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Rejoicing in Your Salvation

“But I have trusted in Your Mercy, my heart shall rejoice in Your Salvation” (Psalm 13:5).

God’s mercy in our lives results in our not receiving the punishment we deserve. He extends His mercy to all those who realize their true condition. He offers it freely and lovingly to a world fallen in sin. He shows us through His Word that we cannot, in ourselves, live a life pleasing to the Lord. Our condition is one of total moral corruption. Once we see God’s mercy towards us and trust in it, we will realize His Grace that will empower us to walk out this life by faith in His provision of Salvation.

“But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).

God’s grace in our lives is the benefit of receiving what we don’t deserve. It’s God’s kindness and compassion towards us. He loves us and that love was displayed for all to see at Calvary. His Grace is extended to everyone, even those who hate Him. Our need has been met by His love towards us. For those that acknowledge God’s incredible kindness towards us, He offers forgiveness and Salvation by faith in the sacrificial death of His Son at Calvary. We have been redeemed by the Blood shed for us by the Lord at the Cross.

“In Him we have redemption through His Blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance of the riches of God’s Grace” (Ephesians 1:7).

Our redemption comes from God settling our debt and buying us back through the Blood Christ shed at Calvary. Our debt was the sins we committed against a Holy God. We were bought back to our rightful owner from the bondage of sin and death. His Grace enables us to live a transformed life through faith in Christ crucified and by the power of the Holy Spirit.

“The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:14).

As we trust in God’s Mercy that He has extended to us, we are humbled by His love towards us, and realize our great need of the Salvation He has provided. Jesus walked the Via Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary, for us.  That one act on the stage of history was the greatest show of God’s love, His Mercy, and His Grace that this world has ever seen. It stands apart from any other historical event as the greatest happening in all the history of mankind. We trust in His Mercy, and we rejoice in His Salvation.

“For our heart will rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His Holy Name” (Psalm 33:21).

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We Shall Not All Die

“Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed” (1 Corinthians 15:51)

The Apostle Paul is speaking about the Rapture of the church in this verse and the following. The Lord, prior to His crucifixion, promised to return for those who love Him and are watching for His soon return. The church has longed for His return since the Lord’s first Advent. The Lord said the following to His Apostles at their last gathering prior to the crucifixion:

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:3).

The Lord will actually come twice. The first time will be the Rapture, or catching away, of the church. He will not actually touch down on the Earth, but we will be “caught up” to join Him in the air. And we will “ever be with the Lord.” This first coming is to take the church out prior to the judgment that will come on the world. The final coming, or Second Coming, is for judgment on a rebellious world that has rejected Him and the Salvation He graciously offers. Paul continues to reveal the mystery of the promise that those in the Body of Christ living at the time of the Rapture will not die.

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trump will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed” (1 Corinthians 15:52).

The Trump of God (1 Thessalonians 4:17) will sound and all those that have died in the Lord previously will rise to meet the Lord in the air. Those of us that are alive at the time of the Rapture will join them in the air and we will all be with the Lord. We are also told here that we will be raised incorruptible. This speaks of our Glorified Body. The Apostle Paul goes on to explain this in the following verse.

“For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must must put on immortality” (1 Corinthians 15:53).

We are saved by the Precious Blood of Jesus, but we still have a sin nature as we seek to walk out our life. This verse speaks of receiving our Glorified Body which will have no sin nature. As well, we are mortal now meaning we are subject to death. When we receive our Glorified Body, we will never die.

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in Victory” (1 Corinthians 15:54).

Those who love the Lord have a great future. No more sin nature. No more death. We are changed “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye ” and we will be with the Lord forever. The Lord showed us this mystery to give us encouragement and to let us know what awaits us when He returns for us. Whether we pass this life before the Rapture or are alive at the time, we know the Lord will fulfill all He has promised. There is total victory coming for those who have come by faith to the Lord. His death on the Cross ensures our victory over the world, the flesh and the Devil. Isaiah foretold of this mystery some 700 years prior to the Lord’s first Advent. The Apostle Paul opened it up showing us exactly what is coming. We’ll close with what Isaiah gave us regarding this mystery and what the Lord promised those that love Him.

