The End Times and The Final Judgment were important topics during Jesus’ Ministry and after, during the Apostles’ ministries. Jesus, in fact, continuously warned the people of His time and ours about the dangers of sin and how it would separate us from God for all Eternity.
Jesus even went as far as to say that He would not only deny us before His Father if we deny Him before men but that He wouldn’t even know us if we chose to live in sin. But what does that mean that He never knew us? What about those who walked away from the Faith? Does that mean they were never truly saved? Join ArieRashelle as she searches The Scriptures to answer these questions in our latest video, I Never Knew You.
Matthew 7:21-23 2 Corinthians 5:16-17 2 Peter 2:20-22 Jeremiah 1:5
More “I Never Knew You” Verses
32 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 10:32-33
10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 11 The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with Him; 12 if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He also will deny us;
2 Timothy 2:10-12
24 Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then He will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’ 26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 But He will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’
Luke 13:24-27
10 And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with Him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. 11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ 12 But He answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ 13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
“18 give thanks in all
circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” ~
1 Thessalonians 5:18
A verse that can easily be taken out of context and misunderstood. Bad things will happen. That’s life. But bad things happening, isn’t the will of God. “11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 is just one example that God only wants what’s good for you. Then why do bad things happen? Because we live in a world run by sin. God gave us this Earth as our home, but we gave the deed over to the enemy when Adam and Eve ate of the Forbidden Fruit. The Earth is no longer good. The world has corrupted it, so bad things will happen. But God’s will is that no matter what happens, you give thanks.
153,424 people die every day. As someone who recently lost a very close loved one, it would be a lot easier to be mad at God, myself, the world. It would be easier to become bitter and angry, but that’s not God’s will. Give thanks in all circumstances, not because they’re gone, but because of the time you had with them. The impact they made on your life. The love they showed you. The things they taught you. And the legacy they left behind. Be thankful even when it’s difficult.
When you are poor, but at least you have a roof
over your head. When you are falsely accused, but still breathing. When you’ve
lost everything, but still have your life. Give thanks. But don’t become
complacent. Always strive for better, but remember to be thankful for what you
have now so that when you have more, you can be thankful for that too.
“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.” ~ Luke 6:46 – 49
Contrary to popular belief, Jesus didn’t just preach grace. Jesus taught grace, but just like everything, grace has a limit as well. Many called Him LORD and said they followed Him, and you know what Jesus did? Jesus looked at them and explained what would happen to them. He explained when you have grace and how to have grace. We love to paint Jesus as a free loving; everything goes, hippy. But He’s not. He wasn’t. And He will never be.
When people called Him LORD, He didn’t just say thank and then let them go back to sinning. He told them they needed to make a stand if they wanted to follow Him. Jesus even took it a step further by explaining who that person is like and what would happen to them. He explained that even though you call me LORD, that doesn’t mean when the storm comes, I’ll be there. Now that sounds harsh, but let’s put this into perspective, shall we?
When we meet a celebrity and tell them we’re their biggest fan, know everything about them, would follow them anywhere, and bow down to them, they don’t suddenly go “oh my gosh yes! Need anything, hit me up! I got you!” No, you need to have a relationship with them if you want their help. So if you have to be friends with a celebrity to be able to call them and they come to get you, and Jesus is higher than any celebrity, why do you think Jesus doesn’t have the same or higher standards?
Jesus doesn’t just rescue everyone from the storm. It would nice to think like that, but it’s just not true. Jesus doesn’t move unless you call Him. But in order to call Him, you have to know His number. Get to know Him. Spend time with Him daily. Follow His commands. Build your foundation on the rock, so that when the rains and floods come, He’ll be there with you and your house won’t be destroyed.
How is Jesus there with you? He’s the rock you built your house on. Jesus is the one holding your house, your life, your mind, your soul, your person from being destroyed. He holds His people. But the only way you become one of His people is by crucifying your flesh every day, carrying your cross, and following Him. It isn’t easy, it isn’t clean, it isn’t fun, but it’s worth it in the end.
Once a year, the High Priest would enter into the Holy of Holies and present an offering on the Mercy Seat before the LORD. When Jesus died for our sins on the cross 2,000 years ago, He fulfilled the final and perfect sacrifice. But what exactly does the Day of Atonement have to do with us today? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he connects the past to the present in our latest message, The Day of Atonement.
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 27 “Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the Lord. 28 And you shall not do any work on that very day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God. 29 For whoever is not afflicted on that very day shall be cut off from his people. 30 And whoever does any work on that very day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31 You shall not do any work. It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. 32 It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath.”
“10 And the LORD said, ‘You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?’” ~ Jonah 4:10-11
Jonah was a prophet sent by the LORD to warn the great city of Nineveh that their time to repent was here, for judgment would come in 40 days. But Jonah ran from his call because he wanted to see God’s judgment and fierce wrath upon the wicked. We have each been called by God, just as Jonah was, and just as Jonah ran from his call, so do some of us. Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he explains our greatest call in life in our latest message, “God’s Concern For The Lost.”
