WILL YOU PASS THE TEST?

 “For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?”

1 Peter 4:17 (ESV)

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The FATHER is looking for integrity and holiness.

Will HE find it? Will HE find integrity and holiness in the “household of GOD,” in the churches, in the Body of CHRIST? Will HE find integrity and holiness in you and in me?

The FATHER is searching. What will HE find when HE sees you?

It is time to examine yourself.

“Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!” 2 Corinthians 13:5 (ESV)

The FATHER doesn’t desire what you do or what you have. HE wants you.

“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. Then I said, ‘Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.’” Psalm 40:6-8

Be still before the LORD of the heavens and the earth. Be still before the Alpha and the Omega. Be still before the Fearful One. And examine yourself with fear and trembling.

Test and see if you will pass the test.

For the time is coming when HE will contend with man no longer. The time is coming for HIS judgment to be poured out, the full measure of HIS wrath. And it starts with HIS house, with HIS temple, with HIS people.

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The FATHER is grieved that HIS temple has become a mockery. HE is grieved that so-called pastors, priests, and prophets have set up idols unto themselves.

“Then the king [Josiah] ordered Hilkiah the high priest…to get rid of everything in The Temple of God that had been made for worshiping Baal and Asherah and the cosmic powers. He had them burned outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and then disposed of the ashes in Bethel.” 2 Kings 23:4 (MSG)

Even as King Josiah cleared the LORD’s temple of everything used to worship false gods, so the LORD is now cleaning HIS house of everything does not honor or worship HIM. HE has issued a clarion call to those who are making a mockery of HIS Name, “Come clean, before it is too late!”

What are we to do?

1. Examine yourself. Test yourself to see whether you are in the faith. Be completely honest and transparent. Hold nothing back. Hide nothing.
2. Repent of everything that is of the flesh and/or of the evil one. Give up your pride and your mockery. Give up your need for power and position and wealth. Give up your thirst for money and fame and notoriety. Give up your desire for entertainment and fancy words and flowery music.
3. Relinquish yourself to the FATHER. Trust the heart of the FATHER. Dwell in the Presence of the FATHER. Speak the Word of the FATHER. Humble yourself before the FATHER. Enact the will of the FATHER.

For the door is closing quickly and HIS judgment is being poured out. Those who do not repent will be swept away in HIS wrath. Only “he who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully…shall receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation” (Psalm 24:4-5).

Will you pass the test?

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