THE
WAY OF ESCAPE
MEMORISE
And
it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall
be saved.
Acts 2:21
READ
Matthew 24:29-30
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars
shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man
in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see
the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
MESSAGE
The Bible predicts that a lot of problems and
calamities will befall the world as the judgment day approaches. For example,
Prophet Joel in Joel 2:30-31, predicted that the Lord will show divers wonders
in the cosmos and on earth:
“And
I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and
pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.”
Our Lord Jesus Christ also did not hide this
reality from us, as we read in today’s Bible passage. The apostles also were
not kept in the dark concerning the pending doom that is to come upon the earth
and its inhabitants. Peter in 2 Peter 3:10 wrote that:
“But
the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent
heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”
The fact therefore is: there shall be tribulation.
The question then is: “Is there no way of escaping these calamities
since the word of the Lord cannot but come to pass?” We may need to ask another
question and that is: “What can one do to escape these inevitable disasters
that are not only gathering momentum but are already here with us?” Glory be to
God Almighty, who is full of tender mercies and loving kindness. He provides a
way of escape in Joel 2:32a:
“And
it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall
be delivered:”
The onus therefore is on us to cry to him for
pardon if we do not want to be part of the terrible happenings in these last days.
How then should we call upon the Lord? We should call upon the Lord in
repentance and holy living. Every man and woman, boy and girl must repent to
escape from the wrath to come. The Bible in 2 Peter 3:11 says that:
“Seeing
then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye
to be in all holy conversation and godliness,”
PRAYER
POINT
Father, I don’t want to perish with the world. Help me to live right,
and spare me the affliction of the ungodly.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Ezekiel 7-9;
Psalm 66:10-20
FATHER LORD, FORGIVE ME OF ALL MY SINS AND MAKE ME TO BE HOLY IN UR PRESENCE OH LORD.
ReplyDeleteLord help me not to perish with the world,give me the grace to do right and to stay away from sin,Amen
ReplyDeleteLord help me to be Holy before You always IJN.
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ReplyDeleteScience and tech should move us closer to God "cos we are only getting to know Practically what the Bible had predicted.
ReplyDeleteLord pls spare me when you visit the earth with fury.
Bb shud be use well for the spreading of the Gospel" I thank God for his mercy and his gudnes, this tech of mobile bible has impart a remarkable change and spiritual nuorish and blessing to my soul! By daily reading and studyin the word of God ! I now have acess to the word 24/7 without carrying the bible along with me! Am so glad :alleluyah
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