22/02/2022 - NEVER TO FORGET

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Then they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the Lord.  Judges 2.5

Upon hearing the Angel of God’s explanation about the consequences of their actions, the Israelites wept so much that they named the place Bochim, which means mourners. Now, this is the state of one who goes astray: that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world  (Ephesians 2:12). The only solution is to return to the Lord mourning!

Those who know the Truth, but nevertheless follow the path of error, resisting the touches of the Holy Spirit, will taste great bitterness. Here is their portrait: having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart (Ephesians 4:18). Is it worth staying away from the only One who is capable of protecting us and giving us abundant life? Seek Jesus immediately!

The one who returns to the Lord experiences the love he was despising, ceasing to be darkness and becoming light in God. So says the Word: For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (Ephesians 5:8). Don’t play with your eternal happiness! Sin is the greatest deception in the world; whoever makes use of it erases his own name from the Book of Life (1 John 3:9). Wake up now!

The glorious return to the Kingdom of God will make you a happy person, who loves his own and is an example to the lost. For you to have life now, reject the devil and his temptations. The Scriptures state: He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life (1 John 5:12). It is unnecessary to ask whether you want to have life, or continue in perdition! Pray!

Returning to the kingdom of ungodliness is one of the greatest outrages one can commit against God, for it is like denying the work the Lord has done on his behalf. Why do some allow themselves to be led astray by Satan’s lies, if they already enjoy a special and eternal position in the Kingdom of the Father’s goodness? The Word says: “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.” (Isaiah 57:21). Man’s worst decision is to turn away from the Creator!

At conversion, we were highly privileged, for God not only changed us from lost to saved, but truly, took us out of the hellish kingdom and into the Kingdom of love. The Bible speaks of this new position of ours: He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love (Colossians 1:13). Why abandon peace and security and become a slave to wickedness again?

If you have been in deception and no longer feel the Lord’s presence, now is your time to return. Make your place a Bochim! Your tears will be gathered by the Angel of God and taken to Heaven; forgiveness will be granted to you, and the anointing from on High will be poured on your life (James 4:8-10). Open your heart and talk to the Father about your decision. What will count is your acceptance of the Truth.

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares