of God's wrath and retribution every day because they willfully go on
sinning. They do not even make an effort to be righteous. Many of
them are Christians. They are playing with FIRE.
" We read in Romans 1:18”For the wrath of God is revealed
from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who
suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19because that which is
known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to
them. 20For since the creation of the world His invisible
attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly
seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are
without excuse. 21For even though they knew God, they did not
honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their
speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22Professing
to be wise, they became fools, 23and exchanged the glory of the
incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of
birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
24Therefore God gave them over
in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would
be dishonored among them. 25For they exchanged the truth of God
for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the
Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26For this reason God gave
them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the
natural function for that which is unnatural, 27and in the same
way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and
burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing
indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of
their error.
28And just as they did not see
fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved
mind, to do those things which are not proper, 29being filled
with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy,
murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, 30slanderers,
haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil,
disobedient to parents, 31without understanding, untrustworthy,
unloving, unmerciful; 32and although they know the ordinance of
God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they
not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who
practice them.”
People think that God does not see. Many Christians think that
they are under grace and that God will not punish them for their
wickedness, but they are making a grave mistake. They are constantly
placing themselves in jeopardy. Judgment is coming. If they do not
repent of their wickedness and stop sinning, they are heading for
certain destruction.
Romans 2:4”Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness
and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God
leads you to repentance? 5But because of your stubbornness and
unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, 6who WILL
RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS: 7to those who
by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and
immortality, eternal life; 8but to those who are selfishly
ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath
and indignation. 9There will be tribulation and distress
for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the
Greek, 10but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does
good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11For there is no
partiality with God.”
You will not get away with sin. The wages of sin is death. You
will be duly punished. GOD WILL RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO
HIS DEEDS.
Repent or you will perish. Repent of
your sins and stop sinning. Be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ
for the forgiveness of your sins. Sin no more. Be holy Make peace
with God and stay at peace with Him. SIN NO MORE.
There is nothing that can be more terrifying than the judgment throne of Jesus Christ. It will be a terrifying thing if Jesus will say to us:"I have one thing against you..." whatever that think might be. It will be a terrible day for those who knew the truth and who kept on sinning.
We read in Hebrews 10:26 "For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES. 28Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30For we know Him who said, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY.” And again, “THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE.” 31It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God."
Those who keep on sinning WILL fall into the hands of the living God. There is nothing more terrifying than even thinking about the wrath and the vengeance of God. Those who know Jesus Christ FEAR Him. I fear Him.
Dear friend, are we ready to stand before the judgment throne of Christ? Today is the day of salvation. Today we can still repent and mend our ways. Now is mercy time. Will we use that opportunity or will we let it slip away?
Many people wrongly think that if they just believe in Jesus Christ they will have eternal life. We read in John 3:36
“He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
If we believe in Jesus Christ we have to OBEY Him. Those who disobey Jesus Christ will perish because the WRATH OF GOD stays on them because of their sin. The soul that sins will perish. Jesus said:"SIN NO MORE." He commands us to REPENT, turn away from sin, be righteous and holy. Jesus Christ takes away the guilt of our sin if we REPENT, STOP SINNING and OBEY Him. Those who disobey Jesus Christ, will perish because the wrath of God remains on them. God is MAD at them and His wrath will come on them.
Most Christians never obey Jesus Christ, they never stop sinning and the wrath of God will come on them. They will perish in hell.
Do we OBEY Jesus Christ or is the wrath of God on us?
The curse of God is on the house of the wicked. Those who live in sin and who practice sin attract the wrath and the punishment of God. That is also the reason why most Christians are under the discipline and the punishment of God. They are in sin. They are like the rest of the world. they live in sin, they fornicate, they do exactly as the rest of the world does and therefor the wrath of God is coming on them.
Many Christians profess to be sinners. They say:"We are all sinners." If we are a child of God we live godly and righteously. that is why God said as we read in 2 Chronicles 7:14 "If My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
Most Christians just want to believe and they want to pray but they don't want to turn from their wicked ways and that is why the wrath of God is on them and they will perish if they persist in their sins. We have to turn form our wicked ways, obey Jesus Christ and live holy and righteously in obedience to Him. Then we will have the blessings of God and not the curses and the punishment of God.
That is why most Christians are under the punishment of God. they call themselves children of God but they live like the devil.
