BELIEVERS – BE FAITHFUL AS YE THE DAY APPROACHING – 2
PART 2
Part 1 was put up on a Blog in our Archives on July 22, 2013
DEAR UNBELIEVER
In these last days of this Gentile Age there isn’t much time left for unbelievers to repent (to turn) toward God and receive Christ Jesus as your Savior.
Acts 20:20,21 – And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, [21] Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
DEAR BELIEVER
And these last days of the Gentile Age there isn’t much time left for believers to add to their faith by letting Christ form himself in them.
Galatians 4:19 – My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Philippians 2:13 – For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
II Peter 1:5-8 – And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; [6] And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; [7] And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. [8] For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 10:25 – Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
UNBELIEVER – WILL YOU RECEIVE CHRIST IN YOU AS YOUR SAVIOR
These 4 Scriptures describe the Saved, God’s Children, God’s Family
Matthew 11:28 – Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (This is the eternal life and removal of God’s Condemnation by belief in Jesus as one’s Savior)
John 5:40 – And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
John 3:18 – He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 5:24 – Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
BELIEVER – WILL YOU LET CHRIST BE FORMED (FASHIONED) IN YOU
Galatians 4:18-20 – But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. [19] My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ BE FORMED IN YOU, [20] I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
FORMED – MORPHOO – Passive – To fashion with hands like a potter forms a vessel
These Scriptures describe God’s Children in His Little Flocks who take Christ’s Yoke on them and learn of him from His Words and Spirit.
Matthew 11:29 – Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
John 6:62,63 – What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? [63] It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Exodus 21:5,6 – And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: [6] Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
God’s Word has 4 different effects on the hearts of men and women: (1) Dos not receive it, (2) Learns about God for a short period before returning to the world, (3) Learns more about God for a long period of time before returning to the way of the Lord, (4) Falls in love with the Lord and the Little Flock by the Word, and continues faithful to the end in a church whose worship pleases God.
Philippians 2:13,14 – For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. [14] Do ALL things without MURMURING AND DISPUTINGS:
Isaiah 29:13-24 – Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: [14] Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. [15] Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? [16] Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? [17] Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? [18] And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. [19] The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. [20] For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: [21] That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. [22] Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. [23] But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. [24] They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, AND THEY THAT MURMURED SHALL LEARN DOCTRINE. (Verses 17 to 24 refer to the Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ).
Revelation 3:2-4 – Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. [3] Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. [4] Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Revelation 3:10,11 – Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. [11] Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.