The Most Important Thing!
God's Saving Grace
I wish I could tell you everything will be wonderful, everything will go well, all will prosper and the world will be a great place. And it will, during the millennial reign of Christ. That's another story. God will ultimately create a new heaven and new earth.
Meantime, and the ugly truth is, the nature of man is taking the world in a downward spiral. Fast.
Greed, pride, lust, power lust, insatiableness, arrogance, selfishness, narcissism, murder, hate, sin, ungodliness and more is on the rise.
Perpetual positivity will tell you to ignore the signs around you and just look for the good.
And yes, focusing on the good helps the mental state, permits for expansion of vision, boosts morale, productivity and even capacity. It can be the catalyst for determination to go on, to forge ahead. It's a good thing. (Romans 12:21, Philippians 4:8).
Yet...
there Is a season to all things. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8).
Be mindful. There's a warning about ignoring the devastation that is to come and not taking appropriate responsive action to truly have things "work out for your good no matter what comes! (Proverbs 4:26, Ephesians 5:15-16, Romans 5:20).
Success, achievement, money, wealth, beauty, fun, travel, marriage and marital intimacy, fellowship - good times - are awesome things to enjoy in life. God's given those things but they have limitations. (Matthew 6:19-21, 6:33).
No amount of inspiration, motivation, worldly prosperity, beauty, personal fulfillment, physical fitness and the like, can save your eternal soul or fill the gap in it. (1Tim 4:8-10).
Death ( the shedding of this body we are doing life in), the first death, is terminal in that our eternal destiny is set by the response we have to God's saving grace! (Revelations 20:6, 20:14).
It doesn't matter what you "believe in your heart" if you fail to take the corresponding action that brings the desired result. (Romans 10:9-10).
TD Jakes said it best. "Get Ready! Get Ready! Get Ready!" (Matthew 24:44) .
Only biblical truth (not the many ways it's been misrepresented and misused and abused for centuries) gives prophetic insight on what is happening in our world and the creator God's plan for reconciling mankind. (2 Cor 5:19) .
If your heart is petrified, your mind overwhelmed, body taxed to the max, there is good reason. Even nature is travailing at the status we find ourselves in. (John 16:33).
There is a remedy. There is hope! There is peace. There is escape. The plan was set from the beginning. (Luke 19:10, Matthew 18:11, Ephesians 1:4, 1 Peter 1:19-20, Revelation13:8).
Understand that you were meant for a beautiful eternal destiny. Yet most won't attain it for lack of knowledge, or willful disregard. (Jeremiah 29:11, John 10:10, 2 Corinthians 5:17-19, Phillippians 3:19, Isaiah 26:19).
Understanding is possible. In fact, the creator, the one true God has laid out the answers for seekers of understanding, for those who have come to know that this world has no true success and fulfillment - those with a "its never enough" gaping hole in their soul, us all! (Hebrews 11:6).
Every wrong you've ever done, mistake you've ever made, failure, weakness, shame, guilt can be eradicated forever! It's remission. (Acts 2:38, Romans 10:10-17).
Politics, unbiblical pulpit preaching, motivational and inspirational speeches, human rights rants, etc. will not prepare you for eternal life. Neither will nationalism disguised as "Christianity".
Only the gospel and a proper lifetime response can equip you to WIN IN ETERNITY! (Isaiah 55:6).
THIS WORLD IS DESTINED FOR SOME SERIOUS TROUBLES. DON'T BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD!
BE PREPARED cause "you ain't seen nothing yet"! (Daniel 12).
Don't be lost, eternally damned! Have confidence. How? Get in covenant.
1. Ask God to reveal his divine truth and eternal plan for your life and for your forever.
2. Read Acts 2:37-42 and respond accordingly. Get in covenant. Honor the con
3. Get deeply acquainted with God, the Lord, his word, his plan. Build a relationship. Get a bible study from a knowledgeable, powerful laborer, who lives it and can teach you biblical truth from the scriptures, and show you God's plan for your life and family. (Isaiah 55:11).
4. Copy or print this essay and review these scriptures for yourself and let the Lord speak to your heart.
Acts 2:37-42 King James Version
37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. 41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. 42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Here's the promise... John 10:10
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
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