Friday, October 30, 2015

God's Laws

Psalm 19:14


May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

O my Father, thank you for giving us Your Word, our Bible, written for our learning and benefit, and Your glory. Father, You have chosen to reveal Yourself to us so that we can know You. Help me to learn ever more of You, Your ways and Your will for me and all You have made. You formed the whole universe and set forth all the laws that govern it. You have formed this Earth to be our home while we're here, and set the laws to govern it. And You have formed us to live with You forever, and Your laws for us are righteous and sweet.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!


Thursday, October 29, 2015

Detestable Things

Deuteronomy 12:31


You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

O my Father, in America today, we are, in our society, doing all the kinds of detestable things the Lord says He hates, and many even in the churches are doing and approving these perversions. Christians are being harassed and put down for standing openly to preserve God's standards, because the world doesn't understand God's ways, and feels condemned in the light of the Truth. And our evil government is trying to destroy our prosperity so that all nations will be equal. Please, Father, get hold of those who are leading us astray and turn them around and teach them Your ways. If they will not, please remove them and replace them with Your children who will lead us back to our simple Constitution to restore Your righteousness here before the end.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!



Being Saved From

Isaiah 43:2b


When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will  not set you ablaze.

Daniel 3:17

If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it , and He will rescue us from your hand, O king. --Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

Daniel's friends didn't expect God to keep them from being thrown into the fire, but they trusted Him to save them from it and rescue them as they were in the fire, which is what actually happened. And Isaiah tells Israel that, even when they walk through the fire, they will not be burned; they don't need to be taken from it, they will be in the fire, but the flames will not set them ablaze. Just like what God did for Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

And God will do the same for His children during the Tribulation and Great Tribulation--even though we may live through this most horrendous period of human history, we will not be affected by any of the judgments God inflicts upon the ungodly people. These evil people will harass and persecute us, and even behead us, but God's wrath will only be upon those who have rejected Him.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Wednesday, October 28, 2015

End Times Outline

Preparation:



A whole-Earth earthquake to make straight the way for the Lord, a highway for our God: every valley raised up, every mountain and hill made low, rough and rugged made smooth, mountains and islands are gone. (Isaiah 40:3-5; Revelation 6:12, 14; 16:17-20; 11:15, 19.)

The Calling Away:


As the 7th Trumpet sounds, the dead in Christ will be raised, and we who are alive and remain shall be changed; we will be Resurrected with imperishable bodies and meet the Lord in the air, in the clouds, and evermore be with Him. (I Corinthians 15:51-52; I Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 6:12-14 the sixth seal; Revelation 16:17-20 the seventh bowl; Revelation 11:15-19 the last Trumpet.)

The Coming of Christ:


Jesus will come down out of the clouds to fight against the nations who have surrounded Jerusalem bringing with Him "all his holy ones," both angelic and now-resurrected human. His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which will split in two, half moving North, the other half moving South, a great valley forming from East to West, for Israel to flee through (Zechariah 14:3-5); all Israel will behold Him whom they have pierced and all Israel and all the world will mourn (Zechariah 12:10), and all Israel will be saved (Romans 11:26).


Setting Up of the Kingdom


Jesus will then fight the Battle of Armageddon against the Nations who have gathered to fight against Israel (Zechariah 14:2, 3; Revelation 16:16), dressed in a robe dipped in blood (Revelation 19:13), with the armies of Heaven (Saints and Angels) following Him, striking down the Nations with a sharp sword proceeding out of his mouth (his Word). He defeats all His foes, the leaders are dispatched and the armies are slain, to be eaten by birds of prey (Revelation 19:11-21). Satan is bound for the 1000 years of Christ's reign on this earth (Revelation 20 1-3); Jesus cleanses the Earth (celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles) and reigns with all those who are given authority to judge (the Church Saints) and the Tribulation martyrs, who all will reign with Him (Revelation 20:4-6; Zechariah 14:9).

Note: All the saints are resurrected and all the rest of mankind who have worshipped the Beast will have died in the Battle of Armageddon. All Israel will look upon him whom they have pierced, recognize Him as their Messiah and be saved, the only humans left in their mortal bodies. They already live in every Nation on the face of the Earth, so God will fulfill all the promises He made to them to make them the Head instead of the Tail, to rule over the world, and to repopulate the earth during that 1000 years.

