Ready for Rapture

Chapter 30

SO JUST WHAT IS THE STATE OF YOUR SPIRITUAL CONDITION?

Dear Followers of CHRIST:

One of the saddest moments for mankind is the part in the Bible where it says in Genesis 3:24: So HE drove out the man... GOD had to send Adam and Eve away from HIS presence—a very sad time for human kind. Man departed from the Divine and had to settle for moving away toward outer darkness away from the GIVER of life.

Genesis 3:22-24 (KJV): 22 And the LORD GOD said, Behold, the man is become as one of US, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever: 23 Therefore the LORD GOD sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So HE drove out the man; and HE placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Then in Genesis 4:16, we see again after reading that Cain has killed his brother Abel, the Bible says: "And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD."

Genesis 4:16 (KJV): And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

How much sadder could this be that men had to leave the presence of GOD and we have been away from HIM ever since caught up in a world filled with sin and under a curse. Very few find their way back to GOD wholeheartedly and most pursue the things of the world.

Some have made it back to GOD—Abraham believed GOD, the Bible says and GOD counted it as righteousness for his belief in GOD.

Romans 4:3 (KJV): For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed GOD, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

Noah, it says in Genesis 6:8, found grace in the eyes of the LORD. Genesis 6:8 (KJV): But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

The Bible says that as soon as Daniel set his heart toward GOD to understand HIM then GOD listened to the words of Daniel for GOD.

Daniel 10:12 (KJV): Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy GOD, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

So just what is the state of your spiritual condition? Are you like Cain moving away from GOD's presence into the land of Nod OR are you trying to be like Abraham, Noah, and Daniel pursuing GOD and HIS Heart? When you move away from CHRIST toward pursuit of the world you are moving away from the Life GIVER, the ONE WHO created it all. Ultimately—most of mankind separates itself from GOD eternally when they choose against HIM. If you aren't striving daily to seek after GOD because you are more interested in the world and what you think it offers, you may find yourself in a condition that you can't recover from by grieving the HOLY SPIRIT.

Don't leave anything to chance when it comes to where you spend eternity...