I have heard false
teachers say that Christians won't have to face their sins in Heaven. This is
not Biblical, as we learn in 2nd Corinthians 5:9-11, “Wherefore we labour,
that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all
appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive
the things done in his body, according to that he hath done,
whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the
Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are
made manifest in your consciences.” Our article is titled, “AND THEIR
WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM,” which is based upon this exact phrase from Revelation
14:13. When a Christian breathes their last dying breath, their work on earth
is done, sealed for all eternity. Those works, whether GOOD OR BAD done in the
flesh, follow them to the Judgment Seat Of Christ. In other words, every day
of your earthly life you are determining your happiness in Heaven!!! Yeah,
scary huh?
Photo
to Left: Elvis Presley (1935-1977), flashing a
satanic hand-sign for 666. Notice the three 6's cleverly hidden in this
popular Illuminati hand-sign. In other words, Elvis didn't just happen, he was
groomed and unleashed upon the public with the help of Luciferians, in an
effort to promote sexual immorality in the United States. Don't believe it?
Check out,
Taylor Swift And Satanism!
Do you think Elvis
Presley (“the king” as he was called, who died on his toilet throne of a drug
overdose in 1977)—who professed faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ—will be
happy in Heaven after spending his earthly life wildly gyrating his hips
everywhere he went, singing the Devil's Rock 'N' Roll music, leading an entire
generation of youth into sexual immorality? Elvis' hip gyrations were so
graphic in sexual nature, that The Ed Sullivan Show was required by FCC
regulations to block out Elvis' hips on television.
Tragically, Elvis
was a known womanizer, rebel against a holy God, and career drug-addict.
According to BMG & The Estate, one billion Elvis albums have been sold
worldwide.[1]
When I perform my Hawaiian steel guitar publicly, kids come up and ask if I
can play Elvis. I have never tried to play “Hound Dog” on a steel guitar and
don't plan to try! In Heaven's eyes, Elvis was a total loser, except that he
trusted Christ as his Savior, which I believe he did. Elvis ought not be
anyone's hero, because he was an influence for the Devil. Rock 'N' Roll music
is an addictive psychological drug to the flesh. John Oates (of Hall and
Oates) says, “Rock 'N' Roll is 99% sex!” Rock music is a deathstyle
of immoral sex, substance abuse and rebellion against a holy God.
Lucifer is behind
the mainstream music industry. And by the way, Country music is just as evil
as Rock music, because it promotes pride, adultery, feminism, divorce,
drunkenness, destructive behavior, revenge and all manner of wickedness.
1st Peter 1:15-16, “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in
all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye
holy; for I am holy.” Elvis' works are unholy! If Elvis is
really in Heaven, he is not a hero up there, I assure you. Elvis will have no
rewards, no souls won to the Lord, no changed lives for God, no one that he
helped in Jesus' name, no missionaries that he supported, no nothing. There
will be Tears In
Heaven (an awesome MP3 sermon by Evangelist Phil Kidd).
What Are
Your WORKS Friend?
What activities
consume your time, thoughts, money and resources? Certainly, hobbies are
acceptable and right in God's eyes, but when a person becomes consumed with
something, so that it hinders them from serving God, then that activity or
thing has become IDOLATRY! There are people who spend every waking moment of
their life performing music, and they enjoy it to the fullest, but they have
no desire or place for the things of God in their life. That is the sin of
IDOLATRY!
Tragically, we are
living in a warped generation, where hundreds-of-millions of people spend
nearly all of their personal time watching television, playing video games,
stuffing their face and thinking about sex. We are now living in the wicked
times of Noah. Matthew 24:37-39, “But as the days of Noe were, so shall
also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the
flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in
marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not
until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the
Son of man be.” Americans love to dine out, party with booze, and have
immoral sex! That's what Jesus was foretelling in Matthew 24:37-39—a time when
people's minds would be consumed with pleasuring themselves with gluttonous
eating, drinking and immoral sex.
People don't even
try to fix their broken marriages anymore, they just quit and move on to their
next adulterous marriage. America's corrupt legal system is largely to blame,
which prohibits couples in a divorce proceeding from communicating with one
another. All communication must be done through the attorneys, which is a
calloused and cruel process, preventing any sincere reconciliation between the
couple. Honestly, most lawyers and judges are bastards, illegitimate when it
comes to any sense of true justice. Their WORKS are evil, for which they will
be held accountable by God in eternity.
There are people
who spend their life collecting stamps. Others build models and spend
thousands of hours intricately putting boats and objects, piece-by-piece,
inside a glass bottle. These are their hobbies, and hobbies are OK, but what
have they done for eternity's sake? Some men love hot-rodding automobiles, and
others enjoy hunting or skiing. What are you doing of eternal value? What are
you doing to help get the Gospel preached?
Jesus is the only
foundation of Christianity. And then as believers, we have a choice how we
build upon that foundation, because every believer is God's property.
1st Corinthians 6:20, “For ye are bought with a price: therefore
glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are
God's.” What are you building upon your foundation, which is
Christ?
1st
Corinthians 3:11-14, “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this
foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every
man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it
shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what
sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall
receive a reward.”
Does this mean
that it's wrong to have hobbies? No, not at all. It DOES mean that when we
become so preoccupied with this temporary world, that we leave off the things
of God, we are wasting our life away. I love the following poem...
Oh
let my love with fervor burn, And from the world now let me turn;
Living for Thee, and Thee alone, Bringing Thee pleasure on Thy throne;
Only one life, “twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last.
