Christ of Christmas

When the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, (Gal 4:4)
Jesus said “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. ( Matt 5:17)
For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(Romans 8:3-4)
The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. (1 Cor 15:47-38)
And Jesus said to them, “You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.(John 9:11)
For unto us a Child is born...(Is 9)
Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?” And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. (Luke 1:34-37)
{“Behold, the virgin shall be with child....
Unto us a Son is given
and bear a Son
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
They shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”} (Is. 7 and 9)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1;14)
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God...(Eph 2)
Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! (2 Cor 9:14)

The Day Of The Lord (like a thief)

The Day Of The Lord

14 For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and` of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 “Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”
16 And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.(Rev 16)

3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you. (Rev 3)

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.(2 Peter 3)

1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.

29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Matt 24)

And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: 27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. (Luke 17)

40 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” (luke 12)

The common perception of most of the world is that things will just remain as they are. Life goes on. A generation dies another replaces it. But scripture tells us all of history is moving toward a day when everything will come to a halt. And this isn't the first time God has intervened. In Genesis 6 it says “the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 So the LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.”

Noah found grace with God. Why Noah? Because Noah really believed God. Hebrews 11 tells us “By faith Noah....Noah had a faith that believed God when He said He was going to flood and destroy the earth. And “moved with godly fear,” he built the ark for the saving of his household...by which he condemned the world. And Noah preached by his actions and Jewish tradition tells us He preached with his words that they better prepare, for the world they know will come to an end. The only ones to survive were Noah and seven others. And the creatures God led to the ark.

The world of Noah's time must have thought him a lunatic. The noise of his construction clearly heard and seen by all his neighbors. If there had been a home owners association he would have been seriously reprimanded, fined or probably stoned for his infractions. Then there was the sound of all the animals as they arrived and marched into the ark. There might have even been block parties and barbecues as people stood around making fun of this crazy old man, who insisted that God was going to destroy the earth with water that would come down from heaven. And since it had never rained, Noah's explanation of this event probably brought condemnation from all those who observed his--what they thought--irrational behavior.

7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. (1 Peter 4)

24 For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day. (Luke 17)

Scripture tells us God is not a man that he should lie. That it is impossible for God to lie.”God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?”(Numbers 23:19)Where will you stand on that day. On His right or left. A sheep or a goat. Will he say well done good and faithful servant enter into the joy of the Lord or depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels” What God has spoken and holy men of God have written down will come to pass. And each day we are closer to that day. The Day Of The Lord.

1 Come near, you nations, to hear;
And heed, you people!
Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,
The world and all things that come forth from it.
2 For the indignation of the LORD is against all nations,
And His fury against all their armies;
He has utterly destroyed them,
He has given them over to the slaughter.
3 Also their slain shall be thrown out;
Their stench shall rise from their corpses,
And the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
4 All the host of heaven shall be dissolved,
And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll;
All their host shall fall down
As the leaf falls from the vine,
And as fruit falling from a fig tree.
5 “ For My sword shall be bathed in heaven;
Indeed it shall come down on Edom,(the gentile nations)
And on the people of My curse, for judgment.

8 For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance,
The year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
9 Its streams shall be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone;
Its land shall become burning pitch.
10 It shall not be quenched night or day;
Its smoke shall ascend forever.
From generation to generation it shall lie waste;
No one shall pass through it forever and ever. (Is. 34)

God's Word to all who oppose Him; everlasting wrath is coming.

2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God;
And your sins have hidden His face from you,
So that He will not hear.
3 For your hands are defiled with blood,
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue has muttered perversity.
4 No one calls for justice,
Nor does any plead for truth.
They trust in empty words and speak lies;
They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.

Their works are works of iniquity,
And the act of violence is in their hands.
7 Their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed innocent blood;
Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
Wasting and destruction are in their paths.
8 The way of peace they have not known,
And there is no justice in their ways;
They have made themselves crooked paths;
Whoever takes that way shall not know peace. (Isaiah 59)

And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.” (Rev 14:11)

“The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10)

Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” (luke 12)

Lie VS Truth

and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; 7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds) (2 Peter 2)

7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

Hell...Damnation...eternal suffering of the wicked....Judgement Day.... Just bring these topics up in a mixed discussion and see the crowd part like the red sea before the command of Moses. People simply don't believe that a loving, caring God would condemn people to an eternal Hell of suffering.

People still have that thought that they are basically good. That God should be honored to have them in His presense.(even if they entertain such thoughts as there being a God). It is that something is good enough in us that God would welcome us with open arms because we're so wonderful.

One well known so called preacher who lured millions each week to his Crystal Cathedral claimed in 1997 "I'm very proud of who I am. I am innocent. I have not broken a single one of the Ten Commandments. I have not broken any of the teachings of Jesus Christ, and so I'm proud of my faith and message," And that is exactly what he taught. That men need to look within to see their potential for good in that positive kind of way.

