Have we earnestly desired the best gifts of the Spirit that we might build up the Body of Christ until it attains the stature of the fullness of Christ?

Have we forgiven our enemies?

Have we strengthened the weak?

Have we followed the Spirit of God as He has guided us in putting to death the actions of our sinful nature?

Have we endeavored to maintain peace and love in our local assembly, gathering together on a regular basis with fervent believers?

Have we come boldly to the Throne of Grace for help when we understood we were not obeying the commandments of Christ and His Apostles?

Have we given of our substance to those in need as the Lord directed?

Have we sought Christ each day that we might know His will and do it?

The above behaviors constitute the normal Christian life. If we love Jesus Christ we will keep His commandments and those He has given through His Apostles.

But we can be assured of one thing—if we do not do these things, if we trust in the lawless-grace-rapture teaching of today, if we occupy ourselves with the business of today's American culture and neglect to pray each day, neglect to meditate in the Scriptures each day, neglect to assemble with fervent believers on a regular basis, we will not be kept by the Lord in the coming days of judgment on the United States of America.

We shall suffer and our family shall suffer because we have not been faithful to the Lord. We have not kept the word of His patience and so He is not obligated to keep us from the hour of temptation.

These is no greater joy in life than to turn from the spirit of the world and serve the Lord with a perfect heart. It certainly is a life of discipline, but to not serve the Lord is to suffer as a sinner. The way of the transgressor is hard, the Bible says, and so it is. Drugs and alcohol are the problem they are because the life of the sinner is hard and he is trying to survive.

Serving Christ with a perfect heart brings the best life has to offer now, and blessing and glory in the life to come.

Neglecting to serve Christ now with a perfect heart results in a life filled with pain and remorse, followed by corruption and destruction in the life to come. This is what the Bible teaches and it cannot be changed in any manner.

We shall receive the good we have done. We shall receive the bad we have done. Let him who is teaching "another gospel" now turn to the Lord. Otherwise he may find himself standing before Christ one day, surrounded with his followers, and be required to answer why he led people into destructive error. This indeed would be a dreadful future for us.

Let us return to the Bible and begin to believe and expound the Scriptures, not repeating the vain, ear-tickling traditions that have accumulated during the twentieth century. (from The Beema of Christ)