Sunday, 1 July 2012

JUDGEMENT IS COMING



Sunday 1 July Bible in one year : Leviticus 1-4

Memorize: Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. 1 Corinthians 3 vs 13

Read : 1 Corinthians 3 vs 11-15

Death seals the fate of an individual. The Holy Ghost , writing through Paul in 2 Corinthians 5 vs 6-8 makes clear the fate of faithful believers: finding themselves immediately with Jesus once they are absent from the body; while Jesus in Luke 16 vs 22-23 makes clear the fate of those that live outside in God’s precepts:being welcome to hell as they close their eyes in death.There is no middle place. There is Heaven or hell. Wherever you land at death is where you will live forever. It is either death or Jesus comes to take you home at the rapture. These are the only two exit points from this world into eternity. Where will you spend eternity?

People quake whenever they hear of death because after death , judgment follows: Hebrews 9 vs 27 says : and as it is appointed unto man once to die, but after this the judgement:

The creator of man has an appointment with man. He does not seek their inputs concerning this appointments, although those who are very close to Him could negotiate and shift the date of the appointment. Whether you like or not,you must keep that appointment someday, either through death or through the rapture. A sinner who dies will go to hell. Revelation 20 vs 11-15 says after they are judged at the Great White judgment, the inhabitants of hell will be thrown into the lake of fire. That is like from frying pan to fire. The lake of fire is a far worse place than hell fire.Just one sin is enough to take you there. On the other hand, those who believe in Jesus Christ,not just church goers,but those who have received Christ into their lives and have the evidence of a change of life will face their judgement too. 1 Corinthians 3 vs 11-15 says every work we have done will be passed through God’s fire. Any work that did not meet up with God’s standard will be burnt. The issued is not just working for God but working to meet God’s standard or expectation. Any work done with wrong motives will be burnt. Any work done not at the time God requested but at the convenience of the doer may be burnt. Some people have nothing left after the fire. You have time to make amends. You not lose your reward!

KEY POINT: To be forewarned is to be forearmed. Unfortunately ,concerning matters of eternity, many who are forewarned never believed the truth until they died and found it so. But alas they were unprepared.

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