What does Papa “J” Say?
To this point in Proverbs we have seen the promise of learning and loving the wisdom of God. To inherit wealth and to fill one's treasuries is what most of us desire, yet we live in poverty because our thoughts are not His thoughts, nor our ways His ways. Proverbs 8:21and Isaiah 55:8
Some day soon when the last breath escapes our body, in that very second of time, we will slip into eternity. Whoa! Should you read on? Or should the question be! “Are you and your loved ones ready for eternity?” Are you thinking... “I don't what to think about this morbid thing right now. Who knows maybe someone will find out that death is a disease and invent a pill so we can all live forever”! This is the ability of lying to oneself and the gall to believe your own lies. Notice what God says in Hebrews 9:27, so not only will you make this appointment with God who has already set that day for your meeting with Him, but He has already set up the appointment of the judgment to follow. Why? Because Christ Jesus the LORD is Risen. Based on your response to Him you will either live with Him in eternity, or by your own volition you will live in eternity with Satan. Notice Hebrews 9:28. For many people this is hard to get hold of because they are blinded by deception. The deception is threefold: SIN = Because a person refuses to believe in Jesus. RIGHTEOUSNESS = Because a person can reject Jesus, and JUDGMENT = Because one fears death and seeks to reject the appointment of death. Well guess what! JESUS is risen and He will judge the living and dead. So even if you are alive when He comes you will still be judged by Him. There is no escaping the judgment of God. Acts 10:42 and 2 Timothy 4:1
The Gospel of John
John 18:25-27 Have you ever stood shivering because of fear? Fear can make you shake uncontrollably. Add a cool night to this fear and your bones will feel disconnected. Peter the brave disciple who cut off the ear of one of the soldiers is trembling like someone who has no control over their body. The truth is that Peter had lost control, a meltdown of his physical, emotional and spiritual ability, he was unable to ward off a panic attack. Have you first hand knowledge of this? Then you know how Peter felt as his flesh denied His Savior.
Peter had lied earlier to the servant girl, John 18:17, now as the soldiers who were warming themselves at the fire with Peter began to take notice of the people around them, they too asked Peter of his allegiance to Jesus. Even the person whom lost his ear to Peter's sword and regained his ear by power of God the Father and the Hand of His Son Jesus said to Peter. “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?”
Lie if you will because a lie will deceive many who hear it. But the lie will not deceive God. How do we know this? Immediately the rooster crowed. John 13:36-38. God warns us continually of the pending day of judgment, while His warning may not be the abrupt sound of the rooster. He still calls out to us daily and if you respond to His call, He will answer you and show you great and powerful truths about your appointment with Him in the near future. 1 Corinthians 2:9. God is not the liar, we are. 1 John 1:5-10.
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