Monday, April 8, 2013

Signs Pt 25 Be Ready


Mat 24:40  Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Mat 24:41  Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Mat 24:42  Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Mat 24:43  But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Mat 24:44  Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Mat 24:45  Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Mat 24:46  Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Mat 24:47  Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
Mat 24:48  But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
Mat 24:49  And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
Mat 24:50  The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
Mat 24:51  And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


Mar 13:34  For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Mar 13:35  Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Mar 13:36  Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Mar 13:37  And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

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Those two verses there in Matthew 24:40,41 are what an entire group of people, probably in the millions, base their belief on what they call the Rapture. Jesus is giving parables of the SUDDEN, UNEXPECTEDNESS that His return will be. He is saying that when He returns to call those that are HIS to meet Him in the air, that yes, many will go but many more will not go, but NO WHERE does it tell us that this is all done in secret, and people aren't going to know why, and people are going to be given a second chance, NO WHERE!  When Christ returns He is taking ALL those that are His, even those who died and have been sleeping death's sleep for thousands of years.  He is going to take the dead that are His and the living that are His, the rest will NEVER BE HIS!  NEVER!  There isn't going to be any more time for people to repent. Christ returns when it is ALL done, every case is decided. Our time to REPENT is NOW! We can't wait a single second and imagine that we have another second. A brain aneurysm takes only a moment to kill someone, and none of us know if we even have another second. We have to accept Christ NOW, not believe we have time enough later to repent. When Christ tells us one will be taken and another left, He means it.  He never says He'll come back later for those He left the first time, NEVER. That is a made up DECEPTIVE theory that Satan has cultivated to capture many, many people who STOP looking for the truth in God's word. So many never even search for the truth themselves but rather take the word of others. NEVER TAKE MY WORD FOR ANYTHING SCRIPTURAL! Look it up for yourselves PLEASE!

Mat 24:42  Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

WATCH.

Mat 24:43  But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Mat 24:44  Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Mar 13:34  For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Mar 13:35  Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Mar 13:36  Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Mar 13:37  And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

If you KNOW you might be robbed- you watch!
If you know you might be robbed and take no precautions, you will be robbed.

We have to be READY ALWAYS.

Our Bible tells us- 'Therefore be ye also READY.  FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YE THINK NOT THE SON OF MAN COMETH.'

Be READY. 

We MUST be prepared at all times!

Every day our Savior is ONE DAY closer to coming again!

Every day we have to be ready for Him to return. There should be NOTHING left undone in our preparation, not a single thing for a single moment. If there is, we are not preparing, we are not ready.

Our trust has to be fully placed in the righteousness of our SAVIOR.

If we are waiting for someone to pat us on the back and tell us we're ready now, we'll be waiting forever. If we are waiting for perfection in ourselves, we'll never be ready because we'll be tempted to use that as an excuse. We'll tell ourselves it's too hard, or we'll tell ourselves God understands. We will say a lot of things to ourselves but the bottom line is we HAVE to be ready and that means we are eagerly awaiting our Lord's return. We are waiting, watching, praying always!

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