Many believers foolishly
want to hasten the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. They are arrogant
and presumptuous. They believe that they are saved even though they
themselves do not follow nor obey Jesus Christ. Most believers are
living in sin and they are conformed to the world. But Jesus Christ
is coming to judge the world. He will judge each and every one of us.
The coming of our Lord will be a terrible day. He will judge each and
every person according to their deeds and we must make sure that we
are always ready for that day when the Lord unexpectedly comes.
I read the words of Paul
in Romans 2:1.
"Therefore you have
no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you
judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the
same things. 2And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls
upon those who practice such things. 3But do you suppose this, O
man, when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do
the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of
God? 4Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and
tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads
you to repentance?"
God wants all me to
REPENT. Me must make sure that we live in holiness and in
righteousness.
"But because of your
stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for
yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment
of God, who WILL RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO
HIS DEEDS: "
Many believers say they
cannot stop sinning, they REFUSE to stop sinning , they are conformed
to the world and they think that God will excuse their sins. because
they believe, but God will judge every man according to their DEEDS.
Verse 6 "God WILL
RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS: 7to those who by
perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality,
eternal life; 8but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do
not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and
indignation. 9There will be tribulation and distress for
every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the
Greek, 10but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does
good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11For there is no
partiality with God."
People REFUSE to live
righteously, they say that we are SAVED BY GRACE and not by the works
of the LAW.
This is what Paul writes
in verse 12:
"For all who have
SINNED without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who
have SINNED under the Law will be judged by the Law; 13for it
is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God,
but the doers of the Law will be justified. 14For when Gentiles
who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law,
these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, 15in that
they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their
conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or
else defending them, 16on the day when, according to my gospel,
God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus."
The issue is SIN and
DISOBEDIENCE to God. If we SIN we already violate the LAW. We have to
live HOLY and RIGHTEOUSLY in the presence of God. God will judge
every man according to their DEEDS.
We read in Deuteronomy
32:35.
"Vengeance is
Mine, and retribution,
In
due time their foot will slip;
For
the day of their calamity is near,"
He is talking about those
who disobey the TRUTH.
There is no FEAR of God
among believers. They think that because they believe in Jesus Christ
they can keep on sinning and God will only judge the world but not
them. God is fair and righteous and we must live in the fear of God.
We must serve Him with FEAR and REVERENCE. I read in Psalm 2:11-12
"Worship the
LORD with reverence
And
rejoice with trembling.
12Do
homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the
way,
For
His wrath may soon be kindled.
How
blessed are all who take refuge in Him!"
Every branch in Christ
Jesus that does not bear GOOD FRUIT will get cut off and burned. They
will perish on the way, they will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Be
WARNED and be CAREFUL.
The apostle Peter wrote in
1 Peter 1:13-17
"Therefore,
prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix
your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the
revelation of Jesus Christ. 14As obedient children, do not be
conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your
ignorance, 15but like the Holy One who called you, be holy
yourselves also in all your behavior; 16because it is
written, “YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.”
17If
you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to
each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your
stay on earth;"
The Lord Jesus is coming
and He is coming to judge the world and He will repay every man
according to their DEEDS. Our DEEDS will determine our DESTINY.
The wrath of God comes on individuals and on nations because of
SIN and if people do not stop sinning and do not live righteously
they WILL PERISH. God has warned mankind in many ways and no man will
have any excuse when they stand before Him in judgment.
I read from Ezekiel 33:10. God spoke to His servant the prophet
Ezekiel and He said:
“Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus
you have spoken, saying, “Surely our transgressions and our sins
are upon us, and we are rotting away in them; how then can we
survive?”’ 11“Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the
Lord GOD, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but
rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn
back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of
Israel?’ 12“And you, son of man, say to your fellow
citizens, ‘The righteousness of a righteous man will not deliver
him in the day of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the
wicked, he will not stumble because of it in the day when he turns
from his wickedness; whereas a righteous man will not be able to live
by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’13“When I
say to the righteous he will surely live, and he so trusts
in his righteousness that he commits iniquity, none of his righteous
deeds will be remembered; but in that same iniquity of his which he
has committed he will die. 14“But when I say to the wicked,
‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and practices
justice and righteousness, 15IF A WICKED MAN RESTORES A
PLEDGE, PAYS BACK WHAT HE HAS TAKEN BY ROBBERY, WALKS BY THE STATUTES
WHICH ENSURE LIFE WITHOUT COMMITTING INIQUITY, HE SHALL SURELY LIVE;
HE SHALL NOT DIE. 16“None of his sins that he has committed
will be remembered against him. He has practiced justice and
righteousness; he shall surely live.