End of 1000 Years


Satan will be released from the Abyss. All the people who have been born during this time won't know any other government than Jesus' perfect reign, and Satan will now tempt them as he did Eve; and he will gather the armies of the whole world to fight against King Jesus (Revelation 20:7-8). As they surround the Capital of the World from which Jesus reigns, the unthinkable happens and the whole Earth explodes (II Peter 3:10).

At this time, God's Great White Throne is set up and every person who ever lived through all time will face judgment, on the basis of their works as recorded in the books; and the Book of Life will be consulted to determine who will be thrown into the Lake of Fire, where Death and Hades have also been cast (Revelation 20:11-15).

This will give enough time to re-format, or terra-form the Earth. When the New Heaven (atmosphere) and New Earth are ready, it will not be like the world we know here. It will be a whole new world, with much more land-mass to live on, as there will be no more oceans. We don't know if it will have a Sun or Moon, but even if it does, we won't need them for light any more. Revelation chapters 21 and 22 are John's attempt to describe what this new, forever world will be like. There will be no more tears, sadness, sickness, disabilities, or death. Things won't wear down or wear out, because the curse will be removed, from the whole Universe. It will be like Adam and Eve had chosen to obey God to not eat from that Tree of Knowledge, and ate of the Tree of Life instead. The Tree of Life will grow on this new Earth, bearing twelve crops of fruit for food, and the leaves will be medicine, for healing. This means that God will never quit working in and on us, to mend the brokenness we all are burdened by.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!




Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Our Witness

Psalm 126:5-6


Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy carrying sheaves with him.

"Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves."  --Old Hymn.

To all of us who are praying for our dear family members and friends who do not yet know the Lord, never give up hope for their salvation. Where there is breath, there is still hope. Ask our Father to touch their hearts with the desire to know His Truth, to be freed from deception, and honestly want to move into the freedom from slavery to sin.

I thought I had invented the phrase, "a downward spiral," in reference to my repeated trying to free myself from the deadly lifestyle I had given myself into, only to fall back into it ever deeper. And God found me very unexpectedly, rescued me from that sin, gave me a brand-new life (in addition to my natural, human life that I still have) that gives me the power to choose what is right over what I regularly had fallen into. He has come into my life to live in my body as His temple, promising to never, ever leave. And He has kept that promise faithfully all the decades since.

What He has done for me, He wants to do for you, too, and your loved ones. Faithfully pray for them every day, and never pass up an opportunity to share what God has done for you. We gain the victory through the Blood of the Lamb (on the Altar of Calvary) and the word of our testimony (Revelation 12:11), as we are Christ's witnesses, to tell of what we have personally experienced (like in a court of law, no hearsay allowed there).

Even so, come Lord Jesus!



Monday, October 26, 2015

Our Attitude Toward Rulers And Authorities

Titus 3:1-2


Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities -- to put myself under their authority.

To be obedient -- to change my attitude; I don't know better.

To be ready to do whatever is good -- to be available.

To slander no one -- to not speak evil or criticize anyone.

To be peaceable -- to make peace, to get along with.

And considerate -- to think of the other's needs, to do for the other to meet their needs.

And show true humility toward all men. -- to not be thinking of myself at all, but be focused on the other person instead.

O my Father, I know that no authority exists except what You have given and set up, and that, especially in America, we elect those to have authority over us, so we, as a Nation, deserve the kind of rulers You allow us to set over ourselves.  Help us to obey every righteous law, and to always be ready to do whatever good we can. Keep us from speaking evil against those we don't agree with, to not attack the people, but deal only with the issues involved. Father, please continue to wake up Your people who are citizens of this Nation, to recognize the kind of people we have set over ourselves and how they are bringing us down morally, and let us be Your hands and Your feet and Your voice, to speak Your words to spread Your message, and use us to change the people who rule us to those who will lead us back to Your righteousness and the simplicity of our Constitution whereby we accomplished such overall financial and spiritual prosperity in the past. 

Father, forgive us for allowing such evil to take over so much of our National life by not participating in the responsibilities we have been granted in the processes of how our national life is to function. By our withdrawal into our own personal and family lives we have permitted the enemy to prevail in every public part of life: in our halls of government, our unrighteous business practices, our lower and higher educational institutions and even in our churches. Please lead us out of this mire and quicksand of degradation before it is too late, that America would again be that "city on a hill" shining Your light upon the other nations of the World, before the end comes.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Sunday, October 25, 2015

Whose Plans?

