Wednesday 28 February 2018
Showing God to the World
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Showing God to the World
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.”
2 Corinthians 4:7–10
From the earliest records of human history, man has been making idols and images to worship. The false gods are merely an imitation of the real thing, a diversion designed by Satan to substitute for true worship. But their creation across so many cultures and centuries reveals a truth about the human heart—we have a longing to see something that is greater than we are. Even the most ardent atheist, no matter how much he tries to conceal, has this void of longing inside. God is real, and we need Him.
Because God is invisible, we cannot see Him. “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him” (John 1:18). Jesus was only present on the Earth for a few years, and while He was fully and completely God, He did not appear in glory and power except for brief moments. Instead, He revealed God to the world through His actions, His words, and His compassion and love for others. Today, it falls to us to show the world the true nature of God.
Annie Johnson Flint wrote:
We are the only Bible
The careless world will read;
We are the sinner’s gospel,
We are the scoffer’s creed;
We are the Lord’s last message,
Given in deed and word;
What if the type is crooked?
What if the print is blurred?
What if our hands are busy
With other work than His?
2 Corinthians 4:7–10
From the earliest records of human history, man has been making idols and images to worship. The false gods are merely an imitation of the real thing, a diversion designed by Satan to substitute for true worship. But their creation across so many cultures and centuries reveals a truth about the human heart—we have a longing to see something that is greater than we are. Even the most ardent atheist, no matter how much he tries to conceal, has this void of longing inside. God is real, and we need Him.
Because God is invisible, we cannot see Him. “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him” (John 1:18). Jesus was only present on the Earth for a few years, and while He was fully and completely God, He did not appear in glory and power except for brief moments. Instead, He revealed God to the world through His actions, His words, and His compassion and love for others. Today, it falls to us to show the world the true nature of God.
Annie Johnson Flint wrote:
We are the only Bible
The careless world will read;
We are the sinner’s gospel,
We are the scoffer’s creed;
We are the Lord’s last message,
Given in deed and word;
What if the type is crooked?
What if the print is blurred?
What if our hands are busy
With other work than His?
Today’s Growth Principle:
It is our privilege and responsibility to show the world a true picture of what God is like.
Tuesday 27 February 2018
Angels
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The Preparation of Separation
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
2 Timothy 2:20–22
Today there are many pressures for us to become more and more like the world in an effort to reach the world. But this direction is doomed to failure. It will not work to reach the lost, but it will destroy the spiritual health and well-being of those who take that route.
The work to which God has called us is greater than we can do in our power or reach by human philosophy. It is only as we surrender our lives to the Lord as His instruments that He uses us by His power. Rather than borrowing worldly methods or adjusting to sinful lifestyles, we should recognize our need for the filling of the Holy Spirit and strive to live in such a way that we will be clean vessels through which His power will flow.
Charles Spurgeon said, “A church which, in a living way, holds fast the truth once for all delivered to the saints will also separate itself from the ways of the world: in fact, the world and the worldly church will shun it and push it into the place of separation. The more separated we are after our Master’s fashion, the more fit we shall be to do His bidding.” The work of God must be done in the power of God if it is to have a genuine impact, and we cannot expect to have His power unless we are walking in obedience.
2 Timothy 2:20–22
Today there are many pressures for us to become more and more like the world in an effort to reach the world. But this direction is doomed to failure. It will not work to reach the lost, but it will destroy the spiritual health and well-being of those who take that route.
The work to which God has called us is greater than we can do in our power or reach by human philosophy. It is only as we surrender our lives to the Lord as His instruments that He uses us by His power. Rather than borrowing worldly methods or adjusting to sinful lifestyles, we should recognize our need for the filling of the Holy Spirit and strive to live in such a way that we will be clean vessels through which His power will flow.
Charles Spurgeon said, “A church which, in a living way, holds fast the truth once for all delivered to the saints will also separate itself from the ways of the world: in fact, the world and the worldly church will shun it and push it into the place of separation. The more separated we are after our Master’s fashion, the more fit we shall be to do His bidding.” The work of God must be done in the power of God if it is to have a genuine impact, and we cannot expect to have His power unless we are walking in obedience.
Today’s Growth Principle:
If we want to be effective tools in the hands of God for His work, we must walk in obedience to Him.
Monday 26 February 2018
“Just, and the Justifier”
“Just, and the Justifier”
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.”
