Are you ready to stand before God? The Bible speaks of people standing before Jesus Christ who will judge them. Will He be your judge or your Saviour?
Romans 14:10 . . . for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Many people think that they will wait to get right with God – maybe once things start happening they’ll get right with God.
After what we call ‘The rapture’ when God will remove handfuls of truly “born again” people [those who have put their trust in the Lord Jesus and His atoning death at Calvary] the Bible says God will send strong delusion.
Rapture: For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thes 4:16-17)
Strong delusion: And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: (2 Thessalonians 2:11)
Many people have been fooled into thinking that after the rapture everything will work out alright and they’ll get another chance – just like in the ‘Left Behind’ series of books and movies.
Don’t be conned. The context of God sending strong delusion is described in
2 Thessalonians 2:10 and 12 – the verses either side of the one quoted above.
Note what they both say:
. . . they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. (10)
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (12)
They both give the clear message that these people had already had a chance to accept God’s gift of salvation but had rejected it.
Now when God sends the strong delusion they still have no desire to be saved.
It’s serious stuff.
The Scriptures teach: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. (2 Cor 6:2)
God wants everyone to accept His offer of salvation and enjoy eternity with Him. The Lord is … longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)
God‘s plan is to save people. This earth is just a launching pad for eternity.
How will you get on when you stand before God?
Hebrews 9: 27 says: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. . .
and 2 Corinthians 5:10 says: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ . . .
The Bible makes it clear that only those who have come to God through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ will be accepted by Him.
In John 14:6 Jesus said to His own disciples, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
You can be saved today – right now.
Follow the ABC of the gospel and be assured that you are saved for eternity:
Admit to God that you are a sinner and need to be saved.
Believe that Jesus Christ died for your sins, was buried and rose again.
Call upon the name of the Lord; ask Him to save you.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. . . 13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:9, 10, 13)