There is wisdom from heaven right here. Yes, the kind that opens your eyes to the truth. This is even more important as we enter 2023. It is time to consecrate ourselves TOTALLY to the Lord. It is not time to have one foot in the Lord and the other in the world. It is time to be extraordinarily single minded and live right before God and people. The closer we get to the coming of the Lord, the more this is a must. Get the Word now. Get NOW the anointing, the oil of the Spirit. Get busy for the Lord doing His will, being a witness, and bringing salvation, healing, and deliverance to a lost and dying world.
Joy and blessing are here, so don't miss out on this important instruction.
Jesus warned and commanded the churches in Revelation 2 and 3. He praised their strengths and Godly activity- their works. but He held nothing back when telling them to wake up and repent.
“Wake up then, and strengthen what remains that was about to die, because I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Therefore, remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against you” (Revelation 3:2-3 NET).
To wake up means that you get strength in the Lord, that you remember what you received and heard through His Word, that you obey it or act on it, and then REPENT if your actions are contrary to God and His Word. That is the wake-up call of the Lord! Jesus warned us that if a church doesn’t wake up that He will come as a thief in the night. They won’t know what hit them. It will be a bad day for them because they will not be ready for the coming of the Lord.
Please take a look at the parable of the ten virgins! (Matthew 25:1-13 NKJV) The five wise ones were ready to go and had the oil or anointing (or fire) of the Holy Spirit that brings holiness, consecration, deliverance, salvation, healing, prosperity, and victory in all realms of life! (Luke 4:18-19; Isaiah 10:27; Acts 10:38, 1 John 2:20, 27)
Here is what Jesus does because He loves you and me. Remember, that it is Jesus ministering and teaching here. It is not my opinion or idea. I am quoting to you what the Head of the Church said.
“All those I love; I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest (zealous) and repent.” (Revelation 3:19 NET)
The reason Jesus rebuked and disciplined these churches (Christians) in Revelation chapters two and three was because some were practicing evil things. “All those I love” will get rebuked and disciplined when necessary. Do you mean to tell me that LOVE will rebuke and discipline at times? Jesus loved believers so much that He exposed their sins for all believers to see through rebuke, discipline, and by commanding them to repent.
Repentance was not a suggestion then, and it is not a suggestion now. Love includes discipline, rebuke, and repentance. Get that straight in your thinking.
The message of “Jesus loves you” has been watered down so much that if Jesus rebuked or disciplined most folks, they would think it was verbal abuse and completely devoid of love.
Here is a message you will not hear often from the dead and traditional pulpits in America:
“Jesus loves you so much that He will rebuke, discipline, and command you to repent?”
That is my very good paraphrase of Revelation 3:19.
How much of that do you hear or read on social media or on dead church websites? How many times have you heard that from the compromised pulpits of the land? If Jesus rebukes and disciplines all those He loves, what is happening with all those that have not heard a rebuke and have not been disciplined by Him through their "loving" pastors or other "loving" spiritual people? They are missing out on a very real aspect of the love of Jesus Christ for His real and powerful church.
This message of repentance is extremely important in the love of Christ. Pastors, ministers, and preachers should love their flock by giving them warnings, and even rebuking them when necessary. Why should we be diligent to rebuke when necessary, to discipline, and lead people to repentance? Let me say it in the words of the apostle who wrote Hebrews (whom I believe to be Paul):
5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: “My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; 6 For whom the Lord loves He chastens,
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