THERE ARE THOSE WHO ALL THEY EVER PREACH ABOUT ARE THE END TIMES. WHO SPEND NIGHT AND DAY TIRELESSLY TRYING TO SELL PEOPLE ON WHEN THE RAPTURE WILL OCCUR. WHETHER THERE IS OR ISNT A RAPTURE. WHETHER OR NOT THE RAPTURE AND THE SECOND COMING ARE BOTH ONE AND THE SAME. WHETHER THE RAPTURE AND THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST ARE TWO SEPARATE EVENTS. MANY FALL INTO ONE OR MORE OF THOSE POSITIONS: PREACHING ABOUT OR AGAINST AN OCCURRENCE AND/OR OCCURRENCES: BUT WHAT YOU WILL NOT FIND THEM PREACHING ABOUT IS BEING PREPARED NO MATTER WHEN THE LORD COMES. SEE, JESUS ONLY TOLD US ABOUT THE END TIMES SO THAT WE WILL BE WATCHING FOR HIM NO MATTER WHEN HE COMES FOR US. HE DID NOT TELL US THESE THINGS IN ORDER THAT WE MIGHT CREATE DIVISION IN THE CHURCH AMONG THE SAINTS. HE ALREADY EXPLAINED THAT NOBODY KNOWS WHEN THESE EVENTS WILL OCCUR. MANY HAVE MADE gods OUT OF THE END TIMES: BECOMING PRE-TRIBE, MID-TRIBE OR POST-TRIBE INSTEAD OF CHRISTIANS. IF HE RETURNS TOMORROW, BE READY FOR HIM. IF ITS THE MIDDLE OF THE TRIBULATION, BE READY FOR HIM STILL. IF HE RETURNS AT THE END OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION, THEN CONTINUE TO BE READY FOR HIM. WE CAN ARGUE AND SPEND OUR DAYS DIVIDED OVER THESE ISSUES AND WIND UP LOSING SIGHT OF THE ONE WHOM WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING FOR. DO I TEACH A PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE ALONG WITH A POST-TRIBULATION SECOND COMING? SURE! THATS WHAT I SEE BEING TAUGHT IN SCRIPTURES. BUT DO I ARGUE WITH OTHERS WHO DISAGREE OR SPEND MY ENTIRE TIME AND ENERGY PREACHING THOSE BELIEFS? CERTAINLY NOT! THESE ARE NOT TEACHINGS VITAL TO SALVATION. MY BIBLE STATES TO PREACH CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED. CHRIST IS THE REASON FOR MINISTRY, NOT THE END TIMES. PEOPLE NEED CHRIST, NOT AN EVENT. FOR WITHOUT CHRIST IN ONES LIFE IT DOESNT MATTER WHEN THE RAPTURE COMES THEY WILL MISS IT. AND ONE FINAL THING: MANY ARE SWIFT TO EXERCISE HOSTILITY TOWARDS OTHERS BECAUSE THE VIEWS OF OTHERS DIFFER FROM THEIR OWN. THERES A VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DISAGREEING AND PICKING A FIGHT. BETWEEN OPERATING IN LOVE AND APPROACHING PEOPLE IN THE WRONG spirit. AND THOUGH THEY MIGHT THINK THAT THEYRE DOING GODS WORK AND ARE IN GODS WILL, THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE work AND will OF THE devil. James 1:14-21 NKJV 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. 19 So then,[a] my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. PREACH JESUS...HE SAVES SOULS.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:12:21 +0000
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