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Empty and Swept Clean -Vacant- Souls

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The Fullness in Christ or the Emptiness of a Vacant Soul

Have you ever come across a vacant lot, a space of land between say, two other buildings that was meant perhaps for another house that was never built? Or have you ever seen pictures of lots of land where a house is still standing but obviously in disrepair because it has been abandoned or not maintained? Tall uncut grass and weeds litters its surroundings. Broken windows and weather-ridden wood decries it’s current inward and outward state. Today’s message is just this – has your soul lost its hope in the Lord and now it’s nothing but a land where something of value once held its place and now nothing but abandonment describes its existence?

The Situation-

From nations and kingdoms in wars and turmoil, from an increasingly violent nature, to a dysfunctional society, this planet is becoming a very treacherous and dangerous place to live. Violence, hate, and lawlessness are defining our cities, towns, states, and nations. Extreme weather is becoming the norm with volcanoes igniting all over the globe to earthquakes increasing in size and scope like never before in human history. Folks, all these things are called out in Bible Prophecy and have, are, and will happen with ever increasing fervor.  The truth of the matter is that things will not get better. Oh, for short bursts of time they may seen they are back to normal, but the reality is they will worsen. I am not trying to be a fearmonger, nay-sayer, or a preacher of gloom and doom. I am only echoing the truth of the Word of God. Have you ever read and/or been taught the truth of the Book of Revelation? If so, you know that this world is destined for the judgments of Almighty God, and friends, this will not be a pleasant time. So what do we do?

“Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.” -Matt 12:44 (KJV)

If you find yourself today drifting on a raft of despair, or if you have lost your first love in Christ, or if you are just idling along finding your [temporary] joy and strength based on your friends, family, or stuff then you are heading for great discouragement. In fact, you are on a wide path that will lead to destruction – Matt 7:13-14. This I call living with a “vacant soul”. A soul that is not filled with Christ, has no purpose, has no hope, has no direction, and wanders trusting only in the temporal visual things and people of this life. It is now time to change.

Our Only Hope-

“O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.” -Psa 63:1 (ESV)

This world is destined for ultimate destruction – 2 Peter 3:10. So our absolutely only hope in this decaying world is to seek Christ and His free gift of salvation. He came in humility, preaching and teaching the Kingdom of God. He came to heal and have compassion on the sick, the lame and to those who had or lost all hope. He came as the only begotten Son of the Living God offering us living water to quench our spiritual thirst so it would never thirst again. His love for us is beyond our understanding, but suffice it to say that He loves us dearly and does not want even one to perish – 2 Peter 3:9. He loves you and me and only wants us to obey, follow and live a holy life unto Him. He asks for our 100 percent surrender and dedication in trust and faith. He wants to fill our souls with hope, love and the promise of living in His house for eternity.

So will you take Him up on His offer, or continue your decline into despair and hopelessness. It’s time to wake up and understand that this life is but a vapor – James 4:14 and once we die our physical body decays in the ground while our soul lives forever. Now is the time to shake off any attachment that makes you cling to this world and then reattach through your confession of your sins and in true repentance to the one and only one that can save you – the Lord Jesus Christ. Will you do this or will you remain lost and destined for an eternal separation from God? Are the “things” of this life more important than considering where your soul (the essence of your mind, heart and emotions) will spend eternity?

The Bottom Line-

You have but only two choices. Heaven or hell – Matt 25:46. Heaven with Christ based on you accepting, professing and living for Him, or Hell – the easy and wide path – leading to eternal torment and damnation – Matt 7:13-14. For what you are doing right now – the choices and decisions you make – will shape your eternity. You may be as stubborn as a mule, totally resistant to change – a person who rebels at the truth in Christ and has lived in your own ways and wisdom. Friend, this reasoning will lead you into eternal torment in the depths of hell’s continuous flames. No parties with like-minded hell-bound friends, no virgins, no paradise promises – just plain eternal consuming and endless non-destructive flames – Mark 9:43, 48. Time to think on this very seriously! For it’s too late once you exit this life to reconsider where you will go in the next.

It’s now time to get right with God filling up your souls with the wisdom and knowledge of Jesus Christ – our Lord and Savior. Fill up your souls with the living water in the hope of Christ- John 4:11. Now is the time – do not put it off. We have no guarantees of this present life, not even the next minute. Many people throughout the world are dying unexpectedly via crazed radical religious suicide bombers, others through demented and lost souls that have no value for human life for they have refused or rejected the light of Christ. We all must live every day as our last and so be prepared in the hope we have in Christ to enter His rest – Heb 4:1.

