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Sunday, July 12, 2026

Those Echoes

1 John 2:6 NKJV 6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

Christians are to do as Jesus did. The implication in the larger context is that those who claim to be Christian must live morally, as He did. We are to follow His example and to have the same ethic as He did - especially as it echoes what He says in John 8:28-29, which strongly implies that His behavior was drawn directly from God the Father.

So the very emphasis in 1 John 2:6 is pointing plainly to the way one should live their life!

To some, Christianity is little more than an intellectual exercise. Some of these people may study frequently and spend long hours doing it. Somehow, though, it never translates into the practical aspects of living; it is purely intellectual. They do a lot of research, but their lives never really change.

I knew a lady some 30 years ago. She was a teacher indeed for the word of God. She knew so many passages. She could quote King David, King Solomon, and even Paul! But when it came to tithing when she came into large sums of money, she turned the other cheek to another direction. She considered it her money. I though knew enough ,that one must tithe those tithes for that is money that is God’s. You know that 10%. She went from living in a nice home and then to divorce, not tithing, to living in her apartment, and then living in here car. In some four years she was living in a mission for women.

WARNING! Those echoes!

Those whose relationship with God is largely based on feeling do so, for their feelings are transient - they come and they go, they change - these people's lives are constantly up and down and highly irregular. They blow hot and cold. John stresses that a Christian must follow the same pattern of life as Jesus lived, and He did not fly from pillar to post based on his emotions!

We are baptized because we have sinned and because God commands it of us. He wants us to make a public statement of our commitment and the giving of our life, the sacrifice of it, to be raised in the likeness of Christ's resurrection. Christ did not fit any of those parameters. The fact that He did it makes a point: He was baptized to do what was going to be required of us, those who would follow Him. Therefore, He did it as an example. He never offered an animal sacrifice. Why? It would not be required of us. Even so, it would have not have been technically wrong for Him to do so, even as Paul went through one of the Old Covenant rituals in the book of Acts. Jesus Christ kept the Sabbath and the holy days, and those whom He personally trained also did. That is a powerful lesson. We cannot go wrong following His example, regardless of whether a specific law is stated.

As that child I remember to listen for trains. I had to pay attention if riding my bike of the hazards of crossing if those gates were down. No signal rang out, not flashing lights, but those gated bars came down indeed. It was on the back country of Texas. Of course, many cities have grown up and their warnings have come to fruition. Still somehow today in the 21^st century, people die in Portland , Oregon due to being run over by a transit train on rails. Many for young people with ear buds on with loud music playing out. Others they are hit while riding bikes. Amazing!

Remember that Rebuke Chastening Scourging

John 15:1-5 NKJV "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. (2) Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. (3) You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. (4) Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. (5) "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

Jesus speaks about four kinds of branches: 1) those that bear no fruit, 2) those that bear fruit, 3) those that bear more fruit, 4) and those that bear much fruit. We will focus on the branches that bear no fruit. To get a clearer understanding, we need to understand a few points.

Jesus is the vine: In the vineyard, the vine is the whole grape plant. Vineyard keepers traditionally keep the vine at waist height—36 to 42 inches. The vine ends in a large gnarl from which branches grow in either direction along the trellis.

God the Father is the vinedresser: The vinedresser is the keeper of the vineyard. His task is to cultivate each branch so that it will bear as much fruit as possible. God will do this with love (I John 4:16), for our ultimate good (Romans 8:28).

We, the members of God's church, are the branches: In the vineyard the branches are the vinedresser's main focus because they produce the fruit. They must be carefully tended to produce the highest quality grapes and the biggest yield.

But, what is the fruit analogous to in this metaphor? What fruit are we to bear? Tracing the words "fruit" and "good works" through the Bible results in the conclusion that they are used nearly interchangeably. We can see this in Titus 3:14: "And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful." Colossians 1:10 is similar: ". . . that you may have a walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God." In practical terms, fruit represents good works or godly living. If we are not doing such things, then we are like the branches that are not producing fruit.

