Dr. Johnson.
Org
Are
you ready for Rapture?
I have heard of a great man with an inventive maind
who in an effort to fly by himself emulated birds by eating insects; he did not
suceed in the least; yet by God's Divine Grace man did fly; though not by
himself but in machines that he invented. Later on; on gliders too. But not all
by himself. Could he ever accomplish that feat?
Imagine soaring upwards at 50 miles or 100 miles or
1000 miles per hour. Superman and likes can fly in books and movies. I'm not
talking of them. What force can
accomplish the unattainable?
The answer is an emphatic "yes" and it is
going to happen very soon.
The Bible says in Luke 18:27 " The things which
are impossible with men are possible with God." Also in Luke 1:37 we read,
"For with God nothing shall be impossible".
And that force that makes impossible things happen,
will make this happen too. Men, women and children soaring towards the skies at
God knows what speed to meet their Saviour. Their saviour whom they have been
waiting to meet for so long. Tears of joy running down their cheeks.
"Unusual flight"
"Never known joy"
Travel to a King & kingdom that would be theirs
forever.
This then will be "RAPTURE"
That which we read about, talk about and wonder
about.
"Rapture" means joy. It also means
transport. Here is an event where there is joy as well as transport. So shall
it be as the Lord has decided.
Friend, have you booked your ticket?
Are you sealed with the Holy Spirit?
For none without Him can fly at that moment.
2 Corinthians 5:5 says "Now he that hath wrought
us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of
the Spirit."
The Holy Spirit is the only guarantee.
And who will be there to receive and welcome you; to
take you to the Father and His Glory?
1 Thessalonians 4:16,17 says."For the Lord
himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we
which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,
to meet the Lod in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
He (Lord Jesus Christ) will come down to receive all
who have been faithful to Him.
Why will He receive the faithful? Because God the
Father has given Him the authority. Why has God given him the authority?Because
he(Jesus Christ) abided by His (God's) will, came down to earth in flesh, took
all the sins of humanity on Himself and gave Himself up as a sacrifice on the
cross at Calvary. Then by the Father's will he ascended to heaven after he was
buried and sits now at the right hand of God.
"Are you sure you are ready to go with Him if
He comes today?"
"Are you born again?"
"Are you saved?"
Have you taken Christ in your heart?
Is he your personal Saviour?
Friend, there are only 2 categories of people in the
sight of Christ.
Not Black/White, Not Jew/Gentile, Not
Indian/Pakistani, Not Russian/American, Only LOST and SAVED. That is All.
Nothing less. Nothing more.
We are all born in sin. Nothing can change that
status of ours other than Jesus Christ. He died for our sins on the cross. Not
for some sins, but all our sins,
1 John 2:2 we read " And he is the propitation
for our sins; and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole
world."
It never matters to Him in terms of how great your
sins are, if your are ready to accept Him. Murderer / Adulterer / Liar /
Fornicator / Thief / Sorcerer. It does not matter to Him if you are ready to
accept Him.
AS SOON AS YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT JESUS DIED
FOR YOUR SINS & YOU ASK FORGIVENESS FROM GOD WITH A CONTRITE HEART, HE
CLEANSES YOU FROM
In 1 John 1:9 we read, "If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all
unrightousness."
You are a new being then.
A new soul.
You are washed. Washed in the blood of the lamb.
i.e. Jesus Christ. You are a believer then.
In Ephesians 2: 8,9 we read,
"For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of
God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." These are very important
verses.
No man is saved by his work on earth. However good/generous
you are, unless you are saved by grace through faith it does not count. But
once you are saved by grace through faith, your deeds sustaining your faith
count a lot for they receive rewards ultimately. There is no judgement for your
old sinful life once you are born again; once you are a bliever, once you have
been washed by the blood of Christ. You don't even have to think of how you
were. You have to build on your foundation now. The foundation that you've laid
in your heart - JESUS CHRIST.
And when you are born again, you are born of water
and the spirit.
Jesus says in John 3:5, "Verily, verily I say
unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter
into the Kingdon of God."
