Monday, August 20, 2018

Truthful Signs.


Mat 6:10,13  Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 
… For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

Thy kingdom COME.
Thine IS the kingdom.

Mat_24:42  Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Mat_25:13  Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein 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_13:37  And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

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.

1Th_5:6  Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

2Ti_4:5  But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

1Pe_4:7  But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Rev_3:3  Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

WATCH.

Dan 2:44  And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 
Dan 2:45  Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. 

We watch. We know that the STONE will destroy ALL earthly kingdoms, His kingdom will NEVER be destroyed. We know this will happen beyond any doubt whatsoever. We can doubt a lot of things, Satan would have us live in a state of constant doubting. But how can we doubt FACTS, TRUTH? It's NOT my truth, these aren't my facts! The word of GOD holds these truths. I've heard more than once that people can interpret things however they want, but how can that be true? Can both be true? I hear people say, "Sure, as long as we love as God wants us it doesn't matter whatever else we believe. I can believe one way and you another, aren't there lots of religions?" Yes, there are a lot of religions, but does that mean they are all true? No, it doesn't. In every religion there can be those who desire only truth and live up to all the truth they are exposed to, but that doesn't make their religion truth. With everyone believing THEIR religion, THEIR beliefs are the true how does a person ever find the REAL TRUTH?  If they can all take their Bibles and show you their truth, what does that mean? I'll tell you what it means, we ALL need to pray and pray hard to know ONLY TRUTH even if it means we have to do away with cherished beliefs we've held for most of our lives. We can get comfortable with traditions passed down from one generation to the next. Traditions that we are told are Biblical based perhaps on a few verses here and there, but not the whole of God's word. If we find a contradiction in God's word we need to study and pray until it is resolved, NOT hide ourselves from seeking the truth because we want to keep our beliefs. This is so vitally important- we are told to STUDY to show ourselves approved to God!

2Ti_2:15  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

There is only ONE truth, and GOD will give it to us.  You might think, sure I'm saying this because I think I have the ONE truth. I will say this… I PRAY ONLY FOR TRUTH and I STUDY, STUDY, STUDY. And I'll say this… show me from the WORD of God where what I believe is NOT truth, show me, allow me to study your truth and if your truth has no contradiction, and needs no tradition of man to uphold it I will be obligated before the LORD to believe.

We need to WATCH for our SAVIOR to return and we ARE given signs, and so many people think it's all too confusing to understand, and that it's all future but truthfully, almost ALL the signs of our Savior's imminent return have occurred already. If you are watching for the wrong signs, you will not be ready. Just like in our lives now, if we are looking at the wrong signs we won't get to our destination no matter how sincere we are in looking at those signs and believing they are the real ones. We NEED TRUTH, only TRUTH.

Tomorrow by the grace of God we will study the signs we need to watch now, right now.

All in the name of our LORD and SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, now and forever!!!!!!!

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