Wednesday, September 25, 2013

MANY, or few?

"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.  Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.  And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:   And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it."  Matthew 7:21-27


This passage tells us a couple of things:

A)  There is going to be a LOT (many) of people who claim to be Christians, that will be cast out of God's presence in the end.  It says they 'called' him Lord- people who don't claim to be Christians do not call him Lord, or pray to him....nor do they prophesy, cast our devils, or do wonderful works in the name of the Lord- "CHURCH people" do these things.  It is a great falsehood that all who 'believe in God', or 'go to church' are going to inherit the Kingdom of God- in fact, according to vs 13 and 14 of this same chapter, the MAJORITY of those who call themselves Christian will not > "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and MANY there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and FEW there be that find IT.


B)  When THE storm comes, a LOT (many) of "Christian" empires will come crashing down, violently

If the reality of this would really sink in to the hearts of churches across America, a lot of the nonsense and game-playing going on within a lot of them would come to a screeching halt.  We are embroiled in an all-out SPIRITUAL WAR right now, and a lot within the church are layin around inside the barracks, polishing, admiring, and comparing their weapons instead of using them as the offensive weapons they were meant to be.  The enemy is advancing at a rapid rate, but we are too engrossed in entertaining ourselves to notice.  The concept of CHURCH has long been lost- it exists for 3 reasons:  To worship GOD, to encourage each OTHER, and to become equipped to go out into the battlefield and rescue the lost!  But tragically, MANY have put those 3 reasons on the back burner (IF they are even recognized at ALL anymore) for ONE main reason> church is about SELF now.  It's structured to be convenient for SELF, to feed SELF, to entertain SELF, to stroke SELF'S feelings, and to affirm SELF.  And if it should ever have the audacity to judge SELF, to make SELF uncomfortable, to bring conviction upon SELF, or to tell SELF that it is wrong, then SELF leaves and finds another SELF catering 'church'.  This does not describe the CHURCH that Christ is returning for.  Do most of us even understand what the words of this old chorus mean?

"In times like these, we need a Savior
 in times like these, we need an anchor
 be very sure, be VERY SURE
 your anchor holds and grips the solid rock
 and this rock is JESUS, HE'S the one
 this rock is Jesus, God's only son
 be very sure, be VERY SURE
 your anchor holds and grips the solid rock"

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