Stephen K (2 Oct 2012)
"SCRIPTURES FOR THE CHRISTIAN WALK AND WATCHING FOR CHRIST RETURN"


 

Greetings in the name of Our LORD JESUS CHRIST

I have been for several weeks almost two months now been compiling scriptures on several topics relating the Christian walk and readiness for the coming of the Messiah. I was compiling them for use in Printing a Christian 2013 calendar in November this year for the purpose of evangelism. However today I felt great urgency to complete the compilation and share it online even before compiling the calendar.

kindly receive for sharing in in the letters publications on the website for use by all.

Thank you
-- 
Stephen

 

SURELY THE BRIDEGROOM IS AT THE DOOR

The rapture is not just safety for the true church but also judgment to the remaining world

 

PREPARE

 

1Cor 7:29 And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,30 those with tears like those not weeping, those who rejoice like those not rejoicing, those who buy like those without possessions, 31 those who use the world as though they were not using it to the full. For the present shape of this world is passing away.

 

 

Over and over and over  again all the Prophets of our LORD  TODAY are prophesying the same thing- the end of the dispensation of grace- THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH.  Many revelations of HELL, Jesus, God The Father, and Heaven have abounded in this last hour. Joel 2: 28 has been greatly fulfilled in the body of Christ.

 

Refer http://www.spiritlessons.com  and  http://end-times-prophecy.com among other websites that document the end time revelations of Christ

 

We are at the brink of fulfillment  of the parables of the ten brides (MATHEW 25), the King’s wedding feast for his  Son (MATHEW 22:1-14),  the nobleman [referring to Christ] who went to a distant land to receive for himself a kingdom  and left his servants talents saying: occupy till I come [Luke 19:12-27] and the householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard [Mathew 20:1-16]. In this endtime parables Jesus started the parables by saying:”The Kingdom of God is like ……………”. They are parables of the coming of the Kingdom of God.

 

MATHEW 25: 10 SAY ‘THE DOOR (to the wedding banquet) WAS SHUT’- The door of Grace will be shut. In Genesis 7 it  says that God shut the door to the ark when Noah (together a total of 8 people) and the animals had  gone in. Gen 7:16[KJV] And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. Then judgment began (the floods).

 

 In the case of Sodom GOD saved Lot and his ‘household’, as soon as they left Sodom  God rained fire and brimstone on the city destroying it. These two events in the Old Testament were ‘raptures’ of a sort where GOD removed to safety HIS faithful before judgment. In both cases the ones removed to safety were a small minority. The rapture of the church has been prophesied to be the same. Not the entire church will be taken as we know it but only the true church faithful to Christ – hearers and doers of the WORD of God, the Virgins with a lamp full of oil- HOLY SPIRIT.   Read  ‘Marriage Supper of the Lamb’ a free e-book  by Susan Davis http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/162979 or just google the book

 

Matt 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.41 Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

 

 

JESUS COMPARED THE END TIMES WITH THE DAYS OF NOAH:

 

Matt 24:37 [NET]For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.38 For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.39 And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.40 Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 There will be two women grinding grain with a mill; one will be taken and one left.

Luke 17:26 [KJV] And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

1 Peter 3:20  (1Pet 3:20) -

(3:20) after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.

2 Peter 2:5  (2Pet 2:5) -

(2:5) and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,

 

 

JESUS COMPARED THE RAPTURE TO DAYS OF SODOM AND LOTS REMOVAL TO SAFETY

Luke 17:29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all.30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. 34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two [men] in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35 Two [women] shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 36 Two [men] shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body [is], thither will the eagles be gathered together.

 

 

The fact that one shall be taken and another left shows that the Rapture Is not just snatching away to safety the True Church: It is JUDGEMENT- THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD  on world that has despised HIM and followed its own ways even as SODOM and the Generation of Noah’s Time had done.

 

What was the sin of Sodom? A great deception exists today : SELF

 

Ezek 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good].

Does that sound like a society you know? Unemployment is growing even in the US (IDLENESS), in Africa it has gone over 50% in some countries. People serve ‘SELF’ which is just an alias for the ‘DEVIL’ for the bible is clear. Deut 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

The choice is always A or B, there is no C. But in the modern society we have introduced a C so that the choice is:

Serve GOD, SATAN or SELF. The last two are just one. A smart deception of the devil to get people to be on his side while thinking they are in an independent position. Jesus was clear- there are SHEEP and GOAT, Children of God and Children of the Enemy.  There is no middle ground, no sitting on the fence.  We are either fully with God or we are against him – which puts us with the enemy.  The only perfect will is GODS WILL.

