If we believe the Bible as the sure word of God-and I do without any doubts whatsoever-then we know that one day this world will come to an end and that the good Lord will have the last word in as far as our salvation is concerned!
To help us prepare,we will need to go back in time and see what criteria God used during the time of Noah and Sodom & Gomorrah! Then,complete trust in “Thus says the Lord,” faithfulness, and complete trust played a great role!
Since getting to know the Lord, I believe that we have either read the Bible or heard it preached or both and have an idea as to what the Lord is looking for.
Now,assuming that the good Lord asked you to decide your own destiny by honestly doing self evaluation,based on what you know,how will you rate yourself on the following:
1.Faith
2.Trust
3.Honest
4.Stewardship
5.Church attendance
6.Treatment or attitude towards your spouse/parents/children/pastor/neighbor/fellow workers/church members/in-laws…etc
7.Kindness
8.Simplicity
9.kindness to others
10.Spirit of sacrifice for the sake of the less fortunate like orphans
As you study the Bible,you will find out that those that the Lord approved or considered faithful,He did so based on how they responded to Him or how they treated their fellow human beings.
No wonder the apostle Paul appeals to us to “Examine ourselves daily to see if we are in faith.” (2 Corinthians 13:5.)
Indeed I am willing to do just that every single moment!
How about you my friend,
Just a thought!
Pr Birai
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www.themaranathasdachurc.org
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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:53:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Absalom Birai
Subject: Re: Based on what you know!
This is the criteria Jesus uses: Weigh yourself on the scale!
– He tells of a rich man and a poor one, and how the poor man goes to heaven and the rich man doesn’t.
– He tells of others who’ll be surprised they didn’t get into paradise because they didn’t take care of him when he was hungry or in prison. They object that they never saw him that way; he replies that whenever they neglected the hungry or imprisoned or unclothed, they neglected him.
– He says it’s harder for a rich person to enter heaven than a camel to go through the eye of a needle.
– He tells a rich man only one thing is between him and the Kingdom: he needs to sell what he has and give it to the poor.