Amos 5:18
Woe unto you
that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD
is darkness, and not light.
Amos 5:21
I hate, I
despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
There is such a thing as the
unfortunate soul who believes he will go to heaven, believes he is a child of
God believes that he is one of Christ's own, but he is mistaken. He has placed
his hope in false assurances. He believes that things like:
· Baptism
· Church membership
· Communion
or some other good or
religious deed has saving merit. His hope for heaven is based upon the word of
men and not the witness of the Holy Spirit.
God said to the Jews that He
hated and despised their religious celebrations. It was not that the feast day
itself was a terrible thing; God had established many of those feast days
Himself. However, these Jews had perverted the feasts into something despicable
to the Lord.
People many people are in the
same trouble today. Their hopes for heaven are falsely founded. Christ's coming
for his own will be a day of darkness and not of light for them.
· They think they have escaped the lion, but a bear
is about to pounce upon them
· They think they are safe at home but a snake is
about to bite them
· They think they see the light but darkness is
about to overtake them
The Bible says to make our
calling and election sure[1].
It is only secure when it is out of our hands and left completely in the hands
of Christ[2].
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give
diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye
shall never fall:
For the which cause I also suffer
these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed,
and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him
against that day.
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