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Are Your Affairs in Order? :: By Dennis Huebshman

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As one prophecy expert has stated, now is not the time to “get” ready, but to “be” ready for Jesus to call. There are no other events on the prophetic calendar that need to be completed before all true believers are removed. God has fulfilled every prophecy that was to be completed before the Rapture (harpazo, taking up) with 100% accuracy. There is absolutely no reason to believe He will change now, just as He has never changed His mind about what constitutes an abomination to Him. (any emphasis mine)

One question I have been asked is, “How do I know if I am ‘truly saved’? First and foremost, attending regular church services is not what saves a person. There are those who attend services for human fellowship all their lives yet have never asked Jesus to be their Savior. They will not spend eternity with Him in heaven.

There are some previously Bible-based churches that have turned and are not preaching the true word today. Some are even “tweaking” the Holy Word, saying things like all religions worship the same god, or Jesus is only one of many ways to heaven, or God no longer holds us responsible for what He has declared to be abominations. Some are declaring there’s really no such place as hell. (more on attending church later)

We were told there would be an increase of false prophets in the end time, and today, they are running some prominent organized churches. Our Salvation is an “Individual” relationship with Jesus. Just because a preacher might declare something as being God’s word, unless it truly is in God’s word, it won’t count. All true ministries encourage Bible study to make sure the pastor is actually giving the true word.

There will be people who will have never attended a formal church service, yet they will be saved. Whatever the circumstances were that introduced them to the Savior, that is what led them to call out to Him to be saved. To give the mechanics of this, please follow Romans 10:9-13, and especially verse 13.

(9) “because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (10) For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. (11) For the scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame’ [also see Isaiah 45:17; Isaiah 54:4; Joel 2:26-27] (12) For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all who call on Him. (13) For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Please note in verse 12 that it says there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. Some other verses that address this are John 10:16, Acts 10:34-35 and Romans 2:11. Our Salvation is through the Grace of Jesus and the Mercy of the Father. Ephesians 2:8-9; “For by Grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.” That “gift” of God is His divine Mercy of forgiving all the sins of everyone who receives and accepts Jesus as their Savior. After all, Jesus is the only way to the Father, as stated in John 14:6; John 3:18; Acts 4:12; Romans 8:1; Romans 5:8 and 1 John 5:12, just to name a few.

We are not saved by any works, and it cannot be bought at any price. We also are not saved by being a “good person.” I’ve already given Ephesians 2:8-9, and going even further back, we have Isaiah 64:6; “We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our “righteous deeds” are like a polluted garment.”

How about Psalm 103:10-12; “He does not deal with us according to our sins; nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear [respect] Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us.”

Romans 8:1 does not say there is “no condemnation for all who are regular churchgoers.” It states, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Please know, I am not cutting out the value of Church fellowship. What I am saying is, be there for the right reason. Jesus held “services” almost everywhere. The religious leaders in the “Temple” should have been the most righteous but were clearly far removed from God’s true word. Jesus didn’t hesitate to point this out to them often.

It’s the condition of each and every individual’s heart that counts, no matter who they are or where they are from. There are people in other countries who are being martyred for their faith because they have accepted Jesus as their Savior, and even the prospect of death does not pull them away from Him.

So far, we have been fortunate in America that we have less persecution than this. However, the day is rapidly approaching when this will not be the case. There will be an evil ruler of the world that will demand everyone worship him or be killed. That will be during the 7-year tribulation, and it’s stated that 2/3 of the world population will perish (Zechariah 13:8).

That time is very near; the Rapture is even closer than that. God says in 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10 that true believers will not go through the wrath. His word is good (Titus 1:2), and His timing is perfect.

While you may still have time, call out to the Savior to forgive you of your sins (Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23) and for Him to be your Savior forever. We can’t even begin to imagine just how close it is that Jesus will call. Afterward, it will be the most terrible time this earth has ever had. If you call on Him right now, you will “be ready.”

All who refuse to have Jesus as their Savior will end up at the Great White Throne of Revelation 20:11-15 and then join Satan, the antichrist, and the false prophet in the Lake of Fire. Hell was made for Satan and his followers, as stated in Matthew 25:41.

No matter what else your life may be involved in right now, there’s nothing as important as your eternal destiny. Our entire lifetime here is less than one blink of the eye compared to eternity.

What is God waiting for? How about one more Gentile? Romans 11:25; “Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers; a partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.”

Fullness means total. Just think, are you that last Gentile? One day soon, it will happen, and those who have Jesus will be gone from this earth. Meanwhile, God is giving us time by being patient with us (2 Peter 3:9), but as always happened in scripture, when the time was up, it happened suddenly.

