God is good all the time. Read His Words and thank Him today…
Mark 13:9-31
9 “You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. 10 And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. 11 Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
12 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 13 Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
14 “When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’[a] standing where it[b] does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 15 Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out. 16 Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. 17 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 18 Pray that this will not take place in winter, 19 because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now—and never to be equaled again.
20 “If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them. 21 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. 22 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 23 So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.
24 “But in those days, following that distress,
“‘the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
25 the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[c]
26 “At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.
28 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 29 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it[d] is near, right at the door. 30 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Jesus tells us it is coming. This world will pas, and the more we fight to hold on to its riches rather than the riches of God’s Word, the more we will suffer. It is necessary for us to no longer chase the victories of this world, rather we should let the victory chase us.
Jesus tells us that we will be witnesses to Him in front of all those that are placed in high positions. What does that mean to you and I? We are His voice. We are the givers of truth through the Word of Jesus Christ. We are to speak His Gospel and no other. And we are to do it before others, not just to ourselves.
This world will cease to exist one fateful day, but those who CHOOSE to believe in Jesus will be saved. Saved and brought into eternal life with God the Father. Eternal life with Jesus Christ in Heaven.
In two days we will celebrate the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is a day that we have chosen to signify the factvthat God came to earth in the form of man. And when He did, He walked this earth living a perfect and blameless life. He walked the earth and taught us how to love Him. He would eventually pick up our sins and carry them to the cross, where all sin was vanquished.
This Christmas, celebrate it differently. Choose to celebrate the birth of God as man. Give with an open and full heart in the name of Jesus. Say His name every morning and especially this Christmas morning, when Emmanuel came to be with us. #JesusSaves
Amen.
DK
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