Bible Prophecy and Inspiration

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – ¹⁶ Be joyful always; ¹⁷ pray continually; ¹⁸ give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

When life is joyful, it’s good.

I’ve always told people, if you think you’re happy or if you think you’re unhappy, you’re right.  That’s what you are.  Nobody can make you be one or the other, you choose.

Now I’m not oblivious to the obvious.  Our lives at times get turned upside down from close events near us.  Still how we choose to perceive them is up to us.  We must turn them over to the Lord and still be grateful for all that we have and all which He has done.

If you have Jesus as Lord, you should be happy.  You have what you need.  However, you still choose after that how you will view things.

God wants this for us.  It is His will that we give thanks, pray to him continually and that we be joyful always.

You’re a creature that has been made with a free will.  You don’t have to obey.  You don’t have to love God.  You don’t have to be happy.  However, you won’t have the last say and its God’s will that you do choose correctly and seek Him so you may live in eternity with Him.  For those who don’t, it’s a lake of fire according to His Word.

Romans 2:5-8 – ⁵ But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. ⁶ God “will give to each person according to what he has done.” ⁷ To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. ⁸ But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.

So many warnings to the ones He loves.  We have to stay in the Bible because it is the Word of Life.  We naturally are sinners and when we slip further away from the Word of God we become more self-seeking and stubborn.

We will give an accounting.  That’s a positive for us to dwell on while we still have a chance to serve Him.  We can’t take our eye off the prize.  What would we be taking it off for?

All of us are one day older than we were yesterday.  We are all one day closer to seeing the Lord face to face.

The proof is in the pudding that nothing earthly material is making the trip later when we leave.

We’re going to give an accounting for what we have done.  We’re going to give an accounting for what we didn’t lift a finger to do.

Why are we ignoring that?

We all need to do our best while we still have time.  Let’s all shoot for the words, “Well done good and faithful servant!”

Philippians 3:7-9 – ⁷ But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸ What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith.

One continues to know the Lord more and more every day that he seeks.  I’ll vouch that every day I keep towards learning and trying to live for the Lord this scripture live 100 percent true.

Test it out if you haven’t.

Fact: Worldly wealth passes away.

Literally the Light is the Lord.  There is nothing but total darkness without God.

What I mean by that is no ONE could find God without out God’s help.  That’s why no matter how well someone may be doing in their walk; it’s not by their own power.  Not even a little.

Those individuals ARE being receptive and are opening up so they God may work through them.  We truly
can be nothing but grateful that God came back as the lantern and full light that we can now see spiritually.  Others that choose not to submit to the Lord are blinded by the fog and darkness.

Romans 3:10-12 – ¹⁰ As it is written:

“There is no one righteous, not even one;
¹¹ there is no one who understands,
no one who seeks God.
¹² All have turned away,
they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.”

Do you remember before you sought God?  I do.

There was total blindness to what was truth.  I wasn’t lacking in making my own determinations and calling them truth.  However, I still remember being oblivious to God’s Word and how it pertained to everything that was going on around me.  To honestly look back, there was that veil, that fog, that…darkness.  The Light was available I just hadn’t turned towards it or sought it.

No man apart from Jesus is righteous, not one.  We are completely lost without Him.  We need to recognize that and walk with Him constantly and not wander out on our own.

2 Corinthians 3:5 –⁵ Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.

Without God we are a fallen mess.  We are nothing without God.

We turned our backs and He still supplied a way back by shedding His own blood.

We are nothing without God.

So how do we believe that we are really something?  By the father of lies telling us to be bold, be proud, you’re amazing at what you accomplish on your own.  The sad part of it is, he doesn’t care about you.  He wants you to care about mainly yourself because all he cares about is himself.

Remember one thing.  Christ didn’t come to live for His life on this earth.  He came to do the will of His Father.  He came to die for a sinful rebellious group.

So why do we live so hard for ourselves in this life and consider it Christ-like at all?  It comes from listening to that voice and that voice isn’t matching up with the ever living Word of God.

We are NOTHING without God.  Don’t try to live outside of Him.  It’s like walking outside the security fence amongst a bunch of pit bulls.  They’re going to tear you up if you hang out in their territory and away from your protection.

John 10:10 – ¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

We don’t take it that serious enough.  It’s hard for us to understand why someone would hate us to do everything in his power to destroy us and everything around us.

But Satan does.  He hates us.  There is no love in him.

1 Peter 5:8-9 – ⁸ Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. ⁹ Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

The love is in the one Who made us and died for us.

We need to constantly seek Jesus, be in the Word, because just as it states above there is one who is right there, ready to tell you what you want to hear.

John 8:44 reminds us that the devil is a murderer.  It started in the garden and it continues today.  Eve had the serpent tell her what she wanted to hear at the time.  He was her friend or so she thought.  Turns out
he was a murderer.   This passage also reminds us that when he lies he speaks his native language.

So what is one to do?  We are all to resist him.

How do we do that?  The word repent means to turn away from (sin).  Jesus is standing right there behind us the whole time, we just keep running away so were not facing Him.

They both speak to us.  One’s a liar, a murderer, and hates us.  The Other loves us, gave us life, and asks us
to love and obey Him in return.

We have to do what’s right, resist the devil, and serve our Lord.  It is eternally important that we do.