Revelation 16: They Never Repented

They Never Repented

Seven angels had  seven bowls and each of these bowls contains a wrath of God. People can say "God id this to us" but they overlook their actions that led to God's actions. people want to live in heaven now but do not want to do what is required of them by God to get there. God wants your obedience. God wants you to repent for sinful ways. Revelation 16:9 and Revelation 16:11 give specific incidences in these visions where no matter what wrath was being poured out by God's angels, people still could not and did not repent for their ways. 

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Revelation 14: The Messages of the Three Angels

The Messages of the Three Angels

Three angels were seen in this vision. The first angel spoke to all the nations and brought forth an eternal gospel and said "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water." The second angel said "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality." The third and final angel followed and gave warning not to have the mark of the beast or recipients will feel God's wrath. The take away from all three angels is that there is an eternal gospel, people need to flee sexual immorality and do not be fooled by the beast nor receive its mark. 

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John 3:36- Eternal Life or Wrath of God

Eternal Life or Wrath of God

Scripture is pretty clear...okay, no...it is VERY CLEAR on who Jesus was and what his purpose was. Scripture is clear on what happens when we believe in Jesus and what happens when we do not.

There are still many who believe Jesus was the Son of God but do not follow his example and do not accept him as their Lord and Savior. That is there choice. We as believers are not to force or condemn anyone. If they are to come to Christ, then that is a decision they must make on their own. Since Jesus is God in the flesh then wouldn't you really, really want to know what he said and follow that? In John 3:36, we read part of John's testimony of Jesus. John says, "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him." I would rather not have God's wrath on me due to my disobedience.

But where does John even get this idea from? He got it from Jesus. In John 3:14, Jesus is telling Nicodemus that "the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life." This is reference is connected to Jesus being lifted on the cross. If you believe in Jesus as the Son of God then you will have eternal life. Jesus also says in John 3:5 that we must be born again of "water and spirit" or we cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Think of birth and the water breaking before the birth of a child. Now, think of submerged water baptisms. You are submerged under the water and brought back up as rebirth with the Holy Spirit as you are expressing that you are a believer in Jesus Christ as the Son of God. Jesus wants us to be born again in the Holy Spirit in order to be with us in the Kingdom. 
 

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Friday Focus #4

Staying in God's Will

Think about a time that you regret doing something. Seriously, take a second to think about it.

Whatever answer you came up with, ask yourself this question "Was I in God's will when I did that?"

I have made many bad decisions in my lifetime and many of those are made out of selfish decisions that were not endorsed by God. God's word and will need to be first in my life, not secondary.

When we look at the story of King David and Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11) we see two people who engaged in lustful acts that led to a child out of wedlock. Bathsheba was married and slept with another man and ended up pregnant. David conspired to have her husband, Uriah, come home from war in hopes that he would sleep with his wife and David and Bathsheba could cover up their sin. But, when Uriah came home he got too drunk and didn't sleep with his wife. So David sent Uriah back into battle, but put him in part of the battle with the hardest fighting and then draw back from Uriah so that he may be struck down and die in battle. Do you see how being out of God's will and giving into their own lustful thoughts and ideas led to a man's death? Is that in God's will?

In 2 Corinthians 10:5, we are to take every thought captive and align it with how Christ thought. That means making God's will first in our lives.

We are to live our lives like Jesus. We are to think like Jesus. In Philipians 2:5 we are told to have the same attitude as Jesus. That means thoughts of selfishness, envy, self-righteousness, wrath, lust, etc, are not of Christ. We are to become Christ like.

I found a video from Pastor Rick Warren on Recognizing God's Voice which really goes into detail on how to know when what we think or feel is of God or of evil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-827QmRDjUA



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