The great distraction or the Great Commission.

Is it possible that some teaching may be distracting us from the Great Commission?

Matthew 24:36 (also Mark 13:32)
But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

So why do we go on year after year focus on the timing of something that no one can possibly know? Some Christians are more prone to share their beliefs on the intricacies of these future events rather than share the Great Commission itself. In some circles it has become a great distraction.

After the Lord's resurrection He met with His disciples.

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Acts 1:6-7
6. Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

7. He said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

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All verses in red are spoken by our Saviour Jesus and not by any of His disciples. We are getting the information straight from the Lord's mouth. His powerful words teaches us that no one knows when God will restore Israel's kingdom. So why do many obsess themselves with attempting to unravel the Father's time table? It's pointless in focusing on such things especially when we risk missing out on the following verse to Act:1:7;

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Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

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Our marching orders does not include to be obsessive with endtimes teachings but to spread the Loving Gospel. It should be noted that Jesus delineates or separates the 'mission to witness to the world' from the need to know the timing of God's restoration plans. In facts Jesus refocuses the disciples attention away from their question and onto witnessing to everyone.

Let us not be distracted by worldly things. Share the Loving Gospel of Christ to the world! Your lamp needs to be brightly burning now. Your attention needs to be on God's Great Commission.

 

[Maximum Endurance]

Lord Jesus let your will be done in heaven and on earth. Wake up your children to spread your name with joy worldwide. People are dying to hear your good news.

 

[Brother in Christ (JC)]

Lord Jesus let your will be done in heaven and on earth. Wake up your children to spread your name with joy worldwide. People are dying to hear your good news.

Yes my friend. Thank you for sharing.
❤❤❤

 

[Stephany]

The world, the flesh and the devil want us all busy doing the things that will not last forever. LIke a having a Rolls Royce, a beautiful mansion on a hill or having millions and trillions in the bank available to spend right away. Nothing of this we shall ever take to heaven. Use everything you have for the glory of God the Father. Then, Jesus will see your good works and will bless your life with peace, joy and happiness. At the end of our life, Jesus will be waiting for us at the gates of glory to welcome us and be with Him forever and ever. Amen

 

[Brother in Christ (JC)]

The world, the flesh and the devil want us all busy doing the things that will not last forever. LIke a having a Rolls Royce, a beautiful mansion on a hill or having millions and trillions in the bank available to spend right away. Nothing of this we shall ever take to heaven. Use everything you have for the glory of God the Father. Then, Jesus will see your good works and will bless your life with peace, joy and happiness. At the end of our life, Jesus will be waiting for us at the gates of glory to welcome us and be with Him forever and ever. Amen

Amen Stephany! At the end of our lives, Love (which encompasses all other fruits of the spirit) is the only thing one can bring! Let's keep our proverbial lamps burning!
Thank you for sharing!
❤❤❤

 

[Checen]

Is it possible that some teaching may be distracting us from the Great Commission?

Matthew 24:36 (also Mark 13:32)
But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

So why do we go on year after year focus on the timing of something that no one can possibly know? Some Christians are more prone to share their beliefs on the intricacies of these future events rather than share the Great Commission itself. In some circles it has become a great distraction.

After the Lord's resurrection He met with His disciples.

---

Acts 1:6-7
6. Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

7. He said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

---

All verses in red are spoken by our Saviour Jesus and not by any of His disciples. We are getting the information straight from the Lord's mouth. His powerful words teaches us that no one knows when God will restore Israel's kingdom. So why do many obsess themselves with attempting to unravel the Father's time table? It's pointless in focusing on such things especially when we risk missing out on the following verse to Act:1:7;

---

Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

---

Our marching orders does not include to be obsessive with endtimes teachings but to spread the Loving Gospel. It should be noted that Jesus delineates or separates the 'mission to witness to the world' from the need to know the timing of God's restoration plans. In facts Jesus refocuses the disciples attention away from their question and onto witnessing to everyone.

Let us not be distracted by worldly things. Share the Loving Gospel of Christ to the world! Your lamp needs to be brightly burning now. Your attention needs to be on God's Great Commission.

To sensitize Christians about the signs of the second coming of Christ is not a distraction from the great commission given by Jesus Christ. The idea is based on Messianic prophecies and is part of most Christians eschatologies.
When we prepare Christians to recognize the signs of the time ig .usf never be seen as a distraction from the great commission for both the commission as well as the recognition of the end times are important in the life of a Christian a d serve to complement each otheras well as to make sure that we ensure that many people will be ready and waiting knowing that their redemption is near.We must prepare ourselves cor the imminent return of Christ.
We must not be like the five foolish virgins who wsrr unprepared for the returning of the bridegroom. It is not the will of God that any of us should perish but that all should repent and be saved from the wrath.
In Matthew 24:21-30 Christ outlined the events of the last days.He included many prophecies about pestilence,tribulations, famine and hardships.He informed his disciples that these signs would precede and point to His return. From the departure of Jesus until this present day followers of Jesus Christ have looked forward to His return.

