September 2, 2012

  • Who Is Ready?

    "It is very possible for an earnest Christian to be so poorly taught and to so misunderstand the truths of Christianity that he is unable to adequately practice the Christian life!"  (Victor Matthews, Plant My Feet On Higher Ground)

    While still on the earth Jesus said "Narrow is the gate and few the number of those who find it."

    @jmallory got me thinking.  And today I'm pondering the words of Jesus from heaven to all who consider themselves Christians.  These words are found in the Apocalypse (or the Revelation) of Jesus Christ, chapters 2 & 3, in the letters to the seven churches which John the Apostle was commanded to write.  And these words tell the story of 2000 years of increasing apostasy (falling away) in the whole church and the failure (falling short) of individual Christians.  (I shall post an further explanation of that soon.)

    This week I heard the pastor of the church I attend more often than any other emphasize the coming "great harvest" as he declared the book of Revelation impossible to interpret with certainty.  That leaves me in a bit of a quandary since I clearly understand the prophecies which concern the Christian church in that book; and they are clearly taught by the denomination in which I and he work.  Well, I am not called to pastor this flock of believers!  And I am not called to hinder this man's ministry, for he is my dear friend and brother in Christ!  So I mostly kept my mouth shut in the Bible Study this week.

    But I am called to encourage all Christians, regardless of their intelligence and/or biblical scholarship, that they should be consistently seeking the direct guidance of Jesus through His Holy Spirit that they may practice living for Him every minute of every day, that they may be deemed worthy to be snatched out of this world any minute now, thus escaping the awful judgements which are most assuredly coming upon the unbelievers whose numbers are increasing.  (I, myself, do not want to be among those who are left behind facing horrendous martyrdom as the only remaining chance of joining the elect.)  The allotted number of the gentiles to be saved is surely almost fulfilled as we speak.  The rapture is imminent, and tribulations on the earth will follow afterward.

     

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