How much greater and more lasting would be the effects of the periodic refreshings of the Spirit, the revivals that occur from time to time, if our doctrine were in accordance with the New Testament!

I think God is calling out a remnant today. From what I have heard and seen the majority of believers will continue playing the fleshly games of religion. But there will emerge from the churches a remnant of saints who are hearing the voice of the Spirit. They are preparing themselves, and others as they have opportunity, for the tumultuous days ahead. While the fleshly believers are jumping up and down next to their pews in an effort to attain the unscriptural "rapture," the godly remnant are preparing for the age of moral horrors we are entering by drawing close to the Lord Jesus.

All I am saying in this brief essay is that Christians should live as the New Testament commands. If we do fabulous rewards will be presented to us at the return of the Lord. If we do not get serious and seek the Lord, praying for wisdom and strength to obey the Gospels and the Epistles, we will be resurrected to a terrifying experience at the hands of an angry Christ. Grace will not intervene in that Day. Please do not wait to find out if I am correct.

We Evangelicals are holding a wrong goal and are hoping to arrive at our goal by unscriptural means. We are hoping to escape Hell and enter Paradise in the spirit realm by making a profession of belief in the Lord Jesus Christ.

The scriptural goal is deliverance from Satan, change into the image of Christ, and untroubled rest in the center of God's will. The way we arrive at the goal is by following the Holy Spirit until we are able to keep the commandments of Christ and His Apostles. If we do this Christ will be formed in us, and then the Father and the Son will take up Their eternal abode in that which has been formed in us.

It would do the Kingdom of God no good if all the churches in their present state were carried up to Heaven and brought into the Presence of God. It would solve nothing as far as the Kingdom is concerned.

God is looking for mature saints who are able to ride behind Jesus Christ in the cavalry charge of Armageddon. These will establish the Kingdom of God on the earth, which is the goal of our redemption.

Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as in Heaven.

This is what we pray. It shall come to pass, but not while baby believers are reclining at their ease in their mansions in Heaven.

God is looking for warriors, for those who are willing to submit to His rigorous discipline. The warriors that follow Christ are called, chosen, and faithful. The army will not be made up of those who are standing in grace, or living in a state of grace, or who are going to Heaven by the merits of Jesus Christ. All the soldiers of the army are victorious saints. Through Christ they are conquering today and through Christ they will conquer in the Day of the Lord.

To be continued.