Romans 3:24–26
In 1981, a man named Lenny Chow appeared in the courtroom of Judge Thomas Maloney in Chicago to face a charge of murder. The accused was a hit man for a Chicago gang, and he could have faced the death penalty if convicted. After the judge ruled that a key piece of evidence was unreliable, Chow was acquitted of the charge and set free. What no one knew at the time was that Judge Maloney was a corrupt judge, who had taken a $100,000 bribe to ensure the guilty defendant got off. It was not until ten years later that an FBI undercover sting revealed the plot, and the crooked judge was finally arrested and convicted of taking bribes.
The love of God for us is beyond measure, but His love does not mean that He is willing to overlook our sin. He is a just Judge. The only way that we can come into His holy presence is if our sins have been paid for. No one can bribe God to let them off the hook. But the depth of God’s love meant that He was willing to provide for us a way of salvation. Though the cost was great, Jesus paid it on our behalf, and as a result we can be justified without God sacrificing His perfect justice. “He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities” (Isaiah 53:11).
Romans 3:24–26
In 1981, a man named Lenny Chow appeared in the courtroom of Judge Thomas Maloney in Chicago to face a charge of murder. The accused was a hit man for a Chicago gang, and he could have faced the death penalty if convicted. After the judge ruled that a key piece of evidence was unreliable, Chow was acquitted of the charge and set free. What no one knew at the time was that Judge Maloney was a corrupt judge, who had taken a $100,000 bribe to ensure the guilty defendant got off. It was not until ten years later that an FBI undercover sting revealed the plot, and the crooked judge was finally arrested and convicted of taking bribes.
The love of God for us is beyond measure, but His love does not mean that He is willing to overlook our sin. He is a just Judge. The only way that we can come into His holy presence is if our sins have been paid for. No one can bribe God to let them off the hook. But the depth of God’s love meant that He was willing to provide for us a way of salvation. Though the cost was great, Jesus paid it on our behalf, and as a result we can be justified without God sacrificing His perfect justice. “He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities” (Isaiah 53:11).
Today’s Growth Principle:
The sacrifice of Jesus on the cross should quell any doubts we have about God’s love for us.
Sunday 25 February 2018
Paid in Full
Ecclesiastes 1:2
2 Teacher: Life is fleeting,
like a passing mist.
It is like trying to catch hold of a
breath;
All vanishes like a vapor; everything is a
great vanity.
No
words can suffice for a mother (my friend/high school classmate) who lost a daughter but happy enough that her teen is in Christ; know her true Saviour
(at a very young age) that at the end of her life she’s been saved by grace
through faith.
Christian Soldiers
Christian Soldiers
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.”
2 Timothy 2:2–4
Isaac Watts wrote some of the most powerful and influential hymns in all of church history. He grew up in the home of a non-comformist pastor. Because his father refused to be part of the official Church of England, he was persecuted and even put in jail twice. When Watts was a baby, his mother would take him to the prison so his father could pray over him. Though religious liberty had increased by the time Watts became a pastor himself as an adult, he never forgot that following Jesus Christ carries a price. In 1709 Isaac Watts wrote these words:
Am I a soldier of the cross,
A follower of the Lamb?
And shall I fear to own His cause
Or blush to speak His name?
Sure I must fight if I would reign:
Increase my courage, Lord;
I’ll bear the toil, endure the pain,
Supported by Thy Word.
The notion that following Christ leads to a life of ease and comfort is attractive, but false. Jesus came into the world with the message of hope and salvation that mankind needed, but that did not mean He was greeted with acceptance and open arms. Instead, He was hated by many and lived without what we consider to be the basic necessities of life for much of His time on Earth. “And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head” (Matthew 8:20).
2 Timothy 2:2–4
Isaac Watts wrote some of the most powerful and influential hymns in all of church history. He grew up in the home of a non-comformist pastor. Because his father refused to be part of the official Church of England, he was persecuted and even put in jail twice. When Watts was a baby, his mother would take him to the prison so his father could pray over him. Though religious liberty had increased by the time Watts became a pastor himself as an adult, he never forgot that following Jesus Christ carries a price. In 1709 Isaac Watts wrote these words:
Am I a soldier of the cross,
A follower of the Lamb?
And shall I fear to own His cause
Or blush to speak His name?