 

[Brother in Christ (JC)]

To sensitize Christians about the signs of the second coming of Christ is not a distraction from the great commission given by Jesus Christ. The idea is based on Messianic prophecies and is part of most Christians eschatologies.
When we prepare Christians to recognize the signs of the time ig .usf never be seen as a distraction from the great commission for both the commission as well as the recognition of the end times are important in the life of a Christian a d serve to complement each otheras well as to make sure that we ensure that many people will be ready and waiting knowing that their redemption is near.We must prepare ourselves cor the imminent return of Christ.
We must not be like the five foolish virgins who wsrr unprepared for the returning of the bridegroom. It is not the will of God that any of us should perish but that all should repent and be saved from the wrath.
In Matthew 24:21-30 Christ outlined the events of the last days.He included many prophecies about pestilence,tribulations, famine and hardships.He informed his disciples that these signs would precede and point to His return. From the departure of Jesus until this present day followers of Jesus Christ have looked forward to His return.

You are mixing some of the issues together. I am looking forward in being with Jesus. I'm eager but I will be patient. But I'm not referring about this issue in this particular blog.
My focus is on the basic necessities of salvation. Our attention should be in the present. That's where Love reside. The past Love is gone and the future Love is yet to be. The first two great Commandments are about Love. All other commandments hang on the first two. Love has to be initiated in the present. What good is Loving God in the past if you don't Love Him now? Or what good is Loving God in the future if you don't Love Him now?

God's Love is now. I keep my proverbial lamp burning this moment. That surely is more important than trying to guess the date of an event that Jesus Himself said nobody knows but the Father.

Acts 1:6-7
6. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7. And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
8. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
-Jesus

There are many more verse like these that say that no one knows the time and date.

But what is amazing Jesus is giving clear directives not to worry about the endtime and to wait for the power of the Holy Spirit. Then spread the word. This clearly would have been the verse where one would expect Jesus to have mentioned about preaching the signs and seasons of the endtimes. But He didn't.

*You have miss the point. There are preachers and Christians who are preoccupied with spending their time in trying to determine a date of the endtime and who have throughout the years, falsely identified so many people as the beast. But Jesus Himself stated that It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

If a person's lamp is not burning for the Lord and that same person passes away, is he going to heaven because he studied the signs of the endtimes? Tell me how will this save the decease if his lamp wasn't burning with God's Love? Is not a righteous Loving soul more important to one's salvation than guessing a date for His return? A season that we cannot possibly know! That's my topic.

If His Love is not in a person's heart now, if one was not vigilant in keeping his lamp burning, no amount of endtime prophecies and signs and wonders are going to save him.

ONLY GOD'S LOVE IN THE HERE AND NOW will keep you ready for His return.
Our love for God is now. Love includes forgiveness and peace. It assure us of salvation and not the knowledge of the endtime.

And let say for a moment that the Father gave you the date of the Lords coming. What would be your marching orders? Maybe the first two commandments or something like it? Wouldn't that be the marching order? You would still need to Love God right now to be save. Why wait to share this message? It's not hinged on endtimes teaching.

And quite frankly the majority of Christians have already died. The knowledge of the endtimes will have had no bearing on their salvation. Only the state of their heart will effect their salvation.

And that is my point. The purest will have their lamps burning. That's how we prepare to meet Jesus. Love.Don't be preoccupied with the end times. A good topic to visit but not to dwell on.

I am looking forward in meeting Jesus.
Keep us all strong in Love Lord.

Focus on God's Love!
❤❤❤

 

[Checen]

You are mixing some of the issues together. I am looking forward in being with Jesus. I'm eager but I will be patient. But I'm not referring about this issue in this particular blog.
My focus is on the basic necessities of salvation. Our attention should be in the present. That's where Love reside. The past Love is gone and the future Love is yet to be. The first two great Commandments are about Love. All other commandments hang on the first two. Love has to be initiated in the present. What good is Loving God in the past if you don't Love Him now? Or what good is Loving God in the future if you don't Love Him now?

God's Love is now. I keep my proverbial lamp burning this moment. That surely is more important than trying to guess the date of an event that Jesus Himself said nobody knows but the Father.

Acts 1:6-7
6. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7. And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
8. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
-Jesus

There are many more verse like these that say that no one knows the time and date.