Jesus said, you are born again "of water;"
Water which is the "Word of God" as we read in Ephesians 5:26.
"That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the
word." The (it) here is the Church.
If we read Luke 23:40-43 we understand that the
thief on the cross ,crucified next to Jesus, believed that Christ was truly the
Saviour and immediately Christ accepted him.
That's what is important, confessing that you are
truly a sinner and accepting Him as your Saviour; believing in His saving
ability.
Once Jesus was resurrected, he placed emphasis on
baptism with the Holy Spirit.
If we read Acts 1:5 after Jesus was resurrected he
met His disciples and told them. "For John truly baptized with water; but
ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence."
Also he asked his disciples to baptize those who
have accepted him as Saviour and His Word in the name of the Father, the Son
and the Holy Spirit (Mathew 28:19)
Next as Jesus said, "You are born again of the Spirit."
The Spirit is the Holy Spirit, with whom we are
sealed for the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30)
He is a distinct personality of the triune God (GOD
THE FATHER, GOD THE
As Jesus told His disciples before He was crucified.
In John 14:16 we read, 'And I will pray the father and he shall give you
another 'COMFORTER' that he may abide with you forever."
Also in John 14:26 Jesus says "But the
COMFORTER, which is the Holy spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he
shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, what so
ever I have said unto you."
He is the one who teaches us all things once we have
accepted Christ as our personal Saviour. And through what does he teach us?
Through the WORD OF GOD - THE BIBLE
As the
psalmist says, "Thy word is lamp unto my feet and a light unto my
path." (Psalm 119:105)
So once you are born again you do not stagnate in
that condition. You read the Word of God. It is a storehouse of knowledge and
it has answers to all questions that you may face in your day-to-day life.
There is no fixed time to read it. Any time is good time to read the Bible.
Psalm 119:130 says
"The entrance of thy words giveth light, it
giveth understanding unto the simple."
Then pray to God. Prayer is talking to God. It is
very important. There need not be any fixed; guideliness. "Praise Him;
Thank Him; Ask forgiveness for any shortcoming or sin in thought, word or deed,
make your supplications known to Him, ask for the filling of the Holy Spirit;
His fruits and gifts, thank Him again. Any time is good time for prayer and
reading the word of God.
Have you made up your mind my friend? This is the
day. Just think of it. Would you prefer to live in a place where there is
torment always. Its called "THE
Or
Would you prefer to live in a New Earth, New Heaven
with the holy city Jerusalem in it. Not the present one in Israel; for that
will pass away with this earth and heaven.
"Peace, tranquility, satisfaction, health are
all that will be there for ever."
No pain! No sickness! No worries!
Never! Never! Never!
All this is real my friend. A person of the new
testament age, who has not accepted Jesus Christ as his or her personal Saviour
will not able to spend eternity with God.
Remember, "For God hath not appointed us to
wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Thessalonians
5:9).
You may be a great leader, a great inventor, a great
business man, a great engineer, a great doctor, but unless you have Christ in
you, you are LOST & that is a fact.
"Rapture" i.e. the catching up of born
again believers with the Saviour in midair can occur any time now. World events
are moving at a rapid rate. Most Bible prophesies (this side of Rapture) have
been fulfilled. There are a few that are yet unfulfilled, they may be being
fulfilled now as I write this.
The Saviour Jesus may come today. Are you ready to
meet Him? Be sure you are not left behind to suffer a very trying period in
your life and in the history of the whole world. It's called "The
Tribulation" and its coming soon beginning just after Rapture.
The question is "
Events during "The Rapture" can be
summarized as follows:
a)Lord Jesus coming down from heaven with
1)a loud command
2)a voice of an archangel
3)the trumpet call of God.
b)Dead in Christ rise first and fly towards the
clouds.
c)Born again believers who are alive fly towards the
clouds.
d)Arisen dead in Christ and alive born again
believers meet Christ in the clouds and be with Him forever.
As Paul writes to the Thessalonians.
"Wherefore comfort one another with these
words." (1 Thessalonians 4:18)
"AWAKE THOU THAT SLEEPEST,