“He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; the rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; for the Lord has spoken” (Isaiah  25:8).

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The Rescue Mission

“If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed” (John 8:36).

Free from what? Free from our fallen nature. Free from the penalty of sin. Free to walk in “Newness of life” in fellowship with God. Adam and Eve walked with God prior to their fall in the Garden. The Lord seeks to restore that relationship with His creation through the door He has opened. That door is Christ and Him crucified.

We are born with a fallen nature due to Adam and Eve’s disobedience. Prior to their fall they walked in total God-consciousness. After the fall they fell to the much lower state of self-consciousness. All those born after them have been born in this fallen state with a sin nature. The penalty of sin is death. We are, in ourselves, unable to lift ourselves up from our fallen condition. God’s Word tells us that all have sinned and have gone our own way.

“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none who understands, there is none who seek after God. They have all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one” (Romans 3:10-12).

These verses speak of our total depravity in our fallen nature. It also shows us that in our fallen nature, and left on our own, we will not even seek God. They tell us we have gone our own “way” and not God’s way. We are lost and servants to the bondage of sin. We are lost and undone. Dead in sins. But God!

“But God, Who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ, ( by Grace you are saved;) And has raised us up together, and made us sit in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:4-6).

God had mercy on us and sent a Savior to free us from our fallen nature and the total depravity that is our true condition. He has quickened all those that will come to Him realizing there great need and made us “sit together in Heavenly places.” All this is made possible by Christ and His sacrificial death on the Cross. We have “Newness of life” by Jesus shedding His Blood at Calvary to pay the sin debt owed to God and to lift us up from our fallen condition and save us. This was all of God. It was through His mercy and Grace.

“For by Grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.” (Ephesians 2:8).

Notice that we are saved totally through Grace by faith. It is not earned, but is a gift of God. We are free from the bondage and guilt of the sin nature and given new life in Christ. We live in “Newness of Life” and are free to live a life of fellowship with the Lord. All made possible by the Father sending His Son in a rescue mission. All made possible by the Lord Jesus giving His life for us that we might be free to worship and praise our great  God for all He has done for us. Yes, we have much to be grateful for. For we are free indeed!

“Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His Mercy endures forever” (Psalm 118:1).

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Believe Not Every Spirit

“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they be of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1).

The Apostle John is warning us about false teaching, and false teachers, in the church. Doctrine is important. We must test what we hear by the Word of God. The Holy Spirit will guide us as we study and know God’s Word. If we are lax in our study and knowledge of the Word, we open ourselves up to evil spirits through false doctrine brought into the church. There are many false doctrines in the church today that do not line up with the Word of God. We cannot rely on any teacher, or pastor, to know the truth. Hopefully, we are in a church that is teaching sound teaching. But in the end, we will be held responsible before God for what we believed and how it lined up with His Word. So, how can we be sure that what we are hearing is proper doctrine. If we know God’s Word then we will judge all we hear by the following:

“Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus is come in the flesh is of God” (1 John 4:2).

I’ve heard it said that if we get Jesus wrong then we will get everything wrong. The Holy Spirit will ALWAYS points us to the Cross, that is, Christ and Him crucified. Any teaching contrary to that is not of God. Any teaching that draws our faith to other things is not of God. Any teaching that does not exalt Jesus and His redemptive work at the Cross is not of God. The Holy Spirit will “guide us into all truth” as we anchor our faith in Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary. Jesus came to rescue us from our fallen nature and we obtain forgiveness and our Salvation through faith in His great work. All our blessings come through Jesus and His sacrificial death on the Cross. If we go some other way we open ourselves up to the following:

“And every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God : and this is the spirit of Antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world” (1 John 4:3).

