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Beware In Last Days – No Other Gospel

09 Sep

Galatians 1:6-10 – 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you
accepted, let him be eternally condemned!

10 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still
trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

We’re in the last days.  Churches are trying to push attendance by conforming to the ways of the world and not rocking the boat.

Danger!

The strong words above are not Paul’s but inspired by a loving God who sets the way.

What’s changed?  Eve took a piece of fruit, but the whole point is she was going to do it her way.  She wasn’t duped by the serpent, she chose the wrong path.  She chose to want to be like the Most High, not serve the Most High.  Adam chose to follow Eve, not God.

No one can claim ignorance in a day that the Word of God is the most owned book.  Churches and clergy will have no excuse at the time of judgment if they are preaching another gospel.

Don’t stay in a church that’s pulling you away from the Word of God.  Find one that it is still the ruling
manual.  Many in the last days will fall away from the truth.  They will follow their itching ears and there will be scratcher out there for every ear if someone isn’t careful.

2 Timothy 4:1-5 –  1 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the
time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

God has given us prophecy as gift.  Those who want to follow the truth and the Light will be able to protect their hearts, minds, and souls.

 
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Man Is Supposed To Help Hold Other Men Accountable

26 Aug

Genesis 9:6  – 6 “Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made man.

God gave the authority to Man to uphold the law when it comes to murder.  We don’t do that hardly ever anymore.  Is this a good thing?

Our prisons are full of people the system can’t let out.  We’re supporting them to do nothing.  Man justifies not using the death penalty by certain people saying, “Who says we have the right to take another life?”

God’s Word says man needs to hold man accountable.  Why, because we are made in His image.  Adam and Eve were supposed to help rule this world.  Of course they got tricked by Satan in the form of the serpent and the sinful curse took over.

If man used God’s Word to rule the world, we all would be fine.

I’m not talking about a peoples skewed interpretations for their own desires or gain, I’m talking following God’s Word on what it says.  Love the Lord thy God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength.  Love your neighbor as yourself.  If you do those two things, you don’t get murder, stealing, greed, or hatred.  If you love the Lord, then you also don’t have the other sins that he says are wrong in His Word.

Now because of the fall, man is all messed up spiritually.  Look around you if you want to know what the consequences are.  We bury our heads in the sand when we see a problem or try to justify it.

There is day coming soon when chaos is going to erupt.  God is going to call home the Church and then
those who didn’t want God will get a chance to try and run this world without Him.  The last half of the Tribulation will be so bad that some people will seek death and have a hard time finding it.

However, just about when there seems to be no hope, Jesus returns.

Matthew 21:21-22 – 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. 22 If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

Revelation 19:11-16- 11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. 13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. 14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:

KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

When the Lord rules and reigns for a thousand years, it will be run by the Word of God.  As above states in Revelation 19:13 and in John 1:1,14.  Jesus is the Word of God.

 
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What Are The Treasures Of Heaven? – Part 2

24 Aug

This part could have also been named, “Does Jesus bring up rewards much and therefore should we find it important?”

Matthew 5:12 – 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Matthew 10:41-42- 41 Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s
reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. 42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward.”

Matthew 6:1-6 – 1 “Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.  2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

When someone tells someone to be careful and not jump in the fire, people take that person seriously.
When someone tells someone to not jump off a 100 foot cliff, once again they take that person seriously.  However when Christians try to tell each other we need to be in the Word of God and we need to work for our Lord, they don’t want to hear it or take it seriously.

We’re warned that these things on this earth will pass away.  Don’t put all your time and efforts into it.  We’re also told by someone we can trust that great is your reward, just love Me, and serve Me, not yourself.

So what are the treasures and rewards?  They’re beyond our imagination.  However, by faith we work towards them.  God loves when we put our faith and trust in Him.  Do you trust Him?

So what attitude do we need to have?  What do we need to do?

2 Corinthians 4:18 – 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.  For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

It’s forever.  Forever is so long and that this life will seem like a distant memory that many cherish so much.

Isaiah 65:17 – 17 “Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

Our King has some encouraging words for us that we best be taking seriously.