Jonah 4:10-11 Nahum 3:1-4 Jonah 2:1 Jonah 2:10 Jonah 3:4-5 Jonah 4:11 Matthew 9:13 Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6 Mark 16:15-18 Jonah 4:2-4
The world seems to be falling straight into the trap prophesied by Paul 2,000 years ago. Even though the world seems to be hopeless, he still implores us to continue to not grow weary of doing good. But why? Join ArieRashelle as she explains why we must continue to do good, even though everything seems hopeless, in our latest video, I Will Give You Rest, But When?
Galatians 6:7-10 2 Thessalonians 3:13 Matthew 11:28-30 Hebrews 12:1-3 Matthew 11:29-30 John 16:33 2 Corinthians 4:8-18 Revelation 21:3-4
Jesus promised that He would give us rest. He gave us this promise over 2,000 years ago, yet we’re still running a race, according to Paul. So when will we have this rest? Paul even goes on to write to Timothy that difficult times are up ahead.
8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Galatians 6:8-10
1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
Don’t grow weary of doing good, for every good seed you are planting today will bear fruit tomorrow.
More Verses on When God Will Give Us Rest
Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. 2 For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. 3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as He has said,
“As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’”
although His works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 4:1-3
45 Then He came to the disciples and said to them, “Sleep and take your rest later on. See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.”
Matthew 26:45
Now is not the time for rest. Now is the time for spiritual warfare. Yes, Jesus is on His throne. Yes, Jesus has overcome the world, but we still have work to do. We still have to fight our loved ones. We still have to fight for the lost. Look at what Jesus says,
“4 We must work the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
John 9:4-5
Jesus lives in and through every Christ-Following Christian. As long as there are Christians on this earth, there is light. As long as there is light, there is day. Therefore, we must work while we can. Jesus is coming back soon, and when He does, there will no longer be time for anyone to work. When Jesus comes back, He is taking His bride with Him into their Eternal Rest. Will you be one of them?
Faith without works is useless. But what does that mean? It is by faith that you are saved, so why do we need works? Doesn’t that defeat the point of being saved by faith? Join Rev. Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the meaning of James’ statement, So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead in our latest message, What Is Faith? Pt. 3: Faith In Action.
Luke 10:36-37 James 1:22-24 James 2:14-26 James 5:13-18 Hebrews 9:14
What Is Faith?
Faith In Action
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
James 1:5-8
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
James 1:22-24
14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth? (Luke 18:8) When Jesus comes back, will He find the type of faith He is looking for? More importantly, do we know what type of faith Jesus is referring to? The Church has become dormant, we no longer see miracles or healings. Why is that? Do we lack the faith Jesus is referring to? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he goes into great detail about the faith Jesus is looking for in the second part, A Faith Worth Finding, of our three-part series, What Is Faith?
Luke 18:8 Matthew 24:3 Matthew 24:10a Matthew 24:12-13 2 Timothy 1:12a
What Is Faith?
A Faith Worth Finding
16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. 18 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because He has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
John 3:16-18
22 For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. 25 Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
It’s been said that the Church no longer has any power. Yet others say that the same power that rose Jesus from the grave lives in us. If that’s true, where does that power come from? Is there power in the Holy Spirit? Do we still have that authority today in the name of Jesus? Or was the power of the Church for another time? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the Truth in his fiery message, The Authority of The Name of Jesus.
Matthew 28:16–20 Matthew 11:27 John 3:35 John 3:35 1 Corinthians 15:27 Acts 3:6 Hebrews 1:2 1 Corinthians 15:26–27 Romans 8:16–17 Daniel 7:13–18 Mark 9:23b Matthew 12:28 Luke 10:19 Ephesians 1:13–14 Mark 16:17–18 Matthew 28:19-20 Romans 10:12-13
The Authority of The Name of Jesus
Authority in Jesus
18 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.
Matthew 18:18-20
17 The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” 18 And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
Luke 10:17-20
The Power of the Holy Spirit
4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
1 Corinthians 12:4-7
20 For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.
There is by no other name that we can be saved. Only Jesus’ name can save us from our sin, yet we have demeaned His name. We’ve lowered Him below prophets when He is the Son of The Living God. Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he wraps up this two-part series, What’s In A Name Anyway?, showing us the importance and reverence of the Name of Jesus.
“11 This Jesusis the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among menby which we must be saved.” ~ Acts 14:11-12
Genesis 35:18 Genesis 13:4 Matthew 1:20-25 John 1:1-5 Acts 2:17 Acts 2:21 Acts 4:17-18 Acts 5:28 Acts 5:11 Acts 4:7 Acts 3:6 Acts 4:30 Hebrews 11:35a Acts 4:12 Mark 16:17-18 Philippians 2:9-11 Acts 2:38 Luke 10:17-20 John 2:23-25 Matthew 10:22
Importance of Names in the Bible
The Name of Jesus
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6
5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:5-11
Names have weight. They are important. Jesus has a name so powerful, that He alone knows it.
12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems, and He has a name written that no one knows but Himself.
Revelation 19:12
24 And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. 30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.”
Genesis 32:24-30
Name Changes in the Bible
Abram and Sarai
4 Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.
Genesis 17:4-6
15 And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. 16 I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”
Genesis 17:15-16
Jacob
24 And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. 30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.” 31 The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.
Genesis 32:24-30
Joseph of Cyprus
36 Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus, 37 sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
Acts 4:36-37
Simon, James, and John
16 He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter); 17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder);
