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At the House of God

Beloved:

I never cease to be amazed these days at what takes place AT THE HOUSE OF GOD. One needs only to look at a Local Church Bulletin (announcements) or a Church calendar of Events to know what I have reference to…From such as, One Day Revivals (Dear Ones, You can no more have a One Day Revival than you can ride a Butterfly to the planet Mars) to Pastor’s Pals free lunch and a complimentary ride in a HUMMER. I kid you not, this is the kind of TRIVIA that is taking place AT THE HOUSE OF GOD.

But when is the last time You have read of an announcement such as…Coming soon to a local Church near You: “For the time is come that JUDGMENT must begin AT THE HOUSE OF GOD” (I Peter 4:17 KJV). Is it possible that our Local Churches are under THE JUDGMENT OF GOD? REMEMBER: In EACH of the Seven Churches in Revelation Chapters 2 and 3 the LORD JESUS states this glaring FACT: “I KNOW THY WORKS”.

Note these TRUTHS concerning THE JUDGMENT OF GOD:

1. God is an IMPARTIAL JUDGE: “He can no more be UNJUST than He can be UNHOLY”! (Thomas Watson, Puritan, 1620-1686).

2. GOD’S JUDGMENT runs on two tracks: (A) REWARDS, and (B) PUNISHMENTS. God grants (gives) a REWARD, not because we DESERVE it, but because He has PROMISED IT!

3. In both the Old and New Testaments, God judges HIS People FIRST before judging the WICKED (Ezekiel 9:6, Amos 3:2, Jeremiah 25:29, Revelation 2 and 3). “When God brings great Calamities and Judgment HE generally begins with HIS own People” (Matthew Henry, 1662-1714).

If our Lord Jesus is JUDGING His Present Day Churches, it matters little what we are doing in these Churches UNTIL WE REPENT of our SIN of Misrepresenting THE LORD JESUS to this Present Generation. SAD but so, many Local Churches have gone from A HOUSE OF GOD to a House of Religious TRIVIA!

Thank YOU for YOUR Faithful SUPPORT. I love YOU dearly in our Blessed LORD JESUS.

Now a word from HIS WORD: “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy”―I Peter 2:9-10 (KJV).