Because they trust in God
Ps. {37:37} Mark the perfect [man,] and behold the upright: for the end of
[that] man [is] peace.
{37:38} But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of
the wicked shall be cut off.
{37:39} But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is]
their strength in the time of trouble.
{37:40} And the LORD shall help them and deliver them: he shall deliver
them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
The perfect man.
The upright man.
Peace.
Sinners destroyed.
Wicked cut off.
Salvation of the righteous of the Lord-
The Lord is their strength in the time of trouble.
The LORD shall help them
Deliver them
Delivered from the wicked.
Saved from the wicked.
Because they trust in God.
*
The Lord is their strength- not The Lord gives them strength. The LORD IS their strength. Having trust in God is the key. Without that trust nothing else matters.
Heb. {11:6} But
without faith [it is] impossible to please [him:] for he that
cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
We shall be delivered, we shall be saved. The wicked may kill the flesh and blood in us but our Spirit - our breath of life returns to God. We are delivered. The Lords is our strength. The time of trouble is on its way and the only way to survive is by trusting in the Lord and His righteousness.
May God help us find our strength in Him, our trust in Him. May we diligently seek Christ, believing in Him now and forever.
By His mercy and grace.
Amen.
7/17/10
2Ti 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2Ti 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Ever learning.
Never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Imagine it. It'd be like running a race never to see the finish line. Like searching and never finding.
How can someone be ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of truth? People study all the time on subjects that they find fascinating. There are many subjects that contain such a wealth of knowledge it'd be impossible to learn it all and yet people study. If you had a goal in mind when you were studying, something particular you want to learn, you study until you've exhausted every possible means of finding your answer. If I want to bake the best possible cake in the world I might study recipes and techniques of famous cake bakers. If I want to plant the best rose garden I possibly can I might study gardening and famous gardeners and their techniques. If I want to learn of the truth as it is in Jesus I will study His word and I will find that truth. The Bible speaks plainly enough, it's not crouched in some cryptic message that needs deciphering by the most famous Hebrew and Greek scholars. So how is it that someone can learn and continue to learn but never come to know what they are trying to learn? Is their desire sincere? That has to be the first question asked. People study for all sorts of reasons and not all of them reasons conducive to learning the truth. Another question might be is the one professing to want to learn really seeking truth or are they learning for other purposes? Is the truth to them all fact with no spirit? How can one be ever learning and read this…
'Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. '
…and not realize that Jesus is the truth? They might have a head knowledge, but not a heart knowledge and they might learn but never fully comprehend, never fully discern what those words mean.
In the last day there will be many who are 'ever learning' but 'never able to come to the knowledge of truth.'
Joh 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Joh 1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Joh 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
Joh 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Grace and truth come by Jesus Christ. The law revealed the need for a Savior and Jesus is that Savior. Grace come through Jesus, the truth comes through Jesus.
Joh 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Joh 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Joh 3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Ever learning… yet they live in darkness, preferring darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil… everyone that doeth evil hateth light…never able to come to the knowledge of truth.
Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Joh 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth
We must worship God in spirit and in truth. God cannot be worshipped by those who have no knowledge of the truth. God cannot be worshipped by those who will not worship Him in spirit.
Joh 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
Joh 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
We are made free through the truth and that truth is in Jesus' word. You can learn all you want of the Bible, learn all you want of the factual existence of Jesus but if you don't continue in Jesus' word, if you don't follow and believe in the words of Jesus you will never know the truth, never. You may be learned, but lost.
Joh 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
Joh 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Joh 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Joh 8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Joh 8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
Joh 8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
They could physically HEAR Jesus' words, but they couldn't comprehend what they were hearing, they couldn't understand His speech. Why? Why is it we can be learners and never know the truth? Because we can be of the devil. It's a hard fact, a true fact. Satan is the father of lies and there is NO truth in satan, none!
We can only know the truth if we are God's. If we cannot understand the truth of Jesus and His love it's because we are not of God, we are of the Devil. Make no mistake. There is no candy-coated truth here, just plain unadulterated truth. If you don't have the truth you are of Satan. You might not believe you are of Satan because you are a good person and don't worship Satan as one caught up in Devil worshipping, but you are of Satan just the same without all the pomp and circumstance of being a Devil worshipper. It's a fact that many don't want to consider, yet Jesus had NO trouble telling the truth of the matter to those that needed to hear it.
