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2 Timothy 4:1-8 " I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."
Read that over a couple of times and dwell on it. The word. What word? Benny Hinn? Joyce Meyer? God's word and His alone. Not adding to it or taking away from it. Nor accepting when another does it. The gospel truth, which is the only way we obtain salvation.
Are you going to love His appearing? Or run for the hills and hope rocks fall on you to cover you?
"I have fought a good fight" Paul said, "I have kept the faith".
Paul tormented Christians. How can he say that? From the moment the light of truth shone on him he toiled to be obedient. Wasn't easy, for him, was it? He "died daily" he said. Said he had a "thorn in the flesh", a "messenger of satan" to buffet him.
Nothing is more important to me than knowing, understanding, and defending that word that Paul lived and died to spread. That word that was so important that Christ was made it, brought it to us, and died so that we might benefit from it. Is there something more important to you? Have you ever created something? No. Making something from materials around you isn't creating. It is merely rearranging what God has already created.
Your children, your mother, your father, your siblings, your spouse...nothing is more important than God. You see, when it becomes that way, then you are worshiping the creature, or creation, more than the creator. That displease God, and if you displease Him, you cannot enter heaven. It's serious and important, friends. Your life, your choice. There's plenty of room in heaven, won't you please join me?
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."
Read that over a couple of times and dwell on it. The word. What word? Benny Hinn? Joyce Meyer? God's word and His alone. Not adding to it or taking away from it. Nor accepting when another does it. The gospel truth, which is the only way we obtain salvation.
Are you going to love His appearing? Or run for the hills and hope rocks fall on you to cover you?
"I have fought a good fight" Paul said, "I have kept the faith".
Paul tormented Christians. How can he say that? From the moment the light of truth shone on him he toiled to be obedient. Wasn't easy, for him, was it? He "died daily" he said. Said he had a "thorn in the flesh", a "messenger of satan" to buffet him.
Nothing is more important to me than knowing, understanding, and defending that word that Paul lived and died to spread. That word that was so important that Christ was made it, brought it to us, and died so that we might benefit from it. Is there something more important to you? Have you ever created something? No. Making something from materials around you isn't creating. It is merely rearranging what God has already created.
Your children, your mother, your father, your siblings, your spouse...nothing is more important than God. You see, when it becomes that way, then you are worshiping the creature, or creation, more than the creator. That displease God, and if you displease Him, you cannot enter heaven. It's serious and important, friends. Your life, your choice. There's plenty of room in heaven, won't you please join me?