End of the world

I'm really sad about all this "end of the world" talk that has smothered the media this past weekend. Check the link below if you haven't yet heard of it for yourself...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/22/rapture-harold-camping-end-world

I'm mostly sad because this has become an excuse for people to take their eyes off of Jesus. Kind of like the boy who cried "wolf" time and time and time again until his plea lost it's truth and no one took him seriously anymore. Yes, the end of the world IS near. Jesus WILL return to take up the church and there IS an eternal judgment day coming.... but I can assure you, that is no grounds for the kind of campaign we just saw, and you can't put it in your weekly planner.

The Bible says in Matthew 24:14 - "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come." Nations in this verse literally means "ethnical groups" from the Greek word ethnos. See? Everything comes back to being a God adventurer :)

Do you really want Jesus to come back?? Then you need to get right with God and get out there and preach His Gospel! Do you realize there are still 6,898 unreached people groups!? 2 Peter 3:12 says that we can actually speed up His coming! Of course, by preaching HIM!

I have readers from all over the world... so let me explain this clearly...

"The rapture" or Jesus coming back for His "bride" - those who have a relationship with Him - is no joke. You must prepare. The Bible (which is the true words of God) says that we have all sinned and fallen short of God's perfect standard. The only way to get back to God is through His Son Jesus Christ who lived a perfect, sinless life and then gave it up through death on a cross for the salvation of the whole world. He died for your sins so that you wouldn't have to! Three days after dying though, He raised from the dead! Death couldn't hold the CREATOR and SAVIOR of the world! Confessing that Jesus is the Lord of your life and believing in your heart that God raised Him from the dead will save you from an eternity of punishment and give you true life. That's all you need to do. Confess Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead!

If you're still not sure... if you've heard some other message that says something else... just ask God to reveal the truth to your heart. I promise He will. He doesn't look for perfect religious people... just honest hearts that long for a real relationship with Him.

Here are a few verses to encourage you. They never get old! ...

"For God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent His Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through Him." -John 3:16-17

Jesus told them, "This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one He has sent." -

John 6:29

“Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this indeed is the Christ, the Savior of the World." - John 4:42

“And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people." - Revelation 14:6

…"He has put eternity in their hearts…” - Ecclesiastes 3:11

"He will rescue the poor when they cry to Him; He will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them. He feels pity for the weak and the needy, and He will rescue them. He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their lives are precious to Him." -Psalm 72:12-14

"I look up to the mountains—does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!

He will not let you stumble; the one who watches over you will not slumber.

Indeed, he who watches over Israel

never slumbers or sleeps.

The Lord himself watches over you!

The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.

The sun will not harm you by day,

nor the moon at night.

The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go both now and forever." -Psalm 121

I'm in love with Jesus! He's changed my life... now I live for Him!