We cannot ever know the truth no matter how much we learn if we are not God's. We have to be God's and we can know the truth and that truth will set us free in Christ.
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Joh 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Joh 14:17 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.
Joh 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Joh 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
The Spirit of truth.
The world will NOT receive the Spirit of truth.
Joh 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Joh 16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Joh 16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Joh 16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
We will be guided into ALL truth by the Spirit of truth.
Joh 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Joh 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Joh 17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
Joh 17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Sanctified through the truth!
Ever learning and never knowing the truth- the god-less! Those that God's are sanctified through the truth!
May we be God's fully, wholly God's! May we learn of the truth through the Spirit of truth. May we ever grow in knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ now and forever by His amazing love, through His righteousness, through His grace.
Make no mistake, the last days will be very perilous and Satan will stop at NOTHING to deceive all the people he can. We have to cling to Christ, our living Savior ever learning of Him in all truth, in the spirit by the Spirit of truth!
In Christ now and forever!
Amen.
7/17/11
Judgment.
Dan 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast
down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the
hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and
his wheels as burning fire.
Dan 7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth
from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times
ten thousand stood before him: the JUDGMENT was set, and the books were opened.
Rev 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and
give glory to him; for the hour of his JUDGMENT is come: and worship him that
made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Dan 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand
and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Judgment was
set.
The books were
opened.
What books?
Psa 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be
written with the righteous.
Mal 3:16 ...and
a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the
LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Php 4:3 ...whose
names are in the book of life.
Rev 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be
clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his
name before my Father, and before his angels.
Rev 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall
worship him, whose names are not written in the
book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Rev 17:8 ...whose names were not written in the
book of life from the
foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and
yet is.
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great,
stand before God; and the books were
opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead
were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to
their works.
Rev
20:15 And whosoever was not found
written in the book of life was
cast into the lake of fire.
Rev 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into
it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a
lie: but they which are written in the
Lamb's book of life.
Rev 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the
words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the
book of life, and out of the
holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
The book of
life.
Books of
judgment-books people will be judged out of.
Book of
remembrance.
Record books, we
all know what they are don't we?
Records are kept of transactions, of events. A diary is like a record
book isn't is? A record is being made of events in a person's life. If we are
going to be judged out of books they have to be books recording events of our
lives. They have to be records
that affect our eternal life. What
sort of things do you imagine affect our eternal life? Sin. Salvation. Sin
affects our eternal life, right? If there is proof of our sins- sins we have not
sought and received forgiveness for- then we are guilty of that sin and the
punishment of sin is…death.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death
Everyone left out
of the book of life will find the record of their sins, a record of why their
name was not written in the book of life.
Too many believe
that everyone will be found in the book of life, everyone except the really bad
sinning people. This draws us right back to these verses we've talked about
many times--
Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord,
Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my
Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord,
Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils?
and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I
never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Many people will
be shocked when they realize their names are NOT written in the book of life. I
pray I'm not one of them!
Workers of
iniquity- are workers of sin, and at the same time many of these workers of sin
believe they are working for the Lord. None will be left to wonder at their
fate. A record is being made. Out of those books people will
be judged. There will be a
record that will explain why a person doesn't have their name in the book of
life. Not one single person will be able to say they were judged wrongly, the
proof will be right there.
We want our names
in the book of life and they must be written there before our Savior returns.
Everyone that will be saved will be saved BEFORE our Savior returns. Everyone
that will be saved will have been judged worthy of salvation through Christ.
This judgment is something we ALL face. This judgment is something that every
single human being faces.
Truth-Ecc
3:17 I said in mine heart, God
shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every
purpose and for every work.
Truth-Act
17:31 Because he hath appointed a
day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he
hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath
raised him from the dead.
We can't imagine
the number of people that there are to judge. All the dead from Abel onwards,
and then all the living, as well as the evil angels. Millions and millions, and
milllions, billions and billions of people. While this number seems amazing
high there is NO doubt that every single person will be judged no matter how
many have ever or will ever live.
Rom 14:12 So then every one of us shall give
account of himself to God.
Every single one
of us will give account of ourselves to God. No one escapes this, no one can
escape it.
And there is an
order to the judgment. There
is…
The righteous
will judge the wicked, and the righteous must be judged as well- these are
facts, Biblical facts.