Scripture, The God-breathed Word says something different. “All have sinned....No one righteous, no not one. All have turned aways and are worthless. No one does good. No not one. Jesus told those who came to hear Him “You being evil.....” For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.” (Mark 7:22-23)

In the sight of A Holy, all knowing, Sovereign God, we are seen as filthy, dirty, polluted, defiled. And all our righteous acts are as filthy rags. (Is. 64:5) Thus Paul's words “I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God , nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable._ 1 Cor 15)

The picture painted by Jesus and the Apostles is not a pretty one of the nature of man. It's not that Everyday should be a Friday kind of human centered teaching we hear so much about today. That we should strive to put on our best happy face with our positive hits rumbling in the background. That everything is beautiful in it's own way, La dee da theology, of a congregation of immature miscreants who crave the things of this world, the lusts of their hearts, and boasting of what they have and do.

For Jesus said of such, “They have their reward.” For such bow at the altar of mammon wallowing in their own corrupted pursuits and heap up for themselves teachers who tickle their ears with the lure of material gain, health guaranteed, a life free from pain and suffering and a promise that happiness is God's will for your life. When Scripture says God's will is your sanctification. Your being made Holy. That's unnatural to man. It can't happen without the new birth. Without God reaching down from heaven through His word and transforming the heart of rebellious, sinful creatures such as ourselves.

There is a popular notion today that more is better. Ratings. Numbers. The more the merrier kind of mentality in a Christian motif. More what? More poor, corrupted souls hopping aboard the vehicle of coveteous exploitation through deceptive words for the sake of the monetary enhancement of those whose god is their stomach, whose glory is in their shame ,who set their minds on earthly things and whose end is destruction?

Jesus said that road to destruction is wide. It is littered with the souls of those who convinced themselves that they had good intentions in their decisions. But they did not seek God's guidance. They said our knowledge is superior. Our marketshare can be larger if we just do this or that to attract our clientele.

The Gospel has gotten so watered down, so impotence through self help programs, consultants, and fleshly pursuits that the true meaning has been put away. Locked up. So not to offend.

The church has become like the world. Our separation from God through our inherent evil, sinful corruption-- because we are born in sin and will die in our sins if we don't repent and believe the Gospel--tossed aside at the ash heap of Hell's desolution. Men aren't dead in their trepasses and sins, following the course of this world, the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that works in the sons of disobedience and by nature children of God's wrath. (eph 2) Men just need a better positive outlook of themselves. Their self-esteem needs to be energized. And Jesus is there to cheer them on as they realize their own inherent worth and goodness. Step up to the plate. You can do it. Smack a home run for Jesus. He's in the stands cheering you on.

Instead truth is there is nothing good in us to commend ourselves to God. NOTHING! His righeousness must be applied to your account. You must be born from above not of perishable seed, but imperishible through the living and enduring word of God.

There's a story in the Old Testament I love that demonstrates that God deserves all the glory for our salvation and all our works. Gideon was called out by God to defeat the Midianites and the Amalekites to save Israel. But God told Gideon his army was too many less Israel claim glory for itself. Saying, “my own hand saved me.”

So from an army of 22,000 strong, then lowered to 10,000 and finally to a mere 300 men, God would show that it wasn't the Israelites who secured the victory but God. Then Gideon and His small army went to the outpost of the camp, blew their trumpets in their right hands, carried flaming torches in their left hands, crying out “The sword of the LORD and of Gideon!. And the whole Midianite army ran, cried out and fled. And the LORD set every man's sword against his companion throughout the whole camp. On that day the LORD showed all Israel that indeed he fights for His people and gives them the victory.

It's not in large numbers and the wisdom of this world that people come to the truth to enter into the Kingdom of God. It's through fear of the Lord which is the beginning of knowledge. James said “You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (James 4)

How sad to see courtless numbers of those in the church believing that they can continue in their worldly lusts. Many have heaped up teachers that tell something pleasing and gratifing to satisfy their own liking to tell them exactly what they want to hear and to foster the errors they hold. (2 Tim 4:3)

The Apostles of Christ and Jesus himself didn't mince words when it came to the truth.

Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor 6)

1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. 4 In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you. 5 They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. (1 Peter 4)

26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. (Romans 1)

7 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more. (Eph 4)

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. (1 John 2)

13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” (1 Peter 1)

17 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? (1 Peter 4)

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, (the depraved and defiled ) abominable, murderers, (lewd and adulterous) sexually immoral, (practicers of magic arts) sorcerers, idolaters,(those who give supreme devotion to anyone or anything other than God) and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Rev 21)

13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

The Apostles of Christ and Jesus himself

didn't mince words when it came to the truth.

And God's people can not either.

For eternity waits for us all.

Lie VS Truth

and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; 7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds) (2 Peter 2)

7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

Hell...Damnation...eternal suffering of the wicked....Judgement Day.... Just bring these topics up in a mixed discussion and see the crowd part like the red sea before the command of Moses. People simply don't believe that a loving, caring God would condemn people to an eternal Hell of suffering. But they forget he is a God of Justice as well as grace.

People still have that thought that they are basically good. That God should be honored to have them in His presense.(even if they entertain such thoughts as there being a God). It is that something is good enough in us that God would welcome us with open arms because we're so wonderful.