Luke 11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

Matt 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

Luke 9:50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid [him] not: for he that is not against us is for us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below I have compiled scriptures to help prepare. This is not an exhaustive list- as a matter of fact it does not contain everything but it brings to truth of God  to right to a hardened heart, to a deceived soul as the bible states:

 

Heb 4:12 For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

 

 

These scriptures are meant to search your heart and reveal discern the thoughts and intent helping you prepare for the lords coming by  discerning yourself you that you can repent and straighten up your Christian walk with the word of God

Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

 

 

1.   Start : RECEIVING CHRIST

Rom 10:9[KJV] That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Acts 16:29[NET] Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them outside and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

 

Titus 3:4 [NET] But “when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared, 5 he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.

Eph 2:4 [KJV] But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

Acts 2:21[KJV] And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Acts 4:10 [NET] let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy. 11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved.”

1Cor 3:11[KJV] For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

 

 

John 3:16 [KJV]For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 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. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Acts 2:38[KJV] Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Rom 10:13[NET] For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Rom 10:11 [NET] For the scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

Acts 3:19[KJV] Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

 

 

2.   SALVATION OF YOUR SOUL

 

Receiving salvation as shown above is followed by a walk with Christ which entails searching his word to know his will and doing it. The end of  a successful walk is the salvation of our souls, for Christ expects us to bear fruits once we became his children through the process of being born again.

 

1Pet 1:3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1Pet 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of [your] souls.

 

Phil 2:12[KJV] Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

 

3.   BEARING FRUITS

 

Luke 3:9[KJV]  And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

 

1Cor 3:12 [NET] If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,13 each builder’s work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done. 14 If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

 

Heb 6:8[KJV] But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.

Matt 13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth [it]; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

 

Luke 13:6 He spake also this parable; A certain [man] had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung [it]:9 And if it bear fruit, [well]: and if not, [then] after that thou shalt cut it down.

John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

John 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.5 I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

1Pet 4:18[KJV] And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

 

 

4.   REQUIRED: HOLINESS

Phil 2:12[KJV] Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

1Pet 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of [your] souls.

 

2Tim 2:19[KJV] Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

 

Heb 12:14[KJV] Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Heb 12:14 [NET] Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.

Matt 5:8 Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

 

2Tim 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

1Tim 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

 

1Cor 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.

 

1Cor 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

 

Eph 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

 

1Pet 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

1John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

 

1John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

 

1John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1John 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

 

1John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

 

 

5.   REQUIRED: KEEP HIS COMMENDMENTS

1John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

1John 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1John 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

1John 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

John 8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

 

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 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

 

John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

 

John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

 

1John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

 

John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

 

1John 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

 

2John 1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

 

1John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

Matt 5:9 Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

3John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

1John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1John 2:16 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

 

 

6.  THE NEED TO REPENT QUICKLY EVEN AFTER BEING FOR THE BORN AGAIN WHENEVER WE FALL TO SIN

1John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.

 

 

7.   WRITING NAMES IN THE BOOK OF LIFE

Phil 4:3 [NET]Yes, I say also to you, true companion, help them. They have struggled together in the gospel ministry along with me and Clement and my other coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.

Luke 10:20[KJV] Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Dan 12:1 [KJV] And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation [even] to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Heb 12:22 [KJV]But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

Heb 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

 

Rev 21:27 [NET]but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Rev 20:15 [NET] If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.

 

Rev 20:12[NET] And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened – the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.

 

Rev 13:7 The beast was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. He was given ruling authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation,

Rev 13:8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.

 

Rev 17:8 The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth – all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world – will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come.

 

8.    DELETING OF NAMES FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE

Names that were once written in the book of life when a sinner received Christ as their savior can be deleted and do get deleted from the book of life:

 

Rev 3:5[KJV] He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

 

Rev 22:19[KJV] And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book.

 

Ps 69:28[KJV] Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

 

Exod 32:31[KJV] And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. 33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

 

Other scriptures:

 

2Pet 2:20[KJV] For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

 

Heb 10:26[NET] For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,27 but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.

Heb 6:4 [NET]For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.

Matt 12:45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

 

Luke 9:62 [KJV] And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

 

 

 

9.   ARE YOU A CHILD OF GOD OR A CHILD OF THE DEVIL

 

The bible teaches that there are children of God and children of the devil:

 

John 8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

 

John 8:44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

 

John 8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.

 

John 10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

 

John 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my [sheep], and am known of mine.