Fruit, or good deeds, are evidence of what is inside a person. In Matthew 3:8, John the Baptist tells the Pharisees and Sadducees to "bear fruits worthy of repentance." In other words, they were to produce evidence in their actions that they had repented.

Is it possible to be in Christ yet produce no fruit? John 15:2 may seem to say that the Vinedresser cuts off every barren branch, but we need to look more closely at the words "takes away." This Greek verb, airo, actually means "to lift from the ground," "to lift so as to carry," and "to carry off." The translation "takes away" suggests cutting off, but in Greek literature, airo never means "cut off." "Lifts up" or "raises" is more correct in terms of vine dressing.

In his book, Secrets of the Vine, Dr. Bruce Wilkinson has a conversation with a vineyard owner from Northern California, who says, "New branches have a natural tendency to trail down and grow along the ground, but they don't bear fruit down there. When branches grow along the ground, the leaves get coated in dust. When it rains, they get muddy and mildewed. The branch becomes sick and useless."

Dr. Wilkinson, thinking about John 15:2, asks, "What do you do, cut it off and throw it away?"

"Oh, no," the vineyard owner replies, "the branch is much too valuable for that. We go through the vineyard with a bucket of water, looking for those branches. We lift them up and wash them off. Then we wrap them around the trellis or tie them up. Pretty soon, they're thriving."

What about those young today who need some tying up to the main branch? Yet, many people do not know where their children are at throughout any day!

Are we not more valuable to our Vinedresser than branches in a vineyard? Certainly! So how does our Vinedresser lift us up? We can find an answer in Hebrews 12:5-6: "My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; for whom the LORD loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives." The intervention of the Vinedresser in John 15:2 is similar to the discipline a parent gives his or her child. God is our heavenly Father, and we are His children. The two metaphors are parallel.

There are three degrees of discipline or lifting up in Hebrews 12:5-6:

The First Degree, Rebuke: A rebuke is a strong verbal warning. When our children begin to misbehave, we rebuke them. Some parents can do this with just a look. God rebukes us by pricking our consciences through Bible study, sermons, and our interactions with each other. Does this help you?

The Second Degree, Chastening: If the child does not listen to rebuke, a parent might intensify the punishment by sending him to his room, restricting his activities, or taking away his privileges. When God chastens us, we may feel anxiety, frustration, or distress. Pressures may increase at work or at home, in our health or in our finances.

The Third Degree, Scourging: "To scourge" is to afflict with blows, to inflict physical punishment. The scourging Jesus received before His crucifixion caused Him excruciating pain. With rebellious children, a good paddling often does the trick, causing pain without injury. When God scourges us, the pressures of our chastening intensify: Instead of problems on the job, we may find ourselves without one. Instead of being merely sick, we may be deathly ill. The spouse may file for separation. Bankruptcy may loom over us. Today one cannot touch their child for fear of being sent to the police for their display of punishment.

These are our Vinedresser's ways of lifting us up and washing us off. They are godly discipline designed to put us in the right position to begin producing fruit again.

What about the rest of John 15:2? Pruning is indeed cutting, and cutting hurts. It might seem like punishment, like "lifting up," so we need to distinguish between the two. The Vinedresser lifts up, disciplines, because we are not producing fruit. We have become spiritually sick and useless, so He needs to spur us to repent and to return to fruitfulness. The Vinedresser prunes, however, because we are fruitful! That is when we need to count it all joy (James 1:2) and yield to His pruning shears, so that He may produce more fruit through us.

We have young people dressing for bedtime when going to school. Many business’ like Ruth’s Chris has to step up their rebuke on many citizens who desire to wear jeans below their backside, wear T-shirts that are dirty and have a smell. And then want to complain at a “great Steak House”!

