DISCIPLE

  World Cup???? A modern idol?  Why would anyone who follows the Lord Jesus Christ want a " world cup"?  Scripture clearly warns us about the world, what it is and what it offers!   1 John 2.15-17  15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.  Demas loved the world and turned away from serving the Lord with the apostle Paul (2 Tim. 4.10). Many other potential disciples have been lost to the world, enchanted by it, taken up with it, seeking  happiness and fulfilment in it. Are you one? God says that t he whole world lies in wickedness (1 Jn. 5.19). Not a pretty picture. Do you agree? The world is a vain, dec...

    Doors Closing… Anyone using elevators will on various occasions have heard the announcements “Doors Opening” – – “Doors Closing”. The second announcement generally indicates that you can no longer change your mind and you are heading to your chosen destination. You may then hear another announcement: “Lift going up” or “Lift going down”. It reminds me that the great gospel door of opportunity, which has been wide open for almost twenty centuries, is about to close; it will, in an instant, at the coming again of the Lord Jesus. Those who have been privileged to hear the gospel but have never responded to the gracious invitation of the Saviour will discover that their opportunity to trust Him has been suddenly and unexpectedly withdrawn forever. How dreadful that day will be, when the possibility of being saved eternally will be gone, never to be presented again! Consider seriously these solemn words: “Strive to enter in at the strait [narrow] gate: for many, ...