Jesus is returning!

Matthew 25:13  Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

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

Matthew 24:42, 44  Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Mark 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:

Luke 12:40  Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

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Don't be deceived

2 Corinthians 11:3-4 But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different “good news”, which you did not accept, you put up with that well enough.

Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to me, all you who labour and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Matthew 16:24-27 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

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The reason the world is so violent

"The reason the world is so violent" 

1 John 5:19  We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

When I read this today, it reminded me that the violent insanity that is in the world has a backdrop: the power of Satan working in those who are disobedient to God. It is a horrible thing to observe and experience. This is our spiritual reality. But wait! Jesus gives us the victory!

First Corinthians 15:57: "But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."

And there is more good news! Jesus said in John 16:33: "I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

And Second Corinthians 2:14 reads: "Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of His knowledge in every place."

And Romans 8:37 assures us: "No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us."

But wait, there's more! Philippians 4:13: "I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me."

And how about this: Deuteronomy 20:4: "For the LORD your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

Have faith. Trust God. Jesus will be returning soon, and we will be delivered once and for all at the glorious appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ!

First Thessalonians 4:16-18:

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

Therefore, comfort one another with these words.

Let's pray: Heavenly Father, help us to navigate around all the complexities of the times we live in. Help us not to despair but have hope in today's provision from you. Amen.

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Hold firmly to Jesus and His message

Hold firmly to Jesus and His message 

Revelation 2:13 “I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

What caught my eye on this passage is "You hold firmly to my name and did not deny my faith". 

That is what I want to do today. How about you? Holding firm to Jesus and His faith. There are lots of faiths out there. But I am aiming for the faith of Christ. The faith that he teaches about in the New Testament.

For example, Jesus says in John 10:9: "I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture." We can only have true faith if we come to our Heavenly Father through the only sacrifice He will accept that will make us right with Him. As it says in Isaiah 53:5, "But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed." Any self-effort for salvation or faith in any religious organization is futile. Jesus is our only hope.

We are also reminded of the words of Jesus in John 10:27, "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me." The Holy Spirit has revealed to us to avoid other teachings. Brother John speaks of the false prophets who depart from the teachings of Jesus in First John 2:19, "They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that it might be revealed that none of them belong to us."

I thought this would be a good reminder for you and me this hour to stay sharp and stay rooted in Jesus.

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The world under the power of the evil one

The world under the power of the evil one

There is so much bad news these days. And there is a reason for that. Listen to what it says in 1 John 5:19 in the Bible: We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

The god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, as we're told in 2 Corinthians 4:3-4: Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish; in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

Who will deliver us from this evil world? Galatians 1:4 tells us Jesus does!: "who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—"

And let's be honest. For Christians, we realize that, as it says in Titus 3:3: For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 

And James wrote in James 4:4:  You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Let's pray: Heavenly Father, help us to live for  Jesus and not the world system in rebellion to Him. Help us this moment to make a fresh commitment to have faith in Christ alone and follow Christ alone.  Amen.

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