Why is fruit-bearing so important and valuable? Jesus gives us the answer in John 15:8: "By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples." He continues in verse 16, "I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain." Paul echoes this Ephesians 2:10: "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." With Passover only days away, we would do well to inspect our "branch" of God's work to see what fruit God can expect from our corner of His vineyard.

Here we see a WARNING!

Found in Genesis 19:1-11 …it is in verse 2 the angels spoke that they could sleep in the open square and Lot insisted strongly that they stay with him.

In that biblical fear of GOD one can see the mild respect that is deep & abiding in a reverential fear to that which appears as sheer terror. A Terror can cause one to release a scream from the throat to the body collapsing on the floor. Fear can motivate one to fight or flight; & once the response kicks in, terror moves us to take immediate steps to defend ourselves physically or seek protection by running from the danger. Lot took steps to guard the angelic beings from God! Men there in Lot’s town desired others like themselves to hurt and destroy!

Many today will not respond to Him in any manner. They do not see Him, & from that attitude, they have no immediate concern toward Him. Fearing God is not like our reaction to a lion suddenly jumping out of the jungle & confronting us on the path. But both can be deadly. The lion will attack if you move, for he has seen you. Or how about one lady jogging in Florida during the day and is followed by a great snake: Burmese Python? God has seen you, knows your frame: Psalm 103:14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.

Word given that anyone living near an ocean should pay attention when all volcanoes are erupting and earthquakes shaking the ground under your feet, that an echo will be heard of large volumes of water coming your way! Will we hear, will we get out of the way of danger or just hang near the ground, wearing garb that is shabby, bodies smelly with sweat and give some kind of words that is far from what God has said.

Fruit, or good deeds, are evidence of what is inside a person. Let us remember that in Matthew 3:8, John the Baptist tells the Pharisees and Sadducees to "bear fruits worthy of repentance." In other words, they were to produce evidence in their actions that they had repented.

Stay out of danger and let the Lord lead His WAY!

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Saturday, May 16, 2026

Is Impossible to Find or Is it?

In spending time reading in the book of Revelation, one finds the heart of Jesus for mankind to heed the Father’s voice. But sad to say, Christians are the victims of an age that is apathetic to a true relationship with God. Would anybody in all honesty admit that he would not care to eat a meal with and fellowship with Jesus Christ? Yet, He is reporting that in His own church there are some who know that He is at the door, yet will not rouse themselves to answer it and fellowship with Him! They are refusing to fellowship with Him. They are so far from Him that they do not even see their need. If there is no awareness of need, there is no desire; no desire, no prayer; no relationship, and back to no awareness of need. It runs in a vicious circle.

We find such wording found also in the book of Matthew for those to take heed and repent.

In this hour we are to endure. To hold one’s ground in conflict, bear up against adversity and yes to stand firm in our faith! But where does faith lie in us?

“Repentance grows as faith grows. Do not make any mistake about it; repentance is not a thing of days and weeks, a temporary penance to be gotten over as fast as possible! No; it is the grace of a lifetime, like faith itself. God's little children repent, and so do the young men and the fathers. Repentance is the inseparable companion of faith.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon ( All Grace)

Matthew 24:3-14 NKJV 3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying “Tell us when will these things be? & what will be the sign of Your coming & of the end of the age?” 4 And Jesus answered & said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ & will deceive many. 6 “ And you will hear of wars & rumors of wars. See that you are not troubles for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 “For nation will rise against nation, & kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences ( Covid -19 or Hantivirus) & earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, & will hate one another. 11”Then many false prophets will rise up & deceive many. 12 “& because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

Matthew 24:15-28 NKJV 15 Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place” whoever reads, let him understand, 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. 19 “But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s those days will be shortened. 23 “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ! Or There’ do not believe it. 24 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive if possible, even the elect. 25 “See, I have told you beforehand.” 26 “Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert! Do not go out; or ‘LOOK, He is in the inner rooms!’ Do not believe it. 27 For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28 “For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.” 29 “For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. “30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (He CONTINUES with The Coming of the Son of Man in verses 29-31, the Parable of the Fig Tree in verses 32-35, No one Know the Day or Hour verses 36-44 and the Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant.)