17“Yet your fellow citizens
say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their own way
that is not right. 18“When the righteous turns from his
righteousness and commits iniquity, then he shall die in it. 19“But
when the wicked turns from his wickedness and practices justice and
righteousness, he will live by them. 20“Yet you say, ‘The
way of the Lord is not right.’ O house of Israel, I WILL JUDGE EACH
OF YOU ACCORDING TO HIS WAYS.”
God will judge each of us according to our DEEDS, what we have
done.
Jesus Christ came and He WARNED. He gave us the SAME MESSAGE.
Matthew 16:26"For what will it profit a man if he gains the
whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in
exchange for his soul? 27"For the Son of Man is going to come in
the glory of His Father with His angels, and WILL THEN REPAY EVERY
MAN ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS.”
I also read the words of the apostle Paul in Romans 1 verse18:
“FOR THE WRATH OF GOD IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN AGAINST ALL
UNGODLINESS AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OF MEN WHO SUPPRESS THE TRUTH IN
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, 19because that which is known about God is
evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20For
since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal
power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood
through what has been made, so that THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE. 21For
even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give
thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their
foolish heart was darkened. 22Professing to be wise, they became
fools, 23and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an
image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed
animals and crawling creatures.”
What can be known about God is REVEALED. We all KNOW IT. Nobody
will have any EXCUSE. We all know about righteousness, we all know
about SIN but because people turn against God, God gives them over to
their lusts.
We read in verse 24:”Therefore GOD GAVE THEM OVER IN THE LUSTS
OF THEIR HEARTS TO IMPURITY, so that their bodies would be dishonored
among them. 25For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and
worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is
blessed forever. Amen.
26FOR THIS REASON GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO DEGRADING PASSIONS; for
their women exchanged the natural function for that which is
unnatural, 27and in the same way also the men abandoned the
natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one
another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their
own persons the due penalty of their error.”
Nobody was born gay, GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO DEGRADING PASSIONS. IF
YOU LOVE SIN GOD WILLGIVE YOU OVER TO THE POWER OF SATAN, HE WILL
EMPOWER YOU. He will deliver you to those passions, to evil forces
that drive you and that is why so many people say they cannot stop
sinning. Because they love sin and they hate God, God has GIVEN THEM
OVER TO DEMONS so that they can carry on with their sin and in the
end they will receive the reward for their wickedness, they will
PERISH UNDER THE WRATH OF GOD.
Verse 28:”And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God
any longer, GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO A DEPRAVED MIND, to do those things
which are not proper, 29being filled with all unrighteousness,
wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit,
malice; they are gossips, 30slanderers, haters of God,
insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to
parents, 31without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving,
unmerciful; 32and although they know the ordinance of God, THAT
THOSE WHO PRACTICE SUCH THINGS ARE WORTHY OF DEATH, THEY NOT ONLY DO
THE SAME, BUT ALSO GIVE HEARTY APPROVAL TO THOSE WHO PRACTICE THEM.”
You GO TO A CHURCH today and they will say:”WE ARE ALL SINNERS”
and the preacher will justify sin because THEY HAVE A DEPRAVED MIND.
God has given them over to their lusts and they BELIEVE THOSE LIES
because they have turned their back on God and in the end they will
come under the wrath of God.
I read Chapter 2 of Romans 2. ”1Therefore you have no excuse,
everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge
another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same
things. 2And we know that THE JUDGMENT OF GOD RIGHTLY FALLS UPON
THOSE WHO PRACTICE SUCH THINGS. 3But do you suppose this, O man,
when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the
same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of
God? 4Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and
tolerance and patience, not knowing that THE KINDNESS OF GOD LEADS
YOU TO REPENTANCE? 5But because of your stubbornness and
unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, 6who WILL
RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS: 7to those who
by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and
immortality, eternal life; 8but TO THOSE WHO ARE SELFISHLY
AMBITIOUS AND DO NOT OBEY THE TRUTH, BUT OBEY UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, WRATH
AND INDIGNATION. 9There will be TRIBULATION AND DISTRESS
FOR EVERY SOUL OF MAN WHO DOES EVIL, of the Jew first and also of the
Greek, 10but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does
good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11For THERE IS NO
PARTIALITY WITH GOD.