 

2Tim 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

 

John 10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

 

John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

 

2Tim 2:11 [It is] a faithful saying: For if we be dead with [him], we shall also live with [him]:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with [him]: if we deny [him], he also will deny us:13 If we believe not, [yet] he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

 

Matt 13:38  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one]….. Matt 13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

Luke 6:35 [NET] But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.

Rom 8:16 The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children.17 And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) – if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

1John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

Matt 5:9 Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Matt 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

 

 

 

 

10.                REQUIRED: Keep The Sabbath /THE LORDS DAY holy

1Cor 16:2[NET] On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.

Acts 20:7[NET] On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul began to speak to the people, and because he intended to leave the next day, he extended his message until midnight.

Neh 10:31[KJV] And [if] the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, [that] we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and [that] we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

 

Exod 20:8 [KJV] Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates: 11 For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

 

 

Lev 25:2 [KJV] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye [be] in your enemies' land; [even] then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

 

Exod 34:21[KJV] Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

 

Isa 58:13[NET]  ​​​​​​​You must observe the Sabbath ​​​​​​rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. ​​​​​​You must look forward to the Sabbath ​​​​​​and treat the LORD’s holy day with respect. ​​​​​​You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities, ​​​​​​and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals. 14 ​​​​​​Then you will find joy in your relationship to the LORD, ​​​​​​and I will give you great prosperity, ​​​​​​and cause crops to grow on the land I gave to your ancestor Jacob.” ​​​​​​Know for certain that the LORD has spoken.

 

Jer 17:27[NET]  But you must obey me and set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. If you disobey, I will set the gates of Jerusalem on fire. It will burn down all the fortified dwellings in Jerusalem and no one will be able to put it out.’”

 

Lev 23:39 [KJV] Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day [shall be] a sabbath, and on the eighth day [shall be] a sabbath.

 

 

 

IT’S LAWFUL TO DO WELL ON THE SABATH DAY

 

Matt 12:11 He said to them, “Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out? 12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

 

John 9:14 [NET] (Now the day on which Jesus made the mud and caused him to see was a Sabbath.)

 

Mark 2:27 [NET] Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath. 28  For this reason the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

 

 

SUNDOWN TO SUNDOWN SABATH

 

 

Neh 13:19 [KJV]And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and [some] of my servants set I at the gates, [that] there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. 20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. 21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do [so] again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no [more] on the sabbath. 22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and [that] they should come [and] keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, [concerning] this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

 

Luke 23:50 [NET] Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man. 51 (He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God. 52 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried. 54 It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning. 55 The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. 56 Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. Luke 24:1 Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared. 2 They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,3 but when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

 

 

11.                REQUIRED: PAY YOUR TITHES (10% OF ANY AND ALL YOUR EARNINGS) AND OFFERINGS

Luke 11:42 [KJV] But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Heb 7:8  [NET] and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive.

Lev 27:30 [NET] “‘Any tithe of the land, from the grain of the land or from the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD. 31 If a man redeems part of his tithe, however, he must add one fifth to it. 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, [even] of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.

 

Num 18:21 [KJV]And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, [even] the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

 

Num 18:26 [KJV]Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, [even] a tenth [part] of the tithe.

Neh 10:38 [NET]A priest of Aaron’s line will be with the Levites when the Levites collect the tithes, and the Levites will bring up a tenth of the tithes to the temple of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury.

 

- thus pastors are not exempted from tithing.

Deut 14:22 [NET]You must be certain to tithe all the produce of your seed that comes from the field year after year.23 In the presence of the LORD your God you must eat from the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the place he chooses to locate his name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always. 24 When he blesses you, if the place where he chooses to locate his name is distant, 25 you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, and travel to the place the LORD your God chooses for himself. 26 Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and enjoy it. 27 As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you. 28 At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages. 29 Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work you do.

 

Neh 13:12[NET] Then all of Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms.

Mal 3:8  [NET]Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, ‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions! 9 You are bound for judgment because you are robbing me – this whole nation is guilty. 10 “Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,” says the LORD who rules over all, “to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until there is no room for it all. 11 Then I will stop the plague from ruining your crops, and the vine will not lose its fruit before harvest,” says the LORD who rules over all.

 

WARNINGS FROM THE SCRIPTURES

Sin shall not enter the Kingdom of GOD

 

Rev 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

 

1Cor 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

 

1Cor 6:9  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

 

Eph 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

 

Gal 5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

 

Rev 22:14 Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.15 For without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

 

1John 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

 

CAME OUT FROM AMONG THEM

 

2Cor 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

 

 

TAKE HEAD THAT THE CARES AND WORRIES OF THIS WORLD DO NOT DIVERT YOU AND MAKE YOU MISS THE MARRIAGE FEAST OF THE LAMB

 

Luke 10:38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. 41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: 42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Lesson: be careful about the cares and worries of this world , they will make you be left behind.

