Time Will Soon Be Gone, Purify Early.
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. 2 Timothy 2:21 BIBLE READING IS JAMES 1:22-27 22. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 26. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. 27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. MESSAGE Before God uses an individual, He demands purity. The purer you are, the greater God will use you. When vacancies come up for great assignments, God sieves through to find the one whose heart is pure and whose life will glorify Him. People erroneously assume that good things can just suddenly happen to people without knowing that there are always some considerations. You can’t be disposed to sin and expect some divine blessings to come your way. Sadly, people don’t live with this consciousness. Some even perpetually commit some sins justifying them as small. So, they keep condoning those sins thinking they are not significant enough to attract God’s wrath. The fact is, one sin in your life is so heavy that it can stop or hinder you in many ways, especially at the gate of heaven. The fellow who will make a head way in life and make it to heaven is the one who stays conscious of his/her purity at all times. When such an individual discovers something wrong in his or her life, he immediately makes amends and decides never to return to it. Beloved time will soon be up! Stop drifting through life as if you have no purpose. Now you have the time to sit up and right your wrongs. Now you have the time to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. Time will soon be up. KEY POINT
Time is ticking. It will soon be up. Further passages to dwell on; JOB 23:1-17, JOB 24:1-25 , JOB 25:1-6 , ACTS 10:24-48
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You are on the right point. It is the best now to forsake the wrong ways and move closer to God, so as to be count worthy for eternal life.
IT DRAWS CLOSER DAY BY DAY. NOBODY KNOWS WHEN HE OR SHE WILL DIE. THATS WHY WE ARE TO SEEK FOR HIS MERCY AND FORGIVENESS SO AS TO BE PURIFIED. WE MUST TRY OUR BEST IN CHRIST TO ALWAYS REMAIN HOLY AND WORTHY FOR HEAVEN.