Remaining Faithful - Exhortation In These Last Days

2021.07.11 Remaining Faithful – EXHORTATION IN THE LAST DAYS

William Akehurst, HSWC

Key Passage: Hebrews 10:23-25. “Exhorting one another as we see the Day approaching.”

BE FAITHFUL TO GOD’S WORD.

Proverbs 3:1-4 (KJV)

1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

GET THESE WORDS, GOD’S WORD, IN YOUR HEART

Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 17-18 (KJV)

4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Each morning as they rise up for a time of meditation on GOD’s WORD, Orthodox Jewish men apply the phylacteries, the Tefillin, the straps and little boxes with scripture contained with in them, to their forehead and arm. The boxes are specifically on the forehead and upper arm near the heart. This reminds us that GOD’s Word is to be tied to our mind (our thoughts) and our heart (our actions). To keep the focus of our day, with GOD’s WORD guiding our every action, thought and decision.

KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, TESTIMONIES AND STATUTES

DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD IN GOD’S SIGHT.

17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,

EXHORTATION TO HOLD FAST – STAND FIRM – UNWAVERING; THE DAY IS APPROACHING!

Hebrews 10:23-25 (KJV)

23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

BE STRONG IN GOD’S POWER AND MIGHT

Ephesians 6:10 (KJV) 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

THESE ARE THE LATTER TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE DEPARTING FROM THE FAITH

1 Timothy 4:1a (KJV) 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith…

IMPORTANT!

Let us be reminded and understand something VERY IMPORTANT and VERY REAL. We have one life to live on this earth, and then there is eternity. In Eternity, there is HEAVEN and THERE IS HELL.

Heaven is to be in the Glory and Joy of GOD’s Presence. Hell is to be in Eternal Torment and Separation from GOD. We must overcome the temptations and tribulations of this world to receive GOD's Gift of Everlasting Life with HIM, and we overcome by our faith, believing in the finished work of CHRIST JESUS. There is NO Other Way. There is NO Thing that we can do of our own ability except to TURN our Hearts and Minds to the understanding that it is GOD’s GRACE and MERCY that provide THE WAY to Everlasting LIFE. And IT IS JESUS who has made this possible by the Work of the Cross. Paying the way for us to receive Eternal Life in GOD’s Presence. Therefore, we must overcome. We must stay strong, We must ‘Run the Race to the Finish’ and REMAIN FAITHFUL. Not turning aside, Not falling away, Not departing from the faith. For by FAITH, we have the Victory, and by FAITH we have overcome the things of this World. WE have overcome because of CHRIST JESUS.

John 16:33 (KJV)

33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

1 John 5:4 (KJV)

4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.