"Are You Afraid Of The Judgment Seat Of Christ?" (Two Videos - One of Sermon by Leonard Ravenhill) - Inspirational Weekend

[Shark's Cove, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii]

"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad."  -   2 Corinthians 5:10

Some call it the "Bema" Seat of Christ.  Most of us are more familiar with just the term Judgment Seat of Christ.  The term Bema comes from way back in Biblical times at the  Olympics then, where a judge  sat on what they called the Bema seat at the finish line of the races.  The judge would determine who came in first or second, and on down the line, and then give out the rewards accordingly.  It is a fitting example of when we face our Judge at the end of our life or right after the Rapture of true believers, when we receive our reward (or not) from the good Lord.  

If you are a born again true believer in the ransom sacrifice of Jesus Christ and believe in and follow Him, there is no reason to be afraid of this judgment.   It is a time for Christians to receive their rewards.  It does not determine salvation; which was accomplished and determined by Christ's sacrifice on our behalf on the cross at Calvary and our faith in Him.  (John 3:16).

It is the Great White Throne Judgment of unrepentant sinners at the end of all things that wicked men should fear.  Please read about this Judgment at Revelation 20:11-15.  

Revelation 20:15 says, "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

The following  by prophecywatchers.com is excellent information on this subject.  Host Gary Stearman interviews Sam Hoyt, an author who has written on the Judgment Seat of Christ.

I listen to pastors on line and watch their videos, and the ones that appeal to me most are the ones who are not afraid to "tell it like it is".  True doctrine, even if it hurts in its bluntness in order to correct a life gone astray.  One major problem in most churches today is watered down sermons, with no depth and no motivation for anyone to commit their lives in full surrender to the good Lord.  In other words, a watered down gospel to appeal to the masses and "tickle their ears"  -  giving the people what they want to hear instead of what the Holy Word of God admonishes us to do; what kind of life we should be living.   A holy and dedicated life to God and Jesus.  If my articles on this blog seem harsh sometimes, particularly where worldly professing Christians are concerned, it is because I belong to the school of telling it like it is, wheretheWord of God is concerned.  Its done out of love - tough love - so that no one loses their souls.  Many Christians do not read their Bibles and do not realize how God hates for us to be worldly.  (James 4:4)

If you are a true, born again believer in Jesus Christ the Savior, you cannot lose your soul  because the moment you believe in Him, you are sealed forever as a child of God.   But there are many who are not truly saved who profess to be Christians;  they think, perhaps, that just a head knowledge  (purely an intellectual concept) of Jesus will be all that is needed to get to heaven.  So they are worldly, and many do not know any better.   We need to mentor them and help them to a right relationship with the Lord. 

I took a long and winded way to introduce the next video by Leonard Ravenhill, a pastor who passed away in 1994.  He was from Britain and moved to the United States in 1950.  Ravenhill told the truth of God's Word with passion and accuracy and he did not water down the Holy Word. Here is a 12 minute sermon clip by him on the Judgment Seat of Christ.

Here are some quotes by Ravenhill:

"There are only two kinds of persons: those dead in sin and those dead to sin."

"No man is greater than his prayer life."

"I doubt that more than two percent of professing Christians in the United States are truly born again."

"A man who is intimate with God is not intimidated by man."

[Just a note here, my computer is acting up and will not let me correct errors    -  it especially will not let me separate words that are run together.  I apologize if it is distracting.]

Talking about the Judgment Seat of Christ at this time is very appropriate because Jesus will return very soon to rapture true Christians to heaven to be with Him for all eternity.  

Are you Rapture ready?  

To be ready for the Lord's return, you need to be a born again believer in the sacrifice of Christ at Calvary.  

You need to admit that you are a sinner and in need of a Savior.

You need to believe in Jesus with all of your heart and mind and soul; that He truly is the Savior of all who put their faith and trust in Him.

You need to call on the name of the Lord and commit your life to him.

Romans 10:9,10, 13 tells us  (9) "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God  hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (10)For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (13) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

Have a blessed and Christ centered weekend....... and life !!

"The New World Order" (With Two Important Videos) -- Inspirational Weekend

[Haleiwa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii]

In regards to what we are dealing with now - the beginning stages of the New World Order -  it all began in the Bible at Genesis 11. Go read it.  It is the story of the Tower of Babel, where mankind rebelled against God and began to depend on their own selves and their own sense of  government.   You remember that God caused them to be scattered when He confused their one language and they began to speak in many languages that were not understood.... so they spread out across the earth.  

Today, most world leaders are in favor of the coming New World Order.  It is, in reality, One World Socialism.  In America, it is what the Democratic Party is all about.   That is why they hate President Trump so much, because he is against socialism/communism and he delayed their plans to bring it to America. 

Following is a 36 minute audio sermon by Dr. David Jeremiah who goes into depth about world events and what the Bible says concerning all this:

On 7-24-19 Prophecy In the News published the following 29 minute video on the New World Order.  Please watch.

