In today’s world, a typical conversation with the Lord
could very well go as follows:
God: I'll tell you what I’m
gonna do…..
Man: Are you gonna give me
something?
God: I have already given you
everything you need; all you have to do is follow the directions.
Man: Call me later; let’s do
lunch.
Today, people are looking for very small camels and
very large needles.
How do you answer God, when God calls to
you?
Adam: "the
Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I
heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid
myself. And God said, Who told thee that you were naked?"[1]
That was the beginning of the mess we are in today.
Noah: according to all that God commanded him, so
did he.
Abraham
said: behold here I am
Jacob
said: here am I
Samuel said:
"Speak, God. I'm Ready to Listen"
David said
to Goliath, the Philistine: you come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and
with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of
the armies of Israel
Habakkuk
said: I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to
see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Hosea said: Behold,
here I am, Lord
Peter said:
you are the Christ, the Son of God.
Paul said:
Who are you Lord, and what would you have me to do?
Jesus
answered the Father by accomplishing what the Father sent Him to do.
What does God want us to say?
In Ezekiel 3:11
God says: Then go to the exiles, to your countrymen; and speak to them. Tell
them, ‘Here is what Adonai Elohim, says,’ whether
they listen or not.”[2]
In Ezekiel
3:18-21 God tells us: "If I say to a wicked person, ‘You will certainly
die’; and you fail to warn him, to speak and warn the wicked person to leave
his wicked way and save his life; then that wicked person will die guilty; and
I will hold you responsible for his death. On the other hand, if you warn the
wicked person, and he doesn’t turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, then
he will still die guilty; but you will have saved your own life. Similarly,
when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and commits
wickedness, I will place a stumblingblock before him — he will die; because you
failed to warn him, he will die in his sin; his righteous acts which he did
will not be remembered; and I will hold you responsible for his death. But if
you warn the righteous person that a righteous person should not sin, and he
doesn’t sin; then he will certainly live, because he took the warning; and you
too will have saved your life.”[3]
In Psalm 94:16 King
David asks: "Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will
stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?"[4]
This question is still being asked today, from the current occupier of the
throne of David.
In 1Kings 19:10 Elijah said, "I
have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel
have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain thy prophets
with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it
away."[5] Jesus said we would have problems because
of our belief in Him, and telling others
about Him.
In Jeremiah
6:10-11, the prophet said: "To whom should I speak? Whom should I warn? Who
will listen to me? Their ears are dull, they can’t pay attention. For them the
word of Adonai has become unattractive, an object of scorn. This is why I am full of Adonai’s fury; I am weary of
holding it back."[6] I can verify having this feeling myself.
Jeremiah 20:9,
the prophet said: "But if I say, “I won’t think about him, I won’t speak
in his name any more,” then it seems as though a fire is burning in my heart, imprisoned
in my bones; I wear myself out trying to
hold it in, but I just can’t do it."[7]
1 Peter 3:13-16
says: "For who will hurt you if you become zealots for what is good? But
even if you do suffer for being righteous, you are blessed! Moreover, don’t
fear what they fear or be disturbed, but treat the Messiah as holy, as Lord in
your hearts; while remaining always
ready to give a reasoned answer to anyone who asks you to explain the hope
you have in you — yet with humility and
fear, keeping your conscience clear, so that when you are spoken
against, those who abuse the good behavior flowing from your union with the
Messiah may be put to shame."[8]
You will not be alone in speaking for
the Lord.