One well known so called preacher who lured millions each week to his Crystal Cathedral claimed in 1997 "I'm very proud of who I am. I am innocent. I have not broken a single one of the Ten Commandments. I have not broken any of the teachings of Jesus Christ, and so I'm proud of my faith and message," And that is exactly what he taught. That men need to look within to see their potential for good in that positive kind of way.Scripture, The God-breathed Word says something different. “All have sinned....No one righteous, no not one. All have turned aways and are worthless. No one does good. No not one. Jesus told those who came to hear Him “You being evil.....” For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.” (Mark 7:22-23)

In the sight of A Holy, all knowing, Sovereign God, we are seen as filthy, dirty, polluted, defiled. And all our righteous acts are as filthy rags. (Is. 64:5) Thus Paul's words “I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God , nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable._ 1 Cor 15)

The picture painted by Jesus and the Apostles is not a pretty one of the nature of man. It's not that Everyday should be a Friday kind of human centered teaching we hear so much about today. That we should strive to put on our best happy face with our positive hits rumbling in the background. That everything is beautiful in it's own way, La dee da theology, of a congregation of immature miscreants who crave the things of this world, the lusts of their hearts, and boasting of what they have and do.

For Jesus said of such, “They have their reward.” For such bow at the altar of mammon wallowing in their own corrupted pursuits and heap up for themselves teachers who tickle their ears with the lure of material gain, health guaranteed, a life free from pain and suffering and a promise that happiness is God's will for your life. When Scripture says God's will is your sanctification. Your being made Holy. That's unnatural to man. It can't happen without the new birth. Without God reaching down from heaven through His word and transforming the heart of rebellious, sinful creatures such as ourselves.

There is a popular notion today that more is better. Ratings. Numbers. The more the merrier kind of mentality in a Christian motif. More what? More poor, corrupted souls hopping aboard the vehicle of coveteous exploitation through deceptive words for the sake of the monetary enhancement of those whose god is their stomach, whose glory is in their shame ,who set their minds on earthly things and whose end is destruction?

Jesus said that road to destruction is wide. It is littered with the souls of those who convinced themselves that they had good intentions in their decisions. But they did not seek God's guidance. They said our knowledge is superior. Our marketshare can be larger if we just do this or that to attract our clientele.

The Gospel has gotten so watered down, so impotence through self help programs, consultants, and fleshly pursuits that the true meaning has been put away. Locked up. So not to offend.

The church has become like the world. Our separation from God through our inherent evil, sinful corruption-- because we are born in sin and will die in our sins if we don't repent and believe the Gospel--tossed aside at the ash heap of Hell's desolution. Men aren't dead in their trepasses and sins, following the course of this world, the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that works in the sons of disobedience and by nature children of God's wrath. (Eph 2) Men just need a better positive outlook of themselves. Their self-esteem needs to be energized. And Jesus is there to cheer them on as they realize their own inherent self-worth and goodness. Step up to the plate. You can do it. Smack a home run for Jesus. He's in the stands cheering you on.

Instead truth is there is nothing good in us to commend ourselves to God. NOTHING! His righteousness must be applied to your account. You must be born from above not of perishable seed, but imperishible through the living and enduring word of God.

There's a story in the Old Testament I love that demonstrates that God deserves all the glory for our salvation and all our works. Gideon was called out by God to defeat the Midianites and the Amalekites to save Israel. But God told Gideon his army was too many, less Israel claim glory for itself. Saying, “my own hand saved me.”

So from an army of 22,000 strong, then lowered to 10,000 and finally to a mere 300 men, God would show that it wasn't the Israelites who secured the victory but God. Then Gideon and His small army went to the outpost of the camp, blew their trumpets in their right hands, carried flaming torches in their left hands, crying out “The sword of the LORD and of Gideon!. And the whole Midianite army ran, cried out and fled. And the LORD set every man's sword against his companion throughout the whole camp. On that day the LORD showed all Israel that indeed he fights for His people and gives them the victory.

It's not in large numbers and the wisdom of this world that people come to the truth to enter into the Kingdom of God. It's through fear of the Lord which is the beginning of knowledge. James said “You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (James 4)

How sad to see courtless numbers of those in churches believing that they can continue in their worldly lusts. Many have heaped up teachers that tell something pleasing and gratifing to satisfy their own liking to tell them exactly what they want to hear and to foster the errors they hold. (2 Tim 4:3)

The Apostles of Christ and Jesus himself didn't mince words when it came to the truth.

Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor 6)

1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. 4 In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you. 5 They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. (1 Peter 4)

26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. (Romans 1)

7 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more. (Eph 4)

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. (1 John 2)

13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” (1 Peter 1)

17 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? (1 Peter 4)

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, (the depraved and defiled ) abominable, murderers, (lewd and adulterous) sexually immoral, (practicers of magic arts) sorcerers, idolaters(those who give supreme devotion to anyone or anything other than God), and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Rev 21)

13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

The Apostles of Christ and Jesus himself

didn't mince words when it came to the truth.

And God's people can not either.

For eternity waits for us all.