Peace Be With You!
Foremost, I fervently hope that you and your loved
ones are okay. Whether directly or indirectly
affected by last Tuesday’s tragedy, my prayers are
with you. I know that your eyes are willing –but
tired, with all there are to be seen and read about
the great U.S. tragedy last Tuesday, reminiscent of
the apolcalyptic movies that became rampant at the
turn of the new millennium.
No, you are not going to read another message of
outrage against who perpetuated the attacks which
resulted to loss of thousands of lives. But the Lord
Almighty God through the Holy Spirit is working upon
me to share with you words that may just lead you back
to His great plan for us, that is, to be with Him in
His Kingdom while we are still alive and have to
opportunity here on earth to work on it.
Sad but true, it is only when we are in dire need do
we remember God, the Supreme Creator of all. I am
least surprised to receive messages pertaining to The
Father and how we encourage each others to pray in
times like this. Are we really reminded that God is
also there waiting for us to pray even when all’s
well? Do we really need tragedies of such magnitude
to happen in order for us to be reminded about Him?
This may sound radical, but let me ask you what did
you initially feel when you heard the news last
Tuesday? Was it fear? …anger? …sorrow? Have you
asked yourself why you felt that way? Have you really
come to love your life so much that it is hard for you
to die an untimely death? Did you even feel a sense
of unpreparedness if last Tuesday was indeed The
Second Coming of Christ? You may take this as another
fanatical extremist point of view, but really now, how
well do you know GOD who created you and who is
absolutely in control all the things around you, both
seen and unseen?
Please, before you hit that button to spare yourself
of The Truth (for the nth time!), consider answering
this question: IF YOU DIE TODAY, WHERE DO YOU THINK
YOU’RE HEADED NEXT?
I hope you are still with me. Please be reminded that
I, too, am human who can also feel like you. Right
now, I already feel abandoned by your thought (alone)
of discontinuing to read this piece of e-mail that I
wrote with YOU in mind. Why do you even think that I
am asking such question in bold letters? I do not
doubt that you believe in Our Great Father GOD, but
are you aware that intellectual, emotional and even
spiritual acknowledgement of Him is not enough to
claim that we know Him, much more, love Him? I
learned that in order to get that conviction that one
really loves Him, he / she should submit himself /
herself to total obedience to His commands which will
save us. This is all made possible through the grace
of His Word in The Scriptures and of course, through
His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, whom He had paid
for as a ransom for the sins that enlave us to this
day. There is so much to discover about Our Eternal
Father. I am in complete bliss as I share this joy
with you!
When I ask awhile back how well you know Him, I really
wanted to know how you got to know Him. Is it through
studying The Bible or only through some life-taught
experience which made us assume things without any
concrete foundation? Without triggering sarcasm, I
ask, how humble have we been before Our Perfect
Father? Or better yet, I ask, how humble have YOU
been before GOD, The Master of Creation? Hey, I do
not need to know the answer for myself. HE already
knows.
My friends, it’s high time that we open up our Bibles
to receive the Good News of our salvation before it’s
too late. I plead that you do read, believe and
REPENT. Many are called but few are chosen, it’s
true. If you choose to remain indifferent to this
call to change for the glory of God who gave you life,
just spare me of the blame if one day you will be put
to shame when the day comes. For it is written, “To
those who by persistence in doing good seek glory,
honor and immortality, He will give eternal life. But
for those who are self-seeking and who reject The
Truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.”
(Romans 2:7-8) The first Good News I wanna share is
that it is NOT yet too late. Don’t even think of
letting God wait any longer. If you do, HOW DARE YOU
LET HIM WAIT BECAUSE OF YOUR SINFUL PRIDE!!! You know
very well that this is for YOU and your own welfare
FOR ETERNITY, is that hard to understand? So be wise
enough to be alarmed!
Wherever you are in the globe, there are many fellow
disciples of Christ out there
<<http://icoc.org/html/directoryset.html>> willing to
help you go through The Scriptures, step by step, so
that you may have inheritance in heaven, as Jesus is
preparing for it. Amen.
Blind No More,
Odilon
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