WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE?
Do you choose eternal life with the Father or
eternal life in the eternal fire?
Phil. 3:18-19 18 (For
many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that
they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and
whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
We are so close to the rapture. It seems
to me the world situation is reaching a peak of evilness. Many things that are
happening is spoken of in the word. People are calling good evil, and evil
good.
People in the world have the mindset that if everyone is doing it then it must
be ok… there seems to be no consciousness of sin or wrong doing, burning
churches, killing seems to be the thing to do. Riots seem to have become the
norm.
There seems to be no right or wrong anymore. People are thinking only on this
life on earth, their god is their appetite for shameful things, lust, money,
sexual perversion.
Are you responding to the world situations or the inspired word of God? What
will we do when the word is gone? Is it a matter of time before the people in
power outlaw the word? Forbid preaching the word?
Several things need to take place before the end of days, which is after the
rapture. But nothing needs to happen before the son of God takes us out of this
world into His world.
If you are not a believer and not serving God through his word, you are in
trouble. You need to seek the Lord and become a follower of Jesus Christ.
Mark 8: 36-38 36 For what shall it profit a
man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words
in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be
ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
What would you give in exchange for your soul…? Your soul is made up of your
mind, will and emotion.
What will it profit us if we gain all the things of the world and loose our
eternity with Christ?
Are we going to be ashamed to stand and look into the eyes of Jesus? Or do you
even believe in life after death? Your soul will go somewhere when you die,
either heaven or hell.
John 14: 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and
the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:17 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom
the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye
know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
The world cannot receive the truth, because the truth only comes through the
wisdom of the Holy Spirit.
You will never know the truth if you don’t seek God and seek to make Jesus the
Lord of your life and received the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is the one who reveals truth to your spirit. If you have not
accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, now is a good time to do that. To receive
the Lord as your savior Say this, Lord thank you for coming to earth to save
me. I invite you into my heart today. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. Amen.
John 15: 18-19 18 If the world hate you, ye
know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but
because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world,
therefore the world hateth you.
As Christians we are not of this world; we are here only to be a vessel that
Christ can use to carry out what he finished at the cross. The world hated
Christ without a cause and the world will hate you also.
Very soon as Christians if you keep following the religions of the world and
not following the word of God, the point of no return will keep getting smaller
and smaller.
John 1: 1-5 1 In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not anything
made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness
comprehended it not.
The word of God overcame by the blood of the lamb, Jesus Christ. This is what
the cross is about…
It’s all about the Lord, loving him, serving him, being ready for him to come
and take us to heaven when the time is right. Don’t get left behind.
What will you do when the word is gone?
Since it takes the word of God and the wisdom of the Holy Spirit to discern, or
understand the word how can we continue to renew our minds so our souls, which
is made up of our mind our will and our emotion can continue to be fed.
If the word is gone by eliminating all of our bibles and religious materials,
the only hope you have left is to have it down in your heart. You need at least
the basics. Especially hope.
Hebrews 11:1 11 Now
faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Faith is not just a word. Faith is a
tool of God, used correctly it will produce substance from the heavenly realm
to the earthly realm.
It is proof or evidence of things not seen, which means when you ask God for
something you must have faith and believe you have it before it manifests in
your life, that is faith.
Another basic you need is God’s peace.
Romans
5:1-2 5 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
2 By whom also we have access by faith into this
grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Being justified by faith
is the only way one can be justified. This is referring to faith in the cross
by Christ Jesus. By having faith in the cross and Jesus we have access into
this grace which will give us peace. Our faith in Christ always brings glory to
the Father.
John
14:27 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I
give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be
troubled, neither let it be afraid.
When Jesus says peace, I
leave with you, he is talking about his sanctifying peace. There is a vast
difference in peace with God which all believers have and the peace of God.
This is the peace Jesus
is speaking of. Not as the world gives. Peace of the world is surface or
temporal. The peace given by Jesus is in the heart. This peace heals the
troubled heart and takes away fear.
You can’t have this kind
of peace with fear dominating you with thoughts of, what will I do if this
thing or that thing happens. Believers should have that confidence, the
overwhelming peace beyond understanding that God is taking care of it all.
2 Timothy 1:7 7 For
God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a
sound mind.
Fear is an evil spirit
and God did not give it to us. He gave us power, love and a sound mind.
2 Timothy
3:1-5 3 This know also, that in the last days perilous
times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves,
covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful,
unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false
accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures
more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the
power thereof: from such turn away.
The word perilous means
involving danger, risky situations. Having a form of godliness, while denying
the power there of. These perilous times spoken here are difficult dangerous
time which Christians are living in just before the rapture.
Denying the power, the
modern church for all practical purposes has either denied the cross or just
flat ignores it. This is where the working of the Holy Spirit works and whom
the power resides
1 Corinthians
1:18 18 For the preaching of the cross is to
them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of
God.
Spiritual things cannot
be discerned by unredeemed people, still the cross must be preached and the
unredeemed given every chance to accept Jesus.
We who are saved is the
power of God, simply because it was there that the total sin debt was paid.
Giving the Holy Spirit in whom the power resides the unction to come work
mightily in our lives.
The believer makes the
cross the object of his faith, giving the Holy Spirit power to help us. Without
the Holy Spirit the believer is helpless against Satan who will put him in bondage,
captive to sin.
The only hope we have
when people destroy our world around us is the Holy Spirit who is working in
our lives even as we speak. As Christians we have the perpetual guidance of the
Holy Spirit working in our lives.