1Co 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall
judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to
judge the smallest matters?
1Co 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels?
how much more things that pertain to this life?
Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon
them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were
beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not
worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon
their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a
thousand years.
Dan 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war
with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Dan 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and
judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the
saints possessed the kingdom.
The saints shall
judge the world.
Judgment was
given unto them.
Judgment was
given to the saints of the most High.
Obviously if the
saints are to judge the wicked, even wicked angels,
at some point they have to already have been judged themselves and found
worthy to be the saints of God, right? Right. The Bible says this very
thing.
1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit
incorruption.
1Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be
raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part
in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they
shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand
years.
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the
air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
There is a first
resurrection.
The dead in
Christ shall rise first.
The Saints will
judge the wicked, this is Biblical fact.
The Saints will
be judged prior to their judging the wicked.
The Saints are
changed to immortality when Christ comes but the wicked are not.
Those that are
Christ's go with Him at His second coming so… by default that leaves who? The dead in Christ, the living in
Christ go with Him! They aren't left behind! So many are caught up on this LEFT
BEHIND nonsense, and yes, I'll call it nonsense because I believe it is
nonsense. They've taken a figurative verse in the Bible and blown it up to give
second chances to people that DO NOT exist! There is a judgment and by the time
Christ comes it's all decided. The fact that we judge the wicked is if you
really think about it- for our benefit. They've already been judged wicked and
will never be saints. What happens when we are judging is we are given the
opportunity to understand fully the course the wicked have taken to get them
where they are. We are allowed to understand where they have not accepted
Christ's righteousness, Christ's forgiveness and this makes sense!
God would NEVER ever allow any question as to why a person was not chosen
as a saint, we will know. We will understand why the judging that deemed the
wicked as such was done.
Enough for today,
more tomorrow. We are discussing the judgment because before a full cleansing,
a complete judging will take place.
Guilty, not Guilty- there are only TWO verdicts for all of us to choose
from. The sin of the not guilty
will be placed upon the scapegoat, the sin of the guilty will remain upon them.
By the grace of
our God, by the grace and mercy of our Lord and Savior now and forever! In His love, in His righteousness
alone.
Amen.
[that] man [is] peace.
{37:38} But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of
the wicked shall be cut off.
{37:39} But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is]
their strength in the time of trouble.
{37:40} And the LORD shall help them and deliver them: he shall deliver
them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
The perfect man.
The upright man.
Peace.
Sinners destroyed.
Wicked cut off.
Salvation of the righteous of the Lord-
The Lord is their strength in the time of trouble.
The LORD shall help them
Deliver them
Delivered from the wicked.
Saved from the wicked.
Because they trust in God.
*
The Lord is their strength- not The Lord gives them strength. The LORD IS their strength. Having trust in God is the key. Without that trust nothing else matters.
Heb. {11:6} But
without faith [it is] impossible to please [him:] for he that
cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
We shall be delivered, we shall be saved. The wicked may kill the flesh and blood in us but our Spirit - our breath of life returns to God. We are delivered. The Lords is our strength. The time of trouble is on its way and the only way to survive is by trusting in the Lord and His righteousness.
May God help us find our strength in Him, our trust in Him. May we diligently seek Christ, believing in Him now and forever.
By His mercy and grace.
Amen.
7/17/10
2Ti 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2Ti 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Ever learning.
Never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Imagine it. It'd be like running a race never to see the finish line. Like searching and never finding.
How can someone be ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of truth? People study all the time on subjects that they find fascinating. There are many subjects that contain such a wealth of knowledge it'd be impossible to learn it all and yet people study. If you had a goal in mind when you were studying, something particular you want to learn, you study until you've exhausted every possible means of finding your answer. If I want to bake the best possible cake in the world I might study recipes and techniques of famous cake bakers. If I want to plant the best rose garden I possibly can I might study gardening and famous gardeners and their techniques. If I want to learn of the truth as it is in Jesus I will study His word and I will find that truth. The Bible speaks plainly enough, it's not crouched in some cryptic message that needs deciphering by the most famous Hebrew and Greek scholars. So how is it that someone can learn and continue to learn but never come to know what they are trying to learn? Is their desire sincere? That has to be the first question asked. People study for all sorts of reasons and not all of them reasons conducive to learning the truth. Another question might be is the one professing to want to learn really seeking truth or are they learning for other purposes? Is the truth to them all fact with no spirit? How can one be ever learning and read this…
'Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. '
…and not realize that Jesus is the truth? They might have a head knowledge, but not a heart knowledge and they might learn but never fully comprehend, never fully discern what those words mean.