In Exodus 4:10-12
we read: "And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent,
neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow
of speech, and of a slow tongue. And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who
maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord? Now
therefore go, and I will be with thy
mouth, and teach thee what thou shall say."[9]
Matthew 10:20 says: For it won’t be you doing the
talking—it will be the Spirit of your
heavenly Father speaking through you![10]
Luke 12:11-12 says: "when they bring you unto the
synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what
thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say."[11]
Luke 21:14-15 says: "Settle it therefore in your
hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: For I will give you a mouth and wisdom,
which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist."[12]
John 16:13 says: Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is
come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to
come."[13]
In the Orthodox Jewish Bible 1 Peter 3:13-16 tells
us: "And who is the one harming you if you have kana’ut (zeal) for HaTov
(The Good)? But if indeed you should
suffer tzoros (trouble) because of Tzidkat Hashem (righteousness of God), you
are blessed and happy. But do not fear their pachad (terror), neither be
troubled. But reverence in your levavot Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach as Adoneinu,
prepared always for a hitstaddekut (an apologetic defense) to everyone coming
to you with a she’elah (question), ready with a word concerning the tikvah
(hope) in you, 16 But with anavah (meekness) and yirat Shomayim (awe of
Heaven), having a clear matzpun (conscience), so that, when you are maligned by
lashon hora (derogatory speech), your abusers may be humiliated by your midas
chasidus (not causing harm) in Moshiach (union with Messiah)."[14]
In the Complete Jewish Bible 1 Peter 3:13-16 says:
"For who will hurt you if you become zealots for what is good? But even if
you do suffer for being righteous, you are blessed! Moreover, don’t fear what
they fear or be disturbed, but treat the Messiah as holy, as Lord in your
hearts; while remaining always ready
to give a reasoned answer to anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have
in you — yet with humility and fear,
keeping your conscience clear, so that when you are spoken against, those
who abuse the good behavior flowing from your union with the Messiah may be put
to shame."[15]
In Ephesians,
Paul said: "pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers
and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all
the Lord’s people. Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be
given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel"[16]
Matthew 20:19: "Go,
therefore, make talmidim (disciples) for Rebbe (Rabbi Jesus), Melech HaMoshiach
(the One anointed by the Father to redeem Israel
You have all heard the expression "many are cold ,but
few are frozen". The problem in today's apostate pulpits, is that many
preachers are REFRIGE ORATORS. Many are being called, but few are listening to
the calling of the Lord. Many, in our churches today, are frozen in their
seats; listening to the health, healing and prosperity messages. They are busy with the feel good gospel,
instead of what the Bible really says. That is partly the responsibility of the
preacher and partly the responsibility of the person who doesn't study the
scriptures to show themselves approved. How would you know if God was calling you,
if you don't know the scriptures, and have you even thought of what your answer
would be?
To go to church and not be a born again Christian is
similar to living together without being married. Going to church without being
a Christian is not a sin, whereas the non marital union is a sin. The
similarity is that in both cases, people are essentially testing the waters
(experimenting without commitment). Are you testing the waters or do you want
to follow Jesus?
Over the past fifty years or so, we have seen common sense replaced by common
insensibility. Over time our population has been desensitized to the difference
between right and wrong. I have recently read an article that said: the
environmentalists say the world can only support two billion people and that
four billion of the current six billion would have to be eliminated. The
article said this would be done by eliminating whole populations, starting with
the negro race and ending up with just the European whites and the Asians. In
order for this plan to be accomplished, the Judo/Christian values would have to
be replaced by a one world religion and one world governing body. We can
already see the desensitization process at work. The following are methods
being used to bring about this goal; drug legalization, changing sexual
preferences, acceptance of fornication and adultery, sexual perversions, lying
acceptable for political Expediency, legalizing suicide and euthanasia and the
division's being encouraged by ethnicity and monetary discrepancy.
The book, 1984, was about control of society. We see by the
NSA, and other governmental agency's information gathering, there is no such
thing as privacy anymore. Don't think for a moment that other governments
aren't doing the same thing. Big brother is definitely watching you. It knows
who you are, where you are and can guess pretty much what you are doing.
HOWEVER, big Father is also watching, and knows how all of this fits into His
plans for the end times. Despite what we see, or think, God is in control.
1 Peter 4:1-5 says: "Therefore, since the Messiah
suffered physically, you too are to arm yourselves with the same attitude. For
whoever has suffered physically is finished with sin, with the result that he
lives the rest of his earthly life no longer controlled by human desires, but
by God’s will. For you have spent enough
time already living the way the pagans want you to live — in debauchery, lust,
drunkenness, orgies, wild parties and forbidden idol-worship. They think it
strange that you don’t plunge with them into the same flood of dissoluteness,
and so they heap insults on you.
But they will have to give an
account to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead."[18]There are those who say that the verses in Mark, where Jesus gives the commission, were not in the original text. In the first place, how would they know that? There are only a few manuscripts that don't have it. Does anyone doubt that it is a message Jesus would want us to have? Soooooo, what should be the answer to those verses? Yes Lord, I will follow your direction, is the answer I give. I will speak for Him. Jesus told us to "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned." [19] Our duty, is to see to it that as many as possible get the message of Salvation through Jesus, because at any moment it could be too late.
[1] Genesis
3:9- 11 KJV
[2] Complete
Jewish Bible
[3] Complete
Jewish Bible
[4] King
James Version
[5] King
James Version
[6] Complete
Jewish Bible
[7] Complete
Jewish Bible
[8] Complete
Jewish Bible
[9] King
James Version
[10] The
Living Bible
[11] King
James Version
[12] King
James Version
[13] King
James Version
[14]
Orthodox Jewish Bible
[15]
Complete Jewish Bible
[16] King
James Version
[17]
Orthodox Jewish Bible
[18]
Complete Jewish Bible
[19] Mark
16:15
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