From the above scripture, repentance is involved. Down below we find no repentance in men or women. Tribulation is evident and His return is certain. Destruction is coming! Earthquakes increase as does famine increase.

Luke 17:20-37 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; 21 “nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘see there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.” 22 Then he said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 And they will say to you; ‘Look here!” or ‘Look there!’ Do not go after them or follow them. 24 For as lightening that fleshed out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the son of Man will be in His day. 25 “But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 “and as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: 27 “They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 “Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 “but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 “even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. 31 “In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. 32 “Remember Lot’s wife.” 33 “Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. 34 “I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed; the one will be taken and the other will be left. 35 “Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. 36 “Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left. 37 and they answered and said to Him, “Where Lord?” So He said to them, “Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together .

Here we find a famine, not of bread, nor for water but of hearing the words of the Lord. Amos 8:11-12 NKJV 11 "Behold, the days are coming," says the Lord GOD,

"That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water,

But of hearing the words of the LORD. 12 They shall wander from sea to sea,

And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD,

But shall not find it.

Terrible times occur. We can see today, people needing some kind of SNAP program, but it is being taking from the hungry to feed the greedy with green backs on their minds. Unfortunately when God's Word is most needed to help the people come to repentance, it will be almost impossible to find. When the people finally realize that God wants them to repent, it will be too late. The seeds of their destruction have been sown, and the crop is already ripe. The only truth available to them in the tumult of God's judgment is what they can remember. It is for this reason that God warns us in these times to "[redeem] the time, because the days are evil" (Ephesians 5:16). Spend time reading. Spend time rehearsing the words of the Lord’s return.

If our hope is in the Kingdom of God, the resurrection of the dead, and sharing life with God eternally are not sufficient to motivate us to repent, perhaps fear of a terrible calamity, the Great Tribulation, the Day of the Lord, or being spewed from God's mouth as a Laodicean will move us to use the present to secure the future. God prophesies to motivate us to cling to Him and His Word right now, and He is willing to scare us nearly to death in order to save us.

During this famine, "They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord, but shall not find it" (Amos 8:12). Amos probably refers to the Dead and Mediterranean Seas, east to west, and adds "north to east," describing a triangle with the south direction left out. Why would he do this? It is on a map of Palestine, the Dead Sea lies to the east, the Mediterranean to the west and the nation of Israel to the north. What lies to the south? Jerusalem, where the truth was! In Amos' day, the truth was taught in God's Temple in Jerusalem. It was the Israelites that wanted to be known as seekers of the truth of God. But reality they did not want it. They would not humble themselves.

A tremendous word appears: Wander can be rendered "stagger" like a drunk or "tremble" like lips quivering in agitation because one is so angry or fearful he is unable to speak. It shows the people in a state of panic and intense agitation. They are desperately searching for what they had regarded so lightly: God, the Bible, His truth. But they cannot find them anywhere!

Today we cannot find a truthful headline of news. It is trying to put puzzle pieces together to find truth. Thankfully the Lord gives us His truth in the Bible. For today many are seeking any kind of religion, and many will fall prey to false ones. This scenario is already happening in modern Israel. New Age, mystical, and Eastern religions are growing steadily, and many "Christians" feel free to borrow "truth" from other religions. Additionally, recent years have seen the rise of ecumenical movements within a broad spectrum of religious bodies.

Is it not common to find mosques located in your city? This was a nation built on the Biblical standards of God our Father. Will we speak His truth, repent when sinning and turn from wickedness to righteous ways?

