Yes and Amen! Thank you, Russ, for this 'warning' of impending judgment. You are right on! cross

All one needs do is turn on the Television, look in the Newspaper, or even read the Internet.

We have been warned....it's all right in the Word of God, Jehovah Tsidkenu (The Lord our Righteousness).

HEBREWS 10 informs us that: The Sacrifices of the Law were insufficient, The old Sacrificial System Abolished, Christ's Sacrifical Work Finished, Access to God through the Priesthood of God, Christ is the Way, and (as you so aptly said, a rude awakening)...The Peril of Dishonoring Christ.

We are to "draw near to God with a true heart in full assurance of faith...Hold fast the profession of our faith, without wavering; consider one another to provoke unto love and good works, ......

"For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.....How much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?"

"For we know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." !

Same-sex marriage (as in the day of Sodom and Gomorrah), abortions, fornication, .....etc, etc, killings, murderings, the list goes on and on.

Yes, Russ, if we all are honest we can say with you, that we understand the horrible consequences of human rebellion. 'But for the grace of God go I.' All of us are under judgment, and if we do not repent and turn to the Lord, we will suffer the Great White Throne Judgment....

All of us must stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ, and then He will separate the sheep from the goats (believers from unbelievers).

I quote from ICR, "Every Christian should seek to win people to Christ, of course, as soon as he himself meets Christ. He should also begin immediately to search the Scriptures (e.g., the Bereans, in Acts 17). bible

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2Timothy 2:15.
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I once was lost but now I'm found, was blind but now I see.

Blessings and thank you, Russ for BEING His
servant, JESUS IS COMING BACK!
Abishag <><

We serve a God of love, yes, but also and primarily of righteousness and judgment.

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]