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Watch Out and See That No One Deceives You, part 3

“So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation, spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader
understand—then  let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house. Let
no one in the field go back to get their cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that your flight
will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great distress, unequalled from the beginning of the world until now—and
never to be equaled again.                                                                                          
Matthew 24:15-21

Deception, desolation, fleeing, dreadfulness, and great distress will come upon those who have forsaken God when He comes again. We are well
at the brink of His coming, for the signs are all around us. Are you ready for Jesus’ return? And what is this ‘abomination’ that Jesus is talking
about? Some think it is the Dome on the Rock that the Muslims have erected on the Temple Mount and some think that it might be referring to the
actual Temple being rebuilt on the Temple Mount and the antichrist declaring his reign. But no matter what it is, at the proper time we will know. But
what matters is that we are ready for Jesus to return.
How do we get ready and should we be anxious about what will happen when He returns? Being ready means that we follow the way of the Lord,
which we have talked about so today we are going to focus on some of the Scriptures that speak about this day of the coming of our Lord Jesus.
Paul talks about this day in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18: According to the Lord’s Word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the
coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud
command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive
and are left will be caught up together with them in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these
words. On that great and glorious day, the Lord will come down and we will hear His command and hear the trumpet call of God. Those who have
fallen asleep will rise first, which means those who have died following the way of the Lord. Let us be clear here, if you are not following the way of
the Lord but follow what you want, even though you believe in the Lord, you will not rise with Jesus. He is very clear about this. In Matthew 7:21-23
Jesus says: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father Who
is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your Name and in Your Name drive out demons and in Your
Name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from Me, you evil doers!”
Let’s be clear, Jesus said in Revelations 22:12-15: “Look, I AM coming soon! My reward is with Me, and I will give to each person according to
what they have done. I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Blessed are those who wash their
robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic
arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and ever one who loves and practices falsehood. We have to wash ourselves of the
flesh, the things that are not of God. We have to do according to what Jesus tells us and be born again, washed cleaned from the filth of our sins.
We have to put aside witchcraft and the like, all sexual immorality ranging from living together, sex outside of marriage, homosexuality, adultery,
lust which includes even looking at another person and desiring them. We cannot murder and this includes even being angry with another person.
We cannot worship idols, whether they are coffee houses, football or any sport or sports person, loving money, coveting things including cars,
people, houses, clothing and anything that you desire with longing. Those who teach falsehoods, including those who deny the Lord or what His
Word says, will not receive the reward of eternal life in heaven.
These words are meant to encourage you and bring you hope. If they do not, that means that you are not walking in the way of the Lord. We should
be looking forward to the great and glorious day of the Lord with longing, because this earth is not our home.  Our home is with God, being in His
presence for all of eternity. We need to practice our lives in the way of the Lord so that all who see us will know that we are His. It’s not as hard as
some people think, but the devil has smeared his lies everywhere to trick people into listening to the lies that he tells. I read today of a 15 year old
boy that a school threatened to charge him with hate crimes because he wrote for a class he was taking, his beliefs that homosexuality is an
abomination to the Lord and that adoption should be by parents that are a man and a woman. I also read that NH is putting forth a law that allows
those in the wedding business to say no to those who ask for their services but do not follow their belief system. It has become a crime it seems
that those of us who follow the way of the Lord, that anything we say that the Lord says, anything we do that the Lord did, is hate. And of a woman
who was taking a counseling course asked to be removed from talking with someone who she did not feel comfortable talking to because their
lifestyle was against her belief system. The teacher allowed her to give the client to another but when the administration heard of it, they called her
in and told her that she was wrong in her beliefs and a few days later she was removed from the program. And the best one was a ‘scientific study’
that said that those who are socially conservative, well we are just dumber than the rest of society because we are following the way of the Lord.
When they tell you that what you believe in is wrong, that is a lie.  That is why it is so important to read and study the Word of God. For those of you
who have not made the Word your daily bread, it does not take much to get started and it only takes about six weeks to make reading the Word a
habit in your life. I know that we all have busy lives but if you start out with about 15 minutes or about 3 to 5 chapters a day, you will have a good
start on the Bible. And you can finish it in a year and then it’s time to start again, this time spending more time with it and searching and asking
God to help you to understand what is the righteous requirements of the Lord. People think that the Bible is beyond them but in fact, it is written for
you to understand. God did not give His Words so that we could not understand Him.
Let’s look at what Daniel 12:1b – 3 says: There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But
at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will
awake; some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of heavens, and
those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. How are we able to have our names written in the book and what book is
this? The book is the Book of Life and all those who follow the way of the Lord, their names will be written in it. So what is the importance of having
your name in that book? Let’s go back to Revelations: 20:11-15: Then I saw a great white throne and Him Who was seated on it. The earth and
the heavens fled from His presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and
books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in
the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged
according to what they had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose
name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
Now these Scriptures are meant to tell you and make you feel some things: Joy, that in following the way of the Lord, you will find your name in the
book of life and fear that not following the Lord will get us into the lake of fire. Could we call this a scare tactic or could we just call this God’s truth?
For those who believe in God, this is not fearful or scary. We have joy in the Lord and we have found that by following Him we have much joy and
peace in our lives. Now for some, the joy and trusting in the Lord when they first believe is easy but for some, joy and trust take time. It’s okay that
your faith takes time to develop. For Jesus told us that we are to begin again as little children and as we have said before, it took time for each of
us to grow from an infant into an adult. And so coming to know the Lord and His righteous requirements will take time. Our whole journey of life is to
bring us into God’s righteousness and He will guide you and will help you along the journey. That’s the joy in the journey and the peace that comes
from learning from the Lord and His Word. In Him is life everlasting; and learning from Him gives us the way, the truth and the life. When we live our
lives in the Lord’s way, we are free from fear of what is to come.  
It comes as no surprise then, when we walk with the Lord that we should be studying His Word and following His way, His truth and His life. And in
doing so, we find joy in the journey and we are not fearful of what is to come. In fact, we look forward to that day because we will be with God and in
the place that Jesus went to prepare for us. Let’s look at Revelations 21:1-8: Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and
the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from
God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is
now among the people, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe
every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. He Who was
seated on the throne said, “I AM making everything new!” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true. He said to
me: “It is done. I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the
water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. But the cowardly, the unbelieving,
the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice the magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery
lake of burning sulfur. This will be the second death. I don’t know what you want for eternity, but I know that I want to be where God is. That should
be everyone’s desire and that is what God wants.
God will leave you in your sin if you choose and He will let you go into the fiery lake if you so choose. So stand fast in your faith in God and trust
Him. When He comes you can leave behind all that earth has brought to you and go to meet Jesus in the sky. Lift up your hands to God and praise
Him and thank Him for choosing to die on the cross and rise to everlasting life. God is the God of all of us here on earth. He loves you with a never
ending love and wants you to seek Him and let Him into your life. Life is about choices, choosing between right and wrong. It’s between choosing
to believe in the Lord or choosing to believe in the devil and his lies. It’s about believing in God or not. It’s about going to heaven or to hell. It’s
choosing between blessings and curses. God loves you and will not make you choose Him. You have to decide for yourself who you will serve. But
as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
These are the words of Him Who is holy and true, Who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can
open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have
kept My Word and have not denied My Name. I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not,
but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. Since you have kept my command to
endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. I AM
coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of My
God. Never again will they leave it. I will write their name on My God and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming
down out of heaven from My God; and I will also write on them My new Name. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the
churches.                                                                                                                                          
Revelations 3:7-13.