Saint Paul wrote his letters, or epistles, to those he
knew needed exhortation, encouragement and edification in
the early Church. Now, as we live on through the end times,
we too need to be bearing spiritual fruit for the Lord, and
of course to qualify for rewards, or crowns, at the time of
the Judgment Seat of CHrist after the rapture occurs.
Each person will of course be given opportunities to do
good works for sanctification (see my other messages on soul
salvation for an explanation of spirit versus soul
salvation, especially the book by Gary T. Whipple). Here are
some possible ways to bear fruit:
1) give of your time and/or money to help others who are
directly involved in missionary work across the world, or in
the urban gospel missions,
2) give of time and money to humanitarian aid to those
suffering from weather disasters, such as Red Cross and
Salvation Army,
3) be active in your church as a deacon or elder to
assist the clergy however you can,
4) use the power of the Internet and the web sites that
exist to communicate whatever encouragement, prayers and
information you can to help those who are in need, sometimes
desperate need, for your heartfelt assistance,
5) pray daily for the deliverance of your friends and
enemies from the oppression of demonic spirits that raom the
world seeking whom they may destroy, ask that demons and
other evil spirits be romoved from the bodies and homes of
persons you are put in mind to help,
6) Deny yourself some small pleasures of worldly living
to remind yourself of Jesus' instructions that we deny
ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him each day.
I pray that the simple words of this message fall on ears
and minds that are thirsty for nourishment from our dear and
heavenly Lord and will prompt some change in their life
towards a closer walk with Thee.
"Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose
hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the
waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and
shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green,
and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither
shall cease from yielding fruit." Jer 17:7-8
With love,
Robert