Bible Prophecy Today
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What is our key text
for our study of
Bible Prophecy ?
2 Peter 1:19
We would encourage you
to memorize this verse
and as many Scripture
passages as you can.
All through the centuries
of time, God’s children
who have been cast into
prison have been
sustained by the
promises that they have put to
memory. Do you think we could
ever be put in prison in Canada
for our Christian Faith ? It is a
very real possibility as we will
see from our study of Prophecy.
We live in a “free country”
now, but, Prophecy tells us a
change is coming, even in
Canada.
2 Peter 1:19 We have
also a more sure
Word of Prophecy;
whereunto ye do well that
ye take heed, as
unto a light that shineth in a
dark place, until the day
dawn, and the
Day Star
arise in your heart.
2 Peter 1:20
"Knowing this first, that no
Prophecy of the Scripture
is of any private
interpretation."
2 Peter 1:21
For The Prophecy came
not in old time by the
will of man: but holy
men of God spake as
they were moved by
The Holy Ghost .
Who is the
Author
of
Bible Prophecy ?
The Holy Spirit of God !
2 Timothy 3:16 & 17
“All Scripture is given
by inspiration of God,
and
is profitable for
doctrine, for
reproof, for correction,
for
instruction in
righteousness:
That the man of God
may
be perfect, thoroughly
furnished unto all good
works.”
How do we become
Christians ?
We become Christians
by a study of
God’s Word.
Is it enough just to read
and study the Bible ?
Once we have read
God’s Word what is the
next step we must take
to become a Christian ?
We must obey
God’s Word.
In John 6: 63 Jesus said:
“It is the Spirit that
quickeneth; the flesh
profiteth nothing: the
Words that I speak unto
you, they are spirit,
and they are life.”
We must eat the
Word of God
and digest it into our
very being if we would
truly be followers of
Jesus. The Word’s of
Jesus must control our
heart and our mind. We
must have not our own
will, not our own mind,
but the mind of Christ
if we would be saved in
God’s Kingdom !
Philippians 2:5
“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in
Christ Jesus:
” What does it mean to
have the “mind” of
Christ ?
If we have the mind of
Christ, then with Jesus
we will say as He said in
Psalms 40:8
“I delight to do Thy will,
O My God: yea, Thy Law
is within my heart.
Is The Law of God
abiding in our hearts
today ? Do we “delight”
to obey God’s Law as
Jesus did ?
We have a lot of
Christian Canaanites in
the world today !
Do you know what a
Christian Canaanite is ?
Do you remember the
name of the first child
to be born to Adam and
Eve ? What was his
name ? Cain.
What was the second
boy’s name ? Able.
Right from the
beginning of history,
these two young men
have shown us how
to tell the
True Christians
from the Canaanite
Christians !
Genesis 3:21 “Unto
Adam also and to his
Wife did the Lord God
make coats of skins,
and clothed them.”
Who is the person called
the “Lord God” in this
verse.
John 1: 1 - 3
“In the beginning was
The Word, and The Word
was with God, and The
Word was God.
The same was in the
beginning with God.
“All things were made
by Him; and without Him
was not any thing made
that was made.”
The Lord God in Genesis
is Jesus Christ the
Mighty Creator of
everything in the
universe of God !
When Adam and Eve
disobeyed God’s
Commandment not to
eat of the
Tree of Knowledge
of
Good and Evil,
the terrible tragedy of
Sin entered this planet.
Adam and Eve were
now naked sinners.
Christ Himself, offered
the very first sacrifice
of
a totally innocent
animal and clothed His
poor naked children.
From that time, until the
death of Christ on the
cross in 31AD, God
instituted the offering of
animal sacrifices to
remind them of the
terrible results of sin
and of the promise of a
Saviour who would one
day die for the sins of
the world.
One day Cain and Able
came to the alter to
offer their sacrifice.
Able brought a lamb.
Cain brought fruit and
veggies. God accepted
Abel’s offering but God
refused Cain’s offering.
Why did God refuse
Cain’s offering ?
God had said a lamb
must be offered, blood
must be shed to atone
for sin.
Cain thought he could
change the rules a little
bit and God would not
mind. But he found God
did mind and would not
accept anything except
the sacrifice of blood.
There are millions of
“Christians” today who
think and do exactly as
Cain. They actually
think they can change
the Commandments of
God. They think that
God does not mean
what He says. They
THINK they can deviate
a “little bit” and God will
overlook their
disobedience !
God will
not accept anything but,
100% obedience.
99.9 % is not acceptable
to God. No one will
enter heaven who
thought they could in
the tinniest degree
change the Word of God !
Revelation 22: 14
“Blessed are they that do
His Commandments,
that they may have right
to the Tree of Life, and
may enter in through the
gates into The City.”
John 14: 15
“If ye love Me, keep
My Commandments.”
1 John 2: 4
“He that saith, I know
Him, and keepeth not
His Commandments, is a
liar, and The Truth is not
in him.”
It is amazing, that
anyone who professes
to be a follower and
believer of the Lord
Jesus Christ, amazing
that anyone who says
they believe The Bible,
would ever dare to say
that the
“Commandments of God
were nailed to the
cross” !
All of these verses were
inspired by the
Holy Spirit of God
and written into the
New Testament
after the cross !
Matthew 5: 17-18
“Think not that I am
come to destroy
The Law,
or
The Prophets:
I am
not come to destroy,
but to fulfil.
For verily I say unto
you, till heaven and
earth pass, one jot or
one tittle shall in no
wise pass from The
Law, till all be fulfilled.”
Is all fulfilled ?
No, Jesus has not yet
returned. Soon, very
soon He is coming, but,
will The Law of God
then be done away ?
Of course not !
The Law of God
has existed from all
eternity and will never
be done away.
The Law of God
reveals to us the
Character of God,
it is unchangeable !
Let us beware lest we be
found in the camp of
Canaanite Christians !