Only one life, yes only one, Now let me say, “Thy will be done”;
And when at last I’ll hear the call, I know I’ll say “’twas worth it all”;
Only one life, ’twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last. ”
—Missionary C.T. Studd
We'll only receive
heavenly rewards if our work abides. What WORKS will abide? 1st Corinthians
15:58, “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know
that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” Laboring for the
things of Jesus Christ will be rewarded. Anything that we do to help get
people saved will be rewarded. This includes prayer, passing out Gospel
tracts, fasting, giving to the
poor, studying the Bible, living righteously in Christ, soul-winning,
defending the King James Bible, contending for the faith, et cetera. God
promises to reward all of our labors in Jesus' name and for the Gospel's.
Many Christians
spend their lives BEING GOOD, but not DOING GOOD. That's not laboring for
Christ. Praying for OTHERS who serve God is a way to labor for Christ. I
regularly pray for a handful of preachers across America that I promote, for
God to help them stand, for their health, for them not to go into sin, for
their congregations, youth rallies, and personal family. Colossians 4:12,
“Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you,
always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that
ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.” You're never
wasting your time when you pray.
The
teaching of the heresy of Lordship Salvation is satanic, and is not serving
God, and will not be rewarded. The use and promotion of satanic counterfeit
Bible versions will not be rewarded, because one is actually laboring for the
Devil. Yes, if you promote the corrupt contemporary Bible versions, you are
pulling on the same rope as the Devil.
God promises to
greatly reward those believers who forsake all for the Gospel's sake...
Mark
10:29-30, “And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man
that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife,
or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive
an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and
mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come
eternal life.”
This refers to our
heavenly family in the Lord. If you are saved and don't have an earthly
family, YOU HAVE A BIG FAMILY UP IN HEAVEN waiting to welcome you, hug you,
comfort you and love you in the Lord. If Elvis is in Heaven, he is loved and
has a caring family. I don't believe that a believer's sins and faults are
cast into their face the moment they enter eternity. That's what the wicked
heathen do to each other. No, that's what The Judgment Seat Of Christ is for,
which will immediately follow the pretribulation Rapture. When we die, I
believe every Christian gets a big bear hug from the saints in Heaven.
The Works
of the Unsaved Also Follow Them
If a person dies
IN THEIR SINS (John 8:24), they will be judged according to THEIR WORKS,
regardless of how small they may be. Every evil thought will be judges and
punished (Proverbs 24:12). Every word spoken will be judged (Matthew 12:36).
Every deed will be brought into judgment, even if you kept $5 that you knew in
your heart should have been returned to the rightful owner (Ecclesiastes
12:14)...
Revelation
20:11-15, “And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose
face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for
them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books
were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the
dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books,
according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and
death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and
they were judged every man according to their works. And death and
hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever
was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
The difference
will be night and day between the judgment of the SAVED at The Judgment Seat
Of Christ; verses the judgment of the UNSAVED 1,000 years later at The Great
White Throne Of Judgment. Jesus Christ has paid our debt of sin as believers;
hence, we will be judged according to our WORKS as God's children, without
risk of being punished in Hell with the unsaved wicked. The unsaved will burn
in Hell for ever, paying for each and every sin they've ever committed,
receiving no mercy, no relief, no happiness, no rest and no love in the Second
Death (Revelation 21:8). Literally, you can have everything (Romans 8:32), or
nothing (Luke 16:19-31).
It warms my heart
to know that God is influencing thousands of people through my website
ministry, getting the truth into people's hearts, getting people saved and
changing lives for Christ. It's not about me, God forbid. I am just A VOICE in
cyberspace, a sinful man who wants to be more for God. I like the saying,
“Don't be like me, be better than me.” If you follow me, you're going to see
my imperfections. The same is true if I follow you around. We should follow
Jesus, the sinless Lamb of God!
And Their
Works Do Follow Them
What are you
WORKS? Ecclesiastes 12:14, “For God shall bring every
work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or
whether it be evil.” Our total works are the accumulation of what we do
each day of our life. If a man lives to be 70-years-old, calculating 365 days
in a year, times 70 years, equals 25,550 total days in a lifetime. Did you
ever think of your life like that? If you live an average lifespan, you have
approximately 25,000 DAYS TO LIVE. Nothing worthwhile is accomplished in one
day; but rather, it is achieved over a period of time.
A great church
isn't build overnight; but rather, one day at a time over the decades. It's
important to understand this truth, because many people won't serve God
because they feel like they could never do something big or great for God. May
I say, it is the little things added together that make the big things happen.
For example: I am writing this article right now. This is one of the little
things that I am doing today for God. I am listening to Bible-preaching as I
am typing this. I wish and pray that I could do so much more for God, but I am
just one person.
Albeit, I know
that if God has more for me to do, then He will provide it. God asked Moses,
“What is that in thine hand?” Exodus 4:2, “And the LORD said unto him, What
is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.” God used that rod to perform
the ten miracle plagues upon Egypt. God used that rod to part the Red Sea. God
used that rod to bring forth water from the rock. The lesson is simple and
clear that God doesn't expect anything more of us than what He has given to
us. Amen!
What are you going
to do for Jesus Christ today... AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM!
“Too many people let the
failures of yesterday and the fears of tomorrow rob them of the joy of serving
God today!”
Source:
a quote from the sermon, STARTING
OVER, by Pastor Danny Castle!!!
In A War For God
(Pastor Danny Castle)
The Bible plainly teaches that a believer's WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM into
eternity. What a beautiful truth! This naturally leads to the big question:
What are the works of your life, oh Christian? Are you doing anything for
God?, or better said, Are you letting God do anything through you?
Galatians 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:
and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of
God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
Are you letting Christ in you, live through you? I'm talking about Walking In
The Spirit. 