"What and If?"

 "What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?" (John 6:62 KJV)

  "Now Christ has gone to heaven. He is seated in the place of honor next to God, and all the angels and authorities and powers accept his authority." (1 Peter 3:22 NLT)

 There are some things we will not truly understand until we get to Heaven and can witness them for ourselves; and I am totally good with that! Yes, I would like to know why the devil gets to do all that he does, and why God just does not take him out of the way, right now, instead of later; but this is God's way of dealing with things, once and for all; a perfect plan that will secure our eternity with Him.

 As we go into the New Year, I pray that our churches would be strengthened in trusting only in the Lord, not leaning on their own understanding, and that we would be united around one important goal: bringing people with us into God's Kingdom! Needless to say, there are many who think they are good to go, yet they lack the basic understanding that Jesus is the only way that it can happen.

 We are living in a time when there are serious changes being made to the foundation of many churches. What once was the certain truth about the Gospel of Christ, has been altered into uncertain ways to be right with God through service and making changes in our lives, based upon works and human efforts. Not that we shouldn't practice being good, but it is through Christ that we are made new, not though human effort or man's ability. 

 If it could have been done through our own ability, God would not have had to make the sacrifice that He did! Jesus would not have had to die on that cross, paying the price for our inability to be worthy enough to have fellowship with a Holy God! We really need to get this right or be left!

 What and if you are left when the rapture takes place? Would you be surprised? Here is a little thing I think will be surprising: Those they might think they are good enough, will most likely be not; but those that might think they are lacking, most likely, will have what it takes...

"But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's grace that you have been saved!) For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness towards us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:4-7 NLT)