Faith On Earth.

Luk_18:8  … Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Yes. The Son of man will find faith on earth. How much faith is another story. There will be the faithful waiting for the Lord when He returns--

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. 

We which are ALIVE and REMAIN - when the LORD HIMSELF DESCENDS FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL AND WITH THE TRUMP OF GOD - we who have faith all the way to the end will rise up into the air to meet the LORD!

This is glorious news, we do know there will be faith, but we also know there will be VERY few that have that faith that is real beyond deception. There is going to be a deception so great ALL but the very elect will be deceived. Those deceived will hear the Lord tell them He never knew them- even though they REALLY BELIEVE with all their hearts that He knows them.

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. 

Strait and narrow is the way that leads to life. So why do we imagine it's a very broad way and most people are going to find it? Why do we delude ourselves? Maybe because we can't judge who is and who isn't going to belong to the Lord it is easier for us to just assume that most will make it, that everyone will make it there one way or another.  Jesus didn't say to the people- "Go wait in the waiting room until you get to know me."  He told them to get away from Him.

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. 

Very plainly we are told that NOT EVERYONE that says LORD, LORD will enter into the kingdom of heaven.

The kingdom of heaven, contrary to the belief of some, isn't going to take everyone in. Why? Because people are going to choose NOT to enter.  No one will be left out who truly chooses to belong to the Lord Jesus Christ, the WAY to heaven, the WAY to eternal life. The trouble is truly choosing to belong to the Lord is a strait and narrow way, it's NOT THE WAY OF THE WORLD. It's not the way of the MAINSTREAM religion. It's not the way of the masses.  It's the way of the TRUTH and only the LORD's truth. Yet so many people don't want all the truth, they just want the feel good religion. They don't want a strait and narrow way, why? Because a straight and narrow way speaks of something other than us doing whatever we want to do, without regard to the Lord's truth. The straight and narrow way means sacrificial love, and the sacrifice we are giving is ourselves-

Psa 51:17  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 

Mar 12:33  And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 

Rom 12:1  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 

Rom 12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 

Heb 13:16  But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 

We are NOT SUPPOSED to be of the WORLD!  Yet how many Christ followers are so close to the world you can't tell they are Christ followers at all?

More on this tomorrow by the grace and will of our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST!