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Part 2, Facing the
Consequences for Those Who Refuse to Obey the Word of God,
and
Therefore Live Out Their Lives
in Error.
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'He who has
refused to acknowledge the truth in life
will be forced to confront it in
death.'
Everyone who calls themselves Christian should be keenly aware of
these Bible Verses
in this page, as they have an important bearing on each of
us for our salvation.
1Tim2:3, "This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
1Tim 2:4, who desires all men to be saved
and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."
Why not dwell on that one for awhile since it is extremely
important?
Rom 1:18, "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness suppress
the truth."
1Cor 2:9, But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor
ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has
prepared for those who love him," Heb 2:1, "Therefore we must pay the closer attention to
what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. Php 2:12, "Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only
as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your
own salvation with fear and trembling; 1Pet 2:7, "To you therefore who believe, he is precious, but for those who do
not believe, The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of
the corner, John 14:23, "Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he
will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make
our home with him. Php 1:27, "Only let your manner of life be worthy of the
gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of
you that you stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for
the faith of the gospel, Rev 12:10, "And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,
"Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of
his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who
accuses them day and night before our God."" 1Pet 1:9, "As the outcome of your faith you obtain the
salvation of your souls." Heb 5:8, "Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he
suffered; 2Thes 2:9, "The coming of the lawless one by the activity
of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders, Rev 21:27, "But nothing unclean shall enter it, nor any
one who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in
the Lamb's book of life." Rom 2:8, But unto them that are contentious, and do not
obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 2Tim 4:2, "Preach the word: be instant in season, out of
season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. Act 5:29, "But Peter and the apostles answered,
We must remember that it was only mere human men and women who founded
all of those tens of thousands of ecclesial communities that call themselves
Christian, and not a single one of them had God given authority with which to do
so. The Old Testament:
John 14:15, "If you love me, you will keep my commandments."
Heb 2:2,
For if the message declared by angels was valid and every
transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,
Heb 2:3, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great
salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was
attested to us by those who heard him,"
Php 2:13, for God
is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Php 2:14,
Do all things without grumbling or questioning,
Php 2:15, that you may be
blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a
crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
Php 2:16. holding fast the word of life, so that in the
day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain."
1Pet 2:8, and A stone that will make men stumble, a rock that
will make them fall; for they stumble because they disobey
the word, as they were destined to do."
John 14:24, He
who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word which you hear is not
mine but the Father's who sent me."
2Thes 1:5, "This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you
may be made worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering--
2Thes 1:6, since indeed God deems it just to repay with affliction those who
afflict you,
2Thes 1:7, and to grant rest with us to you who are
afflicted, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with
his mighty angels in flaming fire,
2Thes 1:8, inflicting vengeance upon those who do not know God and upon those
who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
2Thes 1:9,
They shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction and
exclusion from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
2Thes 1:10, when he comes on that day to
be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at in all who have believed,
because our testimony to you was believed."
Php 1:28, and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear
omen to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God.
Php 1:29, For it has been granted to you that for the sake
of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,
Php 1:30, engaged in the same conflict which you saw and now hear to be
mine."
Heb 5:9, and being made perfect he became the
source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,"
2Thes 2:10, and with all wicked deception
for those who are to perish, because they refused to love the truth and so be
saved.
2Thes 2:11, Therefore God
sends upon them a strong delusion, to make them believe what is false,
2Thes 2:12, so that all may be condemned
who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
Rev 21:8, "But as for the cowardly,
the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers,
idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire
and sulphur, which is the second death."
Rom 2:9, Tribulation and anguish, upon
every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and
also of the Gentile;
Rom 2:10, But glory, honour, and
peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and
also to the Gentile:" KJ
2Tim 4:3, For there shall be a time when
they will not endure sound doctrine but, according to their own desires, they
will heap to themselves teachers having itching ears:
2Tim 4:4, And will indeed turn away their hearing from
the truth, but will be turned unto fables.
2Tim 4:5,
But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of
an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. Be sober."
"We must obey God rather than men"."
Why bother with the Old Testament since we are in the
New Covenant now and not the old?
Go here for the
answer to that one as it will give you some insights as to the nature of
God.
We must not forget the Old Testament, simply because much of its
teaching still applies to all of us today.
How about the 'Ten
Commandments' for one topic among many as proof of what I just
said?
How about this one? It is a timely topic, written thousands of
years ago and yet it was addressed to all of us today:
Deut 4:30, "When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in
the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and obey his voice."
Want another one? OK!
Deut 8:20, "Like the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so
shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God."
Jer 7:23, "But this command I gave them, 'Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my
people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with
you.'
Jer 7:24, "But they did not
obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and the stubbornness
of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward."
Psa 127:1, "A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in
vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in
vain."
Go back and read Php 2:16 again and see how
perfectly it fits with the verse you just
read.
Did God build the 40,000+ ecclesial communities that call
themselves Christian, with all of them teaching something different from
one another,
or did mere human beings build them?
Did God really
command that we must be 40,000+, all teaching some, but not all of the
full truth, or did He clearly teach that we must be one?
Are you, perhaps, laboring in vain for most of
your life? You only have one life in order to save your soul you
know. There is no second chance.
Those who persecute the Catholic
Church, persecute Jesus Christ Himself, since the Catholic Church is His Body
(Ephesians 1:22-23), whether Protestants choose to believe it or not.
In Acts
7:54 to 8:1-3, Saul had been persecuting the Church which Jesus Christ founded
(8:3) and in Acts 9:4, Jesus Christ said,
"Saul, Saul,
why dost thou persecute me?"
Why didn't Jesus Christ say
instead, 'why dost thou persecute my Church'?
When you leave this world and
meet your Maker do you want to hear Him say, "(your name) why dost thou persecute me?"
Or would you
rather hear Him say, "Well done my friend, enter into my
Kingdom."?