“And to wait for His
Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who rescues us
from the wrath to come” (1 Tess. 1:`10) “For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through
our Lord Jesus Christ” (I Thess. 5:9)
read also Romans 5:9; Ephesians 5:6; Colossians 3:4 and Revelation
3:10).
Hey Gang: Confession
time! Do not get me wrong, I do enjoy
writing the morning messages but there is a very deep down side to it – it
requires doing a lot of research to keep you up to speed in what is happening
in the prophetic world and that can be like a trip through the sewers of the
world. I am finding more and more focus
on the stories of persecution, terrible - nearly unbelievable stories of
persecutions around the world and the increased legal persecutions that are on
the increase daily in our once land of the free and home of the brave.
In my 82 years of tenure on this earth I have never seen so
many, even Christians who are living in a depressed state of mind. Never have I heard so many comments comparing
what has happened and what is happening daily to our country to a funeral,
death, despair and hopelessness. Do you
feel that way this morning? If you do
let me make a suggestion – find someone who has their head screwed on right and
who inputs the Word of God on a regular basis.
Someone who has read the final chapters of the Bible and knows “We
Win”!!!!
Such a man is Pastor Vic Batista of Calvary Chapel Aventura
in Miami who looks at the world from a biblical, prophetic, perspective, and
that energizes him with tremendous hope.
He has a total “lock” on the truth of God’s redemptive plan for each and
every believer. He makes no bones about
it, we live in very perilous times, but they are also very wonderful times -
for we are living in the very midst of the fulfillment of God’s prophetic word
that was given to us thousands of years ago.
He pounds home the point that, being in the Word
continuously and in depth, is the key to mental health and prevention of such
things as fear and lack of hope. When we
are continually basking in the fulfilled promises, and keep in mind God has
never left us dangling on one of His promises, they are fulfilled precisely and
exactly as he said they would be fulfilled. Knowing that God keeps His promises
radically helps us trust Him better and gives us hope for the future.
This we can take to the bank! In the end Jesus is the winner and evil will be defeated and destroyed!! Satan
will be out of here and these amazing events are just around the corner. The ‘out
of sight news’-God wants the faithful to live forever in His home with Him –
the New Jerusalem. That’s the very
reason why mankind was created, so that we can have fellowship with God
forever.
I believe one of the most amazing verses in the Bible is
found in Revelation 9:20-21 “The rest of
mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of
their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver
and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see not hear not walk;
and they did not repent of their murderers not of their sorceries not of their
immorality nor of their thefts.” (NASB)
Soooo my friends, Jesus said, “But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up
your heads, because our redemption is drawing near” (Luke 21:28). It is time to look up folks!
Blessings,
Gramps
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