God has provided one way of Salvation. There is no other way. We know that we are currently in the end times and that the Antichrist will come which will lead to the Great Tribulation. Satan knows his time is short and is doing everything he can to keep those alive today from the truth of God’s Word. False doctrine and false teachers abound.  The antichrist spirit is here today as it was in John’s time. The term antichrist means exactly what it sounds like. It is that which is against Christ and the Salvation He affords through the Cross. We cannot call ourselves a Christian and believe any doctrines that do not line up with this truth. John goes on to offer encouragement to all true believers in the following verse:

“You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He Who is in you, than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

There you have it. The Holy Spirit is greater and will guide us, help us, and change us, as we trust in Christ and Him crucified. We are to become like little children completely trusting the work of God in our lives. At the risk of sounding repetitive, it is of utmost importance that our faith be anchored in Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary. 

The Lord has blessed us with a wonderful Salvation and has given us everything we need for “Life and Godliness.” We have the guide book He has given us – the Bible. We need to stay in the love of God which can only be done by going His way. We must remember, and be forewarned; the Apostle John wrote these words to Christians that where tempted to believe false doctrine that had been introduced into the church by false teachers.

“But you Beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, Keep yourself in the Love of God, looking for the Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto Eternal Life” (Jude 20,21).

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Is Your Name Written in the Book?

“And whosoever was not written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire” (Revelation 20:15).

The Book of Life contains the names of all the redeemed from the time of Adam and Eve forward. If your name is not found in the Book of Life then the Lake of Fire will be your final eternal destination away from the presence of God forever. Obviously, it is a matter of life and death for our eternal soul that we come to know the Lord in the time the Lord has given us. The Bible makes it clear that all are in need of forgiveness and the Salvation that comes to us when we place our faith in Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary.

Again, there is nothing more important for us then that we come by faith in Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary. The Lord Jesus came on a rescue mission; for left on our own there was absolutely no hope.

There is none righteous, no, not one. For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord ” (Romans 3;10,23 & 6:23).

The Lake of Fire is the final destination for Satan, fallen Angels, demons, and all those who have rejected God. This is the Lord’s final judgment against those who have rejected Him. It is called the “second death” which is speaking of the final end for the wicked and God’s final judgment on evil. Again, this speaks of final perpetual separation from God.

We can know that our names are written in the Book of Life by placing our faith in God’s provision of Salvation. That provision is Christ and Him crucified. We are to anchor our faith in Jesus and His sacrificial death at Calvary, daily. We are not to move our faith to other things like a works, or faith plus works, approach to sanctification. The Apostle Paul warned the Corinthians about this when he challenged them to examine themselves to make sure they were walking out their lives by faith in the proper object.

“Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; prove your own selves” (2 Corinthians 13:5a).

Walking by faith is the only way to be in the faith. We are saved by faith and our sanctification is all by faith. Our names written in the Book of Life are the result of a life given to the Lord by having our faith in what He accomplished at Calvary. As has been said, Salvation is a gift of God and does not come to us by our works (Ephesians 2:8,9). The Lord reaches out to whomsoever will come to Him in repentance and faith. The rewards are great for all those that have forsaken all for the “pearl of great price.”

“Therefore being justified (made right with God) by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (by faith in His sacrificial death on the Cross)” (Romans 5:1 commentary mine).

The Lord is our “exceeding great reward.” Our reward is the Lord Himself  – to know Him and walk with Him. We have been “bought with a price” – the shed Blood of the Lord Jesus. We are the Lord’s and He watches over us, blesses us, sees us through this life, and brings us into His very presence for eternity. It doesn’t get any better than that! Is your name written in the Book of Life? If not, won’t you come by faith and gain the assurance that your name is in “the book” and that you are secure in knowing that you are the Lord’s treasured possession.

“These things have I  written unto you who believe on the Name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have Eternal Life, and that you may believe (keep believing) on the Name of the Son of God” (1 John 5:12 ESB commentary).