In the above video, host Dan Goodwin interviews Gary Kah concerning the New World Order plans for Global Occupation.  The Elites, the Globalists, are moving towards a cashless society, and in some countries they are making progress in having just such a cashless society.

Gary Kah says, "If cash gets taken away from the people, a good part of our freedom goes with it."

They cover briefly about cryptocurrency from Facebook, as well as how the top players for the NWO is not only the United Nations but also the Catholic Church and the current Pope. 

[North Shore Surf and Rocks, Oahu, Hawaii]

Read all of Revelation 13, where it speaks of the antichrist and the mark of the beast and more.  Here are a few verses from Revelation 13:

"And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them, and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations."  -  Revelation 13:7, where it is describing a single government that will rule the world politically.

"And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."  -  Revelation 13:8, where it speaks of a One World religion  (a false religion, combining many faiths of the pre-Rapture world into a mock , fake religion during the Tribulation).  Eventually, during the Tribulation, the antichrist will demand to be worshiped as god.

And then there is the One World economy as described in Revelation 13:16-17:   "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:  And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."

All of these verses are referring to the antichrist's rule and his control under the New World Order,  the One World Government.  Many of you are familiar with all of these facts and the meaning of the above verses.  

If all these factors are in play now (in the beginning stages) for a New World Order,  then please realize that we are that much closer to the Rapture of the Church as well, which occurs before the Tribulation period.  

[Haleiwa Beach and Harbor, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii]

Instead of speculating and putting much interest in exactly who the antichrist might be (he is alive and well on earth at the present time), let us spend our time waiting for Jesus' return, and being about the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20).   Let us occupy until Jesus returns to rapture us to be with Him in heaven..... and be about the Lord's business right now; winning souls for the Lord that He will also take with Him to heaven.   Put the Lord first,  and everything else will fall into place.

We true believers will not be here during the Tribulation period.  We would have been raptured  to heaven sometime before that terrible 7 year  trib. period.  So we should be looking - not for the antichrist - but looking for our blessed hope instead (Titus 2:13) : the time when Jesus returns for us; when He will take us to be with Him forever.

If you are not now right with the good Lord, you need to admit you are a sinner and in need of a Savior.

You need to believe that Jesus paid your sin debt in full on the cross at Calvary and that His blood can wash you clean and white as snow.  That means faith in Him as the Savior and His redemptive work on the cross.

You need to call on the name of the Lord and commit your life to Him.

Romans 10:9,10,13 tells us:  (9)  "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (10)For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  (13) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

As explained above, salvation is not complicated or a list of rules and regulations to follow.   God has made it simple.

It requires faith and trust in Jesus.  It requires a humble and sincere attitude; meaning that you willingly surrender your all to the Lord, with a sincere and heartfelt repentance and a love for Jesus.

Jesus loves you !

He is waiting for you to come to Him in faith.

He will welcome you with wide open arms of love and forgiveness.

Don't delay!

Time is short.  The Rapture could occur at any moment.

Don't be left behind to face the horrendous 7 year Tribulation!

("For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee:  behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.")  -  2 Corinthians 6:2


Have a blessed and Christ centered weekend...... and life !!

"The Gift Of God" - Inspirational Weekend

God gives us many gifts, such as the gift of hospitality, the gift of empathy, the gift of service to others, and to some the gift of being effective pastors.   But those gifts and many others, as important as they are, are not the "gift of God" meant here.  You mature Christians already know where I am going with this article.

"For by grace are ye saved through faith;  and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.  Not of works, lest any man should boast."   -   Ephesians 2:8-9

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."  -  Romans 6:23

Eternal Life !   

That is God's gift to us !  Like any gift, it is free.  All we have to do is accept it with gratitude.  We do this by believing that Jesus is the Savior and that by putting our faith in Him we may have everlasting life, and all of eternity with Him.  

Even in this life we may have foretastes of the gift of God to be enjoyed, such as peace with God and a quiet trustfulness as to the future, and many other joys as well.  There is much comfort in knowing the good Lord is always near !

"Forget not the channel through whom it flows; it is a gift to thee, because thy Lord paid it all."           -  A.G. Brown

Jesus took our place on the cross and suffered a terrible and painful death so that He paid our sin debt in full.  He was our Redeemer and He did it all out of such a great love for us -  a love so strong and true that we cannot begin to comprehend the depths of it.

When you think about it, eternal life actually begins the moment you surrender your life to Jesus; the moment of conversion, when the soul passes from death to life.  He that hath the Son hath Life. You have freedom from condemnation (Romans 8:1), communion with God, and you begin to grow into the likeness of Christ.  There is no longer any fear of death.

Jesus told His disciples (and by extension, us as well) that He was going to prepare a place in heaven for all true followers.  This is found at John 14:1-3, which follows:

(1) "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me.  (2) 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.  (3)  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."

