Thursday, June 14, 2007

Where's the Fear ?

I truly believe what is sorely missing on the earth today is the fear of God.
We will see a return of this,too late for too many.
Revelation 6:15-17


........However, in these last days
marked by apostasy, strong delusion, false teachers, the vast
majority can only be led to want to be saved by the necessary truths
of the Word of God, to cause them to FEAR. The others, of whom Jude
spoke, even over 95% of whom would today call themselves Christians
or Messianic believers, need to be saved, or born again, AGAIN. The
only way to move the self sanctified ones bound for hell is by means
of fear as Jude so clearly stated. And others save with fear,
pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the
flesh.

Jesus taught more regarding the fact, truth and reality of hell,
than He taught of heaven. He KNEW the certain rich man and He knew
Lazarus. This is not a parable or story. The Lord said a CERTAIN
rich man. He knew this man and He knew that the man was in the
torment of Hell. Listen carefully to what Jesus told those most
religiously certain they were saved covenant people of God:

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before
men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed
among men is abomination in the sight of God. The law and the
prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is
preached, and every man presseth into it. And it is easier for
heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. Jesus
then want on to speak of CERTAIN real people whom He knew, to teach
us some facts and truths we MUST understand in these last days of
strong delusion. I pray we will all have ears to hear what the LORD
said about these certain people He knew, and the certain eternal
destiny, which He knew them to have.

There was a CERTAIN rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine
linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain
beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And
desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's
table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to
pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into
Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in HELL
he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off,
and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham,
have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his
finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this
flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime
receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but
now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this,
between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which
would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us,
that would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore,
father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: For I have
five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come
into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses
and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father
Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Anyone who says hell is not real makes the LORD a liar. It is a
place of torment created for the devil and his angels. For anyone
who rejects that Jesus is the I AM, both the Creator and Redeemer,
The Mighty God, who took flesh upon Himself to be the once for all
perfect sin offering, all such will spend eternity in a place of
eternal torment known as hell. Yeshua THE Messiah said it
explicitly – unless you believe that I AM, you shall die in your
sins. The Jews to whom He spoke in John 8:24 and John 8:54-59,
OBVIOUSLY understood He said that He is the SAME I AM who spoke to
Abraham and taught Torah to Moses, for they immediately tried to
stone Him:

Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my
Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: Yet
ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know
him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep
his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw
it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet
fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM. Then took
they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out
of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

The Bible warns of a place called hell. I believe God can NOT Lie,
and God does NOT change. Those are the two immutable facts and
foundations of THE Faith.

There are over 162 references in the New Testament, alone which warn
of hell. Over 70 times Lord Jesus Christ spoke of the reality of
hell. Those who deny the facts, reality, and truth of hell, will
find they were wrong in the worst possible way. The fact that
someone does not believe in the fact and reality of hell, has
absolutely NO effect on the reality of hell. Those who would claim
to be Christians and teach that hell is not real need to be SHARPLY
rebuked. All such liars and deceived deceivers make my Lord out to
be a liar. Know this - all who lie about the facts and reality of
hell - ALL liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth
with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

The LORD gave us such a vivid word picture of the facts and reality
of hell because He does not want us to choose to go there. The
certain rich man that He knew, died, and was buried; And in hell he
lift up his eyes, being in TORMENT, said I am tormented in this
FLAME. In Matthew 13:42, Jesus said, And shall cast them into a
FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. And
in Revelation 20:15, And whosoever was not found written in the book
of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE. Those who reject the gospel
need to know that Satan has a God given right to TORMENT their soul
in a VERY REAL PLACE CALLED HELL.

exerpted from jim searcy email message

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Marcel,

You are "spot on" with your opening comments on this post. Most "christians" need to be born again. They neither fear nor obey the words of the Father, nor His Messiah. The evidence of their faith is sorely lacking, thus their faith is not really faith, it is only "belief". "..the devils believe and tremble.." (James 2:19)
Faith is really an action word, not a noun. They need to put action into their "faith" and repent, then walk in His ways.

Eric