Your soul will be filled with either Jesus or evil for these are the only two forces in the universe today -Psalm 1. That being said, today, then is the day to get right with Jesus Christ and obtain your free gift of salvation and a reservation for eternity with Him. Do not leave your soul empty and swept clean. So…what say you?

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Stay the course, run the race, be strong in the Lord and in the Power of His might,

-BPWatcher, Internet Preacher and Bible Prophecy Watchman

““Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14- For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” -Matt 7:13-14 (ESV)

HE IS LORD!

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Christianity Has Become Tenderized Across America and the World

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Professing to be a Christian Has Become Cliche, Easy with No Accountability for Sin

“Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.” -Heb 12:26 (KJV)

We here in the West have taken the words of Almighty God and pounded, shaped, and tenderized them to fit our lives. When I make a dish with, say, chicken as the meat, I usually tenderize it so the marinade can penetrate the meat thereby making it taste better. It also aids in reducing the cook time since the meat has been aerated and is more or less full of holes. And let me tell you it tastes mighty good, easy to chew, and pleasant going down the hatch.

Well, the church here in the West has done the same thing with God’s word – Christ’s words. No longer do we hear the tough teaching on sin, Godly sorrow and repentance. We no longer are held to any accountability for our sin as preached from the pulpits. We have reduced Christ’s living words (John 6:63) to mere tenderized – nice and tasty – food that goes down easy and smooth. This is a spiritual disaster and has caused us to depart from God Almighty! If you think I’m making this up consider when was the last time that you felt convicted after the sermon was given at your church? When was the last time you wept for the unconfessed sin in your life? When was the last time you repented of your sin?

Or are the words ‘sin and repentance’ stricken from the rhetoric and vocabulary of your church?

Likewise with Godly sorrow. Ever hear of it?

“For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.” -2 Cor 7:10 (KJV)

We can be very sorrowful over things in this life but what about be sorrowful over your sin? Mourning over your sin before a Holy and Righteous God shows that you have identified and know about your sin and now want to amend your ways through repentance. Sincere repentance, that is. A mind and life changing course correction. This is an absolute must in the life of a any professing born-again [saved] Christian. There are no exceptions or exemptions to this Biblical reality.

However, today, in this technically advanced society and highly hedonistic culture we distance ourselves from anything negative or that would show us that we sin. And that reasoning folks is why most churches and many people in the church are spiritually sick and weak spiritually and for some physically. They have become easy targets for the enemy of our soul – the Devil – who prowls around as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour – 1 Peter 5:8. Devour, friends … make sure you understand this.

What about the prophet Isaiah … Turn over to Isaiah 6 and observe what one, if not the, most holy man on the face of the earth at that time did and said when He met the Lord. Read about his reaction to the presence of the Living God. Are we better than Isaiah? More righteous? Less sin? I don’t think so, yet his responses show just how sinful we are when faced with pure Holiness.

Today in our Western ways and lifestyles we have softened the Bible (God’s living words), made it full of escape hatches, marginalized its message, minimized its impact on in our lives and completely ignored crucial parts of it altogether.

So where do you stand on this issue? A liberal, fence-sitter or conservative? Will you reassess where you stand in the Lord, what you view as sin based on Biblical witness? Will you weep before a Holy God for your sin and ask forgiveness and then repent amending your ways? (Note: confessing your sins is to be done before God and not before fallible men in pretty white or red robes or others sporting nice priestly collars). The veil was torn in two opening the way for us to access the Lord directly – Matt 27:51; Heb 4:16.

And while I’m at it,  flee as fast as you can from the “seeker-driven” church and movement – their compromising and watering-down of the Gospel to please man is a false gospel with false preachers in their pulpits.

Remember, the more you reject God’s word, the more you shrink back from its truths, the more you discount its impact in your life, the harder your heart will become and the more sin you will allow into your life. Our hope is in the Lord God Almighty only. Jesus Christ – Yeshua Ha-Mashiach – is our only Lord and King. Without Him we are nothing but with Him centered in His will, we are courageous, powerful and strong never to compromise or to back down from standing for Biblical truths.

And Finally –

Please, do not, (I urge this with all encouragement and haste) shun or discount the importance of Jesus Christ in your life today.  He is the only gate, the only road to eternal life – the only way, and the only name by which men can be saved -Acts 4:12.  Friends, all of us will face death one day (Heb 9:27); at that time the compromising or minimizing of Gospel truths to fit personal agendas will end. The untruths will stop, the easy Gospel teaching and living put down. The worship of men and woman will stop cold. For then we will stand before Christ. How will you face Him? Unashamed (1 John 2:28) and sure of your salvation and eternity (1 Jon 5:13)  or scared to death destined for an eternity of separation from God — in hell?