Nuclear missiles anyone? How many missiles would U. S. have on hand? How far will those “old” one reach in a need? And will they do the job or only make a lot of smoke and spread deadly gas? Just from a Michael Snyder writing, I received that Vladimir Putin just tested an area the size of Texas and destroy it in its entirety. The RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile has a maximum speed of approximately 15,500 miles per hour. It is roughly the height of a four story building. It can carry up to 10 metric tons of thermonuclear warheads, and those warheads can destroy a land area the size of Texas.

Ah, this is the crown jewel of Putin indeed! Anyone one single Sarmat will release 16 independently-target-able nuclear warheads. One goes up and 16 come down, and will take out sixteen cities. Anyone for toast right now? This can show up at year’s end on the schedule of Russia and its leaders!

What say you? I remember living through the Bay of PIGS: the Cuban Missile Crisis and we need Jesus. We should not wait till one is on the death bed. Your end or mine might be sooner than expected. But thankful the Lord hears our prayers for these Russian leaders. Being school aged and living in central Texas, in the fall of 1962. It was a crisis of weeks. It lasted from October 16 to October 28, 1962. (Hiding under a desk will not help you)

For Jesus, His own neighbors rejected Him. They saw interruption in their lifestyle, in their own thinking, but chose to carry on in their unbelief. They chose sin over Him! Some people just want to be right all the time. But we cannot be that way ….we must have God guiding us with His eye. Certainly those who were astonished also became those who were ready to kill Him. They wanted Jesus gone however they had to do it. But truth ruled Jesus’ life. The truth of God carried Him to the Cross and then to the right hand of God in Heaven.

We are warned in these books. Luke gives us that one will be taken and another left to their sin. What is first on our schedule today? Might REPENTANCE rule over our day when someone is close to hitting that RED BUTTON?

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Sunday, November 16, 2025

Entrance into Heaven

2 Peter 1: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 5 But also for the very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is short sighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. 10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure fore if you do these things you will never stumble. 11 For so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:16-21 NKJV 16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to him from the Excellent Glory: "This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased". 18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; (20) knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, (21) for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

From the above passage we find what the entrance into heaven is given by God in His grace, peace and divine power. His desire is us the living give unto life and godliness in the knowledge of Him who has called us! His word is diligence in His divine nature. In this foundation of being committed to His truth, those precious promises, we escape corruption of the world. In diligence toward Him, we have our faith attached to virtue. In virtue, we maintain by His power the moral excellency and goodness. In this is of God but can refer to people as seen in Philippians 4:8. We walk with a bold acceptance "in Christ" in all the promises of God.

From some passages of 2 Peter 1-3 it puts this word before us : it gives us this in 2 Peter 1:13 ...to stir you up by putting you in remembrance. Verse 15 Moreover I will endeavour that you may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. ( He puts in verse 16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

Chapter 3 of Peter: verse 1... in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance;

Each is referring back to the exact words of the holy prophets and of the commandment of us the apostles of Jesus...LORD and SAVIOR!

In verse 9....not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

Entrance into heaven is paved with God's holy words!

In Christian Graces: Colossians 4:2-6 NKJV 2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; 3 meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, 4 that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. 6 Let your speech always be with grace seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

When a light shines, there are to be no hindrances! A lighthouse requires a great light to reach a far distance, with no barriers as to walls. Fog can cause limit in seeing for distance and not proving helpful in such situation.

The Lighthouse in each of us is to give vigilance to lighting the way with thanksgiving and we do that with continued prayer! We are to walk in wisdom toward those who are outside the family of God! Whether they choose Him or not we continue in our vigilant walk of these graces: virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love!

There are many today speaking Jesus was just a prophet or just man. But we know HIM as the Son of God! His way is righteous. Any who turn away from HIM is seen as the dog returning to his vomit!