12FOR ALL WHO HAVE SINNED
without the Law will also perish without the Law, and ALL WHO HAVE
SINNED under the Law will be judged by the Law; 13FOR IT
IS NOT THE HEARERS OF THE LAW WHO ARE JUST BEFORE GOD,
BUT THE DOERS OF THE LAW WILL BE JUSTIFIED. 14For when Gentiles
who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law,
these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, 15in that
they SHOW THE WORK OF THE LAW WRITTEN IN THEIR HEARTS, their
conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or
else defending them, 16on the day when, according to my gospel,
God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.”
NOBODY WILL HAVE ANY EXCUSE. Nobody will be able to say:”I did
not know.” Whether you had the law or knew the law or not, because
the law of God is written IN EVERY HEART, in your CONSCIENCE, and
failing all else God will judge us by our conscience. We all know
right from wrong, we will have NO EXCUSE.
And then I read about the FINAL JUDGMENT of God on SINNERS,
TRANSGRESSORS in Revelation chapter 20:11 “Then I saw a great white
throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven
fled away, and no place was found for them. 12And I saw the
dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books
were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of
life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in
the books, ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS. 13And the sea gave up the
dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which
were in them; AND THEY WERE JUDGED, EVERY ONE OF THEM ACCORDING
TO THEIR DEEDS. 14Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake
of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15And if
anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was
thrown into the lake of fire.”
The message is CLEAR. Mend your WAYS, STOP SINNING, be holy, be
RIGHTEOUS or you WILL PERISH. None of us will have any excuse. God
will judge every man, each one of us, according to our DEEDS. Are our
deeds perfect in the sight of God? If not, we will perish. May God
have mercy on us. May we use the rest of our lives to live in
righteousness and in holiness so that we can be pleasing to God or
else we will perish.
God does not discriminate, He has ONE
STANDARD for all people. The soul that sins will die. Those who do
not believe in Jesus and do not OBEY Him, who do not repent of their
wickedness and live righteousness in obedience to Jesus, they ARE
ALREADY JUDGED AND CONDEMNED to eternal damnation.
But those who believe in Jesus and who
know the truth who have accepted Him as Lord but disobey Him, they
will be DISCIPLINED, CHASTISED AND CORRECTED by God just like any
good father does. He disciplines His children so that they can
correct themselves but if such a believer does not ACCEPT CORRECTION
then he will receive WORSE JUDGMENT and WORSE PUNISHMENT than the one
that never knew Jesus Christ.
The soul that sins will perish. God
does not accept sin or unrighteousness. God only has ONE STANDARD.
Some have been led to believe that if you believe in Jesus then He
excuses your sin, He does NOT. God DOES NOT EXCUSE ANY WILLFUL SIN OR
DISOBEDIENCE. God requires UTTER HOLINESS, utter obedience,
PERFECTION! Jesus said:”BE PERFECT, like your father in heaven is
perfect.”
Not many will enter the kingdom of
heaven. Very FEW will OBEY Jesus and SIN NO MORE. Do not be deceived,
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, eternal damnation. REPENT and OBEY Jesus.
Be holy, be righteous, be perfect or else you will perish.
Whiners and moaners will not enter the kingdom of Heaven. A
Christian or Believer, a follower of Jesus Christ who keeps on
whining and moaning and complaining is not fit for the kingdom of
Heaven. A Christian who keeps on whining and moaning and complaining
is expressing his lack of faith and his dissatisfaction with Jesus
Christ.
If we follow Jesus we are satisfied with everything and anything
that comes our way because He guides us where He wants to use us and
whatever happens to us comes from the hand of God. God led the
children of Israel out of Egypt, He saved them and then He led them
into the desert but they never stopped whining, murmuring and
complaining and because of that He killed them all off in the desert.
They all perished! In His wrath He swore that they would not enter
His rest. Of all those men and women that left Egypt only Joshua and
Caleb entered the promised land with the children of those who
perished in the desert because they were always moaning and whining
and complaining.
The same will happen to this generation. The whiners and the
moaners and the complainers WILL BE CUT OFF and they WILL PERISH.
THEY WILL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. If we follow Jesus we
MAKE ourselves content with whatever comes our way because Jesus is
in control of our lives! We have nothing to whine or moan or complain
about. We need to be thankful in everything.
Are you a thankful follower of Jesus Christ or are you a moaner
and a whiner and a complainer?