This being said then don’t put it off, get right with God, get back on track with Him, read your Bible. Confess your sins to Him, He’s listening. Then repent, sincerely repent with no joking or faked repentance. Seek Him while He may be found.

So what will you do with this teaching today?

“But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.” -2 Cor 4:2 (KJV)

-BPWatcher, A No-Compromise, Fervent Internet Preacher and Bible Prophecy Watchman

THE KING IS COMING – JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD!

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Salvation: What Must I Do to Be Saved? Are You Saved? Once Saved, Always Saved?

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“…Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” -Acts 16:30 (KJV)

Paul and Silas where ministering at Philippi and because of their preaching and healing of a demon-possessed girl they were beaten by order of the magistrates and threw them into prison. They also had their feet locked down in the stocks. But at midnight they prayed and sang hymns to God. Then suddenly there was an earthquake and the foundations of the prison were shaken and all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains fell off. This in itself is a miracle worth  further study bit for today we will focus in on what the jailer of the prison said next.

Thinking that all the prisoners escaped the jailer was ready to kill himself but Paul said hold on don’t do anything we are all still here. The jailer went immediately to Paul and Silas trembling before them and asked one question – “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?“. Now we don’t know if the jailer heard them praying and singing but I suspect he did and was moved in his spirit to ask them this question as the earth shook beneath his feet.

Paul answered, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your household“. Paul and Silas then ministered the word of the Lord to him and he became saved.  You see the jailer wanted to know what he had to do to escape the future judgment as he was now aware of the power of God. One must have faith and believe that the Lord was/is who He claimed to be and believe in the things He did – 1 Cor 15:3-4.

“but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” -John 20:31 (ESV)

Friends to be saved you must profess the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and believe in your heart (soul) that God raised Jesus from the dead. You must then confess your sin and repent and start living in holiness (Heb 12:14). For without repentance no man shall see the Kingdom of God – Luke 13:3. These are our instructions for obtaining eternal life. We must be born again (saved) in order to live with the Lord in His kingdom forever. There is nothing else on the face of the earth that will get you saved. But you may ask “saved from what?“. I say, saved from His wrath which is surely coming. Saved from hell – which is certainly a reality and certainly a place of endless torment. Saved from the terrible consequences of our sin.

Once Saved, Always Saved False Teaching (an absolute lie)

Salvation is not about a one-time canned prayer that you have said at one time in your life. Salvation is about living and believing in Christ, His word, His teachings, His Bible … daily! Some big named preachers and evangelists teach that you are saved by grace and once you are saved you cannot loose your salvation. They would argue that if a person claims to be a Christian and then falls back into the world, then they were never a Christian to begin with. Hogwash! And this is false teaching. Consider Paul’s words in 2 Th 2:3, where he describes that before the Day of the Lord arrives there will be a great falling away from the faith. Friends, if you fall away, you had to be part of the faith to begin with.

Scripture speaks plainly about the false doctrine of Once Saved, Always Saved. Consider carefully – 1 Tim 4:1; Matt 24:10; Heb 6:4-6; 1 Tim 6:10, 21; 1 Tim 1:19; Act 20:29-30,  for starters. Here’s a decisive one –  2 Peter 2:20–21. And what about Rev 22:19 … if your name can be blotted out of the Book, it must have been in the Book to begin with. Also in: Ex 32:32-33; Rev 3:5. There many verses about being removed or blotted out of the Book of Life but not one having your name in this Book and never being removed. Again, to fall away from the faith, strongly makes a case that you had to be of the faith to begin with. Now, a true Christian will live a life of holiness and repentance. But what if after living like this this true Christian falls back into the world and forgets God? Nations do this, why can’t people. My friends, DO NOT adhere to this Once Saved Always Saved foolishness as it a lie that will lead many astray and cause them to believe in a hyper-grace Gospel. One where grace has you covered in everything you do, which many take as a Get-Out-of-Hell free Card.

“Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10- For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.:” -Rom 10:9-10 (ESV)

So there it is and now the big question is what will you do about it if you are not really saved today? Do you claim to be a Christian but live like the world? Do you never find time to: pray, read His word, tell others about the Gospel, or live a life of faith? This being said will you answer His call and follow Him or keep rejecting Him and procrastinating until some future time which may never come? Today’s the day of salvation, not tomorrow or next week. Today! Seek Him beloved for we never know when we will take our last breath and by then your fate and mine is sealed – for heaven or for … hell!

 

Stay the Course, Steadfast in Your Faith, Be Strong in the Lord and the Power of His Might!
-BPWatcher, Internet Preacher and Bible Prophecy Watchman

“Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?” -2 Peter 3:11-12

HE IS LORD!

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