July 18, 2012: Do we listen, Do we hear, Do we
see what the Lord is telling us?
How
many of us as Christians (or those who claim to be Christians) hear and see
what the Lord is showing and telling us? How many of us heed His warnings to us
and the world? How many of us see what is going on in the world (such as
earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, and record heat waves) and blame it on what the
world calls “global warming.” Are we blind to what the Lord is telling us? Do
many of us choose to ignore or block out the Lord’s cries to us, to the world?
Does even most of the church ignore His cries?
Sadly,
the answer to the questions above is yes, we don’t hear the Lord’s grief and distress;
we don’t see or hear his broken heart because we do not hear, see, or listen to
what He is lovingly trying to tell us or show us. This was apparent in 9-11 and
in many other warnings that the Lord has sent to us and we ignore at our own
peril and that is not counting what the scriptures tell us. Oh yes, we as a
nation and the church joined together for a very short time then we forgot
about it. What would it take to wake up the church and this nation, this world?
How quickly we go back to worldly ways!
Do you
think that the Lord God will be mocked? I can tell you right now that the Lord
will not be mocked! The Gospel tells us in Galatians 6:7 ASV “Be not deceived;
God is not mocked: For whatsoever a man soweth, that he shall reap.” Does
anyone but a few believers know that when this nation (or any other nation)
does something against God’s chosen people (Israel) that we will and have
suffered the consequences for it? Every time we have taken an action against
Israel this nation (and the unbelieving churches) have has some kind of
consequence as a result of the action taken against Israel or by us ignoring
God’s word. You do not have to believe me all you have to do is look at recent
history.
Just
look at the history since Israel once again became a nation on May 14, 1948 at
midnight (and for a little historical biblical background this was prophesied
in Ezekiel 36:24 NIV” For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you
from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.”). As I was
saying just check the recent history, for example when this nation first
started to appease the Palestinians to break up parts of Israel to give land to
them by mostly forcing Israel to sign into a so called treaty or treaties that the
Palestinians (or their government which is made up of mostly terrorists) had or
have no intention of honoring and even up to the present day and what this
nation is still doing now to force Israel to give in to the Palestinians.
Every
time that this nation has made a move to force Israel to give up land something
has happened to this nation (such as financial, weather related, and so on)
every time the day we supported some United Nations move or we “suggested” that
Israel give up something either that day or up to a week or a little longer
depending when we for sure supported a move to take something away from Israel
some calamity happened to this nation or to some other nation that made a move
against God’s chosen. A good example is when the nation of Japan ( a nation of
false gods) in the United Nations made a demand of Israel to go back to 1967
borders ( a move our own President first suggested!), hours after that Japan
had the earthquakes and the tsunamis which in turn caused the nuclear calamity
with their reactor plants. I suggest to you this is not coincidence. What does
the Gospel say about Israel?
Numbers
24: 9 NLT states; “Like a lion, Israel couches and
lies down; like a lioness, who dares to arouse her? Blessed is everyone who
blesses you, O Israel, and cursed is everyone who curses you.”
Genesis
12:3 NLT states; “I will bless those who bless you and
curse those who curse you.”
Genesis
27:29 NLT states; May many nations become your
servants. May you be the master of your brothers. May all your mother’s sons
bow low before you. All who curse you are cursed, and all who bless you are
blessed.”
Is it too late for us, the church, the nation,
the world? I pray not. Prayer and repentance can change things. It can change
things for the church, individuals, and nations. We do have hope; we need to
become a righteous people and church in God’s eyes without spot. We as
believers can save our families and the church; but be warned those churches
that are preaching false doctrines will be disciplined and the Pastor,
Minister, or Prophet who is supposed to be ministering God’s word to the
congregation and instead is preaching false teachings and doctrines, you are
held more responsible then all of us. How are you going to justify to God what
you did? It cannot be justified! You will surly suffer in hell. Let us look
into what the Gospel teaches us about false teachers.
2 Peter
2: 1-3 NLT
“But
there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers
among you. They will cleverly teach their destructive heresies about God and
even turn against their Master who bought them. Theirs will be a swift and
terrible end. 2 Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality.
And because of them, Christ and his true way will be slandered. 3 In their greed
they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them
long ago, and their destruction is on the way.”
2 Peter
2: 12-14
“These
false teachers are like unthinking animals, creatures of instinct, who are born
to be caught and killed. They laugh at the terrifying powers they know so
little about, and they will be destroyed along with them. 13 Their destruction
is their reward for the harm they have done. They love to indulge in evil
pleasures in broad daylight. They are a disgrace and a stain among you. They
revel in deceitfulness, while they feast with you. 14 They commit adultery with
their eyes, and their lust is never satisfied. They make a game of luring
unstable people into sin. They train themselves to be greedy; they are doomed
and cursed.”
2 Peter
2: 17-19
“These
people are as useless as dried up springs of water or as clouds blown away by
the wind—promising much and delivering nothing. They are doomed to blackest
darkness. 18 They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With
lustful desire as their bait, they lure back into sin those who have just
escaped from such wicked living. 19 They promise freedom, but they themselves are
slaves to sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.”
The
Lord is coming soon; no one knows the time or the date. He will come in His
time not our time. Many of the signs of His coming are present, many prophesy’s
in the gospel has come into being and we still have more that has yet to come
into play. We have to become immersed in the Good Word and listen to what God
is telling us. God’s word is a living word shaper than a two edged sword.
This is
not just about Israel or global warming; this is about us as people, the church,
our countries, our families, our children and much more. We need to wake up and
as they say “smell the roses.” Our Lord and Savior is clearly sending us
warnings and crying out to us, He does not want even one of us to be lost. Our
Father loves us; after all He sent his only begotten Son to die for our sins. We
must pull the binders away from our eyes, our ears, and our hearts. We have to
stop listening to what the world and Satan is telling us. We must tear away the
veils of deception that are around us, our countries, and the church. We must
get back into the one true Gospel and not listen to the false doctrines that
are being taught. We must get away from the “manmade” church and manmade church
rules. We must read the Gospel as God had it written and not as many different interpretations
as there are different denominations. Get back into the word and get into your
prayer closet, pray and call out to God and then become silent and listen for
that still small voice and be obedient to God. The church needs to wake up or it
will be shook up by God, for God will cleanse His Church.
Wake up
Church! God is knocking, can you hear Him calling?
