Return of The King - Days of Noah

 

Revelation 1:7

Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.

DAYS OF NOAH

Matthew 24:37

As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Genesis 6:5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

    How was life in the days of Noah that we may know the signs to watch for? Genesis 6:5 gives us an insight: every inclination, every imagination, of mankind's thoughts in his or her heart will be evil ALL THE TIME.

    Matthew 15:18, 19

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, and slanders.

    Matthew 5:28

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

    Galatians 5:19-21

Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, witchcraft/sorcery, hatreds, contentions, jealousies, wrath, strife/selfish ambitions, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, carousing and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

    1 Corinthians 6:10

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, nor thieves, nor coveters, not drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

    These thoughts will be in every person who is not of God. And because of their hatred for what is holy and righteous they will come against God's people on every platform, including the church.

    Those whose desire is for their itching ears ( 2 Timothy 4:3, 4 ) to be comforted will build their own churches or sneak in and take over ( Acts 20:29, 30 ) the churches who are not paying attention to the divisions within their walls.

    Paul warns the church to be alert and stay on her guard that this does not happen. She is to be spotless, without blemish, without stain: The real church of God is holy and righteous, pure and filled with love for her Bridegroom. She is strong in her Lord and in the power of His might. His church is a light in an ever growing dark world. Though few will flock to her altars, still she will stand: stand on The Word of God.

    We who believe in The Name of The Lord Jesus Christ for our salvation are God's church. BE ALERT! PAY ATTENTION! REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD! Personally, this I have done. And it was wonderful. I am a new creation in Christ! The old life I lived is dead and gone. The new life I have in Christ is Christ in me. Come, come to the cross. Come to the Light and Love of God in Christ. Walk with me to the garden and have new life in Christ, for He has conquered death, hell and the grave!

    What is death that we should fear it? What is the darkness of the grave that we should dread it? Hell has no power over the saved of The LORD.

    In the days of Noah, out of all the people who were upon the face of the earth at that time, only EIGHT survived: Noah and his wife, their three sons and their wives. The ark was built big enough to save more but none believed Noah. Though the ark loomed large in the desert landscape, though the animals came by twos and sevens into the ark, though Noah preached while he constructed the ark: no one believed him. That's how it was in the days of Noah:unbelief was in every heart.

PEOPLE GET READY/REPENT & BE BAPTIZED

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Zechariah 12:10

Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man will come in His Father's glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

Matthew 24:30

At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

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Activation of Faith

 

Romans 10:17

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 

Faith comes by hearing the Word of God through the power of God. Anyone can read a Bible but not everyone can understand it, nor can they obtain the knowledge within its pages. We must first believe that God Is God and that He is Absolute Truth. This takes faith and this faith activates our hearts to seek the Truth of His Word. 

We who once lived in darkness have been called out of the darkness of sin and wickedness into the light and love of God's grace. God called us with His love, His Word, His Son Jesus Christ. We are children of faith. 

As the Word says even now, "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God." Faith in God comes to all who believe in the Word of God, in Jesus Christ as Lord. Romans 10:8-11

8. But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart." That is, the word of faith which we preach,

9. that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

10. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

11. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be  ashamed." 

That's the Word of Faith. That's my Jesus in action. 

The difference between faith and unbelief? Eighteen inches. In our bodies the heart is eighteen inches from the mouth. Two imperatives for the activation of faith are given here. 

1. We MUST believe in our hearts that Jesus Christ is God's gift of righteousness to us.

2. We MUST confess, speak out loud, that which we believe in our hearts: that God raised Jesus from the dead. 

If even one part of this is missing, then our faith has not been activated. It is not enough to just say the words, though that may fool many who hear the words of faith spoken by false prophets and false teachers; the heart must believe the truth of God's Word, as well. 

For we know that God looks on the heart and recognizes lip service when He hears it. How do we know God sees the motives of our hearts and knows the thoughts of our mind? His Word tells us so. In the Old Testament in 1 Samuel 16:1-13 God sent the prophet Samuel to Jesse's house to anoint one of his sons to be the next king.  But after approaching each one who was brought before him, God rejected all of them because He knew their hearts (v. 7). 

Job, Isaiah and Ezekiel all tell us God knows our hearts. Therefore how can we ever expect to get away with anything? Foolishness. 

In the New Testament in Acts 15:8 and Romans 8:27 we see that God searches our hearts and knowing our hearts He gives us good gifts, especially the gift of the Holy Spirit, Who leads us and guides through God's Word as we study it, that we might be approved by God. 

In Matthew 12:25 we learn that Jesus knows our thoughts and what we are thinking. Before we even ask, He knows what we are going to ask. But He delights to hear us ask. God likes to talk with us. He enjoys our company, the company of walking and talking with the believer(s). 

Our hearts must be right with God; we MUST believe with our hearts that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD. That He died on the cross, rose from the dead and walked out of the grave. We MUST believe with our hearts and CONFESS with our mouths that which we believe in our hearts that our faith might be activated so that it will grow. 

Today is your day of salvation if you have not believed already. How do I know this? God tells me in His Word that this is so. 2 Corinthians 6:2 "For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!"