Time of grace

Amos  8:11-12;

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD. And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

Behold, the days come. Is the unseen now visible, is the unrealized now taking place? Jesus warned that many will come in His name preaching and teaching, but their Heart is far from Him. Money seekers, using the Gospel and the hunger of others as a means of taking things that they have not earned. Preaching healing on one hand and with the other stealing what little the poor have. 

There are many, countless souls that are crying out for a miracle in their lives, seeking cures for cancer, aids, unknown diseases that cripple the body and mind. And when they hear that a man claims to be able to deliver their desires, they flock to the miracle worker. They stand in line hour upon hour for a chance for healing but are always by passed and over looked by the miracle workers for some one else that has no signs of illness.

They preach that Jesus is coming soon but they ask for more and more money to fill the desires of their hearts.       

Luke 13: 1-9;

1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 

2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?

3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?

5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.

7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

8 “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it.

9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

Everyone wants to make good use of their time.  And what it means to make good use of your time depends on who you are. let’s talk about our Time of Grace.  And just to be sure we all are thinking about the same thing let me explain.  Our Time of Grace begins at our conception.  You’re living in your Time of Grace right now.  God has given all people this Time of Grace to learn about their Savior, to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing have eternal life.  Your Time of Grace is limited, for God has already chosen a year, month, day, hour and second when your Time of Grace will end.

God has to give us the solution!  All sinners need to be turned away from sin, death and the devil to the holiness that is in Christ Jesus. Use your Time of Grace to not only forsake sin, but also to be turned to Jesus.