AWAKE!

Eph.5;14-16. "Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil."

This hedonistic society is self indulgent as few generations have been since the flood of Noah. Jesus said it will be like this when He comes again.

The Bible warns not to call good evil and evil good, but people in spiritual darkness do it. There is an urgent need to awake. Understand that the dreaded rise in crime is due to sin.

Crime is nearly never called sin. People don't want to be called sinners, and they prefer "Psychiatric Counseling" to repentance. They would rather be called insane (slang, CRAZY!) than to be called sinners. Yet God says that all have SINNED and come short of the glory of God (Rom.3:23.)

People who are spiritually asleep hold little difference between right and wrong. To them there is "nothing wrong with a sexual one night stand." They urge to celebrate diversity. They tout homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle. If anyone denounces sin, people howl: "judge", "bigot", or "homophobe", and claim that a "hate crime" has occurred.

That's the way the Sodomites were just before God judged them by fire and brimstone.

Surely, it is time to awake from such darkness; to repent of sins against God. He has never condoned sin, and He never will. Sin does not become delightsome to Him, just because sinners cherish and "excuse" it.

It is dreadful for unbelievers to approve of sin. It is worse for believers to do it. We are to awake to righteousness, and sin not. 1 Cor. 15:34.

We must also be alert against false doctrine. To assert that once a person gets saved, no matter how he lives, or what he does, he will still go to heaven is false doctrine. It's NOT so.

God's Word says that NO SIN SHALL ENTER HEAVEN. If one doesn't turn from his sins, he cannot get into heaven when he dies! Rev.21:7.

People hold other false ideas that could damn them before God. E.g., some people say that Christ MUST receive them, unconditionally. But in the Bible God NEVER promises unconditional salvation to anyone! God ALWAYS demands REPENTANCE from sin, and faith in Christ Jesus. Acts 17:31. Let them AWAKE and Christ shall give them light.

Others blame poverty, a bad neighborhood, bad parents, poor schools, and racial tension, as the cause for crime. "Poor things, it's not their fault that they murdered someone!" How dare "right-wing Christians to call it sin!"

Unmarried parents are called "Single Parents." Being an unmarried parent is often the result of sex sin. Of course, not every single parent is a sinner.

Professed believers in Christ are sometimes so like the world, that they cannot prove that they are Christians! Some Christians would force the movies to be "nice", so that they can enjoy them. AWAKE! The SINS of the world CANNOT be made safe for believers to enjoy!

There was a time when Christians were sanctified enough that they didn't GO to theaters at all! It was known as a sin to do so. It still is, and for the same reasons.

Let no one err. Sin is still sin. Neither psychiatry, social diversity, political correctness, nor any thing else can make sin acceptable to God.

EVERY person ought to ponder Hebrews 12:14: Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:" AWAKE.

Eph.5:14-16 was not written to sinners. It was written to born again, Spirit filled believers. It still is.

Be warned. Sin and ungodliness will be the rule during the reign of the antichrist. Everyone on earth will worship him or face martyrdom for Christ. Christ's coming is the only way to escape that time.

Will you be a devil worshipper or a martyr for Christ? You need be neither! Awake, as the Text says.

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved. Acts 16:31. Then live for Him daily, forsaking sin and the ways of the world. 2 Cor.6:17; Eph.4:17.

YOU ought to regularly attend a Church where holy living is taught by God's Word. You ought to be a fervent, earnest Christian. AWAKE! DON'T live like the world lives, lest you receive it's reward.

I love you.