Sure I must fight if I would reign:
Increase my courage, Lord;
I’ll bear the toil, endure the pain,
Supported by Thy Word.
The notion that following Christ leads to a life of ease and comfort is attractive, but false. Jesus came into the world with the message of hope and salvation that mankind needed, but that did not mean He was greeted with acceptance and open arms. Instead, He was hated by many and lived without what we consider to be the basic necessities of life for much of His time on Earth. “And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head” (Matthew 8:20).
Today’s Growth Principle:
No one can serve as a soldier of Christ unless he is willing to endure hardship and suffering.
Saturday 24 February 2018
The Importance of Friendship
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The Importance of Friendship
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9–12
Following his success at Kansas, UCLA hired Franklin “Pepper” Rodgers to be their head football coach in 1971. The season started with four straight losses, and alumni and fans loudly expressed their displeasure with the new leader. Later, Rodgers looked back on that painful season, which ended with only two wins and a last place finish in their conference. “My dog was my only true friend,” he wrote. “I told my wife that every man needs at least two good friends. She bought me another dog.”
There are tough times in everyone’s life, and one of the things that make it easier for us to handle difficult days is the presence of a true friend. Much of the pain we experience comes not just from the circumstances, but from the feeling that no one else really knows or cares what we are going through. The Apostle Paul knew this feeling. Late in his life looking back under the direction of the Holy Spirit he wrote to Timothy, “At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge” (2 Timothy 4:16).
While we cannot control whether we have a friend in moments of crisis (though certainly there are things we can do to establish and strengthen friendships), we can control whether we are a true friend to those who are hurting.
Ecclesiastes 4:9–12
Following his success at Kansas, UCLA hired Franklin “Pepper” Rodgers to be their head football coach in 1971. The season started with four straight losses, and alumni and fans loudly expressed their displeasure with the new leader. Later, Rodgers looked back on that painful season, which ended with only two wins and a last place finish in their conference. “My dog was my only true friend,” he wrote. “I told my wife that every man needs at least two good friends. She bought me another dog.”
There are tough times in everyone’s life, and one of the things that make it easier for us to handle difficult days is the presence of a true friend. Much of the pain we experience comes not just from the circumstances, but from the feeling that no one else really knows or cares what we are going through. The Apostle Paul knew this feeling. Late in his life looking back under the direction of the Holy Spirit he wrote to Timothy, “At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge” (2 Timothy 4:16).
While we cannot control whether we have a friend in moments of crisis (though certainly there are things we can do to establish and strengthen friendships), we can control whether we are a true friend to those who are hurting.
Today’s Growth Principle:
Reach out today to someone who is going through a hard time and offer them comfort and encouragement.
Friday 23 February 2018
God's given you a helper
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What Is in Your Record?
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”
1 John 5:11–13
Though for many of us it has been quite some time since we were in school, vivid memories of those days remain. We remember favorite classes and teachers, maybe a particular field trip or science project, or perhaps concerts or athletic competitions. If you go back to your alma mater now, even though years have passed, somewhere there will be a record of your time there. You can find a transcript of your grades as part of your permanent record. The one thing you cannot do now is change it. What happened was written down and recorded, and it is set.
The grace of God offers us a different approach to a far more important record—our standing with Him. The record we have established is not good. Our sin nature manifests itself even when we are very young. There are no “good” people, only sinners. Though some may be worse than others, all fall short of God’s demand of perfection. That is why we needed Jesus so desperately.
Grace applies the perfect righteousness of the Son of God to our record. Instead of seeing a list of our many faults and failings, God sees us as justified in His sight. What a blessing! Yet, sadly, we often take it for granted. Salvation is so wonderful and so marvelous that we never need another reason to be constantly praising and thanking God for what He has done for us.
1 John 5:11–13
Though for many of us it has been quite some time since we were in school, vivid memories of those days remain. We remember favorite classes and teachers, maybe a particular field trip or science project, or perhaps concerts or athletic competitions. If you go back to your alma mater now, even though years have passed, somewhere there will be a record of your time there. You can find a transcript of your grades as part of your permanent record. The one thing you cannot do now is change it. What happened was written down and recorded, and it is set.
The grace of God offers us a different approach to a far more important record—our standing with Him. The record we have established is not good. Our sin nature manifests itself even when we are very young. There are no “good” people, only sinners. Though some may be worse than others, all fall short of God’s demand of perfection. That is why we needed Jesus so desperately.
