HIS OWN DID NOT RECEIVE HIM

(Joh 1:11)

(Luk 18:8) ...When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"

He will in my house, in my family, and in those to whom I and my bride associate, yes. Among my neighbors, or in places where I shop, or in the ministry where I serve, the presence of Godly faith is not widely found. Sad but true. Faith in our Lord is often replaced by myth, lust, folly, or material wealth and success. They become the worshiped idols of our day.

(Joh 1:11) He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

This verse, (Joh 1:11), breaks my heart. I sit here sighing and shaking my head in frustration that the work of His very hands, the people, could not, or would not recognize Him or believe that the Father of all that is, all that was, and all that will ever be... sent Him to us. It is a horrible thing to be in the very presence of your God, and deny Him.

This is especially damning in that the entire Old Testament is filled with the prophesy of His arrival, His death, His resurrection, His ascension, and His return. He did not look nor act like the warrior David. Therefore, He must not be. Certainly the expectation of how the Savior might be imagined varied from tribe to tribe, but His own people, the Jew, missed it by a mile. Many continue to miss Him yet today.

The road has not been smooth even for the believer. Persecution, falling away, apostasy, X-Box, the Internet, the Media, the NFL and NASCAR all play a role in diverting our attention away from the Saving Grace to the Shiny Place. That which sparkles or provides quality 4G service.

(1Ti 4:1) But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons.

Some will fall away? SOME? I have never been that great in math, but I will tell you that it is absolutely more than SOME! There are flocks and gaggles and parliaments out there with huge numbers of folks that are in direct danger of perishing, suffering the darkness of the second death. [Hell]

How do we fight this trend? How do we even hope to turn the secular tide toward  believing in our King, our Master, our Lord Jesus Christ? We learn the TRUTH and share the TRUTH. That is how we make a difference. The road map is in our is in our Bible.

(2Ti 4:2-4) Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.

If you are a believer, if you are saved, you have an absolute obligation to learn the TRUTH and then share the TRUTH. That is your Biblical job. That is your purpose. Look to the clouds, the time is very near. Share God's TRUTH with everyone you can. Know your Bible, share God's words. Lean on the Spirit.

(Luk 12:37) "Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.

(Tit 2:13) looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.

Soon, we will celebrate the day that the Light came into the world. The birth of Jesus the Christ, Son of Almighty God. Help us fuel that Light and sustain it throughout the year, and throughout every beating heart who hears the Word.

HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?