature and hope and about His interest in us? Let's read these verses:

Now behold, one came and said to Him, Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life? So He said to him, Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments. (Matthew 19:16-17, NKJV)

If God puts no trust in His saints, and the heavens are not pure in His sight, how much less man, who is abominable and filthy, who drinks iniquity like water! (Job 15:15-16, NKJV)

Jesus answered him, I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person is born again reborn from above--spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified, he cannot ever see and experience the kingdom of God. (John 3:3, AMP)

For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world, that He even gave His One and only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him as Savior shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge and condemn the world that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. (John 3:16-17, AMP)

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me. But to the wicked God says: What right have you to declare My statutes, or take My covenant in your mouth, seeing you hate instruction and cast my words behind you? (Psalms 50:15-17, NKJV)

The light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. (John 3:19, NKJV)

He does not punish us for all our sins; He does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve." (Psalms 103:10, NLT)

Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. (Deuteronomy 31:6, NKJV)

It is appointed for men to die once but after this, the judgment. (Hebrews 9:27, NKJV)

The Lord cares deeply when his loved ones die. (Psalms 116:15, NLT)

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8, NLT)

Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but He died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but He was raised to life in the Spirit. (1 Peter 3:18, NLT)

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. (Philippians 4:8, NKJV)

Who we are or are expected to be is a reflection of Christ, the standard of righteousness. The more you know about Him and practice that knowledge, the more authentic you become to His nature. Galatians 5:19-21 lists behaviors that are present in the character of demons and those who follow them, but a soul who abstains from them could say, I do not practice strife, jealousy, anger, and quarrels, so I am becoming more like Christ and have gained biblically-supported knowledge about who I am.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness (promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters), idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before, those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. (Galatians 5:19-21, NRSV)

Knowing what the Bible says to do and not to do is the beginning of understanding yourself and holiness. For example, Proverbs 9:10 tells us, The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and Proverbs 23:7 says, For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Who wants to be a fool? Foolishness is doing Satan's will. As such, thinking and doing the right things will help you avoid words such as, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' Those words may be God's only communication to many souls on Judgment Day.

Therefore, lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. (James 1:21-25, NKJV)

Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. (1 John 3:4, NKJV)

Words help to mold your character. A human being is transformed by and is a transformer of spoken words. Proverbs 18:21 warns that death and life are in the power of the tongue. When we speak words of life or death, whether seriously or in jest, the inseparable power behind them is thrust into the target's soul to affect a negative or positive change. Your intention does not alter the character or power of a word.

Then Pilate asked Him, saying, Are You the King of the Jews? He answered him and said, "It is as you say." (Luke 23:3, NKJV)

Undoubtedly, lives are changed by spoken words, first in the soul and perhaps the body, either physically or behaviorally. Each word carries weight and impact, supporting or demoting the target. As a counterstrategy against idle speaking, God gave us the following verse.

But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give an account of it in the day of judgment. (Matthew 12:36, NKJV)

Sometimes it is challenging to know whether one is progressing or regressing. Moreover, being unable to experience eternity as a conclusion of life and return to Earth to make adjustments further support the need for closeness with God, our Shepherd. Why? Mortal beings cannot understand the unimaginable importance of following God or the enemy. Therefore, again, we are encouraged to embrace the seriousness of eternity with these verses and accept them by resting in God's faithfulness. He does not lie.

Then death and Hades the realm of the dead were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire the eternal separation from God. (Revelation 20:14, AMP)

And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever, and they have no rest day and night--those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name. (Revelation 14:11, AMP)

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. (Numbers 23:19, ESV)

If you agree that eternal separation from God is justification for ignoring Him on Earth, then your understanding is indeed great because some people reason pretty differently. I'll provide an example to shed some light on this point.

Many years ago, a co-worker and I talked about the unending, fiery punishment in the underworld. At one point, he exclaimed, The punishment doesn't fit the crime. He was protesting that no act of unrepented disobedience warrants everlasting suffering.

While trying to respond to his thought-provoking, perhaps even intriguing, response, I immediately jolted backward in my chair and, in that recline, began pondering, trying to find a sound and pointed response to what I had just heard. Without much time, I believe God gave me the answer.

I explained to him that the ceaseless torture is justified because the soul had rejected a non-expiring offer to live in Heaven, so it now must endure a comparable, infinite sentence of doom. In essence, the timelessness of suffering is secondary to the primary and immeasurable cost of the opportunity that was offered to the soul to avoid it.

Among other things, life on Earth is a pursuit, almost a profession, of getting to know ourselves by understanding the person of Jesus and following what He commands. Our natural tendency to accept lies and live by them means that we need perfection to guide us to the truth and inform us about ourselves. Only God is perfect. The day you fully know yourself is the day you will be God, and the world as we know it will cease to be. Evidence of this startling and sobering truth is in 1 Corinthians 13:12.

Let us hold fast to the profession of our faith without wavering. (Hebrews 10:23, KJV)

For now in this time of imperfection, we see in a mirror dimly a blurred reflection, a riddle, an enigma, but then when the time of perfection comes, we will see reality face to face. Now I know in part just in fragments, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known by God. (1 Corinthians 13:12, AMP)

And Jesus was saying, Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing. (Luke 23:34, AMP)

If we cannot wholly know ourselves, what's the purpose of life? How many lies are we pursuing and fashioning our souls with? Before answering, let me offer some words of encouragement. According to the Bible, it is possible to feel condemned by your soul or heart, but God says He is greater and will handle us justly because He knows everything. Therefore, all perceptions of you are secondary to God's.

For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things. (1 John 3:20, NKJV)

The answer to the questions is that we don't need to know ourselves entirely to be spiritually productive and Heaven-ready. A spiritually productive life is one that steadily repents from wrongdoings and is committed to replacing thoughts and deeds of imperfection with ones of perfection, as God is perfect. The idea is similar to having a degree but not needing to know everything to be efficient and effective on the job.

Moreover, as stated earlier, following the standard of Christ is a surefire way to individually identify your qualities and ensure they are Heaven-approved. For instance, if someone thinks profanity is an acceptable way to calm the soul during the heat of frustration, that soul is deceived by a lie from Hell. The truth is found in Ephesians 4:29.

No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need so that it gives grace to those who hear. (Ephesians 4:29, CSB)

One example of knowing yourself is accepting that each person's soul is a sacrificial extension of Heaven, intended solely for God's will—Satan's will is the only alternative. We are either influenced by God's Spirit unto holiness or by diabolic beings unto unholiness.

The soul only does righteousness or evil, obedience or disobedience, so wages of life or death are rewarded after each free will decision, as we see in Romans 6:23. Why? We live in a world of dualities, where only two options exist in any decision. We are called to die to self-will so that God's will gets done on Earth as it is done in Heaven. So, our hands and feet should not engage in anything contrary to His personality.

Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world and is himself destroyed or lost? (Luke 9:23-25, NKJV)

For the wages of sin is death or eternal separation from God, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our