Psalm 33:10-11, 18-19

The Lord foils the plans of the nations; He thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of His heart through all generations. . . . The eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

O my Father, You know that I desire to see Jesus coming with all His holy ones. I ask that You would grant me this promise, to deliver me from death and keep me alive in whatever famine would come, regardless of what the nations purpose or the peoples plan. Your plans do stand firm forever, and the purposes of Your heart stand firm and unmovable regardless of what the nations and peoples, mere men, devise.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Saturday, October 24, 2015

Ultimate Healing

Revelation 22:1-2


. . . The River of the Water of Life, flowing . . . down the middle of the great street of the City. On each side of the River stood the Tree of Life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the Tree are for the healing of the Nations.

This is in the New Jerusalem, on the New Earth that has the New Heaven, after this present Earth and its Heaven, the Atmosphere, has exploded, and God has re-terra-formed our world. This is the Eternal Heaven that we all long for.

And the Tree of Life is yielding its fruit each month of every year, for food. And the leaves of the Tree are for medicine, for healing the Nations. We are all broken people, broken societies, broken nations; stained and scarred. Even in our Resurrected state, we will need further healing. God will never give up on us or leave us alone; what He began in us, He will finish, even if it takes all of Eternity to get it done!

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Friday, October 23, 2015

Whose Property?

Psalm 115:16


The highest heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth He has given to man.

So God, the Creator of everything, has given the Earth to Mankind. The rest of the Universe is God's. And Man, in his arrogance, considers himself the owner of the Universe, to claim for himself whatever areas he is able to reach (Star Trek; Space X; Mars One). 

Puny little Man, do you think that you will be able to build machines that will take you safely to other parts of God's Universe? It is Earth that God has given to us, to take care of and allow it to provide all our earthly needs. The rest of the expanse of Space and everything in it remains God's property.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Thursday, October 22, 2015

A Sinner Who Repents

Luke 15:10


In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

O my Father, I know that it is Your miracle whenever You cause a sinner to see himself in light of who You are, and turns around his life. It is all You, Father, to grant the gift of faith and give new life to one who is Your enemy, changing him into Your friend, Your very child. You are a God of miracles, and no one can come to You except Your Spirit draws him. Your grace in accepting us is greater than I can imagine.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus.





Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Confronted With Who God Is

Job 42:5-6


My ears had heard of You but now my eyes have seen You. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.

God is God, there is no other. Whenever a human person is confronted with who God is, there is no comparison--we are all undone in His presence. Job despised himself and repented in dust and ashes. Isaiah cried, "Woe is me! I am ruined!" when he saw the Lord, who was seated on a throne, high and exalted (Isaiah 6:1-5). Saul, who became Paul, was thrown to the ground and blinded (Acts 9:1-9). And John, who had lived with Jesus for over 3 years, fell at his feet as though dead when he saw Him in His glory (Revelation 1:9-17).

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Tuesday, October 20, 2015

How The Church Grows

Ephesians 4:16


From [Christ] the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

The body is the Church, a living organism. Held together by Christ, in whom all things consist. It grows as a living being, and is built up, edified, as a building is built. All in the environment of love: God's love for us and our love for one another, as each one of us does the work God planned ahead for us to do. And as each of us does his/her part, God's Plan of the Ages will be accomplished, in our lives, our families, our neighborhoods, our cities, our nations--in the whole created Universe.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Monday, October 19, 2015

Prone To Wander

Psalm 119:10


I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

   "Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
    Prone to leave the God I love;
    Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
    Seal it for Thy courts above."
                         --Robert Robinson

O my Father, I know that I am also prone to wander from Your pure and holy ways. Thank you for Your Spirit, living in me as the seal of the great Redemption You have already provided. Help me, strengthen me with Your wisdom and faithfulness to follow Your ways, in Your time, to accomplish Your purposes.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus.






Sunday, October 18, 2015

Ask. Seek. Knock.

Matthew 7:11-12


How much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

The Golden Rule. Everyone at least gives lip service to this idea. But how often do we actually live it out in our relationships? We are to treat others with the respect and compassion we would desire from them, because God has given us value and worth. This "sums up  the Law and the Prophets;" this means that when we have this attitude of loving our neighbor as ourselves, we won't need to worry about if we're doing everything we need to obey His commands, we will automatically follow the spirit of the Law in our treatment of others. And He has promised and made it so that what we focus on will become a reality. Ask. Seek. Knock.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!



Saturday, October 17, 2015

Wisdom

James 3:17


The wisdom - Being smart, intelligent, being able to apply knowledge in practical ways

that comes from Heaven - not natural, or earthly

is first of all - of paramount importance

pure, - unadulterated, not alloyed

then peace-loving, - no animosity

considerate, - thinking of other, not self

submissive, - easy to be entreated, open to suggestion

full of mercy - giving the shadow of a doubt

and good fruit, - the fruit of the Spirit; love, joy, peace, etc.

impartial - no prejudice

and sincere. - no hypocrisy.