Grace applies the perfect righteousness of the Son of God to our record. Instead of seeing a list of our many faults and failings, God sees us as justified in His sight. What a blessing! Yet, sadly, we often take it for granted. Salvation is so wonderful and so marvelous that we never need another reason to be constantly praising and thanking God for what He has done for us.
Today’s Growth Principle:
No matter how many years we may have been saved, we must never lose sight of God’s amazing grace.
Thursday 22 February 2018
Sacrificial Love
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Sacrificial Love
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”
1 John 3:16–18
On October 1, 2017, concert goers at an outdoor venue in Las Vegas, Nevada, were attacked in what became one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history. As bullets flew among the shocked crowds, people rushed for safety, seeking a way to escape. Among the more than twenty thousand who attended the concert were a couple from Tennessee, Sonny and Heather Melton. Sonny placed his body between his wife and the shooter and kept the bullets from reaching her. He was shot, but her life was spared by his sacrifice.
Most of us will, hopefully, never face a life and death choice where we would have to protect someone else with our own bodies. Yet each day we are faced with choices of whether we will live for self or for others. There is no way to emulate the life of Christ without loving others to the point where we are willing to sacrifice for them. “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9).
We live in a world that glorifies selfishness. The value of sacrifice in God’s eyes is still great, but it is little valued by most of those around us. But we are not called to be like the world, or to be great in their eyes. Instead, we are called to lay down our lives, pick up the cross, and walk in the footsteps of Jesus.
1 John 3:16–18
On October 1, 2017, concert goers at an outdoor venue in Las Vegas, Nevada, were attacked in what became one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history. As bullets flew among the shocked crowds, people rushed for safety, seeking a way to escape. Among the more than twenty thousand who attended the concert were a couple from Tennessee, Sonny and Heather Melton. Sonny placed his body between his wife and the shooter and kept the bullets from reaching her. He was shot, but her life was spared by his sacrifice.
Most of us will, hopefully, never face a life and death choice where we would have to protect someone else with our own bodies. Yet each day we are faced with choices of whether we will live for self or for others. There is no way to emulate the life of Christ without loving others to the point where we are willing to sacrifice for them. “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9).
We live in a world that glorifies selfishness. The value of sacrifice in God’s eyes is still great, but it is little valued by most of those around us. But we are not called to be like the world, or to be great in their eyes. Instead, we are called to lay down our lives, pick up the cross, and walk in the footsteps of Jesus.
Today’s Growth Principle:
The Christian life is not about serving ourselves, but rather sacrificially loving and caring for others.
Wednesday 21 February 2018
The Necessity of Evangelism
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The Necessity of Evangelism
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. And he must needs go through Samaria.”
John 4:1–4
In Bible times, Jewish people would go to great lengths to avoid going through Samaria. There was considerable tension between the Jews and the Samaritans, tracing back to the time of the Babylonian captivity. Jesus used a Samaritan in His famous parable to answer the lawyer’s question of who his neighbor was to highlight the actions of a despised person in a situation where others had not done as they should. Yet when Jesus was returning to His home near Galilee, He was compelled to go through Samaria by the reality that there were people in Sychar who needed to hear that the Messiah had come.
When the Bible uses the expression “must needs go” it is a strong statement—a declaration of necessity. This was not a preference or a whim. Instead, Jesus was responding to God’s commission on His life. He had to go there and tell first the woman He met at the well and then the entire town the good news. Jesus was driven by the urgency of reaching people, and before He returned to Heaven He commanded us to take up that mission and make it our priority.
The church today has many good and helpful programs, and I’m thankful for them. But if we are not careful we can lose sight of the vital importance of evangelism. Nothing can substitute for it. Nothing can be allowed to crowd it out or diminish it. Jesus said, “And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd” (John 10:16).
John 4:1–4
In Bible times, Jewish people would go to great lengths to avoid going through Samaria. There was considerable tension between the Jews and the Samaritans, tracing back to the time of the Babylonian captivity. Jesus used a Samaritan in His famous parable to answer the lawyer’s question of who his neighbor was to highlight the actions of a despised person in a situation where others had not done as they should. Yet when Jesus was returning to His home near Galilee, He was compelled to go through Samaria by the reality that there were people in Sychar who needed to hear that the Messiah had come.
