What's Really Going On In The House of the Lord
A lot of people are in fear of losing their soul even though they sit up in the church because they know they have forgotten to get things in order. We've got to get sight of his return. He is knocking at the door. What condition are we in, do we fear his return or are we glad and looking for him?
Jesus is speaking to his church. Whether you believe it or not, even people doing good will not make it to heaven. Jesus wants to come in and have an intimate relationship with us. He is saying, I am knocking. I am trying to come in.
You've shut him out if you're no longer in an intimate relationship. We've been too preoccupied with the things of this world. I'm not talking about people who are lost, but the Christians who attend church regularly. Church goers that don't give Jesus first place. Matthew 6:33 says, "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you."
This is not a suggestion from Jesus, but a command. If you want him to take care of your needs get your mind on things above and not on things of this world. Make up your mind that Jesus is going to be first.
I Corinthians 6:20 says, "For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's." Paul says the same thing in 1 Corinthians 7:23. So Christians today will be afraid to see Jesus while others will be ready and glad of his coming.
Christians don't like challenges like this. They say I have a chose to get involved with Christ.
Some will show up at church, but remember you were bought with a price and you sure expect Jesus to show up when you're in a crisis.
Jesus said, my church is not ready, they will not obey the call upon them. Let me ask you this today, how do you prioritize your time? As a Christian you are supposed to come into his presence on the Sabbath and come together in fellowship with one another. Is He Lord of your life?
Hebrews 10:24-25 says, "Let us consider one another and stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another and so much more as you see the DAY approaching."
We've had a falling away and preachers need to preach this message. Its a terrible fear to fall into the hands of the living God if you are not living right. I want you to know that I'm telling you the Word of God today! You see, the people only want a Sunday service. We are in the Laodicean age, and we've been deceived and seduced by a spirit to draw us out of Christ's will. Hebrews 10:26-39.
Some people have an opinion but I have the word on it! People come up to you in the church and say all manner of things that are not biblical. One woman said the Lord told her to leave her husband. So watch out for those self prophecies that are self motivated and have no biblical basis to them.
God said not to forsake coming into the House of the Lord. Psalms 134:2 Some people say, you don't have to be in church to be a Christian! Well, the bible says something else; that if you're not then you are forsaking his house. He says for us to come into his house and bless His Holy Name. He commands us to pray for one another, yet you see hardly any churches that have altar services much less a night of intercessory prayer every week. You can miss your miracle because you weren't where you should of been.
We're in the last days and Jesus doesn't leave us wondering what will happen, he tells us plainly what the world will be like in the ends days. Luke 17:27-30. Our society endorses carrying on in worldly matters and endorses it, but God calls it abomination.
Jesus said I have come to preach recovery, and no demon in hell can stop this, and know that the blood will deliver you. Jesus said that right before the judgment falls, they were marrying and building and drinking and being merry. He didn't say anything about them committing sin, but a people that didn't put him first. The church is full of this type of people.
Jesus is trying to tell us something about our eternal destiny. Don't put importance on the flesh life but on the spirit life. Don't be like the people in Noah's day that didn't want to hear preaching of the word. Many of us live like this today, and we are living in the prophetic day. No longer do we search the scripture to find out what will come but we search the scripture and see that that it is here. People are so wrapped up in their self that they have no time to listen to a challenging message that can make a difference.
I don't want to see Christians miss the mark. They neglect prayer, reading the bible and worship, but they don't see this as sin. Jesus said, they have forgotten me for many days. There are two types of righteousness. There are those who have righteousness unto Him, and there's personal righteousness, the pure in heart that will see Jesus.
We preach a soft gospel and it will take you where you don't want to go. We've all been saved (if you've accepted him as your savior and repented) but Jesus said, if you keep my commandments you will be righteous.
Why didn't the Lord talk about abortion, drugs and the overcrowded jails? Because the sin that comes from the same acts in Noah's day will come again. We're in it now. Jesus is calling his church to a place of intimacy.
I've seen people come to church and little by little give up church. Jesus will never take second place whatever your excuse. Christ is the head of his church, preimminent, meaning first place. I'm not talking here, Jesus is.
Luke 14:17-21 says, "Come, for all things are now ready." But the people made excuses, one had to go buy land, one said, I have to test my oxen (new car), and yet another said, I'm busy with family matters. Is this the report the Master is getting on you? The Master in this scripture is angry. Does Jesus get angry? Yes he does, he took a whip into the temple when they violated the House of the Lord.
Jesus wants his house filled. He said, For I say unto you, come into my house with thanksgiving and praise. He has invited us to come together in his house and be filled. He says, take up your cross and follow me, but you want to go your own way. The people that made excuses in this scripture in Luke weren't committing a sin either, but they displeased the Lord. You see, the world, if you follow it will slip you a Mickey Finn if you don't stay in the word, in church and in relationship with the Lord.
America has forgotten who prospered us, who made us strong, yet we refuse to honor the Sabbath. We've removed the blue laws and its business as usual on the Lord's holy day. We've lost honor for the day our Lord commanded us to be holy before him. We need to get back to the basics of Christianity, a return to our first love and a return to covenant.
What was the sin in this scripture? The family matters, taking the oxen out, or work? It was that they didn't honor the command to keep the Sabbath, the eternal command that God established upon his creation. Pastors see these things that take people away from church, and see a laziness that come over people and habits that are formed that slowly takes them away from the Lord's House.
If this doesn't break the heart of every Pastor, then God help us. Your Pastor is the caretaker of your soul and he's supposed to be concerned about your relationship with the Lord. He should worry about whether you will taste of the Lord's Supper. He should be concerned about the matters of your heart. If he doesn't then the Lord will look upon him with eyes of fire and say, "I never knew you."
If you have ears, hear the word. If you have eyes, see with a spiritual eye. I want you to look at the scripture in Revelation 3:19-22 and see again what it says, "To him that overcometh the world, I will grant you to sit with me in my throne and I will write my name in your forehead, and Satan will bow at your feet. Hear what the spirit is saying to the 7 churches."
Most of the scripture here came straight from the mouth of Jesus! Hear what he has to say to you!
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