I love the mild weather of Fall
here in the Mid-Columbia, the air is crisper and cleaner and the sky
clearer. The wind seems to have a feel
of refreshing, rather than punishing us.
Most of the canning is now
complete. Now the task is getting it
into the basement and stored away – counters and table are filled with jars.
Last night we had stuffed
peppers for dinner. Fresh peppers from
the garden along with fresh tomatoes and a then some onions and garlic from the
store, mixed in with Ken’s hamburgers made a delicious meal entrée. Topped off with fresh tomato and cucumber
salad from the garden, it was a home grown meal.
Hebrews 10:30-31 For we know him that hath
said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again,
The Lord shall judge his people.
31
It
is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. -
KJV
copied and pasted from BibleGateway.com
"All roads lead to the judgment seat of
Christ." – Keith Green
I found it telling that my verse
of the day and my quote of the day meshed with each other this morning.
So many people want to believe,
and unfortunately so many ‘Christian’ denominations are now either preaching or
condoning the statement that ‘all roads lead to heaven.’
We know that is not true – but
as Green says they do ‘lead to the judgement seat of
Christ.’
AND THAT is NOT the SAME THING!
There are many verses that
reinforce that we can only go through Jesus to get into heaven. Period.
There IS NO other way.
We have been told to carefully
protect our salvation, to watch out for those that would water down the Gospel
of Christ and twist it to for their own pleasure or purpose.
Mathew 7:13-15 Enter ye in at the strait
gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction,
and many there be which go in thereat:
14
Because
strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few
there be that find it.
15
Beware
of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are
ravening wolves.
The world wants to believe that
man has the right to determine how he lives.
If they want to believe in a ‘god’ so be it, but it is a ‘god’ they
design to meet their needs. Oh, that
‘god’ may have demands on them, but it neatly agrees with their ideas and
ideals. That way they can say, their way
to ‘heaven’ is as good as a Christian’s.
What has happened through the
centuries and is becoming almost a mandate in some of our Christian Churches,
here in America today, is that we must conform to the world’s views and
manipulate the Bible to fit those views.
Notwithstanding the warnings Christ gave about doing such things; they
proclaim that it doesn’t matter if it is against the Word we can find a way
around it.
They will not be in the
‘world’s’ courts where they can argue points of law and intent, where they can
find a way to manipulate the law or facts to conform to their argument that they
are either not guilty of the crime, or should be given a lesser sentence because
they misread, didn’t understand or didn’t deliberately commit the crime. Nor will the defense of that shouldn’t be a
crime, hold water.
They will be going before the
judgement seat of God, where the first question is going to be ‘What did YOU do
with my Son?’ The answer had better be,
I accepted His sacrifice on the Cross and the sacrifice for my sins and accepted
His resurrection as the proof that God accepted that sacrifice; and I obeyed Him
– and it will be verified with our advocate, Jesus Christ.
Then of course we have those
that ‘preach’ there is no God and that those that believe in Him are
foolish. Man is his own master and they
will live the way they wish – they are a big factor in deciding how society
views sin and the consequences.
Probably all of us, at one time
or another, have encountered the atheist that says something like “you are going
to be in for a big surprise when you die and there is nothing, there is no
God.”
I heard a good rejoinder to that
and use it myself. “I would rather
accept Christ and be ‘surprised’ He doesn’t exist, than to not accept Him and be
surprised when I find He does.” Of
course the fallacy of our being ‘surprised’ is that if they were correct we
wouldn’t find out anything. However,
when they find out there is a God, His Son exists and they should have obeyed
Him, they will be eternally damned.
Nope, not all roads lead to
heaven, but they all lead to the Judgement seat!
Later, Art :-)
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