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The Everlasting Gospel, Babylon, and the Mark of the Beast

Revelation Chapter 14

“And I saw another Angel fly in the midst of Heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto them who dwell on the Earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue” (Revelation 14:1).

This Angel referenced here as “another” Angel is the first of the three Angels whose messages are recorded here in Chapter 14 of Revelation and which comes after the entrance of the Antichrist onto the scene in chapter 13. Following the appearance of these three Angels and their announcements, the Bowl, or Vial, judgments commence. These judgments are the most severe and come at the very end of the seven-year tribulation period just prior to the Second Coming.

The first Angel preaches the everlasting Gospel to all those that dwell on the Earth. The wording suggest that everyone alive at the time will hear what this Angel proclaims. This is the first recorded time that an Angel preaches the Gospel. The Lord has entrusted the Gospel to the redeemed from the time of the inception of the church, as beneficiaries of His Mercy and Grace, to bring the Gospel to a lost and dying world. Having an Angel come at the very end of the Age of Grace is significant indeed. The message the first Angel brings is brought as a command and shows that at this point, time is short.

“Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give Glory to Him; for the hour of His Judgment is come: and worship Him who made Heaven, and Earth, and the sea, and the fountains of water” (Revelation 14:7).

The Antichrist makes great claims after he is empowered by Satan and does many signs and wonders that deceive those who have not believed the Gospel. This Angel is proclaiming just who the Creator of Heaven and Earth is, and calling all those on Earth to fear Him and give Him Glory.

“And there followed another Angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication” (Revelation 14:8).

Babylon was where the first organized rebellion against the Lord occurred with the Tower of Babel. The Lord, in judgment, confused their languages and they were scattered across the Earth. The Antichrist is now leading the final rebellion against God, and final judgment is coming. Babylon was where organized rebellion began, and the message of this Angel is that Babylon, being the place of the last rebellion against the Lord, will fall.

“And the third Angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, if any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in their forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wrath of God….and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone  in the presence of the Holy Angels and in the presence of the Lamb” (Revelation 14:9,10a,c).

The third Angel warns all those that dwell on the Earth to not follow the Antichrist or receive his mark (see Revelation 13:16-18).  The Angel goes on to proclaim the end for all those that do not heed this message. They will go the way of perdition and will reap the wrath of God and will suffer eternal punishment .

“And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever: and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name” (Revelation 14:11).

Nobody alive at the time of the Great Tribulation will be able to say that the Lord did not warn them of the perilous times in which they lived. Those serving the Antichrist and receiving the mark of his name will be eternally condemned. These three Angels proclaim the everlasting Gospel, the judgment coming on a rebellious world, and the individual responsibility each and every person has. Everyone will give an account of themselves to God (Romans 14:12). As has been mentioned, the Vial Judgment follow these announcements by the three Angels and are the most severe. We are living in the last days just prior to God’s final judgment on this world and the Lord offers all those alive today a choice.

“…I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live…. ”  (Deuteronomy 30:19b).

The Lord has offered those that pass through this world a choice, forgiveness for sin and the gift of Eternal Life in His presence or eternal damnation. The fool says in their heart that there is no God, or that there is any other God other than the Lord, the Creator of Heaven and Earth. The hour of His judgment comes. The redeemed of the Lord will rejoice at this time having placed their faith in the One Who loves us and calls us to the safety of a Salvation provided for us by His Mercy and Grace.

“And after these things (the Tribulation period) I heard a great voice of much people in Heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and Glory, and Honour, and Power, unto the Lord our God” (Revelation 19:1 commentary mine).

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This World Is Not Our Home

“In My Father’s House are many mansions: if it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there you be also” (John 14:2,3).

The Lord made this promise to His Disciples just before His death. They had been with Him for some three and a half years and He was about to go by way of Calvary. This promise, although I’m sure encouraging to the Apostles, was a promise to return for His church at the end of the age, just prior to the judgment that would befall a world that had rejected Him.