O my dear Father, please teach us to have this supernatural wisdom that You have promised us if we just ask for it. Help us to have every wisdom that would further Your purposes for all You have created, to be Your hands and Your feet and Your voice in the midst of the world you have placed each of us in, that world of our own families, relatives, friends, coworkers, acquaintances, and the strangers whose paths cross ours. That we may redeem the time, making the most of every opportunity.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

Friday, October 16, 2015

Saturated Or Jaded?

Deuteronomy 6:4-9


Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commands that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

So we are to love God with everything in us, teach our children all about what He has done and what He has promised to do, and saturate our families in the Word of God; talk about Him all the time, coming and going; wear the symbols as bracelets and headbands, decorate our houses and yards with them.

So we wear crosses as jewelry and blazoned on our tee shirts; but are we really reminded constantly of God's love for us in sending His own Son to die our death so we can live? Or are we so jaded that we can see the crosses and not perceive the depth of the relationship that God wants to have with us? 

We must teach our children ourselves, not depend on a church or camp to do it for us; they must see in our own daily lives and attitudes the truths that fuel our living. Because they will catch what we really do believe, as shown in our lives. We live in glass houses, nothing will be hidden or secret from our children and grandchildren.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Thursday, October 15, 2015

Groaning

Romans 8:22,23,26


. . . The whole creation has been groaning . . . We ourselves . . . groan inwardly . . . In the same way, the Spirit . . . Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.

We see in verses 19 through 27 a whole picture of all creation groaning under the curse placed on it by Adam's sin, waiting for the curse to be lifted when we are glorified. And we groan inwardly as we wait for that event to happen. And the Holy Spirit, in the meanwhile, also groans in His intercession for us, because we don't even know what to pray for, but He searches our hearts and knows God's will and prays for us. We all groan now, waiting.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!






Wednesday, October 14, 2015

The Final Battle Soundtrak

Isaiah 30:31-32


The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria; with His scepter He will strike them down. Every stroke the Lord lays on them with His punishing rod will be to the music of tambourines and harps, as He fights them in battle with the blows of His arm.

Those who make movies understand the dramatic effects of the right soundtrack for the action. But they can't outdo God! When Jesus returns to conquer the nations who are attacking Israel, the music of a grand orchestra will accompany the actions. No mere man will be able to out-dramatize the very Creator of all!

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Tuesday, October 13, 2015

The Law

James 2:10

For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

It has been said that the body of laws--the Law--is like a chain. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. If one link breaks, the chain is broken, even though all the other links are intact. If the one link breaks, whatever is being hauled by it will come loose, and be lost, all for that one link.

So it is with the Law: Stumble at one point, and we are not perfect, we've missed the bulls-eye and sinned. That's why Jesus took our sin-nature on the Cross for each of us, He was and is perfect, He hits the bulls-eye every time.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Monday, October 12, 2015

Living In The Lord

Psalm 27:4


One thing I ask of the Lord, - My only petition.

This is what I seek: - What I'm asking for.

That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, - To live daily in His presence, continually.

To gaze upon the beauty of the Lord - I see God's beauty everywhere in all creation.

And to seek Him in His temple. - I don't need to go some specific place, my very body is God's temple, and I will recognize His presence in me, in His temple; and be aware of His continual fellowship all day, every day, conversing and worshiping all day, every day!

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Sunday, October 11, 2015

Boldness In Our Witness

John 4: 25-26


The woman said, "I know that Messiah (called Christ) is coming. When he comes he will explain everything to us." Then Jesus declared, "I who speak to you am He."

Jesus was not shy with this woman, but came out clearly stating that He was the Messiah she was looking for. He didn't beat around the bush or play guessing games with her, He said right out, "I am He"! She was ready to accept Him, and did so joyfully, sharing with everybody in the town.

We also, who have God's Spirit in us, need not be shy in proclaiming to others that wonderful Good News (Gospel) that Jesus really is who He claims to be, and He really did die and rise from the dead. We can be as bold with our acquaintances as Jesus was with this woman, in sharing how wonderful is the new life we gain through His blood, that begins right now in this life and continues on forever eternally.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Saturday, October 10, 2015

Children In God's Own Family

I John 3:1


How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! . . .

