Friends, prepare to meet your God….

“I overthrew some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the fire, yet you have not returned to me, declared the LORD. Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, ‘Prepare to meet your God”…Amos 4:11-12

Because God punishes sins. 

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”. Romans 3:23

“For wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”…Romans 6:23

How to be ready? 

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. Now one comes to the Father except through me”…John 14:6

When to be ready?

 For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you. I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation”…2 Corinthians 6:2

Why to be ready?

“Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment”…Hebrews 9:27

Where to be ready? Here and now.

“Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near”…Isaiah 55:6

Let’s examine ourselves today…

Let’s examine this flesh. The following are indications that the sinful self still thrives: self-advancement, self-centeredness, self-will, self-dependency, and self-righteousness. These motives exist in all people to some extent, but over time our heavenly Father lovingly breaks them in His children.

Do we have this experience?

1 John 2:1:

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.