Your faith must endure to the end

Ezekiel 18:24-25 But if the righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds which he has done shall be remembered. In his trespass that he has trespassed and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.25 Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not fair and just.Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not My way fair and just? Are not your ways unfair and unjust?

If someone got saved a year ago and believed in the Lord at that time and was faithful and on fire but now has back slidden and is back into their sin, would that person's believing and faith in the Lord last year be sufficient to make it into heaven now if such a person died even though he/she is not properly believing now? Obviously not.

Our faith and believing must endure to the end. What we have believed before would be in vain if we are not believing in a higher state now or in the future. We are to be moving from Glory to Glory becoming the image and nature of our Lord Jesus. If we are not growing, stagnant and moving backwards, our seed would have fallen on the road side, thorns, or rocky soil. Such branches will be pruned from the VINE and thrown into the fire of weeping and anguish. May you all persevere and endure until the end.

Matthew 13:13 But he who endures to the end will be saved.

Ezekiel 18:21 But if the wicked man turns from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all My statutes and does that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 22 None of his transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; for his righteousness which he has executed [for his moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation], he shall live. 23 Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord, and not rather that he should turn from his evil way and return [to his God] and live?

There is always hope if you are willing. But you must make such choice "Today" and not tomorrow. Return to HIM now while HE may be found. Return to HIM now while you have the Grace to Repent.

Pastor Steve Yong Kim