2 Timothy 3:2, the apostle Paul prophesies that the last days would be dangerous because "men will be lovers of themselves," and in verse 3, "without self-control, brutal." It seems we are seeing this prophecy fulfilled in ever-greater frequency, as people seem to have less and less compunction about terrorizing and taking the lives of their fellow human beings. Under the grip of a merciless narcissism, many are losing their humanity. People are dressing as some animal. They dance around in their new world of insanity!

Matthew 24:12 NKJV 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. Here Jesus is not speaking about the world. He is addressing people or disciples and their spiritual descendants. How would know this truth? Jesus used the word agape for the love that grows cold. Such spiritual love, that godly love, is unattainable by those driven by the spirit of this world. This agape love- the God kind of love- is "poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which was given to us found in Romans 5:5. A warning was given by Jesus to future believers that the wickedness of the world will increase to such an extent that it would sap the spiritual heat out of His own people, causing their love to grow cold.

John the Beloved wrote in 1 John 3:11 "This is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Love is paramount in our lives as we live daily in this world but not of this world! Here we find John wrote to the church of Ephesus for their lack of love. They had left God, the God of love!

Revelation 2:1-7 NKJV "To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, "These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lamp-stands: 2 "I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; 3 and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary. 4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lamp-stand from its place—unless you repent. 6 But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.""

Repentance is God's will and pleasure………. 2 Peter 3:9-13……….. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. NKJV

His command ……. Acts 17:30-31………………30 Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, 31 because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead." NKJV

Gift of His sovereign love

Acts 5:31; Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Acts 11:18; When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life."

Rom 2:4; Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

2 Tim 2:25; in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know truth, 26 and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

Certainly the false teachers are in reality snared by the devil. And we can bring them truth if they are willing to hear it. We cannot make others believe it they are not ready for God's truth. And any stealing from others is not a welcome thing either. If one is taking free "stuff" to feed their children, why not get a job to feed your own children. Each of us has had children. Each of us has sent them to college to some kind of trade school to learn and further their knowledge in knowing a workable trade to earn an income. But stealing is not a trade to learn!

Morality has started being fought in the cribs of our babies, the wombs of our mothers and in the classroom of the youngest of children. I am certain that sympathy is Not working! WE should not stand by in any form of silence. Children deserve the life God has prepared for them. He has a plan for them.

How could one watch their grand-children being pushed off into the community of cesspool immorality? Tolerance is castrating the young men indeed. And diversity has it call on the young as well. Young boys have been taught in the last few years to be more feminine. What? Certainly love others no matter their convictions but do not be a doormat to those who want to shove sin down the throat of our children! It was like covid 19 being shoved down our throats daily for how many years? It was too many days filled with vaccinate this and vaccinate now! We live in a nation of freedom in being free to make right choices. What you do in the dark in perversion is your business, but do not pervert your ways on me and mine.

What I’m getting at today is that love is not passive! We are commanded to speak the truth in love. Any peace that happens at the expense of morality is not worth having. Solving conflict by selling our souls, or more accurately — the souls of our children — is a price not worth paying! Freedom always comes with a price and the day we decide to stop paying the bill by being willing to take a stand for morality is the day we have begun the short journey back to a concentration camp of spiritual slavery.

Jesus hung from the Cross dying and forgave others who put Him there! But each of them had heard the word of God, and many received Him as others refused Him. So we have things to consider about that "entrance" appearing soon! How is our love walk? Do we love God and the brothers we walk with? Is there light in our hearts or only darkness? What is important is that diligence to stay with God where virtue is that intrinsic value, a moral excellency and goodness found only in God. We are to persevere in this hour as darkness increases on the horizon. Peter wrote and we should adhere to truth that true knowledge is found in the God of Christ and the Scriptures. We are to remember!

Let us look toward that heaven prepared. Let us look toward what Christ taught of making ready a place for you and me. The spirit we are to live by, the words of God for life and His voice resounds in our hearts leading us home. Let's reach forward into the light of Him, the power of Him and the love that has given us a place to reside in His peace. Repentance is the now and His Word for today! Let's use it!

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