O my Father! What a miracle-worker You are, to cause us to be born spiritually into Your own family! Please, Father, help the little children who believe in You to grow strong in You, to know their position in You even in the midst of falsehoods they may hear on a daily basis. Teach them to distinguish what is Truth and what is not. They are so vulnerable. Help them to know when they are thinking their own original thoughts from You, and when they are rehearsing what they've heard from others. Protect them from the evil in the world and even in their own homes.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Friday, October 9, 2015

It's Promised!

Jeremiah 33:17-18


For this is what the Lord says: "David will never fail to have a  man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, nor will the priests, who are Levites, ever fail to have a man to stand before me continually to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to present sacrifices."

When will this promise be fulfilled? Not in this day, today. Not in the forseeable future, naturally speaking. But when Jesus returns, He will sit on David's throne as the legal, regal King of Israel, and He will appoint the priests who He knows are Levites, to serve, during His 1000-year reign on this Earth.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Thursday, October 8, 2015

Love Giving Life And Light

Psalm 36:5-9


Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, Your justice like the great deep. O Lord, You preserve both man and beast. How priceless is Your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of Your wings. They feast on the abundance of Your house; You give them drink from Your river of delights. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

Such precious love that grants us life and light!

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Cleanliness

Hebrews 10:22


Having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience, and having our bodies washed with pure water.

We are to cleanse both our hearts and our bodies. Some have taken this to refer to water Baptism, but I think that God is concerned for our physical as well as spiritual cleanliness. I think this is where the admonition, "cleanliness is next to Godliness," comes from. God is concerned that we take care of our bodies, to keep them clean and free from sexual sin and in good physical health in our eating real food. The Temple of the Holy Ghost is worth taking good care of.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Jesus' Anger And Disappointment

Mark 3:5


He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts . . .

Jesus knew that the religious leaders of His day did not want to believe that He was their Messiah. They wanted a strong military leader, not this meek, humble Teacher. Their mis-use of God's laws angered Him, but He was "deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts." It distressed Him deeply that they could see Him and perceive His power to heal and over demons, yet they were too stubborn in their own self-importance to accept who He was. Sin angers Him, but our own poor choices break His heart.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Monday, October 5, 2015

Those Who Must Give Account

Hebrews 13:17


Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden for that would be of no advantage to you.

O my dear Father, please teach me to obey those You have set above me, especially in Your church. Teach me how to listen to what they teach with complete understanding of all the implications that apply to my thinking, reasoning and doing. Help me to display Your love to all whose lives touch mine, however briefly or extendedly, that others would see You in me and be drawn to You through me.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!






Sunday, October 4, 2015

Reconciliation

Colossians 1:19-20


For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on Earth or things in Heaven by making peace through His blood, shed on the cross.

I know that Jesus was our atoning sacrifice, the Lamb of God, to take away the sin of the world. That is here on Earth. But what is in Heaven that needed reconciliation? Jesus did not die for the angels that sinned, there is no known redemption for them. What else is there in Heaven that needed Jesus' blood shed on the cross?

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Saturday, October 3, 2015

Loving

Jon 15:12,16


My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My Name.

O my dear Father, I pray that You would teach me how to love You and others with the Love that You love me with. Show me Your ways, and teach me to be generous with what You have given me, as You have generously and graciously given me all things. Make me a channel of blessing to others.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Friday, October 2, 2015

Clothing

Revelation 3:4


Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.

Clothing is what we use to cover our nakedness, as well as present to others who we are. So we disguise our real selves with a "public" self. Or we present to the world what we want others to think of us. If we're honest and have integrity, we will dress in a way that reflects who we really are inside.

When God clothes us in white, we will be more than "dressed up," we will glow, shine like the sun, publicly displaying that New Life, that Eternal Life that God has placed in us in Christ. 

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!





Thursday, October 1, 2015

We Are Safe

Romans 8:28-39


For we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. For those God foreknew He also predestined, . . . called, . . . justified, . . . glorified. What then shall we say? . . . If God is for us, who can be against us? . . . Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. . . . In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that [nothing] in all of creation can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

No matter what happens to us in this world, we will still belong to God, and He will always be true to His own Word, both in the Bible and also in His Son Jesus. He will fulfill every promise He made, He will accomplish His grand Plan of the Ages according to His will, in His ways, and on His time-table. And He will make sure that we will never be lost in all the melee that is coming, according to all the Old Testament prophets, Jesus in the Gospels, referred to in the Epistles, and laid out in the Revelation. Jesus is coming soon!

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!