Make sure your affairs are in order. Call out to Jesus to be your Savior, and when you do sin, ask His forgiveness, and it will be granted as stated in 1 John 1:8-10. You must know that His gift totally paid our way, and He will leave no one behind who is part of His flock (John 10).

He will force no one but will accept all who call on Him to be saved (Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21 and Romans 10:13). Right now would not be too early to call on Him. He is listening.

Come, Lord Jesus!

huebshman46@gmail.com

The Whole Enchilada :: By Jim Towers

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Dear Younger Person,

As a young person, atheist or “none” who doesn’t know their Creator or the things of God, did you ever wonder why you are here, who or what created all things, including mankind, and if there is life after death or even right or wrong?

Knowing that many younger people today don’t know the basic rudiments of the Bible (Word of God), I will attempt to explain it, in a nutshell, using simple terms and an easy-to-understand narrative. We who have been steeped in Bible studies for years owe it to our prodigy to reveal what we know of the bestselling and widely read book of all time and its “author,” God. The time is coming when society will have forgotten that there is even a God who cares about us individually.

I write to you younger people specifically since I have many years of experience in living the Christian life – one of study, introspection, and probing the more esoteric things of life and, of course, stumbling every so often along the way. Being a Christian doesn’t make you an angel, just a saved follower of Jesus Christ, but it does give you a zeal for the things of God if you are sincere.

If you are a “seeker,” then this is the answer to life you’ve been seeking – in a nutshell.

The Bible tells us all we need to know about creation; laws that will help us live a happy and productive life and a sense of purpose. The more you study it – the more it opens itself up to you. Also, in it is God-given revelation and His many promises. So, let us begin.

As the “Good Book” says,

In the beginning, God (the ineffable being) created man in His image and His likeness. He had already created angelic beings eons before. The angelic being Lucifer who rebelled against God, left his domain with a third of the angels. He is also referred to in the Bible as Satan, The Devil, The Evil One, and The Great Dragon.

Then this powerful Omnipotent Being (God) said, (let there be light), and He separated the darkness from the light – and it was so. And He called them Night and Day.

God made water and dry land – then made vegetation and animals – then came man.

This Mighty Creator Being said, “Let us make man in OUR image and in our likeness.” This other being was later proven to be Christ Jesus in the Holy Bible. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory as of the only begotten Son of God,” – Jesus.

This all sounds pretty fantastic, doesn’t it? Yet, there is no better explanation than the Bible account of creation. Some men have tried to explain it by saying they found gold plates in their back yard and other outlandish things, but all fall short of the creation story in Holy writ told by forty devout men, including Moses, who wrote the first ten books of the Bible. In fact, today, the creation story and Moses’ exodus epic are being proven by archeological excavations and discoveries of that time in world history.

The rise and fall of empires such as the Medes, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans are depicted by “Old Testament Prophets” of the Bible, among whom are Ezekiel, Isaiah, Daniel, and Elijah. By the way, Enoch and Elijah are two men who were so close to God that they never physically died but were instead transported to heaven by other means.

To prove the Bible is true, God continues to confound and surprise mankind with prophetic signs and wonders, things that He deemed would happen before they happened and the result of such happenings. The Bible is often referred to as the “Word” of God and is taught in most Christian churches – although as time goes on – many other churches have become apostate and unreliable, something that was prophesied to take place in the End Times—the end times being the end of the church age when the tribulation period is about to begin – a time of sorrows.

The time of sorrows encapsulates earthly upheavals such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding, plagues of locusts, viruses and diseases. Overt governmental and financial collapses will also be taking place at this point in time. Criminality will have gotten out of hand with people afraid to be going out at night and keeping their children under a watchful eye. Meanwhile, civil unrest will be taking place everywhere. A lot of these things were prophesied by Christ Jesus Himself in what’s called the New Testament.

The New Testament was written about as the time when God would send a Savior to redeem mankind from the clutches of the Devil who prowls around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. The book of John begins in much the same way as the Old Testament and testifies that Christ Jesus is the promised Savior of mankind in the prophetic scriptures of the Old Testament.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, ‘This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’) 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known” (John 1:1-18).

The ONLY WAY to really know God is to receive Christ and to read the Holy Bible. Our Creator wants to be your personal Savior and friend – and if that isn’t a profound thought, I don’t know what is. So, do yourself a favor and explore the possibility thoroughly – your eternal life depends on it.

YBIC

Jim Towers You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or check out my webpage www.propheticsignsandwonders.com and visit www.dropzonedelta.com.