SURELY I COME QUICKLY by Bro Bob (Deceased)

Admin Fri 26 Feb 2010, 6:45 pm

SURELY I COME QUICKLY
(2 Pet 3:10-12 KJV)
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise,
and the elements shall melt with fervent heat,
the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

{11} Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,
what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
{12} Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God,
wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved,
and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

(1 Th 5:1-10 KJV)
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
{2} For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
{3} For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them,
as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
{4} But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
{5} Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day:
we are not of the night, nor of darkness. {6} Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
{7} For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
{8} But let us, who are of the day, be sober,
putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
{9} For God hath not appointed us to wrath,
but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
{10} Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

KEEP MAKING YOUR LOVE FOR CHRIST YOUR FIRST PRIORITY

(Rev 2:4-5 KJV)
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because
thou hast left thy first love.
{5} Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen,
and repent, and do the first works;
or else I will come unto thee quickly,
and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

LEFT {GRK=FORSAKEN, ABOANDONED}
FIRST{GRK=FIRST IN PRIOIRITY OR IMPORTANCE}
LOVE{GRK=AGAPE, UNSELFISH LOVE} {THE OBJECT OF THIS LOVE IS CHRIST}

(Deu 6:5-7 KJV)
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
{6} And these words, which I
and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way,
when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

(Deu 11:1 KJV)
Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God,
and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

(Deu 30:16-20 KJV)
In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God,
to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments,
that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
{17} But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear,
but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
{18} I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish,
and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
{19} I call heaven and earth to record this day against you,
that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing:
therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
{20} That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice,
and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days:
that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

(Luke 10:27 KJV)
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind;
and thy neighbour as thyself.

DO NOT TOLERATE FALSE DOCTRINE OR FALSE TEACHERS

Rev 2:14-16 KJV)
But I have a few things against thee,
because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam,
who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel,
to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
{15} So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.
{16} Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly,
and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

HOLD FAST TO THE WORD OF CHRIST'S PATIENCE

(Rev 3:10-12 KJV)
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation,
which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
{11} Behold, I come quickly:
hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
{12} Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out:
and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem,
which cometh down out of heaven from my God:
and I will write upon him my new name.

HOLD FAST THE SAYINGS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK

(Rev 21:10-11 KJV)
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain,
and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
{11} Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious,
even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;...

(Rev 21:22-27 KJV)
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
{23} And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it:
for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
{24} And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it:
and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
{25} And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
{26} And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
{27} And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth,
neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie:
but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

(Rev 22:1-7 KJV)
And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
{2} In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life,
which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month:
and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
{3} And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it;
and his servants shall serve him: {4} And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
{5} And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun;
for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

{6} And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true:
and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
{7} Behold, I come quickly:
blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

DO ALL THE COMMANDMENTS OF CHRIST AND BE BLESSED

(Rev 22:10-15 KJV)
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
{11} He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
{12} And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me,
to give every man according as his work shall be.
{13} I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
{14} Blessed are they that do his commandments,
that they may have right to the tree of life,
and may enter in through the gates into the city.
{15} For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers,
and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

JESUS OFFERS FREELY THE WATER OF LIFE TO WHOMSOEVER WILL TAKE IT

(Rev 22:16-21 KJV)
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches.
I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
{17} And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come.
And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
{18} For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book,
If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
{19} And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy,
God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city,
and from the things which are written in this book.
{20} He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus. {21} The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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