OBEDIENCE MUST BE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR FAITH AND THE BEDROCK OF OUR DISCIPLESHIP.
CITIZENS OF THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM:
TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS OF DISCIPLESHIP IN THE LORD JESUS, WE MUST LIVE UP TO THE EXPECTATION OF BEING CHRIST FOLLOWERS, WITHOUT WHICH, WE MAY AS WELL FORGET ABOUT BEING RAPTURED.
AS HIS CHOSEN GENERATION, OBEDIENCE MUST BE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR FAITH AND THE BEDROCK OF OUR DISCIPLESHIP.
CHRIST IS THE DOOR TO ETERNAL SALVATION AND REPENTANCE IS THE ONLY WAY TO FORGIVENESS AND THE PATH TO DRAW NEARER TO THE THRONE OF MERCY. [ROMANS, 3:-23]
AS WE ALL LOVE TO SING ABOUT SALVATION, LET US ALSO WALK THE WALK OF SALVATION SO THAT THE WORLD MAY PERCEIVE CHRIST THROUGH OUR WORDS AND DEEDS AND COME TO REPENTANCE.
BECAUSE THE WORLD IS FILTHY AND ALL MESSED UP, DOES NOT MEAN WE SHOULD FOLLOW SUIT.
WE ARE NOT CALLED TO BE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE WORLD. [ROMANS, 12:-2]
THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL BE A DAY OF JOY AND CELEBRATION FOR THOSE WHO PERSEVERE TO THE END. [MATTHEW, 24:-13]
AND THAT SAME DAY SHALL BE THE DAY OF SORROW AND MOURNING FOR THE UNREPENTANT. [AMOS, 5:-18-20]
IN CONCLUSION: AS THE DAY OF THE LORD DRAWS NEARER, WE MUST STAY VIGILANT SO THAT WE DON’T LOSE OUR GRIP ON THE CROSS OF CHRIST.