Sunday, April 7, 2013

Signs Pt 24- Stand before the Son of man


Mat 24:37  But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mat 24:38  For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Mat 24:39  And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Mar 13:33  Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Luk 21:34  And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Luk 21:35  For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Luk 21:36  Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

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We've talked about this so much, but it NEEDS constant discussion, constant study, constant  prayer!

Jesus says-  Watch and pray always!

We watch and pray why?  So we MAY BE ACCOUNTED WORTHY TO ESCAPE ALL THESE THINGS THAT SHALL COME TO PASS, AND TO STAND BEFORE THE SON OF MAN!

Isn't that where we NEED and WANT to stand?  Before our SAVIOR.

We have to TAKE HEED.
We have to WATCH.
We have to PRAY.

We have to realize that the aspect of BELIEF in the very REAL return of our SAVIOR will be practically gone entirely.

It will be considered a fable, a fantasy, a delusion that various cults and churches have, but nothing with any shred of reality to it.

OR and this is a HUGE OR…

Or the return of our Savior will be based upon LIES not truth.

Lies about how our Savior will return.  It's NOT a simple matter of His returning and that's that.  HOW does He return?

It's VERY, VERY VISIBLE and not to just a few, not to just the elect.

Rev 1:7  Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

How many eyes?

Seriously, how many?

EVERY EYE!

This isn't Christ coming as a babe growing into adulthood, taking on His AMAZING, INCOMPREHENSIBLE task of SAVIOR.  This is our SAVIOR coming as our CONQUERING KING! He's is coming to call us HOME with HIM!

2Th_2:8  And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming

Destroyed with the BRIGHTNESS of HIS COMING.

Mat_24:27  For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

LIGHTNING!

This is NOT a hidden return!

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.
1Th 4:18  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a SHOUT!

And at that SHOUT what happens?

The DEAD IN CHRIST RISE from their graves! Then at that shout WE which are alive and remain will be caught up with them in the clouds to MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR! And PRAISE GOD, all GLORY TO GOD, so shall we EVER BE WITH THE LORD!

I don't know about you, but I know I want to be with the LORD FOREVER!

I don't want to get caught up in the false theories that are running rampant about how our Savior will return. I don't want to get caught up in NOT believing it will happen. I don't want to get caught up in being a scoffer! I want the TRUTH and ONLY THE TRUTH!

Mat 24:37  But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mat 24:38  For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Mat 24:39  And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Mar 13:33  Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Luk 21:34  And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Luk 21:35  For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Luk 21:36  Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

In Noah's day they did NOT believe.
In Noah's day they were NOT looking for a flood.
In Noah's day they did NOT care.
In Noah's day they WERE self indulgent in EVERY WAY.

In Noah's day they were DESTROYED! ALL of them were destroyed!

The unbelievers will not be watching and praying for the Lord's return.
The unbelievers in the truth will be eager to snatch up any theory they can that allows them to indulge in their own selfishness.
The unbelievers will be caught in the snare that was perfectly VISIBLE, a snare that they choose to ignore!

2Co 4:4  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

The minds are NOT blinded without consent. Satan is ever ready to blind all and will not miss a single opportunity to do so.

People hear the truth and because it brings light to the dark things in their lives they grow uncomfortable and as that uncomfortable feeling hits they shrink back and when they shrink back Satan is right there ready to ease blinder upon their eyes, telling them they don't have to follow ALL the truth. He tells them they can pick and choose the truth they want to follow, but he LIES.

Is it easy following our Savior?

NO!

It's the hardest thing anyone will ever do.

People have the entire host of Satan's fallen angels on his side to bring down upon anyone who dares to follow all of Christ's truth.

Mat 7:13  Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Mat 7:14  Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Please LORD help us all to FIND the narrow way, the strait gate, the way of LIFE all in YOU by YOUR righteousness! All through Your LOVE! ALWAYS!

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