In the last day there will be many who are 'ever learning' but 'never able to come to the knowledge of truth.'
Joh 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Joh 1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Joh 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
Joh 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Grace and truth come by Jesus Christ. The law revealed the need for a Savior and Jesus is that Savior. Grace come through Jesus, the truth comes through Jesus.
Joh 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Joh 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Joh 3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Ever learning… yet they live in darkness, preferring darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil… everyone that doeth evil hateth light…never able to come to the knowledge of truth.
Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Joh 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth
We must worship God in spirit and in truth. God cannot be worshipped by those who have no knowledge of the truth. God cannot be worshipped by those who will not worship Him in spirit.
Joh 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
Joh 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
We are made free through the truth and that truth is in Jesus' word. You can learn all you want of the Bible, learn all you want of the factual existence of Jesus but if you don't continue in Jesus' word, if you don't follow and believe in the words of Jesus you will never know the truth, never. You may be learned, but lost.
Joh 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
Joh 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Joh 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Joh 8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Joh 8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
Joh 8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
They could physically HEAR Jesus' words, but they couldn't comprehend what they were hearing, they couldn't understand His speech. Why? Why is it we can be learners and never know the truth? Because we can be of the devil. It's a hard fact, a true fact. Satan is the father of lies and there is NO truth in satan, none!
We can only know the truth if we are God's. If we cannot understand the truth of Jesus and His love it's because we are not of God, we are of the Devil. Make no mistake. There is no candy-coated truth here, just plain unadulterated truth. If you don't have the truth you are of Satan. You might not believe you are of Satan because you are a good person and don't worship Satan as one caught up in Devil worshipping, but you are of Satan just the same without all the pomp and circumstance of being a Devil worshipper. It's a fact that many don't want to consider, yet Jesus had NO trouble telling the truth of the matter to those that needed to hear it.
We cannot ever know the truth no matter how much we learn if we are not God's. We have to be God's and we can know the truth and that truth will set us free in Christ.
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Joh 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Joh 14:17 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.
Joh 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Joh 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
The Spirit of truth.
The world will NOT receive the Spirit of truth.
Joh 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Joh 16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Joh 16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Joh 16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
We will be guided into ALL truth by the Spirit of truth.
Joh 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Joh 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Joh 17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
Joh 17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Sanctified through the truth!
Ever learning and never knowing the truth- the god-less! Those that God's are sanctified through the truth!
May we be God's fully, wholly God's! May we learn of the truth through the Spirit of truth. May we ever grow in knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ now and forever by His amazing love, through His righteousness, through His grace.
Make no mistake, the last days will be very perilous and Satan will stop at NOTHING to deceive all the people he can. We have to cling to Christ, our living Savior ever learning of Him in all truth, in the spirit by the Spirit of truth!
In Christ now and forever!
Amen.
7/17/11
Judgment.
Dan 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast
down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the
hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and
his wheels as burning fire.
Dan 7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth
from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times
ten thousand stood before him: the JUDGMENT was set, and the books were opened.
Rev 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and
give glory to him; for the hour of his JUDGMENT is come: and worship him that
made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Dan 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand
and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Judgment was
set.
The books were
opened.
What books?
Psa 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be
written with the righteous.
Mal 3:16 ...and
a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the
LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Php 4:3 ...whose
names are in the book of life.
Rev 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be
clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his
name before my Father, and before his angels.
Rev 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall
worship him, whose names are not written in the
book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Rev 17:8 ...whose names were not written in the
book of life from the
foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and
yet is.
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great,
stand before God; and the books were
opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead
were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to
their works.
Rev
20:15 And whosoever was not found
written in the book of life was
cast into the lake of fire.
Rev 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into
it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a
lie: but they which are written in the
Lamb's book of life.
Rev 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the
words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the
book of life, and out of the
holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
The book of
life.
Books of
judgment-books people will be judged out of.
Book of
remembrance.
Record books, we
all know what they are don't we?