But what is amazing Jesus is giving clear directives not to worry about the endtime and to wait for the power of the Holy Spirit. Then spread the word. This clearly would have been the verse where one would expect Jesus to have mentioned about preaching the signs and seasons of the endtimes. But He didn't.

*You have miss the point. There are preachers and Christians who are preoccupied with spending their time in trying to determine a date of the endtime and who have throughout the years, falsely identified so many people as the beast. But Jesus Himself stated that It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

If a person's lamp is not burning for the Lord and that same person passes away, is he going to heaven because he studied the signs of the endtimes? Tell me how will this save the decease if his lamp wasn't burning with God's Love? Is not a righteous Loving soul more important to one's salvation than guessing a date for His return? A season that we cannot possibly know! That's my topic.

If His Love is not in a person's heart now, if one was not vigilant in keeping his lamp burning, no amount of endtime prophecies and signs and wonders are going to save him.

ONLY GOD'S LOVE IN THE HERE AND NOW will keep you ready for His return.
Our love for God is now. Love includes forgiveness and peace. It assure us of salvation and not the knowledge of the endtime.

And let say for a moment that the Father gave you the date of the Lords coming. What would be your marching orders? Maybe the first two commandments or something like it? Wouldn't that be the marching order? You would still need to Love God right now to be save. Why wait to share this message? It's not hinged on endtimes teaching.

And quite frankly the majority of Christians have already died. The knowledge of the endtimes will have had no bearing on their salvation. Only the state of their heart will effect their salvation.

And that is my point. The purest will have their lamps burning. That's how we prepare to meet Jesus. Love.Don't be preoccupied with the end times. A good topic to visit but not to dwell on.

I am looking forward in meeting Jesus.
Keep us all strong in Love Lord.

Focus on God's Love!
❤❤❤

Clearly you are missing the point of my argument or you are distorting or misinterpreting what I have expressed.You are free to your opinion but I am firm about what I have said.Being wary of the signs of the end time is not wrong.It iwas Jesus who told his disciples what to expect so that they would be better prepared for his return.It is not his will that we should perish.Therefore seing that no one knows the ninitue nor the hour when the Son of God should appear let us be constantly be in a state of readiness as the five wise virgins who had oil in their lamps.
To spread the Gospel or to evangelize the world is the great commission. Spreading the gospel cannot prevent an individual from observing the times we are living and to relate what is happening worldwide and to relste it to Bible prophecy.It is all laid out before us.There is none so blind as those who cannot see.Go preach the gospel in season and out of season and in the meantime when you see certain prophecies being fulfilled look up fir your redemption draweth nigh.You dont need to be a star gazer to sit and watch the planets.Just try to spread the good news to those that are lost and make sure that you are vigilant. Slack not your riding.Gird your loins and fight the good fight of faith.

 

[Checen]

Clearly you are missing the point of my argument or you are distorting or misinterpreting what I have expressed.You are free to your opinion but I am firm about what I have said.Being wary of the signs of the end time is not wrong.It iwas Jesus who told his disciples what to expect so that they would be better prepared for his return.It is not his will that we should perish.Therefore seing that no one knows the ninitue nor the hour when the Son of God should appear let us be constantly be in a state of readiness as the five wise virgins who had oil in their lamps.
To spread the Gospel or to evangelize the world is the great commission. Spreading the gospel cannot prevent an individual from observing the times we are living and to relate what is happening worldwide and to relste it to Bible prophecy.It is all laid out before us.There is none so blind as those who cannot see.Go preach the gospel in season and out of season and in the meantime when you see certain prophecies being fulfilled look up fir your redemption draweth nigh.You dont need to be a star gazer to sit and watch the planets.Just try to spread the good news to those that are lost and make sure that you are vigilant. Slack not your riding.Gird your loins and fight the good fight of faith.

 

[Brother in Christ (JC)]

Gospel first! My works for Jesus is not going to change because I see an event that may or may not be a sign of the end time. I preach His Kingdom and its righteousness, today. Remission of sins for those who genuinely repent, forgiveness and most importantly His Love. Endtimes has no bearing on our salvation.

 

[Checen]

Gospel first! My works for Jesus is not going to change because I see an event that may or may not be a sign of the end time. I preach His Kingdom and its righteousness, today. Remission of sins for those who genuinely repent, forgiveness and most importantly His Love. Endtimes has no bearing on our salvation.

I respect your opinion but we see things from a different view that point.We can discuss and deliberate as much as we like but it is those who have washed their robes in the blood of the lamb and is without spot or wrinkle who love His appearing will gain the victory.