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Katididaustralia 66F
49 posts
4/21/2015 6:05 am
His Day Is Fast Approaching


So many in the future will be utterly desperate.
We are seeing the desperation in the world now.
It will get far worse.

We've all heard the story of the man who cut off his arm to save his life.
A really desperate act.
No one really wants to die.
God has inbuilt into us the will to live.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has even put eternity in their heart; yet mankind will never find out the work that the true God has made from start to finish.

Yet, as we know, many reject God, like Adam, wanting only to be their own god.
1Corinthians 1:19 For it is written: “I will make the wisdom of the wise men perish, and the intelligence of the intellectuals I will reject

Calling on human governments won't help.
Revelation 6:16 And they keep saying to the mountains and to the rocks: “Fall over us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb

How often have you said, or heard it said, "I am a good person" or "They are a good person".
More often than not the definition of a 'good person' is measured by worldly and imperfect human standards and not by God's standards.
Is being a good person enough?
No!

Ezekiel 7:3 The end is now upon you, and I will unleash my anger against you, and I will judge you according to your ways and call you to account for all your detestable deeds
1Samuel 16: 7 But Jehovah said to Samuel: “Do not pay attention to his appearance and how tall he is, for I have rejected him. For the way man sees is not the way God sees, because mere man sees what appears to the eyes, but Jehovah sees into the heart

Anyone can say, "I believe in God".
Anyone can say, "I believe in Jesus."
Even the demons know who God is.
Even the demons know who Jesus is.
However, believing and doing are two very different things.


Exodus 34:14 You must not bow down to another god, for Jehovah is known for requiring exclusive devotion. Yes, he is a God who requires exclusive devotion
Matthew 28:19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you

If God destroyed His own claimed nation, Israel, for idol worship, how much more so, in these last days, will He destroy those not obeying His commands, when people worship anything but God!?
Ezekiel 8:10-12 So I went in and looked, and I saw all sorts of images of creeping things and loathsome beasts and all the disgusting idols of the house of Israel; they were carved on the wall all around. And 70 of the elders of the house of Israel were standing before them, with Jaazaniah the of Shaphan standing among them. Each one had his censer in his hand, and the perfumed cloud of incense was ascending. He said to me: “ of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each one in the inner rooms where his idols are displayed? For they are saying, ‘Jehovah is not seeing us. Jehovah has left the land.

In these days this ties in with the 'God is dead' attitude and the belief in evolution and the superiority of 'mother nature'.
Ezekiel 8:14-18 So he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of Jehovah, and there I saw women sitting and weeping over the god Tammuz. And he further said to me: “Do you see this, O of man? You will see detestable things that are even more terrible that are worse than these.” So he brought me to the inner courtyard of the house of Jehovah. There at the entrance of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about men with their backs to the temple of Jehovah and their faces to the east; they were bowing down to the sun in the east. He said to me: “ of man, do you see this? Is it a trivial thing for the house of Judah to do these detestable things, to fill the land with violence and keep offending me? Here they are thrusting out the branch to my nose. So I will act in rage. My eye will not feel sorry; nor will I feel compassion. Even though they cry out loudly in my ears, I will not hear them.”

We need to keep God's view in mind.
Keep God's standards and principles working in our lives.
If we are to reach the reward of salvation and everlasting life.


Another modern day idol is scientific thinking.
People look to it to solve all the answers, but can it, in the hands of man, give us anything but corruption and pollution?
Many scientist acknowledge, for e.g., that the theory of evolution is defunct, proven nothing more than a theory full of holes and inconsistencies.
They even acknowledge the hand of a powerful maker but still they will not acknowledge Jehovah God as that maker!
Still, turning their backs to God and encouraging others to do the same.

It is all immorality.
Immorality is not just indecency of the body but also of the mind.

More than knowledge is needed.
Dedication is the evidence of wanting to do things Jehovah God's way.
God's qualities in our lives, the fruitage of the spirit, proves to others that we are different.
We behave differently to the world of satan when we have God's qualities, standards and principles alive and working in our lives.


Ezekiel 9:1 He then called out in my ears with a loud voice, saying: “Summon those who will bring punishment on the city, each one with his weapon for destruction in his hand!”
Ezekiel 9:4 Jehovah said to him: “Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who are sighing and groaning over all the detestable things that are being done in the city
Ezekiel 9:9+10 So he said to me: “The error of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great. The land is filled with bloodshed, and the city is full of corruption. For they say, ‘Jehovah has left the land, and Jehovah is not seeing.’ But as for me, my eye will not feel sorry; nor will I show compassion. The consequences of their way I will bring down on their own head.”

We want God's mark of approval on our foreheads not in pencil but in indelible ink!

Yours,
Katidid.

Katididaustralia 66F
93 posts
5/18/2015 9:24 pm

Hi Scenic,
They are the very ones who demonstrate the matter of the law to be written in their hearts, while their conscience is bearing witness with them, and by their own thoughts they are being accused or even excused(Rom. 2:15)

And no wonder, for Satan himself keeps disguising himself as an angel of light.(2Cor 11:14)

Then the Devil said to him: “I will give you all this authority and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish(Luke 4:6)

So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him. (Rev 12:9)

Keep your senses, be watchful! Your adversary, the Devil, walks about like a roaring lion, seeking to devour someone.(1Pet 5:8)

Consequently, Jehovah saw that man’s wickedness was great on the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only bad all the time(Gen 6:5)

There is a way that seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death(no resurrection)(Prov16:25)

I well know, O Jehovah, that man’s way does not belong to him.
It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step (Jer. 10:23)

Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, And do not rely on your own understanding(Prov. 3:5)

But solid food belongs to mature people, to those who through use have their powers of discernment trained to distinguish both right and wrong. (Heb 5:14)

Do not be misled. Bad associations spoil useful habits.(1Cor. 15:33)

“Go in through the narrow gate, because broad is the gate and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are going in through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are finding it(Mat 7:13+14)

These words that I am commanding you today must be on your heart, and you must inculcate them in your sons and speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road and when you lie down and when you get up.(Deut. 6:6+7)

So, how high should our standards be? 80%? 90%?
Many people scorn living by God's high moral standard but living by our own changeable standard, each ones', effectively means no moral standards at all.
If no one gets hurt, does it really matter?
Yes!
Paradise won't be paradise without God's standards. Tis as simple as that.

Just some of the verses I could find and think of Scenic.
Love Katidid.