13/11/2020
Jeremiah 8:20 The harvest is past, the summer has ended and the gathering of fruit is over, yet we are not saved! (Comes again the voice of the people).
Luke 13:25-27 When once the Master of the house gets up and closes the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door (again and again), saying, Lord, open to us! He will answer you, I do not know where (what households certainly not Mine) you come from. Then you will begin to say, We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets. But He will say, I tell you, I do not know where you come from; depart from Me, all you wrongdoers!
Luke 19:44 And they will dash you down to the ground, you and your children within you; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, (all) because you did not come progressively to recognise and know and understand (from observation and experience) the time of your visitation. (that is, when God was visiting you, the time in which God showed Himself gracious toward you and offered you salvation through Christ).
Matthew 7:22-23 Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name and done many mighty works in Your name? And then U will say to them openly, I never knew you; depart from me, you who act wickedly (disrespecting My commands).
The Lord had me write a post recently on counterfeit Christianity. In it I described a true believer and a false believer. This post today is the second part of that post. The scriptures today chosen from the Spirit, are a direct outcome of a false believers life. The Holy Spirit in His mercy, still, even now, cries out to you to listen.
In Jeremiah 8:20, there is a great lament of the people. The people had missed their chance. They would not get a second chance. The Spirit would tell you that your season is almost over. If you do not heed to Him this day, He would say that you do not know when your time will come. You to could be one who is not saved when the gathering of fruit is over.
Luke 13:25-27 is talking about people in the church who think they are saved.
Many years ago, God showed me a disturbing vision. In it there were multitudes of people. They looked good. Many were in churches singing and praising God and I thought that it was good. Then He told me that most of these ones were deceived. They thought they were saved, but they were not. They had deceived themselves many of them. They were acting ok, as if they did not have any cares or worries. They looked upright and descent to me. Nothing looked to be wrong on the outside. Yet the Lord told me that most of them were not saved. This shocked me to my core. Because at that time, I believed there were some that played games with God, but most had accepted Him in their hearts. However, the Spirit was grieved. The Lord was very sad. I could feel it.
Brothers and sisters, I am telling you that there were many; mulltitudes even. A very vast number. The number was disturbing to me, to the point where at first I did not believe it.
Now, I know it was only a vision and we base ourselves firmly on the Word of God. But brothers and sisters, if you read Matthew chapter seven God gives us this exact picture. "Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord have we not prophesied in Your name and driven out demons in Your name and done many mighty works in Your name? And then I will say to them openly, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who act wickedly". It says MANY.
There are many who are walking in a delusion and are unaware of their true spiritual condition. Even if you will read Matthew chapter25, the parable of the foolish virgins, it also gives account of deceived believers, thinking they have time and deceiving themselves. They miss out. They do not make it. They are rejected and turned away. Yes, that means they go to hell.
Now, if you truly study and understand these scriptures today, the Lord is warning that many of you even reading this have played religion, you have gone to church and you have played spiritual games with God. You have never truly surrendered your all to Him. If you are honest with yourself, you would know that you do not know Him. There is no intimate relationship with Him.
Now this is the time right now that God is visiting you. God is right now showing Himself gracious towards you. He is offering you right now true salvation through Christ Jesus. You have to completely surrender all to Him. Not just say a little prayer to ask Him into your heart. No, he wants your whole being. Everything. For you must lay your life down. And yes, it is true, it is by grace that you are saved through your faith. But this is the beginning point brothers and sisters. He wants your whole life surrendered to Him. Your heart, your soul, your mind, your body, your entire being. All of you. Then His Spirit resides in your heart. But you are also giving Him permission to access every part of you. Utterly and completely. This is true salvation. He lives and breathes in and through us. He possesses us. We give Him dominion. His Spirit abides in us. We have relationship with Him. We are truly regenerated and recreated of the spirit by His Spirit. This is the true miracle.