Daily Devotional, Year 3 – May 21 (All Comfy-Cozy In Hell, Part 5: “Finding A Comfy-Cozy Congregation?”)

By admin On February 14th, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – May 21

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All Comfy-Cozy In Hell,

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Part 5: 

“Finding A Comfy-Cozy Congregation?”

To read Part 1, click here…” March 27th (All Comfy-Cozy in Hell!)”

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In the early days of the Church, the Lord established the local congregations as a safe-haven for believers to congregate together, to worship, to fellowship together in the name of Jesus. 

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Mostly, these congregations met together in some Believer’s home.

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There were no church buildings or at best just a few, because they would have been quickly destroyed by the Antichrist forces of that day.

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Family Bible Reading – Sabbath Eve – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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WORLD & CHURCH AT PEACE 

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But today, it seems that the world and the Church has made peace together.

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And so, the Christian community was now able to build designated church buildings, which were mostly free from anti-Christian tyranny.

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ABOVE PICTURE: Satan, The False Prophet who offers a world-loving gospel – www.signsofheaven.org

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“WHEN THEY SHALL SAY, ‘PEACE & SAFETY…THEN SHALL COME SUDDEN DESTRUCTION”

1st Thessalonians 5:3

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And because of this so-called “peace-treaty” between the world and the Church, many or perhaps most of the parishioners likewise lived in peace and safety in this Antichrist world.

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We lived at peace. We held jobs. We raised nice families.

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And we engaged in recreation each weekend, and all went to church on Sabbath morning.

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Church Attendance – www.thebiblerevival.com – Public Domain

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SOCIAL EVENTS GALORE

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And let’s be honest. Churches make really great social/fraternal organizations.

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They are a great place to get together for potlucks. They sometimes go on outings together.

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They often have bingo nights, many have parties, bazaars, dances, car-washes and various other social events.

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They have wedding ceremonies and baby showers.

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They often have sports teams.

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Some of them offer “Christian” schooling.

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Some have “movie night” in which all come together to watch some Hollywood movie.

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A few of the mega-churches even have their own built-in shopping centers and coffee shops!

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And several churches even offer “Happy Hour” in which they open up a bar, serving libations.

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Church music – Singers & Dancers – cropped photo – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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 “FOR THE TIME WILL COME…”

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But listen to this prophecy concerning these end-times…

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;

but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,

having itching ears;”

2nd Timothy 4;3, 4

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This above verse paints a bleak picture of the total apostasy of the church-world in these last moments of time!

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ABOVE PHOTO: church evangelist – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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“STRAIT IS THE GATE…AND FEW…FIND IT”

Matthew 7:14

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Yes, church-life, to a great extent, has become a fraternal/social organization, merely overlaid with a veneer of religiosity.

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And there are many parishioners who are very content to have it this way!

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Because let’s face it! There are many worldly-minded parishioners who want little more than to have a weekly fraternal organization to meet the social/religious needs of themselves and their families!

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And they can also “get blessed” too, with a benign, non-judgmental prosperity-driven gospel, combined with jokes and singing.

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Seems pretty nice!

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Rock Music Christian CHURCH – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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MORALITY-BASED RELIGION

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There is a very prevalent gospel in today’s world which is morality-based.

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christianandapollyon.jpgBut such a moralistic religiosity falls, far short of true Christianity…

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…true Christianity in which God does a daily purifying work in the genuine Believer’s heart, thus changing him or her into the self-sacrificing likeness of Christ…

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…battling daily against the invisible forces of darkness…

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…which requires such faithful Believers joyfully and faithfully living by the “exceeding great and precious promises” found throughout Scripture! 2nd Peter 1:4

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Young business people – Cropped Photo – Wikimedia – the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Christian and Apollyon – Pilgrim’s Progress – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

 

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A LUKEWARM CHURCH TODAY

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Unfortunately, while this situation seems to satisfy the social and religious needs of most of today’s churchgoers, it does NOT satisfy the needs of a sin-hating, worldliness-hating God!

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Listen to God’s assessment of today’s Church…

“I know thy works…(because thou art lukewarm)

I will spew thee out of My mouth.

Because thou sayest, I am rich,

and increased with goods,

and have need of nothing;

and knowest not that thou art wretched,

and miserable,

and poor,

and blind,

and naked:”

Revelation 3:15-17

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Here is seen that God hates a lukewarm, world-loving, self-satisfied church-society.

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And such a lukewarm condition is nauseating to a God who refers to Himself as, “a consuming fire”. (Hebrews 12:29)

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ABOVE STAR-CHART – Sign of the Son of Man – www.theheavensdeclare.net – Not for commercial uses

 

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HATING THIS PRESENT, SELFISH WORLD!http://theheavensdeclare.net/flood-waters-of-satan/

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Listen…“whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be My disciple.” Luke 14:33

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This and many other similar Bible passages reveal that God wants nothing to do with those who attempt to have Jesus in one hand, and the world in the other!

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He accepts no divided service.

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ABOVE PICTURE: Satan, The False Prophet who offers a world-loving gospel 

 

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genesis19-17.jpg“FLAME-OF-FIRE” CHRISTIANS

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No, but rather, God’s “Born-Again On-Fire Believers” will be casting the world behind them to the moles and to the bats“…

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…as they run the race toward becoming Christ-like in every respect…

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…allowing God to send them through the purifying fires of trials and tribulation, so that they may come forth as gold“! (Isaiah 2:20 & Job 23:10)

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Picture – Lot Escapes Sodom – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to fully understand just where we are! Let me not be carried away in a Devilish dream, and begin to seek after the things of this world. But fix my eyes Heaven-ward, as I continue up the pathway to Heaven…

The Christian Martyrs Last Prayer – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Vanity Fair” & The False Prophet…

…or you can also read this shorter article…January 31st (You Can’t Fix Hell!)…

…or you can also read this shorter article…“January 2 (The Gospel According to Pollyanna, Part 1)”

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

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THE ‘FIVE FOOLISH VIRGINS’ STARS

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A new constellation has been revealed, as of about May 29th, 2014. This constellation appears as a serpent (snake).

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Its body is comprised of stars from the Bootes Constellation, and its jaws are made of the four stars which Babylonians saw as the head of Draco, the Dragon.

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It also has a small single star for an eye.

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Five Wise, Five Foolish Virgins Stars

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Now in this constellation is a group of five stars, which will be called “The ‘Five Foolish Virgins’ Stars”

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These are located on the opposite side of the Glorious Crown of 12 Stars (AKA Corona Borealis), from the ‘Five Wise Virgins’ Stars.

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But one big difference between the two is, that The Five Wise are curved around the Glorious Crown, while the Five Foolish are curved away from it!

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ABOVE STAR-CHART (with constellation drawn in by this website)- Serpent with Wise Virgins not Attached – seen late summer into fall only – Serpent Constellation – comprised of the head of Draco, plus stars from the Bootes Constellation – www.signsofheaven.org – not for profit use

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… The ‘Five Foolish Virgins’ Stars

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Starry_Night_at_La_Silla.jpgTOMORROW…

May 22 (How Do I See These Signs of Heaven? Part 3: “A Matter of Desire, Or Desire-Not!”)

Starry Night at La Silla – Wikimedia – Share-Alike license

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90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM or BIBLE STUDY

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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THIS BIBLE STUDY or 90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM, A QUESTION/ANSWER CALL-IN, TALK SHOW.

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN…(71) The Open Forum Harold Camping July 4, 2002 – YouTube

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