Revelation 22:12 – “Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done.

He’s closer now than ever.

Revelation 22:20 – 20 He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

 
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The Lord Will Reign And His Temple Established

22 Aug

Micah 1:1-5 – 1 In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and peoples will stream to it.

2 Many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob.  He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

3 He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.  Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.

4 Every man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the LORD Almighty has spoken.

5 All the nations may walk in the name of their gods; we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.

This will happen after Armageddon.  Justice will take place for those who still remain on this earth.  Our Lord will sit on the throne.  The Jews will have their Messiah and King just as promised and they will accept Him this time.

What about the Church?  I believe the church gets raptured before the tribulation, has the Wedding
Supper of the Lamb and comes back with Him at Armageddon.  As heirs we get a chance to help our Lord
when He rules and reigns during the millennium.  Our citizenship will be in heaven and I believe we will be able to help on this earth.  We’ll have a new body that will allow us to do this, that will be like His glorious body.

Philippians 3:20-21 – 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

Romans 8:17 –17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

2Timothy 2:11-12 –11 Here is a trustworthy saying:  If we died with him, we will also live with him; 12 if we endure, we will also reign with him.  If we disown him, he will also disown us;

I can’t think of anything much more exciting than being able to help our King in His glory in those days.
Notice it says “also reign” with him, not “and reign.”  We need to do our best to serve our Lord.  It appears that participation in helping the Lord reign may be part of the rewards, which goes beyond saved by grace.

We need to serve our Lord always.

 
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All Temporary

19 Aug

Luke 21:5-6 – 5 Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, 6 “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down.”

 This happened in 70AD.   I really wanted to just mention it because not just the temple or the stones, but everything on this earth is temporary and will come to ruin that is physical.

 That’s why we’re not supposed to put our major efforts into it.

 Matthew 6:19-20 – 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

 It all passes away.  Only the soul/spirit continues on.  We need to live that way.

 
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Deuteronomy Prophecy Concerning The Jews

08 Aug

Deuteronomy 4:25-31 –25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and provoking him to anger, 26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. 29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and obey him. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath.

Don’t believe these replacement theology people that there are so many of in the last days.  The doctrine comes from Satan who hates the Jewish people.  The Lord is not done with Israel or the Jews.  Just as you read above the prophecy said they were going to go into the land.  They were going to start worshipping idols and falling away.  They would be scattered throughout the nations.

All this has happened just as the Word has said.  So is God done with them like many want to tell you?

No.  They clearly don’t believe in the Word of God or they would clearly read.  “Then in the latter days you will return to the Lord your God and obey Him.”

The latter days, just like many prophecies read.  There is no replacement of Israel.  The church does not replace Israel.  The church is the church and has its own promises.  This replacement theology is
leading the world to abandon the Jews again.

I’ve got news for you; the devil hates the true church just as bad as the Jews.  He loves the church
that is turning their backs on the Jews.  Both the church and Israel remind Him of Jesus and God.  When he sees the prophecy of the Jews coming back and God fulfilling His covenant, it reminds Satan of his future.

The Lord will fulfill all his promises and one is Jesus will be the Jews’ Messiah in the last days.

 
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Another Last Days Warning From Jude -Part 3

05 Aug

Jude 1:17:22 –17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.

20 But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 21 Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.

The first two days we went over the first two paragraphs and today we will wrap up the third.

The third paragraph is about caring and loving others.  Verse 22 tells us to be merciful to those who
doubt.  To doubt that Jesus is Lord has bad enough consequences already.  I believe as long as those who listen continue to do so, we need to plant or water seeds that may already be there.

Verse 23 I believe is telling us to take by the hand those who need it.  There are certain people that need to be snatched away from things that keep them from the Lord.  There is no forcing involved in what we are talking about but more persistence in their guidance.  As we know you can’t force anyone to love the
Lord or do what God wants if they don’t have it in their heart.

Mercy mixed with fear. I believe it is important to lovingly deliver the message of what happens to those that are not saved.  It’s not popular but if the Bible is constantly warning us, then we need to be motivated by it and share it along with the love message to others.