After the Lord’s departure, The Apostle Paul would also encourage and reassure us in His epistle to the Thessalonians. He said that the Lord has not appointed those that are His own to rath (to go through the end-times Great Tribulation). The Lord, Himself, will descend from Heaven and we will meet Him in the air. The church has been awaiting this blessed event since the time of Christ’s first Advent. It’s called the “Blessed Hope.” It’s a sure hope because, as our introductory verse tells us, the Lord Himself made us this promise.

We are in the end times right now and prophetically nothing must take place prior to the Rapture of the church. What we are experiencing in the world today with lawlessness abounding and everyone doing what seems right in their own eyes with little regard for the ways of God, causes those that are truly watching for His coming to look for His soon return.

“For our citizenship is in Heaven, from which we eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Philippians 3:20).

Though things may be getting darker in our troubled world, we know that the Bible foretold just how things would be just prior to the Lord’s return, and as we look around us we see the coming fulfillment of all that was prophesied for these last days. The world is not our home and we are homesick for our Heavenly home. We are awaiting the day when our Father tells His Son that the hour has come. That will be the day! The day we have been waiting for when we shall see the One that loved us and died for us that we might be with Him forever.

“And so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians  4:17b).

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The Proper Object of Faith

“I do not frustrate the Grace of God: for if Righteousness come by the Law, then Christ is dead in vain”  (Galatians 2:21).

Righteousness is afforded to us by faith. It is given to us freely as we come by faith in Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary. We have no righteousness within ourselves. It is an imputed Righteousness we receive by God’s Mercy and Grace through faith in Christ crucified. Christ’s death on Calvary paid the sin debt owed to God and opened the way for relationship with God.

Our faith in His finished work at Calvary enables the Holy Spirit to come and live within us. He is present to help us and mold us into Christ’s image. Regarding our daily living, He will bring us the victory we seek over the world, the flesh, and the Devil as we place, and keep, our faith in Christ and Him crucified.

Paul wrote the Epistle to the Galatians, and our introductory verse regarding frustrating the Grace of God was his warning to Believers in the Galatian church. His reference to the Law spoke of the Law of Moses. The Galatians were being tempted to include obedience to the Law as necessary to their walk with the Lord. If they were to do this they would be apostatizing. We are called to faith in a finished work. Self effort in any form is a denial of our faith. This was a serious problem facing the church at the time, and it is a problem the church faces today.

Jesus fulfilled the Law completely in His life and ministry here. We fulfill the Law by our faith in His finished work. This is done through the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives as we keep our faith in Christ and His sacrificial death on the Cross. This is the only way. We cannot, by our Christian disciplines, find the victory we seek in our Christian walk.

The Apostle is telling the Galatians, and us, that should we add the Law, or any law we might make up, to our faith then “Christ is dead in vain.” In other words, as Paul explained in chapter 4, “Christ will profit you nothing!” If our faith does not remain anchored in Christ and the victory He afforded us at Calvary, then we cannot take advantage of the victoriuos living that Christ provided for us.

The Apostle Paul showed us that we are not to build again those things that faith in Christ destroyed, meaning adherence to the Law. Should we do this then we are a transgressor. As Romans Chapter 6 tells us: We are dead to the Law having died with Christ and having been raised with Him to “Newness of Life.” Our faith in Christ affords us all the blessings and promises of God. The following are Paul’s words on the subject.

“For if I build again the things which I destroyed (return to attempting to keep the Law), I make myself a transgressor. For I through the Law am dead to the Law, that I might live unto God (can only be done by faith in Christ)” (Galatians 2:18,19 commentary mine).

The Apostle then shows us how Romans 6:3-5 had found place in his life and how we should live it out in our own lives. We’ll close with the Apostle’s powerful testimony.

“I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live (Newness of Life); yet not I (not by my power), but Christ lives in me: and the Life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God (faith in Christ and Him crucified), Who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20 commentary mine).

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