1 Peter 4:5
But they will have to give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
There will come a day....when there will be no more tears, no more pain and no more fears....and there will be a day of judgement...even for believers....our salvation is secure, rest assured in that, but our activities here on this earth will be judged...
But they will have to give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
There will come a day....when there will be no more tears, no more pain and no more fears....and there will be a day of judgement...even for believers....our salvation is secure, rest assured in that, but our activities here on this earth will be judged...
How have we lived? Have we lived worthy? Have our days, moments,
hours, talents been used for the kingdom? Will we hear...Well done good
and faithful servant...or will we squeak by resting only on our
salvation?
I remember before I first became a Christian....the judgement day that my world focused on...was the judgement between heaven and hell...and then as I further delved into God's word I came to realize that there would be another judgement for believers...for our work done in this world.
And this frightened me...frightened me to my core. I have been given so much...the freedom of religion, freedom of education, financial, food and material securities that the majority of the world does not enjoy, freedom of speech..as many Bibles as I could ever want....and do I use it to the fullest potential that I could...and I do not....God has given us such and incredible opportunity....I have heard many people complain about the difficulties of being a Christian today in the USA....but truthfully, I see such opportunities for us as Christians born in American....such freedom, such abilities....
And yet, in our own freedom, we are seeing our own Biblical freedoms diminishing....let us not loose in our freedom what others are currently loosing their lives over...let us use our freedom not to seek our own agendas but rather to further His kingdom.... The day is coming...for some of us..it may come sooner than others....Each day, each moment brings that time closer....for those of us sure in our salvation, we will stand before the Father and of the many blessings and freedoms that we have been given..we will be judge accordingly.
Be ready....Run the race of our lives...don't settle for just being invited to the race...run to win the prize.....
I remember before I first became a Christian....the judgement day that my world focused on...was the judgement between heaven and hell...and then as I further delved into God's word I came to realize that there would be another judgement for believers...for our work done in this world.
And this frightened me...frightened me to my core. I have been given so much...the freedom of religion, freedom of education, financial, food and material securities that the majority of the world does not enjoy, freedom of speech..as many Bibles as I could ever want....and do I use it to the fullest potential that I could...and I do not....God has given us such and incredible opportunity....I have heard many people complain about the difficulties of being a Christian today in the USA....but truthfully, I see such opportunities for us as Christians born in American....such freedom, such abilities....
And yet, in our own freedom, we are seeing our own Biblical freedoms diminishing....let us not loose in our freedom what others are currently loosing their lives over...let us use our freedom not to seek our own agendas but rather to further His kingdom.... The day is coming...for some of us..it may come sooner than others....Each day, each moment brings that time closer....for those of us sure in our salvation, we will stand before the Father and of the many blessings and freedoms that we have been given..we will be judge accordingly.
Be ready....Run the race of our lives...don't settle for just being invited to the race...run to win the prize.....
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