Assess your level of walking in The Fear of THE LORD!
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 12:
14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the Holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 5:
8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called Sons of God.
And in Hebrews chapter 13:
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Jesus hasn’t changed, The Holy Spirit hasn’t changed, and neither has Our Heavenly Father. The church age has been known by the grace and mercy of Our Heavenly Father but His Holiness and demand for Holiness has not changed. Only by The Blood of Christ are we able to be acceptable to Our Heavenly Father.
Back to chapter 12:
18 For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest
19 and the sound of a trumpet and a Voice Whose Words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them.
20 For they could not endure the Order that was given, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.”
21 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.” 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the Living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,
23 and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in Heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
24 and to Jesus, the Mediator of a New Covenant, and to the sprinkled Blood that speaks a better Word than the blood of Abel.
25 See that you do not refuse HIM Who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused HIM Who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject HIM Who warns from Heaven.
26 At that time His Voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the Heavens.”
27 This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken-that is, things that have been made-in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.
It is imperative that we heed this warning of what is to come! There will be a shaking of righteous judgment based on the Absolute Truth. Jesus specifically warned us in the seven letters to the churches in the Book of Revelation. Why of all times would The Holy Spirit have this writer focus on this Book in the recent past?
28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,
29 for Our God is a Consuming Fire.
Moses recorded by THE SPIRIT in Exodus chapter 19:
16 On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
17 Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain.
18 Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.
19 And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.
20 The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
Do you think that the earth and its inhabitants will respond any different the second time from the first time?
If you don’t walk in the Fear of THE LORD, you better consider your ways. Casual praise and worship are unacceptable before The Creator of Heaven and earth. We are to present our best to Our Heavenly Father. Our first fruits are our best fruits!