Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

God will not be mocked! Do you remember Lot’s wife? God told her to not look back; but she did. What happened to her? She was tuned into a pillar of salt. God is narrow-minded! God says what he means and means what he says! Ours is not to question why; ours is to do or die.

God has placed barriers on our roadway to hell. One such barrier is gospel preaching. You and I must ignore the barrier of gospel preaching in order to go to hell; MANY do. “Oh, do not let the word depart…”

These years of our lives MUST be filled with honor and obedience. It could too soon, become too late! There is nothing we could ever do to make up for the mistakes we’ve made. When the bell has tolled; it can not be unrung.

Believe or be damned; repent or perish; Confess Christ or be denied; be baptized or live in sin; stay faithful until death! Are you a true believer?

Through Christ we can become as the seed of Abraham if we have obedient faith. “You are my friends if you do whatsoever I command you.” (John 15:14) We become Sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus. (Gal. 3:26-27)

Salvation comes because a person chooses it. It is given when a person believes and obeys the word of the Lord. It is not merely an emotional ride. Salvation is not a feeling that strikes you from out of the blue.

We must be ready to face trying and “fiery trials.” (1 Pet. 4: 12-16) The fire will try every man’s work of what sort it is. (1 Cor. 3:13-17) When our work is tried, will we prove to be wood, hay and stubble or gold, silver and precious stones?

Apostle Paul was a pleasing non-conformist. He did not flaunt his freedom in the Lord but was steadfast in God’s perfect will. He would say, “It is a very small thing that I should be judged of man’s judgment.” (1 Cor. 4:1-5)

Some feel that Christianity is what God does for us. Some feel that there is no real duty on our part; you just ‘get religion’ and leave the rest to God. It is true that we cannot work out a plan to earn salvation apart from what God requires of us in accepting the salvation [...]

Many fully intend to turn their lives around and commit themselves to the Lord, but want to wait before doing it. They know they must obey the Lord in order to go to Heaven, but do not realize that God’s timeline is now. It is today. God is not pleased when people wait for a [...]