verse of the day

Sunday 11 January 2015

There is a storm coming [ Romans 1 v16-18]

As I sat in my living room, I heard the wind howling outside,and the thought came to me,there is a storm coming.In the OT we have mentioned
the day of the Lord,for Israel it meant the great overthrow of their enemies,
a day which would issue in tremendous blessing.But they were to discover
that it meant more than that,consider the words of the prophet Amos,Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord[5 v18 ].Whereas Israel saw the day of the Lord as a judgement on their enemies,but what they did not realise that they had become the enemy.Not only did they not realise it,but they refused to accept it even though  God continually spoke to them through His
servants. Jesus said to the Jews,ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.[Matthew 23 v31].Stephen a devout Jew who had come to know Christ,paid the price for challenging the Jewish leaders, when he declared,/Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?/,Stephen followed in the footsteps of those prophets by being stoned to death.
   There is a storm coming ,the day of the Lord,a day of judgement,a day in which all who have by their actions and rejection of Gods son, declared
themselves to be the enemies of God.
     God at this time is offering mercy to all who repent,and seek forgiveness
but if that mercy is rejected,then mercy will be forfeited.
                                          A  prayer.
 Dear God open the eyes of those who know not your son Jesus ,that there is a  storm coming,Amen.

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