2 Timothy 4:3, “For the time will come when they will not
endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves
teachers, having itching ears;”
Twice in the last week I’ve been in Bible studies where we
discussed the fact that many are treating God in a casual way; almost as a
genie in a bottle. The name it and claim it prosperity tele-evangelists pervert
Bible passages to generate income; Malachi 3:10, “Bring ye all the tithes into
the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now
herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of
heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to
receive it.”
What many seem to ignore is that while we may have a loving God we
also have a righteous God.
The justice of our righteous God
often results in judgment. Ultimately, all will be judged; some at the Bema
Seat judgment and some of the White throne judgment. Philippians 2:10,
"That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and
things in earth, and things under the earth;"
The book of Isaiah contains many
warnings of coming judgments including:
Isaiah 2:6, “Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the
house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers
like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.”
Isaiah 3:1, “For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth
take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay
of bread, and the whole stay of water,”
There is the terror of the Lord's judgment:
Exodus 15:16, “Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the
greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass
over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.”
Exodus 23:27, “’I will send my fear before thee, and will
destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine
enemies turn their backs unto thee.”
Job 9:34, “Let him take his rod away from me, and let not
his fear terrify me:”
Job 9:35, “Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is
not so with me.”in
There is the Day of the Lord:
Joel 1:15, “Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at
hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.”
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