Glory be to God! ** 🙋🏾♀️ STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THIS EPISODE! ** 🚩TUNE IN EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS FOR NEW EPISODES! Follow me on Facebook under AuntCynthia Whitaker 😊💥 Join me today as I exhort: How Lord Jesus will give to every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings on the Day in which He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness! Both sinner and saint will stand before King Jesus to give an account for the life they've lived while in the body, either good or bad! So on today's podcast, I'm answering: Why I teach and preach on repentance and on the coming of God's fiery wrath, ALL THE TIME!
Well, my reason is found right here in this verse: “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant (proud, self-righteous, haughty), and every evildoer shall be stubble; and the day that is coming shall set them on fire,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch" (Malachi 4:1)...THAT'S WHY! And not only that verse, but this one: "For it is the time [destined] for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not respect or believe or obey the gospel of God?" (1 Peter 4:27). And lastly, Revelation 20:12, 13(b): "And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the Book of Life; and the dead were judged according to what they had done as written in the books [that is, everything done while on earth]"..."and they were judged and sentenced, every one according to their deeds."
The biblical truth: A time is coming when every responsible person, on the basis of his or her actions, thoughts, and attitudes will meet the FINAL JUDGMENT of God, either as eternal life or as wrath and fury! On what basis will the Final Judgment be made? Paul sums it up in Romans 2:6, "God will render to every man according to his deeds." But wait a minute you may say, "I thought we were saved by grace, through faith, and not by works?" That is true! But your works demonstrates where you are in your faith or unbelief. Are you living godly or ungodly? Your deeds/ways will be the evidence, of which, you will stand accountable, again, either good or bad.
In other words, how you live your life, all of your ways, thoughts, deeds, and all the fruit of your doings, will serve as a witness and evidence on Judgment Day, testifying against either your unbelief or your genuine faith!
James in Chapter 2, talks about Faith and Works:
"What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient—genuine faith produces good works] (v.14). And here: "17 So too, faith, if it does not have works [to back it up], is by itself dead [inoperative and ineffective].18 But someone may say, “You [claim to] have faith and I have [good] works; show me your [alleged] faith without the works [if you can], and I will show you my faith by my works [that is, by what I do].” Amen!
Therefore, there is no contradiction. We know that we are saved by God's amazing grace, through our faith in Lord Jesus, and that there was nothing WE could have done (works) to have been made justified. On the same token, John the Baptist tells us in Matthew 3:8, "So produce fruit that is consistent with repentance." Amen! For the Lord Jesus Christ did say in Revelation 22:12, “Behold, I (Jesus) am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to the merit of his deeds (earthly works, faithfulness)." Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!