With such a wonderful hope - eternity forever with the Lord - how can some people shrug their shoulders in complete unconcern and indifference and go their "merry" way instead, sinning all the way to hell?

And what is equally disturbing, how can professing Christians go the way of the world and still be putting the good Lord first in their lives?  They can't.  Some so-called believers go to bars with worldly people; they talk and act and dress worldly and try to blend in as much as possible with the world.  How does Christ, who bled and died for them, feel when He sees their rebellion?

James speaks of spiritual adultery when he says at James 4:4 :

"Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God?  whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."

And then there are the verses at 1 John 2:15-17 that tell us: (15) "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.  If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  (16) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  (17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."

If you find yourself guilty of being worldly and sinful, think of how it must make Jesus and the Heavenly Father feel after all their love for you has done; after Jesus dying a cruel death to save you if you would but believe in Him.   And then you go and become His enemy by friendship with the world?  That is not showing gratitude for His great sacrifice and His love for you.

Let us be mindful that new converts to Christianity do, for the most part, still exhibit carnal ways and worldliness.  They are "babes in Christ" who, in time, will mature and leave their worldly ways behind them and become more Christlike.  We need to be patient with them until they develop a close, intimate, personal, love relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ.

"And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ."  -  1 Corinthians 3:1

Let us examine ourselves and determine to put the good Lord first in our lives.  He loves us with a love we cannot even begin to fathom; it surpasses anything we can imagine.  

Remember what it says at Ephesians 2:8?   "For by GRACE are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God."

To obtain grace, you need to be humble.

"........  {He} giveth grace to the humble."  -  James 4:6 b

It takes humility to confess your sins and to realize that you are a sinner in need of a Savior. 

It takes humility to say, "Not my will, Lord, but thine."

It takes a humble person to surrender all to the good Lord.

After the Lord "woke me up" to be more spiritually minded, every time I heard or sang the hymn "Amazing Grace" I was brought to tears.   I was so grateful to Him for saving me and bringing me out of the darkness and into His life-giving Light.

Following is one of the most beautiful renditions I have ever heard of that wonderful hymn:

Have a blessed and Christ centered weekend ......  and life !!

"Something's Gotta Give" (With Video On Signs Of The Times) - Inspirational Weekend

[Clivia Blossoms]

Something has gotta give because of the intensity and frequency of the end time's signs:  such as the earthquakes, natural disasters, and evil and chaos and violence in these last moments of the end times the Bible warned us about in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21.

Iran is throwing temper tantrums and trying to provoke the USA.  Everything is converging all at once and all at the same time as the Bible prophesied about.   The world in general, and the political leaders are perplexed and don't know the way out of all this mess.

"And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken."

-  Luke 21:25-26

Following is a 33 minute video posted by Chad of Watchman On The Wall 88 in which he gives an excellent coverage of current events and the "birth pangs"  happening in the end times.  Please watch :

Now, I no longer want to dwell on the negative in this article.  We cannot bury our head in the sand and pretend that the times are not serious and that events are not about to explode,  but yet we need a balance and we need to look for the good. As Jan Markell has said, "things are not falling apart, they are falling into place."  God is still in control and we need to look to Him for guidance, strength, and endurance.    The good Lord foretold all these end time events. Therefore, the positive side of all this chaos is that we know that Jesus will be returning soon for His Bride -  the true believers whom He will rapture to heaven to be with Him forever.

Now that is good news!

[Hibiscus]

Yes, true believers have a glorious hope, a future in heaven with the good Lord.

"Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;"  -  Titus 2:13

"And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.  My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father's hand."   -  Jesus at John 10:28-29

Are you rapture ready?

Have you been spiritually born again by putting your faith and trust in Jesus, the Savior?

If not, then you have no blessed hope.  Your eternity will be spent in hell forever.  By not choosing to believe in Jesus, then by doing nothing, you are still making a choice.

Being saved and becoming a child of God is not difficult. It does require faith in Jesus.

Admit you are a sinner and in need of a Savior.

Believe in Jesus and in the redemption provided by His shed blood on the cross.   He took our place there at Calvary; He paid our sin debt in full.  He was the sacrificial lamb.  

Call on the name of the Lord. Confess your sins; commit your life to Jesus; surrender all to Him.

Then you shall be a child of God; a member of His family forever.

Jesus loves you more than you will ever know or comprehend.  

He will welcome you with arms wide open in love and forgiveness.

Will you turn to Him in faith?  It will mean eternal life with the Lord forever!

Romans 10:9,10,13 tells us: (9) "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (10)For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation  (13) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

"Jesus saith unto him,  I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me."   -  John 14:6

"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:  he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:  And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die.  Believest thou this?"  -  John 11:25-26

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."  -  John 3:16

Have a blessed and Christ centered weekend..... and life !!