Called By Christ To Be ONE: Unconditional Joy

Heaven Is Our Destination Where We Will Be ONE With The Lord Forever

Today, we are in The Season Of The Last Generation. The Birth Pains that Christ Jesus spoke about are currently under way, including natural and unnatural disasters. They will be ever increasing. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. Social, economic and political turmoil will be ever increasing, causing people's hearts to be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life. An apostasy within the Church of God is currently under way. This will all reach a climax with Satan revealing his Antichrist and requiring that everyone worship him; That every one receive his "mark" in order to buy or sell; The new currency of the New World Order, the New Tower of Babel.

Today, it is critical that those who have a heart for God are aware of what God is doing and speaking today. God is opening up His Word like never before in preparation for The Time Of The END. I exhort you to open up your heart and your eyes to see what He is doing and your ears to hear what God is speaking at this time. My prayer is that we will be able to stand before the Son of Man at His appearing, without fault and with great joy. I encourage you to read David Wilkerson's book, America's Last Call at davidwilkersontoday.blogspot.com. Also, Google, Tommy Hicks Prophecy, 1961 for a view of the End Times.

Tom's books include: Called By Christ To Be ONE, The Time Of The END, The Season Of The Last Generation, Worship God In Spirit And In Truth, Daniel And The Time Of The END, and Overcoming The Evil One. They are available at amazon.com. They can also be read without cost by clicking on link: Toms Books.

To receive Christ Jesus as a child by faith is the highest human achievement.

Today, the Bride Of Christ is rising up in every nation in the world! Giving Glory to Her Savior and King, Christ Jesus!

Today, the world is Raging against God, Rushing toward Oblivion! Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation!

Today, America is being ground to powder because of it's SIN against God!

Saturday, December 23, 2023

Unconditional Joy

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In the pages of Scripture, it’s one of the most common opening statements for angels: “Don’t be afraid.” That’s because when people saw angels, they were terrified.

When an angel appeared to the shepherds outside Bethlehem, he said, “Don’t be afraid! . . . I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people” (Luke 2:10 NLT).

In other words, “This is good news that you need to know so you can have great joy. Even if you don’t feel like it, rejoice, because your world just changed.”

Sometimes we can be filled with fear because of the world in which we’re living. There are a lot of things happening today that can strike fear in our hearts. We also have personal fears about our jobs or our finances or our health or our families.

Are you worried right now? Are you filled with fear? The message of Christmas is don’t be afraid; instead, have great joy. Fear is what Christmas came to remove so that we can have great joy. But the condition of that joy is to let go of our fears.

Ray Stedman pointed out that the chief mark of the Christian ought to be the absence of fear and the presence of joy. In fact, it’s that absence of fear and presence of joy that marks our genuine Christianity and proves that we really are what we claim to be.

It’s a powerful testimony when Christians can rejoice, even in the midst of adversity. Can people look at us and tell that we’re true believers?

When Paul and Silas were thrown into prison for preaching the gospel, they were whipped and put into chains and stocks. There was no hope of their ever getting out. But the Bible tells us that “around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening” (Acts 16:25 NLT). We could also translate the word “listening” as “listening with pleasure.”

When you hear one of your favorite songs, you look forward to hearing it again. These prisoners were listening with pleasure because they’d never heard anything quite like it.

Then, when an earthquake shook the foundations of the prison and the doors opened and the chains fell off the prisoners, the jailer knew it would be death for him if the prisoners got away.

He was about to commit suicide when Paul called out, “Stop! Don’t kill yourself! We are all here!” (verse 28 NLT).

The Roman jailer said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” (verse 30 NLT). In other words, “I’ve been watching you, and I want what you have.”

Joy is a magnet that God has given to believers. Nonbelievers have nothing like it. They have their moments of happiness, but that happiness completely depends on their circumstances.

When the Bible speaks of joy, however, it refers to something far deeper than that. It’s an abiding joy that is independent of our circumstances.

The joy that we experience in Christ can be ours, both in good times and in bad.