There are all kinds of religions on earth, and an enormous
number of academic systems, and diverse beliefs everywhere. There are many different types of people as
to education levels, knowledge and talents, and skills.
But in the end there are only two groups of people that
really matter on earth: those who know
Jesus, and those who don’t. This second
group is lost. Unless something happens
that opens the eyes of people in this group so they can see the truth and receive
Jesus as their Lord and Savior, they are not going to have a good future.
Unfortunately, this second group is much larger than the
first group. Throughout the Bible the
point comes through that the group of true believers just is not the majority
of people on earth. Once Jesus even says
that narrow is the way and few are they who find it (the way to life, to
eternal life).
Have you ever wondered why in history and even today certain
Christians when threatened with death if they do not renounce Jesus choose to
die? And they do. In ancient Rome. And today in many places on earth where
believers are attacked and killed by members of false religions. You know those places. If you do not you are not paying
attention. Christians are killed on a
daily basis in today’s world.
Why would they prefer death over renouncing Jesus and
continuing to live an earthly life?
Because they know Jesus. Because
they know their future with him. And
they know that life on this earth in its current form is as nothing in
comparison. Renouncing Jesus would
condemn them to eternal hell, life in the lake of fire as described in the last
book of the Bible.
We are right now at the great dividing time in human
history. Huge numbers are in the lost
camp by virtue of being in false religions and lost societies. Others actually may think they are Christians
and are saved by virtue of going to a church somewhere and sitting there once a
week, by growing up in a Christian home, maybe even by doing some good works in
that church. But for some of these nothing
may be further from the truth. Being
someone whom Jesus calls out when he comes to collect his true CHURCH depends
on your truly knowing him. In his own
words, you must be born again, or born from above (perhaps a better
translation). And the apostle Paul
further elaborates: You must confess
Jesus as your Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the
dead. In other words, it is all about
truth. God doesn’t play games. As the stenographer said in Congress a few
weeks ago, God will not be mocked. She
was quoting the Bible. Mocking God is
what happens in Washington, DC on a regular basis.
Two groups of people.
One group already spiritually in the kingdom and on its way to totally
realizing that in all ways and the other a collection of lost people. Unless God draws people from that lost group
to Jesus, they will stay there. As we approach
the Lord’s return, I expect to see more and more drawn to Jesus, and I also
expect to see a steadily increasing display of people obviously falling away
from God, from the Lord, from a true faith.
The Bible in essence says as much.
So keep your eyes on Jesus no matter what happens in and
around you. The return of the Lord is
imminent. In recent decades numerous
Biblical prophecies of things to happen before his return have indeed
happened. As described in the Bible, he
could come in the clouds at any moment to call out his believers, with the
horribly difficult seven year period of judgment on the world known as the
tribulation beginning shortly thereafter and culminating in the great
Armageddon battle and his beginning to rule from Jerusalem.
As possible, through your words and actions, seek to help
the Father in his drawing others to Jesus.
Ask the Holy Spirit for guidance, to pave the way for meaningful conversations
about the Lord with others, to arrange situations. He will.
Always remember, it is all about a personal relationship between a
person and the Lord. No one can get
another person into heaven. You can’t do
that for your children or parents, and they can’t do that for you.
Two groups. That’s
all that counts. What group are you
in? And what group are your friends and
family members in?
Where are you all heading?
[For more information on all this, go to
the web site below and request the CDs such as HOW DOES ANYONE EVER REALLY GET
INTO HEAVEN? and WHAT DID JESUS DO, PARTS ONE, TWO AND THREE. Or watch the videos there such as GETTING
INTO HEAVEN and WHAT DID JESUS DO?.]
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