BEING A REGULAR BELIEVER IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

THE CALLED & DIVINELY FAVORED:

BEING JUST A REGULAR BELIEVER IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO GUARANTEE ANYONE A PLACE AMONG THE SAINTS OF GOD IN HEAVEN. WE HAVE TO DO MORE.

EVERYONE ON EARTH BELIEVE IN SOMETHING EITHER IN JEHOVAH GOD OR IN IDOL (SATAN)

JAMES, 2:-19 “YOU BELIEVE THERE IS ONE GOD. YOU DO WELL. EVEN THE DEMONS BELIEVE AND TREMBLE.”

SOME EVEN BELIEVE THAT THERE’S NO GOD AND SATAN DOESN’T EXIST AND THERE’S NO PLACE CALLED HELL.

SOME ALSO BELIEVE THAT GOD IS TOO KIND TO THROW ANYONE INTO HELL.

WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THAT WE MUST CHANGE FROM BEING PASSIVE TO ACTIVE CHRISTIANS, LAZINESS OR LUKEWARM WILL TAKE US NOWHERE.

MATTHEW, 11:-12: CHRIST PROCLAIMED, “AND FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST UNTIL NOW THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN SUFFERS VIOLENCE AND THE VIOLENT TAKE IT BY FORCE.”

AND JUST AS JOHN THE BAPTIST WARNED THE ISRAELITES NOT TO THINK OF HAVING ABRAHAM AS FATHER; (MATTHEW, 3:-9-10) YOU ARE ALSO BEING WARNED NOT TO BE A LUKEWARM CHRISTIAN.

WE ARE TO LEARN A BIG LESSON FROM THE PARABLE OF THE “TEN VIRGINS.” (MATTHEW, 25:-1-13)

THE FIVE FOOLISH WERE NOT ENEMIES OF THE BRIDEGROOM, ONLY THEY WERE NOT ADEQUATELY PREPARED.

IN CONCLUSION: WEARING THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST ALL AROUND DOES NOT MAKE ANYONE A LOYAL AND OBEDIENT FOLLOWER OF CHRIST AND DOES NOT QUALIFY ANYONE A PLACE IN HIS KINGDOM.

UNLESS YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST HAS IMPACTED YOUR LIFE POSITIVELY FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

THAT MEANS TO SAY, “YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.

(JOHN, 3:-3)

MATTHEW, 15:-8: CHRIST PROCLAIMED, “THESE PEOPLE HONOR ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME.”

PLEASE JOIN US IN PRAYER FOR OUR PERSECUTED BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST AROUND THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN AFRICA AND NIGERIA IN PARTICULAR: WHOSE OWN GOVERNMENT HAS DETERMINED TO EXTERMINATE BY ALL MEANS POSSIBLE DUE TO THEIR FAITH IN CHRIST; IN ADDITION TO OUR ONGOING PRAYER FOR LOVE AND UNITY AMONG CHRIST-FOLLOWERS REGARDLESS OF DENOMINATION. PRAYER FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM AND PEACE IN THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA-ALONGSIDE PRAYER FOR VICTORY FOR THE JEWISH STATE OF ISRAEL, VICTORY FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND VICTORY OVER EVIL IN OUR LIVES.