IF CHRIST COME TODAY, WHAT WILL BE OUR REASONS OF NOT BEEN READY?
THE GRACEFULLY CALLED:
WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE CHRIST WAS BETRAYED BY ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES; AND AT THE POINT WHERE ONE OF HIS FAITHFUL AND BELOVED FRIEND DENIED HIM.
WE HAVE READ ABOUT THESE TWO FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST, ONE NAMED PETER, AND THE OTHER NAMED JUDAS.
AS WE MAY HAVE ALREADY PASSED OUR JUDGEMENTS ON THEM: LET US TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT OURSELVES, AND PUT TO SCALE OUR INDIVIDUAL ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR TOWARDS CHRIST WHOM WE CALLED OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
WE CONSTANTLY BETRAY CHRIST ON DAILY BASIS WITHOUT REMORSE BY REASON OF OUR INDIVIDUAL ATTITUDE BEHAVIOR WORSE THAN THAT OF JUDAS THAT SOLD CHRIST FOR THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER: WHILE SOME ANOINTED ELDERS HAVE SOLD HIM LESS THAN A PENNY.
THEY HAVE INEXPLICABLY BETRAYED THE TRUST AND THE ANOINTMENT OF GOD BESTOWED UPON THEM THROUGH CHRIST.
THE PULPIT IS NO LONGER THE PLACE OF PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD; RATHER IT HAS BECOME A POLITICAL PODIUM WHERE THE WORD OF GOD IS BEEN TWISTED FOR PERSONAL GAIN.
SOME PREACHERS HAVE COMPROMISED THEIR ANOINTMENTS AND HAVE CHOSEN POPULARITY AND MONEY OVER GOD AND HIS REASON FOR ANOINTING THEM. (JAMES, 4:-4)
THEY TURNED OUT TO BE LOVERS OF PLEASURE THAN LOVERS OF GOD. (2 TIMOTHY, 3:-4)
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF OTHERS?
WE HAVE TOTALLY LOST THE LOVE AND CARE FOR THE NEEDY AND THE LESS PRIVILEGE HANDED TO THE CHURCH BY CHRIST.
IF CHRIST COME TODAY, WHAT WILL BE OUR REASONS OF NOT BEEN READY?
1 PETER, 4:-17 “FOR THE TIME IS COME THAT JUDGEMENT MUST BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD, AND IF IT FIRST BEGIN AT US, WHAT SHALL THE END BE OF THEM THAT OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD?
NOW:- MAY THE LORD OUR GOD GIVE UNTO US WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING; THAT WE MAY UNDERSTAND HIS WORD, AND THE HEART TO OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS.
IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.