Hurricane season is here! Every year, the beginning of June we start to hear and see all the advertisements about Hurricane season, and it reads: "Are you prepared?" It's so funny, even when we are warned there maybe a disaster coming, we wait until the last minute. Then when disaster strikes, we cry and say, "we didn't know, we weren't prepared." Well even if we lose a love one in a disaster we can still recover from the tragedy. For the past 2000 years we have been hearing a warning and I am afraid that we are going to wait last minute before we start to prepare, but then will be to late.
1 Thessalonians [2] For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night. [3] When people are saying, "All is well; everything is peaceful and secure," then disaster will fall upon them as suddenly as a woman's birth pains begin when her child is about to be born. And there will be no escape. [NLT]
Why do you think we will wait? Well one reason is because some don't even believe in Jesus. Others believe in a higher being, but believe in something totally different like reincarnation. There are also the ones who think they know Jesus and believe in God, but know nothing of what the Bible teaches and on the warning. These believers are the one who has the "Holy quota" of just going to church one day a week. Some are the fall away children, the kids who were raised in a religious family but choose to be in the world and believe they are good enough to be saved. They know of the truth but water it down, and think "just be good and have faith and I am saved." True faith means you believe in God and His will is pure and righteous, and you will be lead by the spirit to do work to serve His will and fulfill His mission of bringing His children to life everlasting, in heaven.
James 2:14, [14] What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? [15] Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. [16] If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? [17] In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. [18] But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. [19] You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. [20] You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless*? [21] Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? [22] You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. [23] And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,"* and he was called God's friend. [24] You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone. [25] In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? [26] As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
I have been doing studies of the book of Mathew these past months, mainly to introduce to some Jesus to your lives, others just to get a study session going. These past months the Lord has been weighing a lot of stuff on my heart. I then started to question am I leading people to Christ? This question helped me to change course and looking at what we need to prepare our selves, for the coming of Christ. Every time I think of the day my Lord returns I get excited. Knowing that this world will end and with pain and suffering also. Kids will never starve, women and kids will never be abused again, daddy's will never abandoned their families. No more love ones lost to addictions. We will never cry in sorrow ever again. Wouldn't you get excited knowing this is what we have to look forward to not to mention being with Jesus, have all our questions answered. Like, how did you create the universe? What was the Dinosaurs all about? But then the Lord always reminds me of our task at hand He also shares what happens if we do nothing. My lord weighed on me what happens to the one who did not accept me, those that I placed in your life, what did you do with my Name? The pain knowing that if we wait till it is to late, we will perish, is unbearable. I know at the most maybe a 1000 people in my life including my ohana and maybe 10 percent will be save the rest, I will never see again, because they don't know, don't wanna know, or don't care about Jesus. In these upcoming weeks, months or until God tell me other wise I will be teaching and studying on how we can prepare our selves for the storm that is coming and who we can help others. If there is anything in particular you want to talk about let me know, or even if you have a question just send me a message. My logo and motto is NEVATAP, one reason is because when Jesus was persecuted He never tapped out He bared the pain for our salvation that is love. The other reason is in the book of James.
James 1:12 [12] Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
