God said "as in the days of Noah" describing how it will be in the end times. Our days are just like Noah's day. Which is why we are so close to the end.
Matthew 24:37-39 "37 For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.
38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
39 and they did not [b]understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be."
The rapture is coming, and the world will not notice anything different from what they have always experienced. They will think everything is normal and even good when it is ruinous, riotous living, and disrespectful ways. But most will not realize it is riotous or disrespectful; they will think this is normal.
Many people are experiencing devastating family breakups, children out of control without honor and respect toward parents, but they think this is normal, and are unconcerned about the devastation. In other words, most people are in denial, justifying away sin, endorsing, and rationalizing what is evil.
Most people are embarrassed and even angered at those who bring the gospel of repentance because they want to believe they are personally good people. In their hearts, they cannot face what they know about their own hearts. They are lying to themselves and will lash out at anyone who tells them they are not good and in need of the Savior.
Notice that God only saved one family when He sent the flood. And, He will save only one family again during the rapture, that is the family of Christ.
The only way to be in this family of Christ is to trust in Jesus Christ and desire for Him to change you into a new creation. Anyone who is trusting in their own goodness to be saved will go to hell. Mankind has no goodness that would be acceptable to God, only His Son's Sacrifice applied to us saves us.
Friday, March 13, 2026
Christ Saved Us, Changes Us, Keeps Us and Takes Us Home at the Right Time
All born-again believers endure to the end; those who don't were never saved in the first place, and they came in trusting in themselves.
Jesus Christ paid for our sins with every last drop of His blood; there is no way any human could do enough good to keep their salvation. God is interested in a transformed heart that He transforms, not the feeble attempts of people to earn their salvation.
Hebrews 12:4-11
A Father’s Discipline
4 You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin;
5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
“My son, do not regard the discipline of the Lord lightly,
Nor faint when you are punished by Him;
6 For whom the Lord loves He disciplines,
And He punishes every son whom He accepts.”
7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.
9 Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.
11 For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness."
If God threw us away over sin then He would have told us how many sins lose us our salvation, how big the sin must be and the particular sins. He did not do that because when Christ changed us into a new creation when we trusted in Him, He transformed our spiritual character not our flesh.
When we die our Spirit goes to Him but our body is left behind because it is corrupted and no corruption can go in the presence of God. We are trapped in this body and must battle against the flesh.
Galatians 5:16-18 "16So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law."
Stop attempting to judge every person as saved or unsaved, if they say they are Christians than discipline them when they fail but do not judge them as unsaved, because you cannot know for sure.
Matthew 13:24-30 "The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares
24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;
25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.
26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.
27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’
28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’
29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”
The roots of the tares are entangled with the wheat in the church, we could damage the wheat if we pull up the tares before the right time.
Anyone who is trusting in themselves, hoping they do enough good works, is not trusting in Christ and may not be born again.
Christ changes us when we trust in Him, we do not change ourselves. He transforms us into something opposite of what we were. We do not think the same way or like the same things, Our spirit is replaced with His Spirit.
Too many modern "Christians" are attempting to save themselves by following man's rules that God never gave, causing arrogance, proud of what they think they have done, without giving any of the glory to Christ.
When Christ does something in us He gets the glory.
Jesus Christ paid for our sins with every last drop of His blood; there is no way any human could do enough good to keep their salvation. God is interested in a transformed heart that He transforms, not the feeble attempts of people to earn their salvation.
Hebrews 12:4-11
A Father’s Discipline
4 You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin;
5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
“My son, do not regard the discipline of the Lord lightly,
Nor faint when you are punished by Him;
6 For whom the Lord loves He disciplines,
And He punishes every son whom He accepts.”
7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.
9 Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.
11 For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness."
If God threw us away over sin then He would have told us how many sins lose us our salvation, how big the sin must be and the particular sins. He did not do that because when Christ changed us into a new creation when we trusted in Him, He transformed our spiritual character not our flesh.
When we die our Spirit goes to Him but our body is left behind because it is corrupted and no corruption can go in the presence of God. We are trapped in this body and must battle against the flesh.
Galatians 5:16-18 "16So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law."
Stop attempting to judge every person as saved or unsaved, if they say they are Christians than discipline them when they fail but do not judge them as unsaved, because you cannot know for sure.
Matthew 13:24-30 "The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares
24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;
25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.
26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.
27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’
28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’
29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”
The roots of the tares are entangled with the wheat in the church, we could damage the wheat if we pull up the tares before the right time.
Anyone who is trusting in themselves, hoping they do enough good works, is not trusting in Christ and may not be born again.
Christ changes us when we trust in Him, we do not change ourselves. He transforms us into something opposite of what we were. We do not think the same way or like the same things, Our spirit is replaced with His Spirit.
Too many modern "Christians" are attempting to save themselves by following man's rules that God never gave, causing arrogance, proud of what they think they have done, without giving any of the glory to Christ.
When Christ does something in us He gets the glory.
Edifying One Another in the Word
1 Thessalonians 5:11 "11Therefore encourage (edify) and build one another up, just as you are already doing." Edification is not praise or flattery; edification is using God's Word to bring truth to every discussion so that we can all honor Him in our lives.
Hebrews 3:13 "But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."
Ephesians 4:29 "Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen."
Romans 14:19 "So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification."
Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God."
Hebrews 10:24-25 "And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. / Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
1 Corinthians 14:26 "What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church."
We are called to help one another grow in holiness and love. Love is the first fruit of the Fruit of the Spirit. Everything is to be done in love with compassion toward one another.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 "4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant.
5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered,
6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
The opposite of love is:
Proverbs 16:28: "A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends".
2 Corinthians 12:20 "20 For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish, and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, selfishness, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances."
In order to walk as Christ walked and bless our siblings in Christ we must have love first and then all the other traits of Christ will follow.
Hebrews 3:13 "But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."
Ephesians 4:29 "Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen."
Romans 14:19 "So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification."
Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God."
Hebrews 10:24-25 "And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. / Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
1 Corinthians 14:26 "What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church."
We are called to help one another grow in holiness and love. Love is the first fruit of the Fruit of the Spirit. Everything is to be done in love with compassion toward one another.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 "4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant.
5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered,
6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
The opposite of love is:
Proverbs 16:28: "A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends".
2 Corinthians 12:20 "20 For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish, and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, selfishness, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances."
In order to walk as Christ walked and bless our siblings in Christ we must have love first and then all the other traits of Christ will follow.
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