When the Bible uses the expression “must needs go” it is a strong statement—a declaration of necessity. This was not a preference or a whim. Instead, Jesus was responding to God’s commission on His life. He had to go there and tell first the woman He met at the well and then the entire town the good news. Jesus was driven by the urgency of reaching people, and before He returned to Heaven He commanded us to take up that mission and make it our priority.
The church today has many good and helpful programs, and I’m thankful for them. But if we are not careful we can lose sight of the vital importance of evangelism. Nothing can substitute for it. Nothing can be allowed to crowd it out or diminish it. Jesus said, “And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd” (John 10:16).
Today’s Growth Principle:
We must be diligent about reaching the lost with the gospel before it is too late.
Tuesday 20 February 2018
When You Include God
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When You Include God
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible.”
Luke 1:35–37
I read about a little boy whose father asked him what they learned in Sunday school. The boy launched into a dramatic account of the crossing of the Red Sea, complete with fighter jets, amphibious naval assault craft, and a dramatic bomb strike at the crucial moment. When his dad asked if that was really the way they told the story, the boy replied, “Well not exactly. But I didn’t think you’d believe it if I told you what they said really happened!”
The Christian life cannot be lived without God. Yet too many times we fail to trust in the amazing power we have been given to do His purpose and will in this world. There is great opposition from the devil when we try to do what is right, but that opposition cannot overcome God’s people operating in God’s strength. “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).
The problem is that when we try to overcome opposition and obstacles in our own strength, we are certain to fail. None of us have the wisdom, power, and ability to triumph on our own. God never intended us to have that. Instead, He intends for us to rely on Him alone. Then He not only gives us the victory, but He also gets the credit and glory for it, just as He deserves.
Luke 1:35–37
I read about a little boy whose father asked him what they learned in Sunday school. The boy launched into a dramatic account of the crossing of the Red Sea, complete with fighter jets, amphibious naval assault craft, and a dramatic bomb strike at the crucial moment. When his dad asked if that was really the way they told the story, the boy replied, “Well not exactly. But I didn’t think you’d believe it if I told you what they said really happened!”
The Christian life cannot be lived without God. Yet too many times we fail to trust in the amazing power we have been given to do His purpose and will in this world. There is great opposition from the devil when we try to do what is right, but that opposition cannot overcome God’s people operating in God’s strength. “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).
The problem is that when we try to overcome opposition and obstacles in our own strength, we are certain to fail. None of us have the wisdom, power, and ability to triumph on our own. God never intended us to have that. Instead, He intends for us to rely on Him alone. Then He not only gives us the victory, but He also gets the credit and glory for it, just as He deserves.
Today’s Growth Principle:
No challenge that you will ever face exceeds God’s ability to overcome it.
Monday 19 February 2018
“Depart From Me I Never Knew You”…who is Jesus talking to?
“Depart From Me I
Never Knew You”…who is Jesus talking to?
“I Never Knew You..”
Matthew
7:21 – 23
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father
who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many
miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you
evildoers!’
Of all the scripture that comes to mind, perhaps
the saddest and most fearful of all is the very words of Jesus Himself found in
Matthew 7 and verse 21 – 23. Here, Jesus tells us that at the second coming,
there will be some people who will fully expect to ascend to heaven with Him in
the clouds of glory, but He will have to tell them; “….depart
from Me, I never knew you.” Can you imagine
those words falling from our Savior’s lips? “depart from Me, I never knew you!”
Make no mistake about it; there will be people on
the Day of Judgment that are going to be expecting to go to heaven, yet instead
of inheriting the Kingdom, they are going to hear those saddening words of
Christ; “Depart from Me, I never knew you.”
There will be deacons, deaconesses, Sabbath school teachers, Elders, Pastors,
TV evangelists, miracle workers along with countless others that
will be turned away–and all because they lacked one very necessary
qualification; they didn’t truly know the Lord and so He will be forced to
say to them, “…depart from
Me, for I never knew you.”
The people Jesus will say He “never knew” will
be those who never felt the need to truly “know Him” yet these are people who
“think” they
are going to heaven!
In the videos below Bas Rijksen gives an
uncompromisingly clear and heart examining message on those whom Jesus will
utter those sad and fearful words “…depart from Me, for I never
knew you.”
WELL WORTH A LISTEN TO!
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