Last we need to hate sin.  We need to stay far away from it. One thing that kind of pops in my head reading the last of verse 23 is; I hate cigarette smoke.  However, if you have been around those who smoke a lot and in close proximity your clothes will wreak of smoke.   We need to hate even
the stuff that is linked to sin.

So in a recap Jude warns us in paragraph one of those who can lure believers away.  In paragraph
two we need to pray in the Spirit and stay strong until His return.   In paragraph three we need to care about others, love them even though they may doubt, try to reach them the best we can, and don’t follow them into sin.

Continue to stay focused and strong because He is coming soon.  Sooner today than yesterday.  The signs continue to keep moving forward concerning the second coming, which I believe brings the rapture that much closer.

 
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Another Last Days Warning From Jude -Part 2

04 Aug

Jude 1:17:22 –17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.

20 But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 21 Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.

Yesterday we discussed the first paragraph.

Today we’ll discuss the second paragraph.

We need to pray in the Spirit of God.  It mentions it in Ephesians when talking about the full armor of God.

Ephesians 6:17-18 – 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

We need to pray in the Spirit when we pray.  Why?  Because there are a lot of people that pray for their selfish desires.  Not needs, but desires that are not of God.

Here’s an example of two prayers.

First prayer.  Lord please help me to reach others with your Word so they may find You and have a
relationship with You.

Second prayer.  Lord please give me more money that I can spend on some great things that I’ve
always wanted to buy.  I know if I could just have this I would really be fulfilled.

I tried to make it obvious in the two prayers by having them on each end of the spectrum.

One is for the Kingdom of the Lord and comes from the Spirit of God.  The other is not at all and is of
the world.  We need to pray in the Spirit so His thoughts can be more of our thoughts.

Once we get to the point of praying in the Holy Spirit for the things of God we need to stay there.
Verse 21 encourages us to keep ourselves in God’s love.

Tomorrow we will finish up with verses 22 & 23.

 
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Another Last Days Warning From Jude -Part 1

03 Aug

Jude 1:17:22 –17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.

20 But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 21 Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.

Jude is not a large book, but he drives home towards the end of his one chapter things for us in the last days.

Today I am going to concentrate on the first paragraph.

Jude states remember what the apostles told you.  We read that similar comment in 2 Peter regarding
scoffers.

2 Peter 3:3-4 – 3 First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”

Paul also in 2 Timothy speaks about the other portion in the last days that Jude appears to be referring to.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 – 1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

I don’t know about you but I see both of these things happening.  Scoffers and lovers of themselves is very common in this country and very prevalent in the so called church.

We need to heed to these warnings and make sure we don’t fall into this trap ourselves. Paul also warns to have nothing to do with them.  I take that as pray for them, continually lovingly warn them, but don’t get sucked in.   Tomorrow we will continue with these passages.

 
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Why do the Jews have nonstop annihilation attempts against them?

24 May

One simple answer.

Satan knows that Christ is coming back to rule the Jews at His second coming.  Satan knew that Christ was going to be born through the lineage.  Satan knew that his defeat comes when all things are fulfilled and so if he can annihilate Israel then Jesus isn’t going to be able to come back and rule from David’s throne.  Pretty important stuff to say the least if you’re Satan.

So the attempts have never stopped.  All the way through the Bible and history, Satan has tried to rid the world of the chosen line which Christ came and will rule over in the Millennium.

In Revelation his greatest attempt is to act as their Messiah through the antichrist and sign a peace treaty to lull them to sleep.  Then break the treaty and try to kill them all.

However, Christ will come back and rule and reign.   

To continue on with Zechariah 14 which we spoke of yesterday:

Zechariah 14:6-9 – 6 On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost. 7 It will be a unique day, without daytime or nighttime—a day known to the LORD. When evening comes, there will be light.

 8 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half to the eastern sea and half to the western sea, in summer and in winter.

 9 The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.

So if you want to know why constantly throughout history the Jews have been a target of anti-Semitism, you don’t have to go any further than Satan himself.

 
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