 

In the parable of the sower we learn:

 

Mark 4:7[KJV] And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Mark 4:18 [KJV]And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

 

In the parable of the KING’S WEDDING FEAST FOR HIS SON (MATHEW 22, LUKE 14: 16-24) WE LEARN that Those invited made light of the invitation (LUKE 14:16-24:

 

Three reasons/Excuses were given by those invited: 1. I have bought a piece of land and I need to go see it (YOUR PROPERTIES AND ESTATES) 2. I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them ( YOUR JOB, YOUR BUSINESSESS) 3. I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come (YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS). Luke 14:18-20.

And the Kings judgment was : Luke 14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

 

Watch your garment, keep it white all the time:

 

Matt 22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

 

 Note that the man was known to the King (he called him friend) and note that the man said nothing in answer to the Kings question and that he was cast to Hell. GOD WILL NOT COMPROMISE ON THE ISSUE OF HOLINESS- WITHOUT HOLINESS NO ONE SHALL SEE GOD – HEBREWS 12:14

 

Rev 7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

 

Luke 14:26 If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

 

GOD WILL NOT COMPROMISE, HE WILL NOT LOWER THE PASSMARK, TO ENTER HIS KINGDOM YOU NEED TO MEET THE THRESHHOLD HE HAS SET SO ‘WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING’ Phil. 2:12

 

WHAT IF YOU FIND THAT YOU MISSED THE RAPTURE

Take heart!! Console yourself in the Lord

IF YOU ARE LEFT BEHIND BY THE RAPTURE KNOW THAT THE TRIBULATION WILL BE LITERALLY HELL BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH. THERE WILL BE SUPER EVIL- NOT INVENTED BY MAN-BUT EVIL MADE AND PERFECTED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN HELL BY THE DEVIL. THIS, PLUS THE WARTH OF GOD. THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD –THE CHURCH-  WILL BE GONE: ONLY DARKNESS WILL REMAIN ON EARTH.

Jesus said:

John 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

John 11:10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

 

THE TRIBULATION WILL BE A DIFFICULT DECEITFUL TIME FOR A CHRISTIAN

YOU CAN STILL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD IF YOU ARE LEFT BY THE RAPTURE IF:

1.   YOU DON’T TAKE ANY CHIP INJECTION IN YOUR ARM OR FOREHEAD whether it’s a healthcare chip as they will call it or whatever else they might call it. RFID keep off it even at the cost of your life. TAKING THE MARK OF THE BEAST IS EXTERNAL DEATH DO NOT WORSHIP THE ANTICHRIST/BEAST/HEAD OF THE ONE-WORLD GOVERNMENT OR HIS IMAGE

Rev 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand,10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.12 Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

 

2.   DIE FOR JESUS. HE DIED FOR YOU, IT WILL BE YOUR TURN TO DIE FOR HIS NAME. IF IT COMES TO A CHOICE BETWEEN JESUS AND YOUR LIFE, JESUS AND THE MARK OF THE BEAST- AND THAT’S HOW ITS GOING TO BE. CHOOSE DEATH-TO BE KILLED. THE ONLY WAY TO ENTER HIS KINGDOM AT THAT TIME SHALL BE THE ULTIMATE TEST- TO LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR JESUS’S NAME. THE BIBLE SAYS THE DEATH SHALL BE BY BEHEADING. TERRIBLE TORTUE WILL PRECEDE THE KILLING. CHOOSE TO DIE FOR YOUR FAITH IN JESUS. THAT WILL BE THE ONLY OPTION OPEN TO YOU.

THOSE WHO DIE FOR JESUS WILL BE RESURRECTED WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME TO GLORY- LESS THAN 7 YEARS AND WILL RULE WITH CHRIST FOR 1,000 YEARS. THOSE WHO TAKE THE MARK AND WORSHIP THE BEAST WILL RESURRECT AFTER 1000 YEARS TO ETERNALDAMNATION

Rev 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Rev 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection.

Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

 

 

FURTHER WORD OF COUTION IF YOU ARE LEFT BEHIND:

2Thess 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:9 [Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 2 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

2Pet 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

 

I PRAY THAT THIS COMPILATION OF SCRIPTURES  THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLYSPIRIT GUIDE YOU, SPEAK TO YOU AND PREAPARE YOU IN SPIRIT IN JESUS’s NAME.

 

Stephen Kamau .Nairobi Kenya