Records are kept of transactions, of events. A diary is like a record
book isn't is? A record is being made of events in a person's life. If we are
going to be judged out of books they have to be books recording events of our
lives. They have to be records
that affect our eternal life. What
sort of things do you imagine affect our eternal life? Sin. Salvation. Sin
affects our eternal life, right? If there is proof of our sins- sins we have not
sought and received forgiveness for- then we are guilty of that sin and the
punishment of sin is…death.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death
Everyone left out
of the book of life will find the record of their sins, a record of why their
name was not written in the book of life.
Too many believe
that everyone will be found in the book of life, everyone except the really bad
sinning people. This draws us right back to these verses we've talked about
many times--
Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord,
Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my
Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord,
Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils?
and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I
never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Many people will
be shocked when they realize their names are NOT written in the book of life. I
pray I'm not one of them!
Workers of
iniquity- are workers of sin, and at the same time many of these workers of sin
believe they are working for the Lord. None will be left to wonder at their
fate. A record is being made. Out of those books people will
be judged. There will be a
record that will explain why a person doesn't have their name in the book of
life. Not one single person will be able to say they were judged wrongly, the
proof will be right there.
We want our names
in the book of life and they must be written there before our Savior returns.
Everyone that will be saved will be saved BEFORE our Savior returns. Everyone
that will be saved will have been judged worthy of salvation through Christ.
This judgment is something we ALL face. This judgment is something that every
single human being faces.
Truth-Ecc
3:17 I said in mine heart, God
shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every
purpose and for every work.
Truth-Act
17:31 Because he hath appointed a
day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he
hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath
raised him from the dead.
We can't imagine
the number of people that there are to judge. All the dead from Abel onwards,
and then all the living, as well as the evil angels. Millions and millions, and
milllions, billions and billions of people. While this number seems amazing
high there is NO doubt that every single person will be judged no matter how
many have ever or will ever live.
Rom 14:12 So then every one of us shall give
account of himself to God.
Every single one
of us will give account of ourselves to God. No one escapes this, no one can
escape it.
And there is an
order to the judgment. There
is…
The righteous
will judge the wicked, and the righteous must be judged as well- these are
facts, Biblical facts.
1Co 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall
judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to
judge the smallest matters?
1Co 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels?
how much more things that pertain to this life?
Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon
them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were
beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not
worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon
their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a
thousand years.
Dan 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war
with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Dan 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and
judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the
saints possessed the kingdom.
The saints shall
judge the world.
Judgment was
given unto them.
Judgment was
given to the saints of the most High.
Obviously if the
saints are to judge the wicked, even wicked angels,
at some point they have to already have been judged themselves and found
worthy to be the saints of God, right? Right. The Bible says this very
thing.
1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit
incorruption.
1Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be
raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part
in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they
shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand
years.
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the
air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
There is a first
resurrection.
The dead in
Christ shall rise first.
The Saints will
judge the wicked, this is Biblical fact.
The Saints will
be judged prior to their judging the wicked.
The Saints are
changed to immortality when Christ comes but the wicked are not.
Those that are
Christ's go with Him at His second coming so… by default that leaves who? The dead in Christ, the living in
Christ go with Him! They aren't left behind! So many are caught up on this LEFT
BEHIND nonsense, and yes, I'll call it nonsense because I believe it is
nonsense. They've taken a figurative verse in the Bible and blown it up to give
second chances to people that DO NOT exist! There is a judgment and by the time
Christ comes it's all decided. The fact that we judge the wicked is if you
really think about it- for our benefit. They've already been judged wicked and
will never be saints. What happens when we are judging is we are given the
opportunity to understand fully the course the wicked have taken to get them
where they are. We are allowed to understand where they have not accepted
Christ's righteousness, Christ's forgiveness and this makes sense!
God would NEVER ever allow any question as to why a person was not chosen
as a saint, we will know. We will understand why the judging that deemed the
wicked as such was done.
Enough for today,
more tomorrow. We are discussing the judgment because before a full cleansing,
a complete judging will take place.
Guilty, not Guilty- there are only TWO verdicts for all of us to choose
from. The sin of the not guilty
will be placed upon the scapegoat, the sin of the guilty will remain upon them.
By the grace of
our God, by the grace and mercy of our Lord and Savior now and forever! In His love, in His righteousness
alone.
Amen.