“Blessed are the readers and hearers of the words of this prophecy, provided they OBEY the things written in it! For the time is NEAR!”

(Revelation 1:3 CJB)

“The Accomplishing of the goal of all things is close at hand. Therefore, keep alert and self-controlled, so that you can pray.” 

(I Peter 4:7 CJB)

“You too, be patient; keep up your courage; for the Lord’s return is near. Don’t grumble against one another, brothers, so that you won’t come under condemnation — look! The Judge is standing at the door!” 

(James 5:8-9) CJB)

“The one who is testifying to these things says, YES! I am coming soon,”

(Revelation 22:20 CJB)

A Warning from Yeshua (Jesus)!

“Yeshua replied: “Watch out! Don’t let anyone fool you! For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah!’ and they will lead many astray. You will hear the noise of wars nearby and the news of wars far off; see to it that you don’t become frightened. Such things must happen, but the end is yet to come. For people will fight each other, nations will fight each other, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various parts of the world; all this is but the beginning of the ‘birth-pains.’ At that time, you will be arrested and handed over to be punished and put to death, and all peoples will hate you because of me. At that time many will be trapped into betraying and hating each other, many false prophets will appear and fool many people; and many people’s loves will grow cold because of increased distance from Torah. But whoever holds out till the end will be delivered. And this Good News about the Kingdom will be announced throughout the whole world as a witness to all the Goyim. It is THEN that - the end will come!” (Matthew 24:4-14)

IT IS MORE THAN JUST BELIVING!

Simply believing there is a God and confessing you believe in His Son Jesus and the precious Holy Spirit does not make us any different than Satan and his demons!  When this fact is taught, people do not want to hear it!  Why?  Because, they are going to HAVE to do something!  And they are comfortable right where they are!  The following scripture must be discussed! “You believe that God is one?”. Good for you! The demons believe it too! The thought makes them shudder with fear!”  (James 2:19 CJB)

I honestly believe that Satan and his demons, fear God much more than most people on earth.  I will tell you why.  The demons and Satan were once angels in Heaven before they chose to rebel against God!  Therefore, they are very knowledgeable and very aware of who God is and they “believe” TOTALLY that He is the Most High God!  Why?  Because they have LIVED in Heaven with God! Therefore, they know more about God than we do!  God created the world and the Heavens and everything in it!  And Everything within God’s creation belongs to GOD!  Everything!  He created Satan, He created the angels, and He created us!  God is the Creator of everything and everything within His creation – belongs to Him!  

NOW! Lucifer was the most beautiful of all the Angels!  In fact, he was the number one angel!  Evidently that was NOT ENOUGH for him!  So, what was Satan’s problem?  THIS!  He wanted to sit on the throne of God!  He wanted to be the GOD.  Satan wants to call the shots in his life!  He wants to make his own choices and do everything his way all the while controlling US! Why all of this! Because he wants to rule and control the world and all that is in it!  Satan did not like God’s way of doing things and he still doesn’t! He wants his own way! He flat out did not TRUST God with his own life!  He did not want God to tell him what to do!  Sound familiar?  Is that the way WE want things in our lives? 

So, what is my point?

This! The saying of a sinner’s prayer, the making of a profession of Faith, saying you are a Christian, confessing you “believe in Jesus” is not enough! It is so much more than that. It is all about trusting God and wanting Him to rule your life! It is all about TRUSTING AND OBEYING. 

It is FAR more than just believing!  And you cannot obey unless you can hear God’s voice. You see God is the Boss!  And if you cannot hear what the Boss is saying - you CANNOT OBEY.  However, most people don’t want to hear God’s voice because if they do – they will have to – CHANGE! 

Keep this in mind – there is NOT ONE place in the Bible that says when you have a problem – figure it out on your own!  WE MUST go to God and ask Him for HIS direction! “God, I need YOUR direction, what do you want me to do in this situation?  I need your direction!”

Here is the bottom line on this – WE MUST WORK OUT OUR SALVATION!  We must allow God DAILY to tell us what to do!  We are God’s Servants!  He is NOT our servant!  We MUST do something!  The working out of our Salvation requires this: WE MUST TRUST AND OBEY – FOR THERE IS NO OTHER WAY! “But the Counselor, the Ruach Hakodesh (the Holy Spirit), whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you everything; that is, He will remind you of everything I have said to you.” (John 14:26 (CJB) 

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