‘Last Generation’
If we have obeyed His Royal decrees (the word of Jesus),
then He is truly our King. Here is a short list of commands from our Lord
Jesus.
In Mat 5, we must be salt of the earth, light of the world,
fulfill the laws, do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not swear, do not
resist an evil person, turn your other cheek, give to him who ask, and so on.
Mat 5:44 “But I say to
you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate
you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,”
Mat 5:48 “Therefore
you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”
Mat 19:21 Jesus said
to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the
poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
Have you obeyed His Royal decrees found in Mat 5?
Mat 6:15 “But if you
do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses.”
And also doing
charitable deeds, praying and fasting in secret? Or are you serving mammon by
hoarding up your treasures?
Mat 6:19-21 “Do not
lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where
thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and
steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Mat 6:24 “No one can
serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else
he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and
mammon.”
Mat 6:25 “Therefore I
say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will
drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food
and the body more than clothing?”
Are you fearful of
what you eat and a health food enthusiast? Don’t you realize that after God has
created all the vegetables, fruits, and animals, they are good to be consumed
by us?
Gen 9:1, 3 So God
blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and
fill the earth.... Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have
given you all things, even as the green herbs.”
Mat 7:13-14 “Enter by
the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to
destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and
difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
Do you keep His words or choose whatever you like to keep?
Mat 7:26 “But everyone
who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish
man who built his house on the sand.”
Have you also
obeyed His Royal decrees found in Mat 6-7? And what about the other scriptures,
have you obeyed them?
Mat 10:37-39 “He who
loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son
or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his
cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose
it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.”
Luke 14:33 “So
likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My
disciple.”
Brethren, we need to spend at least an hour every morning
just reading His word so that we will know Him and His decrees. Whenever
possible, humble ourselves by bowing down and worshipping Him in our bedrooms
to present ourselves before Him. In privacy we can pray, sing and praise Him
while driving, walking, doing house work, etc.
